A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
This week marked the second week of Year 10 exams, with all students taking at least one exam per day. It has been a busy two weeks, hopefully providing students the opportunity to try out different revision techniques. They will soon see how effective these techniques were as we provide feedback in each subject. Recapping and going over subject content is a crucial skill to be developed over the next year. As we continue learning the GCSE content, students will take their first real GCSE mocks in the autumn term. These mocks will be held in the hall, allowing students to practise real exam conditions with full exam papers for the first time. This will be followed by another set of mocks in the spring in core subjects, ensuring all students are well-prepared for their real GCSE exams in summer 2025. This week, three of our Year 10s represented Waldegrave in the U15 Cricket County Championship and won! Aditi, Connie, and Emilia all played wonderfully and will go on to represent Middlesex on Monday, 8 July, in the regional finals. Connie was named player of the tournament, playing a valuable role in the team becoming Middlesex champions. Finally, I held an assembly on Friday, highlighting to the girls that in exactly one year, they will have completed their GCSEs and will be free to pursue their dreams. We took inspiration from the late Michael Mosely, emphasising that consistently changing one small thing over time can lead to great results and open up a world of opportunity for each student. Next week, we return to normal lessons, and students will start receiving feedback from their exams. It is important to keep this in context as their first mock exam and use the experience to highlight areas that need improvement. It’s a big year ahead, and we are all looking forward to guiding them through it.
MRS ROOK, HEAD OF YEAR 10
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Result
Fixture
12.06.24
Under 13s Cricket Finals
RUNNERS UP
17.06.24
Under 15s Cricket County Finals
WINNERS
19.06.24
Year 7/8 Cricket vs St. Richard Reynolds
LOST
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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