WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 187 May 6, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY SPELLING BEE SUCCESS Monday 9 May - Business Studies IGCSE Exam 2pm Wednesday 11 May - Composers’ Evening 7pm Thursday 12 May - Wilson’s Got Talent 1.30pm The Year 7 Spelling Bee Team scored a decisive victory in the Friday 13 May - Y11/Y12 Study Leave begins local heat of the Times Spelling Bee competition. The team, Wednesday 25 May - Junior Musicians’ Evening 7pm consisting of Alec Walker, Robert Lander, Vishal Shah (all 7B) and Luke Shortland (7G) totalled an impressive score of 74 REMINDER - PUBLIC EXAMS BEGIN THIS MONTH points. The teams who came in joint second place scored 46 Please could all students who will be taking part in public points, which makes the score achieved by team “To Bee or exams during the next month or so please note the follow- Not To Bee” all the more impressive. We were told by an or- ing rules apply: ganiser that 74 points was the joint highest score achieved so far in a local heat, so we have high hopes for the semi- You MUST wear full school uniform when sitting an exam final, the date and location of which are yet to be confirmed. You MUST NOT wear trainers Special mention must be made of Alec Walker, who won the You MUST be at the venue 10 minutes before the start of Collins Medal – Alec was the last man standing in the first your exam. round of the Bee, and correctly spelled “reservoir” in order to No mobile phones or electronic equipment is allowed in claim the medal. Vishal Shah was just pipped to the post for the hall with you when you sit an exam. this prize by the tricky word “guillotine”!
CLASSICS COMPETITIONS AND LECTURES There are a number of national competitions open to boys at all levels within the school. We had a number of boys commended for their entries in last year’s Jowett Sendelar Essay competition and are hoping to see an even better array of entries this year from Year 9 and below! Full details are given on the Classics Club page of the school website (Departments - Classics - Classics Club) along with informa- tion on forthcoming lectures that are open to all.
FUNDRAISING QUIZ NIGHT FOR TANZANIA EXPEDITION The Quiz Night will take place on Friday 20 May at 7.15pm and the tickets will cost £10. A Fish and Chips meal will be provided (vegetarian option available if notified in advance) which is included in the ticket price. Please bring your own drinks (alocholic or non-alcoholic). You will need a team of between 5-7 people and we will organise teams on the night for those people who are not in a team already (please make your preference clear when you book). You can either e-mail [email protected] to book a ticket and pay on the night or tickets are on sale in the foyer on Friday lunchtimes. DR COOPER CHESS CHALLENGE 2011 FOUNDER’S DAY SERVICE On Friday 13th May 1.05pm in the hall Dr Cooper will be playing chess against up to 30 Wilson’s pupil’s in a ‘Simul- taneous Display’. The fee to take part will be £2, and you The annual Founders’ Day service provides a unique chal- can sign up at chess club, or turn up on the day if spaces lenge for the school’s musicians, who are tasked with per- are left. forming challenging music in front of the entire school – in an unfamiliar acoustic! The Choir’s first offering (with the WILSON’S GOT TALENT - THURSDAY 1.10PM Chamber Orchestra) of Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring set This will take place at 1.10pm in the Main Hall. Entrance is a suitably solemn scene before the Brass Ensemble joined £1 and this really should not be missed! in John Rutter’s Gloria, an extremely rousing and effective piece that truly added to the atmosphere of celebration. COMPOSERS’ EVENING, 11 MAY AT 7PM IN THE HALL Wilson’s has the benefit of some extremely talented brass This is an exciting chance to hear some of this year’s GCSE players, but it is thanks to Mr Roger Willey (our experienced and A Level compositions performed live; we even have vis- brass teacher) that their performance of this extremely iting string, wind and brass quartets to make this possible! difficult music was such a success. There are very, very few There will also be an opportunity to hear Jack Chandler’s schools that could stage a performance of this piece with- Alto Madness, one of very few A2 compositions indeed out the additional support of professional players, and this to achieve full marks nationally last year! Tickets will be is thanks in part to Mr Willey’s ambition and determination! available on the door at £5 per adult; Wilson’s students and Thanks too to the Choir of 80 students and staff, who per- other children are welcome to attend free of charge. formed this challenging music with aplomb. Issue 187 May 6, 2011
HOUSE MUSIC SPRING CHORAL AND ORCHES- TRAL CONCERT As well as making a huge impact on the House rank- ings (with Greencoat leapfrogging two places!), House Once again, we were joined by over 40 girls from Wal- Music was a fantastic opportunity to hear some of lington High School for Girls to form a full sized sym- the school’s finest musicians at work. After a week of phony orchestra for the Spring Choral and Orchestral ‘heats’, the very well-attended ‘Grand Final’, held on Concert. With Walton’s Crown Imperial (a foretaste of the Wednesday, 30 March was of a very high quality with magnificent Royal Wedding) and a James Bond Medley, the winning instrumentalist in each instrumental class the resources were truly exploited to the full! Further in attendance. Our adjudicator, violinist James Widden, highlights included Wind Band’s Eighties Flashback and was clearly impressed by all entrants in the Junior and Eine Kleine Yiddish Ragmusick (by Adam Gorb), Junior Senior classes, and awarded victories to Harry Perkin Orchestra’s March from Scipio, and the very atmospheric (violin, see picture below) for his extraordinarily vig- opening numbers from Ms Dennis’ two Wind Quintets! orous performance of Edmund Severn’s Polish Dance Thanks too to Miss Clare Taylor for her work with Junior and Sam Gee (alto saxophone) for a typically refined Strings, whose performances for The Entertainer and The rendition of Pedro Iturralde’s Pequeña Czarda; a fitting Can-Can were confident and well-prepared! We also had accolade for one of the school’s most loyal and ac- the benefit of around 40 girls who joined with the Senior complished musicians. The ensemble class was won by Choir in reprising Rutter’s Gloria and Bach’s Jesu Joy of Greencoat with George Gershwin’s Summertime. Man’s Desiring from the Founders’ Day service; many thanks to Mr Andrew Lamb for his accompaniment. Much of the programme was repeated on the subsequent evening at Wallington High School for Girls, where it was similarly warmly received! Many thanks to all who partici- pated, and to all those in the audience who packed out the Hall!
HARRY PERKIN WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 188 May 13, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY RAF Section triumph at National Monday 16 May - Public Exams begin Competition Wednesday 25 May - Junior Musicians’ Evening 7pm Friday 27 May - Y13 Exam leave begins Friday 10 June - Art Exhibition Congratulations go to the RAF Section who were placed Tuesday 14 June - Late start - 9.40 a.m. in the top three sections nationally after competing in the Monday 20 - Friday 24 June - Exams Week Air Squadron Trophy National Finals on Sunday. Having Monday 27 June - Cambridge Footlights reached this level for the first time, after qualifying with 1st Tuesday 28 June - Open Evening 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. place in the regional round in February, the team competed Friday 29 June - Book Return Day (Y11 and U6) against 12 of the best sections from across the country. The Monday 18 - Friday 22 July - Activities Week cadets performed consistently well in all 7 disciplines (RAF Knowledge, Aircraft Recognition, Shooting, First Aid, Fitness, REMINDER - PUBLIC EXAMS BEGIN THIS MONTH Command Task and Drill) and gained excellent positions Please could all students who will be taking part in public across the board. Particular successes came in RAF Knowl- exams during the next month or so please note the follow- edge, in which 1st place was achieved, and Drill where the ing rules apply: team came 2nd, just narrowly missing out on 1st. Overall the team was awarded 3rd place, losing out on 1st by just 3 You MUST wear full school uniform when sitting an exam points, a brilliant result. The team has now been invited to You MUST NOT wear trainers attend the prestigious Air Squadron Day in July as a reward You MUST be at the venue 10 minutes before the start of for all their hard work. Well done to the whole team for your exam. their hours of commitment and practice, and thank you to No mobile phones or electronic equipment are allowed in the CCF Staff, in particular Plt Off Beggs, Sqn Ldr Gardner the hall with you when you sit an exam. and C/Sgt Beggs, for their time, help and support. The team consisted of: FS Arscott, FS Morgan, Sgt Menon, GOOD LUCK TO ALL Y11 AND U6 STUDENTS WHO ARE Sgt Patel, Cpl Hogg, Cpl Leggett, Cpl Lowe, J/Cpl Thread- GOING ON STUDY LEAVE AND SITTING THEIR EXAMS IN gold, J/Cpl Sofocleous, J/Cpl Stanley, J/Cpl Anandakumar, THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. Cdt Turner and Cdt Senthilvel.
STUDENT FINANCE - INFORMATION FOR PARENTS It is recommended that the parents of all U6 students go- ing to university in September take a look at the following link with information on student finances. It will be avail- able until 30 June http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/ moneybox/9469631.stm If you click on the Podcast icon on the right of the page and then on the Download on the Student Finance episode of 4 May, you will be able to listen to the half hour discus- sion programme
REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS PLEASE BE QUIET AROUND THE SCHOOL WHILE PUBLIC EXAMS ARE TAKING PLACE From next Monday please can all students show consider- Concert Visit to Royal Festival Hall ation to those sitting exams by ensuring that they move quietly around the school while exams are taking place. The Music Department’s programme of concert visits for BOOKS FOR GHANA GCSE and A level musicians got back into full swing with Cathy Quist is a resident of Wallington and a native of a trip to the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday, 4 May. Ghana. Cathy wants to collect books to open a library in Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orches- Ghana to be located in Accra. There is none in the area tra presented an evening of iconic Romantic masterpiec- and if the parents cannot afford to buy the children books es including Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 and Richard then access to books is minimal. Cathy wishes to collect Strauss’ 4 Letzte Lieder. some books and make them accessible to these children via a library. There will be a box in the school foyer week Surrey Chess Champions beginning 16 May for any donation of both Fiction and non fiction. Over 20 Wilson’s pupils recently played at the UK Chess Challenge Surrey ‘Megafinal’. Four Wilson’s players won SUMMER FAIR - 7S their age group county championships: Anand Krishnan This week 7S hosted a Summer Fair in the school hall to (L6) - Under 17; Philip Knott (9B) - Under 14, Vyas Raina help to raise money for a number of children’s charities (8S) - Under 13 and Lewis Lou (7B) - Under 12. These, which they were interested in supporting. The fair included along with five others, thereby qualify for the Southern a tombola, a coconut shy, bagatelle and many other stalls. Gigafinal to be played in July. Everyone who took part had great fun doing so and 7S raised £71.72. Congratulations to them for a job well done! Issue 188 May 13, 2011
Taunton Half Marathon Year 7 Jaguar Cars House Competi- On Sunday 3 April Mr Riley successfully ran the Taunton tion Half Marathon in a time of 3 hours 57 minutes and 10 sec- The Jaguar Cars competition was very competitive this onds. On a warm day and a gruelling hilly course it was a year with students from all houses competing to win the huge effort by all involved, and a culmination of months Individual Drivers Championship and to be House Cham- of hard work and training runs on cold winter nights. pions. The races took place on the Jaguar Cars Maths in Mr Riley was part of a team of three marathon runners Motion computer programme, whereby students would and almost forty half marathon runners who were run- attempt to set their cars up to the optimal settings for ning in support of Stuart Wright, a family member who each particular race track. The race tracks being based suffered a spinal injury when mountain biking last year upon actual F1 courses ranging from Silverstone to and is now paralysed from the chest down. Stuart desper- Shanghai. There were 8 races in total – each race provid- ately needs funds to pay for adjustments to his home and ing much excitement and drama! transport so that he can live independently. There is also The top 3 podium finishers: 1st Arthur Ingamells (7B), hope that funds can help pay for a surfing holiday in the 2nd Isaac Hance (7B) and 3rd William Bowdery (7G) and future (yes, this is possible!). Mr Riley would like to thank the winning house was Brecon. Congratulations! everyone, staff, students and parents, who have spon- sored him for the marathon, and the total figure raised by all the runners is now approaching £10,000. This will make a huge difference to Stuart’s quality of life. If you have offered sponsorship and have yet to donate then it would be wonderful if you could do this soon. Also, if you would be interested in making a donation then please get in contact with Mr Riley at [email protected]. sch.uk. Thank you again for all your support.
