Dear Parent/Carer

New PARENTMAIL System We have been working with Parentmail over the last few weeks in order to address some of the issues you have raised. Unfortunately, even with the recent updates we feel Parent-mail has failed to address our concerns. We are now looking at other similar systems and should have something more user-friendly and simple in place soon. In the meanwhile, please use our website to access our E-bulletin and recent letters.

Sport Relief Mile : Friday 21 March

Years 7-10 Whole School fundraising event to support Sport Relief 2014 (except for Yr11). The whole school will run/walk the mile in Richmond Park during periods 4-6 and stu-dents will be running/walking the mile with their tutor group and staff. Full details are attached to the ebulletin.

Achievement : Tabbie Dawson Maia Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup Congratulations to Tabbie who won a silver medal at this international competition in Por-tugal (out of over 40 competing groups in her category). Tabbie also received some excel-lent comments from the international judges and competitors, which is really important for

K E Y D A T E S

Spring Term 2014 6 January—4 April

INSET DAYS 7 February & 24 February

HALF TERM 17 February to 21 February

Easter Break 7 April to 21 April

Summer Term 2014 22 April to 18 July

HALF TERM 26 May to 30 May

Bank Holiday 5 May

Autumn Term 2014 Thursday/Friday 4th and 5th September : Inset days (Staff

only) Monday 8 September

School starts - all students

Head’s Line: “This school just gets better and better”

Ham Street, Ham, Richmond TW10 7HN

Week beginning : 17 March 2014

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their campaign to gain British selection for the World Championships this year. Well done Tabbie, I am very proud of you.

Activity Day : 10 March 2014 This was a resounding success, the weather was fantastic and the enthusiasm and behav-iour of students was exemplary. Yr7 went off to the Globe Theatre, Yr8 visited various places of worship, Y10 had various trips from Kew Gar-dens to the O2 and Yr11 visited activity centres. Yr9 had a very successful careers networking day and financial awareness workshop, I would like to thank the many businesses and parents that participated.

Year Book Look evening : 13 March 2014 This was very successful and very well attend-ed.

Polo shirts Please note that polo shirts cannot be worn until after Easter – they are available to buy online.

Open door

I hold Parent Clinics on most Thursday evenings during term time 5-7pm for par-ents/carers to speak directly to me regard-ing any concerns/ suggestions. Please contact Debby Pace to arrange an appoint-ment on 0208 948 1172 or email dpace@greycourt.org.uk.

Kind regards Maggie Bailey—Headteacher

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Page

KS3/4 Maths Assessments

2-4

Yr 7/8/9/10/11 5-6

Sixth Form update 7

Elite Sports Perfor-mance evening

8

Yr10 IT trip to Paris 9

Celebration of Learning evening

10

Misc 11

VPA 12-13

Sporting Stag 14-20

Extra Curricular timetables

21-23

Sports Relief Mile 24-25

Yr10/11 Booster Clubs

26-27

Misc flyers 28-33

Learning and Teaching Update – Engagement

As many of you will be aware, this academic year teachers have been planning their lessons using the DR ICE model. DR ICE is an acronym for 5 features that should be in every lesson or series of lessons. The acronym is expanded below: Deepening thinking, Role modelling learning, Impact on Progress, Challenge and En-gagement. It is essential that in every lesson taught, the students are engaged. Of course differ-ent students are engaged in different ways and consequently Grey Court teachers ensure their lessons are varied. This variety might range from listening to an enthusi-astic teacher explaining a concept in their subject, to making a video documentary to show to the rest of the class. Students are often asked to find things out for them-selves using books or the internet and then explain their findings to their peers. Often group work is used as another means of developing skills and solving problems. Re-cently, Grey Court teachers have considered how they can utilise the different senses of the students to help them to engage in their learning, this has proved successful in the classroom and teachers have enjoyed exploring this avenue of learning.

Dear Parent/Guardian, Please be aware that the following Key Stage 3 Maths assessments will be sat in class on the dates displayed below.

Year 7: 40min Calculator & Non-Calculator Assessment. Covering the topics taught in lessons since September, as well as topics encountered in KS2. Students should focus particularly on Chapters 9,10,11 & 12 of their text books. Please be aware that students are still in the process of working through these topics in class and may not as yet have fully completed the Chapters listed above. Measuring Angles - Percentages of an amount - Ratio & Proportion - Collecting Like Terms -Solving Equations - Accurately Drawing Angles and Shapes - Converting between Percentage - Fractions & Decimals - Identifying 2D Shapes - Dividing Quantities into a given Ratio.

Assessment Dates and Times: -A Band: Tuesday 25

th March Period 4

-B Band: Tuesday 25th March Period 3 Students should prepare for their assessments by revising the above topics. They should use their class notes, their text books (Maths Frameworking ), MyMaths.co.uk, and BBC Bitesize, for revision.

