A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
Last week Year 9 had an assembly all about resilience in sport from our Deputy Head Ms Lane. It was a really thought provoking topic and definitely resonated with our year group. She spoke about Swansea football team, their determination and club mentality which led to their promotion into the English league. I know that we have many budding sporting champions in Year 9 and I hope that we were all able to take away an important message about teamwork. Year 9 had an exciting trip to the Transport for London Museum on Wednesday, followed by a workshop on Thursday developing oracy skills with the Speakers Trust. Both these activities are part of the Culturally Speaking project, aimed at helping prepare young people for post-school working life. These were lots of fun and I hope sparked conversations at home! Our Epraise totals for this week are as follows: 9EMU in first place, 9PWA in second and 9SSR in third. The students at the top of our Year 9 leaderboard are: Anastasiia M, Ella R-J, Mia C, Olivia M and Poppy B. As we celebrated World Book Day this week with a quiz about books and a book event in school - I would en- courage those at home to continue this conversation about reading at home. In English all Year 9 students are taking part in a ‘Reading Challenge’. This is a dedicated reading lesson which students have weekly or biweekly in school. Students are encouraged to choose books which will challenge them or try to inspire them to read more. This would provide an opportunity for you to share books that you have read or have inspired you, and this will hopefully support their Reading Challenge in school. Lastly, a reminder that we have the Scholastic Book Fair in school next week - further details on pages 4,5 & 6. Have a lovely weekend!
MRS MORTIMER, HEAD OF YEAR 9
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘One of Us is Lying’ by Karen M. McManus The book is set in a high school, where five teenagers Addy, Cooper, Nate, Bronwyn and Simon all end up in detention together. A few minutes into the detention a car accident happens right outside, while their teacher hurries out to check what has happened, one of the students, Simon, falls dead. The remaining four students are the main suspects because they were present during his death BUT…. who did it? I really loved reading this book, after the first chapter I was hooked and couldn’t seem to put it down. There are cliffhangers everywhere. New evidence keeps popping up and every time I thought I knew who had killed Simon, more clues came out suggesting another person. Every character has a secret to hide, and an interesting backstory. At the end there was such a plot twist that I was left with my jaw hanging open, I could never have guessed how the murder case unravels. I recommend this to people who love murder mystery!! - Camille P, 8PUN
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: 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 9 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS 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 7 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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