INSIDE THIS EDITION: From the Head Year 12’s visit UCL Heythrope House Reports
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Seeking a Parent Governor
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M A R C H
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Maths Masterclass
First Aid: CSLA students qualify
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Panathlon: Panning for Gold
Maths in Action
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Mosque trip
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Information about parking
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New York
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Trading Places
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Facelift for wall...
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Staff News
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Dates for your diary
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Mr Bradwell
Mr Bradwell will take over as Headteacher of Warlingham School on 1st September, following the retirement of Miss Woodhouse. Following a national advertisement in the TES and the TES online, the shortlisted candidates underwent a two-day selection process, which included psychometric tests, presentations and several interviews.
The interviews were carried out by teacher and local authority governors and members of the student council. The governors were looking for someone who possesses the skills, ability and drive to take the school to outstanding and beyond. Mr Bradwell’s aim is to build on the success that has already been
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Widening Horizons Raising Aspirations
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From the Head ….
The appointment of the new Headteacher to Warlingham School brought home the reality of the impending end to my teaching career. It is the responsibility of the governors of the school to take charge of the full process and it felt very strange not to be involved in such a hugely important decision. Of course, the governors did a great job; from the agreeing an advert, writing the person specification, designing the selection activities, conducting the interviews to seeking the references, the governors were extremely thorough and professional. Jane Sillitto, a parent governor with experience in the commercial world in HR, master-minded the process and was well-supported by all governors who played some role in the appointment. It was equally gruelling for the candidates (from a field of 24 applicants from a cross-section
of schools in the UK) who were put through their paces and a range of challenging assessments over two days; they must have been pleased to have had the half term break in which to recover! I know that students, staff and parents are as delighted as I am that Mr Bradwell was chosen to lead the school; he will do an excellent job in securing Warlingham’s place as a great school.
Black Forest Trip
We are now seeking to appoint two Deputy Headteachers to replace Mr Bradwell and Mr Price (who left to take up the headship of another Surrey school at Christmas) and I will let you know the outcome of this in the next newsletter. Governors play a vital role in the school; they offer support and challenge to the Leadership Team and bring their knowledge and expertise to help us make good decisions and improve our provision for the benefit of our
students. Parent governors bring a particular dimension as it is crucial for us to be able to hear the parent voice. I hope that some parents will consider putting themselves forward to join the Governing Body – see information about how to do this on Page 7. This has been a very short term made all the more difficult by poor weather and lots of nasty colds and stomach illnesses. A short and unexpected spell in hospital at the end of February meant that I was not able to fulfil my obligations by writing to you in the last newsletter for which I apologise. Let’s hope that spring arrives over the Easter break! Enjoy some relaxation time – but there is a lot of revision to do, too!
Miss Woodhouse received a letter from the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, in connection with the Pupil Premium Awards 2013. In his letter, he said: “The most recently available Key Stage results show that you are among the top performing schools in England for boosting the performance of disadvantaged pupils since the Pupil Premium was introduced. This is areal testament to the hard work of staff, pupils, parents and governors. I would like to congratulate you on your results and your proven commitment to making sure all children can succeed, whatever their background.”
In the Hot Seat...
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achieved under Miss Woodhouse’s leadership of the school, with a particular focus on combining the inclusive ethos of the school with the pursuit of academic excellence. Mr Bradwell’s vision for high quality education is based around an expectation that children are provided with the opportunity to learn in a safe and supportive environment which is underpinned by respect for individuals. At the heart of this vision is the maximisation of each student’s potential and the creation of a culture within school that places a priority on high achievement. Mr Bradwell also intends developing the school to be at the centre of learning in the community and enabling students to take greater responsibility for their own learning. There has been a focus this year on building an effective and representative School Council, which has been involved in a number of new initiatives to improve school facilities. The next stage will involve the School Council playing an important role alongside teachers in developing a template for outstanding teaching and learning in the school. Mr Bradwell sees this as part of the drive to embed
high quality teaching and learning as part of the ambition to ensure all students make outstanding progress. Before becoming a teacher, Mr Bradwell spent three years as an underwriter for Eagle Star Insurance Company in Sheffield, which equipped him with excellent skills in handling figures and large amounts of data. His first teaching job was as a History teacher at Dagenham Priory School, where he spent thirteen years, working his way up to Head of History, Head of Humanities, Head of Sixth Form and Senior Teacher by the time he left. For the last twelve years, Mr Bradwell has been at Warlingham School, appointed initially as an Assistant Head and then being promoted to a Deputy Head position. In his leisure time, Mr Bradwell is a keen sportsman: regularly playing football and cricket. At school, he represented Derbyshire at cricket and Chesterfield at football. Whilst studying for a degree in History and Politics at Keele University, he played for the first XI at football and cricket and represented England Universities
at cricket. He still plays cricket for Trinity Mid-Whitgiftian Cricket Club. He no longer plays football, but regularly follows his beloved Sheffield United FC and is once again hoping the season doesn’t end in another defeat at Wembley! Always keen for a new challenge, Mr Bradwell is now trying to master the mysteries of golf. It is a little known fact that Mr Bradwell was actually born and raised in Bradwell, a village in the Derbyshire Peak District. Mr Bradwell is still a keen Historian; he told me the village dates back to Roman times and there is a reference to his family in the Domesday Book. Congratulations to Mr Bradwell on his appointment.
