Friday 25 September 2015
Dear Parents and Carers,
Most students (and staff) seem to have settled into the routine of the term now, after the long summer break. It has
been terrific to see high levels of engagement in lessons across the school and students are already producing work of
a very high standard. It was a pleasure to introduce the Sixth Form to the work of Professor Steve Peters this week,
who believes life would be so much easier for us all, if we learn how to ‘manage our Chimp’ that is the limbic part of
our brain that causes us to feel unnecessary anxiety, guilt, and fear that prevent our more logical and rational side
coming to the fore. As a staff we have devoted some time to examining the strategies outlined in Peters’ book, The
Chimp Paradox, in the hope that we can help all of our students cope with the inevitable pressures and vicissitudes of
life.
Many thanks to parents who joined us for our Year 8 and Year 10 Information Evenings this week. A reminder that all
materials and presentations from all our Information Evenings are on our website under the Parents tab. At the
Year 10 evening, Mr Lach explained our new approach to target setting, which the Year 10 students took part in on
Thursday afternoon. For the first time, the students themselves have engaged in their own target setting, having been
presented with the statistical probabilities of their achievement at each GCSE grade. We hope in doing this that they
will feel much greater ownership over their targets, which are designed to encourage and inspire.
I am pleased to say that, from October half term, students will have a choice to wear navy trousers as an alternative
to the kilt. These will be available only from Lester Bowden and will be priced from £18-£22. They look very smart
with the new blazer and jumper and we know from our consultation with numerous groups of students that they will
welcome having an additional choice for the colder months of the year. As soon as they are in stock, I will let you
know.
Finally this week, many thanks to those of you who have responded to the Sixth Form consultation on admitting boys
into the Sixth Form. A reminder that we intend to hold a consultation meeting on Thursday 8 October. So that we can
ensure we have the capacity for everyone who wishes to attend, I would be grateful if you could email my PA, Jill Doh
[email protected], if you would like to come to that meeting.
Have a lovely weekend.
Ros Allen @RoseberyHT
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IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Dates for your Diary
Page 2
Headteacher Commendations
Page 3
Netball success for Rosebery students
Page 4
Fundraising, Year 7 Information Evening and website update
Page 5
Rosebery Riders and Examinations
Page 6
Homework Club for Years 8 & 9 and student rugby success
Page 7
Attendance guidelines and PSA AGM
Page 8 - 10
Letters to Parents
Pages 11-13
PSA recycling advert and careers advert
Pages 14 & 15
Page 14
Dates for your Diary
Tuesday 29
Year 8x Geography Coasts Trip
Parents’ Information Evening for Salamanca
PSA Meet and Greet AGM
Wednesday 30
Year 8y Geography Coasts Trip
Wednesday 30 to Saturday
3 October
Year 13 Biology Trip
6.30-7.00pm
7.00-9.00pm
October
Thursday 1
Year 7 Information Evening
Monday 5
Year 11x Chemistry ISA
U14 County Hockey
Year 11y Chemistry ISA
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 7
Thursday 8
Friday 9
6.00pm
Year 13 Hamlet Trip
U18 County Hockey
Year 11 History Controlled Assessment
U15 and U16 Country Netball
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IN CONTACT NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES. KINDLY PHONE OR EMAIL US AT:
[email protected]
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Headteacher Commendations
I am delighted that so many students have been nominated this week; many congratulations to them all!
Year 7 - Mr Chamberlain has nominated Sophie Atia and Sophia Carosio 7SY for some brilliant independent work for
their History project/presentation.
Year 8 - Ms Baker has nominated Martha McRobb 8SX for creating a song to help people remember the parts of the
motherboard and what they do and Dr Swales has nominated Ellie Harrold 8RY, Iola Schmetzer 8DY and Emma
Shopland 8DY for excellent tenacity in Mathematics, and explaining their reasoning. Amaya Lawson 8SY, Scarlett
Turner 8SY and Natalya Elger 8EY for challenging themselves in Maths lessons. Miss Kent has nominated Lucy Horton
8RY for her outstanding piece of homework on food tests and Miss Dulko has nominated Isabelle Walpol 8SX and
Charlotte Lacourarie 8SX for their great partnership in all the Geography lessons, which means they always push
themselves to develop their understanding and always demonstrate excellent effort. She has also nominated Hannah
Ghodbane 8SX for her outstanding contribution to classroom feedback and her very thorough and detailed description
and explanation of where clothes are made and why. I have nominated Sophie Goulder-Perks and Brooke Frend, in
8SY, who have both been selected for the U13 Surrey Rugby Development Squad.
