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Issue 1 12th May 2006
In our recent survey of parents’ views, many said that they would value more frequent and comprehensive communication with the school. Accordingly, as one element in our response to this, we are introducing this weekly
information sheet which will be given to students to take home every Friday during term time. A copy of the information sheet will also be posted on the
web site. Omnibus will continue to be published termly. Feedback and suggestions to [email protected] are most welcome.
Letters home Letters to parents that are relevant to whole year groups or large
groups of students are published on the school website as well
as being given to boys to take home. There is a separate web
page for each year group. Why not check weekly in case there is
something there that affects your son?
Year 11 and L6
exam study leave
Exam leave starts for these groups on Monday. They will not be
required in school except for examinations. L6 exam leave
ceased on Friday June 9th
. Students are expected back in school
from Monday 12th June.
Cashless Catering The school will be introducing a cashless catering system later
this term. You will be receiving a detailed letter shortly.
Year 10
Geography
coursework
Year 10 Geography groups will be conducting their coursework
surveys in Croydon on Tuesday 16th
. You should have received
a letter. Permission slips need to be completed.
Year 7 and 9
exams
Year 7 and 8 will have school exams on Monday 15th
May and
Tuesday 16th
May. Year 9 will be having exams in certain
subjects from 17th
to 19th May inclusive.
Wilsonian Oscars
evening
6th
Form A level students will be show-casing their Media
Studies practical work on Thursday 18th
May. This will be a
enjoyable evening, structured along the lines of the Oscars. All
welcome. 7.30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre.
May Concert Many congratulations to our young musicians who presented the
May Concert on Thursday evening. There were many superb
and virtuoso performances from our soloists and ensembles. It
was terrific to see so many boys involved at all levels. Particular
thanks to Matthew Norris and David Durbin who gave their last
performances at the school. Many thanks also to all the teachers
who have spent many hours preparing and rehearsing the
ensembles.
Next Week’s
Away Fixtures
Saturday 13th
: U13, U15 XI at Colfes. Return c. 1.00 pm.
Wednesday 17th
: English Schools’ Athletics Juniors at Wembley
Return c 5.30 pm
PSHE Year 10 will be continuing their programme of drugs education
Year 8 will be continuing their programme of work with the
metropolitan police on theft.
1st XI Glory Many congratulations to the First XI who won the Surrey Cup
5-0 and followed up this victory with a 6-0 victory in the Beard
Cup. Richard Shaw scored the school’s 1000th
goal of the
season. Particular thanks to all the U6 members of the team for
whom this was their last match. Their loyalty and commitment
to the school over many years is much appreciated.
Congratulations to Matthew Norris who goes to Singapore as part of the British
team in the International Physics Olympiad. Read more about
his achievement on the website. Congratulations also to our
other medal winners in the national Olympiad. Robert Arthur
- Silver Medal ( book prize) Oliver Troop - Bronze I, Rufus
Veness - Bronze I, Clayton D'Souza - Bronze II
Alex Barrell who came 4th in the country for his age group in
the Intermediate Maths Olympiad. His score was 58 out of 60,
an outstanding result. William Hogg and Daniel Singarajah
achieved Distinctions.
Ofsted inspection The school has been visited by Ofsted for a “subject” inspection
this week in ICT. This is not an Ofsted inspection in the usual
sense. The inspection will cover ICT departments in about 40
schools nationally to enable Ofsted to gain an understanding of
how ICT teaching is developing nationally.
Classics Tour A classics tour to Sicily is being planned for next Easter
holidays. A letter should be on its way home to you.
Public
Examinations
GCSE examinations start on Monday. In the next few weeks,
remember to walk quietly through the school foyer and do not
congregate by the boot room as exams are also held in the sixth
form centre. Remember that examinations are often taking place
while the rest of the school is having a break.
Sports Results The 1st XI beat Sutton Grammar. We scored 138 for 4 ; SGS
were all out for 64. James Scott took 5 for 18.
Commiserations to the U15 XI who were drawn against
Whitgift, the holders, in the first round of the Cup. They scored
99 for 4 but were defeated in 15 overs by Whitgift. Also to U16
Badminton lost 5-2 to Howard of Effingham in the finals of the
Surrey Cup.
Old Boy news We were delighted to see that Andrew Price, who left in 1998,
was elected as Conservative councillor in Addiscombe. Andrew
qualified as a barrister after leaving school.
Issue 2 19th May 2006
In our recent survey of parents’ views, many said that they would value more frequent and comprehensive communication with the school. Accordingly, as one element in our response to this, we are introducing this weekly
information sheet which will be given to students to take home every Friday during term time. A copy of the information sheet will also be posted on the
web site. Omnibus will continue to be published termly. Feedback and suggestions to [email protected] are most welcome.