The picturesque village of Bradwell, Derbyshire
Year 12s visit UCL Heythrope On Monday 27th January, the Year 12 Philosophy and Ethics class visited Heythrope University College, London, to attend a variety of lectures led by prominent modern day thinkers. Heythrope is one of the leading universities in the field of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, so it gave us the opportunity to understand better some of the issues covered in our course. After a journey on public transport that took longer than expected, we arrived at the college ready to engage with some of the philosophical problems facing the world today.
After a hefty dose of caffeine, we began the day with our first lecture, which involved runaway trains, dying families, and pushing fat people off bridges - apparently Philosophy is big on analogies! There were four lectures in total, designed to help us with our A Level course. The lectures were focused on the ‘Principle of Utility’, ‘The Ontological arguments for the existence of God’, ‘Natural Moral Law’ and finally ‘Personal Identity’. Some of this was pretty intense and required us to focus so the caffeine definitely helped.
The trip provided us with a great chance to experience what life at university would be like and how learning styles differ between Sixth Form and University. We were given a chance to question and respond to some of the lecturers and couple of good points were made by the members of our group. At the end of the day, once writer’s cramp had set in and our note books were full of interesting facts, we packed up and headed home.
Johnson - 145 points
Chichester - 80 points
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The spring term has been a busy one for everyone in the house with lots of trips, exams and competitions. The house has worked hard this term in lessons to collect merits through producing excellent work and behaviour. Congratulations to the Year 11 tutor groups which have been the best in the house for collecting merits. I hope this hard work continues into next term in order to achieve valuable house points for Chichester. Attendance has been excellent this term with many pupils in the house still achieving 100% attendance. The competition for the tutor group with the best attendance this half term was 7L; congratulations Year 7. I hope this continues next term. Within the house we also have a weekly
Even though the weather has been poor we have had a great start to the New Year and the positive attitude has continued with Johnson students contributing and participating in many whole school events. We currently lie jointly in first place in the inter-house competition although with many activities yet to take place, I am quietly confident we can overtake Mallory!! There was a slow start to the term with regards to the number of merits being achieved but the house has gathered momentum now with 10A and 11W leading the way in their respective year groups….helping us reach the top of the leader board for the last half term…….long may this continue!! This term has also seen the
general knowledge quiz and this was won by 10L in the first half term; congratulations Year 10. The new term began with some pupils in year 10 and 11 taking their module exams, and I would like to congratulate pupils on their hard work and some excellent results. The year 11’s have also received their mock results at the start of the term and I hope this has motivated them further to work hard and achieve the best grades possible at the end of the year. With a few months left to go I would like to wish our Year 11s good luck in their exams and I hope all their hard work pays off. As well as all the hard work in lessons, pupils across the house have been involved in lots of
different activities such as trips, Business days and competitions. This included the Year 7 Mosque Trip and the DT Design and Engineering Initiative. The year 10 and 11 pupils in the house have been involved in the Maths trip as part of their GCSE course and also the Drama trip to see “Abigail's Party" at Richmond Theatre. There has also been the B&E day Communic8 which involved Year 9 students in the house. Students learnt about different languages and how they can benefit you in business and different opportunities that are available when you can speak a language. Well done Chichester House for all your hard work this term,
themselves. launch of the Year 11 Johnson motivation scheme, which we hope will help support the students in preparation for their exams. We kicked off the programme by showing the students some motivational videos and we will be giving some revision packs as well as rewarding those that show excellent effort by contributing to the ball ticket. Well done to Paige Brown, Mia Crawford and Joel Fernandez for being recognised by their peers for making a real effort…….although good luck to all!! I’d also like to congratulate the Year 8 on a very successful Trading Places History / B&E activity with many participating and making a good account of
Like the previous term there have been many fundraising activities taking place. In particular, I would like to congratulate Abbie Perryman, Abbe Martin, Sophie Bexley and Olivia Baci for raising nearly £50 for their cake sale. With Comic Relief just gone, I am urging lots of students to participate in as many events as possible to generate as much money as we can! This has been another productive and tiring term for staff and students alike and I would like to thank all the tutors for their ongoing hard work, including Miss Wernham as the House Achievement Coordinator. Have a good Easter break!
