A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
This week is the start of Black History month and we are looking at British Black women and the roles they have played to contribute to our lives today. It is also Dyslexia week so we have been looking at how dyslexia can be a superpower and famous people who have used it in their lives. This week 10SHO have maintained their lead at the top of the epraise scoreboard. We have a new leader on the individual scoreboard with Yi Lam L in 10FHE, followed closely by Daniela S in 10SHO and Annabel H in 10PCL. The Year 10/11 Rugby team played their first match against RTS on Tuesday. It was a tough challenge as RTS fielded a very experienced team. Waldegrave lost the match with a score of 15-50 points. Well done to all those who took part. The team will face more matches later on this half term and we encourage them to attend training after school on Tuesday. Our first Drop down day of the year is taking place next week on Thursday 12 October. This day will give Year 10 a chance to work on their confidence as they learn public speaking techniques during workshops with an expert. The English team will also support the students and help to coax out of our students some excellent public speaking skills and speeches with some students progressing to regional competitions.
MRS ROOK, HEAD OF YEAR 10
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
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