Composers’ Evening Congratulations to all the participants in Wednesday’s innovative Composers’ Evening, featuring electric and acoustic performances of student compositions with visiting string quartet, wind quartet, and brass quartet! London College of Music Examinations Junior Musicians’ Evening - Congratulations go to the following boys who have just been awarded certificates for passing the following Wednesday 25 May All students and parents are warmly invited to an evening of examinations: solo performances on Wednesday 25 May as we celebrate the Junaiy Chaplin Drum Kit Grade 2 Distinction first anniversary of the opening of the Bowden Recital Room! Ben Carruthers Drum Kit Grade 2 Distinction Cellan Brade Drum Kit Grade 2 Distinction Kris Page Drum Kit Grade 1 Distinction Will Sanderson Drum Kit Grade 2 Distinction Sutton Imagine Arts Festival and Adi Doshi Drum Kit Grade 1 Merit the African & Caribbean Heritage Arthur Ingamells Drum Kit Grade 1 Merit Association The fifth year of the Sutton Imagine Arts Festival & Caribbean Heritage Association has been selected to Intermediate Maths Olympiad participate by hosting a one day workshop at the Eu- Congratulations to Harry Goodburn (8S) who obtained a ropa Gallery in Sutton Library on Saturday 4 June from distinction and book prize in the Cayley Maths Olympiad, 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. putting him in the top 50 students in the country for In the morning there will be a “Who’s Who” Quiz with year 9 pupils – an outstanding achievement for someone many prizes from £5 - £25. This will be followed by in year 8. Philip Knott (9B) also won a distinction and Music Appreciation e.g. African Jazz, European Classical came in the top 100 year 9s, and Adam Taylor (9S) won Music, Modern Pop and Caribbean Steel Band. a distinction. Keith Barker (11S) gained a distinction in In the afternoon (1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m.) there will be the tough Maclaurin Maths Olympiad and came in the various dance sessions - Ballroom, Break/Street and also top 100 in the country for year 11s. Ten other pupils in Folk. years 8 to 11 gained merits whilst 6 gained merits in the There will be refreshments served throughout the day. European Kangaroo Maths Challenge. Well done to all of them. Issue 188 May 13, 2011
DofE Bronze Training Weekend WILSON’S CRICKET RESULTS 7/8th May 2011 SEASON 2011 SO FAR… During last weekend 80 year 10 boys who are currently participating in their DofE Bronze award visited Ditchling TEAM OPPOSITION SCORES NOTABLE PERFORMANCES Beacon in the South Downs for their qualifying expedition. 1st XI Trinity 177 for 7 Shiv Patel 2 for 29 This involved two days’ worth of walking and one night of Wilson’s 160 all out Sameer Khan 72 camping at a local farm campsite. The aim of the expedi- Wilson’s lost by 17 runs tion was to develop the boys’ skills in navigation, campcraft, 1st XI Wilson’s 196 for 5 Muhammad Raza 108 no cooking and operating in a remote environment. All of these Sutton G 175 all out Shiv Patel 3 for 30 were displayed in abundance during what was a challenging Wilson’s won 21 runs but rewarding weekend. All the participants seemed to en- 1st XI MCC 91 all out Muhammad Raza 4 for 21 joy themselves and commented on how much they felt their Wilson’s 92 for 2 Muhammad Raza 33 no skills had improved throughout the expedition. Everyone Wilson’s won by 8 wickets now has a clear idea of what will be expected of them in the U’15 A Whitgift 178 for 8 Archie Williams 3 for 36 actual assessment on 20/21 July in the North Downs. Wilson’s 175 for 8 Ollie Sitch 53 Wilson’s lost by 3 runs U’15 A Wilson’s 139 for 7 Archie Williams 33 Wimbledon C 79 all out Sam Wright for 3 for 5 Wilson’s won by 60 runs (1st round of the National T20 Cup) U’14 A Whitgift 142 for 9 Wilson’s 143 for 4 Alex Yee 61 Wilson’s won by 6 wickets U’14 A Riddlesdown 109 for 6 Phillip Knott 2 for 15 Wilson’s 110 for 3 Ollie Robertson 55 no Wilson’s won by 7 wickets (1st round of the Surrey Cup) U’14 A Teddington 42 all out Jack Nicholls 5 for 17 Wilson’s 43 for 1 Neil Patel 23 no Wilson’s won by 9 wickets U’14 B Whitgift 130 all out James Gunnell 4 for 21 Wilson’s 130 for 5 Harry Ingamells 45 Jordan Smith 42 Wilson’s tied the game U’13 A Wilson’s 181 for 2 Will Honeyman 105 no Riddlesdown 17 all out Wilson’s won by 164 runs U’13 A Whitgift 98 for 8 Wilson’s 99 for 3 Will Honeyman 28 Wilson’s won by 7 wickets U’13 A Wilson’s 122 for 6 Will Honeyman 47 Teddington 109 for 3 Wilson’s won by 13 runs U’12 A Whitgift 139 for 3 Wilson’s 140 for 4 George Kellingley 61 no Wilson’s won by 6 wickets U’12 A Trinity 136 for 5 Wilson’s 52 all out Eugene Carr 22 no Wilson’s lost by 84 runs (1st round of the Surrey Cup) U’12 B Wilson’s 100 for 6 Whitgift 101 for 6 Julian Ford 2 for 16 Wilson’s lost by 4 wickets
CRICKET FIXTURES
Friday 13 May Wilson’s vs. Langley Park U12A & U12B Home
Saturday 14 May Wilson’s vs. Ewell Castle U13 Home U14 Home U15 Away U12 Away
Wednesday 18 May Wilson’s vs. Ewell Castle 1st XI Home WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 189 May 20, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Physics Olympiad Success 2011 Wednesday 25 May - Junior Musicians’ Evening 7pm Friday 27 May - Y13 Exam leave begins Saturday 28 May - Watersports trip departs Lower 6th physicists recently undertook a gruelling test of Monday 30 May - Friday 3 June - Half Term their mental stamina in the 2011 British Physics Olympiad Friday 10 June - Art Exhibition AS Competition. The AS Competition is an exciting oppor- Tuesday 14 June - Late start - 9.40 a.m. tunity for students to stretch their lateral thinking skills and Monday 20 - Friday 24 June - Exams Week apply fundamental physical principles to novel situations. Monday 27 June - Cambridge Footlights The challenge is a single, one-hour paper that provides an Tuesday 28 June - Open Evening 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. excellent tool to assess and challenge the student’s ability Wednesday 29 June - Book Return Day (Y11 and U6) to work at Key Stage 5 and beyond. It consists of 10 minutes Monday 18 - Friday 22 July - Activities Week of thought-provoking multiple choice questions followed by a short answers section that tests subject knowledge and REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS: PLEASE BE QUIET application. The physics department is delighted with the AROUND THE SCHOOL WHILE PUBLIC EXAMS ARE performance of every competitor, but special congratula- TAKING PLACE tions are extended to our medal winners:
BOOKS FOR GHANA Cathy Quist is a resident of Wallington and a native of Ghana. She wants to collect books to open a library in Ghana to be located in Accra. There is none in the area and if the parents cannot afford to buy the children books then access to books is minimal. She wishes to collect some books and make them accessible to these children via a library. There will be a box in the school foyer week beginning 16 May for any donation of both fiction and non fiction.
CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS Cambridge Footlights are to perform for one night only at WILSON’S SCHOOL on Monday 27 June at 7.30pm. This is a rare opportunity to see ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (The Independent) perform locally, so don’t miss your chance to grab a ‘must-have ticket’ (The Times)! The Footlights cast will also lead an exclusive drama workshop in the afternoon for mem- bers of the DRAMA Gold - Beojan Stanislaus (shown above); CLUB! Performing to Silver - Daniel Hunt; Ali Al-Hadithi; Luke Vinter almost twenty thou- Bronze - Calum Perera; Aditya Gupta; George sand people across Heinemann; Max Northfield two continents, the Cambridge Footlights (including Old Wilso- nian Adam Lawrence) will travel around the UK, head up to the Ed- International Chemistry Olympiad – inburgh Fringe Festival UK Round 1 and then take on both coasts of America, stopping off in New Earlier this year six chemists from Y13 took part in the first York, Chicago and round of the Chemistry Olympiad, organised by the Royal Los Angeles amongst Society of Chemistry. Congratulations should go to them other major cities. Come and see the latest incarnation of all for their participation in tackling some very challenging the company that has launched – and continues to launch questions far beyond the level of the A2 syllabus. A special – many of the greatest names in comedy, including Hugh mention should go to Paul Teare and Oliver Zhu who both Laurie, Stephen Fry, John Cleese, Mitchell & Webb and gained a Silver award and to Thomas Sibbald who achieved Sasha Baron Cohen. www.facebook.com/footlightstour a Bronze award. James Vereycken, Yaseen Hassan Serry and twitter.com/footlightstour Fanuel Getachew also competed, narrowly missing out on Tickets are £5 and will sell out quickly. Please use the ticket official awards. order form on the school web site, or contact the Finance Office with your order and a cheque payable to Wilson’s School. Don’t forget to include your address and/or son’s name. Issue 189 May 20, 2011
THINK YOU’RE A HISTORY GENIUS? - THINK YOU’RE Wilson’s Got Talent 2011 BRITAIN’S YOUNG HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR 2011? Prove it! Enter the History Department’s essay writing competitions.
