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Christ's School February Events & News

The newsletter for Christ's School provides information on upcoming events in February and March, including parent evenings, trips, and performances. It also highlights recent events like the Year 9 options information days, a music concert, and a public speaking competition where a Christ's student was named best speaker. The article notes that Christ's journalism students are meeting deadlines by writing articles on local news stories and reflective pieces for the Local Guardian publication.

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Christ's School February Events & News

The newsletter for Christ's School provides information on upcoming events in February and March, including parent evenings, trips, and performances. It also highlights recent events like the Year 9 options information days, a music concert, and a public speaking competition where a Christ's student was named best speaker. The article notes that Christ's journalism students are meeting deadlines by writing articles on local news stories and reflective pieces for the Local Guardian publication.

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February 2013

Issue 85

The Christs Chronicles


Welcome to the latest issue of Christs Schools newsletter
Future events for your diary
18th-22nd Feb 25th February 26th February 1st March 4th March 6th March 11th March Half Term INSET DAY SCHOOL CLOSED Year 9 Parents Evening 3.30-6.30pm Year 11 group to Poetry Live Year 9 Options Interviews this week Sixth Form Open Evening 7pm Spanish Exchange students arrive PTA Meeting 7pm Year 8 Geography Docklands trip 12th March 13th/15th March 15th March 18th March 20th March 28th March Year 10 group visit Sussex University PE GCSE Residential Trip PTA Quiz Night Year 8 Geography Docklands Trip (2nd) Careers Day Maundy Thursday Easter Service Early Closure 12.30pm Ski Trip Departs

Special points of interest:


Reviews Coming

Events
Sports News Messages Requests Advertising

Inside this issue:


Options Days Music Concert Best Speaker HumSoc Young Journalists Comic Relief Oxford Trip PTA 2 2 3 3 4/5 6 6 7

PTA Quiz Night


Friday, 15th March 2013
Please check the school sports board for up to date weekly fixtures You can also check the school events calendar, which is updated regularly for more diary dates on our website at www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

Sixth Form
French Exchange Surrey Skills Jack Petchey Sports Ruths Message

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8 9 9 14/5 16

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Year 9 Options Days


Choosing options is a main focus for year 9 this term and a number of activities have been arranged in school to help give pupils more information about choices and where they may lead. On 20th January, the year 9s went to 4 different sessions with an options choice focus designed to help them learn more about their own skills, understand the complexity of career paths and decision making. In one session we had a number of professionals who spoke to pupils about how varied careers can be and what skills transfer from one job to another. The visitors included: the Artist in residence from Orange Tree theatre, Education and Audience development officer from Richmond Museum, Freelance musician, Outdoor learning and development officer, Participation Curator Stanley Picker Art gallery, International Officer Roehampton University, Cofounder of Lets-Begin, Human Resources and Well-being Coordinator from Scania based in Sweden, Hedge fund investor and Human Resources Manager dealing with Employee Relations from Network Rail. There was also an opportunity to play an especially designed board game based on building an enterprise as well as a session led by our independent careers advisors on making option choices and a further session on learning about skills in different subjects and how these relate to employability. There was an additional drama workshop designed by Goldsmiths University which focused on education and career progression. Sarah Brown

At Home Music Concert


Last Friday the music department hosted another of its "At Homes"; these short informal concerts give pupils the opportunity to perform in front of a small audience as well as giving parents and friends the chance to visit the department and speak to the Director of Music and to other parents. This, the department's fifth At Home, featured several piano solos, as well as string, wind and vocal numbers; pupils from all year groups played and sang. Philip Wilson

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Best Speaker Awarded to Christs Student at Public Speaking Competition


On the evening of Thursday 7th February, a team of three students from years 10 and 11 went to Wimbledon College to take part in an interschool public speaking competition run by the English Speaking Union. Sarah Deary, Dorsa Nasrollahi and James Upton took on the roles of speaker, chairperson and questioner respectively. They faced opposition from both private and state schools, including Whitgift, Caterham and Dunraven Schools. Sarah made a powerful speech on how positive discrimination can be harmful to minorities. She subsequently answered a range of challenging questions from the questioner representing Wimbledon College and from the audience. Dorsa and James then confidently introduced and questioned the speaker from Dunraven on his topic of political correctness. At the end of the evening, results were announced and Sarah was chosen as the best speaker. The judge commented on her masterful control and impeccable delivery. It was a well deserved victory which reflected the hard work the students had put into their preparation for the competition. Claire Lorenz

Nicholas Owen at HumSoc last week.


