7th December 2017 - Issue 12
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
Head’s Introduction
What a wonderful week to round off a fantastic term! The Christmas Fair last weekend was a brilliant event, with the entire Roedean community working together; it was great fun, and it is also very pleasing to raise over £6000, even more than last year. Thank you on behalf of everyone at the School to all our parents for their support and to our Parents’ Guild for their hard work and enthusiasm. This week began with the House Panto Competition, which was full of energy, talent and humour, and a wonderful opportunity for the senior girls to rewrite the scripts of well-known fairy-tales and direct the girls across every year group. Congratulations to everyone involved. We ended with an adjudication and prizes, of course, but the most important outcome is the experience of being part of a company and entertaining the School. I hope all the performers and off stage creatives and technicians enjoyed the journey because the audience was truly delighted. There was also just about enough time for Junior House Hockey on Wednesday afternoon. Well done to all our competitors who braved the conditions to battle hard for their Houses. The two Carol Services yesterday were beautiful occasions to bring our term to a close, again showcasing our wonderful singers, particularly Fran S’s beautiful ‘Once in Royal’ solo, and the strength of the School community. For me, the Carol Service is the start of Christmas every year, and this year was no different - I am also glad that we were able to share the Christmas music with parents, ORs and guests. I hope that the trip to New York is going well snow is forecast in the Big Apple on Saturday, so that could be a once in a lifetime experience! Term ended today with a very jolly and vibrant Final Chapel and our traditional Hand-Shaking. I am delighted with all of your achievements over the term - congratulations, and I wish you all a well-earned break with your family and loved ones over the Christmas period. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask you to join with me to thank the staff of Roedean School across every department who have worked tirelessly to ensure that the experience of being educated at Roedean is as good as it can be for every girl. They really have gone beyond the call of duty time and again and deserve a round of applause, our thanks and a wonderful Christmas break.
Christmas Fair The Christmas Fair at the weekend was a brilliant event, with even more visitors, and overall more than £6000 has been raised. What an amazing achievement, and the entire school community should be very proud. We will be donating to the two school charities, Lumos and Nacro. Well done to Loretta, Martha, and Natasha, whose Roedean calendar with modernised images of our brilliant Roedean archive shots raised nearly £500 alone, and Lucy, Zarbanu, and Sorcha also made a brilliant Christmas montage video which was very popular. The year-group which raised the
most money was Year 10, and congratulations in particular to 10D who raised £255 – amazing! The Parents’ Guild worked fantastically hard to prepare for the Fair, with a Silent Auction with amazing prizes, a Photo Booth, a raffle, and a café, among other stalls, and lots of external stalls too. The Guild raised lots of funds which will be ploughed back into projects to support the girls and the school. It really was a brilliant day – well done to everyone involved.