Can I write my essay on anything? No. There are three top- ics that you can choose from - but they are very broad. You should choose ONE of the following three topics: 1) Any aspect of British involvement in the Second World War. (KS3 & GCSE/A Level categories) 2) Any aspect of the First World War. (KS3 only) 3) Work on any local history theme. (KS3 & A Level catego- ries)
What should my question be? You should formulate a question which begins with one of the following stems: How important was…?; To what extent did…?; How significant was…?; How successful was…?; “Statement” How valid is this point of view? It should be an issue about which there is debate. You should check the title with your History teacher, although Wilson’s got talent took place on Thursday 12 May at lunch- he will not be able to mark drafts / give further guidance time. Mr Carew-Robinson, Miss Nye and Mr Coop were after you have discussed the question. joined by School Captain Michael Moneke on the judging panel. Once again the show was hosted by Mr J. Parkin- Where does the National bit come in? son. A variety of acts took place including Trishan Sharma • The winning entry for topic one will be submitted as the of 11C on the Bhangra drums, the year 11 School of Rock Wilson’s entry for the national Young Historian competition band with front man Peter “Jack” Fuller and according to (Spirit of Normandy Trust Prize). It will be published on the Miss Nye, the coolest guitarist ever, Kalyan Dutia. Luke school website and there will be a nominal prize! Stokes of 8S did his break dance act and Kyle MacNeill of • The winning entry for topic two will be submitted as the 9C intrigued us all with his Magic Act. The audience clicked Wilson’s entry for the national Young Historian competition their fingers to the Pink Panther tune played by Alexander (Key Stage 3 World War 1 Prize). It will be published on the Nielsen of 7G on the piano. There were vocal performances school website and there will be a nominal prize! from Logeash and Ore and Jazz Band – In the Swing. While • The winning entry for topic three will be submitted as the judges decided on the winners there was a return the Wilson’s entry for the national Young Historian competi- performance from last year’s winner Satchit Srikanth who tion (Local History Prize). It will be published on the school was joined by rapper Jordan Rose and Jack Robertson on website and there will be a nominal prize! the guitar. Although Jordan forgot his words they received a standing ovation. The judges had made their decision Closing date? and the winning prize was awarded to the Jazz Band – In The closing date is Monday 11 July 2011 and NO entries the Swing, 2nd place went to Kyle MacNeill and 3rd place will be accepted after this point. If you have any questions, was awarded to Alexander Nielsen of 7G. £250 was raised please speak to Mr. Englefield or your History teacher. for charity. WORK EXPERIENCE FORMS Bank of England 2.0 All Year 11 Work Experience forms should now have been handed in to Mrs Chaplin in the School Admin Office. If Presentation of Awards Monday 16th May assembly saw awards being presented you have not yet done so please make sure you hand it in to the Wilson’s 2011 Bank of England 2.0 team. The team by the end of the week. If anyone is having trouble finding consist- a suitable work placement then they should speak to Mrs ing of Chaplin as soon as possible. Jack Di Lizia, Wil- ARRANGEMENTS FOR Y10 CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT son Lou, A letter to parents detailing the arrangements for Monday James 20 and Tuesday 21 June will be sent home to parents be- Daly and fore half term. A copy will be placed on the school website. Nikesh We would be most grateful if the reply slip was returned by Shah Friday 10 June. made it to the ARRANGEMENTS FOR YR 7-9 EXAMINATIONS regional Timetables for the internal Yr 7-9 examinations (Monday 20 finals - Thursday 23 June) will be issued to students. A copy will held in be available on the school website. central London MR RILEY - CORRECTION in March. Contrary to reports in the previous newsletter, Mr Riley Feedback in fact ran the full Taunton Marathon, all 26.2 miles of it! from the judges highlighted the ‘impressive delivery of Many thanks to those who pointed out the error to him, presentation’ and the ‘broad range of data’ presented. So and thanks again for all of your support. If, based on this well done to the boys! Jack Di Lizia addressed the assem- revised information, you would like to offer sponsorship bly with some amusing anecdotes on the Bank of England please contact him at [email protected]. experience, so additional congratulations to him. ‘ Issue 189 May 20, 2011
Y7/8 Master Chef Challenge JACK PETCHEY AWARDS
This term it is the turn of Y7 and Y8 students to take Congratulations to Kyle up the Master Chef Challenge, aided by master classes MacNeill of 9C who run by Mr Pryce Hawkins to help develop the skills has been nominated to needed to prepare, present and promote their dishes. receive the Jack Petchey The teams are: Award for the month of March. Kyle has raised Y7 - WEDNESDAY 18 May over $11,600 for char- 7B Arthur Ingamells, Arman Sarjou ity helping a person 7C Adam MacKenzie, Daniel Gonsalves, Eamonn who had a heart attack Hoare and needed money for 7G Luke Shortland, Emil Lundh, Nathan Borg medical equipment. Kyle 7H Robert Cooke, Prashan Karunakaran, has raised the money by Sooryaprasad Jeyarad creating and selling e- 7S Eugene Carr, Tyrese Bob-Amara, Carl Ntifo books with the card tricks that he has invented. Well Y8 - WEDNESDAY 25 MAY done, Kyle! 8B Ben Barry, Jake Rightmyer, David Vuolo 8C Dion Barnaby, Ebruba Abel-Unokan 8G Ned Foulkes, Alex Douglas, Oliver Godwin 8H Jack Kelly, Charlie Mincer 8S Ben Sharp, Lenald Porter, Dekyong Webb Congratulations also go to Tom Holden Finalists for 8 June will be announced after completion of 9G who has been of the heats. nominated for the April Award. Tom was selected for England in the Four CCF DINING OUT NIGHT Nations Athletics Match in Dublin in March and represents the school The CCF held a dining out night last Saturday in the at every opportunity. Mess at Crowborough Camp to mark the service of the He is an excellent role NCOs of the upper sixth whose cadet career will end model for all the pupils on return from central camp this summer. The black tie at Wilson’s as not only is event was well attended and the Wilson’s Senior Ranks he a very fine athlete he Mess enjoyed a fantastic four course meal provided by also manages to keep the camp chief. The cadets learnt a great deal about up with all of his school formal dining but none more than Sgt Paul Teare who work and other commit- was appointed as Mr Vice, vice-president of the mess ments. Well done, Tom! for the evening and as such played a formal role in proceedings including proposing the Loyal Toast. In his address the Contingent Commander, reminded those present of the contribution made by the adult staff and acknowledged especially the work of Squad- ron Leader Jan Gardner, who has retired as OC RAF and Daood-Mindham Trophy Captain Ross Towes who will step down as OC Army at the end of the year to pursue a career in the regular This year’s Open Debate Tournament got off to a flying army. After dinner the adult staff introduced the ca- start with a particularly competitive debate between two dets to a couple of mess games with Cpl Tim Hoe prov- Y10 teams. The first round will complete next week, when ing the most flexible in winning the box game, but the eight highest scoring teams will go through to the no cadet team was able to beat the distance achieved knock-out phase of the tournament. by the adult staff in the bridging game. Much of the organisation for the event was undertaken by Mr Anthony Muirhead and he was congratulated by Major Burton for the success of our first formal Mess dinner. We are already looking forward to next year’s dinner.
REMINDER - SAINSBURYS AND TESCO VOUCHERS The school are still collecting both Sainsburys and Tesco vouchers and are grateful for those that have been brought in so far. We are now entering the last few weeks of this promo- tion and would ask if you could give any tokens that are lurk- ing in your pockets or purses to your sons to bring into school where we can make good use of them. Last year we were able to collect £400 worth of equipment from the tokens we collected and we hope to collect even more this year. Thank you for your help with this. Issue 189 May 20, 2011
CRICKET RESULTS TEAM OPPOSITION SCORES NOTABLE PERFORMANCES 1st XI Wilson’s 132 for 6 Wallington 119 for 9 Ben Ives 2 for 12 Wilson’s won by 13 runs U’15 A Wilson’s 120 for 5 Ally Osborn 36 Ewell Castle 88 for 6 Adheeb Hiba-Saibo 3 for 7 Wilson’s won by 32 runs U’15 A Wilson’s 112 for 8 St. George’s 99 for 6 Nicky Page 3 for 11 Wilson’s won by 13 runs (2nd round of the National T20 Cup) U’14 A Wilson’s 58 for 0 Ewell Castle 57 all out Wilson’s won by 10 wickets U’13 A Wilson’s 193 for 4 James Sheridan 68 Jalen Gravesande 40 Ewell Castle 83 for 2 Wilson’s won by 110 runs U’13 A Wilson’s 124 for 8 James Sheridan 36 Jalen Gravesande 33 Northcote 124 for 6 Match tied - Wilson’s lost on wickets (1st round of the Surrey Cup) U’12 A Wilson’s 72 all out Langley Park 73 for 4 Wilson’s lost by 6 wickets U’12 A Wilson’s 85 for 7 Eamonn Hoare 33 N.O. Ewell Castle 51 for 4 Wilson’s won by 34 runs U’12 B Wilson’s 90 for 5 Langley Park 89 all out Kris Page 3 for 14 Sachin Suseelan 3 for 2 (hat trick) Wilson’s won by 5 wickets U12B Wilson’s 83 for 1 Amal Patel 26 N.O. Stanley Park 82 for 4 Wilson’s won by 9 wickets CRICKET FIXTURES Saturday 21 May Wilson’s vs. St. Olaves U15 Away U14 Home U13 Away U12 Home ENGLISH SCHOOLS ATHLETICS - 1ST ROUND RESULTS
INTER BOYS 1. Sutton Grammar 2. John Fisher 3. Whitgift 4. Wilson’s 5. Trinity 6. Royal Grammar School 7. Carshalton Boys’ School 8. Reeds JUNIOR BOYS 1. Whitgift 2. John Fisher 3. Wilson’s FOOTBALL FINALS 4. Sutton Grammar 1st XI won 3-0 v Esher college in the 1st XI Surrey League Cup 5. Royal Grammar School Final (we are the first School to win this cup from the Colleges!). 6. Trinity Goal scorers were: Tobi Olowu, Kieran Steadford and Dara Obakin 7. Reeds 2nd XI won 4-0 v Strodes College in the 2nd XI Surrey League 8. Carshalton Boys’ School Cup Final (this was for the 2nd year running). Goal scorers were: Niall McManus, Jack Elliott and two goals form We wait to hear if we have qualified for the next round. Ben Giles. WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 190 May 27, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Saturday 28 May - Watersports trip departs It’s Showtime Monday 30 May - Friday 3 June - Half Term Friday 10 June - Art Exhibition The A level and GCSE Art candidates warmly invite you to the Tuesday 14 June - Late start - 9.40 a.m. private view of their work. We hope as many students, staff Monday 20 - Friday 24 June - Exams Week and parents as possible will join us. Monday 27 June - Cambridge Footlights Tuesday 28 June - Open Evening 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Wednesday 29 June - Book Return Day (Y11 and U6) Monday 18 - Friday 22 July - Activities Week
REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS: PLEASE BE QUIET AROUND THE SCHOOL WHILE PUBLIC EXAMS ARE TAKING PLACE
SCHOOL UNIFORM It would be very helpful if parents could ensure that their sons spend some time over the half-term making sure that their school uniform has their name in it. Our lost property cupboard is currently bulging at the seams with items that are not named so cannot be returned to students. If your son has lost an item of uniform please tell him to come to lost property to look for it. Items will be cleared out at the end of each school term if they have not been claimed. Junior Master Chef Challenge Congratulations to Eugene Carr, Tyrese Bob-Amaro and Carl Ntifo of 7S, who dished up a tasty and innovative version of spa- ghetti bolognaise, and Adam MacKenzie, Daniel Gonsalves and Eamonn Hoare of 7C, for their smooth dark chocolate mousse. Both these teams proceed to the final on 8th June, when they will be joined by the winners of this week’s heat. Well done also to the teams of Robert Cooke, Prashan Karunakaran and Soory Wilson’s School Private View Jeyaraj of 7H and Arthur Ingamells and Arman Sarjou of 7B who were close runners-up. A Level & GCSE Art Daood-Mindham Trophy Head (study) by Jack Casey • mixed media on paper The first round of the tournament is nearly complete; the predominance of Y10 teams in this year’s competition has led to some high-scoring debates so far, and the knock-out phase should deliver some entertaining contests. A schedule for the quarter-finals, to take place during the week of 13th June, will be posted immediately after the half-term break. Friday 10 June 2011 • 4.30 - 7.00pm Mollison Drive, Wallington SM6 9JW • 020 8773 2931 Junior Musicians’ Evening Congratulations to all those students involved in this week’s Junior Musicians’ Evening. Over 20 soloists from Years 8-10 per- Wilson’s Young Musician of the Year formed in the event, which celebrated a year since the opening of the Bowden Recital Room!
