What do scientist’s call dirt? Soil of coarse!
The Year 12 Environmental Science class took part in a two hour laboratory practical as part of their unit on Soil and Soil Erosion. This unit of work falls under the ‘Research …[Read More]
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Rough Notes – April/May 2019
What can you say about Richard apart from that he was a brilliant and inspirational Head Teacher. I first came to the school 12 years ago as Assistant Headteacher and one of the reasons I wanted to work …[Read More]
Ten Tors 2019
Congratulations to the two Woodroffe Ten Tors teams. Both teams successfully completed the 45 mile (silver award) challenge over the weekend. All students involved have worked incredibly hard …[Read More]
The NHM comes to Woodroffe.
The Geography department were lucky enough to host some of the staff from the Natural History Museum (NHM) for a two hour question and answer session with over 50 students from Year …[Read More]
Year 8 Fieldwork in Lyme Regis 2019
Lights Cameras Action! As part of their study into tourism, the Year 8 Geography students spent 2 days in Lyme Regis finding out about tourism in the local area. During this time …[Read More]
Rough Notes – March 2019
At the end of this term we are two thirds of the way through the 2018-19 academic year and, as always, time seems to have gone very quickly. After the Easter break there are only a few weeks before …[Read More]
Geography & Environment Alumni
Where can the study of A level Geography and Environmental Studies take you? We got in touch with 4 ex-students who have recently graduated from the Sixth Form and asked them what …[Read More]
Rough Notes – February 2019
With over a 1000 students in the school we sometimes forget all the trials and tribulations they face each day just to arrive at school prepared and ready to learn. I fear sometimes the same could be said …[Read More]
Rough Notes – January 2019
The past few weeks have certainly been interesting. It never occurred to me that the announcement of my plan to take early retirement at the end of this academic year would end up in The Daily Mail …[Read More]
‘Lyme Rocks’ – Student Artwork
Just before the October half term, a group of six Year 12 Woodroffe students created the artwork that now adorns the walls of the sweet shop ‘Lyme Rocks’ in the heart of …[Read More]