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These achievements give our ambition to win the House Competition a huge boost. The Year 7s have settled in; they are working well and making excellent progress in lessons. One of our Year 7s, Nathan Skelton, achieved the best attitude to learning scores in the entire year group, well done! Year 8s have been doing their bit for Charity with Jasmine, Gracie
A special mention should also go to members of the house for their continued efforts in charity work. In particular 8H and Miss Au managed to raise £84 for the Young Epilepsy Charity. This was raised by students organising a cake sale and an activity called
Mae, Rowen and Mariam baking up a storm fundraising for Comic Relief. Molly, Danni and Caitlin gave their vocal chords a rest for the day to add to the charity total by taking part in a sponsored silence. In total, our Year 8s have raised an amazing £84.00! This term, Year 9s have been choosing their options. Difficult decisions have been made by all pupils but they have acted with maturity speaking to staff and the majority attending the Information Evening with family as well. I am confident they will go on to do very well in their chosen subjects. The Year 9s did really well with merits last half term; they were in second and third place in their year group, so hopefully they will rise to the challenge this time around.
It is also with great delight that I announce that Mrs Seward gave birth to a beautiful baby girl called Aoife, born Wednesday 13th March. Our congratulations go out to Mrs Seward and her new little girl. I wish the House a happy Easter and look forward to the summer term with great optimism.
The Spring term always sees the year ten and eleven students sitting a number of exams. It has been a stressful time for them but they have handled the pressure well, with many taking advantage of the extra revision and support sessions after school. Year 10s have been confirming their work experience placements for next term and I am looking forward to visiting many of them. Year 11s are nearing the end of their time at Warlingham, with their exams looming closer every day. We wish them every success. I would like to thank Mr Bradwell, Mr Lyon Wall and the team of tutors, supported by Miss Perry. Many thanks for all your hard work and support.
Sharman– 130 points
Sharman House has had another excellent term with some brilliant merit totals, tutor group attendance totals and charity fundraising. 7G and 8G achieved the highest merit totals in their year groups for the first half of this term—an excellent achievement! The excellent attendance was demonstrated with five out of six Key Stage 3 tutor groups exceeding their attendance target of 95%.
“spare change jar” where students would give their spare change in tutor periods.
Mallory - 145 points
I have really enjoyed my first half term as Acting Head of Mallory House and I am very optimistic for this year. The House has real potential and with a little self-belief there is no reason why Mallory can’t be successful this year. It was another impressive term for Mallory house with success in the house competitions and a number of students involved. I am pleased to announce with continued success this term that Mallory are still top of the house competition. The results to date include the inter house sports, attendance and merit totals.
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Panathlon: Panning for Gold into 3rd place, further Bronze medals. As he had arrived slightly earlier to us, due to his father driving him, Guy Dobson took part in the Seated Shot Putt, throwing a distance of 6 metres 70 cm. Chloe Sion was our representative in the Javelin competition, throwing a distance of 6 metres 50 cm.
On Monday 11th February, in spite of the dusting of snow that fell overnight, eleven students travelled by school minibus to Surrey Sports Park in Guildford to take part in the Surrey School Panathlon, a team event against three other teams, combining a total of nine schools. The students kept their spirits up by singing along with the radio, despite the two-hour journey. Harry Lawrence started our medal haul off well, winning Gold in the standing long jump. Calvin Crimp, Guy Dobson, Michael Eaton and Marcus Skelton then took part in the Polybat competition, a better version of table tennis, played without a net and with sides on the
table, coming 1st and winning Gold medals. On the other side of the hall, Lucy Ardley and Joshua Johncey were taking part in New Age Kurling, similar to the version played on ice, pushing ‘stones’ onto a target on a smooth floor. The opinion on this game was that it was fun but hard. The Bronze medal position was secured. Katey Beard, Guy Dobson and Chloe Sion formed our team for the Boccia, a seated version of bowls and after a close tactical match, won Gold again. David Litchfield and Kane Jakabfi batted and bowled well in the Table Cricket match, however were beaten
After a 30-minute lunch break and medal ceremony, the whole team took part in a variety of running races, coming either 1st or 2nd. All the points were then combined and Warlingham School teamed with Bishop David Brown School from Woking won overall. After a team photo, with Mandeville the Paralympic mascot, we, thankfully, had a quicker return to school, with our haul of medals clinking around necks and versions of ‘We are the Champions’ filling the minibus. All the students took part with great enthusiasm and fair play. My thanks to Luke Hackett, who also assisted with the trip, offering encouragement to all.
