This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 8.
EEKLY W B ULLETIN 1 DECEMBER 2023
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
KEY SCHOOL DATES
This week marks the beginning of the United Nations global 16 Days of Activism to end violence
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS UK Disability History Month - 16 November - 16 December 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence - 25 November - 10 December World AIDS Day - 1 December Music Concert Fundraiser Event - 7-8:30pm 1 December PTA Christmas Tree and Uniform Sale - 10am-12pm 2 December Year 9 PCM - 4-6.30pm 6 December Winter Festival - 18 December
against women and girls. Throughout the week Ms Moore has led assemblies
highlighting the campaign’s key messages. We have also welcomed Action Breaks Silence into school to deliver an Empowerment through Self-Defence Workshop for our Year 10 students.
*PICTURE OF BILLIE*
If you would like to donate to the charity to support their work please click here. I am delighted to share the news that Waldegrave was placed 8th best comprehensive school in the UK in The Times Parent Power List published today. Furthermore, our DFE P8 score, which was our best ever, placed us in the top 3% of all schools nationally, a figure that includes selective schools. Well done everyone! We couldn’t be more proud of our tremendous students and staff who made these achievements possible! This week our German A level students enjoyed a trip to the BFI for a workshop on the award winning film, Goodbye Lenin, which explores the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. A group of Year 11 students have also attended Science Live in London, hearing from leading scientists including Professor Robert Winston and Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In school we welcomed Professor Mark Blagrove to talk to sixth form students about his fascinating research into sleep and dreams. Don’t forget tomorrow is our annual PTA Christmas Tree and Preloved Uniform sale. Pre orders via ParentPay have ended but you are in luck if you missed it as the PTA will have extra trees available for purchase on the day. Come along if you would like a real tree for Christmas!
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your achievement stories and photos to share by email to info@waldegravesch.org STAY CONNECTED WITH US: Follow us on twitter @Waldegravesch for general news and @WaldegraveSport for
frequent sports updates We are now on Instagram! @waldegraveschool
~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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It is the time of year when respiratory and other seasonal viruses can spread quickly and easily. If your child has diarrhoea and/or vomiting or high temperature and is unwell, they should not attend school or mix with others outside of school, until they no longer have a high temperature, diarrhoea and/or vomiting for 48 hrs and are well enough to go back to school and other social activities. Click here for our guide on reducing the spread of infections. The consultation period for our updated Relationships and Sex Education Policy is now underway and the draft Policy is available to view on our website. If you would like to participate in a parent focus group to discuss the Policy, please complete this Google form expressing your interest.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 8
Last Friday, a group of 10 students from our Eco Committee attended the annual School Eco Conference at Holy Cross School in New Malden. The day had a packed schedule of speakers, presenters, student activities and games. This was a chance for our students to learn about environmental issues in a fun and interactive way as well as being an opportunity to have their voices heard about their ideas for ways to mitigate further damage to the environment. As my first official week as the Head of Year I am proud to say that it has been an enjoyable one. It was highlighted with the organised chaos of the Year 8 Bake Off. I must say the levels of panic and joy were in a constant see-saw as it was brilliant to watch the eight forms compete in Waldegrave’s most coveted event. From my viewing, I could see the standards were very high. With little understanding of baking myself I was impressed with the students’ knowledge of methods, ingredients and the science of baking. I was quickly reminded by some of the students that a chiller is certainly not the same as a fridge. The creations were done with great enthusiasm and the fun that the students had was clear to all. In first place we had 8PWA (Gaia, Hala and Abby), an amazing pumpkin spice cake that impressed all the judges. In second place we had 8EMU (Lilly, Jiya and Deniz), a very flavoursome chocolate and vanilla oreo cake. In third position 8EFR (Daphne, Olivia and Catriona) were able to present a very appealing orange spice cake. Thank you to all the students that participated in the event. An enormous thank you to Mrs Ahmed, the House Captains and Sixth formers that were helping with the event. Mrs Ahmed dedicates a significant amount of time to these events so we say thank you, her efforts do not go unnoticed. A big congratulations to Zahra from 8EFR for her amazing performance in her club Kick Boxing Tournament. She was able to finish with the gold medal from the competition. Our staff are always interested to hear about student successes in clubs, programs or extra curricular activities; please pass them onto the school. Looking forward, we are building towards Christmas and have a number of events coming up. Next week there will be House Assemblies as we celebrate some of the achievements from the houses. I know that Seacole are very much looking forward to their title defence this year. We also have the build up towards the staff panto, rumours have it that the performance will display a range of debutants!
MR SWEENEY, HEAD OF YEAR 8
SPORTS FIXTURES
Fixture
Result
Date
24.11.23
Year 10 Netball Tournament
3RD PLACE
29.11.23
Year 8/9 Basketball Tournament
RUNNERS UP
29.11.23
Sixth Form Football vs Orleans
WON 3-2
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Scarlet and Ivy Series - Sophie Cleverly
Set in an eerie boarding school, Ivy uncovers secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet’s disappearance until Miss Fox invites Ivy to take her sister’s place in Rookwood School.
You’ll love this if you enjoy mysteries and stories set in the past.
~ Recommended by Yasemin A, Year 11 student
NOTICE FROM THE P.E. DEPARTMENT With the weather getting colder and wetter, the P.E. department would like to remind you that students should be wearing a different pair of trainers in their P.E. lessons to the black trainers they use as their school shoes. This is for health and safety reasons, as most fashion trainers do not have the correct support or grip for exercising and playing sport. Also, when taking part in activities on the field such as football or rugby, footwear can get very wet and muddy and this is also not comfortable or safe to be wearing for the rest of the school day. P.E. trainers can be any colour, but we just ask that they are proper sports trainers.
WALDEGRAVE CHRISTMAS MENU
Cucina have put together a lovely Christmas menu for students and staff to enjoy a Christmas Feast.
KS4 and KS5 Christmas lunch will take place on 13 December and KS3 will take place on 14 December.
Tickets will be available for students to purchase in the canteen from Monday 27 November until Friday 8 December.
Tickets cost £3.50 and students will be given a ticket that they should keep and present on the day.
WALDEGRAVE CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
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 Next Friday the Christmas season will truly begin as the choirs of Waldegrave School join together for our carol service at St. Augustine’s Church, Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton. A traditional service of nine lessons telling the Christmas story will be accompanied with choral items and congregations singing of traditional carols. It is free entry to this event however you will only be admitted in if you present a ticket, please click here to reserve your space! The limit on numbers will be lifted on Monday.
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