Friday 23 November

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Jack Petchey Awards

Congratulations to Harry Greenwood 9SE, Tilly Harradine 10JT and Chloe Costard 11NS who have each received a Jack Petchey Award at Teddington School. These young people have shown resilience and a positive attitude in overcoming personal challenges to become worthy winners of this award. Teddington School is proud to be involved with the Jack Petchey award scheme. Since being launched in 1999 the scheme has given over £110 million to 11-25 year olds in London and Essex. Our link with the scheme means that 9 students can receive the award during each academic year. These are young people who have been nominated by a member of the school community for showing the qualities promoted via the ethos of the Jack Petchey award scheme. When students receive the award they are given a certificate, badge and booklet during assembly. They choose which area of school will receive a £250 grant to spend on equipment, trips or events that enhance the future learning experiences of their fellow students. The recipients also attend an awards evening at the Rose Theatre to celebrate the success of young people across the boroughs of Kingston and Richmond. As a school we are proud of the diverse talents and qualities of the many quiet, unsung heroes in our school community. This award gives us an opportunity to acknowledge their achievements and celebrate the positive qualities they display. Mr P McGrath Jack Petchey coordinator

Upcoming Events Monday 26 November Year 11 and Year 13 Mock Examinations Friday 30 November Year 12 & 13 Geography Hazards Conference Monday 3 December INSET Day No Students In School Tuesday 4 December Rotary Club Christmas Sleigh Fundraising Ski Trip 2019 Information Evening Wednesday 5 December Parent Focus Group Saturday 8 December PTA Christmas Tree sale Tuesday 11 December Year 7, 9 & 11 Christmas Lunch Parent Forum—tbc

School Awards

The following students have been nominated this week by their subject teachers for the Headteacher’s Award and will be entered into the ballot for the next award: Year 7: Maddy Redington 7DR, Shorya Vats 7NK, Tess Bennett Jones 7GS and Laila Kenyon 7HP; Year 10: Maddie Lamb 10 PU. Congratulations to Sam Bates 8LJ for receiving the largest number of reward points last week. This week has been revision week for Year 11 and Year 13 students prior to the mock exam which commence on Monday 26 November for 2 weeks. The languages department have already commenced the listening examinations. I want to wish the year 11 and year 13 students the very best of luck during their mock exams. This is very important to us as teachers as we can identify which students need support. Over the last fortnight a group of volunteer parents have been working with our former librarian, Rachel Bide, to renovate the library and to review the resources. I want to thank them very much for their time and energy. We are now looking to recruit and train additional parent volunteers for the library. Please email info@teddingtonschool.org if you are interested. Please mark your email for the attention of Juliet Hartridge, Chair of Governors. Ms Pacey

This Week in School

Five students competed at the Warhammer Schools League last weekend – a first for Teddington School. The qualifying heats of the national competition took place at the Kingston Games Workshop, where Charlie West (9HS), Jamie Murray (9HS), Niall Bushnell (9), Ben Brown (7A) and Jake Brown (7B) from the Warhammer Club sent their armies of necron warriors and space wolves into battle in the two hour competition. If successful, the team will go onto the semi-finals in March at Warhammer World in Nottingham. Warhammer is a strategy game that has been around for about 40 years. Players collect forces of miniature plastic models with different stats and abilities and use them to play out clashes on a tabletop battlefield. The models can be painted whatever colours they choose. Warhammer rewards good sportsmanship, strategy and hobby skills in equal measure. Our club takes place in Room 103 on Fridays at 3:30 pm – do join us! There are so many aspects to the game that you can even do a Warhammer Duke of Edinburgh Award!

Students across the school have received their BEBRAS challenge results. Well done to everyone who participated, especially the following student who achieved the highest score in their year groups.

On Friday 16 November once school was closed for the week, Year 7 parents and students returned to take part in the Parents v Kids quiz organised by the PTA. They had a really successful and fun evening hosted by Nigel Owen. This event is really about helping our new cohort of parents to get to know each other better, and allowing the children to have fun too. We hope to do more of these socials to encourage a positive community feel for Year 7 parents and their children.

Year Group Competition Level Name Score

Year 7 Juniors Jacob MacLaren 139

Year 8 Intermediates Bailey Allan 161

Year 9 Intermediate Patrick Barany 150

Year 10 Computer Science Seniors Sofia Sgaramella 113

Year 11 Computer Science Seniors Lucas Pflicke 152

Year 12 Computer Science Seniors Adam Cook 151

Year 13 Computer Science Seniors Thomas Cotter 183

Term Dates 2018-2019

A full listing of term dates can be found on the school website or via the SIMS Parent App. Please use the following link: http://www.teddingtonschool.org/calendar or copy and paste into your web browser for the current and future school dates and events.

