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From the Headmaster 6 July 2017 Dear Parents, The last three years have been the most fulfilling and satisfying of my career to date. To establish Wetherby Senior has been such a pleasure and I so look forward to its future development. Thank you for your incredible support and friendship and for spreading the good name of this School – we couldn’t have done it without you. After two years, we have a record number of registrations, a roll of over 220 brilliant boys in September, another building to develop, impressive GCSE predictions for 2018 and the most talented and capable teaching staff we could ever wish for. Everything we wanted to do in three years we have done, and so much more… One of the many positive things about a new school is that there is no tradition, no feeling of “We’ve always done it that wa y so we will continue to do it that way”. Everything is flexible and can be refined, changed or taken away. In the spirit of that therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of some changes to the School that will take effect from September. In making these changes we have given much consideration to parental, boy and staff feedback, as well as putting in place what we believe is the most effective way of running the School within our existing infrastructure. Essentially, we are shortening the School day, making more effective use of the time in the school building and freeing up time for Drama and Music rehearsals. Games From September, all Games lessons will take place in the afternoon. This frees up more curriculum time for the boys as only one half of the journey to the sports grounds will be in the body of the school day. The afternoons will be: Year 7 – Monday and Wednesday Year 8 – Tuesday and Thursday Year 9 – Tuesday and Thursday Year 10 – Monday and Wednesday Year 11 – Monday and Wednesday As is the case at present, boys are welcome to travel home independently from the Sports Ground or take the bus back to school for a 4:30pm departure. Activities From September, there will be fewer compulsory activities for the boys. This enables there to be more time available for Drama and Music rehearsals. Boys will attend the activities sessions in a termly rotation throughout the year. Year 7 – Tuesday from 4:35 to 5:20pm Year 8 – Monday from 4:35 to 5:20pm Year 9 – Monday from 4:35 to 5:20pm Year 10 - Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award or Community Service on Tuesday from 3.30 to 5.20pm Year 11 – No compulsory activity sessions – boys can leave school at 3:30pm on a Tuesday and Thursday Supervised Prep Supervised prep will continue for boys in Years 7-10 but there will only be one session for Year 10 and it will cease altogether in Year 11. Year 7 - Tuesday and Thursday from 3:35 to 4:35pm Year 8 – Monday and Wednesday from 3:35 to 4:35pm Year 9 – Monday and Wednesday from 3:35 to 4:35pm Year 10 – Thursday from 3:35 to 4:35pm Year 11 - No compulsory Supervised Prep – boys can leave school at 3:30pm on a Tuesday and Thursday
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From the Headmaster Changes to the Curriculum
DIARY for Week 1
With the changes listed above, this has created more time for academic lessons. These will be:
Monday 4th Registration for all boys in Tutor Groups
08:30
Year 7 - 2 periods of IT per week instead of 1, and a dedicated lesson of PHSE.
Tutor Period and Year Group meetings
08:35-10:50
Year 8 - 2 periods of IT per week instead of 1, and a dedicated lesson of PHSE.
Period 4 (Normal lessons begin)
11:05
First Games session for Years 7, 10 & 11
14:00-16:00
OPRO mouthguard fitting—Years 10/11
14:20
All boys go home
16:45
Year 9 - 1 extra lesson of Science per week (to prepare for the more challenging GCSEs) and a dedicated lesson of PSHE. Music and Drama rehearsals and Academic Study Catch Up Sessions
NO PREP SUPERVISION IN SCHOOL NO ACTIVITIES
These will take place after the Games and Supervised Study sessions for all year groups and run until 5:20pm. For boys not involved in these, they are free to leave School at 4:35pm
Tuesday 5th
Year 11 lunchtime
OPRO mouthguard fitting—Year 9
In September, Miss Ridley (Head of Year 10 and 11), will be writing to all Year 11 boys regarding lunchtimes. Whilst boys will still be expected to eat in the Dining Room, they will then be allowed to leave the building to frequent a specified area in the close vicinity of the building. This will be a privilege that can be immediately revoked and will only be allowed with parental permission.
NO ACTIVITIES
School as normal First Games session for Years 8/9
14:20
Wednesday 6th Thursday 7th Friday 8th HM Assembly at Hinde St Methodist Church
15:00 I hope you agree that the above refinements to our existing practice improve our provision and make for a make for an even more effective school experience for all boys, as well as giving them more independence and responsibility for their own learning. As previously outlined, parents and boys will be able to communicate with their Head of Year (Miss Ridley for 10 and 11 and Miss Eaves for Years 7, 8 and 9) as well as their tutor in the normal way. Please do contact them: nicki.ridley@wetherbysenior.co.uk or kate.eaves@wetherbysenior.co.uk or Mr Lawrence david.lawrence@wetherbysenior.co.uk if you have any questions prior to September or once term has started.
