Liaison

Links with KS1 & KS2 Schools

The Wavell School works closely with local primary, infant and junior schools to ensure that the transfer of students from primary to secondary education is as smooth as possible. Before children join the school, most will have been taught by a number of The Wavell School staff on such liaison programs as Maths, Science, PE and Design Technology.  In addition, Wavell teachers meet with children and primary school teachers in their own environment. Information about National Curriculum levels, as well as other records of student performance, is passed on to ensure continuity. 

Drama

Our Drama Department annually presents performances at South Farnborough Infant School, aligning with their PSHE curriculum. This initiative is part of our Year 9 Theatre in Education (TiE) project and fosters community engagement. See more here...

Links with Colleges

Farnborough 6th Form

Darkroom Workshop

A group of GCSE Photography students visit Farnborough Sixth Form each year for a hands-on darkroom workshop. This experience allows the students to delve into the world of traditional photography, learning how to operate in a darkroom environment and gain practical skills in developing photographs. Thing they learn are the different stages of film developing, including exposure, developing, fixing, and printing photographs. Using professional equipment as well as the opportunity to explore the Photography facilities at the college, giving them insight into the resources and opportunities available at the next level of education.

Photography Light Workshop

Year 9 students who have expressed an interested in Photography have an ‘Introduction to Photography Workshop’. Looking at the overview of photography as an art form and profession. Discussing different genres of photography (portrait, landscape, still life, etc.).

Learning basic skills and techniques, such as understanding camera settings: aperture, shutter speed, and ISO etc. Composition basics skills such as framing, rule of thirds, leading lines, and other compositional techniques. As well as an introduction to different lighting equipment such as soft light, spotlights, reflectors, and diffusers to experiment with the lighting to capture different moods and styles in their photographs.

14-19 Rushmoor-Hart Consortium

We work closely with all schools in the Rushmoor and Hart area. We have held the Chair of the Rushmoor and Hart Curriculum Innovators Group for the past 3 years and have led on initiatives to help improve educational outcomes for students in the local area, the latest being an event to raise aspirations for Year 8 students. We also work closely with our two local Further Education Colleges on programmes to improve all aspects of transition from Key Stage 4 to post-16 education as well as leading the local Secondary schools in programmes specifically in Biology and Languages. Some Wavell students attend Farnborough College of Technology on a day-release programme during Key Stage 4.

Rushmoor Extended School Services

Our Headteacher and one of our Assistant Headteachers are members of the Rushmoor Extended Services Steering Group. We work closely with the Rushmoor Borough Council Co-ordinator and offer a Full Extended School Service. 

Part of our work with this group has been to organise and run a local community event, ‘Around the World in Eighty Minutes’.  In addition we have taken part in transition projects which include the very successful Year 6/ 7 Business Conference which has been held at The Princes Hall.

Rushmoor Education Improvement Programme 

Our Headteacher is the Secondary School Representative on the Rushmoor EIP and we are very excited at the possibility of all local schools and community partners working together with County and Borough Councils to continue to improve local education opportunities.