Warlingham News - March 2015

In thIs edItIon

From the headteacher 2-3

hoUse rePorts 4-13

Government & PolItIcs trIP to the hoUses oF ParlIament

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GoaldIGGer 16-19

Year 9 trIP to chez voUs 20-21

sIxtY-three toothbrUshes UPdate 22-23

bUsIness stUdIes trIP to new York 24-27

Year 8 art trIP to kew Gardens 28-29

red nose daY 2015 30-33

smsc comPetItIon 34-35

Ukmt team maths challenGe 36-37

a level P.e. trIP to eton colleGe 38-41

enGlIsh: FocUs on shakesPeare 42-45

rememberInG anna rIchards 46-47

dUke oF edInbUrGh awards ceremonY

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book revIew comPetItIon 50-51

maths Games clUb 52-53

keY staGe 3 netball rePort 54-55

GeoGraPhY rePort 56-61

PrImarY cross coUntrY cUP 62-65

PI daY 2015 66-69

dates For YoUr dIarY 70-71

IssUe 4 2014-2015march 2015

widening horizonsraising aspirations

NewsWarlingham School

trip to new York

red nose day 2015

Pi day 2015

trip to kew Gardens

Geography report

Dear Parents

Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter. This has been a relatively short but very busy Spring Term.

The Year 11 students are fully in exam preparation mode at the moment. The students had study skills sessions on 19th March to help them develop different revision strategies and techniques. A session for parents was held on 23rd March to provide guidance on how they can support their children over this stressful period. Many Year 11 students will be coming into school for revision sessions during the Easter holidays. The exam season gets fully into swing from Monday 11th May and covers the two weeks before the May half-term break and the three weeks immediately after. I am sure the Year 11, 12 and 13 students are only too aware that there are only 19 school days left after the Easter holidays before the first exams.

Our Sixth Form students had their final mock exam week from the 23rd to 27th February. They will have been digesting their feedback from the exams and using this information to tailor their revision accordingly.

From the Headteacher...

Year 10 students also had their first taste of a GCSE exam week from the 9th to the 13th February. I am confident they will be looking to improve their performance during the June exam week next term.

On the subject of exams we have just received from the Department for Education our 2014 GCSE results using the new School Performance measures. As you may be aware this year is the last time that the most commonly used performance measure (5 A*-C including English and Maths) will be reported. From 2016 the School league tables will report on two new measures Progress 8 and Attainment 8. I am delighted to report that these two measures showed the schools performance as being in the top third of schools nationally. The Progress 8 score for the school is particularly pleasing as this relates to the value added by a school based on each students prior attainment. Our score of 0.16 places us significantly above the national average and indicates that children in the school of all ability levels achieve significantly above their predicted level. This doesnt

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Mr N bradwellheadteacher

happen by accident and is the result of consistent hard work, high expectations and determination by students, parents and staff.

During this term we have held Parents Evenings for Years 8, 9, 10 and Sixth Form students. The attendance at these events has been excellent and I would like to thank parents for their support and all the staff for their input.

We are continuing to make progress towards our new assessment and tracking systems for September. I will be writing to parents in the summer term to explain how this will be different to the old National Curriculum levels and the old GCSE grades. Our current Year 9 students will be the first to experience the new 1 to 9 GCSE grades in English and Maths from

September. We will also be holding assemblies to explain to students how it will all work. In the Autumn Term we will also be providing a range of information and events to make sure all concerned are well informed.

In the run-up to the Easter holidays the school has been trialling a new updated version of FROG our virtual learning provider. So far we have been impressed with the new format and we hope to roll out the new version in the Summer Term.

I wish you all an enjoyable Easter holiday, although I know that many of our students will be hard at work preparing for exams.

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It has been a good term for 7W with success for the girls playing Netball for the Year 7 team as they came third overall. Mr Moore says that everybody enjoyed Pi Day and Jack astounded everybody by remembering Pi to 47 decimal places!

Mr hellier reports that 7A has shown an excellent tendency to help each other and work as a team. There are many experts at the intricacies of the school photocopiers. he also reports that they are chomping at the bit for the next inter-house competition, although barney wishes it could be rugby every time..

It has been a busy term for 8W! The girls produced a valiant effort in the inter-house netball (boys will have their turn in football next term). The form is also edging towards the top of the merit leader board again. Mr Gibbons would like to say a big thank you to everyone in the form for their efforts both in class and outside of class to make 8W the best form in the school for a 2nd year in a row (unofficial survey of Mr Gibbons).

Miss bouilloux decided this term to encourage the whole of 9W to enter the book review competition led by Mr Seward. Every student in the tutor group wrote a book review or

designed a movie poster related to a book.

Miss Owens is delighted that Jayden Tracey, James Scott, Josh Arkwright and Adam harran from 9A have supported the school by representing it in the various football matches held against other schools. likewise Charlie Wicking has participated in the swimming gala and obtained fourth position in Surrey with the netball team. As a result of her keen efforts in sport, Charlie has been nominated for trials for the Surrey Netball Squad. Furthermore, Sam Runge took on 37 other schools in the uKMT team maths challenge, whilst Charis Fernandez, Alex Perfect, Dylan Norman and harun Ghani supported the Year 7 Pi Day. Another congratulations goes to Eve Toogood, who not only is reigning the merits board yet again but also won the Christmas Card Competition within Johnson house. Miss Owens would like to make a special recognition of the whole of 9A who appreciated the support Red Nose Day provides others in need and as a result doubled their contributions to the wear red day and raised 60. What kind individuals you all are and thank you to those who made extra generous donations for such a good cause!

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Mr Rumsey reports that members of 10A have been kept busy by their mock exams and GCSE controlled assessments this term. The girls did well in the recent Interhouse Netball.

Mr Ashdown is very impressed that 11A have been smoothly progressing through their revision and exams over the past couple of months. During registration time the students have been studiously revising for upcoming exams and working to update or complete coursework. he has been impressed also with the numbers who are attending after school catch up or revision sessions, especially with so many staff keen for them to attend their subject; they are finding a good balance and acting in a mature way to get what they need done. In the recent poll of the Johnson students who have been putting in the most work, Charlotte Dawson and lewis Fuller won 5 off their ball ticket due to their commitment. This is very pleasing as it indicates other students are noticing their work rate and will hopefully be inspired to do the same. Mr Ashdown hopes that they create, if they havent already, a revision timetable to ensure they are focussed at the appropriate times while still giving themselves some down time. Good luck for the home straight!

Amy Johnson CBE, (1 July 1903 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English aviator.Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, Johnson set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s. Johnson flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary when she died during a ferry flight.

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7l have had a brilliant term and have welcomed two new members to the class. Mrs billings and Mr Ali are really pleased with them. They look forward to seeing the teamwork being displayed during the Football Interhouse competition.

Miss Dewey reports that 8R have had a very successful half term, finishing third in the Year 8 Netball Inter-form competition helping Chichester to come first overall. In addition, the form have been busy with starting to organise a lunchtime Charity Fair with 8l to raise money for the house charity Sixty-Three Toothbrushes. Several members of the form have also become pen pals to the boys in the childrens home, sending letters to

the charity in Sri lanka.

Mrs Christie and Mrs langley extend huge congratulations to their netball girls for coming second overall in the Inter-house competition which then helped Chichester to win the competition. The team was as follows: Siobhan Chou, harriet Preston, Katy Stanford, Danielle Eydman, Amie Carter and Jessie burden. Well done girls, we are very proud of you. 8l are also very excited to be joining up with 8R to organise a Summer Fete-type event in order to raise money for the house charity, Sixty-Three Toothbrushes. They have organised themselves into teams and are starting to plan their activities. Finally, massive congratulations are due to


Elliemay Jones who recently got one of the highest value Added scores in the year group during the Progress Review Week and also to Charlotte vaillant for achieving one of the best Attitude to learning scores in the year. both girls were rewarded for their efforts with an invitation to a pizza lunch in the boardroom. Well done to both these girls, great achievements to be recognised for.