Year 8: 40min Calculator & Non-Calculator Assessment. Covering the topics taught in lessons since September as well as topics encountered in Yr7. Students should focus particularly on Chapters 9,10 & 11 of their text books. Please be aware that students are still in the process of working through these topics in class and may not as yet have fully completed the Chapters listed above. Performing and Describing Transformations - Solving Equations - Stem and Leaf Diagrams -Averages and Ranges for a set of data - Identifying Congruent Shapes -Questionnaires & Surveys - Ratio of Enlarged Shapes - Identify the Scale Factor, area and Volume of enlarged shapes -Constructing Pie Charts - Constructing Formula - Rounding - Scatter Graphs and Correlation -Planes of Symmetry Assessment Dates and Times: -A Band: Friday 28th March Period 4 -B Band: Friday 28th March Period 1 Students should prepare for their assessments by revising the above topics. They should use their class notes, their text books (Maths Frameworking ), MyMaths.co.uk, and BBC Bitesize, for revision

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Upcoming KS3 Maths Assessments

Yr9 (ALL GROUPS EXCEPT MR O’Donnell’s 9aV7-8 Group and Ms Ogun’s 9bV7-8 Group):

40min Calculator & Non-Calculator Assessment. Covering the topics taught in lessons since September as well as topics encountered in Yr7 & 8. Students should focus particularly on Chapters 8, 9 & 10 of their text books. Please be aware that students are still in the process of working through these topics in class and may not as yet have fully completed the Chapters listed above. HCF & LCM - Algebraic Expressions in Index Form - Probability of and event - Real Life Graphs and Time-Distance Graphs - Square Roots and Cube Roots - Enlargements - Congruent Shapes -Scale Drawings - Substitution - Relative Frequency - Simplifying - Calculating Probability from Tree Diagrams - Using Trigonometry to Find Unknown Sides and Angles. Assessment Dates and Times: -A Band: Thursday 27th March Period 4 -B Band: Thursday 27th March Period 5 Students should prepare for their assessments by revising the above topics. They should use their class notes, their text books (Maths Frameworking), MyMaths.co.uk, and BBC Bitesize, for revision

Year 9 : Miss Ogun (9BV) and Mr O‘Donnell(9AV) Only Dear Parents/Guardians, Please be aware that the following Year 9 Maths assessments will be sat in class on the following dates. A band: Thursday 27th March period 3 B band : Thursday 27th March Period 5 Yr9: 45min Calculator and Non-Calculator Assessment. This assessment covers a wide range of topics listed below. Equations and inequalities - Sequences and nth terms – Indices and Standard form- Straight line graphs and midpoints of lines - Problems involving percentages and fractions. Students should prepare for their assessments by revising the above topics. They should use their class notes, MyMaths.co.uk, GCSES Bytsize and SAM Learning, The maths section on the VLE for revision.

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Upcoming KS3 Maths Assessments

Dear Parents/Guardians, Please be aware that the following Key Stage 4 Maths assessments will be sat in class on the following dates. A band: Thursday 27th March periods 1 and 2 B band : Thursday 27th March Period 3 and 4 Students should prepare for their assessments by revising the above topics. They should use their class notes, MyMaths.co.uk, GCSES Bytsize and SAM Learning, The maths section on the VLE for revision.

Year 10: 1hr45min Calculator Assessment. This assessment covers a wide range of topics listed below. Foundation Paper Identify shapes - Problem solving using real life examples- Measuring and Identifying angles- Sequences and nth terms-Fraction and percentages- Constructing graphs-Problems involving distance- function machines- Coordinates and area-Factors and multiples- Mean- Mode- Mean from a table – Proportion – Probability- Reflection-Conversion graphs- Writing algebraic expressions- Estimations- Factorising and simplifying-Angle problems - Find the circumference of a circle- Time and distance

Higher Paper Ratio – Percentages- Volume of Prisms – Simplify -Factorise and rearrange - expressions Expand brackets - Probability - Using Algebra to solve problems –Straight line and Cubic graphs- Elevations- Problem Solving using Money- Conversions – Sequences and nth terms – Angle - Indices-Standard form- Time and distance- Stratified sampling- Interpret a histogram-Quadratic equations- Circle theorems-Find the mean modal class from grouped data- construct a frequency polygon-

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Upcoming KS4 Maths Assessments

Year 7

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Head of Year 8 & Year 9 Mr. Dyer Year 9 - Taster Sessions Monday was an opportunity for Y9s to try some of the option subjects they are inter-ested in as their options choices. The sessions varied from Latin to Business and Critical Thinking. There were some fantastic sessions run, with pupils enjoying them-selves and learning lots of new things. We also had the Finance and Careers work-shops, which were very help-ful and informative, with ex-perts from various fields showcasing their knowledge and experience Year 8 - Humanities Trip Year 8s were offsite visiting various religious places of worship across London, in-cluding a Buddhist temple and a Mosque. It was a very well organised trip, and the

Year 8 and Year 9

Year 9 Middlesex Rugby Union Champions

REMINDER - OPTIONS FORMS IN ON 31ST MARCH TO MISS PRICE!

pupils learnt a lot from it, and this will directly impact into their RS lessons this year. Assemblies Y9 - Elm - learning to fail - a very enjoyable assembly with lots of acting and role play, sending us all the message that in order to succeed, we have to fail first to be stronger. Y8 - Pupils Welfare - deliv-ered by Mrs Mercer & Mr Huzzey informing pupils of the new its learning area regarding issues of concern, and where they an find help guidance and advice.

