A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 10
Earlier this week we held our annual Sports Day event with the vast majority of students participating in a variety of events from the 100m sprint and long jump to the sack race and egg and spoon race. It was a great opportunity to get together as a school and support each other. It was wonderful seeing the students enjoying themselves and mingling amongst their year groups in their house colours and teams.
We hope that Year 10 enjoyed their assembly earlier today which was delivered by a group of Year 11 students about making ‘positive choices’ as they progress into Year 11. The Year 11 speakers were chosen specifically as they each had to overcome personal challenges and barriers in the final year of GCSEs and we hope that their messages resonated with our Year 10s.
Please can you continue to support your child at home by reminding them of our expectations around jewellery and uniform. We have noticed improvements over the last couple of weeks and want to ensure this is maintained until the Summer holidays arrive.
As we look ahead to the last couple of weeks we are going to be focusing on the targets which students will have received from their recent end of year tests. It is a great opportunity to start planning on how to implement a revision schedule that is ‘light touch’ at this point but that focuses on the key targets they received.
Please note that there is planned industrial action next Wednesday 5 July and Friday 7 July. Please check previous letters to see how each year group will be affected on these days.
MRS BASHFORD-HYNES, HEAD OF YEAR 10
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Killing God by Kevin Brooks Age recommendation 14+
The book features Dawn Bundy, a fifteen year old girl whose father claims to have found God, and leaves to continue his new, alternative lifestyle. The reader is led on an adventure with Dawn, which involves the struggles of friends and classmates. Kevin Brooks somehow manages to convey how young girls may feel about their bodies - specifically body dysmorphia - and describes their discomfort in their own skin. This book - to me - is very important. Killing God highlights many modern day problems for young people. It educates people and serves as a warning. ~ Recommended by Imogen C-A, Year 9 student
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 WALDEGRAVE SCHOOL Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 5LH HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 10 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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