This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 9.
EEKLY W B ULLETIN
6 OCTOBER 2023
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
KEY SCHOOL DATES
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS Black History Month - October Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October Domestic Violence Awareness Month - October Interfaith Week of Prayer for World Peace - 8-15 October Dyspraxia Awareness Week - 9-15 October World Mental Health Day - 10 October Year 11 Silver DofE Assessed Expedition - 5-7 October Drop Down Day - 12 October Sixth Form Open Evening - 19 October
Over the last two weeks we have been welcoming Year 6 students and their families into school for our Open Mornings. I was incredibly proud of our Year 8 students who were such fantastic tour guides. I was also incredibly impressed by those students in Year 8 and Year 11 who gave such confident and authentic speeches during the presentations
*PICTURE OF BILLIE*
talking about their experience of school. On Tuesday our Year 12 Drama students had a visit to the Rose Theatre in Kingston to see Shooting Hedda Gabler, a modern retelling of Ibsen’s classic play. Students really enjoyed the evening and it really stimulated their own creative ideas as they now work on devising their own performances as part of the A level study. Congratulations to Nicole B (Y12) who has won an Arkwright Engineering Scholarship and will be sponsored by Haribo throughout her A-Levels. An Arkwright Engineering Scholarship is the most esteemed scholarship of its type in the UK, designed to inspire students to pursue their dreams and change the world as outstanding engineers of the future. Last year Nicole took part in a rigorous selection process. She will now benefit from Financial Aid, Mentoring, Exclusive Events, and networking opportunities. Any Year 11 students who are interested in applying should look at the website to find out more and speak to Mr Grace. Thank you to all the families who supported the PTA uniform sale last weekend. We are planning our next sale in December and always appreciate donations. We are particularly in need of more smaller sizes of jumpers and skirts.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your stories and photos to share by email to info@waldegravesch.org Follow us on twitter @Waldegravesch for general news and @WaldegraveSport for frequent sports updates JOINING THE PTA To get in contact with our PTA about joining the team please click below.
~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Kingston Adult Education hosts a number of workshops and courses, aimed at supporting parents with their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of their children and families. Between October and November, they are running the following online workshops, at a cost of £7.50: Support your child through exam stress - this workshop aims to offer practical tips to navigate this stressful time. Help your child to be a good friend - this workshop explores how to support your child through friendship difficulties. For further information, including the dates and times, and details on how to book these workshops please read the leaflet attached here .
CONTACT PTA
A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
We are now nearing the end of our first Autumn term, with just two weeks to go. It has been great to see so many Year 9 students getting really stuck into both their lessons and extracurricular activities both inside and outside of school. It has also been wonderful to see so many students getting epraise points for excellent participation in lessons, as well for supporting other students when they are in need of help. Lets keep this up everyone and continue to lend a helping hand to one another. On Monday 9 October we are going to be starting ‘The Readathon’ challenge, which this year will be opened up to Year 9 students as well as to Year 7 and 8. Students will be given the opportunity to be sponsored to read as many books as possible before Monday 6 November. All money raised will go towards buying books for children in hospital, as well as to our own school library. Donations can be given via parent pay. Students should speak to their English teachers for more information. On Thursday 12 October we have our first Drop Down Day of the year for all students. For Year 9 this will be an ‘Options Taster Day’ so that students can experience the different subjects on offer to them at GCSE. Thank you to all tutor groups for filling out the google form to let us know the subjects that you would like to ‘try out’.
MRS PORTEOUS, HEAD OF YEAR 9
SPORTS FIXTURES
Fixture
Result
Date
21.09.23
Year 7/8 Football vs Twickenham School
WON 5-2
03.10.23
Year 10/11 Rugby vs RTS
LOST 50-15
03.10.23
LOST 4-1
Year 7/8 Football vs Turing House
BOOK OF THE MONTH
I’ll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson
“I gave up practically the whole world for you, the sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you”
I’ll give you the sun follows two twins as they grow up and face tremendous love and loss, the narrative switches between the two and before and after a traumatic event occurs in their lives that changes them forever. It explores themes of grief, sexuality, creativity and self expression through art, identity, guilt and the importance of family. When reading I’ll give you the sun I found the writing style was like nothing I had ever read before, the metaphors made the whole storyline so much more vivid through descriptions you would never expect and the characters who wove in and out of eachothers lives were complicated and so felt very real, as if you were following their journeys alongside them.
~ Recommended by Marina M-B, Year 11 Student
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Significant Black Figure of the Week Bessie Coleman (26 January 1892 - 30 April 1926) was an American aviation pioneer. Coleman was born in Texas, the tenth of thirteen children. At the age of 23, Coleman moved to Chicago, where she worked in a restaurant and as a manicurist to save money in hope of being able to train as a pilot. American flight schools at the time did not admit women or black people so, with the help of a local African- American newspaper owner, Coleman publicised her desire to train abroad, eventually receiving sponsorship from a local businessman.
Coleman travelled to Paris to commence her training in 1920, becoming the first black person to obtain an international aviation licence. After undertaking additional training in Germany, Coleman returned to the USA and became a successful stuntwoman, drawing large crowds. Coleman sadly died in a tragic accident before she was able to achieve her dream of establishing a flight school for African-Americans. INVIGILATORS WANTED We are looking to expand our pool of invigilators for this Summer exam season. No experience is necessary as full training will be provided.
This will be on a casual basis with an hourly rate of £12.40.
If you are interested or would like any further information, please email Gill Gildersleve, HR Manager, at jobs@waldegravesch.org
DONATIONS FOR OUR FASHION COURSE
A Level Fashion students are in need of pearls!
Do you have any broken and/or unwanted faux pearl necklaces - large, small and any size in between would be greatly appreciated. Any shade of white or other pale colours would be fabulous.
Please pass any donations to Mrs Davies via reception.
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
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