High Ways. The Newsletter from Wimbledon High School. 25 April, Issue 1. Summer 2012

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Laura (Year 8). The Team Challenges promote mathematical dexterity, team working, and communication skills.

The performed remarkably, well finishing in fourth place - the highest performing girls school. Congratulations to all of them!

GDST. Emily came through a three-stage selection process to win the three-month placement, starting September 2012.

Although this was the girls first external competition and they came up against Year 10 and 11s, they debated brilliantly and came first and

In addition, Miss King stepped into the breach to complete an adult team and received accolades for her excellent arguments and Points of

They talked to the girls about the history of fencing and explained what they should be looking out for in the Olympics foil, sabre or epee.

Wimbledonian Wonderland The Magical Kingdom of Wimbledonia came alive for Once Upon an Off Timetable Day on Tuesday 27th March.

1 High Ways Summer April, Issue 1 The Newsletter from Wimbledon High School Magnificent Mathmaticians Last term four students represented WHS in the regional final of the UK Maths Team Challenge at The City of London School: Rachel and Emily (Year 9) and Georgie and Laura (Year 8). The Team Challenges promote mathematical dexterity, team working, and communication skills. The girls were competing against students from 23 other schools across the London area. The performed remarkably, well finishing in fourth place - the highest performing girls school. Congratulations to all of them! HSBC Internship awarded Congratulations to Emily, Year 13, who has won a place on this year s HSBC undergraduate internship, organised by the GDST. Emily came through a three-stage selection process to win the three-month placement, starting September Taking the stand Five Year 8 debaters competed in the Southern Junior Debating Tournament at Wilson s School. Although this was the girls first external competition and they came up against Year 10 and 11s, they debated brilliantly and came first and second in some of their rounds! As one of their mums commented: a perfect example of the principles of Failure Week in practice. In addition, Miss King stepped into the breach to complete an adult team and received accolades for her excellent arguments and Points of Information! Fencing for Gold Great Britain no. 2 and 3, Jenny and Georgina, visited the Junior School on Friday. They talked to the girls about the history of fencing and explained what they should be looking out for in the Olympics foil, sabre or epee. They ended the assembly by giving a wonderful display of swordsmanship which was started by all the girls saying, en guarde, ready, FENCE! Wimbledonian Wonderland The Magical Kingdom of Wimbledonia came alive for Once Upon an Off Timetable Day on Tuesday 27th March. Thanks and congratulations go to Head Girl Natasha and her 6th Form committee for all their hard work in making it such a great day. Look out for more photos online in due course... A GDST school A Limited Company Registered in England No Registered charity No Registered Office: 100 Rochester Row, London SW1P 1JP Tel Web: wwwgdst.net

Diary Dates Thursday 26 April Year 11-13 Sports Dinner, 7pm (Senior Hall) Friday 27 April Year 10 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Training (Group 2) to Bentley Copse, Surrey Monday 30 April Year 4 to

Concert, 3.45pm (RC) Monday 7 May Bank holiday Tuesday 8 May Year 11 Study Leave starts, 1.

15pm Reminder: Exam Dates Year 10 Tuesday 15th to Tuesday 22nd May inclusive. Year 7 to 9 exams Monday 21st to Thursday 24th May inclusive.

the fitting out of the new lab. The pyramid shows how we re doing so far: you can help us tick more boxes by sending your donation to Charlotte Barney, Development Director. Contact her on charlotte.

