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SWPS News 3 March 2017
Head’s News I have recently been reading a book on the teenage brain. Unsurprisingly to any parent,
the changes that occur within the evolving adolescent brain are both dramatic and disorientating. The changes reflect their personality and often provide emotional responses to events and issues that are contradictory and unexpected.
What can seem too much for the young person to bear and cope with on one day is met with small regard the next. Large traumatic events can be managed with remarkable equanimity, whilst a small insignificant affair can seem like
the end of the world.
We all know that hormones are racing in all teenagers and in this biological context teenagers seek to assert their independence and identity. The ups and downs that all teenagers suffer and enjoy are part of this change within their brains. Scientists who study the brain have shown, through brain
imaging, that teenage brains function differently from the adult brain. Young people, for example, are more prone to take risks than we adults. That is why as we get older the thought of riding a roller coaster become less attractive! There are, of course, many other reasons.
Fortunately, throughout adolescence, young people learn
greater self-control so that they are able to think through the consequences of actions with greater insight and clarity. A parent of two teenagers, this is good news for everyone.
C Muller Head
7Q Lunchtime Concert A huge congratulations to 7Q who performed so bravely and beautifully in their lunchtime concert yesterday. It was so
lovely to hear such variety of repertoire and it was an absolute delight to see the fantastic costumes as well. The music department would also like to thank Music Scholar Catherine Abela for serving refreshments and the fantastic
audience for coming along to support them. P Tham
Admissions If you are the parent of a current student whose sibling has been offered a place for Year 7 September 2017 entry, and
your intention is to accept the place, please remember that the deadline for receipt of completed paperwork and payment of the deposit, which must be received together in order to confirm the place, is Tuesday 7 March. If you have any queries, please contact the Admissions department.
#WBD2017 On Thursday 2 March, SWPS staff
and students rose to the annual World Book Day fancy dress challenge with the expected levels of enthusiasm and, to be honest, madness.
The younger years, i n pa r t i cu l a r , showcased an array of literary characters from
Katniss Everdeen to the Mad Hatter; from
Things 1 and 2 to Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children.
The staff were equally inventive, exhibiting a spectrum from the dapper to the ridiculous, and many have submitted their home ‘shelfies’ to Mrs Malcolm in the library for students to guess who owns them and, possibly, judge us for our
methods of organisation and literary selections! Whilst this is all daft fun, this now twenty year old UNESCO event is celebrated in over one hundred countries; it throws a spotlight on the joys and importance of both literacy and reading, both of which SWPS wholeheartedly supports.
Happy reading! T Hanley
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Library Lines These were some of Year 9’s most borrowed fiction books during the Autumn Term…
C Malcolm
Ghana week: Books for Bantuma Next week is Ghana
week: the week we celebrate our partnership with Bantuma School from Elmina, Ghana. It
begins on Monday 6th March which is Ghana’s national day, marking Ghana’s independence from Britain on that day in 1957.
Events will take place on most days of the week, including the selling and wearing of ribbons in the Ghanaian colours: gold, green and red. We will also be fundraising for Bantuma School’s library which is in desperate need of more books. As well as selling the ribbons, there will be a cake sale on
Tuesday, busking on Wednesday, an oware tournament played to the music of both modern and traditional Ghanaian music on Thursday, and on Friday some (foolhardy) teachers are allowing themselves to be ‘made up’ by the students in aid of Books for Bantuma.
Your support for the campaign would be much appreciated!
G Penfold-Ward, ‘Ghana’ Prefects and ‘Ghana Club’ Team
CHINA TRIP—OCTOBER 2017 A fantastic opportunity to visit Beijing in October half-term,
2017. For more information please contact Miss Tham at [email protected]
P Tham