Friday 25 November 2016

Since before the summer holidays, students have been working

hard rehearsing their performance of Romeo and Juliet for the

Shakespeare Schools Festival, which they were able to perform on

Monday 21 November at The Rose Theatre. The performance

went very well and the students did their best ever performance of

the piece, with some star performances by Frederick Lidderdale

and Olivia West who played the lead roles, Romeo and Juliet.

Students are already asking what we are doing next year!

Ms Kelly Jenkinson

Subject Leader Drama

Upcoming Events

Tuesday 29 November Running Monday timetable Tuesday 29 November GSK Malaria Competition Final The Science Museum

Tuesday 29 November House Drama 6.00pm - 9.00pm

Wednesday 30 November Oxford & Cambridge Richmond Schools Tour 1.35pm - 3.15pm Wednesday 30 November Year 10 Subject Consultation Evening 4.15pm - 7.15pm

Monday 5 December Staff Training Day School Closed to students

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Teddington Soul Band at Teddington Lights Up

The Teddington School Soul Band was delighted to perform at the annual Teddington Lights Up evening on Thursday 24 November. The Band entertained the crowds as they gathered for the Lantern Parade and to watch the lights go on.

Science News

It is getting to that time of the year when Science is even more dynamic in the run up to the festive season. Our students have been busy developing their problem solving skills by undertaking several projects. Here is a round up of our week in Science. GSK Malaria Competition Final Preparations Lewis Low and Richard Paterson in Year 7 have been busy preparing for the malaria competition final to be held at the Science museum on Tuesday 29 November. The boys, under the supervision of Year 12 mentor and Deputy Headboy Lewis Thorton, have improved upon their initial project entry by focusing on the use of plants in feeding and mortality inhibition of mosquitos. Their GSK mentors Namrata Taak,Director, R&D and Pipeline External Communications and Gary Davies- Director, Investor Relations visited last week and had this to say about the project: “We are very impressed with Lewis and Richard’s proposal! It’s clear that they have put in a lot of effort and thought into it. Gary and I really enjoyed helping with their presentation and we look forward to seeing the finished project.” We wish Lewis and Richard all the best at the finals next week!

Cell cycle cake competition in A Level Biology

This week Year 12 biologists were tasked by Mrs Sangar to model cell cycle using cake. The task challenged the students to fully grasp the importance of modelling in science and the limitations of scientific modelling in replicating cellular processes. Well done to all for great cake models but in particular to Lewis Thornton for a fantastic representation of anaphase stage of the cell cycle.

Year 8 Eye Dissection

Miss Banda's Year 8 students have been looking at types of lenses and to complete the topic, they carried out an eye dissection in order to identify and extract the lens, retina, optic nerve and iris. Well done Year 8 for great practical skills, with Alana Vaseri and Tahlia MacDonald getting the prize for best teamwork.

Science News

Year 9 Hydraulic and Robotic Arm Competition and Year 8 Artbot Challenge

Year 9 are preparing for SATS exams by undertaking one of the more challenging topics on the course

and designing hydraulic arms to investigate factors that affect hydraulics in machines. Well done Year

9 for showing resilience when undertaking this project and we look forward to seeing your end

products!

As part of the electricity module, Year 8 students were challenged to build a working Artbot- a robotic artist that makes patterns on paper. The teams were being scored on Teamwork, scientific detail, originality of idea and willingness to take on challenge (and innovation). Well done Year 8 with particular mention to Suzanna’s team for best Team work and originality, Tyler’s team for most innovative Artbot and Frederick’s team for scientific detail.

BBC Comedy Classroom Award We are extremely proud of our very own Teddington School student Samuel Kirk for winning the BBC Junior Comedy Award. Please find below the link to Samuel Kirk’ story in the Richmond and Twickenham Times. http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/

news/14923136.Budding_sketch_writer_wins_national_BBC_junior_comedy_award/

Supporting Learning

Thank you for the positive responses we have had with our introduction of Firefly to boost learning. We are still in the process of rolling this out across the school, but we are pleased that it is helping parents support students with their learning. Please remember that students are still also using exercise books with DIT sheets for clear next steps to learning. The planner is also a useful tool should you wish to communicate with your child’s form tutor, as this gets signed regularly and messages can be passed on if necessary. We are looking forward to launching the parent portal aspect of Firefly early in the New Year – we will keep you informed about when this will happen. Ms Rebecca Poole Senior Deputy Headteacher

Year 8 and 9 Rewards Weekend

Wishing all our students and staff an adventure filled weekend and we look forward to hearing all about it next week. The Rotary Club of Teddinton and the Hamptons is organising the Santa’s Sleigh around the local streets and this year, it will take place Wednesday 14 December. The Rotary Club obtains the necessary permissions, arranges for Santa to attend and provides the sleigh, music, towing vehicle and driver, whilst Helpers are tasked with scampering around with collecting buckets, knocking on doors and encouraging householders to be generous. If Teddington School participates, the Rotary Club gives us 80% of the monies collected, retaining the rest for other Rotary charities. Previous years have raised between £180 and £460. It would be a lovely way for our students to get involved in the local community, whilst helping to raise funds for both Teddinton School and the charities supported by the Rotary Club. Please contact pta@teddingtonschool.org if you would be willing to help.

