Welcome to latest news for Year 13.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
10 JANUARY 2025
ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER
HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
KEY SCHOOL DATES
It has been lovely to welcome students back to school this week and hear their holiday news. Students have clearly enjoyed the holiday and have returned to school full of energy and positivity.
Year 9 & 10 Myth & Voice Workshops - Monday 13 January, 3.30-5pm
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
DT Make Days - Monday 13 - Thursday 16 January
On Tuesday this week the Music department took a group of students to the Royal Opera House to enjoy a fantastic performance of Hansel and Gretel. Students were thrilled by the magical retelling of the classic fairy tale and the opportunity to see it performed in the iconic venue. On Thursday our Year 11 GCSE Art students visited Tate Britain to get some inspiration for their final GCSE submissions. Our A level Fashion students have also been busy doing their mock practical exams this week. I am very much looking forward to seeing the exhibition of all of their work in the summer term. The Waldegrave bake off competition will run throughout this half term and staff are very excited to be judges. Today we started with our Year 11 who impressed with their delicious cupcakes. It was lovely chatting to the bakers last night, who all worked so well together. It was difficult to choose the winner, but congratulations to 11PRE for the winning biscoff and banana flavour cupcakes, with runners up 11FHE with apple crumble and 11EAH with chocolate and salted caramel following closely. Photos can be seen on our social media channels. For those who haven’t had a chance to purchase one yet, we have the last few of our Wildlife Photography Calendars still available. Please order yours via this form: Wildlife Photography Calendar 2024
Year 11 Parent/Carer Meetings - Wednesday 15 January
Red January (Beat The Winter Blues) HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
For many of us, the start of a new year means self-improvement and the promise of, ‘new year, new me’. This mindset often fuels our New Year’s resolutions and is exacerbated by social media that tends to be full of new diet and exercise fads or other suggestions that we need to change. This can help us stay motivated during January, which can be a tough month following the holidays, with spring still feeling far away. But the expectations and pressure we put on ourselves aren’t always helpful and can be particularly difficult for students to navigate. If we struggle to live up to the impossible standards we set, it can make us feel guilty and bad about ourselves. Or we might push ourselves too hard and find that we’re burnt out before the first month is over. The Mental Health Foundation has a number of tips for mentally healthy new year resolutions. They suggest any resolutions should be framed in positive language (‘I will start’, rather than ‘I will stop’), that they are flexible, made with self-kindness, rather than self-criticism, and that we re-frame how we respond if we don’t meet those goals. More information and ideas about mentally healthy resolutions can be found here: Getting a mentally healthy start to 2025
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 13
It was lovely to welcome back our Year 13 students for this new term. We hope they all had a restful and enjoyable break.
Ms Pugh has now returned from maternity leave, so all communication for Year 13 will be directed to her.
It has already been a very busy first week for our textile students who have been completing their mock exams. We have been very impressed with how hard the students have been working and the pieces they have created. Today our Year 13 Art, Photography and Fashion students attended an art workshop which was focused on portfolio building, an essential tool for students who want to pursue creative degrees. All students found the workshop extremely helpful and look forward to using the skills in their own portfolios. A reminder that the UCAS deadline is Wednesday 29 January at 6pm. When a student thinks they have completed their application they must first send it to the school for their reference and predicted grades to be added. Ms Pugh or Mr Bannister will then get in contact with the student when their appli- cation is ready to be sent. Lastly, a reminder to all that Waldegrave Sports and Clubs will start next week - please see the full list of activities for the Spring Term on the website here. It would be great to see Year 13 keeping active as these can be a positive distraction during what can be a stressful run up to exams.
Have a good weekend!
MS PUGH, HEAD OF YEAR 13
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 13 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. Please take a look, have a go and talk to your child about how they approached the problem and what the solutions were. We hope you enjoy these at home as much as the students have enjoyed them with their form groups!
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR PARENTS
CALLING ALL MULTILINGUAL PARENTS!!
Waldegrave would like to invite parents and car- ers to join our free English language skills group.
Running every Thursday during term-time this group, hosted by Waldegrave teachers, offers free English lessons in school for our parents and carers who would like to practise and/or improve their English language skills. It is also a good opportunity to meet with other multilingual parents. If you would like to join us, please come to the school’s main reception at 2:10pm on Thursdays during term time. Classes are for 1 hour finishing at 3:15pm. We look forward to welcoming you!
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PRESENTS
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin
Book by Heather Hach
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
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