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]
Art & Design Exam Paper 2019
The Art & Design exam paper for 2019 has been released. To download as a PDF please use the link below. This requires a require a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader …[Read More]
Rough Notes – December 2018
The weeks running up to Christmas are often the busiest times of the year in schools and, of course, Woodroffe is no different. The last few weeks of term have seen a whole host of seasonal activities …[Read More]
Ten Tors Update – November 2018
With the 2019 Ten Tors event still many months away the training has started in earnest. While the final event will require students to walk in teams of 6 for 45 miles over rough terrain with full backpacks …[Read More]
Geography Autumn Update 2018
As the meteorological winter draws ever closer it has been a busy autumn in the Geography department. Following a highly successful trip to Naples, the 6th form had the opportunity to have …[Read More]