Issue 37 20th April 2007

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCIENCE AWARD WINNERS

Spring Term Physics News. Many congratulations to the two Lower Sixth teams that entered the Paper Clips Challenge Competition recently. Both teams, “Centrifugal Force” consisting of Shane Grosser, Paras Bakrania and Vikas Chadha, and “Time Dilation” consisting of Shourya Khanna, Daniyal Baig and Vikesh Chandaria were highly commended for their superb presentations. In true Wilson’s style, they both chose topics that took them beyond the A level syllabus Mohammed Leghari, in Year 11, entered the Physics Challenge. Once again the Wilson’s spirit shone through as he attempted to answer questions outside of our GCSE syllabus that – presented in a more demanding format. He has positioned himself well for the Physics competitions he will tackle in the sixth form. Finally, the new AS Physics competition was entered this year by a number of our most talented physicists. Congratulations go to Vikas Chadha and Paras Bakrania who have achieved bronze and silver certificates respectively.

Chemistry Olympiad In February, 12 Upper Sixth chemists took part in the 39th

International Chemistry Olympiad solving prescient chemical problems including chlorate water treatment for homes affected by flooding following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the synthesis of Tamiflu, the only current effective treatment for bird-flu. Michael Mitchell and Kit Akass won the Silver and Bronze awards respectively and six further students were awarded a Commendation by the Royal Society of Chemistry; Chandramouli Chadalawada, Laurence Cheung, Rajan Mehta, Hussain Rashid, Saad Sattar and Dineshan Shamuganathan. Congratulations to each of them.

Year 7 vs Dads On Saturday 24th

March a match took place to celebrate a successful first season for the the Year 7 team and their respective dads. The dad won 9-7 in a very competitive match with some very interesting tackles flying in. I would like to thank the parents and boys for their effort and support over the season.

Kit Akass and Michael Mitchell (L6) Vikas Chadha and Paras Bakrania (L6)

Fresh Aid and Comic Relief Fresh Aid raised £1000 for charity half the proceeds will go to Multiple Sclerosis and the other half will go to a Health centre in Mexico visited by our boys last year during their World Challenge trip. A week of fund raising for Comic Relief raised £1933.

Rugby Results 1st X1 played on Wednesday 28

th March.

Wilson’s 19 Southborough 13. Tries: A Vallence ,D Peter,H Horlick Conversions: O. Barnes 2 Wilson’s 19 Richard Challoner 14. Tries A Sluman, A Vallance, D Peter Conversions O. Barnes 2

Junior and Senior May Concerts

These concerts will be taking place on Thursday 3rd

(Junior) and Friday 4

th May (Senior) at 7.30pm in the hall. Tickets are available from the

finance office by completing a ticket request form. The concert will be comprised of solo and ensemble performances from across the school.

Year 7 Parents Evening A reminder to parents of Year 7 boys there will be a Parents’ evening on Wednesday 25

th April. We have new arrangements for Parents

Evenings this year. All interviews will take place in the Hall and Canteen. At the end of each 5-minute interview period a bell is rung, upon which teachers will bring the conversation to a conclusion. Parents and teachers are asked to keep rigidly to their interview times. This is to ensure that all parents and teachers are able to complete their interview schedules. Please do not be offended if you are politely asked by a senior member of staff to bring your interview to a conclusion.

World Challenge Disco Lower 6th

boys are organising a disco for Years 7 & 8 on Friday 27th

April 7.30pm -10pm to raise money for their World Challenge trip next summer to the Himalayas. Tickets will be on sale in the foyer at lunchtime. Wallington Girls and Nonsuch Girls are also invited.

Table Tennis Michael Ho 7H is due to play in the National Table Tennis Championships in Stoke on Saturday. We wish him luck!

Year 10 PSHE This term Year 10 will be having talks on ‘assault and weapons’ by the Police Liaison Team.

Talk about German Occupation The Modern Foreign Languages Department has arranged for an illustrated talk about the German Occupation in France in 1940 on Wednesday 25 April at the school. The lecture is based on extracts from the filmed version of Julia Pascal’s play with a French cast in French. The conference is open to any interested parents although there will be an entrance charge of £10 as we need to cover the costs of the speaker. It will start at 08:30 in the lecture theatre and it will finish at 10:30.

L'ANNEE ZERO was researched in the small town of Maubeuge where

Julia Pascal interviewed those who had grown up in France between

l940 and l944. It is a play with music which explores, collaboration and

resistance from the point of view of ordinary people in this small frontier

town. Sourced from real lives the play explores the historical events of

the time through the memories and experiences of Gaullists,

Communists, collaborators and those who just watched. The text uses

satire and English music hall techniques such as Punch and Judy and

vaudeville to express the struggle against Nazism and the French

fascists. (The play is published by Oberon Books/English version)

Issue 38 27th April 2007

Chess Centre of Excellence Wilson’s school is now an English Chess Federation ‘Centre of Excellence’, listed on their website at http://www.ecfcoaching.org.uk/ At present this is an informal scheme, with no official qualifying criteria nor responsibilities for being a ‘Centre of Chess Excellence’. However, it is an honour to be included as there are only a couple of other secondary schools listed – Millfield and Wellington College.

National Academy Schools Team Finals

Congratulations to the Wilson’s All School Badminton Team who competed in the first Academy School finals held at the National Badminton centre in Milton Keynes. There were 6 schools in the finals and we had to play all of them. The winning school was to be the one who scored most points in all games played. A comfortable victory in the first match was followed by an even more convincing win in the second. We then had to play King Arthur’s school which contained 3 county players, one of them having had an England trial earlier in the season and ranked in the top ten in England. It fell to George Heinemann to play this boy, George being ranked just outside the top 100!. He duly raised his game and pulled off the upset of the tournament winning a close fought match. William Gao continued his winning ways beating his year 7 opponent and partnered George to beat the year 7/8 doubles pair. King Arthur’s ten won the year 10 and 11 singles. The match depended upon Pascal Wye and Mitul Patel scoring at least 3 points against a county doubles pairing. At 1-10 down this looked unlikely, but a strong finish saw the team home when they scored 7 points in quick succession. Porchester were then beaten comfortably and then Deanes School were beaten 4-2. In the final match the reserves of Alex Keen, Chris Guyton and Michael Gunn played but were still much too strong for Stanground School winning 6-0. Photos soon on the web-site.

U18 Surrey Cup Final Wilson’s vs Whitgift at Merstham Football Ground, Moatside, Weldon Way, Merstham. Tonight 6.30pm kick off.

