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Friday 16 March 2018

Dear Parents and Carers In the week where so many have rightly paid warm tribute to the inspirational work of Professor Stephen Hawking, it

has been fitting that we have marked Science and Engineering Week with a range of activities to inspire and engage

our students. Some of our students are involved, once again, in the Bloodhound Rocket project and next week we will

see how their inventions do when they are released on the tennis courts at full speed!

It was a pleasure to welcome parents of Year 8X students

yesterday evening and I know that many useful

conversations were had with regard to option choices

for next year. Year 12 have also begun thinking about

their future options with a visit to the UCAS Convention

at Surrey University this week and we hope to provide

additional support for this year group through the offer

of coaching, something which was presented to them in

PSHCE this week by our Director of Coaching,

Mrs Coombes. Those of us who have been lucky enough

to have been coached know how transformational a

process it can be and we hope that many students will

take up this offer and will also want to engage in training

to become a coach to others themselves.

Our Year 11s have worked very hard this week on their

core mock examinations; we have been very impressed

by how organised and conscientious the students have

been. It is my pleasure to be delivering a small part of

the Humanities knowledge enhancement day on Friday

to the Year 11 historians before the normal timetable

resumes for that year group on Monday. We have

trialled allowing the students to wear their own clothes

for their exams this week in a bid to ensure that they are

as comfortable as possible. We are keen to take their

feedback on this so we can make a decision about

whether we implement this change in the summer.

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Teenage Emotional Well-being & Safeguarding Workshop

A reminder that this event takes place on Monday 26 March

between 6pm and 7.30pm. The aim of this evening is to offer

parents the opportunity to receive advice and support about the

safeguarding and mental health issues that affect many of our

youngsters. We will be joined by the Education Safeguarding

Advisor for Surrey County Council, Mr Ian McGraw, Advisors from

the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHs) and the

school nurse. The workshops will tackle issues such as e-safety,

mental health awareness, supporting young people with anxiety and

those students who self-harm. Please email Mrs Jenns, one of our

DSLs sjenns@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk if you would like to attend.

Finally, Mrs Ford and Miss Ramsay’s assemblies this week have also

been a call to our students to get involved, to take the initiative and

to pursue their dreams, even when the odds are against you. They

have shared powerful stories of the Paralympic skier, Millie Knight,

and the bobsleigh Olympians, Mica McNeill and Mica Moore and

they have concluded with a Stephen Hawking quote which I think

resonates with us all:

‘Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to

make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the

universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there

is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you

don’t just give up’

Have a good weekend.

Ros Allen @RoseberyHT

IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary ................................. 3

Headteacher Commendations ...... 3 & 4

PE Results ...................................................... 4

Student News...................................... 5 & 6

PSA Quiz Night ............................................ 6

Cultural Links Career Fair......................... 7

World Book Day .........................8, 9 & 10

A Level Recital ............................................ 11

NHS Children and Family Health ........ 11

Breakfast Club ........................................... 12

Rosebery Spring Concert ......................... 12

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Dates for your Diary (subject to alteration) For our full calendar please click the icon (left)

Monday 19 March 2018 Week 1

Monday 19 March Year 12 & 13 Psychology Zimbardo Conference Emmanuel Centre, London SW1P 3DW

Tuesday 20 March 12.10pm – 3.00pm

Year 12 Geography Field Trip Year 11 Sociology Workshop

Juniper Hall Hall

Wednesday 21 March 7.00pm – 9.30pm

Year 13 Geography Revision Workshop Spring Concert

Vue Cinema - Westfield White City Hall

Thursday 22 March 4.00pm – 7.00pm

Year 9Y Immunisations Year 8Y Parents' Evening

Hall

Friday 23 March 7.00pm – 11.00pm 7.00pm – 8.30pm

Year 12 Geography Field Trip PSA Quiz Night PSA Disco

Juniper Hall Hall Glyn School

Monday 26 March 2018 Week 2

Monday 26 – Thursday 29 March Easter Bonnet Week

Monday 26 March 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Year 13 Old Bailey Law Trip Teenage Emotional Well-being & Safeguarding Workshop

Hall

Tuesday 27 March 7.00pm – 9.00pm PSA Meeting Staffroom

Wednesday 28 March 10.00am – 3.00pm Year 7 Blood Hound Rocket Challenge Tennis Courts

