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The ChristsChronicles21st Dec ember Ca rol Servic e

Last da y o f term, Schoo l c loses at 12.30pm

4th January 11 First day o f Sp ring Termsta rts 8.30am

11th Janua ry Yea r 11 Parents eve ning3.30-6.30pm

13th Janua ry Boys yea r 11 Basketb a ll a t hom e

Sc ienc e mod ules

17th January Sc ience mo d ules

18th Janua ry Boys Yea r 10 Basketb a ll a t home

19th Janua ry Boys Yea r 9 Basketb a ll a t hom e

Sc ienc e mod ules

25th Janua ry Girls Yea r 10/ 11 Basketb a ll a t hom e

Resista nt Mate ria ls & Textiles Year 11 Day

26th Janua ry Boys Yea r 8 Basketb a ll a t hom e

27th Janua ry Lea dership Tea m Drop -in session 3.30-6pm

28th Janua ry Yea r 9 GC SE Op tions Day

30th Janua ry Mini Ma ra thon Tria l

1st Feb ruary Girls Yea r 7 Basketba ll a t home

2nd Feb ruary Boys Yea r 7 Basketb a ll a t hom e

9th Feb ruary Girls yea r 8/9 Basketb a ll a t hom e

Yea r 9 GCSE Op tions Informa tion e ven ing 7pm

11th Feb ruary Yea r 7 Boys Rugby Lea gue Tourna me nt

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

You c an a lso c heck the scho ol events c alenda r, which is upd ated regularly for

more d iary dates on our website at www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

Future events for your dia ry

Special points of

interest:

Reviews

Coming

Events

Sports News

Messages

Requests

Advertising

Inside this issue:

Hea dma sters Let ter 2

Jack Petc hey 3

Awa rds Evening 3-4

Sta nd ing stones 5

Christma s Ca rd 6

Bud ding Journa lists 6-7

Betw ee n the Loc ks 8

Christs VLE 9

ASDAN 9

Co ming Even ts 10

The Ski Trip 11

New Building 11

Sports News 14

Messages 16

November/ December 2010 Issue 72

Welcome to the latest issue of Christs Schools newsletter
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Pag e 4 The Christs Chronicles

The Rt Hon, Lord Patten of Barnes, Wil liam Scot t-

Mends with his award and Richard Burke

Christ's School'scontinuing success istestament to the hardwork of so many

Ric ha rd Burke, Hea d tea c her,

said, Celebrating the successof our young peo p le is alwa ys a

positive e xperienc e; and

thanking the m any pe ople,

parents, teachers, support staff,

Gove rnors and ma ny

others, who ena b le that suc c ess

is so important too.

Our Awards Evening has

be com e a n annua l fixture inRic hmond with the p resenc e o f

guests suc h a s Lord Patten only

serving to raise its p rofile. Christ's

Sc hool's continuing suc c ess is

testame nt to the ha rd wo rk of so

many that make up our

community, with our young

people the key recipients of it.This is a very ha ppy annua levent which is enjoyed by a ll

that attend.

Law rie Co lbert, Hea d Boy,

introd uced our guest spe akerthe Rt Hon Chris Pa tte n, Lord

Pa tten o f Ba rnes.

Lord Pa tten highlighted som e

influenc ia l persona l experienc es

and enco urag ed the students

not to a c c ept m ed ioc rity in

themselves but to strive to

ac hieve a ll they c ould.

This yea r a new awa rd , the

Emlyn Wibb erley Aw ard wa s

presente d for the first time and

wa s g iven to William Scott-

Mend s. The aw ard is g iven to a

Yea r 10 stud ent who

dem onstra tes the sam e kind of

enthusiasm for school life a s

Emlyn d id. It wa s a lso a p lea sure

to we lco me Mr and MrsWibberley to our ce rem ony.

Eng lish. Stud ents also received

the ir Duke of Ed inburgh b ronze

awards from Mrs Lorenz.