2 Diary Dates Thursday 26 April Year Sports Dinner, 7pm (Senior Hall) Friday 27 April Year 10 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Training (Group 2) to Bentley Copse, Surrey Monday 30 April Year 4 to Juniper Hall, Dorking until 2 May Year 8 Science Museum Trip Year 10 Progress reports go home D&T GCSE Exhibition and Fashion Show, 7pm (Senior Hall) Tuesday 1 May Year 2 to Painshill Park Year 12 AS Theatre Studies Performance Exam, 6.30pm (RC) Wednesday 2 May Year 1 Duck boat tour on the Thames Thursday 3 May GCSE Art Show, 5pm (Art Sudios) AS/A2 French Orals Friday 4 May Year 5 Olympic Workshop AS/A2 French Orals KS2 Informal Concert, 3.45pm (RC) Monday 7 May Bank holiday Tuesday 8 May Year 11 Study Leave starts, 1.15pm Wednesday 9 May AS Art Exam Thursday 10 May AS Art Exam First IGCSE AbC Concert, 7pm (RC) Friday 11 May AS Art mounting day, 1.15pm Year 12 Study Leave starts, 1.15pm Reminder: Exam Dates Year 10 Tuesday 15th to Tuesday 22nd May inclusive. Year 7 to 9 exams Monday 21st to Thursday 24th May inclusive. Biology Lab Appeal Donations are coming in steadily for the Biology Lab Appeal, but we still need more of you to reach for your chequebooks if we are to achieve our goal of raising 100,000 to pay for the fitting out of the new lab. The pyramid shows how we re doing so far: you can help us tick more boxes by sending your donation to Charlotte Barney, Development Director. Contact her on charlotte.barney@wim.gdst.net if you d like to discuss the Appeal or need a donation form. And don t forget to tick the Gift Aid box to increase your donation by 25%! Marathon Man Director of Music Mr Webb completed his Marathon run in aid of Diabetes UK and The Lord s Taverners. It s not too late to sponsor his efforts. We even include a photo of his medal-eating daughter to encourage you...! St George s Day Girls from Rainbows, Brownies, Cubs, Guides and Scouts wore their uniform to school to help celebrate the day of St George, patron saint of scouting. Tuesday 15 May Year 10 Exams until 22 May Monday 21 May Year 7-9 Exams until 24 May Music Exam Success In the next issue of High Ways, we ll be publishing a list of girls who have achieved distinctions in their ABRSM music exams as part of congratulating all students on their musical successes. Please contact rachel.brewster@wim. gdst.net if your daughter takes music lessons outside school and has been awarded a new grade recently. Rose Fookes of Deen City Farm was delighted to receive a Big Cheque, including funds raised from the Christmas Fair and various scooter, obstacle, zumba and cross country athons! Easter bonnets at the end of term Junior School Easter Service. An Invitation to the Thursday 3 May pm in the GCSE Art Show Art Studios.

3 Bunting! Please see the letter accompanying the High Ways regarding the WHSA 2012 Commemorative Bunting project. We have already had some lovely contributions from WHS families but need more if we are to make the target of metres! All offers of help with sewing will be gratefully received by Liz Flew (contact details in the letter). Summer Fair SAVE THE DATE the Great British Summer Fair is on Sunday 17th June 12-4, so get your red white and blue at the ready! More details to follow but if you can offer a prize for the raffle please contact Nancy Le Roux nyleroux@yahoo.co.uk. Attractions this year will include WHS s very own Olympic Park where you will have the opportunity to participate in Olympic Sports. No balloting for tickets though all welcome! Sports Forum & Sports Days Please see the flyer below regarding T-shirts which are being sold in aid of funding additional Sports training and equipment at WHS. Parents will have received the order form for these by separate . WHSA will also be providing refreshments at all of the Sports Days this year in both schools. Quiz! There will be another of Bassim s fantastic quizzes this term. Details are being finalised so watch this space If you would like to get involved with helping at any of the above, or generally with the WHSA committee, please contact me. Sarah Houghton, WHSA Chair sarahjanehoughton@gmail.com These T-shirts have been designed by a Year 11 pupil and will be a souvenir for all the girls in this Olympic year. We hope they will be able to wear them at selected sporting events throughout this year. They will be on sale in school this week on Friday. Sizes and costs are detailed below. Sports Forum OLYMPIC T-SHIRTS Sizes for t-shirt shown : ages 7-8; 9-10;11-12 years- 6 Ladies sizes S,M,L available in polo shirts - 10 Please contact Christiane Hodson on crmgh@sky.com to order direct. Or send money in with your daughters on Friday.

Wimbledon High School Sports Round-up Wednesday 21 March Netball v Surbiton U12 team A won 16-12 U12 team B lost 6-12 U13 team C lost 4-8 U13 team D lost 5-9 Olympic Gym and Dance The gym and dance

The show opened with the Wimbledon and Olympic Ball girls supported by the Gym Squads presenting their amazing tumble skills in time to tennis balls flying around them as they performed.

