Dear all,

The Old Palace community have been very creative during lockdown and have achieved many great things despite working remotely. This week we have had Open Events, Induction Meetings, House Drama, a Year 5 trip, Parent Workshop, netball training and Prep Prize Giving; all delivered remotely. I do not think many schools could boast such an impressive use of remote technology.

We also now have a virtual tour of Old Palace Seniors on the website and a video of Prep featuring Kara. If you are missing school and would like to ‘visit’ then please check out the website https://www.oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/admissions/senior-school-virtual-tour/

Link to the lockdown tour of the Prep School: https://youtu.be/173BwlfOX1Q

Wishing everyone a relaxing weekend.

Jane Burton, Head

Issue 199

26 June 2020

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Year 2 Young Explorers

Year 2’s Humanities topic this term has been Explorers. We have sailed to the New World and the Galapagos Islands, researched the differences and similarities between the Arctic and Antarctica, raced to the South Pole and explored the extremes - the still largely undiscovered Space and depths of the Earth’s oceans.

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Great Wave by Aanya

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Virtual House Drama Competitions

The Drama Department has been very active over the last few weeks, organising virtual House Drama competitions. Over 40 students in Years 7-12 took part in different activities. Some students participated in a competition to create a theatre-related meme. There were some very funny entries, including Olivia F’s nod to the 2019 Staff Pantomime! Huda (Year 7) won with her witty ‘West Side Story’ meme series. Students also had the option of submitting a still image from a play and Nissi (Year 9) submitted a creative image of herself in the role of Feste from ‘Twelfth Night’.

Students from different year groups also competed in a monologue competition. Students chose a monologue from a wide-range of plays such as ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, adapted by David Grieg; Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ and ‘Leave Taking’ by Winsome Pinnock. They then submitted a filmed performance. Submissions were outstanding and students developed believable and engaging characters. It was difficult to determine the winners! Ellen (Year 12) won first place with her soulful interpretation of Shirley from Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s play ‘Blue Moon Over Poplar’. Lila M (Year 7) placed second with her entertaining performance as Violet Beauregarde from ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.

The House Drama competition culminated in a live Microsoft Teams quiz on Theatre, Film and Television, which was organised and run by Lisa I, Ellen S and Olivia F (Year 12). Students competed in teams and the members of the winning team included: Madinah M, Ria P-C, Beth B and Jessica S (Year 10). Christina F (Year 9) also played and enjoyed the activity.

She reports:

“We broke off into our groups and discussed the answers to the 4 rounds on Teams. In Round 1 we were given two written questions where we had to identify the name of a theatre production using a photograph. Our favourite was the last picture, which was a photo of platform 9 and 3/4 from ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’.

When moving on to Round 3 my team and I discovered that television was our strength, which isn’t very surprising considering we have all been in lockdown for a while! There were some really good questions based on ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Friends’. In round 4 we definitely all had a chance to put what we had learnt in Drama and English to the test by guessing the Shakespeare play from a scene! There were some very obvious clues. For example, Malvolio and his yellow stockings in ‘Twelfth Night’, as well as a production still of Romeo and Juliet’s famous balcony scene.

On behalf of everyone I would like to thank Ms Berk, Mrs Hargraves, Lisa, Olivia F and Ellen for all their hard work and time organising the quiz.“

Overall, Virtual House Drama was a success and proved an excellent opportunity to help students develop their creativity and performance skills, alongside earning last-minute House Points.

Well done and thank you to everyone who participated!

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Ellen S in costume for her monologue performance from ‘Blue Moon Over Poplar’

Elizabeth G in costume for her monologue performance from ‘Othello’:

Madinah M in costume for her monologue performance from ‘Cold Comfort Farm’

Lila M in costume for her monologue performance from ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’

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Every year the Old Palace Sixth Form team hosts a Higher Education and Post 18 Options evening for Year 12 and their parents. This is an important event in the summer term calendar, with an opportunity to explain the support offered by Old Palace in helping Year 12 decide their next steps after Year 13.

Work was already underway in the Sixth Form Careers lessons, starting in January with an exploration of the options available Post 18. By March over half the year group had been interviewed by Mrs Williams, our Higher Education Coordinator; a chance to review and discuss their career plans. By April, the remaining students had receiving targeted support, after completing their individual career planning review. In May, all Year 12 had been allocated a

Subject Mentor to offer guidance on the content of either their university or post 18 application.