Year 9 - Victoria Jetton 9EX and Emma Lomas 9EX have been nominated by Miss Bird for demonstrating excellent
resilience throughout a very difficult life drawing class and Charlotte Procter 9EY, Yasmin Sanassy 9EX, Sophie
Rose 9RX and Emilia Kypri 9SX have been nominated by Miss Reilly for challenging themselves in Maths lessons.
Miss Scarff has nominated Mia Woolger 9RY, Maria Goubran-Keshta 9RY, Keiti Santos-Pettet 9RY, Skye Dalus 9SX,
Charlotte Middleton 9RX for being very respectful and positive, and for going the extra mile to make her feel extremely
welcome at Rosebery. Miss Bailey has nominated Amy Catcheside 9RY, Zoe Couchman 9RY, Jessica Criado Sanderson
9RY, Lilly Gallagher 9DY, Jessica Heckman 9EY, Georgia Millett 9RY, Holly Robinson 9DY and Mia Woolger 9RY for
their fantastic attitude to learning within Maths; their effort is really being reflected in their excellent work. Finally, Mr
Harvey has nominated Kiera Franklin 9EX. She has raised £240 by hosting a Macmillan Tea Party for her family and
friends. This is an incredible amount of money raised by one student. She has also kick-started the Year 9 challenge
to raise £7000 for charity this year.
Year 10 - Mrs Callaghan would like to nominate her whole Health and Social Care class who have made an excellent
start to their GCSE. They have produced some great exam question work and their attitude and work ethic have been
first class. She would particularly like to highlight Leana Greenstein 10DY for the detailed card sort that she created
on physical developments in infancy which was very impressive. Miss Bailey has nominated Gabriela Skoczen 10SY,
Sophie Smye 10RY, Maggie Sullivan 10DY, Lucy Taylor-Bard 10DY and Tegan-Lily Woolnough 10RY for their resilience
in Maths and having a fantastic attitude to learning. Miss Bird has nominated Evelyn Frewin 10RX for outstanding
homework and Dr Swales has nominated Natasha Claus 10EY, Holly Fennell 10EY and Hannah Lee 10RY for exceptional
work at problem solving in Maths. Miss Scarff has nominated Annabelle Bryan 10EX for being very respectful and
positive, and for going the extra mile to make her feel extremely welcome at Rosebery.
Year 11 - Mrs Callaghan would like to nominate Sophie Robinson 11EX for her excellent holiday preparation work for
Health and Social Care which was a joy to read and Mr Mannel has nominated Lottie Sherry 11RX for her fantastic
work on General Triangle Trigonometry. Ms Lowe has nominated Hollie Kasapis 11RX and Talisa Yorke 11SY for their
brilliant efforts with their IGCSE coursework. They are committed to being reflective and putting in a huge amount of
effort and Miss Ramsay has nominated Sarah Rawoo 11DY for organising and running the KS3 Cricket club on Friday.
Grace Copper-Burrows 11DX has been nominated by Miss Scarff for being respectful, positive and for making her very
welcome at Rosebery.
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Sixth Form - Hanna Silvester 13C, Rhianna Beall 13A, Connie Sibthorp-Protts 13C, Amelie Rothwell 13D, Sarah
Everest 13F, Sofia Elgar 13E and Anna Crawford 13B have been nominated by Mrs MacLean for the fantastic help and
support they offered on school photograph day. Miss Scarff has nominated Daniela Bouferrache 12B and Kelly Owusu
12C for being very respectful and positive, and for going the extra mile to make her feel extremely welcome at
Rosebery. Mrs MacLean has nominated Farhath Choudhury 12B, Anu Joseph 12B, Amna Mohammad 12A and Megan
Brown 12E for delivering letters to our local residents about our events this year. She has also nominated Lucy
Haustead 12D and Eleanor Nielsen 12A for being fantastic Psychology Gurus for this week.
Netball Success for Rosebery Students
Last weekend, AAS (Ashtead All Stars Netball Club) went on their annual netball tour to JCA Shrewsbury. We travelled
by double decker coach setting off midday Friday. AAS is a team made up of girls from several local schools - including
Rosebery. At JCA the girls played netball matches with many different schools and clubs from all over the UK. They
also had the opportunity to do other sporting activities, eg rock climbing and trapeze. AAS U15 won their division and
the U13 As came third.
