This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 9
EEKLY W B ULLETIN 8 MARCH 2024
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
KEY SCHOOL DATES
I would like to thank parents and carers for all the positive feedback about SAFE day on Monday. The team at Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Partnership produced excellent resources to support conversations about substance misuse. I really do believe that this collaboration across all schools locally will have
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month - March International Women’s Day - 8 March Mother’s Day - 10 March Start of Ramadan - 10 March British Science Week - 8-17 March EPQ Presentations - 13-14 March Year 13 Parents’ Consultation Evening - 4-6.30pm 27 March End of Spring term - 28 March Easter Holidays - 29 March-12 April Back to School - 15 April
made children and young people in our community safer. You can still sign up for the parent workshop in the wellbeing section below. On Wednesday I attended the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge to hear the 16 Richmond finalists. It is always a pleasure to hear young people talking so eloquently about issues that matter to them and so important that they have this platform. Furthermore, I am delighted to announce that our two entrants, Uma and Emilia secured first and second place respectively. Uma’s speech focused on her dual heritage, whilst Emilia spoke about how she had been empowered through playing rugby. This was very timely as on Tuesday this week our Year 7 students won the London Youth Games Rugby Tournament. Congratulations to all who took part in both events. Wednesday was also our D&T GCSE exhibition and what a fabulous display of our students’ work it was. The standard of work was incredibly impressive, with our students demonstrating not only tremendous creativity but also great skill allowing them to realise their ambitious designs. It was lovely to talk to the students about their work and see so many proud friends and families. Today is International Women’s Day and we have been marking this through assemblies and tutor time activities exploring this year’s theme of Inspire Inclusion. We hope that this will remind all our students that they can break down barriers, challenge stereotypes, and create environments where all women are valued and respected.
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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Following Substance Abuse for Everyone (SAFE) Day, parents are invited to attend an online workshop run by the Daniel Spargo-Mabb Foundation on 21 March at 7pm. You can book your place in the workshop through this link. DSMF has a section of their website targeted at parents and carers, with regularly updated information about a range of substances, to ensure that you can be fully informed about existing and emerging risks. The page includes written information about cocaine, MDMA/ ecstasy, nicotine pouches and energy drinks; and updated information about nitrous oxide since the recent change in the law. It also includes short videos on topics including vaping, festivals and choice, risk and the teenage brain.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
It has been a busy time for Year 9. Last week we took 18 Year 9 students to a career’s festival at Guildhall. This was a brilliant experience which allowed students to consider different career paths that they might want to pursue in the future. The trip was a great success and the students were great at having a go at a range of activities from smoothie making and planting to carpentry and stone masonry. It was a really great day and many members of staff commented at Guildhall at how well behaved and mature our students were. Well done to them. This week on Monday form tutors conducted a session for SAFE day, looking at substance abuse to allow students to make safe choices when it comes to drugs and alcohol. This was a real success and the majority of students participated in a respectful and mature way. This week we also have the elections to the Youth Council for Kingston and Richmond and UK Youth Parliament. The voting went live on Friday 1 March and so students in tutor times will be deciding on which candidate they want to vote for within their forms. This will need to be completed by today. This week 9EJO received the most epraise points. They are followed by 9FBH in second place. Well done! Today is International Women’s Day, so students in form time are going to be learning about the history of this day and writing pledges about how they are going to commit to inspiring inclusion and equality in our school as well as the wider society. Congratulations to Charlotte in 9SPI for winning the Veronica Tweedle Award! Charlotte was one of 94 students nominated from 7000 that took ballet examinations in 2023. This is a huge achievement, well done!
MRS PORTEOUS, HEAD OF YEAR 9
SPORTS FIXTURES
Date
Fixture
Result
01.03.24
Year 9/10 Football vs Hampton High
WON 8-0
05.03.24
London Youth Games Rugby Tournament
FIRST PLACE
06.03.24
Year 7 Netball vs Christs
LOST 8-0
06.03.24
Year 8 Netball vs Christs
LOST 13-4
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 enjoyed 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
BOOK DRIVE FOR WORLD BOOK DAY
About the Children’s Book Project
Across London and the UK 1 in 4 disadvantaged children owns fewer than 10 books, whilst 1 in 8 has none at all. This has an impact not only on these children’s academic outcomes but also on their wellbeing, emotional development and sense of themselves as a reader. The Children’s Book Project directly tackles this ‘book gap’ and gifts donated books to targeted communities across the Capital. Over 500 schools, community groups, women’s groups and prisons nationwide put on book gifting events at which children are invited to choose a book to take it home and keep. The charity expects to gift upwards of 350,000 books this year. For more information visit www.childrensbookproject.co.uk
We are holding a Book Drive on World Book Day!
We are holding a Book Drive for the Children’s Book Project charity on 7 March 2024. Please bring in any books your children have grown out of so that they can find new homes with others across the local community. Alternatively you may wish to purchase an old favourite to donate. We can accept any children’s books in good condition. Please drop them off at the main reception.
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 HOW TO CONTACT YEAR 9 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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