Although Year 12 were now experts at how to research their Post 18 options, we valued the support parents can offer their daughters, hence the annual workshop. So last week Mr Talleux, Ms Ford and I hosted the very first Old Palace Virtual Parental Workshop. Mr Talleux and I were a little apprehensive, both being new to Zoom, though after a couple of rehearsals with Ms. Ford, we were ready.

Mr Talleux introduced the evening, with Ms Ford in charge of collating the questions and providing further details on early applications, such as medicine and Oxbridge. With my experience of presenting to a ‘live’ audience, it was quite daunting to talk to my computer

screen instead. Most of us at Old Palace are now familiar with using Microsoft Teams, where you can see how many are listening/attending, though with Zoom the PowerPoint fills the screen, if you are presenting.

Reflecting on the evening afterwards, Mr Talleux’s comment made us laugh: “By the time I realised that the number attending appeared at the bottom of my screen, it was too late, the figure was counting down rapidly.”

(For those in Year 12 who were unable to attend this ‘first’ for Old Palace, a copy of the recording is located in the Careers/Year 12 folder on the VLE).

Mrs Wendy Williams Higher Education and Careers Coordinator

Sixth Form Parental Workshop Goes Virtual

Monologue First Place Winner Ellen S-S Year 12

Monologue Second Place Winner Lila M Year 7

Virtual Quiz Winners Madinah M, Ria P-C, Beth B and Jessica S Year 10

Still Image/Meme Competition Winner Huda B Year 7

Huda B’s winning meme series.

Virtual House Drama Competitions

Nissi O’s Still Image Entry – Feste from ‘Twelfth Night’

Winners

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Whole School Creativity Project

‘Being Together Alone’Going into lockdown has been a challenging experience for everyone. However, it has also brought people together in new and exciting ways. We are learning how to make connections and be creative.

The Creativity Committee invites you to contribute a response to our theme of ‘being together alone’ during lockdown.

Contributions can take any form you want, but you must use your creativity and thinking skills. Examples of mediums you could use are:

• Painting

• Short story or poem

• Ceramics (you can photograph your work)

• Essay

• Short film (no longer than 2 minutes in length)

• Collage

• Homemade face mask

All submissions must be made by 3rd July via onedrive to Ms Berk.

Any objects you create should be photographed for submission. If your submission includes an image/video of yourself, it must be taken in a communal space and be school appropriate.

All work will be displayed in school in the next academic year and featured in the school bulletin.

We look forward to your submission!

The Creativity Committee

Virtual Prize Giving 2020

InvitationThe Senior School Prize Giving is going to be on our YouTube channel at 4.30pm, Monday, 6 July.

Please note that prize winners have already been notified and will receive their certificate in the post.

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Many congratulations to Suraiya in Year 10, who has recently been accepted into the National Youth Theatre. 

In September 2019, I made the decision to audition for the National Youth Theatre; a Youth Arts organisation for young adults from the ages of 14 to 25.

Every year, thousands of young people audition for the limited number of places available, meaning that the standard of competition was high. My audition was set to be in late March 2020 and would take place in the form of a two-hour workshop with a number of other auditionees, followed by my

performance of a monologue in front of an auditioner. Therefore, I began work on preparing for my audition by rehearsing a monologue (taken from the play: ‘Boys’ by Ella Hickson).

I then received an email from the National Youth Theatre informing me that my audition would not be able to proceed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, so it would now take place in the form of a digital audition. I had a fortnight to film and upload a 5-minute video, which comprised of my performance of the monologue and responses to several questions. I was a little apprehensive about this – on the one hand, I now had the ability to perform my monologue several times and choose the best performance to submit, but on the other hand I was extensively examining my performance on the camera which can be a little intimidating. Fortunately, all the auditionees were invited to partake in a live stream where successful members of NYT gave us a number of tips on how to perform the ideal monologue and how to film this, I found this extremely helpful.

