Welcome to this week's bulletin with all the latest news for Year 11.
7 MARCH 2025 Y10 trip: Old Operating Theatre - 10 & 12 March Y13 Spanish BFI Study Day - 11 March Y12 Rose Theatre visit - 12 March Y12 French BFI Study Day - 13 March Jack Petchey Regional Finals in School - 13 March WEEKLY BULLETIN KEY SCHOOL DATES ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER A huge thank you to everyone who made the Quiz Night such a success, helping to raise vital funds to enrich our students’ education. As ever our Friends of Waldegrave volunteers organised a great night. If you would like to get involved with the Friends of Waldegrave please email fow@waldegravesch.org. HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
If you would like to make a donation to the school please use this link. Year 9 students have taken part in a Culturally Speaking event this week, visiting the London Transport Museum Depot on Wednesday to meet engineers and learn about this industry. This was followed on Thursday by a workshop led by the Speakers Trust. The students enjoyed having an opportunity to talk about issues that matter to them and this is an excellent example of how we empower our students, encouraging vital public speaking skills and building confidence in using their voice. We have had a number of other trips out this week. Year 12 Fashion students visited the Victoria and Albert Museum on Tuesday to gather inspiration for their own designs. On Wednesday Year 10 students participated in a STEM workshop at Hampton High school, while Year 12 Biologists attended a Biology in Action Conference where they heard about key issues in Biology from genetics to environmental challenges. Finally can I congratulate all our Year 11 and 13 students who have been involved in exams over the last two weeks. They have worked incredibly hard and I am sure they are all looking forward to a rest over the weekend. In the coming weeks teachers will be working through the key learning points and to help students focus their final areas for revision.
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
British Science Week - 7-16 March International Women’s Day - 8 March
Shrove Tuesday - Tuesday 4 March World Book Day - Thursday 6 March
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week is coming up soon, which aims to challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. Neurodiversity manifests differently in girls, so it can take longer to be diagnosed as the ‘usual’ characteristics to look out for are not always present. Additionally, research tells us that girls who are neurodiverse are even more at risk of experiencing mental health issues. In fact, often the neurodiversity in girls masquerades as a mental health issue, complicating the diagnostic process further. In the most recent episode of the podcast ‘On Educating Girls: The Connected Girl’, Emily Rushton, Girls Day School Trust SEND Consultant, discusses neurodiversity in girls. Emily is neurodiverse herself and talks about how to ensure support for neurodiverse girls is grounded in recent research and applicable in everyday life. I would highly recommend this episopde as well as other recent episodes on ‘Guidance for Girls in the Age of AI’ and ‘The Power of Knowing You Matter’, please clink on the link above to access these.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 11
This week the final mock exams and Drama performance exams were completed. Year 11 have been very well behaved throughout their mocks and have now perfected the logistics for exams, so this should be one less thing to think about ahead of the summer term. There are a number of important events coming up for the reamined of Year 11 - please see full list and details on the following page, a letter has also been sent home detailing all of this. During form time we discussed the celebration of Ramadan and held form quizzes to test their knowledge about this important Islamic celebration. We also had an assembly based on St David’s Day and some morals we can find from Welsh history about never giving up. Next week we will be holding a Book Fair in school (held in the Conference Room) and we have £1 World Book Day tokens which the students can use towards the cost of buying a book when they visit. There will be activities to support conversation about reading between peers and teachers. There will also be a quiz where students can guess whose book is whose! A reminder to order your leavers hoodie, there is a firm and final closing date as we are using an external company so please don’t get caught out. Please see your emails for the link. Please remind your daughter to check their tutor google classroom as we are posting lots of exciting opportunities for holidays and extracurricular college courses, so please look for more details!
Have a lovely weekend!
