Friday 20 October 2017 Dear Parents and Carers · 10/20/2017 · Rosebery School Whitehorse Drive...

Rosebery School Whitehorse Drive Epsom KT18 7NQ T. 01372 720439 www.roseberyschool.co.uk

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Friday 20 October 2017

Dear Parents and Carers

Over the last two weeks we have held our open classrooms initiative where we encourage teachers to use some of their non-contact time to visit lessons, in or out of their department. It has been my privilege to see Year 10 students engaged in some reflective work in response to a very successful first assessment in Biology, to watch Year 7 RS students discuss how they might respond to a decision to discriminate against blonde haired students, which led to a very powerful debate about the merits of peaceful protest and an exploration into the study of the actions of Gandhi. Year 9 have been studying the tropical rainforests in Geography and have constructed very clear arguments about why their survival is so crucial to this planet and Year 11 artists have been reflecting on their visit to the National Gallery and have produced some stunning initial sketchbook pieces in response to that inspiring trip. These snapshots provide some idea of the eclectic experiences of our students on a daily basis and it was terrific that even at the end of a long half term, the vast majority of students have been engaged, focused, enjoying their learning and taking great pride in their written and oral work. My thanks, once again, to our Year 7 students who proved to be superb ambassadors for our school whilst providing tours on our final Open Morning and to the many students in all year groups who have represented the school so successfully in sporting fixtures this week. Achievement points and HT Commendations have been awarded in significant numbers over the last fortnight reflecting the fact that so many students are meeting our expectations of being #RoseberyProud. Can I gently remind you to do a uniform audit this half term; several students are without the correct school shoes currently, or are wearing hoodies instead of a blue or black coat. Thank you for your support with this. Finally, huge thanks to the PSA for running the film night fundraiser this evening and to Mr Waight, Mr Harvey, Miss Lowe and Miss Glazebrook who travel to New York and Washington with our Sixth Formers today, for what promises to be a fabulous half term week away. Have a lovely half term break. Ros Allen @RoseberyHT

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IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary (Subject to Alteration)

Friday 20 October – Thursday 26 October Y12 & Y13 New York/Washington DC Trip

New York / Washington

Monday 23 October

Monday 23 October - Friday 27 October HALF TERM

Sunday 29 October 1.00pm - 6.00pm Y11 Star Wars Trip Royal Albert Hall

Monday 30 October Week 2

Monday 30 October 6.00pm - 8.00pm Parental Workshop - Heads Together Main Hall

Tuesday 31 October PSA Clothing & Toy Recycling

Collection Day (bins will be positioned at both

the front and back entrances to the school)

Wednesday 1 November 6.30pm - 9.00pm PSA Meeting Staffroom

Thursday 2 November 6.00pm - 8.00pm Sixth Form Open Evening

Friday 3 November 11.10am - 3.00pm 3.00pm - 4.15pm

Y12 Safe Drive Stay Alive Open Mic

Dorking Halls Sixth Form Coffee Bar

Monday 6 November Week 1

Monday 6 November – Friday 10 November Y11 Sixth Form Interviews

Monday 6 November 6.00pm - 8.00pm Y13 Music Recital Main Hall

Tuesday 7 November 7.00pm - 9.00pm PSA Meeting Staffroom

Wednesday 8 November 9.00am - 11.30am Y11 Surrey Careers Fair Epsom Racecourse

Friday 10 November PSA Christmas Fair Mufti Day (Year group donations to be advised)

Dates for your Diary

Headteacher Commendations Pages 3 & 4

PE Results and Fixtures Pages 4 & 5

Year 7 Author Visit Page 5

Student News Page 6

Art Department News Page 6

PSA Half Term Activity Page 6

Science Club Page 7

Sixth Form Open Evening Page 8

Rosebery School Vacancy – Food and Textiles Technician Page 9

PSA Christmas Raffle Donation Page 10

PSA Christmas Fair Page 11

PSA Auction ‘Holiday Villa in Turkey’ Page 12

PSA Rosebery Recycle Page 13

Heads Together Workshop Page 14

Zumba Page 15




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Headteacher Commendations

A fantastic number of students have been nominated this week; well done to them all! Year 7 - Miss Glazebrook has nominated Arianna Healy 7PY for her kindness towards others, her caring attitude has made a real difference. Miss Reilly has nominated Holly Hume 7EY for her excellent extra work and Evie Dodd 7EY and Amelia Roberts 7MY for their fantastic work ethic in Maths lessons. Mr Gamble has nominated Zeta Roberts 7EX for showing great initiative and independence by creating a poster on internet safety following a lesson on that subject and Miss Atkins has nominated Holly Clancy 7CY and Katie Hart 7MY for always working hard in Maths and doing their best.