Mr Oscoz reports that 9R has been trying hard to get more merits and less causes for concerns and, as a result, are achieving better results overall since September. The form has been very involved in choosing wisely the options for GCSE and now the students have a solid understanding of what they want to do next year and how to get the best results. They will continue to work hard in the next competitions, especially with sports day coming quite soon.

On behalf of 9l, Mr Garwell would like to say well done to Anastasia, Sophie lawrence and liberty Gardiner for helping out at the DofE Awards Ceremony. Also, he congratulates Eleanor hicks, Tabitha Daulby-Richardson and Mia batters for producing stunning artwork for their portrait projects in Art.

Mrs Smales is very proud of 10R for

getting themselves well organised for their exam week. They all coped well with this first taster of GCSE exams! Keep up the good work! She would also like to say a big thank you also to those of them who looked after our French Exchange students. They were very impressed with our school.

Mr Staley reports that 11R Students are working very hard for their exams.

The students in 11l are of course working hard for their exams, but at the same time are full of excitement with a tinge of trepidation. Mr Dicks says that they are busy collating photographs for the yearbook, choosing their dinners and booking their limos for the prom. Some of the girls are eagerly anticipating the arrival of their prom dresses. Meanwhile, the boys are too cool to talk about it!

The Spring Term has been a very successful term for the house remaining in top position in the house competition. Well done to everyone in the house for all their hard work towards the house trophy. Going into the summer term I wish all the year 11 students good luck in their exams and I hope they all achieve the grades they deserve. I hope everyone has a well-earned rest and a great Easter break.

Miss WallisHead of Chichester House

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Miss Westley is delighted that 7N has been awarded the learning habit trophy for the second term.

Miss Eveleigh has had some successes in 7G. Rory plays with Caterham Pumas and Jacob plays with Shleton football team and theyve won nearly all of their matches. Meanwhile, victoria has won Player of the Year in Checkers netball team.

Miss Gordon reports that 8N had a cake sale to raise money for the premature baby charity First Touch. Several girls in the form also completed a Swimathon for Comic Relief and are still collecting money.

Miss Terry reports that 8G has had a fairly quiet Spring Term with the focus being on improving the students academic achievement in and around school. They have just spent the last couple of weeks helping Reception with Meet and Greet; the students were very helpful. The girls were in action for the Interhouse Netball Tournament earlier this week where they came 4th whilst Sharman came an overall 2nd. They have continued to enjoy the weekly Sharman house quiz in registration time and now aim to work towards running a charity event in the summer term, as well as preparing for the upcoming classwork competition.

9N demonstrated good teamwork to produce a fantastic assembly on Remembering the holocaust, with other members of staff commending them on their ability to speak clearly. Miss bradley says that they all always enjoy the weekly quiz and she is proud of Isobel Reid and Katey beard for putting lots of time and effort into producing it when it was the forms turn. Many of the students have participated in extra-curricular activities, so well done on a great term!

Mrs Crampton is very proud of 9G this term as they delivered a successful


assembly based on the theme of superstition. They particularly impressed her with their ability to write and manage the assembly themselves, showing their increasing independence as a form. She would also like to congratulate James Williams for his achievements in Karate; he has now become graded to three belts below his black belt. The girls from 9G thoroughly enjoyed participating in the Interhouse Netball Tournament.

Mr Janalli reports that 10N have enjoyed another successful term with the group performing highly in their ATl and progress. Olivia Kavanagh won the Year group prize for ATl achievement across all subjects! Not only are 10N academically gifted, they also are well-rounded individuals helping out in the community. Amy Williams has continued to volunteer for a Cat Protection charity in her own time. Alice viney, Olivia Kavanagh, Olivia Winborn and Amy Williams are in the progress of planning a run to help the charity Race for life. Joe Moore will be completing his yearly tradition of helping out a charity by running 5K in the bunny Run. This time he will be raising money for Anna. And we have our athletic stars: Taylor leech competed in the national gymnastics competition. Ross George continues to perform outside school

for his Rugby club.

10G have had a fantastic term. The girls won the Interhouse Netball competition for Sharman and the boys played brilliantly in the Interhouse Football. The form has been busy organising work experience placements which they are very excited to be going on in the summer. Everyone has also been very busy on trips outside of school, including a Geography trip to Norfolk and Silver Duke of Edinburgh awards. Mr Johns says that they have also performed very well in lessons, with some fantastic mock results. Well done 10G!

The exam season is fast approaching and Mr Toop reports that the students in 11N have been creating revision timetables and starting to revise. he has been very proud of the way in which the tutor group is preparing for their exams. Many of the form have already had PE GCSE exams as well as English Speaking and listening. As a bit of light relief, the form has been digging through old photos to find the ones where they didnt look so bad that they can share with everyone for the leaving assemblies. They have spent five years together now and the last few weeks of their time together is upon them. This is a huge moment for all of them in which they are looking back and looking forward

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and trying hard to link it all together in a really productive present. but they are firmly on the path to success.

Mr Gardner says that after another strong term, 11G are now set to tumble headlong into their exam season! Although it is a time that no one enjoys (he is head of Geography, so he should know) hes proud to report that, after consistent Wednesday and Thursday registration quiet revision sessions, they are certainly becoming a group of pupils destined to get the most from their approaching GCSEs. Mr Gardner also says that they are very supportive, as always, of school charity collections and events but now 11G get the time to be selfish as they focus on their destiny! Mr Gardner says that it has been a pleasure receiving much positive feedback from other members of staffmost notably from Mr Weston and his Exam Focus Groups. he says that he might even miss them next year

I would like to wish all the students and tutors a very happy and relaxing Easter and extend particular good wishes to Mrs Evans in her new position at Oxted School.

Miss FrayneHead of Sharman House

Sharman 8N Netball Report The Interhouse Netball competition was back for another year of action-packed Netball. My form, 8N, were determined to retain our title as we won the competition last year; this year we were ready to bring our excellence back to the Netball court and defend our title. On the team was: Shannon Doherty, Ella bailey, Ellie Pearce, bethany Conn, Amy Thorpe, Abboe Oseman, Shleena Colsdon, Estelle Aggripa and me, hollie Clarke. After a quick warm-up and brief discussion of team tactics we were ready to play.

Our first match was again 8H. We were quite anxious to get started because we wanted to go all the way. however, our worries were soon put aside as we won with ease. We made some great passes up the court, making space and getting the ball up the other end so we could score. First match won, nerves are settled and we are eager to play the next match.

8W were our next competitors, maybe a little tougher than the first team but we dominated most of the play, Estelle defending well and Amy helping to get it up the court where Shannon would shoot and score.


Seven minutes later, another victory. bring on the next challengers!

8R was next, the last game in our pool. We had to win this to get successfully through into the final. We got off to a shaky start letting in a few goals but we carried on and fought back with a vengeance, Abbie dodging and driving into space, Ellie and Ella making some great passes and Shannon getting it into the net. Whistle blows. Yes we were through to the final.

Sure enough we were playing for the first place against 8L. This would be our toughest game yet. The tension was rising. Could we make it two years in a row? The game begins and we are playing well. Passing to each other, driving into space, defending well, working as a team. We had a few close shaves as the other side could have scored more than once but they didnt find the net today. It was getting close, we could almost taste the victory on our tongues. A few sloppy passes were starting to creep in as we wanted the ball to get up there quickly and secure our lead. A few obstructions, can we do this? The final whistle blows. WE WON! hOORAY!!

victorious again in the form competition but did our house win overall? unfortunately, we were

pipped at the post as Chichester won by one point because both their teams cane second and third and our teams came first and fourth. So, in the end Sharman had to settle for second but 8N kept their winning streak and were the best form two years in a row!