Thursday 29 March Early Finish 12.10pm

Headteacher Commendations

Many congratulations to all students who have been nominated this week Year 7 - Mrs Anderson has nominated Erin Gladhill 7MX for creating the Breakfast Club rules, Mr Griffiths has nominated Michaela Summers 7MY for excellent results in her recent assessment and Mrs Callaghan has nominated Shanice Edwards-Baer 7CX for always being enthusiastic and positive in History lessons and Daniela Figueira-Lobato 7CY for excellent engagement and contribution to class discussion. Year 8 - Mrs Coombes has nominated the following students in 8PY for their contribution to the assembly on British Values: Britney Anthony, Eshal Ahmed, Zoe Brewin, Lottie Benton, Isabelle Cantwell, Madison Colliss, Sienna Davies, Jemma Flack, Kiara Nimmo, Marta Rico, Leila Flower, Zoe Bean, Grace Watts, Phoebe Gethin, Charlotte Lehane and Greta Lewis. Mr Griffiths has nominated Izzy Rance 8PX for excellent results in her recent assessment. Mrs Callaghan has nominated Amelia Halawi 8MX for excellent engagement, Summer Watson 8MX for excellent engagement and progress, Zoe Benford and Zoe Double 8MY for excellent and consistent engagement and Leona Watson 8MY for making an extra effort to be organised in History lessons. Mrs Parry has nominated the following students in 8MX for their excellent work in Science: Olivia Anderson, Maddie Cuthbert, Jasmine Chaffer, Joss Sizer, Evie Kearns, Olivia Bowler, Carrie Ritchie, Lottie Tayler, Luisa Duarte, Minette Watkins, Isabella Clark, Hana Behrami and in 8CY: Marysia Chudzik, Ella Flack, Sophie Rauch, Bella Di Cicco, Grace Cheal, Katie Goodyear, Isla Greig, Freya Peck, Sienna Ray and Eva Stammers.

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Year 9 - Mr Griffiths has nominated Isla Hamilton 9PY for excellent results in her recent assessment and Mrs Parry has nominated the following students for their or their end of topic tests results on structure and bonding: Molly Baker and Emma Fisher 9EY, Emily Peters and Hallie Watson 9MY, Ellie Heather 9CY, Sophie Cox and Sophie Barrett 9PY. Year 10 - Miss Reilly has nominated Daphne Price, Anika Patel and Abbie Heaver 10MY for their consistent positive attitudes during form time, Mr Breaden has nominated Ellie Anderson 10MY and Daniela Barcelo 10EY for their continued excellence in attainment in Chemistry assessments Brooke Frend 10PY for the progress shown in her recent Chemistry assessment and Willow Gerrard 10MX for the level of engagement, effort and maturity of attitude shown on joining her new Chemistry group. Mr Griffiths has nominated Lara West 10CX for her excellent result in her recent assessment and Mr Sheffield has nominated Alanna Hazlewood 10MX for being proactive in her preparation for her upcoming assessment and displaying a determination to want to improve. Sixth Form - Mrs Miller has nominated Alice Connor 13C for her attitude, effort and determination to improve her Physics grade and Mrs Callaghan has nominated Madeline Wardell 13D for her excellent engagement and endeavour.

PE Results

Netball

Team Squad Date School Against Result of Match

Year 7 B 8 March

Tournament

Hinchey Wood Won

Ashcombe Won

Esher High Won

Epsom & Ewell Won

St Andrews Won

What a fantastic achievement, competing

against the above schools and winning the

tournament.

Well done to all who took part.

Mrs Hart McKee, Head of PE

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Netball ‘All Stars’ Amelia Alkiviades and Holly Winter 8MY both play for Ashtead ‘All Stars’ Netball team and played in the Mid Surrey League. Holly plays for the A team and they came third in the League. Amelia plays for the B team and they won the League receiving gold medals!

What a fantastic achievement.

Mrs L Hart-McKee, Head of PE

Team Gymnastic Winners

Four students from Rosebery School competed for Leatherhead and

Dorking Gymnastics Club and were successful in the regional juniors

team.

Lauren Preston 10MX, Megan Bloomfield 11EY, Megan Peaty 8MY

and Lily Moustafa 10EY (from left to right)

Congratulations to all who took part.

Mrs L Hart-McKee, Head of PE

Taekwondo Six Rosebery students attended a Predator Taekwondo grading

and have been and were rewarded with 3 new green belts and 3

new yellow belts!

We are very proud of: Amar Tehfe 10PY, Rhianna Elliott 10CX,

Claramae Jones 10CY, Head Instructor Mark Hayward,

Alex Michael 10MY, Nadia Subhan and Emily Fry 10PY (from left to right)

Christiana Pillibeit, Instructor

U15s: Emma Brady 10CX, Niamh FitzGerald 10PY, Brooke Frend 10PY, Sophie Goulder-Perks 10CX, Rana Ralton 10CY, Carys Wakefield 10MX, Estelle Tracey 9CX, Hanna Nasir 9CX, Sacha Nasir 9MX, Ellie Parris 8MY, Scarlett Tillman 7CY and Maddie Dilieto 7CY.

