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Issue 11 8th September 2006
A Level and AS results The school achieved its best ever results in all three sets of public
examinations this summer. The A level results were particularly impressive.
The key statistics were as follows:
Particular mention should be made of Matthew Norris who achieved 7 Grade
A’s at A level and 1 Grade A at AS – a stunning achievement: also, Joe
Crutwell, Aahsan Ahmed, Robert Arthur and Rufus Veness who achieved 5
A’s.
The following students gained straight A Grades in all their main subjects:
Amar Parkinson, Oliver Troop, Matthew McNulty, Ramiz Mohamed, Charlie
Morgan, Neerav Patel, Jonathan Templeman, Timothy Young, David Durbin,
David Gibbon, Luke Hicks, Andrew James, Serkan Karaagac, Rikul Patel,
Chris Robinson, Andrew Smith, Naveed Tariq, Eric Yiu, Alex Bate, Leo
Bertels, Matthew Charman, Robin Clarke, Randeep Dhariwal, Mark
Etherington, Matthew Kiernan, Hyung Joon Kim, Ankit Kumar, Sizwe
Sibeko and Max Thompson.
The AS results showed a significant improvement on last year’s very good
results with the whole improvement being at A grade. This means that the U6
have given themselves a very good foundation for success in the A2
examinations next summer.
Grade Number Percentage
A 204 54.4
B 120 32.0
C 43 11.5
D 7 1.9
E 1 0.27
Total 375
Percentage A&B 83.3
UCAS pts per student 388
UCAS pts per entry 108.3
Average number of
passes
3.86
Congratulations to Sam
Ridout 8G and Michael O’Halloran L6 on gaining awards from the Historical Association. (see below)
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GCSE results The GCSE results were also very impressive with many outstanding
individual achievements.
Grade Number Percentage
A* 430 34.35
A 442 35.30
B 293 23.40
C 72 5.75
D 14 1.11
E 1 0
Percentage A&B 69.65
Number of students 121
81% of the year group achieved 5 or more A*/A grades.
Particular congratulations go to Michael O’Halloran and Josh Wood both of
whom achieved a spectacular 12 A* grades (including one short course
apiece): Adam Lawrence, Sumair Zamir both achieved 11 full course A*
grades while Lance Alleyne, Gavin Kader and Praveen Paranagamage
obtained 10A* grades plus an A* in a short course.
Angling Jake Marshall 10S impressed the England selectors to gain a place in the
England Under 16 team. Jake clinched his place in the six man squad with an
impressive performance. Jake will now travel to Lisbon , Portugal in
September for the World Angling Games.
Young Historian
Awards
Congratulations to Michael O’Halloran L69 and Sam Ridout 8G who have
been given awards by the Historical Association. Michael was awarded one
of the two Historical Association GCSE Local History Awards. The judging
panel thought it was an excellent piece of research, as indeed did the
Archivist at the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society. Because
Michael’s work was focused on the Second World War he will also receive a
certificate from the Spirit of Normandy Trust. Sam has been awarded a Key
Stage 3 Local History Awards.
Music All instrumental lessons will start next week. Please check the notice board
in the music corridor for your time. Make sure that you remember to bring
your instrument and any music necessary.
Extra curricular
activities
All ensembles will start next week, please check the music notice board for
details. If you would like to join an ensemble please go along to the
rehearsal and speak to the teacher leading the ensemble.
New Year 7’s and
choir
All year 7 boys have been auditioned for the choir and a significant number
have been asked to join. Please could you ensure that the permission slip is
returned ASAP. Any boy who was not successful but would still like to join
should see Miss Potter.
Choir The choir will be singing at Founders Day (September 27th
) and in
preparation there are a number of very important rehearsals. A rehearsal
schedule will be going home today for all those boys involved which include
ALL GCSE and A level Music students. Full attendance at all rehearsals is
required, if there is a problem please see Miss Potter. There is also a
permission slip to be completed by parents and returned to school by Friday
15th
September for the Founders Day rehearsal on September 26th
at Croydon
Parish Church.
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Issue 12 15th September 2006
European
Languages Day
This year, and more than ever, we really need your support to
highlight the importance of language learning and to increase
awareness of the career opportunities offered by even basic
language skills:
The MFL Department is organising various activities during the
day:
• Am and pm registration taken in a different language
(resources provided by the MFL gang!)
• Mini lessons (5/10 minutes) in different languages
(Punjabi, Dutch, Afrikaans and Polish)
• A quiz on languages
• An assembly devoted to the subject
• Continental food in the canteen
We look forward to seeing you there!
Football results Wilsons vs Richmond College
1st X1 1-1
2nd
X1 1-6
3rd
X1 11-1 (A Keen 11B scored 3 and M Stream 11S scored 3)
European Language Day
Friday 22nd September is European Day of Languages 2006 and a very
important date in the Modern Foreign Languages Department calendar. There will be a number
of events, masterminded by Ms Morin, at school to mark the day.
See below….
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Wilson’s School
Badminton Club
The season will soon be upon us and all the players are training
hard. The school has now been designated an Academy school
by Badminton, England, and the top 6 boys from years 8,9,10,11
and 12 all receive extra specialist coaching. This means
attending one morning session 7.30 –8.15 am and one lunch time
session each week, plus the club session and matches. The
school also has employed 2 extra coaches on Mondays and
Fridays after school. The school club runs on Monday 3.30 until
6pm for years 7 & 8 and on Fridays for Years 9 and above, The
school is now the home for Chadacre Badminton club, one of the
top clubs in the county at senior level. The club provides the
opportunity for the older boys to experience high quality play
and Surrey County League matches. If there are any parents out
there who are good players, the club welcomes new members on
a Thursday evening 7.15 – 9.45pm on 4 courts. If you want to
play in the school club, particularly Year 7 pupils, please see Mr
Molyneux.
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Glenthorne all teams at home. There will be
refreshments available in the new Sixth Form Café. We will be
selling a variety of hot and cold food on a trial basis. Cashless
catering cards or cash will be accepted.