Asst Headteacher :

Transition/Progress :

Mr. King

Year 7 Book Look was a great success last night and it provided a really great opportunity for all parents and carers to see the fantastic work being done by our Year 7 stu-dents. Students enjoyed the trip to Shakespeare Globe on Monday, which will signifi-cantly contribute to their learning in English clas-ses. 7W‘s assembly about Pan-cake Day last Friday was a great success and virtu-ally every student contrib-uted to its success. I am looking forward to lots of Year 7 students being

Involved in the Celebration of Learning event on the evening of 3 April. Also, well done to 7 Ash for being the best attending form.

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YEAR 10 Congratulations to 10 ELM for achieving the highest attendance % last week (97%). Well done to all of you, keep this up! This week has been 'Attendance Focus Week,' and tutors have been having conversations with their tutees about the importance of outstanding attendance to school and raising the profile of this. As mentioned previously, it is a school expectation that students have attendance of at least 96%. My Assembly this week surrounded the theme of 'Success in Failure.' We looked at case studies of some famous people who despite challenges in their lives and repeated setbacks, have come through and made a real success of themselves. We linked the assembly to the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi and reminded students that you can achieve anything in life with the right mindset and hard work! Remembering our clear ethos Year 10...BE YOUR BEST. Upcoming Events: Next week is National Science and Engineering Week. 19th March: A/A* Performing Arts Trip to Richmond Theatre (Mr Robinson) 21st March: The Grey Court 'SPORT RELIEF MILE!' Do not let us down Year 10, get your kit on and compete. Lets raise plenty of money for Sport Relief. KS4 Extra Curricular Booster and Catch-Up sessions: This programme can be found in this edition of the e-bulletin as well as on the school website.

YEAR 11 Congratulations go to 11 ROWAN this week for the highest attendance rate in the year group. 97.3% was the winning total. At this key stage in the year, it is so important to be in school every single day. Do not forget Mr Bashford's 100 CLUB......attend every day and you stand a good chance of winning some fine prizes in our end of term draw. DONT MISS OUT ! Activity Day was a real success. I would like to thank all of the students involved as well as the staff that supported and made this day possible. I attended the trip to Brooklands College and witnessed some truly amazing teamwork, bravery and enjoyment from students in 11 ASH and BEECH. We are awaiting the photos and videos of some funny moments.....not to mention some staff trying their hardest not to fall over on the Low Ropes....they will remain anonymous, for now! Year 11 will be receiving their final school reports soon. Included in the envelope will also be a letter informing Parents / Carers and students of our forthcoming Record of Achievement (ROA) celebration assembly. This will take place in the School Sportshall on FRIDAY 9TH MAY and will start at 1:30pm. Please can reply slips be returned no later than the 30th April indicating your attendance and number of tickets you would like (max 2). It really is a special day in the school calendar and i look forward to seeing you all there to celebrate our students' achievements. The Year 11 PROM will take place on Thursday 26th June at the Cobham Curve Sports Club, Fairmile Lane, Cobham (7:30 - 11:00pm). I will write to you all nearer to the event with further details. Big thank you to Anjalie Vairavanathan and her Prefect Committee for their preparation and contribution towards making this a truly memorable night! Next week there will be an update on the Yearbook. Thank you to Chris Howden and his committee for their contribution so far. They need your support Year 11 !

Keep working hard Year 11, keep attending and remember where the KS4 team are if you need any support whatsoever.

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Mr Prichard (Phase Leader KS4)

Sixth Form Update

Richard Clements : Head of Sixth Form

University of Surrey September Residential As Grey Court prepares to welcome its first cohort of sixth form students in September, careful consideration has been given to crafting an induction programme that is worthy of the such an esteemed group. We aspire to be welcoming, prepare students for the challenges of academic study, impart some essential skills, tips and advice; and to forge a sense of unity, purpose and a collective identity. We have therefore decided on taking the whole of the year group away to Surrey University for a residential trip over three days and two nights in early September 2014. The programme will include team building activities, study skills workshops, a formal meal, a guest speaker (who we hope will deliver a rousing speech) and an introduction to university life. Furthermore, it will provide a chance for students and staff to debate, create and socialise in the leafy environs of one of the top 10 universities in the country according to the Guardian‘s 2013 survey. An additional requirement is that we keep the cost of such an exciting enterprise down and we are presently pursuing funding options that will meet this goal. Interestingly, the sculpture that greets visitors to the university campus is uncannily similar to our own Grey court logo – perhaps it is pointing to an exciting future partnership between two ―outstanding‖ institutions? More details about the trip will follow as the programme and costs are finalised… If you have any ideas, questions or suggestions about September‘s induction programme please feel free to contact me at: rclements@greycourt.org

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„Elite Sports Performance and Wellbeing‟ Event – Wednesday 5th March 2014

“Inspired and educated by top professionals and elite athletes”

A select group of students were given the opportunity to experience expert and specialist workshops on aspects of high performance sport on Wednesday 5th March at Grey Court. Around 10-12 students from each year group were given the opportunity to gain knowledge and information on elite aspects of sports such as Diet and nutrition, Strength and conditioning, Soft tissue injury management, Podiatry/gait analysis and Concussion/C-R-Y awareness. Grey Court were lucky enough to secure highly sought after profes-sionals to lead the workshops, with current and ex elite athletes accompanying the students as they ro-tated around the 5 workshops.

