Welcome to this week's parental bulletin with the latest news for Year 10.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
26 SEPTEMBER 2025
ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER
HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
KEY SCHOOL DATES
We had our final Thames Young Mariners trips this week for our Year 7s who were blessed with bright sunshine. This followed the Year 11s sunny weekend in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, who were completing their training expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. Both trips were lots of
Y12 - Geography Fieldwork - 29 September & 1 October Y10 - Art Trip to Kew Gardens - 1 October Y12 National Portrait Gallery - 3 October World’s Biggest Coffee Morning at Waldegrave (Macmillan) - 3 October HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
fun and everyone put in their best efforts. On Tuesday we had a visit from a student choir from Jordan. These students were paired with buddies throughout the school, joined in lessons, enjoyed our school canteen lunch and shared a wonderful cultural exchange as the choirs shared a performance of songs together in the afternoon. Thank you to all the Year 7 and Year 13 Parents who attended our Information Evenings this week. We hope you found the evening useful, we certainly enjoyed meeting you all. This week we began our annual Open Mornings and it is always a joy to welcome so many lovely new prospective families through our doors. Our Year 8 pupils have been fantastic ambassadors for Waldegrave while taking these families on school tours. Year 13 Geography students have also undertaken fieldwork trips this week, visiting Battersea Power Station and Brixton exploring urban environments and collecting primary data to support their coursework. Next week they will continue these fieldwork trips with a visit to Bushy Park, which we are so lucky to have on our doorstep. We are all very much looking forward to next Friday’s Macmillan Coffee Morning. Students are invited to bring in homebakes which will be available for purchase on the day. Parents can buy £1 tokens through ParentPay. For more information please see the poster on page 3.
October - Black History Month
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your achievement stories and photos to share by email to 2 October - Yom Kippur (Jewish) & Dussehra (Hindu) 2 October - National Poetry Day
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
In their September newsletter, the organisation Young Minds have highlighted some of the key issues affecting young people and provided links to really helpful tips to manage them. These include Tips for coping with anxiety about change and advice for parents around school anxiety and refusal, which features this helpful and practical video. It also has this positive reminder of the power of music to support our wellbeing. In the article Music: A pathway to mental wellbeing and connection, the writer explores how music has supported his mental health and helped him process his emotions. He says: “Music is more than just a collection of sounds; it’s a profound form of therapy, a raw expression of the human spirit, and a vital tool for mental wellbeing. Science shows that music can heal, demonstrating how it’s deeply connected to our mental health, helping to mend emotional wounds and past scars.” Young Minds free parent helpline 0808 802 5544 runs Monday to Friday.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
Another great week for our Year 10s. I met with the nominated Form Captains, Sports and Eco reps for each of the Year 10 forms this week. We want these roles to be more specific and focused now we are in Key Stage 4. The representatives have been asked to deliver a presentation relevant to their role each half-term to their form group. The Form Captains will present on wellbeing and look at the ‘enjoy’ part of our school ethos. The Sports Captain will be sharing sports news from both inside Waldegrave and the wider sporting world. Finally, the Eco Rep will be sharing what Waldegrave is doing to support our environment and what the news is around the world. We hope that this gives the representatives more of a focus and a voice in their form groups.
Top Epraise Forms: 10EMU 10PWA 10FCO Great work to them all - keep it up!
On Friday 17 October we have the Year 10 Open Morning coming up. All letters have been shared with parents/carers and can also be found on our website here.
We are very excited for parents to be invited into school to meet with your child/rens tutors and hope as many of you can make it as possible.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
MRS MORTIMER, HEAD OF YEAR 10
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘King of Nothing’ by Nathanael Lessore
I really really really enjoyed this book! I specifically enjoyed how realistic and actually quite intense it was towards the end. The characters are all written so well. For example I really like how you can tell Anton is not as bad as Kehinde from the start when he kind of defended Mathew when Kehinde was about to give him a hard time. The scene where Mathew and Anton are at a sleepover and they’re talking about his nan made me cry! It was just so wholesome and the boys’ unexpected friendship is such a lovely part of the book. I will definitely suggest this book to people in the future! - L Tayib-Davis, 8PCO
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
Live Lounge Concert MU2 1st October 2025
3.30 - 5pm
Concert on the 20 October th
MUSIC TASTER SESSIONS FOR ALL The music department will be running a taster session for the whole school on the week 15th-19th. Feel free to turn up to any of the open rehearsals to have a go! All are welcome. See you there! If you have any questions, come over the Performance Arts Block or ask your Music teacher.
BEHAVIOUR FOCUS For our first school term the school’s leadership team has chosen to focus settling back into our classroom routines. We have discussed our common-sense daily expectations with pupils during tutor times but as a reminder please see below for you to discuss at home.
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