A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
It has been another exciting week for Year 10. This Thursday evening our Year 10 go busy in the food technology room as part of the Waldegrave Bake Off. This year’s theme is cupcakes and the bakes were absolutely exceptional. The students had clearly worked incredibly hard and all students who took part should feel proud. The winners were 10PGO pupils Maya, Scarlett and Isabelle with some beautiful looking raspberry and lemon cupcakes. In second place were Emma, Amelie and Megan from 10EJO who also made raspberry cupcakes but combined theirs with a poppy-seed batter. Third place was taken by Vivienne, Alex and Isl from 10SPI who made some velvety chocolate and coffee cupcakes. A special mention from the judges also went to Betty, Kenza and Sana in 10ERU for their very creative choices and technical skills to create a crunchy centre! This week we also had our Year 10 assembly, led by Mr Bannister. This focused on looking at good news within the world and the media, which sometimes is easy to overlook, reminding us that the media often focuses on the bad news, but it is still important to focus on the good things that are happening within the world and indeed, within our own lives. Thank you to 10PGO who helped clearing away the chairs after this assembly. The students did this in record time! Congratulations as well to 10ERU for getting the most epraise points this week. Good work! This morning students had an assembly on the silver Duke of Edinburgh award. I would ask Year 10 to start thinking about whether they would like to take part - they can read about the expedition our current Year 11 pupils undertook in last term’s School Magazine. This is a great experience and the expedition, though challenging, is also incredibly rewarding. A great opportunity to broader their skills and make new friends too! We would love to hear about and celebrate our students’ achievements outside of school. Please be sure to let us know of anything your child has been involved with that deserves recognition.
Have a good week!
MRS PORTEOUS, HEAD OF YEAR 10
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins
In a dystopian future, the capital holds annual games where one boy and one girl (aged 12-18) from each of the 12 districts is chosen to fight to the death in an arena. The games are televised and shown across the country as a reminder to the labourers in the district that they are powerless against the capital. When Katniss’ sister has her name called during the annual reaping, Katniss volunteers to take her place as a daring act of sacrifice. The contrast between the glamour of the capital and the harsh conditions of the districts is an eye opening com- mentary on the dangers of political corruption and capitalism.
- Isla S, Year 11
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 KS4@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 10 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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