Friday last week was the May Ball for Year 13, the annual celebration of their time in the Sixth Form just before their public examinations start next week.  As always it was wonderful to see them all have a lovely time enjoying each other's company.  Who would have thought that Queen tracks and 1990’s Dance tracks would pack the dance floor!

Today was Year 13’s last day in school and their leavers assembly, a mixture of reminiscing and looking forward was at the heart of the celebration of their time in the Sixth Form.  We wish them all the very best for their forthcoming exams and look forward to celebrating with them on 15 August when they get their results.

We received the Junior Maths Challenge results earlier this week, well done to the 130 students in Years 7 & 8 for taking part.  There were some very impressive scores across the cohort. Congratulations go to the 64 students who achieved either a Gold, Silver or Bronze.   

The long wait for Year 11 students is over as they start their main body of GCSEs this week.  We wish them all the best and are sure that their hard work and preparation in revision will pay off for them.

 SPECIAL NOTICE: COMMUNITY TRUSTEE REQUIRED

We are looking for a person with a legal background to enhance the expertise on our Trust Board.  If you have an interest in being a member of the Trusts board and would like to discuss what the role would entail, please do get in touch via the following e-mail  clerk@chartersschool.org.uk

General information about the role and structure of the trustee team can be found HERE

We look forward to hearing from you.

SENIOR STUDENT TEAM 2024-2025

We would like to welcome our new Senior Student Team who have been selected after a rigorous application process, and are looking forward to working with them over the next 12 months.

 

Lois, Arun, Henry & Diba

 

 

 

Maisie, Lewis & Daniel

 

 

 

Poppy, Robert, Catriona & Jennifer

 

 

Freya, Yaprak and Jasmine

 

Unity, Compassion and Civility has been the focus for our students this week and continues into next with it being Mental Health Awareness Week and also International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 March.  Understanding the need for inclusivity is an important message for students.

All students have Personal Development lessons, part of which includes careers advice. Please click HERE to take you to the Upcoming Opportunities page which is updated regularly with information and advice.

Some opportunities on this page involve a cost. Any student who feels that the cost of a course on this page is prohibitive, please do consider asking your parents/carers to apply for support through our Unity Fund or if you are in the 6th Form the Bursary Fund. 

WORK READY CLUB 

This month’s recorded Work Ready Club meeting focusses on Careers in Events Management with Divine Musiq.  

During this meeting we hear from Amit Amand from Divine Musiq who talks about the Event Management industry and how to become a young Entrepreneur.

Key Learning Points:

• How to turn a hobby into a job
• Gain an insight into Event Management
• Find out what is takes to be an entrepreneur

Watch Film Here

SUMMER EXPERIENCES 2024

Take the chance to test drive your dream career, through InvestIn's range of immersive career experiences. Students can gain up to two weeks of hands-on experience alongside top industry professionals, enabling them to make the right career decisions and maximise their potential.

The Summer Experience programme includes insights into Banking, Medicine, Law, Computer Science and more.

Discover More Here

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Year 13 Last Day

Yes Futures Trip

Year 13 Ball

Year 11 Olly and Bethany in Year 8 took part in the Berkshire Schools Comined Event Championship at Palmer Park in Reading. They competed in five events - Hurdles (100m for Olly in the Inter-Boys category and 75m for Bethany in the Junior Girls), High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump and Middle distance race (1500m for Olly and 800m for Bethany) and placed 1st and 13th respectively. 

Well done to them both and Olly will go on to represent Berkshire at the SE CE Champs in June.

 

Congratulations to Harry in Year 8 who following an interview and assessment earlier on in the year, has recently be lucky enough to secure a golf scholarship at Wentworth Golf Club.  Well done to Harry and we look forward to following his golfing achievements in the future.

 

 

WEEKLY RESULTS W/C 6 MAY

Below is a summary of the fixtures played this week - well done to everyone!

TENNIS

• The Year 7 & 8 and Year 9 & 10 Boys teams won their matches against LVS and Edgbarrow, respectively, on Tuesday. They boys played some fantastic matches!

FOOTBALL

• The U13 Girls team won the County Cup quarter final against The Abbey on Tuesday (7-0)! The girls are now onto the semi-finals against St Crispins – good luck girls!
   
• Unfortunately, the U15 Girls team lost against Newlands in the EBSFA semi final on Tuesday (7-0). Well done to the girls though for making it this far and for fantastic sportsmanship!

ATHLETICS

• The first round of the Girls Track & Field Cup took place on Wednesday for U15 and U17. There were some fantastic performances from the girls who got to compete in the sunny weather!
   