CCF The Combined Cadet Force had its first parade of the year last
Tuesday. It was encouraging to see seventy Year 9 recruits on
parade. It is not too late for boys to join they should come to the
playground at 15.30 on Tuesday 19th
September and expect to be
dismissed at around 17.30.
School Play There are still plenty of parts available for boys to perform in the
school play. Any in Year 10 and above who would like to
participate should see Mr Shaw urgently. The ability to sing is
most welcome but there are some non-singing parts available as
well. The script can be perused by going to the school network
shared resources area and looking in the folder Drama/Poppy.
Congratulations to Hikaru
Harazawa 11H who was amongst the 10 highest scoring candidates
nationally in the summer 2006 Japanese GCSE examination.
Hikaru studied independently for the examination.
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Issue 13 22nd September 2006
Founder’s Day Parents should have received a letter regarding arrangements for
Founder’s Day and Open Evening on Wednesday 27th
September. If you have not received it, please consult the web-
site where a copy is published.
Angling for
England
Jake Marshall was in Portugal last week as part of the England
Fishing Team. They obtained a bronze medal. Jake will appear
on BBC Newsround on Saturday.
Second hand
uniform
Uniform outgrown or lost?
Second hand blazers/jumpers sportswear trousers/shirts
footwear. Very small to extra large sizes in most items.
Prices: 50p - £5 max.
3.30pm EVERY WEDNESDAY this term
Year 7 Year 7 students will be off timetable for the morning of Monday
2nd
October so they can sit a CATS test. This internal test will
assess their abilities in verbal and numerical reasoning and is
used for the purpose of monitoring and tracking your son’s
progress during his time at Wilson’s. The results of this test will
not be published and there is no need for your son to do any
preparation! The only equipment required will be an HB pencil
and rubber. Normal timetable will resume at Period 4.
SPECIALIST COLLEGE IN THE
ARTS
Recently designated as a “high performing specialist school” in Mathematics and Computing, Wilson’s has now been invited to develop plans to take on an additional rôle as Specialist College in the Arts. The new specialism, which will become effective in the New Year, will bring in substantial new resources to support English, Media and the Arts in the school. We will also be developing a community programme with a strong Media focus.
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Target 2.0
Competition
After an internal competition amongst Upper Sixth economists,
Joe Ruiz, Lawrie Harper-Simmonds, Howard Hume, Saad Sattar
and Alex Lu have been selected to represent the school in this
year’s Bank of England Target 2.0 Competition. They will be
spending the next two months investigating the role of inflation
and interest rate policy before the Area Finals in November.
Weekend fixtures Wilson’s vs Hampton
Year 10 (A) Home
Year 9 (A) Away
Year 8 (A) Home
Year 7 (A) Away
Wilson’s vs Royal Russell
2nd
X1 Away
Year 10 (B) Away
Year 9 (B) Home
Year 8 (B) Away
Year 7 (B) Home
Football Results All matches v Glenthorne, Saturday 16th
2nd
XI: won 8-0
U15 A: lost 3-1
U14A: won 9-0
U13A: won 5-1
U12 A: lost 5-2
PSHE Lessons YEAR 7
Working on forming friendships and identifying their strengths
and weaknesses in preparation for the year ahead.
YEAR 8
Have been learning about Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple
Intelligences. In their PSHE lesson they tested themselves
online, profiling their intelligences.
YEAR 9
Children’s Rights and the UN Children’s charter.
YEAR 10
Focusing on financial responsibility considering different forms
of investment including the pros and cons of share dealing.
Students will be investing their own fantasy £1000.00 in the
stock market from next week.
YEAR 11
Have been visited by Mrs Carol Ellis the Connexions adviser
who has spoken to them about Sixth Form options and who will
be offering careers interviews later this term. In the next week
they will be exploring issues relating to alcohol and preparing a
CV.
Chess Club The chess club is held every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
lunchtime in F12. All students can come along and play games
at this time.
The school’s chess team had a good result in the pre-season
Russell Jamboree event held at RGS Guildford. Overall we
came 5th
out of the 12 teams entered, beating Trinity, Wallington
Boys and Whitgift.
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Issue 14 29th September 2006
Many thanks to all who helped with the Open Evenings this week: the parents who helped prepare the prospectuses; the Year 7 and Sixth Form students who took endless tours to great acclaim from
parents; the many boys who helped teachers with the excellent displays; the teachers and support staff who prepared the displays and answered hundreds and hundreds of questions; the Senior
Prefects who manned the front of house with impressive poise and the CCF who expertly managed the parking.
We had more prospective parents than ever this year, even running out of prospectuses for the first time ever. As always, our best advert was our students who never cease to impress. Well done!
PSHE lessons YEAR 7
They are currently being visited by the School Liaison Officer.
They discussed theft and personal safety.
YEAR 8
No PSHE lesson this week due to Open Evening
YEAR 9
Continuing with Children’s Rights and the UN Children’s
Charter
YEAR 10
Students used a trading simulation in order to experiment with
buying and selling shares, Investing in a minium of three
companies, students can buy and/or sell shares as many times as
they wish between now and 20th October, but must then decalre
their profit. The student with the highest total profit will be
awarded a £20.00 prize in vouchers and the title of investor of
the year.
YEAR 11
Students explored issues around alcohol and prepared their CV’s
they will be continuing with these themes throughout the term.
Free ICT Lessons Would you like to develop your ICT skills? This is an invitation
to investigate the level of interest in offering a programme of
free ICT courses for parents of Wilson’s boys in Years 7,8 and
9. The meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th
October at
2.30pm in F4 in the new Foundation Building. We have already
run successful courses for parents of boys in other years so
please come along and register any interest you have. We are
planning to offer a course at beginner or intermediate level
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depending on the demand. Subsequent courses will depend on
the nature of the interest shown in the meeting. Even if this
course does not meet your requirements please attend and let us
know what would be helpful.
ICT Skills for Beginners
A four-week course consisting of four 1 hour sessions in basic
ICT. This course is designed for people with little or no
experience of using a computer. It’s perfect for beginners of all
ages and provides an excellent starting point for building your
ICT skills. This programme is ideal for those who would like to
come into school to attend a beginner’s session in ICT. Each
Wednesday 2.15pm until 3.30pm.
