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Friday 27 April 2018

Dear Parents and Carers We have been considering the issue of sustainability this week, Mr Lach’s assemblies have highlighted both the global and more local issues surrounding our use of plastic and our general approach to safeguarding our environment by taking positive steps to reduce our waste. As a school we have much to do to manage our recycling and other waste management, and we are in the process of engaging with our canteen provider and the local council to develop a sustainability plan. I know many of our students are very exercised about this and the JLT are also playing a key role in developing ideas and strategy. One key focus for us is to reduce the number of plastic bottles that are thrown away (sadly sometimes around the school site) each day. We would love each student to come to school with a reusable bottle instead and would urge you to consider providing your child with one, if that is possible.

We had a marvellous careers event on Wednesday evening. Over 30 exhibitors including Coca Cola, KBR, Unilever, the National Physical Laboratory, Atkins and NCS joined us and provided engaging and enthusiastic advice to the many staff and students who attended. Many thanks to all our contributors and to Frances Keaveney, our Careers Coordinator, who planned and led the event. This event had a timely link with the launch of our Student Futures programme in the Sixth Form, something which will run throughout this term. Ms Rad is leading this initiative which is designed to help our Year 12s increase their confidence and self-esteem and to build their knowledge and understanding of the world of higher education and employment, providing the firmest foundation for them to make strong applications at the start of the next academic year. We have also begun our Year 8 Options Interviews this week and it has been a pleasure to discuss their hopes and aspirations as they make these important subject choices for next year.

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We were delighted to welcome colleagues from the GLF Trust this week who carried out a review of our work by visiting a significant number of lessons, talking to students and meeting with middle and senior leaders. A year after our Ofsted visit, we are keen to ensure we are maintaining as high a standard of provision as possible by sustaining our excellent practice and continuing to work very hard on our areas for improvement; external verification of our work is always helpful and it was pleasing that the team were very impressed with what they saw from both students and teachers. Finally this week, huge thanks to our PSA whose sterling fundraising efforts have facilitated the purchase of significant numbers of new chairs for the Sixth Form, which will be greatly appreciated when they arrive. Many congratulations to Mrs Butler who successfully completed the London Marathon on Sunday, raising a great deal for the British Legion - a feat made even more impressive by the very hot weather conditions. Have a lovely weekend.

Ros Allen @RoseberyHT

Dates for your Diary (Subject to Alteration)

w/c Monday 30 April 2018 Week 1

Monday 30 – Friday 4 May House: Diversity Week Year 8 Options Interviews

Monday 30 April 1.30 –7.30pm

A Level PE Moderation Year 11 MFL Oral Exams Year 7 Foreign Language Spelling Bee

Hall, M2, M3 Gildredge House School, Eastbourne

Wednesday 2 May Year 12 Art & Photography Matriculation R21

Wednesday 2 May Year 11 MFL Oral Exams Hall, M2, M3

Thursday 3 May Year 11 English Booster Year 11 MFL Oral Exams (catch up day)

Hall

Friday 4 May

Rosebery Day Year 11 MFL Oral Exams Year 7 Bloodhound Rocket Car Final

Hall, M2, M3 Bramble School, East Grinstead

w/c Monday 7 May 2018 Week 2

Monday 7 May May Day Bank Holiday

Tuesday 8 May 8.30 – 10.50am 4.00 – 8.00pm

Year 13 French Orals Year 10 Drama Exam Performance

M2, M3 D2, D3, D4

Tuesday 8 – Wednesday 9 May Year 11 Art Exams

Tuesday 8 – Thursday 10 May Year 13 Photography & Textiles Exam

Tuesday 8 – Friday 11 May Year 8 Options Interviews

Dates for your Diary ...................... 2 & 3

Headteacher Commendations ...... 3 & 4

PE Results & Fixtures ............................ 4

Summer Jazz Concert Reminder ........... 4

Musician of the Month ......................... 5

STEM Students Career Fair ................... 5

Festival of Dance ................................... 6

PSA Second Hand Clothing & Toy

Recycling .............................................. 6

Staff Vacancy – Catering Assistant ...... 6

Examinations ........................................ 7

PSA Second Hand Clothing & Toy

Recycling .............................................. 8

IN THIS WEEK’S NEWS

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Wednesday 9 May

12.10 – 4.00pm 4.00 – 8.00pm 6.00 – 8.00pm

Year 12 National Physical Laboratory Year 10 Drama Exam Performance Years 8 – 11 Chelsea’s Choice Performance for Parents

