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Meeting 14.5.07 Walton Association Grand Christmas Ball 2006 School Prospectus Student Support & Guidance Encouraging Achievement The Curriculum Curriculum Aims Walton Trust Parents Advanced Induction information for Y6 students Application for pupil leave of absence from school Draft Anti Bullying Policy - consultation process EASYFUNDRAISING FOR WALTON Extra Curriculum Activities Free School Meal Information and Application Form Kirkland Rowell Survey conducted June 2008 LA Web Link on Parental Responsibility & Schools Letters to Parents 2010/2011 Online Admissions Link Police Letter dated 31.3.10 (FAO Y9 Parents) School Term and Holiday Dates - 2009-2011 School Timetable School Uniform - May 2010 Snow Procedure Transport Policy proposed changes - May 2010 Update on English Block -25.5.10 Years 10 & 11 Course Options 2009-2011 booklet Youth Club Students CHATS - Information and Advice CLUBS DISRUPTION TO TRAVEL - MAY/JUNE 2010 ECO GROUP Examination Timetable Summer 2010 SNOW INFORMATION RE EXAMS - Jan 2010 STUDENT ANTI-BULLYING PAGE Update on English Build - 25.5.10 Y10 INJECTIONS - FEBRUARY 2010 Y10&11 Options Information 2010-2012 Y11 APPLICATION TO THE 6TH FORM YOUTH CLUB TIMES School Council Minutes of Meetings 2008/2009/2010 Governors Election of Parent Governors Governing Body Curriculum Staffing Community Finance Community Learning Community Course Appliction Form (A4 print out) Community Courses - February 2010 Community Courses Easter 2010 Community Courses Jan 2010 September 2009 Community Courses Community Partners Community Learning Partnership Primary school web addresses Gallery Whole School Events KS3 AWARDS CEREMONY - THURSDAY 15TH JULY 2010 Personal Development Session with Y10 - March 2010 SPORTS DAY - TUESDAY 6TH JULY 2010 Walton Community Event - 10.3.2010 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 2d Animation Workshop - March 2010 Art Trip to Paris - March 2010 Y13 Art Exhibition in Town Centre -30.6.10 Y13 Art Students visit College - Feb 2010 Y13 ART TRIP TO MANCHESTER - 15.10.09 Y6 Transition Workshop - 7.6.10 Y12 ART TRIP TO LONDON - 6 OCT 09 Y12 Art Trip to Liverpool - 23.6.09 Business Studies Careers English, Drama & Media Studies Geography Y12 Geography Fieldwork in Barcelona - Oct 2009 Y9 & Y10 climb Mountain - June 2010 EXPEDITION TO NAMIBIA - JULY 2009 RGS Ambassador visits Walton - January 2009 History Y7 visit Warwick Castle - June 2010 Y8 Students visit Stafford Records Office - Nov 09 ICT Maths Murder Mystery solved by Primaries - July 2010 Y6 G & T visit to Walton - 28.5.10 Y8 Maths Master Classes REGIONAL FINALS FOR BRIGHT Y8 MATHEMATICIANS- 5/10 National Final for Maths Students - Feb 10 UKMT AND FURTHER MATHS SUPPORT PROGRAMME - DEC 09 UKMT Challenge Senior Challenge - Dec 09 SOTON CHALLENGE 2009 - CODING TEAMS Happy Puzzle Company entertain Y11 - 29.9.09 UKMT INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE - JUNE 09 Murder Mystery at Primary feeder schools 7.09 Y7 and Y9 visit Bletchley Park - May 2009 G&T Maths Workshop for Oakridge Primary - 18.3.09 UKMT INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE - Spring 2009 UKMT REGIONAL FINAL - March 2009 MFL Paris Trip for Y12 - April 2009 Music SONDURA ROCKS DURING VISIT - NOV 2008 PE FANTASTIC RUGBY FUND RAISING EFFORTS - JULY 2010 Orienteers finish 3rd in West Mids Champs! 5/2010 Year 9 District Cup Final - 29.4.10 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 New sponsors for school rugby kit - July 2009 SKIPPING WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT - 30.6.09 FUNDING PROVIDES NEW TABLE TENNIS TABLES - JUNE 09 Walton Mini 0 Club - May 2009 RE Science Doxey Marshes Science Trip - June 2010 After school STEMNET Club - Sept 09 STEMNET GOES TO RAF COSFORD! - Nov 09 Forensic workshop - 31.3.09 Student Services Technology FREE RECIPE BOOK FOR Y7 - October 2009 Product Design and Textiles - July 2010 Y7 Free Cookbook - February 2009 Year Groups Class of 2008 Y7 Disco - May 2009 Class of 2007 Class of 2006 Class of 2005 Leavers Ball - Mr Hancock's Pictures Mrs S Campbell's photographs Stafford Student Firefighter Course - Dec 2008 Class of 2004 Miss Byrne Y11 Ball photos Mr Hooson's photos Mr Salter's photos Mrs Campbell's photos Y11 Ball Mr Hancock's Photos Class of 2003 Clothes Show Live 2008 Y12 and Y13 Industry Seminar - November 2008 Class of 2003 - Presentation Evening, 20.11.08 Class of 2002 Y12 and Y13 Industry Seminar - Nov 2008 Work Experience Young Ambassadors Wanted: Sports Council Reps - 15.1.10 Oakridge Primary to Represent Stafford 6.1.10 YA�s Launch Recycling Scheme for Sport 5.1.10 New Years Resolution for YA Movement 4.1.10 Archive Newsletter December 2008 Newsletter July 2008 Newsletter April 2008 December 2007 Newsletter October 2007 Newsletter May 2007 Newsletter December 2006 Newsletter November 2006 Newsletter June 2006 Newsletter April 2006 Newsletter