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Friday 1 May 2015

Dear Parents and Carers,

Nerves are more in evidence this week as we come to the crucial part of the year for so many of our students.

Practical and oral exams at GCSE and A Level have taken place in PE, French, Spanish and Drama this week,

and next week students will take their Art, IGCSE English and Drama exams. Controlled assessments and

coursework deadlines loom and students and staff are working incredibly hard under considerable pressure.

As Years 11, 12 and 13 come to the end of their courses, Year 9 students have been selecting the GCSE

options that they wish to embark on next year. It has been a pleasure to interview so many thoughtful,

articulate and aspirational students and to take the opportunity to congratulate them on their hard work,

positive work ethic and contribution to the school.

New school uniform

I wanted to take this opportunity to clarify the new school uniform rules for next year. We are introducing

a new blazer and new navy jumper which will be compulsory for Year 7 students. If any current student

would like to wear a blazer next year, and we hope that many of them will, they can do so from Lester

Bowden, and there is no requirement to buy a new jumper as well. If they do not want a new blazer but

require a new jumper then you can just purchase a jumper. The new jumper has been introduced in response

to parental complaints about the quality and cost of the current jumper. The new one is cheaper (and the

price of skirts has also been reduced) and we have adjusted the colour slightly to match more closely the

colour of the skirt and blazer. In time we hope that all our students’ outer garment will be the blazer and

not the jumper as we believe it is smarter, more hard-wearing and practical.

Internet safety

We are becoming increasingly concerned about the risks our students face when they are online, particularly

as almost all of them now have a computer in their pocket via their mobile phone. On average, teenagers

look at their phone 110 times a day, and in the hour after school this is as frequently as every 6 seconds. The

NSPCC advocate the following approach:

1. Have the conversation about internet use early and often.

2. Explore online together. Are the games they are playing allowing them access to an online

community?

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3. Know who your child is talking to online. Who do they know? Are they just online friends? What do

they talk about?

4. Set rules and agree boundaries. Is your daughter allowed to take her phone into her bedroom

overnight? What are they sharing about themselves online? Is the wifi left on all night?

5. Make sure the content is age-appropriate. Do you know what the apps she has on her phone are for?

6. Use parental controls to filter, restrict, monitor or to report content.

7. Check they know how to use privacy settings and reporting tools. Is she aware that employers will

now search internet profiles of job applicants? What is she doing to protect herself online?

Below are a couple of very helpful websites which give parents advice about how to help your daughter use

the internet safely.

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/internet/online-safety-and-security/parental-controls-for-mobile-phones/

http://www.vodafone.com/content/parents.html

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

We will shortly be organising a workshop on this issue for parents.

Have a lovely bank holiday weekend.

Ros Allen @RoseberyHT

IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary Page 3

Headteacher Commendations Pages 3 & 4

Student Success with Team GB Page 4

Rosebery Singers Auditions Page 5

Students News Page 6

Library Book Sale Page 7

Examinations and Rosebery Day Picnic Page 8

National Women in Engineering and Second Hand Uniform wanted Page 9

Rosebery Summer Concert Page 10

PSA Summer Festival Adverts Pages 11 & 12

Jazz Advert Page 13


http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/internet/online-safety-and-security/parental-controls-for-mobile-phones/

http://www.vodafone.com/content/parents.html

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/



Dates for your Diary

Date Event

4 May Bank Holiday. School closed

5, 6 May Year 11 Unit 3 Drama Exam

6, 7 May Year 10 Geography Controlled Assessments

7 May Year 12 Unit 2 Theatre Studies Technical and

Evening Performance

9 May Summer Concert 6.30pm; tickets on the door

11 May GCSE and GCE exams begin Year 11 Study leave starts

16 May Bronze D of E Practice

Headteacher Commendations

The following students have been nominated this week; congratulations to them all.

Year 7 - Dr Swales has nominated Jasmine Teakle 7SY and Isobel Stimpson 7EY for excellent maths

transformations work and Emma Linteri 7SY and Lauren Marsberg 7SY for excellent maths graph work this

week. Sayra Abdul 7SX for her determination, perseverance and working hard towards learning a new skill

- touch typing. The whole of 7SY has been nominated by Miss Money for their effort and passion for the

speaking and listening assessment on the theme of the Shakespeare fair

Year 8 - Ms Baker has nominated Kiera Franklin 8EX for showing great effort and focus in her Computing

lessons. Elise Elger, Catherine Meech, Jessica Skinner and Dhivia Umashankar in 8EX have been nominated

by Mrs Manley. They all acted as coaches to teach the volley to their peers in their tennis lesson and were

all fantastic. Mrs Robertshaw has nominated Megan Crow 8SY for the fantastic progress she has made with

her reading.