It was a great weekend with some lovely netball played and lots of fun outdoor activities for the girls to
enjoy. Millie Jones, Natasha Murphy and Charlie Derwant-Smith should get a special mention as they won the U15
section in a thrilling final game.
Please find below a picture of: Caitlin Daniels, Kirsty Calverley, Julia Wadey, Millie Jones, Natasha Murphy, Lucy Hagley,
Rachel Child, Martha McRobb, Kate Derwant-Smith, Holly Grimshaw, Charlie Derwant-Smith, Charlotte Oliver, Aine
Hunt, Kira McLennon, Lily Moustafa, Charlotte Tame and Maddie Daniels.
Kind Regards
Kelly-Marie
Durbridge
AAS Events Officer
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Fundraising in Year 9
£240
Kiera Franklin 9EX has raised
by hosting a Macmillan Tea Party for her family and
friends. This is an incredible amount of money raised by one student. She has kick-started
the Year 9 challenge to raise £7000 for charity this year. Well done Kiera!
Mr R Harvey, Head of Year 9
Year 7 Information Evenings for Parents
The final information evening for Year 7 parents will be on Thursday 1 October from 6.00pm. The purpose of the
information evening is to provide you with key information and dates to support your daughter in Year 7.
The meetings are for parents only; students are not expected to attend.
Following the evening, the presentation given will be available on the website on the following page:
http://www.roseberyschool.co.uk/information-evenings-for-parents/
Rosebery Website Update – New Search Bar Added
In response to requests for enhanced navigation of our
website, please note that we have added a search facility
at the bottom of the HOME page and to the right side of
all other pages.
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Rosebery Riders Update
Last Sunday, Rosebery Riders competed at Bury Farm, Surrey. We had a team of three
for the 80cm round consisting of Megan Long, Charlie Rowell and Isobel Long. The
team jumped really well but we were just out of the placings. Isobel jumped a double
clear at the 70cm round and Megan and Charlie jumped well in the 90cm.
Thank you to Rosebery School and Mrs Evans for spreading the word about the Likit
Horse Treat Public Vote as I am pleased to say that I have been offered a place and am
now a Likit Brand Ambassador. Sponsored by Likit (a horse feed) which is really
exciting.
Megan Long
Rosebery Riders welcome new members.
Please contact Mrs Jo Long (parent of Megan and Isobel) on: Mobile number: 07974417567 or Email:
[email protected]
Ideally, you will have your own
pony/horse and transport or access to
them in order to participate.
Mrs M Evans
Examinations
Post Result Services
The deadline date for Review of Marking has now passed. For Access to Scripts service, the deadline date is Friday
2 October at 12.30pm. Forms can be collected from the Exams Office.
November 2015 English GCSE Examinations
Year 11 students entered for iGCSE English Language exams in November have received their individual examination
timetables via form tutors this week. Students are asked to check the entry and personal details very carefully and to
raise any queries with the Examinations Office as a matter of urgency.
Summer 2015 Exam Certificates
Exam Board certificates for exams taken in summer 2015 will begin to arrive in the Exams Office at the end of October.
Students will be informed of when they can collect them in due course.
If you would like to contact the Exams Office, please email [email protected] or Tel: 01372 845 493
Examinations Office
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Homework Club for Years 8 and 9
Mr Harvey and Miss Ramsay have set up a homework club for Years 8 and 9. This will take place every
Tuesday and Thursday from 3.05pm – 4.30pm in OK2 and is a supervised session.
This is a great opportunity for students to catch up with any missed work or generally to get work done before
they return home. Mr Harvey will also be available to talk about options during this time.
Below are the dates and the staff member who will be running the sessions:
Thursday 24 September - Mr Harvey
Tuesday 29 September – Miss Ramsay
Thursday 1 October – Miss Nejad
Tuesday 6 October – Miss Haggis
Thursday 8 October – Mr Harvey
Tuesday 13 October – Miss Ramsay
Thursday 15 October – Miss Nejad
Tuesday 20 October – Miss Haggis
After half term:
Thursday 5 November – Miss Ramsay
Tuesday 10 November – Mr Harvey
Thursday 12 November – Miss Ramsay
Tuesday 17 November – Miss Haggis
Thursday 19 November – Miss Nejad
Tuesday 24 November – Mr Harvey
Thursday 26 November – Miss Haggis
Tuesday 1 December – Miss Nejad
Please Note: Rosebery will
continue to run the Homework
Club in the LRC 3pm – 4.30pm
for all other year groups.
