Friday 19 January

Upcoming Events Monday 22 January Year 9 ‘Get into Medicine’ Parent Forum Wednesday 24 January Theatre Trip Monday 29 January Year 8 Subject Consulation Evening PTA Meeting Room 101 Friday 2 February Year 9 & 12 Career Carousel Tuesday 6 February Year12 and year 13 Post Exam A Level Support Evening Wednesday 7 February Running Friday Timetable Year 9 Choices Evening Thursday 8 February Year 10 Interim Reports Issued

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New House Names Announced

Following a suggestion by the School Council to modernise and reinvigorate the House system at Teddington School, it was decided to choose new names that would have meaning to the students. The Senior prefects were inundated with themes and suggestions following the announcement. After much thought it was decided to choose names from people who have changed the world and positively affected others. This ties in perfectly with the four selected people and during the assemblies this week the Prefects have explained to all students how these individuals have represented the core values of Teddington School. All students were given the opportunity to vote on the new names. Stuart will now become Farah, after Sir Mo Farah; Tudor will become Pankhurst after Emmeline Pankhurst; Windsor will become Parks after Rosa Parks; and York will become Picasso after Pablo Picasso Please note that although the house names have changed the current tutor group initials will remain the same for the time being! Staff will find out next week which house they have been assigned so that at future inter house events they can fully support the students.

Head of School Awards

Following the continuing review of students’ work this week the following have been nominated for the head of School Award:

Year 8: Zachary Goh-Hatfield 8T1;

Year 9: Faye Blackshaw 9W2, Eleanor Manning 9S2, Michael Motha 9S1, Grace Shaw 9S2, Muwaz Uddin 9W1 and Alma Talbot 9W2.

Parent Forum

The next Parent Forum will be held on Monday 22 January at 7.00pm and there will be a presentation from the Head of Science, Mrs Rachel Foley. It will be a pleasure to welcome all parents who wish to attend.

Ofsted Inspection at Teddington School

A very big thank you to all the students and families that have been so supportive during the Ofsted inspection this week. We will be able to publish the results of the report in approximately three weeks. As always, these visits are unpredictable and the staff and students pulled together as a real community and demonstrated great integrity. I am very proud of all of them. Kathy Pacey Head of School

Parent Survey 2018

Every academic year we conduct surveys amongst parents to find out your views on Teddington School. To start the New Year it is our intention to focus on behaviour and safety. Your responses will inform our development plans for the rest of this academic year.

We are keen to get parental views on all aspects of school life and would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete the following survey on anti-bullying and share your current opinion. Please follow the link or copy and paste into a web browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/2wRENSewX0GpZ4ZV2

This Week in School

On Wednesday 17 January a group of Year 10 GCSE history students attended a Holocaust Memorial Event hosted by Hampton School. This involved a workshop run by the Institute for Education’s Centre for Holocaust Education, followed by a rare opportunity to listen to the testimony of a Holocaust survivor. Bea Green was born in Munich in 1924 and lived through Nazi rule. She came to the UK on the Kinder transport as a refugee. This was an incredible opportunity for the students to hear her first hand account and to reflect on a very important time in world history. The students are studying Nazi Germany as part of the curriculum and events like this help develop their understanding. The Centre for Holocaust Education is the only specialist Holocaust institute supporting teachers in the classroom with contemporary research. For more information please use the following link: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/films/bea-greens-story

In Science lessons Year 7 students have been studying food and digestion, with a focus on balanced diets and healthy eating. To enhance the students’ experience of diets from different parts of the world they had the opportunity to try edible insects. They were very apprehensive but found this great fun. There was a whole bush tucker banquet—mealworms, crickets, chapulines and mealworms. The students concluded they were salty and crunchy and the overall favourite were the lemon chapulines...but don't add them to your shopping list just yet!.

House Drama

On Thursday 18 January the tenth annual House Drama competition took place in the theatre. There were four adaptations of the following plays performed:

The Lion King - Farah; Aladdin - Pankhurst; Matilda – Parks; and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Picasso

Each play was directed by Year 10 drama students. The students selected their chosen play in September and have conducted the auditions, cast the play and arranged the rehearsals. The plays were judged by a panel including former pupil, Ellie Clarke who was Alice in the recent Rose production of Alice in Winterland.

