Welcome to this week's news from Year 12.
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
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~ 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 12
Well done to the Year 12 students for being so proactive in seeking additional opportunities to broaden their skills and experience, such as work experience, shadowing schemes and summer schools. Students need to con- tinue to apply for all relevant opportunities, as taking part in them will most certainly boost their applications, whatever their plans are going to be post-18. Please can I remind students to keep regular checks on the Year 12 Careers and Progression Google Classroom so they don’t miss out on any further opportunities. This week Year 12 attended a workshop about mental health which offered advice on how to stay mentally healthy and specific strategies the students could use to support themselves, if the need arises. Additionally we hosted a talk on Thursday by Marion Clarke, Head of Forensic Social Work at West London NHS Trust and Broad- moor Hospital. Marion spoke to the students about social work and the intersection between mental health, criminal justice systems and the law. The talk was excellent and very well-attended. Today our A-Level Music students took part in a Choral Composition Masterclass, which will be extremely beneficial. I am delighted that to share that last week, Lizzie H passed her Grade 7 Singing with Distinction. A short clip of her singing “O Holy Night” at Off-the-Record’s Christmas concert was also featured recently on the local River- side Radio. This charity is hugely helpful in supporting Waldegrave students and Lizzie has sung a solo at their Christmas concert for the last 4 years as a way of giving something back for help she received. What a wonder- ful achievement, well done Lizzie! For the duration of next week, we are supporting a number of Taiwanese exchange students visiting the UK and attending Waldegrave. A number of Year 12 students have kindly agreed to support them during their time at the school and I’m really thankful for that. On Tuesday, we are delighted to welcome Chris Wright for a careers talk, “Working Inside No10 Downing Street”. Chris has worked in central government for 10 years, including at the Department for Business and more recent- ly advising the Prime Minister on how to improve education and skills programmes such as apprenticeships. This talk is mandatory for all Year 12 Politics and Economics students but students from all subjects are welcome to attend. It will take place in the study base after school. Finally, next Friday and as part of their A Level studies in Photography, the students will attend Taylor Wessing’s Photography Exhibition, which I am certain they will thoroughly enjoy.
MR STAVROU, HEAD OF YEAR 12
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘Hag-seed’ - Margaret Atwood A marvellous retelling of the infamous Shakespearian play ‘The Tempest’. The story is weaved into the life of troubled, grieving Felix, theatre director, as he is exiled out of his town by his closest friends. He tries to avenge those who betrayed him and come to terms with the loss of his daughter as he directs ‘The Tempest’ with inmates as the actors as part of his new job. Atwood’s clear intelligence in Shakespeare’s work along with her unique, compelling writing style makes this book perfect for people who are interested yet perhaps intimidated by the complexity of Shakespeare.
- Aisha Y, Year 12
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 sixthform@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 12 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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