The evening began at 6.00pm with an intro-duction from Maggie Bailey and Issy Gar-rard, who gave an overview of the evening as well as how the idea came about. The idea came about after a parent/volunteer and local businesswoman joined forces with Issy Garrard and saw a vision. In just under 8 weeks, an elite sports performance event was put together with the main aim to edu-cate and inspire the young people of Grey Court as well as parents.

Half way through the event and hav-ing experienced 3 workshops, stu-dents and parents were given a taste of snacks and drinks that elite athletes would potentially eat and drink before/during/after training. These were made by Grey Court‘s Food club students. After the stu-dents and parents had experienced the 5 workshops, the raffle was drawn where there were top prizes to win, and then Dave Lucas, the school‘s athletics coach, gave a summary of the evening.

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The year 10 computing trip to Disney Land (Saturday to Tuesday) was fantastic and a great learning experience for the students. The students very much enjoyed Disney Land and were a credit to the school, being extremely well behaved and engaged throughout the trip. The conference itself was very inspirational, to both staff and students, focusing on technology, in particular mobile applications ('apps') and the importance of 'computing' in today's world as opposed to ICT. We have obtained some brilliant resources which I will be implementing into our curriculum. I have no doubt that the entire experience will be of great benefit to our students, and in fact I have already witnessed one of the students, staying back after school this week, working on his own app, which is fantastic.

Mr. Richards : Head of IT

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Yr10 Computer Science Disneyland Trip

Celebration of Learning Thursday 3 April 2014

“What did you do at school today?”

Grey Court School is happy to launch its first celebration of learning event on Thurs-day 3rd April. The intention of this event is to showcase and celebrate the outstanding learning that our students are engaged in on a daily basis around the school; with a particular focus on learning in years 7 &. 8. It will be a lively and vibrant occasion allowing students to talk about what they have achieved at school alongside demonstrations, music, read-ings and drama. Our guest speaker will also talk to both parents and students on why learning matters and how to motivate students at home. We see this event as a key component of our teaching and learning programme this academic year. Although there is no need to purchase a ticket for this event it is important that we have a clear sense of the number of parents who we can expect to attend. I am therefore re-questing that if you would like to come to our celebration of learning event please could you email the school at tmcnicol@greycourt.org.uk or telephone Tammy McNicol on 0208 948 1173 extn. 615. Many year 7 & 8 students will participate in the event and parents of those involved will also be notified through further communication in coming weeks. The evening, on Thursday April 3

rd, will begin at 6.30pm and is expected to last for ap-

proximately one and a half hours. I do hope you can come along to enjoy or first Cele-bration of Learning evening.

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MISC

TOP WEEKLY ATTENDANCE Figures for the period Monday 3rd March to 7th March 2014 Year 7: 7 Ash 100% Year 8: 8 Beech 98.7% Year 9: 9 Cedar 99.2% Year 10: 10 Elm 97% Year 11: 11 Rowan 97.3%

Music ’Encore’ Choir - Rehearsal Schedule

GCS Jazz Orchestra - Rehearsal Schedule The orchestra rehearsals take place after school, 3.15pm to 4.15pm

Peripatetic Music Lessons The Richmond Music Trust individual teacher‘s Spring Term timetables for the students are displayed on the Music notice board and on the school website. RMT Easter Singing Workshops 2014 The workshop offers a great opportunity to explore vocal techniques, improve performance skills and enjoy singing with others. Please see poster attached to the ebulletin for full details. Only 25 places!

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VPA Stag Announcements

Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6

24/02/2014 Year 8/9 Key singers YEAR 11 YEAR 11 AH/LH Year 7

03/03/2014 Key singers AH/LH YEAR 11 YEAR 11 Year 7 Year 8/9

10/03/2014 ALL CHOIR ALL CHOIR YEAR 11 YEAR 11 Key singers AH/LH

17/03/2014 MOGO'S MOGO'S MOGO'S MOGO'S MOGO'S MOGO'S

24/03/2014 AH/LH Year 7 YEAR 11 YEAR 11 Year 8/9 Key singers

31/03/2014 Year 7 Year 8/9 YEAR 11 YEAR 11 Key singers AH/LH

Spring Summer

Thurs 16-Jan Thurs 24-Apr

Thurs 23-Jan Thurs 01-May

Thurs 30-Jan Thurs 08-May

Thurs 06-Feb Thurs 15-May PSHE day

Thurs 13-Feb Thurs 22-May

Thurs 20-Feb H/Term Thurs 29-May H/Term

Thurs 27-Feb Thurs 05-Jun

Thurs 06-Mar Thurs 12-Jun

Thurs 13-Mar Thurs 19-Jun

Thurs 20-Mar Mogo Thurs 26-Jun

Thurs 27-Mar Thurs 03-Jul Production

Thurs 03-Apr Fri 04-Jul Production

VPA Stag Announcements

Mogo Awards – ‘A Night at the Movies’ The Mogo Awards take place on Thursday, 20th March, 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Tickets will be available to purchase during the week commencing 10th March, Adult - £4.00 and Student / Concession £2.00.