The Cheerios asked us if we had the Cheer Factor to cheer our teams on and the Wimbledon Motivators whipped up the audience into an aerobic frenzy.

The U9 were a representation of the Olympic Flame being lit by the U19 s, the U11 showed why they are Simply the Best whilst the U13 rocked the crowd out with their storming performance of We Will

We hope you enjoyed the show as the girls loved performing and showing you their hard work, good luck to all the athletes this year at London and let s see if the Opening Ceremony is as good as ours!

We had a successful started gaining victory against Caterham with a score of 5-2. Our second match was against Guildford High School, a tough team to beat. Despite playing hard, we narrowly lost 7-5.

In the next round we played our local rivals Putney High School and unfortunately lost 3-8.

Our final match against Reigate Grammar, we came back with great determination and gained a significant victory 10-4.

4 Wimbledon High School Sports Round-up Wednesday 21 March Netball v Surbiton U12 team A won U12 team B lost 6-12 U13 team C lost 4-8 U13 team D lost 5-9 Olympic Gym and Dance The gym and dance display celebrated the 2012 London Olympics on May 29th. 150 girls from Year 4 all the way up to Year 12 performed their homage celebrating all aspects of the Olympics. The show opened with the Wimbledon and Olympic Ball girls supported by the Gym Squads presenting their amazing tumble skills in time to tennis balls flying around them as they performed. Zara Shasore from Year 12 performed a urban London street dance routine; we enjoyed watching rhythmic gymnastics Sports Acrobatics and trampolining. The Cheerios asked us if we had the Cheer Factor to cheer our teams on and the Wimbledon Motivators whipped up the audience into an aerobic frenzy. We were inspired by Rachel Hunt s blind solo on the theme of Determination. The U9 were a representation of the Olympic Flame being lit by the U19 s, the U11 showed why they are Simply the Best whilst the U13 rocked the crowd out with their storming performance of We Will Rock You. Lastly, the U15 started the Final Countdown to our vaulting finale, which was topped off (finally) with our confetti bombs! We hope you enjoyed the show as the girls loved performing and showing you their hard work, good luck to all the athletes this year at London and let s see if the Opening Ceremony is as good as ours! Miss Slade Surrey Netball Tournament On Wednesday 21st March, the U18 Netball Squad competed in the Surrey B s Tournament held at St Catherine s school in Bramley, Guildford. We had a successful started gaining victory against Caterham with a score of 5-2. Our second match was against Guildford High School, a tough team to beat. Despite playing hard, we narrowly lost 7-5. We played against the host team St Catherine s (1st team) in our third match losing 3-7. Alice Dunbar and Phoebe Lambert must be congratulated on their excellent defending in this match. In the next round we played our local rivals Putney High School and unfortunately lost 3-8. Notable commendations must be made to Sara Howard (U14 squad player), who demonstrated excellent feeding into the circle. Our final match against Reigate Grammar, we came back with great determination and gained a significant victory Flora Casey and Laura Moss worked well together in the circle scoring many great goals. We then went through to the playoffs against St Catherines (2nd Team). After being 1 goal down at half time, and an inspiring half time talk from Mrs Hammond, Sophie Garret, Natasha Pinnington and Rose Jacobson worked hard to turnover the oppositions centre passes. We ended with a win of 10-7, and finished in 7th Position in the Surrey U18B Team Netball Tournament. A special thanks to Mrs Hammond for her constant support and coaching throughout this year s netball season, as this was many of the year 13 s last netball tournament at WHS. Georgia Mathieson (Captain) Sports Forum Saturday Netball Club The taster sessions for the Netball club began last Saturday run by Let s play Netball. The standard of coaching was high and the girls had a brilliant morning. If any girls are still keen to join in this term or want to indicate interest in the autumn term please Natalie Seaton at info@letsplaynetball.co.uk WHS students and staff celebrated Sport Relief by paying 1 each to come dressed as sporting heroes

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