Welcome to this week's news from Year 9.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
24 JANUARY 2025
ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER
KEY SCHOOL DATES
HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
It has been wonderful to see the sports & extra curricular activities all back in swing after the holidays. We had great success last week with the Year 8/9 Basketball team who smashed their opponents in the final league game against Christ’s School last Monday. They played a splendid game,
GCSE MFL Speaking Mocks - w/c 24 January Year 10 Ski Trip Information evening - Tuesday 28 January
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
Year 13 PCM Meetings - Wednesday 29 January
convincingly beating their opponents 60-20 and have been named Richmond Borough Champions after an undefeated streak of games! We have welcomed a number of visiting speakers into the Sixth Form this week, James Peterson offered advice on how to stay mentally healthy, while Marion Clarke, Head of Forensic Social Work at West London NHS Trust and Broadmoor Hospital spoke to the students about social work and the intersection between mental health, criminal justice systems and the law. Today A-Level Musicians took part in a Choral Composition Masterclass led by Dr Nathan James Dearden from Royal Holloway. Today Mr Allen took a group of A-level Chemists for a lab visit to Southbank University where they will get to use some exciting high-tech competition. The judges were very impressed by the professional quality and presentation of the entries. A huge congratulations to all participants. This week’s winners were 9SAN with Matcha, Strawberry and Vanilla cupcakes. Closely followed by 9SSR with Lemon and Raspberry cupcakes and 9EFR with an Apple and Cinnamon combination. equipment only available in specialist research laboratories. This week has been Year 9’s turn to take part in the Bake Off
International Day of Education - 24 January National Storytelling Week - 25 January - 1 February Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your achievement stories and photos to share by email to
~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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Next week is Thrive LDN’s Great Mental Health Day, which takes place annually on the final Friday of January. While you may have heard a lot about so-called ‘Blue Monday’ (allegedly the most depressing day of the year), Good Thinking, London’s digital wellbeing service, is trying to encourage us all to focus on what we can do to proactively improve our wellbeing. You can find out more about the Good Thinking website and resources here or book a place on the webinar on Friday 31 January 1-1.45pm. The Mental Health Support Team are delivering are number of parent workshops and webinars in the coming weeks: • ‘Helping teens with Self-harm and suicidal thoughts’: webinar is on 6th February. Book here. • ‘Changes in the Adolescent Brain’: webinar will take place on 7 Feb- ruary 9-10.15am. Book here. • Managing Exam Anxiety Workshop: this will take place in school on Thursday 27 February 6-7.30pm and will cover how parents can help their children manage exam stress. Register your interest. A series of further webinars are being hosted by the Anna Freud Centre.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
This week we had the Bake Off competition and it was incredible to see all the fantastic bakes. The form teams really came together and the judges commented how the Year 9s had come up with some of the most creative and tasty flavour combinations of the competition so far - well done to everyone who took part! The winners were announced on Friday at lunchtime, and we will be celebrating their achievements next week in form time. Students were also assigned some time in the tutor calendar to look into their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award. The information should help them to set up their accounts and has been shared with tutors. If there are any issues about this please contact Ms Guy who is the co-ordinator for DofE at Waldegrave. Last week we had the Poetry By Heart semi finals. The competition was part of our English scheme of work before Christmas and students were asked to perform and interpret a poem from the collection. I was lucky enough to be asked to judge this, and I am pleased to say that all performers were incredible. We have an as- sembly coming up when the semi-finalists will be performing for the Year 8s, Ms Tongue and Mr. Goulbourne. I am excited to see how the performances have developed - good luck to them all! Well done to Emma T, 9SSA who passed her Royal Academy of Dance exam and achieved a Grade 5 high merit. A wonderful achievement! Next week we are going to be focusing on embedding positive behaviours. We want Year 9 to thrive and succeed, please can you speak to your child/ren about how to push themselves to work and behave to the best of their ability both in and out of class. We also have our Year 9 Options evening coming up on Tuesday 4th February. A letter has been sent to all par- ents and guardians but we ask that you please try to attend as this will be an opportunity to hear all about the process and how you can best support your child/ren with their choices. Have a good week!
MRS MORTIMER, HEAD OF YEAR 9
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: 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 9 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS 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
FRIDAY MATHS PUZZLE Our learning focus for tutor time on Fridays this term is mathematics, with the maths department setting some thought provoking brain teasers each week for pupils to grapple with. Did you know that maths puzzles can boost mental maths skills? To solve a maths puzzle you must do simple maths in your head. At first you may need paper and a pen to work these out but with practice you will become more able to use memory and critical thinking skills to solves these in your head. Please have a go at this week’s problem, talk to your child about how they approached it and what the solutions were. We hope you enjoy these at home as much as the students have enjoyed them with their form!
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
14.01.25
Year 8/9 Basketball v Christ’s School
Won 60-20
15.01.25
Year 10/11 Rugby Tournament
Won 1 Lost 2
A Team lost 7-12 B Team won 12-7
16.01.25
Year 8/9 Basketball v SRR
Congratulations to the Year 8/9 Basketball team (pictured) who won their final league game against Christ’s School on Monday. They played a splendid game, convincingly beating their opponents 60-20! Well done! Despite a hard played tournament our Year 10/11 Rugby Team managed to only win one of their three matches on Tuesday. Well done to our try scorers Amelie B-A 11EAH, Eve H-P 10FGR and Neuza E-M 11SHO. With the Y7 Netball league beginning after Feb Half Term, we have begun friendly fixtures to get the ball rolling. On Thursday we took on Grey Court School. Having only played together twice during training both teams played extraordinarily well. Both games were extremely close, with some impressive netball knowledge displayed! Player of the match - A Team: Molly W. B Team: Sio D.
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