Dear Parents, carers and all in the Chessington community
We have had so many awesome events and activities since my last newsletter These events have gone alongside some excellent classroom based learning. Everyday when I walk around the school and visit lessons I see our students engaging with their learning and our teachers both stretching and supporting where needed I continue to be very proud of our students and staff.
We have now come to the end of our open events, I did have to add two more Open Mornings due to the waiting list being so long! It was lovely to see many existing parents touring round with their Year 6 children and I look forward to welcoming them to the Chessington family.
Our Year 10 & 11 Drama students enjoy a recent trip to the Rose Theatre to see ‘Never Let me Go’ as part of their GCSE Drama course. Members of theatre staff commented on how sensibly and respectfully the students behaved during the performance and how they were a credit to the school
Staying with trips we have over 40 Year 11’s out of a Geography field trip today as part of their GCSE course. They headed off to Box Hill to complete the fieldwork on rivers, let’s hope they all come back dry!
On Friday 4th October we hosted our annual MacMillan coffee morning, it was lovely to see the parents that came and the huge array of cakes that were on sale, a big thank you to Mrs Ford for organising and the student council members who helped serve.
Yesterday evening Mrs Rowden attended the Royal Borough of Kingston Mayor's Attendance Ceremony at Southborough school where our students that achieved 100% attendance last academic year were invited and received a certificate from the Mayor. Well done to all of those that achieved this even if they could not attend the event
Ellena B (Y8), Laurynas B (Y8), Shawn B (Y10), Emily B (Y9), Karina C (Y11), Emily C (Y9), Xander D (Y8), Maisie D (Y9) , Josh D (Y11), Lucas H (Y8), Ben K (Y10), Luca M (Y8), Aidan P (Y9), Noah P (Y11), James R (Y11), Kayleigh W (Y8), Nathan W (Y10)
I am lucky enough to be attending the Jack Petchey awards night at the Rose Theatre on Monday, where 9 of our students are collecting awards, photos to follow in the next newsletter
The Science Team have been doing some outreach work with our local primary schools, so far we have had both Year 5 & 6 from Castle Hill and they have thoroughly enjoyed the session. St Pauls & Ellingham are already booked in before the end of this half term. This is part of a wider outreach strategy to support our primary schools with some specialist subject support A big thanks to Mr West and Miss Scott for the planning and the delivery of these sessions.
It was great to see many of our parents at the recent information evenings. A wide range of staff delivered the sessions on year group specific areas The presentations from these evenings will be shared with parents and placed on our school website. I cannot encourage attendance to these enough, sadly some parents didn’t attend and missed some valuable information and strategies to support your child
through this school year Please do checkout the resources when they are available and contact your child’s Head of Year if you have any questions
Finally, one of our Year 11 Students, Phoebie is raising money for a charity, Little Lady Locks that supports young girls who are suffering with hair loss, she is also going to be donating some of her own hair to the charity - it would be amazing if anyone could sponsor her by following this link.
Phoebie is also going to be selling Krispy Kreme donuts on Tuesday 22nd October at lunchtime to fundraise. Very proud of her going above and beyond to help those less fortunate than her.
As always, please do contact me with any questions or feedback.
Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Ms S Wilson Headteacher Chessington School
Monday 14th October
Jack Petchey Award Evening
This event is for select students, awarded a Jack Petchey award - the ceremony will be taking place a the Rose Theatre, Kingston.
Tuesday 22nd October
Little Lady Locks Fundraiser
Join Phoebie (Year 11) in raising money for Little Lady Locks Donuts and lollies will be sold at breaktime, with proceeds going to the charity
Wednesday 23rd October
Year 10 Art Trip
Year 10 GCSE Art students will be visiting the natural history museum, collecting primary sources to inspire their artwork.
Thursday 24th October
End of Half Term
Students will break-up for halfterm at 3:00pm, marking the end of the half term.
Tuesday 5th November and
Wednesday 6th November
Year 11 Mocks
Year 11 return back to school after the halfterm break to sit their English and Maths mock exams
Thursday 7th November
Start of Term
Students return to school at 8:30 after the half-term break