Our congratulations go to saxophonist Sam Gee who won the Young Musician of the Year competition. Issue 190 May 27, 2011
CRICKET RESULTS ADVERTISEMENT PHYSIOTHERAPY SPECIAL OFFER TEAM OPPOSITION SCORES NOTABLE PERFORMANCES Bodysmart physiotherapy has linked up with Wilsons School to 1st XI Wilson’s 40 for 1 provide a high class physiotherapy and rehabilitation service Ewell Castle 39 all out Muhammad Raza 4 for 9 for its pupils, parents and staff. The clinic was founded by an ex Sam Wright 3 for 17 wilsonian !! We are a team of qualified and experienced physi- Wilson’s won by 9 wickets otherapists who have been (or still are) working in professional U’15 A Wilson’s 182 for 7 Luca Picciano 95 sport for many years. St Olaves 210 for 5 Wilson’s lost by 28 runs We treat many conditions such as acute sprains/sports injuries, U’14 A Wilson’s 88 all out back/ sciatica /neck pain headaches, knee pain, osteoarthritis, Langley Park 95 for 8 Philip Knott 3 for 16 post-operative rehabilitation, repetitive and overuse injuries, Ten- Wilson’s lost by 7 runs nis elbow and Shoulder pain. We also have a great deal of experi- U14A Wilson’s 146 for 8 Alex Yee 34 ence in dealing with conditions that can occur with children. We St Olaves 158 for 8 Lateef Hassan 3 for 14 also offer a sports massage service. Wilson’s lost by 12 runs U’13 A Wilson’s 117 for 5 James Sheridan 45 During your first assessment your physiotherapist will take a St Olaves 116 for 7 detailed current and past medical history and then conduct a Wilson’s won by 5 wickets thorough assessment. Our BodySmart physiotherapy philosophy U’13 A Wilson’s 99 for 5 James Sheridan 50 means that you will get the following service:: Langley Park 98 all out Vatsal Raina 4 for 21 Curtis Rose 3 for 15 A hands-on approach to treatment Wilson’s won by 5 wickets 45/30minute one-on-one appointment with your physio U13B Wilson’s 65 for 4 We treat the cause, not just the symptoms, and teach you how to Langley Park 63 for 7 Max Rivens 3 for 7 prevent recurrence Wilson’s won by 2 runs (10 over game) Treatment is based on scientific evidence & assessment U13B Wilson’s 20 for 0 Our Physiotherapists attend up to date continuing professional Greenshaw 19 for 6 development courses Wilson’s won by 10 wickets (10 over game) We work closely with local General Practitioners, Orthopaedic U’12 A Wilson’s 118 for 7 Arun Jeeven 28 N.O. Surgeons, & Personal Trainers St Olaves 157 for 2 Wilson’s lost by 39 runs We are based at the Surrey Health and Racquets Club in Hannibal Way (just past the power league) so it is located in a very conven- ient location. We offer appointments from 8am -8.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8-5 Friday and 8-3 on Saturdays. Staff vs. VIth Form Football Prices The staff, led by Mr Simmons, beat the upper 6th leavers 1-0 at We will offer a flat fee of £30 for 1st assessment and follow up ap- football. The only goal of the game was scored by Mr Matthews - a pointments for pupils of the school. Parents and staff will be able left foot volley from 35 yards. The staff team are now on an un- to get a 20% discount off the first assessment beaten run that stretches back over two years. We hope there will (Normal prices £45 for 1st assessment and £37 for follow up) be some pictures to follow in the next issue of Weekly Update. To book an appointment or if you have any questions please con- tact the clinic on 0208 680 1800. Further details about the clinic on our website www.bodysmartphysio.co.uk RHS Wisley Budding Gardeners competition
This week a few boys from gardening club have gone down to RHS Wisley to plant out this year’s entry into their school competition. This year our Theme is ‘Time’.
Simply planted with bright colours and strong scents complement- ed with words describing how we are intimately linked with our gardens and plants through our lives. From the bright Crazy Daisy to cheer us up to a carefully grafted fruit tree that will not give fruit to the student who made it but to students yet to come.
Please do try and visit and vote for our garden, RHS Wisley is a great day out with huge amounts to see and do WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 191 June 10, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Tuesday 14 June - Late start - 9.40 a.m. Lewis Lou Performs at the South Bank Monday 20 - Friday 24 June - Exams Week Centre Monday 27 June - Cambridge Footlights Our congratulations go to Tuesday 28 June - Open Evening 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Junior House Music class Wednesday 29 June - Book Return Day (Y11 and U6) winner Lewis Lou (7B) who Wednesday 29 June - Summer Concert 7.30 p.m. was one of just 101 pianists Monday 18 - Friday 22 July - Activities Week selected by world renowned pianist Lang Lang to perform REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS: PLEASE BE QUIET as part of a mass workshop AROUND THE SCHOOL WHILE PUBLIC EXAMS ARE at the South Bank Centre. The TAKING PLACE event – part of the ‘Lang Lang Inspires’ season – took place HISTORY CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT at the end of May. Young To help prepare the Year 10 historians for the controlled people were selected to take assessment write up on Monday 20 June the history part by the superstar pianist department will be running drop in sessions after school. via videos posted on YouTube. Students from all four classes can attend. It will take place Lewis was clearly inspired by every day from Monday 13 June until Friday 17 June in the event: performing in the room 20 and will last for one hour. Royal Festival Hall with 50 Steinway ‘D’s and dozens of SUMMER CONCERT AND JAZZ EVENING - 29 JUNE other exceptionally talented Tickets will be on sale from next week for the Summer young pianists is not an expe- Concert and Jazz Evening, which we hope to hold al fresco rience he will quickly forget. on Wednesday, 29 June at 19.30! Performances from Wind Band, Jazz Bands, and the hugely successful student-led Swing Band (‘In the Swing’) will be complemented by Junior Strings and Junior Orchestra with some upmarket Water Sports Trip to France Broadway favourites! Join us as we cap a year of musical The Water sports trip to France took place over the half term highlights with this brand new event, featuring a number break. Boys from years 7/8 and 9 travelled to Arcachon in of senior musicians who will be moving to pastures new Western France to take part in a number of water based ac- next term – including House Music winner Sam Gee! Tick- tivities. Boys were introduced to sailing, windsurfing, kayak- ets may be purchased from the Finance Office from next ing and also took part in Mountain Biking. The weather was Monday at a cost of £6 for adults and £5 for concessions. really good and the boys were busy from 9 in the morning Wilson’s students may attend free of charge! until 10 at night . A great time was had by all. The trip will run again next year at the same time, Summer half term and will be open to boys in years 7/8/9
THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC (ABRSM) AND TRINITY GUILDHALL EXAMINA- TIONS For the first time, Wilson’s students will be able to sit their Music examinations with the ABRSM or Trinity College at the school rather than having to travel elsewhere (30 June for Trinity and 1 July for ABRSM). Whilst the timetable is full for these dates (with details soon to follow for those involved) it is worth giving careful consideration with your son as to whether he wishes to take one of these chal- lenging and internationally recognised qualifications in the coming academic year. With thanks to Mrs. Ableman for making this possible.
PERIPATETIC MUSIC LESSONS We currently have spaces if your son wishes to undertake peripatetic music lessons. Contact Mr. Cole at nc@wilsons- school.sutton.sch.uk if you would like more information. Issue 191June 10, 2011
PARENTS’ PRAYER MEETING - MONDAY 13 JUNE There will be a prayer meeting for parents taking place in the Chapel at 8.00pm on Monday 13 June. Parents with children at the school are welcome to attend.
JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS Results for the Junior Maths Challenge taken at the end of April by our Year 7 and Year 8 pupils have been received and have improved yet again. An amazing 96 pupils have been awarded Gold Certificates, and 11 have qualified for the Junior Maths Olympiad (to be taken on Tuesday 14th June, periods 1 and 2). Top score was by Harry Goodburn (8S) who gained the top mark possible of 135. This is the first time a pupil at Wilson’s has done this well on the Junior Maths Challenge. Congratulations to him. Other outstand- ing scores were gained by Vatsal Raina (8H), Eddie Heyne (8H) and Nathan Patel (8C). The leading Year 7 pupils were William Bowdery (7B) and Amal Patel (7G) who each scored 109.
BETTER LIVES FOUNDATION Besides working as a science technician at Wilsons, Joe BOROUGH CELEBRATING SPORTS AWARDS Patel is actively involved in community work on a voluntary basis. Devi one of his yoga students and her team at BETTER Sutton Council has teamed up with Sutton Guardian, Sutton LIVES FOUNDATION (BLF is a UK registered charity number Sports Council and other local partners to run the Celebrat- 1122290) have organised a sponsored river Thames walk. ing Sport Awards, which celebrate the achievements of local BLF have worked very hard to make a difference to the lives sports people, schools and clubs. of so many in Sierra Leone. Please consider joining them for the walk or sponsoring Joe by visiting his web page: which The awards are designed to recognise everyone who has gives further information about the walk. made a sporting contribution in the borough - whether it’s www.virginmoneygiving.com/jogendra one of our pupils that has achieved success or has volun- teered in our school or their club, or perhaps your child is in BRITAIN’S YOUNG HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR 2011 one of our school teams that has been particularly successful This is a reminder that the closing date for the Young Histo- over the past year and is worthy of nomination. And if you rian of the Year competition is 11 July 2011 and NO entries think we have been doing some good work in PE and school will be accepted after this point. You can write an essay on sport you could always nominate us for Sporting Secondary ONE of the following three topics: School of the Year! 1) Any aspect of British involvement in the Second World War (KS3 & GCSE/A Level categories) And everyone who makes a nomination will have their name 2) Any aspect of the First World War (KS3 only) put into a prize draw to win £100 sports vouchers to spend 3) Work on any local history theme (KS3 and A Level catego- at Cheam Sports in Cheam Village. ries) if you would like further information on how to enter the The closing date for nominations is Friday 17th June – for competition please see either Mr Englefield or your History more information and a nomination form please visit the teacher. Team Sutton website or call 020 8770 4667.