Several weeks after I had submitted my tape, I received an email saying that I had been successful in the first round of the digital auditions and would now be moving on to the final round of live digital auditions. Here, I was to perform another monologue live, in front of an associate artist, so I decided to perform the second half of

the monologue which I had originally chosen, in order to be able to apply the characterisation which I had been working on for the last five months. This audition went really well – I was exceptionally nervous in the minutes leading up to it but was encouraged to feel at ease by the auditioner within minutes of starting. Following the audition, I was not sure about whether I would be successful, due to the sheer number of people auditioning for the limited places, but I was proud of how far I’d come. In the early weeks of May, I received a further email saying that I had been successful in this round of my digital audition and was now invited to partake in the Summer Intake Course, which was amazing news, especially in what can be quite difficult times. Therefore, in the last week of July, I will be participating in an intense online course via Zoom, after which I will be considered an official member of the National Youth Theatre.

I am extremely grateful to the Drama department at Old Palace, who instilled in me this passion for Drama as soon as I joined the school and who helped me to prepare for my audition. Without them and the fantastic opportunities which they have consistently provided, I don’t think that I would have ever decided to audition for the National Youth Theatre and so I am very thankful to them.

Suraiya, Year 10

Suraiya Joins National Youth Theatre

NEW Senior School Virtual Tour

First time visitors to the Senior School are always amazed at what hides behind our walls: courtyard gardens, a Grade 1 listed Palace and even a swimming pool.

Sadly, Covid-19 has stopped all visitors but you can still see over the walls in our brand new, virtual tour:

https://www.oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/admissions/senior-school-virtual-tour/

Crochet Project

Look at the beautiful present Phoebe in Year 8 has crocheted for her Grandmother’s birthday.

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Year 6 PE

Virtual Netball Training Mechanical Toys

It’s been lovely to have Year 6 back in school and taking part in PE (socially distanced) lessons.

So far we have played cricket and tried out our tennis skills. This week we played kick rounders. Next week we look forward to taking part in the Virtual Primary Schools Homeletics Athletics Competition!

Croydon Primary Schools Years 3-6 Virtual Athletics Competition

Competition Dates: 29th June - 11th July This will be against other schools in Croydon and run as a House Event at Old Palace. Every entry will be rewarded with a point for your House.

Details have been emailed to students

Mrs Smith arranged for the girls to do a Virtual Netball training session via Zoom. The session was facilitated by the England Netball team. Many students and parents joined in from around London. 

Here is Grace, Year 7.

Virtual End of Term ServiceTuesday, 7th July at 2pmYouTube link will be sent out in the morning.

Clodagh in Year 8 has been busy constructing working mechanical toys. She sent us some photographs - well done. They look amazing.

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A letter from Mrs Nike Year 2 PE Challenge

Throughout the week I have conducted Zoom calls with all of our new Reception families that will be starting in September. We are so excited to welcome them to our Old Palace community.

Year 5 took part in the Year 6 Induction Evening via Zoom and the girls met their new teachers and learnt more about what to expect when they move to the Seniors in September. In order for the current Year 5 girls to celebrate their time at Prep in style, they have been invited back to take part in fun activities and team building games at the beginning of the autumn term. This means, there is still an opportunity for us all to say goodbye before they officially start Seniors.

I had the privilege of waving the Year 5 girls off on their Flatford Mill From Home trip. I am glad to say they have all arrived back safely and have had a fabulous week. With pond dipping, mammal trapping, shelter building and compass work, it is clear to see that your talents are endless.

On a serious note, I would like to say how impressed I am with Year 5. Despite not being able to go on the trip, they still made the most of the situation and kept on smiling through it all. Sometimes, we can be let down or feel disappointed, but it is important to acknowledge how you feel, support each other and try to gain a new perspective. This is exactly what you have done and though it wasn’t quite as good as being together, you still had a lovely time.

I would like to say thank you to Mrs Frost for organising such a creative week.

Mrs Nike Head of Nursery & Preparatory

Here are some photographs of Lottie in Year 2 completing her PE water challenges.

Whilst the school is closed, we will be wishing happy birthday each week to students whose birthday falls during this time.

June

Ingrid Year 10 23rd

Laura Year 10 23rd

Hannah Year 11 25th

Sakina Year 9 25th

Huma Year 7 27th

Molly Year 13 27th

Safiya Year 13 27th

Elianne Year 7 28th

Praise Certificate Awarded This Week

Pre School Ready Steady Go

Fatima with her Praise Certificate for contined hard work in science.

