Welcome to this week's news from Year 8.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
31 JANUARY 2025
ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER
KEY SCHOOL DATES
HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
This week we have been marking Holocaust Memorial Day, learning not just about the Nazi Holocaust but examples of more recent genocides. This year’s theme is ‘For a Better Future’. Our Year 9 students were privileged to be invited to Richmond Synagogue where they learned about the
Children’s Mental Health Week - 3-9 February World Cancer Day - 4 February Time to Talk Day - 6 February HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS Year 9 Options Evening in Hall - Tuesday 4 February, 5-6pm Y9 Vaccinations - Wednesday 5 February Y13 PE Mocks - 5 & 6 February Sixth Form Music Trip - Royal Holloway University - Friday 7 February
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
holocaust, hearing the personal histories directly from survivors and survivor families. Students took part in workshops reflecting upon how we can all choose to act in ways that reduce hatred and fear in our com- munity.The scale of the atrocities is difficult to understand but when told that if we held a minute of silence for each victim of the holocaust our silence would last 11 years, this hit home as the pupils understood this would have been most of their lives. In assembly Mr Greaves illustrated how such atrocities start by othering and excluding members of our community. I have been so impressed by the thoughtful responses of our students. Please can I remind parents that we encourage students to travel to and from school by public transport. An increasing number of parents are dropping off and collecting students and the increased traffic is making Fifth Cross Road congested and dangerous. Less traffic is not only better for our environment but also makes our roads safer. This week Year 8 has taken their turn at the Bake Off. We had a delicious array of fruity flavours this week and again struggled to choose our winners but I am delighted to announce that first place went to Emilia, Gabby and Hayley in 8FLE with gorgeous green strawberry and matcha cupcakes. 8PIR and 8STR were very tasty our runners up. Well done all!
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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Next week is Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is ‘Know yourself, grow yourself’ encouraging children, young people and adults to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them. This will help them grow and develop resilience to cope with what life throws at them. Place2B have created a series of resources, using the characters from Disney’s Inside Out 2, including some excellent Tips for families. It’s also a good time to encourage your children to have a look at the on-demand student webinars created by the Anna Freud Centre, on topics including exam stress, anxiety, low mood and staying well online. The full list can be accessed here. Additionally, we’d like to remind you about the upcoming in-person workshop on Exam Stress with the Mental Health Support Team, at 6pm on Thursday 27th February at Waldegrave. You can register your interest here.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 8
This week our Year 8 assembly was delivered by a representative from an organisation called Kooth. Kooth is a free, safe, and anonymous online platform where young people can access mental health support whenever they need it. It aims to empower young people to identify, manage, and address life’s challenges. Year 8 were very engaged with the assembly and will do some follow up activities during registration which will give them an opportunity to explore the site. Delivered in partnership with the NHS, Kooth is available to anyone be- tween the ages of 11-18. This week we have had the Year 8 Bake Off competition and it has been incredible to see all the fantastic bakes. The oven gloves were off in this final challenge where our Year 8 bakers showed their depth of skill and talent. The form teams really have came together, united in their aim to prove their baking skills and impress the judging panel. The judges commented on how beautifully presented the tasty cupcakes were, along with some amazing flavour combinations - A HUGE well done to everyone who took part! The winners were announced on Friday at lunchtime, and we will be celebrating their achievements next week in the form time. The students have clearly worked incredibly hard and all students and their supporting form teams should feel proud. Our top three epraise forms this week are as follows 8FLE and 8PIR with who are joint leads, followed closely by 8EBH. Our top student epraisers this week are Olivia B 8EBH, Rosie R 8PIR, and Nina M 8PUN - keep up the great work! Well done to all the students who are demonstrating the enjoy, achieve and empower aspects of school life. Looking ahead, students are reminded of the need to wear a lanyard at all times during the school day. If any have been mislaid new ones can be purchased via Parent Pay. As the weather continues to be damp, please remind your children to wear a labelled waterproof coat to school and take extra care as they make their way into and out of school.
MRS LYDDON, HEAD OF YEAR 8
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘My name is Mina’ by David Almond
In the form of a journal, this book is a prequel for the book Skellig, and focuses on the character Mina before she has met Michael and Skellig. It focuses on her troubles with school and family and shines a light on her creativity. It is a fun, but serious book all at the same time and has many different forms of creativity like poetry and made-up stories. Overall, it’s a very personal and emotive tale, with lots of much needed honesty about school and the stories that are missed of kids who struggle in school. - Isabelle H, Y11
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. Maths puzzles can help foster problem-solving skills by challenging children to think creatively about the problem they are facing. This skill cna be transfered to everyday activities, such as decision making and even managing emotions. 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!
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
27.01.25
Year 7 Basketball v Hampton High
Won 34-8
29.01.25
U15 Borough Basketball Tournament
Tournament winners A Team: 6-3 Loss B Team: 10-1 Won
30.01.25
Y7 Netball Friendly vs RPA
This has been a week of wins for our Basketball Teams. Our Year 7 Basketball team (pictured) are keeping up their winning streak, with a 34-8 victory over Hampton High on Monday evening. The game was played at home and was a really good team performance with everyone trying to play their best. Well done to the whole team and congratulations again to Shaleen C who was voted players’ player of the match. Our Year 8/9 Basketball team have now officially been named as Richmond Borough’s under 15s Basketball champions following the tournament on Wednesday! We also had a friendly netball match last night against Richmond Park Academy, playing away. It was a balanced evening with our A team losing their match and our B team winning.
Well done to all our pupils who took part in sports this week.
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