This term the Humanities Society enjoyed a visit from BBC news presenter Nicholas Owen. He came to speak to Christ's pupils about his incredible career in radio and television. He specified his time as ITN's royal correspondent as the highlight of his career so far as he had the opportunity to follow the royal family all over the world. Pupils listened intensely and had many questions to ask. Nicholas stressed the importance of a good education in todays society. At the end of the session Nicholas was more than happy to sign the many autograph requests. The Humanities Society happens every Thursday lunchtime in Room 10. Pupils bring their lunch along and listen to a guest speaker or join in topical debates led by the Humanities Ambassadors.

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Young Journalists Meet Their Deadlines


The year 10 students who are taking part in the Local Guardian Young Journalist Scheme are continuing to show their initiative and reliability by meeting their deadlines. They have to decide on their story, write the article and upload it in time to meet the monthly deadline. Some articles are written in response to a current event, others are more reflective pieces. Here are a selection of their articles:

Priory Lane Crash And Closure


At approximately 5:20pm a car and a motorbike crashed at the junction between Priory lane and Bank Lane near Ibstock School. The crash was reported immediately and both roads (Bank Lane and Priory Lane) were closed to all traffic. The crash was discovered to be serious. Witnessing the scene, there were several police cars monitoring the closed roads, and surrounding the crash site. The police were assuring pedestrians and attempting to control and direct the diverted traffic. There were several ambulances at the scene, as well as a fire engine, which was called because one of the passengers appeared to be trapped in the car. The car was medium sized and the front was severely damaged and looked as if it was compressed because of the force of the crash. The motorbike was smashed up and parts of it were scattered around the scene; the rider of the motorbike was not on the scene. It is unknown as to the injuries of those involved, but around 15 paramedics, some of whom were on top of the car, surrounded the smashed vehicle. The car roof had been partially cut open by fire engine equipment to access the passenger and a stretcher was being inserted vertically inside the front of the car. This passenger had been trapped for around an hour. There also seemed to be some sort of absorbent on the blood in the road. As a witness of the crash scene it was shocking to see such a life and death situation, but the emergency services were handling the accident well. The traffic was also affected by the closure of Priory Lane with an impact all around Richmond, and some buses were terminating early. By Abigail Houghton-Brown

Welcome to Watoto
My worst nightmare would be losing the ones I love. Imagine living a life where there are so many unanswered questions about your past that you don't know what to believe anymore. Well this is a scary and horrific reality for an overwhelming number of children in Africa. Many vulnerable children have been left with nothing after tragic circumstances like disease or abuse have left them orphaned and having to face the world alone. However, there is some hope out there for these children. The Watoto model is a holistic care program which supports children who are in desperate need of care. It involves counselling and education and also gives them new families where they will receive food every night without worrying about going to bed on an empty stomach.

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They aim to protect these children through spiritual guidance and the love of music. The Watoto Children's Choir was set up to bring some light and faith into these children's lives. Since 1994, the choir has gone all over the world spreading their joy and stories everywhere they go. Most of them have had very traumatic pasts but the choir gives them a sense of freedom which they could have only imagined if they were still living in their previous circumstances. The members are made up of children who have become orphaned as a result of war, those living in extreme poverty and those suffering from HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Recently the choir came to visit Christ's School where they held a concert and told their stories to pupils parents and teachers. We were able to buy bracelets and earrings in order to contribute financially towards the charity, and we could also sponsor a child too. Their music and positive attitude put a smile on the face of every member of the audience as they were living in the moment and moving away from their past. By Rachel Jarvis

