Wednesday 19 July 2017 End of Term Edition Dear Parents ...€¦ · warmly thank and say farewell to Ms Wright (MFL), Mrs Byrne (AHT and SENDCo) and Mrs Gibbins (DH) who are moving

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Wednesday 19 July 2017

End of Term Edition Dear Parents and Carers As I write this, Year 7’s very successful Bushcraft trip to Penshurst Place is coming to an end, our Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh Award adventurers are making the final checks to their equipment, Year 9 geographers are heading to Kew and Year 8 are watching Harry Potter in preparation for their trip to the studios later. In addition, historians from Year 9 will be travelling to the First World War Somme Battlefields in France and Year 12 will enjoy a day at the coast in Brighton. We will conclude the year with our Achievement Assembly for Years 7 -10 when the result of another excellent Sports’ Day will be added to all the other house endeavours and the House Champions for 2017 will be announced. At the end of a very long term, the students’ engagement and excellent conduct throughout all of these activities has been very impressive, as has the stamina of the staff without whose enthusiasm and positivity none of these opportunities would be possible; I am very grateful to them all. Arrangements for the start of the new school year

Date Time Activity

Thursday 24 August

9.30am Year 12 enrolment. Most students have been given timings for this already; others can be booked in on that day.

Monday 4 September

8.30am Year 7 arrive and go to the Main Hall

9.30am Year 12 arrive

12pm Years 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 arrive in school and go to their tutor rooms

Tuesday 5 September

8.30am School begins for all students in all year groups.

Students should go to their tutor rooms: Lesson 1 will begin as usual at 8.50am.

This will be Week 1 on the timetable.

Uniform for the start of the year I would be very grateful for parents’ support in ensuring your daughter arrives for school in the correct uniform at the start of the year.

Skirts should be resting on the knee. Please replace any skirts which are shorter than this. School trousers are available as an alternative.

Shoes should be black leather. Vans or trainer/plimsoll style shoes are not permitted. Kicker shoes are acceptable and whilst we have allowed Kicker boots this year, if you are replacing these we would be grateful if you could do so with shoes, not boots.

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All piercings should be removed apart from one earring in each earlobe, if desired. If your daughter intends to have her nose or upper ear pierced, she will need to do so right at the start of the holiday, as she will not be permitted to wear these adornments at school and will be asked to remove them.

Acrylic nails and hair wraps should be removed before the start of term.

Rings, necklaces and bracelets should all be left at home.

The blazer and the new style darker jumper are optional for students in Years 10 and 11. The blazer is compulsory for all students in Years 7, 8 and 9.

All marked or ripped uniform should be replaced.

Farewells to staff As always at this time of year a number of staff leave our school. All have given a great deal to our students, inspiring a love of their subject and supporting students both in the classroom and in their extra-curricular activities. Mrs Brundish (DT), Mrs Curtis (Science) and Mrs Martin (Science) have worked at Rosebery for over 30 years between them and have therefore had a greater impact than most on the lives of hundreds of Rosebery students. We also warmly thank and say farewell to Ms Wright (MFL), Mrs Byrne (AHT and SENDCo) and Mrs Gibbins (DH) who are moving to senior leadership positions elsewhere. Miss Elwell (Psychology), Miss Green (Art), Mr Talkington (Maths), Mr Seth (Maths), Mrs Kainth (Psychology), Mr Bowker (Science), Ms Gill (English), Mr Rattos (Geography) and Ms Levesque (Sociology) are all moving onto new roles in other schools and Mr Reid (Science) is also leaving us for a year’s sabbatical abroad; we wish them well for their new ventures. We also offer our sincere congratulations to Miss Nejad who has given birth to a baby boy in the last week, and to Miss Lowe who is getting married over the summer. I will write to introduce the new teaching staff and changes to the Leadership Team to you in September; it may be useful to you to have confirmation of the Heads of Year and Deputy Heads of Year at this stage, however:

Year group Head of Year Deputy Head of Year

7 Miss Lowe Miss Glazebrook

8 Mrs South Miss Abrahams

9 Miss Haggis Mrs Browne

10 Mr Styles Miss Collins

11 Mr Harvey Miss Devonish

Sixth Form Mr Phillips – Head of Sixth Form Mr Waight – Head of Year 12

Miss Kent – Head of Year 13

Finally, can I use this last newsletter of the year to thank you for all your support this year. I am particularly grateful to the PSA who have raised a spectacular £12,000 this year, which has made such a difference to the school. I would also like to express my gratitude to the staff and governors who have worked so hard and once again highlight what a privilege it is to work with such a great group of students who try so hard, give so much and are a delight to be with. Have a wonderful summer break everyone. Ros Allen@RoseberyHT




