Friday 29 April 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, · 2016. 4. 29. · Summer Jazz Concert – 14th May – Please note change of date. The Summer Jazz concert will take place in the canteen

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Friday 29 April 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, It was a privilege to attend Rosebery's Got Talent on Tuesday evening. An eclectic range of acts included singer-songwriters, bands, choirs, an acapella group, gymnasts and dancers, and everyone took the competition very seriously and demonstrated great courage, skill and talent. This House competition, ably led by the House Prefects will, I am sure, become a tradition and I am very grateful to everyone who was involved, especially our judges Mr Smye and Mrs Hope-Wynne who had the unenviable task of choosing a winner. Many congratulations to Victoria Jetten and Liberty Campbell who won first prize for their amazing gymnastic routine. Written exams are still a few weeks away but our A Level PE and MFL students have successfully completed their practical and oral exams this week and impressed all their teachers with their commitment and focus. Drama students are next, and we look forward to their preparatory performances on Friday afternoon. We are trying hard to support students manage their understandable anxieties about their exams. The amount to learn can seem insurmountable at this stage and we are all here to help students plan their time and help them feel that it is manageable. We want students to feel confident and positive; the most important thing is that they feel able to do their best. Please alert us to any additional support that you feel your daughter needs at this time. You may have seen the press coverage of the White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, particularly on the issue of compulsory academisation for all schools. Whilst Rosebery is already an academy, we will need to determine the formation of a formal partnership with other schools in a Multi Academy Trust before too long. Finally, can I ask for your support, once again, in ensuring your daughter comes to school in the correct uniform and without jewellery and make up. I would also be very grateful if you could not drive down Whitehorse Drive at the beginning or end of the day. The risk of an accident is heightened by the high levels of traffic in this very narrow road. Have a lovely bank holiday weekend. Ros Allen @RoseberyHT

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IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

Dates for your Diary (subject to alteration)

Week 2 Monday 2 May Bank Holiday

Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 Year 10 Geography Field Trip

Year 11 Drama Exam Performance

6.00-8.00pm

Thursday 5 Year 11 Art Exam

Friday 6 Year 11 Art Exam

Years 7 to 10 Rosebery Day

WEEK 1 Monday 9 Year 8 Options Interviews

Year 12 Drama Exams and Performance

Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 Year 8 Options Interviews

Year 11 Drama Exams and Performance

Tuesday 10 Year 8 Options Interviews

PSA meeting

7.00-9.00pm

Thursday 12 & Friday 13 Year 8 Options Interviews

Year 11 Art Exams – 12th

Year 13 Art Exams – 13th

Saturday 14 Summer Jazz Concert 7pm

Week 2 Monday 16 Year 11 Study Leave begins

Public Exams begin

Year 8 Options Interviews

Year 13 Photography Exam

Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 Year 13 Photography Exam – 18th

Year 11 Walking, Talking Mock Exam – 18th

Year 8 Options Interviews

Dates for your Diary Page 2

Headteacher Commendations Pages 3 & 4

Music Department News and School Run Parking Page 4

Student Articles Page 5

Rosebery’s Got Talent - Results Page 6

Music Lessons at Rosebery Page 7

PSA News Page 8

Open Day at Plumpton College Page 9




Headteacher Commendations

I would like to commend all participants in Rosebery’s Got Talent this week. They are: Lizzie McCaffrey for leading the Rosebery Singers, Ruby Waters and Ella McRobb, Emma Linteri, Dhivia Umashankar, Maggie Sullivan and Jasmine Butt, Nadia Subhan, Abbie Gammans and Emily Fry, Florrie Pettit, and Erin Costello, Alice Lane, Mya Sweeney, Liberty Campbell and Victoria Jetten and members of 11SY and 10DY. Mrs Pingree has nominated the following students who were all part of First Aid training this week and they were

outstanding ambassadors for the school: Dixie Byfield 9EX, Gemma Frisby 9EX, Millie Akers 9EX, Sarah Atherton

10SY Amy Pickard 10SY, Natalia Chematelli 10DY, Kesiya Johny 10DY, Leana Greenstein 10DY, Lois Hill 9EY, Lucy

Yellow 9EY Molly Denbigh 10RX, Bethany Rochester 10RX, Katie Osborne 10RX, Kathryn Rowden 10RX, Parisa

Shababi 10SX, Becky Reeves 10SX, Miral Pankhania 10SY, Izzie Plowman 10SY, Phoebe King 10DY, Jan Brondo 10DY,

Maddie Saunders 10DY Annabel Hindmarsh 10SX, Nia Thomas 10EY, Danni Crawt 9EY, Yasmin Minnis 9EY, Hannah

Faraz Chandler 9EY Heather Roebuck 9EX, Yasmin Sanasay 9EX, Isobel Isles 9EX, Emilie Cooke 10SY, Samantha Perren

10DY, Lucy Cox 10DY Freya Hawken 10DY, Rosheen Bernard 10DY, Heather Laird 10DY, Sophia Hamilton-Green 8EX,

Katie Evans 10SX, Daisy Avery 10EX, Amy Warwick-Jones 9RX, Molly Powell 9RX, Arianne Lee 9RX Tamsin Godfrey

9RX Ewa Kedzierawska 10RX, Gracie Knight 10RX, Lucy Goodwin 8DX, Mia Magraw 8DX, Riya George 10RY and

Bonny Cheung 10RY.

