Issue 11 8 th September 2006 A Level and AS results The school achieved its best ever results in all three sets of public examinations this summer. The A level results were particularly impressive. The key statistics were as follows: Particular mention should be made of Matthew Norris who achieved 7 Grade A’s at A level and 1 Grade A at AS – a stunning achievement: also, Joe Crutwell, Aahsan Ahmed, Robert Arthur and Rufus Veness who achieved 5 A’s. The following students gained straight A Grades in all their main subjects: Amar Parkinson, Oliver Troop, Matthew McNulty, Ramiz Mohamed, Charlie Morgan, Neerav Patel, Jonathan Templeman, Timothy Young, David Durbin, David Gibbon, Luke Hicks, Andrew James, Serkan Karaagac, Rikul Patel, Chris Robinson, Andrew Smith, Naveed Tariq, Eric Yiu, Alex Bate, Leo Bertels, Matthew Charman, Robin Clarke, Randeep Dhariwal, Mark Etherington, Matthew Kiernan, Hyung Joon Kim, Ankit Kumar, Sizwe Sibeko and Max Thompson. The AS results showed a significant improvement on last year’s very good results with the whole improvement being at A grade. This means that the U6 have given themselves a very good foundation for success in the A2 examinations next summer. Grade Number Percentage A 204 54.4 B 120 32.0 C 43 11.5 D 7 1.9 E 1 0.27 Total 375 Percentage A&B 83.3 UCAS pts per student 388 UCAS pts per entry 108.3 Average number of passes 3.86 Congratulations to Sam Ridout 8G and Michael O’Halloran L6 on gaining awards from the Historical Association. (see below)
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Issue 11 8th September 2006
A Level and AS results The school achieved its best ever results in all three sets of public
examinations this summer. The A level results were particularly impressive.
The key statistics were as follows:
Particular mention should be made of Matthew Norris who achieved 7 Grade
A’s at A level and 1 Grade A at AS – a stunning achievement: also, Joe
Crutwell, Aahsan Ahmed, Robert Arthur and Rufus Veness who achieved 5
A’s.
The following students gained straight A Grades in all their main subjects:
Amar Parkinson, Oliver Troop, Matthew McNulty, Ramiz Mohamed, Charlie
Morgan, Neerav Patel, Jonathan Templeman, Timothy Young, David Durbin,
David Gibbon, Luke Hicks, Andrew James, Serkan Karaagac, Rikul Patel,
Chris Robinson, Andrew Smith, Naveed Tariq, Eric Yiu, Alex Bate, Leo
Bertels, Matthew Charman, Robin Clarke, Randeep Dhariwal, Mark
Etherington, Matthew Kiernan, Hyung Joon Kim, Ankit Kumar, Sizwe
Sibeko and Max Thompson.
The AS results showed a significant improvement on last year’s very good
results with the whole improvement being at A grade. This means that the U6
have given themselves a very good foundation for success in the A2
examinations next summer.
Grade Number Percentage
A 204 54.4
B 120 32.0
C 43 11.5
D 7 1.9
E 1 0.27
Total 375
Percentage A&B 83.3
UCAS pts per student 388
UCAS pts per entry 108.3
Average number of
passes
3.86
Congratulations to Sam
Ridout 8G and Michael O’Halloran L6 on gaining awards from the Historical Association. (see below)
GCSE results The GCSE results were also very impressive with many outstanding
individual achievements.
Grade Number Percentage
A* 430 34.35
A 442 35.30
B 293 23.40
C 72 5.75
D 14 1.11
E 1 0
Percentage A&B 69.65
Number of students 121
81% of the year group achieved 5 or more A*/A grades.
Particular congratulations go to Michael O’Halloran and Josh Wood both of
whom achieved a spectacular 12 A* grades (including one short course
apiece): Adam Lawrence, Sumair Zamir both achieved 11 full course A*
grades while Lance Alleyne, Gavin Kader and Praveen Paranagamage
obtained 10A* grades plus an A* in a short course.