LAST CHANCE TO SEND IN YOUR TESCO AND SAINS- BURYS VOUCHERS The school will be delighted to take any vouchers that you still have. We need to begin the task of counting the vouch- ers out and sending them off as this needs to be done in the next few weeks so please do send in any remaining vouch- ers that you have and hopefully we will be able to claim some free sports kit for the school. WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 192 June 17, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MASTERCHEF CHALLENGE 2011 Monday 20 - Friday 24 June - Exams Week Monday 27 June - Cambridge Footlights Tuesday 28 June - Open Evening 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Wednesday 29 June - Book Return Day (Y11 and U6) Wednesday 29 June - Summer Concert 7.30 p.m. Monday 18 - Friday 22 July - Activities Week
REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS: PLEASE BE QUIET AROUND THE SCHOOL WHILE PUBLIC EXAMS ARE TAKING PLACE
LOWER SIXTH MATHS IN ACTION DAY
Wednesday 22 June is the Lower Sixth Maths in Action day. This annual event is run jointly with Wallington High School for Girls. In the morning there is series of ten workshops looking at a range of applications of maths, from vehicle design to futures trading. There is an optional ‘More Maths’ session in the afternoon for those keen to find out more about maths. All Lower Sixth maths pupils should ensure that they have returned their preference form to Dr Cooper as soon as The Junior section of the MasterChef House Challenge was won by possible, so that they can be allocated to the workshops Jack Kelly and Charlie Mincer of 8H, who impressed the judges with that interest them most. a well-flavoured curry and an unusual spicy fruit crumble. However, the standard was so high that judges Mr Winstone and Ms Keen also SUMMER CONCERT highly commended 7C for the consistency and flavour of their rice, 7S for a delicious home-made custard and 8S for bhatura deep-fried, Tickets are now available for the Summer Concert on golden and puffed to perfection! Many thanks for the great support Wednesday, 29 June at 1930. Please contact the Finance from tutors, essential expertise provided by Mr Pryse-Hawkins and Office for further details the fair-minded and considered approach of our judges, who look forward to experiencing even greater culinary heights next year!’
WISLEY 2011
Before half term Wilson’s School Gardening club went on our third annual trip to the ‘Budding Gardeners’ Competition. It was a blustery and rainy day but James Kyne, Rio McElvenny and Vasily Berdnikov all planted the garden and the result was excellent. Our theme was time and different plants had labels relating to different sorts of jobs you have to do or ways things grow. While we were there a number of employees at RHS Wisley were extremely comple- mentary, not least about how pleased they were to see a secondary school continuing to compete and garden in school. This highlights that the vast majority of other schools were primary. We enjoyed seeing members of the public spending time at our garden and reading all the labels and at the end of the week the garden still looked good. Well done to all the gardeners at Wil- son’s once again. Issue 192 June 17, 2011
CRICKET RESULTS CONCERT VISIT The last of the Music Department’s Concert Visits this year will take U’15 A Wilson’s 128 for 6 Oliver Sitch 35 place on Thursday, 30 June. We will travel to the Royal Festival Hall Rutlish 73 for 5 to see the Philharmonia Orchestra perform two iconic Romantic Wilson’s won by 55 runs (Surrey Cup 2nd Round) masterpieces: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3 and Tchaik- ovsky’s Symphony No.6. Parents are reminded to return reply slips U’15 A Wilson’s 100 for 7 Ben Flook 33 no and cheques to Mr Lissimore as soon as possible. Whitgift 101 for 5 Nathan Heal 3 for 14 Wilson’s lost by 5 wickets (T20 Cup Semi Final) ROYAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY ESSAY COMPETITION 2011 Every year Lower Sixth economists enter the national essay com- U’12 A KCS Wimbledon 101 for 8 George Kellingley 3 for petition run by the Royal Economics Society. Although the final 9 judging has not yet taken place, Kes Daood has been short listed Wilson’s 34 for 7 to go forward to the final judging process for his entry on “Should Wilson’s lost 67 runs governments go for growth or for happiness?” In a complex and topical area Kes’ essay discussed both the economic and political U’12 B KCS Wimbledon 87 for 8 Janakan Bosch 2 for 6 challenges of using the alternative measure. This year the entries Wilson’s 88 for 8 Purav Patel 16 totaled over 500 essays, from approximately 200 different schools, Wilson’s won by 2 wickets so highly deserved congratulations to Kes. We wish him every success in the final round. Highly commended entries will be an- U’12 C KCS Wimbledon 92 for 8 Lingkesh Sivakumar 3 nounced shortly. for 19 Wilson’s 93 for 2 Luke Collins 38 no OPEN DEBATE TOURNAMENT 2011 Wilson’s won by 8 wickets The tournament has reached the knock-out quarter-final stage and U’12 D KCS Wimbledon 118 for 4 this week judges Mr Franklin and Dr Hemp have had to make some Wilson’s 89 for 4 tough calls. Congratulations to Jack Taperell and Adheeb Hiba-Saibo, Wilson’s lost by 29 runs and Ben Flook and Ollie Tollford, for making it through to the semi- finals. Two Y10 and two Y9 teams will contend the remaining semi- final places at lunchtime this Thursday and Friday. CRICKET FIXTURES YEAR 9 LANGUAGE TRIPS TO FRANCE AND GERMANY Now that final itineraries have been established for the trips in The 1st XI game at Whitgift next Wednesday has been called Activities Week to Germany and France, parents of participants are off. reminded of the pre-trip meetings on 30th June. Please bring your son’s passport and EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) with you to the meeting when the significant details will be photocopied. Saturday 18 June Wilson’s vs. Glyn The meeting for the German trip will be held at 7:30 p. m. in the U15 Home Lecture Theatre and for the French trip at 7:00 p. m. in the Main Hall. U14 Away U13 Home U12 Away WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 193 June 24, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Monday 27 June - Cambridge Footlights Tuesday 28 June - Open Evening 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Wednesday 29 June - Book Return Day (Y11 and U6) Wednesday 29 June - Summer Concert 7.30 p.m Thursday 7 July - Year 7 Celebration Evening Monday 18 - Friday 22 July - Activities Week
OPEN EVENING ARRANGEMENTS Pupils will go home at 1:05 p.m. on Tuesday 28th June in order for staff to prepare for the Open Evening.
LATE START ON WEDNESDAY 29TH JUNE Registration will take place at 9:40am
NOTICE FOR YEAR 7 PUPILS – OPEN EVENING On Tuesday 28 June, Y7 pupils (in full school uni- form) should report to the sixth form common room by 4 pm. They will be acting as tour guides for pro- spective parents and boys. They will be provided with refreshments (sandwiches, crisps, drink, etc). The evening will finish at 9 p.m.
YEAR 10 SCIENCE GCSE MODULES On the morning of Tuesday 28 June there are some boys doing resits for some GCSE Science modules. These boys must arrive punctually with a calculator and black biro. Any mobile phones or other electronic device must be left in their lockers. The world renowned sketch troupe (including Old Wilsonian Adam Lawrence) will perform their 2011 summer touring show SUMMER CONCERT AND JAZZ EVENING PRETTY LITTLE PANIC at Wilson’s School next Monday June 27 at Tickets are still available for this new event, which we 7.30. Tickets are £5 and can be bought on the door. hope to hold al fresco - if the weather is suitable! - at 1930 on Wednesday, 29th June. A full bar is available, and strawberries may even be available, courtesy of Tim Pryse- Hawkins and his team. Please contact the Finance Office The performers will be conducting workshops with Year 7 and for further details. Tickets £6/£5. Year 9 pupils in the afternoon.
YEAR 7 CELEBRATION EVENING Once again, we are holding a Celebration Evening for all Pianists Evening students in Year 7 to attend with their parents on Thurs- day, 7 July at 1900 in the Main Hall. In addition to musical Congratulations to all participants in Wednesday’s Pianists Evening, and dramatic performances, students will share memories ably organised by Louise Ableman! This annual ‘evening of the ivories’ from the year, report on their achievements, and display a has taken a new form, and parents were delighted by the variety and few hidden talents! There will be a few special prizes, but quality of the music on offer. this is an evening to celebrate every kind of achievement in Year 7 and everybody is welcome! WILSONSOMICS
FREE THINKERS UNION Definition: an exciting and new economics, business and arts jour- Free Thinkers Union has started again after a brief hiatus nal by Wilson’s students for Wilson’s students. The brain child of Mr during examinations. It now takes place after school at Ormonde, brought to life by the hard work of its editors Balkrishna 3:45pm and 6th form students from local schools will Naidoo and Ryan Carter (both in the lower 6th), Wilsonomics delves be joining us. This week Seun Alayande gave a well re- into interesting, topical and sometimes specialist economic ideas. searched presentation about the Philosophy of Homosex- Some articles are wider ranging and make links across other humani- uality and on Monday 27th June Tom Watson will speak ties subjects. All articles are written by Wilson’s students and allow about Time Travel. them to pursue a personal interest in the topic area. To wet your ap- CCF CAMP petite, this edition features; The Corn Laws – tariffs, self – sufficiency Maj Burton will be conducting the CCF Central Camp and high prices! ‘A fat tax—good idea or not’, The Impact of Foreign briefing on Monday 27th Jun 2011 starting at 1330hrs in Aid, Country Comparison: Sweden vs. UK and The economics of Bird the lecture theatre. All cadets allocated a place on Army Watching. All in all a fascinating read! camp are to attend. A copy is available on the website or if you would like a printed copy please come to the Business Studies and Economics office located in the Sixth Form Centre. If are interested in contributing please speak to Mr Ormonde or email him; [email protected] Issue 193 June 24, 2011
TANZANIA A Tanzania expedition meeting will be held on Monday YOUNG GEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2011 27th Jun 2011 starting at 1320hrs in the North Study. All participants are to attend. Royal Geographical Society Competition Theme: What should all good geographers understand? INDUSTRIAL ACTION THURSDAY 30th JUNE, 2011 Introduction The school will be affected by industrial action taken by What are the core or key ideas that all good geographers should un- the NUT and ATL which have called its members out on derstand? What are the skills, concepts and core knowledge that you strike on 30th June. would expect a good geographer to understand and be able to explain and give examples of? This action is part of national industrial action organised by these trades unions about changes to the pension Competition entry groups schemes of their members. There are four entry groups as follows Category two: Key stage 3, ages 12-14 The school will remain open for Years 7, 8 and Lower Category three: Key stage 4, ages 14-16 Sixth, who should attend school as normal. There will be Category four: Key stage 5, ages 16-18 no school for Years 9 and 10. The deadline for all entries is Friday 07 October 2011 All electronic copies must be in PDF format only
Competition details for categories two and three Your task is to demonstrate that you grasp what all good geographers CRICKET RESULTS should understand by representing this in a visual or diagrammatic way. We are looking for evidence that you know the key concepts and Fixtures were cancelled last Saturday due to the bad understand the core knowledge. We are looking for original ideas pre- weather. sented in your own style. Think of the most appropriate and useful way of displaying your information but remember this must be either visual or diagrammatic. It could include mind maps, flow diagrams, or an- notated images. You could create your own style of diagram to explain CRICKET FIXTURES your ideas. Presentation All entries must be accompanied by an entry form downloadable from Saturday 18 June Wilson’s vs. Trinity www.rgs.org/ygoty2011 U13a Away • Your work must be presented on one side of either A4 or A3 paper U13b Away • Your work must be visual or diagrammatic U12a Home • Work must be original and all words must be your own. This must be U12b Home work you have done yourself. • Individual entries preferred. • Work may be submitted either electronically by email directly to [email protected] (no other RGS-IBG email addresses should be used for submissions) or hard copies posted to Young Geographer of the Year, Education Team, Royal Geographical Society with IBG, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR
ADVERTISEMENT Competition details for category four only (Key Stage 5) Your task is to demonstrate that you grasp what all good geographers should understand by representing this in an essay of maximum 1500 VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED words. You may make use of diagrams and visuals in your essay. We are looking for evidence that you know the key concepts and understand HOME-START SUTTON the core knowledge. We are looking for original and thought provoking ideas. Home-Start Sutton is looking to recruit volun- Essays should be well structured and make reference to case studies teers. We are a family support organisation and and examples to illustrate your understanding. we provide emotional and practical support to Presentation families in the London Borough of Sutton with All entries must be accompanied by an entry form downloadable from children under five years of age who are strug- www.rgs.org/ygoty2011 gling. Volunteers visit families for a couple of • Work may be submitted either electronically by email directly to hours each week, in their own homes. All volun- [email protected] (submissions must not be sent to any other RGS-IBG teers need to undergo our volunteer preparation email address) or hard copies posted to Young Geographer of the Year, course, which will be starting on Thursday 29th Education Team, Royal Geographical Society with IBG, 1 Kensington September 2011. This will run for two days per Gore, London SW7 2AR week on a Tuesday and a Thursday, excluding the • Electronic copies must be submitted as PDF format. October half-term week finishing on 8th Novem- • Essays must be typed in font size 12 ber 2011, in the Carshalton area. Expenses will be • Work must be original and all words must be your own. This must be paid. For more information please contact Home- work you have done yourself. Start Sutton on 020 8647 6501. An enhanced CRB For all competition entries check will be undertaken for all volunteers at- Look at your finished piece of work before you submit it and ask your- tending the course. self the question – ‘ If I was judging this competition does this entry answer the question’ What should all good geographers understand? WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 194 July 1 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY JUNIOR APPRENTICE COMPETITION Monday 4 July - L6 Management Challenge Monday 4 July - Friday 15 July - Work Experience Move over Alan Sugar, ‘Pharaoh Flakes’ is coming to a store near you …… Monday 4 July - New Year 7 Induction Evening Last term Year 9 Business Studies students entered the newly launched Tuesday 5 July - Sixth Form Open Afternoon Junior Apprentice Competition run by the University of Surrey. It is a Wednesday 6 July - New Year 7 Induction Afternoon national competition that gives young people the opportunity to develop Wednesday 6 July - Sixth Form Awards Evening - 7p.m. a marketing campaign, giving hands-on experience of the creative and Thursday 7 July - LATE START business principles involved in creating a brand and associated marketing. Thursday 7 July - Year 7 Celebration Evening This year’s challenge was to create a new brand of cereal – designing the product and creating a marketing campaign.