Maths Masterclass We were chosen to attend six mathematics master classes at Kingston University that were supported by the Royal Institution of Great Britain. These events took place on a Saturday on 26th January; 2nd and 9th February and 2nd, 9th and 16th March. The master classes were an opportunity for us to learn new mathematical skills as well as applying them to games, puzzles and questions that were part of each course. On the agenda for the first week was Standard Deviation. New symbols and skills were taught such as: how to us ‘Phi’ (Φ) to calculate how much an average deviates from the ‘normal’. In store for us in the second week was Pythagoras’ Theorem. It was explained to us how people who lived centuries ago discovered Pythagoras’ Theorem and used it without the aid of a calculator! In this session we had to apply our existing knowledge of Pythagoras’ Theorem in puzzles as well as learn some new skills.
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In the third class we were put into teams where we had the opportunity to work with people we didn’t know and have fun while solving maths problems and getting the most points! In our fourth class, we were taught how an Enigma Machine worked and that it was used to formulate and decrypt encrypted messages. After everything was explained, we got a chance to encrypt a message of our own and decrypt another group’s message in return! Class five involved the use and interesting facts about Naturally Recurring (Prime) Numbers, such as the longest known prime number has over one million digits in it! If you were to write the number out at a rate of one digit per second, it would take you six months just to write the number! The final master class involved Games and Moral Calculations as well as a certificate presentation to the people who attended the master classes in the past six weeks.
In the six weeks that we attended the master classes at Kingston University on a Saturday morning, we have learnt and applied all sorts of mathematical skills but most importantly, we both thoroughly enjoyed it and would like to thank Mrs Billings for organising the event and for being our helper during the duration of the course.
Seeking a Parent Governor We are seeking a parent who wishes to become a parent governor of Warlingham School. We are a new Academy and we currently have four parent governors on the governing body with a vacancy. Nominations are made by parents of pupils registered at the school. Should there be more nominations than vacancies we will hold a ballot. Parents of registered students attending the school may offer themselves for election. Parent Governors can serve for a term of up to four years irrespective of how long their child remains as a registered pupil of the school. Parents are invited to submit
nominations to Jane Pocock, Clerk to the Governors by email at pocockj@warlingham.surrey.sch.uk. Each person must be proposed and seconded by parents of registered students presently attending the school and the nominee must also be a parent and signify his or her willingness to stand for appointment or election. If applying, you should enclose a short personal statement about yourself of not more than 100 words outlining why you wish to become a parent governor. Your statement will be circulated to parents should a ballot prove necessary. If the number of nominations received is less than the number of vacancies, all
those nominated will be appointed without a ballot. If the number of candidates exceeds the number of vacancies a ballot will be held. Please note a person is disqualified from election or appointment as a parent governor if they are an elected member of the LA or if they work at the school for more than 500 hours (i.e. for more than one-third of the hours of a full-time equivalent) in a school year. If you are interested in this important role please email Jane by noon on Friday 19 April 2013. Please note that no nominations will be accepted after this date/time.
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Maths in Action by doing magic tricks which the students enjoyed. The lecture was called “From Facebook Friend to Postman Pat.” It was about understanding our connected world. We learned that on average, we are all connected by as little as 4.5 steps from each other. We learned about how networks work and how to make them easier to get around.
University of Oxford, gave a lecture titled “Proof, Pizza and the Electric guitar”. This included telling us why proof is important, how maths can make you
On Wednesday 13th March 2013, 20 year 10 students went on a maths trip to the Institute of Education. The day was called GCSE Maths in Action, which 1000 students attended.
money and ending with him playing us his new composition on the electric guitar.
We got the train into London and walked to UCL. We were welcomed by Matt Parker and soon got on to the first lecture. Dr David Acheson,
The second lecture was held by Dr Matt Pritchard who started off
After a short break, Dr Hugh Hunt took the floor and enchanted us with his maths behind bouncing balls and other spinning things. We learned about the Gyroscopic Effect, linear momentum and how to get around space using a wheel of a bicycle. The students’ reactions to the demonstrations were positive
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as lots volunteered to go on stage and help.
She gave us all sorts of equations, puzzles and problems to work out.
We had lunch and then went to the 4th lecture which was by Dr Katie Steckles. The lecture was about “Solving Maths’ Greatest Unsolved Puzzles.” We found out that the minimum number of colours to fill in a map, would be four.
We left on a mathematical high; we had really enjoyed our day. We would like to thank Mrs Billings and Mrs Jeal for taking us and Mr Robins for organising the day out.
First Aid: CSLA students qualify On Friday 8th March, twelve of our CSLA students spent an intensive day in A3 from 9am until 4.15pm gaining an Emergency First Aid qualification which lasts for three years. The students were actively engaged in a wide range of life saving activities, including incident management, basic CPR, unconsciousness, control of bleeding, burns and scalds, heart attacks, regulations and first aid kits.
