Warlingham News - December 2018

News Warlingham School

ISSUE 2 2018-2019 DECEMBER 2018 In this edition FROM the headS

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Simon Stephens’ visit

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OPeration Christmas Child

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Oliver McCourty, Member of Youth Parliament

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Year 7 English Leader Award

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School Christmas Card

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Year 10 GCSE G&T “Jekyll and Hyde” Talk

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Trainer Friyay and Halloween Cake Sale

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Primary Swimming Gala

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Year 8: OUtstanding Art!

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UKMT Maths Challenge

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Staff Long Service Awards and Attendance

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What parents need to know about Online grooming

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in the hot seat

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FEATURE: Simon Stephens‘ Visit

FEATURE: Operation Christmas Child

FEATURE: Halloween Cake Sale

FEATURE: Primary Swimming Gala

Wide Horizons High Aspirations

FEATURE: UKMT Maths Challenge

From the Heads...

Dear Parents/Carers With Christmas nearly upon us, we would like to wish everyone a good, restful holiday. The students (and their parents) and staff have worked hard this term and we’re sure everyone is looking forward to the break ahead.

and will indicate where work still needs to be done.

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone for all their efforts in making this a successful first term.

The Christmas concert earlier this month was a fantastic example of the tireless endeavour of both staff and Year 11 students in particular have students when engaging in school just undertaken their second set of activities and it was a pleasure to see mock examinations and we were the talents of so many showcased so very pleased to see the effort and well. The high participation levels of focus they demonstrated by way of preparation. It will set them up in good students in a variety of extra-curricular activities is highly encouraging and time for the real thing this summer. the wide range of opportunities They will receive the results of their provided by the staff in terms of efforts in January; this will provide a guide to the progress they have made clubs and events is testament to the Page 2

School’s determination to widen horizons.

As always, the House Competition is being hard fought on all sides! We are always so impressed with how much effort and team spirit the students put into representing their houses. It is one of the many great things about Warlingham School. Thank you to all of the students and particular congratulations to the winners of this year’s Christmas card competition.

Warlingham School was delighted to welcome Simon Stephens to the School to speak to year 8 students this half term. Simon is an awardwinning playwright and adapted ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” for the stage. His visit inspired many students and has helped foster a love of writing in many of them.

Congratulations to each and every student who has done their level best to be in school as often as possible.

There are over 300 students who have achieved 100% attendance this term and nearly 600 whose attendance is over 98%. Key Stage 3 is all about building the foundations for future GCSE, Btec and A Level success and all of the research shows there is a direct link between good attendance and good achievement. It can be a

struggle to get into school on some occasions, so well done to everyone and let’s hope even more Warlingham students can improve their attendance after a well-deserved break.

The end of term is also a time to say goodbye to a mixture of teaching and support staff. Mr Randall (Science), Miss Phillips (SRW), Ms Benjamin (Law and Business), Mrs Dearden (Assistant SENCO), Mr Powell (Media) and Miss Wholey (Cover supervisor) have all left for pastures new. We sincerely thank them all for their hard work and dedication to the School and students and we wish them well in their future ventures.

On a personal note, it has been an enjoyable experience in our first full term as Joint Heads of School, so we wanted to conclude by saying a massive thank you to all the staff, parents and students who have been involved on any level in making our transition into the role as exciting and rewarding as it has been.

Have a great Christmas and a happy new year. We look forward to working with you all in 2019.

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Simon Stephens visits School

Warlingham School’s Year 8 students had an exciting visit from playwright, Simon Stephens on Thursday 6th December.

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department also ran a creative-writing competition; the three winners – Aimee Dunne, Rosie Cornwell and Harry Furnell – all won a signed copy of the play.