Youth Music Theatre – Summer Skills Youth Music Theatre UK is running six-day residential courses offering inspirational training from industry professionals. You need to be aged 11 – 21 and will gain a Trinity Guildhall Grade 6 Certificate. For further information please see the flyer attached to the ebulletin.

SATURDAY 12 APRIL : NATIONAL LEARN TO PLAY DAY Ritz Music & Tuition Centre are taking part in this national event and will be offering FREE LES-SONS & GROUP SESSIONS at their Richmond premises throughout the day to all ages on a variety of instruments. If you or your child are interested in music and would like to try an instrument (or maybe a few!) please contact Ritz Music asap ........unfortunately they can only accommodate limited num-bers so will have to operate on a first come first served basis ! When you phone they will need to know: - If booking for a child, the child's age(s) - Preferred time during the day (between 10.30 and 5.30pm) - The instrument(s) you are most interested in Ritz Music & Tuition Centre, 88 Sheen Road, Richmond, TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8332-1448 www.ritzmusic.co.uk

Little Voices free event : Saturday 5 April Little Voices - provide after school Drama/Singing lessons of an exceptionally high standard for children aged 4-19 years, whilst building confidence and promoting children‘s personal and social development working specifically towards Musical Theatre examinations and Communi-cation examinations through LAMDA. Little Voices are celebrating opening their first centre in the Town of Richmond by staging a free Musical inspired Performing Arts Workshop for Richmond’s youngsters delivered by West End star Sabrina Aloueche the star of musicals such as; 'We Will Rock You’ and ‘Les Miserables’. The free event will be held at Christ’s School on Saturday 5th April, 1.00-3.00pm Please find herewith the link for the web page www.littlevoices.org.uk this has everything on there that you need to know for the launch event and the after school lessons. Little Voices provide lessons to children aged 4–12.

Art The Grey Court Art pack The Grey Court Art pack is great value for money costing £10.00. It will help your child to develop and complete Art homework to a better standard as there are a range of art media in the pack. Please see the poster attached to the ebulletin for further details. Payment can be made through Finance Office with collection from Art department.

Key Stage 3 Art Club The Art Department are delighted to announce the reopening of the Key Stage 3 Art Club every Wednesday 3-4pm. There are 20 places available starting Wednesday 5th March For more details speak to Mrs McDowell.

Sporting Fixtures Week beginning 17 March 2014

GCSE PE Year 10 The PE Department are starting to place all GCSE Theory lessons on the VLE, so if any pupils are absent, they can access the work and print off the relevant powerpoint with the homework. This will be explained to the pupils and it is their responsibility to keep up to date if they are ab-sent. They can access the work by going on the VLE - KS4 GCSE PE - Year 10 - Chapter 1 - choosing the relevant file.

Mr Willmore : Head of PE/Sport

GIRLS

Tuesday 18th

March Year 7 Girls Basketball vs Teddington (A) 3.15pm start

Thursday 20

th March

Year 7 & 8 Girls Netball vs Teddington (A) 3.30pm start

Friday 21st

March Indoor Rowing (All years) 12.00pm meet

Sports Relief Mile in Richmond Park 12.00 – 3.00pm

BOYS

Monday 17th

March Year 9 Rugby Union vs Richmond Park Academy (H) 3.30pm k/o

Wednesday 19

th March

Year 11 Boys Football vs Ewell Castle (H) 3.30pm k/o Year 10 Football vs Teddington (H) 3.30pm k/o

Thursday 20

th March

Year 8 Boys Rugby Union vs Twickenham Academy (H) 3.30pm k/o

Year 7/8 Rugby Union vs Newland House (A) 2.30pm k/o

Friday 21st

March Indoor Rowing (All years) 12.00pm meet

Sports Relief Mile in Richmond Park 12.00 – 3.00pm

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SPORTING STAG

Tennis Players Can all students (boys and girls) who play tennis and would like to represent the school team, please come to the PE Office and sign up on the paper on the office door.

Year 7 Girls Netball Report Grey Court 2 : Waldegrave 18 After a really promising and successful Year 7 Girls Borough Tournament at Waldegrave last week, just losing in the quarterfinals, Grey Court‘s year 7 netball team were in high spirits for their 4

th game of the

league. Knowing they would be up against the best opposition in the Borough, the girls fought hard throughout the game, even though the score line wouldn‘t reflect it. Waldegrave started strongly and within 2 minutes they were 2-0 up. After a nasty fall, Olivia (playing WA) unfortunately couldn‘t continue which disrupted a bit of rhythm that the girls had started to find. At half time, the score was 7-1 to Waldegrave with Edie scoring a lovely net towards the end of the first half. Grey Court made a few changes at half time with Sian coming on as WA, Lucy as GK and Becca as C. Waldegrave stepped it up another gear and soon they started to dominate scoring another 11 nets to make the final score 18-2 to them. Nevertheless, Grey Court should feel proud of themselves, and should look forward to playing Teddington next week as it the game will be much closer. Congratulations to Francesca who deservedly won Grey Court‘s ‗man of the match‘.

