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WEEKLY UPDATE

Issue 234 September 14 2012 WILSON’S STUDENTS CONQUER KILIMANJARO Dates for your Diary 17 September U6 Parents’ Information Evening (7 p.m.) 18 September 7B trip to Wales 19 September LATE START FOR STUDENTS (9.40 a.m.) 21 September Y7 Parents’ Social Evening (7 p.m.) 24 September SCHOOL CLOSED TO STUDENTS (ENTRANCE EXAMINATION)

OLD BOY TAKES WORLD RECORD

If you happened to be in Heathrow’s Terminal 4 on Thursday 10 August, you would have witnessed the arrival of 36 tired but triumphant students from Wilson’s School. They were returning from a 23 day expedition which involved a summit attempt of the roof of Africa – Mount Kilimanjaro – as well as a 5 day community project and 1 day safari. The highlight of the trip was the eventual summit- ing of Kilimanjaro – after 8 days trekking and a final 7 ½ hours of gruelling overnight ascent. However, there were many other highlights throughout the trip Old Wilsonian, Mark Bayliss, successfully completed the including cultural visits with the Maasai in Longido, Enduroman Arch to Arc Triathlon on Saturday, setting a being honoured with a goat sacrifice, participating new world record of 73 hours and 39 minutes. This com- in local building projects, as well as playing with the petition is not for the faint hearted. It involves running friendly children and a fiercely competed football 87 miles from Marble Arch to Dover, swimming from match against the Longido secondary school team Dover to Calais and then cycling from Calais 181 miles where Wilson’s came away with a deserved 2-1 win. to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Mark is only the 11th Finally a visit to Tarangire National Park for a safari, individual to have completed this course and is the only where the team luckily saw the elusive cheetah, person to have done so without a wetsuit while swim- meant that the boys were able to enjoy a day of ming the channel. much needed rest. While at school Mark represented England at Water Polo and Great Britain at youth level in Triathlon and Duathlon. In 2007 he swam the English Channel solo OLYMPIC FEVER HITS WILSON’S and he competed in the Sri Chinmoy Lake Zurich Swim Marathon three times as well as many other endurance Jacob Paul, current- competitions. ly a student in the Upper Sixth had the He is hoping to raise as much money as possible for honour of carrying SportsAid, a charity which supports young athletes in the Olympic Torch the crucial early stages of their careers. 47 of Britain’s through Bromley. medal winners at the Olympics have been supported by He was nominated Sports Aid. You can still sponsor Mark at www.justgiving. after competing com/Mark-Bayliss0 or by texting CFWC59 to 70070. We in the Youth Great congratulate him on this outstanding achievement. Britain team in Tur- key at the European Youth Olympic Festival. Issue 234 September 14, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE NOTICES NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM Following the retirement of Mrs Mitchelmore and the promotion to Headship of Miss Smith, the school has a new SCHOOL PARKING senior leadership team. Mr Charnock (Head) and Mr Cole A reminder to all parents that stu- (Deputy Head) will be joined by our new Assistant Head, Mr dents should not be dropped off or Lissimore, whom many will already know well as our former picked up in the school car park. Advanced Skills Teacher in Music. Our wider leadership team is joined by Mr Fletcher who will take over manage- We would also ask that all parents ment of all our data, assessment and reporting systems and consider local residents and park by Mrs Lowe who will be our Director of School Administra- considerately when dropping their tion. children off or picking them up from school. NEW HEADS OF DEPARTMENT Mr Alderson takes over from Ms Chase as Director of Math- Please ensure that you are not ob- ematics. structing the flow of traffic along Mr Phillips takes over from Mr Hunnam as Head of Biology. Mollison Drive as this creates a Mr Fletcher wil act as Head of Business and Economics for real hazard for pedestrians and this academic year. drivers alike. Mrs Gill takes over as Head of ICT. SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE Please note that the next sale of second hand uniform will take NEW PASTORAL TEAMS place on Monday 15 October, 2012. We have restructured our pastoral teams into three new This will be in the school dining Key Stage Teams, each overseen by a member of the Senior room from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Leadership Team. Y7 MEDICATION Key Stage 5 Team (Sixth Form) If your son requires medication SLT: Mr Cole (e.g. epipens) that should be kept Director of Key Stage: Mr Doyle with the First Aid Officer for Deputy Director: Mr Coop emergency use, please can you en- Higher Education Coordinator: Dr Hemp sure that these have been brought Secretary: Mrs Pauline Kitchin in to school. Key Stage 4 Team (Years 9-11) SCHOOL CALENDAR SLT: Mr Charnock Parents may find it useful to check Director of Key Stage: Mr Cady (Year 11) our school calendar on a regular Deputy Director: Mr Chappell (Year 10) basis in order to keep up-to-date Assistant Director: Mr J Parkinson (Year 9) with events at school. This can Secretary: Mrs Wood. be found at the following link: http://www.wilsonsschool.sutton. Key Stage 3 Team (Year 7-8) sch.uk/calendar/calendar.html SLT: Mr Lissimore Director of Key Stage: Mr Walters (Year 7) LOST PROPERTY Deputy Director: Mr Hudson (Year 8) Please do ensure that all of your Secretary: Mrs Wood son’s kit is marked with his name. This should include his PE kit, Mr Burton will work will all three teams as Director of House pencil case and trainers. Lost and Co-Curricular Activity. property is easily returned if it is named. Cricket Bags - A number of bags with cricket kit have been left in the sports store, could these please be collected as soon as BADMINTON possible. Congratulations to Mr Camera - An expensive camera was Molyneux on his place left in the sports hall at the end in the England team of last term. Please see Mr Moly- playing in the Europe- neux if you have lost one. an Masters Champion- ships in Bulgaria next week. Issue 234 September 14, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE PUBLIC EXAMINATION RESULTS THE YOUNG HISTORIAN Once again our Upper Sixth and Year 11 students AWARDS achieved excellent results in the summer public exami- nations with levels of achievement which were among As in previous years the history department the best the school has had. For the first time ever, every entered a number of student’s essays into the single member of the sixth form met the matriculation various categories that comprise the Young standard for the Sixth Form and the great majority of the Historian Awards. Sixth Formers gained the grades they needed for their University places. In the newspaper league tables we Robert Cochrane (11G) has been awarded were placed securely among the strongest performing the GCSE World War One prize. The judges schools. There were just two all boys schools ahead of were very impressed with his coherence and us in the GCSE tables and four ahead of us in the A level enthusiasm. He was presented with his prize, tables. The boys have done themselves, their school a book token for £100.00, in assembly. For de- and their teachers much credit and we feel very proud tails of the 2013 competitions see the depart- of them. The AS results were exceptionally good - the ment page on the school website. best we have ever achieved - and this augurs very well indeed for next year - but these are just half -time scores and a lot of hard work will need to go in between now and next summer to make sure they convert into equally brilliant grades then.

A special word of thanks to all the teachers who spent hour upon hour of their own time helping, supporting and sometimes cajoling students to ensure that they did their best. We are very fortunate to have such a dedicated team of teachers.

We will publish a list of University destinations in the next edition of the Weekly Update. Full details of the summer results are available on the website. - note however that re-marks and upgrades are still coming in - in the case of History GCSE, flooding in - so these remain A fantastic opportunity for students in the provisional. Lower 6th! Get involved in a national competition for young entrepreneurs. Working alongside your mentor you’ll create and run a business, develop and sell products just like real businesses do. Your aim is to make MODERN FOREIGN profit and beat the competition. Previous entrants have found the Young Enterprise LANGUAGES COMPETITION highly challenging but highly rewarding. See Congratula- Mr Ormonde in the Business Department for tions to Stephen details. Hurry places are limited. Earls of the Lower Sixth, who submitted a recording of a conversation in Portuguese. YOUNG WRITERS’ EXPRESS YOURSELF We look forward to hearing about COMPETITION his planned trip to Brazil when he Congratulations to the nineteen Year 10 stu- has the money! dents who have had their poetry published in an Anthology following their success in The recording the Young Writers’ Express Yourself compe- can be found on tition. The poems were composed during the Modern Lan- the course of creative writing Enrichment guages depart- lessons and independently. Many congratu- ment page on lations to these boys for their success. the school web site. Issue 234 September 14, 2012

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WILSON’S SCHOOL MUSIC ENSEMBLE TIMETABLE - SEPTEMBER 2012 LUNCHTIME AFTER SCHOOL MONDAY Brass Ensembles (Mr Willey) Chamber Ensemble (Mr Rogers) Intermediate Jazz Band (Mr Ashworth)

TUESDAY Wind Band (Mr Clayden/Mr Lissimore/ Senior Choir (Mr Rogers & Music Mr Sanders) Dept. staff)

WEDNESDAY Senior Jazz Band (Mr Ashworth) Senior Orchestra (Mr Rogers) KS3 Pop Bands (Mr Kimber) Samba Band (Josh Hayes)

THURSDAY KS4/KS5 Senior Pop Bands Junior Orchestra (Mr Clayden) (Mr Ormonde/Mr Johnstone/6th Form Team) Wind Ensemble (Ms Dennis)

FRIDAY Barbershop Group (Mr Hann)

WORK RELATED LEARNING NEWS SPEAKOUT CHALLENGE 2012 Careers interviews start next week for students in During Activities Year 11. All Year 11s will have an interview before Week, Y8 stu- the options deadline in February. If anyone else dents had the would like a careers interview please contact Mr opportunity to Englefield ([email protected]) or develop their your head of year. All interviews take place on a abilities in public Tuesday in the library office. speaking. This challenging introduction to a valuable and widely HUMANITIES POSTCARD applicable skill is approached COMPETITION RESULTS: with trepidation – not surprising, Over the summer we have received 58 postcards. when speaking in Each postcard is worth 2 house points. public is consist- ently voted in B C G H S the top three 7 12 11 9 2 12 adult fears. Over 8 1 10 0 0 0 two days, each 9 0 0 0 0 0 student took part in a series of preparatory activities 10 0 0 0 1 0 and delivered a two minute speech to an audience Total 13 21 9 3 12 of their peers. The winning speakers from each group went forward to the semi-finals, judged by House Points 26 42 18 6 24 Mr Lissimore, who was most pleased with the varied tone and fluent phrasing employed by a number Remember you can send them anytime you go of our students. The final speak-off took place in a anywhere that has some historical or geographi- combined Y7 and Y8 assembly. Judges Mr Cady and cal significance. They will be displayed some- Mr Cole were very impressed with the confident where in the school soon. demeanour of the two Y8 students who stood up to address an audience of over 300! The winning Thanks for all your efforts and I hope you enjoyed speech was finally adjudged to be ‘Why Trees Are your holidays. Great’, delivered in tremendous style by Emil Lunch (see photograph). Issue 234 September 14, 2012

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UNIVERSITY PREPARATION SPORTS NEWS WEEK The beginning of WILSON’S FOOTBALL the school RESULTS year was a busy one for Saturday 8 September - Wilson’s vs. Glyn the Upper U13A lost 1-2 Sixth form, U13B lost 0-7 experiencing U14A lost 2-5 as they did U14B lost 0-8 an intensive U15A won 3-0 subject U15B lost 2-3 specific 1st XI won 4-0 programme relevant to their chosen degree course. The programme was intensive and varied, utilising the support of old boys (such as former School Captain Daniel Smith who has recently graduated from Christ’s, FOOTBALL FIXTURES Cambridge); visits (including the Wellcome Saturday 15 September institute and a prestigious opportunity 7-a-side competition for the Engineers to tour the Airbus site) and extremely challenging university Wednesday 19 September style tasks, ranging from the composition Wilson’s vs. Latymer Upper of French poetry and original music, to 1st XI Away a legal problem set by our Vice Chair of 2nd XI Away Governors Mr John Nicholson for our would 3rd XI Away be lawyers! Thirty students, pictured below, 4th XI Home hoping to study History, Philosophy and 5th XI Home English enjoyed the same experience, but 6th XI Training in the quads, lecture halls and student accommodation of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where many had to work long into the night in order to prepare their final essays prior to their 1-1 supervision. We would like to wish all of our students the very best as they approach the final stages of their preparation for university entrance and would like to thank all of those that made the various programmes possible. REVIEW MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

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Issue 235 September 21 2012 AUDITIONS FOR THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III Dates for your Diary 24 September SCHOOL CLOSED TO STUDENTS (ENTRANCE EXAMINATION) 2 October 7C and 7G Trip to Wales 4 October TEDx Event (7.00 p.m.) 5 October PFA Quiz Night (7.00 p.m.) 15 October Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.) 17 October Senior Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.)

CHESS Wilson’s hosted 10 school teams at the annual Russell Jamboree on Friday 14 September. After winning it outright for the past 3 years this year Wilson’s were ‘only’ joint first, scoring 12 points from 16 games, the same as KCS Wimbledon. Third were RGS Guildford with 8½ points. Wilson’s second team were third in the minor event. Our success was due to some strong individual results: Adam Taylor on board 1 won both his games, and three year 8s The Madness of George III takes a dark-humoured (Jon-Man Chung, Michael Banh and Ryan Eaw) also look at the mental decline of King George III of Eng- won both their games. Philip Knott, Manibharathi land. The play’s story begins nearly three decades Periasamymanjula, Lewis Lou and Vatsal Raina were into George’s reign, in 1788, as the unstable king also undefeated on the night. begins to show signs of increasing dementia, from violent fits of foul language to bouts of forgetfulness. Before the school chess season proper starts on Fri- This weakness seems like the perfect chance to over- day 28 September, Wilson’s are also sending 2 teams throw the unpopular George, whom many blamed to the new ECF School Rapidplay event held at Eton for the loss of the American colonies, in favour of the College on Sunday 23 Sept. Prince of Wales, but the King’s Prime Minister William Pitt and his wife Queen Charlotte are determined to protect the throne. Doctors are brought in, but the MODERN FOREIGN archaic treatments of the time prove of little value. In desperation, they turn to Dr. Willis, a harsh, uncon- LANGUAGES - YEAR 9 TRIPS ventional specialist whose unusual methods recall CHANGE OF DATES modern psychiatry. Willis struggles to break through Unfortunately the dates of the Year 9 French and to the mad king, treating him with an anger and German trips have had to be changed from those haughtiness George has never before experienced. published in the letter that your son will have Stressing the absurdity of the entire situation, Ben- recently brought home. Both trips will take place nett’s witty screenplay emphasizes dry humour over from Monday 15 - Friday 19 July, 2013. If this tragedy, even utilizing references to King Lear for poses insurmountable problems please contact comic effect. It’s a tragically royal riot! Mr. Winstone at the school. DON’T MISS THE AUDITIONS! USED UNIFORM SHOP Wednesday 26 September 2012 The shop is currently very well stocked and items 3:30pm-5:30pm of school clothing can be purchased at a very reasonable price. Do come along on Monday 15 Main Hall October and take a look. This is held in the dining room from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Issue 235 September 21, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE NOTICES WILSON’S LANGUAGES DAY WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER SCHOOL PARKING A reminder to all parents that students should not be dropped off or During the day: have a go and answer the register in picked up in the school car park. five different languages !!

We would also ask that all parents Activities consider local residents and park Year 7 & 8: COMPETITION - Look out for all the ‘Hello’ considerately when dropping their posters; identify the language; give your answers to children off or picking them up Mlle. Lemaire for a chance to win house points and from school. golden tickets.

Please ensure that you are not ob- Year 9: Europe and languages quiz in form time. structing the flow of traffic along Mollison Drive as this creates a Year 9 & 10: Business Studies and languages a quiz real hazard for pedestrians and called “Can your business talk World Class?” drivers alike. For all at 13:30 in the languages department: Lan- guage taster lessons in Norwegian, Mandarin, Swed- CLUBS AND SOCIETIES NEWS ish, Farsi and Russian! Come and take part!! CHRISTIAN UNION In the canteen: A taste of France at breakfast and The Christian Union is held on Thursday lunchtime lunchtimes from 1.15p.m. in Room 25 and is open to all year groups. Please see During the week assemblies will deal with language Miss Clarke for further information. based topics. ICT CLUBS The following clubs are run by the ICT Mr Burton will work will all three teams as Director of department every week from 1.15 - 1.50 House and Co-Curricular Activity. p.m. Mondays - SCRATCH club for Years 7 and 8 with Mr Jones. MINDSTORM will start after half-term. These are hld in F5. YOUNG HISTORIAN PROJECT Mondays - ICT and Computing COURSEWORK DROP IN for years 10-13 with Mrs Gill 2012 in F4. Wednesdays ICT drop in for Years 7 The trustees of the Spirit of Normandy Trust have just and 8 with Mrs Gill in F4. announced the Young Historian Prizes for 2012. The following students work has all been commended: HISTORY CLUB History Club meets on Thursday lunchtime (1.15 p.m.) in Room 20. The pro- SENIOR CATEGORY gramme for this term includes 1960s Britain: Modculture; Tony Blair’s For- Paul Heller (Year 12G) - Commended eign Policy, Atom Bomb, Serial Killers in the USA, Martin Luther and Violence Ben Flook (Year 12C) - Commended in Mao’s China. Jack Nicholls (Year 11C) – Highly Commended HANDWRITING CLUB Have you ever wanted to improve your KEY STAGE 3 CATEGORY handwriting? Do your teachers tell you it makes your work illegible? Sick of having to explain what words say? Then Karim Nizam (Year 10C) - Commended make a date in your diary for handwriting club. You will practice forming Ayngharran Vasudevan (Year 9C) - Commended letters correctly and joining words legibly. We have handwriting pens and Ramon Nartallo (Year 8H) - Commended books for everyone. Please try and eat your lunch before you come. The All students have been presented with their certifi- club will run on Thursdays at 1.20p.m. cates in this weeks assemblies. Details of the 2013 in Rm 18 from 4 October. See Mrs Fletcher for further information. competition can be found on the history department page of the school website. Issue 235 September 21, 2012

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Rennison Jack Aberdeen Neuroscience with Psychology Measures Ashley Aberystwyth Political Studies Acquaye Nortey James Bath Mechanical Engineering Collyer Ben Bath Mechanical Engineering Jones Peter David Bath Computer Science (Placement) Alayande Oluwaseun Birmingham Biomedical Materials Science Avins Christopher Birmingham Chemistry with Industrial Experience Osborn Charlie Birmingham Geography Stancliffe William Birmingham English Steadford Kieran Birmingham Psychology Thoroughgood Billy Birmingham Chemical Engineering Gilbert Toby Bournemouth Software Development for Animation, Games & Effects Ohene-Djan Sergio Bournemouth Finance and Economics Babu Vinu Bristol Neuroscience Clarke Lawrie Bristol Biochemistry Jalabhay Anish Bristol Economics Vasanthakumar Yadhav Bristol Economics and Management Young George Bristol Geography Kirupananthan Piravienan Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Accounting and Finance Bennett Peter Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Medicine Al-Hadithi Kamel Cambridge Medicine Hunt Daniel Cambridge Mathematics Vinter Luke Cambridge Natural Sciences Patel Ankit Cardiff Dentistry Tijou Matthew City Journalism and Psychology (3 years or 4 year SW) Vasaya Shabbar City Optometry Ragunathan Jishanthan Cardiff Metropolitan Biomedical Science (3 years) Hicks Edward Durham Geography Kyriacou Henry Durham General Engineering Olowu Tobi Durham Business and Management International Development with Cheshire Samuel East Anglia Economics Hughes Oliver East Anglia English Literature Richardson Joseph East Anglia History Perera Calum Edinburgh Medicine Richardson Ben Edinburgh German and English Literature Agili Fabyan Essex Economics Borg Jacob Exeter Mechanical Engineering Boustead Luke Exeter Civil Engineering with International Study Gunnell William Exeter History Hoe Tim-Hong Exeter Clinical Science Mitchener Sean Exeter Mechanical Engineering Tilley Thomas London Goldsmiths Sociology Burhan Rasan Hull Medicine Aluko Abimbola Imperial Medicine Baksh Reaz Imperial Mechanical Engineering with a Year Abroad Chaplin Joshua Imperial Geophysics Gupta Aditya Imperial Chemical Engineering with a Year Abroad McDonald Nicholas Imperial Chemistry Nash Alexander Imperial Biotechnology with French for Science Oxley Samuel Imperial Biomedical Engineering Patel Milan Imperial Aeronautical Engineering with a Year Abroad Pydiah Kenny Imperial Medicine Al- Sibassi Ayman London, Kings Dentistry (5 years) Chopra Dhruv London, Kings Pharmacology (3 years or 4-year sandwich) Gardiner Nathan London, Kings Dentistry (5 years) Hassan Serry Yaseen London, Kings Medicine (5 years) Jeyakumar Nevethen London, Kings Dentistry (5 years) Sayle Jack London, Kings Biomedical Science Thayalaseelan Rajeelan London, Kings Biomedical Science Loftus Simon Kingston Economics Fothergill Tobias Wallace Loughborough Accounting and Financial Management Mander Jordan Loughborough Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Mir Billal Loughborough Automotive Engineering Rajamohan Navalakshan Loughborough Economics Clark David Leeds Economics and French Ives Ben Leeds Geography Riman Harley Leeds International Development Issue 235 September 21, 2012