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Year 2 Young Explorers continued

Did you know that Captain Scott and his team trekked more than 900 miles over Antarctica, in the harshest conditions, only to find the Norwegian flag? They’d been beaten to the South Pole by just four weeks.

The footprints of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who were the first men to walk on the Moon in 1969, are still there. They will last for a million years because there is no wind to blow them away!

And the Midnight Zone (or Bathypelagic zone), between 1000 and 4000m deep is so dark that animals like the angler fish are bioluminescent, which means they make their own light.

We have also completed Explorer-related work in English – diaries of our ocean voyage, an Arctic rescue and adventure stories. In the last week of half term, we also wrote poems about a polar animal of our choice and performed them to each other in our poetry recital during our weekly show and tell.

We have made sea creatures from recycled bottles, and boats and rockets in DT. In Art, we have made space pictures based on the techniques of Peter Thorpe, using different media and

paintings of Hokusai’s Great Wave. Next week, we will make collages of our favourite Galapagos inhabitant.

Space Ship Art: Aashna

Penguin Poem: Aanya

Fish and Jellyfish: Aashna

Polar Bear Poem by Lottie

Columbus Diary: Sophie

Race to South Pole: Aanya

Space Art: Aanya

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Nursery & Pre School News

Last week, in Pre School, the children decided they would like to leave messages for the Year 1 pupils who they had seen at a distance on the field. They left their messages under stones which they painted, excited to think the older girls would find them and even reply!

All the groups had lots of fun outside. They had a go at playing cricket and enjoyed using the trim trail - pretending the ground was lava!

On a rainy day, and working from the Pavilion, they played and watched the birds; spotting magpies, two green woodpeckers on the grass and a flock of parakeets.

They did some work in pairs at the lightbox and played the fast and furious game of Dobble. This helped them negotiate and solve problems using rules, in a very fun and exciting way, which has resulted in us purchasing two more packs of Dobble cards!

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Year 5 Flatford at Home

Last week, Year 5 arrived at their Teams Meeting with their suitcases packed, their coats on and a packed lunch in their rucksacks ready to go to ‘Flatford at Home’! Not quite what they had been looking forward to, but the next best thing.

In store was pond dipping, mammal trapping, shelter building and compass work. There were country cupcakes and bird balls to be made, one to be eaten, the other to be hung outside for the birds to enjoy.

During the week, we looked at Beatrix Potter and the stories she wrote. We all made up our own Beatrix Potter character and wrote a story about it, with pictures to illustrate it.

There were awards to be won with bronze and silver awards being given for all the work completed together in the mornings.

Afternoons were spent working on challenges to gain a gold award and the very prestigious platinum award.

There were projects to be completed and photos to be taken of shelters being built in gardens, nights spent under canvas, dinners cooked on a fire, geocaching, homemade drinks and cakes, bedrooms tidied, ponds being dipped into, Constable paintings, wormerys, houses for bugs, washing up stands, picnics and walks, birds arriving at bird balls, plus early morning and dusk adventuring.

There are projects and challenges to complete by the end of term.

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Year 5 Flatford at Home continued

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Young Geographer of the Year Competition

The Young Geographer of the Year is an annual competition run by the Royal Geographical Society.

This year, the theme was ‘the world outside your window’ and students were asked to explore aspects of Geography relating to our current situation. Students in Years 8-12 took part, and we ran an Old Palace competition for Years 8 and 9.

The results and the best entries (which have now been entered into the national competition) are on the Geography VLE pages here:

https://oldpalace.sharepoint.com/sites/Geography/SitePages/Home.aspx .

1st Prize - Freya, Year 8 1st Prize - Amera, Year 9

2nd Prize - Saffiyah, Year 92nd Prize - Dilkushi, Year 8

3rd Prize - Sarah, Year 93rd Prize - Mia, Year 8

In the world’s current situation, the Coronavirus has changed many of our lives, some which are better than others. As more and more countries start to recover from the virus, and slowly lifting restrictions, our life will not go back to what it was before. The idea of lockdown and social distancing has changed everyone's daily life and can be seen clearly just through the geography around us currently.

