WEEKLY UPDATE. WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 126: September 11, Making a Splash. A Record Year

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1 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 126: September 11, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE A Record Year It s excellent to be able to start the year by celebrating some really outstanding achievements, not least of which were those of our GCSE and A level students in the summer public examination sessions. We are used to seeing our students do very well, but this year s performance was genuinely exceptional. Both sets of results were our best ever by a significant margin. 94% of the grades obtained at A level were are at A or B (66% at A grade). At GCSE 87% of grades were at A* or A (52% at A*). You can see a break down of the results subject by subject on the school website. Making a Splash We are very proud indeed of the achievements of both sets of pupils and delighted to see some wonderful individual achievements. Nearly all our A level students were successful in gaining places on their chosen courses in some of Britain s best universities and our GCSE students have set themselves up brilliantly for success in two years time. It was also good to see the school placed so highly in the newspaper league tables being listed in the Times, Telegraph and Evening Standard among others as one of the very highest performing state schools in the country. You can find links to the online league tables on the website. Results like these are, of course, as much an achievement of the teachers as of the boys and I would like to thank them for the huge amount of hard work they put in to securing the boys success. Year 7 Parents Social Evening Just a reminder to new parents that the Yr 7 parents social evening is being held at the school from 7.30 p.m. on Friday 18th September. Information on the evening and a reply slip were sent out to new parents as part of the information pack last term and the majority of parents have replied. If you would like to attend and have not replied, please could you send back the reply slip to the school office by Tuesday 15th September. If you have mislaid your reply slip then please contact the school office directly to confirm your attendance. Calling all Houses! Remember that entries for the grow your own vegetables summer competition need to be handed in by the end of next week (September 18th). Take a photo of your organic vegetable that looks like an animal, put your name and form on it, and hand it (or alternatively the picture with details of your name and form) to Mrs Prestney or your Head of House. Hiroki Harazawa 10S was crowned National Champion (Boys 13 years) in 100m Breastroke with a time of 1:10.85 and Bronze medallist for 200m Breastroke over the summer holidays at the British Gas ASA National Age Group Championship. An excellent achievement. Well done. National Chess Champion Adam Taylor (8S) won the English Chess Federation U12 championships during the summer holiday. He was joint 1st with one other so they are joint national champions. He is our first national chess champion. A brilliant success, Adam. This achievement follows closely on that of Wilson s Chess Team which won the National Plate Competition at the end of last term. The National Plate, the trophy awarded to the winners of a competition for the runners up of all the regional schools competitions. If you want to learn how to play or hone your skills, go along to Chess Club. It s in Room 12 at lunchtime on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. is or

2 Issue 126: September History Club This new club begins next week. It will take place during lunchtime on Thursdays (Week A only) in room 20. All historians welcome. See Mr Englefield for more details. Old Wilsonians 5 A side On a very hot August day a staff team competed in the Old Wilsonians annual five a-side competition. They had a successful day, narrowly losing in the final when Mr Simmons (Head of Football) missed his penalty. Other players included Mr A Parkinson (1 goal), Mr Englefield (1 goal) and Mr J Parkinson. School Car Park Parents please do not park or wait in the school car park when dropping off or collecting your son from school. There are parking bays in Mollison Drive or spaces over the road in Link Lane. Lower 6th Parents Information Evening There will be an Information Evening for parents of L6 boys in the school hall on Monday 14th September at 7p.m. Prayer Group There will be a parents prayer group in the chapel on Monday 14th September at 8.00pm Apprentice Day Last Friday the whole of the Lower Sixth took part in an Apprentice day of induction activities in London. There were 20 teams who had to complete a myriad of tasks and be back in school by a specific time or else they were fired! The winning team consisted of Oliver Bishop, Rowan Brearly, Max Edge, Tim Hoe, Chris Hogg, Mark Mikheel, Ben Newman-Sanders and David Parke who have won a day at Chessington World of Adventures. Congratulations to all and well done! The Wilson s Orchard As part of our horticultural development at the school we are going to start an orchard on site. We would like to launch this exciting venture so that fruit grown on site will have a clear impact on the food available in the school canteen. We also want to make the most of our school grounds to the benefit of students and staff by using all the available space well. The orchard will also enable a more hands on approach to teaching life cycles in plants for science, not to mention many pruning techniques in gardening club. An opportunity to sample the harvest when the trees start producing fruit (2011) Access to a dedicated page on the school website looking at the journey from start to finish and updates each year on the progress of the site. There will also be a record on site of all the people who have sponsored the orchard. What trees are we planning on getting? We will be getting our trees from Chris Bowers & Sons who, whilst very competitively priced, have over the last 25 years built a very good reputation for themselves and when approached have been most helpful in guiding us in our endeavours. We will, with your help, buy a number of different varieties of apple and pear trees. The nursery has offered guidance about which trees are most compatible with each other in terms of pollination and will give us a spectrum of the enormous differences in tastes and textures available so that we can find something for everyone! Whether it is an apple or a pear you would like to sponsor, the trees will all be grown and trained in a cordon style. There is more information about this on the school website. Should you wish to make an extra special commitment to the orchard we would like to purchase some cooking apple Bramley trees to enable our catering team to produce recipes for the school canteen. It is an extra special year for the Bramley as the original tree, still alive in Nottingham, is 200 years old this year. These trees will not be grown as cordons as this is not an appropriate method of cultivation so they will be grown as free standing trees and will make the entrance way into the orchard. As such we would like to buy some more mature trees which obviously end up costing more. Each bramley will have an individual plaque with a short dedication written by the sponsor so if you would like to celebrate your time at the school, commemorate a loved one or just simply give an exceedingly generous gift then you can by sponsoring a Wilson s Bramley for 100. An application form is available to download from the school website. If you would like a paper copy or have any questions then please contact Mr Philiips. We hope to have all our sponsorship in by Monday 5th October. How can you help? We are looking for current students, staff and old boys to sponsor a tree in the orchard. This will cost: Apple tree Pear tree This pays for a bare rooted one year old tree from a specialist fruit tree nursery, compost to use in the planting hole to get the tree off to a great start, mycorrhizal fungi endorsed by the RHS to help plants form a successful root system and wire supports and protection for the trees. What will you get? A certificate to celebrate your sponsorship A photo of the new site after planting Entry to visit the orchard on specific dates for a tour explaining the varieties chosen and the pruning techniques

3 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 127: September 18, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE Wilson s Chess team win Surrey Cup Open Evenings and Founders Day Letters have been given out in registers regarding Open Evenings and Founders Day which will take place on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th Wilson s won the Russell Jamboree held last Friday for Surrey Schools. All the leading September. If you have not received these letters yet please ask your son for them. The letters school chess teams took part and after the first round Wilson s were in second place, half a point behind Whitgift. After the second round in which the leading four schools played give important information regarding these two each other, Wilson s came a clear top with 12.5 points out of 16, three points ahead of significant events in the life of the school. Details Trinity who beat Whitgift for second place. Last year s winners Hampton came fourth are also available on the school website www. and league champions RGS Guildford fifth. The basis of the victory was wins in both wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk their games by Aditya Gupta (11C), Adam Taylor (8S), Keith Barker (10S) and Nathan Heal (9H). Year 11 Science If any boy in Year 11 needs to resit a multiple choice paper on November 19th, they must give Mrs Jones a cheque payable to Wilson s School ( 4 each resit to be taken) by the end of September. On the back of the cheque should be the name of the boy and the test he wants to resit. RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Glyn 1st XI lost 3-2 2nd XI drew 0-0 U15A won 3-2 U15B won 4-3 U14A lost 2-1 U14B won 5-0 U13A drew 1-1 U13B drew 3-3 U12A lost 1-0 U12B lost 9-1 FIXTURES Wilson s vs Hampton 1st X1 away 2nd X1 home 3rd X1 away U15A home U15B home U14A away U14B away U13A away U13B away U12A home U12B home This week sees the first league matches, where our newly promoted 2nd team have toplay Trinity first team, and the new fourth team also travel to Trinity. With more teams than ever before there are more opportunities for pupils to represent the school at chess. If you would like to be considered come along to chess club on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday lunchtimes in F12 and join the chess ladder Poetry Success Congratulations to Philip Coales, U62, who has just won a prize in the Foyle Young Poets competition organised by the Poetry Society. There will be a presentation at the Royal Festival Hall on National Poetry Day in October. Ensembles There are several new ensembles on offer for students this year including a Senior Orchestra with challenging repertoire for advanced instrumentalists. These are already up and running, but it is not too late for students to become involved! Please contact Mr Lissimore in the Music Department (TRL@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk) for further information. TIMETABLE FOR ENSEMBLES Day Time Ensemble Staff Location Mon 1330 Junior Choir (except Autumn Term) TRL Music Room 1545 Senior Choir (Altos, Tenors, Basses) TRL Music Room Tues 1545 Wind Band HB Music Room Wed 1330 Wilson s Junior Strings C Taylor Music Room 1545 Junior Orchestra HB/TRL Music Room 1545 Senior Orchestra (Grade 6+) TRL/HB Hall Thursday 1545 Chamber Ensemble TRL Music Room 1545 Jazz Band SA Squash Ct Friday 1330 Junior Choir TRL Music Room For information on other ensembles, please speak to Mr Lissimore or contact the Music Department by TRL@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk; HB@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch. uk History Club History Club begins next week. It will take place during lunchtime on Thursdays (week A only). All historians welcome. See Mr Englefield for more details.

