Christ's Chronicles newsletter Issue no 85

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The ChristsChronicles18th-22nd Feb Half Term

25th February INSET DAYSCHOOL CLOSED

26th February Year 9 Parents Evening 3.30-6.30pm

1st March Year 11 group to Poetry Live

4th March Year 9 Options Interviews this week

6th March Sixth Form Open Evening 7pm

11th March Spanish Exchange students arrive

PTA Meeting 7pm

Year 8 Geography Docklands trip

12th March Year 10 group visit Sussex University

15th March PTA Quiz Night

18th March Year 8 Geography Docklands Trip (2nd)

20th March Careers Day

28th March Maundy Thursday Easter Service

Early Closure 12.30pm

Ski Trip Departs

Future events for your diary

Special points of

interest:

Reviews

Coming

Events

Sports News

Messages

Requests

Advertising

Inside this issue:

Options Days 2

Music Concert 2

Best Speaker 3

HumSoc 3

Young Journalists 4/5

Comic Relief 6

Oxford Trip 6

PTA 7

Sixth Form 8

French Exchange 8

Surrey Skills 9

J ack Petchey 9

Sports 14/5

Ruths Message 16

February 2013 Issue 85

Welcome to the latest issue of Christs Schools newsletter

Please check the school sports board for up to date weekly fixtures

You can also check the school events calendar,

which is updated regularly for more diary dates on our website at

www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

PTA Quiz NightFriday, 15th

March 2013
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Year 9 Options Days

Choosing options is a main focus for year 9 this term and a number of activities have been

arranged in school to help give pupils more information about choices and where they may

lead.

On 20th J anuary, the year 9s went to 4 different sessions with an options choice focus designed

to help them learn more about their own skills, understand the complexity of career paths and

decision making.

In one session we had a number of professionals who spoke to pupils about how varied careers

can be and what skills transfer from one job to another. The visitors included: the Artist in

residence from Orange Tree theatre, Education and Audience development officer from

Richmond Museum, Freelance musician, Outdoor learning and development officer,

Participation Curator Stanley Picker Art gallery, International Officer Roehampton University, Co-founder of Lets-Begin, Human Resources and Well-being Coordinator from Scania based in

Sweden, Hedge fund investor and Human Resources Manager dealing with Employee Relations

from Network Rail.

There was also an opportunity to play an

especially designed board game based on

building an enterprise as well as a session led

by our independent careers advisors on

making option choices and a further session

on learning about skills in different subjectsand how these relate to employability.

There was an additional drama workshop

designed by Goldsmiths University which

focused on education and career

progression.

Sarah Brown

At Home Music Concert

Last Friday the music department hostedanother of its "At Homes"; these short informalconcerts give pupils the opportunity toperform in front of a small audience as well asgiving parents and friends the chance to visitthe department and speak to the Direc tor ofMusic and to other parents.

This, the department's fifth At Home, featuredseveral piano solos, as well as string, wind andvocal numbers; pupils from all year groupsplayed and sang.

Philip Wilson


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On the evening of Thursday 7th February, a team of three students from years 10 and 11 went

to Wimbledon C ollege to take part in an interschool public speaking competition run by the

English Speaking Union. Sarah Deary, Dorsa Nasrollahi and J ames Upton took on the roles of

speaker, chairperson and questioner respectively. They faced opposition from both private

and state schools, including Whitgift, Caterham and Dunraven Schools.

Sarah made a powerful speech on how positive discrimination can be harmful to minorities.

She subsequently answered a range of challenging questions from the questioner

representing Wimbledon College and from the audience. Dorsa and J ames then confidently

introduced and questioned the speaker from Dunraven on his topic of political correctness.

At the end of the evening, results were announced and Sarah was chosen as the best

speaker. The judge commented on her masterful control and impeccable delivery. It was a

well deserved victory which reflected the hard work the students had put into their

preparation for the competition.

Claire Lorenz

Best Speaker Awarded to Christs Student at Public

Speaking Competition

Nicholas Owen at HumSoc last week.

This term the Humanities Soc iety enjoyed a visit from BBC news presenter Nicholas Owen. Hecame to speak to Christ's pupils about his incredible career in radio and television. He specifiedhis time as ITN's royal correspondent as the highlight of his career so far as he had theopportunity to follow the royal family all over the world. Pupils listened intensely and had manyquestions to ask. Nicholas stressed the importance of a good education in todays society. Atthe end of the session Nicholas was more than happy to sign the many autograph requests.

