A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
This week has been another busy week for Year 9. On Thursday we had our first drop down day of the year, which was a great success. Students really enjoyed the opportunity to try out lots of different option subjects to help empower them to make their GCSE options in the future. Students also participated in a speed networking session, hearing from numerous visitors about their careers. Our speakers were very insightful and informative when talking to students about their different professions. It was nice to see so many students asking really insightful questions, listening attentively and engaging in the activities. Well done Year 9! Well done to 9SPI for being top of the epraise tutor group leaderboard this week. 9FWD are just behind them in second place. Congratulations! Coming up we have the highlight of the Waldegrave calendar, ‘The Waldegrave Bake Off.’ Next week tutor groups will be partaking in mini form time bake off competitions to help decide who will go through to the final round. The official Year 9 Waldegrave bake off will be on Monday 13 November with two members of each form entering.
MRS PORTEOUS, HEAD OF YEAR 9
SPORTS FIXTURES
Fixture
Result
Date
05.10.23
Year 9 Netball vs SRR
LOST 17-4
05.10.23
Year 10/11 Netball vs SRR
DRAW 14-14
10.10.23
WON 5-1
Year 7/8 Football vs RTS
11.10.23
Sixth Form Netball Tournament
4TH PLACE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Significant Black Figure of the Week
Meet Trailblazer Candice Carty-Williams
She became the first black author to win book of the year at the British Book Awards.
Before writing her first novel she worked in publishing where she noticed how few people of colour there were writing and publishing books. So she took action and created the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, to improve the diversity of the publishing world “I am proud yes but I’m also sad and confused that I’m the first black AND female author to have won this award since it began,” she continued. “Overall, this win makes me hopeful that although I’m the first, the industry are waking up to the fact that I shouldn’t and won’t be the last.”
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