4 DESTINATIONS OF LEAVERS, 2009 Adams, Edward Bristol Biology Ahmed Danish London, King's Biomedical Sciences Alfred, Simon Warwick Mechanical Eng Amuthalingam, Thuvarahan London, Queen Mary's Medicine Aran, Krishan Warwick Economics Arthur, Richard Southampton Geography Azhar, Ali Manchester Medicine Bakare, Ayooluwapo Birmingham International Studies Ball,David Epsom College of Art Art Foundation Bandopadhyay, Rahul London, University Coll Medicine Barnes, Oliver Bristol Dentistry Barrell, Alexander Cambridge Mathematics Barretta, Alexander Gap Year Beer, Charles Exeter German Bevis, Richard Bournemouth Television Biggs, Christopher Nottingham Economics Bradley, Michael Bournemouth Physiotherapy Brand, Charles Surrey Economics Casey, Daniel Oxford Medicine Chell, Stuart Bath Aerospace Chowdry, Addullah City International Finance Crone, George Southampton Environmental Studies Day-Sawyer, Niall Birmingham English Delaney, Steven London, University Coll Geography Desa,Tom Gap Year Desai, Neil Reading Pharmacy Dunk, Stuart York Philosophy Dusu, Keli Nottingham Medicine Eglon, James Nottingham Management Elston, Pedro Bournemouth Forensic Evans, Kieran Gap Year Falconer-Roberts, Joshua Cambridge Natural Science Fan, Jake Exeter Classics Freeman, Dominic Leeds Music, Multmedia Fryer, Gavin Warwick Mechanical Eng Gopalakrishnan, Sanu Nottingham Economics Hallett, Matthew Leeds Geography Harazawa, Hikaru Nottingham Contemp. Chinese Studies Hardy-McBride, Alexander Surrey Physics/Nuclesr Astro-Physics Hart, Thomas Bath Mechanical Eng Henderson, Callum Surrey Economics Hodgkinson, James Nottingham English Studies Holliday, Thomas Exeter Economics Hosanee, Ibrahim London, Queen Mary's Aerospace Engineering Humphrey-Gaskin, Marcus Sheffield Architecture Jacobs, Russell Durham General Engineering Jani, Dhruv Nottingham Finance, Accountancy Johnson, Philip Birmingham Economics Kanani, Nikhil London, King's Dentistry Keable-Kinsella, Aran Oxford Chemistry Keen, Alexander Reading Geography Khosla, Shivun Cambridge Medicine Knight, Jonathon Leeds Law Kumar, Rajiv Warwick Economics Lawless, Thomas Edinburgh Medicine Leghari, Mohammad London, University Coll Medicine Lobo, Alistair London, University Coll Philosophy Luck, Christopher Exeter English Maillet, David Surrey Civil Engineering Martin, Philip Nottingham Contemporary McEwen, Namdi Cambridge Law Miles, Elliot Surrey Chemical Engineering Mir Mohammed Gap Year Mitchell, Matthew Oxford Philosophy Mogridge, Charles Leeds Maths Mohammed, Usman Manchester Mathematics Mott, Daniel Surrey Mathematics Muraleetharan, Manojj City Banking Newman, Robert Reading Management Newman-Sanders, Thomas Warwick Economics Novicic, Jaksa London, Imperial Biomedical O'Malley, Kieran Surrey Mathematics Osonaike, Eniola Birmingham Economics Pang, Joshua Surrey Electronic Patel, Abdul London, Imperial Materials Science Patel, Amit Manchester Accounting Patel, Hari Krishna Nottingham Electronic Patel, Himesh LSE Economics Patel, Mitul London, Imperial Medicine Patel, Nihal York Economics Patel, Preyesh Lincoln Accounting & Finance Patel, Vishal London, King's Law Peters, Benjamin Warwick Philosophy Phakey, Ashish Cambridge Mathematics Popescu, Maxwell Gap Year Premachandralal, Janagan Nottingham Civil Engineering Price, Thomas Surrey Economics Prowting, James Bristol Biochemistry Quinton, Dominic City Actuarial Science Ranson, George Nottingham Trent Geography Robinson, Timothy Oxford Brookes Film Studies Sanders, Thomas Durham Business Sareen, Akash Birmingham Economics Saumtally, Shahin City Actuarial Science Scola, Harry Loughborough Mechanical Eng Sellman, Daniel Cambridge Economics Shah, Amar Nottingham Finance, Accounting & Management Shah, Harshil City Banking Shah, Jai Pravin Brighton Digital Media Shah, Priyan Brunel Finance & Accountancy Shah, Rishi Warwick Accountancy Shah, Vikrant Gap Year Shah, Viral Warwick English literature Sharif, Suhayb London, Imperial Electrical Engineering Shires, Edward Bristol Chemistry Singarajah, Christopher Nottingham Environmental Studies Sinha,Sharad Gap Year Sluman, Andrew Cambridge Mathematics Smith, Daniel Cambridge History Smith, Hadley Gap Year Smith, Matthew Exeter History & Law Sritharan, Brennavan London, Queen Mary's English Statter, David Gap Year Still, Lawrence Bath Mechanical Eng Stratton, Elliot London, Queen Mary's English Stream, Mitchell Sussex American Studies Tahir, Taylan Nottingham Architecture Thomas, Jahmmal Loughborough Accountancy Tran, Anthony Dzuy Cambridge Economics Trimnell, Thomas London, Imperial Materials Science Troop, Alexander Warwick History Turner, Jack LCC Art Foundation Utley, John Manchester English Vakeeswarasarma, Vithyadaran Durham Philosophy Vallance, Adam Portsmouth Sports Studies Vasaya, Muhammad London, King's Pharmacy Vereycken, Samuel Surrey Mechanical Eng Villanueva, John London, University Coll Medicine Voller, Matthew Nottingham Management Walji, Shaheed London, Queen Mary's Medicine Wallace, Alasdair York History Wheeler, Lloyd Manchester Metropolitan Criminology Wheeler, Oliver Sheffield History Wicks, Steven Lincoln Marketing Williams-Grut, Oscar Cambridge History Woods, Alexander Manchester Geography Worrell, Nathan Lancashire English literature Youll, Joseph Employment

5 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 128: September 25, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE Open Evenings and Founder s Day These important events for the school will take place on Monday 28 September and Tuesday 29 September 5.00pm pm. Details are also available on the school website Bio Diesel to Run School Minibuses Do you run a restaurant? Do you have lots of left over cooking oil? We are exploring the viability of converting vegetable oil into Bio Diesel to run our school minibuses. True hands on experience of Chemistry in action. We will need a regular supply of vegetable oil and in order to do this we are hoping to come to an arrangement with local restaurants to take their used oil for free and use it for our diesel. If you are able to help please contact Mr Phillips at the school either by telephone or by at sp@wilsonsschool. sutton.sch.uk. Year 7 MidYis Test On 8 October all Year 7 students will take a MidYis test during period 1. This provides the school with more information about their current ability and aptitudes. The results are not published to students or parents but help us track and monitor pupils progress over the next few years. No preparation is necessary and your son only needs to bring an HB pencil with him! Students will be given more details next week. If you have any questions please contact Mr Walters (Year 7 Manager). GCSE and A Level Controlled Assessment/ Coursework Timetables These are now available on the school website as part of the Parent Handbook. These apply to all boys in Years How is my son being assessed? Updated details of each department s assessment tasks (all years) are now available on the school website (as part of the Parent Handbook) as is information relating to the changes to the format of our reports in Years MS Challenge 2009 For those of you who participated in the MS Challenge in July please remember that sponsorship money needs to be handed in a.s.a.p. The MS Therapy Centre relies on the generosity of donations so please work hard at gathering your sponsorship cash! Once you ve collected it all, add it up and hand it in to Mrs Prestney or Mr Walters a.s.a.p. National Champion and UK No 1 Last Saturday Jacob Paul became National Champion in the U15B Pentathlon at the English Schools Combined Events Finals in Bedford. It was a nail biting day with Jacob achieving personal bests in four out of five of his events and the medal positions all being decided on the last event, the 800m race. Jacob went into the 800m in 3rd position, knowing that he had to beat the boys in 1st and 2nd place by 19 seconds and 1 second respectively in order to improve his own medal position. Jacob ran and won the 800 but it seemed a very long wait before the results were confirmed and he had in fact beaten the 2 leaders by 28 and 1.5 seconds to claim the gold medal with a victory overall by 12 points! His overall score of 3127 points has now given him the current number 1 UK ranking for U15B pentathlon and has placed him as number 10 in the all-time UK rankings. His results for individual events were: 80m Hurdles s New PB Shot m New PB Long Jump m New PB High Jump m 800m - 2:05.38 New PB Jacob s achievement on Saturday has also led to his selection to represent England in the Countries Combined Events Indoor International due to take place on 5th December in Glasgow. Congratulations on this fantastic achievement and good luck in Glasgow. Young Historian of the Year Congratulations to Benjamin Flook, 9C (pictured right), whose winning entry for the History Department s internal essay competition has gone on to come first in the Great War category of the national Young Historian awards run by the Historical Association. His work was based on the role of Henry Rawlinson during the Battle of the Somme in Very well done also to Arslan Rana,9C, whose entry for the Second World War category was Highly Commended by the judges. Both entries can be read on the school s website.