The following awards were given to students:

Best Actor Ned Davies who played Christopher from Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Best supporting acting Gabe Burgess who played Scar in The Lion King Best new comer - Barney Welford who played Miss Trunchball in Matilda

The prize for the cast and directors of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time will be a trip to see a professional performance in London.

News from the Sixth Form On Monday 15 January a group of Year 12 students who are part of the High Achieving programme attended an introductory talk about potential Oxbridge applications. The aim of the talk, hosted by Hampton School was to provide the students with an understanding of the process of Oxbridge entrance, as well as tips on how to improve their chances of a successful application.

Career Carousel

Calling all nurses, mechanics, astronauts, chefs or entrepreneurs - we need you! Can you help with our ‘Teddington Futures’ programme to raise the awareness of our students to the diverse range of careers and educational pathways open to them? You don’t need to be an expert in your field, you just need to love the work you do and to be happy to share your experiences, provide information and insight about your job and career, and the educational pathways that have got you there. It is a great way to support the school, to inspire young people and to make a difference to our students’ futures. There are a number of ways to participate: Career Carousel Events Career Insight Talks Mock Interviews Workplace Experiences The next Career Carousel event at the school on Friday 2 February 2018. If you would like to volunteer and support this exciting day please register your interest using the following link: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZLV8YXV Please feel free to share this information with family, friends, employers or local businesses. We are keen to get the whole Teddington School community involved.

Teddington School PTA Update Keep up with the latest PTA news on Twitter @teddschPTA or Facebook or come to the next meeting on Monday 29 January 2018 at 7.00pm and bring a friend! The next main fundraisers will be the annual School Quiz on Friday 16 March and the annual Plant Sale. These are both popular events and will sell out! There are parents who will organise the events but if you would like to be involved in either of these events please email the PTA PTA@teddingtonschool.org or pop along to the meeting after the Year 8 Consultation evening. Help is required for both events, and we welcome families willing to assist with advertising the Plant Sale by delivering leaflets or having an estate agent board at their property to promote the sale. Big events are great fun and raise lots of money but not everyone has the time to commit to planning and organisation but we have plenty of smaller jobs that need doing. We are happy for parents to simply attend the meeting to lend their voice and contribute ideas. We love spending the funds that we raise - if you would like to find out how this is done join us at the next meeting on Monday 29 January in Room 101 at 7.00pm. There is a small attendance at the meetings so new faces are really welcome! We are looking for a minutes secretary to take the minutes at the meetings? Email the PTA@teddingtonschool.org if you would like to take on this role.

Spending the funds raised In addition to the new Fender Bass guitar for the Music Department and the Canon EOS 1300D cameras for the photography Department the Media Studies Department have invested in 3 Panasonic Lumix cameras with microphone inputs, primarily for use by the A-Level Media Studies students on their practical music video and marketing coursework projects These are so new they are still in the boxes, but will be used next week by our students.

Teddington Trading - latest edition out now! The latest edition of the PTA classifieds Teddington Trading is now available. 100% of the advert tariffs goes to the PTA funds. Teddington Trading raises a regular and significant income for our funds but it can only exist with your support. This means reading it, circulating it to friends and family as well as using the services or contributing to it! Feedback is always welcome from both contributors and readers. If you would like to advertise please email the PTA on PTA@teddingtonschool.org with Teddington Trading in the subject line.

Monday

22 January

Tuesday

23 January

Wednesday

24 January

Thursday

25 January

Friday

26 January

Basketball Boys U12 A Tournament

Basketball Girls U14A v Sir Richard Reyn-olds Catholic School Home

Basketball Girls U14A v Twickenham School Away

Sporting News

You can find all sporting information, including details on Training, Fixtures and Results on our

dedicated website www.teddingtonschoolsports.org

Teddington School PE Fixtures

Results Congratulations to the Girls U14A Basketball team who won their away match 33-28 against Waldegrave School for Girls on Tuesday 16 January and their match against St John the Baptist School on Thursday 18 January with a score of 43-16. Congratulations to the U13 Girls Cricket team who won their indoor tournament today. The final was against Waldegrave School and the result was 63-64.