Diminishing Respect For The Elderly


As you become older, you lose respect. You begin to crumble from all the stress from all of it. You become a silent spectator that nobody cares to listen to anymore. Your voice becomes a burden to society. People ignore you, and deny you the basic needs you should have. This is not the way to treat wise citizens of our community. The elderly should be treated with the rightful respect they deserve. Being old should not mean that you should be treated differently. Although this may not be the case for every single pensioner in the world, a lot are affected by the disrespectful attitude directed at them. Robbing old women has become a popular scenario, and the stereotypical illusion of an old ladys defence being her handbag typically portrays them as weak and insufficient. Furthermore, aggressive behaviour from youngsters is another example that demonstrates how the elderly are commonly mistreated. To put it bluntly not everyone likes to give up their seats for the elderly. We all know this. In particular rowdy young adults. They tend to be the most ignorant of the elderly's needs. It doesnt take much to give up a seat peoplenote to the lazy people out there I wouldnt say respect, but nobody cares. I think people take advantage of them because theyre weakerSo theyre more patronising towards them anonymous quote. Overall, respect for the elderly is clearly diminishing. What do you think? Are the elderly being deprived of the basic needs they should have. Are the elderly not being treated with the fair respect they ought to be treated with? And why does being old affect how society behaves with you. So many people walk right by the elderly without even giving a second glance, others seem to feel that they are just in the way. The elderly are still people and are just trying to live the last of their days lives in peace and serenity. They dont ask for much. So why dont we let them be, and show them the respect they deserve. Treat people how youd like to be treated. By Juma Akhter

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Comic Relief 2013, 25th Anniversary Year The Challenge


The four new school houses, Dickens, Elizabeth, Turing and Attenborough, have been very busy raising money for Comic Relief through a variety of charity events including the paper aeroplane challenge, pancake day and the Great Christs school bake off. There are two aims; one to raise money for Comic Relief and if they raise at least 300 per house the reward will be a mufti day on March 15th. The house that raises the most amount of money will also get a priority pass in the canteen for a week.!

Year 10 Trip to Oxford


We were invited to take up to 10 of our most able students from year 10 for an Exploring Oxford day again this year. We took 9 students on Friday 1st February to visit St Hildas college. St Hildas was opened in 1823 just for women, however, it is now mixed. The visiting pupils (along with 4 other schools) took part in an English tutorial exercise, analyzing and comparing the texts of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and later editions modified by her husband. They also had a Q&A with students finding out about University life, the entrance procedures and suitable A levels. After a very hearty lunch the students moved on to the Botanic gardens where you can see a few of them completing a scientific exercise to find the best plant to save and take to a new planet, if life on earth came to an end. We then walked on to Oriel College that dates back to 1326 for another Q&A session with students and a tour of a different college.

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PTA Quiz Night


The PTA are currently gearing up for the Quiz evening which will be held in the school hall on Friday 15th March. This will be a really fun evening where parents and teachers can meet up, show their competitive spirit, enjoy a delicious curry and a drink from the bar. Tickets cost 15 including food and go on sale from the school office the week commencing 4th March. Please do come along.

Quiz Night

PTA Chair Role


I am delighted to take on the role of PTA Chair during this extremely exciting tercentenary year. We will be helping at some of the schools celebratory events wherever possible, and again we will have a Christs School PTA stall at the Richmond May Fair on Saturday 11th May. We are even planning to continue celebrations into the autumn term. We are looking for eager and enthusiastic parents and carers to help. Also, please let me know if you can offer, or have any contacts with local businesses who may donate raffle prizes, give items that we can auction and sponsor events in return for advertising their products and services. This could include beauty products or treatments, theatre tickets, a free meal or glass of wine at a restaurant, a short term gym membership or even a few days holiday. To learn more, offer comments and suggestions please come along to the next PTA meeting which is on Monday 11th March at 7pm in the Music Block, or please contact me, Jane Fitch janeefitch@yahoo.co.uk.

PTA Parents Forum


Thank you to those of you who were able to attend the Parents' Forum meeting on a cold and rainy evening in January! We had a very positive and interesting discussion about school sports by the new Head of PE, Charlotte Needham. In particular, we discussed funding and how parents can get involved in supporting sports activities at Christs. We are looking at the feasibility of online systems to provide parents and pupils with more timely information on Christs fixtures and achievements, and which can also be used to manage parent volunteers. The next meeting will be on Wednesday 20th March at 7pm in the Music Block and will be around school communications and the Christs school website. Matthew Morris, Acting Director of Post 16 Education, will also be there to provide the latest information on the progress of the new 6th Form and is looking forward to hearing your views. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to volunteer to help in some way, please contact Rowan Woodward rowan@oddbod.org.uk.