Can we beat Chichester next year and go for the hat trick? We will have to wait and see.

Hollie Clarke (8N)

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Mr Cole reports that his form has had a few new arrivals this term, all of whom have fitted in very nicely. They delivered an excellent assembly on valentines Day and 13 members of 7h have achieved the schools leadership award, with many more close to doing so.

7M are continuing to work well. Mr Sheil reports that they are collecting merits for good behaviour and attitude to learning. Theyre also looking forward to the Interform Football after Easter.

Mrs Sula congratulates 8h on their continual hard work and enthusiasm for their studies.

Miss Clewley reports that 8M have had a successful Spring Term with many of the form representing the school in football and rugby and there are members of the form who have attended numerous maths challenges outside of school. 8M will be having a cake sale next term, with proceeds going to a charity of their choice. last term, the form raised 35 for the MacMillan Cancer Trust during the 20-minute registration period!

Mr Duff passionately believes it is vital that young people experience as many activities inside and outside of school to develop a wide range

of skills for life. Members of 9h have even inspired each other to get involved in different activities and they even buddy up to get each other involved!

James is learning how to breakdance and is able to hold himself up in a number of positions, just using his hands. Sam has spent many hours flying, gliding, adventure training and on night time exercises with Surrey Air Training Corps. Sophie recently took part in the british Arts Award and has got through to the semi-finals with three of her five dances. She loves her tap, modern and ballet lessons. Zahed is not a student to be messed with, as he is rapidly developing his kick-boxing skills and hope to qualify for championships soon. leigh loves working in groups and feels most confident when working with people to support her. She actively takes part in girls football and netball, yet she is happy trampolining on her own! Josh is setting his sights on Wembley his football team have reached the cup final and if they win this weekend, will also be the league winners! In school holly has been widening her horizons, but particularly in Music. She has developed her own confidence as well as learning a new topic she thought she would


never experience. holly researched, wrote the lyrics for and composed the accompaniment for a rap, which she then performed in a group. Eloise has found this term has challenged her to think outside the box and she has found she has grown in confidence in so many different ways. She thoroughly enjoyed the Rap and hip-hop project in Music this term; she feels she has developed a new performance skill and starts to think outside the box about her learning by taking a few more risks. Daniel is not only a mental maths genius being able to solve a Countdown numbers game quicker than anyone else in 9h, but he feels a new sense of confidence in his approach to learning. he thoroughly enjoyed writing his own rap in Music.

Miss lynch says that it has been a short but busy term for 9M. After choosing their options for GCSEs, 9M have now focused their attention on charity work. They have worked hard to put together an assembly for Mallory house, raising awareness for MacMillan Nurses. This was followed by a cake sale to raise funds for the charity. As well as their charity work, 9M girls won the Interhouse Netball competition; they remain unbeaten since Year 7! Well done ladies!!

In supporting various charity events,

members of 10h donated their spare change in Red Nose Day. between harry and most of the girls in 10h they have raised over 40 to sponsor Mr lazenby in the Shooting Star Chase event, bunny Fun Run on 29th April 2015. Miss Au says well done and thanks them for their generosity!

The vast majority of 10M have just been on the Geography field trip to Norfolk which they all really enjoyed. Mr Deacon reports that, generally, they had a really positive set of reports and were all given clear guidance of what they need to do in order to improve.

Mr Powell reports that 11h have been very busy recently as they prepare for their final examinations. Many of the group have been involved in extra study sessions to improve their skills in key subjects. They have also been making big decisions on their futures and Scott Smith has made an application to the brit School where he hopes to pursue his interests in music and drama. Most students in the group, however, are looking forward to joining the Sixth Form and have been applying to join. Increasingly the tutor period is being used for exam preparation with students busily revising for mocks. Easter will come as a welcome break and a good opportunity to revise.

Government & Politics Trip to the Houses of Parliament

On Friday 9th January, the Year 12 Government and Politics class had a trip to the houses of Parliament. This consisted of a tour, and learning about select committees - followed by a debate.

We arrived at london victoria and walked our way over to Parliament. We all cleared security and were given tags to wear around the building.

Our tour guide met us in Westminster hall and then the visit began. We started off in central lobby where we learnt how members of the public

can come and talk to their MP. Then, we went to the house of lords. The red seats were so tempting, but we resisted sitting down - as that is not allowed! The decoration in the lords was beautiful, lots of red and gold decor covered the magnificent room. We learnt about who the lords were and their significance. Unfortunately, the green leather seats (house of Commons) were in use and therefore we were unable to go in so we went straight into learning about select committees - which we had never learnt before!

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Select Committees work in both houses. They check and report on areas ranging from the work of government departments to economic affairs.

We learnt about them whilst in one of the committee rooms themselves. This room was still of a victorian style, but obviously not as elegant. The main focus of the lesson was about whether or not Select Committees are useful... which hinted to us what the debate would be about.

We later went to a larger meeting room, with desks and chairs placed opposite each other... almost like the houses. We were up against a school who had previously learnt about Select Committees.

The motion, as we suspected, was Select Committees are a good thing. Warlingham were for the motion. The debate was very lively and heated

at points... We ended up acting like politicians themselves saying hear, hear in agreement, or boo when the opposition spoke. Thankfully, Warlingham (notably Ross Pizzey) added some humour to the debate which kept it light hearted!

The debate ended, no verdict was made, but in the words of Mr Johnston we totally damaged them bad!...

We would like to thank Mr. Johnston and Mrs Westley for taking us; it was very interesting and we learnt a lot from it.

Sally Morritt (12H)

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On 2nd and 3rd March, Year 8s participated in Goaldigger - an event run by the PE department in conjunction with b&E. The students had to run a football club for the day. Some selected contributions from members of 8M who have written about their experiences follow...

Goaldigger: It started when we walked into the hall and got in our group that we were put into. First, we had to come up with our team name and logo. Next, we had to bid on players and a football ground. Then, the Manager and Assistant Manager went outside to show their skills in football, whilst the Commercial Director, Marketing Manager and Club Chairman designed merchandise and football kits. We had to try to create the best team by trading and selling players to earn more skill stars which meant we had more rolls of the dice, which would help your team score more points. We learnt how to budget money and plan ahead to make sure you have at least some profit at the end.

Overall, it was a good experience and everyone learnt more about budgeting and money.

Neve Horn (8M)

During Goaldigger we managed a football team on a 120 million budget. We had to buy players, stadiums etc. I liked that we had different roles and got to experience different things from everyday life. I developed a lot of skills during Goaldigger including how to work with new people and more. The benefits of the day were that we got to try new things and work with new people to gain experiences!

I was the Marketing Assistant; I worked with the Marketing Manager. Our job was to make sure that all the souvenirs and outfits for players were finished when time was up.

Isabella Gulless (8M) During the day we all had different roles to do. I had the role of Marketing Manager. I designed the kit, logo and merchandise.

What I liked about Goaldigger was that we learnt what it takes to run a football club. The skills I learnt were that you cannot have expensive things / the best of everything. You have to have some expensive players and maybe a not-so-big stadium.

The benefit of the day was learning how to budget money.

Lucy McDonagh (8M)

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In Goaldigger we did lots of different things involving football. There were six different roles per table, there was Club Chairman, Commercial Director, Team Manager, Assistant Manager, Marketing Director and Marketing Assistant.

First you had to bid for a stadium and players.

Once you had bid, the Team Manager and Assistant Manager had to go to the Astroturf and do football tasks like the amount of keepy-uppies or penalty shots.

Matthew Howie (8M)

Goaldigger was brilliant as it was a new way to view football from the financial point of view, not just the physical one. I liked it, due to being able to manage money well so we would not just waste it on the top class players. Also we had to think about training and coaching facilities.