We would like to congratulate all the girls listed for their tremendous efforts and participation with Sutton & Epsom

Rugby Club. Youth girls’ rugby is growing stronger and our Rosebery students, across the year groups, are right at the

forefront. They have been incredibly successful over the last couple of weeks and we are enormously proud of them

all.

Mrs L Hart-McKee, Head of PE

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Marsden March

On Sunday 4 March Becca Jones 7CY, Mia Stevens 7CY and

Emily Moore 7EY took part in the Marsden March, walking

either 14 or 5 miles. Their team, which

consisted of 33 friends and family, have

so far raised £12,710 in aid of the Royal

Marsden Cancer Charity who fund

research in to cancer treatments. Huge

congratulations to the girls for walking

so far and raising so much money in the

process! Thank you to everyone who

has sponsored them. If you would like

to add to their total you can do so here:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/thecheeringsquad

What a fantastic achievement. Miss H Lowe, Head of Year 7

Our quiz masters await …. have you got your team together yet?

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CultureLinks Careers Fair

On Wednesday 7 March 2018, forty two Year 10 students attended the very first CultureLinks Careers Fair at

Brooklands Museum in Weybridge.

Learning On My Doorstep is a unique programme between Surrey schools and Surrey museums, galleries and arts

organisations. It is fully funded by Arts Council England and run by two of Surrey’s cultural services: Surrey Heritage

and Surrey Museums.

CultureLinks is their new career taster programme for secondary school students to raise awareness and aspirations

in young people about the wide range of careers in the cultural sector. I am very privileged to have been involved in

this new programme and to have worked alongside some amazing people.

Here Izzy Berry 10CY shares her thoughts on the event.

The day was filled with information as well as engaging

activities which wasn’t like your typical Careers Fair!

We had three talks by three different people who had

taken very different paths to end up in a job that they love. This was assuring as it showed us real examples of people

in innovating and unusual jobs. Then we went to a ‘hands on’ room which was jam-packed with activities held by

different places (museums, galleries etc.). I personally

enjoyed the station run by The Lightbox Gallery as it was

creative, enjoyable and put you in a workers position.

Finally to end the trip, we went to a more traditional

style careers fair setting with lots of captivating stands

from UCA to playing the guitar. I enjoyed the afternoon

and gained lots of information about future career

choices for me.

Mrs Keaveney Careers IAG Manager

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World Book Day 2018

‘To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a

refuge from almost all the miseries of life’ - Somerset Maugham

This year’s World Book Day focus at Rosebery was reading for well-being. Taking time out of our day for ‘redaxation’

decreases stress levels and allows us to feel calmer by helping us to switch off from worries, get better sleep and

improve confidence. Reading also helps us to understand others better and helps us face and comprehend difficult

times. In recognition of this, each day of World Book Week saw a different teacher reading from their favourite book

in the LRC at lunchtime. We also ran a creative writing competition around the theme of ‘courage’ and received a

number of impressively creative and thoughtful entries. This year’s close winners were Zoya Danayal 10MX (KS4) and

Zara Carbon 7CX (KS3). You can read their excellent entries below.

Students also rallied together to transform their classroom doors into beautiful book covers and dress up imaginatively

as their favourite book character – congratulations to Chloe Davies 7EX who won with her impersonation of

Rita Skeeter. Well done to all those who took part and remember:

‘Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts

which other people have prepared to help us navigate the

dangerous seas of human life’ - Jesse Lee Bennett

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Courage by Zoya Danayal 10MX

Sunday 11th March. Two days of constant starvation and discomfort. Equipped only with a filthy bottle of water along

with a leftover tuna and sweetcorn sandwich purchased on Friday. By now, it must have gone all unpleasant – making

it most undesirable to eat. Zac looked around this new world. An unknown and hostile environment captivated his

mind. The warm salty sea spreads like a blanket for as far as the eye can see. Sparkling and glinting in the sun, tiny

waves splish and splash playfully. Shoals of colourful fish weave in and out at great speed; caught up in the ebb and

flow as the great body of water breathes in and out. In this moment they seem blissfully unaware of the great depths

and dangers that lurk just beneath them. As long as a never ending black hole the ocean continues descending into

darkness. It is the home now for mysterious and fascinating space-age creatures from another planet. Eerie silence.