Just come to the meeting or email Mrs Wyatt
[email protected] for more details.
Charity Many thanks and congratulations to 6th formers Raouf Ahmed,
Sandeep Gusai, Imran Sameja, Nasik Ahmed, Hiren Patel for
their charity work on behalf the the Croydon Association for the
Young Single Homeless. They organised a charity party and
made a substantial donation of £330 to CAYSH. Their donation
was supplemented by a school donation of £200 from the
proceeds of last term’s mufti day.
Weekend Fixtures
Wilson’s vs Cheam
Year 10 Away
Year 9 Home
Year 8 (A) Away
Year 8 (B) Away
Year 7 (A) Home
Year 7 (B) Home
Football Results Wilson’s v. Royal Russell
2nd
XI: 1-4
U15B: 3-1: Demola Aofolaju scored a hat trick
U14B: 2-2
U13B: 10-0: Sam Owen scored a hat trick
U12B: 8-1: (playing Royal Russell’s A team)
Wilson’s v. Hampton
U15A: 1-5
U14A: 3-2
U13A: 6-1
U12A: 8-3
Saturday morning
Cafe
The 6th Form café is open on Saturday morning for tea, coffee
and light refreshments from 8.30am – 11.30am. Cash and
cashless catering cards accepted.
Parking outside the
school
A reminder to parents when dropping off or picking your son up
from school: for reasons of safety of pupils and staff, please do
not block the school entrances or come in to the school grounds
to turn round or use the school car park as a dropping off point.
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Issue 15 6th October 2006
PSHE Lessons Year 7
Some forms are receiving talks on theft and personal safety
while others have begun presentations on their hobbies and
interests to develop their communication skills and to get to
know other members of their tutor group.
Year 8
Beginning of a 5 week carousel of PSHE lessons focusing on
mobile phone safety, financial awareness, career considerations,
internet safety, child welfare advice and support contacts.
Year 9
Year 9 are electing a group of 10 students (2 from each form)
who will be involved in looking at the environmental impact of
the school and starting our application to become an Eco-School.
Year 10
Continuing with their shares simulators.
Year 11
Continuing with alcohol theme and looking at CV’s
Tesco Vouchers Please remind boys to bring in as many Tesco Sports for School
vouchers as they can and place in the box in reception. Last year
the school received a variety of sports equipment such as cricket
bats, tennis racquets, footballs, softball equipment and batons.
The “Hans Woyda” inter
school maths competition is a tournament between the top 64 schools in the South
East of England and is a regular part of Wilson’s
maths calendar. Competing teams of 4 pupils (from years 9,11,12,13) are given
tough maths questions to solve quickly, for instance
find the sum of the first eight prime numbers or the
positive square root of 4761 or solve xx =3125.
Wilson’s School Hans Woyda Team
2007.
Alex MacMillan, William Hogg, Matthew
Kasoar and Alex Burrell started the
season off on Monday with an
outstanding score: Wilson’s 58- Caterham 18
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Sports Results Wilson’s v Cheam High
1st XI won 6-1
U15 A drew 1-1
U14A lost 4-0
U13 A won 6-0
U13 B won 10-0 Hat trick Tom Watson
U12 A lost 5-3
U12 B won 4-2
English Schools X-
Country: First
Round
The first round of the English Schools Cross Country was held at
Wilson’s this year. Many thanks to the sixth form and year 11
pupils who acted as officials and “hared” races.
The Junior team won their race comfortably with Jordan
Maurice taking first place. Superb runs from the rest of the team
ensured that Wilson’s were placed first overall a long way ahead
of the rest. This was a combined Year 7 and 8 team, with four
year 7 runners, making this an outstanding performance. The
Year 9 and 10 boys had a tough act to follow, but George Roffey
and Miles Collin finished in the top ten. After the first lap the
situation did not look promising, with four schools ahead of
Wilson’s; but Jon Mapp and Darren Spain managed to overhaul
enough of the opposition to steal the last qualification place from
Tiffin by one point! Well done.
Both teams now progress to the regional final with hopes of a
place in the National Final.
Junior Team
Jordan Maurice
William Toms
Jacob Paul
Josh Mackley
Tom Johnson
William Johnson
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Sutton Grammar
1st X1 Home
2nd
X1 Away
3rd
X1 Away
Year 10 (A & B) Home
Year 9 (A & B) Away
Year 8 (A & B) Home
Year 7 (A,B,C) Away
Middle School Team
George Roffey
Miles Collin
Jon Mapp
Darren Spain
Anthony Childs
Jack Carter
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Issue 16 13th October 2006
Badminton Results Wilson’s U14B vs St Johns U14A
Wilson’s won 8-1
Wilson’s U19B vs St Johns U19 A
Wilson’s won 8-1
Congratulations to George Heinemann and Chris Gyton of Year
8 who have been selected for Surrey
Chess Results Wilson’s vs Sutton GS (29th
September)
1st team won 4.5 to 1.5
Wilson’s vs Trinity (6th
Oct)
1st team won 4.5 –1.5
2nd
team won 5-1
Football Results
Wilson’s vs Sutton GS
Ist XI: won 1-0 U14B: won 3-1
2nd
XI: won 6-1 U13A: won 5-3
3rd
XI: won 3-1 U13B: won 1-0
4th
XI: won 3-2 U12A: won 5-2
U15 A: lost 4-2 U12B: won 5-2
U14 A: lost 4-1 U12B: won 1-0
U12C: won 3-3
The National Cipher Challenge
On Thursday 5th October decoding became a new
craze amongst students and teachers alike as the
National Cipher Challenge held by the University of
Southampton began. For those who can keep up
with the pace, the competition will consist of eight
challenges, one per week. If a team or individual
does not manage to complete the challenge for the
week they will be eliminated. Although merely
completing all challenges is a feat on its own, the
eyes are on the prizes, which include £1000 and an
IBM laptop for the team or individual who rank
highest after all challenges and £700 for the runner-
up. The race has begun, but who will finish!