McGarry, Steph Moore, Georgina Parker, Alex Pryke-Collins and Charlotte Steward who all successfully passed the course. Many thanks to Tina Marley, from North East Surrey Training, who is in charge of the course. Tina has successfully delivered this course to our students over the last three years and we hope to run another one in the summer.
These are extremely useful life skills and are a compulsory part of the CSLA course. It is always a great comfort to a school, knowing there are many individuals who could step in and help out in an emergency situation. Congratulations to Lauren Curt, Chelcie Franks, Kyren Ghumra, Neil Hutchinson, Hannah Jones, David King, Jack Lidiard, Luke
The school is developing a new website - expect to see a new look coming soon. If you have any feedback about the new website please send it to Jeanette Atkins at the school.
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Eton trip
Our 5th annual trip to Eton College, as part of the ‘A’ Level PE course, often provokes an interesting debate. On one of the few sunny days this term, Eton couldn’t help but look majestic with its amazing buildings, unusually dressed students and impressive sports facilities. Some of our students said that they would definitely want to go to a school like Eton and loved the Eton school uniform and all that the school had to offer. Others in the group however were not so sure and it would seem that Warlingham School came out more favourably. Two students wrote an account of their experiences. “On 14th March 2013 Mrs Salem & Miss Bell took some AS and A2 students on a trip
to Eton College. On our way up to the centre of Eton we passed the athletics track that the students use in the summer. To get there they have to walk in their 10 minute lesson changeover, due to the College being so big. On arrival we met with Mrs Salem’s friend, Mr Pierce who has taught there for 25 years as a PE teacher. He gave us a tour of the main building and the Chapel. The game Eton fives was created whilst students waited to go into chapel. We were shown where the teachers meet during breaks, which is also the place where many speakers come and talk to the students. Mr Pierce then took us to play Eton fives and racquets (what
squash is based on) with Eton’s professional coaches. Whilst playing fives we realised that hitting the ball in the wrong place hurt a lot when you smash it. When we played racquets I almost hit James, David and Jacob with the ball, which is as hard as a golf ball. We then reconvened and went off to lunch. After lunch we were shown the rest of the school’s facilities which were not as good as those at Warlingham. We were then shown Eton Dorney where the Olympic rowing was held, even though it is not open to the public yet. Overall, the experience at Eton was an eye-opener to us that we are very lucky with our school sports facilities and the uniform we have to wear in the lower school as the Eton students looked like
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penguins in their funny uniform. I also would not want to study there because the days are too long and tiring. I would like to thank Mrs Salem & Miss Bell for taking us on the trip.“
“Our Year 12 P.E. class went on a trip to Eton College. During this trip we got to visit many areas of the school. The main area was a huge building, possibly as big as our school. They had a church as part of the area where a game called Eton Fives was invented. They also had a big canteen, 70 dormitories and a huge open area in the middle where they had a statue of King Henry VI. In total, we were told that Eton College had 25 buildings all around the village , where they had classrooms and dormitories. Students were therefore allowed ten minutes for lesson changeover. There were also many sports facilities, another reason for the length of time for lesson changeover. This included five courts, rackets (older squash) courts, football pitches, rugby pitches, a running track, a swimming pool and a gym and more. They house over 1,000 boys there in 25 buildings from Years 9-13.
As a class, we all thought about whether we would want to live there and be educated there instead of at a school like ours. There were a few positives, for example you would have no travel costs by living on site and there is an amazing array of sports facilities. However, nobody wanted to go there, we all preferred where we are now. This is for many reasons: they get woken up at 7.00am for breakfast, start lessons at 9am and have five lessons until 1.25pm when it is lunchtime. Then they have sport on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday, or they have more lessons until 4pm. This seemed like such a long day. Also, some of the boys were worried about not seeing girls for a long time and how that would affect them in having a relationship in later life. Also you would be wearing strange clothes for a whole day. Seeing the school and observing the lives of students and teachers
living there was an experience I will not forget having. After we left the college, we had another quick visit to one of their facilities, the Eton College Rowing Centre. The rowing events for the 2012 Olympic Games were held there, which demonstrates the importance of the school in terms of sporting facilities within the UK.”
There is no doubt that Eton is a beautiful place and in many significant ways a very different educational experience. Dan and James have clearly not been won over by their visit last week, but I am glad they will remember it and that they have an opinion on it. As a school we are extremely grateful to the time and the warm welcome that Glen Pierce always gives us. It is his knowledge and love of the school that makes the trip a very enjoyable and memorable experience whatever your views. Miss Bell, an Australian member of staff, who accompanied us on the trip thought that the place was particularly ‘far out’!
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It’s not too far to Farleigh gave our students a short presentation on the role of volunteering. He told us that he himself won England Golfs Volunteer of the Year for 2010 (18 – 25 categories). Richard is a very humble character and yet his message was a very powerful one. He instilled very much the importance of volunteering and that this in itself can become a very important stepping stone into the world of work. The students then had the opportunity to have a go on the golf simulator and look at some of the other facilities that the club offers.