6th Form
Management
Conference
Our annual 6th Form Management Conference is being held at
the school on 13th and 14
th July 2006. This is an event run in
conjunction with Wallington Girls School and is intended to
introduce our Lower Sixth Students to the world of business and
enterprise. It is an extremely rewarding and fun event. It is
hosted by representatives from the business world. The students
work in teams on various problem solving tasks across the two
days. However, the success of the event does depend on the
input from the world of business. We are looking for any
parents or friends of the school with current or previous
business/management experience who may be willing to help
act as facilitator for a team of 10 students for either one or both
of the days. Full support and training will be given prior to the
event.
If you are interested then please contact Mrs Burton
([email protected]) or Mrs Mitchelmore
([email protected]) via email or the school
number.
Lost Property If your son has lost any items during the term, please remind
him to look in Lost Property ( Reprographics Office). A
reminder that “naming” items prevents them from being “lost”
for very long.
Scholarship Fraser Gilbert
Wilsonian Oscars
Evening
This year we are holding a Wilsonian Oscar’s Ceremony
(Thursday 18th
) where 6th Formers Media Studies films will be
awarded. Some old boys are also travelling down from
university to attend and will also have their films awarded since
this is the first ceremony. Ms McGuinness, Mr Shaw, Nick
Hadfield and James Fritz will be the comperes in the Lecture
Theatre, that Ms McGuiness has renamed the Cinema. The
following awards are to be given: Best use of Star Iconography:
Daniel Hooper, Best use of Montage Editing: Oliver Gillman,
Best Music Video: (Audience Vote), Best Promotional Video:
Matthew Kiernan, Best U6 Thriller: James Fritz and Charlie
Morgan, Best L6 Thriller (Teachers Choice): Vithuran
Sivakumaran, Best L6 Thriller: (Audience’s Choice not chosen
yet), Don’t Do This At Home Award!: Ben Beckman, Best Bad
Boy Turned Good Award!: Stephen Bailey (Old Boy), Borat
Award: Ben Ellis and Dan Simmons, Most Original Thriller:
Andrew McDougall and Richard Price, Best Spoof
Documentary: James Fritz, Best Old Boy Film: Richard James,
Best Stylist Award: James Flunt aka James Fritz, Best Picture:
Nick Hadfield
Rowing Freddy Sheehan 10C will be competing in the National School’s
Rowing Competition for his club on Sunday in Nottingham.
Cricket Results Wilson’s vs Colfes
Year 7- lost by 35 runs. Colfes 113 for 3 from 20 overs –
Wilson’s 78 for 4 from 20 overs. Mikey Elgar top scored with
32.
Year 8- won by 29 runs. Wilson’s 144 for 3 from 20 overs –
Colfes 115 for 7 from 20 overs. Muhammed Raza 38 runs from
16 balls. Jay Patel 29 runs, Shiv Patel 24 runs.
Year 9-won Colfes 91 for 7 from 25 overs by 8 wickets.
Wilson’s 95 for 2 from 201 overs. Shray Patel and Daniel
Kenton with 30 each.
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Ewell Castle
Yr7 and Yr9 Home
Yr8 and Yr10 Away
Photographs for
the new Cashless
Catering Cards
On Monday Cunninghams will be coming in to school to take
photographs of each boy for the Cashless Catering system
starting on the 12th June.
Issue 3 26th May 2006
Internet Parents should have a look at the website of Childnet
International. This is a non-profit organisation working to help
make the Internet a safe place for children. Helpful advice for
parents regarding Internet safety at home is available at
www.childnet-int.org
Memory Stick A number of memory sticks have been found but it has not been
possible to find the owners. Please would parents remind boys
to open a file in the memory stick with their name.
Geography Trip Year 9 will be taking part in a trip to River Tillingbourne.
Letters have been handed out to students. Permission slips are
required.
Staff vs Students
football match
The staff suffered their worst defeat for many years in the
annual staff v students football match. The result was 6-0!
Wilson’s Oscars
evening
We were magnificently entertained last Thursday evening at our
first Wilson’s Oscars Ceremony. Awards were made for a range
of technical skills displayed in the production of AS and A2
media studies projects. The best picture award went to Nick
Hadfield. Many thanks to Ms McGuiness and Mr Shaw for
organising the evening, and to compères, Nick Hadfield and
James Fritz.
Art Exhibition An Art exhibition of A2, AS and GCSE artwork will be opening
on the evening of Friday 9th June. The exhibition will be open
the following week for viewing in the 6th form studio, GCSE
studio and the exhibition area during school hours.