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Roberts William Leeds French and Japanese Braterman William LSE Government and Economics Emuobosa Donald LSE Economics Kan Jamie LSE Economics Khan Sami LSE Government Kohli Ashwin LSE Business Mathematics & Statistics Serunjogi Richard LSE Social Policy Uddin Arman LSE Geography with Economics Filmer-Court Charles Manchester Biology Ridout Samuel Manchester Music Thomas Ryan Nottingham Trent Psychology Charles Tobia Nottingham History Elsey James Nottingham Geography Koshy Kevin Nottingham Mechanical Engineering Martin Luke Nottingham Mechanical Engineering Shewan Carl Nottingham Geography Taylor Samuel Nottingham Environmental Science VeerathapaNaidoo Balkrishna Nottingham Economics Heinemann George Oxford Engineering (4 years) Menon Ashok Oxford Computer Science (3 or 4 years) Micallef Dariush Oxford Medicine Moneke Michael Oxford Medicine Nim Alex Oxford Physics (4 years) Sinha Subhash Chandra Oxford Physics (4 years) Stanislaus Beojan Oxford Physics (4 years) Reeds Christopher Oxford Brookes Mechanical Engineering Ajit Kumar Nitin London, Queen Mary’s Medicine Long Martyn London, Queen Mary’s Physics Richards-H Thomas London, Queen Mary’s Chemistry Shukla Yashkumar London, Queen Mary’s Medicine Veljanoski Damjan London, Queen Mary’s Medicine Northfield Max Reading Applied Statistics Sellathurai Jenardan St George’s Biomedical Science Fashoro Ola Sheffield Chemical Engineering (4 years) Giles Joshua Sheffield Bioengineering with a Year in Industry Ladega Tirenioluwa Sheffield Economics Partridge Stefan Sheffield Environmental Science (3 years) Aldridge Ian Southampton Economics Elliott Craig Southampton Mechanical Engineering Jeeven Gowtham Southampton Economics Louis Michael Southampton Medicine (5 year) Patel Mitul Southampton Politics and Economics Tang Darron Southampton Mechanical Engineering (4 years) Thomas James Watson Christopher Southampton Economics and Philosophy Davies-Winifred Sebastian Surrey Economics (3 or 4 years) Hill Alexander Surrey Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) (4 years) Hou Timothy Surrey Civil Engineering (5 years) Stalley Stuart Surrey Accounting and Finance (3 or 4 years) Willis Christopher Surrey Audio Media Engineering (3 or 4 years) Vidler Thomas Sussex Politics and Sociology Anandarajah Cheran UCL Medicine (6 years) Carter Ryan UCL Computer Science Jeyakumar Thilakshan UCL Pharmacy Lundini Brandon UCL Law Mirza Abbas Ali UCL Computer Science Pakroo Kourosh UCL French and an Asian or African Language (4 years) Souberbielle Patrick UCL Biochemical Engineering (with Study Abroad) Bagheri Blake Warwick Philosophy and Literature Dar Gibran Warwick Philosophy with Psychology Elston Andre Warwick Philosophy and Literature Grimes Thomas Warwick Philosophy and Literature Krishnan Anand Warwick Economics Patel Kushal Warwick Economics Xiao Alan Warwick Economics Kuplish Nikhil York Economics Issue 235 September 21, 2012

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SPORTS NEWS

WILSON’S P.F.A. LAUNCH WILSON’S FOOTBALL OF SATURDAY MORNING RESULTS CAFE 7-a-side Competition

Wilson’s P.F.A. will be running a “Football Cafe” in The Year 8’s lost on penalties in the semi-final to the Bowden Room this term. The cafe will be open Carshalton and the Year 7’s did well, coming 4th in from 8.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. and will be open only their league. when home matches are playing. We would like to thank the 1st XI for refereeing, If you are interested in helping to run the cafe; per- coaching and assisting in the running of the tourna- haps your son plays football for the school and you ment. are here watching him play anyway, then please contact Tim Pryse-Hawkins on his email address: We wish the Year 10’s who play away to Barking Ab- [email protected]. bey on 17 September in the first National cup game of the 2012-13 season good luck. We look forward to hearing from you. WILSON’S QUIZ NIGHT - FRIDAY FOOTBALL FIXTURES 5 OCTOBER 2012 7P.M. Saturday 22 September Wilson’s vs. Riddlesdown We hope as many parents and friends as possible will be able to come along and support the school at U15A Away the quiz night which has been arranged by the PFA U14A Away and sponsored by Cladishes. Please see the poster U13A Home below for details. Posters with a tear-off slip will be U12A Home distributed to parents by parentmail or alternatively you can pick one up at reception. There will be a Wilson’s vs. Old Boys’ silent auction and raffle held on the evening. 1st XI Away Wilson’s School 2nd XI Away �� 3rd XI Away Wednesday 26 September �� Wilson’s vs. Trinity 5th XI Home

Wilson’s vs Glyn

1st XI Away 2nd XI Away 3rd XI vs. 6th XI 4th XI Training 6th XI vs. 3rd XI

Tickets only £10 each �� Teams of between 4 & 8 people �� (Including a sharing platter) are very welcome, or we can build teams on the night �� Contact the School Finance OfÞce

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Issue 236 September 28 2012 DEBATING NEWS Wilson’s Dates for your Diary School 2 October 7C and 7G Trip to Wales was well 4 October TEDx Event (7.00 p.m.) repre- 5 October PFA Quiz Night (7.00 p.m.) sented 9 October 7H and 7S Trip to Wales with four 15 October Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.) teams 16 October U6 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 17 October Senior Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.) at the 19 October Wilson’s Apple Day Junior 25 October Y7 Parent/Tutors Evening (4.00p.m.) Debate 25 October Y9 Parents’ Info. Evening (7.00p.m.) Champi- 29 Oct. - 2 Nov. HALF TERM onship in Newcas- tle last week- WILSON’S STRIKES GOLD end. George Lowe was the highest placed speaker for Tim Hou, who left the school at the end of last Wilson’s, finishing 7th in the competition overall. term, has recently been informed of his suc- We had four speakers in the top twenty including cessful completion of the Gold DofE award. This George’s partner Archie MacGillivray. Two Wilson’s achievement makes him the first Wilsonian to teams, Ahmed Elgharably and Ravi Yaathavan and achieve all three award levels whilst at the school. James Gunnell and James Nash, finished with equal Tim, who is now studying at Surrey university, re- fourth-highest team points but missed out on the cently returned to assist with the Bronze assessed final on speaker points. Aaron Mallet and Max Cobain expedition and is currently working towards also contributed to a successful weekend. becoming a Bronze and Silver DofE assessor. Also this week, Wilson’s attended a senior debate at Tim received many awards for his extra curricu- Dulwich School where Harrison Gower and Will Ries lum activities during his time at Wilson’s, not only were a point off the final, scoring over 300 speaker in DofE but CCF and stage crew at school produc- points each, and Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky also tions. He played a full part in the life of the school ended in the top half of the draw with a combined and is a shining example for present pupils of total of 598. Wilson’s. Tim is also contemplating returning to the CCF as an adult instructor and will, in the near future, be called to one of the palaces in London to receive his DofE Gold award.

Tim is pictured here during his Y10 Dof E bronze assessment.

Our congratulations go to Tim on this tremendous achievment.

The pictures above show Aaron Mallet and Max Cobain and Ravi Yaathavan and Ahmed Elgharably preparing for the second round at Newcastle. Issue 236 September 28, 2012

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NOTICES JANUARY 2013 GCE EXAMS SCHOOL PARKING Students retaking units in the January of 2013 A reminder to all parents that stu- please be aware of the following points: dents should not be dropped off or picked up in the school car park. • Ensure your Head of Department is aware of any retakes We would also ask that all parents • Please use one cheque for all retakes consider local residents and park • Mark on the cheque your candidate considerately when dropping their number, name and unit code/s children off or picking them up • Cheques must be given to Mr Harmsworth from school. in the School Admin Office by 12.00pm on Friday 19 October Please ensure that you are not ob- • Failure to do so will result in the candidate structing the flow of traffic along not being entered for the exam Mollison Drive as this creates a • Cheques payable to ‘Wilson’s School’ real hazard for pedestrians and • Late entry fees are charged at double the drivers alike. rate by all exam boards • The cost of retaking a unit is shown below: CLUBS AND SOCIETIES NEWS AQA CHRISTIAN UNION OCR The Christian Union is held on Thursday lunchtimes from 1.15p.m. in Room 25 and EDEXCEL is open to all year groups. Please see Miss Clarke for further information. Business Studies £19.35

ICT CLUBS Physics £14.55 The following clubs are run by the ICT department every week from 1.15 - 1.50 Biology £18.00 p.m. Mondays - SCRATCH club for Years 7 and Chemistry £12.90 8 with Mr Jones. MINDSTORM will start after half-term. These are held in F5. Mondays - ICT and Computing COURSEWORK Mathematics £14.55 DROP IN for years 10-13 with Mrs Gill in F4. Economics £22.30 Wednesdays ICT drop in for Years 7 and 8 with Mrs Gill in F4. English Literature £19.35

HISTORY CLUB ICT/Computing £18.90 History Club meets on Thursday lunchtime (1.15 p.m.) in Room 20. The pro- French £26.40 gramme for this term includes 1960s Britain: Modculture; Tony Blair’s For- eign Policy, Atom Bomb, Serial Killers Geography £19.35 in the USA, Martin Luther and Violence in Mao’s China. German £26.40

HANDWRITING CLUB History £19.35 Have you ever wanted to improve your handwriting? Do your teachers tell you Gov & Politics £22.30 it makes your work illegible? Sick of having to explain what words say? Then Philosophy £19.35 make a date in your diary for handwriting club. You will practice forming letters correctly and joining words legibly. We have handwriting pens and books for everyone. Please try and eat REMEMBER THE DEADLINE your lunch before you come. The club will run on Thursdays at 1.20p.m. in Rm FOR CHEQUES IS 12.00pm 18 from 4 October. See Mrs Fletcher for further information. ON 19 OCTOBER 2012 Issue 236 September 28, 2012

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WILSON’S PRAYER GROUP The Wilson’s prayer group consists of parents, staff and those associated with the school. We meet once each half term for fellowship together and to pray for the school.

Meetings are held at 8pm in the chapel (which is on the top floor of the main building). YOUNG ENTERPRISE The dates for this year are: Young Enterprise started off this week on Tuesday 25 · Monday 12th November 2012 September 2012 at the Croydon Conference Centre. Fourteen students from Wilsons were there to find · Monday 14th January 2013 out about the daunting but exciting challenges that await them as they take their first steps in setting up · Monday 4th March 2013 their businesses. For the next year our intrepid entrepreneurs will be creating, selling and marketing their · Monday 22nd April 2013 own product or service. They will create their own company and run it as a proper business with the · Monday 10th June 2013 aim to make a profit at the end of the competition. To succeed as a Young Enterprise team is going to re- For further details about the prayer group, or to quire dedication, hard work and not least the capac- be added to the prayer mailing list please contact ity to turn an idea into reality, but it will be great fun Dominic Beer ([email protected]) and a real opportunity to work with students from or Sarah Clarke ([email protected]) other schools and local entrepreneurs. Good luck to all the participants.

GCSE GEOGRAPHY REVI- SION GUIDES FOR AQA A CHESS TOURNAMENT SPECIFICATION 36 boys took part in the Wilson’s rapid play chess Special offer price: £3.50 tournament on Friday evening. Winner with 5/5 was Adam Taylor (11S), followed by Philip Knott (11B), This discount is only available on orders made Pavan Murali (11S), Keith Barker (13S) and Ryan Eaw before Friday 12 October To order a copy a (8B) all on 4/5. cheque, made payable to Wilson’s School Private Funds and clearly labelled with the name of your son, his form and ‘Geography Revision’, should be returned as soon as possible, but no later than Friday 12 October 2012. The payment should be placed in the red post box situated in the main CHESS RESULTS foyer. On Sunday Wilson’s came 2nd out of 18 teams in the English Chess Federation rapid play held at Eton College. This was an outstanding result with leading scores of 5 out of 6 by Adam Taylor (11S) USED UNIFORM SHOP on board 1, and 4½/6 by Pavan Murali (11S). The B The shop is currently very well stocked and items team also performed well, including drawing with of school clothing (including sports kit) can be Hampton School first team, and their captain Sean purchased at a very reasonable price. Do come Earley (L6) was one of only a few players unde- along on Monday 15 October and take a look. The feated on the day. shop is held in the dining room from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Issue 236 September 28, 2012

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REMINDER TO PARENTS RE: NEW YEAR 7 CO-ORDINATOR SCHOOL ABSENCES AND FORM REPRESENTATIVE We would like to remind parents that they should FOR THE PFA ring the school on 020 8773 2931 on the first day a student is sick and absent from school. The PFA are delighted to announce that Mr Tushar Raval (who has a son in 7B) has agreed to be the If parents find themselves needing to take a child new co-ordinator for Year 7 overall and that Mrs out of school during term time then a letter needs Julie Barnes has agreed to be the class representa- to be sent to the Head, Mr Charnock requesting tive for 7H. his authorisation of the absence. Please note that absences for holidays during term time cannot If any other new Year 7 parents are interested in be authorised and that absences for family visits joining the PFA or becoming a class representa- can be authorised only in the most exceptional tive please contact Les Jones (the Chairman) at les. circumstances. [email protected]. Our thanks to Mr Raval and Mrs Barnes for taking on these roles which we hope they will enjoy.

WILSON’S QUIZ NIGHT - THE BOWDEN ROOM FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER 2012 THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER 7P.M. 7 – 9 pm We hope as many parents and friends as possible will be able to come along and support the school Free tickets in advance from Room 16. at the quiz night which has been arranged by the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is PFA and sponsored by Cladish. Please see the poster a global set of conferences owned by the non- below for details. Posters with a tear-off slip will be profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate distributed to parents by parentmail or alternatively “ideas worth spreading.” Since June 2006, the you can pick one up at reception. There will be a talks have been offered for free viewing online, silent auction and raffle held on the evening. through TED.com. By June 2011, the viewing figure stood at more than 500 million, reflecting a still growing global audience. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has Wilson’s School created a program called TEDx.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events �� that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDxWilsonsSchool, �� where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxWilsonsSchool event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

The TED Conference provides general guid- ance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.

Tickets only £10 each �� Teams of between 4 & 8 people �� (Including a sharing platter) are very welcome, or we can build teams on the night �� Contact the School Finance OfÞce Issue 236 September 28, 2012

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WILSON’S… BRAND NEW… FIRST TIME EVER… MUSICAL THEATRE CLUB EVERY MONDAY (starting Monday 1st October) 3:30PM-5PM

YEARS 9-13

COME AND ENJOY AN HOUR AND A HALF OF ALL SINGING, ALL ACTING, ALL DANCING MUSICAL THEATRE! Issue 236 September 28, 2012

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SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

FOOTBALL RESULTS Saturday 22 September Wilson’s vs. Riddlesdown

U15A won 2-1 U14A won 7-0 U13A won 3-1 U13B won 2-0 U12A lost 3-6 U12B lost 1-3

Wilson’s vs. Old Wilsonians 1st XI lost 0-5 2nd XI drew 2-2 (won on penalties) BADMINTON - EUROPEAN 4th XI won 4-1 MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP 5th XI drew 1-1

Our hearty congratulations go to Mr Molyneux on winning a silver medal in the final of the mens FOOTBALL FIXTURES doubles at the European Masters Championship Saturday 29 September in Sofia last week. The final was very close with Mr Wilson’s vs. Sutton Grammar Molyneux and his partner just losing out on the 1st XI Home gold with a score of 1-2. 2nd XI Away 3rd XI Away U15A Home U15B Home U14A Away U14B Away Y8 INTER-HOUSE CROSS- U13A Away COUNTRY 2012 U13B Away U12A Home U12B Home INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1.J CHEN 15.13 Wednesday 3 October 2.N BURMINGHAM 16.43 Wilson’s vs. Royal Russell 3.E ROBERTS 16.44 3rd XI Home 4th XI Away TEAM RESULTS 5th XI Home 1. HAYES 734 6th XI Away 2. CAMBERWELL 810 3. SOUTHWARK 915 4. BRECON 1033 For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ 5. GREENCOAT 1279 WilsonsPE on twitter.

Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site The score is the lowest total of 20 competitors. however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discussion page.

If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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Issue 237 October 5 2012 Wilson’s First TEDx Event Dates for your Diary 9 October 7H and 7S Trip to Wales 15 October Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.) 16 October U6 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 17 October Senior Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.) 19 October Wilson’s Apple Day 25 October Y7 Parent/Tutors Evening (4.00p.m.) 25 October Y9 Parents’ Info. Evening (7.00p.m.) 29 Oct. - 2 Nov. HALF TERM

IMPORTANT ADJUSTMENT TO SCHOOL CALENDAR Please note that there is an error in the school dates published in the school calendar on the website. The Autumn Term will end on 19th December not the 20th December as previously advertised. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Wilson’s held its fi rst TEDx event yesterday based on the famous Technology, Entertainment and Design conferences formed to disseminate “ideas worth spreading”. TEDx events are independently organised TED events which run on a pre-determined format but which give local participants the opportunity to share ideas with other in short 20 minutes talks. It was George Driscoll’s (U6) idea to bring TEDx to Wilson’s and we congratulate him on organising this intellectually stimulating and successful event.

The audience was treated to talks by Mr Phillips who spoke to us about what we can learn from the consensus-based decision-making systems of bees, Jack Crowson’s intellectually challenging talk on "Quantum Computers" left us intrigued as to the revolutionary potential of quantum computers to change our world, and Josh Hayes explored the prob- abilities of fi nding aliens in his talk entitled "Life, the Universe and Aliens". Mr Hudson talked about “Why Literature Matters” and the radical freedom that literature gives us to say the unsayable and think the unthinkable, and Karim Abu-Seer asked us to consider whether greed could ever be good—concluding that it was a dangerous human instinct with potential Congratulations to Ryan Shankar of 10S who won both for terrible evil but also the driving force behind the U18 championship at the All Surrey Chess tour- ambition. Striking an entirely diff erent note, George nament held on Friday 28 September. He won 4 of Driscoll concluded the evening with a talk on “Base- his 5 matches. An excellent achievement! ball: The Simplest Game” which demonstrated how in baseball, uniquely, statistics can quantify defi nitively the value of each player to their team. Issue 237 October 5, 2012

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NOTICES GARDENING NEWS SCHOOL PARKING The gardening and environmental A reminder to all parents that stu- activities at Wilson’s are still going dents should not be dropped off or strong. Last summer we almost fi n- picked up in the school car park. ished our polytunnel and we hope to complete it this term. We are in We would also ask that all parents the middle of harvesting potatoes consider local residents and park for the school canteen, not quite considerately when dropping their as many as last year, but plenty for a few rounds children off or picking them up of mash. We also have a number of exciting things from school. planned for the autumn term and the New Year.

Please ensure that you are not ob- Below is a list of activities you can get involved in: structing the ﬂ ow of trafﬁ c along * Gardening Club every Thursday lunch time Mollison Drive as this creates a * Paper recycling team – once a week, day tbc real hazard for pedestrians and * Eco-schools – ongoing meetings through term drivers alike. Apple day 19 October – Lunchtime – outside weather permitting or in the main hall. This is our third apple day; the last two were great fun. There are a number of competitions to enter on the day and in the week leading up to the event as well as lots of information about our school orchard projects.

The Great Apple Scrump WILSONOMICS Win house points by bringing in all the spare apples you can fi nd. We will weigh them and register the weight toward your house total. The apples will be used in our other competitions and for juicing so The new edition of Wilsonomics is now available on need to be in reasonable condition. Please do not line on the school website (go to site map / Depart- bring in before 15 October. ments / Economics). This week we have articles on austerity and the EU - will it work? , salary capping The longest peel in rugby – should football take note? as well as the Who can knock Mr Carew-Robinson off his pedestal famous Wilsonomics economic forecast. Editors and get a longer continuous piece of apple peel in Sam Giles and Jake South are always looking for one go? interesting and informed articles on business and economics from all year groups Get involved and get Apple Yums published! If you have an amazing apple recipe, sweet or sa- voury then why not cook it for 19 October and have it tested by our hand picked apple expert panel. You could win house points as well as personal glory!

