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The Christs

Chronicles

2nd November PSHEE Day Citizenship Day

3rd November Histo ry Trip4th Novem ber PTA Firew orks

7th/ 8th/ 10th Nov. Ac adem ic Review Sessions school finishesea rly at 1pm . Sessions sta rt at 1.10pm.

9th Nove mber Ma ths GC SE mo dule

14th Nove mb er Ma ths GC SE mo dule

15th Nove mb er Sc ienc e GC SE mo dule

16th Novem be r HPV Vac c ina tions Yea r 8 girls

17th Novem be r Year 9 Voice trip

Music c onc ert

23rd November INSET Day Sc hool c losed

25th Nove mb er Awa rds Evening at St Mary Ma gd a lene 'sChurc h, Ric hmond at 7p m

28th Nov.to 2nd Dec . Yea r 9 Spanish trip

5th Dec em ber Yea r 8 Pa rents Evening. 3.30 6.30pm

15th Dece mb er Ca rol c onc ert 7pm

20th Dec em ber Last da y of term

Future events for your dia ry

Special points ofinterest:

Reviews

ComingEvents

Sports News

Messages

Requests

Advertising

Inside this issue:

GCSE Results 2

New Building 3

Jack Petc hey 3

Sc hoo l Co unc il 4

Xma s Child 4/5

Alexand ra Palac e 5

Sp orts New s 6/ 7

Olympic 8

New Libra ry 8

Ruths Message 9

Advertising 10/1

October 20 11 Issue 77

Welcome to the latest issue of Christs Schools newsletter

Please c hec k the sc hoo l spo rts b oa rd for up t o d at e w ee kly fixtures

You c an also c hec k the sc hool events c alenda r,

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Yea r 11 stud ents co llec te d the ir GC SE results on Thursd a y, 25th Aug ust.

Yet a ga in our stud ents ha d exce lled a nd their GCSE results reflec ted their ha rd wo rk and the d ed ic a -tion of their tea c hers.

Our GCSE results for 2011: 93% of stude nts a c hieved 5 A* to C g ra d es

70% of our stud ents a c hieve d 5 A* to C g ra d esinc lud ing Ma thema tic s a nd Eng lish

For mo re info rma tion o n our results p lea se g o t o o ur web site a t ww w.christs.richm ond .sc h.uk

Record Results for Christs School

Well done Year 11 -Class of 2011!

New Head Boy s and Girls

The sta ff have grea t p leasure in a nnounc ing the Hea d Boys a nd Girls for the ne wac ad emic year:

Hea d Girl Eliza b eth Broc klehurst

Hea d Boy Phillip Perks

Dep uty Hea d G irl Lot tie Mo ss and Jenny Rog a l

Dep uty Hea d Boys Fa hris Ma nsou r And Ben Young

Cong ratula tions to them !


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Our new b uilding projec t, c omp leted ontime and hand ed over on 19th August, has

be en d eem ed a hug e succ ess. We nowha ve a muc h la rge r lib rary sp a c e w ith desig-nate d study area , c omp uter sec tion a ndc omfortab le read ing zone. Sc hool are m ak-ing t he m ost of this with de d ica ted lib raryc la sses ta king p la c e througho ut the w ee k topromote rea ding a nd a love o f bo oks as wellas a host of activities run in the library itself.Ab ove the lib rary, there is now a spa c iousb ut flexib le area for the ye a r 7s with a fullyac oustic sc reen tha t c an b e used to c rea tea b rea k-out spa c e fo r sma ll group w ork. Pa rt

of the b uild ing p rojec t wa s a refurbishme ntof the old library spa c e to c rea te a newlea rning supp ort area which c om p rises sma ll tutoria l roo ms whe re lea rning c a n b e o ne t o o ne a s we ll a sa group sp a c e tha t is used for sma ll classes a nd a fter sc hoo l for hom ew ork supp ort. Another area tha twa s g iven a very suc c essful fac e lift wa s the old PACE a rea . This room , a d ed ica ted ICT suite fo r 30, istruly tran sformed a nd looks lighter a nd brighte r.In ad d ition to the a rea s tha t b ene fit stud ents we ha ve a lso g a ined a striking ne w fronta ge in the sc hoo lc olours an d a sp a c ious rec ep tion, me d ic a l roo m, a nd rep rog ra p hic s roo m. Numerous sma ll offic esha ve a lso b ee n c rea ted whic h are inva luab le in sc hoo l for meet ings, lang ua ge tuto rials a nd sta ff workspaces.Everyone w as de lighted to c ome ba c k after the August holida ys to find the p lac e looking read y for ac -tion a nd m ost nota bly on ope n evening, the co mm ents ge nerally ab out the sc hool and the q uality of