The Humanities Society happens every Thursday lunchtime in Room 10. Pupils bring their lunchalong and listen to a guest speaker or join in topical debates led by the HumanitiesAmbassadors.
http://www.esu.org/


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The year 10 students who are taking part in the Local Guardian Young Journalist Scheme arecontinuing to show their initiative and reliability by meeting their deadlines. They have to decide

on their story, write the article and upload it in time to meet the monthly deadline. Some articlesare written in response to a current event, others are more reflective pieces. Here are aselec tion of their articles:

Priory Lane Crash And Closure

Young Journalists Meet Their Deadlines

At approximately 5:20pm a car and a motorbike c rashed at the junction

between Priory lane and Bank Lane near Ibstock School. The c rash was

reported immediately and both roads (Bank Lane and Priory Lane) were

closed to all traffic. The crash was discovered to be serious.

Witnessing the scene, there were several police cars monitoring the closed

roads, and surrounding the crash site. The police were assuring pedestrians and attempting to

control and direc t the diverted traffic. There were several ambulances at the scene, as well as a

fire engine, which was called because one of the passengers appeared to be trapped in the

car.

The car was medium sized and the front was severely damaged and looked as if it was

compressed because of the force of the c rash. The motorbike was smashed up and parts of it

were scattered around the scene; the rider of the motorbike was not on the scene. It is unknown

as to the injuries of those involved, but around 15 paramedics, some of whom were on top of the

car, surrounded the smashed vehicle.The car roof had been partially cut open by fire engine equipment to access the passenger and

a stretcher was being inserted vertically inside the front of the car. This passenger had been

trapped for around an hour. There also seemed to be some sort of absorbent on the blood in

the road.

As a witness of the crash scene it was shocking to see such a life and death situation, but the

emergency services were handling the accident well. The traffic was also affected by the

closure of Priory Lane with an impact all around Richmond, and some buses were terminating

early.

By Abigail Houghton-Brown

Welcome to Watoto

My worst nightmare would be losing the ones I love. Imagine living a life where there are so many unan-

swered questions about your past that you don't know what to believe anymore. Well this is a scary and

horrific reality for an overwhelming number of children in Africa.

Many vulnerable children have been left with nothing after tragic circumstances like disease or abuse

have left them orphaned and having to face the world alone. However, there is some hope out there for

these children. The Watoto model is a holistic care program which supports children who are in desper-ate need of care. It involves counselling and education and a lso gives them new families where they will

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They aim to protect these children through spiritual guidance

and the love of music.

The Watoto Children's Choir was set up to bring some light and

faith into these children's lives. Since 1994, the choir has gone

all over the world spreading their joy and stories everywhere

they go. Most of them have had very traumatic pasts but the

choir gives them a sense of freedom which they could have

only imagined if they were still living in their previous

circumstances. The members are made up of children who

have become orphaned as a result of war, those living in

extreme poverty and those suffering from HIV/AIDS and other

diseases.

Recently the choir came to visit Christ's School where they held a concert and told their stories to pupils

parents and teachers. We were able to buy bracelets and earrings in order to contribute financ ially

towards the charity, and we could also sponsor a child too. Their music and positive attitude put a smile

on the face of every member of the audience as they were living in the moment and moving awayfrom their past.

By Rachel J arvis

Diminishing Respect For The Elderly

As you become older, you lose respect. You begin to crumble from a ll the stress

from all of it. You become a silent spectator that nobody cares to listen to any-

more. Your voice bec omes a burden to society. People ignore you, and deny

you the basic needs you should have. This is not the way to treat wise c itizens ofour community. The elderly should be treated with the rightful respec t they de-

serve. Being old should not mean that you should be treated differently.

Although this may not be the case for every single pensioner in the world, a lot

are affected by the disrespectful attitude directed at them. Robbing old women

has become a popular scenario, and the stereotypical illusion of an old ladys

defence being her handbag typically portrays them as weak and insufficient.

Furthermore, aggressive behaviour from youngsters is another example that demonstrates how the el-

derly are commonly mistreated. To put it bluntly not everyone likes to give up their seats for the elderly.

We all know this. In particular rowdy young adults. They tend to be the most ignorant of the elderly's

needs. It doesnt take much to give up a seat peoplenote to the lazy people out there

I wouldnt say respect, but nobody cares. I think people take advantage of them because theyre

weakerSo theyre more patronising towards them anonymous quote.