Our Head Girl, Biba Rand le-

Cap rez ope ned the c eremo ny

with a read ing from the

Go spels; two yea r 7 treb le

singe rs, Ben Pat te rson a nd

Otto Sterner then sang The

Lord Bless You and Keep You

bea utifully, and a b rass

ensemble played Galliarde

de la Guerre.

The a nnua l event is an

op po rtunity to celebrate our

stude nts ac hievement and

prog ress with ce rtific a tes beingpresented in rec og nition o f

the ir suc c ess. It was a lso a n

op portunity to welcome b ac k

our leavers who c ollec ted their

GC SE c ertific a tes; the y

ac hieved the best GCSE results

ever for Christs School with

90% of the stud ents ac hieving

5 or more A*- C g rad eswith

64% ac hieving 5 A* to Cgrad es inc luding Maths and

Artwork by JoshuaTuckey that wasdisplayed on the

front cover of theprogramme

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Issue 72Pag e 5

Standing Stones by Jasper Spires

I have arrived in a truly wild place. Even though the sun cast its rays as best it

c ould , there is still a c hill in the a ir: a c hill of d esola tion, a c hill of lone liness. I

be gin my journey on a d am p de solate p lain as I wa lk awa y from the villag ethe c hill ge ts strong er.

Up on the Moo rs I am aw are that I am not a lone, the sheep bleat ing serve a s

a c onsta nt rem inder and this c om forts me . Ahead I c an see large stone s

protruding from the g round , they form a c irc le of sta nd ing stone s and look as

if they have b een p ut there b y some alien rac e.

The statues of granite p rec ariously ba lanc ed on to p of ea c h othe r on a high

pea k, form a silhouette of g iants on the ho rizon. I c ontinue, the c hill dee pens

pene trating, sap p ing m y strength. I arrive a t the foo t of the p ea k and

encounter a horse, its coat is jet black and it has a wild, haunted expression in

its eyes so I take a n alternative pa th a nd be gin my asc ent up a hard a nd

unforgiving boulde r field. Eventua lly, I ma ke it to the top ! The view wa s wo rththe effo rt, I c ould see for miles a round , I fee l exhila rate d . Sta nd ing on this

mo nume nta l struc ture I fee l the history flow through me ... I see anc ient

peo p le worshipp ing the ir God s. A ma n is laid on the la rgest stone, a sha rp flint

raised ab ove him! I withdraw ... there wa s no nee d to m ake a n enem y of my

imagination, not here.

I am c omp letely unaw are that the land sc ap e b elow me is be ing swa llow ed

up, engulfed by a sea of fog . My view is now c om pletely c overed in a

b lanket of white. I feel c laustrop hob ic; I have to lea ve b efore it swa llow s me

up too . It sta rts to ra in a s I be gin my d esc ent; the smo oth, wet g ranite has

turned the b oulde r field into a de ath trap . The fog c law s hea vily around m y

ankles and I am unsure o f wha t lies be nea th.The fo g is incredibly de nse o n the low er ground there seems to be mo re

mo isture in the a ir tha n oxygen . Cold, we t a nd d isorienta ted , it is ea sy to

understa nd ho w so ma ny peop le have p erished on these mo ors.

Eventua lly, I am ab le to feel grave l unde rfoo t a nd I am relieved to find m yself

on a pa th. I sme ll woo d smo ke and see it is rising from the ruins of a n

abandoned eng ine house, I de c ide to seek refug e until the rain subsides. I

c limb through a c rumb ling arch to find a ma n wa rming himself by the fire.

Excuse me, would you mind if I took shelter here? I ask. I take a step closer

and c an see tha t he has thic k, blac k hair and a w ea ther-be ate n fac e. His

heavy, woollen jacket is littered with dust. He turns to face me, No night to be

out on the Moors he replies. His voice is ragged and broken, his eyes areem pty: he exudes a d ea thly aura . Sudde nly any threa t on the Moors seems

insign ific ant c ompared to the p resenc e o f this ma n, I am filled with fea r. I

sc ram ble b ac k through the a rc h, as I look b ac k I c an see no e vide nce of him

or the fire eve r having b een there. I summ on everything in my be ing to p rop el

myself a long the p a th and b ac k onto the M oor. I see the sta nding stone s and

know tha t I am running towards c ivilisa tion. My foo t sna gs on som ething, I fa ll

to the g round and hit my hea d on a slab of g ranite. My vision b lurs, I c lose m y

eye s and fa ll into the da rkness.