Last weeks results Due to poor weather matches were cancelled except for year 7.
Wilson’s 87 – 3 Ewell Castle 64-2 Riman 35. Wilson’s won by
23 runs.
Many congratulations to Cpl Joe
Ruiz , our School Captain, who
received a “Very Good” grade for
all aspects assessed on the
United Kingdom Land Forces
Leadership Course (see note
below). This is a very rare
accolade and the first time a
Wilson’s Cadet has achieved this.
His leadership qualities were described as ‘exceptional’.
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Whitgift
Year 7 and Year 8 away
Surrey Cup Year 7 Cricket against St Josephs
Wilson’s 105 –6
Ives 28
Filmercourt 26
St Josephs 87-3
Athletics Results Wilson’s vs Wimbledon College, London Oratory and Emanuel.
Year 7 came 3rd
Year 8 came 3rd
Year 9 came 1st
Year 10 came 1st
Christian Union Regular meetings are held in the chapel every Tuesday
lunchtime. All welcome.
Easter Cadet
Leadership Course
Four Lower 6 students took part in the Easter Cadet Leadership
course at Nesscliff. They were D Karunaratne, N Ogden, J Ruiz
and S Mirza. All four students received excellent reports.
Young Composers If any boys are interested in entering the ‘Young Composers
Competition 2006’ please see Miss Bright a.s.a.p. This is a
competition organised by the BBC and requires students to
produce a score and CD of one composition not lasting more
than 5 minutes.
Bugsy Malone Bugsy rehearsals continue. Back stage crew will be needed
each Wednesday from 3.30pm-5pm. If they cannot attend they
will need to bring a signed letter from home. The band for
Bugsy have begun rehearsals, these take place at lunch times on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in the music room. All
students have been given a detailed schedule of rehearsals.
Year 7 parents
evening
Letters are being sent home today by boy-post for the parents’
evening on June 28th
.
Junior Mathematics Challenge
All members of Years 7 and 8 are entered for the
annual Junior Mathematics Challenge organised by
the UK Mathematics Trust. The best
mathematicians in the country do this challenge
and so to do well is a great achievement. The
highest scorers go forward to the Olympiad that
takes place later in the year. We have done well in
this competition for many years, but this year’s
results were outstanding. We have 81 Gold
Medals, 101 Silver and 71 Bronze and 10 qualifiers
for the Olympiad. Year 8 qualifiers are David
Parke, Alex McMillan, Annoj Inpnathan, David
Smith, Mentes Zorba and Alex Springer. Year 7
qualifiers are Daniel Hunt, James Elsey, Matthew
Rogers, Michael Moneke. Many congratulations to
all our qualifiers and all our medal winners on their achievement.
Daniel Hunt, Year 7: Best in Year; Best in School
Issue 4 9TH June 2006
CASHLESS
CATERING
The cashless catering system will be live on Monday 12th
June.
Boys have been issued with their photocards. Please remind
your son he must bring his card with him every day if he wishes
to purchase food from the canteen.
FAQ to help with the new system:
How will I be able to load my card?
The best way will be to bring a cheque to cover the whole term,
which will be loaded by the finance office. Your cheque will
need to be in a sealed envelope in the PTA red post box in the
main foyer by 8.30 a.m. Your balance will be updated by break.
How much will I need to put on my card?
You will need to have enough credit on your card to cover your
daily purchases so if you spend £2 a day you will need to load
your card with £10 a week or £120 a term. It is essential that
you make a note of how much is on your card at the end of
lunch every day so that you are aware of how much you have
left on your card for the next day.
What happens if I lose my card?
The main school office can issue a new card at the cost of £2
per card.
What happens if I forget my card?
The main school office can issue you with a temporary forgotten
card form, which will allow you to use your account in the
canteen without your card. However this form is valid for one
day only and after three days you will be issued with a new card
at the cost of £2.
Wilsons’s School warmly invites you to a
Private View
Of A Level and GCSE Art on Friday 9th June 2006
From 4.30 – 6.30pm
In the Art Studios and
Gallery
Will I lose my money if I lose my card?
No, your account is kept on a central database not on your card
so if you lose your card your balance will remain unchanged.
What happens to my balance at the end of term/year?
The balance on your card will be carried forward to the next
term. When you leave the school any remaining balance will be
repaid to you.
6th
form choices From September A level Government & Politics will be added
to the curriculum. This is in response to requests from both boys
and parents. The course will be taught by the new Head of
History, Dr Meddelton and Mr Vidler.
