10 June 2022 – Issue 6
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
Head’s Introduction
After many weeks of training and preparation, the tides look set for our sea-swimmers to set off on their relay to France next week. This team includes students from Years 8 to 12, and is a huge but exciting challenge. I am grateful to all those who have worked with the girls on this, and to Dr Hobbs and Miss Wakeling, who have made this possible. The whole School community is right behind the team, and we wish them the very best of luck, and good weather, for this remarkable adventure.
Cross-Channel Swim for Charity Betty's Art Foundation Project
It is also fantastic that the swimmers would like to use this event to raise funds for our Ukrainian Bursary Appeal, and this coincides with six Ukrainian refugees starting an orientation programme next week, ahead of joining Roedean in September. The six students, who will be joining in the Sixth Form and in Key Stage 3, are very excited about coming to School, and I know that everyone will welcome them warmly into our community. If you would like to donate to this appeal, there are more details in this review of how you can support our swimmers in this charitable and humanitarian endeavour. It was our pleasure to host sixty pupils in Year 5 to Roedean for Rockpools Day yesterday. They certainly looked the part, decked out in their brightly coloured T-shirts and their Roedean sunglasses! They enjoyed a series of activities on the fields in the morning, before going down through our ‘secret’ tunnel to the rockpools, to search for crabs and anemones. They obviously had a wonderful time, and I would like to thank the Admissions Department and all our staff for hosting such a brilliant event! On Wednesday, 65 students in Year 10 from six local schools in the state sector joined 20 of our students for the Roedean Academy. This programme of academic enrichment, designed to bring together like-minded students from across the city, began with an introductory session in the Theatre. It was great to see how keen the students were to engage in discourse and debate from the very start, and I have no doubt that the rest of the sessions over the next few weeks will be a great success. I am grateful to Dr Barrand for setting this up with our partner schools, and to all my colleagues for running such engaging and challenging sessions. Well done to all those in Years 13 and 11, who have completed more A Level and GCSE exams this week, and good luck for next week. Good luck to those in Years 9 and 10 completing their assessed expedition for Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver – I hope it goes well! And I wish you all a great weekend.
Rockpools Day U13A Tennis Team 1 Point Shy of the Sussex Cup Final