Thursday 20 October 2016

On Tuesday 11 October the cast of Romeo and Juliet went to the

Rose Theatre for a special one to one workshop with the

organisers. Students explored the use of space, delivery of lines

and characterisation. We then focused on one scene from the

performance looking at how to enhance the performance

specifically focusing on the language and the meanings behind the

text.

The students gained feedback on their performance learning how

to make it even more powerful for the audience. The students

thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were a credit to the school.

The performance will take place along with 3 other schools at The

Rose Theatre on Monday 21 November 7.00pm. Tickets can be

purchased online or thought The Rose Theatres box office.

Upcoming Events

Monday 31 October Year 10 Thorpe Park Trip 3.30pm—10.00pm

Monday 31 October PTA Meeting 7.00pm—8.30pm Wednesday 2 November Sixth Form Open Evening 6.00pm - 8.00pm Thursday 3 November UKMP Senior Maths Challenge Kingston University 12.30pm—3.30pm Tuesday 8 November Awards Evening 7.00pm—9.00pm

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Wear it Pink

On Thursday 20 October the Sixth Form students wore pink and sold cakes to support Wear it Pink and raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign. It was a fantastic effort by all and we raised £362.72. Well done Sixth Form.

Unifrog Presentation On Wednesday 10 October, Year 12 students were given an introduction to the useful website Unifrog. It is a post-Sixth Form guidance that allows students to explore the different University courses and Apprenticeships they may be interested in. It takes away some of the stress of finding a University and course suited to you, which is a big relief during such an important year. Kim, who works for Unifrog, gave a talk and she was very clear about how to create a login, using the website and explaining how to use the different tools to narrow down options. She used personal experiences to relate to us and what decisions we have to start making. The website gives all the information someone would need when looking at University, including newspaper ratings, accommodation pricing and distances from home. I found the talk and presentation very useful as I hadn’t realised that there are so many different courses that you can choose from. When we were given our logins, we had the opportunity to go through the website ourselves, searching for courses we may want to do. All of this information and the website has been really helpful to me as I have to start considering what I want to do in two years time. It is an easy way to keep track of the Universities I am interested in and it gives me guidance on writing personal statements and applications. Year 12 will definitely benefit from this programme over the year ahead and all the decisions we need to make about our futures. Natalya McCormick, Year 12

Year 12 and 13 Film Studies

Year 12 and Year 13 Film Studies students have undertaken an 'Independent Researching' fortnight up until Thursday 20 October, wherein lessons are delivered in the style of university seminars. Students have been trained on the 'JStor' academic journal archive and brought their own independent research for group discussion each lesson.

Congratulations We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Head Girl and Head Boy along with the Student Leadership for Sixth Form.

Year 7 Science BioBakes Bake Off

Year 7 students had great fun taking part in the Science BioBakes Bake Off on Thursday 20 October. Well done to everyone who took part.

Rebecca Hopkins Head Girl

Isabella Thomas Deputy Head Girl

Nicolas Laspas Head Boy

Lewis Thornton Deputy Head Boy

Daniel Lee Senior Subject Ambassador

Rosie Clark-Trew Senior Community

Ambassador

Sophie Roadnight Senior Charity Ambassador

Year 8 Learn about Heart Structure

Last week, Year 8 had great fun earning about the heart structure. They can now tell you all about the pulmonary artery, aorta, pulmonary vein, tricuspid and bicuspid valves! Ms A Harris Curriculum Leader for Science

‘Be Strong Online Ambassador’ Training

A group of Year 9 students took part in the Be Strong Online Ambassador Workshop at Waldegrave School on the 11 October. They were involved in a series of activities where they had to research areas around online safety, develop training programmes for peers and practice delivering these programmes to other students taking part in the workshop. The Teddington School students performed to the highest standard and were praised by teaching staff, from the other schools involved, for their hard work and endeavour. As a result of their performance at this event the pupils involved, Sara Dillamore, Molly Finlay, James Brazil, Amie Fagg, Robert Griffiths, Faye Blackshaw, Oscar Marsh and Millie Barber were inducted as ‘Be Strong Online’ Ambassadors’ and will take the programme forward to promote it within Teddington school. Well done to all those involved. Mr M Hickin Pastoral Support Manager

Team Richmond Hockey Jamie Spencer, Year 8 and Jack Dodds, Year 7, represented Teddington School as part of Team Richmond at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre and came away with the trophy.