Sporting Success

Congratulations to Samantha Whitfield 8S2 who won both individual and team gold medals at the English Karate Federation KYU Grade National Championships 2018 in Leicester

Term Dates 2017-2018

A full listing of term dates can be found on the school website. Please copy and paste the following link: http://www.teddingtonschool.org/calendar for the current school dates and events.

Spring Term 2018 Wednesday 3 January – Thursday 29 March

Get Into Medicine Event Monday 22 January

Parent Forum Monday 22 January

Things I Know to be True Theatre Trip Wednesday 24 January

PTA Meeting Monday 29 January

Year 8 Subject Consulation Evening Monday 29 January

Career Carousel Year 9 and Year 12 Friday 2 February

Year 12 &13 Post Exam A Level Support Evening Tuesday 6 February

Whole School on Friday Timetable Wednesday 7 February

Year 9 Choices Evening Wednesday 7 February

Year 10 Interim Reports Issued Thursday 8 February

SEN Parents Coffee Afternoon Thursday 8 February

INSET Day No pupils in school Friday 9 February

School Ski Trip Departure Saturday 10 February

Half Term Monday 12 February – Friday 16 February

INSET Day No pupils in school Tuesday 19 February

Theatre Trip The Woman in Black Thursday 20 February

Year 12 and 13 Interim Reports Issued Wednesday 21 February

Whole School Wear it Blue Friday 23 February

Year 9 Full Reports Issued Friday 23 February

Year 9 Subject Consulation Evening Monday 26 February

PE GCSE Student Conference Tuesday 27 February

Year 11 PPE Maths and English Monday 5 March

Year 10 and Year 11 World of Work Thursday 8 March

Year 9 Choices Forms Deadline Friday 9 March

Year 7 Subject Consultation Evening Wednesday 14 March

Year 9 Booster and Meningitis Vaccination Friday 16 March

PTA Quiz Night Friday 16 March

Year 12 and year 13 Business and Economics Conference

Tuesday 20 March

Year 12 Higher Education Evening Tuesday 20 March

SEN Coffee Afternoon Thursday 22 March

Performing Arts Evening Thursday 22 March

Year 11 GCSE PE Assessment Friday 23 March

Sport Relief Friday 23 March

Year 11 Full Reports Issued Thursday 29 March

End of Term Thursday 29 March

Summer Term 2018 Monday 16 April – Friday 20 July

Year 7-13 Return to School Monday 16 April

Bank Holiday Monday 7 May

Half Term Monday 28 May - Friday 1 June

INSET Day—no pupils in school Friday 15 June

End of Term Friday 20 July

The Resource Vault

Children's Society

The Children's Society website is an absolute treasure-trove of information with just about everything young people need to know about emotional and mental health. Called the Re-source Vault, the resources are organised by age group. Each entry has further links about where to find more information. Website: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/mental-health-advice-for-children-and-young-people/the-advice-resource-vault

Do you have an old football shirts that you

no longer wear?

Mrs Havord is visiting the i–india project which is a charity for the street children of Jaipur in Rajasthan. Many of the children support English football teams and would love to own a replica shirt! If you can donate an old shirt you no longer use, take it along to Student Services on Monday January 29. http://www.i-indiaonline.com

Mrs Havord will be taking the shirts to India during the February half term

British Cycling Central Region.

Holiday Programmes

There will be Central Region Holiday Programmes during the February half term. Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 Mountain Biking at Black Park. Nr Slough. 10.00am till 2.00pm You can attend either day. Wednesday 14, Cyclo Cross Skills and racing at Bluecoat School, Sonning Nr Reading. Time TBA Mountain bikes and helmets are available to loan. Please see the British Cycling events page from Wednesday 31 January for more information or contact GRAHAM MACNAMEE Go-Ride Coach Central Region British Cycling, National Cycling Centre, Stuart Street, Manchester, M11 4DQ britishcycling.org.uk

grahammacnamee@britishcycling.org.uk