A world undiscovered...

You could see in his eyes the panic of never being able to see his beloved family again; the loss he’s experiencing.

Around him not a single sight of life to be seen on this deserted island, save for ravenous seabirds circling impatiently

above Zac’s head. All hopeless – just like him.

After plucking up the courage, he stood on his sore two feet and began to consider the possibilities of surviving without

a plentiful supply of food and drink. Zac took a few courageous steps before finding himself looking ahead at a playful

and mesmerising jungle. The motivation of seeing his loved ones again kept him going. The motivation of being able

to live the next day kept him going. The motivation of a miracle kept him going. The more he was occupied by this

emotional thought not only made him feel more courageous, but also unstoppable. He was ready. Before long, Zac

was completely consumed in the spell of the jungle. What he didn’t know, though, was the surprises the jungle would

bring…

As the scorching sun began to set, Zac reappeared from the depths of the forest. Something about his new appearance

shone through his body. He looked different from who he was earlier. Entirely different. He frantically ran straight

for the ocean – where I was hiding. Sweat trickled down his tomato-red face as he desperately cleansed his arm with

seawater. But why was he doing this? And then I realised.

His bare arm was showered in blood. His blood. As he rapidly dipped his arm into the water, stains of it consumed

the innocent ocean. It was a most horrific sight; my home was being destroyed. I had to do something about this

intolerable behaviour. Without thought, I swam straight towards him and finally revealed myself to the upper world.

His response was very interesting.

At first, he didn’t even realise my presence but then, as soon as he noticed me – watching him closely and carefully,

he gave a shriek and bounced back abruptly. He wasn’t expecting such a surprise as this, I don’t think he has ever seen

a dolphin in his life before. Slowly and cautiously, he walked back to his filthy bottle of water and his leftover tuna

and sweetcorn sandwich. He picked them up while still fixing his eyes on me. With great strength and aim, he threw

them towards me so as to get rid of me. He was no longer hungry.

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My Dreams

by Zara Carbon 7CX

I lay in bed and rested my head,

To fall into dreams, indescribable dreams, that clouded my thoughts.

A set of minds, so powerful and divine, Will I ever awake?

A tiger will roar, a kitten will purr

But will I ever stir? From this magical place, that will not allow me to arise

From the heart of my hollow mind.

The darkness in night The blinding of light,

They trap me in a cage So cold and dark. Where my nightmares devour me.

A tiger will roar, a kitten will purr

But will I ever stir? From this magical place, that will not allow me to arise

From the heart of my hollow mind.

I think I am alive Or am I truly dead?

One cannot tell in a dream. When one’s mind controls them instead.

I run through pastures

Bright and green. I run and run,

But it is still following me.

Tears sting my eyes, I watch the sun rise, hoping to escape this prison I once

called a sanctuary. Alas, there is no escaping this memory. This memory in which once was pure.

A tiger will roar, a kitten will purr But will I ever stir?

From this magical place, that will not allow me to arise From the heart of my hollow mind.

I trip on the ground, my ankles ache

The monster is here. It is above me, towering over me.

But, I do not flee in fear.

A tiger will roar, a kitten will purr But will I ever stir?

From this magical place, that will not allow me to arise From the heart of my hollow mind.

This monster once took me

To a land of despair But it no longer scares me,

Not here.

I raise to stand. And I hold my ground.

It asks; “Why do you stand so tall and proud, when facing nightmares himself?”

And I reply: “Because why should I be afraid? You are only a dream, an imaginary terror. I am not scared

anymore.”

And so, the monster departs, Leaving me with only my thoughts.

Suddenly I feel like a cloud, floating in the blank blue sky.

Then I’m back in my bed, the morning light glowing through the window.

I smile.

If I ever feel afraid, Even in my own mind. Hope, Bravery and Courage

Can give me strength, to escape My Dreams.

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A Level Recital – Wednesday 7 March

Last Wednesday the A Level Musicians Rose Collins, Alice Mills, Lizzie McCaffrey, Emily Palmer and Ruby Waters from

Year 13 and Isabella Harris and Lauren Sparham from Year 12 gave their recital performances. The students

performed well and it was a very enjoyable evening.

Special thanks to Hilary Dilnot and Hilary Taylor for accompanying, and to Alex Valenti for recording the performances.

Our next event is the Spring Concert on Wednesday 21 March 2018 (poster on page 12 with details).

We very much look forward to seeing you then.

Mrs H Turner, Head of Music

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Bring a friend (or two) with you.

All are welcome and breakfast is free!

Just come along, no need to ask first.

We look forward to seeing you!