This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 8
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.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us your achievement stories and photos to share by email to info@waldegravesch.org STAY CONNECTED WITH US:
~ 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 8
It has been a successful week from all forms this week as we were able to celebrate a range of awards achieved by the students. This week began with our Spring Celebration Awards, it was such a great celebration for all individuals. One of my favourite things to see is the joy others find in congratulating the winners of the awards. I was so impressed to see those powerful examples of kindness that I know will continue throughout the year. There will be more opportunities to win awards as we will have another Celebration Awards at the end of the Summer Term. A big congratulations to the winner of the attendance award, 8PWA. The group should be very proud of their efforts and I know they appreciated being celebrated on Tuesday. I was proud to hear that our Rugby League team last week were able to receive silver medals for their efforts on the 14 March. I heard that every student ‘put their body on the line.’ I was so proud to hear that the students showed great school spirit with their representation of Waldegrave. A special mention to Keira E from 8EFR who received player of the tournament. We also delivered a presentation to students supporting Neurodiversity week. It allowed Year 8 to learn a little about how we all behave and think differently. It was a great topic of conversation and really helped students to understand each other better. Looking forward we do have a non-uniform day on Thursday 28 March. We will be raising money for UNICEF, please donate £2 to partake in this day. With Easter around the corner I would like to wish you all a happy and healthy break. The students in year 8 have worked incredibly hard and they deserve a well-earned break. With the break it is a good time to replenish any stationery or clothing that is required for the final term.
MR SWEENEY, HEAD OF YEAR 8
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
Year 8 Netball V’s RPA
LOST, 7-5 WON, 2-0
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
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” is a fast-paced and captivating mystery novel which fol- lows the life of a young girl Pippa who grew up in a small town which has become tainted with a murder. Despite the case being closed, she chooses to study the case as her topic for her final year project and begins to unveil secrets that wish to stay deeply hidden. I loved watching the story unfold and leftover fragments of a murder case left open click together through the compelling and relatable character of Pippa. I would really recom- mend it for anyone looking for a gripping and challenging read, which explores second guessing the truth and looking deeper than the surface.
~ Recommended by Marina, Year 11 Student
HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 8 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 KS3@waldegravesch.org
Or you can contact the school via phone by calling: 02088943244
WALDEGRAVE SCHOOL Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 5LH
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