Media Studies Congratulations to Ms McGuinness and the Media Department
who have received the accolade (and the certificates to prove it)
of being named in the ‘Good Schools Guide’ as the best A level
Media Studies department in England.
Weekend fixtures Cricket on Saturday
Wilson’s vs St Olave’s
Year 8 & Year 10 Home/Year 7 & Year 9 Away
Sports Results Athletics Wednesday 7th
June
Year 7
1. John Fisher
2. Wimbledon College
2. Wilson’s
Year 9
1. John Fisher
2. Wilson’s
3. Wimbledon College
Year 8
1. John Fisher
2. Wimbledon College
3. Wilson’s
Year 10
1. John Fisher
2. Wilson’s
3. Wimbledon College
Junior Sports
Leadership Award
Year 10 GCSE PE boys will be running a Sports day for Bandon
Hill Primary School on Friday 16th June at Wilson’s 9.45am –
12 noon. 120 pupils will be taking part in a number of athletic
events, this forms part of our partnership links with local
primary schools. On completion of this event the Year 10 boys
will have achieved their Junior Sports Leadership Award.
Bugsy Malone The Bugsy Malone band will be rehearsing every lunchtime
next week.
Thorpe Park The trip to Thorpe Park is cancelled due to lack of interest. All
cheques will be returned.
Trip to Spain We are planning a trip to Spain for the choir next summer.
Please see Miss Bright for a letter and information.
Music Senior wind band and orchestra are cancelled this term due to
Bugsy rehearsals, but all other ensembles will continue as
normal.
Drug Awareness All teaching staff received Drugs Awareness Training from the
Sutton Youth Awareness Project on Tuesday afternoon.
Issue 5 16th June 2006
Changes to
catering
Over the next year there will be big changes in our catering
department. We are responding to new Government guidelines,
which come in to force in September, as well as to requests
from boys and staff that emerged from a survey completed
earlier this year.
The changes will include, over a period of time, refurbishment
of our canteen areas and provision of more dining space. Most
of these changes will take place next year because of financial
constraints. The immediate and urgent need is to renew the
equipment in the kitchen itself. This work will take place over
the summer and will cost some £85000.
More important of course are the changes to the food that will
be on offer from September. Over the next few weeks we will
advertise these changes in this information sheet.
From September, for Breakfast served from 7.30-8.30 am, boys
will be able to purchase:
• Cereal portions/ Porridge served with a selection of
healthy toppings
• 1/3 pint milk portions
• Whole fruit/ Cut fruit
• Whole meal toast and sunflower margarine/butter, with
preserves or marmite
• Fruit Juice
• Fruit smoothies (dairy and non-dairy where available)
• Yoghurts, plain or with fruit
• Sausage sandwiches/ Bacon Sandwiches
• Cheese on toast
• Baked pastry goods.
Introducing….
our new catering manager, Mr Tim Pryse-Hawkins
His new food policy for Wilson’s was approved by Governors this week and will
come in to effect in September See below for further details
Cashless Catering Our new cashless catering system went live this week without
any significant difficulties. Could we ask that when you send in
your cheques you indicate on the back of the cheque your son’s
name, his form, and write the words CASHLESS CATERING
Hot Weather We have now had three extra drinking fountains installed
around the school. Please remind your son to make sure he
drinks plenty of water during this spell of hot weather. If your
son suffers from asthma or hay fever it is very important that
they remember to have their medication and inhalers with them
in school.
Trip to Talybont 7B and 7G enjoyed excellent trips to Talybont in Wales. 7S are
there at the moment, 7H will be going on Sunday 18th
and 7C
will going on Wednesday 21st.
Web Site We have redesigned our website. Why not have a look at
http://www.wilsonsschool.co.uk. If you missed the art
exhibition last week, there’s a gallery of photographs on the site.
Weekend Cricket
Fixtures
Wilson’s vs Royal Russell
Year 7 & Year 9 Home
Year 8 & Year 10 Away
Cricket Results Wilson’s vs St Olaves (Friendlies)
Year 7 Wilson’s lost by 6 runs
St Olaves 116 for 6 from 20 overs
Wilson’s 110 for 4 from 20 overs. Chris Gyton 42 runs
Year 8 Wilson’s lost by 42 runs
St Olaves 169 for 8 from 25 overs
Wilson’s 127 all out from 20 overs Tej Mehta took 3 wickets
for 10 runs.
Year 9 Wilson’s lost 32 runs
St Olaves 133 for 5 from 20 overs
Wilson’s 101 for 9 from 20 overs
Year 10 Wilson
Wilson’s won by 2 wickets.