6 Issue 128: September 25, 2008 Year 10 Photographs In order to keep the school records up to date, and to replace the image taken at the start of Year 7, each boy in Year 10 had his photograph taken at the start of term by a professional photographic firm. These photographs have now been returned and are being used on the computerised school information system. The photographers have also returned proof images for each boy and an application form for professional copies to be made. If he has not already done so, please ask your son for a photograph pack which he has been issued with this week. Old Wilsonians Beat Roman Abramovich History - GCSE Modern History Review, Hindsight Students in Years 7-11 who wish to subscribe to this magazine should speak to their History teacher. The deadline for subscriptions is the end of September. Cheques for 8.95 need to be placed in the red post box. Please write your name and history magazine on the back of the cheque. For more information visit: hindsight/index.htm. RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Royal Russell 2nd XI lost 4-2 U15A won 4-3 U14A drew 1-1 U14B won 15-1 U13B won 2-1 U12B drew 1-1 FIXTURES Wilson s vs Cheam Old Boys 1st X1 away 2nd X1 away 3rd X1 away Chess Results 2nd Division Wilson s B vs Trinity A Wilson s lost 2-4 Congratulations to Dan Smith, Josh Falconer Roberts and Aran Keable Kinsella who made it to the top of Kilimanjaro (5895m) last week. This took four and a half hard days on the second hardest route. Two days before them Roman Abramovich had to give up with altitude sickness! Proof if ever it was needed that Wilson s boys always make it to the top. Well done to them. Gardening at Wilson s Gardening at Wilson s Last year Gardening club started up on Thursday lunchtime and through the year we taught the students more about growing plants. We entered an RHS competition receiving a commendation. The support of parents and staff has been excellent and thank you to everyone who collected vouchers from Woodcote Nursery last term. Bhavraj Chana, Billy Thoroughgood and Mr Walters collected a cheque for which the Gardening club will use to buy seeds for next year. This year we have kicked off with our sponsored orchard, which has generated a good response. If you are interested in sponsoring a tree in the orchard please visit the website to download the application form or Mr Phillips at sp@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk. Applications and money need to be in by 5/10/09 in order to get our request in for this year. Thank you to Mr Parker who has provided us with logistical help and some excellent ideas. He will be helping us again this year to initiate a school allotment. We harvested a modest crop of potatoes that Mr Pryse-Hawkins used for roast potatoes last Wednesday in the school canteen! If your son is interested in joining us please encourage him as we welcome all students at any level of experience. 4th Division Wilson s D vs Trinity D Wilson s drew 6-6

7 FOREIGN TRIPS SCHEDULE 2010 Art Trip to Barcelona Transport: by air from Gatwick (Company- European Study Tours) Friday 19 th Feb- Monday 22nd February 2010 Years 12 & Visit to First World War Battlefields This trip complements the GCSE History programme in Year 10 and takes place on a school activities day. Somme, France. Transport: Coach, Channel tunnel Monday 15 th March 2010 Year Visit to CERN in Geneva, Switzerland (subject to Governors approval) Transport: By air from Gatwick Easter holidays. Date TBC 3 days/2 nights Upper Sixth 240 Football Tour to Valencia, Spain (subject to Governors approval) Transport: Air & coach Thursday 8 th April -Monday 12 th April 2010 Year 9 (15) French Language trip - La Cote d Opale This trip complements the Year 9 French programme and takes place during the summer term activities week. Transport: coach Tuesday 13th - Friday 16th July 2010 Year TBC German Language Trip This trip complements the Year 9 German programme and takes place during the summer term activities week. Transport coach Tuesday 13th - Friday16th July 2010 Year TBC Water Sports Trip to S.W. France Transport: Coach Saturday 17th July - Saturday 24th July 2010 Years 8 & Outlook Borneo Saturday 17th July - Tuesday 17th August 2010 Years 11,12 & 13 3,000 Fully Booked A similar trip is run every second year for boys in Years 11,12 and 13. Year 12/13 (15) 620 Classics Trip to Greece Transport: Air & coach Saturday 3rd - Saturday10th April 2010 Years 7-13 (40) 699

8 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 129: October 2, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE GREECE TOUR There are still a limited number of places available for this tour, but we will need to finalise the list of participants within the next two weeks. You can download the letter with full details of the tour and an application form from the school website (Parents Letters section - whole school letters). School Choir Many thanks to the choir for their performance at Founders Day; it was an impressive performance after only three weeks of rehearsals. The Music Department are now looking for more students to join the TENOR and BASS sections of the Senior Choir. If you think you can stand the pace then you will be very welcome. Rehearsals take place each Monday from and finish promptly at Instrumentalists Required The Music Department is still willing to take on instrumentalists until next week in the Senior Orchestra (Grade 5/6+) and Junior Orchestra (Grades 2-5); they are preparing some exciting repertoire for the Charity Orchestral Concert on Wednesday, 2 December. Mufti Day Reminder A reminder that on 22nd October there will be a Mufti Day in aid of the Dominican Friars in Kenya. The money raised is used to send orphans to school. Do put this date in your diaries. Chess Results 1st Division Wilson s A vs.caterham A Wilson s won th Division Wilson s C vs Emanuel A Wilson s won 9-3 Sebastian Ayers and David Clark, two of our Jack Petchey winners from last year, attended a presentation in Sutton on Tuesday evening along with winners from all the Borough s winners. They are pictured here with the Mayor. Our two other winners, Adam Vallance and Keli Dusu, who has now left, were unable to attend. Keli, however, has also been shorlisted for the Black Child Achievement Award which will be presented at the House of Commons later today in a ceremony hosted by Diane Abbott. We wish him luck. Open Evenings Many thanks to all students and staff who helped out with the Open Evenings on Monday and Tuesday which went very well indeed. These are very significant events for the school as they are the only opportunity for those who are thinking of applying for Wilson s to have a hands on experience of the school. There were, if anything, even more passing through the doors than usual. The CCF managed the parking with complete professionalism and, once again, all the Year 7 pupils acted as tour guides, conducting themselves with amazing confidence and aplomb after only three weeks in the school. All departments received invaluable assistance from students of various ages. We received numerous comments informally on the evening and later by letter and about how impressed parents and prospective students were with the school and its atmosphere, with huge praise for the boys and their obvious pride and commitment to the school. Founder s Day We were pleased to welcome back Mark Chilcott to the school to speak at Founder s Day service on Tuesday morning. Mark was School Captain in 1979, was one of the new school s early stars in mathematics, which he read at Cambridge. He later became an Anglican priest and now works with the police force in Manchester. He spoke movingly about inclusiveness and tolerance reflecting on his own experiences at school. Many thanks to the school choir for the excellent performances and to all the readers for their contribution. The Medical Society The Medical Society was pleased to welcome back three Wilson s old boys who are just going into their second year reading Medicine at Imperial. They spent time giving advice about the application process, interview practice and gave some idea of what to expect in your first year. Grateful thanks go to Wing-Kin Liu, Hari Babu and James Samarasekara for a stimulating and very useful talk.

9 Issue 129: Ocbober 2, 2009 RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Old boysl 1st XI Lost 2-1 2nd XI Won 4-0 3rd XI Drew 3-3 4th XI Won 3-2 Wilson s vs. Cheam High U15A Won 2-1 U14A Won 4-0 National Cup U14B Won 4-3 League & Surrey Cup U13A Won 2-1 U12A Drew 3-3 U12B Won 6-1 FIXTURES Wilson s vs Sutton Grammar 1st X1 2nd X1 3rd X1 4th XI U15A U15B U14A U14B U13A U13B U12A U12B U12C Wednesday 7 October Wilson s vs. Royal Russell 1st XI training 3rd XI 4th XI 5th XI 6th XI

10 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 130: October 9, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 12 October - UCAS application deadline 13 October - U6 parents evening 14 October - A Level music concert 15 October - Y10 parents information evening 16 October - Activities Day SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP - VOLUNTEERS WANTED!! If you have an hour to spare for one evening every month straight after school and would be prepared to run this we would be pleased to hear from you. EXAMINATION RE-TAKES - URGENT Any students re-taking exams in January 2010 must have paid Mr Harmsworth in the School Admin Office by Tuesday 13 October (at the very latest). Cheques should be made payable to Wilson s School with your candidate number, name and the unit(s) that you are taking on the back of the cheque. The cost per unit is 18. Failure to provide payment will result in your not being entered for the exam or having to pay double! PHYSICS LECTURE At on Tuesday 20 October, Dr David Newbold of CERN and Bristol University will be delivering a lecture in our Lecture Theatre. Dr Newbold uses the following key words to describe his work: Large Hadron Collider, extra dimensions, particle physics, grid computing, Higgs boson, superstrings and CERN. If you have an interest in cutting edge science and technology then this is the lecture for you - don t miss it! The lecture is suitable for Upper Sixth, Lower Sixth and Year 11 students. Parents are also welcome to attend. Y7 ENTERPRISE SKILLS DAY FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER Y7 boys will be taking part in an enterprise skills activity day where our own version of Sir Alan will set them a challenge that even Nick or Margaret would find hard to comment on. In the afternoon a real entrepreneur will be helping to judge their business ideas. The school day will be as normal and the boys need to turn up in uniform. Please could each boy bring in just one magazine or Sunday supplement on the day. SENIOR MUSICIANS EVENING There will be a short concert of solo performances by AS and A2 Level musicians in the Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 14 October at Any students, parents and staff are welcome to attend this event - no tickets are required. Wimbledon Bookfest s Young Writers Competition Dion Wedderburn from 7G has just been notified that he is a winner of the Wimbledon Bookfest s Young Writers Competition. The theme of the competition was inspired by the anniversary of Charles Darwin. Dion had to interpret the theme in a way that inspired him. He won his age group and will collect his prize, an audio CD with his story recorded by professional actors, and a certificate, at the end of the month. Well done Dion. Young Enterprise 2009 This year s Young Enterprise Company Programme has started. A group of L6 students are now running their own companies to gain practical experience of business. At the launch evening, Claire Young, Raef Bjayou and Howard Ebison from The Apprentice were quizzed for advice on entrepreneurial success. Last year s Croydon Area winning team (including our students; Richard Serunjogi, Richard McMeekin and Bosun Lewis) also gave a presentation and some invaluable advice. This year s companies are now deciding on their products and services and will be finding out the consumer s response at the New Addington Trade Fair on Saturday 21 November. Gardening Club A huge thank you yet again from Gardening club to everyone who sponsored the planned school orchard. There has been a huge response, from students saving their pocket money, parents and staff. The members of the club will now be very busy hole digging for the near future. No more sponsorship can now be accepted, but all being well, there will be another opportunity to expand the planting next year. Once the orchard has been set up photographs and certificates will be sent to all those involved. Hans Woyda Inter-School Maths Team Wilson s convincingly beat Sutton High 54 to 26 in round 1 of the Hans Woyda Inter- School Maths tournament. The team, which has to include pupils from years 9, 11, 12 and 13, comprised Daniel Singarajah (U6), Alex McMillan (L6), Daniel Hunt (11C) and Liam Moloney (9B). The next match will be much tougher for us as our opponents, St. Paul s, have won the tournament for the past 5 years! Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Over 100 boys have successfully enrolled on the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh scheme. The club currently meets on alternative Thursdays after school where students learn how to complete the various sections of their log books, including skills, volunteering and physical activities. Preparations are underway for the first adventure, a circular ring walk on 16th December (not 9 December as previously advertised).