From looking out of my window, I can tell that a lot has changed. There are less cars on my street, but I can also see that a lot more people have been outside exercising and getting some fresh air. The change in human geography is very different from just 6 months ago. Before, going outside was something we could do by choice and we took it for granted, now, most take fresh air as a relief from our current situation and no longer take it for granted. I am fortunate to live next to a park and can tell that less people now go there. On a typical weekend in the past, I would hear

screams and laughter from families taking their children to play, now there is a smaller amount of people that I see going to the park, most walking the dog, or going for a run.

The changes to our social lives have also had an evident toll on the global economy, with some of the richest countries being hit the worst. With more companies having to compromise their situations, and many companies running out of money, means that more people are now out of a job and have no income. This has meant that food banks have seen a rise in demand, according to the Independent, they believe that there has been a 13% increase in demand overall, but in some areas, it may be more. The overall economic growth has been halted due to the falling in markets worldwide. This is shown by the graph, from BBC News, showing that there has been a drastic fall in the stocks during late March, when more countries were beginning to place restrictions. We can tell that once lockdown began, the market began to slowly recover, most probably as China was beginning their phased reopening once the UK began enforcing restrictions and then traders were able to trade more with china, which may have boosted the economy. Lots of people, once restrictions will be lifted, will need to look for a job and I believe that another problem would be that the unemployment rate would be higher, and more people may request benefits.

Despite the drastic changes to human geography, environmental geography has benefited from the lockdown imposed in many countries. In big metropolises', less people leave their homes and travel less. This means that pollution levels have been at an all-time low, and in countries, such as India, where pollution is a big issue, lots of the smog has cleared. The environmental changes can also be seen around us. I can tell that as less people are out and about, more wildlife has come out of the trees and I can now hear more birds then usual and can see that more use the birdfeed, in the garden. With airlines having a huge impact due to the coronavirus, there has been a huge reduction in flights. This may have negative impacts for the economy and the community which depend on the revenue of commercial flights, it has positive impacts on the environment, which may last longer. The lower number of flights around the world has helped to lower emission levels and has made the air around us cleaner. The reduction in emissions has also opened a potential greener recovery, where more people may walk and cycle, rather than taking public transport.

This picture of the nitrogen dioxide levels shows that their nationwide lockdown in India has reduced the levels across the entire nation. This positive impact on our environmental geography can also benefit our physical geography. Due to the lower emissions across the world, there is now more hope that once this has surpassed, we can focus on a greener recovery.

Despite the pandemic affecting social geographic aspects negatively, it has brought a new hope for that of environmental geography as hopefully, people will change their mindset and try to help change our habits for the better good.

UK Lockdown Start-ed 23rd March 2020

UK first confirmed case 29th January

China li�s the lookdown for the en�re na�on (8th April 2020)

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1st Case—30/02/20

Lockdown in affect March)

Lockdown s�ll in affect

Sources:

BBC, Independent, NDTV India

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Trench Life

Year 9 students have been studying life in the trenches during WW1 for History. Catherine has written the following poem:

The MomentsIt wasn’t the fighting,

it was the moments when we weren’t fighting.

It was the moment when you were back in the trenches and you feel the indescribable pain of trench feet.

It was watching a fellow soldier being carried on a stretcher with chattering teeth and uncontrollable shaking as he screams like a beaten dog as a group of men pin him down.

It was the dark jokes made that never heard a chuckle.

It was the nights when men howled the names of their loved ones.

It was the realisation that the biscuits were inedible.

It wasn’t the fighting,

It was realising what had happened out there,

It was watching surrounding soldiers fall like dominoes out in the open.

It was realising you could have been them.

It was remembering your friend standing paralysed as the bullets came in masses, leaving him to their mercy. You called out to him, but knew he was unreachable.

It was the stench of dead bodies that filled your nose when lying awake thinking about home.

It wasn’t the fighting,

It was hoping and waiting for a sign, for a comfort.

It was the letters, the letters that we never parted with, that made us realise what we fought for.

It was getting a bacon and cheese ration that reminded us of an easy life.

It was the times when you sat playing cards and making light-hearted jokes in hope that you forget what you had seen.

It was when you said your prayers and knew that God was watching every single one of these men including you.

