Friday 20 March 2015

Local campaign to create a Teddington

Community Sports ground

Imperial College Playing Fields, 13 acres of green open space bounded by Udney Park Road, Kingston Lane and Cromwell Road, have recently been put up for sale on the open market. Space to Play is a consortium of local sports clubs, businesses and residents who are coming together to ensure that the Imperial College Playing Fields in Teddington remain an open space, and a dedicated sports facility that can be opened up to the whole community. Please visit the website and register your support for this campaign. www.teddingtonsportsground.com Many thanks and please forward onto your family and friends if you support the campaign.

Upcoming Events

Monday 23 March Year 11 GCSE Drama Tech and Dress Rehearsal Tuesday 24 March Year 11 GCSE Drama Exam Tuesday 24 March Sixth Form Psychology Conference Wednesday 25 March Year 10 and 11 GCSE PE Practical Exam Thursday 26 March Dance Evening Friday 27 March End of Term - 12.45 pm

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Spring Term 2015 Jack Petchey Award Winners

Following nominations by staff and students, recognising students "above and beyond" contribution to the School Community, this term's Jack Petchey Award winners are: Mindhi Bains 7BT Morgan Evans 9AW Charlotte Nossiter 11BT They will each receive a Jack Petchey Award certificate and badge, and have £200 each to allocate for

spending in areas of the School which will help and support work and extra curricular activities. The

money will benefit the Music, PE and Drama departments.

End of Term Arrangements Friday 27 March 2015 School will close at 12.45 pm on Friday 27 March 2015 to start the Easter Holidays. School reopens at 8.40 am on Monday 13 April 2015 to begin the summer term. We wish all of our students and families a pleasant Easter break.

Comic Relief

On Friday the 13 March 2015, Teddington School celebrated Red Nose Day. It was great fun, and most importantly we raised over £2000 for those who need it most. Bring on Comic Relief 2017! Watch the video montage showing all the fun here.

Vocab Express 2015

Another wonderful set of results for the MFL department. The Vocab Express competition finished on

Tuesday 10 March. Well done to the 472 students who took part. Teddington School's final score was

366,470. The school was 13th in German and 14th in French. 147 schools took part both in the UK and

overseas. Congratulations in particular to Sam Burke and Oskar Day (joint 1st place) and Joseph

Jeffrey in 3rd place.

Science Week at Teddington School

It was Science Week this week. A wide range of activities took place at lunchtime and after school,

culminating in the Solar Eclipse on Friday.

Year 8s Bottled Gardens

As part of Science Week, Year 8s have been growing selected plants for the past 3 weeks following inspiration from a newspaper article about closed bottle gardens. The students will keep fortnightly journals to tell the story of their bottle gardens to explain exactly how the system works. Ms T Banda

Electric Shock

Experiments with electricity prove to be ‘positively shocking’. Thanks to Mr Rayne for providing some bright sparks!

Bush Tucker Trials

There was no shortage of eager volunteers to sample the worms, beetles, scorpions and other insects available as part of Teddington School’s annual Bush Tucker Trial. Yum!!

Year 8 Rainbow Jars

Our students created some rainbow jars out of a mixture of chemicals and household products. It was great fun!

Science Assemblies

As part of Science Week, this week’s assemblies were centred on motivating and intriguing our students. Many experiments took place and some of them surprised our pupils to the point of making them jump. Exciting!

Medics in the classroom

On Thursday, a group of trainee doctors visited the school and took the time to explain some medical procedures and techniques to our Year 10 and Year 11 classes.

Partial Solar Eclipse

Science Week has been fantastic this week , thanks to everyone involved. It was nice of the universe to align and give us a rare solar eclipse Friday morning to bring the week to a close. The weather forecast was not good, but there were still the effects of the eclipse (darkening and cooling) and a small chance of seeing it. Most of our Science classes went to the Rec in the morning and shared the experience outside. All other classes (except those doing examinations of course) were able to click on the given link at 9.25 am and watch it with the rest of their class. The sky gradually darkened in the classrooms and the temperature cooled down.