11 Issue 130: October 9, 2009 RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Sutton Grammar 1st XI Won 4-2 2nd XI Won 2-0 3rd XI Won 1-0 Wilson s vs.sutton Grammar U15A Won 1-0 U15B Won 6-2 U14A Drew 2-2 U14B Drew 1-1 U13A Won 4-0 U13B Won 1-0 U12A Won 1-0 U12B Won 3-2 U12C Won 12-2 National Cup - 2nd Round Wilson s vs. Phoenix School U15 Won 4-1 FIXTURES Wilson s vs Carshalton Boys U15A U14A U14B U13A U13B U12A U12B Wilson s vs. Ibstock 1st XI 2nd XI Chess Results Surrey Division 1 Wilson s won 3.5 vs. RGS Guildford 2.5

12 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 131: October 16, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 22 October - Year 7 Parents Evening 23 October - Staff Training Day. No school for pupils. Philosophy Prize Congratulations to Oliver Wright and Redmond Scales both in the Upper Sixth who were highly commended for the Edgar Jones Philosophy Prize which they submitted to St Peter s College, Oxford. Mufti Day A reminder that on 22nd October there will be a Mufti Day in aid of the Dominican Friars in Kenya. The money raised is used to send orphans to school. Do put this date in your diaries. PHYSICS LECTURE At on Tuesday 20 October, Dr David Newbold of CERN and Bristol University will be delivering a lecture in our Lecture Theatre. Dr Newbold uses the following key words to describe his work: Large Hadron Collider, extra dimensions, particle physics, grid computing, Higgs boson, superstrings and CERN. If you have an interest in cutting edge science and technology then this is the lecture for you - don t miss it! The lecture is suitable for Upper Sixth, Lower Sixth and Year 11 students. Parents are also welcome to attend. Wimbledon 2010 Any boys in Year 10 who are interested in becoming ball boys in next year s Wimbledon Championships should see Mr Molyneux next Tuesday lunchtime, 20th October, in the Sports Hall Jack Petchey Award Congratulations to Nathaniel Aloshias 7H who has won the Jack Petchey Award for September. Nathaniel wrote to Crystal Palace Football Club to get Fairtrade footballs used in matches and his letter was then passed on to the FA. He also donated his birthday money ( 150) to a charity fighting against child labour. Well done Nathaniel. He will now have to decide how he will use the 200 prize money that has to be spent on a project for the good of the school. Twilight Zone Maths Last Monday we hosted the first of a series of twilight maths sessions when Dr Cooper ran a session on preparing those in the Upper Sixth applying to Oxford. As well as four of our own Upper Sixth, students from four other local schools also attended this specialist session. The topic for the next session, on Monday 19th October from 4 to 5.30pm, is preparation for the Senior Maths Challenge (to be taken on Thursday, November 5th). Under the title Go for Gold Dr Cooper will explain how students could aim to get a Gold Award in the challenge and will go though a series of past questions. This session is open to any of our own sixth form, as well as students from other local schools. Could you be the HSBC Apprentice HSBC is on the search for their very own apprentice. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to build up their knowledge and credentials of finance and business as HSBC will be providing advice and assistance. The winning group will need to create the most innovative, exciting and feasible proposals to raise money for a charity. Mr Tosh from the HSBC executive management programme will be visiting the school on Monday 19th October to launch the competition during the Lower Sixth assembly. Those students looking to continue their studies in any of Business, Management, Accounting or Economics are strongly advised to consider applying. To prepare for the launch, members of the Lower Sixth are advised to decide who may be in their group and work out what questions they would like to ask Mr Tosh during his visit. Prizes to be won! Chess Results 1st Division Wilson s A vs Hampton A 2nd Division Wilson s B vs Kingston GS A Badminton Under 17 Winner George Heinemann Under 15 Winner William Gao Wilson s won 5-1 Draw 3-3 Under 15B Winner Priyank Shah

13 Issue 131: October 16, 2009 RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Ibstock School 1st XI Won 6-1 2nd XI Won 9-0 3rd XI Drew 4-4 4th X1 won 6-2 5th X1 won 6-0 Wilson s vs.carshalton U15A Won 9-1 U15B Won 4-2 U14A Won 4-0 U14B won 15-0 U13A Won 11-1 U13B Won 9-3 U12A Won 2-1 U12B lost 6-2 Wilson s vs Sutton Grammar U12B Lost 4-1 U12C Drew 3-3 U12D Lost 1-0 U12E Won 2-0 U12F Won 15-1 FIXTURES Wilson s vs Tunbridge Wells 1st XI U15A U15B U14A U14B U13A U13B U12A U12B NATIONAL PERSONAL SAFETY DAY Guidance for Students Although it is safe for young people to travel by public transport, there are a number of common sense precautions students can take that will increase their safety even more. Travelling by Bus, Tram or Train Know where you are going and where you need to get off. Try and have your ticket, pass or change ready in your hand so your wallet is out of sight. If possible, wait for a bus, tram or train in a well-lit place near other people. On a bus, it is safer to stay on the lower deck and sit near the driver or conductor. On trains avoid compartments which have no access to corridors or other parts of the train. Try to sit with other people and avoid empty carriages. If you feel uneasy, it makes sense to move to another seat or carriage or speak to the guard or driver. If you feel threatened on public transport make as much noise as possible to attract attention. Walking to & from the bus stop/train station Think about the best route home and where you could go if you felt threatened. The best idea is to head for a place where you know there will be other people, for example a garage or shop. Try to use well lit, busy streets and avoid quiet or badly lit alleyways, subways or isolated parks or waste grounds Try to keep both hands free and don t walk with your hands in your pockets. If a car drives alongside you and someone inside, who you don t know well, starts talking to you turn and quickly walk away in the opposite direction. Never accept a lift with a stranger or someone you don t know very well even if you are cold, tired or you re late. Keep your mind on your surroundings remember if you are wearing a personal stereo or chatting on your mobile phone, you will not hear trouble approaching. If you think you are being followed, trust your instincts and take action. As confidently as you can, cross the road turning and looking to see who is behind you. If you are still being followed, keep moving. Make for a busy area and tell people what is happening. Consider carrying a personal safety alarm, which can be used to shock and disorientate an attacker giving you vital seconds to get away.

14 Issue 131: October 16, 2009 Wilson's Dream League 2008/9 FIRST DIVISION Team PLD Won Drawn Lost For Agst GD Points Pts Av. Win % U15A % 2nd XI % U13A % U14A % 1st XI % U12A % 3rd XI % SECOND DIVISION Team PLD Won Drawn Lost For Agst GD Points Pts Av. Win % U12C % 6th XI % U15B % U14B % U13B % 4th XI % 5th XI % U12B % Other % Manager of the Month 2009/10 First Division J. Parkinson U15A Team PLD Won Drawn Lost For Agst GD Points Pts Av. Win % U15A % Second Division G. Englefield U15B Team PLD Won Drawn Lost For Agst GD Points Pts Av. Win % U15B %

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16 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 132: October 23, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE SCHOOL CAR PARK HEALTH AND SAFETY REMINDER Please can all parents refrain from waiting or parking in the school car park when dropping off or collecting their sons from school There are parking bays in Mollison Drive or spaces in Link Lane that can be used for this purpose. RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Tunbridge Wells U15A Lost 5-3 U14A Won 7-0 U14B Won 6-4 U13A Won 4-1 U12A Won 5-0 Wilson s vs. Archbishop Tenison s 1st XI Won 5-0 2nd XI Won 6-1 Wilson s vs. Glyn 3rd XI Lost 3-0 5th XI Won 5-0 Chess Results Surrey League Division 2 Tiffin 1st team vs. Wilson s 2nd team Wilson s won 3.5 vs. Tiffin 2.5 PHYSICS LECTURE Dr David Newbold was CERNtainly a great success. He gave a scintillating talk to a packed Lecture Theatre. His talk covered topics ranging from quarks to the largest magnet in the world, with everything in between. He passionately described the development of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN to an enthralled crowd of young scientists and their parents. He explained what the LHC is designed to discover and gave an account of the Higgs Boson and the Standard Model. Many questions were posed and answered enthusiastically. Dr Newbold followed the lecture with a brief Q&A session on university entry and interview technique for some of Wilson s best physicists. He fielded questions regarding white holes, superstrings, space-time and the conservation of momentum during black hole production in the outer atmosphere. Suffice it to say our guest left full of adrenalin and delighted at the response he received from Wilson s boys. With regard to those students who took the trouble to speak to him last night, he was impressed enough to say that he felt like offering them an undergraduate place at Bristol University on the spot. This lecture provided another opportunity for our great young scientists to shine. Dr Newbold left us in the comforting knowledge that the future of Physics is being built here at Wilson s School. Year 7 Enterprise Skills Day Our Year 7 s proved they are the future Sir Richard Branson and James Dyson. Mr Cross, our invited entrepreneur from Sports Xtra, set the boys a challenge of developing a new sport or game that would motivate children who don t always participate in sports activities. The winners were Green Gods from Greatcoat with their game involving badminton racquets and basketball hoops, an idea that Mr Cross, said could easily be taken forward. After some advice on presentation from Mrs Wood, an expert in sales pitching, the boys had to design a product that could be sold in school. Well done to Odyssey, the winners, with their idea of an intro pack for new students to the school. Over 1,000 house points were earned on the day, with the leaders being Camberwell who received 410 house points, Greencoat came second with 260, Brecon and Southwark came 3rd and finally came Hayes. Many new skills were learnt including team building, budgeting and idea generation which should help the boys throughout their time at Wilson s and beyond. Pictures of the winners and the day s activities are available on the school website. St Peter s College, University of Oxford Congratulations to Michael Kyriacou who came second in The Edgar Jones Philosophy Essay Competition run by St. Peter s College, University of Oxford. This competition aims to provide for students in Year 12 or the Lower 6th an opportunity to write about a philosophical issue and thereby, it is hoped, enable them to develop their abilities for independent research and thought and encourage them to apply for an undergraduate course with Philosophy as an element. Essays had to be a maximum of 2000 words in length and to be submitted in hardcopy. Our congratulations are also extended to Nihal Tharoor-Menon who had a highly commended essay in the same competition. A cutting from the Sutton Guardian, featuring Keli Dusu, one of last year s U6, now studying Medicine at Nottingham

