Welcome to this week's bulletin with the latest news from Year 12.
11 JULY 2025 Spanish Trip - 10-13 July Y10 Drama performance - 15 July Y7 Cultures afternoon - 16 July Y12 End of Term - 17 July School end of term - early dismissal from 12.10pm - 18 July WEEKLY BULLETIN KEY SCHOOL DATES ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER This week we were really excited to welcome our Year 6 new starters in on Monday ahead of next school year. We have also celebrated book week in school across the week with lots of literary based fun. On Tuesday we hosted Richmond Libraries ‘Battle of the Books’ with Waldegrave coming HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
second. We held a book themed dress up day for Year 7 on Wednesday and we welcomed two authors for talks with Years 7-10. Last night we hosted another spectacular Summer Festival. There were fantastic performances from our talented students, including a piece from last weekend’s Beyond the Skies concert where our Chamber Choir supported the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and it was clear they were enjoying themselves as much as the audience! This year’s theme was Musical Heroes and our school is lucky to have our own musical heroes in the form of the tireless Performing Arts team who pulled this fabulous event together and have given so much time inspiring our students. Yesterday we also waved adios to our Year 10 Spanish students who will be enjoying a long weekend exploring Catanbria with visits to El Soplao Caves, Santander and Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum.
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
Plastic Free July UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 - 2-27 July
This week we also announced the results of the Head Girl and Deputies selection process and I am pleased to announce Megan C (pictured) as our new Head Girl. I am sure they will all do a wonderful job (see full list on page 2). This is the last Bulletin of the year as we will publish our termly magazine next week. Have a wonderful Summer!
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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With more freedom, some (hopefully) great weather, and a bit more time, the summer holidays can be a good time to build our wellbeing. Place2B have shared some top tips put together by researchers from the University of Cambridge and secondary age students, which include: taking time out, building a routine, prioritising sleep, trying a digital detox and sharing our thinking with the important people in our lives. The full list of Place2B’s ten tips can be found here. Experiencing ups, downs and changes to our wellbeing is normal. However, if you are concerned about how your child has been feeling lately, it’s important to get some extra support. There are lots of great websites and services out there which can help support them or provide further information. This includes YoungMinds and Shout or Place2Be’s Get urgent help page. Additionally, the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) have asked if parents can provide feedback on their ‘Helping teens with…’ parent webinar series. In order to continue to make the webinars accessible and tailored to your interests as a parent, we would appreciate you sharing your views and giving feedback via this questionnaire.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 12
The Year 12 students were once again involved in a number of exciting events this week. As part of our support programme for the prospective medical students, the first group competed a 3-day at Kingston last week and the next one will do so in August. The attending students have found it extremely val- uable and their time there has now solidified their decision to read Medicine at University. The hospital staff’s feedback was also really impressive too. Many of our A Level Physics students also took part in a Summer School organised by Imperial College from Monday and Thursday, which they all thoroughly enjoyed. Two talks took place this week, one about Journalism and the second about Classics. They were both really well-attended and the students found them extremely useful. On Wednesday, the Geography Department organised and took a number of students who are interested in a Geography Degree to Royal Holloway’s Geography Taster Day, which they all really enjoyed. Also, as part of our Year 10 Sixth Form Show case, a large number of Year 12 met and spoke to our Year 10 students about their A Level subjects. They were all outstanding ambassadors for tehir subjects and the Sixth From as a whole. Finally, today the Year 12 Art students attended the annual Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, which they all really enjoyed. On Wednesday, one of our Year 12 students Meg D, who is the singer, songwriter and bass player in a band that met via Richmond Music Trust has now reached the penultimate stage of a competition, called Future Makers. She has now been invited to attend a live audition at the Royal Albert Hall. This may then lead to her being selected for the final part of the competition. I wish her the best of luck! Next week we have some more interesting events: on Wednesday, our Sociology students will visit the Old Bailey, where the students will get to sit in live court cases. This will allow them to find out how the judicial system operates in action in the UK. On Thursday, we are having our end of term celebration assembly, where I shall announce the names of the students, who have been nominated by subject teachers and form tutors for displaying our school’s core values. I would like to take this opportunity to say well done to all Year 12 students for successfully completing their first year in the Sixth Form. And of course a huge thank you to all parents and carers for their ongoing support. Have a lovely weekend and summer break!