Angling Jake Marshall 10S impressed the England selectors to gain a place in the
England Under 16 team. Jake clinched his place in the six man squad with an
impressive performance. Jake will now travel to Lisbon , Portugal in
September for the World Angling Games.
Young Historian
Awards
Congratulations to Michael O’Halloran L69 and Sam Ridout 8G who have
been given awards by the Historical Association. Michael was awarded one
of the two Historical Association GCSE Local History Awards. The judging
panel thought it was an excellent piece of research, as indeed did the
Archivist at the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society. Because
Michael’s work was focused on the Second World War he will also receive a
certificate from the Spirit of Normandy Trust. Sam has been awarded a Key
Stage 3 Local History Awards.
Music All instrumental lessons will start next week. Please check the notice board
in the music corridor for your time. Make sure that you remember to bring
your instrument and any music necessary.
Extra curricular
activities
All ensembles will start next week, please check the music notice board for
details. If you would like to join an ensemble please go along to the
rehearsal and speak to the teacher leading the ensemble.
New Year 7’s and
choir
All year 7 boys have been auditioned for the choir and a significant number
have been asked to join. Please could you ensure that the permission slip is
returned ASAP. Any boy who was not successful but would still like to join
should see Miss Potter.
Choir The choir will be singing at Founders Day (September 27th
) and in
preparation there are a number of very important rehearsals. A rehearsal
schedule will be going home today for all those boys involved which include
ALL GCSE and A level Music students. Full attendance at all rehearsals is
required, if there is a problem please see Miss Potter. There is also a
permission slip to be completed by parents and returned to school by Friday
15th
September for the Founders Day rehearsal on September 26th
at Croydon
Parish Church.
Issue 12 15th September 2006
European
Languages Day
This year, and more than ever, we really need your support to
highlight the importance of language learning and to increase
awareness of the career opportunities offered by even basic
language skills:
The MFL Department is organising various activities during the
day:
• Am and pm registration taken in a different language
(resources provided by the MFL gang!)
• Mini lessons (5/10 minutes) in different languages
(Punjabi, Dutch, Afrikaans and Polish)
• A quiz on languages
• An assembly devoted to the subject
• Continental food in the canteen
We look forward to seeing you there!
Football results Wilsons vs Richmond College
1st X1 1-1
2nd
X1 1-6
3rd
X1 11-1 (A Keen 11B scored 3 and M Stream 11S scored 3)
European Language Day
Friday 22nd September is European Day of Languages 2006 and a very
important date in the Modern Foreign Languages Department calendar. There will be a number
of events, masterminded by Ms Morin, at school to mark the day.
See below….
Wilson’s School
Badminton Club
The season will soon be upon us and all the players are training
hard. The school has now been designated an Academy school
by Badminton, England, and the top 6 boys from years 8,9,10,11
and 12 all receive extra specialist coaching. This means
attending one morning session 7.30 –8.15 am and one lunch time
session each week, plus the club session and matches. The
school also has employed 2 extra coaches on Mondays and
Fridays after school. The school club runs on Monday 3.30 until
6pm for years 7 & 8 and on Fridays for Years 9 and above, The
school is now the home for Chadacre Badminton club, one of the
top clubs in the county at senior level. The club provides the
opportunity for the older boys to experience high quality play
and Surrey County League matches. If there are any parents out
there who are good players, the club welcomes new members on
a Thursday evening 7.15 – 9.45pm on 4 courts. If you want to
play in the school club, particularly Year 7 pupils, please see Mr
Molyneux.
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Glenthorne all teams at home. There will be
refreshments available in the new Sixth Form Café. We will be
selling a variety of hot and cold food on a trial basis. Cashless
catering cards or cash will be accepted.
CCF The Combined Cadet Force had its first parade of the year last
Tuesday. It was encouraging to see seventy Year 9 recruits on
parade. It is not too late for boys to join they should come to the
playground at 15.30 on Tuesday 19th
September and expect to be
dismissed at around 17.30.
School Play There are still plenty of parts available for boys to perform in the
school play. Any in Year 10 and above who would like to
participate should see Mr Shaw urgently. The ability to sing is
most welcome but there are some non-singing parts available as
well. The script can be perused by going to the school network
shared resources area and looking in the folder Drama/Poppy.