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Student Sixth Form Steering Group


Twelve Year 10 students have formed an important discussion group on all issues regarding the future sixth form. The students will be meeting once every half term to give their options and ideas on how our sixth form will look and run. It is an important decision making time and as a school value all ideas and input from staff, students and parents. Our first meeting was held last week and we discussed key issues on what would be our sixth form strengths and make people want to come back. The second topic was uniform and dress code. The student response was informative and valuable as we begin to realise our vision. Matt Morris

French Exchange to Le Havre in France 2013


Would you like your child to really improve their French while having a wonderful holiday? Could you receive a French pen friend into your home? If your answers were yes, then maybe you would like to let your son/daughter take part in this years French exchange with pupils from the Collge Irne Joliot Curie in Le Havre, Normandy. The exchange will take place between Friday 10th May and Friday 17th May 2013 We will go to Le Havre on Friday 10th May and will return with the French partners on Friday 17th May. They will stay for one week and return to France on Friday 24th May. When we are in Le Havre, a busy time awaits. The Normandy area is rich in things to do and see. Our stay will include a trip to the Parc Astrix theme park just outside Paris, a day in Paris, a visit to a typical French market, a trip to Acrobranche adventure centre, possibly a trip to Bayeux and the nearby D day landing beaches and a tour of Le Havre itself. Our pupils will also get the opportunity to attend a couple of lessons at the French school. During their stay here the French students will be with their teachers each weekday visiting London. At the weekend and in the evenings they will be with you and your family. Children will need their own up to date passport and EHIC card in order to come on the trip. A police CRB check will be required for your family. The cost of this trip is 310, which includes everything apart from pocket money! If you would like your child to participate in the exchange please complete the form attached and return it together with a deposit of 70 (cheques made payable to Christs school) as soon as possible. If you have any queries please contact me via the school office or by email at vmcgrail@christs.richmond.sch.uk Vicki McGrail

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Surrey Skills Fair


We were very fortunate to be given 39 places at the Surrey skills fair for the year 9s this year. The Surrey Skills Fair is intended to raise the aspirations of Year 9 students and help inform them in planning their next steps on a successful educational journey, progressing into further & higher education and/or training-related employment beyond 18 years of age, and hence to a rewarding career. This county-wide event was organised by the University of Surrey. It is intended to provide young people with a better understanding of the career options and qualification routes available to them through an interactive event that will enable them to get involved in a practical way. Most of the exhibitors brought an interactive activity so that our year 9s could experience something of the variety of opportunities on offer. The activities included: stroking a snake, doing an individual fitness and reaction test, building structures, guessing the gas, nail art and a team building task from the RAF There were over 50 exhibitors representing commerce and industry ranging from IT to Engineering and from Consumer Products to the Medical sectors. In addition there were both Further and Higher education providers who helped to explain the various qualifications available on a wide variety of career paths. So that the whole of year 9 can benefit from this trip, we are getting in touch with many of the exhibitors to see if they would be able to come and visit us at Christ's.

Jack Petchey Half Term Award Winners


AWARD WINNER: Sophie Fenton CITATION: Sophie Fenton has been awarded the Jack Petchey award for January she has worked tirelessly to start up the House system, including rallying up teams for sports day. She entered the comic relief bake off, and came first, for our House and she is arranging an Art competition, for the House charity. Her sculpture for the House system will be displayed in the school reception. Overall she is a conscientious and hardworking artist. AWARD WINNER: Sarah Deary. CITATION: Sarah is awarded the Achiever Award for all her hard work in preparation for a speaking competition. She spoke about how positive discrimination harms minorities; she wrote it herself and showed great knowledge of the subject when taking questions. As a result, she won best speaker at the ESU public speaking competition competing against many top schools. She did brilliantly. The judge described her speech as 'masterful' and 'impeccable'.

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Visit to the Guardian


Year 9 pupils spent the day at The Guardian newspaper learning how to take wire stories and turn them into their very own front pages. The head of Guardian Education commented on the superb attitude, and creative skills our pupils demonstrated during the day in the newsroom. Front pages are on display in the Humanities department. Mr Butler

House Points Totals Attenborough take the lead!

