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Friday 12 January 2018

Dear Parents and Carers

A very Happy New Year! It has been lovely to welcome everyone back after the Christmas break and as usual our students have settled back into the school routine very well. Assemblies this week have been promoting two projects very close to my heart. Mrs Abbes-Muslia’s tutor group have been promoting their Lunchbowl Charity Week which takes place from Monday. For the last four years we have raised nearly £4,000 for this small but vital charity who support children in the slum of Kibera in Nairobi. Just 33p buys a child a hot meal and this year we are also collecting toiletry and sanitary products as well as financial donations next week, as most of the teenage girls there have no access to pads or tampons each month, leading to shame and embarrassment for many. I am also delighted that assemblies have also been launching the elections for our Junior Leadership Team for 2018. All students are being encouraged to stand to represent their peers on this important body and work with the Leadership Team to continue to improve our school. Year 13 have almost completed their mock examinations, and as ever they have worked incredibly hard in preparation for these. We have also had feedback on our students’ usage of GCSE Pod which tells us that a staggering 26,283 podcasts have been downloaded this school year, which compares to the average for a school of our size of 4,365. The motivation and drive of our students is extremely impressive indeed and provides a superb foundation for future success. As this is the first newsletter of the year, it is an opportune moment to highlight a few key issues: Sarahah App We have become aware of the existence of Sarahah, an app linked to Snapchat which allows messages to be sent anonymously. This has already caused considerable distress, with unacceptable messages sent because their source cannot be easily identified. Please check whether your child is using this app; our view is it should be deleted from all phones. Whitehorse Drive Traffic I am now receiving daily complaints from residents about the inconsiderate way in which parents are parking and driving down the very congested road outside of school. I am also sad to report that complaints have been made about rudeness from a small number of parents when they are approached for parking across driveways. If your child has to be driven to school, please drop your child away from Whitehorse Drive - it really is causing huge disruption to the local community.

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Communication with Staff The Rosebery Way underpins everything we do and it emphasises the need for all members of the Rosebery community to treat each other with respect and kindness. We live in a culture in which, thanks to electronic messaging, we are increasingly expected to be available to communicate at all times of the day or night. There can also be a tendency to communicate in an email in a language which would never be used in person. At Rosebery, we are all committed to responding to concerns in a timely and appropriate manner, however should you send an email after 6pm, please remember that it will not necessarily be responded to until the teacher has a break in their next working day - and for some teachers this might not be until 4.30pm, or later if there is a parents’ evening or other extracurricular event. Can I also ask that the tone adopted in emails is as measured as possible? Issuing ultimatums, threats or adopting a confrontational tone will not lead to a speedier resolution to any issue. In almost all cases we believe that a phone conversation is usually much more helpful in resolving any situation and whilst this might take longer to arrange, is much more valuable in the long run. Thank you for your support. Staffing Changes Mrs Kay in the English Department has gone on maternity leave this week, we wish her well for the next few months; she will be replaced by Miss Cartledge. This term we also welcome Miss Hatfield to Rosebery, who has replaced Mrs Biggs in the Sociology Department, she joins Mrs Fassam who has returned from maternity leave and Mr Burch to the Maths Department who will be taking Mr Croudace’s classes until further notice. Have a lovely weekend Ros Allen @RoseberyHT

IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary ................................................................................................................................ Page 2

Headteacher Commendations ................................................................................................... Pages 3 & 4

Year 8 Mathematics Spring Assessment Dates and Information ................................................ Page 4

Student News ................................................................................................................................... Pages 5 to 6

Lunchbowl Challenge ............................................................................................................................... Page 7

Christmas Jumper Day Grand Total .................................................................................................... Page 7

Bourne Hall Museum Kids Club ............................................................................................................ Page 8

Film Media Academy Flyer ..................................................................................................................... Page 9

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Dates for your Diary (Subject to Alteration)

For our full calendar please click the icon (left)

Monday 15 January 2018 Week 1

Monday 15 – Friday 19 January Lunchbowl Challenge Week

Monday 15 January Year 11 MFL Mock Exams

Wednesday 17 January

1.10pm – 2.00pm

Pink Day – see details in this Newsletter Year 11 Mock Exam Results

Thursday 18 January Year 11 Reports Out Year 9X Immunisations

Monday 22 January 2018 Week 2

Monday 22 – Friday 26 January House Bake Off Week Year 11 Interviews

Monday 22 January 5.30pm – 11.00pm Years 10 – 13 Theatre Trip – Things I Know to be True

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Tuesday 23 January 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Year 11 Drama Mock Exam Year 11 Drama Exam - Parents' Performance

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Wednesday 24 January

1.10pm – 2.00pm 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Year 13 Reports Out Year 11 Drama Mock Exam Year 13 Mock Exam Results Year 11 Drama Exam - Parents' Performance

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Thursday 25 January 4.00pm – 7.00pm Year 13 Parents' Evening

Friday 26 January 7.00pm – 8.30pm

Year 13 Drama - Fallow Cross - Punchdrunk Workshop PSA Disco

London, N17 Glyn School

Headteacher Commendations

Many congratulations to all students nominated this week. Year 7 - The MFL Department have nominated the following students for winning the first round of the foreign language Spelling Bee: Phoebe Long and Tia Herneman 7EY, Ruby Mitchell, Emily Bee and Rachel Aldrich 7PX, Erin Macrae and Sofia Pace 7PY, Sophia Evers 7EX, Emily Reeh 7MY, Ilana Alford 7CX.