Som etime later, a loc al would c om e a c ross a bo y lying on the ground. He had

susta ined a b low to the hea d , he was de ad . The m an with thic k blac k hair,

wea ring a heavy woollen jacket c rouched over the b ody. He e ma nated ac hill that w ould d rive a ll life a wa y. He sc oo ped the boy into his arms, turned

and hea de d ba c k towards the fog gy Moo rs. Lea ving in the boys plac e, a

large stone .

Jasper Sp ires, 2010

Jasper Spires won 1st prizefor his story, StandingStones, at theartsrichmond Young

Writers Festival.The prize was for the under16 competition and he is

only 11.Very well done!

Jasper rec eiving his c ertifi-

ca te from the Ma yor of

Richmond

Photograph by

Peter Calvert

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Ms Lorenz has been running a new young journalists club giving students in year 10

the op portunity to experienc e life in the med ia !

They will be a ble to report on loc al news item s and have them published on the loc al

guard ian web site. In taking p art they w ill ga in useful work expe rience, build a p ortfolio

of work; rec eive a lette r of recog nition a nd a p rofessiona l reference letter to add to

CVs and for UCAS applic a tions.

For more informa tion g o to : yourlocalgua rd ian.co.uk/ yourneighbourhood.

Here are Wendy Barnes and Sophie Jubehs latest reports:

Budding Journalists

Christmas ca rd compe tition w inner

Ella McMilan in 9M won the

Christmas card competition

with her lovely collage of a

robin.

return la ter that evening with our pa rents.

As I ente red the c hurc h I was struc k by

the sound s of exc ited c hatte r from

parents, stud ents and tea c hers. We ha d a

guest who w ould g ive out the aw ards

and ma ke a speec h at the end . This yea rthe guest was Lord Pa tten of Barnes, who

enterta ined us with som e ve ry fasc ina ting

On the c hilly a fternoon of Wed nesday

the 24 November, rehea rsa ls were he ld

in St Mary Magdalenes c hurc h, in the

c entre of Ric hmo nd, for all the stude nts

a t Christ's Sc hoo l who were g oing to

rec eive an a wa rd at the annualawa rd 's evening. It p rom ised to be a

very formal event a nd a fter the

rehearsa ls we a ll went ho me, only to

Awards For Christ's Students

Artsric hmond is an ind ep end ent cha rity supporting the a rts in Richm ond -upo n-Tha me s. It's Annua l Young

Writers' Festival is op en to a ll c hild ren who live o r go to sc hool in the boroug h. For furthe r informa tion a nd

a full list o f w inners c lick on http://www.artsrichmond.org.uk/young-artists.php

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stories in his speec h a t the end of

the c eremony. There w ere a lso tw o

musica l performanc es; 'The Lord

Bless You a nd Keep You' w as sungby John Rutter and Ben Patterson,

who are b oth in Yea r 7, and a b rass

ensem ble p layed 'Ga llia rde d e la

Guerre'.

Awards were g iven to students in

every year group who had

ac hieved highly or ma de signific ant

p rog ress in eac h sub jec t ove r the

c ourse o f the last ac adem icyea r. In add ition, 24 stud ents were

aw arded the bronze Duke o f

Ed inburgh's award .

A new aw ard w as introd uce d this

yea r, The Emlyn Wimberley Aw ard

which w ill be given out annually in

remembrance o f a fellow studentwho sad ly passed away ea rlier this

yea r. This yea r the a ward w as

presente d to William Sc ot t-Mends.

The e vening was a g rea t suc c ess

with the sc hool's best ever GCSE

results being read out befo re the

c losing spee c hes from M r Burke a nd

Lord Patten. Everyone walked

hom e with their hea d he ld high.

