This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 8.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
13 SEPTEMBER 2024
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
KEY SCHOOL DATES
It has been lovely to welcome all our school community back to school over the last two weeks and, after the excitement of the first couple of days, to see students settling back into calm focused learning. I have been particularly impressed by the kindness students have shown to new students, helping them to find their way
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around the school. On Friday afternoon last week, I toured two former students around the school, who had started their first year of secondary school when it was Thames Valley School in 1964. It was inspiring to hear their happy reminiscences about learning and see how their friendship, forged in school, had lasted so many years. Seeing our own students making new friends and becoming passionate about their subjects is one of the great joys of teaching. On Tuesday we welcomed Year 10 parents and carers into school for an information evening to learn more about GCSE study. It was fabulous to hear such positive feedback at the end of the presentation. Over the coming weeks we will be hosting evenings for parents and carers in other year groups. Meanwhile please remember that you can contact the school via the info@waldegravesch.org email if you have any queries. On Wednesday our Year 11 Drama students went to Wimbledon Theatre to enjoy a performance of War Horse as part of their GCSE studies. Everyone greatly enjoyed the production even if there were a lot of tears as the audience was transported by the mesmerising puppeteers. I would like to remind parents that we encourage students to walk or use public transport on their journeys to and from school. Fifth Cross Road is a quiet residential street and doesn’t have capacity for heavy traffic at the start and end of the school day. Thank you for respecting this as congestion in the road endangers our students and neighbours.
School Photographs - 18 -19 September
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
Sleeptember - achieve better sleep in September
Every Woman Day - 16 September
World Cleanup Day - 20 September
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your achievement stories and photos to share by email to info@waldegravesch.org STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
As we start the new school year, it seems a good opportunity to remind you of the ‘Helping teens with’ series of webinars being offered by the local Men- tal Health Support Team. You can book now for upcoming sessions on sleep difficulties, exam anxiety, and friendship difficulties. The organisation Let’s Talk Mental Health is also offering an online workshop about Teen Friendship Do and Don’ts for Parents at 8pm on 16 September. Additionally, it was World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September and lots of organisations shared excellent resources and webinars. The Charlie Waller Trust have produced this webinar on Supporting a young person experiencing thoughts of suicide Thrive LDN, funded by the London Mayor, have also put together a 20 minute suicide prevention video that aims to help us all meet the aims of the #ZeroSuicideLDN campaign.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 8
I would like to start by offering a warm welcome back to Year 8 and well done to all of the year group for making such a positive start to the term. Whilst many of our students are getting to grips with new teachers, new rooms and new lesson content - there has been a great amount of effort and focus in lessons. We have had some wonderful feedback from staff and subject teachers - great work! So far this year we have 8SHU as our front runners for the epraise points closely followed by 8PUN then 8STR. Well done to those individuals who have achieved epraise in the first week of term - keep up the fabulous work everyone! We would also 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. There are a number of extra curricular clubs already starting up. I hope year 8 students will take full advantage of the oppor- tunities to get involved and represent the school and take this year as an opportunity to learn new skills. Please do encour- age your child to get involved. Throughout this academic year, all our Year 8 students will have the opportunity to spend one day being a ‘student recep- tionist’. The information has been relayed to them via our tutor programme and we have a rota system in place which avoids disruption of any learning. This is a great opportunity for students to develop leadership skills and confidence, whilst gaining an insight into the workings of a school. Next week on Wednesday 18 September we will have the final set of school photographs for our cohort. Please can we ask that you help support us upholding the uniform policy of no fake eyelashes and minimal makeup. Thank you in advance for your support. I look forward to another fabulous week ahead.
MRS LYDDON, HEAD OF YEAR 8
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Leila and the Blue Fox, Kiran Millwood Hargrave
She was very tired. She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws. The sunset licked her face. The snow covered her like a blanket.
Based on the true story of an Arctic fox who walked from Norway to Canada in seventy-six days, a distance of two thousand miles, this is a compelling, emotion- al and beautifully illustrated story. Great for thinking and talking about issues around climate change and immigration.
~ Recommended by Mrs Nowicki, Joint Head of English
HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 8 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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
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