Sixth Form Bulletin – Week 10

Welcome back to our year 12 students, we hope they all had a well deserved rest. It’s been an extremely busy new half term so far.

The U18 Boys played their first Group B league fixture against Turing House on Thursday 6 November, hosted at Waldegrave. It was a competitive and exciting match from start to finish. Read on in the Sports Fixtures section for more.

Last Friday, two of our Year 12 students attended the Eco Conference. Amelie N, who attended wrote: “I found the eco conference incredibly interesting as not only did we learn about our human impact via various different talks, we also were able to get involved in more hands-on activities, such as making bug hotels.

“We had presentations from a number of guest speakers including, Paul Jennings, CEO of charity Habitats and Heritage, as well as the GenEarth charity who spoke about ‘fast fashion’ and its impacts. Following this was a workshop where we
thought up solutions to combat fast fashion, Waldegrave pupils chose ‘reusing clothes’ and developed idea for a club that would involve us all swapping clothes.

“Finally, we had a debate surrounding what the best method for achieving biodiversity would be. The winning team sang a variation of ‘Let it Go’ about monocultures!”

Our Year 12 French students attended a BFI A-level study day on Wednesday this week. All students who attended found the day of learning about French cinema and analysing film extremely interesting. They all said what they have learned would support their studies going forward.

On Thursday our Year 12 Music students attended a Mendelssohn Concert at St John Smith’s Square performed by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sinfonia Smith Square. The students spoke eloquently with the leader of the orchestra, and were treated to an intimate performance from the third row.

Have a good weekend!

Ms R Pugh, Head of Year 12

Year 13 students returned back to school last Wednesday following the half-term break. It was lovely to see them back on site. I am hoping they all stroke the right balance between doing some revision for their mocks and resting. This week they have all been completing their first set of mocks. Their attendance, punctuality and behaviour in this set of exams was exemplary.

The U18 Boys played their first Group B league fixture against Turing House last Thursday 6th November, hosted at Waldegrave. It was a competitive and exciting match from start to finish. See full write up in the Sports Fixture section below.

Next week, students will return to lessons. Feedback following this set of mocks will be provided in due course. Students need to ensure they continue working and submitting their UCAS applications as soon as possible. Finally, over the course of the next few weeks, early entry applicants will be invited to attend mock interviews, so they need to ensure they keep an eye on their emails, as this is how the details will be communicated to them.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr C Stavrou, Head of Year 13