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Friday 5 February 2016

Dear Parents and Carers,

I am writing this having just watched the fantastic production Our Day Out. It was a delight to be in the audience for

such a spirited and enjoyable performance and huge credit must go to the very talented, largely Key Stage 3 cast as

well as to Mrs Dever and Mrs House-Lee, who have given up hours to rehearsal and supporting the cast. At the same

time, our Senior Students have been working very hard to promote Rag Week by leading assemblies and organising

key events, which look set to be a great success and to raise a lot of money for our chosen charity this year, the

Meningitis Research Foundation. Please do furnish your daughter with some small change next week so they can

attend the pantomime, Teachers’ Top of the Pops and Teacher Dodgeball, among many other things!

It has been a continuing pleasure to meet with Year 11 students for their Sixth Form meetings and it has been

encouraging to hear how many students have already embarked upon a revision programme. We have started

working with students in tutor time and in PSHCE on revision techniques and, on Tuesday 1 March, we will be running

an evening for parents of Year 11 students to help you help your daughter throughout this period leading up to the

exams. Further information will be coming to you shortly.

Finally, it is lovely to share with you that we have been awarded the Engagement Gold Certificate 2015 by STEM

SurreyBerkshire. This organisation’s purpose is to promote a passion for science, technology and engineering among

young people. The citation on our award states:

“Rosebery School has been involved with a number of STEM Ambassadors over the past year, but we also

wanted to recognise the deep level of engagement the school shows across departments and age groups

in STEM activities. Rosebery School is one of only 17 schools in the region that we have chosen to recognise

with this Gold Certificate, and this is largely due to the dedicated commitment shown by your staff towards

enriching students’ experiences and raising their aspirations.”

A great way to end the week! Have a lovely weekend.

Ros Allen @Rosebery HT

http://www.roseberyschool.co.uk/



IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary (subject to alteration)

Monday 8 February to

Friday 12

Rag Week

Monday 8 Year 11 DT Controlled Assessment

Tuesday 9 & Wed 10 Years 10 and 11 Theatre Trips

Tuesday 9 PSA meeting 7.00-9.00pm

Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 Year 11 Biology ISAs

Wednesday 10 Years 8 and 9 Concert 7.00-9.30pm

Friday 12 to Saturday 21 Ski Trip to Italy

15-19 February HALF TERM

Monday 22 School returns

Rosebery’s Got Talent – Year 7

Auditions all week

Dates for your Diary

Headteacher Commendations Pages 3 & 4

Sports Ambassadors Pages 4 & 5

Our Day Out note from Directors and Production photos Pages 5 & 6

Music Department News Page 7

PSA News Page 8

PSA Quiz Night Page 9

BAE Higher Apprenticeship Open Evening Page10




Headteacher Commendations

Year 7 - Mr Chamberlain has nominated the following girls from 7SX for their amazing Castle construction: Lottie

Burgess, Sarah Shaw and Sarah Devenish. Ms Saul has nominated the whole of 7RY and 7RX for their excellent

contribution to PSHE since Christmas.

Year 8 - Ms Baker has nominated Keanna Rush 8SX for her determination to succeed in her website building project.

She does not always find the topic easy but makes every effort to achieve something each lesson and to make a positive

contribution to class discussions. Mrs Tommasi has nominated Izzy Berry 8SY for being so helpful and considerate to

the Taiwanese student she was paired with, helping her to write a short paragraph in Spanish about her town and for

being a wonderful ambassador for Rosebery! She has also nominated Kirstie Flynn, Evie Boddy-Thorp, Zahra Mobin

and Lauren Preston, all in 8EX, for organising a bake sale for Cancer Research. Mr O’Reilly has nominated Monica

Kitchen 8SY for her consistently good behaviour and for the immaculate presentation of work in her book and

Mr Chamberlain has nominated Amy Lundberg, Amy Church, Amy Phelan, Maisie Criado Sanderson and Hana

Ahmad, all in 8EX, for planning and presenting their own lesson on Elizabeth's suitors. Finally, Mrs Hanly has nominated

Ellie Mannering 8RY, Natalya Elger 8EY and Dana Thapa 8DY for their creative designs and highly precise Textiles

work.