I learnt the key advantages and disadvantages of managing both a football team and also your own costs. I learnt what certain profit we could earn if we did run some kind of business.

Andrew Dearden (8M)

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During Goaldigger we learned about handling money and budgets. I found the event good because it wasnt just an educational event it was fun. At first I wasnt looking forward to it because in the letter football was mentioned, but when we actually started I realised it was completely different to what I thought it was.

During the activity we learnt how to manage money and the roles they have in a football team. Even though we had set roles, we also helped each other with the jobs and activities. The roles were Manager and Assistant

Manager. They had to do kick ups and other football activities. Then you had the Commercial Director who had to handle the money. There was also the Marketing Manager and Marketing Assistant (I had the role), their job was to design the kit and souvenirs. last of all there is the Chairman who had to put everything together. Kaira Miller (8M) On 3rd March, Mallory and Sharman went to the hall to take part in an event called Goaldigger.

Groups of 5-6 people came together and we formed a football club. In

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the club we had six roles. Each of us had to contribute to the club. Our group was aiming to be the first in the league but we came second, which is not bad. You could aim for the most profit as well, have a rubbish team, but have lots of money.

What I liked about the event was learning how to work with people that I didnt know at all. It was difficult at first.Gayoung Park (8M) I enjoyed Goaldigger. I learnt a lot. I was the Club Chairman the person in charge I enjoyed being able to

make the final choice, although I also worked well with my team. We designed merchandise for our football club like duvet covers and t-shirts. I came up with the club ethos and I did a quiz about football.

I liked playing the fixtures on the specially-made game boards; I thought it was an original way of playing the matches. I also enjoyed helping my team with their tasks.

I learnt that I must stick to deadlines and think before we make our final choices.Tikky Bamiro (8M)

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Year 9 trip to Chez Vous

When the teachers handed out the letters for this trip I was very excited. I really enjoy eating foods from around the world, also it would be a good chance to practice my French speaking skills.

After a 10 minute walk from the school we were at the restaurant. The waiters all spoke in French to us and we spoke French to them. It was a great experience. I had never seen

or been in the restaurant before so I had no idea what to expect but I was not disappointed. The ambiance was relaxed and very sociable. I would highly recommend making a trip there for a family meal.

The food there is divine. We had two meals, main and dessert; they were both just as good as each other. For our main we had a gorgeous chicken

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breast with potato dauphinoise. This was served with green beans wrapped in smoked bacon. The flavours were amazing! I loved every mouthful. It was one of the best meals I have ever eaten and probably at one of the nicest places I have ever eaten in.

A dessert to die for followed this up. We had a chocolate mousse, served with a mini apple pie and some delicious sweet sauces with ice cream. The presentation was magnificent and it tasted just as good as it looked.

Overall, it was a fantastic trip and a delicious lunch. I highly recommend going there for a nice meal.

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Sixty-Three Toothbrushes Update

before Christmas, Chichester house decided to make a collection of presents to send out to the boys at Arklow house in Sri lanka. This is the boys home that is supported by the charity 63 Toothbrushes, the house charity this year. There was a brilliant response and we were able to collect many items including stationary, books, games, toiletries, Christmas decorations and clothes. This was all parcelled up in four huge boxes and sent out to the home. Within the boxes was also a handwritten

Christmas card for each of the boys individually, written by some of the students in 8l, expertly coordinated and led by Amie Carter. The boys were delighted with what they received and have sent some photos to show their gratitude. Thanks to many of the students in the house we have also been able to send out pen pal letters to each of the boys and are eagerly waiting for their responses.

Mrs LangleyEnglish Teacher

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Business Studies trip to New York

On the first night we got to New York we went up the Empire State building. It was incredible. by the way this was in February half term, meaning it was absolutely freezing. And when we say freezing, we mean freezing.

First, we ate as a group at the heartland brewery Restaurant. The food was great but we were almost sleeping in our seats, because of how

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jet-lagged we were. Then it was the fun bit. We were on the observation deck on the 86th floor of the building. The view was magical, the lights were endless, and it was beautiful. however it was windy and freezing, nobody had prepared themselves for how cold it was going to be, so most people went outside for a picture and ran back in to the warmth. Although it was freezing it didnt detract from how enchanting the city was. This was the moment we all fell in love with New York.

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On the morning of our first full day we went to Madame Tussauds in Times Square. After a business presentation on the marketing of the museum we were allowed to go around and see all the waxwork figures. We found out that each waxwork figure costs about $300,000 to make and that the figures get a makeover each morning from a team of make-up artists. We also found out that some of the figures are unique to each museum. For example, in Washington DC there is a room set aside for all the Presidents

of the uSA.

After lunch we went to Fifth Avenue, broadway and Times Square to soak up the atmosphere and have some much-needed retail therapy.

On the second day we visited the financial district. We went to the 9/11 Memorial Museum. In the grounds around the museum are two incredible waterfalls, covering the ground space where the Twin Towers once stood. The museum itself is underground and contains

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exhibits of the building, of the people who worked in the building and of the emergency services that played such a big part and paid such a high price on 11th September 2001.

On Sunday we went to Central Park and saw the Statue of liberty.

Central Park was amazing. There was snow everywhere which made the scenery look even better. The park was everything that we all expected,

even if there was a lot of snow. Also that day we were able to take a ferry ride around the Statue of liberty. This was a really good sight to see as you were able to get amazing photos of her. The ferry trip was a really good experience as it gave us time to reflect on the time we had had in New York.

On our last day, we hopped on the subway over to brooklyn to go to JoMart Chocolates. After realising

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that we had got off at the wrong Kings highway subway stop (there are two of them) we had a 30 minute walk ahead of us. It was freezing but we didnt mind as it meant we could take in the amazing scenery that New York had to offer and we knew we were going to be treated well at JoMarts.

As we entered we were guided to the back of the shop where their product is made. We were served little pots of homemade hot chocolate; this was just what we needed and the taste was amazing. The treats didnt stop there as we were then asked to crowd around a table and we watched the owner Michael and one of his colleagues, Rose, dip and decorate strawberries in the three types of chocolate. Michael began to talk about his role and the history of his business. This was very interesting and inspiring as he explained how the company was passed down to him from his father and stories of

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customers he had come to know as friends over the years. Meanwhile Rose was showing the different types of techniques used to decorate the strawberries. She even created a bride and groom figure. At this point we were given the opportunity to ask any questions. We also got to try and test other chocolates. We were then taken on a tour of the workshop including the different rooms allocated to each part of the chocolate making process e.g. the heating room which consisted of bowls used right from the beginning, when the business opened 69 years ago. Michael was very friendly and funny, giving us the impression that his business is everything to him. As he said I dont care about making profit; I care about making my customers happy. It was a great experience to end the most memorable trip.

Sophia Gear & Chloe Borges (12A), and Paige Lindsey (12M)

Year 8 Art Trip to Kew Gardens

Fifteen Year 8 students were chosen to take part in an educational art trip to Kew Gardens with Mrs Fakun. The beautiful, peaceful gardens were the perfect atmosphere for observational drawings. We visited the enormous Palm house where we carefully studied individual plants and aspects of nature and drew them to the best of our ability in detail using colour. underneath the greenhouse there was an aquarium filled with more inspiration for our art work, for example: beautiful coral and fish. There was also a lot of information and facts to take into consideration about what was around us along the way.

The Treetop Walkway was a memorable moment. Even though there were a large number of stairs and it was tauntingly high up for some, it was very popular for our group. The spectacular views were perfect to achieve a wider horizon of our surroundings from a birds-eye view. At one point of the walk, we came across the Sackler Crossing which is a beautiful bridge where once again, the wildlife was too tempting not to draw, partly because of the swimming swans! We saw a wide range of trees and wildlife, which is one of the reasons why we look forward to returning in the summer in our own time.

