Woodlands School is an officially recognized high school (habilitado) which offers senior years 1, 2 and 3 and 1st. year of baccalaureate (Senior 4). During these four years, students are taught a double curriculum: the current mandatory national curriculum, implemented by ANEP (Public Education National Administration), and the Middle Years Programme (MYP) of the International Baccalaureate Organization
International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) Middle Years Programme
Woodlands Senior School is an IB World School. This means it is authorized to offer the Middle Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organization www.ibo.org
Special Needs Department
Our policy is to give students with learning disabilities differentiated support and attention and to take into consideration their difficulties during assessment.
The School has a Special Needs Department which follows an interdisciplinary and preventive approach to meet the challenges that arise from differing learning abilities. During support classes, each student’s needs are individually catered for. The aim of this programme and of the cognitive strategies it provides is to develop and boost these students’ strengths and capacities so that they may seek, learn, and use these strategies to overcome their difficulties and work with the curriculum, both in Spanish and in English.
Vocational Guidance Workshop
The aim of these workshops is to guide students on how to make the right career choice through a reflective approach. The programme includes updated information on the choices available in each University, entry requirements and duration of courses. Professionals from different areas are invited to speak and personal interviews with students and parents may be held if requested.
Workshops on Prevention of Addiction
The School constantly works with parents, teachers and/or students on raising awareness among students about health issues, so that they may make responsible decisions and avoid harmful behaviour.
Hands-on Workshops
Senior 1 and Senior 2 students take part in photography, woodwork, cooking and band workshops.
School Project
An exhibition for families is carried out once a year, showing different activities from various subjects. This is an opportunity for the students to share with their parents the scientific experiments, arts and crafts, oral presentations, scale models and informative brochures, among others, which they have prepared enthusiastically and with great care.
School Trips
Throughout the year, the School organizes trips to exhibitions, industrial establishments or historical sites of interest.
Camp Instructors Course
Senior 3 and Senior 4 students are trained to supervise and entertain Junior School students when they go camping, at sleepovers, school trips, and recreation activities.
Talent Show
As part of the School’s anniversary celebration, students who wish to participate can show a talent (performing, dancing, singing, imitating, etc.). A jury of teachers determines who the winner is. In addition, each classroom is decorated with a theme picked by the students. The group with the most original idea, best organization and teamwork receives the first prize.
International Examinations
Senior 3 students sit for Cambridge University First Certificate Examination.
The following year, students sit for Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education. This is one of the most prestigious secondary education programmes worldwide for 14 to 16-year-old students.
Cambridge IGCSE is an international programme which develops students’ capacities for creative thinking, research and problem solving, and it is an excellent preparation for the next step in their education. www.cie.org.uk
Service as Action
Following the IBO Middle Years Programme regulations, students are asked the question: «What can I do for my community?». Students are encouraged to act and reflect within and beyond the classroom. They discover their own reality, other people’s reality and the reality of the community. This motivates our students’ affective, creative, ethical and cognitive development.
Physical Education and Sports
The most practised sports are rugby and football for boys, hockey and handball for girls and athletics for both.
The School participates in the Interschool Sports League, in A.D.I.C. (Sports Association for Schools Integration), in the Uruguayan Rugby Union and in the Uruguayan Hockey Federation.
Activities are mostly carried out in the School, since it has a gym, two artificial grass pitches and a natural grass field.
When students finish School they can become part of Old Woodlands, an Alumni club founded in 2009.
Sports Tours are essential for our students’ development as athletes. Not only are they motivated to improve their performance, but they are culturally enriched by new experiences.
School camps are also part of our curriculum. In Senior 1, a camp is held at the beginning of the year. It intends to promote integration and a sense of belonging.
Uniform
GIRLS
School skirt
White shirt
School tie
Blue cardigan or sweater
Blue socks
Black shoes
Blue fleece or jacket
BOYS
Grey trousers
White shirt
School tie
Blue V-neck sweater
Black shoes
Blue socks
Blue fleece or jacket
SPORTS UNIFORM
GIRLS
Blue shorts
Blue polo t-shirt
White socks
Blue tracksuit
Trainers
BOYS
Blue polo t-shirt
Blue shorts
White socks
Trainers
Blue tracksuit
HOCKEY
Blue, green and white t-shirt
Blue hockey skirt
Blue, green and white socks
Mouth guard
Hockey shoes
Shin pads
Hockey stick
HANDBALL
Blue, green and white t-shirt
Blue shorts
Blue, green and white socks
Trainers
RUGBY / FOOTBALL
School rugby / football t-shirt
White shorts
Blue, green and white socks
Mouth guard
Shin pads
Rugby/ Football shoes
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