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ON THE COVER: FRANCIS SMEDLEY 10R
Twyford C of E High School / 20th November 2009
Twyford Times
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I come that you might have life and have it to the full John 10v10
REMEMBERING.....11:11:2009
Twyford took part in a 2 minutes Silence to remember those
brave souls who have fought for our freedom, and for those
today, continuing to fight for a better world. We paused to
reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave Service men and
women, and prayed for peace throughout the world today,
and for the future.

WEEK 1
A U T U M N T E R M 2 0 0 9
The coming weeks...
Mon 23 rd Nov Year 12 Maths in Action (all day)
Wed 25 th Nov Yr 7 Maths G&T (2periods)
All day Governors Admission Panel Meeting
Thurs 26 th Nov
8.30am Yr 12 Communion at St Marys
1.15pm Early Closure
4.45pm Governors Curriculum Committee
Friday 27 th Nov Yr 11 Science G&T Conference
(Westminster Hall)
ENTERPRISE DAY 3: Durham
WEEK 2
Monday 30 th Nov
Tues 1 st December
Science Practical exams for
yrs 10 & 11 in Science lessons
Year 7 Grades to Parents
7pm Christmas Concert
Thurs 3 rd Dec
4.30pm - 8pm Year 7 Parents’ Evening
Fri 4 th Dec ENTERPRISE DAY 4 CANTERBURY
Closing date for work experience
visit/Risk forms to Careers Dept
Year 10 Grades to Parents
Fri 4 th - Sat 5 th Dec
Year 13 Psychology Trip to
Nottingham Galleries of Justice
WEEK 1
Mon 7 th Dec Year 11 Exams begin
Tues 8 th Dec
Year 10 Science exams in lessons
Year 13 Reports to Parents
8.30am Year 7 Communion at St Mary’s
Wed 9 th Dec
6.45pm Full Governors Meeting
Thurs 10 th Dec
PM Year 10 RE Exam (Yr 10 work)
4.30pm - 8pm Year 13 Parents’ Evening
Fri 11 th Dec Year 8/9 grades to Parents
7pm Creative Media Diploma Showcase
Sunday 13 th - Monday 14 th
WEEK 2
Mon 14 th Dec
Yr 10 Business trip to Lille Christmas Market
2.15pm Senior Awards Assembly for Yr 12
Tues 15 th Dec Tinsel Day
Year 10 RE Exam (Year 9 work)
Year 12 Grades due to Parents
7.30pm Carol Service at St Martins
Wed 16 th Dec
9am Carol Service for year 7 & 8 at St Martins
Fri 18 th Dec E N D O F T E R M

Operation Christmas Child is the UK's largest children's Christmas appeal and has been running for over 19 years. Thanks to a
huge army of volunteers who give their time to help make this Christmas 'miracle' come to life, Samaritan’s Purse are able to
deliver gift-filled shoeboxes to children in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They work with local churches and charities
overseas to ensure that your shoebox gets delivered by hand to children who need it most.
This year the campaign was launched school wide by Grace Dalton in Yr13, who went into assemblies to talk about the cause
and encourage her peers to donate gifts to the worthy cause. Her presentation obviously moved many of you as we ended up
with a whopping 50+ boxes, all wrapped in festive paper and full of lovely gifts that will bring so much joy to children who
otherwise may not receive any gifts this Christmas.
Below are the names of all those who kindly donated gifts, boxes and in some cases, multiples of both. You’re generosity is to
be commended and as a thank you, everyone who donated has received positive points. 7Y were the lucky winners of a tin of
chocolates to share for being the most generous form with over 7 boxes between them. Yosra Elhamamy 10T also won the
prize for most generous individual donating 7 boxes of goodies!
Year 7
Elisheva
Tchiprout 7T
Constantino
Antoniou 7C
Harvey Culling
7Y
Year 8
Rhiannon
Obinyan 8R
Leah Alam
8D
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Isabella
Thorpe-
Woods 7C
Serens
Snelling 7R
Celia
Wilkinson 7T
Tashi
Chadwick 8D
T H A N K Y O U !
Parents, Students & Staff
Jessica
Margetts 7R
Aman
Mahli 7W
Fiona
Graham 7Y
(2 boxes)
Rachel
Cheering 8D
Charlotte
Bourchier
7D
Kiera Lock
7Y (2
boxes)
Hira Aftab
7D
Joshua Gill
8D
Megan
McAllister 7W
(2 boxes)
Olivia Narayan
-Mahoney 7T
Lydia Gordon
7R
Hannah
Westall 8D
Briar Wilkinson 9R Edward Thorpe-Woods 9Y Joshua Gordon 9W
Matthew
Lyons 7F
Lewis
Wilkinson 7Y
Kenya
Mitchell 8D
Matthew Jenkins 10Y Amrit Mahli 10F Yosra Elhamamy 10T (7 boxes!)
Panayiotis Antoniou 11T Amy Percival 11Y (3 boxes) Jamal Williams 11Y
Rosanna
McNamara
7F
Samuel
Gibb 7Y
Alex Vivian 8D
Year 12 and 13 students also donated gifts with a special mention to Miss Forde and Mrs Roberts who got their classes to club
together and create a box to donate each.
If you would like any further information about how you can get involved then please see
www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk
Miss Clark