Year 9 - Miss Baker has nominated Emily Jagger and Lilly Gallagher 9DY for their hard work and focus on Excel in their Computing lesson last week. And Mrs Tommasi has nominated Jessica Neil-Boss 9DX for her wonderful Spanish paragraph on a future outing to the cinema. Miss Collins has nominated Georgia Millet 9RY for her excellent effort in her homework assessment which resulted in being awarded an Accomplishing through hard work and determination and Lilly Gallagher 9DY has also been nominated for taking a leading role in the organisation of her form's cheerleading and helped other students in a very encouraging manner. Mr Chamberlain has nominated Emilia Schifano, Hannah Lalsing and Jasmine Tume 9EY for showing kindness and compassion and Amy Smith and Emily Everson 9EY for their fantastic organisation of cheerleading. The following students have been nominated by Mr Harvey for their brilliant performance in District Netball this week: Ishbel Zuurmond 9SY, Hannah Palmer 9SY, Emily Sawbridge 9SX, Jessica Skinner 9EX, Erin Andrew 9RX, Alia Mirza 9DX, Alice Marjot 9RX, Molly Chartres 9EX, Lydia Kinder 9SX, Victoria Jetten 9EX, Sophie Bateup 9RY, Isabel Campbell 9RX, Emily Everson 9EY, Liberty Campbell 9EX, Georgia Oldridge 9RX. He has also nominated Amy-Warwick-Jones-9RX and Tamzin Godfrey 9RX who decided, on their own initiative, to clean out the pond by the Social Science Block. They got rid of all the rubbish in the pouring rain and have also brought in fish food to feed them on a weekly basis! Finally, Mrs Fennell has nominated Izzy Bracken, Isha Khan and Lucy Hunnable 9DX, whose homework was to create a French advert about healthy eating. They really went above and beyond requirements in their filming to make a well scripted, funny, creative video of themselves. Year 10 - Mrs Barlow has nominated Shifa Barkat 10RY, Nia French Johnson 10EY, Holly Harding 10DX, Carlia Higgins

10DY, Lola Panteli 10SY, Lucy Radcliffe 10EX, Ellie Sharp 10EY, Lydia Turpie 10SY and Imogen Watts 10RX for

demonstrating a host of high level skills in creating wonderful lemon meringue pies. Mr Croudace has nominated

Lauren Williams 10DY, Jess Kay 10EY and Francesca Taylor 10EY, who have come top of the class with the recent

chapters exam, achieving Grade 7 standard on notoriously difficult topics; and Mr Styles has nominated Jordan Potter

10EX for her fantastically insightful contributions to class discussion. Miss Haggis has nominated Ruth Gnaniah 10SX

for being completely new to textiles, but taking every challenge in her stride and completing a fantastic piece of work;

and Miss Elwell has nominated Ellie Wakefield 10EX, Melanie Dias 10SX and Alicia Thornton 10SY for their exceptional

contributions to class discussions in Sociology. Miss Gatt has nominated Millie Hilling 10SX for her diligence in class

and attention to detail in her written work.




Year 11 - Mrs Barlow has nominated her whole Food Technology class for commendations this week. All the students

worked hard to produce high quality products at the end of their practical session for the coursework. They were fully

focused, well prepared and completed the task with confidence. The finish of products both attractive and skilful with

decoration. Mrs Tommasi has nominated Emily Planeta Paine 11EX for her conscientious attitude to her Spanish work

and always striving to do her best and Miss Gatt has nominated Gabby Reynolds 11EY for her thoughtful and analytical

contributions in English. Mrs Janes has nominated Lottie Sherry and Hayley Lewis 11RX for their consistent

attendance during their own lunch time to help Year 7 students and support the Monday Club.

