Christ's Chronicles Issue No 86

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The ChristsChronicles

15th April Staff INSET Day-except for year 11 students who

will be following their normal lessons

17th/18th April Academic Review from 1pm by appointment

22nd April PTA Meeting at 7pm

P.E. Year 10 GCSE Trip

26th April French Trip for Year 7 students depart

29th April French trip for Year 7 return

1st May HPV Vaccinations (3) Year 8 girls

6th May Bank holiday-School closed

7th May Year 7 Parents Evening 3.30pm to 6.30pm

11th May Richmond May Fair

18th May 300th Anniversary Celebrations

27th/31st May Half Term

Future events for your diary

Special points of

interest:

Reviews

Coming

Events

Sports News

Messages

Requests

Advertising

Inside this issue:

Spanish Exchange 2

New Homework 3

Science Enrich 3

PTA News 4

Taster Day 5

Year 10 Careers 5

J asper Spires 6

Dorsa Nasrollahi 7

Yr 8 Geography 7

House News 8/9

Sports News 10

Ruths Message 12

Advertising 14

Holidays 16

March 2013 Issue 86

Welcome to the latest issue of Christs Schools newsletter

Please check the school sports board for up to date weekly fixtures

You can also check the school events calendar,

which is updated regularly for more diary dates on our website at

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Spanish Exchange in London

Spanish exchange students spent a week

at Christs and despite the very bitter

English weather they and our students all

had a wonderful time.

The Spanish students spent Friday in

school and were most impressed. They

could not believe how lucky we are to

have such wonderful facilities including

the sport fields, sport hall, drama hall,

dedicated subject rooms, canteen,

computers, library, smart boards everywhere...and most

importantly happy people!

However there was one thing that impressed our Spanish

partners the most as they saw and experienced our school in

one of the busiest weeks of the year: Comic Relief!! During this

week the whole school got together to support, contribute

and give in many different ways. There were many fundraising

activities and the Spanish students had the opportunity to feel

and experience our community spirit.

Ms Campa

Also, thanks to Miss Conte, our Spanish exchange students

enjoyed a food technology lesson where they learnt to make our

traditional English scones.

Very soon we will be preparing our next Spanish Exchange. Make

sure you dont miss this great opportunity to learn Spanish, have fun

and make new friends.

Mathematics Master Class

Well done to Sandra Arezina and Thomas Goodyear who

successfully completed six Mathematics Master Classes run by

the Royal Institution at Kingston University. Around sixty Year 9

students from local schools attended the master classes on a

Saturday morning, which were aimed to enthuse and excite

young people about mathematics.


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Mr Ridley has been working hard over the past couple of months developing stage 1 of ourvery own bespoke VLE software. This will enable teachers to put homework and resourcesonline via the school website. All pupils (and parents) will then be able to access this work viatheir usual system login and password.Pupils will be presented with a front page of all their 'open' homework activities, the resourcesneeded, and when they are due by. There is also an online submission option or the teachermay request to submit the work in class. Mr Raisin will be training all pupils after Easter on howto use this fantastic new resource, and we encourage all parents to login and have a browse(using the pupil login and password) once the system is live.We expect the functionality of the new VLE to increase once itbecomes routine for teachers to be setting homework on the VLE,and pupils are routinely accessing and submitting work from home(or after school in the library). This increased function should

include online marking and assessment.

Everyone will be able to use the new system after Easter at:www.christs.richmond.sch.uk/VLE

Mr Butler

New homework VLE via the school website

Science Enrichment: Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)

We took eight keen and able year 10 scientists down to Stroud's college in Egham to take part

in a C rime Scene Investigation (C IS) competition on Thursday 21st March. It was a real coldcase murder committed in January 1977 and although there were 3 suspects no body was

charged at the time. They were given case file notes, some objects and clothing found at the

scene and access to microscope. The students had to carryout chromatography tests, fibre

analysis, lift and identify fingerprints, produce a photo fit image of their suspect as they think

they would look now and match DNA samples (that had become available later in the early

1990s). Points were awarded for each task. The students worked wonderfully as a team

methodically piec ing all the evidence together. In the final round Cleo presented all the

evidence to the other schools and organiser in a clear and convincing manner to ensure that

we came away the winners.