Congratulations to Hikaru
Harazawa 11H who was amongst the 10 highest scoring candidates
nationally in the summer 2006 Japanese GCSE examination.
Hikaru studied independently for the examination.
Issue 13 22nd September 2006
Founder’s Day Parents should have received a letter regarding arrangements for
Founder’s Day and Open Evening on Wednesday 27th
September. If you have not received it, please consult the web-
site where a copy is published.
Angling for
England
Jake Marshall was in Portugal last week as part of the England
Fishing Team. They obtained a bronze medal. Jake will appear
on BBC Newsround on Saturday.
Second hand
uniform
Uniform outgrown or lost?
Second hand blazers/jumpers sportswear trousers/shirts
footwear. Very small to extra large sizes in most items.
Prices: 50p - £5 max.
3.30pm EVERY WEDNESDAY this term
Year 7 Year 7 students will be off timetable for the morning of Monday
2nd
October so they can sit a CATS test. This internal test will
assess their abilities in verbal and numerical reasoning and is
used for the purpose of monitoring and tracking your son’s
progress during his time at Wilson’s. The results of this test will
not be published and there is no need for your son to do any
preparation! The only equipment required will be an HB pencil
and rubber. Normal timetable will resume at Period 4.
SPECIALIST COLLEGE IN THE
ARTS
Recently designated as a “high performing specialist school” in Mathematics and Computing, Wilson’s has now been invited to develop plans to take on an additional rôle as Specialist College in the Arts. The new specialism, which will become effective in the New Year, will bring in substantial new resources to support English, Media and the Arts in the school. We will also be developing a community programme with a strong Media focus.
Target 2.0
Competition
After an internal competition amongst Upper Sixth economists,
Joe Ruiz, Lawrie Harper-Simmonds, Howard Hume, Saad Sattar
and Alex Lu have been selected to represent the school in this
year’s Bank of England Target 2.0 Competition. They will be
spending the next two months investigating the role of inflation
and interest rate policy before the Area Finals in November.
Weekend fixtures Wilson’s vs Hampton
Year 10 (A) Home
Year 9 (A) Away
Year 8 (A) Home
Year 7 (A) Away
Wilson’s vs Royal Russell
2nd
X1 Away
Year 10 (B) Away
Year 9 (B) Home
Year 8 (B) Away
Year 7 (B) Home
Football Results All matches v Glenthorne, Saturday 16th
2nd
XI: won 8-0
U15 A: lost 3-1
U14A: won 9-0
U13A: won 5-1
U12 A: lost 5-2
PSHE Lessons YEAR 7
Working on forming friendships and identifying their strengths
and weaknesses in preparation for the year ahead.
YEAR 8
Have been learning about Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple
Intelligences. In their PSHE lesson they tested themselves
online, profiling their intelligences.
YEAR 9
Children’s Rights and the UN Children’s charter.
YEAR 10
Focusing on financial responsibility considering different forms
of investment including the pros and cons of share dealing.
Students will be investing their own fantasy £1000.00 in the
stock market from next week.
YEAR 11
Have been visited by Mrs Carol Ellis the Connexions adviser
who has spoken to them about Sixth Form options and who will
be offering careers interviews later this term. In the next week
they will be exploring issues relating to alcohol and preparing a
CV.
Chess Club The chess club is held every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
lunchtime in F12. All students can come along and play games
at this time.
The school’s chess team had a good result in the pre-season
Russell Jamboree event held at RGS Guildford. Overall we
came 5th
out of the 12 teams entered, beating Trinity, Wallington
Boys and Whitgift.
Issue 14 29th September 2006
Many thanks to all who helped with the Open Evenings this week: the parents who helped prepare the prospectuses; the Year 7 and Sixth Form students who took endless tours to great acclaim from
parents; the many boys who helped teachers with the excellent displays; the teachers and support staff who prepared the displays and answered hundreds and hundreds of questions; the Senior
Prefects who manned the front of house with impressive poise and the CCF who expertly managed the parking.