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IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary (Subject to Alteration)

Monday 17 July Week 2

Weds 19 July School finishes at 12:10pm

Monday 14 August

Thurs 17 August GCE Results Day Click here for Exam information

Monday 21 August

Thurs 24 August

GCSE Results Day

Y12 Enrolment

Click here for Exam information

Monday 4 September Week 1

Mon 4 September

08.30am Year 7 arrive Main Hall

09.30am Year 12 arrive Common Room

12:00pm Years 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 arrive Tutor Rooms

Tues 5 September Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and Year 12 School Photographs

Main Hall

Thurs 7 – Mon 11 September Gold D of E Final France

Sat 9 September 12:00pm – 14:00pm

PSA Year 7 Picnic

Dates for your Diary Page 3

Headteacher Commendations Pages 4 & 5

Student News Pages 5 & 6

Rosebery School Oscars Pages 7 & 8

Sports Day Page 9

Surrey Youth Games 2017 / International School Visits Page 10

Institute of Engineering and Technology Event Invitation: 28 July 2017 Page 11

Film Media Academy Page 11

PSA end of year update Page 12

Psychology Tutoring Page 13

Christ Church, Epsom College – Opera Picnic – 29 July 2017 Page 14

Zumba Page 15



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Headteacher Commendations

I am delighted to say that since September 3,062 HT Comms have been given to 1,116 students. I am thrilled that so many students have had their achievement acknowledged in this way. The final batch of nominations is as large as ever this week. Mrs Pingree has nominated Hallie Watson 8MY, Nicole Newell, Ella Powell and Brooke Watson 8MX, Leona Watson and Abigail Quevedo 7MY for being consistently polite and well-mannered at Breakfast Club. The really are #RoseberyProud. Year 7 - I have nominated Romy Clarkson 7EX, Sienna Somerville-Murphy 7EY, Luisa Duarte 7MX and Izzy Chapman 7EY who spoke so beautifully at Open Evening, Miss Babo has nominated Megan Stokes and Prutha Kulkarni 7EX, Ruth Madeley 7PX, Charlotte Lehane, Zoe Brewin, Zoe Seward and Izzie Cantwell 7PY for being great MFL ambassadors at Open Evening. Mrs Mills has nominated Amy Brockett, Megan Stokes and Lauren Thorpe 7EX for their mature attitude and proactive contribution to the House Assembly for giving up their break and free time to help, Mrs House-Lee has nominated Romy Clarkson 7EX, Juliet Mutton 7MY, Natalie Jennings 7EY, Zoe Double 7MY and Luisa Duarte 7MX for their excellent contribution to lesson and Mrs Crawford has nominated Jessica Light, Charlotte Miller and Danielle Pratt who have demonstrated exemplary behaviour across the year and being good ambassadors for 7CY. Year 8 - Mr Lines has nominated Sacha Nasir and Holly Grimshaw 8MX for their hard work in English all year and excellent end of year assessment results, Miss Starr has nominated Jaz Read 8CX for showing her excellent Science understanding in the end of year exam and increasing her confidence in her own ability and Ms Davison has nominated Elena Belisario 8CX for her focus, engagement and spirit of enquiry in English, Sophie Benson 8CX for her interest, engagement and thoughtful contributions and Jo-Anne Winmill 8CX for her positive, focused attitude, which has contributed to her growing confidence. Mrs Delaiche has nominated Katelyn Barton 8PY for her resilience and determination across the year, Mrs House-Lee has nominated Amelia Broomer, Lucy Sedgwick, Florrie Petit and Ella Staves 8PX, Elena Belisario 8CX, Hannah Page 8PY, Maddie Daniels and Ellen Scally 8EY for their excellent contribution to lessons. Mrs Coombes has nominated the following students for their outstanding work in English all year: Sameera AlI, Zoe Davies, Millie Fallows, Poppy Giles, Lisa Howlett, Nikcheya Kuganesan, Lucy Sedgwick and Ella Staves 8PX, Megan Cole, Rebecca Gibbs, Bo Matthews, Aba Mensah, Elena Edwards and Caroline Youngs 8CY, Katelyn Barton, Isla Hamilton and Beth Youngs 8PY. Year 9 - Miss Starr has nominated Jessica David 9PX for showing huge improvements in her Science understanding and effort in class since the beginning of the year, Lexie Sundborg 9CX for trying her best and working hard every Biology lesson this term and Jemma Schendel 9MX for settling in so well and showing great resilience after joining part way through the year. Mr Styles has nominated Saskia Clarke 9CX for her consistently fantastic work in English this year and Ms Davison has nominated Alex Michael 9MY for her hard work, engagement and valuable contributions to discussion and Miranda Pratt 9EY for her continued hard work and positive attitude to learning. Mrs Hawkey has nominated Erin Cowley and Dana Thapa 9EY, Ellie Watson and Rupy Kaur 9MY, Amar Tehfe and Aine Hunt 9PY for their excellent result in the Business Ownership Module test. Mrs Kinder has nominated Sayra Abdul 9CX for her resilience and positivity across the year. Miss Baker has nominated Miranda Pratt 9EY, Alex Michael and Anika Patel 9MY, Phoebe Hogg and Hannah Lealan 9PX for their fantastic work when helping the Computer Science Department at Open Evening and Ms Gill has nominated Emily Fry 9PY and Jessica Berry 9CX for their excellent work in English. Mrs Callaghan has nominated Kiera Fleeman 9EX for her excellent PHSE debate speech.