Year 8 - Mrs Watson has nominated Bethan Massey 8CX for the amazing Humanist Wedding Ceremony she designed, Mrs Dever has nominated India Crispin 8EY for a fantastic Commedia Dell'Arte performance in which she brilliantly applied skills and understanding of the genre, Miss Reilly has nominated Isabelle Cantwell 8PY for her continuous kindness and fantastic assistance in Maths lessons. Miss Watson has nominated Ghena Hasan 8CX for her helpfulness, thoughtfulness and hard work in Maths lessons; Ghena has been exceptionally helpful all half term, almost always voluntarily staying behind. Miss Risby has nominated Grace Watts, Madison Colliss and Zoe Brewin 8PY; they have really impressed with their thorough revision for their Spanish writing assessment. In addition, they completed the homework due after the holidays in advance and to a very high standard. Miss Atkins has nominated the following students for their excellent work in Maths: Amy Turner, Freya Peck and Sonya Koleva 8CY, Emily Brown, Jaya Townend and Saskia Townend 8EY, Grace Watts and Marta Rico 8PY, Megan Peaty 8MY, Lee Tururu 8CY.

Year 9 - Mrs Dever has nominated Ruby Hawley 9PX for writing and performing an outstanding monologue that stunned the class. Mrs Hart-McKee has nominated Ella Staves 9PX, she has delivered sessions on Black History Month in form time which were engaging and interactive and has also led quizzes and other discussion topics; she is always well prepared and is such an enthusiastic and positive student. Mrs Barlow has nominated Charlotte Tame 9EX for her brilliant performance in the South East Schools Biathlon regional qualifying event in Gillingham and Mrs Coombes has nominated Kirsten Van Niekerk 9PY for her resilience and positivity in her approach to challenging tasks and she has also been nominated by Miss Reilly for her continuous hard working performance in Maths lessons. Miss Abrahams has nominated Sophie Benson 9CX who is always engaged in class and shares her enjoyment of Maths with others, supporting them willingly when required. Mr Croudace has nominated the following students for their excellent algebra assessments: Sameera Ali and Rumbi Bondai 9PX, Abijah Panchalingam 9MX, Yasmin Haile, Jennifer Keogh, Neepha Radcox and Demi Oladokun 9CX. Mrs Saber has nominated Dayna Clarke 9CY for the high level of commitment she has shown in her Geography studies this first half term, Miss Atkins has nominated Abigail Adejokun 9MX and Lauren Mildner 9CX for always working hard in Maths and doing their best and Mr Chamberlain has nominated Georgia Sadler 9CY for the independence and innovation she has already shown for her Home-front project. Year 10 - Miss Lowe has nominated Rupy Kaur 10MY for her incredible hard work and commitment in English, Mr McDonnell has nominated Willow Gerrard 10MX for her excellent thermistor practical, including perfect graph, conclusion and also the extremely mature attitude she has shown, Mrs Abbes-Muslia has nominated Nell Summers 10EX for her constant engagement and endeavour in French, Miss Glazebrook has nominated Lucy Jackson 10EY for her consistently excellent enthusiasm and engagement in Spanish and Mr Breaden has nominated Jasmine Teakle 10CY who always tries her best and always does the right thing. Mrs Wiggins-Thirkill has nominated Emma Farquhar 10PY and Alannah Thompson 10EX for innovation and risk-taking in their exciting work from Brighton, Mrs Browne has nominated Sophie Birch 10CX who is engaged and takes action in all lessons and Mr Styles has nominated