Finally if the weather is kind we will set up the Ulti- mate Apple Bobbing once again… do you dare dive in? (a spare shirt is advisable!!) WILSON’S ALUMNI NETWORK The school has just launched a brand new website for our Old Boys and we would like all of our Old Boys to get involved with the website. They will be able to network with other Old Boys, as well as look back through photos from the school’s history and old copies of The Wilsonian. If you would like to fi nd out more please go to http://WilsonsAlumni.org.uk, or fi nd us on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Issue 237 October 5, 2012

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GARDENING NEWS CONTD. MEDICS, VETS AND DENTISTS For the fi rst time this year we will also be off ering If you are interested in studying Medicine, Den- a new service – Apple Grafting. If you have an old tistry or Veterinary Medicine at University and will apple tree or there is a favourite one in a parent’s/ be applying in September 2013 please attend a grandparent’s garden and you like the fruit then meeting in S10 on MONDAY 8 October at Lunch- bring it in. If you bring in (in January but dates time from 1:15-1:45. In the meeting we will estab- will be advised) a cutting about 30cm long and lish numbers and start you on the road to your approximately as thin as a pencil we will graft it application. Please let Mr Phillips know if you are onto a rootstock and look after it until you have a UNABLE to attend. healthy tree to take home with you in the summer term. Details on request and service will cost £15. Trees can be grafted to dwarfi ng rootstock either 4m or 2m mature trees. Take a piece of your or a loved ones garden with you. YEAR 11 GCSE SCIENCE Other ways to help MODULES All of Year 11 will be taking the second module We are always looking for help to keep us going tests in GCSE Biology and GCSE Chemistry in Jan- so if you are able to donate any of the following uary 2013. There is also an opportunity to retake we would be extremely grateful: an earlier module test during this period but only Hand tools eg. spades, forks, trowels, hoes etc. if they have never retaken that test before. If any Wildfl ower seeds – Any spare or packets would be boy would like to do a retake they need to bring brilliant as we try to plant a bio diverse meadow. a cheque for £7.50 payable to Wilson’s School Spring or summer bulbs – again any left overs with their name on the back and the unit they gratefully received. wish to retake by Friday 12 October at the latest. The cheques can be given to Mrs Jones directly. If that is not enough we will be offi cially opening the Fruit-full schools orchard in November and you are very welcome to sponsor our orchard directly. Just contact Mr Phillips at school if you would like more details or of course you can fi nd WILSON’S LANGUAGES DAY all the information on our website www.wilsons- Last week’s Wilson’s Languages Day was a great woollylambs.co.uk success. The lunchtime language taster sessions were very well attended and your correspondent wrestled with the complexities of Tamil (I’m still not sure that I can hear the diff erence between the three sorts of ‘L’.) The various quizzes proved fun and challenging and provoked on more than one occasion some lively discussion. Registers were taken in various languages. The canteen was awash with “des plats français”

The winners of the various house competitions are as follows:

7C Hello Quiz 8B Hello Quiz 9G Quiz: How much do you know about Europe and Languages? 10H Quiz: International music competition CHESS RESULTS USED UNIFORM SHOP 1st team beat RGS Guildford 4½ – 1½ 2nd team beat Reigate Grammar 1st team 5½ - ½ The shop is currently very well stocked and items 3rd team beat RGS Guildford 2nd team 3½ - 2½ of school clothing (including sports kit) can be 5th team beat Reigate Grammar 3rd team 10 - 2 purchased at a very reasonable price. Do come along on Monday 15 October and take a look. The shop is held in the dining room from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Issue 237 October 5, 2012

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SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fi xtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

INTER-HOUSE CROSS- FOOTBALL RESULTS Saturday 29 September COUNTRY RESULTS 2012 Wilson’s vs.Sutton Grammar 1st XI won 4-1 (Ollie Sitch hat-trick) 2nd XI won 5-3 YEAR 7 3rd XI won 7-1 U15A won 5-0 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS U15B won 6-1 1. JOSH EVES 16.33 U14A won 7-3 (quarter fi nal of 2. KIERAN RUTTER 16.35 District Cup) 3. HARRY REGAN 16.36 U14B won 4-2 U13A won 4-1 TEAM RESULTS U13B won 3-0 1. HAYES 901 U12A drew 4-4 2. BRECON 924 U12B won 6-1 3. SOUTHWARK 1029 U12C drew 5-5 4. GREENCOAT 1293

YEAR 9 FOOTBALL FIXTURES INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Saturday 6 October - Wilson’s vs. Carshalton 1. TOM HUDSON 16.43 U15A Home 2. JAMIE WALLS 16.50 U14A Home 3. ARTHUR INGAMELLS 16.53 U14B Home U13A Away TEAM RESULTS U13B Away 1. CAMBERWELL 776 U12A Home 2. GREENCOAT 989 U12B Home 3. BRECON 1068 Wilson’s vs. Cardinal V 4. HAYES 1078 1st XI Home 5. SOUTHWARK 1174 2nd XI Away

Weds. 10 October - Wilson’s vs. Archbishop YEAR 10 2nd XI Home 3rd XI Home INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 4th XI Home 1. OISIN BRENNAN 14.53 5th XI vs. 6th XI 2. GEORGE LOWE 14.58 3. MAXWELL RIVENS 15.15

TEAM RESULTS 1. SOUTHWARK 842 For up to date PE news, events and sporting fi xtures follow @ 2. GREENCOAT 911 WilsonsPE on twitter. 3. BRECON 1025 4. HAYES 1070 Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site 5. CAMBERWELL 1262 however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discussion page.

If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fi xture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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Issue 238 October 12 2012 RAF VISIT TO HILLINGDON

Dates for your Diary 15 October Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.) 16 October U6 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 19 October Wilson’s Apple Day 24 October Senior Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.) 25 October Y7 Parent/Tutors Evening (4.00p.m.) 25 October Y9 Parents’ Info. Evening (7.00p.m.) 29 Oct. - 2 Nov. HALF TERM

IMPORTANT ADJUSTMENT TO SCHOOL CALENDAR Please note that there is an error in the school dates published in the school calendar on the website. The Autumn Despite the autumnal weather that seems to be clos- Term will end on 19 December not 20 December as pre- ing in, the RAF section of the CCF visited Hillingdon viously advertised. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Outdoor Activities Centre at the end of September, taking part in a number of adventurous activities. We started with a 20 metre high giant swing and shooting on a range, but with arrows instead of rounds! In fact, the archery seemed a success, with a surprising number WILSON’S 100 CLUB of bull’s-eyes (and only one or two ‘misplaced’ arrows). This was followed by water-based activities, on the lake, The PFA are now running a “100 Club”. This is a with the cadets creating their own rafts. The two teams monthly draw of numbers with people paying £5 had 20 minutes to change a pile of barrels, rope and per month per number. The purpose of the Club logs into water-borne craft for a race. The results were is to raise funds for Wilson’s School. It is open to mixed, to say the least. Though one raft remained stable all members of the school community but mem- and afloat, the other only had to hit the water before bers must be 16 or over. it collapsed, leaving its crew soggy and in deep water! However, from the wreckage rose a chance for the The monthly prize fund will be 50% of the section to become a tighter team. The ‘enemy’ craft, still monthly income with three prizes: holding together, picked up its stranded rivals and both 1st prize £125 if 100 members teams completed together, having first thoroughly 2nd prize £75 if 100 members drenched each other in the freezing water. After the 3rd prize £50 if 100 members rafts had been dismantled, hot showers were a wel- Winners will be contacted personally and names come reward at the end of a marvellous day. will be posted on the Wilson’s website each month after the draw. Our thanks go to Squadron Leader Gardner for organising such a fantastic day for the boys. If you are interested in participating please pick up a form from Mrs Eynon at our reception desk.

PFA QUIZ NIGHT - A GREAT SUCCESS The PFA held a quiz night last Friday which raised over £2,000. This was an outstanding success and the school are grateful for their tireless energy and enthusiasm in raising funds for the benfit of all students at the school. If you have any fundraising ideas or would like to help them at any events please contact Les Jones at les. [email protected]. Issue 238 October 12, 2012

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NOTICES JANUARY 2013 GCE EXAMS SCHOOL PARKING A reminder to all parents that students should not be dropped off or Students retaking units in January 2013 please be picked up in the school car park. aware of the following points:

We would also ask that all parents • Ensure your Head of Department is aware of consider local residents and park any retakes considerately when dropping their children off or picking them up • Please use one cheque for all retakes from school. • Mark on the cheque your candidate number, Please ensure that you are not ob- name and unit code/s structing the flow of traffic along Mollison Drive as this creates a • Cheques must be given to Mr Harmsworth in real hazard for pedestrians and the School Admin Office by 12.00pm on drivers alike. Friday 19th October

• Failure to do so will result in the candidate not being entered for the exam HANS WOYDA MATHS • Cheques should be made payable to ‘Wilson’s Wilson’s convincingly won their first match in the Hans School’ Woyda Maths competition when they beat Wallington Girls by 39 points to 24. The team, consisting of Mat- • Late entry fees are charged at double the rate thew D’Rozario (U6), Thomas Wadsworth (L6), Adam by all exam boards Taylor (11S) and Luke Shortland (9G), did particularly well on the Algebra and race rounds. Problems includ- • The cost of retaking a unit is shown below: ing “Find the smallest multiple of 7 greater than 300.” and “Given that x5 – 1 = 242, evaluate x2 – 1 .” AQA OCR EDEXCEL

Business Studies £19.35 CHESS RESULTS Physics £14.55 Biology £18.00 Chemistry £12.90 Wilson’s 3rd team beat Wallington 1st team Mathematics £14.55 5½ - ½ Economics £22.30 English Literature £19.35 Wilson’s 6th form beat Wallington 6th form 5 - 1 ICT/Computing £18.90 French £26.40 Wilson’s KS3 drew with Wallington KS3 12 - 12 Geography £19.35 German £26.40 History £19.35 Gov & Politics £22.30 Philosophy £19.35 WILSON’S ALUMNI NETWORK The school has just launched a brand new website for our Old Boys and we would like all of our Old Boys to get involved with the website. They will be REMEMBER THE DEADLINE able to network with other Old Boys, as well as look FOR CHEQUES IS 12.00pm ON back through photos from the school’s history and old copies of The Wilsonian. If you would like to find 19th OCTOBER 2012 out more please go to http://WilsonsAlumni.org.uk, or find us on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Issue 238 October 12, 2012

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LIBRARY Will you win the first ever Technology4Good Youth Awards? Our Librarian, Mrs Okonkwo is collecting TESCO vouchers for the Library. If you have any, please do let her have them. Make your pitch to a Dragon's Den at Windsor Castle and win £5,000... Technology4Good Youth Awards is a competition to encourage All students are encouraged to come and visit the innovation and creativity in young people – essential skills for the Library. It has a new layout, new librarian and lots industries that will lead us out of recession. We're looking for groups of 14-21 year olds from anywhere in the UK to share their of new books have been ordered. If there are any ideas about how computers, the internet and other technologies books which you would like to suggest the library can help make the world a better place. stock, please put your suggestion into the box. SEE MRS GILL FOR FURTHER DETAILS. - Deadline is 30th November 2012 While in the Library Students should look out for the WORD OF THE WEEK- an anagram which will be posted on the notice board every Tuesday. The first student to submit the correct answer will get a prize. OMNIBUS - WRITERS REQUIRED

PHYSICS IN PHOTOS If you would be interested in writing an article for COMPETITION Omnibus, please see Miss Tyler. Your challenge is to capture an aspect of physics in photographic form. It can be any area of physics, displayed however you choose. Your photograph should be accompanied by a brief description (no WILSON’S SECOND-HAND more than 100 words) of what the picture shows UNIFORM SHOP and the theory behind it. This competition is open to all year groups. The second-hand uniform shop will be open again All participants will gain house points. The winner next Monday 15 October. The shop is held in the in each age group (junior, middle and upper) will Dining Room next to the Main Hall and is open receive bonus house points. from 3.30p.m to 4.30p.m. Do come and have a look as the shop is very well stocked and you may Photographs & their explanation can be submit- find something to replace the items that your son ted as a hard copy to Miss Clarke or electronically has lost this term at a very reasonable price. The ([email protected]) by 26 October. shop will not open again until Monday 26 Novem- Remember – you must have taken the photograph ber. yourself for it to count! Please see an example of what you could submit below. TABLE TENNIS

The first table tennis fixture of the season was played on Friday last week. Our U19 team played Wallington County Grammar School in the semi-final of the London South Schools Cup and won 8-0! Our team consisted of: Michael Ho, Liam Grant, Alex Yee and Amar Shukla. Congratulations to them and we look forward to following their progress in the coming weeks.

The U13B and U16A teams played Newstead Wood on 10 October, both winning 10-0. A great start to the season. The photograph above (taken by Miss Clarke) shows light being refracted through a wine glass. The wine acts as a lens and reduces the size of the image and inverts it (turns it upside down). Issue 238 October 12, 2012

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SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

CROSS COUNTRY FOOTBALL RESULTS Saturday 6 October - Wilson’s vs. Carshalton The school competed in the first round of the Na- U15A lost 0-1 tional schools cup last Friday. The U13 team were U14A drew 4-4 placed 5th overall and narrowly missed qualifica- U14B lost 2-4 tion for the regional finals. The U15 team did well U13B lost 1-3 and were placed 3rd overall, which means that they now qualify for the South of England final to Wilson’s vs. Cardinal Vaughan be held at Beth’s Grammar on Saturday 10 Novem- 1st XI won 4-2 ber at noon. 2nd XI won 3-0 3rd XI won 8-2 Junior team J Chen Weds 10 October - Wilson’s vs. Archbishop Tenison N Burmingham 2nd XI won 5-2 S Moody 3rd XI won 5 -2 vs. 4th XI T Gould Fleming 5th XI won 3-1 vs. 6th XI C Black

FOOTBALL FIXTURES Saturday 13 October - Wilson’s vs. Stanley Park U15A Home U14A Home U13A Home U12A Home Wilson’s vs. Tunbridge Wells U15B Away U14B Away U13B Away U12C Away

Weds. 17 October - Wilson’s vs. Esher College 1st XI Home 2nd XI Home Inter Boys 3rd XI Home B Barry 4th XI vs. 5th XI M Rivens 6th XI Training O Brennan X Teague

For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ BADMINTON WilsonsPE on twitter. Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is Congratulations to Paul Wrona for winning the an information service and not a discussion page. Surrey U15 B singles tournament on Sunday beating Tom Highwood 22 – 20 in a match that could not If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date have been closer. then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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Issue 239 October 19 2012

Dates for your Diary 24 October Senior Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.) 25 October Y7 Parent/Tutors’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 25 October Y9 Parents’ Info. Evening (7.00p.m.) 26 October Activities Day 29 Oct. - 2 Nov. HALF TERM 6 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) 7 November Y7 Parent/Tutors’ Evening 7S ONLY (4.00p.m.) 7 November Pianists’ Evening (7.00p.m.) 12 November Sixth Form Open Evening (6.00p.m.)

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! School should be about more than work and study. Broaden PRIZE GIVING - NEW FORMAT your horizons and fi nd out something new about yourself; discover some new talents you didn’t know you Senior Prize Giving will be held on Tuesday 8 Janu- had. ary, 2013 at 7.00p.m. The guest speaker is Old Wilsonian, Tim Rayment from the Sunday Times. If you haven’t seen it yet, have a look at the list of This event will be for senior students (Years 12 and extra-curricular activities that is posted next to the 13) and recent leavers. the Key Stage 4 offi ce in the foyer. There is a fantastic variety on off er—something for everyone. Activities On Wednesday 9 January there will be an early fi n- range from sport and outdoor activities like CCF and ish at lunchtime and the main school Prize Giving Duke of Edinburgh Award, through a huge range of will begin at 2p.m. Please note sports fi xtures will musical activities, Chess and Debating to unusual still take place. activites such as Juggling. And Omnibus is back too. If you are not yet involved in an activity, why not have a go at something?

New clubs this term include Birdwatching, Bridge, and Musical Theatre. If you are not yet involved with an activity, why not give one of these a try and learn a LOVE IN A BOX new skill? A reminder to year 7 and 8 pupils that any boxes for Love in a box should be handed in to Miss Nicholls either in rooms 4 , 5 or the Classics Offi ce before half term.

Students should ensure that they have included the money for the postage and packaging in the leafl et provided and attached it to the outside of the box with a rubber band.

Remember, the form which produces the most boxes for each year group will receive house points for their house. Any questions can be directed towards Miss Nicholls.

Issue 239 October 19, 2012

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NOTICES INTERNATIONAL COOKERY CLUB SCHOOL PARKING A reminder to all parents that stu- International Cookery Club takes place on Mondays dents should not be dropped off or (Week A) in the Cookery Room. 1.05pmYear 9 (and picked up in the school car park. Year 10s wishing to count it as part of their ‘skill’ for DoE)with Mrs Kitson We would also ask that all parents consider local residents and park If you enjoy cooking and/or want to learn how to considerately when dropping their prepare dishes from around the world do come children off or picking them up along and join us on Monday lunchtimes (Week A). from school.

Please ensure that you are not ob- structing the ﬂ ow of trafﬁ c along Mollison Drive as this creates a real hazard for pedestrians and WILSON’S MASTERCHEF drivers alike. CHALLENGE This popular House competition returns for the Sen- ior School this autumn - Middle School and Lower School competitions will follow in the New Year. The WILSONOMICS Y11 heat will take place on Wednesday 24th October, the 6th form heat on Wednesday 7th November, and The new edition of Wilsonomics is now available the Senior fi nal on Wednesday 14th November, when to read on the school website. In this issue our the competition will welcome a guest judge. Each contributors consider weighty issues such as the House in Y11 and 6th form is invited to enter a team, possible collapse of the Euro and how football- details of the competition provided to form tutors ers are valued. Plus we have our usual review of and House Captains. the economy and a thought provoking selection of quotes. If you would like to write an article for Wilsonomics please contact the editors Jake South and Sam Giles to discuss your ideas.

AMAZON – A THANK YOU AND A CHALLENGE!

CHESS RESULTS Between 1 September 2011 and 13 October 2011 we earned £211.00 via our link.

Wilson’s A beat Whitgift A 4 -2 Between 1 September 2012 and 13 October 2012 we have earned £430.00 – more than double!

Wilson’s B beat Trinity A 5½ - ½ So as a challenge. Last year in the run up to Christ- mas (November and December) we earned an enor- mous £2077. Wilson’s D beat Whitgift B 7 - 5 Let’s see if we can beat that this year.

Wilson’s F lost to Trinity C 4½ to 7½ Thank you very much for your continued support of the school. Wilson’s G lost to Trinity D 3½ to 4½ Issue 239 October 19, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE HISTORY OPPORTUNITIES YEAR 9 GCSE HISTORY COMPETITION History: Key Stage 3 (ages 11 – 14) Cambridge History for Schools is an exciting new outreach initiative by one of the leading History As you may know, Black History Month is in October each year, and is now a well-established event in our Faculties in the world. They want to show how cultural calendar. pupils can enjoy history and imagine the past through imaginative and exciting workshops. Sutton are running a writing competition. The theme of the competition is “Refl ections”. Students Michaelmas Term 3rd November 2012 must write a story about any inspirational black per- 2pm – 3.30pm sonality. It aims to celebrate the positive contributions The Inquisition: Stephen Cummins the African Caribbean community have made to our society. It’s an opportunity for your literary talents to Why were people in the past punished for their shine through! So have a think about; Sport, Music, TV/ religious beliefs? Film, Politics etc.

Lent Term 2nd March 2013 If you would like to enter the competition this can be done electronically: [email protected] or Post: 2 2pm – 3.30pm Grove Cottage, Grove Park, High Street, Carshalton, Inside the sick-chamber - disease and medicine in Surrey, SM5 3BB seventeenth-century England: Dr Hannah Newton One day in the 1630s, a fourteen-year-old boy called Richard Gilmore vomited ‘black Worms, WORK RELATED LEARNING about an inch and a half long, with six feet, and NEWS little red heads’. He was so ‘cruelly affl icted’ that ‘he was ready to tear himself to pieces’. Ever wondered CAREERS INTERVIEWS what it would be like to live at a time when there All students in Year 11 are currently having careers were no antibiotics, hospitals, NHS, or anaesthet- interviews. However if any student in another year ics? group would like to see our specialist careers advi- sor appointments can be arranged. Please contact your Head of Year or Mr Englefi eld (ge@wilsons- Easter Term 11th May 2013 school.sutton.sch.uk) the schools Work Related 2pm – 3.30pm Learning Co-ordinator to arrange an appointment. Protesting against an American war: Dr Andrew OPEN DOORS WEEKEND Preston Fantastic Opportunity: Construction sites and new Waging war is one of humanity’s oldest preoccu- buildings will be opening their doors, providing pations, but protesting against it is fairly new. The insight to projects shaping the region and a chance to see behind the scenes of one of the UKs leading largest and most enduring anti-war movement in and innovative industries. To get involved, and to human history emerged in the 1960s, in opposi- fi nd sites near you visit www.opendoorsweekend. tion to the American war in Vietnam. co.uk WORK EXPERIENCE If you would like to apply for places on any of these The deadline for Year 11s to return their work ex- sessions please contact Mr Englefi eld (ge@wilsons- perience form is Monday 25th February 2013. New school.sutton.sch.uk). copies of the form can be downloaded from the school website. Please note there is a maximum of 4 school places SKILLS LONDON 2012 and that students may attend these sessions with- London’s biggest careers and skills event for young out a parent or carer present during the session, people this year is taking place at ExCeL London however we ask that your son is met promptly at on 23-24 November. Divided into industry zones, the end of the session. All sessions take place at with performances, talks and workshops you can meet with top employers, colleges, training provid- the Faculty of History, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 ers and careers advisers. It’s free to visit. For more 9EF. The school will not be providing transport. information call 01823 362800 or see website: visit@ skillslondon2012.co.uk Issue 239 October 19, 2012

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SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fi xtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

CROSS COUNTRY BADMINTON U19 Badminton Match v. Tiffi n School 11th October Our congratulations go to Rohit Prabhu for winning The Tiffi n school U19 badminton team were out- the Surrey U,13 B singles competition. classed and out-leagued by Wilson’s in a home fi xture on Thursday 11th.

