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Discussion Group Library Links Young Teen Fiction 2012 Specialist School Walton Community Event - March 2011 Parents Curriculum Music Tuition Technology KS3 Recipe booklets Walton High School Lesson Timetable Year 9 Options Booklet Extra-curricular Games Club - KS3 History Support Homework Club ICT homework club ICT Support Club Library Discussion Club Mathematics Drop In PE Clubs Performing Arts clubs Science Club Y11/12/13 MFL Film Club Year 7 drama club Youth Club General Anti-Bullying Information Application for pupil leave of absence Application information for free school meals Parent Calendar Purchase of school PE kit School Term and Holiday Dates - 2012-2013 School Uniform - June 2011 Snow Procedure Walton High School � Easyfundraising! Letters to Parents October 2011 onwards All year groups Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Pastoral Application information for free school meals Students BBC School News Report 2012 Curriculum Examination Information Extra-curricular Clubs Games Club - KS3 History Club Homework Club ICT Homework Club ICT Support Club Library Discussion Club Maths drop in Club Maths Y10 revision club PE Clubs Performing Arts Clubs Science Club Y11/12/13 MFL Film Club Y7 Drama Club Youth Club General Anti Bullying Information Pastoral Student Council Minutes School Sports Links:- Year 9 Options Booklet Governors Walton High School Governors Community Partners Primary school web addresses Work Experience Gallery Whole School Events 'A' Level Presentation Evening - 3.1.12 Operation Christmas Child - December 2011 Open Evening a Success - Oct 2011 Y10 Personal Development - Oct 11 SPORTS DAY AT ROWLEY PARK - 7.7.11 Year 11 Leavers' Ball - Friday 13th May 2011 County Cup Final - April 2011 DIVERSITY WEEK 28TH MARCH-1ST APRIL 2011 Blast Off for Science Event - 9.3.11 NEW SEATING AREA AT WALTON - MARCH 2011 CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY - THURS 13TH JAN 2011 Personal Development Session - Thursday 20.1.11 PRESENTATION OF GCSE AWARDS - 18.11.10 Departments Art Art Exhibition Winner - March 2011 Business Studies Careers English, Drama & Media Studies Geography Rachel Brass OBE lectures Walton sixth form Capturing Catalonia - October 2011 Y10 Geography visit to sunny Aberystwyth - 28.9.11 History Y7 VISIT WARWICK CASTLE - JUNE 2011 Y12 students visit battlefields - February 2011 ICT MFL Music Pyramid Evening of Music - 15th/16th March 2011 PE Family Swimming Festival - Nov 2011 U19 Netball Team Win County Champs! - Nov 11 GIRLS ACTIVE AND RACE FOR LIFE - 12.7.11 Y7/8 County Athletics - July 2011 Elite Cycle Race, Stafford Town - June 2011 Orienteering Champs - May 2011 U15 netball champs for 4th time - March 11 Barnfields and Oakridge Share Tag Rugby Glory! Maths Walton's Senior Maths Team success - Nov 11 CODED CAKES - Oct 2011 Visit to Bletchely Park - 30.9.11 MURDER MYSTERY AT WALTON - JULY 2011 Feeder primaries have fun with Maths - May 2011 KS3 REGIONAL FINAL OF UKMT - 31.3.11 UKMT November 2010 RE Science KS5 science lecture - 5.10.11 Y11 Science Workshop - 30.9.11 KS2 LECTURE - 6.7.11 Doxey Marshes Trip for Y8 - June 2011 Goodrich Actuation Systems Ltd Partnership - 3/11 Walton High and Goodrich Partnership - March 2011 National Space Centre Trip, Leicester - March 2011 Y13 Science in Society London trip - March 11 Student Services Technology Technology AS/A2 Exhibition - 5.1.12 Young Chef of the Year 2011 Oakridge enjoy Food Tech Lesson - 30.3.11 Sixth Form Applications to sixth form HE Information Key Dates Letters to Parents UCAS Archive