May Concerts A reminder to all that the Junior and Senior concerts take place next Thursday and Friday in the Hall. Tickets are available on the door or from the Finance office. Tickets are £5 for adults and £3 for children. The junior concert will comprise the following: wind band, string group,

Wilson’s Economics is Best in Country

Wilson’s Economics Department has been commended in the latest edition of the Good

Schools Guide as being the best at A level of any selective boys school. The economics department joins the Media Studies

department which received the accolade of best in country for A level in 2005, and the Mathematics Department which was best in

the country for AS level in 2004. Many congratulations to Mr Fletcher, Head of Economics, and his team, particularly Mr Ross

and Miss Grainger who also taught the A level last year.

flute group, wind quartet, orchestra, school choir and soloists. The senior concert will comprise: wind band, chamber choir, saxophone ensemble, GCSE music ensembles, A level music ensembles, Jazz band, soloists and brass group. All Welcome

Medical Society Our Wilson’s medical society holds meetings once a week, presents new topics on new advances in medicine and discusses new opportunities to bolster our UCAS personal statements e.g. hospital work experience and volunteer work at home or abroad. We are trying to invite doctors and medical students studying at university to give a short talk about their work and any advice relevant to a career in medicine. Recently our society was delighted to welcome Dr Sanjay Kumar who presented an excellent talk about his work and what it means to be a doctor. The event was very well attended by pupils in year 11, lower and upper sixth. We would be extremely grateful for any support that can be offered by parents or family members involved in medicine and who would be willing to give a talk to our society. If you can help in any way, please email thomas_ramuz@hotmail.co.uk

Table Tennis Congratulations to Michael Ho, who reached the last 16 of the National Schools Table Tennis U13 tournament at Stoke on Saturday. He won 3 out of 4 of his group matches to get to the last 16. There he lost to the no 4 seed in 5 sets. He has been invited to a weekends training with the National U12 squad at Lilleshall in May.

Cricket results Year 7 beat John Fisher by 17 runs * Nikhil Patel 49 not out Year 8 beat John Fisher by 8 wickets Year 9 tied with John Fisher Year 10 beat John Fisher by 27 runs 1

st X1 lost to John Fisher by 1 wicket

*James Scott took 5 wickets for 10 runs

Staff Fire Training A reminder that there will be an early closure next Friday, May 4th

, to allow for statutory Staff Fire Training. School will end at about 12:00pm.

RE Revision Support A revision guide on moral issues will be available online for all Y10 students to download from Monday. In addition, details of the end of year RE exam for Y9 will also be available through the website in the RE curriculum area.

Wilson’s School Bus We are campaigning at the moment for Transport for London to provide us with a dedicated school bus which we are convinced is required for safety reasons. Parents will be receiving a petition form shortly. We would ask all parents to sign and return it, whether or not their sons use the bus services, in the interests of the safety of our students.

Talybont Parents Evening A reminder to Year 7 parents there will be a Talybont Parents Presentation Evening on Wednesday 2

nd May at 7.00pm in the Lecture

Theatre.

Second Hand Uniform Sale There will be a sale of second hand uniform in the dining hall on Wednesday 2

nd May after school.

Issue 39 4th May 2006

U19 SURREY CUP CHAMPIONS 2007 WILSON’S 4 WHITGIFT 0

NATIONAL CUP SEMI-FINALISTS 2007 WILSON’S 3 MILLFIELD 4

Back Row L-R: M Donovan, H Scola, L Hackett, A Bakare, A Adams, C Elson, A Fox, S. Grosser, D

Wateridge, Mr M Simmons (coach)

Front Row: J Markworth, O Beatson, A Keen, D Arter, J Eglon, T Weber-Macartney, S Ellis, R Pearson,

S.Wilson

Wilson’s emerged as Champions in the U19 Surrey Cup last Friday in a confident and

impressive victory against Whitgift. Sadly, their spectacular run of success came to an end

in the National Championship on Wednesday evening as they lost away to Millfield in a

very close match. Well done on a fantastic season to our most successful Wilson’s 1st XI

for many years.

Intermediate

Mathematics

Olympiad

15 of our best mathematicians sat the Intermediate Maths Olympiad last

term. Their results have just been received and were outstanding: five

students received distinctions (only awarded to the top 100 in the country)

and another 8 gained merits. The most exceptional results were those of

Alex Barrell 11C and Timothy Kasoar 10B who were both in the top 50 in

the country, and Daniel Hunt who was in the best 100 Year 9’s despite

only being in Year 8. Nikhil Dama 10H and Alex McMillan 9C also obtained

distinctions.

Year 7 & 8 Exams Year 7 and 8 exams will be taking place next week. All boys have been

given their exam timetables.

Year 11 & 12 Exam

Leave

Years 11 and 12 start their examination leave next Friday, 11th May.

Media The Media department are preparing for their Oscar Evening and would

like to know if anyone has an off cut of red carpet they could use. Please

contact Miss McGuiness at the school if you are able to help.

Science On Monday Lewis Dartnell, a research student at U.C.L., gave the Sixth

Form Biologists and Physicists a lecture on the exciting new field of

Astrobiology. He took us through space looking for likely planets and

moons which might support some form of life. He also discussed what is

meant by ‘life’ and when we consider ‘life’ has begun. Not unexpectedly,

there were many searching questions after the lecture.

Mathematics

GCSEA/AS

Revision materials are now available on the school website. Visit

www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk and go to the study support section of

the mathematics department pages. There are also resources available

for the A level modules Core 2 and Statistics 1.

Geography The Geography department has recently been awarded funding from the

GA (Geographical Association) for fieldwork equipment. The funding was

much needed and the department has been able to purchase new ranging

poles, clinometers, tape measures and flow meters for the boys to use.

Fieldwork is an extremely important part of Geography and the equipment

will be used by the year 9’s in their upcoming trip to the River

Tillingbourne in June, as well as by year 12 at the field study centre in

Talybont.

Cricket Results Wilson’s vs. Wallington County Grammar

Y7 won: 161 for 4, Wallington 120 for 6; Wilson’s won by 41 runs

Noel McManus (50 not out)

Y8 won: 94 for 8, Wallington 65 all out; Wilson’s won by 29 runs

Mikey Elgar took 4 wickets for 3 runs

Y9 won: 120 for 5, Wallington 56 all out; Wilson’s won by 64 runs

Y10 won: Wilson’s 99 all out, Wallington 90 all out; Wilson’s won by 9

runs

1ST X1 won. Wilson’s 188 for 9 ,Wallington 80 all out; Wilson’s won by

108 runs. James Scott 55 runs

Wilson’s vs. Ewell Castle

Wilson’s 158 all out, Ewell castle all out for 76; Wilson’s won by 84

James Scott 90 not out

Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs. Teddington

U13 at home

U12 and U14 away

Away players will be leaving Wilson’s at 8am

Home players should be here by 8.50am

1st X1 vs. MCC

Playing on Bank Holiday Monday

11.30am start

At the lCCA ground in Plough Lane, Beddington (opposite Bandon Hill

Cemetery) 5 mins. Walk from wilson’s

ALL WELCOME

Carnegie

Shadowing Group

This week the Wilson’s Year 7 Carnegie Shadowing Group got off the

ground. A group of talented English students from Year 7 are shadowing

the judging process for the prestigious Carnegie Medal, awarded annually

for an outstanding children’s book. The boys will read and discuss the

shortlisted books, posting reviews on their own shadowing website and

deciding on the best book. A few places are open for interested Year 7

students on a first come, first served basis – so if you would like to

participate, speak to Miss Haire ASAP!

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Issue 40 11 May 2007

Wilson’s Website All parents are reminded that any letters sent home to parents from the

school are available to view online. The letters giving exam arrangements for the Lower and Upper Sixth are currently available.

GCSE and AS Exams The public examination season starts in earnest next week with the first of the GCSE and AS examinations. Year 11 are on study leave now until the end of term. Year 12 return to school on 18

th June.

We wish all the students good luck in their examinations.

Year 9 Exams Year 9 internal examinations start on Monday and last until until Thursday. When not in examinations students will be in revision classes.