Overall, respect for the elderly is clearly diminishing. What do you think? Are the elderly being deprived

of the basic needs they should have. Are the elderly not being treated with the fair respect they ought

to be treated with? And why does being old affect how society behaves with you. So many people

walk right by the elderly without even giving a second glance, others seem to feel that they are just in

the way. The elderly are still people and are just trying to live the last of their days lives in peace and

serenity. They dont ask for much. So why dont we let them be, and show them the respect they de-

serve. Treat people how youd like to be treated.

By J uma Akhter


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Comic Relief 2013, 25th Anniversary YearThe Challenge

The four new school houses, Dickens, Elizabeth, Turing andAttenborough, have been very busy raising money for Comic Relief

through a variety of charity events including the paper aeroplanechallenge, pancake day and the Great Christs school bake off. There are two aims; one toraise money for Comic Relief and if they raise at least 300 per house the reward will be a muftiday on March 15th. The house that raises the most amount of money will also get a priority pass

in the canteen for a week.!

Year 10 Trip to Oxford

We were invited to take up to 10 of our most able students from year10 for an Exploring Oxford day again this year. We took 9 students onFriday 1stFebruary to visit St Hildas college. St Hildas was opened in1823 just for women, however, it is now mixed. The visiting pupils(along with 4 other schools) took part in an English tutorial exercise, analyzing and comparingthe texts of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and later editions modified by her husband. They alsohad a Q&A with students finding out about University life, the entrance procedures and suitableA levels. After a very hearty lunch the students moved on to the Botanic gardens where you cansee a few of them completing a scientific exercise to find the best plant to save and take to a

new planet, if life on earth came to an end. We then walked on to Oriel College that datesback to 1326 for another Q&A session with students and a tour of a different college.


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The PTA are currently gearing up for the Quiz evening which will be held in the school hall on

Friday 15th March. This will be a really fun evening where parents and teachers can meet up,

show their competitive spirit, enjoy a delicious curry and a drink from the bar. Tickets cost 15including food and go on sale from the school office the week commencing 4th March. Please

do come along.

PTA Chair Role

I am delighted to take on the role of PTA C hair during this extremely exciting tercentenary year.

We will be helping at some of the schools celebratory events wherever possible, and again we

will have a Christs School PTA stall at the Richmond May Fair on Saturday 11th May. We are

even planning to continue celebrations into the autumn term. We are looking for eager and

enthusiastic parents and carers to help. Also, please let me know if you can offer, or have anycontacts with local businesses who may donate raffle prizes, give items that we can auction

and sponsor events in return for advertising their products and services. This could include

beauty products or treatments, theatre tickets, a free meal or glass of wine at a restaurant, a

short term gym membership or even a few days holiday. To learn more, offer comments and

suggestions please c ome along to the next PTA meeting which is on Monday 11th March at

7pm in the Music Block, or please contact me, J ane [email protected].

PTA Parents Forum

Thank you to those of you who were able to attend the Parents' Forum meeting on a cold and

rainy evening in J anuary! We had a very positive and interesting discussion about school sports

by the new Head of PE, Charlotte Needham. In particular, we discussed funding and how

parents can get involved in supporting sports activities at Christs. We are looking at the

feasibility of online systems to provide parents and pupils with more timely information on

Christs fixtures and achievements, and which can also be used to manage parent volunteers.

The next meeting will be on Wednesday 20th March at 7pm in the Music Block and will be

around school communications and the Christs school website. Matthew Morris, Acting

Director of Post 16 Education, will also be there to provide the latest information on the progress

of the new 6th Form and is looking forward to hearing your views. If you have any questions or

comments, or would like to volunteer to help in some way, please contac t Rowan Woodward [email protected].

PTA Quiz Night

Quiz Night
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Student Sixth Form Steering Group

Twelve Year 10 students have formed an important

discussion group on all issues regarding the future

sixth form. The students will be meeting once everyhalf term to give their options and ideas on how our

sixth form will look and run. It is an important decision

making time and as a school value all ideas and

input from staff, students and parents. Our first

meeting was held last week and we discussed key

issues on what would be our sixth form strengths and make people want to come back. The

second topic was uniform and dress code. The student response was informative and valuable

as we begin to realise our vision.

Matt Morris

French Exchange to Le Havre in France 2013

Would you like your child to really improve their French whilehaving a wonderful holiday?

Could you receive a French pen friend into your home?

