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]
Rough Notes – November 2018
Woodroffe has, for many years now, been oversubscribed and every year there seems to be increasing competition for places in Year 7. This year, for example, there were over thirty …[Read More]
Armistice Day Poppies 2018
In preparation for the Armistice day celebrations on November the 11th, the Symondsbury Estate asked a number of schools throughout Dorset to create a river of poppies that would run down the …[Read More]
China Day 2018
Together with around 200 Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) students from across four hub partner schools, our Year 7 MEP students had enjoyed various Chinese cultural experiences …[Read More]