This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 9.
EEKLY W B ULLETIN 22 SEPTEMBER 2023
KEY SCHOOL DATES
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
Schoolastic Book Fair - 25-29 September MacMillan Coffee Morning - 26 September Year 10/11 Information Evening - 26 September
We have continued to welcome parents and carers into school for our Information Evenings. This week the Sixth Form Team hosted Year 12 and Year 13 families. The start of year 12 is a really significant transition point for students and they have impressed us all with their maturity and enthusiasm for their new subjects. Year 13 students are now busy with their applications to university and apprenticeships for next year.
PTA Bingo Night for Year 7 - 29 September 6-9.30pm PTA Pre-loved uniform sale - 30 September 10-11.30am
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I would like to thank all those who attended the presentations. Next week we look forward to welcoming parents and carers of our Year 10 and Year 11 students into school. On Wednesday some of our Year 8 students had the opportunity to visit the Tower of London. The students were invited following their entry to a national competition to design a bench to mark the coronation. The competition and trip was led by the Design Technology department. We have also arranged two trips to the theatre for our sixth form students; our A Level students really enjoyed seeing Red Pitch at the Bush Theatre, whilst our Drama students are heading to the Jack Studio Theatre to see Colder Than Here . Congratulations to our Year 7 Football team who won our first competitive match of the year, beating Twickenham School 5-2 yesterday. Despite getting absolutely soaked they all had a fabulous time and were excellent ambassadors of the school. We are looking forward to welcoming Year 7 families to our Bingo evening next week. Tickets can be bought via ParentPay. I also wanted to remind parents that the PTA will be holding a Pre-loved Uniform sale on Saturday 30 September between 10-11.30am. Any donations of unwanted uniforms would be very much appreciated, please hand into reception or ask your child to drop into KS Hubs.
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS Alzheimer’s Awareness Month - September Suicide Prevention Month - September Yom Kippur - 24-25 September European Day of Languages - 26 September Mawlid - 26-27 September
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your stories and photos to share by email to info@waldegravesch.org Follow us on twitter @Waldegravesch for general news and @WaldegraveSport for frequent sports updates JOINING THE PTA To get in contact with our PTA about joining the team please click below.
~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
As World Mental health day is fast approaching on 10 October, we thought we would share information about a free lunchtime webinar running that day. The positive people from The Art of Brilliance are hosting a live webinar on their YouTube channel about raising your wellbeing bar from ‘mental health’ to ‘mental wealth’. It is totally free to attend and sure to offer a positivity boost. Register here: Art of Brilliance webinar. If you’re not available on 10 October then their short video on the most challenging role of all, parenting, may be of interest instead. Click here to view. You can find out more about the power of positive psychology on their website linked here.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
There has been a lot on for Year 9 this week at Waldegrave. The assembly this week for Year 9 was all about ‘trying something new’. Students were reminded that this year is a great opportunity to meet new students and to try new extracurricular activities both inside and outside of school. Our extracurricular timetable has been put up onto tutor google classrooms for students to access. Many of our extra curricular PE and Music clubs have already begun. If your child would like to find out more about it then please ask them to speak to their Form Tutor. Other clubs which are subject specific will also be announced over this week and next, so please do speak to your child and encourage them to get involved. Congratulations to 9EJO for getting the most epraise points in Year 9. This is closely followed by 9SPI and 9FWD. Well done and keep it up! There is a Scholastic Book Fair taking place in the school conference room next week. There are over 200 titles for students to choose from with prices starting from as little as £2.99. We would be grateful for your support as each book purchased can earn rewards to help us get free books for our school library. Payment can be made online or students can bring cash or card with them on the day.
MRS PORTEOUS, HEAD OF YEAR 9
BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon The sun is also a star is told through the perspective of two teenagers whose lives cross paths and so they spend 12 fateful hours together. It explores how they struggle with parental relationships and expectations, coping with pressures of racism and immigration and the meaning of love and life. ~ Recommended by Marina M-B, Year 11 student
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
Macmillan Coffee Morning has returned to Waldegrave for another year! On Tuesday 26 September we will be hosting a bake sale in the main hall to raise money for the MacMillan Cancer Charity. We are encouraging students to bake a cake or sweet treat in theme with their house colours. Please remember when baking that nut-based products must be avoided. If you’re not up for baking, you can still come and buy some cakes on the day. Sixth Formers will be invited into the hall at break time whilst Years 7-11 will be allowed to purchase cakes at lunch time, so don’t forget to bring some coins into school! Last year Waldegrave raised £1100 in support of the charity. Let’s try our best to raise even more this year!
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 KS4@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
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