Need help with revision?
SAM Learning is an online revision service which is used by around 60%
of secondary schools in England. Last year over 1 million users logged on
and used SAM Learning.
SAM Learning’s services have been independently proven to boost exam
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History, ICT, Italian, Maths, Media Studies, Music, Physical Education,
Physics, Religious Studies, 21st Century Science, Spanish, Statistics
and Welsh.
SAM Learning is available to all students at Twyford. It contains a mix of
revision exercises, exam practice, and interactive activities for both Key
Stages 3 and 4. Every student has their own password.
How do I log on?
www.samlearning.com
School ID: W3TC
Username – this is date of birth plus first and last initial
(eg. S Bloggs born on 3 rd April 1996 would be 030496SB)*
*if more than 1 person has the same
initials and date of birth, you may have
an additional number in your username,
eg. 030496SB1.
Problems logging in or other questions?
You can email
elearning@twyford.ealing.sch.uk
to request your password to be reset.
Please include your name, form, and
date of birth in your email.
Any other questions, see Mr Massey
in the Maths Department.

News from the Maths Department
Puzzle Challenge Day
October saw the return of the Year 11
Puzzle Challenge Day, organised by the Happy
Puzzle Company (www.happypuzzle.co.uk).
Spilt into teams, students had to exercise
their problem solving skills to tackle some
tricky puzzles ranging from road maps to
getting penguins balanced on a wobbly
iceberg. Thanks to Mr Palfreyman who
organised this successful event, and to the
students who took part so enthusiastically.
Year 11 Mocks Approaching
Students in Year 11 should be in the midst
of their revision for their mock exams.
There are two Maths papers:
Tuesday 8th December
Morning – NON-CALCULATOR
Thursday 10th December
Morning – CALCULATOR
Students must bring equipment with them,
including a scientific calculator – we do not
lend calculators for exams. Calculators are
available from Student Services for £5.
REVISION MATERIALS
My Maths – www.mymaths.co.uk
Students all have passwords for this which is
full of online lessons and revision resources
for all levels – well worth a look. We also set
homework through the site.
Maths Watch CD ROM –
www.mathswatch.co.uk
Available from Student Services for only £3,
this excellent tutorial and revision resource
should be an essential part of any GCSE
student’s Maths revision - look at the
samples on the website to see how
invaluable this can be.
Revision papers
Student Services has a stock of Key Stage 3
and GCSE revision papers for £4. Packs of
papers contain hints and answers so students
can mark their own work.
NRich
Year 11 students must bring
their own calculator for the
mock exams
The NRich website (nrich.maths.org) is well
worth a visit if you’re looking to extend your
mathematical thinking beyond the normal
curriculum. There are puzzles and challenges
for all ages and abilities, with new material
being added every month.
No passwords required!
Gifted and Talented
The Maths Department is looking forward to
the launch of their Gifted and Talented
Maths workshops that will be starting next
half term, involving around 60 of our Year 7
students. This project, in collaboration
with the Kings College London, will be an
opportunity to explore connections in Maths,
outside of the usual curriculum. One
workshop will take place each half term.
Maths In Action
A group of 30 Year 12 students will be
heading to central London for a day of
lectures from leading Mathematicians
showing how Maths applies to just about
everything on Monday 23rd November.
They’ll be joining hundreds of other Sixth
Formers for the popular event which takes
place at the Institute of Education.