St Olaves 129 for 4 from 25 overs
Wilson’s 132 for 8 from 24.5 overs Andrew Sluman 27 not out
Wilson’s required 10 runs off the last over. Hadley Smith scored
the winning 4 off the penultimate ball.
Congratulations to Shaun Myandee L64 who was runner up in the Institute of Economic Affairs Student Essay
Competition 2006. His discussion of the Milton Friedman quotation ‘There‘s no such thing as a free lunch’ has earned him
a prize of £500 which will be presented at the IEA’s Hayek Lecture on June 28th. His essay will be published on the web-site shortly.
Issue 6 23rd June 2006
Congratulations to our Borough Champions: Daniel Murray Yr 8, Tom Hart Yr 10, Jordan Maurice Yr 7. These are just a few of those who won their events. See more pictures on the web site: http://www.wilsonsschool.co.uk Break menu From September, for morning break served from 10.45 – 11.00
am, boys will be able to purchase:
• A selection of baked bread and pastry items containing
meat, fish and vegetables, including homemade pizza
and paninni. One fried item such as hash browns, onion
rings or jacket wedges made where possible from
primary ingredients.
• One sweet baked biscuit item
• 1/3 pt milk portions
• Whole Fruit
• Cut Fruit
• Ready made sandwiches with choice of fillings on
wholemeal bread
• Fruit Juice
• Yoghurt both plain and served with fruit
• Flavoured water with artificial sweeteners
• Fruit smoothies both dairy and non dairy where available
• Fruit and cereal based confectionary items such as fruit
bars.
• Crisps (limited to one pack per boy)
N.B. We will not be providing sugar based confectionary,
carbonated sweetened drinks
Biology On Tuesday 27th
June there will be a visiting speaker to give a
talk to L6 at 1.05pm on ‘The medical mysteries of a mad king
and a sad queen’.
PTA Raffle
Tickets
You should by now have received raffle tickets in the post from
the PTA. Please try to sell as many as you can. There are some
great prizes. Extra tickets are available from the school office.
Proceeds are going towards a grand piano and cameras for the
Media Department.
Sports Results Wilson’s vs Royal Russell (Friendlies)
Year 7 Wilson’s won by 81 runs
Wilson’s 163 for 4 from 20 overs. Royal Russell 82 for 6 from
overs. Harley Riman 51 (retired)
Kushal Shah 37
Year 8 Wilson’s won by 10 wickets. Royal Russell 17 all out
from 123 overs. Wilson’s 18 for 0 from 4 overs. Daniel
Downes took 7 wickets for 1 run from 4 overs with 3 maidens.
Year 9 – Wilson’s won by 40 runs. Wilson’s 142 for 7 from 25
overs. Jack Carter 31 not out. Charlie Smith took 3 wickets for
12 runs.
Year 10 – Wilson’s won by 89 runs. Wilson’s 191 for 7 from
25 overs. Nikhil Kanani 58 not out. Preyesh Patel took 3
wickets for 12 runs.
Weekend Cricket
Fixtures
Wilson’s vs Glyn
Year 7 & Year 9 Home
Year 8 & Year 10 Away
9.30am start
School Badminton
Tournaments
Entries are invited for the school Junior singles tournament to be
held on Tuesday 27th June. The Junior doubles will be held on
Friday 30th June. These events are for years 7 & 8 only.
The Senior boys singles will be held on July 17 and the Senior
boys doubles on Friday July 20th
( Years 9/10/11)
All entries to Mr Molyneux in writing and placed in his box
outside the staff room by the day before the tournament date.
Trophies will be awarded to all winners.
Borough Sports Wilson’s competed well in all age groups with some fantastic
individual performances. Overall Wilson’s was placed second
to John Fisher, but beat all the other boys schools in the borough
with Carshalton Boys Sports Specialist College coming third.
The following boys are now Borough Champions in their event.
Year 7 – Sean Aliyande – Discus Champion
Jordan Maurice- 1500 m Champion
Year 8 – Daniel Murray – Triple Jump Champion
Edward Baxter Derrington -400m Champion
Year 10 – Daniel Sellman – 1500m Champion
Ayo Bakare – 200m Champion
Tom Hart – 800m Champion
Ayo Bakare, Namdi Macewen, Lawrence Still and Ben
Osonaike – 4 x 100m Champions.
A fantastic effort by all the boys concerned and we will do
better next year. It should also be noted, that Joash Howard is
now the county 400m champion having won the county
championships last weekend. Tom Hart also won the 800m
title.
Issue 7 30th June 2006
Local Residents We would like to remind parents to show consideration to our local
residents when dropping off or picking up their son at school. In
particular please make sure you do not park across residents’
driveways.
