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WEEKLY BULLETIN
13 DECEMBER 2024
ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER
HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
KEY SCHOOL DATES
Christmas definitely arrived at Waldegrave this week. On Tuesday the students made school feel very festive with a dazzling display of Christmas jumpers. Christmas lunch was served to students on Tuesday and Wednesday, with our senior staff serving the students. It was lovely to hear them
Year 10 Globe Players - A Christmas Carol - 17 December End of Term for Sixth Form - 3.15pm 18 December
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
End of Term for School - 12.30pm 19 December
singing Christmas songs together, sharing cracker jokes and enjoying their lunch together. After the success of last week’s Carol Concert I am very much looking forward to this evening’s Winter Festival, when even more of our talented performers will have an opportunity to shine. On Monday our A-level musicians went to the Barbican to see the Academy of St Martin in the fields perform the A-level set work: Haydn 104, ‘London’. Whilst on Tuesday our A-level Drama students had the opportunity to take part in a lighting workshop at Hampton School. This week we have held our termly Celebration Assemblies to recognise students who have modelled our values of enjoy, achieve and empower throughout this term. Well done to the winners and to all our pupils for working so hard this term. We will break up for the Christmas holiday on Thursday 19 December at 12.30pm and return to school on Monday 6 January. Next week we will be publishing our termly magazine, please have a read to see the pupils view of our events and activities during the Autumn Term. As this is the last bulletin of the term, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and wish you a peaceful festive break.
Hanukkah - 18-26 December Christmas Day - 25 December Kwanzaa - 26 December - 1 January New Year’s Eve - 31 December HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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The Christmas holidays can be a time of great excitement and joy, where we can relax and reset after the hard work of the autumn term. However, for many it can become frought with stress. The Art of Brilliance Blog suggests these top tips for combating the stresses of the festive season: 1) Don’t overcommit yourself: Often, we say yes to everything and everyone but end up pleasing no one. Many people find themselves burnt out before Christmas Day, so be selective in what you say yes to. 2) Remember you don’t need an opinion about everything: Christmas can be filled with tension when families spend lots of time together. Take a breath. Sometimes the best thing to do is keep your opinion to yourself and let it go. 3) Find space within the busyness: Christmas is full on, with so many people to see it can be hard to carve out time for yourself. You need to find the space within the chaos. Find the moments of stillness in the day- to-day to take a breath and relax. For families who have experienced bereavement, Christmas can be especially hard. Cruse Bereavement Support have practical tips for managing grief over the festive season, including different ways of celebrating and remembering. They have a free helpline: 0808 808 1677.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 12
I have been delighted to hear how much the Year 12s have enjoyed their first term of Sixth Form and how passionate they all are about their chosen A-Level subjects they have chosen to study. Part of their high levels of satisfaction also stemmed from the number of events they have been able to take part in. These have included talks, trips and a careers fair. There will of course be more to come during the spring term, when we will also launch the UCAS process. Last Friday, we enjoyed the annual Carol Concert at St Augustine’s Church in Whitton. It was a wonderful event - well done to all the Year 12 participants! This week, our Music students attended a trip to the Barbican centre to see the A-level set work: Haydn 104, ‘London’. On Tuesday, we had our annual Waldegrave Christmas Jumper Day, the charity that was supported this year was ‘Save the Children’. Donations can still be made via ParentPay. On Wednesday students enjoyed their Christmas lunch - they all looked amazing in their Christmas hats! Also on Wednesday afternoon, the Year 12 Drama and Music students attended a very interesting talk by the theatre director and the orchestrator of ‘The Cabinet Minister’. Finally, today’s Winter Festival performance will take place from 7pm in the School Hall. I hope to see many of you there supporting our Year 12 performers. Well done to Olivia M-M her entry won a place in our Wildlife Photography Competition, with her photo appearing in the Waldegrave 2025 calendar, which has already been made available for purchase to parents/carers, as well as Waldegrave staff. Wednesday will be the last day of term for our Sixth Form students. As this is our final parental bulletin of 2024, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers for their support during the longest term of the year. I would also like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
MR STAVROU, HEAD OF YEAR 12
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘I who have never known men’ - Jacqueline Harpman A dystopian tale of 40 women locked in a bunker who have no memory of how they became trapped with all autonomy and romantic opportunity stripped away. The youngest woman’s disorientating narrative centres around the female experience, in an attempt to answer philosophical questions regarding the essence of identity and what truly is an innate aspect of human nature. The book shines a light on the undeniable importance of writing down experience, to maintain sanity through the creation of an imagined future reader. The detrimental consequences of isolation, complete under exposure and grief are explored in immense detail. Knowledge also plays a key role, are we guilty of taking our knowledge for granted? - Zara M, 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
WORD OF THE WEEK
CONTEXT
NOUN: The setting for an event, statement or idea It comes from Latin - con: meaning together and textere: meaning to weave
Who would use this word? Author, artist, playwrite, actor, compsoer, philosopher, theologist, journalist, academic Examples: “The quote taken out of context trivialises a terrible crime.” “In the wider context demetia services need to be considered.” “The historical context out of which the novel arose.” SYNONYMS: circumstances, conditrions, factors, backdrop, atmosphere, frame of reference, subject, theme, topic
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR PARENTS
Every Thursday during term-time Waldegrave hosts free English lessons in school, for Waldegrave parents/carers who would like to practise/improve their English language skills. It is also a chance to network with other multilingual parents. If this is something of interest to you, please come to the school Reception at 2:10pm on Thursdays during term time, ready for the start of the lesson at 2:15pm.
Sessions are for 1 hour each week, finishing at 3:15pm. We look forward to welcoming you.
DESIGN A MURAL COMPETITON: 2025 Grantham Climate Art Prize The following items are not endorsed by Waldegrave School.
Students aged 11 – 25 are invited to enter the 2025 Grantham Climate Art Prize by designing a mural to draw attention to the climate crisis. Two murals will be unveiled in 2025 at Imperial College London. Designs for the first mural – at the South Kensington campus – are now being sought. Students from schools, colleges and universities across London can submit a design for the mural with the theme From Grey to Green – focusing on the importance of boosting nature and green innovation to allow us to have a more sustainable future, which will be better for the planet and for our physical and mental health. The winning design will be transformed into a large-scale (9.4m by 2m) mural by a professional artist while runner-up designs will be exhibited on the campus. The art prize is a biennial competition and previous themes have included British Biodiversity Loss (2021) and A Greener, Cleaner, Cooler World (2023), inspired by our 9 things you can do about climate change: www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/climate-action/. As well as the 12 murals across Great Britain – from Brighton to Glasgow – we ’ve had exhibitions of winning and runner-up designs at COP26, in museums, and on billboards in London’s transport hubs. The competition webpage is: www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/events/grantham-art-prize/ It is best to enter through the webpage. The deadline is 31 January 2025. If you prefer you can send a clear photograph of your landscape style design as a JPEG, PNG or GIF less than 20MB to granthamartprize@imperial.ac.uk with your name, email address, date of birth, age, title of your artwork and a brief description of the artwork . If sending multiple entries, please do that separately, or by www.wetransfer.com with the required info for each image. ENTER HERE ↓ QR SCAN
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Xmas Holidays o December 18th - January 4th
Free Art, Baking, Gaming, Music, Sports Activities and lots of Trips to go on
The White House Family Hub, The Avenue, Hampton, TW12 3YH
contact: justin.johnson@achievingforchildren.org.uk
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