Thank you Many thanks to the kind benefactor who has loaned us a fantastic proper red carpet for our Oscar’s evening later this term, in response to last week’s appeal.

Wilson’s School Bus If you have not yet returned your form, please note the deadline for the return of the petition forms is 18 May. The response so far has been good, but we do need as many forms back as possible to give us the best possible chance of persuading Transport for London to provide us with a dedicated school bus.

Cricket Wilson’s vs. Teddington U12: Wilson’s 153 beat Tedding 53; U13: Wilson’s 123 beat Teddington 57; U14 Wilson’s 93 for 5 beat Teddington 1

st XI vs. MCC

MCC 189 for 5; Wilson’s 117 for 9. The game ended in a draw.

Villarreal Football Tour Please could all students who participated in this tour ensure that they return their football shirts to the PE Department as soon as possible.

Classical Greek The Classical Greek GCSE ‘taster’ course will now run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in order to fit in better with other activities. The first session will take place in the Lecture Theatre on Monday 18 June at 1.25pm. The application form with explanatory letter is still available from the school web site where there is a link on the front page.

Year 7 Production The Year 7 drama and music production this term will be The Wind in the Willows by Alan Bennett. Make sure to keep an evening free between 12-14 July to come

and watch it. In the meantime, we would be delighted

to hear from any parents who would be prepared to assist with costumes: please contact Mr Shaw or Miss Potter.

The Rehearsal Schedule is now available from the Letters to Parents page on the website, www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

Geography Department Ordnance Survey are holding a design competition open to years 7-11 to design a map of Great Britain in the year 2050. What will land use be? What will the weather be like? What methods of transportation will be used? Be as creative and imaginative as you can, whilst still thinking of the changes that Great Britain might experience over the next forty years using geographical knowledge you have learnt in class. Entries need to be on A4 or A3 paper, and remember the things you must always include on maps – title, key North arrow and possibly labels for your ideas show. Get creative! A winner from each year group will receive an 8 gb iPod Nano, and the school overall will receive an MPEG digital video camera. See Mrs Prestney for details – the deadline is the end of term so get designing soon.

Snowdonia MS Challenge Calling all Year 12 and Year 13 pupils who are keen for a challenge. This year the MS Challenge in Snowdonia will be held on Friday 6 – Saturday 7 July. Do you think you’re tough enough to endure a gruelling (and very muddy!) hike through Snowdonia carrying an MS sufferer in a wheelchair? If so, please see Mrs Prestney as soon as possible for details.

I.T. All current Year 10 students will be sitting the full course in I.T. not the short course as stated in the 2005 Year 8 Options Booklet.

Prefects Year 10 students will officially take up roles as Prefects from Monday 14

May in the absence of Year 11 and the Sixth Form. A duty has been assigned either pre-school, break time or part of lunchtime and this will be performed once each week until the examination season ends. This provides an excellent opportunity to build up vital leadership and interpersonal skills.

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Issue 41 18th May 2007

U6 Leavers and Barbecue Our Upper Sixth will be commencing Exam Leave on Friday May 25

th.

We thank each and every one of them for their excellent company over the last seven years and for the great contribution they have made in so many ways during their time here. We shall be sorry to see them go. We wish them every success in the A level examinations and in their future careers. There will be a Leavers’ Barbecue/Brunch for all members of the U6 and staff on Friday, starting at 11.00 am.

Year 7 Inter House Chess Tournament

On Wednesday 16th

May a very close house chess tournament resulted in a three way tie between 7C, 7S and 7H with 3 points out of 4. 7G were fourth with 1 point and 7B scored 0. Manibharathi Periasamymanjula 7H won a very closely fought play off and so 7H win the Year 7 Inter House Chess trophy for Hayes. Many thanks to Dr Cooper for helping to organise this event.

Biology Olympiad Congratulations to Matthew Kasoar and Saad Sattar who were successful in the Twelfth British Biology Olympiad. Matthew gained a Silver Medal Award and Saad gained a commended medal award.

Year 8 PSHE Over the course of the next five weeks Year 8 are working in groups researching a range of topics, including: health and well-being, London: charities; social issues; local knowledge. Boys will be working in ICT rooms to produce presentations – the class winners of which will be shown in Year assembly at the end of the period.

Cricket Results Surrey Cup 1st

Round Year 8 Halliford 66 all out Wilson’s 69 for no wicket Harley Riman 43 not out

UK CHESS CHALLENGE

COUNTY CHAMPIONS The rise and rise of Wilson’s Chess

Team continued on Bank Holiday

Monday when 19 pupils took part in

the county finals of UK Chess

Challenge. Two won their sections

– Anand Krishnan 8C the U13

section and James Schenck L69 the

U17 section. Two more students,

Aditya Gupta 8C who came third in

the U13 section and Manibharathi

Periasamymanjula 7H who was 6th

in the U12 section also qualified for

the National Gigafinal. Well done to

all who took part.

L-R: James Schenk, L6, Anand Krishnan 8C, Manibharathi Periasamymanjula 7H, Aditya Gupta 8C

Year 8 Surrey Cup Indoor Cricket Competition Wilson’s won for the second year in succession

Weekend Cricket Fixtures Wilson’s vs Ewell Castle Y8 Away Y7and Y9 Home

Athletics English Schools Athletics 1st

Round (Sutton Arena) Years 9/10 1

st Place

Years 7/8 1st Place

Both teams now qualify for the regional final of the National Competition. Many congratulations to all who took part; some fantastic personal personal performances contributed to the overall success of the teams.

Southern Home Counties Judo Three Wilson’s boys won their weight categories in the Surrey Junior Judo Trials and so earned the right to represent Surrey in the Southern Home Counties Team Championship against Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Channel Islands. They were Benjamin Cummings-Montero 8S (under 50kgs), William Johnson 7H (under 38kgs) and Thomas Johnson 7S (under 34kgs). In a team of only eleven boys from Surrey and the “Surrey” London Boroughs (Sutton, Croydon, Kingston, Richmond and Merton), this represents an astonishing success for Wilson’s school. All the more astonishing as the boys are only 12 and 11 for what is an under 16 year old team and allows participants of any grade. In the actual competition held in Portsmouth on13th May 2007, Surrey were pipped by Kent, who won by a single point with the other teams quite well behind, so the Wilson’s boys brought home very well deserved silver medals.

Trips to Talybont

A reminder to Year 7 parents of the forthcoming trips to Talybont Study Centre in Wales. If you have not already done so please make sure you have returned the Black Mountain Activity form, cheque for £130 and the school visits policy form to the school office. The dates are as follows: 7G Tuesday 22

nd May – Friday 25

th May

7B Tuesday 5th

June – Friday 8th

June 7C Sunday 10

th June – Wednesday 13

th June

7H Sunday 17th

June – Wednesday 20th

June 7S Wednesday 20

th June – Saturday 23

rd June

Any boys not attending Talybont will be required to be in school and join in with another form.

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Issue 42 25th May 2007

Magistrates Mock Trial Well done to the Year 8 Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial team who performed last weekend in Southampton at the Regional Finals, coming runners-up. Prosecuting a case involving cruelty to a rabbit and defending a case involving drunken assault resulting in actual bodily harm, the boys faced their opposition with real enthusiasm and legal cunning. Judges complimented the group on their teamwork and their confident unscripted performances. The team included: magistrates (Ashley Measures, Alexander Harrison, Lawrence Maples), legal advisor (Oluwaseun Alayande), usher (Paul Reddiar), defendant (Christopher Avins), prosecution witnesses (Kourosh Pakroo, Brandon Lundini), defence lawyers (Oliver Hughes, Jozef Fuglewictz-Wildridge), defence witness (Sam Cheshire).