17 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 133: November WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 6th FORM OPEN EVENING This event will take place on Tuesday10th November, 6.30pm pm. All Year 11 students are expected to attend. Saatchi Gallery Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools GCSE PERFORMERS EVENING - 16th NOVEMBER. Just weeks after a very successful Senior Musicians Evening comes an opportunity to hear the performance skills of every GCSE musician. There may even be a chance to hear a few of their original compositions! This concert will take place in the Lecture Theatre at and is free of charge! Please do come along and hear these students play. CHARITY ORCHESTRAL CONCERT - 2nd DEC. Parents will shortly receive information about the charity orchestral concert on 2nd December at in aid of St. Rafael s hospice. Highlights will include: Holst s St. Paul s suite by the newly formed Chamber Ensemble and Saint- Saens Carnival of the Animals by the Senior Orchestra. The concert will take place in the main school hall and tickets will soon be available at a cost of 6/ 4. CALLING ALL YEAR 10 ENTREPRENEURS If you would like to enter the Make Your Mark Challenge you need to give Mr Jones your team details by Wednesday 11th November. This is the largest one day enterprise competition in the UK with over 65,000 people taking part last year. The secret challenge will be made available on the day and successful teams will need to develop a product idea that best meets the brief. Teams will not attend normal lessons but spend the day working on their product idea and sales presentation. In order to take part you need to form a team with a minimum of four and a maximum of six members, agree a team name and state what enterprising skills you believe your team will bring. Borough Championship Successes Wilson s staged the Borough Championships for the first time and the smooth running was greatly assisted by the A Level Physical Education groups who ran the event and did a first rate job. The Year 7 team were crowned Borough Champions with Ben Barry winning by nearly 100m. The Year 8 and 9 teams also won with Tom Holden in first place, Lakshman Niranjan in third and Tim Leake in fourth. The Year 10 and 11 teams came third, with Jordan Maurice in second place. In the sixth form race, Anthony Childs came second. This meant that Wilson s again won the overall title with John Fisher second. A large number of Wilson s boys will now be selected to run for the Borough in the Inter Borough Championship later in the year. Congratulations to Oscar Williams-Grut of last year s Upper Sixth who has been put on the shortlist of twenty artists whose work will be exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery from 3rd to 13th December 2009! Oscar s work, which was submitted for his A level is pictured above. Almost 1,800 schools have entered this competition so far. The highly respected panel of judges consists of The Sunday Telegraph s art critic, the artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the CEO of Kids Company. To have reached the shortlist is a fantastic achievement for Oscar and we wish him all the best for the exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in December. There is a prize of 10,000 for the winning art department and a further 2,000 to the winning pupil, to be spent on art and computer equipment. Thomas & William Johnson Congratulations to Thomas and William who fought their way through to the semi-finals of the judo nationals. Both boys won bronze medals, fighting simultaneously on separate mats and finishing within nine seconds of each other! Thomas and William have both been invited to join the English Cadet squad. Having medalled at all their previous national point scoring competitions, their bronze medals in this competition earned them their selection to the Under 17 English Cadet squad. Badminton Champions Congratulations to William Gao and George Heineman both of whom became badminton champions recently. William followed his victory in the County singles by winning the County U.15 doubles title last week while George became U.17 County singles champion. An excellent achievement. Table Tennis The U19 team began their season with a cup game against Royal Russell and were comfortable winners by 8-0 with Michael Ho, Harry Frost, Chris Hogg and Yash Shukla winning all their games. Congratulations to Michael Ho who is now placed No 8 in the national U15 rankings.

18 Issue 133: November 6, 2009 RESULTS FOOTBALL - YEAR 7 NATIONAL CUP Wilson s vs Longford Community College Wilson s won 4-2 FIXTURES Sevenoaks 7 s Competition - 6 November 2.30pm U13A Wilson s vs. Therfield School U15B U14B U13B U12B Wilson s vs. Reigate Grammar 1st XI Training 3rd XI

19 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 134: November WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 16 November - Year 10 Make Your Mark Challenge - GCSE Music Concert 17 November - 7 p.m. - Year 9 Parents Information Evening 19 November - Prizegiving BAKE SALE On Friday 20 November there will be an inter-house bake sale competition. Please do all get baking as there will be prizes for the house that makes the most money and there will also be a prize for the best home baked cake. Remembrance Day Parade 2009 On Sunday 8 November nearly sixty cadets from Wilson s School CCF paraded in Croydon as part of the Civic Remembrance Sunday Service. On Monday and Tuesday Sgt Jinesh Patel and Sgt Dan Singarajah provided escort to the Head Boy in laying a wreath during the school assemblies to mark armistice and Cpl Jack Carter acted as bugler playing Last Post and Reveille. Once again the Corp were asked to provide escort to the Mayor of Croydon at the Armistice Day Service at Croydon Cenotaph. This was provided by C/Sgt Jon Hicks and F/Sgt Nikhil Dama. Throughout, Wilson s cadets did themselves credit, through their bearing and turnout and at all times conducted themselves in a manner commensurate with the solemnity of the occasion. SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP We now have someone to run our second hand uniform shop - thank you very much Mrs Phillips. Please note that the shop will be open on the first Wednesday of every month from 3.30 p.m p.m. in the Dining Room. YEAR 9 PARENTS INFORMATION EVENING A letter has been sent home with your son regarding the Year 9 information evening next week on Tuesday 17 November. You are asked to arrive at 7:15 for a 7:30 p.m start. The talk will take place in the main school hall and will last no longer than an hour. Boys are not required to be in school uniform. WOODCOTE NURSERY CHRISTMAS VOUCHERS Your son will shortly be coming home with a Green Fingered Kids voucher. This does not entitle you to any money off but if you shop at Woodcote Green Nurseries between 14 November and Christmas Eve we would like you to hand the voucher in as the school will be given 50p. credit for every voucher with our name on it. Vouchers for Years 7, 8 and 10 will be given to the pupils to bring home. Those for Year 11 will be in with their mock examination results and those for Year 9 will be placed in with the information given out at the Year 9 information evening. Thank you for your support. ENERGY WORKSHOP There will be an energy workshop run on Tuesday lunchtime in S9 both weeks (17 and 24 November) where students can come and see our Eco-driver real-time electricity monitor in action, learn about energy efficiency and why it can help to combat our CO2 emissions and fill in surveys to have their say in what the school tries to do and even join our eco-schools team. We hope that we can inspire the students to practise what they learn at school. We can t resist telling you just one statistic: In the home 14% of your energy bill is from lighting, imagine how much it is in a large building like our school. English Schools Swimming Championships Congratulations to Hiroki Harazawa who swam in the recent ESSA Championships at Crystal Palace. He was a member of Division 11 team (Surrey & Kent) who together achieved a collection of 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals.

20 Issue 134: November Hans Woyda Competition Wilson s 35 - St. Paul s 30 The Hans Woyda Team achieved an impressive victory over St. Paul s school who have been winners of the competition for the past five years. Daniel Singarajah (U6), Alex McMillan (L6), Daniel Hunt (11C) and Liam Moloney (9B) all made fantastic contributions to secure the win. The students worked exceptionally well together in the team round, putting them five points ahead in the middle stages of the competition, St. Paul s clawed back to just one point behind as the match entered the final stage but Wilson s held their nerve in the high pressure race round to achieve a convincing win. Well done to all involved, including Dr Cooper for preparing the team so well. Senior Team Maths Challenge Our congratulations to the Senior Maths Challenge Team, consisting of Daniel Singarajah, Timothy Kasoar, Annoj Inpanathan and Mayghal Vijapura who came second in the Kingston Regional Final, a few points behind Hampton School and ahead of Kingston Grammar. Year 8 Dragon s Den Competition Congratulations to 8B who won the Year 8 Inter-Form Dragon s Den competition which took place just before half term. The winning team of Lateef Hassan, Harry Ingamells, Max Bruggy and Matthew Hill proposed the idea of an additional application for an ipod. The judges were suitably impressed by their product. Other new innovations suggested by Year 8 pupils included a pair of vacuum shoes to climb walls, a hat which dispenses shampoo in the shower, a pen which acts as a personal organiser and an arm-chair which dispenses food! Much fun was had by all and in particular thanks go to the judges who were Jonathan Helps (U62), Jinesh Patel (U66), Miss Keen and Mr Jones. Switch Off Fortnight at Wilson s As an Eco-school we are always looking for ways to improve our environmental impact. One of the key ways to do this is by using energy more efficiently. Starting next Monday 16 November we are running an activity led by eco-schools and EDF Energy s The Pod. We have been monitoring our energy use since early October and we are going to see what happens when we focus all our efforts on being as efficient with electricity as we can. Boys will be encouraged to take notice of where we are wasting electricity and try to do something about it. Now in school that may seem difficult, but we have asked all boys to politely ask staff if they would like the lights switched off in the classroom at the end of lessons, particularly at break, lunch and the end of the day. In just one lunch time the Eco-schools team switched off all the classroom lights and we saw a measurable drop in energy use as is shown in the graph below. kwh A graph to show change in kwh use over a number of days from 13:00-14:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 1/2 hour time slot (13:00-13:30 etc) Column 1 and 4 is a normal school lunch time. Column 2 is our activities day when at least 1/3 of boys were off site. Column 3 is a Sunday. The final column is the lunchtime with the lights switched off, as you can see we brought the energy use down to below that used on our activities day. We will then look at how much energy we have saved over the fortnight and let everyone know. Design a Poster Competition 15/10/ /10/ /10/ /10/ /10/2009 We are running a competition to design a poster to go on the back of the classroom doors encouraging everyone to remember to switch off lights, computers, amplifiers and projectors. There are 3 categories, junior (7-8), senior (9-13) and staff. A winner from each category will be chosen and their poster printed, laminated and put up around the school. They will also gain house points for their respective houses. The entry form is available on the school website to download. Hand drawn or computer generated posters are fine but they must be A5. Jack Petchey Award Congratulations to James Harris (11G) who was unanimously voted the winner of the Jack Petchey award for the month of October. James was voted for because of his charity work with the homeless and for the hours and hours of work that he is putting into the choreography for the school play.

