This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 13.
EEKLY W B ULLETIN 29 SEPTEMBER 2023
KEY SCHOOL DATES
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS Pitru Paksha - 29 September - 14 October Black History Month - October Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October World Animal Day - 4 October Dyslexia Awareness Week - 2-8 October Year 7 PTA Bingo Night - 29 September 6-9.30pm PTA uniform sale - 30 September 10-11.30am Year 11 Silver DofE Assessed Expedition - 5-7 October Drop Down Day - 12 October Sixth Form Open Evening - 19 October
A huge thank you to all the bakers who made our Macmillan Coffee Morning such a success. We raised £1000 for such an important cause. This was our first big house event of the year so it was lovely to see students across the years celebrating their houses and getting creative with their decorating. We even had a DNA themed cake baked in honour of Rosalind Franklin. The Year 11 House captains worked tirelessly
*PICTURE OF BILLIE*
throughout the day, organising and selling the donated bakes, as well as having the glamorous job of cleaning up at the end of the day. This has been an extremely busy week for trips at Waldegrave so we were pleased that Storm Agnes has passed us by. Our final Year 7 trip to Thames Young Mariners took place yesterday. It has been lovely hearing from the students about their day of adventures on the river making new friends and courageously trying new things. Our Year 11 students completed their practice expeditions for their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh in the Ashdown Forest last weekend and are looking forward to the assessed expeditions next weekend. On Wednesday our Year 10 Art students were inspired by their visit to Kew Gardens and really enjoyed the opportunity to draw and sketch. I am really looking forward to seeing how their sketchbooks develop over the term. Finally, our Year 13 Geographers have enjoyed a fabulous field trip to Barcelona gathering data for their coursework. On Thursday afternoon we were incredibly grateful to Jim McKeown, one of our parents, who gave a talk to Design Technology students in Years 9 and 10 about his career as a set designer for film and television. The students were fascinated learning about the creativity and understanding of materials to produce a prop suitable for a range of requirements, for example Captain America’s shield, from anodised aluminium for close ups to rubber for fights. Thank you to all our families who have donated uniform to school ready for the sale taking place this Saturday between 10.00am and 11.30am.
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Last week it was Youth Mental Health Day and The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust launched their new resources on mental health and wellbeing for teachers, parents and carers. Their recent research found that the five key themes that young people wanted support with most were: Managing change and uncertainty; feeling lonely, isolated or disconnected; feeling bored, flat or unmotivated; feeling anxious about social situations; and getting help or support for mental health. The pack of resources can be found here and you can follow the links to the useful videos on encouraging young people to seek help and managing change and uncertainty.
CONTACT PTA
A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 13
Year 13 students are continuing to work hard in and out of lessons. I would firstly like to thank all Year 13 students who got involved in the Macmillan Coffee Morning and for financially contributing towards a really worthy cause. Secondly, after having spent 4 days in Barcelona, the Year 13 Geography students have now returned back to the UK. The purpose of their trip to Spain was to collect data as part of their NEA. They all worked tirelessly and they all now have the data they need to progress with their NEA. We cannot wait to hear from the students about their adventures abroad. As part of their enrichment lesson, we have organised speakers to attend and address our Science students as part of their curriculum support prior to university life. We would therefore encourage all students hoping to study any science related field to attend these talks. We believe these will help you gain an understanding of ethical conundrums in science and how it affects legal protocols.The next talk will take place on 4 October where Professor David Holt, Upper Warden from the Worshipful Company of Firefighters will discuss Laboratory Medicine and Drug Development. In addition to this and on the same day, another talk has been organised. Mr Tony Horrocks who is currently employed by IBM will talk to our Sixth Form students. The relevant details have already been shared with the students via their Google Classrooms. Finally, the early entry deadline for UCAS is Sunday 15 October. Students who are planning to submit their application by that deadline should by now be at the final stage of their application.
MR STAVROU, HEAD OF YEAR 13
BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This book is written from the perspective of Charlie through letter entries, following him and his friends through their challenging navigation through high school and life. It’s a moving and honest story.
~ Recommended by Neeka P, Year 11 student
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed towards our Macmillan Coffee Morning fundraiser, whether that was by bringing in homemade goodies to sell or purchasing some cakes on the day. All houses did a fantastic job with their stalls, it was so lovely to see all the bright colours across the hall. We are pleased to announce that we managed to raise £1000 at our bake sale! £800 will be going to Macmillan and £200, raised by our sixth formers, will be going to the Evie Dove Foundation.
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 sixthform@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 13 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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