A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 7
As your child moves through school, they will face numerous tests and assessments. This week during form time, we looked at various methods of revising and made it clear that while such assessments are important enough for students to try their best, they should never be a cause of anxiety. This week students in Years 7, 8 and 9 who achieved a top 10% score in the UK Bebras Challenge back in November have been taking part in the Oxford University Computing Challenge. This is an invitation event in which students have the opportunity to develop their skills further and produce programmed solutions to computational thinking problems. Well done to everyone who participated! Students have been reminded about our uniform expectations today. The presentation has been posted onto each Year 7 form Google Classroom. Please can I ask that you go through this with your child to ensure that everybody is clear about our uniform policy.
Congratulations to 7PIR, 7EDA and 7EST who are all leading the way in this week’s house point tally.
There are around 220 students in Year 7 and as such, it is not always possible to deal with individual concerns immediately. If you need to speak to a member of staff, please contact the school to schedule an appointment via ks3@waldegravesch.org. We aim to respond to all queries within 48 hours.
To help students with their literacy, reading plays a key role in our form time activities. As such, please can students have a reading book with them at all times.
Last term, we had three Year 7 musicians perform some lovely pieces of music as students entered the assembly. If you think your child might like to do something similar, please let us know. It is always nice to showcase the immense talent of our Year 7 students!
MR GREAVES, HEAD OF YEAR 7
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
12.01.24
U14 Rugby Tournament
SECOND PLACE
17.01.24
Sixth Form Football vs Teddington
LOST 3-1
BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
Having lost their parents in WW2, Ruth, Edek and Bronia are left alone to fend for themselves in Warsaw. They then meet Jan, another orphan boy, who has a “silver sword” paper knife given to him by an escape war prisoner. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction and adventure stories.
~ Recommended by Yasemin A, 11ERU
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