WEEKLY REVIEW

Head’s Introduction

Congratulations to the eighty-five Year 9s and sixty-five Year 10s who completed their Duke of Edinburgh practice expeditions at the start of the week. I am sure that they will all have learnt valuable lessons from the experience, and will now be more than ready for the assessed expedition – well done, and thank you to Mrs Finn and Mr Fieldsend and all the staff who went on the trip.

With the sun shining down and the School looking wonderful, we welcomed prospective families to Roedean on Open Day. They were incredibly impressed with everything they saw, and many commented on how confident and relaxed our students are – this is great to hear, and I am very grateful to all my colleagues and the students for making the day such a success.

Although the students are focusing on their end of year assessments, I am very pleased that they were still able to make time for events such as the Blind Veterans' Tea Party on Wednesday and yesterday’s Open Mic night. Seeing some the Year 8s and 12s chatting to the residents of the Blind Veterans, some of whom were over 100 years old, it was clear that they had developed a strong rapport over time – our guests really enjoyed coming, and they loved the cake and the music. I also enjoyed watching some students, and members of staff, perform at the Open Mic event – there were students from Year 7 to 12, and we have such a wealth of talent. Well done!

Congratulations to all of our athletes and cricketers this week – there have been some great matches and some new personal bests on the track, which is great to hear. Well done to those who have taken A Levels and GCSEs this week, including some Year 10s, and good luck to everyone next week for their school assessments and public exams!

Glorious Conditions for Sea Swimming

DofE Bronze and Silver Expeditions

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.