Friday 8 July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers,
I wanted to take the opportunity this week to thank all parents who
contributed to our School Fund and to show you the brand new minibus that
your donations have paid for. We are thrilled with it and the PE and Duke of
Edinburgh departments, particularly, can’t wait to use it!
Additionally, as a result of our #RoseberyProud initiative we have also, with
the help of the PSA and School Fund, purchased 15 new picnic tables, which
have already made a big difference to our lunchtime provision.
We have surveyed all tutor groups to ask what further improvements they would like to see us make to the school
environment. All mentioned more outside seating, which we will continue to add to over the next few months. They
also would like better temperature control in some of the classrooms, more bins and more blinds in all the classrooms.
In January we successfully bid for £600,000 to replace over 20 boilers around the school; this two year project will
have a big impact for students and staff in the winter months. We have also committed to replacing the blinds as the
students have requested and the next big project is to replace as many windows as possible around the school. This
will, however require another bid, which we will be able to submit in the next school year. Of course, the biggest
improvement which the students rightly cite is the swimming pool. Over the last two years, our School Business
Manager Mrs Clarke has been in touch with a large number of swimming clubs to see if, in partnership, we could reestablish this facility. We have also explored all bid avenues available, but as yet we have not been able to find a
financially viable solution, because of the immense cost of repair and then of its maintenance, which is a source of
considerable frustration to us all. We would love to have access to funds for other exciting initiatives -a replacement
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for Ebbisham, our 80 year old former primary building which currently houses MFL, or to build a new Sixth Form block.
However, you can now only bid for funding to improve the condition of existing buildings, rather than for new and
exciting builds.
I hope you can see from this snapshot how important to us your School Fund contributions are. If you haven’t made a
donation this year, then perhaps you will consider doing so in the months to come. We continue to try to find other
sources of income too, but in the face of 8% real term cuts in funding, we will be increasingly reliant on the School
Fund and PSA to help us provide, what I consider to be some of the basics for our students and staff.
Have a good weekend.
Ros Allen @RoseberyHT
IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Dates for your Diary
Page 2
Headteacher Commendations
Pages 3 & 4
General News
Pages 5 & 6
First Aid Course for Rosebery Students
Page 7
Year 7 Students perform in French!
Page 8
After School Film Making Club
Page 9
Cheerleading Summer Camp
Page 10
Raquets Summer Camp
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PLEASE NOTE: TONIGHT’S SUMMER FESTIVAL IS CANCELLED
Dates for your Diary (subject to alteration)
WEEK 1 Monday 11 to Friday 15
Year 12 Work Experience
Monday 11 to Wednesday 13
Year 7 Residential Trip Hatfield Woods
Tuesday 12
Year 10 Employability Day
Year 10 Peer Productions
PSA Meeting
7.00-9.00pm
Year 8 Maths Enrichment Day
Year 10 Woman In Black
The Fortune Theatre
Celebration Evening
6.00pm Reception
Wednesday 13
Thursday 14
6.30-7.30pm Awards
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Friday 15
Years 7 to 10 Sports Day
From Saturday 16
Year 12 Trip to Iceland
WEEK 2 Monday 18
Reports issued
Monday 18 & Tuesday 19
Years 7 to 9 Activities Days
Dismissal from the Harrier Centre at
2.20pm
Year 12 Activities
Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Final
Year 7 Geography Trip
Tuesday 19
Year 9 WW1 Battlefields Trip
Wednesday 20
End of Term
21 & 22 July
INSET
25, 26, 27
Summer School for new Year 7
Early closure 12pm
Headteacher Commendations
A huge number of students to commend this week – many congratulations to them all!
Model United Nations
Miss Risby has commended the following students for their superb work as part of this week’s fantastic model United
Nations activity about the Syrian refugee crisis:
Tia McKay singlehandedly debated the U.S.A’s position as her classmates were unable to attend the debate due to
other commitments. This was a really courageous decision and is to be commended.
Caitlin Daniels 9DX was awarded best delegate. Caitlin hopes to pursue a career in politics and her debating skills will
certainly stand her in good stead for her chosen future.
