IN THIS EDITION FROM THE HEADTEACHER 2-3 YEAR 8 MATHS MASTERCLASS 4-5 NATIONAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION 6-7 CAMBRIDGE LAW CONFERENCE 8-9 UNIVERSITY OF SURREY: FUN AND PROGRESSION IN MATHEMATICS 10-11 FOOTBALL TOUR TO SPAIN 12-23 MOCK ELECTIONS 24-29 LITERARY COMPETITIONS 30-31 YEAR 9 MATHS MASTERCLASS 32-33 YEAR 7 NETBALL TOUR 34-35 FAREWELL TO YEAR 13 36-37 NEW BUILDING PROJECT 38-39 GEOGRAPHY REPORT 40-45 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 46-47 ISSUE 5 2014-2015 MAY 2015 Widening Horizons Raising Aspirations News Warlingham School Cambridge Law Conference Mock Elections Geography Report Football Tour to Spain Year 7 Netball Tour
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In thIs edItIon
From the headteacher 2-3
Year 8 maths masterclass 4-5
natIonal mock trIal competItIon 6-7
cambrIdge law conFerence 8-9
UnIversItY oF sUrreY: FUn and progressIon In mathematIcs
Public examinations are now upon us; the Sports Hall, A3 and a number of other classrooms are set up with rows of desks and Year 11, 12 and 13 students are fully into exam routine. We wish them all the best over the next few weeks and I am sure that if they continue to work as hard as they have in recent weeks they will achieve their goals. I know as parents you will also be doing your bit to cajole, support and encourage and ensure they get the right balance between work, rest and play. Students in Years 7 to 10 will also be revising over the break as they will need to prepare for the school exam week immediately on return from half-term.
Of course, we are all still recovering from election fever and the fact that all the opinion polls got it wrong! Here at Warlingham we held our own election with all students being allowed to vote during Thursday May 7th. The Polling Station was in the LRC, ably run by the School Council. In the run-up to Election Day, A Level Government & Politics students made presentations on behalf of all the major political parties to all the students in assemblies. Turnout on the day was 73% and following the General
From the Headteacher...
Election results, in our mock elections, the Conservatives came out clear winners. It was a real pleasure to see so many students taking an active interest in the democratic process and beginning to discuss some of the important issues that they will encounter throughout their adult lives.
We value the opinions of all our parents and feel it’s important to get regular feedback about what we’re doing well and if there are any areas for improvement.
Over the next two terms, we will be circulating a questionnaire called ‘Parent View’. This is based on the Ofsted questionnaire that is the main mechanism for parents to give their views to inspectors about their child’s school at the time of a school inspection. The Parent View questionnaire provides the staff and governors of the school with a useful year-on-year picture of parents’ views. Rather than waiting for an Ofsted Inspection to gain parental feedback, we intend to be proactive. We will be starting with Year 7 Parents, who will have the opportunity to complete a questionnaire at the Year 7 Parents’ Evening on the 24th of June.
You may remember that just as we went to press with our last newsletter
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Election results, in our mock elections, the Conservatives came out clear winners. It was a real pleasure to see so many students taking an active interest in the democratic process and beginning to discuss some of the important issues that they will encounter throughout their adult lives.
We value the opinions of all our parents and feel it’s important to get regular feedback about what we’re doing well and if there are any areas for improvement.
Over the next two terms, we will be circulating a questionnaire called ‘Parent View’. This is based on the Ofsted questionnaire that is the main mechanism for parents to give their views to inspectors about their child’s school at the time of a school inspection. The Parent View questionnaire provides the staff and governors of the school with a useful year-on-year picture of parents’ views. Rather than waiting for an Ofsted Inspection to gain parental feedback, we intend to be proactive. We will be starting with Year 7 Parents, who will have the opportunity to complete a questionnaire at the Year 7 Parents’ Evening on the 24th of June.
You may remember that just as we went to press with our last newsletter
Mr N BradwellHeadteacher
we heard that our bid to replace the SRW huts had been successful. Things have been moving at a rapid pace since that news as we have to get everything in place to enable work to start on the new extension as soon as we break up for the summer. During the Summer Holiday, access to parts of the school will be restricted as the main area in front of C Block will become a building site. We expect to face some disruption during the first two terms of the next Academic
Year but assuming all goes to plan, the new extension should be open by Easter 2016. It is a really exciting development for the School and will provide a vastly improved learning environment for all the students and teachers in the Society, Religion and Wellbeing (SRW) department. There is a more detailed article later in this newsletter about the project.
I know that the coming half-term break is a busy one for many teachers and students but I hope that you will find some time to relax and hopefully enjoy some fine weather.
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Year 8 Maths Masterclass
The following two sessions were about grouping numbers and shapes. We learnt about quaternions, digital roots of numbers and modulo arithmetic. We got to
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From the 17th January to the 21st of March 2015, Lucie Scott, Matt Howie, Sam Coole, Charlie Trzcinski, Callum Gallacher and I went to the University of Surrey in Guildford for extra Maths classes on topics we would not cover until a few years’ time at school. These classes were held on Saturday mornings and covered a range of subjects.
