This weekly bulletin contains the latest news updates across Year 9.
EEKLY W B ULLETIN
20 OCTOBER 2023
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
KEY SCHOOL DATES
On Wednesday evening the Music Department organised our first concert of the year involving students from Years 7-13. As ever I was blown away by the talent of our students who took part, who performed a wide range of pieces from different musical genres including piano concertos, jazz percussion and pop classics. It was also an opportunity for our GCSE and A Level
HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS Black History Month - October Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October Domestic Violence Awareness Month - October Halloween - 31 October Students return to School - 1 November Year 12 PCM - 4-6.30pm 8 November Half Term - 23-31 October Year 11 Mock Exams - 30 October - 10 November
*PICTURE OF BILLIE*
students to perform their own compositions. Last night we welcomed hundreds of visitors into school for our Sixth Form open evening. Subject areas were buzzing and it was lovely to see our current Sixth Form students and teachers so eager to share their excitement for their subjects. Students have also taken part in a number of trips this week with Media students visiting the EGX Conference at the Excel Centre, learning all about the multi-million gaming industry and Fashion students visiting the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey. We also took a group of Year 12 students to the LinkedIn UK Head Office in Farringdon. Year 7 have marked the end of their first half term with their first charity focus. Students have outdone themselves with their fabulous pink outfits to raise money and awareness for breast cancer charities. Click here if you wish to make a donation. I would like to wish all the school community a wonderful half term break. I know that our Year 11 students will be busy revising for their mock exams which begin on Monday 30 October, but it is important that they also make time to rest and recharge. I look forward to welcoming students in Years 7 to 13 back to school on Wednesday 1 November.
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
frequent sports updates We are now on Instagram! @waldegraveschool
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
As the half term holiday approaches, most of our students will be looking forward to an opportunity to relax. For our Year 11 and 13 students, however, mock exams are approaching and half term will be an opportunity to revise. In addition to this, the clocks will be going back and many of us may find that affecting our wellbeing. To coincide with this time of year, our partners at Kooth, the free, safe and anonymous online wellbeing service for children and young people, have shared a series of webinars for students and their parents. They include webinars for a range of specific groups. Please do have a look at the categories which can be accessed through the links below. Kooth Introduction. How to be a good ally to your LGBTQ+ child. Kooth for Neurodiverse and SEND Users. How Kooth & Qwell Can Support Eating Disorders and Self Injury & Harm. Male Mental Health and Healthy Relationships. Kooth Frequently Asked Questions.
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
We have reached the end of our last week of this half term and I would like to say well done to Year 9 for making it a really positive and productive start to the school year. It has been a very busy term with Drop Down Day, interform bake off competitions, sporting events and much more and it has been great to see so many Year 9 students getting involved! Well done to 9SPI for finishing in first place on the epraise leaderboard this half term. They are closely followed by 9PFO in second and 9EJO in third. Congratulations! Well done to our Year 8/9 Rugby squad for their amazing efforts in their first match of the season against Christs. It was a tough game but all our players remained determined and showed amazing teamwork and sportsmanship. Their hard work paid off as they went on to take the win, beating Christ’s by 4 points, with a final score of 12-8. The readathon is continuing until Monday 6 November. Students should be reading as many books as possible and raising money for this fantastic cause. The money donated goes towards buying books for children in hospital as well as towards our own school library and book week. I wish everybody a restful half term break and look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 1 November.
MRS PORTEOUS, HEAD OF YEAR 9
SPORTS FIXTURES
Fixture
Result
Date
12.10.23
Year 9 Netball vs RPA
WON 12-7
12.10.23
Year 10/11 Netball vs RPA
WON 12-7
10.10.23
WON 12-8
Year 8/9 Rugby vs Christ’s
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Significant Black Figure of the Week
Meet Nicola Adams:
Trailblazer Nicola made history as the first woman to win the Olympic gold medal for boxing. She was also the first openly LGBT boxer to win a medal. Up until 2012, the Olympics didn’t allow women to compete in boxing, so Nicola was fighting stereotypes to earn her place in the ring. She went on to win the gold in London 2012 and Rio in 2016. Always a trailblazer, Nicola didn’t stop making history when she stopped boxing. She took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, breaking boundaries as the first same-sex couple to dance on the show. Biographical documentary ‘Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story’ examines Nicola’s life spent fighting fierce competitors, prejudice and adversity and her determination to never give up.
BOOK OF THE MONTH
I’ll give you the sun follows two twins as they grow up and face tremendous love and loss, the narrative switches between the two and before and after a traumatic event occurs in their lives that changes them forever. It explores themes of grief, sexuality, creativity and self expression through art, identity, guilt and the importance of family. When reading I’ll give you the sun I found the writing style was like nothing I had ever read before, the metaphors made the whole storyline so much more vivid through descriptions you would never expect and the characters who wove in and out of eachothers lives were complicated and so felt very real, as if you were following their journeys alongside them.
~ Recommended by Marina M-B in Year 11
WALDEGRAVE IS HIRING! We are currently looking to hire a couple of Midday Lunchtime Supervisors to work 12.15-1.30pm Monday to Friday (1.25 hours a day). We welcome applications from applicants who can work every day as well as applicants who are only able to work a few lunch times a week. If this role sounds of interest or you would like to find out more information please click here for the full job description.
For next steps, please send an expression of your interest to Gill Gildersleve at jobs@waldegravesch.org.
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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