Picture (l-R) Ellie, Luca, Cleo, Megan, J osh,

Will, Jack and Milly

Mrs Georgina Young

10E Tutor / G&T Coordinator
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PTA News

Quiz Evening15th March

Thank you to everyone who helped make this years quiz a huge

success. It was a fun and enjoyable evening with great company,

delicious food and wine and Mr Burke making us all laugh. We

made a very respectable profit of 1,512 which will go towards

buying new athletics equipment for the summer term.

PhotographsI thought perhaps the one of Mr Burke holding the

mike showing off his shirt and looking very relaxed and happy, the

one with Amanda Mylles standing up looking very competitive, and

maybe one or two others. Please write Compliments of Vicki Sharp

Photography next to the photos.

May FairSaturday 11th May

The PTA has a stall at the prestigious Richmond May Fair. As well as

raising money this is a great opportunity to exhibit the school to the

wider community. There will be the excitement of a tombola for

which we will be asking parents and carers to contribute wine and

chocolates. Also, people will be invited to bid at our fantastic silent

auction so please start asking local businesses, shops and

restaurants to donate vouchers and products as prizes. We will offer

plants and cakes for sale, so get ready to do some gardening and

plenty of baking. Photographs of the school will be on display and both pupils and parents/carers will be

present. Please [email protected] you would like to help in advance or on the day. Also,please come to the next PTA meeting on Monday 22nd April at 7pm in the music block.

Parents Forum

Thanks to those who braved the bitter weather to attend the latest Parents Forum meeting where we

discussed school Communicationsthe minutes will be forwarded in the next Parent Forum email. We also

had an opportunity to question Mr Morris, ac ting director of Post 16 Education, about different aspects of

the proposed 6th form provision, and to feedback our opinions around 6th form uniform policy.

The next meeting is on Tuesday 21st May at 7pm in the music block, where we plan to discuss Homework

and Progress Tracking.

Library News

The library is a well-used resource but we are finding that anumber of books are not making their way back when finishedwith. Could I please ask you to ask your sons/daughters tocheck their bags and book shelves at home for any books thatbelong in the library.

Ms Bell

Librarian

Richard Burke (compere) and

Catherine Harris at the Quiz
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On 13th March, 12 Year 10s had a most informative and enjoyable day at St Mary's Universitywhich included a tour of their Olympic standard sports fac ilities and the sports science labs.During the day they worked with undergraduate ambassadors learning about student lifeincluding the all-important topic of finance.

In the afternoon, the session, which was delivered by academic stafffrom the teacher training department, went through 'how to be asuccessful learner' and covered some invaluable skills that will be usefulas an undergraduate but also highly relevant now when approachingthe final year of GCSE study.

Sarah Brown

Year 10 Careers Day

On 20th March, the careers day for Year 10 aimed to help the students have a betterunderstanding about the complexity and variety of careers, the changing nature of jobs, therange of skills valued by employers, how to set goals and understanding the point of a CV.We were delighted to welcome over 30 visitors to the school representing a number ofdifferent employment sectors from marketing and journalism, computing, counselling andcommunity policing, architecture and the visual arts, as well as sports and bio-medicalsciences. These visitors all met year 10 for a few minutes in a session a bit like a cross between'What's My Line' and 'Twenty Questions'. The room was certainly buzzing with conversation andthe students enjoyed hearing about real experiences.

In a second session we had arranged for some business experts to help with a basic CV, talkingto the Year 10s about what to include and how to start writing a worthwhile personalstatement. We are grateful to IBM and Geoff Parmiter for helping with these sessions.

There was also a presentation on some of the vocational courses at Richmond College as wellas an ac tivity where students had a mini debate on a given topic connec ted with furthereducation which helps them think quickly - a useful skills for interviews.

The final session was delivered by Karim Al-Abbas from Enlighten Education who aimed to helpthe students see the point of setting goals and linking dec isions with achievement.