Year Seven Carnegie Shadowing Group

The Year Seven Carnegie Shadowing Group has really got underway now with the students having read their first novel and discussed its strengths and weaknesses with the group. Boys have been posting reviews on our Shadowing Group website, which is located at http://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk//shadowingsite. To find the Wilson’s Group you should click on “Reading Groups” and follow the instructions on screen. The reviews on the site are very well-written – congratulations to Harrison Gower and Kalyan Dutia for getting the site off to such a good start.

Year 10 Internal exams Year 10 will be starting their internal examinations after half term. Students will be issued with an individual timetable and should be revising as directed by their subject teachers. A letter will be sent home this week detailing the full arrangements. Reply slips, consenting to the short period of study leave, should be returned directly to the Office, via the Form Tutor”.

IN FLANDERS FIELD

A wreath and a list of Wilsonians who gave

their lives in the First World War were laid by

students during a History Department visit to

the Battlefields of Belgium last weekend.

Pictures of the trip are now available on the

web-site.

This visit was organised by the History

Department in order to support GCSE

coursework which is based upon the Battle of

the Somme. On the Friday evening, a wreath

was laid by members of the CCF and a

representative of the year group, at the Menin

Gate, Ieper (Ypres), in memory of Wilsonians

who fell during the war. The visit proved to be

an educational and emotional experience

Break time uniform detention This term staff have been working to encourage boys to wear their uniform correctly, using form time, assemblies and posters to remind boys to wear ties and blazers properly, have their shirts tucked in and so on. Our theme has been to take pride in one’s uniform, one’s school and oneself. There has been a marked improvement, but some boys continue to abuse the school uniform and in order to address this we will, after half-term, be running detentions at Break times for boys who flout uniform rules.

Athletics Results Boys took part in an athletics competition at Wimbledon Park on Wednesday afternoon against London Oratory, Emanuel, Wimbledon College and Salesians. Year 7 came third, Year 8 came second, Year 9 came 2

nd and Year 10 came first. Well done to all who took part on a

very creditable performance.

Cricket Results Wilson’s vs Ewell Castle Year 7- Wilson’s 108 for 4 from 20 overs Ewell Castle 82 for 7 from 20 overs Wilson’s won by 26 runs Year 8 – Wilson’s 128 for 2 from 20 overs. (Charlie Filmer-Court 53) Ewell Castle 61 all out. (Michael Moneke 4 wickets for 12 runs Wilson’s won by 67 runs Year 9 Ewell Castle 58 all out Wilson’s 59 for 8 Wilson’s won by 2 wickets Surrey Cup 2

nd Round

Year 7 – Trinity 172 for 2 from 25 overs Wilson’s 102 for 9 from 25 overs Wilson’s lost by 70 runs Year 10 – Wilson’s 111 all out from 23 overs KCS Wimbledon 112 for 1 from 20 overs Wilson’s lost by 9 wickets

Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Whitgift all teams away 9.30am start. Year 7A at Old Whitgiftians Year 7B & Year 8 at Whitgift School NB minibus leaves school at 8.30am meet at 9am if going direct.

HAVE A GOOD HALF TERM, EVERYONE!

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Issue 43 8THJune 2007

Ofsted Ofsted announced its arrival on Monday, came on Wednesday and left

on Thursday. Many thanks to all the parents, the vast majority, who managed to return the Ofsted questionnaires at such short notice, and who commented so warmly and favourably upon the school. Your support means a lot to us and spoke volumes to the inspectors. Thank you to the boys as well, whose behaviour was even better than normal – in fact it was faultless. The inspectors couldn’t speak highly enough of you and were hugely impressed by the very positive way in which you spoke of your school. We haven’t yet received the final report, but we are told it will be glowing in its recognition of the quality of the school’s work and achievements. As soon as the report arrives we will post it on the website.

River Tillingbourne Year 9 Geographers are going on a fieldtrip to the River Tillingbourne in

Dorking next week as part of their river studies module. They will be travelling from the source to the mouth of the river, collecting data at various sites to see how certain variables such as velocity, width, depth etc. change downstream. 9X will be out on Tuesday 12

th, 9Y will be out

on Thursday 14th

and 9Z on Friday 15th.

Reply slips and cheques for £8 (made payable to Wilson’s School Private Funds) need to be handed in before Monday 11

th June otherwise your son will not be allowed to go on

the trip.

Prayer Support Group The school’s prayer support group will meet on Monday 11th

June at 8.00 p.m. in the school chapel. All are welcome.

Surrey Cup Result Wednesday 6th

June Wilson’s vs Haling Manor Y9 Wilson’s all out Haling Manor 75 for 2 Wilson’s lost by 8 wickets

The latest addition to the school: a fleet

of vehicles has arrived in the form of a

‘mobile catering unit’. From Monday

next week it will appear at break and

lunch times at the far end of the

playground by the astros and will

provide food that has been prepared in

the school kitchens. The same ‘healthy

eating’ rules will apply, so there will be

no fizzy drinks or confectionery, but

homemade pizzas, pannini, sandwiches,

sausage rolls, fruit and cakes in

abundance. We expect this will help to

reduce queuing times in the canteen

and, more importantly, ensure that boys

who want to get their time on the astros

can also get some good food at

lunchtime.

The van has a wireless link to the school

network, so all purchases will be by cashless

catering cards.

MEALS ON WHEELS

Cricket Results Saturday 26th

May 2007 Wilson’s vs Whitgift Y7A Whitgift 178 for 5 from 25 overs Wilson’s 90 for 8 from 25 overs Wilson’s lost by 88 runs Y7B Wilson’s 82 all out Whitgift 84 for 2 Wilson’s lost by 9 wickets Y8 Wilson’s 11G for 8 from 20 overs Whitgift 91 all out Wilson’s won 24 runs *Chris Gyton scored 52 runs

Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs St Olave’s Y7 & Y9 at Home Y8 & Y10 Away All games start at 9.30am coach leaves school for St Olave’s at 8.00am.

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Issue 44 15THJune 2007

Year 7 Production Rehearsals for this summer’s Year 7 production are well under

way. The boys will be performing Alan Bennett’s ‘Wind in the

Willows’ on the 12th, 13th & 14th of July so make a note in your diaries! Tickets will soon be on sale from the finance office.

England Fishing Team Jake Marshall 10S has secured a place with the England Fishing

Squad and will be going to Prague on the 28th July Well done,

Jake!

Chemistry of the Elements

Lecture for Year 10

A guest speaker from University College London will be giving a

lecture on the chemistry of the elements on Wednesday 20th June

in the lecture theatre to all Year 10 boys. Dr Graeme Hogarth will

be also demonstrating some spectacular chemical experiments. All Year 10 boys should go directly to the lecture theatre for

period 5 on Wednesday 20th June instead of their timetabled

science lesson; the lecture should last about an hour.

Year 10 GCSE Science

Module tests

All Year 10 boys will be taking the remaining two GCSE module

tests on Monday 25th June. The test will cover Biology (B1.b) and

Physics (P1.b). The tests will begin at 8.30am; boys will be given

their seating number and exam location from their science teachers.