During his visit, Simon talked to the students about his career as a playwright. He also answered lots of questions about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Some students performed a scene from the play and Simon gave them feedback on their performances, saying “The calibre of acting was really Simon is a multi award-wining inspiring. The ability to ask questions playwright, having won several awards, convincingly that you already know the including the Olivier Award for Best answer to, the depth of psychological New Play twice – the first time in 2006 detail and the clarity – every word for On the Shore of The Wide World was crystal clear. You’re proper, and the second time in 2013 for his proper actors, you lot!” Simon is very adaptation of The Curious Incident of comfortable in a school setting as he the Dog in the Night-Time, which also worked as a drama teacher for a few won the Tony Award for Best New Play years, before quitting to become a in 2015.

Year 8s have been studying The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this term and have thoroughly enjoyed the play, which explores the theme of autism. They enjoyed the play so much that the School has organised two trips to the theatre to accommodate as many students as possible. The English Page 6

professional playwright. Simon has had 30 original plays translated into 27 different languages but he remains humble, telling the Year 8s “It means a huge amount to me that people I’ve never met before, have read my plays.”

proud of the students who performed the scene from the play and of the three students who won the creative writing competition.”

The visit was organised by English Teacher, Rebecca Pithouse. Rebecca developed a passion for English at Warlingham School and postUniversity returned to train with the school as part of the School Direct scheme. Rebecca said “I am really proud of all of our students, who have been so enthusiastic about their English lessons. I am particularly

“Simon Stephens visit was thoroughly enjoyed by all the students who were lucky enough to listen to his talk and participate in the event. There is no doubt that he will have inspired all of the students involved to develop their creative writing skills further.”

Mr Nick Bradwell, Executive Head Teacher of Warlingham School, said:

Melanie Filmer B&E / Markleting Manager

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Operation Christmas Child

As part of the Johnson House Charity Committee, 8W supported their chosen charity, Operation Christmas Child, which is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind.

Their mission is to provide partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own Page Page 88

communities. They ship these simple gifts abroad, to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine and disease.

Students in 8W put together fifteen shoe boxes filled with a range of the suggested products and organised a minibus so they could take their boxes to the local drop point Knights Garden Centre, Chelsham.

The students really enjoyed the experience. They put together a short film of their project and delivered an assembly to the rest of Johnson House. They focused on the message of the importance of ‘giving at Christmas’. Freya Cowell said, “We had so much fun doing this. It was really nice to work together to help children less

fortunate than us.”

This was a fantastic event. We would like to thank all the parents for their hard work helping their children put the boxes together. Next year we hope to make it a whole school event.

Miss Haylock D&T Teacher and 8W Form Tutor

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Oliver McCourty, Member of Youth Parliament

On Tuesday 6th November, I had the opportunity to speak to Prime Minister, Theresa May, Labour Page 10

Leader, Jeremy Corbyn and many other MPs and Lords who were invited to the Remembrance Service

at St Margaret’s Church. It is safe to say that being a Member of Youth PArliament (MYP) has its benefits but

nothing comes without hard work and that is certainly the case even with a position of responsibility.

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I have received so much already from just putting my name forward and doing a one-minute presentation.

I wouldn’t have become a representative of Tandridge or an MYP had I not put my name down.

done by pushing yourself to present new ideas and not act in a nihilistic, postmodern neo-Marxist manner.

We all have the same opportunities, however, whether it’s laziness or stubbornness, people don’t want to Now, this isn’t an article for me to brag, stand out from the crowd, or if they do, they act ruthlessly and totalitarian. this is an article to show the readers that the seemingly impossible can be On Friday 9th November, I was

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permitted to sit in the House of Commons with all other MYPs to debate on what the national campaigns should be for the British Youth Council and UK Youth Parliament. Being one of five MYPs to represent Surrey can create some nerves on the day. As there were ten people from the South East who stood up for each motion, the chances weren’t in my favour to speak in front of everyone including the cameras recording this for the BBC. My topic was Mental Health and Knife Crime.

Sadly, I wasn’t one of those selected to speak.

On Friday 7th December, Sam Gyimah MP invited me to a surgery to speak about the future of Surrey. I don’t even take A Level Government and Politics, so, how on Earth could all of this happen? The secret is just to ask.

You can’t expect every opportunity to go your way, but through asking, you get a chance and that chance can take you to great heights.

