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MONK’S WALK EXPRESS JANUARY 2018

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DIARY DATES

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Thursday 21st December

End of Autumn Term at 11.45am

Thursday 4th January

Spring term begins


Year 9 (H) Options Evening at 7pm


Parent Forum Evening 6.30pm

Thursday 25th January Year 11 (F)

Parent Consultation Evening

Thursday 1st February

Intermediate Maths Challenge

MONK’S WALK SCHOOL, KNIGHTSFIELD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTS, AL8 7NL

TEL: 01707 322846 EMAIL: [email protected]

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STAFF NEWS…..

We would like to say

congratulations to Mr S Crisp

who has been appointed Data

Manager and to Mrs J Clarke

who has been appointed

Examinations Officer.

Both Mr Crisp and Mrs Clarke

will start their new positions

from January 2018.

Piano Masterclass

On Wednesday 29th November 2017, Monk’s Walks music

students were treated to an afternoon piano masterclass.

The session was delivered by world-class concert pianist Richard

Meyrick. “A dynamically powerful pianist, Richard Meyrick’s

charismatic performances at major concert halls and more intimate

venues frequently bring audiences to their feet in rapturous

acclaim for his “thrilling technical wizardry ... superb rich sonorities

and genuine sensitivity” (Daily Telegraph).

Richard is a consummate professional as both performer and

teacher, effortlessly mixing scholarship, hard work and fun in all of

his projects. Awarded a foundation scholarship to the Royal

College of Music at sixteen, Richard made his concert début at the

Wigmore Hall, while still a student. This was followed by a live

televised performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No 2 conducted

by Sir Adrian Boult.”

Richard had the audience enthralled by his musical talent and was

able to provide some invaluable advice for our budding musicians.


HEADTEACHER

COMMENDATIONS

Lucy Sugg (KK) was awarded a

Headteacher’s commendation following

her gymnastic successes with her club at a

recent County Championship competition.

Well done on winning the medals and

trophy Lucy and keep up the hard work

with your training.

Miss Godfrey-Evans recommended Bill

Alford for a Headteacher’s commendation.

She said “Bill produced a fantastic piece of

prep. He was asked to research the angle

properties of four particular shapes and

form a poster. Bill must have taken a large

amount of time and effort as he featured

extra shapes and the presentation was

excellent.”




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Year 8 Visit to the Globe

On Wednesday 29th November our Year 8 students travelled into

London to visit William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The trip was

organised by the school’s English department to support the students

current subject ’Romeo and Juliet’.

During the trip students enjoyed a tour of the Theatre, they ventured

behind the scenes where they took part in some Shakespeare acting,

they visited the theatre’s museum where they learnt lots of

fascinating facts about how life was like in England back in

Shakespeare’s days and they went up onto the stage and sat in the

stalls.

“The stage experience was lovely because we saw how small the

theatre actually was and found it fascinating that the theatre had no

roof or heating. The museum was very interesting, we read many

facts which made us think about how different our lives are now

compared to what they would have been many years ago”.

Chelsey Philbert JM





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YEAR 9 SKIING LESSONS

From the slopes… “Over the last two weeks, I have really enjoyed the skiing lessons. The

instructors were really helpful, telling you what was good, what you

need to improve on and showing you exactly how to do it. I was quite

a slow learner, so I would have preferred more than two lessons to

help me along more and get me to a good level of experience but

overall I really enjoyed the experience and cannot wait to go skiing in

Austria”. Sarah Ramsdale (HS)

“The Skiing lessons built my confidence on the snow. The instructors

were helpful and helped me overcome my nerves. By the end of the

lessons I was able to ski down the slop confidently. I am looking

forward to the trip as now I will be able to participate in all of the

activities”. Lottie Nikiel (HS)

“I had a great time at the skiing lessons. All the instructors were really

nice and I felt comfortable there. I have learnt very quickly how to ski

and that is because they were willing to help when you needed it.

However the one issue I felt was that we couldn't cover everything in

the two lessons that we had. Overall it has been a great experience

and I look forward to the trip”. Emma Wheeler (HS)

MFL Gingerbread Competition





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Monk's Walk School Mr Kelly’s Farewell Tour In conjunction with Grayscroft Travel. An invitation to parents and staff

Following the success of our annual battlefields trips for Year 9 students, parents and staff have once again asked us to organise an adult trip.

A two day guided visit to

Ypres & Passchendaele 100th Anniversary Visit to the Great War Battlefields

This two day visit includes:

One-night bed and continental breakfast in The Old Tom Hotel, Ypres Centrum, all rooms with private facilities, all coach travel, Eurotunnel crossing, all port and road taxes, entry to all museums

and sites. We propose to visit:

The In Flanders Fields Museum, Sanctuary Wood Trenches and Museum, Essex Farm Cemetery and John McCrae Memorial, Langemark German Cemetery, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Bayernwald German

Trenches, the Pool of Peace, Poperinge New Cemetery, The Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony. Other site visits possible if time and daylight allows

£179 per person sharing a twin room

Single room supplement, £30.

A full 10 year passport, EHIC card and travel Insurance will be required for this visit.

Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd April 2018 Departing early Saturday from Welwyn Garden City

Letters with reply slips coming soon...





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SPORTS NEWS

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County Table Tennis Finals

Monk’s Walk School did incredibly well in the County Tennis finals

held on Monday 4th December. Our U13 boys finished last in a

group of six. U13 girls came 4th overall in the entire county. The

U16 boys who were undefeated in group stage (including two 4-4

draws against Watford Grammar School for Boys and Hitchin Boy’s

School) made it to the semi finals where they lost to Bishop

Stortford High School 8-0. They then lost the 3/4th place playoff to

Hitchin Boy’s 8-0. Finally the U16 girls (Rose Jarrard, Sophia

Underwood, Sophia Sutcliffe, Paige Petro) impressively finished

2nd in the county overall. Well done to you all.

County Badminton Finals

Well done to both Monk's Walks badminton teams who took part in the county badminton final. Our U14 boys team

(Finley Goode, Ben Crooks, Morgan Hume, Owain Kimber and Joel Weaver) overall finished 4th in the county.

They finished second in their group to qualify for semi finals where they lost to the eventual champions and then

narrowly lost 3-2 in the 3rd/4th place playoff to Roundwood School. Our U16 boys (Ollie Green, Ollie Youell, Ed

Sanders and Aidan Lovett) finished 4th in a very tough group behind the eventual finalists Parmiter’s School and

Richard Hale School.

Alfie’s Shooting Success

Alfie Tibble (HL) has had a very good 2017 winning several competitions and

representing Hertfordshire for Clay shooting at a number of events. He was recently

selected for the Hertfordshire Talented Athlete Programme (HTAP) and now trains

with a personal coaching team at Hertfordshire sports village three times a week.

Alfie has been selected for the Team GB Talent pathway for 2018 and continues to

develop as an Olympic Trap shooter. He has a busy schedule for 2018 already and

has entered the World Sporting championships which take place in June and will

compete in around 20 additional competitions.

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