Bugsy Malone Tickets are now available via the school website, by phoning the
school office or by completing the reply slip sent out last week. Prices
are as follows Thursday and Friday - Adult £7.00 School age child
£5.00. Saturday -Adult £8.00, School age child £6.00. Cheques
payable to Wilson’s School. If your son is taking part please make
sure he attends rehearsals regularly. The rehearsal schedule can be
viewed on the website and if any parents are able to help please
contact Mrs Bright.
Sports Day Sports Day will be held on Tuesday 18th
July. First race will be at
1.20 pm. This year we will be combining the event with a lunchtime
barbeque for boys and parents. All parents are welcome to attend and
we hope that very many of you will do so. It should be a very
enjoyable afternoon.
UCAS All lower sixth parents should have received a copy of the annual
UCAS Parent Guide from their sons. Parents can also visit the UCAS
website http:/www.ucas.com/parents/index.html and sign up for
regular email bulletins to stay well informed about the stage your son
is at on his journey into higher education.
Year 10 Project
Business Day
On Mon 3/7, Yr 10 will be taking part in a "Project Business" day.
The day involves students in problem solving activities run by the
Young Enterprise organisation, with the aim of bringing business and
education together. It is designed to be an enjoyable day for the
students allowing them to develop their team working and
presentation skills. Watch out for photos of the day on the website!
Contact Numbers We are having increasing difficulties contacting parents when we
have a boy who is taken ill or has had an accident. Please would
parents make sure that the School office has up to date work and
mobile numbers. If possible please leave us with an alternative contact
name and number if you are not contactable at work.
Congratulations to:
Daniel Sellman, Tom Hart, Jack
Turner, Andrew Sluman, Stuart
Dunk, Clifford Stretton, on
being selected as ball boys for
the Wimbledon Championship
this year.
Cup Winners Very well done and congratulations to our U13 Cricket XI who won
the Carshalton Cup last week for the school, beating Overton Grange,
Sutton Grammar and Wallington in the final by 10 wickets in 10
overs. There will be a photo on the web site shortly. Excellent team
effort with notable contributions from Raza, Mehta, Patelis and Patel.
Sports Results
Wilson’s vs Glyn
(Friendlies)
Year 7 Glyn 129 for 5
Wilson’s 130 for 5
Wilson’s won by 5 wickets
Charlie Filmer-Court 48 Not Out.
Year 8 Wilson’s 134 for 4
Glyn 135 for 5
Glyn won by 5 wickets
Jay Patel 55 runs
Year 9 Wilson’s 107 for 5
Glyn 76 all out
Gregg Pettifor 40 runs
Year 10
Glyn 74 all out
H. Shah 3-12
Wilson’s 76 for 4
C. Beer 54 not out
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Trinity
Year 8 & Year 9 Home - Year 7 & 10 1st X1 Away - 9.30am starts
Judo Dylan Rowley has been selected to represent Reigate & Banstead in
the Surrey Youth Games on the 24th
June. He had to compete for a
place in the team seeing off other prospects in the weight division.
Congratulations.
Mufti Day Friday 7th
July will be Mufti day. This is in aid of drought victims
worldwide and education of orphans in Kenya. Kenya is a country
which today has over a million orphans as AIDS has killed their
parents.
Second Hand
Uniform
The uniform sale will be held on Thursday next week instead of
Wednesday from 3pm.
CCF RAF Section RAF section Cadets enjoyed an outdoor pursuits course last weekend
at the Hillingdon Outdoor Activity Centre, where cadets were
instructed in a number of outdoor disciplines such as Abseiling and
Rock Climbing. In addition to this cadets were involved in a keenly
fought raft building competition that turned out to be a test of
leadership as well as teamwork. The Cadets would like to thank the
RAF CCF staff for their hard work in the organisation of events such
as these throughout the school year.
Mathematics SATS
2006
We have received the Mathematics KS3 SATs results for this year.
They were spectacular. Remembering that the boys take their SATs a
year earlier than the national norm, the results (73% Level 8s, 26%
Level 7s) are very nearly equal to our best ever performance when the
boys used to sit them in Year 9! In real terms, therefore, they are
easily our best ever set of Mathematics SATs results. Congratulations
to the boys and their teachers. Science and English results are
normally published later. Year 9 parents will receive a statement of
results when they are all in.
Congratulations to Joash Howard 9H
who has been selected to represent
Surrey at the English School’s Track &
Field Championships on Friday 7th
and
Saturday 8th
July. The Championships
are being held at the Gateshead
International Stadium, Newcastle upon Tyne.