TEAM LIST Nellwyn Ackroyd Sophie Parkes (c) Becca Lawn Francesca Cardillo—Zallo Lucy Croxon Sian Curtis Edie Goodall Lily Syred-Smith Olivia Jones Charlotte Shore

Year 8 Netball Grey Court 15 : Waldegrave 7 (H) Grey Court took on their toughest opponents of the competition, Waldgrave. Last year Grey Court and Waldegrave were extremely well matched and we narrowly missed out on becoming Borough champi-ons. A super start for Grey Court and we looked like we had learnt from our mistakes. Grey Court con-trolled the pace of the game and were quick to take the lead. However, Waldegrave were far from being a walkover. An excellent, well matched first half and this was proving to be an intense game. Grey Court were faced with the blow of Anna Ferris-Simpson not being available for the match and an injury for Grace Flint. This proved costly in the second half, as Waldegrave began to build momentum we were unable to keep up. An excellent effort by the girls but a disappointing end result, with Waldegrave winning 15-7. On Thursday Grey Court will have the opportunity for a re-match in the Borough competition and I have no doubt that we will be better repaired and ready to show them what we can really do. Good work girls.

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SPORTING STAG

Grey Court v All the year 8 teams in the borough On Thursday 13

th of March, Grey Court girls Year 8 netball team set out to try and be borough champi-

ons. Held at Waldegrave, the tournament consisted of many great netball players. Everyone was split into an A and B team, who were split into two main groups. Grey Court B was put in the same draw as Waldegrave A, our main contenders for the title, whereas Grey Court B were put in the opposite draw. Team 1: Anna Ferris-Simpson Ruby Harbour Roisin Hanlon Jessica Knott Nicky Phillips Hannah Crendfelt Eddie Morrissey Holly Marshall During the afternoon Ruby Hayes and Ruby Harbour were fantastic in Goal Keep with Anna Ferris Simp-son and Roisin Hanlon playing as the A team defenders and Emmeline Strange stuck on her player whilst playing Wing Defence. Eddi Morrissey, Hannah Crendfelt and Holly Marshall were fantastic shoot-ers as they repeatedly scored for the A team, whilst Eli Riley-Guiu scored an amazing shot in one of the B team‘s matched. Jess Knott made sure her team stayed with the ball by intercepting many balls that seemed too high for her to reach, Kate Ashman led her team, also as centre, by being a key passer in the B team. Amber Dowling and Siobhan Lynch also had many shots and were strong in the shooting third. Nicki Phillips did amazing passes and Gemi Sparks was always in the game. After the first set of matches, only the A team remained. They won their semi-final match, by playing superbly and all that stood between them and victory was Waldegrave. The first whistle sounded and both teams were off. Waldegrave scored the first net which was closely followed by a score from Grey Court. For many minutes, both teams stayed close together in the scores. Unfortunately, Waldegrave scored yet another net and this time they kept the lead. As Jess Knott set up to take a centre pass, the final whistle went, concluding the borough competition. Although Grey Court came second, team spirit was not lost. The only disappointing thing was- we didn‘t get a medal.

Written by Anna Ferris Simpson Team 2: Katy Ashman Amber Dowling Emmeline Strange Ruby Hayes Siobhan Lynch Eliana-Mae Riley-Guiu Jemi Sparks The Year 8 netball B team consisted of Jemi, Eddi, Ellie, Emmeline, Ruby, Amber, Siobhan and I. Yes-terday, went to the competitive school Waldegrave to compete against numerous different teams. The first match that we played was a very tense match. The whistle blew and the game began. The competi-tive players fought hard but sadly the ending score was 2-1. Unfortunately the next two games were also lost but then we fought back and then thrashed our next opponents. Overall, our team was excellent and they can't wait to get back to get into training, ready for more tournaments.

Written by Kate Ashman, 8W

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YEAR 7 NETBALL MATCH

Thursday 20th March

Vs Teddington (A)

TEAM LIST Edie Goodall Olivia Jones

Sophie Parkes Isabella Scuotto

Francesca Cardillo-Zallo Becca Lawn

Lily Syred-Smith Orla Harrison Matilda Frisby

Please get yourselves changed BEFORE PM registration. You will need to bring full Grey Court PE kit, tracksuit and a

drink. We need to leave promptly at 3pm, and will be back to school no later than 5pm.

Any questions please see Ms Garrard

YEAR 7 – Basketball Match

Tuesday 18th March Vs Teddington (A)

TEAM LIST

Hazel Stutz Edie Goodall

Isabella Scuotto Becca Lawn

Francesca Cardillo-Zallo Ellie Dyerson Sophie Parkes Marley Ward Orla Harrison

Please come down to the changing rooms at 2.30pm to get yourselves changed. We will need to leave school at 2.45pm as the game starts at

3.15pm.

Please bring full Grey Court PE kit and a drink. We will be back to school before 5pm.

If you have any problems please see Ms Noonan.

YEAR 8 NETBALL MATCH

Thursday 20th March

Vs Teddington (A)

TEAM LIST Hannah Crendfelt ©

Roisin Hanlon Jess Knott

Eddi Morrissey Ruby Harbour Nicki Phillips

Anna Ferris-Simpson Holly Marshall

Please get yourselves changed BEFORE PM registration. You need to bring full Grey Court PE kit, tracksuit and a drink.

