This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 7.
EEKLY W B ULLETIN 28 APRIL 2023
KEY SCHOOL DATES
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS National Walking Month - May Deaf Awareness Week - 1 - 7 May Sun Awareness Week - 1 - 7 May May Day - 1 May Buddha’s Day - 5 May The King’s Coronation - 6 May May Bank Holiday - 1 May Coronation Bank Holiday - 8 May Year 8 Parents’ Consultation Meeting - 4.00 - 6.30pm 24 May Half Term - 29 May - 2 June
Since returning from the Easter break staff and students have really thrown themselves back into school life. There have been a number of trips out of school. Some of our Year 10 students went to the World of Work Conference organised by the Worshipful Company of World Traders. Our Year 12 students attended the UCAS Conference as they now start thinking about their choices once they finish their A levels.
*PICTURE OF BILLIE*
Some of our Year 8 students had the opportunity to visit Roehampton University as part of their Teen Tech competition. We have been just as busy in school with students in Year 7 and 8 taking part in the UK Junior Maths Challenge. We also welcomed the Quirky Bird Theatre Company into school to perform for our Year 10 Drama students. GCSE and A level exams have now started for our students in Years 11 and 13. The GCSE Language speaking exams took place in the last fortnight, with the A level exams scheduled for next week. GCSE Art students have also completed their exams producing fantastic pieces exploring this year’s exam theme, ‘Lock’. Our Photography A level students have completed their exams today. Year 12 students are also currently sitting their internal exams. Finally I would like to thank our amazing PTA for the beautiful new ovens that we installed in Food Technology last week. Click here to see some images of the ovens in use . This will benefit students across the school and we all look forward to tasting the wonderful culinary delights that they now create. This generous donation would not be possible without the support of the parent community, not only through attending events run by the PTA but also through regular donations through the kindlink.
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
If it seems that every time you check your newsfeed there is an alarmist article on a new peril parents must manage as they help their children steer the course through childhood to adolescence, it is most likely because that is the world we live in now. Continuous and contradictory news blasts seem designed to keep us in a state of “red alert,” or may cause us to feel guilty that we are not doing enough to protect our children from this changing world that is not the one in which we grew up, and—perhaps worse—is not one we recognize. What is a conscientious parent to do? For starters, we should not be made to feel helpless by the onslaught. The better approach? Being aware and proactive. That is the message in this week's On Educating Girls podcast from the International Coalition of Girls' Schools. Liz Joyce, a clinical social worker and school counsellor at Nashoba Brooks School talks about how parents can support their children in 'Parenting Girls in a Changing World' Previous episodes of the podcast focus on themes including: Girls who Embrace Their Introvertedness, Developing Leadership and Self-esteem in Girls, and Girls as Happy, Healthy Individuals.
CONTACT PTA
A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 7
This week saw the launch of the Year 7 fundraising campaign for the Lepra Leprosy Charity. Each year we encourage our students to come up with some creative ideas to raise money for this worthy cause both in school and at home. Participation is not compulsory but any contribution no matter how small is welcomed. Funds raised can be put into a Lepra envelope available from the form tutor or can be donated online on our Just Giving page. The fundraising period will continue until the end of the half term and then Lepra will put on a Zumba dance class for Year 7 in June. Congratulations to Alice W, Phoebe K, Judith K and Rose E for being the top four in the Maths Pi Day competition that took place just before the Easter break. Well done to Phoebe K who took part in the Grazer Acrobatics Cup 2023 in Austria and came second out of 7 contestants in the Women’s Pair 12-18 category where her opponents featured clubs from the UK, Czech Rep, Spain and Germany. A super achievement! I would also like to congratulate Aiko W in 7SGR who earlier this year entered an Art competition run by the British Antarctic Survey. Out of over 250+ entries Aiko’s entry was picked as the winner! Click here to view her amazing art work. Our top three performing forms in the House Points competition this week are 7POR, 7EFR and 7PWA. Well done everybody! Improving literacy continues to be an important part of our school development plan. In Year 7, form groups follow a ‘Read Aloud’ scheme each Wednesday and often have the opportunity to do some individual reading. Please can parents and carers help facilitate this by ensuring that all Year 7 students have a reading book with them each day.
MR GREAVES, HEAD OF YEAR 7
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
Year 10/11 Basketball Final vs Grey Court Year 7/8 Rounders vs Turing House
LOST 18-44 WON 8.5 - 5
19.04.23 24.04.23
BOOK OF THE MONTH
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 7 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan I would like to recommend this book as it's the start of an extraordinary journey and grips you from the beginning. It is about a normal boy who finds out he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon. He is then brought to a camp for all the children of Greek gods. After trying to settle in, he is selected to go on a quest and that's when the adventure begins… ~Recommended by Eva A, Year 7 student
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