Here is a summary of what was covered during all eight of the sessions:
The first two classes were about codes and ciphers. It covered the history of ciphers and taught us about Alan Turing and the Enigma machines. It also demonstrated to us the use of binary codes. We had the opportunity to try and decode messages and write our own. This topic was very appealing to me as I personally find decoding interesting.
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attempt and find methods to solve puzzles. This was all new to me and I did not know that much about it, so I found it a lot harder than the other Saturday mornings.
After that, we studied algorithms
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and learnt how they could help us in real life situations. One of the exercises we completed was how algorithms could help save us in a zombie apocalypse. This was fascinating to me as it links to coding, which - as I mentioned before - interests me. I definitely learnt a lot from this one!
The final two classes were about fractions and the Fibonacci sequence. We investigated how Fibonacci numbers appear in all forms of nature and linked them to different fractions that I have never heard of before. This links to the ‘Golden Ratio’. The speaker demonstrated the Fibonacci sequence within a cauliflower and various other forms of nature which hence can create spirals in such an artistic form. He described how this sequence and ratio has been related to proportions in art and the human body. This was another topic I knew nothing about and had not done before so I was introduced to yet more maths.
Altogether, this was a brilliant experience and I hope that I will have a chance to do something similar in the future as I really enjoyed it and would want to do it again if it were possible.Karoline Lincoln (8H)
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On Saturday 21st March 2015 a group of nine Year 9 students took part in a National Mock trial competition arranged by the Citizenship Foundation at Bromley Magistrates court.
We had to prepare to defend and prosecute a realistic case; the case was based on a theft. A florist owner, Sam Flowers, was preparing bouquets for a big wedding and she was very busy in her shop. Two people walked in, one asked about roses and as Sam moved away from the counter (where she had left her phone) the other grabbed her phone and ran out of the shop. She immediately ran after them but when she got outside one person pushed her down and threatened to punch her if she chased them. She went inside and called the police. Soon after a police officer came across a boy who fitted the description given by Sam Flowers and arrested him. We had to both defend and prosecute Sam Flowers (played by Luke Caruana and a student from one of the other schools.
Our defence team consisted of Rhianna Patel and Ethan Crawford-Thomas, as Barristers, Nicole Miles as the Usher, and Harry Throssel
and Luke Caruana as Witnesses. Our Prosecution team consisted of Nicole Miles and Rhianna Patel as Barristers, Lucy Redman as the Legal Advice and Sam Burns and Oliver as Witnesses. Also on our team was our Magistrate, Nikel Hector-Jack.
We had an early start that morning, meeting at the court at 8:30 so that we had time for one more run-through and a glance at the court room.
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We participated in two rounds, first up was our defence team against Carshalton Girls School’s Prosecution team. Ethan and Rhianna did very well with great arguments and put a lot of pressure on the witnesses. In the second round our prosecution team was up against Glenthorne’s defence team. They also did a great job with brilliant cross examinations.
We all went in there very nervous but
once we started getting into it, we all had a enjoyable time and gained an invaluable experience of the English Court System. We had such a great day and we were thrilled to come second!
We would all like to thank Ms Benjamin and Mr Seddon-Dyer very much for giving us all such a good day and great experience.
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On the 16th-19th March this year I attended a residential Law Conference at Cambridge.
When our teacher, Ms Benjamin, told the A Level Law students about this opportunity, I thought it would be a great experience so I applied and was accepted!
I attended the Law Conference in order to gain experience of what it would be like to study Law at university level and I wasn’t disappointed. The legal knowledge provided to us was really useful; we were given a brief introduction to studying law at Cambridge, as well as the different types of law that university students would be studying. An example of this is Roman Law, which looks at how one of the greatest civilisations managed their elegant legal system which has been used as the basis for modern law in the UK. This leads on to the other subjects of Law being, Land Law, Contract Law, Tort Law, Criminology/Sentencing, EU law etc. Each of these topics were explained to us in a lecture that was about an hour long.
We also had speakers from top Magic Circle law firms and excellent London Barristers’ Chambers who explained their roles in the legal community
and explained how much work was needed in order to get into the law profession; luckily I got the contact details of the Barrister for the future.
In addition, we had members of the Law Commission hosting an event to give an experience of the practical elements of law, for example, a debate on Human Rights in which two parties debated whether Human Rights should be abolished in order to give the state more power to “protect” the public. I personally disagreed and was given the opportunity to offer my opinion about “How far the dismissal of Human Rights would go?” I stated that national security can arguably outweigh Human Rights, although I questioned what would happen if the methods went against morals. How many people have to get hurt in order to “protect” the national security? These were the kind of interesting debates I took part in while I was at Cambridge.
On the last day there was a comedy ‘Mock Trial’ during which Law Commission members performed a Mock Trial about a ridiculous crime while they were drunk; this both amused the students and left us with a lot of memories.
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Overall, I really enjoyed this motivational experience and I would suggest it to anyone who wants to study law seriously in university. The people there are quite inspiring; even though I didn’t spend much time there I made some friends and contacts for later in my legal career.
It was definitely worth it; I thank Ms Benjamin for passing on this opportunity.