WELLS Well,
Enterprise
Day Report
Wells kicked off the series of Enterprise
days leading up to Christmas with a
frenzie of break and lunchtime food sales,
pinching custom from the canteen, but all
for a good cause.
Masterminding the venture was House
captain Maurice Morgan, who networked
with his team of 12 year contemporaries
to organise and advertise the day’s events.
Careful decisions were taken to decide
what to do and after undertaking some
research, getting teachers to shine
pupils’ shoes was one idea Maurice firmly
rejected; “Sir, there’s just no market for
it”. Alas, that was fairly accurate, but at
20p a go, Mr Pilling and I shined to make
a useful £9.
Year 8 Enterprise rep, Mickey
Wiwathanopas, and his team, sold two
hundred hot dogs using a production line
that Economist Adam Smith would have
been proud of, and year 7’s Rachel Sarson
and helpers handled the accounting with
impressive efficiency. Together with
sweets and chocolate (but sadly no
churros!) sales, total profit stood at £172.
Many thanks to all that helped out.
Mr Bradley and Ms Revie
News from the RE Department
what a jam packed term we are having here at Twyford, especially in the RE
department! First of all it is Happy Interfaith week. Interfaith week is new this year
and is a celebration to strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels. It is also to
increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK and
to increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious belief.
To celebrate, the RE department have been out on several trips. Mr Cahill took the
Year 7 G&T group to the West London Synagogue where they were able to do lots
of fun and exciting things and especially enjoyed looking at the many wonderful artefacts.
Just check out the pictures;
Ms Turner took the lovely year 8 G&T group to the Gurdwara in Southall where they
even got to try the lovely food in the Langer!
Our Year 10 G&T group were also extremely lucky to visit the Jewish Film Festival
where they watched a film about Israel and Palestine inter relations and met the
director afterwards for a Question and Answering session!
We have also held an open door policy in RE1 and RE2 to allow any students the
opportunity to come and exchange dialogue with peers of all different faiths.
It has been a fantastic week and I would like to thank everyone for their sublime
contribution and participation.
Previous to Interfaith week, the Year 12/13 students (on occasional day-that’s
commitment guys) came to the screening of ‘The Human Experience’ in Leicester Square
where they met the male leads and also had the opportunity to attend a question and
answering session along with Cherie Blair! It was a great night and the students were
fantastic - well done to you all. I would also like to thank Ms Hinckley, Mr Loveless,
Ms Linsell and Ms Clark for attending the film as well.
Poetry By Nicholas Lloyd 8T and Katy Debois 8T
Do you know where your money goes?
From fair-trade bananas to fair trade clothes
Do you know how much the workers are paid?
For all the things they have picked and made
Do you know where they go home at night,
A shack made of wood that has no light
But look that’s a bright and shiny light
oh it’s the people from fair-trade who are fair and right.
IMPORTANT REMINDER!
Compulsory revision for those chosen to attend is on Wednesday’s in RE1 for FRDC,
week 1 and TWY in week 2. The open revision classes will also begin each night in
RE1 during the first week of December to prepare you for your MOCKs!!!!!!!