Warlingham School continues to explore the possibilities of expanding sporting opportunities and experiences in a wide range of sports. We have been very fortunate to have the chance to work with Richard Shaw, a PGA Professional and Coach at Farleigh Court Golf Club. He is also the County Development Officer at Surrey Golf and is a Youth Panel Member (Voluntary) at England Golf. This inspiring young golf professional is very keen on developing golf in the
community and is particularly focused on making golf a sport that all can have an opportunity to access. We hope to set up a number of golfing opportunities within the year groups of the school, but this term it was members of our sixth form who had the opportunity to experience the delights of Farleigh Golf Club. Our first trip to the Club was with our Yr 12 CSLA group who were particularly looking at the importance of volunteering and its role within the community. Richard Shaw
The following week was the turn of the Year 13 BTEC Sport group. This time, their focus was to look at the coaching techniques involved in sport. Again, Richard gave a superb presentation on coaching techniques. This was a very valuable experience as out students had to prepare for a presentation on this topic as part of their assessment. On both occasions we were all made to feel extremely welcome and both Richard Shaw and Farleigh Golf club were very generous in the time that they were prepared to give our students. Richard Shaw’s natural enthusiasm and energy gave us all much to think about. We are looking forward to the next dates we can make with the club.
Developing young leaders Warlingham Village, Whyteleafe and Marden Lodge primary schools have continued to work on the Young Leaders Scheme. The scheme trains Year 5 students the principles of what makes a good leader and then through practical game type activities, the older children teach the younger children during their lunch-breaks. It is a very positive scheme because it encourages older children to take responsibility for younger ones. Lunch times become more interactive
between year groups and very often any playtime conflict is resolved by the older children. During these winter months these simple schemes can enrich the playground experience for all concerned. Midday supervisors and staff on duty often benefit from the leadership of those children who have been proactive in playing games with the younger children.
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scheme one step further this term and did a whole school assembly to pupils and parents about the benefits of leadership. The foundations of good leadership can be learnt at a very young age and many of the children involved in these primary schemes will have a good basis on which to develop their leadership opportunities at Warlingham School.
Marden Lodge took the leadership
Champion golfers On the 14th March 2013, it was a cold and frosty morning and not the ideal conditions for four Warlingham students to participate in the annual Surrey Schools Golf Championships hosted at Chipstead Valley Golf Club (par 68). Bradley Wilson was the first out of the Warlingham players to tee off and hit a cracking drive down the centre of the fairway. Then next was Aaron Stead who broke his driver so he used his 4 iron which went straight and lay on the fairway, followed by Riu Kawashima who hit his drive straight. In the last 3 ball there was Warlingham’s only girl, Millie Penney,
who seemed to out-power and outdrive her playing partners! As the day went on the condition improved. The sun was shining and all the early frost had cleared. Bradley, handicap 14, was the first one finished and shot 92 which gave him a total net score of 78. Second to finish was Aaron who came in with 83, giving him a net score of 66 due to his 17 handicap. Aaron just lost out to 3rd place due to a count back (total score of final 3 holes, less shots win). Then it was Riu to finish, who shot 97 with a handicap of 20 which gives him a net total of 77. Millie who was in the final group shot 95 of a 21 handicap so that gave her a net score of 74.
Results Boys Scratch 1 Sam Dukes 75 (R.G.S) 2 Sam Brill 78 (R.G.S) 3 Enrique Dimayuga 79 (Reeds) Boys Handicap 1 Zach Wallace 61 (Kingston) 2 Keiran Dael 64 (Woodcote) 3 Sam Wright 66 (Wilsons) Girls Scratch 1 Sarah Wilmore 88 (Colingwood) Girls Handicap 1 Chloe Bader 70 (Reigate) Team 1 Reigate Grammer School 153 2 Reeds School 159 A
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Primary Gymnastics
Gymnastics provides the development and setting for many fundamental motor skills. It is also one of the key aspects of the PE curriculum and is an exciting activity for children of all abilities to become involved in.
Tuesday 5th February 2013. We were given the responsibility of setting up the gym for the competition. We were then actively engaged warming the primary children up and preparing them for competition.
Our feeder primary schools are all actively involved in gymnastics and for the last three years our local primary schools have entered a Gymnastics Festival hosted by Lynn Banwell at de Stafford School. This is a super event as it provides young children from Year 3 & 4 with an opportunity to practice for an inter-school competition. For many of these children it may be the first time that they have competed in a Gym competition. Each child had to learn a set routine and demonstrate a simple vault.
Leading the children in a warm-up was good fun and the primary children were very keen and enthusiastic. Unlike most other sporting competitions, we led the children in a procession around the Gym and welcomed each school.
