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Posts published in April 2022

Staying Safe: Harmful Sexual Behaviour Advice for Parents & Students

WE have spent several SMSC session and assemblies covering this topic and what it can look like in society. This year we have focused on the importance of the words we use, the problem with cyber flashing and the importance of knowing what consent is.  Why is HSB such a big focus?  HSB has become more widely recognised as an issue within society. There has been a greater encouragement for people to speak up about their experiences and to make…

Favourite ‘Library’ Reads Spring Term 21/22

Diary of a wimpy Kid: big shot Say Her Name Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Black Butler Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix Megamonster An eagle in the snow Heartstopper Six of crows The mission Carrie Death note Marcus rashford: you are a champion One of us is lying Playlist for the dead The mystery of the clockwork sparrow Twilight Cream buns and crime Percy Jackson and the greek gods Gangsta granny strikes again!

BOOKBUZZ!

BOOKBUZZ is a reading programme that supports schools by encouraging reading for pleasure. It celebrates independent choice and works to develop a school reading culture. Nunnery Wood values the importance of reading and the positive impact reading has on many aspects of education. As a result, the books are provided to our Year 7 students free of charge. We are very excited to have taken part in this hugely successful scheme once again where students are offered the opportunity to…

World Book Day Comp

A BIG thank you to all the students (and staff) who entered our competition. We were really amazed by the number of entries that were handed in, and the number of students that scored full marks! So, without further ado, we are pleased to announce that the winners of our World Book Day book cover competition are:- Year 7 winner Freya Harrison 7.11 Year 8 winner Rhiannon Lewis 8.03 Year 9 winner Will Barnes 9.06 Year 10 winner Kai Shankara-Ralph…

World Book Day Interschool Quiz

AS part of Nunnery’s Word Book Day celebrations a group of Year 7 & 8 students took part in an inter-school book quiz hosted by the Worcestershire Children’s Book group. Students read a selection of books in the weeks leading up to World Book Day, to prepare for the questions set by the Quizmaster Mrs Dawn Woods from the Schools Library Association. Despite the quiz taking place via Zoom, tension, inter-school rivalry and excitement filled the Library. The members of…

Student Parliament

IN March the student parliament was visited by local Councillor Matt Lamb. Dr Lamb was recently appointed as the cities first Children and Young People’s champion, which means he will be working as an advocate and spokesperson for young people. Dr Lamb was keen to hear what the students on parliament thought about Worcester and its current offerings for young people and all of the students had lots to say about what they liked and what they thought could be…

Head Boy & Head Girl

THIS half term has been very busy for the prefect team and the whole school. We had the responsibility of welcoming Ofsted into our school and touring them around. We also spoke to them about our views on our school In addition to this, prefects have taken a role in leading the school parliament and have been busy with fundraising ideas for our end of year prom. Lots of students have actively represented the school in sports, music, dance and…

Yellow Pandas

Freya HarrisonYEAR 7 A RARE and brand-new species of bear was found today in the depths of the Amazon Rainforest.   Earlier this week, a young male yellow panda was found crawling through the bushes to the local villages looking for what is guessed to be food. Instead of waiting for expert authorities to arrive young girl ‘Lexi Taylor’ began to search the trees in the deeper parts of the forest and struck gold when she found the female panda,…