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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