This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 7.
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.
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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 7
It has been lovely to see Year 7 settling in so well at the start of their school journey. They had a productive and fun time on the induction day, getting to know their form tutor, meeting the form prefects and having a tour so they become familiar with their surroundings, meeting and making new friends, completing the Hunt challenge and starting to learn lots of key information. Now they are getting to know their daily routine, using their maps to find their way to each lesson and experiencing new lessons. Well done Year 7 you are doing very well, the Year 7 team is very impressed. Year 7 have started earning epraise points in lessons and I will share details of their achievements via the bulletin over the course of the year. 7PCO are currently at the top of the tutor group leaderboard - well done. Lunchtime and afterschool clubs will be starting from next week and we would like to encourage year 7 to give them a try. A reminder of the dates for the upcoming Thames Young Mariners trips: Thursday19 September for 7EEL and 7ESU, Monday 23 September for 7FGC and 7FLY, Wednesday 25 September for 7PCO and 7PFO and Friday 27 September for 7SDE and 7SON. A letter has been sent to you with all the required information. I am sure Year 7 are very much looking forward to this exciting day trip and we look forward to hearing about their experiences in the forthcoming bulletins. 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.
MRS BASHFORD-HYNES, HEAD OF YEAR 7
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
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