As Young Ambassadors from Warlingham School, we were asked to come and support this local Festival on
Once the competition was under way, we then
supported the children in the school team that we were attached to and also helped deliver the scores from the floor and vault judges. As Young Ambassadors it is good to become involved in the delivery of a range of sporting competitions and Gymnastics is a bit different. We were quite surprised at how skillful some of the primary children were. Nevertheless, the parents and primary children at the Festival, enjoyed watching Domonic Montgomery from Year 9 at our school, demonstrate some of his skills at the end of the competition. Another Louis Smith in the making perhaps?
Mosque trip
On the 5th of March 7A and 7L took a coach to Morden to go to Baitul Futuh mosque, which is the biggest mosque in Western Europe. We went on the visit because we are studying Islam in SRW (Society, Religion and Wellbeing). The mosque used to be a dairy, where milk was bottled. Nowadays it’s used for lots of different things, such as: exams for a local school; police seminars; radio shows and lots, lots more! It cost about 15 million pounds to build and is incredibly big. We were all in awe at how huge and beautiful the mosque was.
We were shown the library where there are over 2,000 books; most of them were in English but some were in Arabic and other languages. Our guide showed us the Quran and said how much it meant to him. He showed us different sizes of the Quran, it went from being tiny to being huge! There were lots of interesting rules such as: taking your shoes off when entering the mosque, praying at least five times a day and men and women prayed in separate rooms (although both rooms were equal in size). There are no rules about who can be a Muslim or pray in the mosque. However poor or rich you are, or what age you are, Muslims believe that everyone is equal in Allah’s eyes.
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In the women’s prayer hall there was a small room for children to go in if they made too much noise. This room had triple glazing so it was utterly soundproof. The whole of 7A went in there and screamed as loud as they could and the other class couldn’t hear them at all! After lunch we went to the men’s prayer room and watched as the men gathered together to pray. It was very interesting as they had special actions to perform with each prayer. We felt very solemn watching them. We all enjoyed it very much, and learnt a lot about different cultures and beliefs.
A parent of an ex-student wrote to warn us that the London Borough of Croydon are stepping up their ‘policing’ of parking contraventions on Wentworth Way (and surrounding streets). They are said to be issuing parking fines of £55.00 (rising to £110 if not paid promptly) to anyone parking on the 'raised carriageway' along the road. We would like to remind all parents that we encourage you to arrange to dropoff and collect your children a fair distance outside of the immediate area especially if they are older students. This is not only a healthy practice for your children’s physical well-being, but will also alleviate congestion in the area and is considerate to our local residents.
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New York, New York
On the 13th February around 20 Business Studies students flew to New York for a whistle -stop tour of The Big Apple and its many businesses. We were there to find out how the different types of businesses in New York operate – from tourist attractions such as Madame Tussauds to small, local businesses like JoMart Chocolates. By the time we had landed in New York it was still only the afternoon, so we had plenty of time to get used to Times Square and the hotel where we were staying before we headed off to the famous Hard Rock café for the evening. If you thought Shakeaway was good then wait until you see how Americans make their shakes! The next day, apart from being zombies from jetlag, we headed to Madame Tussauds where the Head of Trade Sales talked to us about how they market and differentiate their waxworks depending on their location. For example, in Washington, you can see all 43 of the US Presidents. We then got to experience the
waxworks for ourselves, the best time to take personal photos on the trip. We also visited Macy’s, the world’s largest department store, where we learnt how they plan the decoration and location of their departments and products very carefully to maximise sales. The most enjoyable business was JoMart Chocolates, a small independent chocolate factory and shop in Brooklyn. We met the current owner, Michael, who told us the secrets of his success. It was quite straightforward really, his chocolate was simply divine. He also told us why he chose to stay small instead of expanding, as most businesses would. Michael should win an award for nicest business owner ever – he was extremely generous and friendly. There was time for cultural visits as well. We
went to the Empire State building for breath-taking views across the whole of the city. The 9/11 Memorial was our time to reflect on the events of September 11th and also stare in amazement at the height of the newer buildings. On the last day we took a ferry to take us around the Statue of Liberty, (which looks much bigger than the photos suggest!) and saw Central Park. The rest of our spare time was spent doing what we do best – shopping. New York is simply the best city for shopping and we made sure to spend every last nickel and dime that we had. It was great to be able to walk around Times Square late at night to soak up the atmosphere and buy a new pair of shoes or some clothes. The New York trip was a fantastic experience and I’d really recommend it to anyone studying Business for A-Level at Sixth Form. Thanks to Mr Grimes and Miss Skegg for taking us there!