Newsletter December 2009 Newsletter July 2009 Newsletter April 2009 Newsletter December 2008 Newsletter December 2010 Walton Newsletter July Newsletter 2010 July 2008 Newsletter May 2010 School Newsletter April 2008 December 2007 Newsletter October 2007 Newsletter May 2007 Newsletter December 2006 Newsletter November 2006 Newsletter June 2006 Newsletter April 2006 Newsletter School Specialist School Improved provision for learning Walton Community Event - March 2010 Walton Community Event - March 2009 Walton Community Event - March 2008 Walton Community Event - March 2007 Walton Community Event - March 2006 Walton Association Walton PTA Grand Christmas Ball - 6.12.08 Walton Association Christmas Ball 2007 Chairman's Report 2006/07 Walton Association Craft & Gift Fair- Oct 2007 Walton Association (P.T.A.) Meeting 14.5.07 Walton Association Grand Christmas Ball 2006 Walton Trust Parents Letters to Parents Sept 2011 only Students BBC School News Report BBC report web link BBC School News Report - Katie Winter-Wright BBC School Report roles Letter to Parents School Report News report on lessons Y9 Gifted & Talented Geography BBC News Report School Data Staff Community Learning AVAILABLE PLACES FOR JANUARY 2009 COURSES Community Course Appliction Form (A4 print out) Community Course Descriptions 2008/2009 Community Course Guide and Price List 2008/2009 Community Courses - February 2010 Community Courses - January 2008 Community Courses Easter 2010 Community Courses Jan 2010 Crafts Desktop Publishing Digital Photography DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE - APRIL 2009 French (Improvers) Gardening GCSE Additional Science How to Write Good, Plain English September 2009 Community Courses Spanish (Beginners) Swimming (all abilities) Wordprocessing, Internet & Email Italian (Improvers) Spanish (Intermediate) Successful Non-fiction Writing Art Keep Fit Yoga Community Partners All Saints Primary, Bednall -Christmas Play -12/07 Audit of Community Cohesion - 2.09 Family Swimming Festival - 5.3.08 Services Gallery Whole School Events Walton 6th form raise money for Macmillan 30.9.10 ACTIVITIES DAYS 2010 (20TH/21ST JULY 2010) SPORTS DAY - TUESDAY 6TH JULY 2010 Walton Community Event - 10.3.2010 Enrichment Morning - 22 January 2009 Personal Development Session with Y10 - March 2010 Walton Community Event - 6.3.08 Open Evening 2008- NOVEMBER 2008 Anti-Bullying Week 17-21 November 2008 Impact Day - February 2008 Rock Band 'Sondura' play Walton 12.12.07 'Sondura' rocks! - November 2008 SPORTS DAY - 8TH JULY 2008 Walton Association Christmas Ball 2007 GCSE Presentation Evening - 20.11.07 KEY STAGE 3 AWARDS CEREMONY - 9.7.08 ACTIVITIES DAYS 15TH/16TH JULY 2008 IMPACT DAY - 14.11.07 Impact Day - 19.6.08 KS3 AWARDS CEREMONY - THURSDAY 15TH JULY 2010 OPEN EVENING FOR Y6 PARENTS - OCT 2007 Y11 Leavers' Ball 2008 8.5.2008 (DAH) Oakridge/Walton G&T Pilot - May 2008 Sugarloaf, Boston, USA Ski Trip - April 2008 Anti-Bullying Week 21st-24th April 2008 WALTON ASSOCIATION CRAFT & GIFT FAIR - 6.10.07 ACTIVITIES DAY 17TH/18TH JULY 2007 - OFF SITE ACTIVITIES DAYS - 17TH/18TH JULY 2007 ONSITE SPORTS DAY - 13.7.2007 KEY STAGE 3 AWARDS CEREMONY - 11.7.07 WALTON COMMUNITY EVENT - 8TH MARCH 2007 IMPACT DAY AT WALTON - 7 February 2007 OLYMPIC SWIMMER VISITS WALTON - 17.1.07 Walton Association Grand Christmas Ball Dec 2006 IMPACT DAY AT WALTON - NOV 2006 Anti-Bullying week at Walton - November 2006 Activities Days July 2006 (off site) Activities Days July 2006 (on site) Key Stage 3 Awards Ceremony - 12 July 2006 Sports Day - July 2006 US5 Concert - July 2006 Class of 2001 - Leavers Ball - May 2006 Big Brovaz visits Walton - March 2006 Walton Communit Event - 14 March 2006 Grand Christmas Ball 2005 WHS staff five-a-side football team - Jan 10 Anti Bullying Week 16th-20th November 2009 GCSE Presentation Evening 2009 PEER MENTOR TRAINING FOR Y10 - NOV 09 Successful Careers Fair - 11.11.09 FAMILY SWIMMING FESTIVAL - 10.11.09 KEY STAGE 3 AWARDS CEREMONY - Wednesday 8.7.09 Walton Comunity Event - 4th March 2009 Gifted & Talented Conference - 22.10.09 Sports Day - Tuesday 7.7.09 Enrichment Morning at WHS - 11.3.09 Departments Art Artist Philip Cox visits Walton - March 2006 Y7 visit wedgwood Museum - 26.5.10 Y8 G&T Animation Workshop Gallery Exhibition - October 2006 Year 6 Transition Workshops Y12 ART TRIP TO LONDON - 6 OCT 09 Y12 Art Trip to Liverpool - 23.6.09 Y12 Art Gallery visit - March 2009 Y13 Visit College - February 2009 Art Summer Newsletter - 2008 ARTIST OF THE MONTH GCSE Artist of the month KS3 Artist of the month Year 10 Art Trip � Wolverhampton Art Gallery-10.10 Year 13 � Chatsworth House Art Trip - Oct 2010 Y13 ART TRIP TO MANCHESTER - 15.10.09 London visit for Y12 - Sept 10 Y13 Art Exhibition in Town Centre -30.6.10 Y6 Transition Workshop - 7.6.10 Art Trip to Paris - March 2010 2d Animation Workshop - March 2010 Y13 Art Students visit College - Feb 2010 Careers Y10 Armed Services Career Presentation - June 2007 English, Drama & Media Studies Poems on the Holocaust - Sept 2007 media studies texts Geography Y12 Field Course to Catalonia - Oct 10 Y12 Fieldwork to Ynyslas and East London - 9.08 Y9 Chester visit - October 2008 Year 8 Visit Carding Mill Valley - May 2006 EXPEDITION TO NAMIBIA - JULY 2009 Y10 visit to Stoke on Trent - May 2008 Y8 Carding Mill Valley 2005 RGS Ambassador visits Walton - January 2009 Y8 Carding Mill Valley Trip - May 2008 Y9 Chester Fieldwork Iceland Y12 fieldwork trip to East London - Oct 07 Y7 Lichfield Fieldwork Yr 9 visit Chester - Oct 2006 Year 10 Geography visit to ABERYSTWYTH - Oct 10 Y9 & Y10 climb Mountain - June 2010 Y12 Geography Fieldwork in Barcelona - Oct 2009 History Y7 visit Warwick Castle - June 2010 Y8 students visit Stafford Records Office - Nov 08 Y8 Students visit Stafford Records Office - Nov 09 History visit to Stafford Records Office - Nov 07 Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau - Summer 2007 School History Scene Visit Year 7 - January 2007 Year 9 Visit Ironbridge - September 2006 Theatre Group visit Walton - March 2006 History Display Y8 Civil War History Task Stafford Castle visit for Y7 - June 2008 Darwin Visits Walton - Jan 2006 MFL Paris Trip for Y12 - April 2009 Y12 PARIS TRIP - MARCH 2007 French Exchange - March 2006 Music SONDURA ROCKS DURING VISIT - NOV 2008 Walton band Malacite rock to the top - July 2007 WALTON SONGSTERS TOUR OF HOLLAND - JULY 2007 Early Music Demonstration - 10 January 2007 South American Group visit school - May 2006 PE Orienteers finish 3rd in West Mids Champs! 5/2010 Y1 Multi Skills Festival -April 2011 Y7 Football Team Success Year 9 District Cup Final - 29.4.10 Netball success - Oct 07 Y12 develop Sports Leadership Skills - July 2007 DAME KELLY HOLMES MEETS WALTON STUDENTS - 3/2007 Regional Gymnastics Competition - February 2007 David Kidney Visits WHS 30.9.08 OLYMPIC SWIMMER VISITS WALTON - JAN 07 Mini Olympic Event at Walton - July 2008 National Gymnastics Finals 2007 Family Swimming Festival - 5.3.08 Stafford and Stone School Sport Celebration 2007 Year 10 Walton District Cup Winners - 22.4.10 Bouncing to Success - March 2010 Y9 Netball Team win District Championships - 3.10 U16 Netball Team � County Champions! - Nov 09 Y8 Boys