Winterbourne Academy PTA

Winterbourne Academy’s Bright Spots

Hazel Rigby — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:30:19 +0000

Winterbourne Academy probably has some of the nicest, kindest and most polite children around. They add to our community and society. Sometimes you only get to hear about a few bad apples but Winterbourne Academy is sharing some of the amazing feedback it’s students receive, both academic and outside school. Check out their power- point presentation here and the Winterbourne Academy website page here.

Recent Successful Bids

Hazel Rigby — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:49:58 +0000

New Models and Books for the Enrichment War Hammer club together with a yearly White Dwarf club subscription. £305.71 (Bid
by Vicki Simms)

Large World Map Wall Paper for room S02 £206.66 (Bid by Martyn Wallis)

SEN Sensory Garden Project £965.03 (Bid by Kieran Mogford and Alison Carmody)

Reading books

Manga comic books and graphic novels
£225.00 (Bid by Edwina Wren)

Chess Sets for the enrichment chess
club. £350.40 (Bid by Nicholas
Trowbridge)

Human Brain Model £122.29 (bid from Jane Wright)

SEN Catch-up Reading Resources – Literacy support need for lowest Year 7 attainment, fidget toys, etc £394.00 (Bid by Deborah Coysh)

Geography Department Visualizer £182.50
(Bid by Katie Allen)

Whiteboards and Pens for use during Covid £728.70 (Bid by Andrea William-Jones)

Data logging equipment, motion sensors, current sensors and voltage sensors for Science – £1262.50 (Adam Loxton)

Star Badges for KS3 students reaching 100, 200 and 300 positive achievement points on Class Charts £239.70 (Bid by Andrea William-Jones)

Day of the Dead celebration in Term 1, 2022 Drop Down Day. Kerry Russell, Creative Director at In Bristol Ltd will ran the sessions. £1045 (bid by Emma Kirby and Jo Abini)

Calling Local Performers

Hazel Rigby — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:43:05 +0000

We are looking for local groups to perform at our upcoming Christmas Market at Winterbourne Academy. Held on Sat 26th November 2022 from 11am-3pm.

Groups can perform for 15-30 minutes depending on your preferred time slot. Or even have more than one slot if we have space in the schedule. In the past we have had local dance groups, ballet schools and choirs but there is the opportunity for anyone looking to exhibit their skills in front of family, friends and a local audience at our amazing festive fun day out. Performers will have the chance to shine in the drama hall of Winterbourne Academy for free.

The entry fee for the Christmas Market is just £1 per adult and children are free. So everyone can come and enjoy the amazing array of stalls, with gifts, crafts, food , festive games, kids craft table and all the free entertainment.

Chess Club

Hazel Rigby — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:58:56 +0000

February 2022

New Chess sets for the Chess Club

In cooperation with Nick Trowbridge who volunteers his time to run the Chess Club.

WAPTA raised £350 to make this possible.

Map Wall

Hazel Rigby — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:55:45 +0000

January 2022

Map Wallpaper and paste for curved wall in Geography department

In cooperation with Martyn Wallis of the Geography Department.

WAPTA raised £250 to make this possible.

Martyn is a dab-hand at wall-papering.

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Promoting our local performing groups

Hazel Rigby — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 14:11:27 +0000

With so many opportunities to perform cancelled, due to the recent Covid-19 epidemic, we are providing local performing groups the chance to exhibit all their hard work and show their impressive skills once more, at our Christmas Market. We aim to help restore our community feeling and support local businesses’ and groups get back to normal. We have two dance studios and two choirs performing at the event.

Brand New Website Launched

Hazel Rigby — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:24:04 +0000

Welcome to our new website. This much anticipated event has been a labour of love by the WAPTA committee to help improve communication and transparency with the school community. Having our own website allows us to quickly update our messages, news and calendar so that our students and stakeholders can see what we do, how hard we work for you all and what is being achieved.

Previously we merely had a single page on the school website that was very difficult to update and could only contain limited information. This new site allows us to give you the latest information as we get it. It enables you to instantly communicate with us and send us feedback or fill in forms, vote for your preferences and join our various initiative with the click of a few buttons.

Let us know if you have any feedback. Is the site a big improvement? Is there something you were hoping to see that you couldn’t find. Please add your comments.