Edition 9 - St Marylebone School

Whole School
Upcoming events
Monday 19 th November
Year 8Parents’ Evening 4.00pm – 6.30pm
Tuesday 20 th November
16 th
november
2012
edition
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Also available
on the school
website
External Sixth Form Open Morning, Blandford St 9-10.15 am
Wednesday 21 st November
KS5 Maths Inspiration Show
Thursday 22 nd November
School Closes at 12.30 except for
Year 9 & Year 11
Internal Open Afternoon for Year 11 Blandford St p 5 & 6
External 6 th Form Open Evening Blandford St 5 – 7.00pm
Friday 23 rd November
External Sixth Form Open Morning, Blandford St
Year 12 Interpreters Conference Day

Thursday 22nd November 2012
EARLY CLOSING
The Sixth Form Open Evening will take place on Thursday 22nd
November. This is a very important opportunity for Year 11 to
find out about the St Marylebone Sixth Form offer.
All pupils in Years 7, 8, 10, 12 & 13 will have lessons as usual
during periods 1 – 4. The school will close at 12.40pm.
The school lunch shop will be open that day for pupils who want
to have lunch before they go home but there will be a limited
offer.
Year 9 will remain in school until 3pm for a ‘Women in
Technology’ afternoon, with invited speakers providing pupils
with an insight into working in industry. Year 9 will be dismissed
at 3pm.
Year 11 will remain on site as they have an introduction to the
Sixth Form programme and a tour of the Blandford Street Site,
after which they will have an opportunity to talk to teachers
about the A level courses on offer. This will end at 3.45pm.
Some members of Year 12 and 13, including the Head Girl Team
will remain on site to help with the evening.
Lessons for all pupils will begin again as normal on Friday 23rd
November at 8.30am.

The St Marylebone
School
Michaelmas Fair
2012
St Marylebone CE School. 64 Marylebone High Street W1U 5BA.
Saturday 1st December 11-2pm
CHRISMAS GIFTS
EXCELLENT HOT FOOD
CAKES AND TEAS
RAFFLE
Look out for the special St Marylebone
Christmas Puddings
Raffle prizes:
1st: apple I pad
2nd: KINDLE
TOMBOLA
Money raised will go towards upgrading
MULLED WINE
Apple computers in the Music Department
MANY MORE STALLS
Designed by Rosie R Y8
3rd: £100 top shop voucher
AND MANY MORE

Dear Parents and Carers,
Raffle Tickets,
Booklets of raffle tickets
before the holidays. Sixth
Form students can pick up
raffle tickets from the
reception at Blandford
Street.
This is the annual
Christmas raffle run by the PTA, linked to the Michaelmas Fair
on Saturday 1 st December 11-2pm when the raffle will be drawn.
As always there are huge prizes: the latest iPad; the latest
Kindle; Top Shop vouchers and many other prizes.
To motivate pupils a non uniform day has been organised on
Friday 30 th November. Non uniform days are very rare at St
Marylebone, last year there was only three, two of which were
linked with PTA raffles.
Non uniform rules:
Years 7-9 a non uniform day will be given to each form that
raises £200 or more. Please hand in sold raffle tickets to Dot
in reception in an envelope with your name, form and amount
sold clearly written on the envelop.
Years 10-11 a non uniform day will be given to each pupil that
sells at least one booklet of tickets. Please hand in sold
raffle tickets to Dot in reception in an envelope with your
name, form and amount sold clearly written on the envelop.
Many thanks
Each raffle raises over £4,000 to be spent on your daughter’s
/ son’s school
The PTA and Mr Jordan

ST MARYLEBONE SCHOOL MICHAELMAS FAIR
Saturday 1 st December 2012 11-2pm
A team of parents and staff are currently organising the PTA’s main fundraising and social event of the year and
we are appealing to you for your help. Last year we made an incredible £10,000 and we would love to do even
better this year.
Please get involved, it’s a friendly and fun event, a great way to meet people and get involved in the life of the
school and all the money raised directly benefits our children. Here are some suggestions of ways to get involved.
If you think that you can help in any way please get in touch with one of the PTA team.
Ways to contribute
Lunch Stall
Provide a main dish, salad, finger food or dessert.
Suggestions to follow. Bring on the day.
CONTACT Victoria victoria.francis@blueyonder.co.uk
Posh Produce Stall
Homemade jams, chutneys, packaged Christmas cakes, cookies etc.
Ideal for Christmas presents.
Bring on the day or to school during the week beginning November 26
CONTACT Joss josspmurphy@gmail.com
Vintage Clothing Stall
Donate special items of clothing in good condition (not jumble)
Bring into school during the week beginning November 26
CONTACT Rosie rosie.kaynak@googlemail.com
Bottle Tombola Stall
Donate wine bottles – they can be empty (with corks) or unopened
Bring into school during the week beginning November 26
CONTACT Antigone extonwhite@gmail.com
Nearly New Book Stall
Rummage through your bookshelves for books in good condition
Bring into school during the week beginning November 26th
CONTACT Antigone extonwhite@gmail.com

