Welcome to this week's parental bulletin with all the latest news for Year 8.
14 MARCH 2025 Y11 Food practicals - 17-21 March Y13 Chemistry Practicals - 18 & 20 March Y8 Teen Tech Festival - Thursday 20 March Y12 & 13 RE Candle Conference - Friday 21 March WEEKLY BULLETIN HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER KEY SCHOOL DATES Although International Women’s Day fell on a week- end this year, we have been marking it in school with assemblies and tutor activities exploring this year’s theme, “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
It was wonderful to welcome students from across Richmond last night to take part in the Jack Petchey Speak Out Competition. The Year 10 speakers were so impressive and spoke with real passion about issues that matter most to them. It was a wonderful experience for all who took part. This morning our Year 9 Poetry by Heart finalists performed their poems in Year 7 assembly which was filmed to feature in a full documentary feature film intended for cinema and TV release, with launches around the country. It will highlight a selection of all the wonderful stories and journeys and learning adventures that will contribute to making Poetry By Heart 2025 magnificent, and it will help to strengthen the case for every child having access to high quality arts education. We had a number of trips out of school this week. Our Year 10 Histori- ans visited the Old Operating Theatre Museum, part of Old St Thomas’ Hospital, it is the oldest surviving surgical theatre in Europe for female patients. Our A level Spanish students attended a study day at the BFI Southbank which explored the legacy of dictatorship in contemporary Spanish cinema.
Women’s History Month Holi Festival - 16 March
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your achievement stories and photos to share by email to International Day of Happiness - 20 March World Down Syndrome Day - 21 March
~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
Next week it is the United Nations International Day of Happiness and in previous years the focus has included celebrating ‘Happy Heroes’, reclaiming happiness and the impact of relationships. This year’s theme is ‘Sharing and Caring’, encouraging everyone to engage in three simple steps to improve their own happiness and the happiness of those around them. The first step is to think about something you have found helpful or inspiring recently. Step two (care) is to consider who else might bene- fit from that help or inspiration. The final step is to share it with them by sending a text, voice note or going to see them in person. As the play- wright and philosopher, Howard Zinn, said: “We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world”. To co- incide with the International Day of Happiness, the organisation Action for Happiness is also hosting a webinar at 7pm on 20th March on the theme, which will include some insights from this year’s World Happiness Report. Other upcoming webinars from Action for Happiness include ‘Happiness Ripples: making a positive difference’ and ‘Appreciating beau- ty and goodness in our world’ . All Action for Happiness Webinars can be accessed free of charge or through a voluntary donation. HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 8
We have had another busy week again in Year 8. This week we had our assembly about International Women’s Day learning about all of the different influential women throughout history who have done incredible things for the advancement of society. On Monday we had teams from every form taking part in the ever popular Interhouse Benchball Competition. EDA were the overall winners, FFR and SHU were joint 2nd with STR a commendable 3rd! A great effort by all and it was fabulous to see the amazing team spirit and support being given to one another in what was a very competitive afternoon indeed - Well done!
This week year 8 have been enjoying visiting the Scholastic Book Fair. It has been great to see so many students enjoying books and discover new genres and authors.
Leading the individual leaderboard for epraise this week are Violet WB (8EBH)- 12 points, Artemis McC-P (8EBH) -10 points and Phillipa Sc (8FLE) - 10 points. Well done!
Bea Calvert (8STR) has been selected to represent her rowing club -Walbrook Rowing Club at the National Junior Sculling Head Time Trial at Eton Dorney lake. This is very exciting news and we look forward wish her lots of luck! As spring is now making it feel warmer, more students are removing their school jumpers during lessons, break and lunchtimes. Please can you ensure that all clothes have name labels on them, as it is very easy for these to be misplaced. Thank you for your continued support and here’s to another busy week at Waldegrave for our wonderful Year 8s!
MRS LYDDON, HEAD OF YEAR 8
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘The Girl of Ink & Stars’ by Kiran Millwood This book is a captivating story about a girl called Isabella, a cartographer’s daughter. She lives on an island called Joya. When her best friend Lupe disappears, Isabella is determined to join the search party by using her mapmaking skills and knowledge of the stars which help guide the search. The world beyond the walls is filled with monsters and ancient myths. Isabella must save not only Lupe but the island too. I enjoyed the character, Isabella, since she was resilient - she never gave up - and brave. I also liked how Isabella’s maps and knowledge transformed into something magical. The more you read the more secrets are revealed. If you liked ‘The Last Bear’ by Hannah Gold or ‘The Wolf Wilder’ by Katherine Rundell, since they also feature brave girls in magical settings, then you would enjoy this book.
- Nina E, 7PFO
Please contact us with any queries or problems you may have. To get in touch with a member of staff from your child’s year group, you can: Please contact us with any queries or problems you may have. To get in touch with a member of staff from your child’s year group, you can: Send an email to KS3@waldegravesch.org Or you can contact the school via phone by calling: 02088943244 WALDEGRAVE SCHOOL Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 5LH HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 8 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS Send an email to KS3@waldegravesch.org Or you can contact the school via phone by calling: 02088943244 WALDEGRAVE SCHOOL Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 5LH HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 7 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
FRIDAY MATHS PUZZLE Our learning focus for tutor time on Fridays this term is mathematics, with the maths department setting some thought provoking brain teasers each week for pupils to grapple with. Many maths puzzles enhance logical reasoning. When playing maths puzzles, children need to follow a set of specific rules or steps, to come up with the correct answer. This process helps children to organise their thoughts. Please have a go at this week’s problem, talk to your child about how they approached it and what the solutions were. We hope you enjoy these at home as much as the students have enjoyed them with their form!
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