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Cup Matches Ist XI vs St. Olave’s (National Cup) won 4-1
U15 A vs Maplesdene Noakes
(National Cup)
won 3-2 on
penalties
U13 A vs Coombe School (Surrey
Cup)
won 7-0
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Carshalton Old Boys
1st XI Away
2nd
XI Away
Yr10 Home
Yr 9 (A&B) Home
Yr8 (A&B) Away
Yr 7 (A & B) Home
PTA The PTA are looking for donations for their Christmas raffle. If
you can help please contact the Chair of the PTA, Cathy Gaskell.
Email cathegaskell.fsnet.co.uk
Cross Country The borough cross country championships will be held here next
Wednesday.
PSE Year 7
Continuing with talks in theft, personal safety, hobbies and
interests.
Year 8
Continuing with mobile phone safety, financial awareness,
careers and internet safety
Year 9
Eco representatives have now been elected and have held their
first meeting.
Year 10
Continuing with their work on buying and selling shares.
Year 11
Continuing with alcohol and writing CV’s
Modern Languages
Information
Evening
On Thursday October 19th
at 7.00 p. m. the Modern Foreign
Languages department invites parents of Year 7 boys to attend a
meeting to learn about the department’s work and the changes to
Modern Languages teaching over the last 20 or so years. Please
let Mr Winstone know if you wish to come if you have not
already done so.
Water Polo Under 16 ESSA Water Polo competition results
Charterhouse 2-Wilson’s 5
Royal Manor 3 Wilson’s 3
Royal Manor 2 – Charterhouse 5
Tom Pearce 10C scored 3 James Prowting 11B scored 2
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Issue 17 20th October 2006
Mani has competed against Flanders (England winning 11-9) and against Wales (England winning 18-2). Anand represented England in Poland during
the Summer where England won all its tournaments. Aditya is the most recent addition to the team and expects to play his first international match shortly.
World Challenge
2008 to India
There will be a Parents’ Information Evening for World
Challenge 2008 for years 10,11 and L6 at 7pm on Monday 30th
October.
GCSE Science
Modules
Boys in year 11 will be sitting further science GCSE module
tests on 23 November. Boys in year 10 will be sitting their first
module tests for the new GCSE specifications for the sciences
on 22 November. The boys are strongly urged to do some
revision over half term. There will be some revision sessions at
lunchtime and after school after half term for those boys in year
11 resitting a module test. Old papers and mark schemes can be
accessed for Year 11 boys on aqa.org.uk through publications.
Football Results
Wilson’s vs Old Wilsonians
1st XI won 4-2
2nd
XI won 4-3
Wilson’s vs Carshalton Boys
U15 A drew 2-2 (league game)
U14 A won 5-0 (league game)
U14 B won 1-0
U13 A won 3-1 (league game)
U13 B won 4-2
U12 A won 4-2 ( league game)
U12 B won 3-1
Wilson’s Boys Represent
England Many congratulations to Aditya
Gupta, Manibharti Periasamymanjula and Anand Krishnan who have been
selected to represent England in the Junior Chess Team.
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Cup Matches
U12 A won 8-0 vs Ernest Bevin School (National Cup)
U12 A won 7-1 vs Christ’s School (Surrey Cup)
Surrey County
selection
Many congratulations to Nick White for making the U14 Surrey
football team.
Chess Results Wilson’s vs Guildford (13th
October)
1st team won 5.5 to 0.5
2nd
team won 4.5 to 1.5
Congratulations to Aditya Gupta, who was a member of the
Surrey under 18 chess team which comprehensively won the
Southern Counties tournament held at Wilson’s on Saturday 14th
October.
Year 7 Tutorial
Evening
On Thursday 2nd
November there will be a Year 7 Tutorial
Evening. This is an opportunity for parents to discuss with Form
Tutors how their son is settling into the school. We recommend
that your son also attends this evening as it will be an ideal
opportunity to receive feedback from the school about his work
and progress thus far. Your son should have already arranged an
appointment time with his tutor. The Year 7 tutor team look
forward to meeting you on this evening.
PSE Year 7
Theft, Personal Safety, Hobbies and Interests
Year 8
Mobile phone safety, financial awareness, careers and internet
safety
Year 9
Students are underway with registering Wilson’s as an Eco-
school. More details next term.
Year 10
This Friday marks the end of the share simulation. The
individual and form winners will be announced after half term.
They also took part in an assembly by a representative of World
Challenge to give details of the 2008 trip to India.
Year 11
Alcohol and CV’s
RAF CCF Congratulations to the CCF RAF team that took part in the
Ground Training Competition at RAF Uxbridge last Sunday.
The team came a commendable second place overall, missing
out on first by a single marking point. Cadets were involved in
First Aid and RAF knowledge. Well done to all those that took
part.
Year 11 The promised course work timetable is now available on the
school website www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk
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Issue 18 3rd
November 2006
Surrey Badminton
Championships.
A large cohort of Wilson’s pupils who have joined our
Badminton Academy programme this year took part in the
Surrey Championships that took place over the half term
holiday. Our boys met with great success. In the B team, Yash
Shukla and Anand Krishnan won their competition, and in the A
team, Chris Gyton and Harley Riman (both also of Wilson’s)
were beaten in the final by Charlie Filmer-Court and George
Heineman, who are now the new U13 Doubles Champions.
Many congratulations to the boys on an excellent achievement.
Congratulations also to Simon Chaing and Chris Singarajah who
won the U17 Surrey B tournament.
Development
Youth Programme
Well done and congratulations to Luke Hicks, who took his A
levels this Summer, has achieved a national runner up prize in
the Development Youth programme. His essay, which he
submitted last year, has won him a trip to Brussels on the 12 –
14th
November.