Teddington D2, D3, D4 Hall

Thursday 10 May 4.00 – 7.00pm

Year 11Y English & Year 11X Maths Preparation Year 7X Parents' Evening

M1, M3, M11, M13, M15, M17

Friday 11 May 3.00 – 4.15pm

Year 11X English & Year 11Y Maths Preparation Open Mic

M1, M11, M13, M14, M15, M17 Sixth Form Coffee Bar

Saturday 12 May 7.00 – 10.00pm Jazz Concert

Headteacher Commendations

A very significant number of students have been nominated again this week; many congratulations to them all! Year 7 - Mrs Cook has nominated Evie Dodd 7EY for producing exemplary work in the recent cross-MAT pilot assessments, Miss Marsh has nominated Natalie Price 7EX for persevering with her new equipment, Miss Lowe has nominated Ruby Mitchell 7PX and Erin Gladhill 7MX for their great efforts towards completing the Year 7 summer term challenges. Mrs Fennell has nominated the following students in 7EX for their outstanding effort and achievement in Spanish homework online learning: Aga Arciszewska, Amelie Frost, Charlotte Allingham, Chloe Davies, Ciera Fonticoba, Ellen Crossett, Francesca Carter, Jess Brundish, Laura Johnson, Lily Beck, Lizzie Baker, Lodi Markham-Chappell, Lucy Christodoulides, Lucy Williams, Maiya Nichols, Mia Dove, Sophia Evers and Zeta Roberts and in 7EY Abigail Winder, Anya Mawji, Dionna Djurakulova, Edith Page, Emily Haines, Emma Richardson, Holly Hume, Jemima Crane, Katie Argyle, Katie Long, Leone Tabraham, Lucy Wiltshire, Orla Fleeman, Phoebe Long, Sofia Locke and Tia Herneman and Molly Crean-Power 7MX. Finally Aga Arciszewska 7EX has been nominated by Mr Brundish because she walked up to an upturned bin, stood it back upright and picked up all the rubbish herself and Mrs Hanly has nominated Danielle Fielden, Ella Davies. Isabelle Barton and Heather Graham in 7PX who won the Bloodhound Rocket Challenge

Year 8 - Mrs Cook has nominated Amelie Thornton 8PX for producing exemplary work in the recent cross-MAT pilot

assessments, Mrs Parry has nominated Bella Di Cicco, Freya Peck, Sophie Rauch, Izzy Richardson and Amy Turner

8CY and Olivia Anderson, Samantha Campbell, Maddie Cuthbert, Lottie Tayler and Luisa Duarte 8MX for their great

work on Gas Exchange and Respiration. Mrs Blake has nominated Annabel Hilton, Emilia Herbszt and Jessica Webster

8PX who just get on and do so quietly without making a fuss and always do their best in everything they do, including

tutor time and their academic studies.