win District Table Tennis Tournament -Nov Stafford Borough Sports Awards Runners Up 2006 Stafford Borough Sports Awards Winners 2006 06 Dance Festival - 2006 New sponsors for school rugby kit - July 2009 Expressions - February 2006 SKIPPING WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT - 30.6.09 FUNDING PROVIDES NEW TABLE TENNIS TABLES - JUNE 09 U15 Girls Football Team Champs - April 2009 Walton Mini 0 Club - May 2009 Walton Table Tennis Champs! - Oct 10 Y8 CUP WINNERS - APRIL 2009 Table Tennis success for Y7 - Oct 2010 Walton host Y7 girls rugby tournament - 19.3.09 District Cross Country Champs - Oct 2010 District U15 Netbal success - March 2009 Katharine House Hospice 5 k run - Oct 10 SKI TRIP TO THE USA - FEBRUARY 2009 FANTASTIC RUGBY FUND RAISING EFFORTS - JULY 2010 New Goal Posts for Walton - December 2008 Maths Y8 Maths Master Classes Happy Puzzle Company Visit WHS - 26.11.08 UKMT Senior Team Challenge - Nov 08 Y10 Masterclass - June 2006 Maths News - July 2008 STUDENTS SHINE IN MATHS - SEPT 2010 UK Mathematics Trust Regional Final - May 2006 Maths News - Summer 2008 SOTON CHALLENGE 2009 - CODING TEAMS Y6 Coding MATHS NEWS - MAY 2007 Maths news - Spring 2008 G & T Visit to National Coding Centre - Sept 2007 Happy Puzzle Company entertain Y11 - 29.9.09 Maths News - October 2007 Murder Mystery solved by Primaries - July 2010 REGIONAL FINALS FOR BRIGHT Y8 MATHEMATICIANS- 5/10 UK MATHEMATICS COMPETITION - MAY 2007 UKMT INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE - JUNE 09 Y6 G & T visit to Walton - 28.5.10 Murder Mystery at Primary feeder schools 7.09 National Final for Maths Students - Feb 10 UKMT AND FURTHER MATHS SUPPORT PROGRAMME - DEC 09 Y7 and Y9 visit Bletchley Park - May 2009 UKMT Challenge Senior Challenge - Dec 09 G&T Maths Workshop for Oakridge Primary - 18.3.09 UKMT INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE - Spring 2009 UKMT REGIONAL FINAL - March 2009 RE RE Church Visits for Y7 - 22.4.08 Y7 RE Trip - 9th May 2006 7.5 RE Presentations Dec 06 Science Y7 Science visit to the Space Centre - July 2010 Year 9 Visit to Ironbridge - September 2006 Stem Awards Yr 9, July 2006 Barnfields Science Visit - June 2006 Rocket science proves a hit at Walton - 1.4.09 LAUNCH OF NEW STEMNET AFTER SCHOOL CLUB - JAN 2009 Year 8 visit Doxey Marshes - June 2006 Ecton Hill visit for Y12 - June 2008 Y9 Stem Awards - May 2006 Crime Scene Resources visit Y11 - Feb 2008 Science Classrooms Y12 Lecture on Particle Physics - Feb 2008 Y7 Think Tank visit to Birmingham - May 2008 Y6 visit 6th form Chemistry Trip - 6.07 Y8 Doxey Field Trip Y8 Visit Doxey Marshes - June 2007 Doxey Marshes Science Trip - June 2010 Y6 BAYS visit to Walton - June 2007 After school STEMNET Club - Sept 09 Gifted and Talented Visit - March 2007 Spark Chamber Demonstration - March 2007 STEMNET GOES TO RAF COSFORD! - Nov 09 Forensic workshop - 31.3.09 Technology FREE RECIPE BOOK FOR Y7 - October 2009 Product Design and Textiles - July 2010 Technology Exhibition - 6th January 2011 Y7 Free Cookbook - February 2009 Walton races at Rockingham - July 2007 Taste of Success is golden - 2006 School Sports GIRLS ACTIVE Get Active Representatives SCHOOL SPORTS COUNCIL Representative List Meeting Minutes Next Meeting EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PE List TEAM NEWS Sports Journalism Pages Upcoming Fixtures Team Sheets (Updated as necessary) EVENTS Sport for the blind Leadership Academy Night Young Ambassador Meetings Girls Active Meetings Intra School Sport Opportunities National School Sports Week

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