Eco Schools Year 9 has registered Wilson’s as an Eco-school. This scheme
helps schools to look at ways in which they can become more
environmentally aware and change practices in the school to
reduce its negative impact on the environment. Year 9 has set
up a team of 10 students who will be looking at the following
areas within the school: Litter/Rubbish, Energy, Waste, Water,
School grounds, Biodiversity, Transport, Healthy living and
Global Perspective. The elected students are Guy Morgan,
Annoj Inpanathan, Thomas Tarn, Tom Sutherland, Arjoon
Niranjan, Alex McMillan, Rowan Brearley, John McGlaghan
Lindsay, James Ireland and Mayghan Vijapura
We will keep you posted on what we are doing and hopefully
will be able to tell you soon that we are on our way to achieving
the prestigious Green Flag award, which is internationally
SURREY COUNTY U13 BADMINTON CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Charlie Filmer-Court and George
Heinemann (Year 8) who won the Championship during half-term
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recognised. For more information about the scheme contact Mr
Philips or see the eco-schools website. http://www.eco-
schools.org.uk/index.htm
Parents’ Handbook The parents handbook has now been published in a very
attractive format on the school web-site. Navigate to
www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk and look for the Parents
section listed on the left hand menu – or follow the link in the
“What’s new” section on the home page.
Weekend fixtures Wilson’s vs Glyn
1st XI Home
2nd
XI Away
Year 10 (A & B) Home
Year 9 (A & B) Away
Year 8 (A & B) Home
Year 7 (A & B) Away
PSHE lessons Boys in Years 7 to 10 have this week had safety talks by a
representative from the British Transport Police during assembly
time.
New Rewards
System
We’ve been looking at ways to improve the ways in which we
acknowledge, celebrate and reward the good contributions that
students make to the school. The school is launching an exciting
new rewards system to operate in the Lower and Middle Schools
which will ‘go live’ from next week. Details of the scheme can
be found in the parents’ handbook on the website:
www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk
CCF Camp During half-term one hundred and three cadets from Wilson’s
attended camp on St Martins Plain. All our Training Company
recruits (Year 9) passed off as qualified cadets, entitled to wear
the cap badge of The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment or the
Royal Air Force, with Tim Hoe winning best recruit Army
Section and Jack DiLizia winning best recruit RAF Section.
In Senior Company (Year 10) all boys passed their Self Reliance
Test and Jake Marshall was awarded best on course.
The NCOs (L6 and U6) have been working with the junior
cadets since September and special mention should go to Cpl
Robert Smith for his work with Drill and Turnout and to Cpl
Robert Law for his instruction of the self-reliance cadre. Many
thanks also to Sgt Diluka Karunaratne for stepping in as
Senior NCO whilst colleagues were on the school trip to Russia.
PTA The PTA are still looking for prizes for the Christmas raffle
small or large. All donations gratefully received. Please contact
Cathe Sanders at [email protected] or Mrs Mitchelmore
at the school.
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Issue 19 10th November 2006
Badminton results Results from Wednesday 1st November.
Wilson’s vs Tiffin.
Wilson’s U19B beat Tiffin U19B 7-2
Wilson’s U14B beat Tiffin U14A 5-4
Results from Tuesday 7th
November
Wilson’s U19A beat Tiffin 7 – 2
Wilson’s U16 vs Tiffin 8 – 1
Wilson’s U14B vs City of London 9-0
Maths Extra Help
Classes
Various lunchtime help sessions available to students start next
week.
Mondays: Core 1 retake classes for the Upper Sixth with
Mrs Sharma. All students retaking C1 should attend.
Mondays and Thursdays: Maths Help for years 7 to 10 with
sixth formers on Mondays and Thursdays
Tuesdays: General Maths Help for any year group with Mrs
Kowal
Fridays: Drop in help sessions for students retaking other
AS/A2 modules
Mondays and Fridays: GCSE Coursework support sessions:
Year 7 Maths Club is on Friday. This is an enrichment club run
by sixth formers.
NATIONAL ENTERPRISE WEEK
On Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th
November Bill Muirhead who is a
business enterprise advisor with a wide
range of business experience will be
giving assemblies on what it takes to
be a good entrepreneur.
All week, year 11 Business Studies
students will be presenting their
‘Dragons Den’ competition entries in
lessons. The best six teams will go
forward to our finals evening on
Monday 11th December
On Friday 17th November, Year 8 will be taking part in their Learn to Earn Day.
This is run in conjunction with the Young Enterprise charity and gets students
to think about their future careers and how this links into education.
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Rugby results Wednesday 18th
October
Wilson’s vs Reigate College
Wilson’s 10 Reigate 40
Hector Horlick scored 2 tries
Wednesday 1st November
Wilson’s vs Ewell Castle
Wilson’s 14 Ewell Castle 30
Tries were scored by James Scott and Dominic Peter
Oliver Barnes scored 2 conversions
Science Revision
Sessions
The Science Department will be running lunchtime revision
sessions next week for those boys in Year 11 who are re-sitting
science modules on November 23rd
. Boys should consult notices
for further details.
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Therfield
2nd
X1 Home
Yr 10 (B) Home
Yr 9(B) Home
Yr 8(B) Home
Yr 7 (B) Home
Year 10 Share
Dealing Results
Each form member was given £10,000 to invest in a ‘fantasy’
share dealing simulation run online by the Halifax. Below are
the results in terms of overall profit and loss (over and above the
original investment) per form group.
10H £515, 768
10C £69,145
10S £151
10B £-10, 363
10H ably led by Miss Rowat, was therefore victorious. Special
mention should be given to Conor Mulholland of 10H who
manipulated the system well enough to achieve a position in the
top ten ‘sharedealers’ in the country! Very well done.
Prize Giving
Please note there was an error on the Autumn term calendar
card. The date for the Prize Giving is Tuesday 21st November
and not 22nd
as published.
Chess Results KCS Wimbledon vs Wilson’s (3rd
November)
2nd
team won 6 - 0
3rd
team won 4 – 1
Football Results Wilson’s vs Glynn
1st XI won 4-2
2nd XI won 2-0
U15A lost 2-1
U15B drew 3-3
U14A drew 0-0
Tough Guy
Competition
All Tough Guy entries for the 6th form must be with Mr
Molyneux by Friday 17th November.
Free ICT Lessons Any parents interested in IT skills for beginners please come
along on Wednesday 15th
at 2:15pm to the school office. Please
email Mrs Wyatt on [email protected] to
register an interest or for more details. No previous experience
necessary, perfect for beginners of all ages.