We also had three speakers talking to the whole year group; Karim got the day off to a livelystart with various interactive study skills games and optical illusions. At the end of the day,Vanessa Gough who heads IBM's recruitment centre spoke about the whole process of gettingemployment and the pitfalls of either forgetting to use the spell checker or assumingsomething correctly spelt will automatically make sense. My favourite example was a personwho wrote that she had had a lot of experience in 'heath and safely'. The final speaker AprilBarrass from ALPS partnership gave a highly informative talk on apprenticeships, which is agrowth sector as far as employment for young people is concerned.

Sarah Brown

Taster Day at St Marys


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Jasper Spires - New Junior Laureate

J asper Spires in Year 9 won the first prize for his poem in theArts Richmond Young Writers Competition. He was also

appointed "J unior Laureate" for Richmond this year.andawarded a cheque for 100 from the Malcolm RichardsTrust.

Here is J asper's winning entry :

The Prince by Jasper Spires

Walk into a house where the walls are c lean.

Where a ll seems peaceful but not anymore.Where not a soul is cruel or mean.

Where the devil came knoc king on the front door.

There once was a boy who held a guitar.

He loved to play to learn this craft.

Played every morning till his fingers would scar.

Then the devil came knocking on the front door

There is shaft of darkness in a once happy house.

Something savours the remains of a boy.

In the chimney void of all but a mouse.The devil came knocking on the front door.

The boy had a brother vindictive and cruel.

He envied his youngers natural gift.

Had face so wicked, the face of a ghoul?

The devil is knocking on the front door.

Then one Monday the parents left.

Then the eldest took his chance.

Snapped his brothers neck without a second glance with a heft.

The devil has knocked on the front door.

Hid the body in the chimney gap and picked up a toy.The parents arrived asked where is our boy?

He ran said the eldest and left the room.

The devil knocks and taps yet again so soon.

He left the room with the guitar and an evil smile.

The parents wept full of grief and sorrow.

He was free from his brother for the while.

The devil stops knocking on the front door


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Dorsa Nasrollahi won the J ack Petchey Speak out Challenge,1st March 2013 - she was excellent and her win was

thoroughly deserved.Her speech and all the photos should be on either the JackPetchey site, You Tube or speakersbank.com.She now waits to see if she will be chosen for the grand finalat Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Sarah Brown

Dorsa Nasrollahi wins the Speak out Challenge

AWARD WINNER: Nikki Turnbull

March 2013

CITATION: Nikki is awarded the J ack Petchey award for showing greatcommitment and perseverance to complete her Textiles controlled assess-ment. She has made a sustained effort and has been attending afterschool catch up sessions several times a week to get her work finished de-spite finding the paperwork very hard. She is working really, really hard!

Year 8 Geography London Docklands Trip

Over the last year one of the aims of the GeographyDepartment has been to introduce Key Stage 3 Geography

field trips. The value of fieldwork is not simply thegeographical value of experiencing landscape features,

busy urban streets, unfamiliar cultures, but the journey to thevenue itself which helps ground the pupils local environment in the context of the global. It

aids motivation and self-development.A new trip Year 8 has recently been on this Half Term was to the London Docklands, CanaryWharf. Students have been studying the urbanisation and regeneration of London and theDocklands provided the perfect venue. Students spent part of the day exploring the localCanary Wharf area, discovering signs of its industrial and trading past and comparing this tothe new, modern and sophisticated banking district the area has become. The other part ofthe day the students spent in the Museum of London Docklands which showcased perfectly

what the students had experienced whilst exploring the area.Such trips are c ritical for students'gaining experience as TimBrighouse, an education expertsays: One lesson outdoors is worth

seven inside and we as a

department aim to introducefurther opportunities throughout KeyStage 3.

Mr Roderick


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House News

Elizabeth House News

Attenborough House News

Attenborough House have had a very successful term in raisingmoney for the school's Lenten C harity. Attenborough house have raised over three hundred

pounds for Charity with more money still to be handed in by various members of Attenborough

House. One of the charity events organised by Attenborough House was to run 'Starburkes' for

a week, where the Attenborough House C aptains set up a stall and sold various confectionary

to students at break, lunch and after school, with the profit all going to Charity.