MR STAVROU, HEAD OF YEAR 12
‘A Room of One’s Own’, by Virginia Woolf This poetically powerful extended essay takes readers on a journey through the history of female writers, as we witness first hand the barriers of structural inequality placed in the path of the female sex. This cornerstone of feminist literature beautifully explores the immense power of personal and feminist interpretation, which cannot be recreated by males with complete literary freedom and space. Woolf’s examination of the patriarchal bookshelves, which leave no room for female narrative voices, ignites a desire to shine a light upon the women who broke the locks placed on literary conventions, finally enabling women to write fiction of their own without interruption. Reading this will transform how you perceive the role of the female voice in literature today. BOOK OF THE MONTH
- Zara M, 12TRO
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
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SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
U13 Cricket - Chance to Compete regional final
03.07.25
WON: Regional champions
The U13 Cricket team took part in the Chance to Compete regional final on Thursday 3rd July. We travelled across London to Sidcup Cricket Club, which was a lovely venue for this tournament. There were six teams from across the region who had qualified to take part in the region final and for our team to be named champions we needed to win as many matches as possible. We got off to a good start beating Esher CofE High School by a score of 73 runs to 52, which was followed by an outstanding batting display against Kingsdale Foundation school with a winning score of 105 runs to 63. Runs scored got even better in the third match, beating Acland Burghley School 131 runs to 61. Our fourth match after lunch was slightly closer as Sir Roger Manwood’s High School proved to be a stronger opposition, however the team still managed a win, with a score of 93 runs to 57. The team entered into our final game unbeaten but our opposition was Bexley Grammar School who had only lost one game so far. We were put into bat and held to a score of 52 runs, however the team knew that taking wickets would add to the runs tally. With one over to go Waldegrave had taken four wickets so were now up to a score of 72. This left Bexley needing 8 runs to win. In the end after some great fielding it came down to the last ball, where our opponent needed to a score of six to win and unfortunately that’s exactly what they got!
The team was disappointed to lose this match but taking all the other scores into account we were up against Bexley in a rematch for the final. This time Waldegrave fielded first, showing some excellent bowling and fielding throughout the team; they held Bexley to a score of 42 runs. The team were very confident that they could achieve this score in their turn to bat and did exactly that, winning by a final score of 81 runs to 52. This meant that Waldegrave finished as winners in their final match of the day and were crowned regional champions! Well done to everyone who took part in this match and in all our sporting activities over the school year!
BEHAVIOUR FOCUS
For the Summer Term the school’s leadership team has chosen to focus on our First Rule at Waldegrave: Respect and value learning, each other and our environment. As part of this we are asking students to respect and value learning, putting aside distractions and following our uniform policy by wearing the correct uniform at all times. The full uniform policy can be viewed here.
GETTING KIDS SEWING AND DESIGNING
Sew What? After School Sewing Club at Waldegrave School
£105 for 10 sessions this Autumn Term All Years Thursdays At Sew What? we turn after school into a creative and social place where children bring their ideas to life and gain a sense of achievement with every stitch. Ideal for the DofE Skills Program.
3.15 - 4.00 pm
Thursday 25th September to Thursday 4th December To find out more and to book visit: sew-what.online
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2025/26 After last year's success, we are running a 2nd edition of the Waldegrave Wildlife Photography Competition!
To
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part,
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● Take a picture of the wildlife around you (not pets); ● You can use your phone or a camera; ● Submit your entry by the 3rd of October to wildlifephotographer@waldegravesch.org
The panel of judges will select 12 winners. The selected photos will feature in the Waldegrave Wildlife Calendar and the winners will be treated to a trip to the Wildlife Photographers Exhibition at the Natural History Museum!
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Whitton Youth Zone
Hampton Youth Zone
Family Hub
Family Hub
The White House
The White House
Summer Holiday Programme
Summer Holiday Programme 2025
Monday 21 July to Thursday 29 August Completely FREE activities for young people in school years 4 to 13 (9 to 18 years old) This is a FUEL/
Monday 21 July to Thursday 29 August Completely FREE activities for young people in school years 4 to 13 (9 to 18 years old) This is a FUEL/HAF programme Scan QR code to book tickets
HAF programme Scan QR code to book tickets
Contacts and queries For more information about any of our summer offers including the bookable activities and trips, please contact: Justin Johnson Hampton Youth Project Lead Practitioner E: justin.johnson@achievingforchildren.org.uk or youthservice@achievingforchildren.org.uk
Contacts and queries For more information about any of our summer offers including the bookable activities and trips, please contact: Justin Johnson Hampton Youth Project Lead Practitioner E: justin.johnson@achievingforchildren.org.uk or youthservice@achievingforchildren.org.uk
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