It was the belief that you going to get through this. That mattered.

Gassed by John Singer Sargent

Girls in Data

Maths Puzzle

Can you put the number 1 to 7 in each circle so that the total of every line is 12?

Answer on page 15

Girls in Data is a new project that aims to connect young women with accessible and positive role models. It provides information on the career opportunities in the world of Data and Technology.

Girls in Data are holding online events in which students can take part in challenges and earn a Work Experience Certificate. Large companies in the industry are involved, including Experian and Zurich Insurance.

The next event is at 4pm on Tuesday 30th June and is focussed around the importance of communicating data. Students from across the Senior School are seizing this chance to be proactive about their futures by signing up. Look for the email from Mrs Morris to see how to take part.

This is a fantastic opportunity for students to learn about jobs in this diverse area, how data shapes our world and to gain some new skills too.

Here is a short video showing just a few possible jobs in this area: https://vimeo.com/387476846

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Year 9 Sports Leaders Course

Year 9 have had an introduction to the Sports Leaders Course and have looked at the different qualities needed to be an effective leader. Here are just a few examples of their hierarchy diamonds outlining their thoughts on the most important qualities. 

Good Communicator

Confidence

Sociable

Competent

Good Communicator

Determined

Diplomatic

Sense of Humour

Competent

Diplomatic

Organised

Confident

Determined

Good Listener

Flexible

Flexible

Sense of Humour

Organised

Encourager

Encourager

Sociable

Imaginative

Imaginative

In leadership a good communicator is essential because you must be able to get your message across to the children, which is the most important thing you need. Being diplomatic as a leader ensures you will take the team forward because being diplomatic is to be strategic and fair. Competent leadership is important because it demonstrates an all-round capable

leader. Being organised means that you are reliable at any time. These qualities; confident, determined, encourager and good listener, helps a leader to be bold, and an encourager helps the children recognise that they are achieving in what they are working towards. A leader needs to be a good listener so they can help with challenges, and children will be encouraged to

know that they have your support, that you do listen, and not just lead. Flexible, sociable, sense of humour and imaginative, are the least important because these qualities are more for enjoyment rather than supporting and building up, but are needful for building comradery in the whole team.

Amera, Year 9

First row:Confidence - you need to be setting an example to who you are teaching and if you aren’t confident enough, they could get the impression that you are scared and weak.

Second row: Organised - you need to know what you are doing for the lesson to run smoothly

Good communicator - expressing yourself clearly is important for other to know what you want them to do easily

Encourager - encouraging people helps them put more effort in and try harder, they will enjoy the lesson more

Third row:Determined - you should be willing to put 100% into your lesson

Diplomatic - be able to help people sensitively, e.g. by encouraging.

Sociable - you should be able to get on with the people who you are teaching but as long as you communicate well it should be fine.

Flexible - without flexibility, in the event that something bad happens you would be stuck. It is important but you could have had a back-up plan (organised)

Fourth row:Sense of humour - you still want your lesson to be enjoyable but it isn’t the priority

Competent - you want you lesson to be successful but this can be shown through organisation and confidence.

Imaginative - having creative ideas for the lesson is good, but also not priority, as there are other ways to teach.

Faith E, Year 9

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Year 6 pupils had to create a picture or model of a Norman Church for Expanding Horizons. Here are some of their works:

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The last Around the Palace bulletin of this term will be delayed until the end of term Tuesday, 7 July, so we can include all the final end of term events.

Dear all,

After the difficult nature of the past few weeks, I hope that all Old Palace families are managing to get some sort of break over the Easter period. These extraordinary times are allowing us all time to both think and reflect and I found this Bulletin very much supported this. Please do take time to read the Easter message from Fr Andrew, the message from Laura Nike our Head of Prep and the very moving poem from Zara in Year 7. It is also providing time for us to try new things and be more creative than usual and this is also reflected in the articles this week with some wonderful things going on across the whole school community. Best wishes

Jane Burton, Head

Issue 1909 April 2020

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Rainbow of Hope

Saanvi in Reception has enjoyed making a Rainbow of Hope picture for the

residents of Whitgift Care homes.

We want to hear from you Send your contributions/photographs for the bulletin to Mrs Berry:

nberry@oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk