Some updates

It's been a while since I have posted about what we've been doing, so here are some updates.

Extension Tasks
The extension activity spinners I mentioned in March are in use in a few classrooms around the school, and the feedback from students has been positive so far. Since departments were encouraged to generate extension activities that were subject-specific, I have not been providing these weekly as in the past. My focus next year is going to be on raising the challenge for all pupils in all parts of the lesson, and my weekly updates from September will focus on this.

West Wilts Federation Events
There are 2 coming up before the end of the school year.

We have selected 10 year 9 students to attend our Federation Conference at Queen's College, Oxford, from July 1st-2nd. I'm so excited to be organising this for the second year running, and that we have managed to secure such a prestigious institution to host us. 80 young people from across West Wilts will be working together to come up with solutions to some of the issues faced by our nation. Look forward to a full report back!

The following week, 80 year students from across West Wilts will be taking part in a number of challenges at Undercover Rock, including rock climbing and high ropes. This will give students an opportunity to meet their peers and push themselves out of their usual comfort zones to solve problems as teams. Sign ups for this close on Friday and spaces are going fast.

In addition to this, we will be having the first meeting for Malaysia 2010 students in July, and we're currently working on a careers fair for year 10 students, to be held in October.

Ofsted
When Ofsted came in last month they were complimentary about the extra-curricular provision for AGT students here at Matravers. Students interviewed were very positive about the events that they are offered and made it out to be a real strength. I am very pleased to get such good feedback! I am already calendaring next year's events and look forward to them being as widely enjoyed as this year's.