Year 8 - The MFL Department have nominated the following students for winning the first round of the foreign

language Translation Bee: Beatrice Barbosa, Fiona Drafta and Megan Stokes 8EX, Amelie Thornton 8PX, Marta Rico

and Charlotte Lehane 8PY, Sophie Lomas 8MY, Olivia Anderson 8MX, Esme Lacey 8EY, Jasmine Taylor-Edwards and

Bethan Massey 8CX, Isla Greig 8CY. Mrs Saber has nominated the following students from 8MX for their excellent

attitude to learning and outstanding standard of work in Geography: Olivia Anderson, Olivia Bowler and

Maddie Cuthbert. She has also nominated the following 8MX students for their consistently excellent attitude to

learning in Geography: Hana Behrami, Evee Mae Berry, Luisa Duarte, Isabella Ramirez, Carrie Ritchie, Milly Trew,

Minette Watkins, Harriet Williams and Fatima Zunehra. Mrs Blake has nominated Lottie Benton, Madison Colliss,

Grace Watts and Charlotte Lehane 8PY for their excellent effort and outcomes in their recent poetry assessment.

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Year 9 - The MFL Department have nominated the following students for winning the first round of the foreign language Translation Bee: Caroline Young and Elena Edwards 9CY, Viki Popova 9EY, Katie Peacock 9CX, Anna Champness 9MY, Aina Budok 9PX. Mrs Coombes has nominated Emily Salmon, Georgia Edwards, Rhianna Pinkerton, Zaynah Zubair-Syed, Morgan Hitchin 9EY and Mili Mamtora 9EY, Sareena Dodhy, Caitlin Davis and Emma Dandy 9CY, Honey Minnis 9MY for their exceptional feedback on their presentation on ‘Of Mice and Men’. Mrs Miller has nominated Juliette Price 9MX for contributing her really interesting personal experiences linked to the energy topic and asking questions no one else had considered, Mrs House-Lee has nominated Georgina Bathurst 9EX for her creativity and willingness to experiment with Drama form and Amber Elbishlawi 9MX for her resilience and continued commitment to Drama this term. Miss Reilly has nominated Kirsten Van Niekerk 9PY for fantastic work during Maths lesson, also nominated are Parand Derayzadeh 9EX and Ashleigh Gaynor 9CX for excellent work on a difficult topic during Maths lesson. Year 10 - Miss Keoshgerian has nominated Olivia Odunjo-Climent 10PX for her excellent focus and thoughtful contributions in English, Miss Lowe has nominated Molly Chambers-Rolfe and Summer Oliver 10EY, Rupy Kaur and Katie Chivers 10MY and for their hard work towards their poetry assessments, Mrs Hamilton has nominated Gabbi Tomassi 10PY, Ebba Welsby and Issy Dean 10EX for their exceptional effort in Art and outstanding sketchbook work. Mr Breaden has nominated Sasha Hunt 10MY and Daniela Barcelo 10EY for showing fabulous engagement and effort in our Chemistry lessons and Miss Reilly has nominated Ani White and Anna Turner 10PX for their excellent work on a very challenging question in Maths and Anne Howlett 10MY for always being very helpful during form time. Year 11 - Mrs Parry has nominated Daniela Varney 11PX for her excellent test results in Chemistry and Mr McDonnell has nominated Caitlin Fitzgerald 11MX for achieving the highest mark in the Combined Science mock exam and Mrs Boddy has nominated Emily Hopkins 11EX, Georgia Oldridge 11PX, Abbie Randall, Elise Elger, Jess Skinner and Heather Roebuck 11MX for their superb effort in their three Maths mock papers, thereby setting themselves up well for the summer.

Year 8 Mathematics Spring Assessment Dates and Information

The Year 8 Mathematics assessment will take place on Wednesday 7 February during

your child’s Maths lesson on that day. The assessment will be an hour long and this will

be a non-calculator paper. Students need to have all relevant Maths equipment for this

assessment, (ruler, pencil, pen, eraser, sharpener, protractor and compass), students will

not be given equipment from their teacher so it is very important that they bring these

with them on the day.

