Rough Notes – October 2019
Dear parents, carers and friends of The Woodroffe School, thank you for taking the time to read through our latest edition of Rough Notes. We have enjoyed a very positive start to …[Read More]
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Sail France 2019
Year 9 enjoyed a fantastic week of water sports in South West France at the beginning of the summer holidays. Sixty-one students, accompanied by seven members of staff, camped lake side at …[Read More]
Year 9 Photography Competition on Dartmoor
Following two very successful days dodging the showers on Dartmoor the Year 9 Geography students have had a chance to submit a photograph for the Dartmoor photo competition. A huge number of …[Read More]
Rough Notes – September 2019
Thank you for taking the time to read through our latest edition of Rough Notes. It has been a very positive start to the new school year, and we have enjoyed welcoming students old and new to Woodroffe …[Read More]
Year 9 Dartmoor Trip 2019
Sunshine, wind and a dash of rain greeted the Year 9 students as our annual Geography trip to Dartmoor took place over the last week. Throughout the day the students learnt about …[Read More]
Geography Horizons – Summer 2019
As always, the passing of the summer solstice signals a very busy period within the geography department. We saw the Year 11 students finish their GCSE exams and wish them the best …[Read More]
Year 7 Dorset Explorer
The end of June signalled our annual humanities trip to two exciting locations with Year 7. This was Maiden Castle (the largest earth fort in Europe), and Lulworth Cove, home to the …[Read More]
Year 10 Fieldwork
Next up were the Year 10’s to Exeter and Dawlish Warren to collect data for their fieldwork experiences. This feeds into their AQA Paper 3 Skills exam next summer. Unlike last year …[Read More]
Year 12 @ Leeson House
Year 12 have just returned from Leeson House where we spent three days studying Geographical concepts such as urban rebranding in Boscombe, local hydrology near Swanage and coastal processes on Chesil Beach. …[Read More]
GCSE Results 2019
The new government benchmarks now focus on the number of students achieving 4+ (a standard pass) and 5+ (a strong pass), with particular focus on ‘the basics’, i.e. English and Maths. The …[Read More]