ISSUE 4 2013/2014 MAY 2014
Geographers explore Naples
INSIDE THIS EDITION: Geographers explore Naples
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From the Head
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Bringing Athletics to Woodlea
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Year 7 Maths Club
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Year 8 Maths Masterclass
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BBC School News Report
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GCSE Geography in Norfolk
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100% pass First Aid Course
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Barcelona Football Tour 2014
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From Bordeaux to Warlingham
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Primary Science Fair
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Year 7 Boccia
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Sixth Form prefects
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Food Revolution Day 2014
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In the Hot Seat: Alex Oak-Parsons
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Dates for your diary
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On the 28th March, 36 Warlingham Sixth Form students embarked on a traditional Geography trip to Naples. In the early hours of Friday morning, Geography A level students were filled with excitement at the prospect of luxurious sunshine and Italian food, not to mention the work! After meeting at Gatwick Airport and the possible loss of a passport in the baggage area, we boarded an Easyjet flight to Naples. The flight was smooth until we were about to land and then, due to turbulence, we suddenly went straight back up again. Some of us found it exciting, whilst others were rather apprehensive. Eventually, we arrived
in a hot and sunny Naples where once again a passport was lost, fortunately to be found on the plane and returned by the Police before entering Italy! We boarded a coach to Solfatara; here we experienced the delights of an atmosphere filled with sulphur, on a landscape that looked like the moon, where some of the students enjoyed an ancient Roman Sauna. Next stop, the hotel in Minori and off for one of Mr Coombe’s legendary treks to discover the local village environment. Day 1 – We explored the Amalfi Coastline and discussed the impacts of tourism on the small local fishing
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Immediately after the half-term break, students from Years 7 -10 will also be undertaking exams during School Exam Week. This time is very important for them as it provides important experience of formal exams and an understanding of how to revise. I am sure the results of these exams will confirm the excellent progress made this year.
Once again, the time has arrived for many of our students to sit public examinations. I’m sure many of our Year 11, 12 and 13 students have been hoping this time would not arrive! I have to say that, as I write this, in the first full week of examinations, I have been extremely impressed by the dedication and hard work of so many students in recent weeks. A large number of staff and students were in school during the Easter holidays preparing for the exams. And at the moment, there are revision sessions going on every day. Alongside you the parents, our teachers are fully involved in supporting, encouraging and even cajoling your children at this pressurised time whilst also trying to find the right balance between hard work and relaxation.
I wish all our students the very best of luck over the next few weeks and, as the now famous World War II poster declared, “KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON”. In the last newsletter, I mentioned that we had submitted a bid to the Education Funding Agency to replace the SRW huts with a new extension to ‘C’ Block. Unfortunately, we have just been informed that our bid was unsuccessful, largely due to the fact that there were 3,300 bids totalling over £1,400 million, almost four times the £394 million allocated for school improvement projects. We are appealing against this decision as we feel our case for improving the accommodation for the SRW department is a very strong one and our bid has been treated harshly. We were successful in gaining planning permission from the local council
for the project so if we are able to get the decision reversed then we will be in a position to proceed with the project. If our appeal is unsuccessful, we will continue to look at ways of improving this particular part of the school’s facilities, including further bids for funding later in the year. Everyone at the school is determined to achieve the best possible learning environment for our students. In July, Year 10 students will be taking part in Work Experience for eight days; I am sure this will be an interesting and valuable insight into the world of work for them. Students in years 7-9 will be looking forward to Activities Week from the 7th to the 11th of July. This week makes an important contribution to our “Widening Horizons” ethos. Mr Seward has organised an exciting and varied menu of activities during the week. I’m sure the next newsletter will include extensive coverage of these activities. As we break up for half term, I would like to extend our best wishes to Ms Hilton who left on May 9th and Ms Wilkins and Ms Cooper who are leaving on 26th May, all on Maternity Leave. I hope you all manage to enjoy the half-term break and that the current sunshine continues.
