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Friday 11 December 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, It is always a privilege to be the Headteacher of Rosebery School and never more so than this week, as our community of students, staff and parents have all tried to come to terms with the very sad news that I shared with you last Friday. The students’ response has been wonderful; they have sensitively and compassionately reached out to each other and to staff, have paid warm and meaningful tributes to Natalie, and have also shown considerable resilience and determination. I have met with all students again this week, during their House assemblies, to ensure that they are aware of how proud I am of them. Thank you for all your kind words and messages over the last few days; they are greatly appreciated and are a wonderful reminder of how strong our community is. At this very difficult time, we have all taken great comfort from the flowers and tributes to Natalie, which we will ensure are conveyed to the Scott family. We continue to be in close touch with external sources of support for any student that might need it and included in this newsletter is a leaflet from Jigsaw (page 6), a charity which specialises in helping young people with bereavement. You may wish to contact them directly if you are concerned about your daughter, or we would be happy to do so on your behalf. Arrangements for the end of term As we reach the end of term, there are a number of events to which I need to draw you attention. We have our Senior Prize Giving at 7pm on Tuesday 15 December, followed by our Carol Service at Christ Church at 6.30pm on Wednesday evening. Christmas lunch is being served for Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 on Wednesday 16 December and for Years 7, 8 and 9 on Thursday 17. Tickets for this must be bought in advance in the Canteen and only ‘grab and go’ food will be available for those who have not ordered a Christmas lunch. We finish the term on Friday 18 December with Christmas Jumper day for Save the Children and school will finish at 12pm. Our annual Christmas card (pictured) has been designed this year by student Rose-Marie Luk in Year 9. My congratulations to Rose for this stunning artwork. Start of term 2016 A reminder that students have an additional INSET day on Tuesday 5 January and so we look forward to their return on Wednesday 6 January 2016. Have a very good weekend. Ros Allen @RoseberyHT

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IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary (subject to alteration)

Tuesday 15 December Year 13 Theatre Studies exam & performance

Prize Giving ex Years 11 and 13

Wednesday 16 Christmas Lunch for Years 10,11,12 & 13

Christmas Carol Service, Christ Church, Epsom

6.30pm

Wednesday 16 & Thurs 17 Year 11 Careers Event

Thursday 17 Christmas Lunch for Years 7,8 & 9

Years 7 to 10 Reports issued

Friday 18 Christmas Jumper day

End of term

Early closure

12 midday

SPRING TERM 2016

Tuesday 5 January INSET

Wednesday 6 All students return

Year 13 Mocks and Year 12 Assessment Week

Normal time

Thursday 7 Year 7 and 8 Lion King Theatre Trip 5.00-11.00pm

Wednesday 13 Year 11 Mock Results and Reports

Thursday 14 & Friday 15 Years 12 and 13 PE Practical Mocks

Year 11 Parents’ Evening

4.30-7.30pm

Friday 15 Year 11 Philosophy & Ethics Day

Years 12 and 13 MFL Mock Orals

Dates for your Diary

Headteacher Commendations Page 3

Christmas Carol Service and Students’ charity fundraising Page 4

Sixth Form Application Page 5

Jigsaw Leaflet (bereavement support for young people) Page 6

PSA News Page 7

Information Morning for Courses and Careers Page 8

Film Making After School Club Page 9

PSA Rosebery Recycle and second hand uniform Pages 10 & 11

Street Dance and Musical Theatre clubs Page 12




Headteacher Commendations

In this penultimate week of term, it is a pleasure to acknowledge the efforts and achievements of the following students:

Year 7 - Miss Scarff has nominated the following students who have demonstrated outstanding accuracy and resilience in Maths: Aina Budok 7RX, Florrie Petit 7RX, Jenny McNally 7EX, Ffion Waterworth 7EX, Amelia Brooks 7EY and Holly Grimshaw 7EX and Mrs Callaghan has nominated Maria Nasir 7RX and Florrie Petit 7RX for excellent organisation and high quality History work. Year 8 - Mrs Callaghan has nominated Hannah Thomas 8EY for excellent participation and progress in History. Year 9 - I would like to nominate 9RY who demonstrated great compassion and kindness towards their teacher,

Miss Baker, this week. Mr O’Reilly has nominated Sarah Keogh 9SY, Nana Appiah-Darkwah 9EY and Georgia Clare

9SX for organised and very well presented work in workbooks, which made them a pleasure to mark. Amy Warwick-

Jones 9RX has been nominated by Mrs Pingree. She comes into school early each morning to help set up Breakfast

Club and always makes breakfast for other students. Mr Chamberlain has nominated Amy Smith, Yasmin Minnis and

Danielle White in 9EY for showing compassion and kindness to a fellow form member and Mrs Medhurst has

nominated Sophie Brundish 9DX who comes to Spelling Club every Tuesday and is extremely helpful. Miss Nejad has

nominated Georgia Millet and Antonia Housen in 9RY for being supportive and showing kindness to another Year 9

student.