The team played 7 games won 6 and drew 1, scoring 21 goals and conceding only 1!

They played 2 teams from Knights Templar School, Herts; winning 3-0 and 2-0, Birchwood High School, Herts winning 4-0, Sir John Lawes, Herts winning 3-0, Stockley Academy, Hillingdon winning 5-0 and 2 teams from Beaumont School, St Albans winning 3-0 and drawing 1-1.

Jamie scored 7 goals, Jack 2 goals.

It was a great day and the team got to meet GB Hockey player and Olympian Ashley Jackson, who signed their shirts and did a q&a with them teams during the lunch break. Mr M Giles Head of Year 8

Girls U13 Football

. Congratulations to the Year 8 girls who won their match 5-1 against Eastlea Community School in Newham.

The Year 7 and Year 8 girls football team played Turin House School in the Interschool Competition last week and won 8-1. Thank Sean O’Brien, Year 10, for assisting as referee for the game.

In the inter school tournament we now have won 3/3 games, with only Waldegrave School left in this half of the draw

Please can I remind all girls interested in playing football that we have a super training session on Wednesday afternoons after school 3.15pm to 4.30pm where we have a Brentford FC coach who takes the girls. Years 7-10 welcome. Ms S Phillips Pastoral Support Manager

Sporting News

You can find all sporting information, including details on Training, Fixtures and Results on our dedicated website www.teddingtonschoolsports.org

Congratulations Well done to the Year 7 Boys Rugby team for their 40-10 Win against St Richard Reynolds Catholic College . There were outstanding performances from Finn Williams and Isaac Rush.

Teddington School PE Fixtures

Extra Curricular Sports Activities

Full details of the extra curricular activities on offer are on our website, or you can follow the link.

http://fluencycontent2-schoolwebsite.netdna-ssl.com/FileCluster/Teddington/Mainfolder/extra-curricular/Extra-Curricular-Sports-Timetable-Sept-2016.pdf

Monday

31 October

Tuesday

1 November

Wednesday

2 November

Thursday

3 November

Friday

4 November

Rugby Union Boys Year 8 16.00 v Christ’s School Basketball Boys U16 16.00 v Woking High School

Rugby Union Boys U14 15.45 v St Richard Reynolds Catholic College

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2016 Teddington school is once again proud to support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. This year, as well as the Poppy, there are a number of items including keyrings, bracelets and rulers on sale. The first Poppy Appeal was held in 1921, the founding year of The Royal British Legion. Red silk poppies, inspired by the famous First World War poem In Flanders Fields, sold out instantly and raised more than £106,000. The funds helped WW1 veterans find employment and housing after the war. The following year, the Poppy Factory was set up, employing disabled ex-Servicemen to create the poppies to sell during the appeal. Today, the factory still produces millions of poppies each year. We hope students will join us in supporting this worthy charity.