MUFTI - 8 JULY 2011 This year Wilson’s boys WON the competition! The winning team was; There will be a mufti day in aid of The Meningitis Trust on (pictured left to right) Sulaiman Malik (9C), Ahmed Elgharably (9S) and 8 July. There will be a charge of £1 for anyone wishing to Abisegan Sivakumar (9B) for their entry ‘Pharaoh Flakes’. participate.
SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE Please note the next second hand uniform sale will take place on Wednesday 6 July from 2.30 p.m. - 3.45 p.m. and this will be in the school dining room.
SPORTS DAY - 15 JULY Please note that on Friday 15 July (Sports Day) school will end at the slightly earlier time of 2.45 p.m. This is to allow staff formally to say goodbye to staff who are leaving. ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPORTS DAY - Friday 15 July 8.35 am Registration 8.45 am House Assemblies 9.15 am Field Events 11.00 am – 11.55 am Brunch (boys will be served from the canteen) 12.00 pm Registration 12.05 pm Track Events In addition Wilson’s won the prize for ‘Most Innovative Cereal’. The success- 2.35 pm Registration ful team was; (pictured left to right) Lateef Hassan (9B), Aaron Mallet (9B), Sujay Nair (9B) and Josh Elliott (9G) (not pictured) for their entry ‘6.00am 2.45 pm Boys dismissed Hunger’. • Parents are welcome to attend both in the morning and in the afternoon
• The van will be out all morning serving cold drinks
• Take-away canteen service at Brunch
• Van will serve cold drink and ices during the afternoon session
• Teas and coffees will be available in the café during the afternoon
COUNTY CHESS NEWS
The Surrey U18 county chess team came third in the Na- tional Championships at Eton College last Sunday, with Adam Taylor (9S) playing on Board 2 and Philip Knott (9B) on board 3. The Surrey U13 minor team also came third in their section, with Kirishoth Sivalogarajah (8H) on board 2 and Ryan Shankar (8S) on board 3. Congratulations to all the entrants for submitting such a high standard of work. Issue 194 1 July, 2011
MENSA PUBLICATIONS FOOTLIGHTS STUDENT WORKSHOP
Mensa was founded in England in 1946 by a scientist and lawyer, Dr Lance Ware, and a barrister, Roland Ber- Prior to the revue on Monday evening, Footlights undertook a workshop rill. They had the idea of forming a society for bright with about twenty of our students. A full vocal work-out was followed by people, the only qualification for membership of which some quick improvisation, and the session concluded with some coaching was a high IQ. The original aims were, as they are today, in the best ways to approach a comedic script. The Footlights team were to create a society that is non-political and free from all impressed with the various talents of our students, and the students very racial or religious distinctions. much enjoyed the opportunity to work with the next generation of comedy stars. For the past five years Wilson’s students have been sub- mitting articles ranging from “Global Warming” to “Den- tistry” for publication in the Science Newsletter pub- lished by British Mensa Ltd., “Wissenschaft”. This year another superb piece of writing (a history of Jetpacks) compiled by two L6 students, Aditya Gupta and Tom Richards-Hlabangana, was circulated around the UK for Wissenschaft readers to enjoy – it was also released as a .pdf file over the internet. If you are a Wilson’s student and you think you could write an original sci- ence based article between 500 and 1000 words (with pictures/diagrams at the author’s discretion) please e-mail Mr Brittain at [email protected] to discuss your ideas. This is a unique opportunity for Wilson’s students to showcase their intellectual talents and technical understanding to the global community. It is also an original way to highlight the exceptional abilities of Wilson’s students to admissions tutors in higher education. JUNIOR MODEL U.N. CONFERENCE AT REIGATE GRAMMAR Congratulations to the two Y10 teams who made an impressive showing at the Reigate Grammar School Junior Model UN Conference on Saturday, representing Turkey and Japan in debates about human trafficking, the fair-trade issue and piracy in the Indian Ocean. First-time delegate Simon Phillips (Turkey) persuaded four other countries to co-submit a resolution to oppose fair trade - a hard sell - and Adheeb Hiba-Saibo (Japan) success- fully amended a resolution that was later passed by the General Assembly. Tom Wadsworth (Turkey) and Arslan Rana (Japan) were Highly Commended by the chair of the Political committee, Ben Pearson (Japan) was Highly Com- mended by the chair of the Economic & Social committee, and Karim Abu-Seer (Turkey) was named Outstanding Delegate by the Chair of the Human Rights committee. As a testament to the well-rounded character of Wilson’s boys, our students also featured prominently in the alter- native awards, winning Most Impressive Facial Hair (Tom), Best Tie (Arslan) and Coolest Delegate (Ben). JACK PETCHEY AWARD Congratulations to Jake South and Harrison Gower who have been nominated for this award for May and June respectively. Jake has won for his outstanding commit- ment to planning, organising and delivering cookery les- sons to Y9 pupils. This has involved after school sessions and preparation time during his busy Year 11. Harrison has won for his volunteering at the Waggy Tails club for the disabled which he has done for the last two and a half years. Well done to both of them for all their efforts. CRICKET FIXTURES
Monday 4 July Wilson’s vs. Kingston 1st XI Home Tuesday 5 July Wilson’s vs. Old Boys 1st XI Away Issue 194 1 July, 2011
MATHS IN ACTION DAY 2011
On Wednesday 24 June, 160 Lower Sixth pupils from Wilson’s and Wallington Girls School took part in the annual ‘Maths in Action’ day. They attended a series of workshops run by visitors and teachers. Visiting speakers ran workshops on ‘Structural Engineering with spaghetti’, ‘Vehicle Crash testing’, ‘How to build a loudspeaker’. Teachers ran sessions on ‘How to Juggle’, ‘Futures Trading’, ‘Fermi Problems’, ‘Maths Party’ and ‘Stomp Rocket’.
The event was very popular. Students said, “It was a brilliant day - thank you” and “I hope the teachers enjoyed it as much as we did”. In particular the practical workshops were greatly enjoyed, as shown by the photos.
A COMPLETED LOUDSPEAKER.
A VEHICLE WITH EXTRA SAFETY FEATURES, READY FOR TESTING.
SUMMER MUSIC AL FRESCO
A COMPLETED SPAGHETTI STRUCTURE
Parents and staff and students were treated on Wednes- day to a lighthearted Summer Concert and Jazz Evening with memorable and impressive performances from the Wind Trio, Senior and Intermediate Jazz Bands, the Wind Band and ‘In the Swing’, held for the first, but certainly not the last time, alfresco in the main school courtyard. It was excellent to welcome back Jack Chandler, one of the school’s former star musicians who stunned us all with his sax solos. Special credit goes to ‘In the Swing’ for whom this was their second major performance for the school in successive days, having played for five hours the previous evening for our Open Evening to great acclaim. They will be making a further performance on Sunday for the Purley Music Festival (3.45 p.m at The Rotary Field). Many thanks to our peripatetic music teachers, Mrs Dennis, Mr Willey, Mr Ashworth and Mr Cox who have dedicated many hours rehearsing our ensembles, and of course, to Mr Lissimore who organised the evening. WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 195 July 8, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DURHAM UNIVERSITY MATHS CHALLENGE Friday 15 July - Sports Day Monday 18 July - Friday 22 July - Activities Week Durham University created a set of mathematical problems for key stage four students. A number of enthusiastic mathematicians across years 9 to PARENT E-MAIL CONTACT 11 chose to take on the challenge, answering questions such as: Over the next two weeks we are attempting to upgrade “David Attenborough walked two miles from his camp in an eastward our parent e-mail database in order to achieve more ef- direction. Then he turned to the north and walked one mile. Suddenly, he ficient communication between school and home. Please spotted a bear and started to run to the south. After running one mile to can you ensure that your son writes in his planner – neat- the south, David reached the camp. What was the colour of the bear?” ly and correctly – an up-to-date e-mail address on which Well done to all students who took part and particularly to Keith Barker we can contact you. Thank you. who was awarded the ‘First Diploma’ for his ‘outstanding results’ in this challenge. As a result of this Keith has been invited to attend their prestig- PLEASE SEND YOUR SON ALONG TO LOOK FOR ANY ious gifted and talented summer school which we look forward to hearing PROPERTY HE HAS LOST DURING THIS YEAR about in September! Over the summer holidays the lost property cupboard will be cleared out and any property that has not been collected will be destroyed. Please do ask your son to come and look for any item that he has lost. The lost property cupboard is full of items waiting to be reunited TEAM MATHS CHALLENGE NATIONAL with their owners! Lost property is located outside the school office. If your son needs to look and lost property FINALS is not open he should ask at the Reprographics Office.