Sop hie Jubeh

On the 22nd of Novemb er, the yea r

10 students had the opportunity tosee the famous Shakespea rea n

play, 'Rom eo and Juliet', at

the Ric hmo nd Ad ult Community

College.

The d rama is one of the grea test

trag ic love sto ries of a ll

time . Romeo Montague and Juliet

Capulet are young tee nag ers who

fa ll deeply in love, but their families

are b itter enem ies. I apprec ia ted

the p lay a s I am c urrently studying

'Romeo and Juliet' in Eng lish, so

it rea lly helped me , along w ith all

the other yea r 10 stud ents,

to und erstand the Shakespea rea n

languag e a nd to get the true

me aning o f the words.

The p lay was about two ho urs long

and the c ast we re a ll final yearstud ents from Arts Educ a tion

Sc hoo l. I c an honestly say that the y

were grea t ac tors. It wa s a fa ntastic

pe rforma nce and the best pa rt wasthe Capulets feast when the

students da nce d around the stag e.

The p lay wa s d irec ted by Ja ime

Roc ha Allan and I wo uld

rec ommend it to everyone.

Wendy Barnes

Star Crossd Lovers

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The Betw een the Loc ks

exhibition te lls the sto ries of

those w ho lived and w orked

on the up per tida l Thames.,

bo unded by the loc ks at

Ric hmond a nd Ted d ingto n.

Betw een the Loc kswas a

two-year intergenerationaloral history projec t which

rec orded the expe rienc es

and mem ories of this river

c ommunity, and their

testimonies a re b roug ht

a live throug h this exhibition

and ac c omp anying film.

Between 2009 and 2010,

eleven students from ChristsSc hool Ric hmond rec orded

the memories of people

who have lived be side and

worked on the stretc h of the

upper tida l Thame s

be twee n Ric hmond a nd

Tedd ing ton. This rive r

c om munity has existed

almo st unknow n to the land -

based pop ulation. Theirc onnec tion to the wea ther,

tides, and the skills of

naviga tion ha s rem ained

little c hang ed for several

centuries, their trades have

gone on la rge ly unseen,

and their tough, prac tic al

and frugal wa ys of life a re

relevant to us as we ad ap t

to the e ffec ts of c lima tec hange. Their heritag e is as

imp ortant to the na tion as

tha t o f ag ric ulture o r the

sea. These a re the ir sto ries.

Betw een the Loc kswa s an

initia tive o f the Environm ent

Trust fo r Richmond upon

Tham es, and the p rojec t has

be en ma nag ed b y Fiona

Cosson. It was generously

supp orted by the HeritageLotte ry Fund and Hamp ton

Fuel Allotm ents Cha rity. The

projectwa s aw arded The

John Coleman Trop hy 2009

for Outsta nding Contribution

to the River Thames by the

River Tha mes Soc iety.

Between the Loc ks: an o ra l history of the working lives of theupper tida l Thame s

The e xhibition da tes are asfollows:

Saturda y 22nd January 2011

Sunda y 27th February 2011

Kew Bridge Steam Museum,

Green Dragon Lane, Brentford,

Middlesex, TW8 0EN,

Tele phone: 020 8568 4757

Saturday 5th Marc h 2011End

of April

Museum of Richm ond,

Old Town Hall, Whittake r

Avenue, Ric hmond , TW9 1TPTele phone: 020 8332 1141

Further enq uiries:

Fiona Cosson, Heritage Offi-cer: Betwee n the Loc ks

fiona @environm enttrust.co .u

k, Tel. 07941 126 354,

www.environmenttrust.co.uk

The e xhibition a t Orlea ns Park Ga llery
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The Yea r 10 ASDAN group ma de the journey to Twic kenha m Polic e Sta tion to look a t

wha t happe ns in a loc a l Police sta tion.

We spent the first ha lf of the mo rning in a meeting with Chief Inspec tor Kite who

explained about the Police Force in Richmond and the safer neighbourhoods policy.