Miles Cameron (12A)
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We arrived at school for 7:45am and left school at 8:00am, arriving 90 minutes later at the University of Surrey. We were greeted by members of the Further Mathematics Support Programme and were taken into a lecture room for the fun maths roadshow – a room filled with tricky mathematical questions. After 15 minutes, we went into another lecture room for a talk about what maths can do for us in the future. I personally didn’t want to take A Level Maths but this maths day has changed my mind.
Our first workshop was maths magic – it was teaching us how to do magic tricks using maths and calculations. I learnt how to do one or two tricks….but the rest were very difficult.
We had a break after this but our next lesson was Cryptography. Cryptography is the coding of messages using signs, numbers, other letters or symbols to obfuscate the true meaning of the message. It was taught by Lawrence O’Toole and this was definitely my favourite lesson of the day. Every time you cracked the code he gave us and shouted out the answer, you got a chocolate. I won two chocolate bars in this lesson! We learnt how to solve Caesar ciphers, and learnt the Pigpen code.
He gave us a code to crack that only one or two people have cracked before, and I’ve solved half of it so far.
Our last lesson was ‘how to balance a body’ where we learnt all about the centre of gravity of things. My favourite trick of this was balancing a coke can. If you try and balance an unopened coke can on the edge it will fall, but if you drink half the can, and then try and balance it, the centre of
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gravity has moved, so it will balance.
After this we had lunch – we all sat out in the sun and ate our lunch – it was lovely and warm. Our final lesson was with published author and mathematician Rob Eastway. He taught us games, maths tricks and how to use our minds to solve questions that most people wouldn’t think to answer. I won another chocolate by winning a game of
strategy called ‘yucky choccy’.
At 15:00, we set off from the university and arrived back at school for 16:20. I really enjoyed my day there and I would love to do it again. It helped me think about my future and I think I want to go to Surrey University after carrying on with maths at A Level.
Grace Leighton (10W)
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Football Tour to Spain
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In April, twenty Year 8 boys went on a football tour in Spain. Page 13
Two of the students have written articles about their experiences whilst Mr Ashdown provided us with match reports from the tour.
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After a few hours delay at Gatwick, we finally landed at Valencia and met our amazing Inspire sport rep, Luis. We then went straight to our hotel and had lunch. After lunch we went to our rooms, dropped off our suitcases and got changed for a swim in the hotel pool. It was freezing! After swimming we played a match at a sports complex against a Spanish side. Sadly, we lost 3-1 due to a rapid Spanish striker. Our goal was assisted by Sam Price and expertly converted by Ollie.
On the second day we were up early because we had an early fixture
against a Welsh side at our fabulous hotel football pitch. The match was a game of two halves, 3-1 to the Welsh side in the first half but we clawed it back to draw 3-3, goals scored from Sam, Kane and Harvey. Straight after the match we had to rush to reception to wait for the coach to arrive and take us to the amazing Villarreal training complex to meet our football coach for the week and to train for the first time. Our football coach was named Mario and he was very nice and made us feel very welcome. The pitches were very nice to play on and for an hour and a half we learnt to play football the Spanish way. After
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training we went back to the hotel for some downtime of our own choice. The hotel had good facilities and there was plenty to do. After dinner we got ready for our trip to see Villarreal play in a league match against Espanyol. We were all very excited especially as it was a 10pm kick off. It was an exciting game but very one-sided as Espanyol won 3-0. We were shocked when we got a mention over the loudspeaker, thanking us for our support for the game.
We woke up the next morning very tired, but looking forward to our stadium tour at Villarreal. The stadium tour was an exciting visit as we saw the press room and the stadium when empty. Also we saw some of our favourite player’s kits in the home changing rooms, including Giovanni Dos Santos and Joel Campbell. After the stadium tour we had our second training session and those who bought a Villarreal kit from the Villarreal club shop wore them to improve their football skills! We then headed off for an exciting afternoon at the beach which was only a few yards from our hotel. At dinner Mr Ashdown and Josh tried octopus for the first time.
Despite waking up early the next morning and being ready on time, we were gutted that our coach was an
hour late so we missed most of our training session at Villarreal. After our training session the Villarreal players were training following their 3-0 defeat. Despite our best attempts at getting autographs, we failed due to their miserable mood!!! In the afternoon we had our final training session and received certificates and medals. Thanks to Mario, our coach, we learnt a lot of new skills including our favourite, rondo. We then managed to watch 45 minutes of the Villarreal U19’s play a match and saw lots of potential new stars. Our last bit of downtime was playing rounders at the beach in the afternoon and then back to the hotel to do our slightly less enjoyable task of packing.
The next morning was an early wake-up as we had to double check that we had everything packed and we had a last minute check by the teachers. When we arrived at the airport we said a sad goodbye to Luis. He was very helpful and had made our trip fun. After no delays this time, we arrived back at Warlingham School around 4pm, very tired.
We would like to thank Mr Ashdown for organising the fantastic trip and Mr Robins for supervising us. Thank you both for making the trip fun with your jokes and entertainment.