We had more prospective parents than ever this year, even running out of prospectuses for the first time ever. As always, our best advert was our students who never cease to impress. Well done!
PSHE lessons YEAR 7
They are currently being visited by the School Liaison Officer.
They discussed theft and personal safety.
YEAR 8
No PSHE lesson this week due to Open Evening
YEAR 9
Continuing with Children’s Rights and the UN Children’s
Charter
YEAR 10
Students used a trading simulation in order to experiment with
buying and selling shares, Investing in a minium of three
companies, students can buy and/or sell shares as many times as
they wish between now and 20th October, but must then decalre
their profit. The student with the highest total profit will be
awarded a £20.00 prize in vouchers and the title of investor of
the year.
YEAR 11
Students explored issues around alcohol and prepared their CV’s
they will be continuing with these themes throughout the term.
Free ICT Lessons Would you like to develop your ICT skills? This is an invitation
to investigate the level of interest in offering a programme of
free ICT courses for parents of Wilson’s boys in Years 7,8 and
9. The meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th
October at
2.30pm in F4 in the new Foundation Building. We have already
run successful courses for parents of boys in other years so
please come along and register any interest you have. We are
planning to offer a course at beginner or intermediate level
depending on the demand. Subsequent courses will depend on
the nature of the interest shown in the meeting. Even if this
course does not meet your requirements please attend and let us
know what would be helpful.
ICT Skills for Beginners
A four-week course consisting of four 1 hour sessions in basic
ICT. This course is designed for people with little or no
experience of using a computer. It’s perfect for beginners of all
ages and provides an excellent starting point for building your
ICT skills. This programme is ideal for those who would like to
come into school to attend a beginner’s session in ICT. Each
Charity Many thanks and congratulations to 6th formers Raouf Ahmed,
Sandeep Gusai, Imran Sameja, Nasik Ahmed, Hiren Patel for
their charity work on behalf the the Croydon Association for the
Young Single Homeless. They organised a charity party and
made a substantial donation of £330 to CAYSH. Their donation
was supplemented by a school donation of £200 from the
proceeds of last term’s mufti day.
Weekend Fixtures
Wilson’s vs Cheam
Year 10 Away
Year 9 Home
Year 8 (A) Away
Year 8 (B) Away
Year 7 (A) Home
Year 7 (B) Home
Football Results Wilson’s v. Royal Russell
2nd
XI: 1-4
U15B: 3-1: Demola Aofolaju scored a hat trick
U14B: 2-2
U13B: 10-0: Sam Owen scored a hat trick
U12B: 8-1: (playing Royal Russell’s A team)
Wilson’s v. Hampton
U15A: 1-5
U14A: 3-2
U13A: 6-1
U12A: 8-3
Saturday morning
Cafe
The 6th Form café is open on Saturday morning for tea, coffee
and light refreshments from 8.30am – 11.30am. Cash and
cashless catering cards accepted.
Parking outside the
school
A reminder to parents when dropping off or picking your son up
from school: for reasons of safety of pupils and staff, please do
not block the school entrances or come in to the school grounds
to turn round or use the school car park as a dropping off point.
Issue 15 6th October 2006
PSHE Lessons Year 7
Some forms are receiving talks on theft and personal safety
while others have begun presentations on their hobbies and
interests to develop their communication skills and to get to
know other members of their tutor group.
Year 8
Beginning of a 5 week carousel of PSHE lessons focusing on
mobile phone safety, financial awareness, career considerations,
internet safety, child welfare advice and support contacts.
Year 9
Year 9 are electing a group of 10 students (2 from each form)
who will be involved in looking at the environmental impact of
the school and starting our application to become an Eco-School.
Year 10
Continuing with their shares simulators.
Year 11
Continuing with alcohol theme and looking at CV’s
Tesco Vouchers Please remind boys to bring in as many Tesco Sports for School
vouchers as they can and place in the box in reception. Last year
the school received a variety of sports equipment such as cricket
bats, tennis racquets, footballs, softball equipment and batons.