U14B won 4-2
U13A won 3-1
U13B lost 10-1
U12A lost 6-0
U12B lost 7-0
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Issue 20 17th November 2006
Advent Service The Advent service will be held on Thursday 23rd
November at
Croydon Parish Church 7.30pm. Parents, Governors and friends
of the school are warmly invited.
Chess results Wilson’s vs Whitgift 2nd
team won 5 –1
Friendly vs Old Palace won 5-1
Football results Wilson’s vs Whitgift
1st X1 won 6-0
3rd
X1 won 6-1
Wilson’s vs John Fisher
2nd
X1 lost 0-3
4th
X1 drew 2-2
Basketball result Wilson’s vs Dunraven
U19 won 42-30 in the first round of the English Schools
tournament.
Table Tennis
results
The school U13 team are Surrey Champions! They beat Ernest
Bevin school 5-3 on Wednesday to take the cup. The boys who
took part are Michael Ho won 2, Ayman Al-Sibassi won 2,
Mickey Elgar won 1 and Mark Goldhawk.
They now represent Surrey in the area finals at Southampton on
Sunday 21st Jan. To reach the final they beat Whitgift 7-1 and
Royal Russell 6-2. Other squad members are Daniel Searle and
Nial McManus.
Maths Hans
Woyda
By Matthew
Kasoar U62
On Wednesday 8th
November, Wilson’s faced formidable
opponents Whitgift in the second round of the Hans Woyda
maths competition. The team from Wilson’s consisting of
Matthew Kasoar U62, William Hogg L66, Alex Barrell 11C, and
Alex McMillan 9C got off to an early lead, but Whitgift soon
narrowed the gap. By the final round of questions, both teams
were neck and neck. The match was decided on the tense race
Best Cadet
Many congratulations to Sergeant
James Knowles L6 who has been awarded the Cubby Sword in
recognition of his achievement in
gaining first position at the RAF Leadership Course at RAF Stafford
during the Summer. James was
identified as the most outstanding cadet from 160 cadets from schools
around the country.
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round, with Wilson’s managing to seize victory at the last
moment, winning 44-42. Very well done to all the competitors
CCF The CCF represented the school at Croydon Town Hall on
Armistice Day. C/Sgt Joe Ruiz and Cpl Robert Smith were
selected to escort the wreath laying party. On Remembrance
Sunday a contingent of 50 Wilson’s CCF Cadets paraded
through Croydon and observed the act of remembrance at the
Fairfield Halls. Cpl Alex Woods laid a wreath on behalf of the
school and the Corps
Contact Numbers We are still having difficulties contacting parents when we have
a boy who is taken ill or has had an accident. Please would
parents make sure that the School office has up to date work and
mobile numbers. If possible please leave us with an alternative
contact name and number if you are not contactable at work
Wimbledon Ball
Boys
The following boys have been selected to be Wimbledon ball
boys next summer. Jack Heller 10G, Joe Rifaat 10H, Ross
Graham 10H, Jonathan Mapp 10C, Anthony Childs 10C, Jack
Carter 10G, Jack Ambrose 10C, George Panther 10C, Cameron
Smith 10C, Miles Collin 10S and Jonathan French 10G. Many
congratulations on their selection.
Pay Phone We are considering removing the school’s pay phone, which is
used very little now that most pupils who need to contact parents
have mobile phones. The phone is very expensive to maintain
and we think the money could be better used elsewhere. In
emergencies boys would be allowed to use the school phone
system. We would like to know if there are any pupils or parents
who rely upon pupils’ access to the school pay phone.
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Hazelwick Cardinal V
1st X1 Home
2nd
X1 Home
Yr 10(A) Away
Yr 9 (A) Away
Yr 8 (A) Away
Yr 7 (A) Away
Charity Events There will be a Mufti Day on Friday 24th November in aid of
homeless youngsters in Croydon and the Jeans for Genes
Appeal. The Croydon charity seeks to get young people to return
home if possible and, if that is not feasible it aims to provide
shelter in the short term. The Genes charity funds research into
genetic disorders. Pupils can, as usual wear their own clothes for
the price of £1. The money will be collected during the morning
registration.
Sixth Form
Mentoring
Sixth Form Mentoring of Year 7 students. A select group of
Sixth Formers have been chosen to mentor the Year 7 students.
The Sixth Formers were given high quality training provided by
Kingston University to assist them in the task of supporting and
mentoring our Year 7 pupils. This week, the Sixth Formers met
with the pupils during their PSE lessons and will hopefully
develop supportive relationships over the weeks and months
ahead.
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Issue 21 24th November 2006
The first Annual House Jelly Eating competition was held on a gloomy, overcast day
brightened only by the mounds of jelly in lurid house colours. In teams of four,
students competed relay-style, plunging their faces into plates of jelly, mastering the
art of Jelly Hoovering in a strictly no-implements affair. Congratulations to Brecon
and Camberwell who won the overall competition and to 8B who raised the most
money for charity. Thanks to the Year 8 charity representatives, jelly-servers and
prefects for their organisation and to the staff at the canteen who supplied the jelly.
May this prestigious event be repeated next year!
Learn to Earn Day Last Friday, year 8 participated in their Learn To Earn day. The event
was hosted by Young Enterprise using representatives from the world
of business and the boys spent the day working in teams, investigating
and giving presentations on a variety of topics.
These topics included the boys defining what success meant to them- a
wide range of responses, but larges houses and Mini Coopers seemed
to feature heavily! They then looked at possible careers and then
matched their likely monthly expenditure on their dream lifestyle to
their likely salary. As you can imagine the two didn’t often match!
They finished the day by participating in mock interviews to get a taste
of what they may face in the future.
The day was a great success and the boys responded with a great deal
of enthusiasm. The feedback from Young Enterprise was extremely
positive and they said that our students were “ a delight to work with”.
Thanks to all the staff involved in the event.
PSHE Lessons Year 7
Boys have been introduced to their sixth form mentors and have had
an opportunity to discuss their experiences of Wilson’s school thus far.