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restaurant. We were then off to the Airport, with the last of our visits, to Herculaneum, another ancient Roman town destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius. It was a fantastic trip, with over a thousand photographs to remember it by! Geography is best learnt out in the field and we were all fortunate that the weather was great and the location was superb. Thanks to Coombsie and Greeny (Mr Coombes and Mrs Green), Mr Gardner and Mr Fraser. villages of Amalfi, Positano and Ravello. It was a lovely day; we worked, we sunbathed, and Mr Coombes took us on yet another long walk back down to Minori, where the views of the coast line and the traditional ways of life were evident. Day 2 - This was probably the hardest day for walking; the sun went in and the party stuck together in the rather busy European town of Naples. We travelled on an Italian train, visited markets, walked around the Spanish quarter and browsed the shops in an expensive shopping street. Day 3 – We awoke to sunshine and left in anticipation for the day ahead and the visits to Vesuvius and
Pompeii. Up we climbed to the summit, where we met a guide who gave us a tour. We all wondered whether Vesuvius would erupt today, or tomorrow? After our intrepid downhill trek it was on to Pompeii where we investigated the impacts that a major volcanic event can have on a civilisation. Refreshment was then needed at a small local bar where they served fresh orange juice and pizza. This was our last day, the presents had been bought, and we looked forward to our last evening. The final day in Italy was sunny and hot, work had to be done and then it was down to the beach for a game of Volleyball and we gathered together for a final pizza at a sea front
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Bringing Athletics to Woodlea
skills to Year 3 on the 30th April and Year 2 on the 7th May. On the 30th April the weather was gorgeous and our sixth formers and Year 3 Woodlea pupils were able to enjoy the space of The Glebe – an open expanse of space near to Woodlea School. The children thrived in throwing, running and jumping activities. On Wednesday afternoons the sixth form CSLA students continue to go out into primary schools working with young children. This is a two way process; our students gain important coaching and leadership experience and the primary children gain intense support in sporting activities that would not normally be available to them. This term on Wednesday 30th April and Wednesday 7th May we visited Woodlea School to introduce and develop athletics
On the 7th May, we were not so fortunate with the weather and were confined to the dimensions of a small school hall. Nevertheless this was a test to our sixth formers who had to adapt to a much smaller environment and alter their delivery of the skills accordingly.
On both occasions the Year 3 and Year 2 had a wonderful time and made significant progress in their fundamental skills. We hope this input will inspire them to continue in their sporting interests. My thanks to Liam Harrower, Sophie Haymes, James Jenden, Stevie Lawrence -Wrist, Rebecca Moore, Becky Moore, Dan Pogson, Harry Spall, Sandra Tetteh and Harry Ward from Year 12 who have blossomed into energetic, keen and inspiring sports leaders.
Year 7 Maths Club
In term one the more able year 7s were invited to attend a maths club for a series of after-school sessions. Here are two students’ accounts of their time at their club “On Wednesday the more able Year 7s attended a maths club run by Miss Owens and attended it for the next seven weeks. It was like a quiz night; we went around the room to each table doing the activities that were set out for us. First of all, we got into four teams of four and gave ourselves a team name. Once we had done that we started Round One, memorising Pi, one member of each of the teams was sent outside with Miss Owens and she told them Pi and they had to try to memorise it. One by one they were sent in and had to recite the digits of Pi in front of the whole class. Miss Owens told them how many digits they got right and at the end, when everyone had had their go, she collected in the scores and the highest scoring person gained three points for their team and the lowest got one. Team Whyteleafe (my team) won that round; the people in Team Whyteleafe included: Lucie Scott (7H), Sam Coole (7A), Aidan Kavanagh (7N) and me. Round Two was maths number problems. This round involved solving - as you may have guessed - maths
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number problems! We had five minutes to complete this round and believe me, it was hard to complete it in such a short amount of time. Not only did we have little time, the questions were also strenuous. Sadly, my team didn’t complete them all, but we still came second.
and I also enjoyed spending time with my friends… and even learning a bit of maths! I am looking forward to next week’s club and I hope that I have inspired some other people to come along when it is run again in the future.”