Oliver McCourty (13M)

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Year 7 English Leader Award

English Teachers nominate Year 7 students each half term for the ‘English Leader Award’. The nominees and their citations for the second half of the Autumn Term were: Kai Noulton (7A) - Kai is a very eager student that works hard in his English lessons. He actively volunteers his opinions and gives feedback.

Homework is always completed to a good standard.

Ellis Wilson (7H) - Ellis consistently scores 10/10 in his spelling tests and demonstrates a real eagerness to learn during his English lessons. He voluntarily offers opinions/feedback for discussion which enhances the learning of other students in the class.

Megan Taylor (7N) - Megan works extremely hard on both her classwork and her homework. Megan’s writing is of an excellent standard and her writing is well planned, insightful and beautifully presented.

Anna Rider (7L) - Anna approaches all English lessons with enthusiasm. She is keen to get involved in whole class discussions and comments insightfully on the texts we are studying. She did an excellent job in her recent KAP. Thomas Franks (7R) - Thomas is an excellent student. He engages with complex ideas in class and always goes the extra mile, whether in developing his points or writing with ambition.

Mia Funnell (7H) - Mia is eager to do well and has shown consistency throughout the term. She supports other students and always volunteers her opinions and articulates these well.

Danielle Hatch (7R) - Danielle is a very self-sufficient student who likes to work things out for herself. She settles to tasks quickly and always works to the very best of her ability.

George Cops (7N) - George is a conscientious student who is always keen to contribute to class discussions with intelligent, thoughtful ideas.

George recently scored a grade 8 on his English KAP and always puts maximum effort into his classwork and homework.

Caitlin McTighe (7G) – Caitlin produces sophisticated and thoughtful work, showing an excellent ability to listen but also to think for herself.

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Ruby Andrew (7M) – Ruby produces high quality work which is obviously the result of considerable care and

attention. She listens very carefully and enjoys working independently.

Charlie Hawkins (7M) – Charlie’s responses in class show that he is capable of engaging thoughtfully with complex texts and ideas and of expressing his views with conviction.

I would like to congratulate this half term’s winners of the Year 7 English Leader Award, Bea Claxton (7A) and Sam Giddings (7L).

and supports others within the class.

Sam Giddings (7L) Sam’s approach to the recent KAP was extremely impressive and it was clear from his paper that he had spent time preparing himself properly for this. He has done an excellent job on all homework tasks this year and made great progress in lessons.

Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners!

Bea Claxton (7A) - Bea works hard in Mrs Christie lessons and presents her work with Head of English pride. She articulates her opinions well

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School Christmas Card

Many congratulations to Olivia Bird (9H) for winning this year’s Warlingham School Christmas card design competition. Her design has been used on the official School Christmas card.

Olivia’s skilful and colourful design will certainly stand out among other Christmas cards this year.

Head of the Art, Jane Sula, said it had been very difficult to choose

2nd P William lace Howe (7 W)

one design, from so many worthy entries this year.

A big thank you to all those who entered the competition!

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4th Pl Sophie ace Allen (7 L)

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Year 10 GCSE G&T “Jekyll and Hyde” Talk

On Thursday 8th November, ten members of one of Mr Janalli’s Year 10 English classes, along with Mr Janalli and Miss Pithouse travelled to the British Library to attend a Jekyll and Hyde talk with some famous members of the English Literature community.

us bought chocolate, but most of us bought ‘Percy Pigs’. As for me, I got a green tea; in hindsight that probably wasn’t the right choice considering the money I could have spent on Percy Pigs!

After that, we walked out of the station into the fresh, yet freezing night air We arrived at Upper Warlingham and took a slow stroll down to the station at around 5.10pm to get the museum. I believe everyone was train to East Croydon and then on to very happy, since we didn’t have to St Pancras International. However, the train did not arrive until 5.35pm, so walk very far and we able to chat as we walked. We arrived promptly those people who wore rain jackets, at the library but stopped outside even if it wasn’t raining, or only one - somewhat reluctantly - to take a layer, were shivering in the cold night photo. Nevertheless, we all want to air. be able to share our memories in the Once we reached St Pancras we future! had a bit of time to spare, and so we In the reception area, our bags were decided to buy some snacks. Some quickly checked and we dashed up of us bought sandwiches, some of Page 18

a huge stone staircase. Once on the first floor, we saw the door we had to go through and hurried inside to our seats (although I had to give away my tea before we went in). There were many people still filing in and some were already seated and chatting.