The “Hans Woyda” inter
school maths competition is a tournament between the top 64 schools in the South
East of England and is a regular part of Wilson’s
maths calendar. Competing teams of 4 pupils (from years 9,11,12,13) are given
tough maths questions to solve quickly, for instance
find the sum of the first eight prime numbers or the
positive square root of 4761 or solve xx =3125.
Wilson’s School Hans Woyda Team
2007.
Alex MacMillan, William Hogg, Matthew
Kasoar and Alex Burrell started the
season off on Monday with an
outstanding score: Wilson’s 58- Caterham 18
Sports Results Wilson’s v Cheam High
1st XI won 6-1
U15 A drew 1-1
U14A lost 4-0
U13 A won 6-0
U13 B won 10-0 Hat trick Tom Watson
U12 A lost 5-3
U12 B won 4-2
English Schools X-
Country: First
Round
The first round of the English Schools Cross Country was held at
Wilson’s this year. Many thanks to the sixth form and year 11
pupils who acted as officials and “hared” races.
The Junior team won their race comfortably with Jordan
Maurice taking first place. Superb runs from the rest of the team
ensured that Wilson’s were placed first overall a long way ahead
of the rest. This was a combined Year 7 and 8 team, with four
year 7 runners, making this an outstanding performance. The
Year 9 and 10 boys had a tough act to follow, but George Roffey
and Miles Collin finished in the top ten. After the first lap the
situation did not look promising, with four schools ahead of
Wilson’s; but Jon Mapp and Darren Spain managed to overhaul
enough of the opposition to steal the last qualification place from
Tiffin by one point! Well done.
Both teams now progress to the regional final with hopes of a
place in the National Final.
Junior Team
Jordan Maurice
William Toms
Jacob Paul
Josh Mackley
Tom Johnson
William Johnson
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Sutton Grammar
1st X1 Home
2nd
X1 Away
3rd
X1 Away
Year 10 (A & B) Home
Year 9 (A & B) Away
Year 8 (A & B) Home
Year 7 (A,B,C) Away
Middle School Team
George Roffey
Miles Collin
Jon Mapp
Darren Spain
Anthony Childs
Jack Carter
Issue 16 13th October 2006
Badminton Results Wilson’s U14B vs St Johns U14A
Wilson’s won 8-1
Wilson’s U19B vs St Johns U19 A
Wilson’s won 8-1
Congratulations to George Heinemann and Chris Gyton of Year
8 who have been selected for Surrey
Chess Results Wilson’s vs Sutton GS (29th
September)
1st team won 4.5 to 1.5
Wilson’s vs Trinity (6th
Oct)
1st team won 4.5 –1.5
2nd
team won 5-1
Football Results
Wilson’s vs Sutton GS
Ist XI: won 1-0 U14B: won 3-1
2nd
XI: won 6-1 U13A: won 5-3
3rd
XI: won 3-1 U13B: won 1-0
4th
XI: won 3-2 U12A: won 5-2
U15 A: lost 4-2 U12B: won 5-2
U14 A: lost 4-1 U12B: won 1-0
U12C: won 3-3
The National Cipher Challenge
On Thursday 5th October decoding became a new
craze amongst students and teachers alike as the
National Cipher Challenge held by the University of
Southampton began. For those who can keep up
with the pace, the competition will consist of eight
challenges, one per week. If a team or individual
does not manage to complete the challenge for the
week they will be eliminated. Although merely
completing all challenges is a feat on its own, the
eyes are on the prizes, which include £1000 and an
IBM laptop for the team or individual who rank
highest after all challenges and £700 for the runner-
up. The race has begun, but who will finish!
Cup Matches Ist XI vs St. Olave’s (National Cup) won 4-1
U15 A vs Maplesdene Noakes
(National Cup)
won 3-2 on
penalties
U13 A vs Coombe School (Surrey
Cup)
won 7-0
Weekend Fixtures Wilson’s vs Carshalton Old Boys
1st XI Away
2nd
XI Away
Yr10 Home
Yr 9 (A&B) Home
Yr8 (A&B) Away
Yr 7 (A & B) Home
PTA The PTA are looking for donations for their Christmas raffle. If
you can help please contact the Chair of the PTA, Cathy Gaskell.