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Lucy Horton 10PY for her independent and insightful approach to English this half term. Mrs Parry has nominated Lola Quehan 10PX for her immaculately presented Chemistry book, Mrs Blake has nominated Isabella Yorke 10CX for her efforts in the Mid Unit Poetry Assessment and Miss Wood has nominated Liberty Rogerson 10PY for her continued hard work in Chemistry. Finally, Lucy Hagley 10EY was inadvertently left off the list of netballers last week and should be recognised for her excellent contribution to the team who played in the County tournament. Year 11 - Mrs Fennell has nominated Anna Casey 11MY, Emma Lomas 11MX, Ying Tan 11CX, Jessica Long and Caitlin Daniels 11EX for achieving top scores in the Vocab Express leader-board this half term, which represents a lot of time spent revising vocabulary in their own time, Mrs Miller has nominated Jessica Bird 11CY for her engagement and independent approach with challenging Physics work and Mrs Boddy has nominated Sophie Rose 11PX for her determination, resilience and showing lots of grit and Izzy Godley 11CX for the pride she shows in her work, the excellence of her work and her integrity. Miss Glazebrook has nominated Amaani Rana 11PX for her commitment to vocabulary learning and a fantastic score on Vocab Express, Mr Breaden has nominated Victoria Shepherd 11CX for her positive attitude and her progress in Chemistry, Mrs Wiggins-Thirkill has nominated Keeliann Lee 11CY for her resilience and independence in her Artist Response. Miss Reilly has nominated Emma Knezevic 11CY for her excellent work ethic inside and outside of Maths lessons and Charlotte Cornwell 11CY for her endeavour. Mrs Calvin has nominated the following pupils for great independence towards their revision in class for an upcoming Physics end of topic test: Jessica Criado Sanderson 11PY, Ella Bunting 11PY, Tayyiba Choudhry 11PY, Hannah Ellis 11PY, Hannah Khadun 11CY, Anna Casey 11MY and Mrs Saber has nominated Ellie Wilson 11MX for the high level of commitment she has shown in her Geography studies.

Sixth Form - Mrs Wiggins-Thirkill has nominated Scarlett Hilson-Wheeler 13F for persistent endeavour with her portrait, Mrs Tyler and Miss Allen have nominated the following for making an excellent start to A Level Lang/Lit and consistently excelling in independent tasks: Annabelle Bryan 12F, Elisabetta Ciesco 12E, Holly Fennell 12A, Martha Greene 12E, Megan Long 12D, Sam Perren 12A, Janaka Viyakesparan 12A and the following students for making an excellent start to A Level Lang/Lit by contributing without fail and taking a leading role in class discussions: Rachel Kennett and Molly Denbigh 12A, Molly Openshaw 12F. Miss Jang has nominated Amy Burgon 12C, Annelie Zephir 12A and Lydia Turpie 12A for an excellent demonstration of collaboration and goodwill in organising the Psychology classrooms.

PE Results and Fixtures Netball

Team Squad Date School Against Result of Match Player of the Match

Year 10 A

10-10-17 Manor House Won 20 - 6 N/A

B Won 14 - 9 N/A

Year 9

Sixth Form

10-10-17 County Rounds

10th N/A

11th N/A

Year 7 B 12-10-17 Tournament Won N/A

Year 7 17-10-17 Therfield

Won 16 – 3 N/A

Year 8 Won 30 – 0 N/A

Year 8 B 18-10-17 Tournament Won N/A




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Hockey


Year 10/11 B 11-10-17 Manor House To follow N/A

Year 10/11 17-10-17 Gordon’s Lost 7 – 2 N/A

Year 10 B 18-10-17 Manor House To follow N/A

Basketball


Year 7/8 18-10-17 St Andrew’s Won 8 – 2 N/A

Year 7 Author Visit

On the 22 September Amy Alward came in to see year 7 to tell us about her Potion Diaries trilogy

and her experiences as a writer. We also had the chance to buy the books and get them signed.

Amy Alward was born in the UK but grew up in Ottawa, Canada. She studied Old English and

Medieval Literature at the University of Toronto. In 2015, the first of the Potion Diaries series

was released, the second in 2016 and the third book this year. The books have now been

published in eight languages around the world.

Amy first talked to us about her spellbinding recipe for a book. It was interesting to find out how she writes

her books and what she does if she gets writers’ block. She told us that a lot of her inspiration comes from her travels

and experiences. Amy also said that when she started High School, she didn’t like reading or writing until her parents

read her a particular mystery book. One night they left it on a cliff-hanger and they said if she wanted to find out more

she would have to read it herself. And she did! She enjoyed it so much that she continued to read and write.

Amy then told us about her books: they are about potion mixers (alchemists), normal people (ordinaries) and magic

holders (talented). All of these live in the modern world with social media but also magic. The main character

(Samantha Kemi) is an alchemist and when Princess Evelyn is poisoned by her own love potion and put in mortal

danger, she is called to join the Wilde Hunt. The Wilde Hunt is a contest where alchemists compete to make a potion

to save the royals. Unfortunately, Samantha is up against Emilia Thoth (the banished sister of the King) and every

second the pressure of the Princess in love with herself is weighing down on her. Can Samantha do it without her

Grandad – one of the greatest living alchemists? You’ll have to read it to find out!