There have also been Attenborough students who have worked hard to raise money outside of

school under their own initiative. This has included students who ran their own bake sales,

students who undertook a sponsored silence and students who organised a car wash. It has

been fantastic to see the students work together for such a great award, which c ulminated

with a well deserved Mufti Day on the day of Comic Relief.

Prize winners were;

Sandra Arezina and Hannah Perks for their hard work in organising the charity events.

Thomas Bond for his 100% attendance and strong house point record this half term,

Mr Roderick

Turing House News

Turing House raised 467.07 this term for Comic relief, through a

range of activities. One of the most popular proved to be the

KS4 versus teachers Dodgeball tournament, which raised

approximately 60, but also raised the desire for future teacher

versus student competitions. Excitement abounded with the

MarioKart tournament, raised nearly 80 in total. Last, but by no

means least, huge support was shown by Ruth through her

culinary skills, and the staff in general, with weekly soup dishes

being served in the staffroom. Students from all year groups

contributed time, passion, and money to make this years

fundraising the most spirited and productive in memory. Ideas

are flooding in for future fundraising activities.

Mr McPaul

Mr McPaul taking his turn at

Sponge the Teacher

Elizabeth House has worked with enthusiasm over the past 5 weeks to raise 471.75 for Comic

Relief. Some of the many fundraising events we put on included 'Sponge the Prefect', 'Guess

the Sweets in the Jar' and a Valentines Day cake sale. In addition to this we staged two

competitions. The first was 'The Great Christ's School Bake Off'. Staff and students were invited

to bake their best cake or biscuit. Entries were judged on appearance and then students paidto taste the cakes and vote for their favourite. The second competition was 'Ready Steady

Cook' where staff had 30 minutes to bake against the clock.


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In the two weeks leading up to Comic Relief 2013 students in Dickens

House organised and took part in a variety of fundraising activities in

order to reach the target total of 300. Students arranged a 'Smarties

and Chopsticks Challenge' which proved harder than anticipated and

had students and teachers frustrated, yet eagerly competing againsteach other to transfer the most amount of smarties from one bowl to another. The students also arranged

a 'Sponge the Teacher' competition and a superb set of 'stalls' with an enticing pirate theme was

erected by Mr Rumsey and Mr Gray. Students were nervous at first, but confidence soon grew when they

realised the satisfaction of sponging a teacher! Teachers that participated were Ms Hoyle, Mr Butler, Mr

Roderick, Mr McPaul, Ms Young and Mr Edmonson, all sporting goggles and waterproofs!

The most popular event was the Doughnut Sale that was held at break and lunch. Dickens House raised

2 per minute during this event.

The creativity of our fundraising events was also noticed by the BBC and Red Nose team who came into

film 'Dodgeball', 'Sponge the Teacher' and 'Smarties and Chopsticks'. The footage was then used on the

Red Nose Day website and on the main BBC show. The Richmond and Twickenham Times also published

a story on the events.

The top fundraisers from each house in year 7 were taken to Blue Peter's Comic Relief show and made

history as it was the last ever live Blue Peter show from BBC Television Centre.

The end result was all four houses succeeding their targets and raising almost 1500. A mufti day was then

held on Friday 15th.

The energy and effort was a mark of how much the students cared about raising money for our Lenten

Charity and the lengths they would go to make it a success.

A spec ial thanks to the Dickens House Captains for giving up so much of their time.

Dickens House winners Spring 2:

Tommy Goodyear 9M for 100% attendance forthe whole year.

Ella McMillan 11M 100% attendance this term.

Ned Knight 7A highest achiever of House Points

winner randomly selected out of the other

highest achievers in each year group.

Dickens is currently second in the House Point

totals - we are only 31 points behind

Attenborough.