Sporting News

The Year 7 Rugby Team faced a strong Christ’s School team on Tuesday 22 November, losing 5 v 45. The team showed great integrity and endeavour to keep playing to the very end. The team now look forward to the Middlesex U12 Tournament on Friday 2 December at 10.00am at Staines Rugby Club. The team qualified for the tournament back in September with a 65-0 win over Uxbridge High School. They will be looking to bounce back at this weeks result and put in a good performance. The tournament will have Cup, Plate, Shield and Bowl tiers with the boys having at least 6 matches through the day. There will be further details on the school and PE department twitter and website. Please come down and support the boys through the day.

Mr Ross Fowles PE Teacher

Congratulations

Well done to our Year 11 boys' basketball team for winning the Borough Tournament on Monday 21 November, beating Christ's School, Twickenham Academy and St. Richard Reynolds School. They will now represent Richmond in the School Games.

Teddington School PE Fixtures

You can find all sporting information, including details on Training, Fixtures and Results on our dedicated website www.teddingtonschoolsports.org

Monday

28 November

Tuesday

29 November

Wednesday

30 November

Thursday

1 December

Friday

2 December

Rugby Union Boys Year 8 10.00 v Middlesex Festival

Basketball Boys U13 16.00 v Richard Challoner School Rugby Union Boys Year 7 16.00 v Twickenham Academy

Rugby Union Boys Year 8 16.00 v Twickenham Academy

Basketball Boys U16B 16.15 v Hampton School

Rugby Union Boys Year 7 10.00 v U12 Middlesex Tournament

An Evening with Gill Hines for Year 9

Teddington School Christmas Tree Sale The Teddington School Christmas Tree sale will be held on 10 December from 9.30am to 12.30pm. We are looking forward to our annual event being a huge success again this year, and as part of our efforts to encourage the Teddington community to join in our event, we are also offering the chance to run a Stall at the sale. It will be a lovely opportunity to come and do a little bit of Christmas shopping, from our local business as well as buying some bespoke craft items from some of our students. Stalls cost £10 each and Students or Charity Stalls are £5 each. For further information or to book a stall, please contact Laura Newbould on 07811 292579 or newbould176@gmail.com

PTA Request for Help With the Teddington School Christmas Tree sale approaching, we are looking for families who would be willing to have an estate agent board to advertise the tree sale. We are also looking for volunteers who are willing to post leaflets in their street. If you think you can help with either of these requests, please email pta@teddingtonschool.org