We will be back to school no later than 5pm.

Any questions please see Miss Noonan.

RICHMOND SSP INDOOR ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Friday 21 March 2014

GREY COURT INFORMATION Please meet at the changing rooms for 12pm, we will need to leave at

12.10pm.

You will need full Grey Court PE kit and a water bottle.

We should return to school at approximately 4pm.

Any problems see Miss. Noonan

Information-

The event is being held at Hampton School for Boys.

We hope to start racing at 1.00pm, please do not arrive before 12.30pm due to hall availability.

Year7s will race first and so on to the Year10/11s.

Please get the children to bring their own water and any snacks they need to sustain them!

Please do invite along parents and supporters of your team. The racing will be projected on to a screen for all to watch and participate in.

GIRLS

Year 7 (2 min race)

Isabella Scuotto

Matilda Frisby

Year 8 (3 min race)

Anna Ferris-Simpson

Ruby Harbour

Year 9 (4 min race)

Megan Duthart

Molly Davies

Year 10/11 (5 min race)

Ciara Lewis

Renee Myburgh

Grey Court PE Department Extra Curricular Timetable SPRING 2014 +

/-

Breakfast/Lunch Time Clubs After School Clubs (15:15-16:15)

Gym S/Hall Richmond

Park Field 1 Gym Sports Hall

Main Field 1

Main Field 2

Netball Courts

Atrium

Mo

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Aerobics (Year 10 and

11 GCSE Pupils)

Volleyball (Boys and

Girls)

Year 7 Rugby Union

London Scottish

Athletics (Long & Triple

Jumps)

Tues

day

KS3 Basketball

Club 12.30-

12.55pm

Boys Football Training

(Year 7 & 8) 3.15-4.15

Year 8 & 9 Rugby

Training 3.15-4.15

Netball Training (All Years) 3.15-4.15

Wed

nes

day

KS3/KS4 Badminton

Club 12.30-

12.55pm

KS3/KS4 Badminton

Club (All Years) (3.15-4.15)

Senior Rugby Training

3pm-4pm

Senior Girls Football Training (MAIN FIELD)

KS3/ KS4

Table Tennis (All Years) (3.15-4.15)

Thu

rsd

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Basketball Club

(SPORTS HALL)

7.30am Start

KS3 Indoor

Football 12.30-

12.55pm

Running Club 7.00-8.00am

Trampolining

Club (All years)

Sports Hall Athletics

(Years 7 & 8) 3.15-4.15

Boys Football Training

(Year 10 & 11)

3.15-4.15

Year 7 Rugby

Training (3.15-4.15)

Frid

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Basketball Club

(Richmond Knights,

All Years) 3pm-4pm

Senior Rugby Training

2.45 -3.30

Year 7 & 8 Rugby

Training 2.45 -3.30

Hockey Club (Tiffin Girls

School) 3.30-5.00pm

Other clubs

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Lunchtime

Peer Mentor Drop-In

Board Games & Talk

12.30 to 1pm Ingenium

Mrs Smith Year 7

Chess & Games Club

12.25 to 1pm in H1

Run by prefects for

Year 7-8

Peer Mentor Drop-In

Board Games & Talk

12.30 to 1pm Ingenium

Mrs Smith Year 7

Sign Language Club

12.30 to 1pm in NH3

Miss Best all years

(spaces limited)

Film Club (learn to

make films)

12.25 to 1pm in NH13

Run by prefects for

Year 7-8

Debating Club

12.25 to 1pm in H2

Run by prefects for

Year 7-8

Literacy Club

12.25 to 1pm Newman

House (wait for prefects at

reception)

Mr Mercier (by invitation)

Before or After

School

English as an

Additional Language

Breakfast Club

8.00 to 8:30 in NH7

Mrs Znaidi all years

Textiles Club 3 to 4pm in T7

Mrs Benson-May

Year 7-9

Let's Get Cooking Club 3 to 4pm in T5

Mrs Pollard Year 7-9

(full up, will enrol new

students next term)

Maths Small Group

Tutoring

3.10 to 4pm in M5

Mrs Clifford and Mrs

Scott Year 11

STEM Science Club

3 to 3.45pm in Lab 1

Mrs Holmes Year 7-8

Latin Club

3 to 4pm in L6

Mr Scott Year 8-10

Maths A/A* Masterclass

3.10 to 4pm in M5

Mrs Scott Year 11

English Master Class

Lecture Series

3.05 to 3.40pm in E5

Miss John Year 10-11

Maths C Grade

Masterclass

3.10 to 4pm in M6

Mrs Clifford Year 11

Film Club (watch then

discuss films)

3 to 4pm in E3

Miss O’Higgins all

years

Creative Writing Club 3 to 4pm in E5

Miss Clark Year 7-9

Gamemaker Club

3 to 4pm in T1

Mr Cosgrave Year 7-9

(spaces limited)

Chinese Club

3.10 to 4pm Ingenium

Ms Wu Year 8

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Lunch PM Lunch PM Lunch PM Lunch PM Lunch PM

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In support of the nationwide fundraising event ‘Sport Relief 2014’, Grey Court students and staff will be taking part

in the event by running/walking their mile in Richmond Park on Friday 21st March, during periods 4-6. The whole

school will be taking part except year 11 students, who are at a vital stage of their GCSE exam preparation.