The room wasn’t particularly big, but had enough seats to hold at least 100 people and there was a stage at the front, which had four seats for the people who were presenting the talk that evening. It was a lot warmer in the conference room than outside so we were all able to take off our coats and then we got our note cards/ pads out, ready to take down vital information.

Charlie Higson (author, actor, producer, comedian and writer for television, film and radio). I believe that I can say for certain that we all found their analysis and contextual understanding fascinating. How could four people know so much?

The talk ended at 8.30pm and as we left with our heads considerably full of analysis and interpretation, we discussed our thoughts on the talk and what we had gained. Although it was At exactly 7pm the lights went down getting colder by the minute, we were and everyone went silent. As the talk too busy pouring out all the knowledge began, it felt as if you could see the the we had found interesting; like did information being thrown back and you know that the Hulk is actually an forth on the stage. It was brilliant. adaption of Jekyll and Hyde or that Every second that went by there Jekyll might be the hidden monster was something new to write down, which means Hyde is just being true to something new to be learnt. Leading himself. Or that the salt in potion is a the talk was Alex Clark (critic, journalist reference to narcotics - cocaine to be and broadcaster), and the others exact. participating were Roger Luckhurst Overall, it was an exceedingly positive (Editor of the Oxford World Classics experience and we are very glad that edition of “The Strange Case of Dr we had the great chance to help aid Jekyll and Mr Hyde”), Kate Colquhoun our understanding for the future. Thank (non-fiction writer and journalist, you. reviewer and broadcaster), and

Jasmine Rodrigues (10A)

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Trainer Friyay and Halloween Cake Sale Trainer Friyay

Halloween Cake Sale

On Friday 19th October, Warlingham School’s students and staff were allowed to wear trainers for charity.

By this we mean that if the students brought in a pound to give to charity and they could wear trainers for the whole of the school day.

On 31st of October, Warlingham School celebrated Halloween by organising an amazing cake sale.

The delicious cakes were made by the members of our Sharman House Charity Rep Team, and additional students who helped. The cakes were sold in the Learning Development corridors at lunchtime. Charity reps and volunteers helped to prepare the sale as well as selling the cakes.

Many students arrived to buy the cakes which completely sold by the end of lunch break. In addition, many teachers came along to support the students helping. There were plenty of compliments about the cakes from everyone who bought one. In the end, we raised £182 - just from one cake sale! So it was a massive success.

The idea came from the charity reps, when they were discussing how to raise a lot of money for the two charities and including all years as well as teachers.

Warlingham School raised a lot of money that day due to the students and staff participating. We raised £533.19 because all of the students and staff donating money.

Warlingham School as a whole really enjoyed the day and we are looking forward to the next event.

Alanna Basquine (9N)

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Ethan Slatter and Sophie Maynard, (8N )

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Primary Swimming Gala

Warlingham School hosted its 12th Primary Swimming Gala on 20th November 2018.

On what was possibly one of the wettest days in November, our young primary competitors arrived amid Page 22

sleet and heavy downpours!

Despite the rain, the mood and excitement of the swimmers was not tarnished. There was a really positive vibe with a full house of spectators.

Primary Schools had responded well

to the new ticketing system for the spectators, who helped to create a really positive atmosphere.

We had six local primary schools competing this year.

Here are the overall results:

1st = Whyteleafe (111 pts) 2nd = Hillcroft (104 pts) 3rd = St Francis (101 pts) 4th = Hamsey Green (78 pts) 5th = Audley Primary School (63 pts) 6th = Woodlea Primary School (47 pts) Page 23

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As you can see from these results, the top three schools ended up being very close. Congratulations must go to Whyteleafe of course, but I do think that Hillcroft and St. Francis are closing the gap. In addition, the bottom three schools shared pretty close results too.