My team and I found Round Three the most fun. We had a booklet full of dingbats and pictures, and we had to figure out what they were. For example: one of the pictures was of some question marks in the sky; my team figured out that it was a picture of a “questionnaire” because another word for the sky is air and there were question marks in the air. My team was on a roll by then, because we won this round as well.
“Once a week on Wednesday, some students go to a club where you get challenged to stretch your abilities. We did maths and looked at codes and our teacher gave a list of codes to crack which would give us clues to who had committed a murder, what weapon was used and where it happened. For example, if we cracked a code it might have revealed the clue that the number of the room is a square number.
Round Four was “Maths Quickfire”, my least favourite activity of all! We had ten minutes to complete ten questions. The questions were easy compared to the others in terms of common-sense; but difficult on the maths side of it. We won that round as well!
We worked in pairs so we could get through the codes more quickly. There were about six clues and we were in three groups. Questions One and Two were about where the murder took place, Questions Three and Four were about what the weapon was; and Questions Five and Six covered whom the murderer might be. We found out that the “murderer” was Mrs Scott, using an oversized text book in Room Seven.”
Round Five - the easiest and last round - consisted of looking at flags and identifying the country they belong to and also the lines of symmetry. My team, the ‘Whyteleafe Team’ was the winning team overall and our prize was a bag of Haribos each. It was great to get nibbles and sweets
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Year 8 Maths Masterclasses lecture was a challenging subject to grasp but after you got it you could answer anything. Firstly, we started on modulo arithmetic addition. For example, if we use the 24 hour clock what time would it be 15 hours after 16:00? (16+15) mod 24 = 7, because the remainder when 31 (15+16) is divided by 24 (amount of hours on the clock) is 7. Then, we studied modulo multiplication, so instead of using “x” to multiply they use a dot “● ” so 11 x 19 = 11 ● 19. Over the course of January to March, six Year 8 Maths students attended the University of Surrey in Guildford each Saturday morning to participate in a series of lectures held by The Royal Institution. Here are the students’ accounts of their experiences:
Lecture 1 Lecture theatres, getting lost and folding seats with mini tables that your books always fall off; all part of our first maths session at the University of Surrey. Selected gifted and talented students in Maths were put forward, by Miss Owens, to participate in advanced lessons at the University of Surrey in Guildford. The information we learned would normally be taught at GCSE, A level, or even at the university itself. The course consisted of eight sessions every week on a Saturday morning (and, yes, it was worth the early start).
Our first week was on permutations. At first, this meant absolutely nothing to me, but it was made a lot simpler when the lecturer related it to the Simpsons running on to their sofa and how many ways there were to arrange them. Thank you to Miss Owens for getting the six of us (Lucy Gutteridge, James Williams, Rhianna Patel, William Brown, Harun Ghani, and me, Daisy Millington) to do a demonstration in front of the 100 students there! Keeping it in the theme of ‘keeping it in the family’ (the Simpsons) we learnt how the Simpsons should count in base 8, seeing as they only have 8 fingers and how we would count if we had less fingers. It was a great way to start what turned out to be a very helpful course of lectures.
Lecture 2 Lecture 2 was based on modulo arithmetic and digital roots. This
Digital roots was the easiest part of that lecture. The digital root is the eventual answer which results when the digits are repeatedly added until a single one remains. For example, 16636 is 4, because 1+6+6+3+6 = 22 then 2+2 = 4.
Lecture 3 and 4 Lecture 3 and 4 we learnt about programming and how computers are created. We also learnt about the creators of modern technology by studying various codes used in WW2 including cracking the Enigma Code! We also decoded a letter made entirely of random symbols.
Lecture 5 and 6 For the next two weeks we had a speaker from the Royal Institution in London, who funds these master classes. She taught us about the effects of population and disease and how to write that as an equation. We looked at how a fire could
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spread in a forest because of certain conditions such as the forest being dry, wet etc.
