1. Inter-house Competition  

Welcome back to the new EASTER CHALLENGE... another 2 term race! Winning house receive fantastic prizes, certificates, and an enormous trophy! Here are the scores at 29/1/09:

Darwin are increasing their lead - this is incredible!!

2. Intra-house Competition   

Some brilliant Joules performances by numerous tutor groups across the school. Here are the leading ones from each house across the school, at 29/1/09: 

H-VPH - you're flying ahead. D-IMT are close on your trail though...

3. Gold award winners - terms 1 & 2  

Below is a list of all Warriner students who have excelled during term 1. These young learners have done themselves proud, and been awarded over 30 Joules for their hard work and commitment:

 And more recent GOLD AWARD winners....

4. Kigezi Benefactors

The following youngster have achieved gold awards since September. They have been extremely generous in pledging their GOLD PRIZE to two students of Kigezi High School Uganda, sponsored by The Warriner School. Our generous benefactors are:

ROBBIE DWYER   S-ICL         EVE WILDES   D-IMT          THOMAS BISHOP  D-BCR (twice!)            

      DREW VENTER  K-BBR            BEN BONHAM    D-IMT         FELICITY MACHLACHLAN    S-NJC     

CHLOE ANDREW   S-KBR         BALLY BHOGAL  H-GBU              JOE THORNTON  B-EJU (twice!!)         

BERNIE GROSSI   B-EJU          BETHAN TAYLOR-EVANS   S-SBR      DANIEL KIRWIN  N-DMS

This kind 'GIFT OF GIVING' that the above students have chosen, will provide invaluable food, accomodation, and teaching fees, to either 'Francis', or 'Anxious'. This is a fantastic sign of generosity and compassion. Well done.

  5. Current Prizes on offer... 

Here's what you can claim at the JOULES XCHANGE, in return for your brilliance - remember to bring your planner as evidence, and that each Joule is signed... that's what makes them count!!

6. Joules System - The sponsors   

A sincere word of thanks goes to sponsors and supporters of the Joules System. Without their invaluable help, no prizes, however large or small, would be available to our students for their sustained effort and hard work.

SMITHS OF BLOXHAM

SPRATT-ENDICOTT SOLICITORS    

(http://www.sprattendicott.co.uk/)   

 WEST BAR VETERINARY HOSPITAL

(http://www.westbarvets.co.uk/)

COOP OF BLOXHAM  

SPICEBALL PARK SPORTS CENTRE

PAUL KAY SALON    

 (http://www.paulkayhairproducts.com/)

The student council is an important part of the school and its governance. Each year, 7 through 10 representatives. Additionally, there is a president and vice-president for which any student in the school can run.

Year 7 Student Council Members
Year 8 Student Council Members
Year 9 Student Council Members
Year 10 Student Council Members

Gifted and talented education at The Warriner School

The information to follow will give you an insight into G&T at The Warriner. Please also check the school clubs page to see extra curriculum activities available to G&T students at the Warriner

The National Programme:

“Gifted and Talented education seeks to improve the education of gifted and talented children and young people aged 3-19 in schools and colleges throughout England. Its core objectives are to:

• Achieve significant, measurable improvement in the attainment, aspirations, motivation and self-esteem of gifted and talented pupils and students, especially those at risk of underachieving, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Improve the quality of identification, provision and support in schools, colleges, clusters, partnerships and LEAs, giving priority to the weakest, and develop robust quality standards to support this.

• Develop tools, and identify and use levers, to help ensure that every maintained school and college in every LEA is equipped to differentiate teaching and learning to meet individual needs at the upper end of the ability range.”

  http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/sie/eic/eicgiftedtalented/

Beliefs and values

 At The Warriner School we believe that all children are entitled to an education that will enable them to develop their full potential, be that intellectual, physical, aesthetic, creative, emotional, spiritual or social, finding appropriate challenge in our learning environment.

All students have individual needs, which puts personalised learning at the heart of our teaching and learning.

The Warriner School is committed to providing a sufficiently challenging curriculum for all its students. In addition, we will provide opportunities to identify and in turn nurture those who are Gifted and Talented and their abilities.

All students have an entitlement to the following:

• Staff commitment and training to develop students’ full potential at all times.

• Lessons that stimulate, engage, challenge, inform, excite and encourage through partnership and dialogue with teachers and other students and active participation in the lesson.

• Skilled, well prepared and informed teachers who have a perspective and understanding of whole school needs, problems and policies, especially those concerning issues related to those students identified as more able.

• An entitlement beyond subject teaching, including preparation for adult life and preparation for the world of work. This should include extra curricular activity, personal and social education, careers guidance and counselling, visits to local industry, work experience and community service.

What is meant by the term, Gifted and Talented

Definitions

GIFTED refers to children who are achieving or who have the potential to achieve in advance of their peers in one or more academic subject. TALENTED refers to children who are achieving or who have the potential to achieve in advance of their peers in music, art, PE or in any other sport or creative art.