Every student in years 7-10 will need to come to school dressed in their Grey Court PE kit. They will be completing the mile with their tutor group, walking from the Sandy Lane entrance, along Petersham Rd to the Petersham Gate of Richmond Park (pedestrian gate, opposite The Dysart Arms Pub) and finishing the mile at Ham Gate, where the students will be dismissed by SLT. It is important for parents to know that students will need to make their own way home from Ham Gate, or if they wish to head back to school then they can with their tutor. We have estimated that each year group will approximately finish their mile from the following times onwards based upon their start times: Year 7: 1.15pm Year 8: 1.30pm Year 9: 1.45pm Year 10: 2.00pm Students will be expected to contribute a minimum of £1, and if they would like to raise more money then they

can collect a sponsorship form from their form tutor. Form tutors will have more details about specific timings of

when they will be completing the mile next week. P lease see the above map of the route the students will be

taking.

Ms Garrard Teacher of PE

YEAR 10 Booster / Attainment Clubs

(3:00pm start unless otherwise stated)

Maths, Science and Humanities clubs to commence after Easter

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

English

A/A* Master- class (E5)

Visual Performing Arts

Drama Essay structure (Studio)

Mr Husnu Notes catch up

(Studio) Mr Husnu Mr Wells

Music catch-up (MUA) Mr Millar

GCSE Art catch-up in A3

After School Art 3pm-4.45pm

Performing Arts catch-up

(Lab 6) Mr Robinson/Mr Wells

Music catch-up (MUA) Mr Millar

GCSE Art catch-up in A3

After School Art 3pm-4.45pm

Performing Arts catch-

up (Lab 6) Mr Robinson/Mr Wells

Drama Essay structure (Studio)

Mr Husnu Notes catch up

(Studio) Mr Husnu

D and T

Product Design (T2)

Mr Taylor 3-4pm

Product Design (T2)

Mr Taylor Lunchtime and after

school 3-4pm

Languages

Year 10 French Booster Club

(L6) Mr Scott

Year 10 Spanish Booster Club

(L1) Mr Murray

I.C.T

ICT Controlled Assessment Booster /

Catch Up (T1)

Mr Jacob/Mr Cosgrave

ICT Controlled Assessment Booster /

Catch Up (T1)

Mr Jacob/Mr Cosgrave

YEAR 11 Booster / Attainment Clubs (3:00pm start unless otherwise stated)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Maths

Small Group Tutoring 3:10pm

All Maths Rooms All Maths Teachers

Revision Booster Classes A*-C

3.10pm M4/M5

Ms Clifford Mrs Scott

English IGCSE Coursework support

(tbc)

English Literature revision (E2)

A/A* Master- class (E5)

Small Group Tutoring (All English rooms)

Science

ISA/BTEC catch-up 3:30

Mr Kynes

A / A* Masterclass All Science Staff

Mentoring sessions: By invitation.

All Science Staff

Visual / Performing Arts

Drama Unit 3 Rehearsal.

Course work catch up LHU

Drama Unit 3 Rehearsal.

Course work catch up LHU

GCSE Art

catch-up SJE/NMC A3 After School Art

3pm-4.45pm

Music catch-up (MUA) Mr Millar

Performing Arts catch-up (Lab 6)

Mr Robinson/Mr Wells

Drama Unit 3 Rehearsal.

Course work catch up LHU

Music catch-up (MUA)

Mr Millar

Performing Arts catch-up (Lab 6)

Mr Robinson/Mr Wells

Drama Unit 3 Rehearsal.

Course work catch up LHU

GCSE Art catch-up SJE/NMC A3

After School Art 3pm-4.45pm

Drama Club

(Studio) Mr Husnu / Mr Webb

GCSE Art catch-up in A3

After School Art 3pm-4.45pm

Drama Unit 3 Rehearsal.

Course work catch up LHU

Performing Arts catch-up (Lab

6) Mr Robinson/Mr Wells

D and T Graphics / Electronics Booster (T4)

Mr Seaton

Graphics / Electronics Booster (T4)

Mr Seaton

Product Design (T2) Mr Taylor

3-4pm

Textiles (T7) Mrs Benson-May

Health / Social Care

(T4) Mrs Pollard

Product Design (T2)

Mr Taylor Lunchtime and after school

3-4pm

Languages

Year 11 French Booster Club (L5) Mrs Hurley

Year 11 Spanish Booster Club

(L2) Ms Lopez

Humanities

History Support / Catch – Up Lunchtime Mr Winch

RS A/A* Masterclass

(H2) Mr Hurley/ Mr Cohen

Geography Controlled

Assessment (H1)

Mr King/Mr Bashford/Mr Gordon-Walker

RS ‘Achieving a C grade.’

(H2) Mr Hurley/Mr Cohen

History Support / Catch-up

Lunchtime Mr Winch

History Booster Club Mr Poole

H3

PE GCSE Theory Booster Miss Noonan / Mr Ridley

I.C.T

ICT (T1)

Mr Jacob/Mr Cosgrave

ANY STUDENT WHO HAS

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