Second Hand Uniform Stall
We welcome all donations of good quality school uniform.
Bring into school during the week beginning November 26
CONTACT Rosie rosie.kaynak@googlemail.com
Silent
Auction
Stall
Run a stall: Bright
ideas welcome!
A very popular stall and a big money maker.
Previously people have donated: tickets for events, theatre, opera, ballet, theme parks;
vouchers for restaurants, haircuts, facials; photographic family portraits; watercolour house
portraits; music lessons, gardening; beautiful handmade objects, etc.
Bring into school during the week beginning November 26
CONTACT Anna anna.kas@mac.com
Help to run a stall, or come up with a bright idea for a stall of your own.
We always need stocking fillers like new makeup, jewellery, Christmas
decorations, and hair accessories. CONTACT Joss josspmurphy@gmail.com
Help on the day We need people to assist on stalls and to help set up and to clear up
afterwards. If you can help, CONTACT Joss josspmurphy@gmail.com

RAFFLE TICKET UPDATE
Thank you to everyone who has already bought or sold raffle
tickets so far. The deadline to hand in raffle tickets is
29 th November at 8.40 AM so there is still lots of time to raise
funds for the school and win some amazing prizes.
Totals
B £ 634.00
D £ 330.00
H £ 399.15
N £ 283.00
W £ 261.00
£ 1,907.15

Poster by Ella M, 12BH

St Marylebone School Council
Jack Petchey Nominations time!
Highly Prestigious Award Alert!
shortlist nominations next
This is your opportunity to nominate
Tuesday.
any student in the school who you think has made a
positive contribution to the school or wider community.
All you need to do is to email your nomination
(Full name + tutor group) + a well explained reason, to
convince School Council to shortlist them
(a short paragraph – with as many examples as possible).
We need 3 winners – who will each receive a certificate
+ £200 to spend in school (for example on workshops
or materials for a specific subject).
Please email your nominations to your Form Captain by
Monday 26 th November – so we can shortlist nominations
next Tuesday. House Points for efficiency!
School Council Presents our annual
World AIDS Day
Awareness Raising & Fund Raising Event
Friday 30 th November
at lunchtime at Main Site.
Contribute by bringing in red food/ drink for your
House, buy a red ribbon for £1 & enjoy RED food & fun !

St Marylebone School House Hero
Each month every house now nominates House Heroes, ideally one
from Key Stage 3 & one from KS4/5
This is to celebrate students who have gone above and beyond to
contribute to their House that month.
Each winner gains 10 house points for their nomination, receives a
certificate plus will be celebrated on the House notice boards.
Barrett:
Amy H10B – for her proactive role
as a form tutor, taking part in
every B event so far and always
coming ready to share ideas.
Farzana A 10B- for her creative
approach at encouraging her
form to take part, for example,
buying sweets with own money
for people who take part.
Hardwick:
Kate F 10H – for being a supportive and
encouraging Yr 7 monitor. She is always
on time, and shares past experiences
with the form to help them make the right
choices in school.
Wesley :
Nightingale:
Anna F 12N – For her role as a
duty prefect and her enthusiasm
for woolly hat day.
Kaitlin 8N – She shows
enthusiasm for her house and
takes part in all sports events.
Rosie W 9W – For being a kind person.
Rosie always receives praises; she has
never had a detention and always puts
her best into her homework and lessons.
Rosa T 8W – Rose is always willing to help
out. Rosa is very sporty and will give up
her free time for others whenever
possible. She is also very attentive in
lessons.
Amber 7W- Amber always participates in
drama, and took part in a performance in
front of the whole year.

Calling all Year 9, 10 and 11 bilingual students!!
Apply now to become a
Bilingual Literacy Mentor or regret it later!
We need bilingual students to join our Bilingual Book Club as mentors for
year 7s developing their home languages. The job of a Bilingual Literacy
Mentor (BLM) is to encourage, motivate and support bilingual students in
Year 7 and to help them develop their home language.
Are you compassionate, thoughtful, resourceful, friendly, patient and
understanding?
Do you speak and read a language other than English? Is that language Greek, German,
Bengali, Arabic, Russian, Farsi, Urdu or Spanish? Then we need you!
What does a BLM do?
A BLM will spend one lunchtime session a week (Tuesdays 13:00 – 13:30 in the Library in
the main school building) reading books in their home language with one year 7 pupil.
You will always mentor the same pupil so that you can build up a relationship of sharing
and support.
Alongside the reading you will ask your pupil to do certain innovative activities using your
language, imagination and creativity.
What are the benefits?
Your pupil will benefit from improved literacy in their home language and this will affect their literacy in
English. They will learn new social and academic skills and your example as a role-model will be vital
in affecting their progress throughout Year 7.
You will benefit from training in the Skills of Academic Mentoring, Protecting vulnerable children and
Literacy Strategies. You will develop your patience, compassion and understanding.
You will be able to share your language, experiences, culture and academic skills with someone in
great need of support.
You will have solid examples of all these skills and many more to use in sixth form / university
interviews, UCAS applications, CVs and Job Applications. This will be especially helpful to anyone
planning a career with children or caring for adults or in Education.
How do I apply?
You can come and sign your name on the sign-up sheet in the LCI office (inside A22) and
collect a short application form to fill in. Or you can email
j.hughes@stmarylebone.westminster.sch.uk . Please do this straight away! Do it now!...
What are you waiting for?!
Miss Hughes