Email cathegaskell.fsnet.co.uk
Cross Country The borough cross country championships will be held here next
Wednesday.
PSE Year 7
Continuing with talks in theft, personal safety, hobbies and
interests.
Year 8
Continuing with mobile phone safety, financial awareness,
careers and internet safety
Year 9
Eco representatives have now been elected and have held their
first meeting.
Year 10
Continuing with their work on buying and selling shares.
Year 11
Continuing with alcohol and writing CV’s
Modern Languages
Information
Evening
On Thursday October 19th
at 7.00 p. m. the Modern Foreign
Languages department invites parents of Year 7 boys to attend a
meeting to learn about the department’s work and the changes to
Modern Languages teaching over the last 20 or so years. Please
let Mr Winstone know if you wish to come if you have not
already done so.
Water Polo Under 16 ESSA Water Polo competition results
Charterhouse 2-Wilson’s 5
Royal Manor 3 Wilson’s 3
Royal Manor 2 – Charterhouse 5
Tom Pearce 10C scored 3 James Prowting 11B scored 2
Issue 17 20th October 2006
Mani has competed against Flanders (England winning 11-9) and against Wales (England winning 18-2). Anand represented England in Poland during
the Summer where England won all its tournaments. Aditya is the most recent addition to the team and expects to play his first international match shortly.
World Challenge
2008 to India
There will be a Parents’ Information Evening for World
Challenge 2008 for years 10,11 and L6 at 7pm on Monday 30th
October.
GCSE Science
Modules
Boys in year 11 will be sitting further science GCSE module
tests on 23 November. Boys in year 10 will be sitting their first
module tests for the new GCSE specifications for the sciences
on 22 November. The boys are strongly urged to do some
revision over half term. There will be some revision sessions at
lunchtime and after school after half term for those boys in year
11 resitting a module test. Old papers and mark schemes can be
accessed for Year 11 boys on aqa.org.uk through publications.
Football Results
Wilson’s vs Old Wilsonians
1st XI won 4-2
2nd
XI won 4-3
Wilson’s vs Carshalton Boys
U15 A drew 2-2 (league game)
U14 A won 5-0 (league game)
U14 B won 1-0
U13 A won 3-1 (league game)
U13 B won 4-2
U12 A won 4-2 ( league game)
U12 B won 3-1
Wilson’s Boys Represent
England Many congratulations to Aditya
Gupta, Manibharti Periasamymanjula and Anand Krishnan who have been
selected to represent England in the Junior Chess Team.
Cup Matches
U12 A won 8-0 vs Ernest Bevin School (National Cup)
U12 A won 7-1 vs Christ’s School (Surrey Cup)
Surrey County
selection
Many congratulations to Nick White for making the U14 Surrey
football team.
Chess Results Wilson’s vs Guildford (13th
October)
1st team won 5.5 to 0.5
2nd
team won 4.5 to 1.5
Congratulations to Aditya Gupta, who was a member of the
Surrey under 18 chess team which comprehensively won the
Southern Counties tournament held at Wilson’s on Saturday 14th
October.
Year 7 Tutorial
Evening
On Thursday 2nd
November there will be a Year 7 Tutorial
Evening. This is an opportunity for parents to discuss with Form
Tutors how their son is settling into the school. We recommend
that your son also attends this evening as it will be an ideal
opportunity to receive feedback from the school about his work
and progress thus far. Your son should have already arranged an
appointment time with his tutor. The Year 7 tutor team look
forward to meeting you on this evening.
PSE Year 7
Theft, Personal Safety, Hobbies and Interests
Year 8
Mobile phone safety, financial awareness, careers and internet
safety
Year 9
Students are underway with registering Wilson’s as an Eco-
school. More details next term.
Year 10
This Friday marks the end of the share simulation. The
individual and form winners will be announced after half term.
They also took part in an assembly by a representative of World
Challenge to give details of the 2008 trip to India.