We enjoyed this trip and as a result we are starting a six-week workshop relating to the picturesque gardens where we will participate in making clay tiles of our observations from the trip.

We would like to thank Mrs Fakun for giving us this opportunity to gain knowledge in Art and develop our skills further. It was a fun and engaging experience that we hope will be in continued for the upcoming Year 8s. Lily Lennard, Amie Carter & Siobhan Chou (8L)

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The whole school got involved in Red Nose Day. The Student Council came up with the idea that students should pay a minimum of 1 to change one aspect of their uniform into something red, or to wear something different on their feet i.e. not their normal school shoes on Friday 13th March.

The school raised 1,409.45 and as we participated in the double your money initiative, the Government will match that money, making a phenomenal total of 2,818.90!!

We share some photographs of those participating...

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Red Nose Day 2015

Many members of staff also got into the spirit of the day....

As part of our commitment to the schools motto of Widening horizons, Raising Aspirations, we are running an SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) competition, with the aim of highlighting days throughout the calendar year that celebrate the diversity of the british population.

Students are invited to select a calendar event from the list provided and to produce a PowerPoint slide. The best slides will be displayed on the information screens around the school, on the day of the event. The best slides will be eye catching and informative. Key information must include the date of the event and some information regarding the meaning or origin of the day selected.

Further details appear in the slides displayed below and to the right.

Winning slides will receive house points.

All Key Stage 3 students will receive

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an assignment on FROG which consists of two files, one an example slide and the dates to choose from, the other a blank slide to be used as the basis for the entry. Students should download these files, create their own slide, save and then submit back to FROG. It would help if the file being loaded was created so that it clearly incorporates the students name into the file name.

Miss Owens and the Maths Department would like to congratulate the four students who represented Warlingham School at the uKMT Team Maths Challenge. After a tough day competing against other schools, our team obtained 34th position. but this result did not dishearten them as they came back to school bursting with stories and found the day thoroughly enjoyable and stated that it really stretched their mathematical skills.maybe the bribe of sweets helped!!! May we also thank Mrs Smith for her efforts at the event and supporting our students. She also came

back exhausted from the day after running around, but too enjoyed the experience.here Aram Rounagh (8M) provides his account of the day:On Friday the 13th of March four students, Sam Runge (9A), Rhianna Patel (9M), Siobhan Chou (8l) and I, participated in the uKMT Team Maths Challenge at Trinity School. There were baffling questions which made you think and being timed did not help you to cope with the pressure of competing against the 36 other schools at the venue. Every round was more daunting than the last.

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The first round was the group round in which the group had a tactic which would conclude to finishing the task. Our groups tactics was to go through the paper and answer the easy questions then individually answer the harder ones. The second round was the cross number. It was a maths crossword but much more complicated. We were put into pairs and given the same crossword. Sometimes to answer a question you needed the other team to answer one before completing your own question. For example, the mean of 1 down and 9 across. If you needed a number which the other team cannot work out then they will just have to sacrifice that questions points. When you get it wrong the adopted teacher will write

the correct answer next to it.The third round was the shuttle, in which we answered a question and passed the answer on to the other pair to use as a value in the puzzling question and so on.The fourth round was the relay. For me it was the worst round. Our table was picked to do the example for the task. I had to run up and down the hall for ages. The relay had a lot of movement as we had to get the question, run back, answer the question and get it checked. If it was right we were given a different question to pass to our pair. If wrong we would try again for a final second time.Overall it was a great experience and we all had a great time.

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On Tuesday 10th February 2015, an early start and a stop/start journey on the M25 resulted in our arrival at Eton College on a cold February morning. It is always difficult to assess what the views of our students will be on the vast educational establishment of Eton College. The sheer size of the place and land that the school benefits from is one of the first things that hit you.

In addition to understanding aspects of the history of sport and how games such as Eton Fives and the Field Game have evolved, the intention of the trip is for students to see first-

hand what the students at Eton experience on a daily basis. This enables our students to understand the structure of their day, the uniform requirements and the sporting

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opportunities available. This includes a trip to Eton Dorney, the rowing lake, where so many records were broken in 2012, including Kathryn Grainger winning her first Gold medal in her fourth Olympics.

This trip also provides a chance to appreciate the architecture of Eton; recent completion of buildings that house the foreign languages department versus the Chapel where Eton Fives was founded. The Chapel is stunning and the size and splendour of the building never

ceases to amaze visitors. You can understand why the school has been used for film locations such as Chariots of Fire. In this case, Cambridge should have been the venue for the film, but Cambridge refused the filming rights - which they now apparently regret.

On the day, our students went on a tour of the main buildings within the school, including the staff chambers, where names of famous former students have had their names carved into the wood. Our students were

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shown the courtyard that houses the Kings scholars and the dining facilities that some of the Etonians benefit from. Glen Pierce, our guide, was able to share much of the history of the school and provided our students with opportunities to ask questions. This was followed by a trip out to Eton Dorney, rowing lake, before returning to embark on an Eton Fives and Rackets session.

Eton Fives and Rackets often turn out to be the highlight of the trip. Our students were keen to get involved and quickly picked up the

key principles and skills of both games. Eton Fives relies on great co-ordination from both hands together with quick foot placement. Rackets is a very fast game which requires you to have your wits about you. The ball is hard and bounces off the walls at great speed. It is very similar to Squash but seems much more lethal! Our Warlingham students really got stuck in and we even had to prise Miss hurst off the courts!

The sixth formers ventured into Eton and Windsor for lunch and then returned to meet at the burning

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bush in Eton high Street. The afternoon was spent trying to fathom the laws of the Field Game which was explained to us by one of the house masters from Eton College. Even with this help, the nature of the game is quite complicated and although it is a form of Football, the game does not have a goalkeeper, the off-side rules are very complicated and there is also a scrum known as a bully. Confused is probably how we all felt, nevertheless the Etonians were fully involved in this very popular house competition.

We returned back to Warlingham School at about 4.15pm with mixed impressions and views of the college. Some of our students were impressed by what opportunities Eton had to offer. The fact that the school had

its own 9-hole golf course was a selling point for some. Nevertheless others were far more impressed with the educational opportunities of Warlingham School and of the many sporting facilities available to them. If nothing else, this trip provides an opportunity to question the merits and disadvantages of such an educational environment as well as valuing and questioning ones own educational experience. The discussions on the journey home proved to be very interesting. Our thanks go to Glen Pierce, member of staff at Eton College who always provides an entertaining and informative experience.

Mrs Salem PE Teacher

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English: Focus on Shakespeare

Extra English ClassesMembers of the Year 9 Most Able group were invited to participate in a joint English and history project. Extra English classes take place on Wednesday and Thursday during registration. The aims of these classes are to explore the life and times of Shakespeare. The class is always busy with enthusiastic English students who cant wait to learn and spend time with other people that like English. The topics weve looked at include the following: Shakespeare quotes The life of Shakespeare The film and play of Shakespeare

in love Romeo and Juliet

We get given interesting challenges every week which are exciting and engaging but always keep us entertained. The Most Able group has completed several fun tasks such as: learning interesting Shakespeare quotes and performing them back to the class; researching the storyline of Shakespeare in love; and testing our knowledge on the times.

We also got to watch the film Shakespeare in love in preparation for our trip. Everyone in the group felt really privileged to have the opportunity to go to the theatre and to experience the film played out right in front of our eyes. We really enjoyed it because of the work we did on the film beforehand and it was rewarding when we were able to guess what was going to happen next. The whole journey was very fun and it was satisfying to meet new people we would have never spoken to otherwise.

After coming back from the trip, we are eager to learn more and progress our knowledge; we cant wait for Wednesday and Thursday to come.