If your answers were yes, then maybe you would like to let yourson/daughter take part in this years French exchange with

pupils from the Collge Irne J oliot Curie in Le Havre,Normandy.

The exchange will take place between Friday 10th May andFriday 17thMay 2013

We will go to Le Havre on Friday 10th May and will return with the French partners on Friday 17thMay. They will stay for one week and return to France on Friday 24th May.

When we are in Le Havre, a busy time awaits. The Normandy area is rich in things to do andsee. Our stay will include a trip to the Parc Astrix theme park just outside Paris, a day in Paris, avisit to a typical French market, a trip to Ac robranche adventure centre, possibly a trip toBayeux and the nearby D day landing beaches and a tour of Le Havre itself. Our pupils will also

get the opportunity to attend a couple of lessons at the French school. During their stay herethe French students will be with their teachers each weekday visiting London. At the weekendand in the evenings they will be with you and your family.

Children will need their own up to date passport and EHIC card in order to come on the trip. Apolice CRB check will be required for your family.

The cost of this trip is 310, which includes everything apart from pocket money! If you would

like your child to participate in the exchange please complete the form attached and return it

together with a deposit of 70 (cheques made payable to Christs school) as soon as possible.

If you have any queries please contact me via the school office or by email at

[email protected]

Vicki McGrail
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We were very fortunate to be given 39 places at theSurrey skills fair for the year 9s this year.

The Surrey Skills Fair is intended to raise the aspirations ofYear 9 students and help inform them in planning theirnext steps on a successful educational journey,progressing into further & higher education and/ortraining-related employment beyond 18 years of age,and hence to a rewarding career.

This county-wide event was organised by the Universityof Surrey. It is intended to provide young people with abetter understanding of the career options andqualification routes available to them through aninteractive event that will enable them to get involvedin a practical way.Most of the exhibitors brought an interac tive activity sothat our year 9s could experience something of thevariety of opportunities on offer. The activities included:stroking a snake, doing an individual fitness and reactiontest, building structures, guessing the gas, nail art and a team building task from the RAF

There were over 50 exhibitors representing commerce and industry ranging from IT toEngineering and from Consumer Products to the Medical sectors. In addition there were bothFurther and Higher education providers who helped to explain the various qualificationsavailable on a wide variety of career paths.So that the whole of year 9 can benefit from this trip, we are getting in touch with many of theexhibitors to see if they would be able to come and visit us at Christ's.

Surrey Skills Fair

Jack PetcheyHalf Term Award Winners

AWARD WINNER: Sophie Fenton

CITATION: Sophie Fenton has been awarded the J ack Petchey award forJ anuary she has worked tirelessly to start up the House system, includingrallying up teams for sports day. She entered the comic relief bake off, andcame first, for our House and she is arranging an Art competition, for theHouse charity. Her sculpture for the House system will be displayed in theschool reception.

Overall she is a conscientious and hardworking artist.

AWARD WINNER: Sarah Deary.

CITATION:

Sarah is awarded the Achiever Award for all her hard work in preparation for a speaking competition.

She spoke about how positive discrimination harms minorities; she wrote it herself and showed great

knowledge of the subject when taking questions.

As a result, she won best speaker at the ESU public speaking competition competing against many top

schools. She did brilliantly. The judge described her speech as 'masterful' and 'impeccable'.


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Visit to the Guardian

Year 9 pupils spent the day at The Guardiannewspaper learning how to take wire storiesand turn them into their very own front

pages.The head of Guardian Educationcommented on the superb attitude, andcreative skills our pupils demonstratedduring the day in the newsroom. Frontpages are on display in the Humanitiesdepartment.

Mr Butler

House Points TotalsAttenborough take the lead!

HouseAchievement

Points Behaviour Points NET Points

Attenborough

4026 2486

1540

Dickens 4428 3477 951Elizabeth 3673 3103 570

Turing 3385 2738 647

Fund Raising for Great Ormond Street

The key skills group made cakes and sold sweets during break and lunchtime on the14th February to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. The group chose the

charity themselves and worked really hard and raised 105.19.

Well done!

Lee ScottCurriculum Support Department


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Sports Clubs and Reviews

Sport Inclusion Day

6 pupils from Christs School spent Friday 25th

J anuary at a Borough wide Sports day hostedat Christ's School.