House Attenborough Dickens Elizabeth Turing

Achievement Points 4026 4428 3673 3385

Behaviour Points 2486 3477 3103 2738

NET Points 1540 951 570 647

Fund Raising for Great Ormond Street The key skills group made cakes and sold sweets during break and lunchtime on the 14th February to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. The group chose the charity themselves and worked really hard and raised 105.19. Well done! Lee Scott Curriculum Support Department

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Sports Clubs and Reviews Sport Inclusion Day


6 pupils from Christs School spent Friday 25th January at a Borough wide Sports day hosted at Christ's School. The aim of the day was to introduce the children to completely new activities and to develop their confidence through sport. In the morning the team got to try Boccia, Paddleball - now there is a vicious game especially is you are playing against Bosston Wheelchair races, Hockey and Goal Ball. The pupils enjoyed every minute with highlights definitely being the wheel chair races and the Goal Ball. For those who have never played Goal Ball, each player has a blindfold on and must hurl the ball at the opposition. The opposition must stop the ball entering the goal - despite also being blind folded! The only clue to help is that the ball has a bell inside! I can assure you the bell was of little help to me when trying to stop the ball! There are mats on the floor so essentially you are either hurling the ball when attacking or hurling your body whilst defending. All great fun. A brief break for lunch was following by an afternoon of competitive sport. The Christ's team beat Clarendon & Greycourt in the Boccia competition to be crowned the winners. The wheelchair basketball was a really new experience. Christ's managed to draw with Greycourt but got beaten by an experienced Clarendon team. A good day was had by all. The team was: Bosston King, Rebecca Johnson, Taevia Tomlinson, James Pulfer, Ashley Graver, Paige Hillsden. The day would not have gone ahead had it not been for our brilliant team of Year 9 Young leaders. The girls had received a two hour training session prior to the event but were really thrown in at the deep end on the day. They had to run their own activity, explaining and demonstrating how to play the game. Throughout the day they were enthusiastic, committed and polite. An absolute credit to the school. They were so good we are now looking at running a similar event for our primary schools at Christ's. Well Done girls! Our young leaders were: Marnie French-Mahoney, Ellie McDonagh, Olivia Sheldrake, Alex Greenwood, Antonia Fox, Clare Tweedie, Natalina Simeon, Ella Griffith, Charlotte Smith, Holly Davis

Year 11 Basketball Borough Champions


Our Year 11 students once again proved what a fantastic sporting year group they are by winning the borough Basketball league with a 100% record. The team comprising of Year 10 and 11 students managed to overcome tough opposition from Richmond park Academy, Hampton and Orleans Park through resilient defending and flare in attack.

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London Scottish Coaching


Through our school sports partnership we have been lucky enough to fund 6 weeks of professional coaching from London Scottish coaches, who have started coaching boys from all age groups every Tuesday. There is still time to join with an aim of building up our Rugby squads to compete in the Union format against other schools in the borough. We are hoping the boys are further inspired by the on-going six nations!

Year 8 Basketball
A series of mixed results mean a respectable 3rd place finish in our borough tournament. A noteworthy 35-8 win over Grey court was the highlight with all 10 players contributing to the score. The boys have worked hard and really developed their skills and knowledge of tactics. They will already be looking forward to next season!

School Clubs

Interested in film? Want to come and watch a film every Monday? The Library is starting its Film Book Club from Monday 4TH March. All years are welcome to come along and watch. Each film will be an adaptation of a book. Due to time constraints, we shall be watching one film over the course of two Mondays.

Christs Library

Monday after school.


3:00 4:15pm

If you love reading and books then Book Club is the place for you. Come and enjoy the chance to read and talk about books with other students.
MONDAY 4th March: MONDAY 11th March: MONDAY 18TH MARCH: MONDAY 25TH MARCH: STARDUST (NEIL GAIMAN) STARDUST PT 2 TO BE DECIDED TO BE DECIDED

When: Every Tuesday lunchtime Where: Christ's School Library Who: Year 7 and 8

Book Club will give you the chance to read and review a new book each month. If you have any questions about Book Club, please see Miss Bartlett.

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A Message from our Chaplain Ruth Scott