Daisy Hawken, Meghna Singh, Lucy Hagley, Holly Brittain and Lily Moustafa 8DY represented Brazil and worked really
well together prior to and during the debate. They won best country team.
Year 7 - Mrs Hartridge has nominated the following students in 7SY for excellent progress in their still life painting :
Freya Mayo, Leyah Stone, Saudah Fadarkhan, Bo Matthews, Ophelia Cornell and Rebecca Gibbs and for
demonstrating such resilience with their still life painting she has nominated : Sam Webb, Caroline Young, Sophie
Atia, Freya Murphy and Hilary Brown in 7SY. Freya Murphy has also been nominated by Mr Chamberlain for the
improvement she has made to her work in History and Mrs Kinder has nominated Chloe Cannon 7DX for making good
use of her ELSA sessions and working hard to improve her behaviour in lessons. Mrs Byrne has nominated Amelia
Breeden 7DY for working really hard in maths and achieving some exceptional results in her last two tests and Mrs
O’Shea has nominated Vera de Monchy 7EX, Fleur Cheal 7SX, Sophie Daly 7EX, Charlotte Arkwright 7RX, Asha
Thomas 7SX, Jess Sargent 7DX and Amelie Coop 7SX for their excellent work in Maths.
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Year 8 - Mrs Tyler and Mrs Coombes have nominated the whole of 8RY. They have worked brilliantly on their
advertising unit over the last couple of weeks and have produced very high quality pitches. Everyone took an active
part, contributed with enthusiasm and they are a pleasure to teach. Izzie Skelton 8EX, Hannah Ahmad 8RX, Zahra
Mobin 8EX and Kirstie Flynn 8EX have been nominated by Mrs Tommasi for their excellent Culture and
Internationalism assessment on the region of Lorraine and Mr Styles has nominated Amy Church, Amie Lundberg,
Holly Lawrence and Hana Ahmed in 8RX for their presentation in English this week and Miss Risby has nominated Lucy
Hagley 8DY and Ellie Watson 8EY for achieving Mastery on their most recent Culture and Internationalism assignment
on the French region of Brittany. They both researched their assignments meticulously and showed excellent critical
understanding of the culture of this region. Mr Styles has nominated Harley Reynolds 8SX and Funanya Ubah 8SX for
their outstanding radio advertisement presentation. Mrs O’Shea has nominated the following for presenting an
informative, confident and well-researched revision activity for Maths: Amaya Lawson-Fernandez 8SY, Monica
Kitchen 8SY, Alex Michael 8EY, Claramae Jones 8SY, Imogen Walker 8DY, Gabbi Tomassi 8RY, Erin Cowley 8DY, Lily
Moustafa 8DY, Ella Underwood 8DY, Scarlett Turner 8SY, Izzy Berry 8SY, Rachel Brewin 8RY and Mrs Fennell has
nominated Alice Bottomley 8DX, Rachel Brewin 8RY, Amaya Lawson-Fernandez 8SY, Scarlet Turner 8SYand Ellie
Watson 8EY for an outstanding performance in their challenging Latin end of year assessment. Martha McRobb,
Harley Reynolds, Eva Sellers, Olivia Carmichael and Saskia Clarke in 8SX have been nominated by Mr Waight for an
outstandingly well prepared presentation and performance of their Fairy-tale in Drama this week. The group went
above and beyond expectations and have clearly put a lot of time and effort into it.
Year 9 - Mrs O’Shea has nominated Jess Tyndall 9SY, Ishbel Zuurmond 9SY, Aysha Dodhy 9SY, Jess Bird 9SY, Mia
Samman 9EY, Megan Attwood 9EY and Gemma Pullen 9EY for presenting an informative, confident and wellresearched revision activity for Maths. Ms Margetts has nominated Georgia Millet 9RY. The History department has
been consistently impressed with her attitude, work ethic and ability in the subject and they very pleased to see that
Georgia has chosen History for GCSE too. Mrs Abbes has nominated Isabel Campbell 9RX for her commitment and
hard work in Latin and Mrs Byrne has nominated Emma Pitt 9SY for being incredibly supportive of her peers,
encouraging them to challenge themselves further.