SPORTS DAY - FRIDAY 15 JULY Please note that on Friday 15 July (Sports Day) school will end at the slightly earlier time of 2.45 p.m. This is to allow staff formally to say goodbye to staff who are leaving.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPORTS DAY - Friday 15 July 8.35 a.m. Registration 8.45 a.m. House Assemblies 9.15 a.m. Field Events (form tutors to accompany forms to field and supervise) 11.00 a.m. – 11.55 am Brunch (boys will be served from the canteen) 12.00 p.m. Registration 12.05 p.m. Track Events (form tutors to accompany forms to field and supervise) 2.35 p.m. Registration The Wilson’s Maths Challenge Team of Philip Knott (9B), Sharu Ravindran (9H), Harry Goodburn (8S) and Eui Jin Choi (8B) came a fantastic 7th in the 2.45 p.m. Boys dismissed finals of the UK Team Maths Challenge. This result is all the more remark- • Parents are welcome to attend both in the morning and able as the first 5 teams were all from independent schools. in the afternoon The team had previously won the Croydon heat to qualify for the national • The van will be out all morning serving cold drinks finals, played in London on Monday 20th June. 96 teams took part, rep- resenting schools from all over the United Kingdom. After the first round • Take-away canteen service at Brunch Wilson’s were first equal – for like ten other teams they had correctly answered all the questions in the ‘Group circus’ round. The second round • Van will serve cold drink and ices during the afternoon is a mathematical relay where the solution to one question is used in the session next problem. A couple of unsolved problems lost us valuable points. An almost perfect answer to the cross number left Wilson’s as one of the • Teas and coffees will be available in the café during the leading schools going into the race round. With time limited, the team had afternoon to do their maths as quickly as possible, and then run with the solutions to check their solution before getting another problem. The team solved Pre Sports Day Events - Hurdles and High Jump for all almost all these problems before time ran out on them. year groups will take place on Wednesday 13 July start- ing at 1.15 p.m. Issue 195 July 8, 2011
YEAR 11 - SILVER DofE ASSESSMENT WILSON’S AWARDED GOOD SCHOOLS EXPEDITION GUIDE ACCOLADE FOR CRITICAL SATURDAY 16 - MONDAY 18 JULY THINKING A reminder to parents and the boys taking part that those looking to gain their Silver award through the Duke of Edinburgh scheme have their assessment expedition from Saturday 16 July to Monday 18 July. The boys will need to be in school on Saturday 16 July for registration at 8.15 a.m. sharp in the lecture theatre. They will need to be fully kit- ted out and have provisions for three days of walking and two nights of camping. We aim to get back to the school for 5 p.m. on the Monday. An important requirement of the award is that the boys take responsibility for their own preparation. The boys are also required to come into school on Tuesday 19 July at 10 a.m. to prepare and deliver a presentation on their expedition in order to complete this section of the silver award. If any parent has any questions then please email Mr Carew-Robinson via the school office. ([email protected])
A Level Awards 2011 AVIVA NATIONAL SCHOOLS ATHLETICS Presented to Wilson's School CHAMPIONSHIPS Last week I had the privilege to travel to the National schools champion- for the best results at ships and see 5 boys from Wilson’s competing in the biggest Athletics event for schools in the world. AS level The heats took place on Friday and all but one of our boys made it achieved by Boys through to the televised finals on the Saturday. Jordan Maurice was unlucky not to qualify, but did fantastically well to reach the finals and be placed in the top 20 in the country. taking Critical Thinking As expected Jacob Paul and Lolu Oluwole –Ojo won their respective at an English Grammar School heats in the 400m hurdles. Daniel Searle was not expected to progress beyond the semi – final but with a tremendous effort also reached the finals of the 110m hurdles on the Saturday. Tom Holden made the final in a hotly contested event, the 1500m for junior boys.
The finals were of the highest standard and Tom Holden suffered in the heat, particularly as he had recently missed training through illness. Tom finished in 7th place. which was a great achievement and clearly we have not seen the last of Tom in this event. The school has been judged by the The Good Schools Guide 2011 as having the best results at an English boys’ grammar Daniel Searle came 6th in the sprint hurdles final, again a great achieve- school for its AS Critical Thinking. This is a core component ment. Then came the main event for many of us, the 400m hurdles final. of year 12 and covers skills such as credibility, fallacies, logic, Could Lolu beat Jacob as he had done a few weeks previously? Jacob and argument construction. was not about to lose his title and at the last bend it was great to see two Wilson’s boys in first and second place. This is a tremendous achievement for which the teaching staff and students should be proud. Mr Ross, Head of Critical Jacob duly won with Lolu second fulfilling their rankings of 1 and 2 in Thinking said “It was the last thing I was expecting, but does the country. A magnificent achievement….maybe in 2016 we will have justice to the efforts made by the staff over the past three one or more Wilson’s boys in the Olympic team.. years to embed this into the sixth form curriculum. It shows we must be getting it right.” Our congratulations to all those who competed.
Mr J Molyneux, Director of Sport SUTTON SCHOOLS CUP
Wilson’s staff team played football at Carshalton Boys on Friday evening in the Sutton Schools Cup. Wilson’s won the league with Mr Collins only conceding one goal and in the final v Stanley Park Joe Matthews scored the winner to bring the cup home to Wilson’s with a solid 1-0 win.
We hope to repeat this success v Sutton Grammar at Badmin- ton and golf this Friday and next Wednesday respectively! Issue 195 8 July, 2011
CRICKET RESULTS CRICKET FIXTURES
TEAM OPPOSITION SCORES NOTABLE Saturday 9 July Wilson’s vs.John Fisher PERFORMANCES 1st XI Langley Park 147 for 8 Sam Wright 3 for 15 1st XI Home Wilson’s 148 for 6 Mohammad Raza 66 U15 Home Wilson’s won by 4 wickets U12A Home U13 Away 1st XI Wilson’s 239 for 4 Sam Wright 82, Alex U14 Away Yee 54 n.o. Kingston 58 all out Lateef Hassan 5 for 19 Monday 11 July Wilson’s vs. Penlea Wilson’s won by 181 runs (Aus)
1st XI OWCC 145 for 9 Mohammad Raza 3 for 1st XI Home 23, Aakash Patel 3 for 26 Wilson’s 123 all out Sam Wright 32 Wilson’s lost by 22 runs (The Eric Massey Cup)
U’15 Wilson’s 186 for 1 Niall sheridan 50 n.o., Ally Osborn 52 n.o. OWCC 69 for 8 Adheeb Hiba Saibo 3 for 0 Wilson’s won by 117 runs (The Wilsonians Challenge Cup)
U’15A Wilson’s 108 all out Sam Wright 43 Riddlesdown 105 for 6 Wilson’s won by 3 rund (Quarter Final of the Surrey Cup)
U’15A Wilson’s 74 for 8 Nathan Heal 24 n.o. Whitgift 75 for 3 Wilson’s lost by 7 wickets (Semi-Final of the Surrey Cup)
U’15A Wallington 78 for 9 Ben Flook 4 for 7 Wilson’s 79 for 5 Ben Flook 23 Wilson’s won by 5 wickets (1st game of the Parkinson Cup)
U’14A Wilson’s 178 for 1 Alex Yee 95 n.o. Wallington 108 for 8 Wilson’s won by 70 runs (1st game of the Waller cup)
U’13A Coombe Boys 60 for 7 Wilson’s 61 for 1 Wilson’s won by 9 wickets (Quarter Final of the Surrey Plate)
U’13A Trinity 97 for 9 Akhil Dua 4 for 20 Wilson’s 101 for 3 Jalen Gravesande 56 n.o. Wilson’s won by 7 wickets
U’13A Wilson’s 91 for 5 Will Honeyman 42 Howard of Effingham 92 for 2 Wilson’s lost by 8 wickets (Semi Final of Surrey Plate)
U’13A Wilson’s 113 for 8 Wallington 60 for 4 Wilson’s won by 53 runs (1st game of the Vandoros Cup)
U’12A Harris Merton 66 for 7 Sami Hussain 2 for 3 Wilson’s 67 for 0 George Kellingley 35 n.o. Wilson’s won by 10 wickets (Quarter Final of the Surrey Plate)
U’12A Trinity 127 for 4 Wilson’s 47 for 8 Wilson’s lost by 80 runs
U’12A Wilson’s 95 for 7 Wallington 81 for 6 Wilson’s won by 14 runs (1st round of the Walden Cup)
U’12B Wilson’s 89 for 7 Purav Patel 30 Wallington 90 for 3 Wallington won by 7 wickets WILSON’S SCHOOL Issue 196 July 15, 2011 WEEKLY UPDATE
IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY NATIONAL LANGUAGES SPELLING BEE Monday 18 July - Friday 22 July - Activities Week Friday 22 July - Term Ends
MUFTI DAY LAST WEEK Just over £500 was raised during mufti day last week for the Meningitis Trust. Each Year group was asked which charity they would like to receive a £500 payment from the Wilson’s Charity fund. Year 7’s - RSPCA, Year 8’s - Water Aid, Year 9’s NSPCC, Year 10’s McMillan nurses.
RAISE THOUSANDS FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN WITH BIG- On Wednesday 6th July, Shrey Patel 7S, travelled to Cambridge for the GEST BAND National Finals of the Languages Spelling Bee. The competition took place in the pleasant grounds of Homerton College. About 100 pupils Please help us raise thousands of pounds by downloading from 50 schools all over the country made the journey for the event. the track we made with thousands of school children last Shrey competed in the German Spelling Bee against 26 other pupils. He Friday at Wembley Arena! You can download the song on successfully spelt 13 words, such as “schlittschuhlaufen” (skating), “das iTunes via our home page www.biggestband.com for just Meerschweinchen” (the guinea pig). The competition was really tough. 79p, every penny goes to Save the Children, a wonderful Although he did not win the national competition Shrey still holds the charity. title of Wilsons’ and London Year 7 German Spelling Bee champion. Congratulations to him for all his eff ort and achievement. On July 8th 2011 thousands of school children from across the UK gathered in Wembley Arena to sing and record a A representative from Routes into Languages came into the Year 7 single for the Save the Children ‘Born To Shine’ appeal. The assembly on Wednesday 13th July to congratulate all boys who partici- event was a huge success and now the official single has pated in the competition. been finished in the studio and available on iTunes today! We are hoping our students family, friends, neighbours and anyone else they know help us in Save the Children’s THE DAOOD-MINDHAM TROPHY quest to raise money and reach a number 1 single! We are asking for your help by downloading this amazing single from iTunes from the Biggest Band website, is three times too much to ask? :) www.biggestband.com
Junior Maths Olympiad 2011 This year Wilson’s had their best ever results in the Junior Maths Olympiad, with 5 pupils gaining distinctions (which puts them in the top 250 pupils in the UK). Our highest score was by Harry Goodburn (8S) who was in the top 50 in the country and gained a distinction, a Gold Medal and a Book Prize. Close behind him was Daren Alfred (also 8S) who gained a distinction and a silver medal. It is 7 years since we have had two medal winners in the same Olym- piad. Others gaining distinctions were William Honeyman (8G), Vatsal Raina (8H) and Janusz Nasiruddin (8G). Con- gratulations to all of them, and the other 6 pupils who were The fi nal of Wilson’s Open Debate Competition took place on Friday invited to take part in this challenge and all performed on the motion ‘This house believes Greed is Good’, proposed by Jack creditably. Taperell and Tom Coates. Fortunately for the moral standing of Wilson’s, the debate was won by the opposition team of Tim Sharpe and Karim Abu-Seer, who argued eloquently that whilst ambition may be good, greed, by defi nition selfi sh, is not. The fi nal was judged by Kes Daood, one of the founders of Main School debating at Wilson’s. Issue 196 July 15, 2011
MUSICAL ROUND UP YEAR 7 CELEBRATION EVENING This has been an incredibly varied term in the Music Department, with Congratulations to every student in Year 7 for outstanding musicianship harnessed in some innovative and unusual their part in the Year 7 Celebration Evening last events. There was a well-attended Composers’ Evening at which live per- Wednesday. This innovative event was a celebra- formances of GCSE and A level compositions jostled with high-quality tion of every kind of extra-curricular activity, a electronic reproductions, a Junior Musicians’ Evening for students in celebration of performance, and – given that Years 7-10 featuring some genuinely sensitive and eff ective perform- the whole evening is down to Year 7 students ances in every style, and a balmy al fresco Summer Concert and Jazz themselves – a celebration of risk-taking! There Evening to celebrate the achievement of our hard-working senior musi- were fantastic speeches about dozens of activi- cians. Not to mention the brilliant contribution of ‘In the Swing’ to the ties, and performances from brass players and spirit of the Open Evening, the Pianists’ Evening, and assorted musical singers, instrumental soloists and theatrical adventures in the Year 7 Celebration Evening! debutants. It was possible to hear every word spoken on stage from the back of the Hall – a Well done to the huge numbers of students who have been involved in phenomenal achievement on the part of the musical activity of every kind during this year – your contribution has many boys who were on stage for the fi rst time! made for a more vibrant and musical school and that can only be a good A real end-of-term celebration! Bravo! thing! We look forward to welcoming Mr Rogers and Dr Clayden to the Music Department next term!