Gold
Silver
& Bronze
The Year 7 team would like to congratulate all the Year 7 students who have
achieved either their bronze, silver or even gold achievement certificates.
This represents an excellent achievement and one that they can all be proud of.
Mr Atchison, Miss Edge and Mr Bedford
Bronze Award
Charlotte BOURCHIER 7D Rayyan KHAN 7T Amirah LAING-GRANT 7C
Adele LUNN 7D Thomas OLDFIELD 7T Samuel THORP 7F
Celia WILKINSON 7T Samuel MEANEY 7T Eleanor WARD 7W
Courtney MILLER-CROSS 7T Kyri ANTONIOU 7R Ben SCHUMM 7W
Daniel MANSOUR 7T Megan McALLISTER 7W Thomas MORGANS 7D
Deborah ALAWODE 7T Alexander TODOROV 7R Joshua SKIOTIS 7C
Dennis REINOSO 7T Haroon SHAH 7D Tamim ZEITOUNI 7W
Eden CARTER 7T Finn MCGEE 7R Isabella THORPE-WOODS 7C
Elisheva TCHIPROUT 7T Kabira SHARPE 7T Samuel GIBB 7Y
Ella MARSON 7W Katie GOODWIN 7R Gregory PETERS 7D
Hugh DALES 7T Olivia MCKOY 7D Lara GUBBAWY 7D
Jack DODD 7T Maximilian SORBY-STRAW 7T Kiran CLARE 7D
Jacob CROSBIE 7T Barnaby HARBER-WINCOTT 7T Joseph DUSZYNSKI LEWIS 7W
Jacob INGRAM-SMITH 7T Benjamin TILLEY 7T Felicity HOLDEN 7Y
Leon ALLAIN 7T George QUENBY 7D Emily WATERFIELD 7D
Lily-May ALLCOCK 7T Thomas RIDOUT 7R Hira AFTAB 7D
Luke WORTHINGTON BERROW 7T Jordan LINSELL SMITH 7C Isaac WATTS 7Y
Lydia GORDON 7R Kevin MOLOKWU 7D Shurf UDDIN 7Y
Naomi NGANDU 7T Tunmike UMAR 7D Kyle EDGAR 7Y
Natasha PATEL 7T Maxim PENNINGTON 7D Kiera LOCK 7Y
Olivia NARAYAN-MAHONEY 7T Bill KELLY 7D Jevon BLACKMAN 7R
Priyadharshini VENKATESAN 7T Mohammad SALEHI 7D Fiona GRAHAM 7Y
Elizabeth PARK 7R Helena HASTINGS-GAYLE 7R Solmaz ASLAN 7D
Peter CARLING 7C Mohammed KHADDOUR 7R Pooja RAMCHANDANI 7W
Rachel SARSON 7W
Iona SHARP 7C
Luke CARLING 7W
Rafiq HARVEY 7W
Maximilian THOMAS 7T
Fahad AL-NUAIMI 7C
YEAR 7
Isabel GERENSTEIN 7D Emeka UWAHEMU-DIAMOND 7R
Harvey CULLING 7Y
Eleanor HEPPER 7F
Samuel DURLEY 7R
Henry HARRIGAN 7F
Gabrielle MILLS 7F
Gold Award
Charlotte BOURCHIER 7D
Lydia GORDON 7R
Rosanna MCNAMARA 7F
Joshua HEWSON 7W
Samuel HODGES 7W
James HORREX 7C
Connor O'SULLIVAN 7W
Silver Award
Samuel GIBB 7Y Lily-May ALLCOCK 7T
Ella MARSON 7W Natasha PATEL 7T
Megan MCALLISTER 7W Elisheva TCHIPROUT 7T
Kiera LOCK 7Y Benedict LYON 7R
Benjamin SAXBY 7R Deborah ALAWODE 7T
Jacob CROSBIE 7T Celia WILKINSON 7T
Finn MCGEE 7R Charlotte BOURCHIER 7D
Dennis REINOSO 7T Lydia GORDON 7R
Jordan LINSELL SMITH 7C Naomi NGANDU 7T
Barnaby HARBER-WINCOTT 7T Priyadharshini VENKATESAN 7T
Thomas OLDFIELD 7T Olivia NARAYAN-MAHONEY 7T
Amelia GEHRING 7C Jessica MARGETTS 7R
Maximilian SORBY-STRAW 7T Helena HASTINGS-GAYLE 7R
Serena SNELLING 7R Jack DODD 7T
Joseph GORDON 7R Daniel MANSOUR 7T
Ethan TYRER 7W George QUENBY 7D
Hira AFTAB 7D Hugh DALES 7T
Jacob INGRAM-SMITH 7T Mohammad SALEHI 7D
Alexander TODOROV 7R Haroon SHAH 7D
Thomas RIDOUT 7R Tunmike UMAR 7D
Katie GOODWIN 7R Maxim PENNINGTON 7D
Bill KELLY 7D Fiona GRAHAM 7Y
Rachel SARSON 7W
Ethan TYRER 7W Nathan HAREWOOD 7D
George THORNTON 7D Kairo CAINE 7F
Mollie KEENEY 7R Joshua YATES 7Y
Rizwan ALI 7Y Xena HAWKINS 7F
Joseph GORDON 7R Jamaal AHMED 7D
Benjamin SAXBY 7R Tia-Ama AMIHYIA 7R
Serena SNELLING 7R Louis HOLDER 7Y
Jessica MARGETTS 7R Jean-Paul RUFFLE 7W
Benedict LYON 7R Thomas HODGE 7F
Elanna GOODFELLOW 7C Samuel JURY 7D
Jajah ELLIS 7F Chloe JAGANNATH 7C
Aman MALHI 7W Noah MENSAH 7Y
Daniel PLEWS 7W Danny GELYANAH 7D
Amelia GEHRING 7C Theo AMIHYIA 7D
Sonali KATE 7Y Aneeq ALAM 7Y
Anjali DHOKIA 7W Beverley BRUCE-MILLS 7Y
Conor TALLON 7W Edil ABDI 7W
Shazad WAKIL 7C Dylan STEWART 7Y
Nicholas STEC 7C Lauchlan HUNTER 7D
Nehaad MUNEEB 7C Charlie WINN 7Y
Matthew KARMIOS 7C Carina BRYAN 7Y
Tia JOHNSON 7W Lewis WILKINSON 7Y
Cerise WHITE 7C Theresa CHIWANDIRE 7Y
Kate JENKINS 7C Annie DURHAM 7Y
Abigail NOURSE 7C Cory HALL 7C
Nico TOUMAZOU 7Y Pearl METRY 7W
Bronte DENNISON 7C John SKIOTIS 7W
Fraser ADAMS 7T
Simeon ALDRIDGE 7R

