10/03/10 ~ 0701 | Eyes to the future |
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| Designing tomorrow ... It's almost unheard of for students to be asked to design their own new school, but then Willowfield School scholars are no ordinary young people. They've built a brilliant reputation so well that Walthamstow elders take their hats off to them. If you can impress grown-ups with that most challenging thing, reputation, what's mere architecture? And here's some of our great students busy with a proposed model for the new school. What our local paper says ...»» and Model modellers modelling |
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The ideas were really very good. I have to say I felt very proud of our imaginative students.
Willowfield School students have received a big pat on the back for their imaginative ideas for the our new school.
The local newspaper, Waltham Forest Guardian, said our students made models of their ideas for our new multi-million pound school at the local council's Assembly Hall in Forest Road, Walthamstow.
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| Model student ... This good design won our student a photo in the neighbourhood paper. |
Reporter Ms Mhairi Macfarlane said, 'The specialist humanities school is looking to relocate to a new-build under Waltham Forest Council's £300m Building Schools for the Future scheme.'
Headteacher Ms Wilson said, 'We spent two exhausting days on the modelling.
'The ideas were really very good. I have to say I felt very proud of our imaginative students.'
Theh building plan has suffered some hiccups over recent years, but Ms Macfarlane said that the current date for completion of the new Willowfield School is 2012 or 2013.
Links:
Mhairi Macfarlane's story is here
Model modellers modelling
This week, we publish ALL the Schools Fantasy League tables for Willowfield School - because Willowfield School SFL managers deserve a real pat on the back for their extraordinary performances. Well done, managers!
Unstoppable Mr Hemingway remains at the top of Schools Fantasy League at Willowfield School this week with ungiveupable Shovon Malik of Year 8 just five points away and Year 10's determined Damian Skubich hanging on to third place.
The Deputy-Headteacher and his fierce Aldwych Angels have 306 points, Shovon and the Unbeatables FC have 301 points, and Damian and main event mafia have 292 points.
Meanwhile, February's manager of the month is announced today by league chairman Mr Hasham.
Good old Gamil Jassin, of Year 10, and his E10 PREMIER team, won the February slot at 81 points, followed by Mr Hofmann, and 7_WON, at 73, Shovon at 71, Brandon Bennett, and shootin starz, at 71, and Damian with 63 points.
This week, we publish ALL the Schools Fantasy League tables for Willowfield School - because Willowfield School SFL managers deserve a real pat on the back for their extraordinary performances. Well done, managers!
Links:
Overall table
Year tables
Latecomers table
FA Cup table
The National Pandemic Flu Service, set up to offer online and telephone assessments, has now closed, the NHS swine flu website reports.
'The decline in swine flu cases means the service is no longer needed, although it can be reinstated within seven days if a new wave of infections emerges.
'People showing swine flu symptoms are now advised to stay at home and contact their GP, who will be able to assess them,' the NHS advises. 'If appropriate, patients will be offered antiviral medication and vaccination jabs.'
The latest most up-to-date Willowfield School calendar for the current school year is published on your website today. And there's a downloadable version so you can have your own copy to pin up at home.
The calendar shows that we returned to school after the half-term holiday on Monday, the 22nd of February. The present Spring Term finishes on Friday, the 2nd of April.
The summer term begins on the 19th of April. The calendar is here on the student news pages. »»
With the confidence we should have from our great GCSE results, I'm sure we can make this our best year ever!
- Headteacher Ms Wilson
Willowfield School enjoyed our best ever GCSE results day yesterday.
As a great throng of students and parents arrived at school in the morning, Headteacher Ms Wilson announced, 'We are seeing some truly exceptional results.'
Top achiever was Win San Pang who had 13 A*-Cs including a massive 11A*/As.
Read all about it on the student news pages. »»
Helping hands ... Meet Willowfield School's 2009-2010 prefects, our helpers extraordinaire. You've read about bullying and unhelpful prefects in books about the bad old school days. Our fine people are quite the opposite. They aren't here to catch students doing wrong. Our prefects help them to do right, help them make the best of their school year, help them make the best of their lives. They're here to help and we can't help but be very proud of them.
| Students' 14-day diary | |
| Sunday March 14 | Mothering Sunday! |
| Wednesday March 17 | St Patrick's Day |
| Complete school calendar is here »» | |

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