21 RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Riddlesdown 1st XI Won 5-0 Wilson s vs. Therfield 2nd XI Won 3-0 U15B Drew 2-2 U14B Won 2-1 U12B Won 8-7 Wilson s vs. John Fisher 1st XI 3rd XI Drew 1-1 Wilson s vs. John Fisher 2nd XI 4th XI Won 6-2 Wilson s vs. Longfield Community U12A Won 4-2 Wilson s vs. Stanley Park U12A Won 5-1 NATIONAL CUP Wilson s vs. Gunnersbury U15A Won 4-3 Wilson s vs. Collingwood U14A Won 4-1 SEVENOAKS TOURNAMENT U13A Placed 3rd U13B Lost 7-4 FIXTURES Wilson s vs. Hazelwick U15A U14A U13A U12A Wilson s vs. Cardinal Vaughan 1st XI 2nd XI Wilson s vs. Whitgift U12C Chess Results Surrey League Division 2 Wilson s B team vs. Sutton Grammar A team Draw 3-3 Surrey League Division 4 Wilson s C team vs. Sutton Grammar C team Wilson s lost 2.5 vs. SGS 9.5 Table Tennis Wilson s vs. Hampton U19 Won 9-1 U13 Won Badminton Surrey League Wilson s vs. Tiffin U19A Won 5-4 U19B Lost 4-5 Wilson s U12A vs. Wilson s U12B U12A Won 9-0

22 Wednedsay December Starting at WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 135: November 20, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 26 November 4 p.m. L6 Parents Evening 27 November 9.40 a.m. Late Start 26 November - L6 Parents Evening (4pm pm) Please note that for the first time L6 students are responsible for making appointments for their parents to see teachers. This will not be done automatically. If there are any teachers you wish to speak to, please ensure that your son has made an appointment for you. 25 November - Connexions Careers Fair The Sutton Connexions Fair is being held at Westcroft Leisure Centre in Carshalton on Wednesday 25 November. A number of employers, colleges and higher education providers will be exhibiting. If any Year 11 pupils and/or their parents wish to visit the fair it is open from 4.30 p.m p.m. You do not need to book. 2 December - Charity Orchestral Concert Orchestral Concert in aid of St Raphael s Hospice Featuring several Wilson s ensembles including the new senior orchestra including saint-saens THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Main Hall, Wilson s School, Wallington TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THE SCHOOL FINANCE OFFICE 4 / 6 Tel Tickets are now on sale. Please contact the Finance Office or place ticket requests in the red box in the foyer as soon as possible. The evening will culminate in a performance of Saint-Saens invigorating Carnival of the Animals. Next Debating Society Meeting - 23 November The next meeting for L6 and U6 aspiring performers takes place on Monday 23 November in Room 19 at 1.05pm. Why not come and join us as there are many other competitions looming? Year 10 Make Their Mark Three teams from Wilson s entered the Make Your Mark enterprise challenge, a competition that is part of enterprise week. Over 3 million people are expected to take part in events all over the world. The teams were required to create a product that had a local influence which could also demonstrate a significant positive impact on the environment. Ideas the boys developed included texting to plant a tree, a restaurant that only used local produce and a race track that used the famous locally built Caterham cars fuelled with used vegetable oil from local restaurants. Well done to team Spark whose entry of the Caterham car has been put forward as the school entry to the regional finals. The winning team consisted of: William Ries, Sam Giles, Tom Johnson, James Lawton, Scott England and Thinesh Thayabaran. LBS Swimming Championships 2009 Congratulations to Alex Hill (11B) who won a gold medal for the Boys 14/15 3 lengths Breaststroke (B Grade) at the London Borough of Sutton Swimming Championships 2009, held at Cheam Leisure Centre on Thursday 12 November. Restraint shown in Pic n Mix Debate Wilson s School Debating Society notched up a win against St. Philomena s School in the first round of the UN competition last night. U6 veteran debaters Andrew Malcolm-Neale and Michael Kyriacou delivered a flawless performance against two sixth-formers from St. Philomena s with the boys supporting the motion that too much choice was a bad thing. Healthcare, life and death, pensions, choice paralysis and the ridiculous array of 187 types of tea bags was the meat of the boys arguments; this heady mix sprinkled with searing philosophical, sociological and psychological theories that would have made their teachers proud. The competition, well... chose less theoretical arguments, which however, were delivered very persuasively by a young lady who was a finalist last year. One could never have too many Pic n Mix sweets, cocktail prawns being her favourite, a topic eulogised over for at least two minutes. Other must-have choices to be defended were prom dresses or cheeses for her father. Wilson s boys managed to feign interest (well Andrew did) until she expressed a desire to emulate Hannah Montana - and be Superman...?? Michael, under strict orders not to mention drugs or guns and to structure his points, needless to say produced a heart-stopping, on-the-edge, show-stopping extravaganza that the judges loved. She could have as many prom dresses as she liked - but one must always think of the consequences on others, he concluded. An exemplary performance, which inspired the lower sixth supporters. Year 9 Language Trips The German and French departments have sent letters home via the boys about trips which they are organising, The trips take place during Activities Week. In order to benefit from any discounts available the initial deposit needs to be sent to the travel agencies as soon as possible. The Modern Foreign Languages department believes the trips to be of great value whether or not your son has regularly gone to the country concerned because one of the purposes of the visits is to use the appropriate language in context. Please send in the reply slips and the money as soon as possible. Feel free to contact Mr Winstone about the French trip and Mr McDonald about the German trip if you have any questions.

23 Issue 135: November 20, 2009 FIXTURES Wilson s vs. Kelsey Park U15A U14A U13A U12A Wilson s vs. Ibstock School 1st XI 2nd XI U15B U14B U13B Wilson s vs. John Fisher 1st XI 3rd XI 4th XI Training Wilson s vs. Trinity 5th XI CHESS Wilson s vs. Caterham Wilson s A beat Caterham A 4.5 : 1.5 Wilson s D drew with Caterham B 6 : 6 RESULTS BADMINTON - All Surrey League U16 Wilson s vs. Charterhouse Wilson s 9 Charterhouse 0 U19B Wilson s vs. Sutton Grammar A Wilson s 5 Sutton 4 U14A Wilson s vs. Tomlinscote Wilson s 7 Tomlinscote 2 FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Hollyfield (Surrey Cup) 1st XI Wilson s won 7-3 Wilson s vs Glenthorne (Surrey League) 2nd XI Wilson s won 5-1 Wilson s vs. Tunbridge Wells (National Cup) Y7 A Wilson s lost 1-1 (lost on penalties) Wilson s vs. Ibstock Y7 B lost 1-3 Y7 C won 6-1 Y7 D won 3-1 Y7 E won 16-0 Wilson s vs. Fulbrook (Surrey Cup) Y8 won 10-0 Wilson s vs. Shene (Surrey Cup) Y10 won 4-4 (won on penalties) Table Tennis The school had two cup matches last week. The U16s although a very young team were still too stong for Cranbury School, Kingston. Andrew McDonald (2) Adheeb Hiba-Saibo (1) and Curtis Rose (1) all played well but Mathew Clark pulled off a very good win in the fifth to help secure a 6-2 win. The U19 team had a high quality match with Whitfirst in the final of the Surrey Cup. Micahel Ho comfortably won his two matches and Yash Shukla beat Whitgift s No 2, but despite Harry Frost and Chris Hogg coming close, these were all we could win - the final result being a 5-3 loss.

24 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 136 November 27, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 2nd December Charity Orchestral Concert SINBAD THE SAILOR Booking is under way for the school s Christmas panto. The cast of staff, joined by pupils of Wilson s and Wallington High School for Girls, promise a festive entertainment suitable for the whole family, with song, dance, spectacle and corny gags a-plenty. WILSON S FOOTBALL ACTION SHOTS Wilson s vs. Ibstock Tickets prices as follows:- Wednesday 9th December Thursday 10th December Friday 11th December Saturday 12th December 6 (adults & children) 7 adults 6 children 8 adults 7 children 9 adults 7 children Tickets are available from the Box Office (lunchtimes in the foyer), the Finance Office, or using the Booking Form available from the school website. Wilson s vs. Riddlesdown UNIFORM SALE Please note there will be a uniform sale on Wednesday 2nd December from in the school dining room. CAKE SALE Well done to everyone who contributed to the amount of raised by the cake sale held last week. The results of the two house competitions held are listed below:- Cake Competition 1st Southwark 2nd Camberwell 3rd Hayes Money Raised 1st Hayes nd Greencoat rd Brecon th Southwark th Camberwell Miscellaneous 2.98 Thank you to everyone who baked or bought! YEAR 9 LANGUAGE TRIPS Please note the dates of the Year 9 language trips have been changed. Both the French and German visits will depart on Monday 12th July and return to school on Thursday 15th July. If you have still not returned your permission slip for your son to take part in one of these trips, we would be grateful if you would do so by Monday 30th November. Congratulations to Stewart Keen on this excellent shot which gave him his fifth goal of the season and helped Wilson s win the match against Ibstock 3:1. Our congratulations also go to Gregg Pettifor on his twenty first goal of the season, shown here with Wilson s winning 5:0 against Riddlesdown and maintaining the 1st X1 s unbeaten record. Thomas and William Johnson Well done to Thomas and William Johnson who have been selected for the England Talent Programme. This programme is aimed at developing the top U17 and U20 athletes towards Olympic selection by providing them with extra support. Following an assessment day in Sheffield 10 days ago, both boys have now been selected for additional support beyond their England Cadet status. We will be watching their progress with interest and wish them both well. Shoeboxes for Christmas Presents Year 8 and Year 9 students took part in a national charity event organised by Mustard Seed Relief Missions. Each group of students decorated a shoebox and filled it with gifts as a Christmas present for a child less privileged than themselves. The shoeboxes were collected by the charity on 12th November for distribution to orphanages, hospitals and refugee camps in Bosnia, Croatia, Romania and the Ukraine, among other countries. The students made thoughtful and considerate choices and the two year groups provided a total of 58 generously-filled boxes. Senior Maths Challenge Our results in the Senior Maths Challenge, which is aimed at those studying A Level maths, have once again been outstanding. Sixteen pupils reaching the elite Gold Level, 46 Silver and 28 Bronze. Top score in the school was by Daniel Hunt in 11C, closely followed by Daniel Singarajah and Jegadeesh Sithamparathas (both in the Upper Sixth) and Matthew Rogers (11S). All four have qualified for the prestigious, and very tough, British Maths Olympiad and we wish them well.