Amir Pandya (9G), Katie Day (9A), Dylan Tahirovic (9G) & Charis Fernandez (9A)

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Shakespeare in Love tripOn Wednesday 26th February, accompanied by Miss hubbard and Mr Rumsey, we went to see the play Shakespeare in love. The play depicts William Shakespeares inspiration for one of his most well-known plays, Romeo and Juliet.

We travelled to the theatre via public transport. After we arrived at leicester Square we took a break for lunch. At 2.30pm, our group entered the theatre and took our seats. Shortly after, the show began with an uninspired Shakespeare trying to write a sonnet and failing. The first hour and a half went by with laughs, love, dances and a bit with a dog. This led

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us to the interval.

The following half of the play included Kit Marlow being killed, and Shakespeare feeling terrible, as he had told lord Wessex that he was Marlow. he then used these (and a few other) experiences as inspiration to write Romeo and Juliet. We asked for some comments about the trip:

It had an excellent storyline, I was satisfied throughout the whole thing. Alex Midwood

It was a lovely day out with fabulous students. Mrs. hubbard

It was an amazing interpretation of the film. James Williams

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Review of Shakespeare in LoveThe theatre was very grand and full of splendour; it had a beautiful and ornately carved structural archaeology and it seemed very upper-class.

The show opened with a young Shakespeare struggling to write a sonnet. There were crowds of people around him, eagerly waiting for his next line to be written. This part of the play references one of Shakespeares sonnets.

Out of the blue, a young Kit Marlowe appears, seeming to know every word

that Shakespeare - or Will - was attempting to write. Cut to a Mr Richard burbage, being tortured by a bald man and a fancily dressed Puritan. burbage was the owner of a fine theatre, The Rose, which often shows plays written by Shakespeare.

Cut back to Shakespeare, writing his Masterpiece, Romeo and Ethel

the Pirates Daughter. We were then introduced to many

performers wishing to gain a part in the play,

such as a stuttering tailor, a worryingly psychopathic

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twelve-year-old, a purely inspirational actor who literally emanated raw fabulousness, and Thomas Kent or lady viola De lesseps, an aspiring actor who performs one of Shakespeares monologues with such unmitigated passion. Cue a romantic whirlwind of awkward situations and a little poetic help from Marlowe, and the love blossoming between Will and viola is more passionate than ever.

unfortunately, however, viola is due to be married to lord Wessex, a cruel and cold nobleman without the smallest dreg of love in his heart, and not a single iota of intelligence in that thick skull of his. Enter the Nurse, a hilarious comic relief who is as close as a sister to viola, and has the

utmost respect for Will and Marlowe.

Then was a tense scene between Wessex, Will, viola and Queen Elizabeth the First where a wager is made that love cannot be truly shown in any theatre production. Then comes more acting, dogs and drinking, when Will receives news of Marlowes death in a tavern elsewhere. Then more panic ensues, as Viola finds out Will is already married, but can he redeem himself to her? Well, watch it and find out.

Overall, we thought this play was rather hilarious and a great insight into Elizabethan times.

Alex Clarke (9H) & Rhianna Patel (9M)

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On Friday 6th of February Year 10 held a special assembly in memory of our dear friend Anna Richards who sadly lost her valiant battle with cancer on the 23rd of November 2014.

All of Year 10 attended along with Annas family who had kindly agreed to us sharing her brave story. A number of these students wrote messages of love and support for

Annas family, which were placed in a box decorated by students in her form and were given to them on the day.

Annas closest friends and family want to commemorate her life and are therefore raising money to place benches and a cherry blossom tree in the school grounds where they would sit together and where she came to visit during her treatment.

On the day of the assembly, all staff

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had agreed to wear the colours of pink and yellow, Annas favourite colours, and to make a donation for the privilege. Everyone kindly joined in, donating as generously as they could, this even included students who had not been previously asked to donate, but were so moved by the story and wanted to give as much as they could. Amazingly, we managed to raise over 400, which brings us very close to our target of 500 to

provide these.

however we do not want to stop here, with the agreement of Annas loved ones, we are continuing to fundraise for their chosen charity of Shooting Stars Chase and would ask that you again give generously for charity events in the future.

Thank you, once again, for all of your support.

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Sunnydown School and Woldingham School joined Warlingham for the presentation of certificates to those that have achieved their Duke of Edinburghs Award. The high Sheriff of Surrey, Mr Peter lee was the guest of honour and took great delight in finding out about their experiences. There was a bumper crop of Gold Award recipients they also have the

wonderful experience of a trip to St James Palace in further recognition of their deeds.

On behalf of the students, I would like to thank all the parents, staff and friends that have helped and guided them towards their hard-earned awards.

Mr HellierMaths Teacher

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Bronze AwardsKade Anderson, Alec banister, Regan beck, Amy billups, Maia Cooper, George Dersley, Jordan Dickenson, Emma French, Dominic Montgomery, Edward Murphy, Francesca Parker, Grace Redington, Annalea Reynolds,Felicity Stinson, Calum Stringer, Aleah Webber, Katie West & George White

Silver AwardsSam berke, Charlotte bleackley, Elizabeth brooks, Mia Crawford, Joel Fernandez, lucas Johncey, Emma Nicholls & Max Sheldrake

Gold AwardsMaddie Chalmers, Jonathan hill, Georgina Parker, Tom Rastall & Mary Tobin

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Book Review Competition

Congratulations to David Stevens (9N) and Amira hartley (7h), who have both won a book of their choice from the Reading list for their reviews of Shadowand Geek Girl, respectively.

Review of Shadow Shadow is a book by Michael Morpurgo which shows an insight to the dangerous lives of children in Afghanistan and how they live. however, the book begins talking about Matt and his grandfather. During the conversation Matt mentions his friend Aman who is now in a detention centre with his mum. Matt has always kept in touch with Aman but over the last couple of months he hasnt had any letters back; so he decides to pay a visit to Aman, but because of his age he isnt allowed into the detention centre so sends his grandfather instead. This

is an effective use of writing because Matts grandfather doesnt know Aman at all. After meeting Aman, Matts grandfather showed him a picture of Matt, him and their dog (which is a Springer Spaniel). This dog looks exactly like Shadow and reminds Aman of his past and he tells his story to Matts grandfather.

The story is an extremely touching one as it shows in detail what happened to the families of Afghanistan after the Taliban entered. The books illustrator (Christian birmingham) did a great job with his drawings and they helped add to the story. I like the way Michael Morpurgo adds extreme detail into peoples thoughts and feelings, this overall makes the story even more gripping than it already is.

Overall a great story and I would recommend it to anyone aged 12 upwards.

David Stevens (9N)

Review of Geek GirlThe characters:harriet Manners- Geeky, shy and super smartNat- Fashionable, harriets bFF and confident

Richard Manners- harriets Father, cheeky and sometimes a little cluelessAnnabel Manners- upright, knows what to say at the right time and caringAlexa- harriets worst enemy, annoying, arrogant, shallow and self centred.

harriet Manners is a geeky girl. She knows this because she ticked off all the symptoms, resulting in her having all of them. Then, mean girl Alexa scribbles GEEK! on harriets satchel. harriet does not know it is Alexa, but she has her suspicions.

harriet also has a best friend called Nat. but Nat is her ONlY friend. To harriet, Nat and herself are synchronised dolphins. but their friendship stumbles across a problem that has been buried and ignored. Nat lOvES fashion, and harriet is the complete opposite.

Nat tries to impress a model agent when their class goes on a trip, but

Book Review Competitionhaving read one of the books on the reading list, students should write a short book review. Each half term,

the writer of the best review receives a 5 voucher and house points, as well as being published in the next newsletter. All book reviews

will be displayed on the reading list noticeboard.

We hope that all parents will encourage their children to get involved; its a brilliant way to

improve their literacy skills which will help them in their Academic studies

as well as in later life.

it is harriet who is noticed, after knocking over 5 stalls and then crawling underneath a table. And that is just a little of the story uncovered.

