7 September 2018 - Issue 2
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
Head’s Introduction As well as all the girls making a great start to the new academic year, I am very pleased that two new joiners who only arrived on Tuesday are also settling in well. These two new goats are enjoying their enclosure on the Farm, and, just like the new girls, they are growing in confidence and exploring a little more of their surroundings every day. I spoke in Chapel on the first day of term last Friday about making connections with others, and I have enjoyed seeing the girls and staff getting to know each other this week. Year 12 and others had great fun last Saturday doing It’s a Knock-Out teambuilding activities on the fields, and new members of staff have also been introducing themselves to the student body in Assemblies this week. Good luck to those in Years 7, 8, and 10 who go away on their residential trip next week, and to Year 9 who are away from School the following week. All of these activities help to build connections between people, allowing a strong sense of community to build quickly. There is most definitely a wonderfully positive feel around the School, and a quiet confidence, and I am very proud to see it. 155 girls in Years 7 and 8 were out on the Astro on Wednesday this week. That in itself is a fantastic illustration of why it was so important for Roedean to build an all-weather pitch on site. We will have our first fixtures of the year tomorrow, and I wish all the girls and the PE Department well. Today at lunchtime, the girls have been signing up for the activities they will engage in outside their academic programmes at the Co-Curricular Fair. We all know that Roedean is about so much more than what the girls learn in their lessons, and it is wonderful to see the diverse range of activities on offer - I am sure that the girls will throw themselves into them and have a great time doing so. Yesterday, Miss Keller represented the School at the OR Lunch at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London. There were about 50 ORs attending, and, as well as catching up with old friends, they really enjoyed hearing about how successful their alma mater is in so many different ways today. Some of these ORs will also be coming to Roedean for our annual Founders’ Day service and the Pitch Opening with the Mayor of Brighton and Hove on 28 September. I would like to congratulate you all on a great start to the academic year, and I wish you all well for the coming week.
Goats arrive at Roedean As well as welcoming many new girls this term, Roedean has also welcomed two new members to the School Farm. The two Anglo-Nubian cross goats were born in March and came from a farm in Essex – their prospects were not great there, and we are confident that they will be far happier on our farm at Roedean. They are still a little shy as they settle in, but please come up the farm and meet them. The two nannies are yet to be named, but we are looking forward to the prospect of them being joined by some friends in the near future – when the 5 goats are on site, we’ll have a competition to name them all! LFI
Race for Life £947! The final total raised from our June 2018 Race for Life school event was £947.71 for Cancer Research UK. On Line donations raised £346.25 and sales of wrist bands and T-shirts £601.46. Well done to everyone involved! JC