We then w ere ta ken into the a rresting a rea whe re p eop le ha ve the ir finge r p rints and

pho tog raphs taken.

The g roup then ha d the op portunity to expe rienc e what it is like to be in a polic e c ell.

There were a lot of q uestions asked which moved us quic kly into the interview roomwhere we a ll got a c hance to

look a t what hap pens in this

room.

Finally some of the pupils very

top ic ally (as the student p rote sts

were on that d ay in central

Lond on) went to try on riot g ea r

which they found interesting a nd

fun.

The trip wa s a very informativeand interesting e duc ational

journey for the Yea r 10 ASDAN

group.

Ca therine Harris

You m ay ha ve a lrea dy seen

your c hild using the VLE. We

are very exc ited ab out the

launc h of the VLE and we

hop e tha t you will find it useful

in assisting your childs

learning.

The VLE will show any w ork

assigned to yo ur c hild , a ll

home work is now rec orde d on

the VLE . In the new yea r you

will be sent a parent log in

which will allow you to view

any work set a nd m onitor your

childs attendance and

behaviour log. Please look out

for the letter with your log in.

At the e nd of January we w ill

host a VLE informa tion evening

for pa rents to ta ke you throug h

the basic s of the site. In the

meantime, please a sk your

c hild to show you the ir a rea

and their homework.

For more informat ion on theVLE, p lea se c onta c tgbea n@c hrists.ric hmond .sc h.uk

ASDAN Year 10 group trip to Twic kenham Police Station

Christs School Virtual Learning Environment
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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The sc hoo l conc ert which w as due to be he ld on Thursday, 2ndDece mb er 2010 was c anc elled due to the snowy w ea ther.

This pop ular event w ill now b e he ld on Thursday, 20th Janua ry and

tickets boug ht e arlier will still be va lid .

Tickets w ill be a va ilab le from recep tion a t 5 and 3 c onc essions.

This yea r the Frenc h exc ha nge w ill be from Saturda y, 4th June to

Sa turday, 18th June 2011. The trip is ava ilab le to stud ents in yea rs 8,9

and 10 and t he exchange will be w ith students from our pa rtner sc hoo lin Le Havre.

They will be v isiting Paris, Parc Aste rix and the y will be taking p a rt in

host o f a c tivities includ ing visiting loca l ma rkets.

The Frenc h stud ents will visit us from 4th -11th June , and our stud en ts

go to Franc e fo r the sec ond we ek, 11th-18th June.

If you a re inte rested the c ost is 270. If you c ould p lease send your

dep osit of 70 in fo r the a tte ntion o f Mrs Mc Grail. For further

information plea se co nta c t vmc gra il@c hrists.richm ond .sc h.uk

The Frenc h Exc hange

Com ing Eve nts

Christs School Concert

The Spanish Exc hange

Next yea r Mod ern Foreign Langua ge s p lan to ha ve a Spanish

excha nge to M adrid , the de ta ils for which a re yet t o b e finalised , so

wa tc h this spa c e!

Yea r 7 Frenc h trip

Yea r 7 stud ents stud ying Frenc h will also ha ve the o pportunity to t rave l

to Franc e, and will be staying a t the Kingswo od Cha tea u

(ww w.kingswoo d .co .uk) nea r Dieppe. The t rip w ill be from Friday, 1st

Ap ril to Mond ay, 4th Ap ril 2011. The c ost o f the t rip is 240, w ith a

de posit of 60 req uired now . If you are interested p lea se c onta c t Ms

Year 7 Spanish Trip

Stud ents stud ying Spanish w ill be g oing to a Kingswo od adventure

c am p in Norfolk, whe re a s we ll as doing lots of e xc iting ac tivities they

will ha ve m any op portunities to use Spanish they have lea rnt in sc hoo l.

The t rip w ill dep art on Frida y 10th June a nd return on Mond ay, 13th

June. The c ost o f the trip is 185. If you a re inte rested p lease c ont ac t

Ms Taber on: eta ber@c hrists.richmond .sc h.uk


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We a re now deep in p rep ara tion for the 2011 Ski trip to Saalba c h in Austria. Last

yea rs trip wa s a grea t suc c ess and w e a re hoping tha t the c old w ea ther will

c ontinue lea ving lots of snow

on the mounta ins for us !

