12 March 2021 – Issue 8
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
Mental Health and Wellbeing – Essential
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Head’s Introduction
Welcome back to Roedean! After such a long time away from School, our staff and most of the girls are back, and it is wonderful to hear the corridors full of chatter and to see the girls so happy to see each other and their School. Years 11 and 13 were greeted by blue skies and sunshine on Tuesday, Years 10 and 12 returned to grey skies on Wednesday, and Years 7, 8, and 9 came back to gusting high winds and rain yesterday, but nothing could dampen their spirits! I hope that all our parents are pleased to see this part of normality return. Today, the minibuses brought the girls into School and we have the whole school with us, bar those who can’t return due to international travel restrictions. The staggered start has meant that all our girls and staff were able to return safely and smoothly. It has also meant that there has been a calm atmosphere throughout the week which is so important. Although the girls are excited to be back, the long period of
Jerusalema Dance Tutorial This dance which has gone viral over the last year might even be the new toilet-roll challenge for Roedean! www.youtube.com/watch?v=32c_ urQxQ88 Miss Abaza has recorded an amazing dance tutorial to teach you the steps, so why not give it a try – then different groups can record parts of it, and then we’ll put it together before the end of term! RB
remote learning and the anticipation of return can cause anxieties, and we wanted to avoid as much undue stress as possible for their first days back. This has worked very well. We have been able to meet all the girls properly, give them the attention they need, and, in addition, testing was completed without queues, delays, or difficulty, and our teachers were able to ensure that everything was ready (and working) for their first face-to-face lessons. Thank you to our excellent (and now highly experienced) testing team, led by Mr Chamberlain and Mr Wailes. I am very grateful to the entire testing team, for the highly efficient, yet caring and supportive way the testing has been conducted. The team has processed well over 1000 tests – well done, and thank you. This week began with Roedean’s brilliant festival to celebrate International Women’s Day. The remote format of the event worked very well,
and it meant that we were able to welcome a wide range of excellent speakers. Both girls and staff clearly enjoyed the event, and many of the speakers have been in touch to say how engaged the girls were and that their questions were interesting and perceptive. My thanks go to Dr Barrand for planning and overseeing this important event. If you have not already booked tickets for next week’s evening virtual lecture with Sarah Jenkins, I would certainly encourage you to do so – see details on this page. Sarah is a very engaging speaker, who has made great strides to widen the outlook of Saatchi & Saatchi London, and the wider advertising world – I am looking forward very much to hearing what she has to say. Well done to everyone for this week; I wish you all a lovely weekend, and good luck for the last two weeks of term.
Headaster's Lecture
IN CONVERSATION WITH SARAH JENKINS Wednesday 17 March 2021 Virtual Event – 7:00pm
BOOK NOW We are delighted to invite you to attend our inaugral Headmaster's Lecture on Wednesday 17 March 2021, at which the speaker will be Sarah jenkins. Sarah is Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi London, where she is responsible for shaping the strategic direction of the agency. She is a passionate advocate for greater diversity in the advertising industry; she has been instrumental in work of the Advertising Diversity Task Force, which encourages collaboration between forward-thinking and preogressive agencies to make the communicaiton industry more diverse. Tickets for this virtual event are free – you are welcome to make a charitable donation to support the School's work in the local community and beyond.
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