the fac ilities we now offer we re extrem ely po sitive.Sa rah Brown

The a nnua l c erem ony for all last yea r'sJac k Petc hey Achievement Aw ard win-ners wa s held a t Richm ond Thea tre infront of Her wo rship the Dep uty Ma yorof the Lond on Borough of Ric hmo ndupo n Tha me s Co unc illor Me ena Bonda nd Tim Loug hto n MP, Und er Sec reta ryof Sta te for Children a nd Fa milies. It w asa fa b ulous eve ning w ith loud supp ort fora ll the a wa rd w inners from the m a nyfriend s and fa milies p resen t. Well d oneto all our winners..

(standing L to R) Emma Lawton, Mat-the w Red d ing, Ja me s Up to n, JosieGilc hriest(sea te d L to R) Ste vie he rtz, The Dep utyMa yor, Abiga il Houg hton -Brow n a ndBrend a And rasz

Jac k Petc hey Annual Awards

Com ple tion of the New Building


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Follow ing a fortnigh t o f c a mp a ign ing, o ur suc c essful Sc hoo l Counc il ca nd id a tes me t for the first time

on Tuesda y 11th

Oc to b er. The Sc ho ol Counc il ha s elec ted Freya Holme s-Moo rho use a s the Sc ho olCouncil President and the Council look forward to having a positive impact on school life at Christs.The Sc hoo l Counc il will be wo rking in three sub-group s: Integ rity, Com munity a nd Ac hieve me nt, fo-c using on d iverse a rea s suc h a s loc a l cha rity initiative s, anti-bullying a nd how p up ils lea rn in theChrists School classroom.

The ne xt da y 6 me mb ers of the Sc hoo l Co unc il a t-tend ed the Ric hmond Sec ond ary Sc hool Counc ilCo nfe renc e a t the Houses of Pa rlia me nt. Our visitbegan at Portcullis House with a Question andAnswer session with our local MP Zac Goldsmith.

Discussions ranged from a description of a Day inthe Life of an MP to Academies and over -fishingof our oc ea ns. After a light lunch, pup ils we re ta k-en o n a to ur of the Houses of Pa rliam en t. Sitting inthe ga lleries of t he House o f Lords a nd House o fCo mm ons ga ve p up ils a n insigh t into ho w Pa rlia-me nt op erate s. Further clarific a tion wa s provide dlater in the day with a workshop on How Laws areMade. The pupils had a fantastic day and leftb oth informe d a nd insp ired . We loo k forwa rd to

the next edition of Christs Chronicles when weprovide you w ith a further Sc hool Counc il upda te.

This Christmas Christs will be once again supporting the Samaritans Oper-a tion Xmas Child c amp a ign. We w ill b e send ing shoe b oxes full of C hrist-ma s go od ies to less fortunate c hild ren a round the w orld . One of the item sreq uested for the b oxes a re w oo lly hat s a nd sc a rves.

We felt this wa s a n idea l opp ortunity to lea rn a new skill and sp rea d som eChristm a s joy a t the sa me time ! A sma ll g roup of Yea r 8 stud ent s ha vebe en g iving up two lunchtimes a we ek for this go od c ause a nd these a resom e o f the results.

We will b e a sking e very child in the sc hoo l to c ontrib ute a sma ll token t o this go od c a use. Ea c h yea rgroup w ill be a sked to do nate a different item for the b oxes which w e will then c ollate and pa c k.

Operation Xma s Child

Sec ond ary Sc hool Counc il Conferenc e a t the Houses of Parliament 12/ 10/ 11


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If you would like to o ffer some muc h need ed help w iththe wrapp ing a nd p ac king of the b oxes please em ailsperkins@c hrists.richmond .sc h.uk . We a re a lso in nee dof any Christma s wrap ping p ap er that you ma y beab le to do nate . Informa tion rega rding w hic h itemyour child w ill b e a sked to d ona te w ill b e sent o utsoo n. Ma ny thanks for your supp ort in ad vanc e!

