Headteacher’s Update 4th October 2019 Turing House Friends MENSA PUZZLE Date for your diary – Year 7 Families! A factory recycles paper cups for use in its canteen. Seven used cups are needed to make each new cup. If there are 2,251 used cups, how many new cups can possibly be made? Last week’s answer: Wales. The initial of the name matches the third letter of the Country. Congratulations Welcome to the Turing House family - Matthew Turner was born on Thursday 26th. Congratulations Mr & Mrs Turner! Forthcoming Events Fixtures th 17 October – Sixth Form Open Evening 6pm – 8pm th 07 Oct, 2019 Y7/8 Football Teddington 18 October – INSET day th 19 October – CoderDojo 08 Oct, 2019 Y9 Netball Twickenham School th 24 October – Year 7 Family Bingo (Hampton) 08 Oct, 2019 Y10/11 Netball Twickenham School th st 28 Oct – 1 Nov – half term week 09 Oct, 2019 Y8 Rugby Union Richmond Thames School th 7 Nov – Y9 Parents’ Evening 09 Oct, 2019 Y7 Rugby Union Twickenham School turinghouseschool.org.uk Turing House School [email protected] Headteacher’s Update Turing House School 4th October 2019 World on Fire! The History of Bushy Park by Georgia Bools Peter Bowker’s emotionally gripping and resonant new Camp Griffiss was a US military base during and after BBC drama World on Fire begun on Sunday at 9pm on World War Two. Constructed within the grounds BBC1. The programme follows the intertwining fates of of Bushy Park in London, it served as the European ordinary people from Britain, Poland, France and Headquarters for the United States Air Army Germany during the first year of the Second World War Forces from July 1942 to December 1944. as this global conflict completely upends their lives. In addition to anti-aircraft batteries being placed in the Screenwriter Peter Bowker said: “World on Fire tells the park, Diana Fountain, Leg of Mutton Pond and Heron hidden human stories within the big historical events Ponds were drained and covered with camouflage we think we know." netting so as to not aid enemy bombers with navigation and bomb-sighting of the base. The camp also required Please be aware that this programme is being played an airstrip for small aircraft to be constructed – this ran after 9pm so will not be appropriate for younger along the length of where the playground is now students. located, near the main car park. Methodist Church Car Park Now all that remains of the base that housed 3,000 US It has come to our attention that some Turing House and British servicemen are commemorative plaques School families are using the Methodist Church car park and a flag pole marking the former locations of the in Stanley Road as a drop-off and pick up point for their military buildings. The corners of four of the main large children. We have had a very polite request from the blocks of buildings in the North-East corner of the park church to ask you please not to do this. have been marked by sixteen “heritage plaques”. The car park is only for users of the building. Young Historian Georgia Bools in Year 9 spent two days children are arriving at the end of the school day for tracking down these plaques; she reported that it was dance and theatre classes. It is therefore obviously very tough finding them, but she managed to locate most of dangerous for other people to be driving in and out of the plaques - head into Bushy Park to see what you can there in a rush. find! We want to maintain our good relationship with the church so would be grateful with your cooperation with this request. Many thanks. Richmond Literary Festival This takes place on 1 – 24 November. Check out what’s on at: http://www.richmondliterature.com/ Here’s one event you may be interested in: Spend an evening in the company of spoken word artist, rapper, international author and social media sensation Humble The Poet as he shares raw and honest stories from his own life - his rocky start becoming a rapper, financial setbacks and the pain of racial prejudice – revealing how a change in mindset can radically alter our outlook. turinghouseschool.org.uk Turing House School [email protected] Headteacher’s Update Turing House School 4th October 2019 National Poetry Day Year 11 GCSE Revision Sessions Yesterday, Thursday 3rd October, was National Poetry During the half-term holiday, the Teddington Site will be Day. We celebrated by listening to a range of poems open for Year 11 GCES revision sessions; these will be from slam poetry to Michael Rosen. held in the mornings – final timings are TBC. We discussed how poetry can be powerful and relevant Monday - English to our lives today. Students have the opportunity to Tuesday – Maths enter a national poetry competition – please see Ms Andrews for more details. Wednesday – Science