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Year 10 - Mr Sheffield has nominated Lauren Flack 10PY and Jessica Tyndall 10CY for consistently working hard all year and achieving an excellent end of year exam result of a grade 8. Lauren has also been nominated by Miss Starr for showing fantastic organisation with her quiz night to raise funds for her trip to South Africa and Miss Starr has also nominated Ella Bunting 10PY for achieving an excellent grade in her Biology mock and resilience when finding the work tough. Ms Davison has nominated the following students who have made excellent progress in their GCSE English studies, exhibiting an exceptional level of hard work and focus: Jessica Bird, Jemima McCaffrey and Jessica Tyndall 10CY, Megan Bloomfield, Kaia Harris Cowley and Rachael Hawthorne 10EY, Emily Everson, Gemma Pullen and Amy Smith 10MY, Maria Goubran-Keshta and Zoe Symons 10PY. Sixth Form - Mr Carter has nominated Martha Bearne 12B and Isabel Cobbett 12F who are geographical all-rounders and were declared ‘Geography Students of the Year’ on the recent weekend fieldwork trip to Dorset for demonstrating a strong knowledge base, their confidence with verbal questions & answers, who were up for a challenge both physically & academically, were resilient in the field and generally willing to go that extra mile. Miss Babo has nominated Melissa Roy and Faye Rainger 12C for their excellent work in the MFL department for Open Evening and Mrs House-Lee has nominated Emily Palmer 12E for her excellent contribution to Drama this year. Mrs Ford has nominated Amy Brewer 12A for focusing carefully on how to improve in History and not giving up, despite the challenges that studying History throws at her and for all of her help planning Year 9 Activities Week tasks. She has also nominated Imogen Haywood 12A, Oriana Lewis 12C, Charlotte Clark 12C, Rose Collins 12B for their excellent work on planning the Year 9 Activity Day focusing on preparing for the Battlefields trip and Mrs Little has nominated Sarah Alford and Robyn Pullen 12B, Kyra Shiva Agraan 12A and Penny French 12C for their fantastic work in the library last week.

Student News

Tia McKay 9EX took part in an athletics competition last weekend at Guildford called the ‘Lily B’. Tia did extremely well and came joint 1st for her 200m beating her own PB, she also came 1st in the 100m, again beating her own PB. Tia and her athletics club, ‘The Harriers’, were been mentioned in The Epsom Guardian:

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Emma Simpson 7EY, Bethan Massey 7CX and Amy Watts 7CX participated in the ‘2017 United Kingdom U13 Girls Regional Hockey Championship', held at the weekend at Manchester University. The three girls all played for the Southern Saxons, representing the South of England. Their team won the penalty shuffle knock-out competition and came fifth overall in the championship. They had a great time and lots of fun staying in the University halls of residence! As a result of the weekend Amy was also selected for the United Kingdom Lions U13 Girls squad. She will be joining a new squad of 24 girls from across the UK to play throughout the UK and internationally.

