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18:16 PM - 15 Mar 2024

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18:00 PM - 12 Mar 2024

Big shoutout to our Year 8 Boys Rugby 7s team! Despite being the only state school, they showed true grit at the Danes Hill School tournament last Wednesday. Our boys fought hard and made some awesome tries, contributing to Huxley MB being named in the all-star team for the day! pic.twitter.com/MEQ4tP3pyF

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18:00 PM - 8 Mar 2024

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated Easter Eggs this week! They will be split between patients at Kingston Hospital and a raffle which will be held on Tuesday 19th March. The raffle will be supporting our school charities: Cancer Research UK, Dementia UK and Water Aid. pic.twitter.com/4KniSouGs9

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18:32 PM - 7 Mar 2024

Staff embraced World Book Day 2024 today at HWS! Staff and students were invited to vote on the best-dressed staff member and the best department. Voting closes at midnight tonight so watch this space for the winners! 👀👀 pic.twitter.com/DQj82juj8R

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10:33 AM - 6 Mar 2024

For more information on this job role and other vacancies please visit the HWLP website:https://t.co/6jTmNRJWen pic.twitter.com/dK8uq8JVtV

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12:42 PM - 4 Mar 2024

Hinchley Wood School Newsletter February 2024 https://t.co/pLMQ4tyr8C

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17:20 PM - 26 Feb 2024

Our German Exchange students have arrived safely and spent the weekend with their German partners. They are now currently experiencing what life is like in a typical German school! pic.twitter.com/t6oRBg2VPO

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17:44 PM - 20 Feb 2024

Yesterday, our Year 12s enjoyed an insightful taster day at Royal Holloway, University of London! The day included informative advice and guidance on university life, a tour of the campus, a Digital Media lecture and a Q&A session with the RH student ambassadors. pic.twitter.com/ikTe6EvDba

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18:00 PM - 19 Feb 2024

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18:18 PM - 15 Feb 2024

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Literacy Support

Literacy is a right.  It is implicit in the right to education.  It is recognised as a right, explicitly for both children and adults, in certain international conventions and is included in key international declarations.

The rationale for recognising literacy as a right is the set of benefits it confers on individuals, families, communities and nations. Indeed, it is widely reckoned that, in modern societies ‘literacy skills are fundamental to informed decision-making, personal empowerment, active and passive participation in local and global social community.’  (Stromquist, 2005)

An ever increasing amount of importance is being placed on the use of spelling, punctuation and grammar  (SPaG) for students at GCSE and the quality of written communication at A ‘Level, and at Hinchley Wood School we have a whole-school commitment to ensure that every child is fully prepared to achieve well here as well as having good literacy skills for later life.

Students have been introduced to the ‘Naughty Forty’ list of words – those being the forty most commonly misspelt words in Hinchley Wood School – and are encouraged to actively use these in their subjects to ensure familiarity. Students in Key Stage Three are tested on these regularly in English. Other Literacy activities are delivered through tutor time too, where common mistakes are highlighted and rectified, such as the use of apostrophes and capital letters as well as whole-school competitions and initiatives.

On this section of the website you can find these tutor activities should you wish to work on these with your child at home, as well as other useful information, such as the ‘Naughty Forty’ list of words and a list of which current GCSE subjects are subject to separate spelling, punctuation and grammar marks.