https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/ Thursday – BTEC Sport Science & Art University of Lincoln – Free lectures! For our students who like to travel, the University of Lincoln is holding an excellent free lecture series this autumn. Their talks are given by high-profile individuals from all over the world and aim to offer inspirational insights into a range of industries, careers, and passions, Old Vic Schools Project with a particular focus on the ambitions of young people. Some of our GCSE Drama students, who are taking part in the Old Vic Schools Project, had their first workshop The series connects audiences with inspiring figures on Wednesday. Staff from the Old Vic visited school and who are considered leaders in the worlds of business, delivered a session on the content and background of sport, politics, science, and the arts. For more ‘A Very Expensive Poison’, which they then went to see information see: in the evening. https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/studentlife/greatlives/ The project is completely free for the school, and we are the only school in Richmond and Kingston who have Parent Support Group – ASD been selected to take part. For parents of children with ASD - there is a parent support group organised by Achieving for Children to be The next production for the group is A Christmas Carol! held at Grand Avenue Primary School on Friday 18th Follow our new Performing Arts twitter account - October at 9:30am – 11am. @performingarts_ths - for more updates on the project and other news from the drama and music If you would like to go along and meet other parents for departments. this informal session to chat, share ideas and generally support each other, please contact Jane Pidduck: e-mail: [email protected] turinghouseschool.org.uk Turing House School [email protected] Headteacher’s Update Turing House School 4th October 2019 Home Start Jennifer’s role at the DfE is to advise on the design quality of school buildings. In her talk, Jennifer, will describe her journey to becoming an architect, dispel some myths around what architects do (and don’t do), and offer some tips about how you might shape your own career - whether you want to be an architect, another profession within the built environment industry or beyond. Please sign up for this exciting talk outside Miss Riglin’s classroom. BBC looking for Cooks! Save the Date! Save the Date - Saturday 23rd November - Christmas Quiz for parents and carers - more details to follow shortly. Careers Talk - Friday 11th October - Jennifer Singer - Architect Jennifer is an architect and education design adviser. Originally from the US, Jennifer came to the UK in 1999 Creative Arts – New Instagram – Follow us! to complete her studies at the Architectural Association Unfortunately, during the holidays our Creative Arts and UCL, qualifying in 2004. She has worked in the US, Instagram Account was accidently deleted. UK and Germany on a range of projects, including the Please follow us again on ths_creativearts to see the Imperial War Museum in Manchester and BBC amazing work our students create! Headquarters in Glasgow, but she found her passion working with pupils, teachers and communities on the Thank you – 281 Bus design of schools and now specialises in the field of Thank you to all students who regularly take the 281 bus ‘learning environments.’ home. A bus driver was eager to tell me that our Jennifer currently works in the civil service at the students were the politest students she's come across Department for Education. In addition to its and was impressed with the politeness shown when responsibilities for education and children’s services allowing an elderly member of the public board the bus across the country, the DfE is a large client of school first. buildings (such as Turing House School – though Well done for representing our school so positively. Jennifer has not been involved in our project!). turinghouseschool.org.uk Turing House School [email protected] Headteacher’s Update Turing House School 4th October 2019 Cycle to School Book Review by Year 10 student Thank you those who have returned their cycle permit “It was the day the clocks went back. That's when I letters to the front office. If your son/daughter cycles to decided to kill him”. This draws you in straight away by school regularly, please ensure that they collect a letter keeping things mysterious. The book takes place in from Mrs Skinnard as soon as possible. Student cycle Newcastle where a young boy named Danny witnesses permits will be issued next week and will help us to his mother's suffering at the hands of her abusive, ensure students are abiding by our expectations for alcoholic boyfriend Callum.