Ms Perkins

This wee kend the Yea r 10 Textiles c lass went on a trip to the Alexa nd raPa lac e Knitting a nd Stitch ing Show to g a in insp ira tion for their forthc om -ing G CSE p rojec ts. The exhibition b rings together a ll typ es of te xtile d isc i-p lines from felt ma king, e mb roide ry, knitting, c roc het to lac e ma king, silkpa inting a nd ha nd d ying.

The students were very lucky to see a fantastic exhibition of Beryl Deansec c lesiastic a l em b roidery a s we ll a s the b rea th-ta king Ba ttle of Preston-p ans Ta p estry. Crea ted b y ove r 250 voluntee r em b roid erers from a c rossSc ot land , the t a p estry is ove r 104 met res in leng th.

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The g ra d uat e exhib itions proved to b e p op ula r with ourstud en ts, as the y p rovide d a n insight into the sorts of c a rerstha t textiles c a n lead into. In p a rticular the knitted c ran esde signed by o ne student were very pop ular!

After lunc h the stud ents visited The Up c ycling Ac a d em y: Ma king C lothe s Ma tter whe re t hey learnt howto c rea te ne w ga rments from old a nd use scrap fab ric s to m ake b ea utiful flow er broac hes.

All in all we ha d a great d ay a nd w e a ll c am e hom e b rimming withid ea s for our next p rojec t!

GCSE Trip to the Alexandra Palac e Knitting a nd Stitching Show
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Lunc h Time Foo tba ll Com pe titions:

In o rd er to ge t tho se c om p etitive juic es flow ing a mo ngst the foot b a ll love rs a t Christ's Sc hoo l during thefirst ha lf-term o f the yea r, Mr Go sb ell ha s b ee n c ond uc ting a fo rm g roup 5-asid e foo tb a ll c om p etitionduring lunch times, with ea c h year group ha ving the ir ow n we ek alloc ate d to ma tc hes. Eac h ma tc h ifp la yed ove r 10 minute long ma tc hes, inc lud ing rolling sub s in orde r to ge t a s ma ny stud ents ga me timea s p ossible .

To the bo ys c red it, all ma tc hes have be en p layed in g ood spirit a nd showc ased som e fine pe rforma nc-es from a ll yea r group s a nd a ll a b ilities. Well done lad s.

Con grat ula tions on your vic tories to the follow ing w inning form g roup s:

Yea r 11 11A

Yea r 10 10B

Year 9 9A

Year 8 8M

Year 7 7E

Sports Report

Sp o rts Ne w s

Lunch Time Clubs After School Clubs (15:00-16:15)

12.20-1.00YEAR 9/10/11 YEAR 7/8

OtherBoys Girls Boys Girls

M o n d a y

PE DETENTIONS

T u e s d a y

GCSE BADMINTON

RUGBY UNION(9-ESI, MM,10/11-SCO)

FOOTBALL (MGR,TRU)

TENNIS (JCR)

W e d n e s d a y

AUSSIE RULES(SGO)

NETBALL (CNE)RUGBY LEAGUE(HARLEQUINS)

NETBALL (KMO)

BASKETBALL (RICHMOND KNIGHTS)

T h u r s d a y

FOOTBALL (9-MGR, 10/11-

SCO, JBU)NETBALL (CNE)

RUGBY UNION (SGO,JCR, PRO)

F r i d a y

FOOTBALL(RBU)

CLIMBING CLUB (ALL PE STAFF)1/2hr sessions from 3-4.30 sign up, first come, firstserved!

Christs P.E. Department Extra curricular timetable Autumn 2011


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Cham pion Sc hools Rugb y Lea gue Com pe tition:

Christ's Sc hoo l have ofte n b ee n the b enc hma rk side a c ross a numb er of yea rlevels throughout the Richmond Borough over the last number of years, andthe trend has c ontinued at the b eginning of the 2011/ 12 c am pa ign. With onlytwo c omp etitions be ing held up to the half- term break, Christs have comea wa y with b oth the Yea r 11 and Yea r 10 Borough Rugb y Lea gue Trophies.

Adm itted ly our Yea r 11 tea m w as disap po inted in the fa c t that their win ca meb y defa ult a fter our riva l Ted d ingt on ha d m isp la c ed the b us keys an d w ere una-ble to make the journey. However this did not break the spirits of the Christsb oys, who ha ve t aken out t heir first Borough Cha mp ionship a fter an a go nising lyclose defeat in last years final, and another second place the previous year.We look forwa rd to see ing t he b oys put t heir skills on show late r this te rm.

