The
White House
Thursday 6th November
FROM MRS KNOLLYS
Dear Parents,
from the Royal Borough of K&C.
It has been lovely to see the girls come back into
school enthused and refreshed after half term.
They look so smart in their winter uniform which although I admit to some bias - I truly believe to be
one of the smartest around.
STAFFING
Very sadly, Miss Graves, our Learning Support
teacher, shall be leaving us at the end of term. I would
like to thank her for all her hard work and wish her
the very best for the future. Her immediate plans
are to travel overseas. We welcome in her place
Mrs Sarah Dennis, who comes to us from Emerson
House where she has been teaching pupils with
dyslexia and dyscalculia. Prior to that she was at
Thomas’ where she worked as a class teacher for
17 years before leaving to further her career with
SEN qualifications. We know that she will make an
excellent addition to our staff and, as ever, she shall
have a thorough handover with Miss Graves before
starting in January.
Two new gappers shall be joining us next term:
Miss Georgie Proctor, who shall be with us for two
terms, and Miss Lily Postlethwaite who comes for
the spring term.
The view from my study has also been enhanced
over half term by the arrival of our beautiful new
bench which the girls love to flock around at all
times of the day. Thank you PA, for your generosity,
it really is truly special.
The coming weeks are jam packed with events;
please make sure that you keep updated with them
by checking the events list which can be found on
the parent portal of our school website.
I hope that you like our ‘new look’ White House,
thank you to Ms Stevens for all her support in
creating a new ‘Glendowerified’ version!
UNIFORM
If your daughter would like to wear ear-muffs they
should be in plain school colours ie purple, grey or
white and they should be worn as well as, and not
instead of their berets.
EBOLA
Public Health England advises schools on the spread
of infectious diseases.Their advice is that the risk of
Ebola (which spreads through contact with blood
or bodily fluids) arriving in the UK is low and that
schools should not make changes to their usual
routines. People travelling to and from affected
areas are screened on exit and entry and in the
absence of symptoms, are not infectious. However,
in the unlikely event that parents or children are
travelling to or from the affected areas, please let
the school office know. Staff at Glendower have
been asked to comply with this guidance. Please
find attached a copy of a recent letter to all schools
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RECEPTION SIBLINGS 2015
All siblings for Reception 2015 entry have now
been allocated an assessment slot on Tuesday
13th January 2015. If you have yet to request an
assessment slot for your Reception 2015 daughter,
then please kindly contact Suzanne, Registrar,
ASAP to arrange.
LUNCH
In Celebration of Bonfire Night, on Wednesday the
kitchen put on a ‘bonfire themed’ lunch for us all.
We enjoyed hotdogs and chocolate rice crispy cakes
with poppy candy and sweets on,.YUM! Thank you
to all the kitchen staff for their hard work!
Next week’s lunch will be from menu 3
LOGIN DETAILS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE:
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Password: whitehouse
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CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENTS
From Mrs Walker
We are delighted to announce that the following
girls have been made prefects for the second half of
the autumn term:
India O’Donohoe
Alexandra Hewett
Tessa Watherston
Eva Carmona Selfin
Emma Pollet
Additionally, Dilia Thovez will join Anna Pattle as
another Deputy Head Girl - a position that they
will both hold throughout the remainder of the
academic year.
Congratulations to all these girls. They have a tough
act to follow, with our prefects in the first half of the
term being the best we have had since Mrs Knollys
and I joined the school. We are confident that the
girls appointed will serve as excellent role models
and carry out their duties maturely and thoughtfully.
Congratulations to Ella Eastwood for winning the
Road Safety Calendar competition.
Amaya was lucky enough to be chosen to be a
mascot at a Champions League game at Chelsea.
She had an amazing time coming on to the pitch
with the players and soaking up the atmosphere
in the stadium. It was made even more special as
Chelsea won 6-0!
Mrs Sharma
House Point Certificates
Very well done to Ella Eastwood, Delphine MattaBrown and Lucia Whitely who were each presented
with a Bronze House Point Certificate just prior
to the half term break. The certificates celebrate
these girls achieving 50 House Points and they are
the first pupils in the school to do so, with this new
system being introduced in the Upper School at the
start of this academic year
House Points can be given by staff in recognition
for excellent academic work and effort and also for
fantastic behaviour and citizenship. We hope that
many more girls will gain this award in the coming
weeks and even go on to achieve their Silver (100
points), Gold (200 points) and Platinum (250 points)
awards as the academic year progresses. If your
daughter is in Y3-6 inclusive, do please take a
look in the front section of her prep diary to find
out how many House Points she has achieved and
praise her for all the ones she has gained so far.
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CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENTS
FORTHCOMING EVENTS AND FIXTURES
Congratulations to our Graphic Designer-inresidence Jenny Stevens who entered a flag design
competition for Exmoor and won!
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Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th - Independent School
Show, London 2014, Saturday 10.00 - 17.00, Sunday
10.30 - 16.30
All Week - Upper School Exams
Tuesday 11th November - Y5 Tower of London trip.