Out of 18 matches played overall, only two were lost. Even with our C team playing their B team and their A team playing our B team, Wilson’s dominated with a much higher quality of play and a regular JUDO pattern of winning games by at least 10 points. Our congratulations go to Will Johnson who won the Great Britain U.19 title at the weekend at the From the Wilson’s Team A (normally Team B): under 73kg category. • P. Shah and P. Wye won 2/3 matches • S. Saji and M. Kumar won 3/3 matches • S. Patel and S. Barber won 3/3 matches

From the Wilson’s Team B (normally Team C): • B. Jacob and J. Lee won 3/3 matches • J. Smith and N. Page won 3/3 matches FOOTBALL FIXTURES • D. Pellew and B. Sharp won 2/3 matches Saturday 20 October - Wilson’s vs. Woodcote 1st XI Home Well done to all of those who played, including U15A Home Year 10s and 11s who played excellently for the 6th U14A Home Form team. U14B Home U13A Away (report by Douglas Ledgerwood, 10C) U12A Home U12B Home Tuesday 23 October - Wilson’s vs. Greenshaw U15A Away FOOTBALL RESULTS U13A Away Tuesday 9 October - Wilson’s vs. Blenheim School U15 won 11-0 (Surrey Cup) Wednesday 24 October - Wilson’s vs. John Fisher 2nd XI Home Wilson’s vs. Langden School U12 lost 3-4 (on penalties) - (National Cup) 3rd XI vs. 5th XI 4th XI vx. 6th XI Wednesday 10 October - Wilson’s vs. Archbishop Tenison Wilson’s vs. Glenthorne 1st XI Home 1st XI progress to the next round of the Surrey Cup vs. Archbishop Tenison Thursday 25 October - Wilson’s vs. Greenshaw 2nd XI won 5-2 U14A Home 3rd XI won 5-2 vs. 4th XI Friday 26 October - Wilson’s vs. Greenshaw 5th XI won 3-1 vs. 6th XI U12A Home Friday 12 October - Wilson’s vs. Stanley Park U12A won 5-1 (Surrey Cup) Saturday 13 October - Wilson’s vs. Tunbridge For up to date PE news, events and sporting fi xtures follow @ Wells WilsonsPE on twitter. U12B U13B Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site came 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th in a 6-a-side competi- however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is tion at Tunbridge Wells an information service and not a discussion page. U14A won 2-1 vs. U13A If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date U14B lost 0-7 vs. U14A then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest U15B won 5-2 fi xture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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U15 FOOTBALL MATCH VS. U14B FOOTBALL MATCH VS. TUNBRIDGE WELLS TUNBRIDGE WELLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL 13 OCTOBER 2012 13 OCTOBER 2012

The U15 B team were in the spotlight on the Even after giving their best eff ort, the U14B team morning of 13 October, as there were no A team suff ered a harsh 7-0 loss to a stronger Tunbridge matches being played, but they rose to the chal- Wells A team on Saturday 13th October. lenge with a 4-2 victory against Tunbridge Wells Grammar, despite scoring 2 own goals. The fi rst half started optimistically for Wilson’s, even though many of their opportunities on goal were From the start, the boys gelled as a team and quelled either by poor fi nishes or good defend- moved as one, the ball rarely leaving their pos- ing. Attempt after attempt from Wilson’s was only session, with top class tackles from Harry Rose matched by the occasional counter-attack from and two excellent saves from Jack Sinclair. In- Tunbridge. Unfortunately, Tunbridge got lucky with deed, it was to be Harry’s through ball to Tobi Ak- one of their attacks and managed to score from a inmade that paved the way for a `beautiful pass smooth eff ort within the box. round the defence` (his words), allowing Nikilesh Ramesh to score the fi rst goal of the day. Five minutes later, a free kick given to Tunbridge Wells on the edge of the box was fi rst saved, but Another goal quickly followed from Saznie Mo- then put back into the net with a header off of Chris hammed who was in the right place at the right Page’s [Wilson’s keeper] defl ection. time when the opposition keeper left the goal mouth, giving Nikilesh the opportunity to steal The half time score was then 2-0; an easy defi cit to the ball from his team, allowing Saznie to score a bounce back from. ‘Bouncing back’ became noth- perfect, albeit open goal. ing but a dream as 5 more goals were added to the Half time came and went, and Harry Goodburn disaster story throughout the second half, all of scored an own goal, due to a lack of communica- which out-classed the Wilson’s defence. tion with keeper Sam Barakeh. However, all talk of own goals was to be forgotten when Harry Any eff orts on goal made by Wilson’s seemed to give Rose came into his element, scoring two superb no hope to even scoring at least one throughout the goals in quick succession, one of which came off second half. a risky header. Credit to the players for sticking through the match Obviously scoring in their opponent’s end just and rising to the challenge of playing a more ad- wasn’t enough for the boys, as Dekyong Webb vanced team, better luck next week. Also thanks to took it upon himself to score another own goal in Alan Husband for coaching the team and giving up the closing minutes of the game, souring slightly his time to do so. what should have been a great victory. Goals: - N. Ramesh For up to date PE news, events and sporting fi xtures follow @ - S. Mohammed WilsonsPE on twitter. - H. Rose (2) Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discussion page. Report by Ebruba Abel-Unokan If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fi xture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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Issue 240 October 26 2012 YEAR 7 HOUSE SINGING COMPETITION Dates for your Diary 29 Oct. - 2 Nov. HALF TERM 6 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) 7 November Y7 Parent/Tutors’ Evening 7S ONLY (4.00p.m.) 7 November Pianists’ Evening (7.00p.m.) 12 November Sixth Form Open Evening (6.00p.m.) 12 November Parents’ Prayer Group (8.00p.m.) 14 November GCSE Musicians’ Evening (7.00p.m.) 16 November Jazz Dinner Evening (7.00p.m.) 20 November L6 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 21 November Y9 Musicians’ Evening (7.00p.m.)

The first House Music event of the year was held on PFA NEWS Monday. After five of the best singers in Year 7 had competed to become Solo Singer of the Year, each of The first draw of the 100 Club has now taken the five houses went head to head to win the ensem- place. Congratulations to the lucky winners of the ble category. Brecon gave a strong performance of October draw who are as follows: Lin Marsh’s ‘Poems, Cards and Messages’; Camberwell responded with a version of The Monkees ’ ‘I’m a Be- 1st Lily Pang £58.75 liever’ featuring air guitar. Greencoat performed ‘Stand 2nd Mrs Nishat Damji £35.25 by Me’, with strong backing harmonies and well- 3rd Carl Johnson £23.50 chosen dynamics. Hayes performed the ‘Circle of Life’ with no less than eight vocal soloists and Southwark The more people who support the 100 Club, the performed ‘42nd Street’ with gusto. greater the winnings will be! To join, see PFA section of the main school website: Every student in Year 7 participated in the ensemble www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk category and the competition was very close. Well done to all the students involved, and particular You’ve got to be in it to win it! thanks to music staff and to the jury (Mr Charnock, Mr Winstone and Mr Hann). The final results were:

SOLO CATEGORY 1st Prize: Sam Belgrove (Greencoat) 30 House Pts 2nd Prize: Matthew Waterfield (Southwark) 20 House Pts Congratulations also to the other finalists Laurence Read (Camberwell) Vou-Fri Sett (Brecon) and Max Rob- bins (Southwark) who each win 10 House Pts.

ENSEMBLE CATEGORY 1st Prize Hayes (50 House Pts) 2nd Prize: Camberwell (30 House pts) 3rd Prize: Greencoat (20 House pts)

FINAL POINTS TOTAL Greencoat: 60 Hayes: 50 Camberwell: 45 Southwark: 35 Brecon: 10

The next rounds of House Music (for instrumentalists and vocalists in Years 7-13) will be held in February. Issue 240 October 26, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE NOTICES BATTLEFIELD TRIP

CANTEEN ASSISTANT/LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR A reminder to all year 10s that they need to return their Battlefield Trip forms (and completed cheques 12.45p.m. - 2.45p.m. daily (flexible up to for £88 made payable to ‘Wilson’s School Private 5 days per week), term time only Funds’) by Monday 5 November, which is the Mon- day directly after half term. Every pupil in year 10 £7.00 per hour must return this form, even if they are not intending to come on the trip. If there are any questions We are seeking to recruit a flexible part- related to this trip pupils can discuss with Mr Gore. time canteen assistant/lunchtime supervisor. Responsibilities will include oper- ating the tills in the canteen, using the dishwasher, supervising students during the lunch hour and general kitchen du- ties. GCSE GEOGRAPHY REVISION GUIDES Applicants should complete the application form (available from the school For AQA A Specification. If you ordered a revision website vacancies page or from Mrs Ware, guide they have now arrived in school and can be Head’s P.A.) and return it to Mrs Ware at collected from the Humanities Office. This is on the the school address or hw@wilsonsschool. top floor of the main building - next to room 25. sutton.sch.uk: 020 8773 7680 by 23 No- We have a few extra copies so if anyone else is still vember 2012. interested they will need to bring £3.50.

LOVE IN A BOX A reminder to year 7 and 8 pupils that any boxes for Love in a Box should be handed in to Miss Nicholls either in room 4 , 5 or the Classics Office as soon as possible. Students should ensure that they have included the money for the postage and packaging in the leaflet provided and attached it to the outside of the box with a rubber band. Remem- ber, the form which produces the most boxes for each year group will receive house points for their house. Any questions can be directed towards Miss Nicholls.

WILSON’S PRAYER GROUP The next meeting of Wilson’s prayer group will be on Monday 12 November at 8.00p.m. in the chapel CLASSICS CLUB LECTURES (top floor of the main building). Please contact either Dominic Beer ([email protected]. The new series of Classics Club lectures kicks off com) or Miss Clarke ([email protected]. straight after half term on Tuesday 6 November uk) for further information. with a talk in the Lecture Theatre by Dr Caroline Vout of Christ’s College, Cambridge, on GREEK ART. All are welcome – including friends and family; admission is free. Refreshments will be SCHOOL RECYCLING served from 4.00 p.m. and the lecture will be concluded by 5.30 p.m. Details of the remainder of We have recently received recycling bins for almost the series of lectures can be found on the school every classroom in the school. If you would like to web site. help out with recycling then please come to S10 on Monday lunchtime. Great for your Bronze DoE and if you would like to help organise the recycling then you can use it for your Silver. Issue 240 October 26, 2012

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HISTORY COMPETITION WORK RELATED LEARNING

‘What is the most important event in British his- NEWS tory?’ Ernst & Young - A head start in business. And £5,000 Explain why you have chosen that particular towards a student led project in your school. event. Entries should be undertaken in whatever way you think is best but here are a few sugges- What is it? tions on how you may choose to approach it: The Ernst & Young PathFinder online game com- Essay bines the knowledge of a leading global business Presentation with an opportunity for you to learn more about Art work getting into business in an interactive way. It challenges decision-making and provides useful tips Entrants will be in the running to win some in- - it’s the ultimate test of your ability to make good credible prizes! These include: choices that will show you just how far you could A special guided tour of the Sky studios in London go. for the winning student’s whole class Cinema tickets for runners up Why have they done it? Entries can be emailed to: Ernst & Young know that learning more about em- thebritishcompetition@nationalschoolspartner- ployability is important, and that’s why their new ship.com EY Pathfinder game is the perfect way to support Or posted to: you as you find a path into work that’s right for you. National Schools Partnership Helping you to make better choices now will help One Hardwicks Square you navigate to the top in the future. London SW18 4AW Why should you get involved? Play the game and put Wilson’s into the competi- The deadline to submit your competition entry is tion’s Top 5 and the future will be even more re- 31 October 2012. Good Luck! warding. Ernst & Young employees will visit all five winning schools to run an exclusive Business Boot Camp – sharing their experience and business tips. Your school will also be invited to a competition held at Ernst & Young’s London office, where you will be given the chance to pitch for a community JACK PETCHEY AWARD FOR improvement project. The prize – £5,000 to bring SEPTEMBER 2012 their chosen project to life. Play now at pathfinder.ey.com We are very pleased to announce that James Carpen- ter 8C has been selected for the Jack Petchey MEDDENVET award for Sep- tember. James The next meeting for all those thinking of applying used a spon- for Medicine, veterinary science or dentistry will be sored silence to in S10 on Tuesday 6th November from 1:30-2:00. raise £140 for the Earl Mount- batten Hospice on the Isle of Wight when he was in Year 7. James hasn’t yet decided how he wishes the £200 prize money to be spent in school. Well done James. Issue 240 October 26, 2012

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WILSON’S APPLE DAY - 3 This is our third annual Apple Day and was once again very well attended. The purpose of the day is to highlight what we are doing at school to conserve heritage varieties of apples. We have over 50 trees that have battled through the last couple of years and will soon hopefully be pro- ducing our own apple harvest. We also run a few competitions and they were the best yet. There were 13 entries into the ‘Apple Yummy’ cooking competition with entries covering a diverse range of styles from apple chutney to apple pie via tof- fee apples!! The competition was judged by three teachers and it was a close fought match. The winners were: In the student category 1st place Max Riddings, 2nd place Tom Dunn, 3rd place Achal Srivastav. In the staff category 1st place Mr Phillips, 2nd place Miss Lambert and 3rd place Mrs Gill.

If that wasn’t enough the ‘Longest Peel’ competition was tense trying to knock Mr Carew-Rob- inson off the top spot. An early leader was Miss Clarke but her impressive attempt was eclipsed late in the day so our winners were: 1st place (retaining his crown) Mr Carew-Robinson with a mesmerising 98cm continuous peel from one apple; 2nd place Jonathan Goh with 90cm; and 3rd place Paul Plesniak with 88cm. Get in training boys and maybe next year the champion will fall...

Apple bobbing was an exciting affair overseen by Mrs Jones. The scores are in and in 1st place Callum Black with 16 apples bobbed in a minute, 2nd place was Ollie Sitch with 15 and in 3rd place with 14 David Vuolo. Well done. Our final competition was the ‘Biggest Apple’ and once again a champion returned to claim his crown. The winner is Vasily Berdnikov.

BIOLOGY TWITTER We have recently been trying to get boys to follow the Biology Department Twitter feed. It is an opportunity for boys to be reminded of deadlines, meetings and where to find extra resources and it is also a way to find out about biology in the wider context. As a department we follow a number of re- spected biological feeds and when we come across an article that is useful to students we will put it on our feed. This is an excellent opportunity to find out what is going on in the subject and will be invalu- able at university interview or even to help decide future careers. Follow us @wilsonsbiology Issue 240 October 26, 2012

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RUGBY RUGBY - U15 MATCH VS. Wilson’s Rugby has come a long way since be- SHIRLEY HIGH - 15/10/12 ing (frankly) the local laughing stock. When I first joined Wilson’s, a lot of people were unaware of the The Year 10 rugby team demolished Shirley High rugby team’s achievements, let alone its existence. by 43 points to nil on15 October even after some Since then, huge amounts of work have been put confusion at Shirley’s end about the match venue. in first from Mr Collins, and then (primarily) Mr Stradwick. With strength & conditioning sessions The first half got off to a great start with a try being on throughout the week in the gym, and regular scored within the first 10 minutes. This was later to after school training, the skill of the team is being be followed by three more tries in the first half. It matched by their fitness and power resulting in the got worse for Shirley. Their forwards were having strongest 1st XV the school has seen, captained by trouble bringing down the Wilson’s powerhouses Nathan Okusi. A large turning point has been the consisting of Harry Tee, Adi Doshi, Paul Wrona, introduction of rugby from a younger age (year 7) Keenan Moore, Tim Mash and many more. Shirley’s rather than much later in their school life. This has inability to make any real dent in Wilson’s growing resulted in a massive amount of potential, with score continued to show in the second half with Paul each year group having a large number of talented Wrona scoring his third try on top of two others. players. We are now beating teams, and gaining a name for ourselves. Perhaps the most impressive Well done to Paul for his hat-trick, to Tim for his feat of Mr Stradwick is to ensure a work ethic in all brilliant conversion taking, Reynold Anang and Adi the rugby players. They play for both themselves, Doshi for their top-class tackles and everyone else their team, and their school, and now take pride in on the team who came together to get a great win. their rugby – fighting to put Wilson’s rugby onto the map. We are currently in Round 3 of the Daily Mail, and hoping to get further than ever. So if you FOOTBALL FIXTURES have a free lunchtime, or aren’t busy after school, come and support one of the fastest growing areas No fixtures over half-term. of Wilson’s Sport. You will not regret it! (report by Karim Abu-Seer)

FOOTBALL RESULTS RUGBY RESULTS Thursday 18 October - vs. Jack Petchey U16 won 3-1(National Cup) Wilson’s vs. Woodcote Wilsons 1st XV beat (36-5) St Bede’s 1st XV (Sixth Friday 19 October - Y7 vs. Sutton Grammar form league) 7B won 6-1 7C won 3-1 7G won 3-0 7H won 5-4 7S won 3-1 For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ Saturday 20 October - Wilson’s vs. Woodcote WilsonsPE on twitter. 1st XI won 10-0 U16 won 5-2 Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site U15 lost 1-3 however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is U14 won 5-1 an information service and not a discussion page. U13 won 3-1 U12A won 3-2 If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date U12B won 7-2 then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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Issue 241 November 9 2012 BLACK HISTORY COMPETITION WINNER Dates for your Diary 12 November Sixth Form Open Evening (6.00p.m.) 12 November Parents’ Prayer Group (8.00p.m.) 13 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) 14 November Senior Masterchef Final (3.30p.m.) 14 November GCSE Musicians’ Evening (7.00p.m.) 16 November Jazz Dinner Evening (7.00p.m.) 20 November L6 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 21 November Y9 Musicians’ Evening (7.00p.m.) 21 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) 27 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) 30 November Y10 Cake Sale (after school)

CROYDON REMEMBRANCE PARADE Gianluca Scatto (9G) has won his category in the Sut- On Sunday 11 November up to ton Schools Black History Month writing competition. 80 Wilson’s Officers, NCOs and The judges were very impressed by both the quantity cadets from the School CCF will and quality of the submissions. His winning entry take part in the Croydon Re- focused on the contribution of Olaudah Equiano and membrance parade and Service. how he was an influential man in the abolition of The parade will start at 10.00 slavery. He was presented with his prize by the Mayor a.m. from North End in Croydon of Sutton at the Black History Month Finale Celebra- and will march to the Fairfield Halls for a service tion at the Sutton Life Centre. If you want to read his at 11.00 a.m. This will be followed by a wreath work it is now on display at the centre. The event was laying ceremony at 12.00 noon. Any support you attended by local dignitaries. It had performances can give the cadets would be very much appreci- from energetic Ugandan dancers and drummers to ated. singers and street dancers. Well done Gianluca!

GUARDIAN YOUNG CRITIC COMPETITION WINNER Congratulations to Rishi Siddani (8G), who was one of the winners of the Guardian Young Crit- ics Competition for his review of Frank Cottrell Boyce’s The Unforgotten Coat. Rishi, who entered the competition after seeing it promoted in the school newsletter, had his review published on the Guardian website, and was invited to attend a special evening at the Guardian newspaper before half term to hear the announcement of the winner. Rishi also met Julia Eccleshare (the editor of the Guardian children’s fiction section) and the au- thors Cressida Cowell, Philip Ardagh and Francesca Simon (author of the Horrid Henry series). You can read Rishi’s review online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2012/oct/24/the- unforgotten-coat-frank-cottrell-boyce-guardian- young-critics-awards-reviews?INTCMP=SRCH and a longer report by Rishi himself will be published in this term’s edition of Omnibus. Issue 241 November 9, 2012

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NOTICES

CANTEEN ASSISTANT/LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR

12.45p.m. - 2.45p.m. daily (flexible up to 5 days per week), term time only

£7.00 per hour

We are seeking to recruit a flexible part- time canteen assistant/lunchtime supervisor. Responsibilities will include oper- ating the tills in the canteen, using the dishwasher, supervising students during CLASSICS CLUB LECTURES the lunch hour and general kitchen du- ties. On Tuesday 13 November, Dr Stephen Oakley will speak about the political aspects of Virgil’s Aeneid. Applicants should complete the appli- The talk starts at 4.00 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre cation form (available from the school and all are welcome – including friends and fam- website vacancies page or from Mrs Ware, ily; admission is free. Refreshments will be served Head’s P.A.) and return it to Mrs Ware at from 4.00 p.m. Details of the remainder of the the school address or hw@wilsonsschool. series of lectures can be found on the school web sutton.sch.uk: 020 8773 7680 by 23 No- site. vember 2012.

