A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 8
It has been another action packed week at Waldegrave. On Tuesday our Year 8 assembly highlighted Children’s Mental Health Week, an awareness week launched by children’s mental health charity, Place2Be. The week exists to empower, equip and give a voice to all children and young people in the UK. The students gained a deeper understanding of the varying situations that could affect a person’s mental health, and what kind of support is available. Feedback from our pupils has been positive, they have enjoyed learning about positive mental health and it was great to have representatives from Year 8 helping to lead the assembly. Well done Jasmine, Anuska, Leila and Daisy - great job! A huge well done to all our wonderful Year 8 students who participated in the Bake Off last week. A special mention must go to first place winners 8FLE - Emilia, Gabby, Hayley - with their incredible strawberry and mat- cha cupcakes, second place were 8PIR - Bella, Allegra, Mia - with their zesty orange and raspberry cupcakes, and in third place were - 8STR - Charlotte, Bea C, Anushka - with their beautiful lemon and raspberry cupcakes. We are incredibly proud of all of our Year 8 bakers! Well done to all the students who are demonstrating the enjoy, achieve and empower ethos of school life. Topping our individual leaderboard this week is Angela H - 8PIR with 16 points, followed closely by Tiffany W - 8PUN with 10 points and Minnie M - 8FLE with 11 points. Keep up the great work! Please remind your child that you can be awarded epraise both in lessons and form times for: working collaboratively, great work and homework, supporting each other, engagement in class activities, helping in the classroom, and supporting the teacher/ tutor. A reminder about student punctuality. It is recommended that students arrive at school at no later than 8:30; this allows 5 minutes for them to get to their form time for a punctual start at 8.35. We appreciate your support with this at home.
MRS LYDDON, HEAD OF YEAR 8
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘My name is Mina’ by David Almond
In the form of a journal, this book is a prequel for the book Skellig, and focuses on the character Mina before she has met Michael and Skellig. It focuses on her troubles with school and family and shines a light on her creativity. It is a fun, but serious book all at the same time and has many different forms of creativity like poetry and made-up stories. Overall, it’s a very personal and emotive tale, with lots of much needed honesty about school and the stories that are missed of kids who struggle in school. - Isabelle H, Y11
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: 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 8 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS 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 7 HEAD OF YEAR AND TUTORS
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