Term Dates 2016

Autumn Term 2016 Monday 5 September to Wednesday 21 December

Staff Training Day Friday 21 October

Half Term Monday 24 October –Friday 28 October

Spring Term 2017 Tuesday 3 January – Friday 31 March

Staff Training Day Friday 10 October

Half Term Monday 13 February – Friday 17 February

Staff Training Day Monday 20 February

Summer Term 2017 Tuesday 18 April – Friday 21 July

Staff Training Day Friday 26 May

Half Term Monday 29 May - Friday 2 June

Start End date

Start Time

End Time Subject

31/10/2016 Start of Term 2

31/10/2016 19:00 20:00 PTA Meeting

02/11/2016 U13 girls Borough Indoor Cricket Tournament

02/11/2016 18:00 20:00 Sixth Form Open Evening

03/11/2016 12:30 15:30 UKMP Senior Maths Challenge

08/11/2016 19:00 21:00 School Awards Evening

09/11/2016 Year 10 Target Grades issued

09/11/2016 Year 11 Open Session tbc

09/11/2016 Year 13 Full Reports Issued

09/11/2016 16:00 19:00 Year 13 Subject Consultation Evening

10/11/2016 19:30 22:00 Year 12 Drama Trip - Journey's End

11/11/2016 Year 12 Safe Drive Stay Alive Trip

11/11/2016 Year 9 Interim Reports Issued

14/11/2016 18/11/2016 Year 11 Examinations

16/11/2016 Year 12 Full Reports Issued

16/11/2016 15:30 18:00 Dance Evening dress and tech rehearsal

16/11/2016 16:15 19:15 Year 12 Subject Consultation Evening

17/11/2016 17:30 18:00 Year 8 Theatre Trip Matilda

17/11/2016 18:30 21:30 Dance Evening

18/11/2016 U13 Boys indoor cricket tournament

21/11/2016 Rose Theatre Trip Year 7/8/9

21/11/2016 Shakespeare School Tech rehearsal

22/11/2016 10:30 16:00 Year 12 Psychology Conference

23/11/2016 Year 13 Dress and Tech rehearsal

24/11/2016 Year 7 Interim Reports Issued

29/11/2016 Running Monday's Timetable

Term Dates 2016—2017

29/11/2016 18:30 22:00 House Drama

30/11/2016 16:15 19:15 Year 10 Subject Consultation

01/12/2016 School Production Auditions

05/12/2016 Staff Training Day - School closed to Students

06/12/2016 Year 13 Drama Unit 3 Exam

06/12/2016 19:00 19:30 Year 13 Performance Evening

07/12/2016 15:30 17:30 Winter concert tech rehearsal

07/12/2016 18:30 21:30 Winter Concert

08/12/2016 19:30 22:00 years 12 and 13 Theatre Trip to the Tempest

13/12/2016 Year 11 Full Reports Issued

13/12/2016 Year 7 Panto Trip

13/12/2016 11:05 11:55 Year 11 Mock Results Event-tbc

13/12/2016 18:30 19:45

Upper School Singing group 'Off the Record' Xmas Event

14/12/2016 Christmas Lunch

14/12/2016 Year 8 Interim Reports Issued

14/12/2016 16:00 19:00 Year 11 Subject Consultation Evening

15/12/2016 Christmas Lunch

15/12/2016 Prize Trip for House Drama

15/12/2016 18:00 18:30 Year 12 and 13 Ice Skating (evening)

16/12/2016 Year 12 and 13 Christmas Jumper Day

20/12/2016 Xmas Factor

21/12/2016 End of Term 2 - Autumn Term

Start End date

Start Time

End Time Subject

03/01/2017 Start of Term 3

09/01/2017 Year 11 PPE Week

09/01/2017 Year 12 Year 13 PPE Exams

10/01/2017 Parents Forum

18/01/2017 Running Friday's Timetable

18/01/2017 16:00 19:00 Year 7 Subject Consultation Evening

25/01/2017 18:00 20:00 Year 12 and 13 Intervention Evening

26/01/2017 Year 9, 12 13 Careers Day

27/01/2017 Year 12 Year 13 interim Reports Open

02/02/2017 Intermediate Maths Challenge

02/02/2017 Year 12 Dress and Tech

08/02/2017 16:15 19:15 Year 8 Subject Consultation Evening

09/02/2017 08:00 08:30 Year 10 Interim Reports Issued

10/02/2017 End of Term 3

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Uniform

Did you know the PTA sells second hand uniform? Please contact Emma Johnson with any uniform

enquiries. Donations always welcome.

Help Needed Can you spare an hour or two to help the PTA? Opportunities to help are coming along all the time. December: Christmas tree sale. This is incredibly popular and sells out every year. Can you spare an hour to lug trees around, sell trees, make tea or coffee, or drop leaflets in local roads. Even an hour makes a difference Just want to help? email us and we can offer suggestions: pta@teddingtonschool.org

50/50 Club Raise funds for the school and have a chance of winning. 50/50 Club: If you would like a chance to win some money while at the same time raising funds for school, take part in our 50/50 club by completing this form and emailing it to pta@teddingtonschool.org. Half the money raised goes directly to the school and the other half of the money is distributed as prizes. Be in it to win it.

Teddington Trading - Local businesses advertising to all parents

Teddington Trading - Local businesses advertising to all parents Please click the link below to access the October edition of Teddington Trading To advertise or if you have any questions please email pta@teddingtonschool.org

Road Safety Week

Teddington School is taking part in the UK’s biggest road safety event, Road Safety Week (21-27 November), coordinated by Brake, the road safety charity. This year, thousands of organisations, schools and community groups are backing the Make the Brake Pledge campaign, helping to spread awareness about six simple things to save lives and the planet. The Road Safety Week 2016 theme, Make the Brake Pledge, is about people all over the country understanding six key things they can do to protect themselves and the people around them, and reduce emissions and pollution from vehicles. The six Brake Pledge points are: Slow, Sober, Secure, Silent, Sharp and Sustainable. Every day, five people are killed and more than 60 people are seriously injured on UK roads [1][2]. There are an estimated further 29,000 deaths from particulate matter pollution in the UK [3], 5,000 of which are attributable to road transport [4], and an additional 23,500 deaths from NO2 [5]. Brake is asking everyone to help end this needless suffering by spreading the word in Road Safety Week about the life-saving importance of the Pledge. To mark the start of Road Safety Week, Brake will be releasing the results of research revealing what people perceive to be the biggest threats on Britain’s roads, and what dangerous habits they admit to having themselves. Dave Nichols, community engagement manager for Brake, said: “We’re delighted Teddington School is getting involved with Road Safety Week and strengthening Brake’s campaign for safer roads. We’ve designed this year’s theme to be action-orientated. Everyone – individuals, businesses, schools and community organisations – can make and share the Brake Pledge. Brake is working for safe, sustainable, healthy and fair transport. Brake supports a vision zero approach, which places the emphasis on systems to save lives and the planet, such as 20mph limits in towns and segregated routes for people on foot and bicycles. We know it is challenging to change road users’ behaviour and humans make mistakes and some knowingly take risks. However, the deaths and injuries are happening right now, this week, and everyone can do their bit today by spreading awareness of the vital importance of the Pledge rules: slow down; never drink or take drugs or use a mobile when driving; always wear a seat belt; get eyesight tested; and minimise driving.”