INTER HOUSE CAKE BAKE COMPETITION HANS WOYDA MATHS The Inter House Cake Bake Competition will take place Wilson’s beat Caterham on Monday 19 November at lunchtime and all money School 45 to 32 raised will go to Children in Need. There will be prizes for the best tasting cake, the best looking cake and In their second match in the annual inter-school also for the most money raised. If anyone has any Hans Woyda maths competition Wilson’s beat questions, please see Mrs Gill. Caterham School. We did not start well, getting the first 3 questions wrong! Fortunately Caterham had a similar start. We then took the lead after the mental arithmetic round and then proceeded to draw MUFTI DAY - 23 NOVEMBER further ahead with another excellent performance in the team round. Some slips in the algebra round Please note there will be a Mufti Day on 23 Novem- allowed Caterham to start to catch up but some ber in aid of The Dominican Friars and Movember. quick work in the race round saw us to victory. The winning team was Keith Barker (U6), Sean Earley (L6), Philip Knott (11B) and Luke Shortland (9G) LOVE IN A BOX - REMINDER A reminder for year 7 and 8 pupils that any boxes for ‘Love in a box’ should be handed in to Miss Nicholls either in room 4 , 5 or the Classics Office as soon as possible. Students should ensure that they have SCHOOL RECYCLING included the money for the postage and packaging in the leaflet provided and attached it to the outside We have recently received recycling bins for almost of the box with a rubber band. every classroom in the school. If you would like to help out with recycling then please come to S10 Remember, the form which produces the most boxes on Monday lunchtime. Great for your Bronze DoE in each year group will receive house points for their and if you would like to help organise the recycling house. If you have any questions please see Miss then you can use it for your Silver. Nicholls. Issue 241 November 9, 2012

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The RAF section of NEWS the CCF spent an overcast Saturday With Global Entrepreneurship Week looming (12-18 at RAF Halton, part November), why not pencil in entering a specially of No 22 (Training) planned Industry Challenge.. James Caan, McDonalds Group Directorate and RBS have all posted challenges and are offering of Recruitment and terrific prizes for the winning students. It only takes a Initial Training for few seconds to sign up, and there are no costs in- the RAF. volved. They participated in activities such McDonalds Challenge - Closing Date 21 December as the DCCT and 2012 high ropes course. McDonalds want to hear your ideas about making The DCCT range is the customer service you experience in McDonald’s a simulated range, even better. Student teams will be rewarded with an allowing cadets unforgettable experience at McDonald’s London HQ. to practice their Working with senior managers, students will take part shooting without in Apprentice style challenges, meet VIP guests and using actual ammunition. Practicing on 100m and get rewarded with exclusive McDonald’s prizes and 200m projections, the section was able to hone experiences. their shooting skills, a vital part of being a cadet, as it forms part of the Air Squadron Trophy in Febru- RBS Entrepreneur Challenge - Closing Date 31 ary. The cadets had a great time, ending with an December 2012 unofficial competition to see who could use the RBS want your solutions to help young entrepreneurs most ammunition in two minutes. The record was succeed! What help could RBS or any other organisa- an impressive 234! The afternoon was spent on tion provide to make sure young entrepreneurs do RAF Halton’s high rope course. Here, the cadets well? The sky is the limit - so think big and think crea- attempted to reach a suspended trapeze-by throw- tively. Have your say and help young people. In return, ing themselves off a 15m pole, put their lives in the person with the best idea is to get kitted out with each others hands on the ‘All aboard challenge’ and an executive suit OR a brand new iPad, plus receive a attempted to guide blindfolded members of the Pitching master-class in London. Plus the best 30 ideas section up the climbing walls. The cadets had a bril- will also be published! liant time and look forward to returning to Halton in 2013 to have another go. James Caan Enterprise Challenge - Closing Date 16 January 2013 Many thanks to everyone at RAF Halton, Squadron James Caan wants to hear about your business idea! Leader Gardner and the contingent for organizing James is looking for a creative and innovative idea the experience. that you think will make a profit. Tell us why it is unique and how you will make sales. The top ideas will get the chance to pitch at James Caan London HQ. LOST PROPERTY - LARGE To find out more visit www.mykindacrowd.com STOCK OF UNNAMED ITEMS WAITING TO BE RECLAIMED WORK EXPERIENCE The deadline for Year 11s to return their work experi- If your son has lost something please send him to ence form is Monday 25 February 2013. New copies of see Miss Davies in Reprographics so that he can the form can be downloaded from the school website. look through the stock of unnamed items to see if the item is there. SKILLS LONDON 2012 If all items of property brought to school are London’s biggest careers and skills event for young named then they will be returned to the student people this year is taking place at ExCeL London on when they are handed in. We currently have a 23-24 November. Divided into industry zones, with large stock of unnamed items (particularly P.E. kit) performances, talks and workshops you can meet waiting to be returned to their rightful owners. with top employers, colleges, training providers and careers advisers. It’s free to visit. For more information call 01823 362800 or see website: visit@skillslon- don2012.co.uk Issue 241 November 9, 2012

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The Charity Winter Concert is just a few short Wilson’s suffered mixed fortunes at the Birming- weeks away! Students have been working hard ham University Schools’ Debate last weekend. and the results are sounding promising; the Every Wilson’s student took at least a first and a photo shows the Samba Band in action, perform- second in the rounds, with the two teams of Tim ing their piece ‘Three of a Kind’, which will provide Sharpe and Luke Kosky and Ahmed Elgharably a dramatic opening to the Charity Winter Concert. and Ravi Yaathavan both recording two wins. Tim and Luke were once again the highest-scoring The Charity Winter Concert takes place in the speakers for Wilson’s, beating two of the teams Main Hall on Wednesday, 5 December at 7.30 that made the final along the way, but losing p.m.. It features performances from the school’s out in a tough last room. Karim Abu-Seer and Senior and Junior Orchestras, Senior Choir, Junior Arslan Rana paired up for the first time, scoring Choir, Wind Band and other smaller ensembles. 578 speaker points, and James Kyne scored an Tickets are available from the Finance Office individual 280 as part of a swing team with a stu- and cost £6 (Adults)/£4 Concessions. Well over dent from Solihull. For the Y11s, James Nash and a hundred students from all year groups will be James Gunnell once again proved themselves performing at the concert, so parents are advised fine speakers with a combined score of 573 while to book their tickets early! Ahmed and Ravi did very well to place joint sev- enth on the team tab in their first senior debate. It is vital that students attend all scheduled re- Many thanks to these students for all their hard hearsals in the weeks leading up to the concert. work over the course of a very long day! Please contact Mr Rogers (LTR@wilsonsschool. sutton.sch.uk) for more information.

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REFEREES AND COACHES FOOTBALL RESULTS by Archie MacGillivray Wednesday 24 October In the world of Wilson’s sports, there is a group of people who are essential to the functioning of Wilson’s vs. Glenthorne the system who are often overlooked, and what a 1st XI won 12-0 (Surrey League) travesty that is. So let your attention be drawn now Wilson’s vs. John Fisher to that select group of volunteers, the referees and 2nd XI drew 3-3 coaches. Wilson’s Senior League The school referees are all volunteers who give 3rd XI lost 4-5 vs. 5th XI up their time outside of regular school hours to 4th XI won 2-0 vs. 6th XI observe and adjudicate football matches whenever they are required. Nathaniel Passley, Rich- ard Rose, Oliver Taylor, Nick Page and Lakshman TABLE TENNIS Niranjan have spent Saturdays supervising games of football. Recently added members of the highly Wilson’s vs. Coombe Boys’ exclusive ‘Ref’s Club’ are Pablo Kemp and Matthew U13A lost 2-8 Perkins sacrificing their spare time to make sports U13B won 7-3 matches possible, with no bias at all. Honest. U16A won 10-0 Just as important are the football coaches who U16B won 9-1 spend their lunchtimes and after-school hours rigorously training our football teams, forging them into the steely swords of victory that they FOOTBALL FIXTURES are. Pat Kirby trains the U12B team with Nathan Akinmade, while Nathaniel Passely and Marcus Saturday 10 November vs. Royal Russell Christie work with the U13Bs. The U13As are taken 3rd XI Away by Chris Spaull on Saturdays and Robert Harwood U15A Away is also giving up his valuable hours to sort the men U14B Home from the boys. Dan Searle, on the other hand, is U13A Away there to sort the wheat from the chaff. Overseeing U12A Home it all is Joe Kirby, coach for the U14B’s and Football Prefect, organising managers and helping out with Saturday 10 November vs. Cardinal V topping teams off when difficulties arise. 1st XI Home 2nd XI Away Now, if reading about these titans of men has made you crumple in despair that you will never be their equal, then don’t despair! It is possible Wednesday 14 November vs. Glyn (with hard work and commitment) to join their 1st XI Home ranks. Just contact Mr Simmons in the Sports De- 2nd XI Home partment. He is always on the lookout for prospec- 3rd XI vs. 5th XI tive referees and coaches, and is happy to grant 4th XI vs. 6th XI those that are willing an audience. If you have the aptitude and a bit of time to spare, why not talk to Mr Simmons and who knows, maybe one day you For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ will see your name entered next to these heroes in WilsonsPE on twitter. the annals of Wilson’s Sporting history Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discussion page.

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Issue 242 November 16 2012 REMEMBRANCE WEEK 2012 Throughout this week Wilson’s has been conduct- Dates for your Diary ing a full programme of remembrance for our 20 November L6 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 21 November Y9 Musicians’ Evening (7.00p.m.) armed forces, commencing with the sale of pop- 21 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) pies for the British Legion’s national fundraising 23 November Mufti Day campaign, a traditional form of fundraising which 27 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) remembers all our armed forces and their families, 30 November Y10 Cake Sale (after school) both past and present, who have either fought and 3 December Chemistry Lecture (3.35p.m.) died for our country or have been injured in the line 5 December Charity Winter Concert (7.30p.m.) 10 December INSET DAY - school closed to students of duty. All pupils are urged to display a poppy on (except Year 10 Geographers) their uniform as a mark of respect. The second part of the programme was Armistice CCF - REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY assemblies, which ran throughout the week by the Head and included a two minute silence and the Over 60 cadets from playing of the Last Post by a school bugler. This the CCF showed their was instead of the traditional 11th hour of the 11th respects to the fallen month silence on Armistice Day. by parading through the centre of Croy- don, as part of the Croydon Service of Remembrance last Sunday. There were many complimentary comments made by parents and spec- tators, including a memorable one from the parade Regimental Sgt Major, stating that Wilson’s School CCF was always by far the best turned out on parade and this year was no exception.

The unit paraded its new Contingent banner giving the CCF a prominent visual notification of identity. Colour Sgt Rooke carried it with pride and upheld the high levels of discipline and loyalty of the unit that have become part and parcel of being a Wilson’s School CCF cadet. He was also the standard bearer for this week’s Armistice assemblies.

Major Burton and Lieuten- ant Beggs would like to thank all the cadets on parade for their continued efforts. The support from members of staff, parents and old boys was also ap- preciated. Issue 242 November 16, 2012

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NOTICES

CANTEEN ASSISTANT/LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR

12.45p.m. - 2.45p.m. daily (flexible up to 5 days per week), term time only

£7.00 per hour

We are seeking to recruit a flexible part- time canteen assistant/lunchtime supervisor. Responsibilities will include oper- ating the tills in the canteen, using the dishwasher, supervising students during the lunch hour and general kitchen du- CLASSICS CLUB LECTURES ties. On Wednesday 21 November, Professor Stephen Applicants should complete the appli- Harrison of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, will cation form (available from the school speak about ‘Rome and Hollywood’. The talk starts website vacancies page or from Mrs Ware, at 4.00 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre and all are wel- Head’s P.A.) and return it to Mrs Ware at come – including friends and family; admission is the school address or hw@wilsonsschool. free. Refreshments will be served from 4.00 p.m. sutton.sch.uk: 020 8773 7680 by 23 No- Details of the remainder of the series of lectures vember 2012. can be found on the school web site.

NATIONAL PHYSICS LABORA- CHEMISTRY LECTURE FOR TORY 2012 SCHOOL SCIENCE YEARS 9-13 FILM CHALLENGE On Monday 3 December from 3.45 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Professor Keith Jones from the Institute of Cancer Good News! Wilson’s Physics department entered Research will give a lecture entitled ‘Magic, Folk three films made by Upper Sixth students for this Medicine, Drugs and Chemistry’. The lecture will year’s competition and all three have been nomi- take place in the lecture theatre and is highly rec- nated for awards in two categories each. The first ommended to all sixth formers studying Chemis- film was made by Manibharathi Periasamymanjula, try and to boys in years 9-11 who intend studying Anurag Deshpande and Andre Woolgar and covers Chemistry at A level. Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. The second film made by Kunal Patel, Jordan Massiah and Chris- topher Lawrie concerns the physics of rainbows. Both these films have been nominated in the best physics category and the best animation category. The third film made by Gabriel Agranoff, Cameron Gordon and Ashley Sofocleous describes Hero’s engine and is in the best physics category and the best hands-on film category. We have to wait until Y10 GEOGRAPHY CON- 6 December to see if any of the teams can walk ROLLED ASSESSMENT away with a prize. We will keep you posted. The Year 10s have their geography controlled assessment on Monday 10 December. To help them complete the four preparation tasks before INTER-HOUSE CAKE BAKE the deadline a computer room (C1) will be staffed by a member of the geography department COMPETITION - 19 NOVEMBER after school from Wednesday 28 November until Wednesday 5 December. It will be open from 3.30 All money raised will go to Children in Need. There p.m. until 5.00 p.m. will be prizes for: 1) best tasting cake; 2) best looking cake and 3) most money raised. Issue 242 November 16, 2012

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On 24 November we will be spending a little time officially opening the Fruit-Full Schools section of the Orchard. There will be a talk and guided tour of the growing space as well as demonstrations of how to care and plant fruit trees. All are welcome to join us from 12:00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. at school on the Saturday. We will be joined by an expert in caring for trees so you can take the opportunity to ask advice. If you have supported the orchard in the past you may want to see that we are still caring for your trees and you are welcome to come along.

We will also be offering to graft your trees onto dwarfing rootstocks and information will be On Tuesday 13 November Nicholas Edwards, Antonio available on the day. It will be a working (al- Pieri and Benjaman To of the Upper Sixth received their though not too taxing) opening and we hope Gold Crest Awards at Esher College from Professor Dan- to complete any pruning and mulching of trees ielle Schreve (Professor of Quaternary Science at Royal that may be required. (We’ll try and mend the Holloway College). These three students were selected shed before you arrive!!) The amount of time for a four week placement in the Summer Holidays spent outside will be weather dependent!! to complete a piece of university style research. They If you are interested in coming to this event submitted a report of their work which gained them please let Mr Phillips know in advance. the Gold Crest Award. Nicholas was at the University of Surrey working under Professor John Watts and looking into the X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy of heat shield materials. Antonio was also at the University of Surrey working under Dr Mike Mulheron looking into Multiple Cracking in Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites. Ben was based at St Helier’s under Dr Mark Dockrell looking into Pre- m RNA alternative splic- ing in fibrosis.

All three boys must be congratulated for completing CCF CHRISTMAS DINNER the four week placement and submitting an impressive piece of work. This year the CCF will be hosting a Christmas Dinner for staff, both past and present, old Any students in the Lower Sixth who would like to cadets and friends of the Contingent. It will be apply for a four week science/engineering/maths (not held in the RAF Club in London on 21 Decem- medicine) placement next Summer should see Mrs ber 2012 and is a chance to catch up with col- Jones for information. leagues both old and new.

The cost for the event is £40 and tickets can be purchased from Lieutenant Beggs, SSI, at the school or alternatively more information can be gained by emailing AEB@wilsonsschool. sutton.sch.uk. MUFTI DAY - 23 NOVEMBER The closing date for requesting tickets is 30 No- vember 2012 and the Dress for the evening is The Mufti day will be in aid of the Dominican Friars, a mess dress or black tie with miniatures. Ladies charity which provides funds to educate orphans in should dress in equivalent. Kenya. Please bring in £1 to dress in MUFTI and 50p for a stick on moustache (in aid of Movember). Issue 242 November 16, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE BRITISH BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD - BIOLOGY ESSAY PRELIMINARY ROUND COMPETITION Every year we organise for stu- For the sixth year, the dents to take the prestigious ESHG is organising the Biology Olympiad. This year there European DNA day Es- will be a preliminary round taking say Contest for School place which is open to all Sixth Students in cooperation Formers. The preliminary round with the American So- will consist of 50 multiple choice ciety of Human Genet- questions from the following ics in the year of the 60th anniversary of the fields of biology: discovery of the double helix. Cell Biology This year’s theme was again selected in coop- Animal anatomy & physiology eration with the ASHG: “2013 marks the 60th Plant anatomy & physiology anniversary of the discovery of the double Ethology helix of DNA by James Watson and Francis Genetics & evolution Crick and the 10th anniversary of the first Biosystematics sequencing of the human genome. Choose either of these breakthroughs and explain This will take place on Tuesday 27 November from 1:10 its broader impact on biotechnology, human p.m. – 2:00 p.m. health and disease, or our understanding of basic genetics, such as genetic variation or It is a fantastic opportunity to enhance and enrich your gene expression.” learning experience and if you do well in the initial round the school will pay to enter you into the main Please email or see Mr Phillips if you are inter- competition which is done in school, online. The Olym- ested in entering. Obviously this would be an piad is there to stretch students and the instructions for excellent topic of note in personal statements question writers are to set questions “at or beyond GCE and/or interviews as well as helping you to level”. It would be great to see a large number of boys develop a deeper understanding of how biol- entering. If you have any more questions see Mr Phil- ogy is changing the world in which you live. lips and go to the Department website for links to past This is open to all those interested but is of papers and syllabus. particular note to Sixth Form students.

LIBRARY ROYAL SOCIETY LECTURE The school Library has now become part of the Scho- lastic Book Club. There are copies of the order forms - BIOLOGY available in the library for students to fill out and buy books (fiction) at very reduced prices. Parents can Finding patterns in genes and proteins: de- also order books for younger children through this coding the logic of molecular interactions . book club. Please ask the librarian, Mrs Okonkwo for more details. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday 21 No- vember 2012 at The Royal Society, London. Francis Crick Lecture 2012 given by Dr Sarah Teichmann. SNOW ALERTS We would like to draw the Sixth Form’s attention to a free event taking place next Would parents and students please note that, in the Wednesday (21 November) at The Royal event of snow, notice of whether the school will be Society. It is unticketed so seats are allocated open or closed will come initially through text and on a first come first served basis. If you are in- email via ParentMail. If you have changed your email terested in going you will need to be able to or mobile phone details since registering on Parent- make your own way to and from the venue. Mail 2 please let us know. Whenever possible, we Please see the Biology department website will update the “Is Wilson’s School Open” tab on the for further details. website simultaneously, but there are circumstances in which this may not be possible. Fuller notification will come later on the web-site. Issue 242 November 16, 2012

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PFA NEWS The November draw of the 100 Club has now taken place. Congratulations to the lucky winners of the draw who are as follows: 1st prize John Osborn £73.75 2nd prize V Veerapen £44.25 3rd prize Christopher Kinch £29.50

The more people who support the 100 Club, the greater the winnings will be! To join, see PFA section of the main school website for an application form and instructions: www.wilsonsschool.sutton. sch.uk Remember you’ve got to be in it to win it!

SATURDAY MORNING CAFE

The PFA wish to operate a Saturday morning Café for parents and friends attending the sports activities taking place at the school. This can only be done however if we can get a few parents each week to assist in the running of the Café. More details of the help required are available on the PFA section of the website. If you are able to help, please contact the PFA at the following address: [email protected].

MASTERCHEF CHALLENGE 2012 The annual House cooking competition got off to a fine start this term, with Y11 and 6th form students competing in the Senior MasterChef Challenge.

Alastair Prince and Suryava Bhattacharya of 11S represented the main school, and their delicious chicken curry was voted the best main dish of the evening. Simon Phillips and Bhavraj Chana did Camberwell proud with a tasty chicken and mash, followed by a lemon meringue pie served within the half-rind of a lemon; the judges praised the excellent meringue and the imaginative presentation of this dessert. However, the winning team were Tom Johnson and Sam Giles from South- wark. Our Judges felt that the menu of Roquefort Quiche, Chicken and Chorizo Parcels, and Straw- berry and Passionfruit Roulade was the best put together and the most successfully realised of the evening. Congratulations to all the finalists for their fine efforts and many thanks to Mr Char- nock, Miss Nicholls and especially Mr Jones, who travelled up from Brighton, where he is now a senior lecturer in Service Management at Bright- on University, in order to judge the competition and give our students some excellent qualitative feedback on their dishes Issue 242 November 16, 2012

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putting it all down to teamwork and the fact that WILSON’S FIRST ELEVEN “the opposition wasn’t very good”. Nonetheless, he BLITZ WOODCOTE was over the moon. by Archie MacGillivray Goal Scorers On the morning of 20 October, the cloud cover was • Ollie Sitch so thick that you couldn’t see the sun. Fortunately, • (Captain) Jack Elliott (2) we at Wilson’s School had no need of that inferior • James Harwood (2) illumination – we could see just fine in the radiance • Joshua John of our First Eleven team, who scored a spectacu- • Ben Giles (2) lar ten goals, and gave away none, in their match • Dan Searle (2) against Woodcote. No sooner had the whistle been blown (by the presiding referee Roger Brown) than Ollie Sitch caught a pass slipped in round the side from Dan Searle and placed it neatly in the goal. Woodcote saw the threat Sitch imposed and so NATIONAL SCHOOLS CROSS- went for a devious plot to get him out of the game. Sitch left the pitch with a cut eye, but vowed to re- COUNTRY SOUTH OF ENG- turn. The devious play continued, with James Har- wood the victim of a vicious foul. Our team turned LAND ROUND it around and Jack Elliott used the penalty granted to score another goal. Harwood got revenge with The team performed as well as expected and a shot from the flank in a deft surprise manoeuvre, achieved a creditable 7th place out of 15 schools. and later took a shot that pinged off the crossbar into the goal. Joshua John scored a header from a The outstanding performance of the day was that of short corner by Ali Osborn. Elliott, eager to prove Ben Barry who finished in 6th place himself worthy of captainship, got another goal with the help of Isaac Wong from another corner. Wong ran in again, and tapped it to Ben Giles who finished, leaving the score at 6-0. BADMINTON When the Half Time whistle blew, the boys got some advice from coach Mr Simmons. They substi- Surrey U.13 Boys Doubles championships tuted Joshua John for Ore Talabi, and James Har- wood for Gbonju Odukale. Then they continued Joseph Li and partner beat Zhi Ping Lim and partner to trounce their beleaguered opposition.James in the final Harwood swiftly got another goal, and later – justifiably – his performance was described as “efferves- In the B championship, M Banh and partner won the cent”. Then, true to his word, Sitch returned and as- tournament sisted Ben Giles in scoring another goal. It just goes to show what happens to those who try foul play. Dan Searle, cooperating with Ali Osborn made an aggressive strike that paid off with Searle’s second goal. Finally, a majestic run from Isaac Wong thrust like a spear into the heart of the opposition side, For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ meaning that one little pass to Ben Giles secured WilsonsPE on twitter. the tenth goal that rounded off the Match. When interviewed, team captain Jack Elliott said that he Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site was pleased with the team performance, it was however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is “ something to be happy with and at the end of an information service and not a discussion page. the day, something good to build on.” Spokesman Dan Searle said that the team “started off as all new If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date lads, but the team chemistry has improved and any then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest new additions will be able to jump in and get fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more! involved as the season progresses.” The captain remained modest about the spectacular result, Issue 242 November 16, 2012

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BOROUGH CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Wilson’s came third overall which was a little disap- pointing, but had some excellent individual results and one outstanding team result; the Year 10/11 team won comfortably with Tom Holden first, Ben Barry 5th, Oisin Brennan 8th George Lowe 9th and Kartik Iyer 11th

In the Senior boys race, Ollie Sitch came 2nd

Team placings Yr7 4th Yr 8/9 4th Yr 10/11 1st YR 12/13 3rd SENIOR BOYS’ TEAM

BADMINTON - U14 NATIONALS FIRST ROUND As expected the three teams entered by the school finished in the top three places. Matches were played against Greenshaw,(recently voted the top sports school in the Borough) Carshalton boys and Wallington. The next round will be the County round played at Wilson’s in February.