Year 7 - Ms Rundle has nominated Xanthe Bradshaw 7DX and Georgina Bathurst 7DX for their excellent observation and advice to help spot errors in Ms Rundle’s self-portrait drawing and Ms Lowe has nominated Lois Nunez Jarrett 7EY for her consistently positive approach to English and for always putting in so much effort. Miss Green has nominated Hilary Brown and Erin Short 7SY for their leadership of the tutor group bake sale and Poppy Imms and Emma Dandy for their leadership of the photography shoot and Mr Chamberlain has nominated Millie Frow 7DX for putting together a lovely booklet on the Peasant Revolt on her own initiative. Mrs Tommasi has nominated Holly Grimshaw 7EX and Brooke Watson 7EX for their wonderful paragraphs about their houses and Mrs Hanly has nominated Eleanor Hargreaves 7RY for raising £30 for the charity MIND by being silent for a whole day and also Amy Lewis and Alice Jay 7RY for being really good friends to others in the form. Year 8 - Miss Ramsay has nominated Anna Turner 8RX for her performance in Oliver over Easter and Francesca Price

8DX for her recent swimming success. She has also nominated Brooke Frend 8SY, Sophie Goulder-Perks 8SY, Rana

Ralton 8SY, Cerys Wakefield 8EX, and Emma Brady 8SX, who all were in the winning team at the UK’s biggest girls’

rugby tournament at St Georges representing Sutton and Epsom on Sunday. Elana Allpress 8RY, Zoya Danayal 8EX,

Katerina Elger 8EX, Anne Howlett 8EY, Isobel Long 8DX, Courtney MacDonald 8DY, Mia Magraw 8DX, Aamna

Mahmood 8EX, Tia McKay 8DX, Chloe Mukonjo 8SX, Jane Rusis 8SY, Laura Schumacher 8DY, Ellie Warrilow 8SX have

also been nominated by Miss Ramsay for their excellent Spring report. Ms Baker has nominated Sophie Birch 8SX for

an excellent piece of computing homework which showed that Sophie had researched and then applied her

understanding of computational thinking to produce a very informative poster and Miss Krajniewski has nominated

Miranda Pratt 8DY for going above and beyond in 3 homeworks this term and working really hard in class. Mrs

Tommasi has nominated Lucy Horton 8RY, Abbie Heaver 8EY, Rana Ralton 8SY, Izzy Berry 8SY and Holly Brittain for

their excellent Spanish phrasebooks and Mrs Hartridge has nominated Alice Lane, Aamna Mahmood, Jessica

Parkhouse and Charlotte Williams 8EX for their detailed abstract sculpture designs and overall presentation

Year 9 - Mrs Tommassi has nominated Lara Pizzingrilli 9SY and Jess Tyndall 9SY for their wonderful Spanish blogs and

Ms Rundle has nominated Caitlin Daniels 9DX for her excellent observation and advice to help spot errors in Ms




Rundle’s self-portrait drawing. I have nominated Felicity Julian 9SY for her fantastic performance in her first ever

dressage competition at Hickstead.

Year 10 - Mrs Tommasi has nominated Claire Simpkins 10EX, Nia French-Johnson 10EY, Hannah Lee 10RY, Molly

Purvis 10EX for completing their GCSE Spanish challenge grid for excellent homework and Mrs Hanly has nominated

Megan Connor 10DY and Seyda Erodogan 10SX for making really high quality creative corsets and supporting others

with technical stages.

Year 11- Miss Gatt has nominated Chloe Webster 11RX, Abi Birch 11SX and Charis Watson 11EX for their excellent

contributions in English and positive attitude to their studies. Miss Kent has nominated the following students for their

perseverance and dedication in working to improve their Biology grade: Rosalind Hendry 11RX, Abigail Birch 11SX,

Amy Brewer 11RX, Abbie Bean 11RX, Julia Wadey 11EY, Phoebe Boylin 11RY, Lauren Sparham 11EY , Millie Lowe

11RY, Gaby McCabe 11EY, Gabby Reynolds 11EY, Louise Chappell 11SY, Emily Palmer 11SY and Charlotte Slatter

11RY.

Sixth Form - Mr Celine has nominated Shaista Barkat 12E for an exceptional performance in her AS Maths Mock and Mrs MacLean has nominated Tara Campbell 12B for enduring a 50 mile march alongside physical and mental challenges in order to successfully complete her two day RAF qualifier Air Cadet Event.