Term Dates 2016

Autumn Term 2016 Monday 5 September to Wednesday 21 December

Staff Training Day Friday 21 October

Half Term Monday 24 October –Friday 28 October

Spring Term 2017 Tuesday 3 January – Friday 31 March

Staff Training Day Friday 10 October

Half Term Monday 13 February – Friday 17 February

Staff Training Day Monday 20 February

Summer Term 2017 Tuesday 18 April – Friday 21 July

Staff Training Day Friday 26 May

Half Term Monday 29 May - Friday 2 June

Start End date

Start Time

End Time Subject

31/10/2016 Start of Term 2

31/10/2016 19:00 20:00 PTA Meeting

02/11/2016 U13 girls Borough Indoor Cricket Tournament

02/11/2016 18:00 20:00 Sixth Form Open Evening

03/11/2016 12:30 15:30 UKMP Senior Maths Challenge

08/11/2016 19:00 21:00 School Awards Evening

09/11/2016 Year 10 Target Grades issued

09/11/2016 Year 11 Open Session tbc

09/11/2016 Year 13 Full Reports Issued

09/11/2016 16:00 19:00 Year 13 Subject Consultation Evening

10/11/2016 19:30 22:00 Year 12 Drama Trip - Journey's End

11/11/2016 Year 12 Safe Drive Stay Alive Trip

11/11/2016 Year 9 Interim Reports Issued

14/11/2016 18/11/2016 Year 11 Examinations

16/11/2016 Year 12 Full Reports Issued

16/11/2016 15:30 18:00 Dance Evening dress and tech rehearsal

16/11/2016 16:15 19:15 Year 12 Subject Consultation Evening

17/11/2016 17:30 18:00 Year 8 Theatre Trip Matilda

17/11/2016 18:30 21:30 Dance Evening

18/11/2016 U13 Boys indoor cricket tournament

21/11/2016 Rose Theatre Trip Year 7/8/9

21/11/2016 Shakespeare School Tech rehearsal

22/11/2016 10:30 16:00 Year 12 Psychology Conference

23/11/2016 Year 13 Dress and Tech rehearsal

24/11/2016 Year 7 Interim Reports Issued

29/11/2016 Running Monday's Timetable

Term Dates 2016—2017

29/11/2016 18:30 22:00 House Drama

30/11/2016 16:15 19:15 Year 10 Subject Consultation

01/12/2016 School Production Auditions

05/12/2016 Staff Training Day - School closed to Students

06/12/2016 Year 13 Drama Unit 3 Exam

06/12/2016 19:00 19:30 Year 13 Performance Evening

07/12/2016 15:30 17:30 Winter concert tech rehearsal

07/12/2016 18:30 21:30 Winter Concert

08/12/2016 19:30 22:00 years 12 and 13 Theatre Trip to the Tempest

13/12/2016 Year 11 Full Reports Issued

13/12/2016 Year 7 Panto Trip

13/12/2016 11:05 11:55 Year 11 Mock Results Event-tbc

13/12/2016 18:30 19:45

Upper School Singing group 'Off the Record' Xmas Event

14/12/2016 Christmas Lunch

14/12/2016 Year 8 Interim Reports Issued

14/12/2016 16:00 19:00 Year 11 Subject Consultation Evening

15/12/2016 Christmas Lunch

15/12/2016 Prize Trip for House Drama

15/12/2016 18:00 18:30 Year 12 and 13 Ice Skating (evening)

16/12/2016 Year 12 and 13 Christmas Jumper Day

Start End date

Start Time

End Time Subject

03/01/2017 Start of Term 3

09/01/2017 Year 11 PPE Week

09/01/2017 Year 12 Year 13 PPE Exams

18/01/2017 Running Friday's Timetable

18/01/2017 16:00 19:00 Year 7 Subject Consultation Evening

25/01/2017 18:00 20:00 Year 12 and 13 Intervention Evening

26/01/2017 Year 9, 12 13 Careers Day

27/01/2017 Year 12 Year 13 interim Reports Open

02/02/2017 Intermediate Maths Challenge

02/02/2017 Year 12 Dress and Tech

07/02/2017 13:30 15:00 Primary School Production Previews

07/02/2017 18:30 22:00 School Production performance

08/02/2017 13:30 15:00 Primary School Production Previews

08/02/2017 16:15 19:15 Year 8 Subject Consultation Evening

08/02/2017 18:30 22:00 School Production performance

09/02/2017 08:00 08:30 Year 10 Interim Reports Issued

09/02/2017 18:30 22:00 School Production performance

10/02/2017 End of Term 3

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Uniform

Did you know the PTA sells second hand uniform? Please contact Emma Johnson with any uniform

enquiries. Donations always welcome.

Help Needed Can you spare an hour or two to help the PTA? Opportunities to help are coming along all the time. October: Bollywood Nights. We need lots of help on the bar and many other jobs December: Christmas tree sale. This is incredibly popular and sells out every year. Can you spare an hour to lug trees around, sell trees, make tea or coffee, or drop leaflets in local roads. Even an hour makes a difference Just want to help? email us and we can offer suggestions: pta@teddingtonschool.org

50/50 Club Raise funds for the school and have a chance of winning. 50/50 Club: If you would like a chance to win some money while at the same time raising funds for school, take part in our 50/50 club by completing this form and emailing it to pta@teddingtonschool.org. Half the money raised goes directly to the school and the other half of the money is distributed as prizes. Be in it to win it.

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