The aim of the day was to introduce thechildren to completely new activities and todevelop their confidence through sport.In the morning the team got to try Boccia,Paddleball - now there is a vicious game -espec ially is you are playing against Bosston -Wheelchair races, Hockey and Goal Ball. Thepupils enjoyed every minute with highlights definitely being the wheel chair races and the GoalBall. For those who have never played Goal Ball, each player has a blindfold on and must hurlthe ball at the opposition. The opposition must stop the ball entering the goal - despite alsobeing blind folded! The only clue to help is that the ball has a bell inside! I can assure you thebell was of little help to me when trying to stop the ball! There are mats on the floor so essentiallyyou are either hurling the ball when attacking or hurling your body whilst defending. All greatfun.A brief break for lunch was following by an afternoon of competitive sport. The Christ's teambeat Clarendon & Greycourt in the Boccia competition to be crowned the winners. Thewheelchair basketball was a really new experience. Christ's managed to draw with Greycourtbut got beaten by an experienced C larendon team.A good day was had by all.

The team was: Bosston King, Rebecca J ohnson, Taevia Tomlinson, J ames Pulfer, Ashley Graver,Paige Hillsden.

The day would not have gone ahead had it not been for our brilliant team of Year 9 Youngleaders. The girls had received a two hour training session prior to the event but were reallythrown in at the deep end on the day. They had to run their own activity, explaining anddemonstrating how to play the game. Throughout the day they were enthusiastic, committedand polite. An absolute credit to the school.

They were so good we are now looking at running a similar event for our primary schools atChrist's.

Well Done girls!

Our young leaders were:Marnie French-Mahoney, Ellie McDonagh, Olivia Sheldrake, Alex Greenwood, Antonia Fox,Clare Tweedie, Natalina Simeon, Ella Griffith, Charlotte Smith, Holly Davis

Year 11 Basketball Borough Champions

Our Year 11 students once again proved what a fantastic sporting year

group they are by winning the borough Basketball league with a 100%

record. The team comprising of Year 10 and 11 students managed to

overcome tough opposition from Richmond park Academy, Hampton

and Orleans Park through resilient defending and flare in attack.


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London Scottish Coaching

Through our school sports partnership we have been lucky enough to

fund 6 weeks of professional coaching from London Scottish coaches,

who have started coaching boys from all age groups every Tuesday.

There is still time to join with an aim of building up our Rugby squads to

compete in the Union format against other schools in the borough. We

are hoping the boys are further inspired by the on-going six nations!

Year 8 Basketball

A series of mixed results mean a respec table 3rd place finish in our borough tournament. A note-

worthy 35-8 win over Grey court was the highlight with all 10 players contributing to the score.

The boys have worked hard and really developed their skills and knowledge of tactics. They will

already be looking forward to next season!

School Clubs

Interested in film? Want to come and watch a film every Monday?The Library is starting its Film Book Club from Mo nday 4TH March. All years arewelcome to come a long and watch. Each film will be an adaptation of a book.Due to time constraints, we sha ll be watching one film over the c ourse of twoMondays.

MONDAY 4th

March: STARDUST (NEIL GAIMAN)

MONDAY 11th

March: STARDUST PT 2

MONDAY 18TH

MARCH: TO BE DECIDED

MONDAY 25TH

MARCH: TO BE DECIDED

Christs Library

Monday after school.3:00 4:15pm

If you love reading and books then Book Club is the place

for you. Come and enjoy the chance to read and talk

about books with other students.

When: Every Tuesday lunchtime

Where:Christ's School Library

Who:Year 7 and 8

Book Club will give you the chance to read and review a

new book each month.

If you have any questions about Book Club, please see

Miss Bartlett.


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A Message from our Chaplain Ruth Scott

Dear Parents/Carers,

Lent is upon us. Ms Conteh and her students spent Shrove Tuesday lunchtimemaking pancakes for all-comers. This was also an opportunity for thosestudents wanting to set up a gospel choir, to meeting informally withAndrea, a potential leader of such a choir.

We began Ash Wednesday with a Whole School Assembly looking at themeaning of Ash Wednesday and of Lent, focussing on Lent being a time to turn around fromthose ways of being that diminish our lives and the lives of others, and becoming open to new

ways that help us and others to celebrate life. As part of the latter Lent is a time when we try toraise as much money for charity as possible. It would be great if you can encourage your childto participate as much as possible in all the charity events going on.