Year Group Year Rep (Girl) Year Rep (Boy)
Year 7 Celia Wilkinson Michael Narourei
Year 8 Rebecca Thomsen Norman Faisal
Year 9 Caitlin Horrex Michael Gelyanah
Year 10 Georgiana Jackson-Callen Priyesh Patel
Year 11 Emily Thomas Alex Gill
Year 12 Rebecca Bailey
Clare Smedley
Alex McCalla
Sasha Hansel
Roma Swords-McDonnell
Rupinder Garcha
Lucy Bilson
Maurice Morgan
Saleh Rahman
Year 13 Dayna Springer Clarke Millad Jallali
Please do feel free to talk to your year reps as they are always keen to hear your ideas and bring them to the council to see if we can
implement them. The next big issues we will be looking at include litter, the café and of course the toilets! So, watch this space
to see the next round of exciting improvements the School Council has implemented around your school.
Miss Clark
School Council Coordinator
School Council News
It’s been a very busy time for the school council
since returning in September and the new batch
of form and year council reps have certainly
earned their badges. We have been tackling the
major issue of Chicken Cottage opening outside
the school, as well as starting to get to grips with
bullying, litter and the play areas, and all after
only half a term back! The first whole school
meeting took place on 5 th October (with year
council meetings occurring either side) and the
students got straight to the heart of the issues.
Actions completed so far include: The basketball
hoop, more table tennis tables on order (so there
will be one per year group 7-11), designated
areas for various size sports balls, an assembly
programme delivered by students about Chicken
Cottage and a petition to restrict the opening
hours of the shop signed by hundreds of
students. The next meeting will have taken place
by the time this goes to print, but remember if
you want to get your point heard then let your
form/year rep know so that they bring it up for
you in the next meeting.
A big Well Done to all those who got elected this
year to represent their class as form rep, it’s a
really important job and I’ve been pleased to see
you taking the roles seriously and representing
your forms excellently, both in meetings and by
conducting yourselves as role models. Hopefully
you should all be aware of who your form reps
are, but you may not be so sure about your year
reps, so here is a list of the students who were
elected to represent their year groups:

Attention ! Year 8
There are a few places left on all 3 residential trips to France,
Germany and Spain. All three trips are now offered to anyone
whatever language they are currently learning.
See the Modern Language Department urgently if interested.
EARLY UCAS APPLICATIONS
This year another group of students
put themselves forward for Early
UCAS Applications. These are
University applications for any
course at Oxford and Cambridge
or any institution for Medicine,
Dentistry or Veterinary Science.
Early UCAS Applications are highly
competitive and therefore take
considerable time and effort.
This year students have attended
Open Days at Oxford and
Cambridge (including an overnight
stay in Oxford where Dr Evans
managed to get them locked in a
field), spent many hours editing
re-drafts of personal statements,
attending extra timetabled
sessions with Miss Hinckley on
writing personal statements and
interview training, had extra
tuition from subject tutors in
preparation for extra exams
(mostly sat at the start of
November), endured mock
interviews faced by panels
consisting of Senior Management,
subject specialists and often also
with external panellists from
Universities, and attended a
workshop given by the Head of
Admissions at Oxford.
All of this has combined to
produce some of the best
applications I have seen, so
we wish them well in their final
hurdle – the interviews (mostly
in the first week of December).
Many thanks are due to all the
staff who have written references,
given up their time for extra
tuition and sat on interview
panels. We would especially like
to thank the parents who gave
up their evenings to join the mock
interview panels – it is incredibly
useful for our students to
experience unfamiliar faces in
mock interviews. They might not
have enjoyed it at the time, but
they are much better prepared
as a result!
Support Your House!
Here are the dates for the House enterprise days so get
your House date in your diary and don’t forget to bring
in some extra cash that day to support the events. The
enterprise team for each house put massive amounts of
effort into making these days fun for everyone, plus it’s
a great opportunity to raise some money for some really
worthy causes. So GET INVOLVED and be part of the
Twyford Community by supporting these brilliant house
events. A big thank you to Mr Bradley and Miss Revie
who worked closely with a team of Wells students to
produce a great Wells enterprise day to kick off the
house events on the 6 th November.
Miss Clark
House System Coordinator
Amirah Choudahary Mathematics Oxford
Bukunmi Osuntoku Law Oxford
Chloe Currens English & Spanish Oxford
Chris Read Philosophy & Theology Oxford
Eliza Grimond English & History Oxford
Harry Baker Medicine Cambridge
Isabelle Taylor Geography Cambridge
Julian Rivlin Veterinary Sciences Cambridge
Liorah Tchiprout Fine Art Oxford
Luke Sears Engineering Cambridge
Max Hunt Mathematics Cambridge
Millad Jallali Natural Sciences Cambridge
Oisin Huhn Mathematics Cambridge
Rozina Sabur English & Classics Oxford
Stephen Jarman PPE Oxford
Valerie Albrecht Music Cambridge
Good Luck to you all!
Date House Head of House
6 th November Wells Mr T Bradley & Ms C Revie
20 th Nov York Ms S Clegg
27 th Nov Durham Mr L Jones & Ms V Castro
4 th December Canterbury Ms J Morris
15 th January Fountains Mr P Fellows
22 nd Jan Ripon Mr C Cahill
29 th Jan Truro Miss S Turner
I look forward to seeing what weird and wonderful ideas you all come up with on
your enterprise days (Can we beat the popularity of Mr Miss World this year?) to
raise money for your chosen charities.

