Senior School Spring Review 2017
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EWELL CASTLE SENIOR SCHOOL Spring Term Review 2017 INTRODUCTION Malone at the Epsom Playhouse - a Ms Bradshaw and I hosted a very real team success with the whole successful presentation on the school coming together. There Growth Mindset to Prep School have also been very entertaining parents on Tuesday 21st March Prep School Words and Music 2017. The Growth Mindset is a performances; I even made a cameo belief that an individual’s qualities are appearance in one! “growable” and not fixed. Parents were given background information The Senior School Music Department on the concept, examples of has now taken up residence in the strategies to use with their children new Music Pavilion. This superb and stories were shared from several purpose built facility will enhance members of staff who have been our already excellent music provision trying it out this term. This is part of and pupils have been excited to start our Strategic Development Plan and using the new equipment. We will we will be rolling it out to others over certainly provide opportunities over the coming months. the coming weeks for everyone to visit it. We now look forward to some As always, there have been many By the time you read this letter I will further developments on all three other events, fixtures, activities and be several thousand miles away sites. trips that are all highlighted in the in Nepal with 25 others from the Spring Term Review. Ewell Castle School community. Enterprise Week again proved This is our inaugural trip to Nepal to be a great success with Sixth I would like to draw your attention and we are all very excited about Form students setting up ‘pop to some changes to staff provision. the adventure ahead of us. We will up’ businesses to raise money for Miss Eames will be leaving Ewell be doing a 5 day trek to Poon Hill charity. We have also enhanced the Castle School at the end of this term in the Annapurna mountain range, careers provision within the school to pursue professional opportunities an elephant safari in Royal Chitwan through a Careers ‘speed dating’ elsewhere. Mrs Fullbrook will be National Park and a half day white event where Sixth Form students a new Prep School teacher from water rafting but the key focus of interviewed various local businesses September and Mrs Evison has the trip is to teach English to primary as part of Careers Week. STEM already joined us as the Lunchtime aged pupils in some local schools in (Science, Technology, Engineering Supervisor at Chessington Lodge. the Kathmandu Valley. We have so and Maths) Week this year was for Mrs Hewitt has taken on the full far raised over £5,000 (our school the whole school and involved a role of Prep School SENCo formally charity this year) which we will take range of hands-on activities and shared with Mrs Douglas. with us to use on specific projects tasks. Ms Walford is now the Head of in these schools. We will be trying to Over 70 parents, staff and friends Essex House and Mr White will be connect the wider school community enjoyed the PSFA Quiz on the 4th joining us after Easter as a new by taking letters and drawings from March and the Committee is now member of the PE Department and our Prep School pupils to share with busy organising the PSFA Ball at Head of Football. Mr Iddenden has those we will be teaching and then, Epsom Race Course on 1st July been appointed as our Deputy Site hopefully, bringing replies back with 2017. Tickets are on sale through Manager. us. I am sure that you will hear many Parent Pay and I look forward to stories on our return. seeing many of you there. The Miss Maskell has been appointed as a part time geographer to pick up Mr Again, this has been a very busy significant contribution played by Bromley’s teaching from September term with much to celebrate. A key the PSFA in supporting the life of the 2017. Mrs Wilson has resigned from highlight has been the outstanding School cannot be underestimated the teaching of Maths although may performing arts including Bugsy and is very much appreciated. www.ewellcastle.co.uk @EwellCastleUK continue to be involved in school for their dedicated work with our I am very pleased to inform you that life in another capacity and Miss young people and wish them all well we are introducing the new Schools Garde has been appointed as our in their future careers whether within On-line Calendar System (SOCS), new Maths teacher for the new Ewell Castle School or beyond. which will be live from the 1st April academic year. We say farewell 2017. You will be able