There a re now no m ore spac es

left for the 2011 trip but

we w ill soon b e taking dep osits

for our 2012 ski trip, loc a tion to

be c onfirmed in the new year.

If you w ould like more

informa tion a bout the 2011 or

2012 trip p lease c onta c t

gbea n@c hrists.richmond.sc h.uk

New Building for New Yea r

The Ski Trip 2011

There are very exc iting p lans to build a new lib ra ry and resource c entre, new area

for year 7 c ross c urricular work and new entranc e . In add ition we w ill c arry out

som e reorga nisa tion within sc hoo l to enable us to install a sec ond ded ic a ted ICT

suite, crea te a new lea rning supp ort department, consolida te the design

technology d epa rtment and de dicate an a rea as a sac red spa c e a t the heart of

the sc hool.

The b uilding p rojec t w ill beg in in January and is due to be c om pleted in Aug ust

2011. Plans of the new extension and an architects impression of the new frontage

and interior look are overlea f.

Tow ards the e nd of Janua ry, the builders w ill co rdon o ff an a rea a t the front of the

sc hool a round the p resent m a in entranc e. Onc e this hap pens, ac c ess to the

sc hoo l for pup ils and visitors will need to be throug h the entranc e by the ha ll. The

area in front o f the main rec ep tion w ill be out o f bounds.

Within the sc hoo l, there w ill a lso b e a rea s c ordo ned off from

stud ents and sta ff. The m ajority of c lassroo ms remain

unaffec ted by the build ing p lans and teac hing w ill continue a s

normal.

There will be regular updates as the works p rog ress.

Sarah Brown


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Sports Results - Nove mb er/ Dec em ber 2010

The Grand Final saw a re-match of the early stalemate between Christs v

Twickenham Ac ad emy b ut as the c rowd looked on, the c harac teristic determination

of Christs saw them claw they way back into the game after an impressive start from

the Twickenham boys. At the final whistle it was the boys from Christs who jumped for

joy, c linc hing a 6 4

victory.

The boys will now go

forward to rep resent

Ric hmond aga inst

the winners of the

Lambeth/Croydon

bo rough, and go

with the b est w ishes

from everyone a c ross

the region.

Year 9 Rugb y Tournament Cham pions

Sp o rts Ne ws

Novemb er 4th Yea r 8 footb all v Richmond Park Academ ylost 4-1

Novem ber 5th Yea r 9 Rugby Lea gue Tournam entChrists won

Novem ber 12th Yea r 8 Rugby Lea gue Tournam entChrists came 3rd

Nove mb er 18th Yea r 9 Netb all v Greyc ourt-lost 2-5

Novem ber 19th Yea r 7 Rugby Lea gue Tournam entChrists came 4th

Novem ber 26th Ric hmo nd Borough Cross Co untry Cha mp ionships

Connor Patterson c am e 1st in the yea r 9 category

Dec em ber 1st Yea r 11 c luster B volleyb all fina lsBoys A a nd B tea ms

c ame 1st and 2nd, Girls tea m c ame 1st

Dec em ber 8th Yea r 11 Ric hmo nd Borough Volleyb a ll fina lsChrists

team s won the whole tournament

Well done!SSCo-Nicky Worsley

Sports ResultsNovember/ Dec emb er 2010


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Holders Christs School (Boys) retained the gold medal and Christs (Girls) went one bet-

ter tha n last yea r's silver meda l with an imp ressive ha rd -fought victory over Grey Co urt in

the 5th u16 Richm ond 4v4 Boroug h Sc hools Volleyb a ll Fina ls held a t Ham pton Boys

Sc hool. To q ua lify for the finals eigh t sec ondary sc hools c om peted in two ea rlier c luster

tournam ents with the two top boys and g irls tea ms from ea c h c luster prog ressing to the

ultima te showd ow n. In to ta l over 200 pup ils were involved in the 12 we eks winte r volley-

ba ll program me.

