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Message from our

Assistant Head 24th September 2021

IMPORTANT DIARY DATES FOR AUTUMN TERM 2021

Monday, 25th October to Wednesday, 3rd November - OCTOBER HALF TERM

Tues, 28 th Sept – Bread Making Parent Event @ 6pm

Wed, 29th Sept — Y2 Out There (Regent ’s Park)

Wed, 29th Sept – Y6 Netball v City

Wed, 29th Sept—Staff & Parent Choir

Fri, 1st Oct — Grandparents’ Day for Reception

Mon, 4th Oct—Yr 4—CLC Visit

Wed, 6 th Oct – National Walk to School Day

Wed, 6th Oct — Y3 Out There (Regent ’s Park)

Wed, 6th Oct—Staff & Parent Choir

Wed, 6 th Oct – Parents’ Drinks Eve @ 6pm

I am pleased to report that this week we held

our first Open Morning Tour, with Taryn and

Ms. Pia Pasternack (Admissions & Marketing),

welcoming six prospective parents to the

School. They were very ably assisted by five of

our Year 6 girls, who spoke with such passion,

knowledge and a sense of fun about their

School. After meeting these girls, we are sure

that these six families will be joining us in the

future.

Despite Taryn being out of school for the second

part of the week, we have had another full week

of successful Curriculum Meetings. Reception

and Nursery parents will receive a copy of the

PowerPoint Presentations in next Wednesday’s

MailOut.

We also commenced

our OUT THERE visits

to Regent’s Park this

week—in the sun-

shine, with Reception

and Year 1 classes covering topics such as

multiple team building activities, involving

number and mathematical reasoning.

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Tues, 12 th Oct – Open Morn—Prospective Parents

Wed, 13th Oct—Yr 2 CLC Visit

Wed, 13 th Oct – Nursery—Out There (Regent ’s Park)

Wed, 13th Oct — Y5 & Y6 Netball v Gower

Wed, 13th Oct—Staff & Parent Choir

Thurs, 14th Oct — Y6 Out There (Regent ’s Park)

Fri, 15 th Oct – Individual, Class & Sibling Photos

Fri, 15th Oct—Yr 4 Out There (Regent’s Park)

Wed, 20th Oct—Staff & Parent Choir

Today we all

celebrated

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGE in

our Whole School Assembly and

again when Years 1 to 3 were

involved in class projects celebrating the multi-

cultural nature of our school. A colourful array

of traditional costumes greeted us all in St.

Mary’s Hall.

Thank you to parents who sent in a donation, which contrib-

uted to fund raising for the Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee

Afternoon, organised by FOC’s as part of the national Coffee

Morning across the UK.

This was run in parallel with the Second Hand Uniform Sale. Many

thanks to the dedicated team of FOC parents, who spent many

hours this week sorting the supply of Second Hand Uniform and

manning the ‘shop’ this afternoon. We are sure that all parents find

this service incredibly helpful.

On Monday morning we

had a fire drill for the

whole school with an

impressive total school

evacuation in just 2

minutes and 27 seconds.

The bus service from

Islington continues to prove

very popular with the girls

and their parents; travelling

to school with friends is so

much fun!

PTO: Cavendish Galaxy Stars

Football Information

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Cavendish Galaxy Stars will return to training this Saturday the 25th at Regent’s Park. Please come along or get in touch (cavendishgalaxystars@gmail.com) if you would like to get involved.

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Thank you to all parents who let us know of changes to their

family’s information over the summer - essential to keep

your children safe at school.

For those who haven ’t yet done so, please enrol yourself

with our Parent Portal and complete our 2021 data

collection form. You will receive an invitation with guidance

from our IT Manager, Ryan Bunting, in the next few days.

MUSIC CLUBS AND ENSEMBLES We're delighted to announce that music ensembles and clubs have started up. Training Orchestra for Years 1 -3 will start on Tuesday at 8am, School Orchestra (for Years 4- 6) will be on Wednesday morning at 8am. Both will be in St Mary's Hall. There is some movement allowed between orchestras depending on ability and experience. All are welcome! Years 3 & 4 Chamber Choir will be on a Tuesday from 3.30-4pm and Years 5 & 6 Chamber Choir will be on Wednesday from 3.30-4pm. All are welcome to come. Chamber choir provides the girls with the opportunity of exploring more complex music and learning to sing harmonies in parts. If you'd like further information, please email tarmstrongtaylor@cavendish-school.co.uk

Alice decided to hold a Yard sale on her front pavement, selling her old toys, books and clothes (and some random goods no longer needed) with 50% going to Macmillan. She repeated it the next day.

She did brilliantly! Confidently chatting with passers by, their families (and dogs!) convincing them that they really needed a puzzle, Bath toy…. Or a Soft toy for their pet (!) and raised £87.50 for Macmillan - and £87.50 for her savings account.

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NOS CORRESPONDANTS- FRENCH PEN PALS! This year Years 5 & 6 pupils will be regularly writing to French girls and boys. Both Year 5 classes to pupils in Sagy near Paris. Both Year 6 classes to pupils from two villages in Britanny, 6P to pupils in Plomodiern, 6E in Saint Georges de Reintembault. Children on either side of the English Channel are very excited about this exchange!

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Visits

It is important to us that we understand the unique ethos of The Cavendish School so as to better recognise the

needs of your families. We would therefore welcome an opportunity to visit your school, meet some of your girls

and staff, and to find out what makes special!

Roedean would also like to offer you the opportunity to see our School truly in action, so that you can report back

to your families about the friendly, vibrant and dynamic atmosphere here at Roedean School.

If you would like a visit to Roedean – which would include a tour with some of our girls as well as a meeting with

the Headmaster, Oliver Blond – or feel that a visit to your school would be beneficial, please do let me know by re-

turn email and I would be delighted to begin making arrangements.

Experience Days – Year 6

This term, we have two Experience Days scheduled, which we invite your Year 6 girls to attend. We will be welcom-ing both whole cohorts from Prep schools, as well as individual bookings. Please do pass to your Head of Year 6, or be in touch with myself or Alexa Barlow, Registrar, abw@roedean.co.uk, by return email if you would like to book girls on to one/both of the Experience Days outlined below. STEM Festival – 12th October – 09.30am

Roedean girls love STEM! This is a taster of the activities that have our girls hooked on Science, Technology, Engi-

neering and Maths, with a special virtual visit from Dr Suzie Imber, our STEM Ambassador and Professor of Space

Physics at Leicester University.

England Hockey – 4th November – 09.30am

This is a unique opportunity to attend a professional hockey masterclass led by an England Hockey player, training

and playing on Roedean’s all-weather hockey pitch. Our last Hockey Experience saw us welcome to Roedean Kate

Richardson-Walsh who was captain of the women’s England Hockey Squad for 13 years, captaining them to their

first Olympic Gold Medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics. You are welcome to send a full Hockey Squad, or individuals

with a passion for Hockey.