International
Physics Olmpiad
Matthew Norris, U6, will be in Singapore this week to represent Great
Britain in the 37th International Physics Olympiad. As part of the British
team, Matthew will compete against 85 other countries in the most
prestigious competition in the world for pre-university physics students.
We wish him and the British Team every success. See the article on the
web site for further details (www.wilsonsschool.co.uk)
Year 7 Bugsy
Malone
Performances
Fatigue and hot weather are a difficult combination, but the last few
days of Bugsy rehearsals are vitally important for the production.
Please make sure your son attends all those he is required for. Public
performances will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday next
week at 7.30 p.m. If you haven’t booked your tickets yet, hurry to do so
Congratulations Congratulations to Jake Marshall who will be fishing for the Croydon
Borough on 9th July in the Youth Games Final. Jake who is in Year 9,
came second in the Sussex League match fished at Gold Valley last
Sunday. We also wish Jake all the best for 15th July when he will be
taking part in the England youth trials in the Midlands.
Lower 6th
Management
Conference
All L6 students will be involved in a management event over two days
(13th
,14th
) with Wallington High School for Girls next week. This is an
annual event. The event takes a project based approach to developing
skills of leadership and management in a business context.
Year 11 Work
Experience
Year 11 students have been on their work experience placements this
week. We have received excellent feedback from employers and we
look forward to hearing the students’ reports in Tutorials next term.
Lavender Normally at this time of the year, the entrance to the school is framed by
beautiful swathes of lavender. Sadly the plants were badly damaged this
year by a group hiring the school and so they have had to be cut back to
ensure next year’s display.
Sports Day Don’t forget Sports Day on 18th July. Parents are most welcome. Why
not come along if you can. Events start at about 1.15 pm and there will
be a Barbeque.
Parents v Boys
Cricket match
The fathers of Year 8 have volunteered to pit their cricketing skills
against those of their sons next Friday 14th
July, starting at 6.00 p.m.
All welcome. May the best men win!
The Year 10 Business Project
Day took place last week and
was a great success despite
taking place in a crowded
hall on the hottest day of the
year! The organisers were
impressed by our students’
energy, good humour and
skills. See more pictures on the website shortly.
Issue 9 14th July 2006
Bugsy Malone Many thanks to all those who are involved in the production of
‘Bugsy Malone’. Good luck for the final night tomorrow.
There are still a few tickets left if people would like to go – an
opportunity not to be missed!
Biologists Eighteen biologists from our Lower Sixth visited St
Philomena’s for a DNA course last week. St Philomena’s also
hosted a keynote lecture by Professor Sir Martin Evans on
embryonic stem cells which the students also attended.
Instrumental
lessons
If any boys would like instrumental or vocal tuition next year
they should collect a contract from the music department and
return it before the end of term. Lessons will begin in the
second week of next term as will any extra musical curricular
activities.
Sports Day Reminder that it is Sports Day on Tuesday 18th
July. The first
race starts at 1.20pm. There will be a barbecue at lunchtime
which will replace lunch in the dining hall. Parents are very
welcome both for the Barbeque and the events.
6th
Form
Management
Course
On Thursday 13th and 14
th July, Lower sixth students took part
in a joint management event with Wallington High School for
Girls. This involved them working together on a variety of
The MS Challenge
Team Congratulations
on a fine performance.
Read the full account in the next edition of
‘Omnibus’ out soon.
problem solving tasks and developing their presentation and
team working skills. The sessions were led by a team of
volunteers from the business world who put on an excellent
programme of events. The students showed themselves to be
enthusiastic, creative ad full of business potential. Thanks to
everyone involved in the event.
End of Term
Arrangements
Friday 21st July
8.3am Registration
8.35am Period 1
9.30am Period 2
10.25am Period 3
11.20am Registration
11.25am All forms dismissed by Heads of Year
Reports Full school reports will be sent home to parents of Year 7-10
students in the first week of the summer break.
CCF Camp The Army Section returned from Wathgill Central Camp on
Saturday having once again left their mark as one of the best
units on the camp. Two teams of the four entered by Wilson’s
for the orienteering competition scored a maximum number of
points and shared the honour of this win with George Herriot
School, Edinburgh. On signals, tactics and command task
training our cadets were complimented as being the best through
each package up until that point. On the range we obtained
more marksmanship passes than any other school and were
complimented on the conduct of the cadets and their competent
drills. Sutton Grammar was our main rival for both the march
and shoot and the drill competitions. Honours were shared with
Wilson’s taking top spot in drill and drawing the march and
shoot with SGS. The cadets were not the only winners.
Wilson’s staff also walked away with the Officers and Sergeants
Combined Mess Quiz night prize!
CCF Taster Day There will be a Taster Day for Year 8 on Wednesday 19th
July
for CCF.