The Year 8 Mmathematics assessments will focus on topics from the beginning of the year: 1. Number 2. Algebra 3. Measures, Area, Perimeter and Volume Along with topics covered this term: 1. Data Handling 2. Constructions 3. Fractions, decimals and percentages We advise that the students use their theory books, end of topic homework and past assessments for revision along with some useful websites such as: MathsWatchvle https://vle.mathswatch.com/vle/ BBC Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zqhs34j The students have been given their login details for these websites from their class teacher. Please contact your child’s class teacher or myself with any queries. Miss S Reilly, Teacher of Mathematics, KS3 Mathematics Coordinator sreilly@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

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Year 13 Physics Olympiad

Congratulations to Andrea Mackenzie 13D and Rachel Downey 13D for participating in the British Physics Olympiad, set and marked by the University of Oxford. Over 1,740 students participated across the UK. We are thrilled that our students came in the top 50% of entries and achieved results in the Bronze category. The paper was designed to stretch and challenge the top young physicists in the country in a national competition, every question is indeed a real challenge. The competition is a challenge for even the most capable problem-solving Physics students in the country and we are delighted that these students have represented Rosebery at such a high level. Mrs L Miller, Physics Teacher

On behalf of Predator Taekwondo, Happy New Year!

Following is an update on the achievements of the students who practice Taekwondo and represent Rosebery at competitions.

In September 2017, Leana Greenstein 12C defended her National Title at the British National Championships in Manchester. Former Rosebery pupil, Fran Taylor also medalled after a difficult summer in second place.

Following this success, we organized to take a number of Predator Taekwondo players to a competition in Brussels. For most of the team of seven this was their first international competition. Leana Greenstein gave a sterling performance but sadly lost to a more experienced player in the Quarter Finals.

Alex Michael 10MY, who has only recently joined us at Predator Taekwondo, has balanced achieving the next belt grade and took silver in the Taekwondo competition in Brussels. The team achieved 4 medals: 2 bronze, 1 silver, and 1 gold.

In March we are hoping to facilitate a grading for students to take ownership over their Taekwondo journey and further referee and coaching courses for those who have been with us for a few years.

Rosebery School and Active Surrey Taekwondo Classes - KickSister

KickSister Taekwondo classes are held at Rosebery School on Thursdays from 3:30-5:00pm and are open to all ages and abilities. To book contact Christiana Pillibeit, Taekwondo Coach for Rosebery Taekwondo – Mobile: 07713 011751.

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Rosebery Student is a UK Lion!

Amy Watts 8CX represented the UK Lions at the 2018 Indoor Hockey Championship

held at the Copper Box Arena in the Olympic Park. The competition was held over

three days during the Christmas holidays and Amy played in the Girls Under 14

category. Playing at the Copper Box was very exciting as you can imagine. She also

played for the UK Lions this weekend at the University of Exeter.

Miss L Hill, PE Teacher

Icing on the cake!

Kate Derwent-Smith 11EX has developed a little business making cakes and over the past

couple of months has seen a rise in interest and orders, including a local professional boxer.

Kate is included in the latest podcast for Blacks Burgers in Epsom (see link below). Kate is

mentioned at the beginning of this podcast and we are all very proud that she has been recognised in this way.

(It's the first one, dated 14 December):

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ketchup-

with/id1306862957?mt=2#episodeGuid=tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F369689003

Mr R Harvey, Head of Business Studies

Rosebery Students – Break a Leg!

Grace Walker 8CX, Millie Hancock 8EY and Harley Reynolds 10CX are all performing with

youtheatre at Epsom Playhouse next week.

“This panto has everything for all the family -

fabulous costumes, wonderful sets throughout,

the best choreography, funny jokes, sing-a-long

songs and all round family fun!”

Tickets are still available – click here.

Ania Lyes 11EX is playing ‘Morticia’ in ‘The Addams Family’ production at Hampton Hill

Playhouse on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evening.

Olivia Lyes 8EX will also be playing a ‘Dancestor’ on Wednesday and Saturday evening.

This is a junior production run by The British Theatre Academy which a number of

Rosebery students take part in. Ania and Olivia have had some wonderful

opportunities with the Academy including appearing in West End shows and also the

cliff-side open air Minack Theatre in Cornwall.

This is the link for tickets https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bta-theatricals

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Lunchbowl Challenge event organised by 10EY Pink Day is on Wednesday 17 January - students can accessorize their uniform with something pink in exchange for toiletry and sanitary products. Normal school uniform rules apply. Donations can be any of the following: deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shower products, soap, and bottles of perfume, sanitary tampons and pads. Members of staff will be at the main gate to collect these products on Wednesday morning.

A grand total of £348.62 was raised for Save the Children on

Christmas jumper day here at Rosebery School. This is a fabulous total

and thank you to all those who contributed.

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Club starts next week. There are only a few spaces left for this term!

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