Rugby League in Year 10 at Christs has again shown their dominance over therest o f Richm ond with t heir sec ond title in suc c essive yea rs. The b oys ma na gedto go through the co mp etition undefea ted a fter three ma tc hes without con-c ed ing a try. It w a s an othe r very imp ressive e ffort that should ho ld the m in ago od p osition for the reg iona l c arnival.

Rowing:

Co ng ratula tions to Deryn Este rhuyse on her selec tion t o tria l for Tea m Grea t Brit-a in in the Und er 18 row ing . We a re ve ry p roud of Deryn and extrem ely plea sedto see t ha t a ll of her hard w ork a nd t ra ining ha s be en rec og nised at suc h a n

elite leve l. All the b est, Deryn.

Lennie Stevens Goal!


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On Wed nesda y 12 th October,three yea r nine pup ils a ttend ed

an Olymp ic Amb assad or co nfer-enc e in Purley a t t he John FisherSc hoo l. The p urp ose of t he eve ntwa s to ra ise t he a wa rene ss of t he 2012 Olymp ic a nd Pa ra -lympic games being hosted in our City. At Christs we willestab lish the imp ortanc e of the Ga mes and the lega c yfollowing the c losing c erem ony. As p up ils a t this sc hool,we will b e trying to inc rea se p articipa tion throug hout a llyea rs of the sc hoo l in c olla b oration w ith the PE d ep art-ment.

By Esme Gritte n, Freya Donnell an d Ka ren Va lle.

This yea r see s the a rriva l of a new a nd exce llent sp a c e fo r the Lib ra ry an d with it co me s som e n ewLiterac y a nd Library initiat ives.

The Readers' Theatre run after school on a Monday is a great opportunity for year 7s and 8s to de-velop their rea d ing a nd p ublic sp ea king skills. The group read sc rip ts as though d oing a ra d io pla yand we hop e, at some po int, that w e will be ab le rec ord the p lay w e ha ve b een read ing this term.

On Tuesday, the after school activity is a Writers Forum where the students can come with any crea-tive writing ideas they have, whether its a novel, poem or a short article for a newspaper. It is an op-p ortunity for bud d ing writers a nd journa lists to t alk ab out w ha t they a re w riting a nd b e g iven som ehelp a nd e nc ourag eme nt to d evelop the ir ide as. We hop e a s the yea r go es on to arrang e for som egue st a uthors to sp ea k to the g roup .

Thursd a y ha s the Film Boo k club tha t g oe s on fo r a little longe r after sc hoo l. Here w e w at c h a film t hathas been adapted from a famous book and then discuss how it relates to the book, whether its agood ada ptat ion or not .

There a re a c oup le of a c tivities that are ha pp ening during lunch time as we ll, the ma in one be ing theSta ff Boo k Da y, whic h involves a sta ff mem b er rea d ing from their favo urite b oo k when t hey w ere ateenag er and talk ab out why it had an imp ac t on them.

I a m ho p ing this is the sta rt of g ene ra ting a ne w w a ve o f young rea d ers who a re p a ssionat e a b outrea ding a nd b eing creative with words.

If there a re a ny p arents who wo uld like to help supp ort an y of the se initiatives or have a ny id ea s,please dont hesitate to email me at fb laxland @c hrists.richm ond .sc h.uk

Frazer Bla xland

New Ac tivities in the Libra ry

Olympic Amb assad ors
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Dea r Pa rents a nd Ca rers,

With the completion of the new building work at Christs we now have a Chapel. It is on the maincorridor as soon as you come through reception. Please feel free to visit it when youre next in school.

We were lucky to receive on permanent loan, church furnishings belonging to St Faiths Church inWand swo rth. The c hurc h has be en ma d e redund a nt. Som e of the p iec es fit pe rfec tly into the C ha p -el and p rovide a love ly foc a l p oint as we ll as wha t we nee d p rac tica lly for som e servic es.

With input from b oth stud ents a nd sta ff I ha ve b ee n grad ua lly furnishing the Cha p el and p rovidingme d itat ive exercises to h elp stud en ts to b e reflec tive or to p ra y. This wee k Yea r 8 stud ent s ha ve spen tpart of their RE lesson learning about the purpose of the Chapel, how to be in that space and toengage with some of the meditations. Well continue to introduce students to the Chapel, and hope

that w hen they need it they will find it a c alm a nd c alming sanc tuary.The e xtension w ill b e forma lly op ene d an d b lessed , and the C ha p el de d ic a ted by the Bishop of King-ston, the Rt Rev Ric ha rd Chee tha m, on No vem b er 3 rd 2011. Representatives of staff, students, par-ents/ c a rers, sc hoo l gove rnors, loc a l and d ioce sa n ed uc a tion orga nisat ions a nd those resp onsib le forthe d esign a nd c onstruc tion of our new building will join us for this spe c ia l oc c a sion.