Wednesday 12th November - Y2 Parents Meeting
re: Transition to Upper School, 6pm
Thursday 13th November - Y3&4 Books, 8-8.30am
Friday 14th November - Falkner House Cross
Country Fixture at Battersea Park pm and Reception
Open Afternoon 2.30pm
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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR CHARITIES
The Christmas Bazaar is coming soon on
Saturday 29th November. Apart from the fun and
community spirit, this event is about raising money
for Glendower charities. Glendower has a longstanding relationship with Ambitious about Autism
(Treehouse School), a school in North London, and
has been supporting them for many years.
The Parents’ Association wanted to give the girls
a chance to decide on which other charities the
Christmas Bazaar should support.
So, on Tuesday we invited three charities to come
to speak to all of the girls in the Upper School:
Himalayan Youth Foundation UK:
A charity which provides educational support
for underprivileged and orphaned children in the
Himalayan region
Place2Be:
A charity which provides mental health support via
schools for in-need children in the UK, and
Venture Centre:
A community centre in North Kensington which
supports the very disadvantaged children in the
Golborne Ward.
The girls listened to each of the charities explain
why they needed money and to whom it would go.
Everyone had the chance to understand a little bit
about living in the Himalayas, having difficulties at
school or at home, and living with very little money
and few places to play.
At the end, the girls were asked to vote on which
charity they chose to support and the majority
decided to support Himalayan Youth Foundation
UK.
We appreciate all of the charities coming in to the
assembly and, after the Bazaar is over, the Parents’
Association will be sure to support all three
charities, not just HYF. Thank you to everyone at
Glendower who helped to organise this assembly:
Mrs Walker, Mike Scott, Ms Nangia, Mrs Read, Ms
Merhill, Mrs Stern-Ouakil and Mrs Limpenny.
The Parents’ Association
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GREAT GLENDOWER BAKE-OFF
Announcing the Great Glendower Bake-Off
at the Christmas Bazaar!
Saturday 29th November 2014
Glendower’s cake baking competition is back!
Following the success of last year, where we raised
over £500 for charity, we decided to shake things
up a little for this year.
Calling Young Glendower Bakers—you have a
chance to win!
THE GLENDOWER BOOK FAIR
The Glendower Book Fair
Thursday 20th of November 2014
Here are the NEW criteria for this year’s
competition:
• Girls only
• Winners in two categories: taste & appearance
(TWICE as many chances to win!)
• Cakes MUST fit into a box 350 x 350 mm2
(provided with entry)
• £10 per entry
• 15 – 20 cakes maximum
PRE-ORDER REMINDER
This was very successful last year. Books can be
ordered in advance directly with Kew Book Shop
and collected on the day of the Book Fair. Pre-order
forms & the pre-order book list were sent home
before half term. The deadline for these orders is
Friday 7 November 2014.
We are looking for only 15 - 20 entries to this great
Glendower institution,
so please register your interest with your PA rep
NOW (full details in your inbox)!
DEADLINE 14th November
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NETBALL MATCH VS NORLAND PLACE
On Tuesday 4th October, the Year 6 and Year 5 A
Teams took part in a Netball match against Norland
Place. The rain was pouring down and we got stuck
in such bad traffic that it took us 50 minutes to get
to Holland Park! The girls ran onto the court and
immediately started the game without any chance
to practise yet were focused and determined from
the first whistle.
Well done to everyone in the Y5 and 6 teams who
were able to show their skills and win even in the
rain!
Anna Pattle
I am delighted to inform you that the Year 6 team
played some beautiful netball, despite the awful
conditions, and won 9-2. Additionally, I am thrilled
to announce that the Year 5 team won their first
game of the season! They should be delighted with
the result and take huge confidence from their play. I
would like to extend my thanks to Miss Humble for
umpiring in such awful conditions, and the parents
who came to watch and remained enthusiastic and
encouraging throughout.
Miss Probert
On Tuesday 4th November, both Y5 and Y6 played a
netball match against Norland Place. Both A Teams
from each year participated, and overall we won!
The score for Y5 was 2-1 and the score for Y6 was
9-2. It was a very successful match even though we
played in the pouring rain and got soaked!
Norland Place played well too, and at the end we
were all rewarded with juice and chocolate bars.
These were given by our opposing players (in my
case, as I was wing defence for that match, my
opposing player was wing attack. )
I think the match was played very well by Glendower.
Most of our passing was direct and we did not have
any loopy passes, apart from when Emma, Isabelle
and Katinka were shooting goals! Good passing got
the ball to the D very quickly and this enabled us to
shoot frequently.
I think we could have improved our game by taking
our time, especially in one part of the game, when
Norland Place had possession of the ball.This made
Glendower panic and rush a bit.
Overall, we played an excellent game, and everyone
seemed to be cheerful while they played.
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STARS OF THE WEEK
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LOWER SCHOOL CERTIFICATES
GOLDEN RULES CERTIFICATES
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