Dear Parents, carers and all in the Chessington community,
I hope that you have been enjoying the lovely weather
We have had a busy few weeks leading up to the end of the academic year and plenty still to take place.
YEAR 11
The Year 11’s finished their GCSE exams with the superb work ethic that they started with. We celebrated with them at their Prom on Friday evening They looked stunning and danced the night away at the Double Tree Hilton in Kingston A great time was had by all!
They can collect their results on Thursday 21st August. Further details on GCSE Results Day can be found HERE.
KS3 EXAMS
Years 7,8 & 9 completed their end of year exams and the results will be shared over the next couple of weeks They will spend time in lessons closing gaps in their knowledge preparing them for the next year’s study. Reports will also be sent home to parents.
YEAR 5 TASTER DAYS
We have begun hosting our feeder primary schools for Year 5 Taster Days, it’s been great to see them so excited about trying new subjects and experiencing secondary school Mr West and I have also visited all of them in their primary schools with some student ambassadors to talk to them about the transition to secondary school
YEAR 7 TRANSITION
Speaking of transition, we welcomed our new Year 7 students and their parents to an information evening last Thursday. It was great to see how excited and enthusiastic they all were We also have our induction day for them this week. I can’t wait to get to know more about them in the years to come.
PERFORMANCE FACULTY SHOWCASE
We held our first Performance Faculty showcase last week, there was such a wide range of performers, singing, dancing, acting and some solo musical performances. Not forgetting the outstanding artwork that was on display. It was a fantastic evening and really demonstrated the progress made within this faculty A huge thank you to all the staff who helped prepare the students
This enabled our new Yr12 students to meet key staff and hear more about their chosen courses. It was lovely to see some familiar faces from Yr11.
READING CONFERENCE
Mr Ashton took a group of our student librarians to a reading conference hosted at Southborough
“Our Y7 librarians were invited to Southborough High School for a very enjoyable talk by the author Natasha Farrant about her new book, The Secret of Golden Island We heard Natasha speak about her love of reading, the importance of the natural world to her writing process, and what inspires her to keep putting pen to paper Our students were brilliant representatives of the school and took the opportunity to ask some great questions, including about how difficult it is to write a book entirely from scratch, even when you’re an established children’s author!”
Mr Ashton
YEAR 12 INDUCTION
We held our Year 12 induction day last week too
Reading and Literacy Support Assistant
NEW
MOBILE
PHONE POLICY
Year 7&8 parents would have received my communication about our new mobile phone pouches policy from September. There has been a huge amount of support for the changes and I know that it will benefit our students in so many ways There will be assemblies with Years 9&10 this week and communication to their parents about changes for them. If you do have any questions about this initiative please do email myself or Mrs Cooper
Sports day takes place this week at Kingsmeadow sports ground please do check the details again in the letter from Mr Jay. It is always a great day with students coming together to support their houses
REWARD LUNCHES
Reward lunches are taking place to celebrate subject successes and acknowledge students that have not only achieved well but have demonstrated high levels of effort. A list of winners can be found on the next page.
ALW
And finally we are very much looking forward to Alternative Learning Week which starts on Monday 14th July. So many trips and activities have been planned I know that our students will have an awesome few days and share some fantastic experiences
Warm Regards,
Ms S Wilson Headteacher Chessington School
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 3 July rd
Sports Day
This event will be taking place at the Weir Archer Athletics Track
Monday 7 July - Friday 11 July th th Scholastic Book Fair
Based in the library, open at lunch and between 3-4pm.
Thursday 10 July th
Sports Celebration Evening
Between 6-8pm, for select students only
Monday 14 Julyth
Thursday 17 July th
Alternative Learning Week
Friday 18 July th
End of the Summer Term
All students finish at 12 noon
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REWARD LUNCHES
RECOGNISING ACHIEVEMENT AND EFFORT ACROSS THE CURRICULUM IN YEARS 7-10