The boys final was contested by Hampton Boys (1st) and Hampton Academy (2nd)

qua lified from Cluster A g roup and Christ A (1st) a nd Christ B (2nd ) qua lified from Cluste r

B group . The borough winner was dec ided by these four tea ms in a round -rob in g roupplaying e ac h other once and the two top tea ms (Christ A a nd Christ B) ad vanc ed to

the fina ls. In the fina ls Christ A a nd Christ B we re very evenly ba lanc ed with m any long

ra llies show ing exce llent c ontrol of the b a ll. How ever Christ A m anaged to o vercome

Christ B by 2 points winning by 19 po ints to 17.

In the girls g roup Christ won a ll their ma tc hes and the ba ttle for 2nd p lac e wa s very

c lose b etw een Grey Court, Walde grave A and Waldegrave B, but it wa s Grey Court

c om ing o n top and sec ured 2nd p lac e with a b ette r points d ifferenc e. In the fina l Christ

ha d too muc h serving streng th a nd overpow ered Grey Court by 25-17. The b oys and

g irls fina lists will now prog ress to u15 South Lond on Vo lleyba ll Fina ls in Janua ry 2011 werethey will me et the to p two te ams from King ston, Merton a nd Croydon and test the ir skills

again.

U16 Christ Boys & Girls Crowned Richmond

Borough Volleyba ll Cham pions


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Nestl Cerea l ma y help the

d igestion a fter a ll the ric h

food of Christma sand it

help us buy bo oks too!

We ha ve just sent o ff a

further 125 tokens for books.Keep on send ing them in.

Thank you to a ll of you who

have been ea ting up their

Nestl c erea ls.

I would like to thank all the

parents who have

purc hased books for us from

our Amazon Wish List.

We are reg ula rly add ing to

the wish list and any parent

who wo uld like to buy a

book for the sc hool need s

only follow the instruc tionsbelow.

To ac c ess the wish lists, go

to the Amazon web site,

click on Wish List (tab in

top right hand c orner), then

put Christs School into the

sea rch box that

autom a tic ally com es up.

When you have selec ted

the b oo k you w ish to

purc hase a dd it to your

ba sket a nd p roc eed to

c hec k out . You w ill be

asked to log in w ith your

own Ama zon ac c ount and

then you ca n choose to

have the b ook de livered to

school.

If you a re ha ving any

prob lems plea se e-ma il me:

bbell@c hrists.richmond .sc h.

uk

You w ill shortly rec eive a

lette r deta iling ho w to

reg ister online.

Mrs Ca rol Fletc her

Bursar

The online payment system

for cashless c atering and to

pay for trips etc will be

ava ilab le from January

2011.

Online Paym ent System

Nestle Box Tops for Books

Messages

Amazon Wish List for Library
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Dea r Parents and Ca rers,

Thank you so m uch to those o f you who helpe d

your child to put to ge ther a Christma s Shoe Box

for the Samaritans Purse Appeal. Along with

ove r 50 boxes we w ere a b le to send 631.78.

Your support ma kes suc h a d ifferenc e. Tha nk

you for your time and ge nerosity.

During ha lf te rm our ca reta ker, Neil, and his

tea m e rec ted the Yr 10 Pea c e Wa ll in the sc hoo l

quadrangle. In the summer term the Yr 10s had

a day on, Violence and Peace-building. As

pa rt of that da y eac h student d esigned andpa inted a t ile rep resent ing pea c e. The result is a

c olourful, eye-c at c hing wa ll just o utside the

Sports Hall.

In rec ent w eeks some o f our sc hoo l c om munity

c elebrated Diwa li, and Dece mb er 1st marked

the b eg inning of Ad vent for our Christian

students and the b eg inning of Cha nukah/

Hanukkah for our Jew ish stud ents. These a re a ll

festivals/ sea sons in w hich light is a c ent ral

symb ol. During Dece mb er schoo l rec ep tion hasbee n dec orated with coloured pa per ca ndles.

