A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 12
Over the last week there have been a variety of activities keeping our Year 12 students busy. Last Wednesday, a number of our Year 12 students took part in the Sixth Form Borough Netball Tournament hosted at Waldegrave. Well done to everyone who took part, there were some great matches! Students were also asked if they wanted to be student parliament sixth form leads. By taking on this amazing role, they could become leads of a chosen committee. Waldegrave student parliament is split into five committees: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Environment (Eco), Curriculum, Community and Healthy Schools. They will take part in frequent meetings amongst their committee to share ideas and goals for the rest of the year. We strongly advise students to put themselves forward, in order to help contribute to the life of the school. It was lovely to see so many sixth form students at the MacMillan coffee morning today buying lots of yummy cakes and supporting such a fantastic charity. A reminder that all our year 12 students must remember to wear their lanyard whilst on the school site at all times as a safeguarding measure. If they have forgotten their lanyard they must go to sixth form reception to get a temporary one for the day. Mr Reynolds launched Gold Duke of Edinburgh last week, if students missed the meeting they can join the Google classroom, code iq5cy36r. This information is also on their tutor group Google classrooms.
MS PUGH, HEAD OF YEAR 12
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘Brit(ish)’ by Afua Hirsch This is a thought-provoking memoir that explores the complexities of living as a mixed race woman in Britain. It is centred on ideas of identity and is broken down into the sections: Where are you from, Origins, Bodies, Heritage, Places, Class, The New Black and The Door of No Return. In each section, Hirsch examines British attitudes towards race by tracing it back to the slave trade. She analyses the problem of how we are meant to live in the ‘raceless’ society that Britain so desires, without first acknowledging Britain’s involvement in the slave trade. Hirsch also interweaves her own experiences, as she discusses how she feels alienated and marginalised, “But for me, growing up as such a minority in a world so hostile to what it was that stood me apart, otherness was my identity.” This book is a must-read for sixth formers who want to better understand the complexity of British identity. As a memoir, Hirsch used the storytelling of her own personal experience to bring these important issues to life.
- Esri N, 13 RPA
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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