Miss Moran

Dickens House News

The audience of students had great fun seeing their teachersout of their usual comfort zones! The winner was the personwhose cakes were snaffled up the quickest by this tough crowd.Overall we have had great fun, made some new friends along

the way and raised a lot of money!Ms Perkins

Mrs Mbanefo competing in

the Bake Off


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London ScottishTop Class Coaching

We would like to thank London Scottish for a fantastic 6 weeks of topclass coaching at Christ's school. Every Tuesday their top professionalplayers have been providing our Year 7-10 boys with tips, tactics anddeveloping their advanced skills. With the numbers growing week toweek , we hope our Rugby programme will continue to grow as we look to enter morecompetitions next year.

Basketball Results

Some fantastic basketball results from our Basketball teams this term. With our close link toRichmond Knights are Basketball squads have really shown that practise makes perfect with ourstudents training twice a week, we have managed to finish in top places in many of the

competitions.

Year 7- Runners UpYear 8- Runners Upyear 10- Runners Up

Year 11- Winners

Fantastic results for the boys who competed at the highest standards against some of the biggerschools in the borough.

Netball

Both year 7's and 8's have performed well in what has been a very cold season. The New Year 7team have developed a strong side and are coming together as a unit. They have producedsome strong results (beating Hampton Academy 7-0) Unfortunately their year tournament wascancelled due to heavy rain and so will be played on Thursday 18th April. Good luck!

The year 8 team have a group of dedicated players who continue to regularly attend prac tiseenabling them to build on one another's strengths. They continue to show promisingimprovements. Well done to both year groups.

Miss Needham

House basketball

In the week before half term it was the year 8/9

combined teams basketball competition. Thesports hall was packed out again to watch thefinals in which Turing narrowly beat Attenboroughto be crowned champions in the boys final and

Attenborough beat Elizabeth in the girls final.Sportsmanship, cooperation and fair play wereseen by all players- well done. In the year 7competition, a very strong Dickens team took thechampionship for the girls; Elizabeth beat Turing inthe boys final. Well done to all those who playedand supported.

Miss Needham

Note: All clubs will begin Thursday 18th April, with the exception of cycling (yr. 7's only) which starts on

Wednesday 17th April.

Sports Clubs and Reviews

Year 7 Dickens House Basketball winners


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CYCLING CLUB STARTS AFTER EASTER!

Supported by British Cycling, a Cycling Club will start for Year 7 straight

after the Easter holidays. Run at school every Wednesday, 12.201pm,

the club will last 6 weeks. Pupils can bring their own bike and helmet or

can be provided with on from British cycling. Places are limited for thisexciting new club. Contact [email protected] you are interested.

ANYONE FOR TENNIS?!!

Year 7 & 8 Tennis playersthere is a borough competition on Friday

28th J une. Let Ms Needham know if you are interested and get

practicing!

YEAR 2 SPORTS FESTIVAL:

180yes180 6 year olds took part in a fantastic sports festival at Christs on Wednesday 13 th March. All

the pupils seem to have a great time and certainly left looking hot, sweaty and happy, clutching their

certificates! 24 Christs pupils were on hand to run the event and did a fantastic job. Real enthusiasm

and commitment from 9E & M. Well Done guys!

16 of our Year 8 & 9 netball team girls had the fantastic opportunity to attend

some fabulous coaching through a new netball club starting at Barn Elms. The

girls had a great time consolidating their skills and learning a few new ones with

a young Regional player and coach. The club is a great new asset to the area

as there is very little available for primary or secondary pupils who are keen to

expand on their netball potential. There is a great new junior sec tion for Primarypupils and also a Year 711 sec tion as well. The emphasis is on fun and the c lub aims to start small and

really get to know its members. If you would like to find out more contact [email protected]

RACKETLON! An exciting new competition is running soon in Richmond borough. Racketlon is open to

pupils in Year 912 and involves playing tennis, badminton, squash & table tennis in a triathlonstyle competition. There is the opportunity for free coaching sessions on Friday 19th &

26th April. Further details from [email protected]

Rowing Competition

The Richmond Borough Rowing Competition was cancelled this thisterm. That was great for Christs pupils as we were unable to attend

on the set date!

What do I have to do? The Year 7s have to row on an Ergo for 2

minutes, the year 8s for 3 minutes, the year 9s for 4 minutes and

Year 10/11 for 5 minutes. How far can you go in that time?

