WEEKLY REVIEW

Head’s Introduction

This has been a busy week, with so many different activities running side by side, underlining the impressive breadth of opportunities here at Roedean.

Last weekend, the Year 9s and 10s completed their Duke of Edinburgh‘s Bronze and Silver expeditions, not only coping with the challenge of the expedition itself, but also the hottest day of the year so far – well done. I am even more impressed that some of those same girls are also among the 44 who chose to sleep out last night on the fields, to raise funds for the local homeless charity, Off The Fence – what a brilliant thing to do, and Year 10 has raised over £5997 for the charity over the course of the year!

Last night’s Evening of Summer Music was a remarkable showcase of musicianship in the Chapel – it was impressive to listen to so many talented performers. I also enjoyed hearing completely different styles of music inhabiting the same space, with James Taylor sitting comfortably alongside Handel and Mendelssohn. Congratulations to everyone involved.

I would like to congratulate Natalie in Year 8, who has successfully achieved her Trinity LTCL Performance Diploma – this is an outstanding achievement, which belies her age. Continuing with the Performing Arts, I am delighted that all those who took LAMDA exams in the last round have been rewarded with Distinctions – well done.

There has been lots of sport played in the summer sun this week – our cricketers have enjoyed some close matches, our Tennis players are doing really well, and a number of our Athletes have achieved new personal bests this week. Good luck to Liepa in Year 10, who will be playing Basketball in the Junior NBA European Finals in Spain!

Well done for a great week, and good luck for next – I am looking forward to the performances of Mary Poppins and to Sports Day on Roedean Day at the end of the week.

Year 12 Geographers on the Jurassic Coast

Year 10 Charity Sleep-Out

Boarding Social Fun!

Unsung heroes in the spotlight

Each week, many wonderful things happen at Roedean, about which many in the school are perhaps unaware; this section of the weekly review is dedicated to ‘unsung heroes’, in order to draw our attention to these people and remind us that our community is special.

Mary (Yr12) – for producing a fantastic Pride edition of the LGBTQ+ Zine at very short notice [Ms Friedman]