Visits, Visitors and Events 2007-2008

A brief list of items to give a flavour of some of the things that happen at Alderman Knight!

Sept/Dec –Fortnightly visits to Hop, Skip and Jump for Ks1/2

Sept/July – Weekly visits rotated termly for years 9/10/11 – Hartpury College

Sept/July – Weekly after school club – Wednesdays 3-6pm

Sept 13^th - “Tudor Times” – all-day event Years 7-9

Sept 19^th -Gloucestershire Youth Dance workshop to celebrate 1000 years of

                 history in Tewkesbury

Sept         “Shirts for Spoons” non-uniform day

Sept 21^st – “Day of Peace” celebrations

Sept 26^th -Wendy Roberts (St Nicholas, Ashchurch) harvest with Red/Blue groups

Sept 28^th -Harvest celebration – led by Rachel Westlake (Young people’s worker

                 from Tewkesbury Baptist Church) – all school.  £40 raised for local flood

                 relief fund.                                        

Sept/Dec- Squash coaching at “Strings” Tewkesbury     Years 10/11

Sept/Dec -Cheltenham Town Football Coaching   Years 10/11

Oct 3^rd -   Hampstead Factory Theatre Workshop M3/M4

Oct 5^th -   Celebrity Chef - Rob Rees cooking demo for all school

Oct 10^th - Visit to Mop Fair - Juniors

Oct 11^th - Visit to Premier Lodge- S2 Lifeskills

Oct 12^th - Art trip to Westonbirt Arboretum – M4/S1

Oct 15^th - Visit to Roses Theatre to see “Happy Feet”

Oct 16^th - World Food Day – B1G1F -1369 meals!

Oct 19^th - Visit to Morrisons - S2 Lifeskills

Oct 18^th - Art trip to Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail Year 8

Nov 1^st -  Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – S1

Nov 2^nd - Art visit to Sudeley Castle – reconstruction sculpture.

Nov 2^nd – Chris Fox –Tewkesbury Christian Youth Worker to lead assembly

Nov 6^th – Visit to Tewkesbury Abbey - KS3 - Humanities

Nov 9^th – “Bombs at Teatime” – WW2 films at Roses Theatre – Juniors

Nov 11^th – Sale of Poppies for Remembrance  (£26.91)

Nov 12^th-16^th – “Healthy Lifestyles Week” – All school – cross-curricular

Nov 14^th –Visit to “Steam” at Swindon – Air raid experience – Juniors

Nov 15^th – “Sportsability” event at Gloucester (KS2/3/4)

Nov 15^th – Local Magistrates visit/interview – KS4 – for RE Unit Awards

Nov 16^th – Children in Need fundraiser - £127

Nov 20^th – Visit from local youth leaders to promote “5 Steps” sessions at

Nov 21^st – “Be Real” careers day – Year 11

Nov 23rd –Exchange day with Tredington School AKS junior pupils evacuated to

                  Tredington for WW2 activities

Nov 26^th – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – M3

Nov 28^th – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – M1

Nov 30^th - Street Party to celebrate end of WW2 with KS2 pupils from Tredington   

                  School  

Dec 1^st – 20 Christmas shoe boxes filled for “Operation Christmas Child”

Dec 3^rd – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – S2

Dec 4^th -  Visits to Waitrose Food Studio – M4/M2 – Phil Vickery demonstration

Dec 5^th – “Infobuzz” drugs and personal safety workshops KS3/4

Dec 6^th – Bredon School Y6 pupils to AKS for Christmas Activity session

Dec 9^th – School choir sing at the Roses Theatre with Tewkesbury Town Band

Dec 11^th –“Carols around the Christmas tree” – all school celebration

Dec 12^th – Roses Theatre Pantomime workshop – Juniors

Dec 13^th – Visit to Roses Theatre to see pantomime – “Aladdin” – Juniors

Dec 14^th – Visit to theatre in Birmingham to see “Treasure Island” – KS3

Dec 17^th – Christmas Disco for KS3/4

Dec 18^th – AKS Christmas lunch with visitors – all school

Dec 19^th – Juniors Christmas Party

Jan 7^th – Feb 11^th Cricket coach in for 6 weekly sessions – KS4

Jan 8^th – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – S1/S3

Jan 8^th  - Mar 2^nd Coady Dance Crew for 6 weekly sessions – Street dance –KS3

Jan 9th – Feb 13^th Cheltenham Town Football Club – 6 weekly sessions – KS3

Jan 9^th –   Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – Blue group

Jan 11^th – Cricket Festival GL1 KS3/4

Jan 11^th- Mar 7^th  - Glos. Youth dance with KS4 – 7 weekly sessions

Jan 16^th – World Food Day – 2 pupils receive certificate for school at Shire Hall