It was such a fantastic read, that I even read it again!

Amira Hartley (7H)

Maths Games Club

For the past two weeks (3rd and 10th March) the Year 7s have been participating in maths games with the Year 9s. This was an amazing opportunity.

Every week was very enjoyable for both years. We all enjoyed playing the various games which were offered to us. It was a great time to show off the mathematician in you, as well as the competitive side. As well as

bringing people together both year 7s and 9s.

Mrs billings and the Year 9s would very much like to thank all the year 7s for joining and participating in this. They really helped the year 9s towards their Maths leader Award.

Finally we would like to encourage all years to participate in future maths events.

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It has been a fantastic year for Warlingham Netball and that is down to the commitment shown by the students who attend practice each week and to the staff and teams for committing to fulfilling all the fixtures. A big well done to all those girls who have come to training throughout the year! This dedication has paid off as our results will show

Year 7Its always exciting putting together a year 7 Netball team and we had a great turn-out at trials leaving us with a very promising group to progress with. Improvements have been made each week by both teams, and culminated in a great season finale at the annual District Tournament. here, our 7A team were amongst the top 2 state schools in the competition which means they have been selected for the Surrey State School Finals in April and the chance to be crowned best year 7 state school Netball team in Surrey! Our 7b team played the best they have all year and came runners up in their tournament which was a fantastic achievement. In addition to all of the tournament excitement, our 7A team went unbeaten in the league to win overall. A superb effort from all the year 7 Netballers, so well done!

Year 8These Netballers have been an exciting group to watch grow and develop, with the 8As having an undefeated league record and Surrey State School Finals Title to defend. Always committed to training, each Netballer has made great progress and this has been particularly true for the 8b team who performed well against difficult opponents in the District Tournament. Our A team won the league convincingly and even grabbed a dramatic win against Caterham by 1 point. We headed into the District Tournament with realistic hopes of success and were just pipped to victory by a strong RGS team and the girls should be proud of contributing to such an exciting final. As best state school at this tournament, the year 8A team head to the Surrey State School Finals in April to try to retain their claim to being the best team in Surrey!

Year 9Although our b team have fewer fixtures they have been equally committed to training and have developed as players which has been great to see. As the year has developed, our A team has grown in confidence and have proven that

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they are a group of talented Netballers who have really gelled as a team. Despite a tough draw in the District Tournament, the girls performed exceptionally well against Woldingham to ensure a place in the Surrey State School Finals. here, they got through to the semi-finals and ended as 4th best team in Surrey. They finished the year on a high as they completed an unbeaten season to convincingly win the league. A fantastic achievement, well done girls!

Overall, a clean sweep of league victories and each year group represented at Surrey State School Finals which really is a massive achievement. Girls, keep up the commitment and good work we look forward to another great year of Netball in September!

Miss Bradley, Miss Hurst, Miss Wallis & Mrs AlgerPE Department

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Geography Report

Were now steaming full tilt towards the sharp end of the year now with exams looming on the horizon!

As the exams now involve pupils from Year 10 up to Year 13, all Geography trips this year were organised to happen bEFORE the Easter break and the imminent start of revision sessions. As such, March has been a very memorable month for all Geography staffand a very tiring one!

At the start of the month, it was the turn of our Year 12 AS students to travel to Somerset (report follows) under the watchful eyes of myself and Mr Fraser and, only one week later, the department was travelling again this time to the threatened Norfolk Coastline, accompanied by our Year 10 GCSE students and a staffing dream team of myself, Mr Fraser, Mrs Fuller, Mrs lilani, Ms Eveleigh, Mrs Solodujin, Mr Day and the returning Mr Coombes!

In our absence, those students left in school not on trips have been working hard on Formal Assessments largely based around exams and the results show a pleasing progression at both GCSE and AS/A2.

lower down the school, our Key

Stage 3 students have been delving deeper into our amazing subject either by investigating Impossible Places (Year 7), travelling Into Africa (Year 8) or finding out about the global issue of Climate Change (Year 9).

As always, Id like to take this opportunity to thank all students in the department for their constant efforts and the stunning work that has been produced this year and, especially, the

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tireless efforts of our department staff especially in what has been a very full-on month!

All of our Year 12 Geographers were superb on the trip to Somerset and Mr Fraser and myself would like to thank them again for their enthusiasm and hard work throughout the trip giving a great impression of the school to a centre new to us.

Ill leave you with a report, very kindly

written by one of our AS Students, about our recent trip to Somerset in preparation for their unit 2 exam in May.

(As we have only just returned from Norfolk, a report from our GCSE trip will be in the next edition!)

Enjoy your Easter break!

Mr R GardnerHead of Geography

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Nettlecombe Court - Somerset

On March 3rd AS geography students, along with Mr Gardner and Mr Fraser, set off from Warlingham to go and visit various locations in Somerset for four days. On each day, students would go to visit locations such as Minehead and Taunton and collect fieldwork to be used in their coursework.

When we arrived at Nettlecombe Court, we were introduced to our

tutor for the week, Abi, who worked alongside Mr Gardner and Mr Fraser, both collecting the fieldwork and also in our morning and evening lessons. Once we had found our rooms and settled in we headed back on to the coach to go and visit Minehead. We spent the afternoon working in groups to collect data from different areas of the town for our Crowded Coasts topic. These included the land use and the environmental quality. After dinner back at the centre, we were

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back in the classroom at 7pm to analyse the data we collected during the day and to consider explanations as to why we found these results.

Once the lesson was completed, the class headed to a big hill next to the court to try and find some phone reception! We all returned back to the centre listening to a few of Mr Gardners best ghost stories on the way. I think its fair to say that some were more scared than others (!)

On Wednesday we went to the sand dunes at braunton burrows to further our investigation into crowded coasts. We completed footpath transects in order to gather information as to the erosion and vegetation along the footpath. We then repeated this further into the dunes to get data that we could compare and analyse. Walking further on we stopped at the top of a dune and did a field sketch

of the key features of the landscape that could help our investigation. We continued our walk in the sun and wind and, on the main beach,

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studied the environmental quality and amount of litter in an allotted area along with the amount of people seen to be walking past. back at the centre after dinner we headed back to the classroom to put the data we collected in to graphs and discuss what we found out based around the likely conflicts between people who would use the beach at braunton burrows.

On the Thursday we headed into Taunton to investigate how they are rebranding. We went to four different

places whilst there and we evaluated how good the area looks and whether it needs more construction or not. After the second place we visited was finished, we were allowed to head off for lunch but also had to complete questionnaires. Once those doing the questionnaires had finished pestering the locals we headed out for a group lunch at Nandos since we had some time! Once heading back to the meeting point to continue the fieldwork, we carried on down the path to the next location. This was different from the previous locations as it hadnt competed its rebranding, this was the same for the location

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after. Once we finished the work we went back to the coach so that we could go back to the classroom start planning our presentations that would be shown in our evening lessons. These were judged by Mr Fraser: the group that had the best presentation was Emma, lauren and Natalie although Aydin, George, laurence and ben were a close second. As it was the last night there, the teachers took the group back up the hill againwhere more screaming was heard throughout the wooded area!

On the last day, most people were up earlier so that they could finish their last minute packing before we had to head to breakfast and the last lesson

with Abi. In that lesson we went over GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and exam skills to help prepare us for our unit 2 exam in May. After this was completed we got all our stuff and put it in the coach that was waiting to take us back home.

Overall I believe that the trip was good as it got the coursework done but also had a good group of people to talk with and a lot of good laughs. A few minor injuries were made along the way but they are merely funny stories to tell. The trip was successful and Im sure everyone was happy to be back in their own beds when we got home.