Olly McGowan (8G)
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The fun began when we arrived in Valencia, Spain. The atmosphere was calm and the sunny weather of Spain delighted the group. We transferred to the hotel Intur Orange, had something to eat and went to explore our rooms. Later on we had our first competitive match against U.E. RIPOLLES (a Spanish side).
We woke up the next day, refreshed from the early night and stocked up on sausages, bacon and egg - plus chips for Ryan.S! We then headed off to the hotel pitch for match two against YSGOL PLASMAWR. This was an important match as we were playing a Welsh side and we were eager to beat them. When we got back to the hotel we grabbed
something to eat and transferred to the Villarreal training facility. Later on that day we had a second training session in the afternoon. We did many activities which improved our
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passing, dribbling, shooting and pace. After an enjoyable, tiring session we headed back to the hotel for a meal. Straight after dinner we transferred to El Madrigal to attend the La Liga game vs RCD ESPANYOL. Before the match we chanted and sang songs about football but unfortunately the end result was 3-0 to ESPANYOL.
The next day we had a behind-the-scenes tour of El Madrigal (Villarreal’s stadium). We were able to sit in the chairs in which players who had recently been signed talked about their new club, followed by a chance to purchase items at the club shop. When we got back to the hotel we had hours to kill so we spent that time by the pool or in our rooms. The people by the pool made up a game and whoever got ‘nutmegged’ was rushed into the cold pool. Hours
later we set off to another training session with Mario (training coach). At the training ground we played mini football matches including “Rondo”. After dinner we had a sports quiz which Mr Ashdown’s team won. The quiz included questions about football, rugby, cricket and many other sports.
The next morning we had training and a certificate prizegiving. Later on in the day we went to the beach and played a game of rounders, followed by going to the world’s cheapest supermarket! We spent the last night playing manhunt which was cool!
We woke up the next morning, tired, and had to finish our packing and get ready for room inspections. Later on we transferred to Valencia airport and boarded a plane to the U.K. A couple of hours later we were preparing for
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landing when turbulence began; the plane shook. Some people laughed, some people were shocked and one person puked (Sam P.) right on Olly’s shoes! After landing we hopped on a coach and travelled to school. Half an hour later, we arrived at school and went home looking forward to school the next day!
Aram Rounagh (8M)Warlingham School v U.E. Ripolles U-13
After a very early meet time at Warlingham School (6am!!) the 20 Year 8 boys had travelled to Villarreal to play their opening fixture against Spanish opposition U.E. Ripolles. The 3G surface was primed and ready and the boys, despite being a little jaded, came out to warm up and get some last minute instructions from Mr Ashdown. With 20 boys on the tour, there were to be two sides playing in each half to give all the students the cultural experience of playing Spanish opposition.
The game started in a ‘rapido’ fashion with both sides trying to get a stronghold on proceedings. The first chance went the way of the hosts forcing a fantastic save from Henry Still down to his right. The game was end to end stuff with both
clubs having chances to score with Ripolles settling down a lot quicker and getting into their passing game but Warlingham looking dangerous with a more direct, counter attacking approach. Kane Kum had the next chance with a low shot which was unfortunately straight at the keeper, a little more composure and he would have put Warlingham in front. In a sucker punch fashion, the very next chance created the opening goal. Ripolles played the ball well through the midfield to a central midfield player who scooped the ball over the top of the Warlingham defence allowing the very pacey forward to run onto a bouncing ball and lob it over the despairing Still. It was a class finish and one that Still could do nothing about.
Warlingham were trying to get back
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into the game with Lewis Kelly battling very well to win the ball back but also using his quick feet and sharp change of pace to make things happen down the left for the visitors. From Lewis’ endeavour, Warlingham were awarded a free kick on the left hand side which was curled in beautifully by Harvey Trayfoot and met by the head of Louis Walsh. The connection was solid but he gained too much elevation on the ball and it powered over the bar. Kane was then put through by Josh Sills with an excellent weighed pass. Kane did everything right taking his time before curling the ball high over the onrushing keeper who was expecting a low drive but unfortunately it had too much elevation and it skimmed the bar.
One-on-one’s were becoming increasingly easy to create for
Warlingham, but the final pass or first touch was not quite there, quite likely due to the long day and travel exploits the boys had endured. Two more chances were created in the first half for Warlingham, again one-on-one chances, but both Jaheim Kubeyinje and Kane’s first touch was too heavy when taking them around the keeper and the ball trickled agonisingly out for a goal kick.