Year 8
Boys are watching a range of documentaries focusing on: healthy
eating; sporting heroes; corporations and social conscience; historical
investigation and myth making competitive educational environments.
They will be discussing a range of themes including; personal health
Annual House Jelly Eating
Competition
In an astounding feat of jelly consumption, and with little regard for all things Jamie Oliver, Wilson's boys
have raised £400 pounds for St Christopher's Hospice and a Croydon homeless youth organisation.
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and the fast food industry; ambition and dedication; sporting hero
status; value and beliefs; history and its significance; family and peer-
group pressures.
Year 9
Year 9 are now looking at letter writing and how to write formal letters.
Year 10
William Russell a lawyer with the CPS gave a talk in assembly on the
role of the CPS as part of the judiciary. For the rest of this half term
students will be focusing on how the systems of government function
in Britain.
Year 11
Boys are taking part in a rolling programme which consists of talks on
men’s health, drugs and CV’s .
Badminton Results Wilson’s U19A beat Caterham U19A 8 –1
U19B beat U19B 9 – 0
Wilson’ U19B beat Trinity U19A 7 – 2
Wilson’s U14A vs beat Reeds U14A 8 -1
Christmas Concerts The Music Department are looking for performers for the concert,
soloist or ensembles please see Miss Bright.
Chess Results
1st team: Wilson’s vs St Paul’s School won 6 - 0
Senior Maths
Challenge Results
84 pupils sat the Senior Maths Challenge on November 9th
, with 16
getting Gold awards, 36 Silver and 19 Bronze. Five of our pupils
qualified for the next round, the British Maths Olympiad: Matthew
Kasoar (U6), Daniel D’Mello(U6), Mark Roberts (L6), Shane Grosser
(L6) and Alex Barrell (Y11, who had the higher score than any 6th
former.
PTA Raffle The PTA are still looking for donations for raffle prizes and articles
for the Christmas Hamper (biscuits, nuts, chocolates, conserves, mince
pies, christmas pudding) etc. Please bring in to the school office.
School Play :
Enter A Free Man
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s principal drama production an
uplifting comedy by award winning playwright Tom Stoppard that all
are sure to enjoy. For further details, please see the flier that is
published along with this newsletter or go to www.shocktactics.org.uk.
Tickets are available on the door or in advance from the Box Office;
applications should be posted in the red letter box in the school foyer.
Eco Schools The Eco – Schools action team have arranged for two recycling bins to
collect old shoes and old clothes. We would like students to bring in
their old shoes and clothes and put them into the bins. The material
will be collected by the borough and sent to the developing world for
re-use. In return the school will receive £5 for every sack of shoes and
£1.25 for every sack of clothes. The shoes must be usable and in
pairs. Please make sure the pairs are attached either with the laces or
by an elastic band. The clothes need to be clean and wearable as the
scheme is about reusing not recycling. We look forward to collecting
these items. The bins are located in the Greencoat Courtyard. Any
enquiries to Mr Phillips.
Rugby results 15/11 -Wilson’s beat Archbishop Tennisons 52 – 12
22/11 Wilson’s beat St Bedes 10 – 7
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Issue 23 8th December 2006
Chess results In the Surrey League, the first team beat Wallington 5 –1, the
second team beat Wallington 5 – 0 and the third team beat
Woodcote High 4.5 to 1.5
Badminton
results
English Schools Badminton
1st round: Venue Wilson’s 6/12/06
The year 8’s qualified for the regional final beating Sutton
Grammar, Aberdour, St Cecelia’s, Stanley Park as well as the
Wilson’s Year 9 team in the play off! This was an outstanding
victory considering the whole team was Year 8 in a Year 9
competition. The regional final will be played in the New Year.
TEAM
George Heinemann 8S,Harley Riman 8B,Yash Shukla 8C,Chris
Gyton 8S,Anand Krishnan 8C
The years 10/11 team in the Inter Boys also progressed to the
next round, with their toughest game against Wilson’s B team.
TEAM
Daniel Sellman 11B,Alex Keen 11B,Pascal Ng Wing Wye 10C,
Kieron Kader 10H
Weekend
Fixtures
Wilson’s vs Sutton Grammar
1st X1 Away, 2
nd X1 Away, 3
rd X1 Away
Wilson’s vs Greenshaw
Yr 10 (A) Home, Yr 9 (A) Home, Yr 8 (A) Home,
Yr 7 (A, B, C) Home
WILSON’S MEETS THE TARGET
In the Bank of England Target 2.0
competition, a group of Upper Sixth
economists have to advise
representatives of the Bank of
England what the rate of interest
should be to meet their inflation
target. Building upon the school’s
strong tradition in the competition
this year’s team won the Regional
Final with an extremely impressive
understanding of the UK and global economy.
The team of Lawrie Harper-
Simmonds, Joe Ruiz, Saad Sattar,
Howard Hume and Alex Lu now
progress to the Area Finals to be
held in February.
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Dragon’s Den It is now only 3 days to the Wilson’s “Dragon’s Den”
competition. We have seven teams presenting in the final on
Monday 11th
December 2006.
All parents and pupils are welcome to come along to this
exciting event and we would love to have as much support as
possible for the contestants. The evening runs from 7-9pm in
the Lecture Theatre. If you need any further information, please
contact Mrs Burton at the school.
Farm Africa
Appeal
Year 7 have been raising money all week to support the Farm
Africa Christmas appeal. The Farm Africa project supports
farmers throughout the continent and contributions from students
in Year 7 will enable the poorest farmers in Africa to invest in
anything from a chicken (£10) to a camel (£120)!
Geography
Worldwide
Quiz
On Monday evening Joe Rifaat 10H, Andrew Malcolm-Neale
10H, Tim Kasoar 10B and Robert Gregory 10H as reserve took
part in the Geography Worldwide Quiz at Kingston University.
Ten schools took part and we came second by half a mark to
Hampton. The boys did brilliantly!
Missing Guitar Please keep a look out for a missing guitar. It is an acoustic 41
inc code 3077 with a black case, guitar book and notes. Please
contact the School office if you find it.
Reminder
Christmas
Lunch
School Christmas lunch will be held on Tuesday 12th December.