Year 9 - Mr Chamberlain has nominated Jasmine Chukwuma 9PX for her engagement with the new History module, Miss Cartledge has nominated Sophie Atia 9CY for being independent and helpful around the school and she has also been nominated by Mr Branca along with Ellie Heather 9CY for taking responsibility for the school environment and leading an activity during tutor time; he has also nominated Juliette Price 9MX for outstanding work in Art, Miss Reilly has nominated Ellie Crane 9EX for excellent presentation of her theory book in Maths, Miss Hill has nominated Shriya Ravishanker, Imogen Tonkin, Aimee Taylor and Abijah Panchalingam 9MX for always being extremely helpful in form time and helping with DofE equipment all week and Miss Atkins has nominated Lauren Mildner 9CX , Jo-Anne Winmill 9CX, Alex Thorpe 9EX, Aimee Taylor 9MX and Lisa Howlett 9PX for all their hard work and perseverance in Mathematics lessons – they always take responsibility for their learning and they complete all the questions to the best of their ability.. Finally. Mrs Hanly has nominated Lucy Sedgwick 9PX,

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Amalie Osborne 9EY and Jo-Anne Winmill 9CX for their work at The Canopy restaurant, plating the starter and main course and creating the dessert for 30 people for a Rotary charity dinner. Year 10 - Mrs Abbes-Muslia has nominated Erin Cowley, Sarah Blake and Eloise Amesbury 10EY for their excellent

participation and collaboration in form time.

Year 11 - Mr Chamberlain has nominated the following girls all for the independent work they are doing for their

History GCSE: Amy Catcheside 11PY, Molly Etherington 11PX, Paige Ferguson 11MY and Georgia Millett 11PY and

Mrs Crawford has nominated Gracie Pritchard 11MX for consistent hard work and determination.

Sixth Form - Miss Babo has nominated Anabel Hindmarsh 12D, Sam Perren 12A, Mehwish Tirmizi 12B and

Mia Chamouret 12E for being eager French learners , meeting up during the Easter holidays to have a French day

watching French films and learning about French culture, Miss Reilly has nominated Riya George 12D for excellent

Maths homework and Mrs Little has nominated Sarah Atherton 12A for her outstanding support and literacy work

with Year 7 students this year and Mrs Miller has nominated Lizzie McCaffrey 13D for her impressive improvement in

her Physics mock. Finally Mr Carter has nominated all of the Year 12 Geographers who attended the weekend at

Swanage for their fantastic endeavour, their positive attitude and high levels of engagement; they were a joy to work

with.

PE Results and Fixtures

Rounders

Team Date School Against Result of Match

Years 7 - 9 18 April Manor House Lost

Year 10 19 April Manor House Drew

Year 8 23 April Epsom & Ewell High School

Won 14 - 7

Year 9 Won 18.5 – 7.5

Summer Jazz Concert Reminder – 12 May 2018

Please join us at 7pm on Saturday 12 May for the annual Summer Jazz Concert. The concert will feature many of our

ensembles, including: Big Band, Broadway Band, Rosebery Singers, Young Voices, and Flute Ensemble.

Next Week's Fixtures

ATHLETICSMonday 30 April

@ St Teresa's

ROUNDERSTuesday 1 May

U13 & U15vs St Teresa's (A)

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Musician of the Month – Alice Mills, 13E

Alice plays the clarinet, violin, piano and sings, to name a few! Her first instrument was violin, which she started when she was 6 years old. She taught herself the basics of piano and then started having lessons at 7 years old, she started playing the clarinet around 9 years old. Jacob Collier is one of her favourite composers because he is insanely clever and his use of harmony is interesting to listen to. Collier has influences from a whole range of genres, especially jazz which Alice is also a fan of because, unlike classical music, it lets the performer put their own individual musicality into each piece, so the emphasis is more on the performer and less so on the composer. Collier also composes lots of ambient, chill music which Alice really likes because, even though it is so simple, it is so effective in what it’s trying to do. Alice is also interested in film music, as it transports you into the world using a whole range of composing and sound editing techniques.