After the Half Term break we will be running a lunchtime discussion group in the Chapel for Year

10/11 students. Nicolas, a member of the ministry team in the Richmond Team churches will beleading it. Over a picnic lunch there will be an opportunity to discuss the following questions:

What should I do with my life?

Why is there injustice?

Who are my friends?

Can my hopes ever materialise?

What kind of justice can I hope for?

Monday lunchtimes after half term the Chapel will be open for any student who would like to

take part in creative contemplationmaking Easter decorations with quiet music in thebackground.

Over the remainder of the term we will be encouraging the students to develop a Courtesy

Code which will cover how they think members of the school community (staff and students)

should treat one another, our school environment, and the people and places we visit onschool trips. It is our hope that this code will be backed by parents, and become part of theinformation we give prospective students and parents.

Recently we were visited by the Watoto Ugandan Orphans Childrens Choir. Their singing and

dancing were fabulous, and they had a great impact on our school community.

The choir sparked an interest in some

students to start a Gospel Choir. We areexploring that possibility at present andhope to have one up and running afterthe break.

I hope you have a stress-free Half Termholiday.

Every blessing,

Ruth

(Christs School Chaplain)


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Calling all year 11s. The Challenge wants to offer you the chance to come on our

summer programme in 2013. Youll have the chance to meet new people, develop

your CV and gain skills for sixth form, university or future employment.

-Test yourself and face your fears by tackling the biggest outdoor challenge of your

life. Take on activities such as canoeing and abseiling with some of the best

instructors in the UK.

-Live with your team in a flat at university and undertake a project with a difference.Drama, Enterprise, Media, Photography or Sport, which one of these passions will

you choose to develop?

-Work with your team to make your mark in a local community. You can decide what

youll do, plan how youll do it and pitch your ideas to our panel of expert judges.

-Graduate and become part of The Challenge Society where youll have access to

volunteering opportunities and be able to reunite with the friends you made over the

summer.

The Challenge will be presenting at an assembly at Christs School on the 26th

February. For more information, please contact Tamara Obeng on 07785627455, or

email [email protected].

Alternatively please do visit our website at: www.the-challenge.org

Advertising


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Advertising cont.

Half term arts activities

The Arts Service is running half term arts activities:

Drawing & Painting Skills Day for 10-15 year olds - 18 February Coach House Club for 6-9 year olds - Noahs Ark, 19 February and Perfect

Portraits, 20 FebruaryCH2 Club for 9-14 year olds - Noahs Ark, 19 February and Perfect Portraits,

20 FebruaryFind out more and book places here: www.richmond.gov.uk/

art_clubs_and_holiday_activities

The Strawberry ShowcaseFREE Community Event

Saturday 2nd March12 noon - 5pm

You are invited to enjoy a free 'taste of Strawberry at our little Gothic castle for one day

only for The Strawberry Showcase, a day of live music, drama and family activities. View the latest restoration work and enjoy a free self-guided tourof the house. NEW Landscape Tours with our Garden Guides. Enjoy a series offun family activities including snowdrop planting, dressing up, theatre and arts and

crafts activities. Find out more about the newly re-launched Friends of Strawberry Hill. Tasters from the Orange Tree Theatre and recitals by students from The Richmond Music Trust.Try your hand at archery in the beautiful setting of the restored garden.

Book your free tickets at

www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/showcase
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Additional information:

To contact Staff by e-mail please use their first initial

and then surname written as one word followed by

generic ending: @christs.richmond.sch.uk

There is also a quick link via school website.Christ's School

Queen's Road

Richmond

Surrey

TW10 6HW

Phone: 020 8940 6982

Fax: 020 8332 6085

E-mail: [email protected]

www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

Timetable for school day

All students to arrive atschool and be ready forregistration at 08.30

Morning break 10.20-10.40

Lunch break 12.20-13.00

End of school 15.00

Winter uniform required:

blazer, white shirt and school

tie.

To order uniform go to our

website: http://

christs.richmond.sch.uk/

home

Holidays:

Term Dates 2013:

Spring Term

Monday, 7th January 2013-Thursday 28th March 2013

Half Term

Monday, 18th February-Friday 22nd February 2013

Summer Term

Monday, 15th April 2013 - Friday, 19th July 2013

Half Term

Monday, 27th May 2013 - Friday, 31st May 2013

INSET Days:

Monday, 25th February 2013

Monday, 15th April 2013 (Year 11 in as usual)

Friday, 12th July 2013

ALL girls are required to wear

navy skirt available online or

black trousers from Sept. 12
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