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End of Term Edition Friday 18 December 2015

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been wonderful to lighten these darkest days of the year with some genuine moments of celebration this week.

Each year group has marked their own individual and collective successes in assemblies each morning this week and

the tutor group in each year group with the most achievement points have been awarded their afternoon tea

experience, which they have greatly enjoyed. We held our annual Senior Prizegiving on Tuesday evening. It was lovely

to welcome back many past students who are thriving at university, along with our current Year 12 and 13s to mark

their fantastic exam performances. Emma Ryan, a former student currently working for Lockheed Martin as a research

engineer, gave a lively and entertaining speech about the impact that Rosebery has had on her life as a scientist and

the opportunities that a career in STEM-based industries provide. Indeed, on the day that Major Tim Peake reached

the International Space Station, it was fascinating to hear how one of her experiments is going to be sent to the ISS for

the astronauts to work on next year.

Year 11 have now completed their Mock Exams and must be congratulated on their conduct and attitude throughout

this stressful period. They have been involved in two enterprise and business days this week, where they have been

receiving help and advice from representatives of industry and commerce about job applications, CV writing and

interview techniques. They have then competed for a given job, with each student being given an interview with one

of the external representatives. They have performed very well and the representatives commented on what a

pleasure it was to spend time with this talented and articulate group. Sincere thanks must also be extended to all who

gave up their time to come to work with and interview our students; we really are grateful for your support.

Remembering Natalie

At the conclusion of our beautiful carol service on Thursday evening, we held a retiring collection in memory of Natalie.

The Scott family have established a Justgiving page to raise funds for the Meningitis Research Foundation. If you would

like to make a donation, in addition to the one we will be making as a school, you will find the information here:

http://www.meningitis.org/remembrance-funds/remembering-natalie

New Year; new uniform!

Can I make a plea that, over the Christmas break, some attention is given to renewing uniform where necessary? We

have a number of students who have not been in the correct shoes, have not had a blue or black coat and are therefore

wearing hoodies, and persist in wearing nail varnish and jewellery. Your support in ensuring your daughter has

everything she needs for her return on 6 January 6 is much appreciated.

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

http://www.meningitis.org/remembrance-funds/remembering-natalie



As we reach the end of another term, we have to bid a sad farewell to some colleagues who will not be returning in

January. Miss Nicholson, who is currently Head of Year 11, but was also been our Head of Biology until last Summer,

is relocating to the south coast. Ms Saul will be taking on the Head of Year 11 position from January. Mrs Biggs, who

has been covering the maternity leave of Mrs Fassam in Sociology, also leaves us at the end of term. We are very

grateful to both members of staff, who have been highly supportive of all the students with whom they have worked.

We welcome back Mrs Fassam, who returned as Head of Sociology this week.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff for their hard work across this term, to express my gratitude to

governors for their continued service to the school, and to mark once again the commitment, kindness, dedication

and humour that our students demonstrate every day, which means they are such a pleasure to work with. Many

thanks to you all for your continuing support and may your Christmas break be restful and restorative. We look

forward to seeing all students back to school at 8.30am on Wednesday 6 January 2016. Merry Christmas and a very

happy New Year.

Ros Allen

Headteacher @Rosebery HT

IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary and Parents’ Evenings Page 3

Headteacher Commendations Page 4

Whole School Production ‘Our Day Out’ Letter Page 5

Sixth Form Admissions Deadline and Student Services Card Competition Winners Page 6

Drama at Rosebery Pages 7 & 8

French Students get Arty! Page 9

Sports Department Round Up Pages 10 - 13

Star-Tastic After School Clubs Pages 14 – 16

Christmas Celebrations at Christ Church, Epsom Page 17

PSA Message Page 18

Film Making Club (after school) Page 19




Dates for your Diary (subject to alteration)

SPRING TERM 2016

January

Wednesday 6 Start of term

A2 Mocks and AS Assessments begin

Normal time

Wednesday 13 Year 11 Mock Results and Reports

Thursday 14 Year 11 Parents’ Evening 4.00-8.00pm

Thursday 14 & Friday 15 Years 12 and 13 PE Practical Mocks

Friday 15 Years 12 and 13 MFL Mock Orals

Year 11 Philosophy & Ethics Day

Parents’ Evenings 2016

There is one parents’ evening each year which gives you an opportunity to discuss your daughter’s progress with her

teachers. Appointments are five minutes in length and are made using our electronic booking system. You will receive

a letter via email informing you of the date that the booking system will open, usually around one week to ten days

before the evening.