It would be great if we could enter a team when the date is

rearranged soif you row regularly and would be interested in representing the school please email

[email protected]

Thats all for now!

Heather Jackson, SSCo, Christs School
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A Message from our Chaplain Ruth Scott

Football

On Friday 15th March Christ's year 10/11 FootballTeam played in the Borough Cup Final againstTeddington at Beveree the ground of Hamptonand Richmond Borough FC.

The team went out for the game, in a confidentmood having beaten Teddington in an earlierencounter 3-2.It was a very close game with excellent footballplayed by both sides. Christ's were on top in thefirst twenty minutes but unfortunately went onedown to a breakaway goal. Christ's did howeverequalise before half time.In the second half the game was very even but Teddington had the edge with their pace upfront and scored two more break away goals. Unfortunately it was too little too late when

Christ's pulled one goal back with two minutes to go.Final result Teddington 3 Christ's 2. Christ's goals scored by Luke Peare and Alfie Steadman.All the team played their hearts out and should be congratulated for their hard work andsportsmanship. Spec ial mentions goes to Ben Harrison who manfully rallied the team and led byexample.Mick Greenwood

Dear Parents and C arers,

Easter is almost here with its message of the possibility of new life coming outof death-dealing circumstances. Our service on the last day of term willfocus on the human experiences of betrayal, courage, grief, love and joythemes embedded in the story of Holy Week and Easter, and in our ownlives. In preparation, textiles students under the guidance of Ms Perkins havebeen making banners representing each experience. Ms Taylor has enabled group discussionsin some of her classes around the following questions: Why do friends betray us? What iscourage? Why do people feel grief? What difference does love make? What is the differencebetween happiness and joy? Film clips of their reflections will be fed into the service.

During the last half term a Year 11 Lent Group have enjoyed meeting in the Chapel with

Nicolas, a member of the local ministry team in the Richmond Team Churches (photo below).


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Once a week, a group of Year 7s have joined me in the

Chapel at lunchtime to make Easter decorations whilelistening to relaxing music. We will use some of these in theEaster service.

Lent has been a time of major charity work in school withthe Houses raising just over 1,400 to date. The studentsand staff have collected money through many funactivities that you can read about elsewhere in ChristChronicles. A member of the Comic Relief team led anassembly for us. As a result of that we then had a BBC filmcrew coming in to film some of our fund-raising events,most notably Throw a wet sponge at a teacher (always

a popular event!), which appeared on the charitywebsite and on television on Red Nose Day. Six studentsfrom Year 7, also took up the invitation to be part of thelast live broadcast of Blue Peter from Television Centre.

Through our weekly Lent lunch of soup and roll the staffcontributed over 180. Thank you to those of you whosponsored me to dress up as a penguin and go on the

Tube to do my regular slot on Radio 2 with Chris Evans.You raised 176.

At the beginning of this week, Year 8s put on an

exhibition of the things they had made for their Year 8challenge, and those who had songs to perform or filmsto show entertained the Year group. Dominic (8A) spent

hours making Warhammer scenery. Arthur (8E) made acopper water feature. Chamindri (8A) and Noor (8B)created some brilliant paintings. Niamh (8B) and Sami(8M) each produced a fabulous film. Cameron (8E)made a lovely bird box with his granddad. Some studentslearnt stunts. Others developed photo-shop skills. Manystudents cooked all kinds of food which Ms Campaenjoyed sampling! Here is William (8M) cooking up alasagne at home.

Thank you to all of you who

support the students withchallenges or in raising money forcharity. It makes a huge differenceto them and to us.

Every blessing this Easter,

Ruth

(Christs School Chaplain)

On the Tube at Richmond

With Chris Evans in the studio


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Calling all year 11s. The Challenge wants to offer you the chance to come on our

summer programme in 2013. Youll have the chance to meet new people, develop

your CV and gain skills for sixth form, university or future employment.

-Test yourself and face your fears by tackling the biggest outdoor challenge of your

life. Take on activities such as canoeing and abseiling with some of the best

instructors in the UK.