Abi Winder 7EY

Next Week's Fixtures NETBALL

Thursday 2 November

Year 10

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Student News

Charlotte Tame 9EX represented Rosebery at the South East Schools Biathlon regional qualifying event in Gillingham on Saturday 14 October 2017.

Charlotte swam 200m, winning with a huge PB (Personal Best), beating the girl in second place by a massive 8 seconds and she also ran 1,600m.

Charlotte did fantastically well and came 2nd in her age group. Well done Charlotte!

Mrs Barlow, 9EX Form Tutor

Art Department News

This week in the Art Department we started life drawing classes with Year 11 and Sixth Form Art students. The students

made a fantastic start showing an impressive ability to focus for two hours after school on such a challenging activity.

The dates coming up in the calendar are:

Tuesday 31 October, Tuesday 14 November, Tuesday 21 November, Tuesday 28 November and Tuesday 12 December

We could still accommodate a small number of additional students, so please get in touch if interested – those not

studying Art are welcome.

We are on our real push towards final pieces for the GCSE course in Year 11 – students will be working in Art on

Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 November to produce these pieces. In the meantime, if it would be helpful for Art students

to use the department’s facilities, supervised sessions will take place in R13 on a Monday and Wednesday (3-5pm)

Mrs Rundle, Head of Art

Half Term Activity - time to sort through those wardrobes!

An easy way for the PSA to raise funds for the school is through our Second Hand Clothing and Toy initiative.

For every 1kg of items donated, we are given 40p. As a guideline, a typical outfit for a girl (shoes, trousers/skirt, jumper, T-shirt, packed into a rucksack/hand bag) would raise about £1. If all 1440 students were able to bring in an outfit which doesn't fit them anymore, we could raise an amazing amount of money for the PSA! There are always clothing recycling bins positioned by the back gates to the school, or students can hand in donations at any time to Reception labelled ‘ATTN: PSA’. Every first TUESDAY of the month, the recycling bins will be positioned by the front and back gates to receive donations.

Our next official collection date is TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER. Please do encourage your household to provide at least one bag of recyclable items. There is a poster included in this newsletter outlining exactly which items are acceptable - clothes, shoes, jewellery, toys (no books), bags, towels, etc.

Thank you so much in advance for your support. All funds raised go towards providing additional resources for our students.




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Food and Textiles

Technician

Appointment Type: Permanent, Term Time Only including Inset Days (39 weeks per year)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Working hours: 18 hours per week: Mon & Tues 8.15am-12.15pm, Thurs & Fri 8.15am-1.15pm

Salary Scale: GLF S3: £15,854-£17,331 FTE (£6,524-£7,380 actual)

Are you in search of a new opportunity where you can share your passion for food & nutrition and textiles technology with our students? Rosebery School is seeking a patient and energetic person to join our friendly and supportive Design and Technology team. The successful candidate will: • Prepare equipment and resources for practical lessons • Assist with in-class support in Food & Nutrition and Textiles, working with individuals or small groups • Maintain equipment and resources including sewing machines, fridges, microwaves and stock • School experience is not essential For the right candidate we offer: • An opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team in an Ofsted Outstanding School • Development through CPD and career management • Recognition for your hard work and commitment • Local government pension scheme • Excellent long-term prospects Additional Information/How to apply: Please go to the www.eteach.com website for more information about the role and details of how to apply. Closing date for applications: Wednesday 1 November 2017, 10am

Epsom is a thriving market town located only a stone’s throw from London, but a million miles from the hustle and bustle of the capital. The town has lovely theatre and a wide range of parks, shops, restaurants and cafes. We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a high level of response. Therefore, we would recommend that you submit your application as early as possible. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their commitment to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in line with the school's policies and procedures. A satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this role.



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Do you work for or run a company

who could donate a prize for our

Christmas Raffle please? We are looking for prizes from businesses who

would like some advertising at our Christmas Fair

and who would like our immense gratitude too.

Vouchers very welcome!

If you have any donations, please email Anja on:

[email protected]

Thank you very much.



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DISCOUNT to Parents, Teachers and Sixth Formers £5 per class




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