The half time talk was to continue playing the same way despite a new set of players coming on as we were creating chances. It was the hosts pacey forward who carved out the first chance after being put through by their central midfielder. He sprinted away from Harvey only to see his driven, left-footed strike fly past the post. Sam Price and Alex Corvaglia were combining
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well down the right hand side and causing quite a few problems for Ripolles. The combination was baring fruit and it culminated in a free kick which Harvey curled just over the bar with the keeper stranded. Ryan Deards was providing a few amusing scenes during this dominant spell for Warlingham. At one point he moved much like Neo from The Matrix to avoid the ball hitting him and also went on a marauding run following the ball despite being one of our back three! The calm nature of Rippolles was starting to create problems for the Warlingham back three of Harvey, Ellis Walker and Ryan with the pace of their forward always a threat. It was his pace again that led to a top class save from Henry high to his left to tip the ball around the post. Sam and Alex again demonstrated good interplay down the right allowing Sam
to cut back into the centre to deliver a left footed cross to Oliver Squire to strike home, low and hard, into the bottom left hand corner to put Warlingham back on level terms. It was met with jubilant cheers from the players on and off the pitch and a noticeable fist pump from Mr Robins! Despite previous warnings however, the lesson had not been learnt as the very next attack led to the hosts going ahead for the second time through their pacey forward. This time it was a touch of class from the Spanish forward. Again being put through deep in our own half, he sprinted away from Ellis, composed himself and then with such grace and a touch of arrogance, scooped the ball over the stranded Still. It was a great finish and quite worthy of the Cantona celebration he performed after his chip against Sunderland.
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Despite going down 2-1, Warlingham continued with their high tempo game plan and carved out the very next chance. Great work from Squire down the left allowed him to cut the ball back to Aram Rounagh who delivered for Corvaglia to head goalwards. It unfortunately lacked the power to trouble the keeper who gobbled up the chance. With fatigued bodies, it was no surprise to see the pacey forward again finding pockets of space, this time it was down the left. He struck a driven cross to the near post which was met by his strike partner. Still did well to parry the ball away only for the Ripolles right winger to slot home from the rebound to make it 3-1.
The game was tighter than the score line suggested but the boys thoroughly enjoyed the experience and knew if one more of our chances had been converted earlier on in the game, we may have held stronger to get a more positive result. Their pacey forward was definitely the difference but the boys battled well with many of the players never having played together before and some filling into positions they had little experience in.
It was a great start to the tour experience, despite the result, and set the tone for the rest of the trip.
Warlingham School V Ysgol Plasmawr
In the next game the side who started the second half of the first game commenced against a Welsh side who were also on an inspiresport tour. Blake Plows was the commanding Vidic like centre back at the heart of the defence and rebuffed the initial threat of the opposition. The Welsh side were a good outfit and tried to play good football, including having two very nimble forwards who were to cause us quite a few issues in the first half.
Ryan Deards continued where he left off demonstrating tekkers that aren’t even out yet but couldn’t prevent the Welsh side going ahead. There was a mix up at the back leading to a pass over the top for their forward to (again!) lob over the stranded Still. It was a good finish and frustratingly for Still, another time where his positioning was correct, but the finish was too good. It didn’t take long for Ysgol Plasmawr to go two up. This time a break down the left led to a fizzed, low delivery to the near post which was turned into his own net by Ryan Deards in a Djimi Traore fashion as he couldn’t get his feet organised and bumbled it over his own line.
Fortunately Sam Price was able to get Warlingham back in the game with a sumptuous free kick into the top
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corner. It was a gorgeous free kick from the left hand side straight into the right hand top corner, Beckham would have been proud! It should have been the start of the fightback, but unfortunately another mix up at the back allowed their forward a free run on goal and he coolly slotted home to make the first half score 3-1.
The second half meant a full change of personal for Warlingham and Ysgol Plasmawr and it was one of our new players who had the first chance with a Charlie Adam type attempt from just inside his own half that went wide. Warlingham were
now dominating the possession in the early stages and were carving out more chances. The pressure finally took its toll and Kum had a great first touch when put through to provide him enough time to compose himself and toe pock a finish past the keeper to put Warlingham back in it at 3-2. Josh Sills made up for his awful foul throw with a driving run down the right and delivered a whipped cross which was well headed clear by a Ysgol Plasmawr defender. It was met on the edge of the box by Trayfoot who volleyed with good technique, unfortunately straight at the relieved
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keeper.
The next chance was created by Louis Walsh who had opened out to spread the play wide to Lewis Kelly who had been taking his defender on down the left, decided to cut inside this time and struck a vicious shot across the keeper but wide. The pressure was really telling now but the well marshalled defence of Ysgol Plasmawr were frustrating the increasing pressure from Warlingham. However, with less than 5 minutes to go, Kubeyinje laid the ball into an onrushing Trayfoot and powered past his marker from just inside their
half. The run was like Yaya Toure bulldozing through and he had the composure to flick it past the keeper, 3-3.
It was a fitting result for both teams with Ysgol Plasmawr dominance in the first half really showing as they raced into a comfortable lead, although Price’s goal was definitely something to savour in the first period. The second half was Warlingham’s with good possession and clinical finishing when well placed to ensure the spoils were shared.
Mr AshdownHead of P.E.
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Mock Elections
Approaching our exams, there was one last mock Warlingham Students had left… the mock election.
Held on Wednesday the 7th of May 2015, every student had the opportunity to vote for one of the following seven parties: The Conservatives, Labour, The Liberal Democrats, UKIP, The Green party, SNP and Plaid Cymru.
Politics, as we know, isn’t high on the priority list of the average student.
This may be because: Politicians use complicated words and boring phrases – like “national deficit” or “trident” – and often prioritise the voice of the older generation. Secondly, because young people don’t have a vote until they are 18. But Warlingham wanted to change this and engage younger people, because after all, WE are the future voice of this country.