Autumn Term 2018 Monday 3 September—Friday 21 December

Year 11 and Year 13 Mock Examinations Monday 26 November

Year 12 & 13 Geography Hazards Conference Friday 30 November

INSET Day No Students In School Monday 3 December

Rotary Club Christmas Sleigh Fundraising Tuesday 4 December

Ski Trip 2019 Information Evening Tuesday 4 December

Parent Focus Group Wednesday 5 December

PTA Christmas Tree sale Saturday 8 December

Year 7, 9 & 11 Christmas Lunch Tuesday 11 December

Sixth Form Open Morning Tuesday 11 December

Parent Forum Tuesday 11 December

Year 8 &10 Christmas Lunch Wednesday 12 December

Sixth Form Open Morning Thursday 13 December

SEN Coffee Afternoon Thursday 13 December

Year 7 Pantomime Trip Friday 14 December

X-Mas Factor Thursday 20 December

End of Term Friday 21 December

Spring Term Begins Monday 7 January

Year 11 Subject Consultation Evening Thursday 24 January

Year 12 and 13 Subject Consultation Evening Thursday 31 January

PTA Meeting 7.00pm Monday 4 February

Parent Focus Group Wednesday 6 February

Year 9 Option Evening Thursday 7 February

Year 9 and Year 12 Careers Carousel Friday 8 February

Year 7 Subject Consultation Evening Thursday 14 February

INSET Day No Students In School Friday 15 February

February Half Term Monday 18—Friday 22 February

Sporting News

The PE Department would welcome parent volunteers to driving the minibus to fixtures. If you have the correct category on your licence and would be willing to assist please contact the school by email.

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 Boys U14 Rugby team who won their away match against Orleans Park School 17-0. The Boys Year 11 football team drew 2-2 in their away game at Twickenham Academy Teddington School fielded a team for the Richmond Borough Cross Country Championships this afternoon. The full results will be made available as soon as the school has them on the Teddington Sports website. There were 19 school competing this year, more than ever before. Congratulations to all the students who represented the school. Imogen Deakin from Year 11 came 1st in her race. Year 7 students Lucy Barlow came third and Taheem Javaid came 4th.

Monday

26 November

Tuesday

27 November

Wednesday

28 November

Thursday

29 November

Friday

30 November

There are no

fixtures taking place today

Basketball Boys U16 v Hampton High Away

Rugby Boys U15 v The Cedars School Home

Rugby Boys U14 v Twickenham Academy Away

Rugby Boys U13 v SSRFU Away

Basketball Boys U12 v Various Away

Fundraising with your Parent Teacher Association

The PTA page of the website can be viewed here and there is also a PTA Twitter feed and the latest edition of Teddington Trading—our very own local ads page can be viewed here. This latest edition is packed with adverts for holiday lets, local tutors, local services such as physiotherapy and clubs from yoga to football, photography and skiffing. Please take a look. If you would like to advertise in the Christmas issue please email the editor. Great rates and distribution in the school community.

Forthcoming PTA Events—Come and help raise funds! Christmas Tree Sale Saturday 8 December Can you deliver leaflets on your street, help on the refreshments stall from 11—12.30 or assist with the trees - all families are welcome at this term’s big fundraiser. If you can supply some seasonal bakes to sell please email the PTA. Please come and support the PTA by purchasing your tree from us. Christmas Raffle—look out for your tickets in the children's school bags! The tickets will be on their way home now or very shortly. Great prizes on offer as usual. You can buy additional tickets at the Christmas Tree Sale where the draw will take place—and you can carry away your prize! Teddington School of Rock—Proposed Event May 2019 Parents - are you in a band? The PTA is proposing to run a music event next year in May. There has been a significant amount of interest to date. Please email the PTA if you would like to register your interest and more information will follow from the coordinator.

Teddington School Plant Sale - Saturday 11 May—Save the Date!

If you are looking for deals for Black Friday you can support your PTA by shopping online through easyfundraising and make it give back Friday! Online shopping generates FREE donations for the PTA. Just by going through the easyfundraising page, and shopping as normal, retailers make a

donation to say ―thank you‖. All the online retailers are there and so far we've raised £2,590.37

Please sign up for Classlist. If we can get one parent from each family to join it provides all of us with an online space that can be accessed by the whole school community. It’s where you can get organised around your children and the school doesn't need to get involved in data protection issues. You can link with other parents in your class, year or whole school. From simple information requests about homework or lost kit to organising a birthday part or whole school event, you can do it through Classlist.

The Bridge Theatre Training Company

Free workshop audition for the Professional Acting Course

The Bridge is celebrating 25 years of providing the professional acting training to people from all backgrounds and walks of life. Located in London’s Camden Town, The Bridge was established in 1993 with an aim to make the highest level of actor training accessible to all, to produce actors from a mix of social and cultural backgrounds and, by doing so, to enrich the theatre, radio, film and television. Students can email admin@thebridge-ttc.org for details of the course and how to apply. See our website at www.thebridge-ttc.org for further Information and for the online application form. If you would like to talk to someone directly about the course and funding please call our Joint Artistic Director, Mark Akrill on 7765000763

All courses are held at: The Academy Studios, 15 Pratt Mews, Camden, London,

NW1 0AD

Middlesex Cricket, in partnership with MCC, have upcoming Girls Winter Devel-opment Centres. These are hosted re-gionally and are designed to offer players close to, and aspiring for, the County squads an opportunity to work with Mid-dlesex and MCC performance coaches in order to develop their skills and game un-derstanding. Running throughout January and March 2019 centres will be held at South Hamp-stead High School (Camden) and William Perkin School (Greenford/Ealing). There will be an U12 and U15 centre in each region, places are limited to ensure coach to player ratios are high. Each centre will also join together for two sessions at Lords. To register for one of the Girls Winter De-velopment Centres please follow this link -https://goo.gl/forms/02VStQDzN4klrrRi1