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On a glorious spring day on Tuesday 10th March, we hosted our eighth primary Cross Country Cup. We were delighted to welcome runners from hamsey Green, hillcroft, St. Francis, St. Johns, Warlingham village, Woodlea and Whyteleafe. Many thanks must go to the primary school staff who organised the teams and to parents who transported the teams and supported the event.

The competition consists of four races: Year 3 & 4 Girls combined, Year 3 & 4 boys combined, Year 5 & 6 Girls combined and Year 5 & 6 boys combined. Children who were in the Year 3 & 4 age-group ran a distance of 1000m and those in the Year 5 & 6 bracket ran a distance of 1400m.

As part of this event, Warlingham students have an opportunity to host and display their leadership skills. They took part in a range of roles from escorting children out of cars, being on the course as a marshal, a time-keeper, a place judge, helping with the results table, helping with refreshments or even running the course with the primary aged children.

We had a number of Year 10 Young Ambassadors: Regan valle (10N), Abigayle Davis (10l), Nick Wilson (10N), Joe Moore (10N), Millie Preston (10l) & lucy hughes (10M), a number of Year 12 CSlA students:

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Emma Fossett (12h), Alex Stoica (12R), Ross Pizzey (12R), blue buchan (12R), Marcelle Rowe (12R), Daniel luke (12M), Abbie Warner (12l), Francesca Onslow (12A), lydia Turner (12A), Maisie Stock (12N), Ollie Meadows (12W) & Jack Collins (12R) and a number of Sixth Form bTEC students: Sam Goode (12l), Daniel Roberts (12M), Jackson Dedman (12W), Charlie le Masson Pringle (12l), Callum de Silva (13G), Francesca Jones (13l), Jack Carter

(12R), Demetris Photiou (12A) & Jack Aldons (12G), who all did a terrific job in supporting this primary event.

Prior to the race, lynn banwell from de Stafford, kindly lent stakes to help depict the route of the course and ran the results table during the competition.

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The site staff from Warlingham did a great job staking part of the course with rope and June Wise, part of our site team was in charge of First Aid.

These events rely on the help and support of volunteers and without the time given from our students and the above-mentioned adults we would not be able to run this competition.

The primary children enjoyed receiving their individual medals and certificates

(top five runners in each race) from Mr bradwell and two Cups were presented for the winners of the Year 3 & 4 combined race and the Ian Simpson Cup was presented to the Year 5 & 6 combined winners.

This years results are shown on the facing pages.

Mrs SalemPE Teacher

Primary Cross Country Cup(CONTINUED)

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Pi Day 2015

The 13th of March 2015 hosted an amazing day for Year 7s. Year 7 and Math leaders of Year 9 and 12 were given the opportunity to solve challenges and work through puzzles all revolving around Mathematics.

The following day was named Pi Day because in America, the date would be written; 3/14/15 which is also Pi. The Year 7s were eager to see what was in store and the Math leaders were just as excited.

It was Mallory and Sharmans turn for Pi Day first. We were sitting in groups, one leader to each table and

we all introduced each other. It was great to see people communicating with each other who had never done so before! An excellent background story to Pi was explained and the two-hour challenge started. The Year 7s could not wait to be handed their packs so as soon as the Math Leaders handed over the first activity, pencils were already on the paper. The activity was all about using clues to understand which car came in which place in the race. This was by no means an easy challenge but the Year 7s cracked on and did a superb job.

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With that finished, they grabbed for the next activities, all in a bid for the prize. Sheets were being completed one after the other and Year 9s were racing around trying to get the sheets handed into the markers (who did a great job)! With time running out, the Year 7s tried their absolute hardest to finish sheets and get as many points as possible. The activity period then drew to a close; the next thing to do was the quiz.

With anticipating faces, the Year 7s could not handle the excitement they were feeling. The groups pulled together and they let no-one see their answer sheets; this is when things got

serious. One question after another, after another, appeared but some were so into the quiz, they forgot about the next question. Many of the participants enjoyed the quiz as there was no time to get out a calculator so all the questions had to be done in their heads.

Things got very interesting towards the session with Mallory and Sharman, because volunteers came to the front of the hall to try and remember as many decimal places as they possibly could of Pi. Everyone put a great effort in and the top was 39 decimal places! The school bell rang and everyone was talking about

=3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209...

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Pi Day 2015

how much fun they had, us Math leaders couldnt wait to do it all again with Johnson and Chichester.

Right on time, the Year 7s flooded in and were hoping to have as much fun as the students did in the previous session. We all introduced ourselves and things started.

As excited as the Y block, the X block cracked on and record times were being set as to how quickly each group could get their sheets handed in. This was a competition and you could see that easily, all the groups wanted to win and they were eager to get the prize for most points.

With Activity One finished, the Math leaders suggested other fun and challenging activities which the Year 7s really enjoyed. With a little help here and there, the Year 7s did a fantastic job! The great thing about the Pi Day is that all ranges of knowledge could come together and chip in to help solve activities and it was pleasing to see everyone getting on so well.

Quiz Time! This was thrilling. The hall was so silent that when a pencil was dropped, all heads turned. The focus the Year 7s had could not be broken. The answers were shown and everyone was pleased with their

teams results. Then it was time to try and memorise Pi to as many decimal places as the students could.

There was much talk going on in the groups as who was going to remember the most and other hopefuls were forced to learn more so they could compete. Student after student went up and did their very best, beating the previous score. One student did a remarkable 45 decimal places. The student who was alleged to know the best went up with a smile on his face. You could see him trying to remember every last number he saw off the sheet, he stopped and the atmosphere was electrifying. It was then revealed that he had beaten the best by one decimal place, everyone was on their feet and cheering. Soon after it was time to go.

Around school that day, all the talk was about Pi Day. Chats often featured the different activities the Year 7s did and the decimal places of Pi. The day was a success and brought out a whole new side of Maths which some of the students didnt know about. The Year 7s and Math leaders will not forget this day in a hurry and everyone who attended - Im sure - will recommend it to children looking to come to

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Warlingham School. All the teachers who arranged and took part on the day should be very pleased with the outcome and the school should be very happy how the day turned out.

Amir Pandya (9G)

ResultsTeam Competition:

Sara-Jane banwell, Alesandro De luca, Reece Franklin & Megan McDonald (X-block Winning Team)

James bryan, Alana-Mae Flynn, Sophie hickson & Charles Moye (Y-block Winning Team)

lauren Cheetham, leo hood, harvey Turner & Abbi Worsfold (Y-block Runner-up Team)

Katherine Merritt, Joshua Simon, Ronnie Gass & Celine Green (X-block Runner-up Team)

Memorising Pi:

1st Place: Jack Coyne (46 decimal

places) | 2nd Place: Owen McWilliams (45 decimal places) | 3rd Place: Tom hawkins (39 decimal places)

On Friday 13th March, Year 7 Chichester and Johnson were assigned to work in groups of four to complete small maths related tasks, courtesy of Pi Day.

Many of the tasks were calculation based. Others were puzzles. One of the puzzles in particular involved memorising as much of the Pi sequence as possible.

After an hour and a half we finished the lessons with a twenty question quiz.

I especially enjoyed working out puzzles as they covered most of the things we learned and I understood them and enjoyed them.

Matilda Roche 7L

Dates for your diary

Monday 13th April 2015First Day of Summer Term

Monday 4th May 2015May Bank Holiday

Friday 8th May 2015Year 9 Tracking Home

Monday 11th - Friday 15th May 2015Year 9 Progress Review Week

Monday 11th May 2015AS / GCSE Exams Start

Year 11 & Year 12 Special Timetable Week

Friday 15th May 2015Year 12 Study Leave starts

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Friday 22nd May 2015Year 11 Celebration Assembly

Year 13 Leavers Day & Ceremony

Year 13 Ball

Monday 25th - Friday 29th May 2015Half Term

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