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This is why five Government and Politics Sixth Form students attended the lower schools’ assemblies to share the five main parties’ policies. Francesca Alston, myself, Sam Berke, Ross Pizzey and Tashika Hyde represented Labour, the Conservatives, the LibDems, UKIP and the Green party respectively.
Here is a snippet of what we had to say:
“The Labour Party presents to you a simple view: Britain is a great country, but we can be even better. Britain will
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only succeed when working people succeed. This thesis drives our plan
for a better future.”
“We will lower tuition fees to £6,000 a year.”
Francesca Alston, Year 12Labour
“Over the last five years, the Conservatives have put our country back on the right track. Five years
ago, Britain was on the brink. Since then we have turned things around.”
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“We will create three million new apprenticeships and make sure
there’s no cap on university places.”
Sally Morritt, Year 12 Conservatives
“We want to protect the education budget up to 6th form and raise the
minimum wage.”
“We will put an extra £8bn into the NHS.”
Sam Berke, Year 13 Liberal Democrats
“It’s simple, I want a British Country filled with a patriotic, British society.”
“We want the most intelligent kids joining grammar schools.”
Ross Pizzey, Year 12UKIP
“We stand for a society where we see real change, where society works for the common good, not just the few
and for a society that works within the limits of our one planet.”
“We are determined to deliver a fair economy create a country in
which the environment doesn’t need protecting by future generations.”
Tashika Hyde, Year 12 Green Party
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Now it was time for the students to cast their vote and have their say. The LRC was open before school, break time and lunch time – and was packed in all three time slots! Walking down the corridor, you could hear people talking about policies and their vote. This is exactly what Warlingham had aimed for, to get young people involved in politics.
Overnight the results were counted. And the winner – to my delight - was the Conservative Party!
Thank you to everybody who had
an input; registering voters, sharing policies, counting votes, and simply even voting. Finally, of course, the whole event would not have been possible without the brilliant organisation of the staff; notably, Mr Johnston, Mr Toop, Mr Seward, Mrs Hubbard and more.
This has been an exciting way for Warlingham students to watch the kick-off of this Parliamentary term. Next time, it’s our turn!
Sally Morritt (12H)
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31 MPs + PM = 32 MPs
4 MPs 1 MP 0 MPs
Prime Minister (and an MP) Leader of the Conservative Party
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31 MPs + PM = 32 MPs
4 MPs 1 MP 0 MPs
Prime Minister (and an MP) Leader of the Conservative Party
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Literary Competitions
Congratulations to Holly Dunnett (8G), who has won a book of her choice from the Reading List for her review of ‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman.
Review of ‘If I Stay’ “Just listen”, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.
I open my eyes wide now,
I sit up as much as I can,
And I listen.
“Stay”, he says.
Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough choices: stay true to her first love - music - even if it means losing her friends and family behind.
Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family and in an instant everything changes. Suddenly, all her choices are gone, except one. And it’s the only one that matters…
‘If I Stay’ is a heart-aching book about the power of love, the true meaning of family and the choices we all make. This book has a surprise at every turn and will leave you on a cliff hanger on every turn of the page. However not every book is a dream come true which means that my less optimistic thought would have to be that at the end of the book it leaves
you wondering what on earth will happen next! Although luckily the sequel ‘Where she went’ was also just as good. This book will leave you in tears, after finding out that poor Mia ended up in a coma after the car accident with her family-with only one vital choice… Live or Die trying.
The story flashes back to the current time with the family driving to the grandparents’ farm when their car collides with an oncoming truck. Mia appear to have an ‘out of body experience’ and sees her body lying on the pavement whilst paramedics fight for her life. Mia tries to ask a paramedic what is happening but no one seems to hear her. Mia, now in hospital, panics about her beloved family. A sympathetic nurse tells Mia
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she has a choice whether to stay or not.
In conclusion ‘If I Stay’ is recommended for any reader 13 or above, because it is absolutely fantastic!
Holly Dunnett (8G)
Book Review CompetitionHaving read one of the books on the reading list, students should write a short book review. Each half term,
the writer of the best review receives a £5 voucher and house points, as well as being published in the next newsletter. All book reviews
will be displayed on the reading list noticeboard.
We hope that all parents will encourage their children to get involved; it’s a brilliant way to
improve their literacy skills which will help them in their Academic studies
as well as in later life.
Last term all Year 9 students took part in a Gothic Short Story competition. The English department were extremely impressed with the quality of the stories submitted, making choosing a winner from each class extremely difficult. After much deliberation, the following students were chosen as the winners from each of the ten English classes: Bradley Donovan, Storm Sargent, Lauren Jezeph, Rae Billings, Emily Jarman, Beth Paine, Harriet Emery, Sam Runge, Eleanor Hicks and Beth Sharp.
Each student received a small prize. From the pool of winners, an overall winner was chosen, receiving a £10 Amazon voucher for their efforts. Congratulations to Beth Sharp in 9R for being chosen as the overall winner! Her chilling short story ‘My Dark Twin’ is an excellent piece of work.
