This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 12
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 12
This week Year 12 students received their first reports. These should provide parents with an overview of how they are doing in each subject. I am sure some students will be very pleased with their progress, others will need to follow the feedback and advice from their teachers carefully to ensure they are well prepared for their upcoming mocks on the 15 April. The purpose of the mocks is to gain experience of an A-Level exam environment and for students to identify what is going well for them and areas in which they need to improve. It is important to remind parents and students that A-Levels are a 2-year course so they may not be reaching their target grade at the moment. If you have any queries or concerns about the report or the mocks then please do not hesitate to get in contact. I was delighted to see around 20 Year 12 students volunteer to mentor each Year 10 student. They will have weekly meetings together and the purpose of the mentoring is for the Year 12s to pass on some of their knowledge and skills in a particular subject area. The Year 10s are lucky enough to benefit from a listening ear and some sound advice. This week we also celebrated neurodiversity week. Neurodiversity is about recognising that there is a wide range of neurological variations in the human brain, instead of viewing these variations as being ‘abnormal’. We are proud to celebrate and champion diversity in all its forms. This week Year 12 Art and Design students were lucky to attend an oil painting workshop with artist Susie Nathanson. She began with a talk including information about her educational journey, painting mediums and studio setup. She also covered the business side of the artworld which was followed by a practical portrait painting session.
Andrew Earnshaw, host of the Old Bones podcast, shared his passion for archaeology in a talk with our students. He showed them how archaeology connects geography, science, culture, and human history.
Next week we are lucky to have some parents give up their time to advise our students on how to write an effective CV. Please encourage your child to sign up to this valuable opportunity.
MS SILLWOOD, HEAD OF YEAR 12
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
“Letters From The Underground” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Letters From The Underground” by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated from Russian) is a deep dive into the human psyche from the perspective of a man who is overly negative and is criticising himself. It is in the form of a “confession” and explores the complexity of the man’s mind. I would recommend this novella to those who want a challenging but rewarding read, that will draw you in and intrigue you.
~ Recommended by Yasemin, Year 11 student
HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 12 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 sixthform@waldegravesch.org
Or you can contact the school via phone by calling: 02088943244
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