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  • 13/03/17

    Year 11 Theatre Trip to the Sand Pit Theatre St Albans to see ‘Frankenstein’

    As part of their GCSE course Year 11 pupils are required to review a play so off we went to see a brand new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic horror masterpiece Frankenstein. The production fused ensemble storytelling, live music, puppetry and stunning theatricality.  The pupils thoroug...
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  • 10/03/17

    Inter-Form Dodgeball Competitions

    This week we ran our first ever inter-form dodgeball competitions after school with large numbers of children participating each day. The winners from each year group are listed below and the children from the winning teams will be presented with medals and certificates in year group...
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  • 10/03/17

    Year 7 & 8 Girls Football Tournament

    On Thursday 9th March Wexham School hosted and competed in a Year 7 & 8 girls football tournament. On a lovely sunny afternoon this Slough School Sport Network event was well attended with nine secondary schools participating.   Our girls played four matches, beating Westgate and...
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  • 06/03/17

    Year 11 Media Trip

    On Wednesday 22nd February, the Year 11 Media class visited the British Film Institution (BFI) in London. The BFI is essential in helping to develop and promote British cinema, as well as to help educate a new generation about the history and future of the film industry. The BFI was the venue for Ye...
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  • 02/03/17

    10 Loveless

    Well done 10 Loveless for planning and delivering an outstanding and interactive assembly on the importance of diversity. It was brilliantly resourced and the students were confident and eloquent speakers throughout.  Year 10 thoroughly enjoyed it!
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  • 02/03/17

    Year 8 Football

    Unfortunately it wasn't to be two wins within a week for our Year 8 boys football team who lost 4-1 away against Burnham Grammar School on Monday. With four boys unavailable for this match the squad was a little depleted and we lacked pace and power but nonetheless the team battled to the end...
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  • 24/02/17

    Year 8 Football

    This week our Year 8 boys football team returned to action for the second half of the season with a great win 7-3 at home against Trevelyan School. With more matches to follow this half-term this was a fantastic start to the final six weeks of the season. The next Year 8 football fixture i...
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  • 24/02/17

    Sky Sports Living for Sport

    This week a group of our Year 8 students participated in a 'Sky Sports Living for Sport' project working with two elite athlete mentors, Toby Garbett and Heather Fell. Toby Garbett is a GB Olympian, World Champion rower, and currently a triathlete, while Heather  Fell is a GB Ol...
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  • 21/02/17

    Chemistry for All: Forensics club

    ‘Chemistry for All’ is a five-year £1 million research project sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The University of Reading, in partnership with the University of Southampton, is one of four university teams selected to explore how best to inspire students to study chemis...
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  • 10/02/17

    Slough Youth Parliament election Results

    Congratulations to Adam Bhola (Year 12) and Sana Ahmed (Year 9) who won the recent school election to be voted on to the Slough Youth Parliament. This is an excellent achievement and a deserved reward for all their hard work. We know they will make excellent  representatives for Wexham Sch...
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  • 09/02/17

    Year 9 Girls Football

    Wexham Year 9 girls had a fixture on Wednesday against Lynch Hill.  The girls worked extremely hard and won 2-1 with the goal scorers being Iqra and Taya. The girls were a credit to the school and deserved the win from the evenly determined Lynch Hill team.
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  • 06/02/17

    How to help your child revise for GCSE 31/1/2017

    Thank you to all the parents and students who attended the "How to help your child revise for GCSEs" session last week.  There were a good number of Year 11 students and families represented at this talk.  I had some really good conversations at the end of the meeting and th...
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  • 30/01/17

    Slough Youth Parliament Elections

    We are currently taking part in the Slough Youth Parliament elections. We have three candidates who are all aiming to be Wexham School's representative at Slough Youth Parliament. They have all planned excellent campaigns and have delivered speeches in assembly to Year Groups 7 -13. Th...
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  • 30/01/17

    GCSE English Trip: 'An Inspector Calls'

    On Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th 160 GCSE English students enjoyed ‘An Inspector Calls’ at the Playhouse Theatre, London.  Seeing the play live gave the pupils an extra insight into this set GCSE text and truly brought the characters off the page.  The students wer...
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  • 27/01/17

    Basketball Inter-Form

    This week we had our Basketball inter-form fixtures. All form groups were well represented and the competition was a huge success. Year 7 winner - Brunel Year 8 winner - Pankhurst Year 9 winner - Deacon Year 10 winner - Mandela Congratulations to everyone that took part, medals and ce...
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  • 24/01/17

    Year 8 Sports Ambassadors

    Year 8 Sports Ambassadors This week in assembly students were presented with their certificates and badges for becoming Sports Ambassadors. Students were voted for by their form groups to become Sports Ambassadors so this is a tremendous achievement. Deputy Sports Ambassadors Khay...
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  • 20/01/17

    Year 10 Assemblies

    Year 10 tutor groups have been doing an excellent job of delivering assemblies to the rest of their year group on a range of important topics. Congratulations to 10 Brunel and 10 Deacon who have both recently delivered exciting and interactive assemblies on bullying and the impor...
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  • 19/01/17

    Year 10 Sports Ambassadors

    Year 10 Sports Ambassadors This week in assembly students were presented with their certificates and badges for becoming Sports Ambassadors. Students were voted for by their form groups to become Sports Ambassadors so this is a tremendous achievement.   Deputy Sports Ambassad...
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  • 18/01/17

    Year 9 Sports Ambassadors

    This week in assembly students were presented with their certificates and badges for becoming Sports Ambassadors. Students were voted for by their form groups to become Sports Ambassadors so this is a tremendous achievement. Year 9 Deputy Sports Ambassadors Dumi Machipisa Adam Rafiq...
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  • 16/01/17

    Year 7 Sports Ambassadors

    Year 7 Sports Ambassadors This week in assembly students were presented with their certificates and badges for becoming Sports Ambassadors. Students were voted for by their form groups to become Sports Ambassadors so this is a tremendous achievement.   Deputy Sports Ambassadors...
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  • 12/01/17

    Year 8 Basketball - Wexham vs Langley Grammar School

    Our first sports fixture of 2017 took place this week with our Year 8 basketball team securing a strong victory at home against Langley Grammar School, winning 47-8. With a full squad of ten players this was a great start to the new year and hopefully more sporting success for our students will f...
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  • 15/12/16

    Year 9 Inter-Form Handball Winners

    Congratulations to 9 Brunel who were the champions of our recent Year 9 Inter-Form Handball tournament. They received their medals and certificates in the Year 9 end of term achievement assembly this week.
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  • 13/12/16

    Year 9 Basketball - Wexham vs St.Bernard's

    Our Year 9 basketball team were in excellent form this week with a great performance at home against St. Bernard's. The final score was 76-21 to Wexham with some fine teamwork and technical quality on display.
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