Admission will be by ticket only. These will be available from
Monday 4th
December in the canteen. The cost will be £5.00
which will be deducted in due course from the cashless catering
card balance
Christmas
Concerts
Christmas concerts – Junior Concert Thursday 14th December
involves all year 7 in the year 7 choir (Please could all year 7
make sure they have returned their reply slip for this), orchestra,
string orchestra, junior band, junior jazz, flute group and wind
quintet. The Senior Concert Friday 15th
December involve the
school choir, senior wind band, saxophone ensemble, string
quartet, brass ensemble and GCSE and A level music groups.
There will also be a number of soloists. Tickets will be available
via the finance office. Football Results Wilson’s vs KFC Wimbledon
1st X1 lost
2nd
X1 1-1
3rd
X1 5-3
4th
X1
5th
X1 6-0
6th
X1
7th
X1 7-0.
Wilson’s vs Hazelwick
1st XI 8-1
2nd
XI 7-0
4th
XI 2-1
U15A 2-1
Wilson’s vs Overton Grange
U14A 5-1
U13A 11-0
U12A 6-0
U12B 4-4
Basketball Result Wilson’s vs Alleyn’s
Lost 44-66
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Issue 24 15th December 2006
End of Term
Arrangements
Please would all parents note of the end of term arrangements.
Tuesday 19th
December 2006
8.30 am Registration
8.35 am Period 1
9.30am Period 2 3 x 50 min lessons with 5 min changes
10.25 am Period 3
11.20 am Registration
11.25 am All forms dismissed by Year Managers
Year 8 Mad
Minute
Competition
Congratulations to Brandon Lundini 8B who won the Mad Minute
public speaking competition last week, detailing the advantages and
disadvantages of queuing! Representatives from each of the forms
competed before the entire year group in the lecture theatre, speaking
impromptu about a range of topics. Jozef Fuglewicz-Wildridge 8C
delivered some very helpful advice on how to survive in the jungle,
Oliver Hughes 8G gave an insightful and topical speech on the
dangers of being a spy, Martyn Long 8S presented his strong opinions
on unusual and interesting animals and Dhruv Chopra 8H told us what
not to wear. Congratulations to all the participants on their remarkable
composure and their entertaining presentations.
Maths Hans
Woyda
Competition
Inter-school maths friendly match vs Wallington High School for Girls
Wilson’s 47 Wallington Girls 39
School Book
Shop
The Music Department would like to thank Mrs Braterman who runs
the stationery stall for the kind donation to the music department.
They have purchased an upright piano for use in one of the practice
FAREWELL
At the end of term we are saying goodbye to Mrs
McLoughlin who is leaving to pursue a career in
counselling having worked at Wilson’s for twenty-
three years. Appointed originally in the Modern
Languages Department in 1983, Mrs McLoughlin has
also for many years taught History throughout the
school. Her other major role has been as Charities
Coordinator and under her supervision boys have
raised many thousands of pounds for charities such
as Kenyan orphans, Multiple Sclerosis and the
Pakistan Earthquake Fund. Boys and staff will
perhaps remember Mrs McLoughlin most for the
many and varied school trips she has organised over
the years. She has taken groups as far a field as
Russia, China and Cuba and has involved hundreds of
boys, staff and parents. We wish her well in her new
career.
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rooms and PA equipment for the squash court which has now become
a music studio.
Christmas
Concerts
A big thank you to all the boys who are involved in the Christmas
Concerts this week. Tickets are still available to buy on the door.
Concerts begin at 7.30pm
Chess results Surrey League
Wilson’s 2nd
team beat Hampton 5 - 1
Chess
Simultaneous
To raise money for World Challenge, Michael Rogan of the lower
sixth simultaneously played 20 games of chess against fellow
Wilson’s pupils. Playing this Monday lunchtime, he won 14 games,
drew 5 and lost only one game.
Badminton
results
Wilson’s U14A bt St Johns 9 – 0
Wilson’s U16B bt St Johns A 6 – 3
Football results Surrey Cup
Many congratulations to our U13 XI who have beaten Winston
Churchill School 1-0 in the semi-finals. We hope to see many
Wilson’s students and parents at the final next term. Venue and date to
be confirmed.
Bad luck to the U14s who lost 3-2 on penalties to Shirley High after
extra time.
Dragons’ Den Congratulations to Daniel Sellmann and Harry Scola who won this
years "Dragons’ Den" competition with their product "Carpet Lift", a
carpet rolling machine for use in retail outlets and warehouses
designed to help avoid injuries from lifting heavy carpet rolls.
Also, congratulations to the runners up; Thomas Trimnell, Kieran
O'Malley and Ben Gilbert with "Rent-a-Bike" and James Eglon, Sanu
Gopalakrishan and Tom Sanders with "Snow". Finally, well done to
the other 3 teams who took part.
The event was an outstanding success with the quality of presentations
from the boys being of a very high standard. All the teams managed to
cope with some tough questions from our panel of Dragons.
Thanks to those Dragons who gave up their time to be with us; Ian
Downes, Cathe Gaskell, Paul Rooke, Nick Hall and Anna Horrigan.
Thanks also to the staff involved; Miss Grainger, Mr Jones, Mr
Fletcher and Miss Keen.
6th form
activities
Throughout the term the lower sixth have received careers talks from
the Army, the DSA, Rotary International. They have had Academic
Tutoring on revision techniques.
The upper sixth have received talks from former pupils who are now at
university and also from Brigitte Burrows (Undergraduate Admissions
Officer) for Queen Mary’s London. They have also had tutorials on
the UCAS process, independent study and revision techniques, and
speakers from PWC and Alcoholics Anonymous.
Year 7 fund
raising
Congratulations to Year 7 who raised a total of £354.90 to support the
Farm Africa Christmas appeal. Special congratulations go to 7S who
won the inter-form competition to raise the most money for this
worthwhile charity.
“Finger-lickin’
good”
Many thanks to our many readers who noticed the mistaken reference
to KFC Wimbledon in the soccer results last week! Our victory was
certainly a feather in the cap. Our most sincere apologies to KCS,
nevertheless.