Year 9 - Eama Ahmed 9SY has been nominated by Mrs Carnegie. She made origami cranes for everyone in

her form to help them understand how Buddhist celebrate the festival of Wesak.

Year 10 - Erin Southey 10RX has been nominated by Miss Nicholson for being selected to play at the St

George’s Day Parade of Queen Scouts at Windsor castle in front of the Duchess of Gloucester and Bear Grylls!

Mrs Oke has nominated Laura Mott & Amy Brewer 10RX, who have signed up to Monday Club and did a

splendid job helping Mrs Janes. Mrs Cook has nominated Bethany Chapman 10RX for impressive effort and

progress in English. The following students have been nominated by Miss Nicholson for their excellent

efforts on their Science ISA: Ellie Grant 10DY, Imogen Helm-Stovel 10SY, Ella McSharry 10EY, Sabrina Neves

10EY, Jasmine Pitt-Payne 10RY, Bethanie Stafford 10RY, Emma Tarrio-Abreu 10DY, Holly Dear 10EY, Imogen




Burns 10DY, Gabriella Binyon 10RY, Maddie Wardell 10RX, Barbara Vontszemu 10SX, Tatiana Teles 10SX,

Sophie Robinson 10EX, Lucy Mills 10EX, Azka Mahmood 10EX, Samantha Whitby 10EX, Holly Pettitt 10EX,

Alannah Pedro 10RX, Shareefa Pariagh 10RX, Megan Hendry 10DX, Stefanie Diaz Morales 10RX, Olivia

Badger 10RY.

Year 11 - Ms Babo has nominated Beatrice Leonard 11EY, Rhiannon John 11SX, Zainah Jafri 11EX, Juliette Darlington 11SY, Lucy Haustead 11RX and Lucy Tisi 11EY for working hard in Spanish and giving the final push for their last controlled assessment. Miss Lowe has nominated Bridget Thom Leary 11SX, Hattie Dean 11DY, Morgan Morrison 11EY and Maria McLean 11DY for their brilliant efforts in their English mock. Mr Chamberlain has nominated Sinead O'Callaghan 11RX for the hard work she has recently put into her History revision. Mr Breaden has nominated Mia-Jade Tiller 11EY, for consistently displaying a determined and positive attitude in her relentless pursuit of the best possible grade in chemistry. She is always present at extra lunchtime revision sessions and always makes the right choices. He has also nominated Seren Marsh 11RX, for taking control of her learning and showing the drive and energy in lessons to ensure she achieves the best possible outcome in chemistry. I have nominated Holly Chesters 11SY who has been at the World Cheerleading Championships this week and came 8th in her age group; an amazing achievement! Sixth Form - Miss Lowe has nominated Jenny Dartnell in VIJ for her outstanding efforts in English. Miss Pettet has nominated Holly Carnegie VIE for making an outstanding effort in her AS Music composition coursework. She has produced a fantastic piece of work thanks to her incredible attention to detail and talent.

Student Success with Team GB Rifle Squad

In September last year, Emma O’Neill 10DX was invited by Team GB to join their Rifle Squad (she featured on page 7 of Rosebery News on 3 October). Since that time, she has spent several weekends training with them and in the last inter-squad competition in December she finished second. She was subsequently invited to be part of the squad that represents Great Britain at the major international championships in Oldenburg, Germany in April. Emma has just returned from her shooting competition – delighted and exhausted in equal measure! Although she didn’t medal, she scored three new personal bests and contributed well to the overall team event – which GB won!




Rosebery Singers

auditions

Auditions will take place

during lunchtime on

Wednesday 6th and

Thursday 7th May in G7

(music block).

