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Our students have asked that we have a non-uniform day on Friday 24th March to raise money for the Turkey and Syria appeal.  We will be asking for students to make a £1 donation on the day which will be collected by tutors.  This is our first non-uniform day and we would like to point out that there are still some rules around dress code for the day (these will also be shared with students across the next week):

No sliders/crocs/heels/open toes shoes for health and safety reasons (trainers are allowed as well as closed toe shoes/boots) 

No jewellery is allowed as per our usual school rules

Lanyards must be worn and school bags, PE kit or any other equipment needed for the day is still essential

Please also consider that it is a school environment and students should be dressed in a way which is appropriate.  If students do dress in clothing which is inappropriate, we will have to call parents and send them home. It also means that we may not be able to run events like this in the future.

Thank you for your support with this.

We are celebrating British Science Week here at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls across 10th - 24th March. The theme this year is connections. 

Year 7 are making planets and discovering how the planets in our solar system are connected.

Year 8 are forensic scientists who are investigating the murder of the head teacher Ms Williams linking the evidence found to solve the case.

Year 9 are data detectives on 2 islands who are using light or electricity to transmit a message in Morse code to each other.

Dear parents/carers,

You will be aware that NEU teachers will be striking on Wednesday and Thursday 15^th and 16^th March 2023.

Due to significantly reduced staffing, we will be running the following limited programme for invited students only.

These students will be invited in a separate message home.

On Wednesday the school day will start at 9.00am for those Year 10 students invited in, finishing by 1.30pm. The school day will start at 9.00am for those invited into the Key Stage 3 Hub, finishing by 2.00pm

On Thursday the school day will start at 9:00 am for students invited in and the Year 10 students will finish at 1:30pm and the Key Stage 3 Hub will finish at 2:30pm.

We will be providing lunch and/or break for students invited in, but normal payment arrangements will apply.

Additionally, any student not invited in for the above activities who is eligible for free school meals will get vouchers for those two days.

Please look out for messages soon from us to check whether your daughter has been invited in.

Ms L Williams

Head of School

What an amazing day we have had at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls celebrating International Women's Day.

We firstly want to say a huge thank you to Wishful Winks for making our school look so beautiful with so many wonderful balloons and decorations. These decorations really added to the atmosphere and fun of the day.

These are just a few pictures of our school, looking very purple!

Our whole school community spent the day celebrating International Women's Day. This year the theme was #EmbracingEquity.  Our guest speaker Jade Barnett came in and shared her story with Year 9 and 10 students and showed them how Equity has enabled her to become very successful despite a really difficult journey in her life.

We had dozens of brilliant women come and talk to our Key Stage 3 students about their careers and every single one of them was so impressed with our students' questions and the way that they interacted with them; they have all agreed to come back again next year!

Isabelle Knight was one of our guest speakers and had some lovely words to say about our school and the event:

'I spent IWD today speaking to Year 7 & 9 girls at a local secondary school, to tell them all about my career in a “Career Hop” event.

One thing that was worth celebrating - a whole sports hall full of women talking about what it’s like to be a working woman in today’s world with the young women who will form the next generation.

We have a duty as women to let girls know about our achievements, to show them how far they can go and encourage them to imagine the endless possibilities for their own futures.

So pleased to have been included in this brilliant event. Thank you Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls.'

There were several workshops throughout the day, with students learning about Equity and what it means and then using that to be creative and think about women that inspire them.  Our Year 10 students supported our Year 7 and 8 students with learning about spoken word and its power to get your message across, our 6^th form students from Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys came to share their insights into GCSE options.  We're really grateful to the older students who gave up their time to share their skills and knowledge with the younger ones.  

Our Year 10 Founders team also organised and ran a lot of the day, showing how much our students rise to the challenge of responsibility and succeed.

How wonderful does Ms Smith and Ms Alejo look in their purple outfits!

Our amazing catering team Wilson Jones provided a themed lunch today in honour of IWD. They also baked and created special edition International Women's Day muffins with all profits made being donated to the Girls Opportunity Alliance.

Overall, it was a wonderful day and we're really proud of our whole school community and how they used the day to raise one another up.

Already looking forward to next year!

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls celebrating International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023.

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.

Plan for Wednesday 8th March 2023

• We have Jade Barnett coming in to talk to Year 9 and 10 students - she is a motivational speaker, an Advocate for Youth Inclusion and Opportunity and works with various organisations including being a senior member of the Violence Reduction Unit's Young People's Action Group and a Youth Development Lead for the Prince's Trust.
• We have a Career Hop event for Years 7, 8 and 9 - this gives our students the opportunity to speak to women from a wide variety of career areas including entrepreneurs, business owners, media, scientists, engineers, project managers, recruitment, education, medicine, law and many more!
• Students will be learning about the theme of Embracing Equity - what this means to them and what it means in the wider world.  
• Older students will be working with younger students on expressing themselves through spoken word and students from the Poly 6^th form will also be visiting and working with our students on the day.