Onwards - March 2012 - South Wilts Grammar School for Girls

ONWARDS
Overdue Library Books
At the moment we have 45 students with books more than 8 weeks overdue. They have all
had an e-mail reminder, a letter in the register and finally a letter sent home, but to no avail.
Please support us by encouraging your daughters to return books on time and if you find any
overdue library books at home please return them to school. (Mrs Wood, Librarian)
Charity News
This term has seen a range of charity fund-raising events organised by tutor groups! The term
kicked off with 9E’s Valentine’s Fair which saw students selling an array of ‘love’ associated
goodies, including love hearts and pink cakes, and there was also a sumptuous chocolate
fountain for dipping. They also sold raffle tickets to win an exclusive top prize of goodies which
proved very popular. The form worked incredibly hard and raised a whopping £200!
7N then followed on by hosting a ‘Teacher and Tiara’ catwalk event that consisted of various
teachers parading down a catwalk showing off a wide variety of headwear from motorbike
helmets to sunhats as well as Judo outfits and ski attire!
There was a ‘Strictly Come Dancing style’ panel who were very generous and gave out plenty
of ‘10s’ to the brave staff who were taking part. The form also sold cakes during the catwalk
and they made £56 in total.
9A organised a ‘teacher cupcake decorating’ event
whereby staff, in pairs, had to ice as many cupcakes
as possible in just one minute. They had to try and
follow the designs the form had chosen, with varying
degrees of success! As a result more icing ended up
on the teachers and the table than on the cakes!
There were plenty of events coming up in the last
week, from an Easter egg hunt to Easter fairs and an
end of term cake sale, all of which I’m sure will be a
great success.
This term also saw the school’s first ever pantomime, ‘Happily Never After’. This was
completely organised and managed by the students themselves with a group of sixth form
students in charge. Blythe Chesworth (vice-director) has written a little bit about the panto:
“Happily Never After”, the first SWGS panto: A tremendous success!
“Oh no it wasn’t!!”
“Oh yes it was!”; We raised an amazing £450 for the school’s charities, and the whole show
was entirely student run, from lighting to set design. Not only did it raise a huge amount for the
wonderful charities, but it also involved a lot of hard work and resulted in superb performances
from all involved- it was a true testament to the event that the audience all left singing. So let
us say a huge thank you to all those involved, those who supported the pantomime and, of
course, a special mention should go to Megan Jones (the architect of this
masterpiece). (Blythe Chesworth 6MXH)
The sixth form charity reps are also organising a Quiz night on Thursday 26 th April (6-8:30pm)
for 6 th form students, staff and parents. We are hoping to have 20 teams of 4 and the night will
consist of food, the quiz and a raffle draw with very exciting prizes on offer! It is first come first
served so check the school website for tickets if you are interested in entering a team!
Have a wonderful Easter! (Miss Taggart)
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