Since Alice really likes film music, she went to the John Williams prom last year, which she really enjoyed since the pieces they were playing tied into the films they were from, bringing a whole different set of emotions as well as being an interesting set of pieces to listen to in an analytical sense. Alice is very involved with extra-curricular music at Rosebery. She plays her violin in Orchestra, conducts for Junior Band, String Orchestra as well as arranging music for them, plays her clarinet in Big Band, Octet and Broadway Band and sings in Rosebery Singers. And that’s just school clubs! She also plays the violin in the Surrey Youth Orchestra which she joined in September 2017. Recently, she played a piano solo (Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin) in the school Spring Concert as well as conducting two groups, and playing/singing in 6, one of which she also conducted in! She arranged the music for Junior Band and String Orchestra as she loves composing. Alice is studying A Level Music and was a music prefect in the last year. She has got a place at Surrey University to study Creative Music Technology and is planning on going there this Autumn. When she leaves university, she hopes to, either, compose, edit or sound design music for media, such as film and TV. Isabella Harris 12D, Music Prefect

STEM Students Careers Fair 28-29 April 2018

Imperial College London has its annual Imperial Festival taking place this weekend which is a free public event held each year on Imperial's South Kensington Campus.

The weekend-long event features activities and attractions for all ages.

There will be various demonstrations, lectures and workshops on STEM related topics to inspire the next generation and educate the general public on latest discoveries in Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine. For more information and to register please visit: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/festival/

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Festival of Dance: 19 and 20 June 2018

DON’T MISS OUT – TICKETS SELL OUT FAST!

Show tickets will be going on sale Friday 4 May from Epsom Playhouse Box

Office or their website http://www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk.

Tickets Cost £6.50 each (flat rate, no concessions)

PSA Second Hand Clothing & Toy Recycling:

Tuesday 1 May 2018

An easy way for the PSA to raise funds for the school is through our Second Hand Clothing and Toy initiative.

For every 1kg of items donated, we are given 40p. As a guideline, a typical outfit for a girl (shoes, trousers/skirt,jumper, T-shirt, packed into a rucksack/hand bag) would raise about

£1. If all 1440 students were able to bring in an outfit which doesn't fit them anymore, we could raise an amazing amount of money for the PSA! There are always clothing recycling bins positioned by the back gates to the school, or students can hand in donations at any time to Reception labelled ‘ATTN: PSA’. Every first TUESDAY of the month, the recycling bins will be positioned by the front and back gates to receive donations.

Our next official collection date is TUESDAY 1 MAY. Please do encourage your household to provide at least one bag of recyclable items. There is a poster included in this newsletter outlining exactly which items are acceptable - clothes, shoes, jewellery, toys (no books), bags, towels, etc.

Thank you so much in advance for your support. All funds raised go towards providing additional resources for our students.

Do you enjoy working in a team and with students? Interested in Food?

We have a position available for a

Catering Assistant

Based here at Rosebery School (Term time only) 22.5hrs a week

For an application form please email 86643@compass-group.co.uk

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Examinations

GCE & GCSE Summer 2018 Examinations

As we approach the summer exam season, students are reminded to check that all the

information on their examination timetable is correct. If you have withdrawn from an exam,

or have dropped a subject completely, you should have received a new examination timetable

reflecting these changes. The Exams Office will be re-sending examination timetables

via email, to parents and students week beginning 7 May.

Public Exams begin on Monday 14 May – Tuesday 26 June.

Morning exams start at 8.45am and afternoon exams 1.30pm.

Students must arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of their exam.

If you are absent or late for an exam please telephone reception or the

Exams Office (01372 845493) by 8.30am and leave a message.

Please ensure you bring the correct equipment to every exam.

Pencil cases must be transparent and water bottles clear, juice is not allowed.

Please make sure you leave your bag in your locker

and do not bring your mobile phone or smartwatch into an exam room

under any circumstances, the penalties can be severe.

Students are reminded to read the JCQ Regulation Notices and Rosebery School

Exam Guidelines. These can be found on the Exam page of the school website.

Students are asked to read the notices carefully to ensure that they are aware

of the regulations and expectations regarding these formal assessments.

If you have any examination queries at all please do not hesitate to contact

the Exams Office at exams.office@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

We would like to wish all students the best of luck with their forthcoming Exams

Mrs Webb & Mrs Lythgoe Exams Office

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