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]
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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]
A Level Results 2019
As with last year our students have been awaiting their A-Level results this year with real anxiety. In the last few years students have had to cope with harder exams, much more …[Read More]
Rough Notes – June/July 2019
This will be the last time that I write to you as I am leaving Woodroffe after 12 years. I am not going too far away as I will take up the position of Headteacher in The Sir John Colfox Academy …[Read More]
Collection of Exam Results 2019
Students are invited to collect their exam results in A3 as follows: A Level – Thursday 15th August from 10 am until noon. GCSE – Thursday 22nd August from 10 am until …[Read More]
Working with Professionals
In the last month Year 10 Art students have been working with various organisations and artists on the GCSE and BTEC Courses. Dan Broom, the events organiser behind Jurassic fields, came in …[Read More]
Town Mill Art Exhibition – July 2019
This exhibition combines working artists with students work to raise awareness of the injustices that occur when terminology like ‘enhanced interrogation’ is accepted without question and when …[Read More]