Curriculum Careers Work Experience School Library Book Promotion Specialist School Improved provision for learning Results - 2007 Parents Enrichment Dates FREE SUMMER SPORT PROGRAMME Letters to Parents 2007/2008 Letters to Parents 2008/2009 Letters to Parents 2009/2010 Summary of Exam Results - 2007 Tutor Groups - 2008/2009 Tutor Groups - September 2007 School Data Staff Community Learning AVAILABLE PLACES FOR JANUARY 2009 COURSES Community Course Descriptions 2008/2009 Community Course Guide and Price List 2008/2009 Community Courses - January 2008 Crafts Desktop Publishing Digital Photography DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE - APRIL 2009 French (Improvers) Gardening GCSE Additional Science How to Write Good, Plain English 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 Enrichment Morning - 22 January 2009 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 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 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 Gallery visit - March 2009 Y13 Visit College - February 2009 Art Summer Newsletter - 2008 Careers Y10 Armed Services Career Presentation - June 2007 English, Drama & Media Studies Poems on the Holocaust - Sept 2007 media studies texts Geography Y12 Fieldwork to Ynyslas and East London - 9.08 Y9 Chester visit - October 2008 Year 8 Visit Carding Mill Valley - May 2006 Y10 visit to Stoke on Trent - May 2008 Y8 Carding Mill Valley 2005 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 History Y8 students visit Stafford Records Office - Nov 08 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 Maths Happy Puzzle Company Visit WHS - 26.11.08 UKMT Senior Team Challenge - Nov 08 Y10 Masterclass - June 2006 Maths News - July 2008 UK Mathematics Trust Regional Final - May 2006 Maths News - Summer 2008 Y6 Coding MATHS NEWS - MAY 2007 Maths news - Spring 2008 G & T Visit to National Coding Centre - Sept 2007 Maths News - October 2007 UK MATHEMATICS COMPETITION - MAY 2007 MFL Y12 PARIS TRIP - MARCH 2007 French Exchange - March 2006 Music 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 Y7 Football Team Success 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 Stafford Borough Sports Awards Runners Up 2006 Stafford Borough Sports Awards Winners 2006 06 Dance Festival - 2006 Expressions - February 2006 U15 Girls Football Team Champs - April 2009 Y8 CUP WINNERS - APRIL 2009 Walton host Y7 girls rugby tournament - 19.3.09 District U15 Netbal success - March 2009 SKI TRIP TO THE USA - FEBRUARY 2009 New Goal Posts for Walton - December 2008 RE RE Church Visits for Y7 - 22.4.08 Y7 RE Trip - 9th May 2006 7.5 RE Presentations Dec 06 Science 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 Y6 BAYS visit to Walton - June 2007 Gifted and Talented Visit - March 2007 Spark Chamber Demonstration - March 2007 Technology Walton races at Rockingham - July 2007 Taste of Success is golden - 2006 Year Groups Class of 2008 Y7 Camp - October 2008 Class of 2007 RE Class Presentations - December 2007 Class of 2006 Christmas Bookmark Competition - Y7 - Xmas 2006 Year 7 visit Boreatton Park Sept 2006 Class of 2005 Ironbridge Sept 07 DISTRICT NETBALL SUCCESS - MARCH 2007 Swimming success for Kiera and Adam- May 2006 Firefighter Visit for Y7 - May 2006 Y7 Thinktank visit - May 2006 Y7 Inter-Tutor Quiz - 2006 Y7 Inter-Tutor Group Competitions 2005-2006 Y7 Camp 2005 Tutor 7.4 football event Y7 Impact Day Class of 2004 Inter-tutor netball competition - March 2007 Y10 inter tutor Competition for MacMillan - 6/08 Red Nose Day - March 2007 Impact Day - 8/2/2006 Impact Day - Tutor Group 8.4 - February 2006 Year 8 visit Coventry Catheral - 2006 Class of 2003 Y9 Stem Awards (KS3 Science) - June 2006 Y11 Leavers' Ball - 8.5.08 (Mr Hooson) Y11 Leavers' Ball - 8.5.08 - (Mrs Campbell) Y11 Ball Mr Hancock's photos Class of 2002 GCSE Presentation Evening - November 2007 Y12 Industry Seminar - Nov 2007 Y11 LEAVERS' BALL - MAY 2007 (DAH) Y11 LEAVERS' BALL - MAY 2007 (SJC) Yr 10 Young Enterprise - July 2006 Impact Day 2006 S&D Football Finals May05 BBC Visit Class of 2001 Y12 and Y13 Industry Seminar - 20/12 November 2008 Y12 Race for Life - July 2008 Presentation Evening Class of 2001 Leavers' Ball (RH) Class of 2001 Leavers' Ball (DAH)

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Curriculum - Geography

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Key concept: Awe & Wonder

LINKS TO PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON RECENT GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIPS

Y12 Geography Fieldwork in Barcelona - Oct 2009

EXPEDITION TO NAMIBIA - JULY 2009

RGS Ambassador visits Walton - January 2009

Y12 Fieldwork to Ynyslas and East London - 9.08

Y9 Chester visit - October 2008

Y10 visit to Stoke on Trent - May 2008

Y8 Carding Mill Valley Trip - May 2008

See the Departmental Gallery for images from recent field trips

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