Well done to all competitors! Each school was also sent a breakdown of the results so that 1st place certificates could be presented in their own assemblies.

As I mention, every year, this event relies heavily on the wider community of the school, the primary schools themselves and our own Warlingham Sixth Form CSLA students. A number of our volunteers have helped with this event since 2007 and it is wonderful to see adult volunteers, sixth form

students and primary staff all working together for the benefit of our primary swimmers.

I would like to thank Penny Stock for all her shared expertise in swimming, helping with the planning of the event and the administration of the results. She is my swimming guru!

We benefitted from swimming club coaches (Steve Hinton – Redhill and Reigate) who was our wonderful starter and Lucy Ashdown-Parkes (Croydon Amphibians) – who was our 1st place recorder. In addition, our thanks must go to the PE department for relinquishing the pool, Tony Mandry (Premises and Maintenance) for having the pool and changing rooms in pristine condition, Nicki Clark and her Tech team (Phoebe and Colby) for the sound system, Tom Frost our Year 13 Life Guard and Pam Mutter for all the printing of paperwork and certificates.

The winners (Whyteleafe) at the end

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of the event were delighted to receive their certificates and medals from Executive Head Teacher, Mr Nick Bradwell.

Our CSLA Year 12 students, Lisa Bayes, Sophie Champion, AnnaMaria Cherneva, Holly Lawless, Noor Malik, Ylenia Priest, Morgan Radmall, Emily Riches, Emily Sadler, Ayca Suer, Megan Van Noort, Lauren Carter, Kiara Miller did a super job, running the whole event.

“I enjoyed the Primary Swimming Gala a lot as I got to interact with everyone and I got to work with everyone that cooperated in the gala as a team, which brings us closer together. We also got to know each other better as well. It was an amazing experience as we got to give out the medals and also

because I got to organise the lanes in which each student had to go. I found It very useful as my communication and organisational skills were put to the test, which are going to be very important in the future.’ - Anna-Maria Cherneva (12L) “Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves.” - Kieren Perkins In this changing world it is good to celebrate the joys of participation and competition, where children have an opportunity to compete and challenge themselves physically and mentally.

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Year 8: Outstanding Art!

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The Art Department would like to say congratulations to the Year 8 students who produced outstanding home works this term.

We look forward to seeing your work exhibited in the Art Exhibition in the summer.

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Year 8: Outstanding Art! CONTINUED

Congratulations to the following, who all submitted outstanding homeworks: Libbi Brennan 8W Emily Grahman 8H James Cross 8L Zach Wilson 8W Lucy Trzcinska 8L Sophia Hinchey 8H Ethan Brooker 8H Holly Kent 8L Eden Montgomery 8N Isabella Dodman 8N Olivia Rowland 8L Mia Gulless 8M Isabel Whittajer 8A Hannah Cooper 8A Jessica Barners 8W Florence Paget 8A Bill Ogale 8L Amy Holden 8H Lena Larquet 8M Page 28

Casey Sword 8A Emily Conner 8N Tanja Gerlach 8W Tom Bew 8L Beau Coulston 8L Alexa Cameron 8W Lucy O’Shea 8A Ali Garstang 8M Saffron Moore 8N Ruby Gordon-Dowling 8N Sean Lazenby 8G Lily Fryer 8G Alisa Kopliku 8G Aidan Higson 8G Amy Jenkins 8G Lydia Dunican 8G The winners of the Year 8 Homework Competition are: Detailed Colour Pencil Drawing of Fruit 1st Ethan broker 8H 2nd Saffron Moore 8N 3rd Tom Bew 8L 4th Lucy O’Shea 8A Collage of a Fruit 1st Emily Conner 8N 2nd Amy Holder 8H 3rd Zach Wilson 8W 4th Olivia Rowland 8L

Mrs Sula Head of Art

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UKMT Maths Challenge

On Tuesday 6th November, some of our Year 12 and Year 13 A Level Maths students sat the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge, along with around 80,000 Page 30

other students from the UK. During the challenge, they had to answer questions such as: The positive integer 2018 is the

Congratulations to Charlie Trzcinski who received a Silver certificate.