Calligraphy is coming to Twyford!
Pen, Paper, Ink, Quills and Thrills.
The South London Lettering Association
(SLLA) will be holding their first workshop
at Twyford C of E High School on the 5th
December. The spacious and bright art
classroom, which the SLLA members will
be using, courtesy of Miss Hemmens and
Mr McKee, is ideal for teaching calligraphy.
But who are we?
We are a group of amateur and
professional lettering artists of all abilities
with one great passion, Letters and
Words, in any shape or form ranging from
formal calligraphy to the expressive use
of signs in pictures. As an association we
promote and encourage lettering in all
forms, organizing exciting workshops
on lettering and calligraphy, exploring
different tools and techniques. We hold
monthly lectures and social evenings
on lettering-related subjects, with
recognized experts offering insights into
Saracens v South Africa
at Wembley Stadium
an otherwise little-known world. Over
the years the SLLA has also organized
numerous exhibitions, demonstrations
at public events, and visits to places
of calligraphic interest. Membership is
open to anyone with an interest in fine
handwriting, calligraphy and the lettering
arts, regardless of experience or ability.
COMING SOON we are offering a free
beginners taster session exclusively for
Twyford students/Parents/staff on a future
Saturday (date to be confirmed). If any
students/Parents/staff wish to take part
and have a glimpse at this intriguing and
much admired craft, please contact
Michela Antonello via e-mail
m.antonello@btinternet.com or call 020
8896 2882. For more information on the
SLLA and more calligraphy examples, visit
our website www.slla.co.uk, where some
of our members display their stunning
work in the artists’ gallery.
Some of our students and
staff got the opportunity to
go to Wembley Stadium this
week, to watch Saracens v
South Africa in the Rugby.
It was a brilliant game, with
Saracens beating the World
Champions 24-23.
A great time was had by all,
and the talented players on
both the Saracens and South
Africa teams truly were an
inspiration to our own rugby
teams at Twyford.

Year 11 News
Things are starting to slow down now,
everybody is settling into a routine, knowing
how to manage the workload that we now
expect this year. Well, not really. Suddenly we
are bombarded by new choices that we need
to make. Can you guess? 6 th form. Recently,
teachers have been popping into our various
lessons to pitch their subject to us. 6 th form
open evening, especially, was exciting.
Everybody was eagerly anticipating a brief
glimpse of the potential newbies of next year,
if they were nice, and what sort of competition
they might be. We want some fresh faces
around here. For some, the open evening really
put our choices into perspective. We realised
that we have to work as hard as we can in
order to get into the group we want, and
consequently, a good university, and/or the
best chances of a job.
D OF E
If you see students dragging around massive
camping bags, don’t misunderstand, it’s for our
D of E bronze award trip. I’m sure most of you
already know what this is, but just in case; D of
E gives people the chance to develop their skills
outside the school or family environment.
Many Year 11s have spent recent weekends
trudging through the mud and the rain, veering
(sometimes for miles) off course, all to achieve
a prestigious award. Not only is it fun, it also
looks really good on your CV, which is getting
increasingly important for us. At least during
the real assessment weekend, people didn’t
get sunburnt like they did on the practice
round!
NEW RULES
The school has once again introduced the one
way staircase policy. Twyford is constantly
being improved. In Year 7 we were all choked
by the dust of Mudge block rising. Then the old
cafeteria was discarded, and A block extended.
Do you remember when we used to have
vending machines? The new cafeteria is
awesome with its stage, pretty artworks (check
out the mural I did!) everywhere, and loads of
seating space. Thank you! Unfortunately for
most, there is a queue to get in but for us there
isn’t... as we can walk straight through.
Most recently though, the back playground has
melted into parking spaces for teachers, and
the former car park plays host to cricket
teams, pat ball players and the ever popular
table tennis. I’ve never seen those tables
empty so kudos to whoever thought of that!
New uniform rules have continued to raise the
standard of our appearance. (and girls, don’t
panic if you’re stuck, Mrs Lloyd can direct you
to an outlet selling ‘school safe’ skirts.)
CHICKEN COTTAGE
Are you one of those people who sprints across
the cage with your bags above your head,
hoping to avoid any missiles from the ominous
circling sea gulls above? It’s simple guys, the
sea gulls like litter and the bins are there for
a reason. Unfortunately for Ms Hudson, the
‘’bird vermin’’ perched smugly outside our
school is not so easily binned. Even though it
isn’t open yet, teachers have been spotted
hovering around the doors of the unwelcome
chicken cottage. It will be interesting to see
how students react once it isn’t just a shiny
sign outside our gates. Will we be able to resist
the alluring scents of greasy, fat fried chicken?
Well, you don’t have a choice. If you are
wearing school uniform, Chicken Cottage is off
limits to Twyford pupils between certain hours.
Acton high kids will be laughing their socks off
at us. But just think- when they start to wobble
it will be us laughing.
FOR YEAR 11s ONLY
Keep up the good work! It’s really hard with all
the pressures looming down on us, what with
mocks and 6 th form choices coming up, and
managing the studying and socialising parts of
our lives is never easy. Unfortunately for some,
others balancing their workload means that
they have to work harder, and many year 11s
have decided that they are struggling with
extra-curricular activities. Prefects are
continuing to do a great job and there are a
few places available – something that will look
great on any 6 th form / college application. So if
you have any spare time then ask Mr Science
Smith for an application form.
Thank you for reading!
Mariko Chadwick 11T.