Junior Maths Challenge Wilson’s year 7 and 8 pupils have again performed outstandingly

in National Junior Maths Challenge, with 76 Gold certificates, 98 Silver and 66 Bronze. Seven pupils performed at the level to

qualify for the Junior Maths Olympiad, which will take place this

week.

Bandon Hill Sports Day Well done and many thanks to our Year 10 GCSE students who

helped organise and then ran the Bandon Hill Primary School

sports day here at Wilson’s on Thursday. This was hugely appreciated by all the staff, pupils and parents at Bandon Hill and

was a real service to our local community.

ART EXPLOSION

Many congratulations to our artists on this year’s outstanding GCSE and A level exhibition. It is certainly one of

the best exhibitions we have ever had with an exceptionally high overall

standard of work. Particular thanks to Ms Waterhouse, Ms Stevens-Lewis and Ms Malkin, all of whom worked very

hard to assist pupils with their displays. For those parents who were not able to

make it to the open viewing, a virtual tour is available on the website at www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

Cricket Results Wilson’s vs St Olave’s

Year 7 Wilson’s 124 for 3 from 25 overs

*Nikhil Patel scored 40 not out.

St Olaves 125 for 4 from 24.5 overs

Year 8 Wilson’s 113-3 Harley Riman 37 and Ben Ives 41 20 overs

St Olaves 114-4 19 overs St Olaves won by 6 wickets

Year 9 St Olaves 128 for 9 off 25 overs

Wilson’s 127 all out *Mohammed Raza scored 86 runs

Wilson’s lost by 1 wicket

Year 10 Wilson’s 130 for 4 from 20 overs

*Daniel Kenton scored 71 runs

St Olaves 115 all out *Cole Glennister took 4 wickets for 21 runs

Wilson’s won by 15 runs

Athletics Results English Schools South of England Final held in Ashford Kent.

Year 8 came 4th and Year 10 5th. Well Done All.

Weekend Cricket Fixtures Saturday 16/6/07 Wilson’s vs Royal Russell

U12 and U14 at home

U13 and U15 away All for 9.30am start

Coaches leave from school for Royal Russell at 8.30am

I

Issue 45 22nd June 2007

Lower 6th Higher Education Higher Education- To find out all about higher education and the

application process, log on to the new UCAS website, exclusively

targeted at parents www.ucas.com/parents. It contains a wealth of information about finance, student welfare and selection the

right course and university. Register online to receive a free copy

of the Parent Guide and quarterly email bulletins

Oscar’s Evening The Oscar’s evening celebrates our 6th Form Media Students’ Films and starts at 7.30pm and will go on until approximately 9pm

in the Lecture theatre on Thursday 28th June. £2 entry to raise

money for equipment and smart dress please.

Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Glyn

9.30am start

U12 and U14 home U13 and U15 away

Coach for away games leaves school at 8.30am

BOROUGH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS

Special congratulations to Daniel Murray and Edward Baxter-

Derrington (pictured 2nd

and 4th

from left respectively) who

have been selected to represent Surrey in the English Schools

Track and Field Championship in Birmingham on 13th

and 14th

July. Well done, and good luck.

Congratulations to all who took part in the

Borough Athletics Championships at Sutton Arena. The Year 9s tied first place

with John Fisher, while the Year 8s and 10s came

second. Among the stars of

the Year 9 team were Harry

Baker in the 800m, Daniel

Murray in the Triple Jump,

Edward Baxter-Derrington in the 200m and the relay

team comprising Dara

Obakin, Daniel Murray, Jake

Lawrence, and Edward

Baxter-Derrington (see

photograph). Particular

mention must also go to Jordan Maurice of Year 8

who won the 1500m

lapping a number of

competitors and to Calvin

Rose who won the Year 10

discuss title.

Cricket Results

Wilson’s vs Royal Russell Year 7 Wilson’s 123 for 4 from 20 overs

Royal Russell 95 for 5 from 20 overs

Wilson’s won by 28 runs

Year 8 Wilson’s 117 for 2 from 20 overs *Harley Riman cored 49 runs

Royal Russell 59 all out

*Gowtham Jeevan took 3 wickets for 67 runs Wilson’s won by 58 runs

Year 9 Wilsons 127 for 6 from 25 overs

*Guy Morgan scored 52 runs

*Jay Patel scored 48 not out Royal Russell 35 all out

*Sonak Shah took 3 wickets for 5 runs

Wilson’s won by 92 runs Year 10 Match abandoned due to rain.

Wine Tasting We are holding a Summer Wine Tasting evening on Wednesday

27th June at 7pm in the Board room. The evening is open to all

Year 12, staff and parents. Dress code smart casual. Tickets are available from Hannah Fulton in the 6th form office. £5 for 6th form

and £10 for adults.

Year 10 Examinations On Monday 25th June until Thursday 28th June, Year 10 boys will be taking external and internal examinations. The timetable will be

suspended until Thursday 28th June and therefore boys are only

to be in school if they have an examination. Normal lessons will

resume from Period 3 on Thursday. Unless a written request has been made to Mr. Cole or permission for study leave has not

been granted, boys are not permitted to stay in the school

building. This is because it is crucial, for health and safety reasons, that we know who is in the building at any one time.

Should your son find that he needs to stay in school, then he

should contact Mr Cole as a matter of urgency. Full uniform should be worn for all examinations. Examination conditions

apply.

Year 11 Book Return Year 11 Book Return day will take place on Thursday 28th June from 9am-12 noon. If anyone is unable to get here for that time

then they will need to return the books to the school office. Boys

must bring back all texts books and library books. Any lost or damaged books will incur a charge.

Issue 46 29th June 2007

MS Challenge Next Friday Mrs Prestney and Mr Parkinson are taking a group of L6

students to Wales to take part in MS Challenge. It’s a gruelling event

whereby a group of pupils carry an MS sufferer in a wheelchair through

the countryside of Snowdonia. With the recent levels of rainfall, this

years event is going to be muddier and more challenging than ever!

Boys will be going around the school raising sponsor money for the

event, where all proceeds will go to support our local MS therapy centre

in Sutton. Any support would be greatly appreciated. Please email

tp@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk if you wish to sponsor the team. It’s a

great cause!

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR ‘WIND IN THE WILLOWS’

Tickets are now on sale for the forthcoming Year 7 production

of Alan Bennett's The Wind in the Willows. Tickets are priced at

£7 for Thursday and Friday and £8 for Saturday, with

reductions for children. Tickets can be bought by boys in the

foyer at lunchtimes or booked through

finance@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

Surrey Youth Games Many congratulations to Dylan Rowley, 8H who has followed up on his success in last year’s Surrey Youth Games with a further win, achieving gold in the final of the U60kg category for Judo. He won all three of his fights.

Wilson’s boys performed brilliantly at the

Rotary Sports Event at Crystal Palace on

Sunday. The event, which is for Inner

London Schools, is one to which we are

invited because of our links with

Camberwell. In the twenty years that

the school has competed this is the first

time the school has won all four

competitions.

A highlight of the competition was the

Senior boys 400m in which Darren

Spain, Tim Haythorne and Ikenna

Nwanokwu were placed first, second

and third in the final.