Lecture 7 This week we had a new speaker, Dan. He was going to be teaching us about algorithms. Firstly, he showed us how the algorithms could be presented in a flow diagram - it was really simple. However he told us that we could become really famous if we could create an algorithm that had something to do with prime numbers; we were told that because they follow no pattern, the computer has to go through every prime number, which takes a long time. Secondly, he told us about Lancton's Ant which followed an algorithm. Initially, it seemed to follow no pattern, however when it was computerised and it reached around 10,000 steps it suddenly followed a pattern; it was really cool. Next we talked about “Bin Packing”.
This is finding an efficient way of storing things. There were three algorithms for this: use the order given; put biggest in first followed by the decreasing numbers in the spaces where they can fit; and lastly match them up first then put all the left overs together at the end. Lastly, we talked about how algorithms - more specifically “bin packing” - can save our life from zombies. We had fourteen vehicles and had to “bin pack” them onto a ship so that we could get away from the zombies. If we wanted to, we could sacrifice our Maths teacher, yay! Then he let us go with the words "don't forget to check if your parents are zombies.”
Lecture 8 During the course of Lecture 8, we mostly carried on what we did in Lecture 7. At the end, we had a special lecture by a famous mathematician and a presentation
where we all received a certificate. In addition, we had a raffle draw and our very own Daisy Millington won a book with the number 1. Overall, the University of Surrey was a beautiful location for studying the subject of Mathematics. The lessons weren’t boring and were easy to grasp. The lecture theatres were grand and the lectures have benefited us immensely.
BBC School News Report
A selected group of year 9 students took part in BBC School News Report on Thursday the 27th of March. They had spent the Spring term preparing and then they were given the task of scripting and recording a news broadcast in the space of three lessons only. The students worked superbly as a team on the day,
following their deadlines closely. They had to assign jobs such as scripting the introductions, filming the interviews and updating the website. Here are a couple of the blog posts, summing up the experience of making the news: ‘We had a great team and worked together to get through the task before us efficiently. It was great fun and helped me develop my communication skills which will be very much useful in the future.’ Sonya Gholami (9A)
‘I loved today! We had so much fun filming, editing and writing scripts for the news. It was a very exciting and (strangely) organised day. By period 3 we had finished the interviews, which led us on to filming the transitions during period 4. Period 5 was when we edited the footage and wrote these posts. The day overall was packed full of laughs and learning experiences. If this happens again (when this happens again) I'd love to participate and would say yes within seconds of being asked.’ Charlotte Faulkes (9H) The students met their deadline with time to spare and hopefully they can mentor next year’s crop of budding Year 9 journalists.
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GCSE Geographers in Norfolk
Shortly after the Easter holidays, all of Year 10 GCSE Geography students boarded coaches and set off for the Norfolk coast for three days of fieldwork, Controlled Assessment write-up and activities. The reason we went to this particular stretch of coastline was due to the fact that it has towns with differing amounts of protection from coastal erosion. In the storms of Autumn 2013, one of the beaches we visited lost around 20m of cliffs! In total, there were 113 of us on the coaches and, after a quick stop at a service station and a long sleep on the coach, we finally arrived at Overstrand Hall, our “home” for the next two nights. After a tour of the centre, we set to work: a session on the fieldwork techniques that we would be using the next day when visiting the beaches of Norfolk.
The next day we went to four beaches around Norfolk. The places we visited were: Sea Palling – a lovely sandy beach. Happisburgh – which is being eroded by the sea at a fast rate. Cromer – a tourist town, which is being defended strongly. Salthouse – an SSSI (site of specific scientific interest). We took measurements using all the techniques we learnt, and recorded our results
for coursework. At about 5pm we returned to Overstrand Hall, had dinner and got ready for group activities. My group took part in abseiling, along with Mrs
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Green! It was such fun! Other groups played Aeroball, Nightline or rope activities. We were allowed free time before returning to our rooms and getting ready to leave the next day. After breakfast, we finished off with another activity and left at around 11am. It was an enjoyable trip and I’d love to go again!” Now that we’ve all returned back to normal(?!) lessons, pupils are completing their Unit 1 content ready for their End of Year exam after half term. Once back after this break, students will be in computer rooms working on their Controlled Assessments before they go for Work Experience.