Also well done to Sam Coole, Alex Corvaglia, Matthew Howie, Aram Rounagh and Lucie Scott who received Bronze certificates.

Mrs R Scott 2 i/c Maths

product of two primes. What is the sum of these two primes?

A 1001 B 1010 E 1101

C 1011

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Staff Long Service Awards and Attendance

Staff Long Service Awards

Attendance

Warlingham School recently recognised five members of staff who have more than 25 years of service to the School.

Warlingham School’s attendance remains over 95% despite a number of bouts of illness and long term absences. We continue to work hard with Students and their families to enable them to access as much Schooling as possible and are very proud of those students who work so hard and whose attendance is in the high nineties to 100%.

The staff - pictured in the above photo (left-right) - are Mrs Sharp (Science Technician), Mr Scott (Assistant Headteacher / Head of Sixth Form), Mrs Scott (2 i/c Maths), Mr Dicks (Head of History) and Mrs Powell Page 32

out-of-school trip during the Summer Term. More details to follow.

Absence during term time Parents have a legal duty to ensure that children of compulsory school age who are registered at a school attend regularly.

If you take your child out of school without the school’s permission for five or more days, you will be liable to receive a penalty notice. Currently the amount payable under a penalty notice is £60.00 if paid within 21 days, rising to £120.00 if paid between 21 and 28 days. If the penalty notice remains unpaid after 28 days the Local Authority will consider a prosecution in the Magistrates Court. Please note that penalty notices are issued per parent/carer per child, so if there are two parents and two children four penalty notices will be issued. Further details are available in the School’s Attendance Policy.

We are here to help There are over 300 students who have If you have any issues or concerns achieved 100% this term and nearly around your child’s attendance, 600 whose attendance is over 98%. please do not hesitate to contact the Many continue to push themselves Attendance Office or Head of House. hard to keep their attendance high for As a school we are very proactive in this long term. supporting good attendance and will work with students and families in a In addition to praise, certificates, badges and public acknowledgement wide variety of ways to ensure the best outcomes for our Students. of high attendance, we will be rewarding all students with 100% Vicky Stokes attendance with the opportunity for an Attendance Manager (Ext 2022)

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What parents need to know about...

ONLINE GROOMING NUMBERS OF GROOMING OFFENCES ARE SOARING In April 2017, a new government law came into force in England and Wales to allow police to charge adults who send sexual messages to children through mobile phones and social media. In the first year since the law change, there were 3,000 police-recorded offences of sexual communication with a child – a figure 50 per cent higher than experts expected in the first year.

ALL CHILDREN ARE AT RISK According to a 2018 NSPCC report, a quarter of young people have experienced an adult who they don’t know in real life trying to contact them online. One in four said they had been sent messages, images, videos or other content that made them feel sad, worried or uncomfortable. One in 10 girls and one in 20 boys under the age of 13 said they had received unwanted sexual messages.

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CHILDREN ARE VULNERABLE TARGETS Groomers use psychological tricks and methods to try and isolate children from their families and friends and will often choose to target more vulnerable children who may be easier to manipulate. In order to seek potential victims, predators are likely to use apps and websites that are popular with children and young people.

Groomers can use a ‘scattergun’ approach to find victims, contacting hundreds online to increase their chance of success.

LIVE STREAMING CONCERNS Predators may use live video to target children in real-time using tricks, dares or built-in gifts to manipulate them.

Grooming often takes the form of a game where children receive ‘likes’

or even money for performing sexual acts. Social media channels, such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, all have live streaming capabilities, but there are many apps which children can use to live stream, including Omegle, Live.me, BIGO Live, YouNow and many more.