Year 7-13




Student Raises Money for BEAT Charity

Jessica Pascal in 8RX raised £110 for Beat, the charity

which supports anyone with an eating disorder. Jessica wore silly socks for the day as part of the charity’s ‘Sock it to Eating Disorders’ Campaign. Her email below explains more about her amazing achievement. Well Done! Mr Harvey, Head of Year 8

Erin Southey 10RX Royal Day Out On Sunday Erin Southey was fortunate to be invited to play at the St George’s Day Parade of Queen Scouts at Windsor Castle. Erin has been a member of The First Claygate Scout and Guide Band for approximately six years and they have worked hard to become an A grade band. After a lengthy audition process, the band were chosen to play in front of the Duchess of Gloucester and Bear Grylls at the castle. They performed five formation pieces in the Quadrangle as well as playing during the ceremony. It took a lot of extra rehearsals and commitment but was a very rewarding day. Erin is looking forward to their next big performance which will be the New Year’s Day parade in Paris. Congratulations Erin. Miss Nicholson, Head of Year 10

Hi everybody

I've counted up all the money you sponsored me when I wore silly socks and I raised £110 for Beat, a fantastic achievement beyond what I could have imagined, so thank you all for being so generous and sponsoring me while I was wearing my silly socks, every donation makes such a huge difference, and I'm really grateful. Also, I recently received a letter from Beat saying that people all over the UK taking part in Sock it to eating disorders raised £14,000! In case you were wondering, for every pound spent: 1.8p is spent running Beat 16.1p is spent on getting income for the charity, and

82.1p goes to helping people suffering from eating disorders

Thanks again, it means a lot. Jess




LIBRARY BOOK SALE 5 MAY 2015

The Library Assistants are holding a book sale in the

quad at lunchtime. There are second hand books as well

as brand new ones available. The prices will be 50p for

second hand and up to £2.00 for new books.

The money raised will be given to the school

library to buy even more new fiction books!




GCE & GCSE Summer 2015 Examinations

As we approach the summer exam season, students are reminded to check that all the information on their

Examination Timetable is correct. If you have withdrawn from an exam or have dropped a subject

completely, you should have received a new Examination Timetable reflecting these changes. If any student

requires a copy of their timetable, please come to the Exams Office to collect one.

Year 11 Form Tutors read out a reminder of Exam Day Procedures to Year 11 students this week during form

time and an exam assembly was held for Year 10 students today. Public Exams begin on Monday 11 May

until Tuesday 23 June. Morning exams start at 8.45am and afternoon exams 1.30pm. Students must arrive

at least 15 minutes before the start of their exam. If you are absent or late for an exam, please telephone

Reception or the Exams Office by 8.30am and leave a message.

Please ensure you bring the correct equipment to every exam. Pencil cases must be transparent and water

bottles clear; juice is not allowed. Please make sure you leave your bag in your locker and do not bring your

mobile phone into an exam room; the penalties can be severe.

Students are reminded to read the JCQ Regulation Notices and Rosebery School Exam Guidelines. These can

be found on the Exam page of the school website. Students are asked to read the notices carefully to ensure

that they are aware of the regulations and expectations regarding these formal assessments.

If you have any examination queries at all, please do not hesitate to contact the Exams Office at [email protected].

We would like to wish all students the best of luck with their forthcoming examinations.

Examinations Office

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Rosebery Day!

Tuesday 5th May

Lunchtime – 1.15- 2.00pm

Bring your lunch or organise picnic food as a

form, remember to bring a picnic blanket!

On the Quad

There will be music, the staff band and

different activities


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Second hand uniform / Revision Guides

If you have any good quality uniform that your daughter has outgrown, please consider donating to the School. We will also be collecting Revision Guides to resell. All monies raised through the sale of these donations will be used to provide funding for extra resources at Rosebery School.

Please hand your donations into Reception, marked for the attention of Mrs L Broome.

Thank you.




This Saturday 2nd May tickets on the door!




Two local youth Jazz Bands now open to new members!

The Epsom Youth Jazz Ensemble & Epsom Youth Big Band are now recruiting new members and are on the lookout for enthusiastic young musicians to join. Both bands run outside of school hours on a Tuesday afternoon/evening at Stamford Green School in Epsom and are run and directed by respected local musician & teacher, Ben Tompsett. Ben is primarily a Jazz Saxophonist & Pianist, with nearly 20 years of experience working as a musician, teacher and composer. The Junior Jazz Ensemble has no age or grade restrictions and is open to most instruments. The Big Band is more suitable for those approaching year 9 and above with a playing level of Grade 4-8. The bands are now entering their 5th year and continue to grow in strength and number, playing a variety of Jazz, Funk and Contemporary styles including vocal numbers and music from TV & Film. Please email Ben for more details. [email protected]


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