On behalf of the Geography Department, I’d like to thank all of the students for their conduct, good nature and enthusiasm during the trip. They represented Warlingham School
very well, and this should all lead to some great coursework results next year!
100% pass First Aid course!
On Friday 28th March, the CSLA group consisting of Liam Harrower, Sophie Haymes, James Jenden, Stevie Lawrence-Wrist, Rebecca Moore, Becky Moore, Dan Pogson, Harry Spall, Sandra Tetteh, Harry Ward and Francesca Gregori (non CSLA student) all took part in a Level 2 Emergency First Aid at Work Course run by Tina Marley run by NEST (North East
Surrey Training) and regulated by Ofqual. The nature of the course was a combination of theory and practical which instructed us all on such important life saving skills as resuscitation, how to deal with broken bones, bleeding, choking, heart attacks, stroke, and asthma.
After a full day’s training, I’m delighted that not only did all our students pass, but we now have an even safer Warlingham community with sixth formers who are able to administer Emergency First Aid should the occasion arise.
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Barcelona Football Tour 2014
Day 1 When we arrived in Barcelona we took a coach to our first training session of the five days, with our trainers, Jordi and Eric. Our first training session was tough after our flight to Spain. Following the training session, we walked up to our hotel which was spacious and modern. After checking in and being allocated rooms, we went down to dinner and had a delicious buffet meal. After a relaxed meal we all went to bed as we were all very tired after such a long day.
Day 2 On the second day we didn't play any football; however, we did go to the park in the morning and got lost in the confusing maze. Whilst in the park we had a game of Frisbee and the champion of both games was
Max Caddell (9N). Then we went to the Espanyol Stadium for an interesting tour, where we learnt about the history of the club. To complete the day we went to the historical Nou Camp, to watch Barcelona convincingly beat Real Betis 3-1, with Messi scoring twice. We made our way back to the coach singing the “Yaya Toure” song. We then rushed down to the canteen and ate lots of scrumptious food again. After eating, we made our way to bed with a big day in store for us on the following day.
Day 3 We got up and made our way to breakfast, with some early risers and some very late. We made sure we had a big breakfast as it was match day. Unfortunately a spirited U13’s side lost 10-1 to a quality local
Spanish team, with Luke Morris (8N) scoring the only goal. Then it was the turn of the U14’s showing class with a brilliant first half performance winning 5-0 and doing Warlingham proud. Saint Fost made a determined second half performance with Warlingham shading the match 7-5 ,but nevertheless Warlingham was triumphant . The goal scorers for the match were Max Caddell (9N) scoring an amazing four goals, Nick Wilson (9N) came in with two goals and Jacob Spencer (8H) scored one at the last minute. Training after the match was hard because everyone was tired after the match . It was fun though, as one of the exercises was to jump on each other’s backs and hug each other. After that we played a match just in our groups.
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Day 4 We had an early start at the Espanyol training ground, with the first of two training sessions, being very enjoyable as we were doing lots of shooting exercises. After the morning session, we were able to watch some of the 1st team training. They then had a training match against the reserve team which was fun to watch! After they had showered and changed, we had an opportunity to get autographs. Lucas got his arms signed and many of us got our football boots signed as well as having photos taken with the players. When it came round to having our afternoon training session we did more shooting and a match at the end, which was a good way to finish the training session.