Miss DeweyEnglish Department
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Year 9 Maths Masterclass
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Recently the three of us were the lucky few Warlingham School students who were selected to take part in the Royal Institute’s Spring 2015 Mathematics Masterclasses at Kingston University. This course is designed to challenge the participants and to teach them new mathematical ideas.
We arrived not really knowing anyone attending the class but we soon made better friends with each other and also with students from the other schools.
There were six sessions in total on Saturdays from 10:00am to 12.30pm. The first of these had the title “Wicked Wizards and Devious Dwarves”, or in the mathematical context, “Codes and Information”, as taken by David Vacarro. We learnt about codes that were designed to make it easier to transfer data from one place to
another, such as Morse code and the Hamming code, and how they could be used in real life. Vacarro had a style where he would ask members of the class questions; it was very interactive.
The next session was Andrew Fitzharris with “An Ultra Secret Story” linking with the previous week’s class. Whereas the last class was about codes to help people get data from one place to another, this one was more about codes and ciphers to conceal data, such as the Caesar Shift Cipher and using the Enigma machine as used in World War One. This class was more like a university lecture and was mainly Fitzharris telling the story of Enigma and how it works.
The third session was on prime numbers and ways to find them.
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Trust us when we say it was more fun than it sounds. We learnt about the sieve of Eratosthenes to produce primes. Not as many questions were asked as the first class, but we did get worksheets to work on for most of the class. We learnt about many prime number theories.
One of the best sessions was the fourth, the last class before the two-weekend half-term holiday. The Kingston University students led a mathematical challenge during which we worked in groups to try and get the most money out of shares in companies. It was a fun game, like The Apprentice, and we had to invest in different companies. We had to solve maths problems to get rumours about the other companies in which we could invest money. The winning group had made around £300,000!
After the holidays we got back to have a class on the mathematics of navigation, which has been taken out of the GCSE syllabus. However, Jennie Ramsden, who was taking the class, still thought it was worth teaching. Here we used trigonometry to work out how we could find where the sun was from our height and the length of our shadows. We learnt how to tell what their latitude was and how far we would have to walk (or swim) to go all around the world at that latitude. Ramsden had an old fashioned projector, which gave her the opportunity to demonstrate her working when explained what to do.
The final session was on games and moral calculations. It was about how to find the best outcome in a situation and the maths involved. The lecture told us about expectation and probability in game situations.
At the end of this Masterclass we got our certificates and our parents had a chance to sit in on that.Caitlin Gallacher (9M) Beth Sharp (9R) and Dylan Tahirovic (9G)
“It was great fun, but we were sad it was the last one. We made some friends there
that we will never forget.” Beth Sharp
“I think these Masterclasses were a great experience; we had lectures at a University
which gave us a taste of what it would be like. We also have this to put on
our CVs. The sessions were difficult but the lecturers made it easier for us to
understand. It was rewarding and we had the opportunity to learn about different
advanced maths. I think it is a brilliant series to take part in.” Caitlin Gallacher
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Year 7 Netball Tour
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On March the 20th-22 the year 7 Netball team went to Grosvenor Hall in Ashford, Kent, to play in a tournament against other schools from across the country.
Despite the cold weather our team played very well in the tournament, and also had a lot of fun with all the other activities set. We started off our tournament brilliantly winning every
match to the best of all our abilities; we managed to get through to the semi-finals on the Sunday winning all games apart from 1.
In the semi-final we were against a school called Seaford who sadly beat us by two goals. Overall we came 3rd in the tournament and we’re all very proud of each other, and we think Miss Bradley was proud of us too!
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Not only did we play Netball, we also got to do many fun and exciting activities. We dropped water balloons and worked together as a team to complete challenges and an obstacle course. We climbed and attempted to balance on a see saw about 15m tall, which was extremely scary even though we were attached to a harness. We got to have a go on the
zip wire and 3G swing which all of us enjoyed!
They also held a disco in the evening that we had a lot of fun at.
Overall we all had an amazing experience and we would definitely love to go back next year!
Megan McDonald (7L) and Amy Kennison (7R)
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Farewell to Year 13
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New Building Project
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The majority of the buildings at Warlingham School are substantial, well maintained properties of traditional construction. However, there are three temporary buildings housing the Society Religion & Wellbeing (SRW) department, known as “the huts”, which are around 25 years old and have reached the end of their life.
As reported in the last newsletter, the school has been successful in its bid to get funding from the Education Funding Agency. This funding will be used to construct a new, three-storey extension to ‘C’ Block which will provide replacement accommodation for the SRW department, which comprises five SRW classrooms, the
SRW office and associated storage.
The new accommodation will improve the image of the SRW department and its new location, alongside the Maths and English departments in a central part of the school, will emphasise the importance of this core curriculum subject.
This investment of significant funding will encourage and motivate both staff and students which we are sure will lead to improved academic results.
The new teaching spaces have been designed to provide a comfortable learning environment all year round with modern lighting, responsive heating and enhanced acoustic provision.
The new extension will have
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significantly reduced maintenance requirements when compared to the existing mobile classrooms and energy efficient construction and services will achieve a reduction in running costs of around 20-30%.
