1 March 2019 - Issue 7
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
Head’s Introduction The last week of February brought lovely warm days to Roedean, and the School and its grounds have looked fantastic in the sunshine. This week has been incredibly exciting, with the Roots and Shoots workshop for Year 9 on Monday, the Higher Education Information Evening for Years 10 to 12, the final session of the Roedean Academy on Wednesday, and preparations for Open Day and World Book Week all going on. I am very pleased that the Roedean Academy, which brought over 50 students from Roedean and three local state schools together, has been a great success again this year. The students really enjoyed going beyond their normal curricular demands and learning just for the sheer enjoyment of it. The Roedean Academy ended with a lovely celebratory dinner on Wednesday for the students and the members of staff who presented sessions. Some of the girls shared their thoughts about the experience, and it was really heartening to hear what their individual highlights were. The thing that seemed to stand out for the students and for us too was the opportunity to think more widely about the world and to enjoy learning for its own sake. We have heard about some remarkable personal successes this week, and it is wonderful that these can be shared with the whole school community in this Review. Congratulations in particular to Alex and Amelia in Year 7, Freya and Susan in Year 13, and Liv in Year 11. I am always very proud to share the achievements of our girls in such diverse areas which include Maths, high-level sport, performing at Glyndebourne, and computational thinking. This range of successes is really impressive and I’m delighted to see the huge variety of ways,
Amelia’s a Finalist in l Oxford’s Computationa ge en all Thinking Ch
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in and beyond the classroom, that the girls develop their interests and passions. Thank you all in advance for your contributions to Open Day tomorrow, and good luck to those racing Roedean’s F24 car at Goodwood on Sunday. Next week promises to be fantastic, with an outstanding range of activities for our combination of World Book Week and Academic Week - thank you to Ms Boobis and Ms Shillito for masterminding this.
Liv to represent GB Water Polo
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On Wednesday, we are very excited to be opening the Library we have built at St Mark’s Primary, which has been the focus for our charity fund-raising since September. The project will have a massive impact on the children there, so I am very grateful to everyone at Roedean who has contributed to this. For those who are interested to read more about the impact and importance of reading, I would recommend reading an article that appeared this week in the TES: https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-onlyquarter-pupils-get-recommended-readingpleasure-time Good luck for a busy week, and I hope that you are all looking forward to International Women’s Day next Friday - the range of topics covered by the 15 speakers really means that there will something for everyone!
Ava and Poppy star in Chicago at the Old Market Theatre
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Even more speed skating success for Alex
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