Day 5 On the final day, we went to the Espanyol training ground and had a fantastic last training session which included a big penalty shoot-out which was a lot of fun. Mr Cole and Mr
Robins both converted their penalties. We were then all awarded our medals. We then checked out of our hotel rooms, cramming all of our suitcases into Mrs Dearden’s room for storage. Then we made our way to the beach via the Metro. The beach was great, the weather was lovely, however the water was freezing. Then we changed our focus to going home - a place we all missed. When we eventually got to the airport, we walked around the terminal killing time until our flight departure. We arrived back safe, everyone was extremely pleased to be back with their families after a brilliant Barcelona football tour.
Thank you very much to Mr Ashdown for organising the tour, to Mr Cole for stepping in at the last minute, to Mr Robins for all the team organisation and to Mrs Dearden for taking all the pictures and organising the money whilst we were in Spain.
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From Bordeaux to Warlingham
On the 27th of April, my mum, my brother and I went to Gatwick airport to pick up my two French exchange students, Killian and Yohan, from Bordeaux in West France. They arrived at around midday and we then drove them back to our house and showed them their room and what was where etc. We then ate and went out for a walk in the countryside for the afternoon. After we had returned from our walk we ate again and played a board game with them before they went to bed. On Monday they came to school for the first lesson and then went off to London for the day. When they returned they said they had a great day and really enjoyed it. We then played “Mariokart” and some more board games.
Then on Tuesday they did not go to school but went to London to see some different tourist areas and The Houses of Parliament. I went with them that day with a few others from my year. It was a fantastic day and I found it really interesting. We also saw Trafalgar square, Buckingham palace, the changing of the guards and Leicester square where we did some shopping. We also rode on one of London’s double decker buses, which was probably one of the highlights for the French students as in France there are no double-decker buses except for a few in Paris. We then returned at about 6 in the evening and went home to eat. Also that evening, Yohan watched the football match in which his team (Real Madrid)
destroyed Barcelona, 4-0. And Killian and I made some French delicacies from Bordeaux called Canneles (which were then put in the fridge overnight). The next day was unfortunately my last day with them as I needed to go on my Silver Duke of Edinburgh final expedition from Thursday morning until Saturday evening. But as usual I took them to school in the morning and they came into my SRW lesson where my class were very excited to meet them and talk to them. After that I took them to a year 12 French class where they stayed before going to see the Tower of London with their group for the day. At 5 o’clock I went down to Whyteleafe train station to pick them up and take them home on
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the bus. When at home we played on the Wii and finished of backing the Canneles which were delicious! I also played the Cube board game with them and packed for my expedition before saying goodbye to them. Throughout the few days I was with them I had a great time and really enjoyed having them stay. Their English was outstanding and they were extremely polite and helpful. I would love to have them come and stay again and I have an open invitation to go and stay with them in France whenever I like, which I think I will do at some point in the summer. I would recommend doing a French exchange trip to anyone doing French as it is great fun and a good opportunity to improve your language skills.
On the 2nd May, the A-level French students were joined by a group of French exchange students for a lesson of ‘speak dating’. With a speaking exam the following Friday, we needed all the help we could get, and the French students were patient enough
to assist us. We sat opposite one of the students for 3 minutes and attempted to answer the questions from each topic, and somehow, they managed to understand our answers! The following lesson, those of us with a free decided to stay and continue practicing our French ‘skills’. It was great to meet such a lovely group of people and we were extremely grateful for their help. Merci beaucoup!
be able to discover more of London and your school. The English experience was great for us! Your school has helped us to speak English very well. Every student was very nice to us. The English school system is very different from the French school system: You have more subjects (cooking, drama, SRW, DT...) You have uniforms
Thank you very much!! Hi! Our week was fantastic, we really enjoyed it.
Your school is bigger and more beautiful than our school. We have had a good time.
We want to thank all the French and English teachers for organising this amazing trip and the families for their hospitality and their kindness. We also want to thank the teachers and students of Warlingham School for their welcome. We loved your school and especially your swimming pool! We enjoyed the trips to London so much. It is a beautiful and exciting city. We would have loved the trip to last longer because it was just so great. We would love to come back to
London is very different from Bordeaux. We have seen a lot of monuments (British Museum, The Globe Theater, Big Ben...) Thank you very much to all students who looked after us during the week, you are the best! See you soon!
