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Issue 4 —Week 13 www.thecedarsschool.org.uk 06 December 2013
WELCOME!
Dear parents,
The last few weeks have been extremely busy for
the boys and the pace shows no sign of letting up.
We have had a brief lull in the rugby season but
will be facing both Worth School and Wimbledon
College next week.
It was good to see so many parents at the digital
media workshop and the musical soirée and I hope
we will see you for the evening of carols before
the end of term.
The theme of tutorials at the moment is service to
others. Developing a spirit of joyful service takes
time but there is much that we can do at school
and at home to help. At school we are trying to
give boys more responsibility and they almost al-
ways respond in a positive way. Boys like to feel
that someone is depending on them and having
areas of responsibility in the home can be useful as
well.
Thanks to all of you who helped at our recent
open morning. Although the turnout was much
less than in September, we seem to be attracting
plenty of interest and a good number of high qual-
ity applications. We have now started to assess
and interview prospective pupils and will start to
send out offers in January.
Mr Robert Teague
Headmaster
MUSICAL SOIREE
This was a magical evening and it was
great to see so many boys enjoying their
music and having the courage to perform
in front of others. In some cases, per-
formers had only been learning their in-
struments for a short period of time
which made their willingness to perform
all the more impressive. There were
some outstanding highlights (and the odd
wrong note) but this is an event that we
would like to repeat each term. Roll on
the evening of carols!
DRAMA PRODUCTION
As you know, the drama department is putting on
a play loosely based on 'The Odyssey' by the
Greek poet Homer.
This term the pupils have become involved in an
impressive range of extra curricular activities such
as sports fixtures, the carol concert and clubs.
With this in mind we have decided to defer the
date of our production to mid February next term.
This will give the boys more time to devote to re-
hearsals and all the things required to produce a
high standard of performance. Shortly before the
end of this term details of how you will be able to
help with costumes, props, and masks will be
provided.
We would be very grateful your support with this.
Bob Williams
PARENT WORKSHOP
We were delighted to welcome Mr Luison Lassala
on Wednesday, 20 November for an interactive
workshop on Electronic Media and Social Net-
working. Mr Lassala is an educationalist, a mem-
ber of the Internet Safety Advisory Council of Ire-
land and a partner in the international think-tank
on social media: InterMedia Social Innovation. He
has carried out extensive research in this area and
his contributions include the Watch Your Space
survey on social networking and the award-
winning study, YouTube: Usage and Abusage. We
had a good turnout and everyone agreed it was
very informative. Handouts are still available for
those parents who were unable to attend. Please
let the school office know if you would like one.
TUTORIAL THEMES
The tutorial theme for the next two weeks is
Service to Others.
TRAMLINK SAFETY
TALK On Thursday , 28 November we welcomed a
member of London Tramlink to come and speak
to the boys about tram safety. The speaker was
very engaging and the boys discussed ways to stay
safe on and around trams. Thank you Tramlink
and boys remember to always be vigilant for your-
self and others around trams!
THE CEDARS RUGBY
RESULTS 2013
Caterham 26-5 (L)
Langley Park School for Boys 24-5 (L)
Trinity 60-0 (W)
Wallington 10-14 (W)
Ewell Castle 38-0 (W)
Whitgift 56-5 (W)
St Olaves 31-7 (W)
City of London Freeman’s School 7-28 (L)
Dulwich College 45-5 (W)
CAKE SALE
In response to the Typhoon Haiyan Appeal, we
decided to bake cakes and hold a cake sale. This
caused quite a lot of excitement amongst the boys
at The Cedars and the number of baked offerings
was quite staggering for a school of 24 boys. This
epic cake sale went on for two days so that all the
cakes could be sold and we are very pleased to
report that an impressive £153.73 was raised for
the Typhoon Appeal. Thank you to all parents,
boys and staff who donated goodies of the baked
variety! And thank you to all those who came to
buy cakes. Well done The Cedars!
SPORT
RUGBY NEWS
The boys played really well against Dulwich and it
was one of our best team performances. They are beginning to effectively help each other on the
pitch, ensuring they support each other in
attack and also get back to form their defensive
line. Try scorers were Zak (3), Greg (1), Ossey
(1), Marvin (1) and Mieszko (1).
Our winning streak continued with this one-sided
encounter against a team from Whitgift. We ap-
proached this game with some trepidation as four
key players were absent due to other commit-
ments and/or illness but soon discovered the op-
position were no match for even our under-
strength team. There were some excellent pass-
ing moves, good individual running and tackling
and Mr Thomson’s handling drills are starting to
bear fruit. We hope to squeeze in a fixture
against a stronger Whitgift team before too long.
KEY DATES
for your diary
Tuesday 10 December
Rugby v Worth (A) - time TBC
Wednesday 11 December
Oakwood Enrichment day at The Cedars
Thursday 12 December
Computing master class
Friday 13 December
Rugby v Wimbledon College (A) - time TBC
Saturday 14 December
Carols at the Whitgift Centre—2.00pm
Monday 16 December
Carols at The Cedars—7.00pm
Wednesday 18 December
Michaelmas report to parents
Term ends—12pm
Wednesday 08 January 2014
STAFF INSET day
Thursday 09 January
Hilary term begins
We hope you enjoy our ‘cake art’...
In addition to the money raised by the cake sales,
a further £78 donated has been sent to the
Typhoon appeal.
PICTURE OF THE WEEK!
Here are the winners of Mr Gavin’s ‘Design your
own musical instrument’ competition. Perhaps
we can save some money on the music budget
next year!