A c oup le o f we eks ag o we ha d our Ha rvest Whole Sc hoo l Assem b ly. Tha nk you to a ll those stud entswho b rough t in Harvest g ifts. Alex Ma jor, Tiffany Rod riguez a nd Sufiyah Hashm i (Yr 11) helped ta kethe se to the SPEAR (Single Persons Eme rgenc y Ac c om mo d a tion in Richm on d) Hoste l.

Tha nk you to a ll of you who enc ourag ed your child to g et sp onsors for the sp onsored wa lk, and toma ke sure t hey c ollec ted a ll the mo ney a nd b roug ht it to sc hoo l. One of o ur tea c hers, Miss Ta b er willb e sp end ing p a rt o f this sc hoo l year wo rking in a n orpha na ge in Peru. The mo ney raised from thespo nsored w a lk will b e sent to her orph an ag e.

We ha ve a numb er of c ha rity even ts p la nned for Nove mb er. At present Yr 11 stud ents, und er thed irec tion of Miss Ta ylor, are o rga nising a Yr 7 d isc o to raise m oney fo r Child ren in Need . Miss Perkins isc oo rd inat ing the Sa ma ritan Christm a s Boxes a c ross the yea r g roup s. Tha nk you to tho se o f you w hohave respo nde d to the ema il she sent out d eta iling w hat e ac h year group wa s be ing a sked to c on-trib ute. Plea se e nc ourag e yo ur child to b ring in a c ontrib ution for those b oxes. You w ill find a film c lipabout what happens to the boxes if you google Samaritans Purse, and then click on the OperationChristma s Child op tion. The b oxes ha ve t o b e rea dy t o send off ea rly in Nove mb er so p lea se he lpyour child to b ring in their c ontrib ution be fore half term or when the y return afte r the ha lf term b rea k.

On O pe n Evening the re w a s a love ly feeling o f c om munity with sta ff and stud ents wo rking t og ethe rto show po tential new stud ents an d their p arents/ c a rers wha t a grea t sc hoo l this is. As one of the non

-teaching staff Im constantly amazed at the hard work teachers put in to their work with studentsa nd to t he inc rea sing numb er of extra -curric ula r ac tivities. Until I c a me here I ha d no ide a just w hatskill it ta kes to te ac h 30 stud ent s a t a time .

Ha ve a lovely ha lf term b rea k.

Eve ry b lessing ,

Ruth (Christs School Chaplain)

A M essa g e f rom o ur Cha p la in , Ruth Sc o t t

Messages


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Add itional informa tion:

To c onta c t Sta ff b y e-ma il p lea se use the ir first initia land then surnam e w ritten a s one wo rd followe d bygeneric end ing: @c hrists.richm ond .sc h.uk

The re is a lso a quick link via sc hool website. Christ's Sc ho olQue en 's Roa d

RichmondSurre y

TW10 6HW

Phone : 020 8940 6982Fa x: 020 8332 6085

E-ma il: info @c hrists.richm on d .sch.uk

www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

Time tab le for sc hool da y

All stud en ts to a rrive a tsc hool and b e rea d y forreg istra tion a t 08.30

Morning break 10.20-10.40

Lunc h break 12.20-13.00

End of sc hoo l 15.00

Winte r uniform required :b lazer, white shirt a nd sc hoo ltie.

To o rder uniform g o to ourwebsite: http:// c hrists.richmond .sc h.uk/ home

Holidays:

Autum n Term

Inset Days: Wed nesd a y 23rd Novem b er 2011

La st Da y o f Term, Tuesda y, 20th Dec em ber 2011

Half Term

24th - 28th Oc tob er 2011

Spring Term

Wed nesd a y, 4th Janua ry 2012 - 30th Ma rch 2012

Half Term

13th 17th Feb ruary 2012

Sum mer Term

Mo nd a y, 16th Ap ril 2012 - Tue sd a y, 17th July 2012

Half Term

4th - 8th June 2012
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