Dear Parents/Carers, Lent is upon us. Ms Conteh and her students spent Shrove Tuesday lunchtime making pancakes for all-comers. This was also an opportunity for those students wanting to set up a gospel choir, to meeting informally with Andrea, a potential leader of such a choir. We began Ash Wednesday with a Whole School Assembly looking at the meaning of Ash Wednesday and of Lent, focussing on Lent being a time to turn around from those ways of being that diminish our lives and the lives of others, and becoming open to new ways that help us and others to celebrate life. As part of the latter Lent is a time when we try to raise as much money for charity as possible. It would be great if you can encourage your child to participate as much as possible in all the charity events going on. After the Half Term break we will be running a lunchtime discussion group in the Chapel for Year 10/11 students. Nicolas, a member of the ministry team in the Richmond Team churches will be leading it. Over a picnic lunch there will be an opportunity to discuss the following questions: What should I do with my life? Why is there injustice? Who are my friends? Can my hopes ever materialise? What kind of justice can I hope for? Monday lunchtimes after half term the Chapel will be open for any student who would like to take part in creative contemplation making Easter decorations with quiet music in the background. Over the remainder of the term we will be encouraging the students to develop a Courtesy Code which will cover how they think members of the school community (staff and students) should treat one another, our school environment, and the people and places we visit on school trips. It is our hope that this code will be backed by parents, and become part of the information we give prospective students and parents. Recently we were visited by the Watoto Ugandan Orphans Childrens Choir. Their singing and dancing were fabulous, and they had a great impact on our school community. The choir sparked an interest in some students to start a Gospel Choir. We are exploring that possibility at present and hope to have one up and running after the break. I hope you have a stress-free Half Term holiday. Every blessing, Ruth (Christs School Chaplain)

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Advertising

Calling all year 11s. The Challenge wants to offer you the chance to come on our summer programme in 2013. Youll have the chance to meet new people, develop your CV and gain skills for sixth form, university or future employment. -Test yourself and face your fears by tackling the biggest outdoor challenge of your life. Take on activities such as canoeing and abseiling with some of the best instructors in the UK. -Live with your team in a flat at university and undertake a project with a difference. Drama, Enterprise, Media, Photography or Sport, which one of these passions will you choose to develop? -Work with your team to make your mark in a local community. You can decide what youll do, plan how youll do it and pitch your ideas to our panel of expert judges. -Graduate and become part of The Challenge Society where youll have access to volunteering opportunities and be able to reunite with the friends you made over the summer. The Challenge will be presenting at an assembly at Christs School on the 26th February. For more information, please contact Tamara Obeng on 07785627455, or email tamara.obeng@the-challenge.org. Alternatively please do visit our website at: www.the-challenge.org

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Advertising cont.

Half term arts activities The Arts Service is running half term arts activities: Drawing & Painting Skills Day for 10-15 year olds - 18 February Coach House Club for 6-9 year olds - Noahs Ark, 19 February and Perfect Portraits, 20 February CH2 Club for 9-14 year olds - Noahs Ark, 19 February and Perfect Portraits, 20 February Find out more and book places here: www.richmond.gov.uk/ art_clubs_and_holiday_activities

The Strawberry Showcase


FREE Community Event Saturday 2nd March 12 noon - 5pm
You are invited to enjoy a free 'taste of Strawberry at our little Gothic castle for one day only for The Strawberry Showcase, a day of live music, drama and family activities.

View the latest restoration work and enjoy a free self-guided tour of the house. NEW Landscape Tours with our Garden Guides. Enjoy a series of fun family activities including snowdrop planting, dressing up, theatre and arts and

crafts activities. Find out more about the newly re-launched Friends of Strawberry Hill. Tasters from the Orange Tree Theatre and recitals by students from The Richmond Music Trust.

Try your hand at archery in the beautiful setting of the restored garden.

Book your free tickets at www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/showcase

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Additional information:
To contact Staff by e-mail please use their first initial and then surname written as one word followed by generic ending: @christs.richmond.sch.uk

There is also a quick link via school website.


Christ's School Queen's Road Richmond Surrey TW10 6HW
Phone: 020 8940 6982 Fax: 020 8332 6085 E-mail: info@christs.richmond.sch.uk

Holidays: Term Dates 2013:


Spring Term Monday, 7th January 2013-Thursday 28th March 2013 Half Term Monday, 18th February-Friday 22nd February 2013 Summer Term Monday, 15th April 2013 - Friday, 19th July 2013 Half Term Monday, 27th May 2013 - Friday, 31st May 2013 INSET Days: Monday, 25th February 2013 Monday, 15th April 2013 (Year 11 in as usual) Friday, 12th July 2013

Timetable for school day All students to arrive at school and be ready for registration at 08.30 Morning break 10.20-10.40 Lunch break 12.20-13.00 End of school 15.00

Winter uniform required: blazer, white shirt and school tie. To order uniform go to our website: http:// christs.richmond.sch.uk/ home ALL girls are required to wear navy skirt available online or black trousers from Sept. 12

www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

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