School Run Parking

As a school we are very fortunate to be located in a quiet residential

area and we want to be considered to be good neighbours. To help

us in this aim please can you ensure that all drop offs and pickups

are conducted in a considerate way. Unfortunately a number of our

community have not been considerate in their parking blocking

driveways and parking in disabled and residential bays. Whilst we

appreciate parking is at a premium please can we request that all drivers park appropriately an in such a way as to not

create a nuisance for residents or other road users. Thank you.

Music Department News

Summer Jazz Concert – 14th May – Please note change of date.

The Summer Jazz concert will take place in the canteen at 7pm on Saturday 14th May. The evening will feature

the Big Band, Broadway Band, Brass Ensemble and Rosebery Singers, among others. Please bring drinks and

nibbles to this jazz café style event.

Further details, including tickets, to follow.




Rosebery Rider – Megan Long

My horse is called Izzy and I have owned her for nearly 2 years.

I have been competing in dressage since the age of 7 although

have been riding for as long as I can remember. Dressage is

different to the other disciplines I compete in (Show jumping

and Cross Country) as it requires much more focus, accuracy

and engagement from both the horse and rider. You can

practise for a dressage competition for as long as a month in

advance but it depends on personal preference! On Friday, I

was granted an authorised absence to go and compete in the National Schools Equestrian Association Championships

for dressage after qualifying previously. Izzy rode a lovely test to leave us 8th overall and 2nd in my Prelim test. I really

enjoyed attending and meeting lots of other riders from different schools. I can't wait to represent Rosebery again!

By Anna Turner – Year 8

“I went to Cornwall in the Easter holidays and performed Oliver! The show production, all week at the Minack Theatre.

The theatre is built into the cliff side with steep steps and terraced seating. It is in Porthcurno in Cornwall and it is right

at the end of the country, next to Lands End. It was really fun because I was with all of my out-of-school friends. The

dressing rooms are really cool because you have to go down a staircase and the dressing rooms are built into the rocks

below. I did 4 shows in total: one on Monday two on Tuesday and another on Friday. The Minack was built by a lady

named Rowena Cade and she built it all by herself with her gardener. She built it so her and her friends could put on

plays to entertain themselves. Oliver! is about a boy called Oliver who lives in the workhouse who angers the people

in charge and is sold to a funeral director. He soon escapes from there and meets a pickpocket named Dodger who

introduces him to his friends. Oliver gets caught and taken to an old man’s house. The man soon figures out that Oliver

is his daughter’s son. Meanwhile a man named Bill Sykes is on the lookout for Oliver because he is afraid that Oliver

will tell the man about them pickpocketing. He finds Oliver and soon takes him back. Bill Sykes' girlfriend steals Oliver

to give him back to his grandfather but is caught by Sykes and he kills her, Bill flees with Oliver but is shot therefore,

setting Oliver free. He is then returned back to safety”.




Rosebery’s Got Talent 2016!

In the frame:

Mr Neil Smye, Florrie Petit, Erin Costello, Liberty Campbell, Victoria Jetten, Dhivia Umashankar and Mrs Suzanne Hope-Wynne.

As members of this thriving community, we are all very aware of the talents of our students although some have remained hidden – until now! Our House Leaders and their Prefect teams auditioned over 50 different acts and only 11 were selected to participate in the Final. Thank you to every student who put themselves forward for this inaugural event; don’t give up and try again next time!

The Final on Tuesday 26th April was eagerly anticipated, not least because we were pleased to welcome two performing arts professionals to assist us. Mr Neil Smye and Mrs Suzanne Hope –Wynne agreed to come along for the unenviable task of choosing the top acts on the night.

We were also treated to a showcase performance from our Rosebery Singers who achieved success recently at the Leith Hill Music Festival. The House Prefect team and Head Girls were an amazing ‘crew’, both Front of House and backstage – thank you for being there to support your students and the House staff.

A packed audience came to watch the show in the Drama studios and they were not disappointed! The diversity and variety of performances was amazing and included acapella group singing, guitarists, singers, keyboard players, dancers, a harpist and a gymnastic duo who defied gravity! The adjudicators had a really tough time making their decision but eventually concluded that the Rosebery’s Got Talent trophy should be awarded to Liberty Campbell and Victoria Jetten for their skilful gymnastics and thoroughly entertaining take on a James Bond theme. Their skills were all the more admirable due to their hastily reworked routine because Molly Chartres who made up the original trio was injured (playing rugby!) Second place went to a singing, guitar -playing duo – Florrie Petit and Erin Costello and Third place was awarded to the melodic Dhivia Umashankar.

All participants received feedback from the adjudicators and specially designed certificates created by Mrs St John and Mrs Jolly. The House Leaders would like to thank everyone who joined in with this new event for Rosebery – hopefully the first of many!

Margot Evans Personal Development Leader / Drama and PE Departments




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Friday 29 April 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, · 2016. 4. 29. · Summer Jazz Concert – 14th May – Please note change of date. The Summer Jazz concert will take place in the canteen