What a fantastic achievement, The PE Staff

On Tuesday 6 July four students were chosen to go

Beacon School to complete a debating workshop. The

Beacon debating team have participated in a number

of contests and recently did very well in a regional

competition. We feel we learnt a lot from them. The

workshop included some other GLF Schools: Glyn,

De Stafford and Meridian High, who each volunteered

a team of 4-6 pupils.

The workshop focused on the formalities of debating

and how to form a winning argument. We spent the

majority of our time participating in activities and

games, which were created and led by the Beacon

students. They were dedicated to help us understand

the key techniques in debating. We also watched

them argue the case that they had put forward for

their competition, and at the end of the session we had a debate against De Stafford about whether junk food

advertising should be banned. Our team was for the opposition, so we had to argue that junk food advertising is in

fact important and should not be prohibited. We all got very involved in the planning, and all contributed helpful

information, including Ms Foster who helped us understand some key points.

Anna Champness 8MY, Lois Núñez-Jarrett 8MY, Safa Hamid 8MY and Caroline Young 8CY stepped forward and gave

a sophisticated debate that turned out to be very successful - as we won! The day was wonderful in bringing students

from other schools together and we loved the opportunity to take part in a formal debate.

Ms N Foster, English Department

The Music Department would like to congratulate

Bethany Rochester 11PX for passing her Grade 5 Theory with Merit!




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Surrey Youth Games 2017

This year I have had an amazing Surrey

Youth Games experience and Rosebery

has played a big part in Epsom and

Ewell’s outcome. Coming second

overall, Epsom and Ewell won the

highest team entry award with a total of

33 teams across the 15 sports available.

This year I was an ambassador for

Rosebery as well as playing in the touch

tennis which Epsom and Ewell won!

Because of my achievement and the

many other medals won by Epsom and

Ewell, I attended the presentation

evening for our borough on Wednesday 12 July along with many others from Rosebery. Here we celebrated all the

many achievements of Epsom and Ewell with many individual awards, some going to Rosebery students.

Hannah Palmer 10CY won Volunteer of the Year and Ellie Parris 7MY won Young Ambassador of the Year. Overall this

year’s Surrey Youth Games was an amazing year for Epsom and Ewell and Rosebery.

Written by Izzy Berry 9CY

International

School Visits

We have had a wonderful time with

our Taiwanese visiting students this

year.

We have had five visits from different schools across Taiwan. Our students have made excellent buddies, teaching the

Taiwanese to improve their English. They have visited lessons and taken part in a wide range of school activities.





Club starts on Tuesday 19 September

This is a very popular club so early booking is advised

On the 28 July 2017 the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)

is calling on young people and their parents

to visit the exciting venues taking part in its third Engineering Open House Day

The evening at Atkins will provide you with an overview into careers associated with engineering

Throughout the evening there will be a host of career presentations,

workshops, drop-in sessions and tours of their interactive STEM lab.

The event is free but tickets are limited

To sign up please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iet-open-

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PSA end of year update

The PSA would like to thank all parents and carers for their support

this year. We have made an amazing £12,000 including over

£1,500 on the Summer Raffle.

We are always looking for volunteers – if you would like to help

out in any way, please click on the link below to give your details.

Click here for PSA form

Summer Raffle winners

1st prize (stay in Villa in Turkey) – Mrs Angus

2nd prize (£150 cash) – Mrs Sheehan

3rd prize (MOT/Service) – Mrs Mobin

4th prize (beauty hamper) – Mrs Skinner

5th prize (champagne) – Mrs Jalland

A ‘thank you’ from the Music Department

“The Music Department would like to thank the PSA for their

generous funding, which has allowed us to buy a new portable

recording set up. This consists of a Macbook Pro laptop

computer, USB microphone and Superdrive as well as a bundle

of new recording software apps. This equipment will be used

for the benefit of the entire school for years to come, and can

be used to record concerts and recitals, as well as students of

all years groups performing in their music lessons every day.

Students will have the opportunity to widen their musical

knowledge and explore music and music technology in new

and exciting ways.”

What else have the PSA

funded?

3 new smart boards for Science

Photography equipment

including new camera and

new printer for Art

Sound system

Wine glasses for school and

PSA fundraising events

Outdoor furniture

Sixth form

Common Room chairs

Helping with the running

of the school minibuses



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Wednesday 19 July 2017 End of Term Edition Dear Parents ...€¦ · warmly thank and say farewell to Ms Wright (MFL), Mrs Byrne (AHT and SENDCo) and Mrs Gibbins (DH) who are moving