What we look for when identifying our Gifted and Talented Students

Those who show an exceptional ability. This might be in a curriculum area such as mathematics, music, art or sport or be a less easily acknowledged talent such as leadership, creative ability and imagination or social maturity. Students who possess a general academic learning ability that is significantly greater than that of most of their peers. Those who are performing above students around them and show an ability beyond there their years. Gifted and Talented students may display exceptional abilities in a wide number of areas. This is not to say that more able students are more worthy of individual attention than other students - rather that, within a framework of equal opportunity, they are entitled to have their needs recognised and addressed.

How do we identify students?

No one method of identification can be entirely accurate since specific subject criteria for success differ. Therefore, we endeavour to obtain as much information about individual students as possible. The methods employed are as follows:

• Information from any previous schools
• Internal and external assessment and testing including CATS, SATS, Mock Exams, class tests.
• specific criteria developed by subjects or their professional associations
• Teacher Identification.

At the Warriner we identified Gifted and Talented pupils according to guidelines set down by the DfES, stating that in all schools there should be a gifted and talented population of 5-10%, regardless of intake. We however do not follow the recommended that the ratio of students should be a 2/3 gifted, 1/3 talented mixed. As we recognised that every child and every school is different.

Websites

There are many website and organisation to help challenge gifted and talented students a few are listed below.

Course providers and organisations

informative websites

Family Education, Gifted and Talented:  www.familyeducation.com

National Association for Gifted Children www.nagc.org and www.nagcbritain.org.uk

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Telephone: 0845 450 0221

Young Enterprise (Hertordshire): www.youngenterprise.org.uk

Websites of interest to pupils

The end of life as we know it?

Well the end of your time at The Warriner anyway…

Stand down day, and the end of your school career is a bittersweet time – it’s exciting, but challenging, the end of one era and the transition to the next.

It gets celebrated in many ways – the last school photo, shirt signing, the Prom and Year book to name a few.

On the following pages we have information on all of the above and more. The Prom committee and Year Book committee will update information on the following pages on a regular basis so that this becomes the ‘one stop shop’ for any information you might need.

GCSE EXAMINATIONS AND

REVISION

PROGRAMME

2011

To:- Parents, Carers and Guardians of Year 11 students,

We are now just weeks away from GCSE examinations. It is vital that home and school work together to ensure our students prepare themselves as effectively as possible for the examinations which will shape their future. Additional effort at this stage can make an enormous difference. Whether your child is aiming at an apprenticeship or university, the GCSE grades he/she gains are the key to success. I am writing to you, therefore, to inform you of the provision we are making to support students in this additional effort and to invite you to ensure that they take full advantage of this provision.

Please discuss the contents of this document with your child and keep it in a safe place for reference. Be prepared to encourage, support and cajole over the coming weeks.  

Examination preparation with teaching staff in lessons

 The formal timetable will continue until Friday 13th May. Staff will be preparing intensive revision lessons in the weeks leading up to the examinations and these classes will be the most valuable preparation for examinations.  Students should ensure that they focus fully on taking advice and guidance from the staff who have a wealth of experience of examination requirements and techniques for helping students to impress the examiners.

 We shall be arranging intensive English and Maths revision focus sessions for all students during the school day on Wednesday 27^th April and Thursday 28^th April. 

 All students must attend school full time until 13th May.  After that date students attend only when they have an examination or when staff arrange revision sessions at their own discretion.

 SUBJECT SPECIFIC GUIDANCE

 Staff are providing a lot of support in addition to regular lessons.  Please check through all details in this document and ensure your child is taking full advantage of the help available.  The following pages contain information specific to the different subject areas.  In each of these sections the following areas are explained:

 Course details

 This section gives advice on the exam board for the subject, course code, where to get the syllabus from (e.g. AQA website), weighting of exam against coursework and other specific details of the course.

 The exam

 This section gives the date of the final exam and any practical exams. Special requirements for the various exams are also explained e.g. equipment needed, anthologies etc.

 Revision sessions

 This section outlines the dates of any regular or one off revision sessions being offered by the subject team.  Details of these sessions are advertised around the school on a weekly basis.

 Resources

 Revision guides, revision CDs and any commercially produced materials that are recommended for parents to buy are listed in this section

 Websites

 Departments have recommended useful websites here.

 Revision tips

 This section gives advice on specific ways in which your child should be revising for particular subjects.  Some revision techniques are suited to one subject and not another.  Over the coming weeks there will be targeted lessons on revision techniques in all subjects where subject teachers will be expanding on the notes given in this section.

 Deadlines

 Details of any outstanding deadlines for coursework or other pieces of work are given here; different subjects have different deadlines.  Staff are following up late coursework but please check with your child to determine if he/she still has coursework to complete and if so, encourage him/her to plan in the time required for it. 

 OTHER SUPPORT

 In addition to the help and guidance offered within subject departments, there are a number of other ways in which students can prepare for the exams.

Student mentoring programme

About 40 students have been identified to work with an individual mentor once a week in school to help them with their own revision programme.

Finally your child needs to have self belief and the support you offer will help this happen.  If the extra effort now gives them the grades they need to open doors next year, it will all have been worthwhile.