World Challenge Good luck to 28 of our boys and 2 members of staff off to
Mexico for the World Challenge. They will be taking part in
charity projects and trekking expeditions.
St Elphege’s Over the past few weeks a team of lower sixth business studies
student have been going into St Elpheges school once a week
and teaching the Young Enterprise Primary Programme to two
Year 2 classes. Topics have included “What jobs people do”,
“How we earn money” and many others. They have had to plan
and present the lessons themselves and learn real class
management skills with a group of lively seven year olds! The
feedback from the teaching staff and children at St Elpheges has
been excellent. The boys involved were; David Anderson,
Clayton D’Souza, Marc Fegredo, Andrew Fox, Paul Goldhawk,
Sandeep Gusai, Tom Hilton, Tom Shillingford, Mike Withall.
Well done to them all!
Issue 10 21st July 2006
Sports Day
Sports Day was a great success and a very enjoyable afternoon.
For the first time this year we combined it with a barbecue
which was appreciated by all. It was also a great pleasure to see
so many parents come along to share in the event. The winners
of the Interhouse Competitions are as follows: Year 7,
Brecon;Year 8, Greencoat; Year 9, Camberwell and Year 10,
Brecon. The Creamore Shield (overall champions in Years 7 &
8) is awarded jointly to Brecon and Southwark (both on 380
points); the Kennedy Shield (overall champions in Years 9 and
10) is awarded to Brecon (on 340 points).
Angling for
England
Jake Marshall of Year 9 spearheaded the Croydon Angling team
to double gold at the Heathrow Youth Games at Crystal Palace
on Sunday 9th
July. As a result he has been selected to fish for
his country this year in September. There were six places
available and Jake is the sole South of England representative,
he will also be the youngest member of the team. See the
website for photos.
Physics Olympiad Matthew Norris has been awarded one of the Bronze Awards in
the International Physics Olympiad in Singapore, beating 160
students from around the world. A great achievement. Well
done!
Staff vs Boys
Cricket match
The match took place on Wednesday 19th
. Boys got 150 all out.
Staff were the victors, taking 151 for 2 to win by 8 wickets. Mr
Stratford was 50 not out. Mr Molyneux took 3 wickets. Well
done, staff!
Congratulations to (left to right)
Ayo Bakare, Callum Henderson,
Daniel Sellman, Michael Bradley,
Alex Keen and Charlie Beer ( not
featured in the photograph) who
have been awarded the Wilsonian
medal. They are the first students to
be awarded this medal which is for
those who have represented the
school in sports on 100 or more
occasions. We are very grateful and
appreciative of their commitment and
loyalty to the school and of their
excellent contribution to our sporting
success.
.
Judo Well done to Dylan Rowley who achieved gold in the final
under 50kg category at the Surrey Youth Games on the 24th
June. At the Surrey Mini Mon Closed Championship he
achieved gold in the final under 55kg then went on to achieve
further success in grading fights achieving 7th and 8
th Mon.
End of Year
Reports
Reports for Years 7-10 will be sent out to parents by post during
the holiday period. Please discuss these with your sons. We
would ask all parents to return the reply slip to form tutors to
confirm that they have received the report. We are pleased to
consider any comments you have on your son’s reports which
you can include on the same reply slip. Year Managers or
Heads of Department will respond to these in due course.
Parents of pupil in Year 8 will receive a statutory record of End
of Key Stage 3 Assessment. The English results are still
awaited and will not be received, we understand, until 23
August. Parents will receive the record of assessment shortly
afterwards.
Cashless Catering
Cards
Please remind your son to keep his cashless catering card safe
over the summer holiday and to bring it with him on the first
day of term.
Beginning of term
arrangements
Tuesday 5 September
8.30 am Arrival and induction
programme for Year 7
10.40 – 12.55 Year 7 photos
11.00 – 11.25 Break for Year 7
12.55 – 14.05 Lunch for Year 7
14.00 Lower Sixth enrolment and
photos in Hall
14.05 – 15.30 Yr 8 – 11 to new form rooms for
timetables etc
14.30 –15.30 Lower Sixth with Academic
Tutors
14.30 Dismissal of Year 7
Wednesday 6 September
Normal timetable for Years 7 – Lower Sixth
14.05-15.30 Upper Sixth enrolment in Hall
Thursday 7 September
Normal timetable for everyone
Wilson’s boys won the Surrey
under 16 Badminton league.
They were Alex Keen, Daniel
Sellman, Chris Singarajah,
Nikhil Shah and Simon Chaing
The school has won all the county
leagues this season for the
second time.
Well done all !!