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Primary Science Fair test their knowledge on some subjects. Our aim was to give them a basic introduction to new topics e.g. measuring angles, whilst developing our leadership skills, all in a fun environment.
On Thursday 20th March, Miss Owens gave us the opportunity to help out at a Maths / Science fair at The Hayes Primary School. This included working and leading the students of the primary school (from years 1 to 6) in some activities during which they would have to use logic and
Due to varying audiences throughout the day, we had to think on our feet and make sure that our activities evolved to suit and engage the appropriate age group. Some ages needed extra motivation so we awarded stickers as a stronger incentive; this provided the students with a sense of achievement. The need to adapt the activities gradually
became more challenging as, later in the day; the event was opened up to the parents. Whilst initial nerves slowed us down with this dramatic change in audience, we soon got the hang of things. It was a very gratifying way to end the day. We would like to thank Miss Cumming, Science Coordinator at The Hayes, for providing us with the opportunity to be involved with the event.
Year 7 Boccia
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We represented Warlingham School at Leatherhead Leisure Centre in the Boccia tournament. We had two teams of three, James Ouch, Jake Facey and Arslan Ali in one and Grace Pike, Jacob Gee-Harbury and Ajay
In our first game against Broadwater we lost 1:5, however we knew we could do better. In the following game we played The Park and we won amazingly 11:0! Next we played Sunbury Manor B, we won 5:3 this was an exciting close game.
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8:0. During lunch we managed to get in some extra practice as well as trying our hand at some refereeing. Mrs Sayers and Mrs Dearden need more practice, they could definitely learn some more skills from us!! In the semi-final we sadly lost against The Park 6:4, however in the 3rd/4th play-off game we enjoyed an exciting game against Rodborough where we won 12:5 to win Bronze Medals. We were excited and happy to win 3rd place and we all enjoyed the day, especially the Jaffa Cakes we had on the way home! Thank you Mrs Dearden and Mrs Sayers for taking us to the competition.
Next round was against Sunbury Manor A when we won again 7:3. The final “Round Robin� game was against Rodborough with another win to us
Sixth Form prefects Warlingham School is proud to announce the new student leadership team. After a process involving letters
of application, interviews and presentation to the school council, the following team was elected.
Head Boy: Sam Berke Head Girl: Sian Smith Senior Prefects / Deputies: Lydia Morgan Chloe Parrett Stevie Lawrence-Wrist Daniel German Daniel Pogson The team will now set about running the sixth form committees, organising whole school events and helping out at open evenings and other events. The team will work closely with Mr Bradwell and Mr Scott (Head of Sixth Form) to help the smooth running of the school
L-R: Lydia Morgan, Chloe Parrett, Stevie Lawrence-Wrist, Daniel German, Sian Smith, Daniel Pogson and Sam Berke
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day of action to keep cooking skills alive. It’s about celebrating the importance of cooking good food from scratch and raising awareness of how it impacts our health and happiness – the organisers believe that everyone should know about food and it starts with getting kids food smart, making cooking fun and inspiring a love of food that will last a lifetime.
Some of our Year 10 students participated in Food Revolution Day on Friday May 16th 2014. Food Revolution Day is a global
Food Revolution Day is a campaign by the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation in the UK and USA, and The Good Foundation in Australia. At the time of writing, there were 231,000 participants in 117 countries.
