The Year 11 Leavers assembly took place after their English Language Paper on Thursday, Mr Hancock and the tutors had put together a fantastic assembly to celebrate the 5 years they have been in school.  It was lovely to see them signing each other’s shirts and chatting over a doughnut in the Sixth Form area, where many of them will be studying next year. One Year 11, Ella has written this wonderful piece that I'd like to share with you.

This week with its changeable weather, has seen another set of wonderful trips go out across a variety of Year groups from Year 9 at Wisely Gardens looking at sketching skills, Yr 10 Sports Leaders helping to run a primary football festival to the Year 12 Chemistry students visiting a L’Oréal workshop.  All ended with students being complimented by people at the events - my favourite compliment is about the Year 12’s who were referred to as having ‘outstanding micro pipit skills!” very important to the lab work they were simulating.   In addition to these three trips, the Geography department has taken the Year 10 geographers down to Hengistbury Head to collect data for part of their GCSE course.

When we return after half-term, there are two changes we want to make you aware of:

1. Students will no longer need to wear a blazer in school.  If they are not wearing a blazer and they feel cold, they can either wear a school blazer or a school jumper.  No other outerwear such as ¼ zipped tops or PE sweatshirts can be worn. If students are wearing a shirt, they need to wear their ties. 
2. The internal timings of the school day will be changing. The start and finish times will not change, however, there will be movement time between each lesson. This therefore means that there is no misunderstanding of students knowing when the lesson starts.  If they arrive after the start time they are late and late minutes will be allocated.

DROP OFF AND PICK UP

Can please ask parents to arrange to drop off and pick up away from the immediate area, as we now have better weather a short walk to get picked up will do the students no end of good and help relieve congestion around the school.  Furthermore, can we please ask that parents do not use the detached field car park for pick up and drop off this is leading to congestion and with Sixth Formers feeling unsafe due to the actions of some parents.

If you have no other option but to drive to the school site, please remember to be considerate of others.

Students have been appreciating the merits of teamwork which ties in with this week's theme of Unity.  After half-term students will be focusing on respect, integrity and reasoning which will tie in to World Environment Day on 5 June.

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

Take a look through our social media using the buttons above and check out this week's news stories below.

University Finance Explained

RHS Wisley Inspires Art Students

Yr 12 ScientistsVisit Royal Institute in London

Art Meets Science

Brasenose College Visits Year 10

WEEKLY RESULTS W/C 6 MAY

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

TENNIS

• The Year 9 & 10 Boys and Year 7 & 8 Girls Teams won all their matches against Windsor Boys and Heathfield, respectively, on Monday! Well done to them!
   
• The Year 7 & 8 Boys have also qualified for the LTA Youth Schools Semifinals on Thursday 6th June – good luck boys! 

FOOTBALL

• The Year 8 Girls Team have made it through to the final of the County Cup after winning 4-0 against St Crispins on Wednesday! The final will be taking place on Friday – good luck girls!

ATHLETICS

• The second round of the Year 9 & 10 RBWM Athletics league took place on Wednesday. The students did some brilliant performances even in the rainy conditions!

 

 

The Amputee Football Euro 2024 Championshi ps will be played in Haute-Savoie from 1 -8 June, and Alumni Matt will be representing the England team. He was called up for National Team in 2019 & balances playing with his Medicine degree at the University of Oxford, where he is researching metabolism.

To follow the match fixtures during the tournament, please click here.

Good luck Team England, we’ll be supporting you all the way!⚽️

 

Huge congratulations to Sixth Form student Matilde, who played in the Irish Girls' Open Championship at Belvoir Park Golf Club last week.

Representing England Golf, Matilde made the cut after the first 2 rounds and finished 5th in a strong field of 75 players that came from all around Europe.

 

 

Year 8 students Bethany and Anabelle were part of the Bracknell Youth Development League team competing at Jarman Park Hemel Hempstead last weekend.

Bethany and Anabelle were two-quarters of the 4 x100 Under 15 Girls Relay team and they had a flyer. They recorded a time of 50.06 seconds which currently ranks them as No 1 in the South East and No 4  in the UK. Well done!

TICKETS ON SALE FOR DRAMA PRODUCTION

Tickets for the Drama department’s Year 9 and 10 production of 'A Monster Calls' are now live!! Please follow the below links in order to secure your tickets before they go! 

Wednesday 10th July -
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DMXR

Thursday 11th July  -
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DMXS

Friday 12th July -
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DMXT

 QUIZ NIGHT TICKETS 

A date for your diary - Come along to our Quiz Night in the Sixth Form Common Room on 05 July at 7pm and help raise some funds for our House charities.

Up to 6 per team, bring your own food and drink, adults only.

Tickets will be available to purchase from midday on Wednesday 5 June via the link below  - £7.50 per person 

PRE-LOVED UNIFORM SALE

Thank you to everyone who purchased items at the pre-loved uniform sale this week, we raised an amazing £128 towards our Unity Fund.  Our next Pre-Loved Uniform collection will take place on Tuesday 25 June, which will then be sold at the Summer Fair the following Saturday, 29 June from 12.00pm - 4.00pm.

SUMMER FAIR
SATURDAY 29 JUNE 12-4PM

ITEMS NEEDED

With the Summer Fair only six weeks away, we are reaching out to our generous school community to help bring this wonderful summer event to life.  We are extremely grateful for the donations that we have already received and are still seeking items for the bottle tombola, book stall,raffle,hampers and silent auction.  Kindly bring any items to the Main Reception who will ensure they are distributed to the correct place.

A FEW STALLS NEEDING VOLUNTEERS

A huge thank you to everyone who has already volunteered to run a stall for an hour or two, your help is really appreciated as we cannot organise the Summer Fair without your support.  There a a few hour slots yet to be filled so if you do have some free time on Saturday 29 June and would like to be involved in this great community event, please get in touch with Gaynor and Becky in the Marketing Team on MarketingTeam@chartersschool.org.uk
THANK YOU!

THIS WEEK'S THREE PEAKS UPDATE

This Summer ten members of staff are taking on the Three Peaks Challenge to raise £10,000 for the Unity Fund which support students whose families may be experiencing financial difficulties.

With five weeks to go until our Terrific Ten tackle the strenuous Three Peaks Challenge on 28 & 29 June our fundraising continues to gather pace. We are now just over 40% away from reaching our £10,000 target & we'd like to thank our newest sponsors; Cucina, John Murphy & Co. Ltd and Arrow Lifts.

Thank you to EVERYONE who has supported this initiative, at whatever level.

Those looking to raise the profile of their business by sponsoring the team can do so by emailing our Marketing Team and individuals can make donations by using the link below.

 

  

 

 

 

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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