Welcome to this week's parental bulletin with all the latest news for Year 10.
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
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~ 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 10
We are now very much into the Spring half term. This week in tutor time students have been working towards the ‘Young Minds competition’ sponsored by M and S. This competition takes place in year on world menta health day, to show young people that they are not alone with their mental health. M&S are looking for inspiring designs to feature on two special pieces in their 2025 YoungMinds Hello Yellow kidswear collection – on a yellow sweatshirt and a yellow hoodie that will be sold in M&S stores and online. We will also be awarding a prize to the best Waldegrave entry as well. All entries should go to Mrs Davies. This Friday we also introduced our new joke competition for comic relief. Each tutor group must submit your best cheesy joke by Thursday March 20th. On March 21st, each tutor group in your year will vote on their favourite joke. House Points will be awarded to winning groups! This week at Waldegrave we hosted the Jack Petchey Speak Out challenge. A competition that encourages students to make speeches about topics that they are proud of. Many schools come from throughout the borough to compete and speeches are always truly incredible and empowering. Congratulations to Pea Robinson, Isabelle Edwards and Coco Blank for making it to this final round and for speaking out so passionately. They should all be very proud of themselves. On Friday March 21st, students and staff are invited to wear red on this non-uniform day, and to make a voluntary donation using ParentPay. This is all in support and celebration of Red nose Day. Students who do not wish to wear red will be expected to wear their normal school uniform, and that all expectations still apply. Students wearing clothing inappropriate for a school setting will be asked to wear a uniform top provided by the school.
MRS PORTEOUS, HEAD OF YEAR 10
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘One of Us is Lying’ by Karen M. McManus The book is set in a high school, where five teenagers Addy, Cooper, Nate, Bronwyn and Simon all end up in detention together. A few minutes into the detention a car accident happens right outside, while their teacher hurries out to check what has happened, one of the students, Simon, falls dead. The remaining four students are the main suspects because they were present during his death BUT…. who did it? I really loved reading this book, after the first chapter I was hooked and couldn’t seem to put it down. There are cliffhangers everywhere. New evidence keeps popping up and every time I thought I knew who had killed Simon, more clues came out suggesting another person. Every character has a secret to hide, and an interesting backstory. At the end there was such a plot twist that I was left with my jaw hanging open, I could never have guessed how the murder case unravels. I recommend this to people who love murder mystery!! - Camille P, 8PUN
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 KS4@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 10 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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