This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 10
EEKLY W B ULLETIN 22 MARCH 2024
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
KEY SCHOOL DATES
Year 13 PCM - 4-6.30pm 27 March Year 7 Easter Bonnet Parade - 28 March End of Spring term - 28 March Easter Holidays - 29 March-12 April Back to School - 15 April
This week our GCSE historians have had the chance to visit the Old Operating Theatre on the Southbank. In 1822 this operating theatre was installed in the attic of the early eighteenth-century church of the Old St Thomas’ Hospital and it is the oldest surviving surgical theatre in Europe for female patients. The trip really brought the ‘Medicine Through Time’ course to life, as it existed at a time before anaesthetics were in use.
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
Ramadan - 10 March - 8 April Purim - 24 March Holi - 25 March Good Friday - 29 March Easter Sunday - 31 March Eid ul-Fitr - 9 April - 10 April Vaisakhi - 13 April
Congratulations to all the Year 11 students involved in Food Practical exams this week. As ever, the standard of food the students produced has been fantastic and worthy of MasterChef. These practical exams will continue over the coming weeks, not only in Food & Nutrition but also Drama, PE, Art and Languages. Good luck to all the students involved. Next week we will be breaking up for Easter holidays at lunchtime on Thursday 28 March. Further to the letter sent yesterday, this will be a non-uniform day, when we are joining with other local schools to raise money for UNICEF. If you would like to make a donation please do so via ParentPay or JustGiving Unicef.. This will be the last bulletin of the term as we will be publishing our magazine next week so I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful break. I know that many of our families will be celebrating important festivals in the coming weeks including Holi, Purim, Easter, Eid ul-Fitr and Vaisakhi. I hope that everyone in our wider school community finds time to rest and relax with friends and family and enjoy the lengthening days and more clement spring-time weather.
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
As the exam season approaches, we recognise that it can be a very stressful time for our students and their families. We have booked the Mental Health Support Team to run a workshop for parents of GCSE and A-Level students who want to help their teenager with exam anxiety. This will run in person on 24 April at 6.30pm and there will be an alternative online session at a date and time to be confirmed. Please complete this form if you would like to attend one of the workshops. Further details will be sent out. For parents of students in Key Stages 3 and 4, The International Coalition of Girls’ Schools has an excellent six-episode podcast series called The Connected Girl. Episode 2 ‘Connecting with Parents’ explores the critical connection that girls have with their parents on the journey from girlhood to womanhood. The podcast can be accessed here.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
This week we have launched to our year 10s the application process for Head girl, House captain and subject specific prefects. We have already received some great applications but encourage all students who are interested to get their applications submitted ASAP. The closing day is Thursday 28 March. Short listing, interviews and further information will come out at the start of the Summer term. Mr Bannister delivered an assembly on Thursday introducing Year 10 students to the post-16 options process. This is the first in an ongoing series of activities and events designed to support students with exploring their options for the next phase of their education. After half term, there will be further assemblies examining the various pathways in more detail and students will also start to have one-on-one sessions with a trained careers adviser, giving them an opportunity to receive bespoke guidance in relation to their aspirations. We will also be running a Post-16 Options Evening for parents / carers and will be writing with further details of this in due course. This week our History students had the opportunity to visit the Old Operating Theatre at London Bridge in order to enrich students’ study of the GCSE History of Medicine Unit. Students will get the opportunity to visit Europe’s oldest surviving surgical operating theatre and watch a reconstruction of an operation before the arrival of anaesthesia and antiseptics. Further information about the venue can be found here: https://oldoperatingtheatre.com/
Our Year 9/10 football team was in action this week and won against Turing House 2-0 on Tuesday. Well done to all involved.
Well done to Connie who attended the Regional round of the Young Chef competition in Waterlooville. Connie did very well but the standard was incredibly high and unfortunately didn’t progress further. Well done on getting this far.
It has been the penultimate week to build up e praise points before the big termly reveal in our celebration assembly on Tuesday 27 March. This term’s top e praise scorers currently are; 10SHO 1070, 10PCL 994 and 10EAH 638.
MRS ROOK, HEAD OF YEAR 10
A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 7 The Performing Arts and Music department would like to congratulate the following students on their amazing results in their Musical Theatre singing exams, which they have been working towards for a whole year. The students are: Izzy L Year 8 - Grade 3 DISTINCTION, Jemima L Year 8 - Grade 3 MERIT, Daisy K Year 8 - Grade 3 DISTINCTION, Floss G Year 11 - Grade 5 MERIT, Rosa B Year 10 - Grade 5 DISTINCTION and Eleanor O Year 10 - Grade 5 DISTINCTION. Well done! PERFORMING ARTS CELEBRATED
MS O’BRIEN, HEAD OF PERFORMING ARTS & MUSIC
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Result
Fixture
SILVER MEDALISTS
14.03.24
Year 8 Contact Rugby Tournament
LOST, 7-5 WON, 2-0
Year 8 Netball V’s RPA
18.03.24
19.03.24
Year 9/10 Football V’s Turing
20.03.24
Year 8 Netball Tournament
3RD IN GROUP
Sixth Form Netball V’s Christs
LOST, 24-18 LOST, 26-13
20.03.24
U18 Basketball V’s SRR
20.03.24
A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 7 FUEL EASTER 2024
This Easter, between 2 April and 12 April 2024, Kingston and Richmond Boroughs in association with the Department for Education are running the highly successful FUEL programme once more. There are lots of clubs and activities to choose from and they run across a range of dates, time and locations. The FUEL (Feed Ur Everyday Lives) programme provides fantastic free holiday and activity clubs for children in recep- tion up to year 11, who are receiving benefit related free school meals. When children and young people come to a FUEL club they will be given a hot meal, have the chance to learn about the importance of eating food that is good for you, make friends and try lots of activities. Clubs and activities include: dance, yoga; technology and coding; skateboarding; art and crafts; cooking; indoor climbing; forest schools; karting and lots of sports such as cricket, football, netball, tennis, rugby, river sports and some swimming.
MR GREAVES, HEAD OF YEAR 7
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BOOK OF THE MONTH
“One Day” by David Nicholls
“One Day” by David Nicholls is about Emma and Dexter who meet one night on the 15th of July 1988 but go their separate ways the next day. However, the novel follows both of them and their story together every 15th of July for the next 20 years. The Netflix adaptation of the book has recently been released and if you have en- joyed the show, I would really recommend the book because the book version gives you a unique insight into the story.
~ Recommended by Yasemin, Year 11 Student
HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 10 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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
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