Year 10 - Mrs Boundy would like to nominate the following girls for excellent progress in their Year 10 Geography
exam - all achieved an A - Sophie Scott 10EY, Chloe Dodson 10DY and Farhana Zubair-Syed 10DY. She would also
like to nominate the following girls for outstanding achievement as they achieved an A* on their Year 10 exam: Sophie
Watts 10SX, Zornitsa Todorova 10SY and Megan Smith 10DX. Mrs Wright has nominated Sophie Hopkins 10SX, Grace
Carroll 10DY, Clare Gorton 10RY, Grace Barnes 10RY and Ruth Gnaniah 10SX for their excellent performance in the
Year 10 French exams. Mrs Fennell has nominated Lorna Kennedy 10DY for her perseverance and outstanding effort
in taking and re-sitting her French Speaking Assessment in order to achieve the highest possible grade and Cristina
Adam 10EY and Jasmine Butt 10DY for their resilience, perseverance and all the hard work that has gone into re-taking
the last two GCSE Controlled Assessment tasks which lead to a very impressive and well deserved grade improvement
on both occasions. Miss Allen has nominated Aislinn Kirby 10EX, Eleanor Jones 10EX, Phoebe Waugh 10RX and Mia
Chamouret 10RX for helping with the 'C18 beautification project' ready for Open Evening.
Year 12 - Miss Kent has nominated the following Year 12 students for supporting in the Biology taster lessons for Year
11 last week, they were absolutely fantastic: Zainah Jafri 12B, Daniela Bouferrache 12B, Ria Patel 12D, Helen
Richardson 12C, Anjali Boodhoo 12A and she has also nominated Helen Richardson 12C, Poppy Bartrum 12B, Ella
Broomer 12D, Rosie Platts 12A and Zainah Jafri 12B for running the Biology subject stall on Year 11 taster day with
complete enthusiasm. Finally she nominates Emily Barnes 12A, Elise Smith 12D, Daniela Bouferrache 12B, Ria Patel
12D, Isobel Murphy 12C, Hattie Dean 12A, Morgan Morrison 12E and Laura Whitehead 12C for their excellent Year
12 exam results. Mrs Coombes has nominated Nairne Wilkinson for her independence in seeking support and
managing deadlines. Finally Ms Lowe has nominated Jaz Rowden 12C, Rosie Platts 12A, Selin Hussein 12B, Immy
Chandler 12D, Becky Kelly 12C, Isobel Gregory 12D, Kelly Owusu 12C and Freya Selman 12A for their fantastic work
with our Year 6 students on Induction Day on Wednesday.
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Rosebery Student is Budding Fashion Designer!
We have some fantastic news! Nicole Angus came
3rd in the Young Fashion Designer awards this
weekend. Nicole was competing in an extremely
talented field and this is obviously a fantastic
achievement for her. We are so proud of her!
#Roseberyproud.
Emma Haggis
Head of Year 7 into 8
Textiles Technology
Race for Life
I thought you may want to know that, Aysha Dodhy (9SY) and
Sareena Dodhy (7SY) both took part in the 5K Race for Life on
Sunday at the Epsom Downs. So far they have raised a staggering
£647.00. They raised this money in memory of their
granddad who passed away 2 years ago.
Huge congratulations to them both.
Mr Harvey and Miss Glazebrook
Year 9 Form ‘See’ their Charity Rewarded!
Form 9DX recently arranged a charity event which raised £42.40.
“We were raising the money for See Ability, a charity that offers
aid to those who have sight difficulties, be it blindness or hard of
sight. We acquired some special glasses that, when worn, would
give the wearer the experience of having a sight difficulty. They
were then instructed to find certain prizes from a 'lottery'. We
just received a letter from See Ability, thanking us for our
contribution to their cause.”
Congratulations 9DX #Roseberyproud.
