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Soul Band Success!
The Westleigh Soul Band was awarded 'Best Keyboard Performance' for their spectacular perfomance at the GM Hub Rock and Pop Showcase
Reading Project Success
Our year 10 students have done us proud this year by completing a mentoring project with year 4 pupils from Westleigh St Paul’s Primary School. 16 students in total have taken part in the project, which has involved listening to and supporting younger children with reading.
Question Time with Tyler
Year 8 student Tyler was specially invited to a behind the scenes tour of Question Time when it came to the Wigan Youth Zone in May. Tyler got to meet the director of the show, tour the set and shadow the technical crew as they set up for the live event. It was a great insight into the media industry for Tyler, who already presents his own radio show for Wigan Youth Zone.
Call for Ex-Students to join Westleigh's Alumni
If you are an ex-student who would like to share your experiences of how well you have done after leaving Westleigh High School, please contact Mrs Furlong on enquiries@westleigh.wigan.sch.uk to join our Alumni. We would love to hear from you!
Please read the letter from the Headteacher to accompany the Ofsted Report
The Ofsted Report is now available to view on the school website or through the Ofsted website (http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk) {document-group:ofsted-documents}
Westleigh Students raise over £5,000 for Wigan & Leigh Hospice
Students raised money this year for Wigan and Leigh Hospice, with the final cheque value presented to the charity of £5,395.74 which is a truly outstanding amount! We are so proud of all our students for raising money in a variety of ways such as sponsored walks, running 26 miles, custard pie throwing and a variety of ingenious ways to get involved. The cheque was presented to Maxine Armstrong from the Hospice at an assembly on 16 November 2016 and she was very happy indeed to receive such a large donation. Thank you to all our students and staff!
Author Dan Freedman Visits Westleigh
On Tuesday 6th December, Year 7 had the honour of a visit from Dan Freedman, author of a range of children’s football books and creator of the ‘Jamie Johnson’ books. The event focused on Dan’s experience as a football journalist, with reference to his time with the England Football team at the ‘World Cup’. Dan spoke of his experiences over the past 10 years, being rejected by publishing companies but refusing to give up, until he landed a deal with a major publishing firm. The key messages which were delivered within the visit was about resilience, perseverance and following your dreams. Students were given the opportunity to ask questions and delve into the life of an author. The morning was made extra special with a gift given to each student - a brand new book from Dan! There were queues of students lining up to get the signature of this truly inspirational and engaging author! Thank you for the experience Dan Freedman – from all of Year 7!
Y7 Movie and Spooky Night
To help our Year 7 students to feel part of the Westleigh Community, Mrs Watling, Miss Lovatt and Mrs Coleman arranged for 3 enrichment evenings to take place which were designed to ease the transition into secondary school and help the Y7 students to make new friends. Also, as our Y11 Student Leaders had been assigned to Y7 students as ‘buddies’ they also wanted to get involved in organising and running these events, which really helped. The first night that took place was a ‘Movie Night’ and Y7 students were invited to come into school and watch a movie together. The Student Leaders sold tickets for the event, signed the students in, sold popcorn/crisps and drinks and made sure that everyone had a great time and left with lots of new friends! The second night was arranged over Halloween and so the students (and staff) all dressed up for a ‘spooktacular’ night! The outside area was set up as a ‘spooky garden’ and the classrooms were all set up with ‘spooky and scary’ activities such as – ‘terror pin bowling’, ‘a spiders web maze’; ‘eyeball’ & spoon race; a gunge bucket and apple string bobbing! At the end of the evening, there were lots of prizes for the forms who had won the most points during the different games! It was a ‘horrible’ event enjoyed by all! The final event planned is the Christmas Disco, where students can dress up, have a dance and maybe even a few Strictly Ballroom moves will be showcased! This is the first year we have introduced these evenings and they have been very popular. The Y11 Student Leaders have loved getting involved and it has helped them to share how they felt when they first started school. Welcome to Westleigh Year 7 … we hope you’ve loved it so far!
Y7 Movie and Spooky Night
To help our Year 7 students to feel part of the Westleigh Community, Mrs Watling, Miss Lovatt and Mrs Coleman arranged for 3 enrichment evenings to take place which were designed to ease the transition into secondary school and help the Y7 students to make new friends. Also, as our Y11 Student Leaders had been assigned to Y7 students as ‘buddies’ they also wanted to get involved in organising and running these events, which really helped. The first night that took place was a ‘Movie Night’ and Y7 students were invited to come into school and watch a movie together. The Student Leaders sold tickets for the event, signed the students in, sold popcorn/crisps and drinks and made sure that everyone had a great time and left with lots of new friends! The second night was arranged over Halloween and so the students (and staff) all dressed up for a ‘spooktacular’ night! The outside area was set up as a ‘spooky garden’ and the classrooms were all set up with ‘spooky and scary’ activities such as – ‘terror pin bowling’, ‘a spiders web maze’; ‘eyeball’ & spoon race; a gunge bucket and apple string bobbing! At the end of the evening, there were lots of prizes for the forms who had won the most points during the different games! It was a ‘horrible’ event enjoyed by all! The final event planned is the Christmas Disco, where students can dress up, have a dance and maybe even a few Strictly Ballroom moves will be showcased! This is the first year we have introduced these evenings and they have been very popular. The Y11 Student Leaders have loved getting involved and it has helped them to share how they felt when they first started school. Welcome to Westleigh Year 7 … we hope you’ve loved it so far!