Surrey Rugby Development Squad
Brooke Frend and Sophie Goulder-Perks have been
successful at the trials for the Surrey Rugby Development
Squad – U13 category. This is a fantastic achievement and I
would like to send my congratulations to them both.
Ms C Saul, Head of PE
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ATTENDANCE GUILDELINES SEPTEMBER 2015
You may be aware that the Department of Education have increased the persistent absence threshold from 85% to
90%. This will have an impact on the timing of school and Education Welfare Service interventions, which are put
in place if there are concerns about the attendance of individual students. Given the threshold has risen, we will be
expected to intervene with more students than in previous years. If you have any queries regarding how this may
impact on your daughter, please contact Mrs Day, our Attendance Office on 01372 845469.
In the meantime, please can I ask you to ensure that non-emergency appointments, such as dental check-ups and
optician’s appointments, continue to be made out of school hours and that any emergency appointments are
supported by appointment cards/school excuse slips. Applications for absence due to exceptional circumstances will
need to be supported by official documentation.
Holidays during term time continue to remain unauthorised and subject to a Penalty Notice in accordance with our
Attendance Policy.
Thank you for your continued support in minimising your daughter’s absence from school.
Mrs J Garrod
Deputy Headteacher
01372 720439 extn 203
Rosebery PSA Wine and Nibbles
& AGM Meeting
Date: Tuesday 29 September 2015 at 7pm
Staff Room, Rosebery School, Epsom
We would like to invite the parents and carers of our Rosebery girls for Wine and Nibbles on the evening of Tuesday
29 September at 7pm in the Staff Room (near the Main Hall).
This will give you the chance to meet other parents and carers from the school together with a teacher who will be
only too happy to answer any questions you may have.
Following this, we will hold a brief PSA AGM, where you will have the opportunity to find out more about the
relationship between the PSA and school community and how we raise funds which help to `support the provision of
excellent education for all students at Rosebery’. All input, help and support, no matter how small, make a huge
difference to the events that we can organise, such as the Christmas Fair, which in turn raise much needed funds for
the school to benefit our girls.
Please see below the agenda and, as you will note, we are looking for nominations for a new Treasurer as Wendy
Church, our current Treasurer, is sadly standing down after two years.
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Roles on the PSA Committee are open to:
- The parents, guardians or carers of any pupil currently attending the school.
- Teaching and non-teaching staff currently employed by the school.
- Any person over the age of 18 wishing to offer appropriate support or help (and is accepted by the Committee as
a member).
This is an opportunity to make a real difference to our daughters’ education and be part of the exciting work of
Rosebery PSA. If you are interested in this role, please feel free to come along on the evening, ask Wendy any
questions and then perhaps express an interest. If you would like more information in advance of Tuesday, you can
email the PSA secretary for the full job description at:
[email protected] (A brief summary of the duties is given below the committee structure.)
Rosebery School PSA (Parents Staff Association) AGM
AGENDA
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(7pm to 9pm)
Welcome drinks and nibbles (15 minutes)
Introduction from School Staff Representative (5 minutes)
Chair - Open AGM (30 Minutes)
Apologies for absence
Acceptance of the previous AGM Minutes 2014/15
Chair's Summary of the Year 2013/14
Treasurer's Report
Election of officers and committee members for 2015/16
AOB
Close AGM
General PSA meeting/discussion
Funding requests
Plans for the year 2015/16 (45 minutes)
AOB (10 minutes)
Close (5 minutes)
Committee Structure
Existing Elected Committee Members
Co-Chair
Co-Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Susan Blake
John Cornford (Stepping Down)
Wendy Church (Stepping Down)
Tricia Haynes
Proposed Committee Members
Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Members with specific portfolios
Susan Blake
Nominations required (see main duties below)
Tricia Haynes
TBA/and or nominated at meeting
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Role of Rosebery PSA Treasurer
The main duties are to:
1.
Manage all cash raised at fund raising events (including providing floats).
2.
Keep track of all money raised and spent by the PSA using Excel.
3.
Make donations to the school based on PSA decisions.
4.
Ensure the Main and 100Club accounts are prepared at the end of each year.
5.
Prepare Treasurer's report for the PSA meetings.
6.
Complete the annual return for the Charity Commission.
7.
Be one of the PSA Trustees.
RECEPTION CALLS BEFORE 9AM
Please may we ask you to avoid calling
Reception before 9am unless your call is
of high importance?