-Live with your team in a flat at university and undertake a project with a difference.Drama, Enterprise, Media, Photography or Sport, which one of these passions will

you choose to develop?

-Work with your team to make your mark in a local community. You can decide what

youll do, plan how youll do it and pitch your ideas to our panel of expert judges.

-Graduate and become part of The Challenge Society where youll have access to

volunteering opportunities and be able to reunite with the friends you made over the

summer.

The Challenge will be presenting at an assembly at Christs School on the 26th

February. For more information, please contact Tamara Obeng on 07785627455, or

email [email protected].

Alternatively please do visit our website at: www.the-challenge.org

Advertising


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Advertising cont.

Arts activities for Easter holidays

The Arts Service has a wide range of ac tivities on offer for children and families throughout theEaster holidays. Fill your holidays with creativity! Visit Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham for ex-hibitions and work with professional artists specialising in a range of different art-forms.

More information and online booking at www.richmond.gov.uk/art_clubs_and_holiday_activities

Heathrow Mega Rally, Saturday 27th April, 9.30am

Dear Headteacher,

With the prospect of Heathrow expansion back on the agenda, it is more important than everthat we step up our campaign against it.

As part of that, I'm thrilled to confirm that I will be joined by Boris J ohnson, MPs from all parties,and C ounc il Leaders at a 'mega rally' I am organising to demonstrate the strength of feelingagainst the third runway, and to promote the Counc il's crucial upcoming referendum on the is-sue.

There will be a series of short speeches before Boris casts the first 'vote' in a giant ballot box to beconstructed by pupils and teachers at the Richmond Park Academy.

This an opportunity for everyone living under the flight path to come together and make cleartheir opposition to expansion. We have done so before, and we will keep doing it until the Gov-ernment gets the message.

I want Ministers to be left in no doubt that if they give expansion a green light, they will face acampaign on a truly massive scale.

Please do attend the rally with your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues, and please circu-late this email as widely as possible. It goes without saying that we need the biggest possibleturnout. If you've received this email from a friend and would like to be kept updated, pleaseemail me directly at [email protected].

The event will take place at Barn Elms Playing Field between 09:30-10:30AM on Saturday 27 April2013. Please see HEREhttp:/ /r20.rs6.net/ tn.jsp?e=001yYbbxwxRCAaX0OpnlAXbyoRbg7FTgMRL4BXmyTchrVQUI8xbux4mSUo7HUGEJSNqhkQ9lJ WHKCcZR9HsIZWLklnzWauqpjqYk6Rnt9cwGVzJ9wFAoPO7pFQaYiuRT8G3UBC8qojVM08WoMqH9zIqh_7bFrJ4QDzDhL3wk0ZAuGrI6bzs6Fdg96L4f0seK1nL2dvrusPQJ 6pMDAlHCgnJ nrT-liZX-f7FF3uYa-SzwS7dGjIeVN1-x5UcJ YFKzKAD>for a map of the location.

Best wishes, and I very much hope to see you there,

Zac GoldsmithMP for Richmond Park and North Kingston
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Additional information:

To contact Staff by e-mail please use their first initial

and then surname written as one word followed by

generic ending: @christs.richmond.sch.uk

There is also a quick link via school website.Christ's School

Queen's Road

Richmond

Surrey

TW10 6HW

Phone: 020 8940 6982

Fax: 020 8332 6085

E-mail: [email protected]

www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

Timetable for school day

All students to arrive atschool and be ready forregistration at 08.30

Morning break 10.20-10.40

Lunch break 12.20-13.00

End of school 15.00

Winter uniform required:

blazer, white shirt and school

tie.

To order uniform go to our

website: http://

christs.richmond.sch.uk/

home

Holidays:

Term Dates 2013:

Summer Term

Monday, 15th April 2013 - Friday, 19th July 2013

Half Term

Monday, 27th May 2013 - Friday, 31st May 2013

INSET Days:

Monday, 25th February 2013

Monday, 15th April 2013 (Year 11 in as usual)

Friday, 12th July 2013

ALL girls are required to wear

navy skirt available online or

black trousers from Sept. 12
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Documents

Christ's Chronicles Issue No 86