Congratulations to all the players.

RESULTS OF THE U13 SEVENOAKS FUTSAL TOURNAMENT PLAYED ON 9 NOVEMBER

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FOOTBALL RESULTS 1ST XI MATCH - WILSON’S VS. Friday 9 November CARDINAL VAUGHAN U13A won the Sevenoaks Futsal tournament by Ebruba Abel-Unokan without losing a game, a fantastic achievement. Right from the off, it was obvious that the Wilson’s 1st Saturday 10 November XI had the edge over Cardinal Vaughan’s squad, with smoother play, more possession and a home advan- Wilson’s vs. Cardinal Vaughan tage all contributing to it. All of this would come to pay 1st XI won 5-0 off when Josh Mackley scored the first of 5 goals off a 2nd XI won 3-0 corner – a feat Mr Simmons was quick to put down to one of his `set pieces`. Wilson’s vs. Stanley Park (District League) Many attempts from both sides followed with no U15A won 5-0 success, mainly down to the handywork of Dan Hall, U14A won 10-3 who held the opposition from scoring with some truly impressive saves. Isaac Wong and Ollie Sitch came close Wilson’s vs. Royal Russell to scoring, but the scoreboard stayed fixed at 1-0. It U15B drew 3-3 vs. U15A took a powerful shot from James Harwood to bring the U14B lost 2-4 vs. U14A score up to 2-0. Soon after however, the referee missed U13B lost 1-3 vs. U13A a blatant handball – the Cardinal Vaughan player in U12A won 6-1 question was on the ground with his hand on the ball! All matter of cheating out of mind, the 1st XI got back to playing and began so with a great save from Dan Hall, whose quick hands stopped the ball flying in over his head off a header. Moments later, a ball straight across the goal mouth from Ollie Sitch to James Har- wood raised the score to 3-0. More attempts from Dan- iel Searle, Ben Giles and Joshua John soon followed, but none produced results. Into the last 20 minutes of the match, and the Vaughan FOOTBALL FIXTURES keeper made mistake after mistake, eventually fum- bling the ball and allowing Ollie Sitch to smash it past Saturday 17 November vs. Cheam him. It was to be his final mistake that sealed a Wilson’s U15A Away victory and gave Dan Searle a well-deserved goal to his U14A Home name. U13A Away Final Score: Wilson’s 5 – 0 Cardinal Vaughan U12A Home Goals: Saturday 17 November vs. Ibstock Josh Mackley 1st XI Home James Harwood (2) 2nd XI Home Ollie Sitch Dan Searle Wednesday 21 November vs. John Fisher MOM: Dan Hall (GK) 1st XI Home 3rd XI Home Wednesday 21 November vs. Trinity 4th XI Away 5th XI vs. 6th XI CHESS RESULTS

Wilson’s B beat Kingston GS A 4 - 2 Wilson’s E beat Guildford E 12 – 0 Wilson’s F beat Guildford F 7½ to 4½

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Issue 243 November 23 2012 BAR MOCK TRIAL Organised by the Citizenship Foundation, the Dates for your Diary Bar Mock Trial is an annual competition in which 26 November Second Hand Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.) 27 November Classics Club Lecture (4.00p.m.) young people from all over Britain battle out mock 30 November Y10 Cake Sale (after school) criminal trials before a judge in a real crown court. 3 December Chemistry Lecture (3.35p.m.) Taking on the roles of prosecution and defence 5 December Charity Winter Concert (7.30p.m.) counsel, witnesses and court officials, the mainly 10 December INSET DAY - school closed to students Lower Sixth team of Tim Sharpe, Luke Kosky, Karim (except Year 10 Geographers) Abu-Seer, Harry Curtis, James Kyne, Peter Chappell, 13 December Pop Music Showcase (7.00p.m.) 14, & 15 December Senior Production Joe Perry, Tom Wadsworth, Tom Coates, Louis Hew- 17 December Carol Concert (7.30p.m.) son and Alastair Prince have been working hard to 18 December Candlelit Drama Soiree (7.00p.m.) prepare two cases specially written by professional 19 December TERM ENDS lawyers to replicate some of the complications of 7 January FIRST DAY OF TERM - LATE START FOR eliciting evidence and addressing arguments in STUDENTS (10.50AM REGISTRATION) court. With speeches in hand and question-chains at the ready, some of our team were very pleased to receive a visit last week from Mr Christopher Kinch, QC. Mr Kinch provided our students with some excellent advice on the niceties of Court proce- dure and an interesting insight into life in the legal PARKING OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL profession. Parents should be aware that the school has recently taken a number of calls from local residents who feel that parents collecting students from the school are not being as considerate as they might about where they choose to park to wait for their sons.

These residents have informed us that they will have no choice but to contact police if they are unable to get in and out of their driveways. We would be grateful if you could be aware of this when parking in the area surrounding the school.

CHILDREN IN NEED WILSON’S IS NOW ON The Inter House Cake Bake which took place on TWITTER Monday lunchtime raised a total of £304.90 for Children in Need. With more and more departments at school com- municating with parents and boys via Twitter, the Brecon £40.50 school has decided to establish a feed which will act Camberwell £79.50 as the first point of contact for anyone wanting to Greencoat £84.90 find out about the school. We will post updates and Hayes £62.50 snippets of news throughout the week. Over winter Southwark £37.50 you will also be able to check if the school will be affected by any inclement weather. Please note Tastiest cakes were awarded in order: Brecon, the feed will just be for information and we can’t Greencoat, Southwark, Hayes and Camberwell. respond to your tweets. To find out more please Best looking cakes were awarded in order: Green- search for @WilsonsSchool on Twitter or go to www. coat, Brecon, Hayes, Camberwell and Southwark. twitter.com/WilsonsSchool” Well done to all. The real winner is of course Chil- dren in Need who received over £300. Issue 243 November 23, 2012

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NOTICES

CANTEEN ASSISTANT/LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR

12.45p.m. - 2.45p.m. daily (flexible up to 5 days per week), term time only

£7.00 per hour

We are seeking to recruit a flexible part- time canteen assistant/lunchtime supervisor. Responsibilities will include oper- ating the tills in the canteen, using the dishwasher, supervising students during CLASSICS CLUB LECTURES the lunch hour and general kitchen du- ties. On Tuesday 27 November, Professor Rosalind Tho- mas of Balliol College, Oxford, will speak about ‘The Applicants should complete the appli- Persian Wars’. The talk starts at 4.00 p.m. in the Lec- cation form (available from the school ture Theatre and all are welcome – including friends website vacancies page or from Mrs Ware, and family; admission is free. Refreshments will be Head’s P.A.) and return it to Mrs Ware at served from 4.00 p.m. This is the last lecture in the the school address or hw@wilsonsschool. 2012 series — not to be missed. sutton.sch.uk: 020 8773 7680 by 23 No- vember 2012.

CHEMISTRY LECTURE FOR MODERN FOREIGN YEARS 9-13 LANGUAGES TRIPS The organisers of the MFL trips to Cologne, Germany On Monday 3 December from 3.45 p.m. to 5.00 and Northern France would like to take this oppor- p.m. Professor Keith Jones from the Institute of tunity to remind parents and carers that the second Cancer Research will give a lecture entitled ‘Magic, payment is due before the end of term. Folk Medicine, Drugs and Chemistry’. The lecture will take place in the lecture theatre and is highly French £125.00 recommended to all sixth formers studying Chemis- German £150.00 try and to boys in years 9-11 who intend studying Chemistry at A level. Thank you. Y10 GEOGRAPHY CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT WILSON’S USED UNIFORM The Year 10s have their geography controlled SHOP assessment on Monday 10 December. To help them complete the four preparation tasks before Please note the shop will be open on Monday 26 the deadline a computer room (C1) will be staffed November after school (3.30p.m. - 4.30p.m.). The by a member of the geography department shop is situated in the school dining room and after school from Wednesday 28 November until is kindly run by one of our parents, Mrs Phillips. Wednesday 5 December. It will be open from 3.30 The shop is currently well stocked and you may p.m. until 5.00 p.m. be able to find an item your son requires at a very good price. Please do come along and take a look, Mrs Phillips will be very pleased to see you.

SCHOOL DIRECT PROGRAMME Alternatively, if you have any uniform that is still in good condition but no longer fits your son we Wilson’s School is now part of a consortium offering would be happy to have it for the used uniform high-quality graduates the opportunity to train in shop. Sutton schools. Further details of the School Direct programme (run by Glenthorne High School) are available on the website. Issue 243 November 23, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE THE CHRISTOPHER TOWER AMAZON FUNDRAISING POETRY COMPETITION The school were very pleased to have raised £714.54 between 1st September and 18th November 2011 from purchases made through the Amazon link on the school website. This year in the same period the money raised had increased to £833.78. The school are delighted with this and hope to see the figure increase again in the run up to the festive season.

If you are intending to make any purchases through Amazon this year in the lead up to Christmas we would ask if you could consider Sixth form students are encouraged to enter the making these purchases using the link on our University of Oxford’s famous poetry competition with website as it brings in considerable revenue to the theme “The Details”. They have the chance to win the school without costing you anything. up to £3,000 and an opportunity to visit Christ Church College and participate in poetry workshops with You need no computer expertise to be able to prominent poets. Miss Lambert and Mr Hudson will do this, you purchase your goods in exactly the be running creative writing workshops on Wednesday same way as you would normally, you just use lunchtime at 13.30 in the run up to the competition. the Amazon icon on our website to get into Amazon.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY LECTURE

A number of Sixth Formers went with the Biology Department to this year’s Francis Crick lecture at The Just click here to access Amazon Royal Society. The title of the lecture was ‘Finding and purchase your goods in the usual patterns in genes and proteins: decoding the logic way. of molecular interactions’ by Sarah Teichmann. It was a very interesting lecture and of great value to the boys in expanding their understanding of what is happening in biology at the moment. Dr Teichmann is working to gain a better understanding of how cells and organisms work so that we can draw on the evolutionary information inherent in the growing number of protein structures. The talk explained how computational analysis of genomic information reveals fundamental principles of gene and protein interactions. Dr Teichmann used a series of very accessible analogies to explain her ideas including a wonderful description of how gene activator’s and suppressor’s choice of site on a DNA strand is like two forms of defense in basketball! Having spoken to the students who attended the lecture, they found it thoroughly worthwhile.

It was also great to have the opportunity to go with students up to the Royal Society building and Lec- ture theatre. A video of the lecture will be available online soon, a link will be posted on the biology department website. Issue 243 November 23 2012

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SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE BRITISH BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD - PRELIMINARY ROUND Wilson’s have a record set of Senior Maths Chal- lenge results with a total of 34 Gold Awards. That Every year we organise for stu- is twice as many as last year, and more than 50% dents to take the prestigious higher than our previous best. Highest score Biology Olympiad. This year there in the school went to Keith Barker (U6) with will be a preliminary round taking 116. The other qualifiers for the British Maths place which is open to all Sixth Olympiad, who all scored at least 93, were Matt Formers. The preliminary round D’Rozario (U6), Philip Knott (11B), Alex Johnsen will consist of 50 multiple choice (U6), Tom Lowe (U6), Scott England (U6) and questions from the following Harry Goodburn (10S). A further 10 pupils scored fields of biology: highly enough to qualify for the Senior Kangaroo. Along with the 34 Gold awards were 46 silver Cell Biology, Animal anatomy & physiology, Plant and 56 bronze, making a record total of 136 anatomy & physiology, Ethology, Genetics & evolution, award winners this year, compared to 83 last year. Biosystematics Wilson’s truly has a very large number of able mathematicians in its ranks. 16 of the award win- This will take place on Tuesday 27 November from 1:10 ners were in year 11 and 7 from year 10. p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

It is a fantastic opportunity to enhance and enrich your learning experience and if you do well in the initial round the school will pay to enter you into the main SENIOR TEAM MATHS competition which is done in school, online. The Olym- CHALLENGE piad is there to stretch students and the instructions for question writers are to set questions “at or beyond GCE Last week the Wilson’s senior maths challenge level”. It would be great to see a large number of boys team took part in the South East London regional entering. If you have any more questions see Mr Phil- final at Ravenswood School in Bromley. They lips and go to the Department website for links to past performed well in the first group round, and papers and syllabus. outstandingly on the cross number. Going into the final relay round against the clock they were amongst the leading schools. Eventually they came third and were presented with certificates and trophies for this achievement. The team was: Keith Barker (U6), Matt D’Rozario (U6), Joe Walter BIOLOGY BOOK CLUB (L6) and Michael Vereycken (L6). On 4 December during the lunch hour in S10 we will be holding our inaugural meeting of the CHESS RESULTS Biology Book Club (this includes those attending MedDenVet). Wilson’s A beat KCS Wimbledon A 3.5 to 2.5 In this group we will be guiding students through the Richard Wilson’s A team are the only undefeated team Dawkins book ‘The Greatest in the first division, having won all 3 matches Show on Earth’. The point of the played. group is not to spend forty-five minutes in silent reading but to Wilson’s D beat KCS Wimbledon B 8.5 – 3.5 go through the ways in which to read science books and what Follow Wilson’s Chess news on Twitter: sorts of things you can do to actually learn from them @wilsonschess or www.twitter.com/wilsonschess while reading. It will be easiest if you have a copy of the book yourself either in paperback or in electronic form. You do not need to bring it to the session but at future meetings you should bring any notes associ- OPENING OF SCHOOL ated with the book. All are welcome to attend, including staff!! If you have any difficultly with getting a copy ORCHARD come and see Mr Phillips. Unfortunately this has had to be cancelled and will be re-scheduled for the New Year. Issue 243 November 23 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE YEAR 9 MUSICIANS’ EVENING Musicians from Year 9 organised and performed in a fantastic concert in the Bowden Room this week (Wednesday 21 November). The event was the first opportunity for the students involved to perform at GCSE Level. The audience was treated to a wide range of solo performances from singers, pianists, violinists, cellists, a drummer, an electric guitarist and even a fast and furious xylophone! Performing in front of your teachers, parents and fellow students is never easy, but the musicians conquered their nerves and were a credit to the Music Department and to the school.

Congratulations to all involved!

LIAM GRANT CAMERON OVEREYNDER HARRY COX

SNOW ALERTS Would parents and students please note that, in the event of snow, notice of whether the school will be open or closed will come initially through text and email via ParentMail. If you have changed your email or mobile phone details since registering on ParentMail 2 please let us know.

Whenever possible, we will update the “Is Wil- son’s School Open” tab on the website simultaneously, but there are circumstances in which this may not be possible. Fuller notification will come later on the web-site.

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SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

WILSON’S VS. IBSTOCK FOOTBALL RESULTS 2nd XI manage a 1-0 victory over Ibstock 1st XI Friday 16 November The 2nd XI team snatched a close fought victory Wilson’s vs. Carshalton (Surrey Cup 3rd round) against Ibstock Place School last Saturday with U12A won 4-2 Captain Joe Kirby providing the only goal of the game. Saturday 17 November Wilson’s vs Ibstock Place Early pressure from Ibstock at the beginning of 2nd XI won 1-0 the first half led to a few chances which did not 3rd XI drew 3-3 amount to any threats on goal, thanks to good defending from the Wilson’s back four. This continued Wilson’s vs Cheam (District League) with creative play on the right wing giving way to U15A won 3-1 the occasional shot on goal. U14A won 13-0 U13A drew 1-1 The midfield saw most of the ball with both sides U12A lost 0-3 contesting for the all important possession of the ball. Despite gaining possession, neither team Monday 19 November were able to convert their attacks to good shots on Wilson’s vs Fullbrook (Surrey Cup 3rd round) goal. U15B won 6-1

A great effort from Joe Kirby taken from outside the box flew into the bottom left corner making it 1-0 with 5 minutes left in the first half. It was a fantastic time to score and set up the team talk for Mr Parkinson ‘be hard to beat’ and ‘a clean sheet second half will win us the game!’ FOOTBALL FIXTURES

The second half produced much of the same as Saturday 24 November vs. Overton Grange the first, making the game a monotonous battle in U15A Home midfield. U14A Home U13A Home Jack Bolt made a few crucial saves after hopeful U12A Home counter-attacks from Ibstock. Wednesday 28 November vs. Whitgift A controversial penalty given late in the second 2nd XI Home half was put wide of the goal by Joe Kirby but it 3rd XI vs 4th XI didn’t seem to matter – Ibstock were making no 5th XI Home effort to pull the game back for a draw. 6th XI Training

Thanks to Mr J Parkinson for coaching the team.

Man of The Match was Niall Sheridan for solid work at centre back. For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ by Douglas Ledgerwood WilsonsPE on twitter.

Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discussion page.

If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS’ BADMINTON COMPETITION The U.16 National schools’ badminton competition started on Monday, with the U16 team looking to build on the success of the Junior teams. This they managed to do in style with all 3 teams being placed in the top 4 of the competition. The A team of Shailen Patel, Alex Yee, Josh Lee and Ben Jacob proved too powerful for the opposition, only dropping one game in the whole competition. That was to Akhil Dua from the B team who surprisingly beat Josh Lee in the second singles.

Greenshaw were dispatched 5 – 0 by all the teams as were Carshalton Boys Sports College. Wallington County had a strong team, but they too lost 5 – 0 to the A team.

The next round will be played at Wilson’s in February, where the competition will be a good deal stronger.

U16 National Schools’ Badminton Results were as BADMINTON - SURREY follows: LEAGUE 1st Wilson’s A team Wilson’s vs. Tiffin 2nd Wallington County Grammar U12A won 6-3 3rd Wilson’s B team U12B won 8-1 4th Wilson’s C team 5th Greenshaw Wilson’s vs. Whitgift 6th Carshalton Boys’’ School U14B won 8-1 (vs. U14A team)

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Dates for your Diary 3 December Chemistry Lecture (3.45p.m.) 5 December Charity Winter Concert (7.30p.m.) 10 December INSET DAY - school closed to students (except Year 10 Geographers) 13 December Pop Music Showcase (7.00p.m.) 14/15 December The Madness of George III 17 December Carol Concert (7.30p.m.) 18 December Candlelit Drama Soiree (7.00p.m.) 19 December TERM ENDS 7 January FIRST DAY OF TERM - LATE START FOR STUDENTS (10.50AM REGISTRATION)

DEBATING NEWS It has been a busy week for the debate team, who have participated in four competitions over six days. On 22 November, Wilson’s hosted 22 teams for a local round of the Cambridge debate. For the third year running, Wilson’s has progressed to the next round as George Driscoll and Conrad Jeffer- ies successfully won their room. Harrison Gower, Tim Sharpe, Gabriel Agranoff and Matt D’Rozario also competed, and special thanks must go to Luke Kosky and James Nash. These two students acted as swing teams: teams which complete a table but are not eligible to proceed in the competition. Usually a two-man effort, both Luke and James worked solo, delivering two speeches in each round of lent 326 points; Luke and Tim’s combined total debate. Luke even managed to ‘win’ his room and of 643 points was higher than all but one other James, who was in a room with another Wilson’s team. All three Wilson’s teams ended in the top team, earned the wrath of the sixth formers for be- half of the draw, competing against teams from St ing ‘too good’ an opponent. They were both warmly Paul’s School, the City of London schools, Alleyn’s congratulated by the judges, who look forward to and Cheney among others, as well as local rivals seeing them as competitors next year. Wallington Boys. On Monday, Tim and Luke were again in action against the same Wallington Boys’ team of Omar Rana and Danny Bramble in the ESU Mace debate held at Sutton Grammar School, but on this occasion were just pipped by their rivals, who progress to the next round.