Key Stage 3

Year 7 PSHE Education information for parents
Year 7 are exploring the topic puberty and personal
hygiene as part of their personal social, emotional health
and well being education (PSHE-E) on Monday 19 th
November.
Students may come home with personal questions on this
topic area. If your daughter has any questions that you
can’t answer, please email students Head of year who can
arrange a further workshop to address any questions.
Young Chef Competition
Huge congratulations to Alice D-P, Lola A, Savanna B and Esme M for
competing in the Young Chef competition this Tuesday, results to
follow…

Congratulations to Year 7s for their fantastic effort in
International Evening last week. From African Drumming
to Edith Piaf, from ballet to Bollywood, from Aboriginal
dream stories to Appalachian choral songs, performers
took us on a whistle-stop tour of the cultures of the world,
ending with a whole-cast rendition of a Kenyan Swahili
song (pictured). The students were delighted, the parents
were thrilled, and when the dust had settled, we all had a
broader vision of the cultural wealth and diversity of both
our school and our planet. Watch this space for the
International Evening 2012 DVD - the perfect Christmas
stocking filler!
Mr Voller

Year 7 Inter- House Netball Tournament 2012
Dates: Monday 19 th November, Monday 26 th November & Monday 3 rd December (finals/playoffs)
Week 1
B V W (12:45-12:55)
H V D (12:55-1:05)
N V B (1:05-1:15)
Week 2
D V W (12:45-12:55)
H V N (12:55-1:05)
Week 3
Final
3 rd /4 th Playoff
Year 8 Inter-House Netball Tournament 2012
Dates: Wednesday 21 st November, Wednesday 28 th November, Wednesday 5 th December (finals/playoffs)
Week 1
B V W (12:45-12:55)
H V D (12:55-1:05)
N V B (1:05-1:15)
Week 2
D V W (12:45-12:55)
H V N (12:55-1:05)
Week 3
Final
3 rd /4 th Playoff

KEY Stage 4
Shirdi in 10D for
being the second
student to have
sorted out her
The competition is on now ladies! Who is going to be
number three to hand in a completed self placement form.
Good luck, Ms B

To all Year 11 History Students
Don't neglect your History revision in amongst all those
controlled assessments in other subjects!
Come along to just 30 minutes of revision each week and
feel confident that you have made a start towards mock
revision.
The sessions will be on alternate Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, 3.40-4.10 in C11.
Starts next TUESDAY
Ms H Wigginton
KEY Stage 5

On Monday 12 th November our AS
Biology class travelled to the Natural
History Museum. The aim of this
visit day was to gain information for
our coursework reports that we will
be writing during this academic year.
We had an organised talk with scientist Dr. Mark Caine who
spoke about his role in the Botany section of the museum. His job
involves travelling abroad to
places such as the Azores,
Canary Islands and areas of
Northern Africa such as
Morocco. In these places he
collects specimens and
classifies them when he
returns to the lab in the
Cocoon Herbarium section of the Natural History Museum.
After lunch we got involved with a taxonomy workshop and
discovered how challenging it can be to classify animals. We also
had a chance to visit some of the museum’s vast spirit collection.
The Darwin centre is 7 floors containing 22 million different
types of zoological specimen, from a Shetland pony to a giant
squid named Archie. We were even lucky enough to see some of
Darwin’s own specimens from the Galapagos Islands.
By Millie K and Elena W

A huge thanks to all of the Sixth Formers who
participated in the fantastic Literary Dress up day on
the 9 th November and came in fancy dress to school.
There were some brilliant ideas - from Tintin to Mary
Poppins, Harry Potter to Alice in Wonderland and even
a Steven Gerrard was seen (Yes, he is now a literary
legend due to his autobiography). Around 80 people
got involved and ergo we managed to raise an
impressive £100 for READ international charity who aims
to improve access to education in East Africa by
collecting books.
Well done and thank you for dressing up!
Yasmin C 13HC
Head of
6 th Form Social Committee
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