Science Week Reports

This week is Science Week. As part of this we have taken part in many science-related activities that have enhanced our understanding of science, and helped us see the fun side of science too! Throughout the week, we have been surprised by the variety of experiments and activities provided by the school, and we were even gifted with the total solar eclipse to top off this fantastic week! The week began with an ‘I’m a Celebrity get me out of here’ style bug-eating challenge, namely a bushtucker trial. The event was a huge success and saw the classroom in which it took place get filled to the brim to the point where a second classroom was required to fit in all the eager participants! Another big event that occurred during science week was the medics (trainee doctors) coming into classrooms to do a workshop style lesson, improving many pupils understanding of biology. This was a great experience as we got the chance to look at lot of the equipment used in hospitals all around Europe. Even the usual weekly-assembly was re-invented with a science theme, and we got the chance to observe lots of interesting aspects of science within 15 minutes. Donated kindly by NPL, the school received a sample of liquid nitrogen which was used in the assembly- and we had the opportunity to see it in action as it froze anything placed inside. The assembly led on for us to see hydrogen filled balloons used to create some impressive explosions. Finally, to bring the eventful week to a close, we had the once in a lifetime opportunity to witness a total solar eclipse. Pupils were able to observe the eclipse happen in real-time; some watched live footage in the classrooms while others ventured outside to see the event. By Russell Andrew, 9AW and Louis Paterson, 9AY

Science week was from Sunday 15 to Friday 20 March . It was a week of amazing scientific opportunities at lunchtimes and in lessons, we experienced educational, fun and hands on scientific activities. The week started with an inspiring assembly by Dr Hui about exploring science, and was followed by many activities. The activities ranged from incredible explosions to class medics visiting and teaching us about medicine. Other activities included various interesting chemistry experiments, electricity and crime science. My personal favourite activity was the visit from the class medics. Two junior doctors came in and demonstrated some of their equipment. This ranged form a machine that would let you see your internal organs, a keyhole surgery simulator, a device to take photos of the back of your eyes, a heart rate monitor and other cool stuff. It consolidated my ideas about studying science in the future. There was also a visit from a surgeon who talked to us about being a surgeon. It was an interesting talk and I learnt a lot about what a surgeon does in his job. To add to this already great week there was a funny bug eating contest. The week ended almost perfectly with us watching the once in a lifetime opportunity of viewing the solar eclipse. It was a week to be remembered. By Laurie Hughes, 10AT, Maciek Lamejko, 10AS, Rosie Clark-Trew, 10AT and Dora Cowper McCann, 10AT

National Citizen Service

A reminder that year 11 students have the opportunity to sign up to NCS “The Challenge”. We have already had over 30 students express an interest in joining this exciting summer programme and if you haven’t done so already you can sign up here. Just to make it even more exciting, “The Challenge” are offering the school in Richmond borough with the most students signing up a free Easter egg for every student and form tutor in Year 11. A opportunity not to be missed! Nikki Harrison Pastoral Support Manager - Key Stage 4 / Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator

Year 11 Calshot Revision Weekend

With the GCSE examinations approaching rapidly, our teachers and students are joining forces to

make sure everybody is reaching their potential. Last weekend, a group of Year 11s and a few

supportive teachers went to Calshot for a Maths and English Intervention Weekend. Providing fun and

mostly revisions, this opportunity was highly successful and our students are more motivated than

ever. Our pupils also learnt about exams techniques and revision resources; creating various cards

and help sheets which will be very useful come the exams.

Dance Evening

BNY Mellon Young Sports Reporter of the Year Finalist

Oscar Reynolds, 7AF, has been shortlisted for the Young Sports Reporter of the Year award. To read his entry and vote for him, go to http://whichblueareyou.com/young-sports-reporter. We are sure that you will be as impressed with it as BNY Mellon are. Voting is open until Wednesday 1 April. The winner will be announced on Wednesday 8 April. Oscar is up for the chance to win a half day literacy workshop, an assembly and trophy presentation hosted by a Boat Race crew member as well as a framed certificate! Please vote for Oscar. Anna Morozgalska Teacher of English

Teddington celebrates two new Youth Councillors

The Richmond Youth Council election results 2015 revealed that Teddington School has two new members of the RYC. Ross Fergusson, 10BT and Margaret Thomas, 8AW. A total of 6316 votes were recorded in the Youth Council and UK Youth Parliament Elections this year. There are still a lot of opportunities for Student Voice in Richmond! http://www.richmond.gov.uk/youth_elections.htm

Easter at Cucina

Thursday 26 March, we spring into action with our Easter menu. The students will have the opportunity to choose between traditional fish and chips and spring vegetable soup with bunny ear rolls, cute and tasty! For Dessert, they will be offered another delicious dish, chocolate "hot cross" bread and butter pudding. Lets get Egg-cited for this theme day!