Sixth Form - Miss Glazebrook has nominated Maria-Louisa McLean 12C, Sarah Attia 12B, Victoria Correia 12A, Rhianna Jones 12A and Elise Smith 12D for their excellent presentation on their families in Spanish. Their presentations demonstrated fantastic preparation and they also dealt superbly with the surprise question element. Miss Gatt has nominated Lucy Tisi 12D and Rhianna Jones 12A for their commendable efforts, and subsequent achievements in English Lit and Mrs Hanly has nominated Eleanor Palmer 12A for producing an appliqued wall hanging, embellished with a whole array of fabric flowers for A level Art Textiles to an exquisite standard. Mrs Tommasi has nominated Sophia Munns 13E, Emma Parker 13C and Hananh Sawbridge 13E for their thorough research on tourism in Spain and its relation to tourism in Cataluña.

Sports Ambassadors 2016

The Year 9 Sports Ambassadors completed a workshop with our Sky Sports ‘living for Sport’ Ambassador Hannah

Beharry. Hannah has represented England and Great Britain in boxing, spending nine years at number one in the UK

and is a two times European medallist. Hannah spent the morning with our 18 Sports Ambassadors, discovering why

they applied to be an ambassador and what their role is in school. Students were then put through their paces, with

a series of fitness tests, which saw Molly Chartres perform a plank for seven minutes. Students are aiming to improve

their scores for when Hannah visits next time.

Our Sports Ambassadors are currently

completing a survey within each year

group to see how many students are

involved in sport both inside and outside

of school. After Easter they will be

preparing to run their own sports club

for Years 7 and 8.

A Level PE - Exercise Physiology Workshop

On Friday 29 January, sixteen AS and A Level PE students attended an Exercise

Physiology Workshop at the Surrey Human Performance Institute, at the Surrey

Sports Park in Guildford. They were able to run a VO2max test, with Lucy Bean




completing the test, who exceeded the expected level for her age. Following this, the students completed a series of

tests looking at body composition and maximum strength.

A note from the Directors:

“Rosebery students have again excelled in their enthusiasm and

commitment to our School Production. They were brilliant during

the rehearsal process and worked tirelessly to produce what we

hope was a funny yet poignant production. All the cast, regardless

of role size or line allocation, approached their role with creativity

and professionalism, plus a great deal of humour as they perfected

their northern accents! Undertaking a production in the winter months is always a challenge

due to the unpredictable weather and dark evenings after rehearsals, but our students more than rose to this

challenge, often juggling rehearsals with homework and other extra- curricular activities, but always with energy and

positivity (photos below).

We have hugely enjoyed working with this talented group of students; they are a credit to our school and should be

extremely proud of all their achievements both onstage and backstage.

The production company would very much like to thank the staff, parents and friends who have supported us in our

endeavours to make the production a successful and memorable experience.” Mrs House-Lee and Mrs Dever




Music Department News

Dates for the Diary:

Years 8 and 9 Concert Wednesday 2 March, 7pm – Drama Block

Leith Hill Music Festival (Rosebery Singers and Young Voices) Saturday 19 March – Dorking Halls

Spring Concert Tuesday 22 March, 7pm – School Hall

On Wednesday 2 March, the Years 8 and 9 Concert is an opportunity for students in Years 8 and 9 to perform to

parents and their peers. This is open to all Year 8 and 9 students and there is a sign-up sheet in the Music Department

office.

On Saturday 19h March, the Rosebery Singers and Young Voices will be taking part in the Leith Hill Music Festival

Youth Day at the Dorking Halls. Two years ago, the Rosebery Singers won the mixed age youth choir class, achieving

a distinction for their performance. It is vital that we have all members of both choirs so we can give our best

performance again this year. Parents are welcome to come along and support.

The Spring Concert on Tuesday 22 March is an opportunity to see all of the department ensembles, including Rosebery

Singers, Orchestra, Young Voices, Junior Band, Big Band, and many more. Tickets will be available through ParentPay

after half-term.

I look forward to seeing you at some or all of these events.

Mrs H Turner

Head of Music


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