to access to Mr March this summer who is Please can I draw your attention to a this via the School website in the moving for promotion to Head of few highlights for the term ahead that normal way but should find that this Spanish at Epsom College and we you may wish to put in your diary.... is a much more user-friendly system welcome our new Modern Foreign • Week beginning Monday 22nd which will enable you to filter events Languages teacher Mrs Arganaraz. May in a variety of ways. Ms Reid is leaving in July to pursue Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 internal exam other interests and will be replaced week I would like to take this opportunity by Mr Hall, our new chemist. Mrs • Thursday 15th June to remind all senior pupils to use the Ikwuemesi, our Chaplain, will be Senior School Sports Day Easter holiday wisely with plenty of revision and practice exam papers to taking over from Mrs Hillman as • Friday 16th June ensure that they are fully prepared for Head of RS and Philosophy from Pre-Prep School Sports Day – the public exams next term. Study September. Mrs Hillman will Nursery & Reception leave for Year 11 will commence on continue as part time Teacher of RS • Wednesday 21st June and Philosophy. Monday 15th May and for Year 13 on Prep School Sports Day – KS1 & 2 Monday 22nd May 2017. Year 12 We wish both Ms Carrick and Mrs • Monday 26th June will have a week either side of half Sarmiento well as their babies Sports Awards Evening term from Monday 22nd May and are due later in the summer term • Wednesday 28th June are back in lessons on Monday 12th and we are currently finalising Prep School Prize Giving June 2017. maternity cover for the Head of Art • Wednesday 28th June As we look forward to the better and Photography. We welcome Ewell Castle Summer Festival Ms Tekeste as maternity cover for weather and longer days of the • Friday 30th June Summer Term may I wish you all a Teacher of Design Technology in Senior Prize Giving May. Mrs Double has now been very enjoyable and restful Easter • Saturday 1st July with us since half term as our Art break. PSFA Summer Ball at Epsom Technician. Race Course Mr P Harris, Principal I would like to take this opportunity • Friday 7th July to thank all these members of staff Terms ends SETTING OFF FOR NEPAL 2 YRS 12/13 BIOLOGY TRIP TO JUNIPER HALL YR 12 DRAMA TRIP TO HEDDA GABLER In January the Biology department students collected some excellent took their AS and A2 students to data to analyse back in the Juniper Hall to complete various laboratory. field studies in Box Hill. The Mr S Manley scenery was superb and the On Wednesday 25th January, the Year 12 Drama students went YR 10 DT TRIP TO DESIGN MUSEUM to see a live performance of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. On Thursday 2nd February the Year This was an excellent opportunity For this production, the modern 10 GCSE Product Design students for the students to see famous playwright Patrick Marber visited the new Design Museum in design products being showcased scripted an updated version. Kensington. The visit included a self- at the museum as well as being guided tour of the “Designer Maker able to interact with how design has Whilst it was an interesting User” gallery as well as taking part in evolved over the years. There was modernistic interpretation, in my a guided workshop about designer also the opportunity to ask design opinion, being reset in modern chairs led by an Industrial Designer related questions to an experienced day in a very sparse white living from the Museum. During this designer who inspired them for their room, it lost the claustrophobic workshop, students had the chance projects and resolved queries about feeling of the original, in which to investigate design problems as design as a career. the protagonist Hedda Gabler well as modelling a paper version of is a young lady with progressive Ms D Sarmiento the Vange’s “Desile” folding chair. ideas, suffocating under the constraints of a male dominated society. However, as a master class in acting, there was a great performance given by Rafe Spall as Judge Brack. His masterly manipulation of Hedda featured subtle acting skills of voice, movement and swagger. He owned the stage space with a masterful presence and highlighted to our pupils the skills of refinement and subtlety required in acting. Mr L Bader-Clynes 3 INTERMEDIATE 2017 SIXTH FORM ENTERPRISE MATHS CHALLENGE In the week before February management. Keith’s Hot Dogs half-term, the annual Sixth Form won, with all proceeds going to a Year 11 Award Enterprise Week took place. Plying number of charities.