On t heir c and les the Yr 7 students wrote wha t

light me ant to the m. Som e lovely thoughts we re

expressed and we hop e you enjoyed them if

you had to c om e into sc hool during tha t time.

During Advent weve had a moving Advent

c alenda r. Eac h da y som ewhe re a round t he

sc hoo l there wa s a ne w p ic ture relating to the

Christmas sto ry and a question for the stud ents

to answer. The stud ent who ident ifies the mo st

p ictures and answe rs the questions w ill win a tin

of Qua lity Street a t the end o f term.

On Decem be r 17th Yr 11 stud en ts hosted a

Christmas tea pa rty fo r residents from the

nearby Almsho uses on Sheen Roa d . This is the

first yea r they ha ve orga nised the event. Som e

of the stud ents from t he music dep artme nt

p rovided ente rta inme nt for the oc c asion. They

a lso p rep ared a Christma s Quiz and eve ry g uest

we nt hom e w ith an ind ividual Christma s

pudding a nd ca rd.

The c and lelit C hristmas Ca rol Service for p a rents/

c areers took plac e on t he 16th in Holy Trinity Church.

Two of the Yr 9 group s ha d ma de large na tivity figures

for our 6 high stable. These played a central part in

the service. Other students took the parts of nativity

story cha rac ters and w e filmed t hem in the sc hoo l:

Ma ry in the a rt room , Josep h in Design Tec hno logy,

Elizabeth in Foo d Tec hno logy, the shep herds on the

sc hoo l field, the wise m en in one of the sc ience labs,

and the innkeep er in the c antee n. The film c lips we re

shown during the service . The school c ho irs sang

bea utifully. It w as a love ly oc c asion, ending with

mulled wine and m inc ed p ies provided b y the PTA. Itwo uld ha ve b een eve n more wo nde rful if more

pa rents had be en p resent to a pp rec iate the students

efforts.

If you would like to c eleb ra te C hristmas a little

d ifferently this yea r you might like to look up

www.goodgifts.org which ha s a rang e o f gifts you c an

buy for peo p le in need . You c an buy such things as

me d ic ines, the g ift o f sight, a pig for a fam ily in Afric a ,

ed uca tion for street c hild ren, b ic ycles for midw ifes in

Afric a , foo tb a lls for schools in Afric a , solar lante rns for

villagers in east Africa and magic beans specially

deve lop ed for loc al c ond itions in Rwa nda . There a re

some lovely ideas.

Thank you a ga in for all your on-go ing he lp and

support.

Kind reg ards

Ruth

A m e ssa g e f ro m o ur Cha p lain, Ruth Sc ot t
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Add itional information:

To c on ta c t Sta ff by e-ma il plea se use their first

initia l and then surname w ritten as one word

followed by g eneric end ing:@c hrists.richm ond .sc h.uk

There is a lso a quick link via sc hool w eb site

Holidays:

Autum n Term

Term end s Tuesda y, 21st Dec em ber 2010 at 12.30pm

Half Term

25th October31st Oc tob er 2010

Spring Term

4th Janua ry- Term ends 8th April at 12.30pm

Half Term

21st February25th February

Summer Term

26th April20 July at 1pm

Pub lic Holiday, Frida y, 29th Ap ril 2011 - sc hool closed

Bank Holiday M ond ay, 2nd Ma y 2011 - sc hool c losed

Half Term

30 Ma y3 June

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Yea r!

Christ's Sc ho ol

Que en's Roa d

Richmond

Surrey

TW10 6HW

Phone : 020 8940 6982

Fax: 020 8332 6085

E-ma il: [email protected] d.sch.uk

www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

Timetab le for school day

All stud ents to a rrive a t

sc hool and b e rea dy for

registration at 08.30

Morning b rea k 10.40-10.55

Lunch b rea k 12.55-13.40

End of sc hoo l 15.00

Winte r uniform required :

b lazer, white shirt a nd sc hoo l

tie.

To o rder uniform go to our

website: http://

c hrists.richmond.sc h.uk/

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