CAPTAIN ROSS TOWES DEPARTS THE CCF
It is with mixed emotions that the CCF says goodbye to Captain Ross Towes; sadness at losing a well-respected offi cer and pride that he leaves us for the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Ross joined the CCF as a cadet while a pupil at Wilson’s in 1996 and has more or less been a fi xture ever since. He was Cadet Company Sergeant Major in 2000-2001 and while at University spent time with London UOTC, during which time he would attend CCF camps and assist as an adult instructor.
When his association with the OTC came to an end he returned to Wilson’s and was commis- sioned. In his time with the unit he has served as a platoon commander, unit training offi cer and most recently as Offi cer Commanding of the Army Section. He is also responsible for the insti- gation of an annual battlefi eld tour to either Ypres and the Somme or Normandy which will not be the same without his passion for military history and his thorough research cross referencing that history with that of the school, its old boys and teachers.
Above all Ross will be missed for the tireless work he put in to training Wilson’s cadets and for which he gained their upmost respect and aff ection. Issue 196 July 15, 2011
WILSON’S SCHOOL CCF, ARMY SECTION: FIERCE PRIDE
A successful week at Crowborough Camp for the Army Section was rounded off with the ambushes and platoon attacks of Exercise Nugent but not before picking up some silverware. Every week of CCF Central camp concludes with an inter-school competition day. Of the ten disciplines that made up the competition, Wilson’s were runners up in three, the quiz, drill and survival and winners of another three, leadership, observation and signals. Considering the high percentage of Year 9 cadets on their fi rst Central Camp and the fact that the Contingent Commander insisted that all Wilson’s Cadets participated in at least one event this was an excellent achievement. The icing on the cake was that Wilson’s were then presented with the overall Trophy for best contingent of the week.
Major Burton’s usual rousing speech at the start of competitions day was abbreviated to “Sutton Grammar won this last week.” and that appeared to be all the motivation the cadets needed.
The skills being tested in competition are honed during the week of camp and in the training year, through the hard work of the cadets, NCOs and offi cers of the Corps. The winning of these prizes does credit to all have been involved in that process.
WILSON’S SCHOOL CCF, RAF SECTION: RAF ODIHAM
Eighteen cadets from the RAF section recently took part in an RAF summer camp at RAF Odiham, home of the Chinook force. The camp gave cadets an in depth view of a modern operational air base. The cadets, joined with two other schools from Scotland took part in many activities throughout the week ranging from military activities to personal development.
As well as go karting (which was right next to the runway!), bowling, getting soaked by the section fi re unit and visiting the RAF mu- seum and the AAC museum, cadets had a tour around diff erent sections within the station. These included the Air Traffi c Control tower, survival section and 18 & 27 Squadron and while doing so, they were lucky enough to see the Red Arrows landing at the station after a mini air show. Many also had the opportunity to shoot with the A2 CGPR the cadet version of the SA80, and fl y in the RAF Grob Tutor trainer aircraft. But the highlight of the camp was getting two fl ights in the Chinook helicopter, one of which was getting airlifted from a night exercise by Chinook.
Overall, the camp was a great success as all of the cadets enjoyed the week thoroughly. Special mention goes to Cdt Mallet for being awarded most improved cadet, Cdt Alvarado for best male cadet and Flt Sgt Morgan for getting best NCO. Stay safe during the holidays
x Tell your parents or a grown up where you are going, who you are going with and when you are likely to return x Appear confident in the street and look like you know where you are going x Walk with a friend whenever possible x Keep your phone out of sight - and set it to vibrate or discreet - to reduce the chance of being a target x Don’t walk and talk/text into your mobile phone - because you need to know what’s going on around you x Dial 999 immediately if you are in danger Issue 196 July 15, 2011
NATIONAL SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS WILSON’S STAFF SPORTS TEAMS
Congratulations to Wilson’s Staff badmin- ton team who beat Sutton Grammar away. Wilson’s won 12 – 8, with Mr Molyneux and Mr T Collins winning all their matches. A big thank you to all ten staff competitors for producing this result.
Wilson’s staff are hoping to continue their great form in the annual golf competition v Sutton Grammar at Mitcham Golf Club this Wednesday, where they will have Mr Molynuex, Mr Chappel, Mr A Parkinson, Mr O’Shea, Mr Hudson, Mr Franklin, Mr S Col- lins, Mr Carew-Robinson and Mr Mathews competing in paired match play. Good luck to all of them. CHESS RESULTS
Congratulations to Jacob Paul and On Friday 8th July Wilson’s played Sutton Lolu Oluwole-Ojo both of whom Grammar school over 28 boards with 2 have been selected to represent games on each board. England in the Home Countries’ Schools’ International Track and This was one of the largest secondary Field Competition on Friday. 15th school chess matches to have been played at Cardiff . in the UK in recent years. Wilson’s won the first leg 17 – 11 and the second by 15½ to The school has purchased posters 12½ giving a total winning margin of 32½ of these excellent photographs to to 23½. It is expected that the match at celebrate the fact that Wilson’s had Sutton next term will be even larger! fi ve boys representing Surrey in the Aviva national championship Congratulations to all those who com- peted.
Top: Dan Searle in action in the Sprint Hurdles fi nal.
Middle: Tom Holden in the 1500 m junior boys’ event.
Bottom: Jacob Paul and Lolu Oluwole-Ojo taking fi rst and second place in the 400 m hurdles. Issue 196 July 15, 2011
CRICKET RESULTS WILSON’S CRICKET REPORT TEAM OPPOSITION SCORES NOTABLE PERFORMANCES Wilson’s 1st XI completed their most success- 1st XI Wilson’s 118 for 9 Aakash Patel 35 ful season in recent history with 2 wins in 3 John Fisher 54 All Out Mohammed Raza 4 for days. A comprehensive 64 run victory over 17, Shiv Patel 3 for 9 John Fisher on Saturday saw Wilson’s lift the Wilson’s won by 64 runs inaugural Sutton Senior Cup with a 100% record (having beaten Wallington and Sutton 1st XI PEGS 141 All Out Aakash Patel 3 for 24 Grammar earlier in the season). On Monday Wilson’s 142 for 8 Mohammed Raza 48 they finished the summer with a tense win Wilson’s won by 2 wickets against visiting Australian side Penlea and Essendon Grammar School. U’15A John Fisher 84 for 8 Ollie Sitch 5 for 14 Wilson’s 85 for 0 Sam Wright 54 n.o. These victories meant the 1st XI recorded Wilson’s won by 10 wickets (2nd game of The Parkinson Cup) 8 wins and 2 losses over the season. One of those wins came against the prestigious U’14A John Fisher 125 for 8 Lateef Hassan 4 for 16 MCC, whom we defeated for the 1st time Wilson’s 126 for 2 Alex Yee 76 n.o. ever. Having bowled them out for 91, Wil- Wilson’s won by8 wickets (2nd game of The Waller Cup) son’s cruised home with 8 wickets to spare.
U’13A Wilson’s 161 for 5 Jalen Gravesande 42 The success of this season has largely been John Fisher 73 All Out Vatsal Raina 3 for 21 down to a very able and committed U6th Wilson’s won by 88 runs (2nd game of The Vandoros Cup) group of players who will now be leaving the school. These are: Mohammed Raza, Shiv U’12A Wilson’s 56 for 7 Patel, Tej Mehta, Aakash Patel, Luke Roberts, Rutlish 51 All Out Eugene Carr 3 for 10, Freddie Edwards, and Jack Webber. Captain Sami Hussain 3 for 10 Mo Raza also won the 2 individual trophies; Wilson’s won by 5 runs (Semi Final of the Surrey Plate) Top Run Scorer (337 runs at an average of 48.1) and Leading Wicket Taker (20 wickets). U’12A Wilson’s 91 for 6 Alongside the Senior players, the side was John Fisher 92 for 4 very ably supported by Ben Ives and Charlie Wilson’s won by5 wickets (2nd game of the Walden Cup) Filmer-Court in the Lower 6th, and Junior players Ben Flook, Sam Wright, Alex Yee and Lateef Hassan. Hopefully these players can take the 1st XI to even greater achievements THE SUTTON SCHOOLS CRICKET CUP 2011 next year.
JFS SGS WCGS Wilson’s TOTAL The Junior teams go into an important last Year 7 The Walden Cup set of fixtures this week. The U’12 A’s com- John Fisher 0 2 2 4 pete against Weydon School in the Final of Sutton Grammar 2 2 16/7 4 The Surrey Schools Plate Competition on Wallington Boys’ 0 0 0 0 Thursday (14th), 2 pm start at Banstead CC. Wilson’s 0 16/7 2 2 We wish them good luck. Year 8 The Vandoros Cup John Fisher 0 1 0 1 Also at Banstead CC on Thursday, Sam Wright Sutton Grammar 2 2 16/7 4 will be playing for Surrey U’15’s against Wallington Boys’ 1 0 0 1 Middlesex in an important ECB Cup match. Wilson’s 2 16/7 2 4 Having also played in their game this Tues- Year 9 The Waller Cup day, we congratulate Sam on his individual John Fisher 2 1 0 3 achievements. Sutton Grammar 0 2 16/7 2 Wallington Boys’ 1 0 0 1 In the last set of fixtures this season, all Wilson’s 2 16/7 2 4 Junior sides (U’12 A – U’15 A) take on Sutton Year 10 The Parkinson Cup Grammar this Saturday morning. Wins for John Fisher 0 1 0 1 the U’13 A’s, U’14 A’s and U’15 A’s would see Sutton Grammar 2 2 16/7 4 them win their inaugural Sutton Cups, whilst Wallington Boys’ 1 0 0 1 a win for the U’12 A’s would share the trophy. Wilson’s 2 16/7 2 4 Good luck to all sides. 1st XI The Senior Cup John Fisher 2 1 0 3 Mr A Parkinson. Sutton Grammar 0 2 0 2 Wallington Boys’ 1 0 0 1 Wilson’s 2 2 2 6 Overall The Cladish Cup John Fisher 4 6 2 12 Sutton Grammar 6 10 0 16 Wallington Boys’ 4 0 0 4 Wilson’s 8 2 10 20
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