MRS ROOK, HEAD OF YEAR 11
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘Boy in the Tower’ by Polly Ho-Yen “When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.” Through the eyes of nine-year-old Ade, we see a dystopian London be infiltrated by the “Bluchers”, menacing plants, dissolving all buildings in sight. Ade’s stabil- ity is at risk, and with a mother to care for and no chance of escape, he’s all on his own. Its unique exploration of themes such as depression, sacrifice, bravery and death make this book, despite it being a science fiction, radiate reality. Ade’s perspective of his story is handled with maturity and care, reflecting his role as a young carer that could easily place him as one of the thousands in our world. At a time of world conflicts infiltrating our lives, the ‘Boy in the Tower’ makes readers believe in true, beautiful human kindness through the relationships Ade builds throughout the novel. This book is for anyone who needs a pick me up, and is an incredibly accessible read for all! - Aisha Y, Year 12
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 KS4@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 11 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
END OF YEAR 11 EVENTS
Details of the program of subjects and classes offered by the school in the Easter break have been communicated recently. Please read the information carefully to book the appropriate slots. The Year 11 intervention program shared in January will continue to run during this half term. Click here for more. EASTER REVISION 7-10 APRIL AND YEAR 11 INTERVENTION PROGRAM DRESS-UP DAY TUESDAY 6 MAY Year 11 students will mark the end of their formal Year 11 education with our traditional Waldegrave Dress-up day. They will take part in some communal events while dressed up, including a staff vs students benchball competition. Photos taken of students on arrival at school will be posted on our social media platforms. The timings of the day are as follows: 08:20 - 09:00 Arrivals, photos outside front of school and registration with tutor 09:00 - 10:00 Period 1 (normal lesson) 10:05 - 11:05 Period 2 (normal lesson) 11:05 - 11:25 Break 11:25 - 12:10 Benchball and Dress up Day Parade in Sports Hall 12:10 - 12:25 Departures and Dismissal off site We have reminded students about appropriate attire and behaviour throughout the day. FINAL CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY 7 MAY Before exams begin we will hold a final celebration assembly for Year 11 and their families. We can only offer two tickets per student to manage capacity. Tickets will be available from Monday 10 March at 10am on Ticketsource. Seats will be first-come, first-served. If a visitor has particular needs please contact us in advance and we will do our best to accommodate you. This will undoubtedly be an emotional assembly as we reflect on the journey our wonderful Year 11 have had with us. The timings of the day are as follows: 08:20 - 08:55 Student arrival and registration in tutor bases 08:35 - 08:55 Guests arrive and seated in main hall for 9am start 09:00 - 10:10 Celebration assembly 10:15 - 10:45 Refreshments and photos 10.45 - 10.50 Departures and Dismissal of Year 11 off site Please understand that the school will resume a normal school day at 11am for Years 7-10, so we will need our Year 11 families to kindly leave at the designated time. We would expect all students to have an exemplary uniform for the celebration assembly and have set clear expectations on behaviour. STUDY IN SCHOOL 8 MAY - 18 JUNE We are arranging revision workshops throughout the exam season which students should attend to ensure they are best prepared for their final exams. Details of the study sessions will be shared with students through their tutor Google classroom. YEAR 11 SIXTH FORM TASTER DAY TUESDAY 24 JUNE Our Sixth Form team has arranged an exciting day for our students who have applied to the sixth form to try a lesson in the subjects they would like to study to help with their decisions in August. Details will follow at the beginning of the Summer term but booking a place is essential. YEAR 11 PROM THURSDAY 26 JUNE You will have received a letter from Ms Rook and the Year 11 Prom Committee with the details of our Waldegrave Prom. This will take place at The Richmond Golf Club between 7.30pm-10.30pm. Please complete the consent form (link in the letter) by Thursday 3 April as we must have emergency contact details provided. This event has primarily been organised by the students for the students to mark and celebrate the end of their secondary school journey.
FRIDAY MATHS PUZZLE Our learning focus for tutor time on Fridays this term is mathematics, with the maths department setting some thought provoking brain teasers each week for pupils to grapple with. Many maths puzzles enhance logical reasoning. When playing maths puzzles, children need to follow a set of specific rules or steps, to come up with the correct answer. This process helps children to organise their thoughts. Please have a go at this week’s problem, talk to your child about how they approached it and what the solutions were. We hope you enjoy these at home as much as the students have enjoyed them with their form!
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
03.03.25 06.03.25
U13 Indoor Cricket RSSP Cricket Tournament U15 Indoor Cricket RSSP Cricket Tournament
First and joint second place
First place
Congratulations to the two U13 Cricket teams who took part in the Richmond Schools Sports Partnership cricket tournament on Monday afternoon. We entered as Waldegrave Wolves and Waldegrave Warriors and faced opposition from Twickenham School, Richmond Upon Thames School and St Richard Reynolds Catholic College. The Waldegrave Warriors played exceptionally well to win all of their games to become Richmond School’s champions. Waldegrave Wolves won their opening two matches against Twickenham and RTS, but then lost to SRRC and against the Warriors. The Wolves finished in joint 2nd place overall. Well done for a great performance by both teams and good luck to the Waldegrave Warriors who have qualified for the next round of this competition. Our U15 team also won the Richmond Schools Sports Partnership cricket tournament and will now progress to the Middlesex Round of the competition!
Great efforts this week from all our players - keep up the hard work!
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