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PressTales 20th December 2019
We are delighted to announce that we have successfully met the criteria for the Intermediate level of the British Council International School Award. We now look forward to working towards the full award over this coming year. I would like to thank all the staff involved who supported Mrs Yates with the successful application.
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Thank you to parents and carers who were able to attend our Christmas Fayre at the end of November. Yet again, the event was well-attended and excellently organised by our parents and students. The winning forms were:
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7EF - Christmas tombola £134.25
8KM - Throw a wet sponge at teacher £122.95
8AL - Christmas tree hoopla £117.00
7RM - Candy floss and marshmallow £112.20
7AS - Christmas biscuits and cakes £111.90
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Just under £4000 was raised on the evening. A huge thank you to our parent supporters for all of their hard work in organising such a great event.
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This year, instead of sending Christmas cards, a number of staff brought items of food in for local food banks. Yesterday, we were able to send many items to more than one food bank to support those in need at this time of year. I am very grateful to those staff who were able to donate.
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There have been so many events over the past few days. On Monday we had our annual speech day and it was a pleasure to see so many ex-students return to receive their certificates. We had inspirational speeches from our guest speaker, Rebecca Hunstman, ex-Head girl from 1991, and from our last years Head and Deputy Head girls. On Wednesday we served hundreds of Christmas lunches to students. There was a slight drama in the morning when Head Chef Chris had to go to hospital after slicing through his finger! The catering team were amazing in carrying on as normal and my thanks go to them for their hard work.
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Thank you to those parents who were able to attend our carol service on Wednesday evening. I was very impressed with the quality of performances from the students, and in particular the clarity of those students who spoke. The annual Sixth form review on Thursday was outstanding. My thanks go to those students and staff who spent many hours organising, videoing, editing and rehearsing so many items. We held our annual Christmas lower and upper school assemblies this morning. Over the past few years, Christian Cole, the Youth Pastor at Christ Church, Ware, has been a frequent visitor to Presdales, delivering numerous outstanding assemblies to the students. We wish Christian well as he moves on to pastures new.
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Students in Years 7-9 should not be receiving homework over the Christmas break, students in Year 10-13 may have been given minimal revision or preparation work for upcoming coursework. We would like the students to take some time away from school work over the holidays.
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Finally, I would like to say well done to all of our students for their hard work this term and my thanks go to our amazing staff for all that they do.
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I wish you a restful and enjoyable break.
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As well as timetables, school reports and homework, we are also starting to use Edulink to post important information and letters onto the Noticeboard. We would therefore be grateful if you could please ensure that you log on to Edulink on a regular basis so that you do not miss any significant information. Many thanks Wisepay will be closed for …
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Trips and Reminders Design Museum Trip for Design Technology students in Year 10 (Tuesday 28th January 2020) - Voluntary contributions of £29 have been requested. Woman in Black Theatre Trip for Drama students in Years 10 & 12 (Thursday 6th February 2020) - Voluntary contributions of £37 have been requested. Ski Trip 2020 (14th to 21st February 2020) - Spaces …
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We gathered to celebrate the many achievements of our students as prizes and GCSE and A Level certificates were awarded at the school’s annual speech day on Monday. Musical performances included the A level students’ choir, the recorder group and a sublime piano solo from Deniz Isingor. Guest speaker, Rebecca Huntsman, former Head Girl (1991) and disputes lawyer for Hogan …
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Bar Mock Trial, Snaresbrook Crown Court
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“Oh my word. We can’t have done it again, surely?” was the thought running through Miss Catterall’s and Mr Spurgeon’s heads as the lady from the Bar Mock Trial competition read out the names of the two schools who had made it through to the final of the Outer London heat. This was 2pm Saturday 23rd November and we were …
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Years 8 and 9 German Christmas Market Trip
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Well done to all the students who took part in the recent House Basketball competition. The results are below:
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House Totals for this term …
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News from Art & Photography
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Year 10/11 House Art competition - 'Healthy Eating' Well done to all the students who entered our competition. Our overall winner is Elizabeth Brand in Year 10 in Windsor. Our 5 runners-up are Wiktoria Luksza, Year 10 Nightingale; Beckie Kennard, Year 11 Parks; Ellie Archer, Year 10 Nightingale; Abbie Cannell, Year 10 Frank; Summer Leighton, Year 10 Frank. Congratulations to …
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PE Students of the Month – December
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Congratulations to the following students who are our PE Stars of the Month!
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Isla Newman-Smith (Year 7) Isla was lucky enough to go this week to the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, presented by a former Presdales student and mathematician, Dr Hannah Fry. Isla really enjoyed it, learning a lot about maths and how TV programmes are made. She was even chosen to go up to the front and take part in an experiment, …
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Free Copy of Microsoft Office for Students
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All students at Presdales are entitled to a free copy of the latest version of Microsoft Office version are available for PC and Mac. Just follow these simple steps. The student must open their Presdales School copy of Office 365 Go to their initial in the top right of the screen Open ‘My account’ Open Install Office and follow the …
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