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Dear Mrs Allen,
I'd be very grateful if you could sign and share with as many teachers and parents as possible, my petition asking
Epsom Council to resurface the tennis courts at Alexandra Recreation Ground. The courts have not be
resurfaced for over ten years and currently there are no plans to have them maintained, despite their poor
condition.
The more people who sign, demonstrating demand and use of the courts, the easier it will be for the council to
bid for funding and they be returned to their former glory for the benefit of all.
Many thanks!
https://www.change.org/p/epsom-and-ewell-borough-council-save-epsom-s-alexandra-recreation-groundtennis-courts
Best wishes
Councillor Jane Race
College Ward - EEBC
A Plea from Student Services
Can you please ensure ALL uniform and PE Kits are clearly named. We are receiving large quantities of lost
property without names and this is making it incredibly difficult for us to re unite it with its owner!
We really appreciate your help with this,
Rosebery Student Services
Dear Parents,
We are looking for some parents who may be able to volunteer a few hours a week to do some speaking practice
with our A level French and Spanish students. You would ideally be a native speaker or bilingual, having
studied/lived in a French or Spanish-speaking country. Having conversation practice, and being able to discuss the
culture and society of the target language country is an invaluable part of our A level students’ preparation for
their final assessments and it helps them to grow in confidence if they are able to express themselves in the target
language in a more relaxed situation than the more formal classroom environment.
We would really appreciate your support and if this is something that you might be able to help us with, please
contact me at school via email: [email protected]
Thank you in advance
Ms P Wright
Head of Modern Foreign Languages
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CANCELLED EVENT
Please note, the Rosebery Summer Festival has been cancelled for this evening. We
apologise for the late notice, however, we appreciate that this is an incredibly busy time and
we hope to rearrange this event in the future.
Perfect course for
Babysitters! Aimed at
students in Year 9 and
above. Cost is £18 per
student. Course takes
place at Rosebery School.
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C’est Trés Bien!
All Year 7 French students have become budding young actors over the past few weeks as they have all been rehearsing
hard in order to perform a play entirely in French. The play focused on the events leading up to and during the French
revolution in 1789 and students learnt a lot about why the revolution happened and what happened to the King
afterwards. Many groups were able to watch each other's performances and all students worked hard to learn their
lines (no mean feat when they are all in French!), make props and bring in costumes. We are very proud of all their
efforts.
Félicitations à toutes!
Ms P Wright
Head of MFL
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Sports day will be held at
The Harrier Centre
King George Recreation Ground
Poole Road, Epsom, KT19 9RY
On Friday 15th July
Students should arrive from 8.30am for a 9.00am start.
We have scheduled the day to finish at 2.20pm.
All students are to make their own way to and from the athletics track.
Please ensure your child has adequate water and food for the day.
There will be snacks and drinks on sale at the Harrier Centre.
Students should have full PE kit and sun cream if required.
Students have pitched their own tents or used an umbrella in previous years to provide shelter.
Parents are welcome to watch throughout the day and the timetable of events is attached.
Please sign in at the designated registering area and collect a visitor’s badge.
A link for the map to the venue has gone out in last week’s Rosebery news.
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SPORTS DAY TIMETABLE OF EVENTS 2016
9.00
Y7 1500m
Y9 Long jump
Y9 Long
jump
Y10 javelin
9.30
Y7, 8, 9 & 10 200m Y7 Long jump
Y7 Long
jump
Y8 javelin
10.00
Y8 1500m
Y8 Long jump
Y8 Long
jump
Y7 javelin
10.30
100m heats
Y10 Long
Jump
Y10 Long
Jump
Y9 javelin
11.00
Y9 1500m
Y9 shot
Y10 discus
11.30
4 x 100m Relay
heats
Y7 shot
Y8 discus
12.00
Y10 1500m
Y8 shot
Y9 discus
12.30
200m Final (top 6)
Y10 shot
Y7 discus
1.00
Y7,8 ,9, 10 800m
Y7 triple jump
Y8 triple
jump
1.30
100m final (top 6)
Y9 triple jump
Y10 triple
Jump
1.50
Staff Relay
2.10
Relay Final (top 6)
2.20
DISMISS
High jump
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