Congratulations
to Louise Benjamin 12S
Who recently won the
‘Ealing's Got Talent’ competition.
Her exceptional singing talent won over the judges,
and we here at Twyford are very proud of her.
She astonished audience members and judges
with her beautiful rendition of Hallelujah by
Leonard Cohen.
Louise said: "I'm so happy to have won the
competition. I was so surprised when they called
my name as there were so many other really
good acts, so when they called me I just couldn't
believe it!" Very, very well done Louise!
Next stop....
X Factor!
If you need any medical
advice or help.....
Need to leave school early?
Important procedure.....
If your son/daughter needs to leave School for a doctor’s/dental
appointment, interview or any other reason deemed as an authorised
cause for absence, it is very important that we receive a written
approval from you, so that we can allow your son/daughter to leave
the School premises.
Please ensure that your letter includes the reason that your son/
daughter has to leave school early and at what time.
Please then ensure that your son/daughter gets the letter signed and
authorised by their HOY and presents it to reception at the time
of signing out.
Many Thanks for your co-operation
Lucy Trickey
School Health Adviser
Acton Health Centre
35-61 Church road
Acton W3 8QE
020 8383-8719
07908840665
ltrickey@nhs.net
I have a dentist
appointment...eeek!

Is your child
entitled to
Free School
Meals?
To qualify parents must be in receipt of one of the
following benefits.
- Income Support
- Job Seekers Allowance (Income based)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit or Pension Credit with Child Tax Credit
and have an annual income of less than £16,040.00
- Assisted by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS)
Are you entitled to a Uniform Grant?
Only children in reception and year groups 3,5,7,9 will be
eligible for assistance. To qualify parents must be in receipt
of one of the following benefits.
- Income Support
- Job Seekers Allowance (Income based)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Incapacity benefit
- Pension Credit with Child Tax Credit and have an
annual income of less than £16,040.00
If you are already receiving either of the above, please
remember to re-apply for Academic School Year 2009-10
Please contact your school or Pupil Support Services at your
Local Authority for further assistance and information.
Completed forms, with supporting documents can now be
handed in to the school office, and the school will then
forward the form on to the London Borough of Ealing.
Twyford
Times Teaser
This month’s ‘puzzle’ involves problem-solving but also artistic ability!
The 4 by 4 grid below is shaded in such a way that if you rotate it
through 180 degrees you obtain the same pattern except that black
squares have become white squares and vice versa.
This month’s task is to use a 6 x 6
grid and create the best looking
design that also obeys the rule
that it looks the same upside
down apart from the black and
white squares swapping over.
(If there are a lot of entries,
I will ask the Art Dept for their
opinion!)
The winner this month, as ever, will win a puzzle book,
but your entry must be submitted to me, Mr. Palfreyman,
by Friday 27 th November.
GOOD LUCK!
PTFA 2nd
Hand Uniform
Most items of school uniform available.
PE Kit for Years 9-11 is available but
we currently do not have any for
Years 7 & 8.
Uniform can be purchased from Valerie
Drake at Reception during break or
lunch time on Tuesday, Wednesday
or Friday.
Contact Val Drake on 0208 7520141
Ext 2042 during school hours on the
above days.