Very well done to all boys taking part. It

was a great day out, with a lot of

parental support which was greatly

appreciated.

Pictured from left: Ikenna Nwanokwu, Darren Spain, Tim Haythorne

WILSON’S SWEEPS THE BOARD AT CRYSTAL PALACE GAMES

Forthcoming Charity Fund Raising events.

This term we are raising money for the African Well Fund. This is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for building and maintaining wells in Africa. The following events will take place: Mufti Day - Friday 29

th June £1

Jeans only - Friday 13th

July 50p Inter-house bake sale 13

th July.

Cricket Bowl out - Wednesday 4th

July.

County honours Congratulations and good luck to Jordan Maurice who has been selected to represent Surrey in the English Schools Track and Field Championship in Birmingham on 12

th and 13

th July.

Cricket Results Wilson’s vs Glyn Year 7 Wilson’s 68 for 7 from 20 overs Glyn 69 for 2 from 12.2 overs Wilson’s lost by 8 wickets Year 8 Glyn 88 for 8 from 20 overs *Ben Ives took 4 wickets for 12 runs Wilson’s 88 for 4 from 20 overs Match tied Year 9 Glyn 119 for 8 from 25 overs Wilson’s 123 for 7 from 21 overs *Mohammed Raza scored 94 runs off 59 balls Wilson’s won by 3 wickets Year 10 Wilson’s 119 for 4 from 25 overs *Gregg Pettifor 50 not out *Jack carter scored 34 runs Glyn 111 all out *Coleg Glennister took 5 wickets from 10 runs Wilson’s won by 8 runs

Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Trinity Saturday 30th

June 9.30am starts U12B at home U13B at Trinity U14B at Sandilands 10.30am starts 1

st X1 at Trinity

2pm starts U12A at home U13A at home U14A at Sandilands U15A at Trinity Minibuses leave at 8.30am for morning away games. Pupils are expected to make their own way to afternoon away games.

Unidentified Cheque We have a cheque in the Finance Office which is payable to the school in the name of Thompson (cashless catering) which we have been unable to allocate. Please contact the Finance Office on telephone number 0208 773 7681 if this refers to you.

Year 10 parents/students

On Tues 10/7 from 6pm-8pm Connexions are inviting parents of Yr 10 students in the Borough together with their sons to come and see the support and information available to help young people make informed choices about education and employment in the future. This will be held at the Prospects Connexions Centre, 236-238 High Street Sutton. If you are interested and need further information then please call them on 0208 642 6442 or visit their website at www.prospects.co.uk.

Maths Challenge National Finals

In the Team Maths Challenge national finals this Monday, Wilson's came 4th out of 60 teams. This was an outstanding result, in the face of fierce competition from leading schools from across the whole country. The team members were Alex McMillan (9C), David Parke (9B), Daniel Hunt (8C) and Anand Krishnan (8C).

Management Event On Thursday and Friday 12 and 13 July, Wilson’s School and Wallington High School for Girls will be organising their annual Joint Management Event for Lower Sixth students. The students will be divided into equal ratios of girls and boys between the two schools. Both days will begin at 8.30 am so the students must arrive at least 15 minutes beforehand to register and to be allocated to groups. We expect both days to finish at approximately 3.30 pm. Smart dress is required. The programme for the two days will include talks on various management skills, presented by experienced speakers from the business world, and a variety of problem solving and team building activities which we hope will be as enjoyable as they are educational. We know from the past that the skills and knowledge gained by the students have been much appreciated and have proved invaluable in their further education/careers

ALL IN A GOOD CAUSE

Students tried out their bowling skills

against the experts as teachers faced students in a Charity Bowl Out earlier

this week at the nets. Mssrs Vidler, Fletcher and Letts and Parkinson led

the way to support the first of two major charity events to raise money for the African Well Fund. The second

event to support the fund, a InterHouse Bake Off, will take place on July 13th,

which for 50p will also be a Jeans plus uniform day.

Issue 47 7th July 2007

Omnibus On Thursday and Friday of this week fourteen Key Stage Three Students who have achieved high grades in English this year produced and edited Omnibus. They have interviewed staff members, surveyed students, generated story ideas and edited stories, all in the intense time pressure of just two days. You can look forward to reading their edition of Omnibus with this term’s reports. Well done to all of them! The students involved were, from year 7: Kane Watts, Harrison Gower, Ben James, Tom Lowe, Jason Tavares, Aakash Phakey and Matt D’Rozario; and from year 8: Daniel Hunt, Anand Krishnan, Kourosh Pakroo, Edward Hicks, Kushal Patel, Yash Shukla and Darren Mindham.

Team Maths Challenge 2 This Wednesday 32 year 8 pupils joined with 32 pupils from Wallington Girls for a Maths Challenge Morning. They were split into teams of 4, with two members from each school, and were allocated a 6

th form pupil to oversee their activities. They

worked hard on four varied challenges: the group round, cross number, head to head and finally the relay round. The obtained very good scores, with many of the teams doing better than some schools teams had done in the regional finals.

Tickets for Wind in the Willows

Tickets are still available for the Year 7 production of the Wind in the Willows on Thursday 12th, Friday 13th and Saturday 14th of July. Tickets cost £7 for Thursday and Friday performances and £8 for Saturday with a £1 reduction for children. Tickets are available from the foyer at lunchtime and from finance@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

Year 10 History Coursework The History Department would like to confirm that the coursework piece based upon the Battle of the Somme is due on Tuesday 10

th July. This is the final

deadline and work will not be accepted after this point, regardless of legitimate absence or involvement in extra curricular activities. Work should be submitted directly to Mr. Englefield or Mr. Cole either on or before this date.

Sutton Schools Athletics Please note the date for the Sutton Schools Athletic Championships for Year 7 has changed from Wednesday 11

th July to Monday 9

th July. Will the following boys

please check they are available. Daniel Searle, Sameer Khan, Lolu Olowole, Jack Elliot, Niall McManus, Fahaad Alam, Joshua Hayes, Joshua Mackley, William Gao, Jordan Treadwell, Jacob Paul, Amish Patel and Thomas Parker. The coach leaves school at 1pm and will return at 5pm.

Samba Event After studying Latin American music for a term Year 8 pupils experienced the ‘Samba Batacuda’ carnival music of Brazil in a day of percussion workshops on Wednesday. Each form played traditional Brazilian percussion instruments ranging from cowbells to tambourims and learnt complicated and authentic rhythms resulting in whole class Samba extravaganzas heard by most of the Foundation Building!

Young Economist of the Year Tackling the question ‘What light can the ideas and analysis of an economist throw on a major issue of public concern’ Josh Wood, Hasib Dewan and James Collins have been highly commended by the Royal Economics Society for their essays entered for the annual RES Young Economist of the Year Competition. Judged by representatives of the Bank of England and the BBC, this placed them in the last forty of nearly seven hundred entrants nationally. Congratulations to them. Their essays will be published shortly on the website.

Cricket Results Due to the wet weather last weekend only one match was played. Year 8 vs Trinity. Wilson’s 180 for 7 from 25 overs. Mikey Elgar scored 61 runs. Trinity 94 all out. Wilson’s won by 86 runs.

Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Sutton Grammar 9.30am starts U12A and U14 Home U12B, U13 and U15 Away Coach for away games leaves at 8.30am from school

Sports Day A reminder to parents that Sports Day will take place on Tuesday 17th

July at 1.20pm. There will be a barbecue and refreshments available (cash purchases will be possible).

WEEKLY UPDATE

WILSON'S SCHOOL

SPORTS DAY

A reminder to parents that Sports Day will be on Tuesday July 17. All parents, grandparents, friends of the family, younger and older siblings are welcome to join us for the afternoon, starting at 1.20 pm. There will be a barbeque and refreshments available throughout the afternoon. Come along.

CHANGE OF DATES

Please would parents take care-ful note of the Term Dates now advertised on the web-site. There are changes to the INSET days and, most importantly, the Autumn term will now start for boys on 5th September, not the 4th as previ-ously advertised. A fully updated list of dates will be included in the next newsletter

CONGRATULATIONS

To Vikas Chadha (L6) and Daniel Griffiths (L6) who have gained places, against stiff competition, at the Gonville and Caius College Summer Schools during the holi-days. Vikas will be doing maths; Daniel history.

TICKETS

Tickets are still available for the excellent production of Wind in the Willows for Friday and Satur-day. Tickets are £7.00 on Friday and £8.00 on Saturday with a re-duction of £1.00 for children.

END OF TERM

Boys will be dismissed at 11.30 am on Friday 20th to begin the Summer Holidays.

Year 7 are Champions

ISSUE 48: JULY 13, 2007

Proof, Beauty and Pythagoras Eighty pupils from Wilson’s and Wal-lington Girls took part in a Maths in Action conference on Tuesday . Stu-dents participated in three workshops on “Orbiting the Earth”, “Proof, Beauty, Pythagoras and Triples” and “Fractals”.

The conference included excellent talks on “Fractals” and “Why Study Maths?” by Professor Peter Grindrod

(President of the Institute of Mathemat-ics and its Applications), who was ex-tremely im-pressed to find an audi-ence of so many able young mathematicians.

We’re on the web

Visit us at

www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

The Mandelbrot Fractal

Year 7 put in a stunning perform-ance at the U12 Boys Sut-ton Ath-letics

Championship compe-tition on Saturday, sweeping the board against our athletics rivals John Fisher and Sutton Grammar (who came 2nd and 3rd re-spectively). This was our best performance in this competition for many years. The outstanding tal-ent evident augurs well for ath-letics suc-cesses in the years ahead. Bravura performances in individ-

ual events came from Niall McManus, who won the Gold Medal in the 1500m; Jacob Paul who took gold and broke the bor-ough record in high jump and Sameer Khan who ran to victory in the 200m race. Jacob Paul, Lolu Oluwole-Ojo, Daniel Searle and Sameer Khan took gold in the re-

lay. Honours also went to Fahaad Alam, who gained Silver in the Hurdles, to William Goa who won the Silver in Discus and to Amish Patel who took Bronze in the Triple Jump. Superbly well done to all the competitors. A

great day for Year 7 and for Wilson’s!

Niall McManus

Paul, Oluwole-Ojo, Searle, Kahn

Jacob Paul

SEE THE WEB SITE

FOR MORE PHOTOS

Wilson’s connections with the Croydon Multiple Scle-rosis Therapy Centre go back several years now and each year we raise money to support the centre.

Last weekend Mrs Prestney and Mr Parkin-son took a group of Lower Sixth stu-dents to Snowdonia to complete MS chal-lenge.

This is al-ways a gru-elling and fearsomely difficult endeavour, but after last week’s dreadful weather the course was much muddier than usual and in parts of the course the team was shoulder deep in mud!

Over a very wet, very muddy 12 kilometre route, through forest, up hills, down hills, through bogs and water, the team car-ried our MS sufferer Martin in a wheelchair to complete the

course in 4 hours 18 minutes. In the circumstances this was an excellent time.

A very big thank you and a huge well done to Mark Baker, Michael Smith, Anthony Adams, James Knowles, Jamie Butler,

Faizal Sameja, Milan Amin, Daniyal Baig, Liu Wing Kin, Ricky Lawless, Danish Ahmed and Man-deep Dhariwal (who

managed to the finish the course with only one shoe!), and of course to Mrs Prestney and Mr Parkinson. They are all heroes!

Hopefully we’ve raised a great deal of money for our local MS therapy centre. If you haven’t sponsored yet, it’s not too late: Contact tp@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

working, problem solving and presentation skills. Year 10 were excellent. The boys responded brilliantly to all the challenges they faced and were warmly praised by the business volun-teers from Young Enterprise team who hosted the event.

Last Friday, the whole of year 10 were involved in a Project Busi-ness day. This involved working in teams to carry out a number of tasks such as producing products from limited resources and creat-ing their own adverts for a bottle of water. It gave the students the chance to work on their team-

MS Heroes and Heroines

Project Business Day

ISSUE 48: JULY 13, 2007

RESULTS

CRICKET

Wilson’s vs Sutton Grammar

Year 7: Wilson’s won by 5 wickets

SGS 98 for 6 from 25 overs Wilson’s 99 for 5 from 21.4 overs Year 7B: Wilson’s won by 50 runs

Wilson’s 135 for 3 from 20 overs SGS 85 for 4 from 20 overs ∗Jack Aguera scored 31 runs Year 8: Wilson’s won by 10 runs

Wilson’s 106 for 8 from 25 overs SGS 96 all out ∗Mickey Elgar scored 32 runs Year 10: Wilson’s won by 50 runs

Wilson’s 143 for 3 from 20 overs SGS 107 all out ∗Cole Glenister 51 not out ∗Amandeep Dhillon 47 not out

Year 8 Dads vs Sons

Sons won by two runs!

FIXTURES

CRICKET Year 7 Boys vs Parents (home) Year 8/9 team to play Dubai Touring side. (home) 9.30 am start.

Two sharply dressed members of Year 10 making their pitch to the judges

WEEKLY UPDATE

WILSON'S SCHOOL

HOUSE BAKE-OFF The House Bake-Off on Friday

13th was excellently supported and raised £217 for the African Well Fund. Standards were very high and a lot of cake was eaten. Well done to all who partici-pated. The competitions for sales and for best cake was won by Hayes. The total amount raised for the Well Fund this term has been a very impressive £1254. Well done, everyone.

CONGRATULATIONS

To Michael Reid who has gained a place against fierce com-petition at the Gonville and Caius College Summer School, bringing to three the number of Wilson’s boys who have gained places.

OLYMPIAD RESULTS

Seven of our year 7 and 8 pupils were invited to take part in the Junior Maths Olympiad. Three gained distinctions: Daniel Hunt (8S), Matthew Rogers (8S) and Keith Barker (7S), showing that they were amongst the top hun-dred pupils of their age in the country. That completes a suc-cessful year in Maths Olympiads, with a least one pupil in every year group from 7 to 11 gaining a distinction. Well done to all of them.

BOWLS DEBUT

In a new departure for sports at Wilson’s, we were recently invited to submit a team to take part in the Chipstead Bowls School’s U17 Invitation. Five of our Year 8 students, Chris Willis, George Young , Alex Hill, Tom Graham and Rajiv Thayaseelan gamely volunteered, undertook a programme of training and duly came an impressive third in the competition winning, in the proc-ess, £200 for the sports depart-ment.

Wind in the Willows

ISSUE 49: JULY 20, 2007

Raising the Standards It was touch and go whether Sports Day would go ahead. At noon the Headmaster and Mr Molyneux were seen anxiously surveying the rain laden horizon. Mean-while, the barbeque commenced in a char-acter building deluge of rain.

By 1.00 p.m. a small patch of blue sky was espied in the west and the decision to pro-ceed was taken. The new House Stan-dards were raised; the gods smiled and as the races began the sun started to shine—and remained shining until the conclusion of the events at 3.30.

The races and competitions were hard fought with enthusiastic and vocal sup-port from the spectators. See the results

inside and a selection of photographs on the website.

Many thanks espe-cially to Mr Moly-neux and his team for organising the event; to all the parents for braving the weather to come and support; and to Mr Pryce Hawkins and his team for keeping us fed and wa-tered throughout the afternoon.

We’re on the web

Visit us at

www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.

ALAN BENNETT's hilarious take on Kenneth Grahame's tale of the river-bank played to appreciative audiences last week. It was a mammoth undertak-ing for the young Year 7 cast, es-pecially the principals; the play runs at nearly 3 hours (not counting the inter-val) and the leading parts are very demanding. Jack Aguera was an endearing and spirited Mole, Kane Watts played Rat prim and proper but with a heart of gold; Nikhil Vyas gave us an avuncu-lar and jolly Badger, and Harrison

Gower was the irrepressible Toad, full of mischief, conceit and charm. The DT and Art departments produced some

memorable set-tings and some truly spectacular set-piece stage effects, including the rowing boat, the sports car, the train, the caravan and the enormous nar-row boat; and the singers and 21-strong or-chestra did a fine job provid-ing not only all

of Jeremy Sams' original incidental mu-sic and songs but also a programme to entertain the playgoers in the foyer be-fore curtain up. Photos can be downloaded from the web-site.

Tackling the question ‘What light can the ideas and analysis of an economist throw on a major is-sue of public concern’ Josh Wood, Hasib Dewan and James Collins have been highly com-mended by the Royal Economics Society for their essays entered for the annual RES Young Economist of the Year Competi-tion. Judged by representatives of the Bank of England and the BBC, this placed them in the last forty of nearly seven hun-

dred entrants nationally. You can read their essays on the web site.

Economics Essayists

ISSUE 49: JULY 20, 2007

SPORTS DAY

HOUSE WINNERS

Year 7: Green Coat

Year 8: Hayes

Year 9: Southwark

Year 10: Brecon

BEST PERFORMANCE

Lower School: Jordan Maurice

Middle School: Demola Aofalaju

HOUSE SPORTS FOR 2006/7

Year 7: Camberwell (260)

Year 8: Hayes (270)

Year 9: Hayes (210)

Year 10: Brecon (250)

CREEMORE SHIELD (Overall Sports)

Brecon: 860

(equal on points and 1st places with Camberwell, ahead on 2nd places!)

Breaching the Bastions of Privilege Michael O’Halloran reflects on the Eton Universities Summer Course 2007, also attended by Josh Wood, William Hogg and Adam Lawrence.

As we turned the final corner through the quiet Berkshire countryside before approaching the sleepy town of Eton in the shadow of Windsor Castle my mind was racing with thoughts of what I should expect. Did I agree with Eton; was it fair that a privileged few should enjoy facilities beyond the grasp of the vast majority of society? I was not sure of the answer; yet, on turning the next bend in the road such thoughts were expelled from my mind and the grandeur of the buildings immediately produced a sense of awe the like of which I have seldom experienced before.

The course only further reinforced my sense of amazement: with lessons from 8.30 till 3.00; with compulsory sport from 3.00 till 5.00 followed by lectures, pri-vate study and tutorials we certainly immersed ourselves into the life of an Eto-nian. For me this trip has illustrated the quality of pupils Wilsonians will be competing against for places at top universities. You only appreciate the facili-ties available at a school like Eton if you see them first hand: students at such a school face no restrictions on their learning experience. Beyond all else this summer course taught me that if we are to compete we must make up for what we lack in facilities with ambition and enthusiasm for the subjects we wish to pursue at higher levels of education.

WILSONIAN MEDALISTS Well done to:

Daniel Kenton; Will Tait; Darren Spain; George Roffey; Greg Pettifor; Ikenna Nwanokwu; Jonathan Mapp; Tim Haythorne; Jamie Evans; Anthony Childs and Miles Collin who have been awarded the Wilsonian Medal.

This award is in recognition of an outstanding contribution in representing the school. It is awarded to those who have represented the school in sporting fixtures one hundred times.

Congratulations to all on this very significant achievement.

L-R: George Roffey; Jamie Evans; Will Tait; Jonathan Mapp; Anthony Childs; Tim Haythorne; Greg Pettifor; Daniel Kenton; Ikenna Nwanokwu; Darren Spain

Autumn Term 2007 Monday 3 September Staff Training Day

Tuesday 4 September Staff Training Day

Wednesday 5 September Term begins

Friday 19 October Staff Training Day

22 -26 October Half Term

Thursday 20 December Term ends

Spring Term 2008 Monday 7 January Entrance Examina-tion

Tuesday 8 January Term begins

Friday 15 February Staff Training Day

18-22 February Half Term

21-24 March Easter Weekend

Friday 4 April Term ends

Summer Term 2008 Monday 21 April Term begins

Monday 5 May Bank Holiday

26-30 May Half term

Wednesday 23 July Term ends

TERM DATES 2007/8

Interhouse Problem Solving The winners of the Year 8 competition was Southwark with a score of 210 points. The team was composed of Toby Fothergill, Luke Vinter, Ayman Al-Sibassi and Abim Aluko. The winner of the Year 7 competition was Hayes with a score of 195. The team was composed of Ben James, Amish Patel, Matthew D’Rozario, Tom Lowe and Priyank Shah. Section 48 Inspection Hot on the heels of Ofsted a further set of inspec-tors visited the school early in July. This was for the Section 48 inspection which all Voluntary Aided Schools are required to have within eight weeks of the Section 10 Ofsted Inspection. The focus of the inspection was the moral, spiritual,

ISSUE 49: JULY 20, 2007

cultural and social education provided by the school. Once again the outcomes of the inspection was very encouraging, judging that ‘students make exceptional growth spiritually, morally, cultur-ally, mentally and physically’. The report is posted on the website.

CHANGE TO UNIFORM REGULATIONS

Hair must be above the collar and may

NOT be tied back

All pupils will be issued with a house badge to be worn on their left lapel. This will be a requirement of school

uniform.

SCHOOL’S OUT!

HAVE A GOOD

HOLIDAY EVERY-

ONE!

manipulated (B/W or colour using Photoshop or similar design pack-ages)

Applicants can enter a maximum of three images and up two images per category.

Deadline: 3.30pm Friday 7 September 2007. Application forms from Ms Daly or Shared Resources/Media Studies/photography competition.

Winning and other entries will be dis-played in the school and on the exter-nal website.

Dreading the long summer holidays? Well, here’s a challenge that will keep you busy and demonstrate your creative abilities.

A Wilson’s Photography Competi-tion with prizes has being launched and is open to all pupils and staff.

There are three categories:

Cities /landscapes

People/nature

Wilson’s School

Two types of images can be entered:

original (black and white or col-our)

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Many thanks to all the parents who have saved and sent in their Sainsbury’s vouchers. We collected over 28,000 which will purchase some very useful sports kit.