• The Year 7 & 8 RBWM Athletics League also took place on Wednesday with some brilliant track and field events completed by the students.
   
• Well done to the Year 7 & 8 girls in particular who competed at both the Track & Field Cup and the RBWM league!

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PRE-LOVED UNIFORM COLLECTION / SALE

Our next Pre-Loved Uniform COLLECTION will take place on THURSDAY 16 MAY and the SALE will take place on THURSDAY 23 MAY. Both from 3 to 3.30pm from the shelter in the LEISURE CENTRE CAR PARK.

Donations of Skirts, Jumpers & Polo Shirts would be much appreciated as we are running low.

Please only donate items that you would be happy for your own child to wear and ensure clothing is clean and ironed.

Additionally, there will be a Pre-Loved Uniform stall at our Summer Fair on Saturday 29 June - further information on donations for that will be shared nearer the time.

Thank you for your support.

SUMMER FAIR VOLUNTEERS AND GARDENERS!

With the Summer Fair now less than two months away, we are turning our attention to the various stalls that will need your support.

May is generally the month when the days become a little longer, and the temperature a little warmer - although this year seems to be the exception - and it’s the perfect time to get out into the garden. We’d love the green-fingered amongst you to think about splitting or taking cuttings of your existing plants as we need lots of variety on our plant stall. Young and old can get involved and there’s nothing better than growing something from seed and donating the plants for us to sell at the Fair.

We also need volunteers to get involved on the day, so if you could spare an hour to man the pre-loved uniform, tombola, drinks or raffle we’d love to hear from you. We don’t expect you to volunteer for the entire Fair as we really want everyone to experience this wonderful community event, but if you can spare an hour please do get in touch by emailing our marketing team

THIS WEEK'S THREE PEAKS REVEAL 

Drum-roll please...  our final intrepid adventurer completing the Charters' Three Peak Team is Dr Herbert! 

So there we have it..The Terrific Ten: Mr Fletcher, Mr Cumner, Mr Metson, Mrs Hopkins, Mr Ruddle, Miss De'Ath, Mr Lambert, Mr King, Mr Espensen & Dr Herbert !

You can follow their progress leading up to the big event via our social media channels and the team will set off in seven weeks to scale the three highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales in under 24 hours. They are putting themselves through the challenge in order to raise £10,000 for our Unity Fund which aims to support students whose families may be experiencing financial difficulties.

We've now raised over 50% of our target!

Thank you to EVERYONE who has supported this initiative, at whatever level. We are so grateful for your help.

Donations to help us reach our goal can be made below:

OFCOM RESTRICTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

This week we have seen the first moves by the Government to restrict, in a meaningful way, social media exposure to younger teenagers.  This is such an important move for individuals' well-being and mental health.   So much of the support we now have to give in school and incidents we deal with when traced back are rooted in social media information or social media posts.  

We would urge you to restrict and check your children's use of phones and social media and certainly limit the number of hours each day they have access to their phones.  It is our view that this legislation cannot come quickly enough.

 

 

FOSTER CARE FORTNIGHT

Make a difference for a local child: Foster care with the Royal Borough

Become a foster carer with the Royal Borough and make a difference for a local child in your community. Providing a secure, stable and supportive home for a child or young person is a valuable and rewarding paid role.

We need more people from all walks of life to look after a range of local children and young people in the short- or longer-term, including teenagers, sibling groups and children with a disability, who for different reasons cannot live with their parents.

Many different people can provide a caring home. We welcome enquiries from anyone aged 21 or over, regardless of income, employment status, gender, sexuality, religion, whether or not you have pets, own your home or rent.

In return, we offer our foster carers excellent support, training and benefits via our in-house independent fostering agency, Achieving for Children Fostering, which provides foster care services for the Royal Borough, Kingston and Richmond councils.

Visit www.afcfostering.org.uk and contact Achieving for Children at fosteringenquiries@achievingforchildren.org.uk or call 020 8547 5355.

 

CROSSROADS INFORMATION LEAFLET

HOPE CHURCH FOOD BANK

The Hope Church food bank takes place each Tuesday from 12pm-1pm. 

The items include mainly fresh food and bakery items donated from local supermarkets. The food is at the end of its shelf life (but still perfectly fine to eat!) and would otherwise just go to waste. Bring a bag to fill up, stop for a chat and a cup of tea (and cake!!) and warm up in the church. ALL welcome, no voucher/referral required.

Hope Church, Sunningdale, The Hope Centre, High Street Sunningdale, (next to Nag’s Head).

Please CLICK HERE for more details.

 

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