Recent Trips and Visitors
The weather may be cold but that has not stopped intrepid Piggott School students from getting out and about in recent weeks.
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The weather may be cold but that has not stopped intrepid Piggott School students from getting out and about in recent weeks.
We were delighted to receive news about the school equestrian team and their recent success at the Royal Windsor Horse Show qualifiers. The team are all current students who ride under the name of The Piggott School and we are very impressed by their hard work and dedication.
We would like to welcome you to our Year 8 into 9 Options Evening on Wednesday 9th January from 5.45pm-7.45pm.
There will be talks from Mr Griffith at 5.45pm and 6.45pm in the Library and subject staff will be available to speak to you about their individual subjects during this time. Further information will be available on arrival.
Just a reminder that the school closes at 1pm on Wednesday 19th December.
If your child uses a school coach, these have been booked to collect pupils at 1pm. We will reopen at 8.50am on Wednesday 2nd January 2018.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
We are delighted to announce that we have signed an agreement with Premier League Champions Chelsea Football Club to deliver a Girls Football Development programme beginning in September 2019. This will run alongside the existing Coaching Academy programmes.
Maths Summer School
At the beginning of October we were contacted by a local Church organisation with a plea for help for donations for the homeless. I am proud to say the Piggott community responded with enthusiasm!
Our annual Remembrance Service will take place in the main hall on Friday 9 November at 2.30pm. We look forward to being joined by members of the Royal British Legion and other guests.
In this special year, members of the school choir who contributed to the Never Such Innocence project in January are excited to have been invited to attend the National Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey this Sunday, 11 November. The Service will be broadcast live on BBC 1 at 6pm – you may well see us in the audience, looking smart in Piggott uniform.
As part of The Piggott School’s commemorations to mark the centenary of the Armistice we are also proud to unveil the 6 foot tall ‘Silent Tommy’ who represents the many thousands of young men who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting for their country. He will take pride of place in the school quad where he will look in towards the roll of honour, which lists the names of members of our school who were among the many fallen heroes.
In addition, every student and staff member has been given the opportunity to fill out a small outline of ‘Tommy’ with either the name of someone they wish to thank, or with a poem or a piece of art work. These have been gathered in a display that will sit alongside the roll of honour and our ‘Silent Tommy.’ We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this display.
‘Lest we forget’.
The Piggott School have recently completed another successful exchange visit to Erftstadt in Germany.
The Piggott School has a long-running association with the Ville-Gymnasium (Grammar School) in Erftstadt, near Cologne, and this well-established exchange has proved very popular over the years. Here is an account of the experience from one of our Year 10 pupils:
Consultation period: Monday 15th October to Monday 10th December
It is a statutory requirement for all state funded schools to consult on their Admissions Arrangements every 7 years. In line with this requirement, The Piggott School is consulting on its Admissions Arrangements for 2020/2021.The proposed changes are as follows:
· The removal of denominational grounds (category G) from admissions criteria. This change is proposed in line with advice from the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education to remove faith based criteria from admissions arrangements.
Tuesday 2nd October 2018 & Wednesday 3rd October 2018
See the school at work
9.15 – 10.45am or 9.30 –11.00am
Please telephone main reception to book a place
Thursday 27th September, 2018
Talks by the Headteacher
At 6.15 and 6.45 and 7.15pm.
Meet the staff, displays and tours around the school
Further details from The Piggott School
0118 940 2357
The Piggott School recently hosted the Primary Team Maths Challenge, a competition which saw Year 5 and 6 students from the surrounding area compete in a variety of challenging rounds.
The pupils from 6 different local schools worked together to complete 4 different tasks, all of which needed team work and perseverance to finish. The students engaged brilliantly with the often difficult rounds, which included murder mysteries and code breaking. A particularly enjoyable round for the pupils involved constructing a tower using only newspaper and sellotape and it was amazing to see all the different designs and strategies which pupils devised.
The winning team was a group from Sonning Primary School. They demonstrated brilliant teamwork and enthusiasm throughout the day.
Another Amazing Year of GCSE Results at The Piggott School
A Level & Level 3 Vocational Results – The Piggott School
We had a busy few days at the beginning of the month with our Summer Activity Days.
We are delighted to be hosting a group of students and teachers from our partner school Luzhou High School in Sichuan Province, China.
On Sunday 13th May 2018, 24 Year 10 Piggott students embarked upon their journey to France, and after a long day of travelling, we finally arrived at the car park where we were greeted by our exchanges and their families who kindly welcomed us to their homes.