12th May 2017 - Issue 3
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW Maria’s qualified for the Worlds! Following her outstanding successes at national level in Romania, congratulations to Maria P (Yr12), our newly appointed Charity Prefect, who has just qualified in three different categories for the Karate World Championships in November – what an exceptional achievement! She came 1st, with her brother, in the mixed enbu category, 2nd in the team kata, and 3rd in fukogo, and will therefore compete in each of these categories at the Worlds. However, that is not it – in September, she has the chance to qualify for a further three categories at the same championships. She is extremely grateful to one of the Roedean Young Enterprise companies, Sugarush, who sponsored her flight back to Romania so that she could compete. Maria has been world champion every year for the last seven years, so let’s hope that she can do exactly the same again this year!
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Family Rounders Saturday 13 May – 10:00-12:00
Head’s Introduction It has been wonderful this week to see how many girls have been involved in the activities organised for Positive Mental Health Week. At this time of year, when everyone has examinations, it is good to focus on this, and, of course, for all the girls to realise that they can take advantage of the space and fresh air at Roedean at any time. Sheep-shearing was very popular, but so was just being outside and enjoying the warm weather. It is also great to see so much sport going on, and we have had cricket, tennis, and athletics fixtures taking place across all our pitches. Congratulations to Miss Fewkes and the Music Department for a fantastic Brighton Fringe Festival concert last Saturday – it was simply outstanding! To have so many girls taking part in a performance of such high-quality music is excellent – congratulations to the Choir, the Orchestra, the musical directors, and, of course, to the outstanding soloists. Well done to those taking public exams in Art, who have produced some truly wonderful pieces, some of which can be seen in this Review – at A Level, the girls have 15 hours to produce their final piece, and they achieved amazing results. Our 22 GCSE Drama candidates also performed their devised pieces for the examiner yesterday, and we understand that they did very well. We have also been delighted by the quality and breadth of independent projects produced by Years 7, 8, and 9, and have been enjoying listening to their research and findings. I would also like congratulate a few individuals within our community. The first is Maria in Year 12 who has achieved phenomenal success in karate at the highest levels. Secondly, I would like to pass my best wishes to two colleagues who have recently had babies – Mrs Waller has a beautiful daughter called Florence, and Mrs Ogleby, who works in HR, has given birth to Imogen. They are all well, and we look forward to seeing them soon.
Katrina Y
Christina V
Good luck to Year 11 who go on Study Leave today, well done to everyone for last week, and I hope to see many of you at tomorrow’s Family Rounders – I wish you all the best for next week.