25 Issue 136: November 27, 2009 FIXTURES Wilson s vs. Overton Grange U15A U14A U13A U12A U12B Wilson s vs Glyn 1st XI 2nd XI RESULTS FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Ibstock Place 1st XI won 3-1 2nd XI won 8-0 U15B won 2-1 U14B won 2-0 U13B lost 5-0 Wilson s vs Kelsey Park U15A lost 4-3 U14A won 6-0 U13A won 8-2 U12A lost 4-3 Wilson s vs. KCS Wimbledon 1st XI 2nd XI 3rd XI 4th XI 5th XI 6th XI 5th XI ACADEMIC TUTORING DAY WEDNESDAY 9 th DECEMBER 2009 There are special arrangements for the school s academic tutoring day next Wednesday which will involve all pupils in Years 7 to 10. This is the day when boys have individual appointments with their form tutors to discuss their current progress. The arrangements for each year group are as follows: TABLE TENNIS The school U13 team qualified for the finals of the county team event with a good win over field School. Alex Yee and Kartik Iyer won two matches, while Amar Shukla and Kash Pitan won a match each in our 6-2 win. The finals are to be played at Wilson s on Tuesday 1st December. Congratulations to Michael Ho who won the County U19 individual event at Whitgift on Sunday. Despite being 2-0 and 7-1 down in the semi-final against Alex Forshaw he came through that match and the final to win the tournament. Unfortunately, he lost in the U16 final to the same player he beat in the final of the U19 event. Both he and Harry Frost were runners up in the doubles. YEARS 7, 8, 9, 10, Boys are only required in school during their appointed time with their Form Tutor or Year Manager. They are not required to be in school for the rest of the day. They should arrive at least five minutes before their appointment and boys in Years 7 to 11 should wear full school uniform. Any absences on the day should be reported to the school office in the usual way. YEAR 10 boys taking GCSE GEOGRAPHY - Boys will have their scheduled Academic Tutoring meeting and throughout the rest of the day they will be completing their controlled conditions coursework for Geography. They have been given separate instructions by their Geography teachers. Mr Doyle is sending a letter home with detailed arrangements. YEAR 11 all boys have a study day and may work at home. However, boys whose performance in the recent mock exams has given cause for concern will be invited, with their parents, to interview with Mr Burton or Miss Smith. YEARS 12 and 13 all Sixth Form lessons will take place as normal on the day.

26 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 137 December 4, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 9th December: Academic Tutoring 9th, 11th & 12th December: Sinbad the Sailor Carnival of the Talents MUFTI DAY Please note there will be a Mufti Day held on Wednesday 16 December (Christmas Lunch day). If you wish to go Mufti you will need to bring in 1, which should be given to your form tutor and funds raised will go to the Sutton Multiple Sclerosis Society. FRENCH TRIP TO NORTHERN FRANCE The deposit for the trip to Northern France this July (12th - 15th) has been paid and so the trip will go ahead. Because of reduced numbers the travel company has changed the method of crossing the channel from a ferry to the tunnel. All participants are reminded that the next payment is due (one hundred pounds) by the end of this term. PRIMARY MASTERCLASSES Wilson s Mathematics Department had the pleasure of hosting the Primary Maths Masterclasses again this year. The classes began in September and ran until the end of November. They were attended by Year 6 children from Foresters Primary School, Amy Johnson Primary School and St Elpheges RC Junior School. The children, who were very able mathematicians, enjoyed studying areas of mathematics outside their normal curriculum and even learnt a new way of multiplying using Napier s bones! Our own lower sixth students assisted in the running of the classes, providing support and encouragement to the younger children, and even learnt a thing or two themselves! In the final session the Year 6 students took part in the 2009 Primary Mathematics Challenge in which they put up a good performance. HOME START SUTTON - ADVERT Start Sutton celebrate 25 years in the London Borough of Sutton this year and are looking for volunteers to help. Are you a mum, dad, grandmother or grandfather with some time to spare? If you have parenting skills and can volunteer for a few hours per week to help families by offering some practical and/or emotional support you could join the -Start team. Expenses paid. Free daytime training starts thursday 4th March Enhanced Criminal Record Bureau checks undertaken. If you are interested please contact:- Tel: homestartsutton@ btconnect.com. Many congratulations to all the boys who took part in yesterday s excellent Christmas concert in aid of St Raphael s Hospice. We heard really impressive performances from a whole range of ensembles with highlights too many to number. It was really excellent to see so many talented musicians taking part and coming together to revitalise and renew many of our existing ensembles. We are working, under the formidable leadership of our Music Department, led by Director of Music, Ms Bright and our new Advanced Skills Teacher, Mr Lissimore, to move music to a new level of excellence and last night s performance moved us tangibly forward towards that goal. Thank you to the boys for their participation, to the lighting team for transforming the appearance of the school hall, to the parents for their support and to Mr Lissimore and Ms Bright for their energy and enthusiasm in putting on a very professional concert. A Dazzling Debating Debut from the Lower Sixth Congratulations to David Parke and Jack Di Lizia on a a fantastic debating debut. The L6 boys competed in the ESU debate at Ibstock Place School on Monday evening. Opposing the motion This house believes that school exams are getting easier - a very emotive and topical subject - the boys stood their ground against our cometitors, Heathlands. Not only did the boys deliver a confident and dramatic performance, using poignant POIs to expose the weaknesses in their opposition s speech, they destroyed challenging questions from the audience with quick thinking and wit. In the three debate competition, the boys gained a commendable position as runner up. The feedback from the judges was, that with a few tweaks, in their opinion, Jack and David as a team could be an unstoppable force. Well done! Jack Petchey Award for November Kes Daood of 11G has been nominated for the November Jack Petchey Award. Kes runs three clubs at the school during the lunch hour, thus improving the range of activities available to pupils during the lunch break. The first club, WASA (Wilson s Aeronautical and Space Administration) until now, has run since the end of year 9. He also organises the Lower School Debating Society, which is attended by 30 boys on a weekly basis. He has also managed to find the time to set up a laser quest club. The committee believe that he has tried to improve the school community with high levels of success. Congratulations and well done to Kes.

27 Issue 137: December 4, 2009 FIXTURES Wilson s vs Greenshaw U15A U14A U13A U12A U12B U12C Wilson s vs Sutton Grammar 1st XI 2nd XI 3rd XI Wilson s vs. Whitgift 1st XI 3rd XI 4th XI 5th XI TABLE TENNIS Congratulations to the school U13 table-tennis team who won the Surrey U13 knockout cup yesterday. Eight schools contested the finals. In the first round Wilson s beat Collingwood 7-1. In the semi-final Wilson s defeated King s College,Wimbledon by the same score. In the final Wilson s had a comprehensive victory over Whitgift winning by 7-1. The whole team, which consisted of Alex Yee, Kartik Iyer, Amar Shukla and Kash Pitan, performed extremely well. Well done to all of them. CHESS Wilson s vs. Trinity Wilson s B vs Trinity A Lost Wilson s C vs Trinity C Lost 4-8 Wilson s D vs Trinity D Won 8-4 Wilson s E vs Trinity E Won 9-3 RESULTS - FOOTBALL Wilson s vs Trinity 1st XI won 7-0 Wilson s vs Overton Grange U15A won 3-1 U13A won 9-1 U12A won 3-2 Wilson s vs. Glyn 1st XI lost 2-0 2nd XI won 8-1 Wilson s vs. Salesian School (Surrey Cup) 2nd XI won 8-2 Wilson s vs. John Fisher 3rd XI won 4-3 Wilson s vs. Finchley Catholic School (National Cup) U14A lost 8-7 on penalties BADMINTON Badminton Surrey league vs. Royal Grammar School U19A won 6-3 U19B won 9-0 U16 vs. Kings College Wimbledon U16 won 8-1 U14B vs. Kings College Wimbledon U14A U14B won 8-1 SINBAD THE SAILOR - DON T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE IT! FOOTBALL - SURREY U16 TEAM Congratulations to Michael Moneke and Harley Riman for making the Surrey U16 football squad. They have played against Suffolk, Kent and Essex and are now hoping to progress through to the inter-county national cup. Well done on making the team and good luck to both of them. Booking is under way for the school s Christmas panto. The cast of staff, joined by pupils of Wilson s and Wallington High School for Girls, promise a festive entertainment suitable for the whole family, with song, dance, spectacle and corny gags a-plenty. Please note the Thursday performance has now been cancelled. If you have bought tickets for Thursday night, please send them back to the Finance Office. You may claim either a refund or free upgrades to Friday or Saturday night tickets.