Year 10 - Miss Gatt has nominated Katie Kilpatrick 10SX for such a fantastic attitude in English and being really driven

to succeed and Mrs Barlow has nominated Carlia Higgins 10DY, who was very focused in her Food Tech lesson and

used fondant icing for her attractive decoration and Rachel Kennett 10DX had an excellent flavour combination with

skilful piping to complete an attractive tray of Festive Cupcakes. She has also nominated Katie Rowden 10RX for the

quality of her Food Technology work during the term and for an excellent recent assessment, Daisy Reid 10RY and

Lydia Turpie 10SY for their excellently completed Harry Potter Booklets from their recent trip and for a focused term

of hard work and she has also commended Zoe Gillespie, Armani Miyan and Megan Smith 10DX, who have been

brilliant Peer Supporters to 7DX and have worked hard to support the students and build a friendly

relationship. Mrs Curtis has nominated Samantha Perren 10DY and Riya George 10RY. Their work in Chemistry this

term has been outstanding with fantastic contributions to class discussions. Their books are beautifully maintained

with the addition of their own notes which illustrates an accomplished understanding of the content. Mr Styles has

nominated Catryn John 10SX for her outstanding performance in the Jekyll & Hyde mid-term exam and Mrs Callaghan

has nominated Dhruvi Patel 10DX, Eama Ahmed 10SY, Jan Brondo 10DY, Sarah Campbell 10EX, Anna Daniel 10EY,

Tia Hamin 10EX, Laura Sinclair 10DX, Ellie Sloan 10RY, Farhana Zubair-Syed 10DY for their excellent and consistent

effort and great progress in Health and Social Care.

Year 11 - Mrs Cook has nominated Alice Mills 11SY and Sophie Palmer 11DY for sharing their exemplary timed essays

with the class and Mrs Hayes has nominated Charis Watson 11EX for outstanding effort, focus and achievement in

recent Chemistry lessons revising for mocks.

Sixth Form - Miss Gatt has nominated Emily Mancini 12C, Juliette Darlington 12C, Evie Legg 12D, Fareeha Chaudhrey 12E, Bethany Sullivan 12B, Aisling Swan 12C and Louise Murray 12D for their dedication and impressive ideas shared in English after-school sessions. Mrs Maclean has nominated Holly Carnegie for conducting the orchestra and for all her additional work with the Christmas concert and Mrs Callaghan has nominated Alicia Boxall 12C Emma Brash 12E and Aisling Swan 12C for their excellent and consistent effort and great progress in Health and Social Care.




Year 9 student raises money for charity during her lunch break!

Maisie McLeod for 9EY raised £131.12 for Winston’s Wish Christmas Fundraising Campaign. This is an incredible

amount of money raised in one lunchtime. Well done, Maisie.

The following students in 9EY also deserve a special mention as they helped to raise this figure; you should all be proud of your achievement.

Cara Evans Charlotte Dendy Emily Everson Emily Zoeller Alex Priestly Amy Smith Katie Burman Danielle White Nana Appiah Megan Attwood Anna Casey Lois Hill Francesca Batley Mia Samman Danni Crawt

Well done!

Mr R Harvey, Head of Year 9

Christmas Carol Service

Wednesday 16 December – Christ Church, Epsom Common.

6.30 p.m.

ALL are warmly invited to join with the Rosebery choirs and musicians, Synergy students and Staff Fellowship in reflecting on the message of Christmas.

We will be gathering at Christ Church, Epsom Common, Christ Church Road, Epsom KT19 8NE for a Carol Service with readings and community singing.

We look forward to welcoming you there!




For more information please visit our website www.roseberyschool.co.uk and click on the Sixth Form tab.

For an application form to our Sixth Form, please click this link: http://www.roseberyschool.co.uk/wp-

content/uploads/2015/03/Sixth-Form-Application-Form-2016.pdf

We look forward to your application,

The Sixth Form team



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