All other enquiries will be dealt with
promptly after 9am.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Letters to Parents…
17 September 2015
Dear Parents/Carers
YEAR 7 HISTORY MEDIEVAL LIFE WORKSHOP
The History Department is organising two half-day medieval workshops which take place
on 21 and 22 October. The workshops will be run by a company called Happening
History. We hope that the whole year group will be able to take part in this valuable
educational experience.
The day will consist of activities relating to the following topics:
Medieval medicine and surgery
The Black Death
Medieval clothing
The Guilds
Medieval marriage
Arms and armour
Our hope is that this day will provide an insight into medieval life and practices for the
girls.
In order to finance the workshop, a voluntary contribution of £6.00 per participating
student is required. This covers the cost of a three-person team and their materials. If
insufficient donations are received, we will have to cancel the day.
We will be collecting payments online via Parent Pay. To make your payment, please
go to www.parentpay.com and enter in your username and password. Please choose
the service called Medieval Day Workshop 2015 and make your payment. If you have
any problems, please contact Mrs McCarthy on 01372 720439 ext 262.
Please ensure that payment is submitted by Friday 9 October 2015. If you have any
further questions about the day, please do not hesitate to contact me
([email protected].
Yours sincerely
C Margetts
Miss Margetts
Head of History and Politics
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21 September 2015
Dear Parents and Carers
YEAR 10 GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE
I am writing to let you know that we will soon purchase the text books your daughter will study for
her English Literature examination.
Students will need two texts only; one play and one novel. We will shortly begin to study the novel
component of the course and your daughter will study either Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen,
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson or A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens. Your daughter’s English teacher will let her know which text she will be studying.
These texts will be provided in class. However, if your daughter wishes to annotate them, and we
strongly advise this as examination preparation, she will need to pay for them. As you will
appreciate, once the books have been written in, they are unusable for other students; we often
find that students are proud to keep their annotated copies as reminders of their hard work.
We will be using the English and Media Centre editions of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
and A Christmas Carol, which include the full version of the text together with extremely helpful
study guides and activities on each of the chapters. These are available to purchase from school
at the discounted price of £8.00 each.
A Christmas Carol
The Strange Case of Dr
Jekyll
ISBN: 9781906101381
ISBN: 9781906101374
Students studying Pride and Prejudice will use the Penguin Classics version but we also recommend
they purchase the CGP Text Study Guide, which provides notes on the context of the novel, the
plot and the characters and includes exam style questions. Both these books are also available to
purchase from school as a set at the discounted price of £8.00.
CGP GCSE English Text
Guide - Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
ISBN: 9780141439518
ISBN: 978-1847624857
If you wish to purchase these texts yourself, please make sure that you buy the above editions only
(the ISBN numbers have been given as a reference). It is extremely difficult for students to use
different versions of the same text in the classroom. Any texts borrowed by students must be
returned as clean copies after the exam or students will be charged for replacements
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If you would like to order the texts from school, you need to make your payment online. Please go
to www.parentpay.com and enter in your username and password then choose the service called
GCSE English Books 2015 and make your payment. You will only be able to purchase the text being
studied by your daughter. If you have any problems using ParentPay, please contact Mrs Mordan
on 01372 720439 extension 242 or at [email protected]. If you have any questions
regarding the texts, please contact your daughter’s English teacher. Please make your payment
by Friday 9 October, after which the service will close.
Yours sincerely
T.Allen
Miss T Allen
KS4 English Leader and Deputy Head of English Department
[email protected]
25 September 2015
Dear Parents/Carers of Year 11 Students
Re: IGCSE English Exam
Today your daughter will receive her individual ‘Statement of Entry’ for her forthcoming IGCSE
English exam via her Form Tutor. It is vital that she checks the information carefully and informs the
Exams Office as soon as possible if her name or date of birth are incorrect.
The exam will take place on Wednesday 4 November 2015. Students must arrive by 8.30am for a
prompt start at 8.45am. If, for any reason, a student is running late, it is imperative that she comes
to the Exams Office first so we can escort her to the exam room. All students should have a
transparent pencil case and must write with a black biro. Water bottles are permitted as long as
they are clear and all labels have been removed. Mobile phones are not allowed in the exam
room under any circumstances, even if they are switched off.
Information for candidates for the Cambridge Assessments can be found on the school website
under Information/Exams/Cambridge International Examinations.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Yours sincerely
Mrs C Webb
Examinations Officer
[email protected]
01372 845493
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