Year 8 Teacher Awards!
Y8 students were celebrating last week as we handed out our teacher awards. Students were rewarded for being the ‘High Flyer’, ‘Most Improved’ or the student who goes the ‘Extra Mile’ in their classes. It was great to see so many students picking up awards. Keep up the amazing work, Year 8!
Year 7 Subject Award Winners!
Congratulations to all the WSSC Year 7 Subject Award winners! You continuously work hard, and put in excellent effort every single day. Well done everyone, we are so proud!
Y9 Princes Enterprise Challenge Success!
On the 15th April, a small group of Year 9 students completed the North West Regional Final Prince’s Trust Enterprise Challenge at the Marriot Hotel in Manchester. The students were Alisha Khan, Emily Leyland, Amie Pycroft and Charlotte Moss. They performed exceptionally well and pitched their sustainable and ethically friendly business idea, which was Wicko Fest, […]
Form Feast!
Students in 7H, 8H, and 9N were recently rewarded with a special form feast! This was in recognition of their hard work, and being the top performing in their year group for Cause For Praises (CFPs) this year. Consistent hard work and outstanding effort from each of these forms earned them this reward. A massive […]
Y11 Rounders Tournament
Some of the Y11 girls took part in a Rounders Tournament this week, against Wath and Aston. The team finished as the runner up! They lost to Aston, but then fielded very well against Wath and scored some brilliant Rounders against them, and ultimately beat Wath. The team thoroughly enjoyed themselves! A huge congratulations to the […]
British Physics Olympiad – Senior Physics Challenge Competition
Y12 A-Level Physics students took part in the Senior Physics Challenge Competition from the British Physics Olympiad. This competition is a traditional problem based set of questions and designed for all those who like to engage in problem solving questions and developing those skills. Ellie and Holly achieved a Commendation for challenging themselves and taking part […]
Y11 Cup Victory!
The Y11 Wickersley School football team were successful in their final cup campaign. The team played Dinnington School in the Y11 Rotherham Boy’s Cup Final; the game finished 4-0 with Wickersley lifting the cup. The scorers were: Alfie Williams, Joshua Johnson, Robson Woodcock, and Michael Monaghan. Robson Woodcock was awarded the man of the match award for […]
Study of the Gothic Genre
As part of our study of the gothic genre, our Y9 and Y10 students were visited by Red Heart Theatres to watch a performance of the texts we have studied in the classroom. Y10s watched a performance of their GCSE text: Jekyll and Hyde, while our younger students watched performances of H.G. Wells: The Red Room and Edgar Allan […]
Wheelchair Rugby Success for Wickersley Student
Y11 student, Hayley Cassin has been selected to represent the Talent GB Wheelchair Rugby Squad! She started playing wheelchair rugby for Yorkshire Lions division 3 and stayed there for two seasons. She then made the move to Leicester Tigers Wheelchair Rugby Club in June of 2023. She now plays Premier League and division 1 in […]
Wickersley Ski Trip 2024
During the second week of the Easter holidays, 94 students travelled to Passo Tonale in Italy for the annual ski trip. The students had varied ski experience, but all made fantastic progress. Even the students who had never stepped foot in a pair of skis were skiing competently across the mountain by the end of […]
