WEEKLY REVIEW

Head’s Introduction

There have been a number of events and activities connected to World Book Day this week, including some wonderful literary-themed costumes for our charity non-uniform day yesterday. We were also very proud to welcome back a former member of staff, now established author, Chikodili Emelumadu, who spoke to Year 10 about her rollercoaster ride to get where she is now as a writer. Even this week’s House competition has a book theme, and the students’ creative representations of books in the form of decorated cakes was impressive – well done to House 2 who won this competition overall.

Earlier in the week, Roedean hosted 29 other teams for the SISNA U12 and U13 Netball tournament, and we are very pleased to have come third in both age-groups – these are surely the foundations these teams need for success in years to come. Congratulations to Miss Hammond and the PE Department for running such a complex day so smoothly.

I hope that the assessments for Years 13 and 11 are going well – they certainly appear to be in good spirits, which is a good sign for the summer. The end of this week has also seen Sixth Form Taster Days for Year 10 students, giving them a sense of Sixth Formstyle teaching, and they have also had talks about university courses and applications.

This is the time when the selection process for our new Perfect team begins, and those hoping to hold these leadership roles presented their ideas to half of the school body in hustings yesterday. The voting will begin on Monday. I wish them all well, and thank you to Dr Hannan for overseeing this.

We are all looking forward to our annual International Women’s Day festival next week – it is remarkable that the students have the opportunity to hear five talks from 21 excellent speakers, and I am sure that the experience will be both enlightening and inspiring.

Thank you all in advance for the part you will be playing tomorrow on Open Day, when we are welcoming families who are visiting Roedean to consider joining the School over the next few years –the success of this day really is a joint endeavour.

I wish you all a great weekend, and good luck for next week.

B R A C E 3 March 2023 – Issue 8