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)

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.

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….

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.

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.

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.

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

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

aw@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk 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.

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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 cathe@gaskell.fsnet.co.uk or Mrs Mitchelmore

at the school.

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.

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 AW@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk 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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.