A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
This week the students are back into their usual lessons and will be receiving their exam papers and results back. Whilst many will be delighted with their results some will not have done as well as they hoped. Either way we have emphasised the importance to learn from these assessments and use them as a tool on their pathway to success. This is an opportunity to develop each student’s resilience, which will be tested over the year ahead. On Monday Miranda H in SHO was celebrated having been selected as a highly commended entry in the 2024 Young Science Writer Award. Miranda and Mrs Hopping (form tutor and science teacher) and myself were lucky enough to accompany her to the Royal Institution for the awards ceremony. Miranda’s essay was written on “The Fragile Future of our Corner of Para- dise” and the judges said her clarity, creativity, and scientific rigour demonstrated in her writing stood out among a highly competitive field of submissions and the judges thought her work was outstanding. Your contribution is a testament to the importance and impact of science communication. In addition to this Miranda has also been awarded a distinction for her Grade 5 clarinet exam this week! Anya Scruton is away this week representing England in the Jr NBA European Finals in Valencia. She was selected as part of the England Talent Pathway which is designed to provide players with opportunities to come together, train and compete against other nations with the basic aim of exposing English talent to as many different playing styles and conditions as possible prior to potential Great Britain selection. Playing for your country at an age group level is a great honour and one in which we thoroughly congratulate Anya on. This week we have been holding our Head Girl interviews from our wonderful House Captains and shortly we will announce who that will be along with her deputies. This week has been a busy one for our House Captains and PE prefects, all of who have run Sports day today. Coordinating the events, participants and recording of results along with face painting and stirring up the crowd, they have done a fantastic job. Next week is work experience for year 10 and I wish them the best of luck on their placements. I hope they can all learn new things and develop their interpersonal skills over this week . If your daughter is unwell during this week please speak to their placement to let them know as well as calling into the school. We look forward to visiting the placements and speaking to the students following their experiences.
MRS ROOK, HEAD OF YEAR 10
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Result
Fixture
20.06.24
Year 7/8 Rounders v’s Orleans
WON, 8-2
26.06.24
Borough Sports
VARIOUS
27.06.24
Year 9 Rounders v’s RTS
WON, 11-8
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Away With Words by Sophie Cameron Away With Words is about a girl called Gala who has moved from Cataluña to a town in Scotland with her dad. She doesn’t speak much English, so she feels really lonely and lost, not able to be her usual funny self. This all changes when she befriends a girl called Natalie, who has selective mutism. They find their own ways to communicate, which improves their lives and the lives of others around them. In my opinion, Away With Words is a brilliant book because it gives meaning to a lot of phrases or sayings like, ‘having a way with words’ or ‘drowning in a sea of words’. It sheds light on a different view of words. Words are not just things that we say. They are things full of meaning and emotion, some more than others. Away With Words represents this and embodies the meaning of words.
~ Recommended by Ella B, Year 7
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