GROOMING CAN HAPPEN RAPIDLY Grooming is generally a slow, methodical and intentional process of manipulating a person to a point where they can be victimised. However, according to researchers at the University of Swansea, online grooming can also be very rapid, with analysis of chat logs revealing that it can take just 18 minutes for some predators to arrange to meet their victim. The fastest predators used sophisticated,

persuasive, language-based strategies to rapidly build trust, including the use of small talk and praise which quickly escalated into requests for sexual messages.

ANYONE CAN GROOM YOUR CHILD Many people expect groomers to be adults posing as children, but this is not always the case. Data from University of Swansea reveals that groomers’ use of identity deception (around age, location and appearance) is fairly low. This can be because they approach many children, limiting their ability to lie. The worry is that honesty can be more damaging to the victim since they are more likely to feel as if they are in a real relationship.

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ONLINE GROOMING IT’S GOOD TO TALK

It’s unlikely that you can stop your child using the Internet, nor can you constantly monitor their online activities, but you can talk to your child on a regular basis about what they do online.

By talking openly with them about online relationships, they can quickly ascertain the kind of behaviour which is appropriate or inappropriate.

Ask them whether they have any online friends or if they play online games with people they haven’t met. This could then open up conversations about the subject of grooming.

CHECK PRIVACY SETTINGS

In order to give your child a safer online gaming experience, it is important to check privacy settings or parental controls on the networks, devices, apps, and websites they may use.

If you use location-sharing apps to check where your child is, remember that these could always be used by strangers to follow your child without their knowledge. Ensure that you check options so that location information is never shared with anyone except those they have permission to share with.

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LOOK OUT FOR WARNING SIGNS

Child safety experts have identified key grooming patterns and advise parents to look out for: • Secretive behaviour about what they are doing online.

• Internet or smartphone usage late at night.

• Going to unusual places to meet up with friends you have not heard of.

• They are clingy, have problems sleeping and eating or even bedwetting.

• A lack of interest in extra-curricular activities.

• Having new items, such as clothes or phones, which they can’t explain.

• They seem withdrawn, anxious, depressed or aggressive.

• Having older boyfriends or girlfriends.

HOW TO REPORT

If you’re worried that your child is being groomed online or sexually exploited, you can report your concerns to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Safety Centre, which is part of the National Crime Agency at www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre.

Reports are read by a Child Protection Advisor who will make contact by phone or email to work with you to make a plan to keep your child safe.

If you think a child is in immediate danger, call the Police on 999 or NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.

nlinesafety.com

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I’m delighted to have been appointed as the Director of Finance and Operations for the Tandridge Learning Trust. Warlingham School is currently the only secondary school in the academy trust; it is joined by four primary schools which are Bletchingley Village Primary School, Hamsey Green Primary School, Tatsfield Primary School and Woodlea Primary School.

The Trust central team is currently based at Warlingham School so I’d especially like to thank all the staff at Warlingham for making me feel so welcome; it really does make a difference when you start a new job.

I’ve been in post now for around two months and work very closely with the support staff at Warlingham School, the Headteachers and School Business Managers across the Trust, the School Governors at Warlingham, the Trust Chief Executive Officer and the Trustees. It’s been a very busy couple of months getting to know the job and the people, with key achievements to date ranging from working with the auditors to sign off last year’s financial accounts, launching the Trust IT team and exploring opportunities for further collaborative working.

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I’m originally from Durham in the North East and grew up in a small mining village on the coast. In my late teens, I ventured south to go to university. After leaving university, I started working for Surrey County Council and trained as an accountant.

Once qualified, I supported many of the Service Directorates, including Environment and Infrastructure, Adult Social Care and most recently as Head of Strategic Finance for Children, Schools and Families. After 28 years with the local authority at Surrey, I felt the time was right to take on a new challenge and I’m glad I did, despite the accusations of being ‘poacher turned gamekeeper’!

I have two children, a husband and a mad boxer dog who keeps us on our toes. My daughter is studying at Newcastle University and my son is in his final year of A Levels. I’m really looking forward to spending some much-needed family time together over the Christmas period and relaxing after what’s been a very busy and exciting year.

Paula Chowdhury Director of Finance and Operations Tandridge Learning Trust

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