28 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 138 December 11, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS OVER THE COMING WEEK 14th December: Christmas Carol Service 15th December: Early Finish pm 16th December: School Christmas Lunch 17th December: Year 11 Options forms issued 17th December: Sixth Form Reunion Evening 18th December: END OF TERM! Sutton Music Festival 2009 REMINDER - MUFTI DAY 16TH DECEMBER EARLY FINISH - 15TH DECEMBER Please note ALL classes will finish at 3.10pm on Tuesday 15th December to allow for a staff meeting. GREECE TOUR - EASTER 2010 All participants should by now have received a letter asking for the final payment to be made before the end of this term. Please send your remittance to Mr Shaw by return along with the completed personal details form. TROMBONE LESSONS We currently have vacancies for trombone lessons in school. If you are interested in having lessons on this wonderful instrument please could you collect the necessary forms from the music department or speak to a member of staff. If you would like to borrow a school instrument initially rather than committing yourself to purchasing an instrument, the music department will have two new trombones next term. We are in a position to offer a trial lesson (free of charge) and group lessons, if desired, at a reduced rate. Congratulations to Nathan Lobo who was awarded the Branston cup and HR Taylor award of 50 for outstanding solo speech and drama performer. He performed a comedy mono act from Androcles and the Lion by Bernard Shaw. Well done Nathan. Lambeth Achievement Awards END OF TERM ARRANGEMENTS - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Friday 18th December 8.30am Registration 8.35am Period am Period am Period am Registration 11.25am All forms dismissed by Year Managers Congratulations to all the Year 7 students who won Lambeth Achievement Awards for achieveing well in their key stage 2 tests. The Lambeth Achievement Award Ceremony was held on Tuesday 24 November 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London. Awards were presented by, Phyllis Dunipace, CEO of Lambeth Children and Young people s service. Award included a medal and a certificate. Neev Trehan is pictured above with his award. Hans Woyda Results Our alternative Hans Woyda team of Timothy Kasoar (U6), Alex McMillan (L6), Charlie Osborn (11G) and Samir Dewan (9H) had a convincing 45 to 24 win over Ibstock Place School. Wilson s has therefore won its zone and qualified for the knock-out part of the tournament to be played in the spring term. Well done to all who took part.

29 Issue 138: December 11, 2009 FIXTURES Wilson s vs Hampton - Sat 12th December 1st XI 2nd XI 3rd XI U15A U15B U14A U14B Wilson s Tournament - Weds 16th December 1st XI Training TABLE TENNIS RESULTS - FOOTBALL Wilson s vs KCS Wimbledon 1st XI won 3-2 2nd XI won 8-2 3rd XI won 7-2 4th XI won 5-1 5th XI won 4-3 6th XI won 8-0 7th XI drew 4-4 Quarter-Final of the District Cup Wilson s vs. Greenshaw U15A won 3-2 U14A won 3-2 (after extra time) U13A won 4-0 U12A won 4-1 Wilson s vs. Sutton Grammar 1st XI won 7-2 3rd XI drew 1-1 CHESS Wilson s vs. Sutton Wilson s B vs Sutton A Lost Wilson s D vs Sutton D Won 8-4 Wilson s E vs Sutton E Lost BRONZE DOFE UPDATE As the bronze Duke of Edinburgh continues, the first step towards the award is fast approaching. All participants should by now have started doing 2 or 3 sections of the award and the main assessed part of the award will take place at the end of the year. The first preparation will be in the form of a walk to practice navigation int he countryside and also to check personal fitness. On 16th December the bronze award members will travel to St. Martha s Hill for a practice walk. They should wear loose fitting clothing and walking shoes and need to bring a day sack containing water, lunch, waterproofs and warm clothing. They should be prepared for anything the weather decides to throw at them. No valuable personal possessions should be brought along. The weather forecast is looking good and hopefully there won t be any rain for the walk. It promises to be a fun day and hopefully everyone will benefit from the walk. RESULTS - FOOTBALL - CLUSTER TOURNAMENT Friday 27th November saw the first Wilson s cluster tournament of the school year. Two teams from Bandon Hill and a team each from Foresters and Amy Johnson competed in a Year 5 and 6 girls 5-a-side football tournament held at Powerleague at Wilson s School. Despite losing their last game to 2nd placed Amy Johnson, Foresters emerged the winners of the round robin tournament after winning their first two games to secure six points. The two Bandon Hill teams fought out a highly competitive game against each other in their last round of games! The tournament was great fun, and thanks go to all the members of staff who organised their teams and brought them over. Finally, a big well done to all the players who played with great skill, commitment and spirit. BADMINTON Badminton Surrey league vs. Dulwich College Wilson s U16B vs. Dulwich College U16A U16B lost to U16A 2-7 U14B vs. Dulwich College U14A U14B won 9-0

30 WILSON S SCHOOL Issue 139 December 18, 2009 WEEKLY UPDATE EVENTS FOR NEXT TERM 4th January: Entrance Exam 5th January: Term begins - normal start time ENTRANCE EXAM - 4TH JANUARY 2010 Our thanks go to all the boys who have volunteered to help with the Entrance Exam. They should be here by 8 a.m. and will be needed until 4.30 p.m. approximately. Those CCF boys who are helping need to set their alarms a little earlier as they are needed at 7 a.m. Parents who are bringing their sons here by car should note that there will be no parking in the car park at all that day and no parking outside the school. BEGINNING OF TERM - 5TH JANUARY 2010 The first day of term after the Christmas break is Tuesday 5th January. The school day begins at the normal time with registration at 8.30 a. m. and first lesson at 8.35 a.m. SCIENCE LECTURE - 2ND FEBRUARY 2010 UK Biobank: Improving the Health of Future Generations Chief Scientist Dr Tim Sprosen and Head of Biobank Communications, Andrew Trehearne will be visiting Wilson s on Tuesday 2nd February to give a lecture on their research project Biobank from 3.45 p.m. until 5.00pm. This is a major research initiative to investigate the extent to which health outcomes are determined by lifestyle or genes. This lecture will be of particular interest to biology students and any students thinking of studying medicine or a biology related science at university. If you wish to know more, please take a look at the following link: ukbiobank.ac.uk. STUDENT RESEARCH English Language A Level pupils research Child Language Acquisition in situ. Three A2 English Language boys have spent two days at High View Primary School carrying out research into how young children acquire language as part of their course. The theories of Noam Chomsky, Piaget and Lenneberg were tested through research activities and observation of children at the school. The three students, Will Payne, Harry Gartell and former pupil at the school, Ben Pavesi, thoroughly enjoyed their time there and saw at first hand the differing progress made by young children trying to master English. OXFORD DEBATING WORKSHOP REVEALS KEY STRATEGIES FOR COMPETITION Eleven U6 and L6 members of the Wilson s Debating Society participated in an Oxford University Debating Workshop last week at Wimbledon High School. The first round of the competition, a British Parliamentary style debate in which four teams participate but only one is the winner, will take place in early February. Wilson s School have entered three teams. The workshop included a mock debate on the motion that This House would ban private schools. With hardly any encouraging, David Parke, Jordan Childs and Alex Dodds volunteered and they were paired up with other pupils. While no overall winners were announced, all three Wilson s boys were impressive; in particular, Jordan Childs, a veteran of the Cambridge Debating Competition, sounded as if he had been doing this for years. Similar style debates will be run in the New Year by the school society. Wilson s Carol Service - Monday 14 December All those who attended the Carol Service at Croydon Parish Church this week commented on the festive atmosphere and the wonderful singing of the choir and playing of the brass ensemble. The mince pies and mulled wine served afterwards were an additional bonus. Thanks go to Mr Lissimore for organising the event and to Mr Pryse-Hawkins for organising the refreshments and taking the photographs and to the parents for their support. Young debaters save the world from Torchwood s 456 Aliens Lower school debaters from years 7 to 11 showed their prowess in the first internal Wilson s School Debating Society competition. Organised and led by Year 11 Kes Daood and assisted by Darren Mindham, five teams of up to four boys debated how to respond to a request from Torchwood s 456 aliens that Earth select 10% of their children to send to their deaths or the world will be destroyed. The choices were stark: declare war; try a peaceful approach or select children in a variety of ways. The judges, Mr Charnock, Ms Daly and U6 debating society winner, Andrew Malcolm-Neale, were very impressed by the arguments. Notable performances included those by Harrison Gower, Kieran O Donnell, Will Ries and Beojan Stanislaus to name a few. The winning team was led by Brandon Lundini and Simon Loftus and supported by Jacob Borg and Calum Perera. Wilson s pupils act their way to the Great Shakespeare Debate final Three U6 English students are in the finals of the English Speaking Union Great Shakespeare debate to be held at Stratford-upon-Avon in March Log on to Youtube and search for Great Shakespeare Debate, then Wilson s School to see the video that clinched their place. The brief was to produce a video debating one of the following subjects in Shakespeare s plays: Love; Appearance and Reality; or Ambition and also comment on how Shakespeare is taught at A Level. The U6 team led by Phil Coales included Michael Kyriacou and Theo Botsford. Ben Pavesi filmed and edited the video and Ms Daly helped. Reflecting the new AS English Literature recreative option where pupils imagine a response by one of the characters in the dramas studied, the team set up a police investigation of Emilia, Iago s feisty wife in Othello. Emilia, played by Theo, gave a touching monologue before being grilled mercilessly by the duo of bad cop Michael and good cop Phil about Iago s role and motivation in the murder of Desdemona by Othello. Out-takes, giving a true insight into the filming will follow.

31 Issue 139: December 18, 2009 FIXTURES Wednesday 6 January House Matches Saturday 9 January Wilson s vs. Richard C 1st XI - 2nd XI - U15A - U15B - U14A - U14B - U13A - U13B - U12A - U12B - RESULTS - FOOTBALL Wilson s vs.hampton 1st XI Won 3-2 Wilson s vs. Whitgift 1st XI Won 5-0 3rd XI Lost 3-2 4th XI Won 15-0 U14A Won 4-0 U14B Won 5-0 Wilson s vs. Hazelwick U13B Won 2-1 (against Hazelwick A team) U12A Won 4-2 U12B Won 2-1 Wilson s vs. Eltham Green (National Cup) U15A Won 5-0 BAD WEATHER CLOSURE: Where to check if the school is closed as a result of snow We have a link (circled on the picture right) on the home page of our website to a webpage giving information on whether schools are open or closed. This will be activated as soon as a decision to close the school is made. In case of snow or other severe weather conditions you are able to check whether the school is open before setting out. The school website is See a report and photos from last week s excellent Panto, Sinbad the Sailor, on the website.