Welcome to latest news for Year 9.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
10 JANUARY 2025
ENJOY - ACHIEVE - EMPOWER
HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
KEY SCHOOL DATES
It has been lovely to welcome students back to school this week and hear their holiday news. Students have clearly enjoyed the holiday and have returned to school full of energy and positivity.
Year 9 & 10 Myth & Voice Workshops - Monday 13 January, 3.30-5pm
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEADTEACHER
DT Make Days - Monday 13 - Thursday 16 January
On Tuesday this week the Music department took a group of students to the Royal Opera House to enjoy a fantastic performance of Hansel and Gretel. Students were thrilled by the magical retelling of the classic fairy tale and the opportunity to see it performed in the iconic venue. On Thursday our Year 11 GCSE Art students visited Tate Britain to get some inspiration for their final GCSE submissions. Our A level Fashion students have also been busy doing their mock practical exams this week. I am very much looking forward to seeing the exhibition of all of their work in the summer term. The Waldegrave bake off competition will run throughout this half term and staff are very excited to be judges. Today we started with our Year 11 who impressed with their delicious cupcakes. It was lovely chatting to the bakers last night, who all worked so well together. It was difficult to choose the winner, but congratulations to 11PRE for the winning biscoff and banana flavour cupcakes, with runners up 11FHE with apple crumble and 11EAH with chocolate and salted caramel following closely. Photos can be seen on our social media channels. For those who haven’t had a chance to purchase one yet, we have the last few of our Wildlife Photography Calendars still available. Please order yours via this form: Wildlife Photography Calendar 2024
Year 11 Parent/Carer Meetings - Wednesday 15 January
Red January (Beat The Winter Blues) HOLIDAYS & NATIONAL DAYS
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
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~ Ms Tongue, Headteacher
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
For many of us, the start of a new year means self-improvement and the promise of, ‘new year, new me’. This mindset often fuels our New Year’s resolutions and is exacerbated by social media that tends to be full of new diet and exercise fads or other suggestions that we need to change. This can help us stay motivated during January, which can be a tough month following the holidays, with spring still feeling far away. But the expectations and pressure we put on ourselves aren’t always helpful and can be particularly difficult for students to navigate. If we struggle to live up to the impossible standards we set, it can make us feel guilty and bad about ourselves. Or we might push ourselves too hard and find that we’re burnt out before the first month is over. The Mental Health Foundation has a number of tips for mentally healthy new year resolutions. They suggest any resolutions should be framed in positive language (‘I will start’, rather than ‘I will stop’), that they are flexible, made with self-kindness, rather than self-criticism, and that we re-frame how we respond if we don’t meet those goals. More information and ideas about mentally healthy resolutions can be found here: Getting a mentally healthy start to 2025
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A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 9
Year 9 have made a great start to the new term. We are proud to report they have made a good start to lessons and teachers have commented on their enthusiasm with the new topics. Well done! We are aware that this term Year 9 will be thinking about ther options for GCSE choices. We have an upcoming parent GCSE Options Evening on Tuesday 4th February 6pm-7pm. There will be a separate communication about this at a later date. Alongside this, we will be having options assemblies and form times relating to this during the half term so we encourage you to have discussions with your child/ren about their choices. We also encourage students to speak to any members of staff for options subjects and find out any relevant information. We are looking forward to celebrating Year 9s successes this half term. If there is anything externally which you would like us to post in the newsletter then please get in touch via ks3@waldegravesch.org and the topic/event to be celebrated. A reminder that students should not wear coats during the school day - these need to be put into lockers and then taken out after the day has finished. We also ask parents to check their child’s nails/hair colour to ensure these are compliant with the school uniform, ensuring false nails/varnishes are removed and hair colours are corrected as soon as possible. The uniform policy can be seen here. Lastly, a reminder to all that Waldegrave Sports and Clubs will start next week - please see the full list of activities for the Spring Term on the website here. It would be great to see Year 9 keeping active and taking part or trying something new!
We hope you have a fabulous weekend.
MRS MORTIMER, HEAD OF YEAR 9
BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins
In a dystopian future, the capital holds annual games where one boy and one girl (aged 12-18) from each of the 12 districts is chosen to fight to the death in an arena. The games are televised and shown across the country as a reminder to the labourers in the district that they are powerless against the capital. When Katniss’ sister has her name called during the annual reaping, Katniss volunteers to take her place as a daring act of sacrifice. The contrast between the glamour of the capital and the harsh conditions of the districts is an eye opening com- mentary on the dangers of political corruption and capitalism.
- Isla S, Year 11
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 9 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
FRIDAY MATHS PUZZLE Our learning focus for tutor time on Fridays this term is mathematics, with the maths department setting some thought provoking brain teasers each week for pupils to grapple with. Please take a look, have a go and talk to your child about how they approached the problem and what the solutions were. We hope you enjoy these at home as much as the students have enjoyed them with their form groups!
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR PARENTS
CALLING ALL MULTILINGUAL PARENTS!!
Waldegrave would like to invite parents and car- ers to join our free English language skills group.
Running every Thursday during term-time this group, hosted by Waldegrave teachers, offers free English lessons in school for our parents and carers who would like to practise and/or improve their English language skills. It is also a good opportunity to meet with other multilingual parents. If you would like to join us, please come to the school’s main reception at 2:10pm on Thursdays during term time. Classes are for 1 hour finishing at 3:15pm. We look forward to welcoming you!
The following items are not endorsed by Waldegrave School.
Y9 French and Drama Club
Extracurricular Music
Do you want to boost your confidence in speaking? On va à Paris!
7.45am
Lunch
After School
Mon
Senior String Quartet (MIT)
Chamber Choir (MU2)
Orchestra Coursework Clinic
Tues Chamber Choir (MU2)
Choir (MU2)
Coursework Clinic
It 8 sessions on Tuesdays, from 3:20 – 4:20 (in L2): 14 , 21, 28 January and 4 February 4, 11,18 and 25 March Come along to a series of workshops on the theme of Paris: you will take part in karaoke, games and role-plays.
Weds
Ukuleles (MU1) Strings (MU1) Samba (MU2)
Y7 Choir (MU1)
Coursework Clinic Coursework Clinic Coursework Clinic
Thur
Swing Band (MU2)
Fri
Keyboard Club (MU1)
Cost: £12 per session
Y7 Choir/Choir – all comers Chamber Choir – auditioned singers Ukuleles beginners – all comers Strings – all string players welcome Keyboard Club - 1 term of piano lessons to advanced pianists Orchestra – grade 4+ orchestral instruments Swing Band – all wind players, guitarists, bass players, keyboard players, drummers Samba Band - students from diƋerent year groups - no experience required
A great opportunity to learn French in a fun and interactive way! Judith
It helped me work on my pronunciation. Helena
I have learnt lots of new words . Freda
Contact: Madame Dion-Jones dionjonesdanielle@gmail.com
The following items are not endorsed by Waldegrave School.
PRESENTS
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin
Book by Heather Hach
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
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