And on Tuesday, two teams took part in the Rotary Youth Speaks event, hosted by Wilson’s. James Nash and James Gunnell were joined by Ahmed Elgharably speaking on the subject ‘The Beauty of Truth’, while Harrison Gower with Will Ries and On Saturday, we travelled to Warwick for another Conrad Jefferies explained why ‘Reality TV is a national debate. Two teams, Arslan Rana and Karim Blight on Society’. After some entertaining speech- Abu-Seer, and James Gunnell and James Kyne, took es, including one all about cats from Carshalton a first and a second. Tim and Luke took two firsts Girls, Wilson’s senior team won through to the and a second and were in the top room for the regional round which will take place next term. fourth round. They finished 5th on the team tab Many thanks to all these students for their hard and Tim was second speaker overall with an excel- work and dedication. Issue 244 November 30, 2012

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NOTICES CHEMISTRY LECTURE FOR CANTEEN ASSISTANT/LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR YEARS 9-13

12.45p.m. - 2.45p.m. daily (flexible up to On Monday 3 December, from 3.45 p.m. to 5.00 5 days per week), term time only. p.m., Professor Keith Jones from the Institute of Cancer Research will give a lecture entitled ‘Magic, £7.00 per hour Folk Medicine, Drugs and Chemistry’. The lecture We are seeking to recruit a flexible part- will take place in the lecture theatre and is highly time canteen assistant/lunchtime supervi- recommended to all sixth formers studying Chem- sor. Responsibilities will include oper- istry and to boys in years 9-11 who intend studying ating the tills in the canteen, using the Chemistry at A level. dishwasher, supervising students during the lunch hour and general kitchen du- ties. YEAR 10 CHEMISTRY CHAL- Applicants should complete the application form (available from the school LENGE HOUSE COMPETITION website vacancies page or from Mrs Ware, Head’s P.A.) and return it to Mrs Ware at On Friday 23 November, nine teams of four stu- the school address or hw@wilsonsschool. dents each entered the Chemistry Challenge set by sutton.sch.uk: 020 8773 7680 by 23 No- the Royal Society of Chemistry. After four demand- vember 2012. ing rounds, the team from Southwark emerged as champions, gaining 68 marks out of a possible 75! WINTER VOMITING VIRUS This team consisted of Ben Sharp, Harry Goodburn, At this time of year, the inevitable Daren Alfred and Vyas Raina. In second place was winter viruses begin to affect children Greencoat 1 (62 marks) with Hayes 1, Brecon 1 and at the school. If your child is sick Brecon 2 in joint third place (60 marks). The answer please do not send him to school for at sheets from the top two teams have now been sent least 24 hours. If any child who comes off to be considered for the South-East Regional into the sick bay has vomited within the Final. last 24 hours, he will be sent home. This is because the virus is contagious and we want to prevent its spread. WILSON’S IS NOW ON SNOW ALERTS Would parents and students please note TWITTER that, in the event of snow, notice of With more and more departments at school com- whether the school will be open or municating with parents and boys via Twitter, the closed will come initially through text school has decided to establish a feed which will act and email via ParentMail. If you have as the first point of contact for anyone wanting to changed your email or mobile phone de- find out about the school. We will post updates and tails since registering on ParentMail 2, snippets of news throughout the week. Over the please go into your account and update winter, you will also be able to check if the school them now. will be affected by any inclement weather. Please note the feed will just be for information and that Whenever possible, we will update the we can’t respond to your tweets. To find out more, “Is Wilson’s School Open” tab on the please search for @WilsonsSchool on Twitter or go website simultaneously, but there are to www.twitter.com/WilsonsSchool. circumstances in which this may not be possible. Fuller notification will come later on the web-site. SCHOOL DIRECT MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TRIPS The organisers of the MFL trips to Co- PROGRAMME logne, Germany and Northern France would Wilson’s School is now part of a consortium offering like to take this opportunity to remind high-quality graduates the opportunity to train in parents and carers that the second pay- Sutton schools. Further details of the School Direct ment is due before the end of term. programme (run by Glenthorne High School) are French £125.00 available on the website. German £150.00 Issue 244 November 30, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE GUEST SPEAKER BANK OF ENGLAND 2.0 Ben King (an old Wilsonian) is going to be joining the Christian union on Thursday 6 December to share his story. Ben is a fire-fighter with the London Fire Brigade and will be sharing stories about the life and death situations that he has faced in his job, including what it was like to work during the London riots last summer. He will also share some of his own personal journey in life.

All staff and students are welcome. CU meets each week at 1:15 on Thursday lunchtime in room 25 (feel free to bring your lunch with you)

HISTORY: KEY STAGE 3 (AGES 11 – 14) Monday 26 November saw the Wilson’s Bank of Cambridge History for Schools is an exciting new out- England 2.0 team venture to Pembroke Lodge, reach initiative by one of the leading History Faculties right in the heart of Richmond Park, South in the world. They want to show how pupils can enjoy West London. They made a very credible job of history and imagine the past through imaginative and presenting to advisers to the Monetary Policy exciting workshops. Committee their thoughts on Quantitative Eas- ing and Interest Rates. They were up against very LENT TERM 2 MARCH 2013, 2pm – 3.30pm stiff competition, which included St Paul’s Boys School and Tiffin Girls. They came third, but one Inside the sick-chamber - disease and medicine in of the judges said that he had seen other heats seventeenth-century England: Dr Hannah Newton. where the Wilson’s boys would have comfortably won. Just the luck of the draw, unfortunately. One day in the 1630s, a fourteen-year-old boy called Congratulations for all their hard work and top Richard Gilmore vomited ‘black Worms, about an inch -notch presenting skills should go to:- James and a half long, with six feet, and little red heads’. He Lawton, Craig Threadgold, Amish Patel and was so ‘cruelly afflicted’ that ‘he was ready to tear him- Zeyang Gao. The team were ably assisted by self to pieces’. Ever wondered what it would be like to Ashiv Malde and Matt D’Rozario, who did a ster- live at a time when there were no antibiotics, hospitals, ling job helping in research. NHS, or anaesthetics?

EASTER TERM 11 MAY 2013, 2pm – 3.30pm

Protesting against an American war: Dr Andrew Pres- ton. Y10 GEOGRAPHY Waging war is one of humanity’s oldest preoccupa- CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT tions, but protesting against it is fairly new. The largest and most enduring anti-war movement in human his- The Year 10s have their geography controlled tory emerged in the 1960s, in opposition to the Ameri- assessment on Monday 10 December. To help can war in Vietnam. them complete the four preparation tasks before the deadline, a computer room (C1) will be If you would like to apply for places on any of these ses- staffed by a member of the geography depart- sions please contact Mr Englefield (ge@wilsonsschool. ment after school from Wednesday 28 Novem- sutton.sch.uk). ber until Wednesday 5 December. It will be open from 3.30 p.m. until 5.00 p.m. Please note there is a maximum of 4 school places and that students may attend these sessions without a parent or carer present during the session; however we ask that your son is met promptly at the end of the session. All sessions take place at the Faculty of History, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9EF. The school will not be providing transport. Issue 244 November 30 2012

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MOVEMBER We would like to thank everyone for their support with Movember. The school has raised a considerable amount of money in support of Mo- vember (a charity specifically trying to support, cure and raise awareness of male cancers).

Please see a selection of photographs which show some of the “Movember” fun that was had by both staff and students during our recent Inset day. Issue 244 November 30 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE ECF AFTERNOON CHESS MATHEMATICS – MANGA EVENT HIGH SUCCESS!

Last week, Wilson’s convincingly beat Harrow International School, Bangkok in an online maths battle. In a concerted effort, several classes from Years 7-11 completed numerous maths challenges to beat Harrow 5-0, with Mr Alderson’s Year 10 Wilson’s dominated this tournament. Out of a total of class winning the third round with just minutes to 110 participants, 65 of the pupils were from Wilson’s. spare. Wilson’s came first, second and third in both sections of the tournament! The introduction of Manga High to maths classes has been a great success. Manga High is a games- In the ‘Elite’ tournament where chess clocks were based learning site, where students learn maths used, our year 11 team of Adam Taylor, Philip Knott, via multiple-choice quizzes and games set by their Pavan Murali and Thomas Short had won with a teacher. Many boys at the school would have al- round to spare. ready used the site during lessons, and completed challenges for homework and revision. Several Second was the Wilson’s year 8/9 team and third our boys even do optional challenges and play games year 7 team. Fourth equal were Worth school (Sussex) such as Bidmas Blaster just for fun! (Surely that’s and Nonsuch. more productive than playing the PS3?)

In the ‘major’ for less experienced players, 7G were As students complete challenges they earn first equal with Wilson’s year 8s. Third equal were virtual medals, from Bronze to Gold. To encour- Warlingham School, Glyn School and a Wilson’s Sixth age healthy competition, there are leaderboards form team. The performance by 7G was all the more for each challenge as well as medal tables for the remarkable as their best player was in the Elite year 7 whole school. This month’s star performer is Kenta team. Renard (8C), with 20 golds.

A tournament with lots of Wilson’s forms having Schools can also challenge each other in a week- teams has been so successful that next term Dr long battle called a Fai-To, where they have to win Cooper will be running an inter-form tournament for as many medals as possible in five 24-hour rounds. teams of 4 players. The battle with Harrow International School Bangkok (affiliated to Harrow School) involved Wilson’s being down by nearly 20 medals with less than one hour to go before time was up. Fortu- nately, Mr Alderson took his Year 10 class into the computer room – and the boys delivered, winning enough medals for Wilson’s to secure the white- wash!

At the time of writing, Wilson’s was ranked the 8th highest secondary school in the UK. Let’s go for number one! Issue 244 November 30, 2012

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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP RECRUITS SWELL CCF AWARDS 2012 - NUMBERS NOMINATIONS Since the recruits joined the Corps this week, the CCF now has a strength of 222 cadets split fairly Who inspires you? equally between the Army and RAF Sections. This is the largest number on roll since before the Is it the dedicated volunteer, the motivational coach, move from Camberwell in 1975. or the hardworking colleague? Nominate them now for a Community Leadership Award. Nominations The recruits will be spending the parades before for Sutton Council’s Community Leadership Awards Christmas learning about the rank structure of the are currently underway, and we want to know who British Forces, practising basic drill and getting their inspires you. The awards have been a great suc- uniform issued. From January, their training will cess for the last two years; this will be the third joint focus on preparing for the recruits’ camp and tests awards for both council employees and members of on February Training Camp that will run during half the public. term. The annual awards are for the local heroes who bring the best to Sutton and its residents. The nominations can be made online at www.sutton.gov.uk/communityleadershipawards. We’ll ask who you are, who you are nominating, and why you are nominating them. YEAR 7 HOUSE POINTS You can nominate anyone who makes a difference. They could be a dedicated volunteer, a motivational MATHS CHALLENGE coach; a hardworking colleague, or a passionate carer.

This year, we have five award categories, so you can choose the category that best fits your nominee:

• Making a difference to your local neighbourhood • Building prosperity • Improving people’s lives • Keeping Sutton safe • Making Sutton greener

The winners will be announced in February 2013, and awards will be presented at a ceremony on 28 Febru- ary.

Nominate your local hero before our closing date, 5pm on 28 January, 2013 at www.sutton.gov.uk/lead- ershipawards, freepost our paper flyer, or send your nomination to communityleadershipawards@sutton. This week saw the exciting final round of the Year gov.uk. 7 House Points Maths Challenge! The competition has run each week over the past four weeks Help us spread the word – tell your local groups and with boys from year 7 working together in house organisations to start nominating! Let us know if you teams to answer the most questions correctly. have any suggestions or questions at leadershipa- Well done to all boys who participated for display- [email protected]. ing excellent problem-solving, enthusiasm and teamwork. Congratulations to 7S who were the Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @lbsuttonnews overall winners, and to 7B and 7C who were joint- and www.facebook.com/lovesutton runners up.

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WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE U15As FOOTBALL TEAM YEARS 7 & 10 RUGBY REPORT DRAW 2-2 WITH WOODCOTE by Mr Stradwick On Friday the year 7’s travelled to Trinity for what A wintry Saturday morning. The day was grey, and was expected to be a tough encounter. The side, frigid, almost as cold as the hearts of our opposi- which consisted manly of new players to the sport tion, the Under 15 Woodcote A team. Our own were superb and dispatched Trinity 63-17. Wilson’s team, coached by Mr Latuske and captained by started brightly, filling the pitch well in both attack Ryan Kan, had some misgivings, concerned that and defence, making it tough for Trinity to make this hardy opposition might be the equal of even inroads. our fiery footballers. Milo Wakefield, who captains the side and was The game started fairly well, with Jacob Veerapen superb throughout, scored the first try of the match scoring a goal almost immediately, with a little with a mazy run which he then neatly converted, as help from Will Honeyman, who passed him the ball he was destined to do for the rest of the game. Con- out of a midfield fumble. Max Rivens was straight gratulations go to James Kutin, who scored a mag- on the attack, sending two shots zinging off the nificent five tries using his strength and outstand- crossbar in quick succession. Indeed, these typified ing pace which the opposition couldn’t deal with. most of the game, with a lot of shots taken, but However, this was no one man show. All the for- few finding the goal. Woodcote were deceptively wards were outstanding, giving Alex Merry a great skilful, barely even getting the ball down our end platform to play from off rucks, scrums and mauls. In more than a handful of times the whole game, but fact it was the pace at which the game was played when they did, they hit home. By the end of the that allowed Adam Abu-Seer, Will Hicks and Shanan- first half, they had equalized and then overtaken than Kalaichelvan to join the other two on the score us, leaving the score at 2-1 to them going into half sheet completing a fine afternoon. A final well done time. to Mahesh Mottram, who made the most tackles during the game, which is something we work very When the game recommenced, our team attacked hard on in training. Year 7s train on a Tuesday after with renewed vigour, determined not to suffer school and a Thursday lunch time. Anyone wishing defeat at the cold hands of Woodcote. So great to join would be very welcome. was the team’s effort, that the ball barely touched the turf on our half. But still, we just couldn’t score, The year 10 Wilson’s side went into the match even when the presiding referee, Roger Brown, against Woodcote with high hopes of securing justifiably gave us a free kick after a blatant mid-air another victory, having won 2 of their previous 3 shoulder barge on one of our team players when games. On both of those occasions they restricted leaping for a header. By this time, the game was the opposition’s points to nil and today was not go- into its latter minutes, and anyone could be for- ing to be any different, winning impressively 34-0. given for relinquishing hope and giving up. But The conditions were very wet and windy which then, our Under 15’s aren’t just anyone. In the man- meant the forwards were going to be key in decid- ner of true Wilson’s sportsmen, Jacob Veerapen ing the score line. In fact it was Paul Wrona who passed the ball through their defence to Curtis crossed the line 5 times in an outstanding man of Rose, who gassed it with the sphere to the edge of the match display, really punishing the Woodcote the six-yard box, and slotted it home. Thus the end side. result was a draw, two-all, a result with which team captain Ryan Kan was pleased. “Our team is doing As in previous weeks, Wilson’s chop tackled well, a fantastic job. It has been an interesting season, allowing the powerful Harry Tee and Adi Doshi, who with its highs and lows and limited availability, also scored, turnover opportunities which they took but we’ll try and make up for it, and we’ll get there regularly. This gave the backs a great platform to eventually.” He complimented Jamil Hornsby-Odoi, work off and it was the centre combination of Tim “the best player of the season by far”, and said that Mash and Keenan Moore who gained the most yards he has high hopes for next season. Coach Latuske with devastating ball carries. said that the main issue was sloppy defending and a lack of creativity in the final third, but the team Once again the Wilson’s defence was impenetrable, has progressed mightily this season. Next time, it is with Woodcote rarely entering the Wilson’s half and assured, Wilson’s U15 A’s are accepting nothing less even when they did, the likes of Reynold Anang, than outright victory. Naturally. Charlie Wood and Jake Rightmyer, who form a dangerous back 3 combination, quickly stopped them.

Report by Archie MacGillivray Wilson’s year 10 team train on a Tuesday lunch time if you would like to join them. Issue 244 November 30, 2012

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SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

FOOTBALL RESULTS WILSON’S WIN 6 OUT OF 7 Monday 19 November RUGBY MATCHES! Wilson’s vs. Fullbrook School (Surrey Cup) Year 10 won 6-1 In recent weeks, rugby at Wilson’s has gone from strength to strength. Years 8, 9 and 10 all beat Wednesday 21 November Shirley High School with the year 10 game being the Wilson’s vs John Fisher pick of the bunch. Paul Wrona scored a magnificent 4th XI drew 3-3 (vs. 1st XI) hat-trick and Adi Doshi scored a brace, whilst mak- 6th XI won 6-2 (vs. 2nd XI) ing some huge tackles. The 1st XV came unstuck in Wilson’s vs. Trinity the Daily Mail competition against a strong Wal- 2nd/3rd XI lost 0-2 (vs. 1st XI) lington team, but had won their 2 previous games Wilson’s vs. Stanley Park (Carshalton Athletic against St. Bedes and Overton Grange. They have Academy) also won since against Coopers, with the powerful 1st XI lost 4-5 prop Nathan Arthur scoring and claiming man of the match. The Year 10 side won convincingly 26-0 Thursday 22 November against Raynes Park in their most recent match and Wilson’s vs Glenthorne (District Cup 1/4 Final) look forward to a home fixture against Woodcote Year 9 won 7-2 next week, while the 1st XV travel to Whitgift in what should be an exciting match. Saturday 24 November Report by Mr Stradwick Wilson’s vs. Overton Grange Year 7B won 7-0 Year 7 lost 3-2 (District Cup/League) BADMINTON SURREY LEAGUE Year 8 won 5-0 (District League) Year 9 won 6-1 (District League) U19B vs. Royal Grammar Guildford A Year 10 drew 2-2 (District League) Wilson’s won 9-0 U19C vs. Royal Grammar Guildford B Wilson’s won 7-2 U19A vs. Southborough FOOTBALL FIXTURES Wilson’s won 9-0 Saturday 1 December U14A vs. Southborough Wilson’s vs. Sutton Grammar 1st XI Away 2nd XI Away CHESS RESULTS 3rd XI Home League: U15A Away Wilson’s A beat Sutton A 6 – 0 U15B Away Wilson’s C beat Sutton B 4 - 2 U14A Home Wilson’s E beat Emanuel A 7 – 5 U14B Home National Cup U13A Home Wilson’s B lost to RGS Guildford A 2½ - 3½ U13B Home U12A Away U12B Away For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ Wednesday 5 December WilsonsPE on twitter. Wilson’s vs. KCS Wimbledon Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site 1st XI Home however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is 2nd XI Home an information service and not a discussion page. 3rd XI Home 4th XI Away If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date, 5th XI Away then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest 6th XI Away fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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Issue 245 December 7 2012

Dates for your Diary 10 December INSET DAY - school closed to students (except Year 10 Geographers and those for drama rehearsals) 13 December Pop Music Showcase (7.00p.m.) 14/15 December The Madness of George III 17 December Carol Concert (Croydon Minster, 7.30p.m.) 18 December Candlelit Drama Soiree (7.00p.m.) 19 December TERM ENDS 7 January FIRST DAY OF TERM - LATE START FOR STUDENTS (10.50AM REGISTRATION)

Y9 OVERSEAS DISASTER RELIEF CHALLENGE

WORK RELATED LEARNING CHALLENGE Chance to be Chancellor has launched! Now is the time for you to have your say on the Budget.

Chance to be Chancellor is a digital challenge providing you with a unique opportunity to create your own Budget for the country.