Food Revolution Day 2014
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the most important skills a person can ever learn and share. Once someone has that knowledge, that's it - they're set for life." - Jamie Oliver
Our Year 10 Food Technology students were part of a ‘live’ cooking lesson, led by Jamie Oliver in their Food Technology lesson. Following Jamie’s recipe instructions and live demonstration on a big screen display and with support from their teacher, Miss Powell, they made rainbow salad wraps using the following ingredients:
Beetroots Wholemeal tortilla wraps Carrots Feta cheese
White cabbage Natural yoghurt English mustard Mint Vinegar Parsley Extra virgin olive oil
The students were also part of a Guinness World Records™ record attempt by the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation to set a new world record: ‘Most participants in a cookery lesson in 24 hours (multiple venues)’. "Cooking is, without a doubt, one of
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Alex Oak-Parsons School Business Manager
I am delighted to have joined Warlingham School as the School Business Manager at the start of 2014. My husband, daughter and I relocated from Buckinghamshire at Christmas so I could start this job. We arrived in Surrey just as the wind and winter storms arrived - it was something of a shock to us when every week for a month a different part of our garden fence blew down and flew right across the lawn! Our dog wasn’t that impressed with her new neighbourhood either, as she wasn’t allowed to play in our muddy, puddled garden or the waterlogged local park for weeks and weeks. But now my family and I can see this was an unusual weather occurrence, not just normal life in Surrey! Phew.
Before coming here I worked in business and in the public sector. The jobs that I liked most were as a trainer and project manager at Deloitte Consulting and the PCS trade union, as a strategic manager at the London Borough of Havering Children’s Services Directorate and most recently as a School Business Manager in Ealing. I particularly enjoyed working on project management, change management and developing teams. My job here is to be part of the school’s Senior Leadership team, helping us use our funding to ensure Warlingham is a great school in which to learn, teach and work. I do this by planning how we buy what we need to be
an excellent learning environment, how we employ and manage our staff and how we make best use of the school site, keeping it safe for everyone. This term and next term I will be bringing a new focus to how we manage and improve our school buildings and grounds, how we structure our school budget and keep our spending on track, how we interact with the suppliers who provide us with goods and services and how we choose and manage the organisations that are under contract to work with us. I also want to develop how we make best use of the staff who support the running of the school. If you imagine the school as a living creature, our teachers are the backbone of the school but our support staff make up the rest of the skeleton! They are vital to the functioning of the school. On this note I would like to say that I feel very lucky to work with my team, who are highly effective, and I am thankful for their support while I settle into my role. As an analytical person I find myself here every day watching and listening, reading and counting… which helps me learn from the best of what we already do. And as I study other schools across England I find examples of good practice that we can
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place positive changes; changes that will help us continue to do a great job of educating Warlingham School’s students. “Widening Horizons Raising Aspirations” is a wonderful purpose for a school community to embrace. I am proud to be on board. adapt to our school’s needs. I think the skills I have equip me to spot opportunities for improvement in
running our school and will help me work with the rest of the Senior Leadership team to plan and put into
Dates for your diary Monday 2nd June 2014
Years 7-10 Exam Week
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Year 12 timetable resumes
Thursday 12th June 2014
Parents’ Workshop (7pm)
Friday 20th June 2014
INSET (In-Service Training) Day 5 Year 11 Leavers’ Ball
Thursday 26th - Friday 27th June 2014
Year 11 into Year 12 Induction Days
Tuesday 1st - Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Year 6 into Year 7 Induction Days
Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Year 6 into Year 7 Parents’ Evening
Saturday 5th July 2014
Uniform Sale (10.30am - 12.30pm)
Monday 7th - Tuesday 8th July 2014
Year 12 Work Shadowing
Monday 7th - Friday 11th July 2014
Years 7-9 Activities Week
Monday 7th - Wednesday 16th July 2014
Year 10 Work Experience
Wednesday 9th - Friday 11th July 2014
Year 12 UCAS / Preparing for Work
Monday 14th - Friday 18th July 2014
Year 7 and Year 8 Progress Review Week
Tuesday 15th July 2014
Sports’ Day
Wednesday 16th July 2014
Reserve Sports’ Day
Thursday 17th - Sunday 20th July 2014
School Show
Friday 18th July 2014
Year 7 and Year 8 Reports Home House Achievement Assemblies
Monday 21st July 2014
Mallory & Sharman Prizegiving ceremonies
Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Chichester & Johnson Prizegiving ceremonies
Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last day of Summer Term Early closure at 1.30pm
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