An additional benefit is that the new, interconnecting corridors on the second and third floors will connect the Maths, Science and English departments for the first time. And overall, there will be a dramatic improvement in student movement around ‘C’ block.
The building project is being administered by Synergy Construction and Property Consultants LLP, the consultants that helped the school secure a successful bid from the Education Funding Agency.
The school has embarked upon a tender process after which it will decide upon a building contractor who will then carry out the works.
The building work is expected to commence in July 2015 and to be completed by April 2016.
Melanie FilmerB&E /Marketing Manager
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Geography Report
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It’s happened; the first of the Geography exams has been sat and I’m steeling myself to saying a heartfelt goodbye (see, I care after all everyone!) to my Year 11 form (11G…the best in the year group), my GCSE classes and the Year 13 A2 students (although they still have me to bore them until mid-June).
In the last report, we heard from the Year 12 AS Fieldwork trip to Nettlecombe Court in Somerset. Weirdly, by the time you all read this, said students will have already endured the exam it related to – adding even more value to what was already a successful trip.
Our GCSE students have, once again, been working hard on their Unit 1 (Physical Geography) work in preparation for the important End of Year exam the week after half term. This, and their trip to the Norfolk Coast (report follows) puts them in a great position to have a large chunk of their Controlled Assessment done before the Summer Break starts.
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At the same time, our Key Stage 3 students have been developing their Geography experience by creating - literally - a ‘Landscape in a Box’, experiencing the dangers of Extreme Weather (Year 8) and looking into the controversial topic of migration in ‘Moving Places’ (Year 9).
As always, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our students for their constant efforts and the stunning work that has been produced this year and, especially,
I’d like to acknowledge the tireless efforts of our department staff – especially in what has been a very full-on few months in the run-up to the GCSE and A Level examinations. I’d challenge anyone to find a harder-working group of people!
I’ll leave you with a report, very kindly written by one of our GCSE students, about our recent trip to the Norfolk Coast – in preparation for the Controlled Assessment, which will make up 25% of their overall
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GCSE grade. All of the students that attended were brilliant on the trip and the work done will put them in a great place to add to our consistently high grades in this discipline. It was nice to use the Kingswood Centre at Overstrand again, to get a nice mix of hard work and some outdoor pursuits for our very committed students. A HUGE thanks to the students themselves for carrying themselves so well (and doing a great job of representing our school) and, of
course, the staff that sacrificed their own time outside of school hours to make it such a success: from the department – Mr Fraser, Mrs Fuller, Mrs Lilani and Ms Eveleigh, and our “special guests” of Mrs Solodujin, Mr Day and Mr Coombes (on loan from retirement!).
Enjoy the halfterm break…and let’s hope Summer arrives soon!!
Mr GardnerHead of Geography
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Year 10 Geography Trip to Norfolk
Between the 16th and 18th March 2015, Year 10 Geography students went on a residential trip to Norfolk to complete our coursework. We travelled to this specific stretch of coast because it has towns with differing amounts of defence from coastal erosion.
After a four-hour journey from the school, we arrived at Overstrand Hall, a large house located in the Norfolk countryside, near to the coast. The rest of the day was filled with a site
tour, an IT session and dinner, before a free evening.
The following day, we travelled to three different beaches to complete our data collections. The first site was Sea Palling, a small coastal town, mainly consisting of houses and a few caravan sites. We walked down onto the beach and completed our data collection for that location. Next, we travelled to Happisburgh. This was a small beach, absent of many coastal defences. Located near this area was mainly housing. At this site, we saw up close the effects of the sea on soft rock cliffs and were even able to crumble it ourselves! After that, we travelled to the coastal town of Sheringham. This is a tourist
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town, complete with fudge and fish and chip shops! We had the chance to eat our lunch and explore a little at this spot before heading back to our accommodation. Once we were back, we wrote up some of our findings, ate dinner and did some activities, including climbing, archery and a blindfolded, team obstacle course. Once again, the evening was all to ourselves.
The last day consisted of another IT session and an activity. We then packed our bags and waited outside for the coach, arriving back at school just in time for Parents’ Evening!
Overall, the trip was helpful as well as fun. Not only did we collect all the data required for our coursework,
we got to try fun activities and spend time with friends. I would definitely encourage future years to attend this trip. It was vital to our coursework and provided a great learning experience and furthered everyone’s knowledge of coasts; it really helps seeing everything for yourself.Olivia Kavanagh (10N)
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Dates for your diary
Monday 1st June 2015
Years 7,8,9 & 10 - Exam Week
Thursday 11th June 2015
Parents’ Forum
Friday 19th June 2015
Year 10 Sixth Form Taster Day
Year 11 Leavers’ Ball
Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Staff In Service Training Day
Wednesday 24th June 2015
Year 7 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 25th - Saturday 27th June 2015
School Show
Monday 29th June - Friday 10th July 2015
Year 10 out on Work Experience
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Tuesday 30th June - Wednesday 1st July 2015
Year 6 into 7 Induction Days
Year 6 New Parents Evening (1st July)
Thursday 2nd July 2015 (Reserve Friday 3rd July)Sports’ Day