Last week five Year 9 boys (Gianluca Scatto, Emil All the choices are then collated to form the ‘Youth Lundh, Uns Waheed, Alex Nielsen and Hari Nair) Budget’, launched at a special event in early March took part in a challenge run by the Sutton Educa- 2013 for young people to take part in the public tion Business Partnership. The event organisers debate on the nation’s budget. and judges congratulated our students on their exemplary behaviour as well as their enthusiastic, You can also enter a national competition by creat- energetic and enterprising manner throughout. ing a short video (max 90 secs), making the case The students had to set up a charity that responded for your Budget, with a chance to win an iPad and to disasters in the developing world and then pre- an exclusive invite to the launch event. sented their ideas to a panel of judges. This included representatives from the Red Cross, St Raphael’s Chance to be Chancellor will be open for entries Hospice and Sutton Emergency Planning. They until 15 February, 2013. were all really impressed by the very high quality of the work undertaken by the students. Well done to To enter visit: http://www.payingforit.org.uk/. all the boys who took part. chance-to-be-chancellor/ Issue 245 December 7, 2012

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NOTICES WILSON’S TWITTER WINTER VOMITING VIRUS DIRECTORY At this time of year, the inevitable winter viruses begin to affect children @WilsonsSchool – Follow for all the at the school. If your child is sick latest news from the school please do not send him to school for at least 24 hours. If any child who comes @WilsonsCoCurric – Wilson’s Co Curricular-What else into the sick bay has vomited during the do you do? – Clubs and Societies previous 24 hours, he will be sent home. This is because the virus is contagious @WilsonsPE- Fixtures, results and news and we want to prevent its spread. @WilsonsMaths – For interesting maths links and SNOW ALERTS updates from Wilson’s School maths department Would parents and students please note that, in the event of snow, notice of @wilsonsartdept- Art news whether the school will be open or closed will come initially through text @WilsonsChess –News about chess activities at Wil- and email via ParentMail. If you have son’s School changed your email or mobile phone details since registering on ParentMail 2, @WilsonsCCF-Routine and weekly orders and news please go into your account and update about camps and courses. them now. @wilsonsbiology- Follow us for info on assessments Whenever possible, we will update the and events in all year groups “Is Wilson’s School Open” tab on the website simultaneously, but there are @wilsonsphysics-Sharing interesting physics videos, circumstances in which this may not be websites, articles and giving you the latest from the possible. Fuller notification will come department later on the web-site. MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TRIPS @wilsonsalumni – The twitter feed for the Wilson’s In order to be able to pay the travel Alumni Network companies the next instalment for our trips to Cologne and Northern France Please note all the feeds are for information only I am afraid at this very costly time and that we can’t respond to your tweets. To find out of year yet another demand has to be more, please search for @WilsonsSchool on Twitter made on stretched household purses. or go to www.twitter.com/WilsonsSchool. Please send £150 for the German trip and £125 pounds for the French trip to school before the end of this term. Cheques should be placed in the red post box in the foyer and be endorsed DECEMBER DRAW - 100 with the name of the pupil and the des- CLUB tination of the trip. The December draw of the 100 Club has now LOST PROPERTY taken place. Conratulations to the lucky winners Once again our Lost Property cupboard of the draw who are as follows: is overflowing with unnamed items which cannot be returned to their owners. If 1st prize Rob MacGillivray £76.25 your son has lost anything please ask 2nd prize Heather Lindsay £45.75 him to check lost property as the item 3rd prize Mi Jeong Cho £30.50 is probably sitting there waiting to be claimed. Please do ensure that your The more people who support the 100 Club, son has all his property named. Any- the greater the winnings will be! To join please thing that is named is returned at the see the PFA section of the main school website end of each term if the owner hasn’t for an application form and instructions: www. collected it beforehand. However, un- wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk. Remember, you’ve named property will be destroyed as we got to be in it to win it! do not have sufficient space to keep it. Issue 245 December 7, 2012

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WINTER CHARITY CONCERT On Wednesday night more than 170 students performed in the Winter Charity Concert to a record audience of parents, friends, staff and students. The Samba Band, led by Josh Hayes, and the Sen- ior Jazz Band, directed by Mr Ashworth, opened the concert. The Junior Orchestra and Junior String Ensemble performed Vivaldi, Grieg and music from Batman, as many younger students made their Wilson’s musical debut. Our senior ensembles including the Wind Ensemble, Brass Ensembles and Chamber Ensemble treated us to Malcolm Arnold, a Haydn symphony and an ultra-quick performance of Flight of the Bumblebee. Wil- son’s Choir and the newly expanded Barbershop Group performed a selection of items that will be heard in Croydon Minster in the Carol Service in a few weeks. The evening ended with two dances performed with gusto by the Senior Orchestra. Special mention must go here to soloists Linden Hogarth, Oliver de Carteret, Daniel Jacob-Ormson and Michael Ahearn, and the largest percussion section a Wilson’s orchestra has ever assembled!

Congratulations to all the boys involved; a huge amount of commitment and dedication is required to pull off performances of this quality. Thanks also to all of the parents, friends and staff who have supported the boys’ musical efforts this term, in particular those in the music department who performed or directed ensembles during the evening. Issue 245 December 7, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE WOODCOTE GREEN CHEMISTRY LECTURE NURSERY On Monday 3 December Professor Keith Jones, VOUCHER a chemist working at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, came to Wilson’s to deliver Your son will be offered a voucher that can be handed his lecture entitled ‘Magic, Folk Medicine, Drugs in at Woodcote Green nursery if you spend £10 and and Chemistry’. The audience consisted mainly over. The voucher has our name on it and entitles us of A level chemistry students with a few enthu- to £1 credit. Your son will only have taken a voucher siastic GCSE students. They were introduced to if he thinks it may be used. This money helps us to the chemical structure of widely used medical continue with all of the projects at Wilson’s. There are drugs such as aspirin, taxol (chemotherapy drug) more vouchers available at reception so feel free to and artemisinin (malaria treatment). From these come and pick some up or get your son to do so. structures Professor Jones was able to explain how they interacted in the body and produced their beneficial effects. His lecture certainly did show the boys real life applications of chemis- HISTORY: KEY STAGE 3 try. We would like to thank Professor Jones for giving up his time to visit us and to also thank (AGES 11 – 14) Doctor Swee (one of our parents) for arranging his visit. Cambridge History for Schools is an exciting new outreach initiative by one of the leading History Faculties in the world. They want to show how pupils can enjoy history and imagine the past through imaginative and exciting workshops. LENT TERM 2 MARCH 2013, 2pm – 3.30pm RECYCLING AT WILSON’S Inside the sick-chamber - disease and medicine in seventeenth-century England: Dr Hannah Newton.

One day in the 1630s, a fourteen-year-old boy called Richard Gilmore vomited ‘black Worms, about an inch and a half long, with six feet, and little red heads’. He was so ‘cruelly afflicted’ that ‘he was ready to tear himself to pieces’. Ever wondered what it would be like to live at a time when there were no antibiotics, hospitals, NHS, or anaesthetics?

EASTER TERM 11 MAY 2013, 2pm – 3.30pm

Protesting against an American war: Dr Andrew Pres- ton. We have successfully introduced blue recycle Waging war is one of humanity’s oldest preoccupa- bins into classrooms and they are being used. tions, but protesting against it is fairly new. The largest They have proved so popular that they will and most enduring anti-war movement in human his- soon be in all classrooms and most offices. tory emerged in the 1960s, in opposition to the Ameri- The recycling is run by Year 10 and 11 boys can war in Vietnam. who are volunteering and using their organi- sational skills for their Duke of Edinburgh If you would like to apply for places on any of these ses- Award. Please can all boys use the bins for sions please contact Mr Englefield (ge@wilsonsschool. recycling any paper that cannot be re-used. sutton.sch.uk).

Please note there is a maximum of 4 school places and that students may attend these sessions without a parent or carer present during the session; however we ask that your son is met promptly at the end of the session. All sessions take place at the Faculty of History, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9EF. The school will not be providing transport. Issue 245 December 7, 2012

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BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD WILSONOMICS We had great interest in In the new edition of ‘Wilsonomics’ ( Vol 2, Issue 3 , the preliminary round of ably edited by Sam Giles and Jake South we have the Olympiad with nearly a fascinating range of articles and features for your 50 students taking part. perusal. James Lawton on how US Presidents are Whilst there was a wide elected, Patrick Kirby on libertarian economics range of results it was and the editors’ eco-forecast. Download from the encouraging to see so School website, read online or collect a copy from many boys doing well. the Business Department. Better still contact the The top performers will be editors or Mr Ormonde in order to discuss an article informed and entered into that you would like to write. the actual Olympiad that takes place at the start of February. There will be more support on the department website soon. The top student performance in Year 13 was by William Ries, so well done to him, and a special mention to Athanasius Ishak, who got the highest score in Year 12. HANS WOYDA MATHS RESULTS BIOLOGY BOOK CLUB Wilson’s vs. Whitgift Wilson’s lost 23-42 We have had a great response to the launch of the Biology Book Club and Mr Phillips has taken boys through ways in which to take on a popular science book and ensure that they get the most out CHESS RESULTS of it. Reading around subjects is of huge Wilson’s B lost to Caterham A 2.5 - 3.5 importance, not just to assist with university Wilson’s D beat Caterham B 10 - 2 interviews, but also to help choose A Levels Wilson’s E lost to Sutton D 5-7 or University courses. Mr Phillips was told in no uncertain terms by a Cambridge admissions tutor in response to the question “Beyond results, what is your top tip for coming across well at interview?” All he said, rather excitedly, was “READ, READ, READ!” Most departments have a reading list, but if you’re unsure where to start, just ask your teachers and BIRMINGHAM U18 CHESS of course if it’s biology you’re interested in - come along to our Book Club. The next meeting is on TOURNAMENT Monday 17 December during lunchtime in S10. On Saturday 1 December twelve Wilson’s players You should have read chapters 1 & 2 by then as set off at 8a.m. and travelled up to Birmingham. In they will be discussed during the meeting. Our the tournament Wilson’s came third with 3 wins current book is The Greatest Show on Earth by R and 2 losses. This included a last round win against Dawkins. the winning team, Nottingham High School. Kenta Watson (10S) won the prize for the best board 8 score with 4 wins and 1 draw out of 5 games. Issue 245 December 7, 2012

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FOOTBALL RESULTS JUDO RESULTS On Friday 2 December in a competition at Westcroft Wednesday 28 November judo club’s dojo, 8 Wilson’s boys took part earning the Wilson’s vs Royal Russell following results: 5th XI won 4-2 (vsx RR 3rd XI) 6th XI won 4-0 (vs. RR 4th XI) Michael Ahearn Gold Senior League Alastair Prince Gold 3rd XI won 3-1 vs. 4th XI Denzil Allunga Gold Wilson’s vs. King John’s School (National Andreas Singarajah Silver Cup) Ben Flatt Silver Y8 won 1-1 (4-3 on penalties) Nisanth Mahalingam Silver Shivam Sharma Bronze Thursday 29 November Sathyam Sharma Bronze Wilson’s vs. Bishop Wand School (Surrey Cup) Year 9 won 6-1 BADMINTON SURREY LEAGUE U19 vs. Dulwich College Friday 30 November Wilson’s won 8-1 Wilson’s vs. Glenthorne ((District League) U19 vs. Caterham Year 7 lost 1-5 Wilson’s won 6-3 U16 vs. Whitgift Saturday 1 December Wilson’s won 8-1 Wilson’s vs Sutton Grammar U14A vs. Dulwich College 3rd XI won 6-1 Wilson’s won 9-0 Year 9A won 3-2 (District League) U14A vs. Glyn Year 9B won 4-0 Wilson’s won 6-3 Year 8A won 0-0 (4-2 on penalties) U12A vs. Glyn Wilson’s lost 4-5 FOOTBALL FIXTURES Saturday 8 December TABLE TENNIS RESULTS Wilson’s vs Hampton In the London South Schools U13 tournament on 27 1st XI Home November, Wilson’s lost 3-5 in the semi-final to the even- 2nd XI Away tual winners, Royal Russell. On 28 November, the U19s 3rd XI Away drew 4-4 in the London South Cup final against Stanley U15A Home Park, losing on games countback. On 30 November, the U15B Home U16s travelled to Whitgift for the London South School U14A Away tournament and finished third, with Stanley Park win- U14B Away ning. The U19 team should progress to the London U13A Home Zone finals at Redbridge in January as the best runners- U13B Home up. U12A Away U12B Away For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ WilsonsPE on twitter. Wednesday 12 December Wilson’s vs.Riddlesdown Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site 1st XI Home however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an 3rd XI vs. 6th XI information service and not a discussion page. 4th XI vs. 5th XI If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date, then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

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Issue 246 December 14, 2012 CAROL CONCERT AT CROYDON MINSTER Dates for your Diary 14/15 December The Madness of George III 17 December Carol Concert (Croydon Minster, 7.30p.m.) 18 December Candlelit Drama Soiree (7.00p.m.) 19 December TERM ENDS 7 January FIRST DAY OF TERM - LATE START FOR STUDENTS (10.50AM REGISTRATION) 8 January Senior Prize Giving (7.00p.m.) 9 January Main School Prize Giving (2.30p.m.) 14 January Wilson’s Prayer Group (8.00p.m.) 23 January Year 7 Soloists’ Evening (7.00p.m.) 24 January Year 8 Parents’ Briefing Meeting (7.00p.m.) 25 January Late start for students (9.30a.m.) 26 January PFA Burns Night 28 January Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop 31 January Year 8 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.) 1 February Battle of the Bands (7.00p.m.)

Our annual Carol Concert, held at Croydon Minster, is a family occasion at which we hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us. The service takes place on Monday 17 December at 7.30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE, OUR POP MUSIC SHOWCASE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT TERM. FURTHER DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN A FUTURE NEWSLETTER. SUCCESS OF CHESS AT WILSON’S Our congratulations go to the Wilson’s 1st Chess END OF TERM ARRANGEMENTS Team who Wednesday 19 December (House MUFTI Day) have now completed Periods 1-4 and lunch as normal four calendar Period 5 will be Whole School Assembly years unde- 3.30p.m. students released from school feated in the Surrey Schools BEGINNING OF TERM ARRANGEMENTS League. They Monday 7 January 2013 - LATE START have played 40 matches, won Students are to arrive by 10.50am for registration in 37 of them, their Form Rooms (Sixth Form to register via FACE drawn 3 and Manager) lost none. This is quite an achievement. Across all Lessons as normal from Period 3 the teams this Autumn our STUDENTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO ARRIVE AT league record SCHOOL BEFORE 10.30 A.M. is as follows: played 22, Wednesday 9 January 2013 won 20 and MAIN SCHOOL PRIZE GIVING lost 2. Chess at Wilson’s Periods 1-4 as normal continues 1.05p.m. students released early from school to go from strength to strength. Issue 246 December 14, 2012

WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE NOTICES 2012 NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY SCHOOL SNOW ALERTS SCIENCE FILM CHALLENGE Would parents and students please note that, in the event of snow, notice of Good News! In the 2012 National Physical Laborato- whether the school will be open or ry School Science Film Challenge students at Wilson’s closed will come initially through text have won multiple categories! and email via ParentMail. If you have changed your email or mobile phone de- Winner of the Best Animation in Film Category was a tails since registering on ParentMail 2, film on Rainbows made by Chris Lawrie, Jordan Mas- please go into your account and update siah and Kunal Patel. them now. Runner up of the Best Animation in Film Category Whenever possible, we will update the was a film about Newton’s Three Laws of Motion “Is Wilson’s School Open” tab on the made by Mani Periasamymanjula, Andre Woolgar website simultaneously, but there are and Anurag Deshpande circumstances in which this may not be possible. Further details of arrange- Winner of the Best Hands-on Film Category was a ments following a closure will come film on Hero’s Engine made by Ashley Sofocleous, later on the web-site . Cameron Gordon, Gabriel Agranoff These three teams will all receive a trophy. The REPORTS Hero’s Engine has also won one of the major prizes Full reports will be sent out for Years for Best Independent Film of the year. The team will 11 and 13 at the end of term. The Year receive a trophy and £500 in prize money. 11 report will also contain a letter to parents regarding proposed Sixth Form All the students must be congratulated on their Choices for 2013. Please do read outstanding success. this carefully and talk it through with your son, returning the slip to the school by Monday 7 January. You should indicate on the slip the subjects your AMAZON son would like to study in order of preference. If you use the school’s link to Amazon (on the front page of our website) to order your Christmas A summary of performance in this term’s presents, you will be making money for the school assessment tasks along with dili- at the same time as buying your presents. This will gence grades for classwork and home- not cost you any money. Everything you purchase work will be sent to the remaining Year will cost the same as it would if you were not using groups at the end of term. the school link but the school will receive a percent- age of all the money spent through the link. Why not help to raise money for the school? THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE There are still some tickets remaining for this production. If you would like to purchase tickets please contact our Finance Office who will be happy to NATIONAL SCHOOLS’ help. PARTNERSHIP HISTORY COMPETITION The history department has enjoyed more essay competition success. Ben Flook in the Lower Sixth was one of the ‘runners up’ in the “What is the greatest moment in British history?” competition. His essay was on the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The competition was run by the National Schools’ Partnership. He will be presented with his prize in an assembly next week. Well done! Look out for more competitions in the New Year. Issue 246 December 14, 2012

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DEBATING HOUSE MUFTI DAY Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky continue their suc- WEDNESDAY 19 DECEMBER cess in national competitions, once again taking two firsts and a second in the opening rounds of the LSE Schools’ debate and scoring 611 speaker points. Two other teams, Arslan Rana and Tom Wadsworth, and James Gunnell and James Nash, also scored more than 600 speaker points.

On Tuesday, Tim, Luke and Arslan together with Will Ries and George Driscoll took responsibility for running and judging our annual Christmas debate, a junior ‘friendly’ competition for local schools. This year Wilson’s were joined by Walling- ton Boys, Croydon High School and Epsom Col- lege. Wilson’s won three of the rooms and so had three teams in the final, a very pleasing circum- stance especially, as with the exception of George Lowe, Archie MacGillivray and Matt Jeffery, none of the students involved had debated before. The 6th form judges from Wallington Boys and Croy- don High schools were impressed with the level of debate among our Y10 students: George, Archie, Matt, Jake Casey, Curtis Rose, Charlie Wood, Harry Wright, Chris Spaull, Alex Storey and Ethan Gold- ing. Chris and Ethan were each identified by the judges as the best speakers in their individual rooms, and George and Archie were the highest scoring team. Many thanks to the sixth formers for all their help and congratulations to all the speakers for their excellent efforts.

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Congratulations to Nathan Lobo (U63) who won the Senior Challenge Cup for Speech at the Sutton Music Festival last weekend for performing a short mono- logue by Angelo from Measure for Measure. He was presented with his trophy by the Mayor of Sutton. Well done to him. Issue 246 December 14, 2012

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BADMINTON - National FOOTBALL MATCH REPORT Masters Badminton By Doug Ledgerwood Championships 2012 The 1st XI held Hampton at home in a tight 1-1 draw last Saturday, 8, December. Our congratulations go to Mr Molyneux and his partner on winning the mens doubles in the above Both sides got off to a good start with Wilson’s championship. snatching an early free-kick, soon to be saved by the Hampton’s keeper.

JUDO GRADINGS Both sides were focused on attacking play and each had a good number of shots on goal throughout Six judo players passed their belt gradings last the first half. Sunday. Hampton were causing trouble in the Wilson’s back Ben Flatt 9th orange 3 tabs to 10th green 1tab four with incessant counter attacks. A quick run and Denzil Allunga 6th yellow 3 tabs to 7th orange 1 tab poor Wilson’s defending led to a Hampton’s goal Carl Ntifo Novice to red 3 tabs just before half time with a counter attack from our Shivam Sharma Novice to red 3 tabs throw-in in their final third. Sathyam Sharma Novice to red 3 tabs Andreas Singarajah 4th yellow 1 tab to 5th yellow 2 At the half-way point, Hampton had a goal in hand tabs. but it was inevitable that Wilson’s were ready to match that as they came out onto the pitch for the second half.

BADMINTON SURREY The attacking play which was so relentless from both sides in the first half continued in the second LEAGUE and the tension was building as to whether Wilson’s were going to be able to equalise before full-time. U.12 A BT HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM 7 – 2 GOAL! Ollie Sitch coolly slots the ball past the U.14B BT HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM U.14A 8 – 1 keeper from just outside of the box with an excellent shot. The tension is relieved and Wilson’s turn The year 7 result was particularly important as and face, looking for another goal to seal a lead. Wilson’s now go to the top of the league beating It looked like Hampton were going to get the lead Howard of Effingham, who were previously un- when they were awarded a penalty close to the end beaten. Max Exelby and Luke Sullivan along with of the match due to a handball. Thankfully, the ball Jake Eaw and Sam Cheung performed very strongly was put wide and Wilson’s could breathe a sigh of winning all their games. Daniel Allchin and Luke relief. Things grew increasingly tense again as Saitch won the deciding game which completed a Hampton were putting pressure on the Wilson’s stunning victory. defenders, and Wilson’s were lucky to get away with several shots on goal from Hampton thanks to The U.14 B team were far too strong for Howard of good goal-keeping from Dan Hall. Effingham, with Ryan Eaw, Kevin Gu, Rohit Prabhu and Parth Gundi winning comfortably. Jonathan Full-time left the score at 1-1 after a tense second Chen and Sam Moody lost a close game to the first half and an overall interesting match with good pair, but after that were in total command. play from both sides.

These wins put Wilson’s at the top of all the County Special thanks to Mr. Simmons for coaching the leagues at Christmas team. Well done to Ollie Sitch for his goal. MOTM: Jack Elliott for setting up Ollie’s goal and leading Well done to all. the team from midfield.

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FOOTBALL RESULTS WIMBLEDON BALL BOY Monday 3 December SELECTION 2012/2013 Wilson’s vs Ipswich Grammar (Australian touring team) The following boys have been selected to go forward as U15A won 1-0 prospective ball boys for next year’s Wimbledon tennis championships Tuesday 4 December Wilson’s vs. Enfield Grammar E Robertson (National Cup last 32) J Rightmyer U13A lost 0-2 C Nuttall C Gotts Friday 7 December A Ingamells Wilson’s vs. Greenshaw (District League) T Highwood U12A won 5-1 Reserve : V Sood

Saturday 8 December Congratulations to them all. Wilson’s vs Hampton 1st XI drew 1-1 2nd XI lost 4-5 U15A won 2-1 CHESS RESULTS U15B lost 1-2 Wilson’s A beat Hampton A 5½ - ½ U14A lost 1-2 U14B lost 2-4 Wilson’s B beat Hampton B 3½ - 2½ U13A won 2-1 U13B lost 1-3 Wilson’s C beat Hampton C 5½ - ½ U12A lost 1-5 U12B lost 1-7 Wilson’s E beat Hampton D 7½ - 4½

FOOTBALL FIXTURES Saturday 15 December Wilson’s vs Glyn 2nd XI Away U15A Away U15B Away U14A Home U14B Home U13A Away U13B Away U12A Home For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @ U12B Home WilsonsPE on twitter.

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