A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 8
A big welcome back to our wonderful Year 8 students! I hope you’ve all had a fantastic break and are feeling refreshed and ready to dive into the new school year.
One to look out for throughout this academic year, all our Year 8 students will have the opportunity to spend one day being a ‘student receptionist’. The information has been relayed to them via our tutor programme and we have a rota system in place which avoids disruption of any learning. This is a great opportunity for students to develop their leadership skills and confidence, whilst experiencing aspects of the role within a school envi- ronment. This week I hosted, as the new Head of Year, a welcome back assembly where I reminded Year 8 about our school expectations and dug into our school ethos of Enjoy, Achieve and Empower and what it means to the students at Waldegrave. Later this term the school’s Performing Arts Team will be directing a performance of My Fair Lady. We are look- ing for donations of black, white or black & white hats/fascinators, in any condition, shape or size, as we will be decorating and modifying these. Please hand in any donations at Reception. Lastly please note school photos are taking place on 17 and 18 September. We would appreciate your support in ensuring pupils are wearing correct uniform. Please see uniform policy here.
Here’s to a great start filled with exciting challenges, new friendships, and lots of learning. Let’s make this year one to remember!
MS ROOK, HEAD OF YEAR 8
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Being Miss Nobody by Tasmin Winter Miss Nobody is a book about a girl with selective mutism, who rarely speaks and even then only to her family and her very much trusted neighbour. Rosalind has to deal with being the ‘mute ant’ in her school and has lost all hope of having a social life when she is tasked with being the buddy of a new girl at school. Having to tour Ailisa is a big struggle but this is a turning point, as a great friendship blossoms leading Rosalind to challenge herself further and further with her speech. Little did she know on meeting Ailisa that she would encourage her to speak in an assembly in front of the whole school and reveal in this assembly that she was the author of the ‘blog’ about the rude students in school that accidentally went viral… I really enjoyed this book because it reminds me of how we all struggle with school life but eventually we manage to find the answer to the solution. Read this book if you liked the Lottie Brooke’s Diary series!
- S Cushnie, 8PFO
HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 7 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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 8 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
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