Year 11
Alcohol and CV’s
RAF CCF Congratulations to the CCF RAF team that took part in the
Ground Training Competition at RAF Uxbridge last Sunday.
The team came a commendable second place overall, missing
out on first by a single marking point. Cadets were involved in
First Aid and RAF knowledge. Well done to all those that took
part.
Year 11 The promised course work timetable is now available on the
school website www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk
Issue 18 3rd
November 2006
Surrey Badminton
Championships.
A large cohort of Wilson’s pupils who have joined our
Badminton Academy programme this year took part in the
Surrey Championships that took place over the half term
holiday. Our boys met with great success. In the B team, Yash
Shukla and Anand Krishnan won their competition, and in the A
team, Chris Gyton and Harley Riman (both also of Wilson’s)
were beaten in the final by Charlie Filmer-Court and George
Heineman, who are now the new U13 Doubles Champions.
Many congratulations to the boys on an excellent achievement.
Congratulations also to Simon Chaing and Chris Singarajah who
won the U17 Surrey B tournament.
Development
Youth Programme
Well done and congratulations to Luke Hicks, who took his A
levels this Summer, has achieved a national runner up prize in
the Development Youth programme. His essay, which he
submitted last year, has won him a trip to Brussels on the 12 –
14th
November.
Eco Schools Year 9 has registered Wilson’s as an Eco-school. This scheme
helps schools to look at ways in which they can become more
environmentally aware and change practices in the school to
reduce its negative impact on the environment. Year 9 has set
up a team of 10 students who will be looking at the following
areas within the school: Litter/Rubbish, Energy, Waste, Water,
School grounds, Biodiversity, Transport, Healthy living and
Global Perspective. The elected students are Guy Morgan,
Annoj Inpanathan, Thomas Tarn, Tom Sutherland, Arjoon
Niranjan, Alex McMillan, Rowan Brearley, John McGlaghan
Lindsay, James Ireland and Mayghan Vijapura
We will keep you posted on what we are doing and hopefully
will be able to tell you soon that we are on our way to achieving
the prestigious Green Flag award, which is internationally
SURREY COUNTY U13 BADMINTON CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Charlie Filmer-Court and George
Heinemann (Year 8) who won the Championship during half-term
recognised. For more information about the scheme contact Mr
Philips or see the eco-schools website. http://www.eco-
schools.org.uk/index.htm
Parents’ Handbook The parents handbook has now been published in a very
attractive format on the school web-site. Navigate to
www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk and look for the Parents
section listed on the left hand menu – or follow the link in the
“What’s new” section on the home page.
Weekend fixtures Wilson’s vs Glyn
1st XI Home
2nd
XI Away
Year 10 (A & B) Home
Year 9 (A & B) Away
Year 8 (A & B) Home
Year 7 (A & B) Away
PSHE lessons Boys in Years 7 to 10 have this week had safety talks by a
representative from the British Transport Police during assembly
time.
New Rewards
System
We’ve been looking at ways to improve the ways in which we
acknowledge, celebrate and reward the good contributions that
students make to the school. The school is launching an exciting
new rewards system to operate in the Lower and Middle Schools
which will ‘go live’ from next week. Details of the scheme can
be found in the parents’ handbook on the website:
www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk
CCF Camp During half-term one hundred and three cadets from Wilson’s
attended camp on St Martins Plain. All our Training Company
recruits (Year 9) passed off as qualified cadets, entitled to wear
the cap badge of The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment or the
Royal Air Force, with Tim Hoe winning best recruit Army
Section and Jack DiLizia winning best recruit RAF Section.
In Senior Company (Year 10) all boys passed their Self Reliance
Test and Jake Marshall was awarded best on course.
The NCOs (L6 and U6) have been working with the junior
cadets since September and special mention should go to Cpl
Robert Smith for his work with Drill and Turnout and to Cpl
Robert Law for his instruction of the self-reliance cadre. Many
thanks also to Sgt Diluka Karunaratne for stepping in as
Senior NCO whilst colleagues were on the school trip to Russia.
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