For a link to the electronic booking system and full instructions on how to use it, please go to the following page on

our website:

http://www.roseberyschool.co.uk/parents/parents-evenings/

Parents’ Evening dates for the academic year 2015-2016 are:

Spring Term

Y11 Parents’ Evening Thursday 14 January 2016 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm

Y9 Parents’ Evening Thursday 21 January 2016 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm

7X Parents’ Evening Thursday 17 March 2016 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm

7Y Parents’ Evening Thursday 23 March 2016 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm

Summer Term

8X Parents’ Evening Thursday 14 April 2016 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm

8Y Parents’ Evening Thursday 21 April 2016 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm

Y10 Parents’ Evening Thursday 28 April 2016 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm


http://www.roseberyschool.co.uk/parents/parents-evenings/



Headteacher Commendations

A lovely way to end the year, with a very healthy crop of commendations to award this week. Many congratulations

to them all.

Year 7 - Miss Lowe has nominated Harriet Humfress, Abijah Panchalingham and Sade Toye 7EY Asha Thomas, Neepha

Radcox and Jaz Read 7SX Deanna Goodwin 7DX Sophie Atia 7SY and Tanaya Dosaj 7RY for giving up their Saturday

morning to pack bags with her in Marks and Spencer’s to raise money for our Year 7 Charity, Age Concern Epsom. They

raised nearly £400 and were an absolute credit to the school. Mr Chamberlain has nominated Charlie Oliver, Evie

Willox, Yasmin Haile, Jennifer Keogh, Sophie Benson and Jo-Anne Winmill from 7SX for working very hard in History

and Mrs White has nominated Juliette Price, Holly Grimshaw, Eve Scott and Abigail Adejokun from 7EX for their

excellent Geography presentation this week. Finally, Mrs Evans has nominated Harriet Humpress for her superb

reading at the Christmas Carol Service.

Year 8 - Mrs Pingree has nominated Keanna Rush 8SX to receive a commendation for helping her to put the certificates

together for Prize Giving and for making a real effort to improve all aspects of her behaviour and school work.

Mrs Evans has nominated Emma Linteri, Izzy Berry and Jane Rusis, 8SY, for their excellent reading at the Christmas

Carol Service.

Year 9 - Mr Chamberlain has nominated the following girls from 9RX for their wonderful role play activity in History: Millie Jones, Molly Powell, Molly Etherington, Tamzin Godfrey, Jessica Pascal, Fay Mills and Mrs Tommasi has nominated Diksha Patel 9DX, Imogen North 9DX, Elise Elger 9EX, Catherine Meech 9EX, Jessica Pascal 9RX, Isabel Campbell 9RX and Amaani Rana 9RX for coming to an after school session to revise for their Spanish assessment. Mrs White and I have nominated Eloise Adolph, Ella Danks, Gemma Pullen, Charlotte Procter, Hannah Faraz-Chandler and Mia Samman in 9EY for their brilliant suffragette song that they wrote and performed this week. Year 10 - Miss Allen has nominated Eama Ahmed in 10SY for all of her hard work and thoughtful contributions in English and Mrs Evans has nominated Saffie Burgess, Sarah Atherton and Amy Burgon 10SY for their excellent reading at the Christmas Carol Service. Year 11 - Ms Cooke has nominated Maia Bradley 11DX, Lauren Clowser 11SX, Gabriela Ekoku 11RX, Lucie Finch 11SX, Katie Marley 11RY, Alicia Sealey 11RX for successfully completing the edit of their horror trailers and to an excellent standard two weeks ahead of the 54 other people in their cohort! Mrs Evans has nominated Sophie Edge 11SY for her beautiful reading at the Christmas Carol Concert.




Whitehorse Drive Epsom, Surrey KT18 7NQ Tel: 01372 720439 Email: [email protected] www.roseberyschool.co.uk

17 December 2015

Dear Parents/Carers

Re: “Our Day Out” by Willy Russell

I am delighted to invite you to our Spring production which promises to be a brilliant chance to relax

and enjoy the talents of our students. Let us take you back to 1970s, where Mrs Kay’s remedial class

for illiterate children, called the ‘Progress Class’, embark on a school trip to Conwy Castle in North

Wales, along with several interesting stops on the way.

Venue: Rosebery School

Dates and times: Tuesday 2 February 2016, 7pm

Wednesday 3 February 2016, 7pm

Ticket prices: £5 adults and £2.50 concessions

To purchase your tickets, please go to www.parentpay.com and enter your username and

password; please choose the service called “Our Day Out 2016”, selecting one of the two

dates available. Please take care when choosing adult or concessionary tickets. If you have

any problems, please contact Mrs Field on 01372 720439 extension 256.

Thank you for your support which is, as always, very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely

Mr J Waight

Head of Drama & Performing Arts


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.parentpay.com/



CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION

Congratulations to the winners of the Student Services Christmas Card Competition. This was judged by Mrs E Byrne, Assistant Head and SENCO Officer for Inclusion. The Lucky winners of the chocolate hampers are:

1st Prize Emma Farquhar 8RY 2nd Prize Kate Michael 8RY 3rd Prize Fern Rainger 7RX

Well done girls and thank you to all who entered! Lorna Anderson Intervention Team Manager Designated Deputy Safeguarding Lead Student Support Services




As we approach the end of the term, I would like to take a moment to reflect on some of the outstanding achievements that students have achieved within the Drama & Performing Arts Department at Rosebery. GCSE Drama students in Year 11 have completed 60% of their GCSE and have explored many workshops, including the horrors from The Woman in Black. Year 11 Performing Arts students were taken to The Pineapple Dance Studios and The National Theatre for a Performing Arts Tour in London, including a practical workshop led by a professional dancer. Here’s what some of the students had to say; “The Performing Arts Tour was inspirational. I really enjoyed visiting the Pineapple Dance Studios with the class. I learnt a different style of dance that I had never experienced before that widened my knowledge. We had so much fun learning a new dance as a class because we were around people who had the same passion as us. I am now considering going into the industry because of my experience in Pineapple Dance Studios. The tour of the National Theatre gave me an insight into the world behind the curtains. The effort that goes into putting on a production and set makes me appreciate the business even more. It also made me realise the other opportunities and professions you can go into other than just dancing, singing and drama.” Alannah Pedro, Lauren Roberts & Gemma Lee

More recently, proud parents and staff were entertained with four very different Shakespeare performances, led and directed by the Sixth Form House Prefects, for this year’s Shakespeare Drama Festival, with Sapphire House as the overall winners (pictured). Also in November, Frantic Assembly came in to deliver a practical workshop based on the physical theatre from the West End’s Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Just this week, Year 13 Drama & Theatre Studies students completed their devised practical examinations, based on a stimulus stemmed from the refugee crisis. Well done to everyone for what you have achieved so far in just one term. I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2016. Mr James Waight Head of Drama & Performing Arts







French Students get Arty!

In the latter part of the Autumn Term, Year 7 students learnt about the French painter, Henri Rousseau, during their French lessons as part of our Culture and Internationalism strand of the new KS3 assessment criteria.

Students had to design their own picture in the style of Henri Rousseau and then describe what they had drawn in French. Many students produced stunning pictures, which really captured Rousseau's eye-catching style. Miss Rundle from the Art Department came to judge the pictures and Ms Wright from the Languages Department judged the descriptions.

Here are the winning entries along with some photos of our Rousseau art gallery. We hope you like them as much as we do and well done to all the runners up too! Winner of artwork - Xanthe Bradshaw 7DX (pictured) Winner of description - Caroline Young 7SY (below) Runners up of artwork - Millie Frow 7EX, Beth Young 7RY, Aimee Taylor 7EY, Clara Tighe 7RY. Runners up of description - Lois Nunes-Jarrett 7EY, Morgan Hitching 7EY, Jameelah Auchoybur 7SY, Nina Johnson 7DX and Areen Al Hyassat 7DX. Ms P Wright Head of MFL
































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