Trading Places
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participated. Abbie Perryman shares her account of her participation: “On 11th March Forms 8W and 8A took part in Trading Places. It was held in A3 during Periods 3 and 4 and was run by the History Department and Business and Enterprise. The aim was to explain the concept of the slave trade and its triangle of trade to Year 8 students. All of the teams were given 100 guineas and a basic cargo boat. Whenever a boat was docked at a port, the team could buy and trade commodities such as coffee, sugar or even a better boat to sail in such as clipper or a schooner. As the teams moved around the world trading commodities (and even slaves!), and some of them were faced with dangers such as mutiny (a conspiracy among members of the group) or diseases like malaria (a mosquito-borne infectious disease).
Trading Places is a simulation devised by the History department in partnership with Business & Enterprise to help explain the triangle of trade to Year 8 students. Over four days, all 240 students in the year group
All of the teams enjoyed the day and were very interested to see who had made the most money from trading around the world. At the end of the day, Mr Rumsey did an excellent job of explaining to us the cruelty experienced by men, women and children throughout the slave trade and how they were chained and
sold and had no human rights. Even though my team didn’t win, I really enjoyed the day and learned lots of new information which made me feel very sorry for the slaves during that time.”
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Facelift for wall...
Last year, the Art Department was approached by Mr Toop with his idea of creating a large mural that would hang on the side of his hut to really liven it up! I volunteered my services and with the help of the Sixth Form art students and pupils from each year group who were the winners of a design competition, the mural was created. The theme for the Mural was to be ‘Human Rights’; the design competition was for a poster about the same theme. The winners not only went on to help paint the mural but had elements of their poster designs incorporated into the mural. The theme ‘Human Rights’ was chosen as it
encompasses many of the important questions and issues covered in the Citizenship curriculum and SRW Department. The mural is designed to raise awareness of these issues and to encourage students to think about some of the inequalities which exist in our society. Everyone has worked extremely hard on this exciting project; It has taken many hours and certainly has not been an easy task working on such a large scale! I would like to say a big thank you to all the students who have been involved. Competition winners: Olivia Adam 8H Mary Allahverdi 9H
Rebekah Taylor 9H Sian Smith 11L Chloe Strivens 11W Katie Derrig Adams 11A Mia Crawford 11W Year 13s who assisted with the painting: Beth Hicks Chelsea Dalak Kieryn Tyler Josie Evans Emily Carlton Jasmine Butler Yasmin Bajwa Kathryn Rackett Sasha Campbell I would also like to thank the site staff and the Art Department for all their help and support!
Staff News Congratulations to the following staff who have recently become new parents: Mrs Alger (a baby girl), Mr Bruce (a baby girl), Mrs Hickox (a baby boy) and to Mr and Mrs Seward who have recently had a second child (a little girl, this time!). We also are sad to say “goodbye” to Mrs Rice who is retiring at the end of this term after 24 years working at Warlingham School. Mrs Rice has headed up our Pupil Services’ Office throughout this time and has coped admirably with everything that has
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been thrown her way from vomiting children to finding a home for abandoned and smelly PE kit! Of course, there have been many demanding and stimulating aspects to this really important role in the school, too! She has led a team of colleagues and has developed a unique perspective on the huge variety of activities and people that pass through this very busy environment. We will miss her but, of course, wish her well for a happy and fulfilling retirement.
Dates for your diary Monday 15th April 2013
Staff Training Day 4
Tuesday 16th April 2013
First day of Summer Term for students.
Thursday 18th April 2013
Year 7 & 8 Parents’ Workshop - ‘Provision for More Able students’ (7.00pm)
Monday 22nd April - Friday 26th April 2013
Year 8 Progress Review Week
Wednesday 24th April 2013
Year 9 Parents’ Evening (3.30pm - 7.30pm)
Monday 6th May 2013
Spring Bank Holiday
Monday 13th May 2013
Year 11 & 12 - special timetable Written GCSE, AS & A Level examinations begin.
Thursday 16th February 2013
SEN Parents’ Support Group Meeting (7.00pm) Year 9 Reports handed out
Thursday 23rd May 2013
Year 13 Leavers’ Ceremony & Ball
Friday 24th May 2013
Year 11 Celebration Assembly & Ball
Monday 27th - Friday 31st May 2013
Half Term
Monday 3rd June - Friday 7th June 2013
Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Exam Week
We have great pleasure in announcing the installation of indoor cricket nets and a division net for the Sports Hall, to add another sport that can be practised inside during lunch times, and periods of inclement weather. We have also added a division net for separating sports as and when required. If you are a parent / guardian who plays club cricket, please do pass on that the new indoor and full-length, fullyenclosed outdoor nets are available for hire during the evenings and weekends. To hire these or any of our sports facilities, please contact Jesse on 01883 621905 or via email (sportsfacilities@warlingham.surrey.sch.uk) for more information.
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