As I have said before, though I revert to full time at the Prep School, I will always take a close interest in Wetherby Senior and look forward to working with Seth Bolderow as the School moves forward next year. Exciting times all round – look forward to seeing you next year. Kind regards
Nick Baker Headmaster
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Duke of Edinburgh
Mr Warner writes‌ Over the weekend 34 Year 10 boys headed out to Wendover to take part in their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh qualifying expedition. Over two days the boys walked through the idyllic Buckinghamshire countryside along routes that they had planned themselves and with only their maps and compasses to help them get by. Mrs Skinner, Miss Kirk, Miss Ridley and I were really impressed by the boys, who had clearly taken on the lessons from the practice expedition in May. The groups all displayed great teamwork and sound navigational skills and they have also become quite accomplished camp cooks. We all returned to London on Sunday evening, tired, weather-beaten, slightly grubby but with that wonderful sense of fulfilment that can only be felt after a weekend of total immersion in the English countryside.
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Curriculum News From the Art and Graphic Design Department Mr Meyer writes‌ Years 7-9 have looked at Bridget Reilley during the final week of the year. She is known the world over for her Op Art. The boys were set the task of creating a collaborative piece. For this, they were firstly given the opportunity to cut into lino to create a series of lines – thereafter they produced a collaborative print. The results, of which, you can see below.
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Curriculum News Mr Meyer writes‌ As the year draws to a close, the department feels it is always important to showcase the fine work that the boys have completed. Currently on display we have: Year 7 Illuminated Letters; Year 8 coil pots are on display; Year 9 Album Covers and Year 10 Cityscape pieces.
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Curriculum News From the Geography Department Mrs Deedat writes...
Sacha Ross
Junior and Senior Geography Forum has been running weekly since January. Each week, 1-2 boys gave a 5 minute speech on a subject of their choice which covered diverse range of topics such as coral reefs, the impact of Brexit, globalisation and Antarctica.
Tobi Adesanoye
18 boys entered and over 50 boys participated by coming to listen to their friends. The results of the competition are as follows:
Junior Geography Forum Highly Commended
Himat Singh Virdee Robert Bektas Zachary Goodwin Matteus Stephens Third Place Billy Macpherson Second Place Joao Andrade Lopes Correia da Silva First Place- for a superb speech on population theory including Malthusian theory and the influence of GM crops Dylan Auerbach
Senior Geography Forum Highly Commended Fabien Cairaschi Henri Jegou Leonid Khasis Harrison Gillingwater Harrison Sortir
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Tobias Teichman Monty Cortazzi Third Place Eduardo Usai Second Place Sacha Ross First Place- for a well referenced and evidenced speech on transport innovation Louis Jegou
Curriculum News Geographers of the Week 2016-17 Walbrook
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Tyburn
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Effra
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On the Hot Seat proceeds go the Baker Retirement Fund. We’ve got our copies, #buyyoursnow. Mr Baker loves trainers. He has dozens and dozens of pairs – New Balance are his #no1s, (readers, in case you were wondering the N and the B stand for Nick Baker. Of course) but he also likes the bright colours of Salomon and Nikes. Come to think of it, I recall seeing him a very jazzy green pair of Nikes the other day.
Wether-bye Mr Baker Hello and welcome to Week 26 of “On the Hot Seat”. Readers, it is with regret that this week’s column sees yet another, “Wetherbye”. Our very own Nick Baker, “Nicky B” is abandoning us, leaving us for the hills, (well, the Prep School) and it is with a tear in our eye that we put our pen to paper to bid farewell to the best Head ever. Readers, before he became a Headmaster, Mr Baker was one of us… a lowly classroom teacher. Geography was his trade and, despite never winning a subject prize for it whilst at school, he is apparently quite good it. It was at university that he decided to combine this passion with his love for Tintin and write a dazzling, (although not very high scoring) dissertation on ‘What Tintin teaches us about History and Geography in the twentieth century’. Readers, signed copies are available at reception for a bargain price of £12.99. All 12
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Mr Baker is also a huge Watford FC and Lego fan. So great is his love for these two things that, a few years ago, Wetherby parents commissioned a Lego Watford football club stadium for him. There have been a few near misses but rest assured, it is still standing. Readers, did you know that Mr Baker has over 50 ties languishing in his wardrobe?
On the Hot Seat So, on that bombshell let us begin…
11) What would your personalised hashtag be?
1) Football or rugby?
#youhaventseenthelastofnickbaker
Football
12) What three items would you want if stranded on a desert island?
2) Captain Haddock or Thomson and Thomson? Good question… (a lengthy pause, readers, we thought we had him…) Captain Haddock 3) Ray-Bans or Oakleys? Oh Ray-Bans. Customised ones of course. 4) Lager tops or bitter shandy?
Adam Buxton podcasts, Arctic Monkeys CDs and a really difficult Lego model. Maybe the Taj Mahal or the Death Star or even simply enough bricks so I could build a Lego Wetherby Prep or Lego Wetherby Senior – complete with lots of minifigure variations so I could mock up all the staff!