Jan 16^th – Fergus Crowe and Gill Frances – Head of National Children’s Bureau

                 visited school in connection with Healthy Schools Award                                    

Jan 22^{nd -}   School Open Day

Jan 25^th – Rachel Westlake – Christian Youth Worker to lead all school assembly

Jan 26^th – “Festival of the Donkey” – Glos Cathedral – Yellow group

Jan 27^th – Walk up Bredon Hill –Juniors

Jan 31^st –  Careers Evening – Years 9,10,11

Feb 7^th –   Visit to Alison’s Bookshop Tewkesbury – World Book Day –Juniors

Feb 8^th  -  Trip to “Hop, Skip and Jump” – Juniors

Feb 11^th - Science Day at Tredington School – Red and Blue Group

Feb 26^th - Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – Red Group

Feb 27^th – Swimming Gala - Juniors with mainstream pupils at Tewkesbury School

Feb 29^th – Teachers TV filming in school – Healthy Schools

Mar 3^rd –  HSBC visit to bank and also visit by bank employee to S3 and S2

Mar 4^th – Glos.Young Enterprise Competition – Cheltenham Town Hall - S2

Mar 5^th – Walk up Bredon Hill – Juniors

Mar 6^th – Football Tournament at Hartpury College – KS3/4

Mar 11^th ”Mad Scientist Workshop” – Tredington School – Red and Blue groups

Mar 12^th –Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Dance Festival – Watson Hall KS3/4

Mar 14^th – Trip to Waterways Museum – Juniors

Mar 14^th – Sport Relief – all school fundraiser – “Run the Mile” £352 !!

Mar19th – Trip to Bredon Farm to see how water is used – Juniors

Mar 19^th – Swimming Gala GL1 (Special Schools) KS2/3/4

Mar 18^th – “Easter Experience” – St. Nicholas Ashchurch – M1

Mar 25^th – Visit to Caffe Fasset art exhibition Bath S1/M4

Mar 26^th – Education and Business Partnership Day for year 10 pupils - Racecourse

Apr 1^st – Group 1 reward trip to ten pin bowling – Juniors

Apr 1^st – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – Red group

Apr 2^nd – Community Police Officer to speak to juniors

Apr 3^rd – Trip to “Willow Boat” Glos 

Apr 4^th – Chris Fox – Christian Youth Worker to lead all school assembly

April 21^st – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio – M3

Apr 25^th – Visit to Cheltenham Sewage Works – Red/Blue groups

Apr 28^th – Community Police Officers to speak to S2

Apr 30^th – Badminton coaching at Tewkesbury School with mainstream pupils– KS2

May 1^st – “Food Festival” workshop (How food is produced) – KS2/ M1

May 2^nd – Visit by “Animal Lady” – all school

May 6^th -9^th – Residential visit to PGL Ross-on-Wye – outdoor education -.KS3

May 13^th – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio (French Cooking) – Blue Group

May 13^th-15^th – RDA Riding holiday KS2

May 14^th – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio (Fruit and Veg.) Year 7

May 16^th – Special Schools Athletics competition at Prince of Wales Stadium

May 23^rd – Visit to “Colourscape” experience in Tewkesbury – KS2/3

June 3^rd/10^th/17^th – Tennis Coaching with Terry Parker –KS3

June 6^th for 6 weeks “Playing for Success” Cheltenham Racecourse – selected pupils

June 9^th – Bread making with Sodexho M2(Years 8/9) Celebrating year of Food and 

                Farming     

June 9^th – Residential visit to PGL Wales – outdoor education – KS3                    

June 10^th – Visit to Over Farm “Pizza Day” KS2

June 12^th – Tewkesbury Country Dance Festival at Alderman Knight -KS2/ Year7

June 17^th – Y11 Leavers’ barbecue at Twyning Fleet – evening

June 24^th – Visit to Waitrose Food Studio (French Cooking) – Red Group

June 24^th – Special Schools Tennis Festival at Oxstalls Leisure Centre -KS3

June 25^th – School Leavers Celebration – invited guests and parents.

June 26^th /July 3^rd – Tennis coaching – Terry Parker KS1/2

July 1^st – Bread making with Sodexho – Red group

July 1^st – Special Schools Multiskills at Bournside School – KS2/3

July 2^nd – PE and Cooking – outreach day provided for Twyning School and John   

                Moore School

July 5^th (Sunday) – 2 pupils to South Cerney fishing day

July 7th-11^th – Residential trip to Butlins – KS1/2

July 9^th – “Real Game” day - Year 9

July 11^th – Stroud Theatre visit to school for KS3

July 14^th – Visit to Cotswold Farm Park – KS1/2

July 15^th – “Mini-Olympics” sports day at Tredington School – KS1/2

July 16^th – Behaviour group 1 club – reward outing to ten pin bowling

July 17^th – School Sports Day

July 17^th – Selected pupils participate in “Over the Rainbow” concert in Tewkesbury

                  following weekly music sessions with Pete.

July 18^th – Juniors Barbecue at Hop Skip and Jump

Aug 4^th-8^th / 18^th-22^nd – Extended Schools Project – Summer School for 40 pupils                    

                   Ages 6-14 years. Activities including gymnastics/ art/ “Real Chocolate 

                   Experience”/ Waitrose cooking/ farm visit/ Glos.Dance workshop/ 

                   Swimming/ Hop,Skip and Jump/ inflatables/ Everyman Theatre workshop 

                   Willow Trust boat trip on Glos Sharpness canal.                                                                                                                                           

Alderman Knight School, Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8JJ.