Welcome to this week's parental bulletin with the latest news for Year 10.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 Silver DofE Training weekend - 19-21 September Y7 Thames Young Mariners - 22 & 24 September Y12 - Geography Fieldwork - 25 & 26 September WEEKLY BULLETIN KEY SCHOOL DATES ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER It has been a very busy week with trips and school photographs fitting in around all our usual lessons this week. Half our Year 7s headed to the River Thames for kayaking and have a go at raft building. The windy weather did not put them off and their teachers reported back on all the fun. Next week HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
the remaining Year 7 forms will get their turn! On Wednesday we were delighted to welcome Alison Kervin OBE, the first woman to referee a rugby match at Twickenham, Sarah Brindley, Captain of Thamesian RFC, and Kate Howe from RuptureXIBIT in Hampton Wick to talk to Year 10. This inspirational afternoon explored “Building resilience through art and sport” and was hosted by professional rugby player, Victoria Rush, to coincide with the Rugby World Cup. We will all be cheering on the Red Roses tomorrow! Our Year 13 English Literature students enjoyed a trip to The Bush Theatre to watch the new play, ‘Not Your Superwoman’. The play explores the relationship between a mother and daughter and the themes intersect with the ‘Identity and Belonging’ focus for their coursework. Thank you to all the students and staff for helping the school photographs run smoothly on Wednesday and Thursday. Details on how to order your school photos will be sent home shortly. Over the summer our phone system underwent an overhaul and upgrade. Unfortunately some of the Waldegrave community have reported issues when phoning in to school. We have worked with our provider to ensure that this has been resolved and apologise profusely for any issues you experienced. If you are unsure if your message has been received by the school please contact us. We thank you for your understanding regarding this matter.
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
International Day of Peace - 21 September
Recycle Week - 22-28 September European Day of Languages - 26 September
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
On the BBC website this week, an article about brain fog had some excellent tips for helping our brains to function effectively that Ms Dhir shared with Year 11 parents during the Information Evening. It includes an acronym that is very much on brand for Waldegrave - SWANS. This stands for Sleep, Water, Activity, Nutrition, and Stress, and is an excellent reminder that we can help our students to learn effectively by encouraging them to get the basics right. Achieving for Children are running a number of new workshops and courses for parents of secondary school students. These include: Left to Their Own Devices, to help families deal with their children and teenagers using phones, tablets and gaming devices online; Talking Teens, a short course to help parents improve their understanding of adolescent development and communication; and Parents in Conflict, a short course for parents who are finding it hard to work together for the sake of their children.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
This week Year 10 had a fabulous talk from the Arts Council on Building Female Resilience. The talks were from artists and female rugby players. It was hosted by Victoria Rush (No Woman No Cry director). The speakers were Alison Kervin OBE (the first woman to referee a rugby match at Twickenham) and Kate Howe (artist) from RuptureXIBIT in Hampton Wick. Myself and Mrs Dhir were incredibly proud of all of their behaviour and focus - they also were actively engaged in the open Q&A at the end. We are also excited to announce that our Year 10 Ethos was selected by myself and Mrs Dhir. We choose 10FDO’s positive motto “ Your mindset is the key to the padlock”. Well done 10FDO and we hope that Year 10 take this message on board. We have the first Epraise totals and the top forms are:
10EMU 10PWA 10FCO Brilliant work so far - keep it up.
Don’t forget we have a fantastic photography competition running this term, it would be great to see lots of entries from Year 10. Please see page three of the bulletin for more information and details of how to enter. Looking ahead we want to remind students about ‘getting it right’ in terms of uniform and lateness. We are noticing a pattern of lateness in the year group and we would appreciate it if you could speak to your child/ren about the importance of getting into school on time. If your child is late to school then they will be issued with a late detention after school that day for 20 minutes. Thank you for your support on this.
MRS MORTIMER, HEAD OF YEAR 10
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘King of Nothing’ by Nathanael Lessore
I really really really enjoyed this book! I specifically enjoyed how realistic and actually quite intense it was towards the end. The characters are all written so well. For example I really like how you can tell Anton is not as bad as Kehinde from the start when he kind of defended Mathew when Kehinde was about to give him a hard time. The scene where Mathew and Anton are at a sleepover and they’re talking about his nan made me cry! It was just so wholesome and the boys’ unexpected friendship is such a lovely part of the book. I will definitely suggest this book to people in the future! - L Tayib-Davis, 8PCO
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 10 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
Live Lounge Concert MU2 1st October 2025
3.30 - 5pm
Concert on the 20 October th
MUSIC TASTER SESSIONS FOR ALL The music department will be running a taster session for the whole school on the week 15th-19th. Feel free to turn up to any of the open rehearsals to have a go! All are welcome. See you there! If you have any questions, come over the Performance Arts Block or ask your Music teacher.
BEHAVIOUR FOCUS For our first school term the school’s leadership team has chosen to focus settling back into our classroom routines. We have discussed our common-sense daily expectations with pupils during tutor times but as a reminder please see below for you to discuss at home.
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