Year 11 Revision Sessions Timetable

In view of the fast approaching GCSE examinations, our supportive teachers are offering revision sessions during the Easter Holidays. Here is the timetable.

Sixth Form News

Year 12 Revision leave As part of the preparations for this summer’s A level examinations can families please be aware that Year 12 A Level students will be on revision leave between Monday 11 May and Friday 5 June (including half term). However, during this period, teaching staff will be offering revision lessons / a revision and advice service at the time of their normal lesson. A2 lessons will resume for all students on Monday 8 June. Summary of Key Upcoming Sixth Form Dates As we enter the second half of the academic year, I thought it would be a good time to issue to the families of our Year 12 students the dates of some key Sixth Form events that will be taking place in the sixth form over the next few months. Further details of these events will be sent to families directly and through this Newsletter. Thursday 16 April - Sixth Form Report issued to parents

Thursday 16 April - Year 12 Higher Education Evening (please note this date has changed from

24 March)

Wednesday 22 April - Year 12 Subject Consultation Evening

Wednesday 11 May - Start of revision leave for Year 12

Friday 5 June - Last day of Year 12 revision leave

Monday 8 June - Start of A2 teaching for all Year 12 A level students

Monday 21 July and Tuesday 22 July - Sixth Form Work Experience (school term ends 22 July)

Thursday13 August - A Level Results Day

Steve Victory

Head of Sixth Form

TEDDINGTON SCHOOL PTA UPDATE FUNDING FOR NEW SCHOOL MINI BUS Thank you to everyone who has played a part in helping the PTA raise funds for Teddington School. Our recent purchase of a new mini bus will benefit all. This is a tremendous achievement being the second mini bus we have donated to the school in as many years. We're delighted to enjoy the results of our continued fundraising endeavours. Thank you again for your support. So in order to replenish our funds we have 3 events coming up before the end of the school year: COMEDY NIGHT Friday 24 April MC Omar Hamdi, plus 3 great acts – Paul F Taylor, Tom Price and Matthew Osborn. Please see attached information on how to book your tickets. QUIZ NIGHT Friday 15 May Always a very popular night, so do get your team together and book early (includes early bird discount!). Again please see attached information. PLANT SALE Saturday 9 May Don’t rush down to the local garden centre, but do put this date in your diary. Always an amazing selection of plants and knowledgeable advice. PTA COMMITTEE Sadly we are still looking for a Chair(s) and Events Secretary(s). In order to keep raising the funds for school we do need to fill these positions so if you do have some time left in school, and some time on your hands, then please do get in touch. TEDDINGTON TRADING To place an advert in the next Teddington Trading do please get in contact with Penny Penny.lov@btinternet.com. This edition will be promoting all the sport and fitness opportunities that Teddington Trading has to offer. If you have a local sports club (adult or children) that you want to 'big up' FOR FREE then please do get in touch. Deadline for copy is Sunday 15 March. HELP FOR PARENT CONSULTATION EVENINGS We are looking for volunteers to help serve coffee, tea and snacks at the forthcoming Parents Consultation Evening on Wednesday 18 March. If you can help between 3.45pm and 5.45pm, or 5.45pm and 7.00pm then please email ASAP. No previous experience required and it does not commit you for life! EASYFUNDRAISING As the time comes to start thinking about your summer holiday please remember, if booking online, to make sure you book via easyfundraising.org.uk and raise funds for Teddington School PTA at the same time. With hundreds of top travel agents & airlines signed up, you can book your holiday and earn a donation for us. And it won't cost you a penny. Just visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/teddingtonpta and follow the simple steps to sign up.

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