YEAR 11 MOCK EXAMINATION STUDENT TIMETABLE 2009
DAY 8.45AM 11.30AM 1.30PM
Monday 7 th Dec English
135min
Tuesday 8 th Dec Maths
120min
Wed 9 th Dec Science 120min
3x30min
Thursday 10 th Dec Maths
120min
Friday 11 th Dec Citizenship
90min
Monday 14 th Dec German 50min
Spanish 50min
Tuesday 15 th Dec Art all day
Wed 16 th Dec ICT
Applied Art all day
Yr10 Science
3x20min
Thursday 17 th Dec Art all day
Applied Art all day
ICT
Music practical
MFL 60 min (11.45am)
Music practical
Triple science
60min
French 50min
P.E.105min
Statistics (yr10) 120min
Music practical
(MFL CLASHES)
History
105min
Electronics, Graphics
Food Textiles. 120min
Music 90min (CR)
History 60min 2.00pm start
11.00AM
Geography
75min
Science 70min
3x20min
ICT ICT
Art all day
Applied Art all day
ICT
R.E. yr10+resits
90min
(DT/DT/MUSIC CLASHES 1.30 CR)
Business
Studies
120min
(RE Business trip clash only 120 min)
RE yr10&resits
120min
Art all day
Applied Art all day
All exams will take place in the Sports hall or the community room except the language listening exams which will be in the
performance centre or MFL classrooms. ICT will be in the appropriate classrooms
Times listed above are exam start times. You must be lined up on the playground at 8.25AM or 11.10AM or 1.15PM or 20 minutes
before the start of the appropriate exam
Ensure you have all the equipment you will need for each exam. This should include 3 BLACK pens, a pencil, ruler and anything which
is subject specific eg. maths equipment, colouring pens. This should be contained in a see through pencil case or clear plastic bag.
No food or sweets are permitted, only water may be brought to drink and should have a suck through bottle top and no label
ICT

PE DEPARTMENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Graduate Teacher Programme – Physical Education
Twyford Church of England High School is seeking to appoint a Graduate Teacher Trainee to work in the PE
department for September 2010.
Rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, we are a popular and very successful mixed 11-18 school situated in the
London Borough of Ealing. We are looking for a colleague who is passionate about PE and recognises its
importance in student development.
We are looking for a motivated and inspiring graduate who is willing to work hard and be part of our future
development. The successful candidate would be expected to fully contribute to a thriving extra curricular
programme and coach one or more of our championship winning teams. The ability to coach rugby and/or
basketball would be an advantage, but is not necessary.
The successful candidate will receive assistance with the application process and mentoring from an
innovative and dedicated department with experience in training graduates to an exceptional level.
Upon completing the GTP, the successful candidate will be fully prepared for an extremely rewarding
career in teaching.
Part Time Qualified Sports Coaches
Twyford Church of England High School is seeking to appoint a number of qualified sports coaches to work
multiple afternoon sessions and assist with the coaching and organisation of our sports teams.
Rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, we are a popular and very successful mixed 11-18 school situated in the
London Borough of Ealing. We have a thriving PE department and sport is extremely popular amongst
students.
Rugby and Netball are considered to be strengths; however the school has also experienced recent success
with Basketball, Hockey and Football. The PE department is aiming to expand the extra curricular offer
further by providing quality coaching in Rugby, Fencing, Table Tennis, Football and Basketball.
In the first instance, please contact James Cherrington (Head of PE) on extension 3401 to discuss these
posts. You can outline your experience, coaching qualifications, availability and expected remuneration.
James Cherrington
Head of Physical Education
Twyford Church of England High School
Twyford Crescent
Acton
W3 9PP
0208 752 0141 x 3401
jcherrington@twyford.ealing.sch.uk

PARENTPAY...THE WAY TO GO!
We urge you to use www.parentpay.com for all payments that are due to school. The benefits are huge:
· Very safe, efficient and effective
· Payment history is available
· Payments received immediately – therefore not relying on the dreaded pupil post
· Receipts are issued
· Email addresses are stored for future contact use
· New system in place before cheque books are phased out
It will only take two seconds to email a new username/password to you if you have lost the original.
If you have any queries or concerns please feel free to contact me any time at: -
cslack@twyford.ealing.sch.uk
Thank you
Catherine Slack
Private Fund Administrator
TWYFORD CHURCH OF ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL
PROPOSED TERM DATES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 2009 - 2010
AUTUMN TERM 2009
Thursday 3rd September to Friday 18th December 2009
Christmas Holidays Monday 21st December 2009 to Friday 1st January 2010
SPRING TERM 2010
Monday 4th January 2010 to Thursday 1st April 2010
HALF TERM Monday 15th February to Friday 19th February 2010
Easter Holidays Friday 2nd April to Friday 16th April 2010
SUMMER TERM 2010
Monday 19th April 2010 to Wednesday 21st July 2010
May Day Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2010
HALF TERM Monday 31st May to Friday 4th June 2010
END OF ACADEMIC YEAR 2009 - 2010 WEDNESDAY 21st JULY 2010
Please make a note of these dates and avoid booking family trips and/or holiday during these
times as any such absences will not be authorised. THANK YOU
Twyford Church of England High School � Twyford Crescent � Acton � London � W3 9PP
Tel: 020 8752 0141 � Fax: 020 8993 7627 � E-mail: office@twyford.ealing.sch.uk � Website: www.twyford.ealing.sch.uk
DESIGN: CATHERINE O’LOUGHLIN