Lager tops 5) Barometer or Wetherbuzz? Oh too difficult. So mean, so mean… (readers this was repeated at least five times). So mean. I would say The Barometer has used The Wetherbuzz as a template and raised the bar for school magazines. 6) Summer or winter? Summer 7) Wetherby Prep or Wetherby Senior? Oh really, WHAAAT? I love all Wetherby Schools. #wetherthediplomat #puns 8) Dogs or cats? Dogs 9) Nike or New Balance? Oh!! New Balance. 10) Dancing or singing? Hahaha. I’m hopeless at both but probably singing.
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Sports Day Mr Sullivan writes...
and off the sports fields…
What an end to a fantastic school sporting year with our Sports Day and congratulations to Tyburn. It has been a pleasure to lead such a successful Games Department where both boys and staff have trained hard and achieved so much that we can all be proud of. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all those who have supported us in making this year an exciting one. I wish you a wonderful summer and look forward to another year full of sporting prowess and enjoyment on
Sports Day: Wednesday bathed us all in glorious sunshine as the boys competed in the second WSS Sports Day. With records set and broken, the boys gave their all to earn points for their Trib and bring home the coveted Twyford Trophy. From the 100m sprint to the 1500m endurance event, the boys were tested across all forms of athletics.
The winners of all events: Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
100m
B – Z. Goodwin A – D. Silver
C – D. Auerbach B – L. Maynard A – G. Gerson
E – A. Fattah D – M. Van Berckel C – L. Liotti B – A. De Brunner A – N. Hammad
D – A. Angert C – V. Mandel B – N. Stick A – JP. Cairaschi
200m
B – Z. Goodwin A – R. Hajjar
B – A. Bhandari A – G. Gerson
E – A. Fattah D – A. Reina C – L. Liotti B – A. De Brunner A – J Saeger
D – E. Gouilliard C – L. Jegou B – S. Masri A – JP. Cairaschi
400m
A. Cobb
B – R. Bektas A – H. Xiong
B – M. Bykov A – N. Hammad
B – L. Jegou A – JP. Cairaschi
800m
A. Cobb
B. Beale
M. Bykov
N. Stick
1500m
A. Cobb
G. Gerson
M. Cortazzi
O. Lind
Long Jump
D. Silver
A. Piggott Testa
J. Saeger
M. Monaghan
High Jump
G. Tournant
A. Piggott Testa
J. Saeger
O. Lind
Shot Put
F. Abaalkhail
M. Hashem
M. Monaghan
Cricket Ball Throw Relay 4 x 400m
J. Brazier
A. Bhandari
A. Safa MartinezThedy S. Butini
N/A
Fleet
Fleet
Walbrook
Relay 4 x 100m
Tyburn
Fleet
Fleet
Tyburn
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Sports Day New WSS records Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
100m
D. Silver – 15.00 secs
200m
R. Hajjar – 32 secs
400m
A. Cobb – 1 min 20 secs A. Cobb – 2 min 50 secs A. Cobb – 6 min 21 secs D. Silver – 3. 96 metres G. Tournant – 1.21 metres F. Abaalkhail – 5.60 metres
G. Gerson – 13.34 secs G. Gerson – 27.06 secs H. Xiong – 1 min 5 secs B. Beale – 2 min 37 secs G. Gerson – 5 min 17 secs A. Piggott Testa – 4.52 metres A. Piggott Testa – 1.28 metres M. Hashem – 8.75 metres
JP Cairaschi – 12.25 secs JP Cairaschi – 24.54 secs JP Cairaschi – 56.31 secs N. Stick – 2 min 31 secs O. Lind – 5 min 15 secs M. Monaghan – 5.24 metres O. Lind – 1.44 metres M. Monaghan – 8.78 metres
J. Brazier – 32.85 metres
A. Bhandari – 41.76 metres
N. Hammad – 12.00 secs J Saeger – 25.28 secs N. Hammad – 1 min 1 secs M. Bykov – 2 min 30 secs M. Cortazzi – 5 min 41 secs J. Saeger – 5.42 metres J. Saeger – 1.50 metres A. Safa MartinezThedy – 9.68 metres S. Butini – 61.84 metres
800m 1500m Long Jump High Jump Shot Put
Cricket Ball Throw
Z. Zachariou – 59.3 metres
Overall I wonderful day with so much talent on show. Thank you to the entire PTA for an amazing spread afterwards #teamwetherby
The final standings -
1st - Tyburn 2nd - Fleet 3rd – Walbrook 4th – Effra
Important information & dates: Summer camps: Pre-season Football/Rugby Camp – Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th August 2017 Please see attached for more information
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From the Editor On this week’s front cover: Year 10 create a human pyramid on DofE On the back: Year 8 on the start line For all comments and feedback please email: henry.warner@wetherbysenior.co.uk
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