Woodchurch High School
Encyclopedia
Woodchurch High School is a comprehensive, co-educational secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds. Examination is unnecessary for admittance. Its qualification options vary vastly from Horticulture to separate science: Physics, Chemistry and Biology GCSE's; as well as offering an extra Mathematics GCSE - Statistics. The school has facilities for students with physical and learning disabilities.
It is located at Woodchurch
, on the Wirral Peninsula
, England
. The school holds Specialist Engineering College
status and is administered by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
.
As part of the British government’s 'Building Schools for the Future' programme, plans for a new £23 million environmentally state-of-the-art school building were announced in November 2006.The new facility was officially opened in September 2010.
In 2008 the school was the subject of the BBC Two
television documentary
Rocket Science
in which physics teacher Andy Smith tried to get a group of eighteen Year 8 pupils interested in science by using alternative teaching methods. Mr. Smith had already taught at the school for ten years before when he was approached to participate in the programme. In addition to the lessons, pupils made field trips to copper mines in the United States and fireworks factories in China. For the series finale, the students designed, built and lit the fireworks for the closing ceremony of Liverpool
's period as European Capital of Culture
for 2008.
It is located at Woodchurch
Woodchurch
Woodchurch is an area of the Wirral Peninsula, in England, which is sometimes considered a suburb of Birkenhead. Administratively, Woodchurch is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West...
, on the Wirral Peninsula
Wirral Peninsula
Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school holds Specialist Engineering College
Engineering college
Engineering colleges generally refer to institutes of higher education which offer an engineering course at degree level. The duration of the course is four to five years depending upon the university to which the college is affiliated. The students learn little of basic science concentrating...
status and is administered by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 311,200, and encompasses of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. The city of...
.
As part of the British government’s 'Building Schools for the Future' programme, plans for a new £23 million environmentally state-of-the-art school building were announced in November 2006.The new facility was officially opened in September 2010.
In 2008 the school was the subject of the BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
television documentary
Television documentary
Documentary television is a genre of television programming that broadcasts documentaries.* Documentary television series, a television series which is made up of documentary episodes....
Rocket Science
Rocket Science (TV series)
Rocket Science is a BBC television documentary series, first broadcast in March 2009 on BBC Two, exploring new ways to teach science to children...
in which physics teacher Andy Smith tried to get a group of eighteen Year 8 pupils interested in science by using alternative teaching methods. Mr. Smith had already taught at the school for ten years before when he was approached to participate in the programme. In addition to the lessons, pupils made field trips to copper mines in the United States and fireworks factories in China. For the series finale, the students designed, built and lit the fireworks for the closing ceremony of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
's period as European Capital of Culture
European Capital of Culture
The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by theEuropean Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension....
for 2008.