HIGHLIGHTS

The Christmas Carol service on Monday evening at Holy Trinity Church in Sunningdale was a lovely festive occasion.  It was fantastic to hear the students singing and playing once again.  Thank you to all who came along.  It certainly helped to start the festive season for those in attendance.

This week also saw the students having their Christmas lunch in the Dining Hall, over 800 students sat down with their friends over the two days to enjoy a delicious Christmas lunch with crackers as well.  It was lovely to see them all sitting down chatting away and sharing very poor jokes from the crackers.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

TRAFFIC AND CAR PARK

I appreciate that it has been cold but could I remind drivers to be considerate when picking up and dropping off around the local area.   We have recently had a couple of near misses where drivers are impatience or park in inconsiderate places around the local area on the roads and also in the Leisure Centre car park.

During cold weather we do our up most to make sure that designated paths and roadways are gritted.  The Leisure Centre car park is not an area that we have the resources to grit.  As such, if you drive in to the car park after very cold weather or snow you need to make sure you drive in a way that is commensurate with the conditions.

COPPER COINS NEEDED

Do you have any copper coins lying around the house? The Maths department is looking for donations of 1p and 2p coins so that students can take part in the TRADING GAME in the new year.

The Trading Game is played with a large number of students and begins to teach them about the effect on prices of supply and demand by emulating a very basic stock exchange.  Students start the game with two trading cards (each representing a commodity) and no money.  They are given 30 minutes to buy and sell their commodities at the six trading stations with the aim of making as much money as possible. Not all commodities are sold at all trading stations and as stock supplies change in each location, the prices fluctuate. 

We played this game with Year 7 students during last summer's Maths Day  and it was a great success.  We use real copper coins in the stock exchanges as the easiest way to keep track of which students are raising the most money by their trading abilities and are looking for a stock of coins so that we can play the game with more year groups.

If you can support this initiative we would be really grateful and students can give the coins to their Maths teachers during Maths lessons in the new year. Thank you.

NEWS

Click on the images below to read this week's news stories.

Find out which House donated the most items

Discover more about the inclusive group for all students

A Level Economics students welcomed guest speaker Victor Chukwuemeka to Charters and benefitted from his refreshing talk

These are just some of the things that have taken place this week at Charters.  Take a look through our social media using these buttons to discover many more.

NOTICES

CAN YOU CRACK THE CODE?

Students are being challenged to put their codebreaking skills to the test in a festive brainteaser set by the UK's intelligence agency GCHQ.

The puzzle features on a Christmas card sent by Sir Jeremy Fleming, director of the Cheltenham-based spy agency and secondary school students across the country are trying to crack the code!

If you fancy having a go, click on the image below:

CHRISTMAS DRAW

Thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising campaigns this term. We are acutely aware that budgets are being stretched as the cost-of-living crisis continues and we are truly humbled by the support we have received from parents, carers and our wider school community.

Our Virtual Christmas Draw raised £2070 which this year will be set aside to help our Art & Design Departments. Thank you to a very kind family, Sunninghill Carpets and Flooring, Berkeley Homes and the Berystede Hotel and Spa who sponsored the prizes this year.

WISH LISTS

Thank you for supporting our Wish Lists. 

The annual Wish List campaign has so far raised £2244.98, which is truly amazing! Wishes have been granted across the school, from tennis balls for the PE department to sets of ‘class readers’ for the English department. The lists will close on 4 January, so should you still want to contribute to this initiative you have a few more weeks in which to do so.

A complete list of ‘Wishes’ can be viewed here. Thank you and merry Christmas.

UNIFORM DONATIONS

We would be grateful to receive donations of navy school jumpers, girls' blazers, lower and upper school ties and black trousers.

Please ask your child fto bring any donated uniform to Mrs Welham's office which is ii the Sixth Form block.  Go up the stairs and turn left.  Many thanks.

PE SUCCESS THIS TERM

Our love of sport at Charters never falters and this term we have seen our teams compete in a variety of competitions. Please note that our Netball and Hockey league tables have not yet been released.

YEAR 7

TEAM	SPORTING  NEWS
Boys Football	Reached the National Cup 3rd round
Girls Football	Reached the National Cup 2nd round
Boys Cross Country	County winners  & Regional finalist
Girls Cross Country	County winners  & Regional finalist
Boys Rugby	Blue Coat U12 Rugby Festival - 2nd place in play-off group

YEAR 8

TEAM	SPORTING  NEWS
Boys Football	Reached the National Cup 3rd round
Boys Cross Country	County winners  & Regional finalist
Girls Cross Country	County winners  & Regional finalist
Boys Rugby	Chobham Festival - 2nd place

YEAR 9

TEAM	SPORTING  NEWS
Boys Football	Reached the National Cup 2nd round
Girls Football	Reached the National Cup 2nd round/ 9th at Goals Festival
Boys Rugby	Reached the County Cup 2nd round

YEAR 10

TEAM	SPORTING  NEWS
Boys Football	Played  in National Cup  6th round - tournament ongoing

YEAR 11

TEAM	SPORTING  NEWS
Boys Football	Reached the National Cup 3rd round
Girls Football	Reached the National Cup 3rd round
Boys Basketball	undefeated so far in 2 matches and top of the league
Boys Handball	Won 1 from 1 and top of the division so far
Girls Handball	Won 1 from 1 and top of the division so far
Girls Netball	Finished in top 10 at County Tournament

YEAR 12/13

TEAM	SPORTING  NEWS
Boys Football	Reached the National Cup 2nd round/ won first round of County Cup and go on to  the next round

SUPPORT OVER THE HOLIDAYS

We just want to flag a key piece of information ahead of the Christmas break so that you are able to access appropriate support over the holidays where necessary.

CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFEGUARDING CONCERNS

• NSPCC – Helping Adults Protect Children
• Contact Children’s Services in your local authority

EXAM REVISION TIPS & MANAGING STRESS

• Young Minds Parents Helpline

MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING

• Young Minds- Mental health and wellbeing – for parents
• Teen Mental Health - A Guide for Parents
• Voice collective- support for parents
• Harmless- information about self harm
• Information on suicide and self harm for parents
• NSPCC- Advice for parents on why children self harm
• Barnados – See, Hear, Respond Hub
• Mind – for better mental health

ALCOHOL AND DRUGS

• FRANK- Worried about a child? Advice for parents and carers
• NHS – Better Health service for quitting smoking
• Al Anon – family groups to support alcoholism

BULLYING & ONLINE SAFETY

• Childnet- Information for parents and carers
• Vodafone- Digital parenting
• Also remember National Online Safety which you can sign up to for free using our school as your reference

RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUAL HEALTH

• Domestic violence- Information and Advice
• Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA)
• Against Violence and Abuse
• White Ribbon campaign
• NHS – Talking to your teenager about sex
• Stonewall – Coming out, advice and guidance for parents
• FFLAG – Support for parents of children from the LGBT community
• Forced Marriage Unit

OTHER TOPICS

• Thames Valley Police – Advice and Information
• NHS 111 Non Emergency Health Service
• Beat – Support for eating disorders

Another fantastic resource is the hub of hope (https://hubofhope.co.uk/)where you can find a range of support services in your local area.

As always feel free to contact your child’s Head of Year or email worried@chartersschool.org.uk if you have any concerns and we will be in touch at the start of next term to arrange support as appropriate.

VACANCIES

Are you looking for part time work and would like to join our school community.  If so, take a look at our new vacancy for an Exams Invigilator, details of which can be found here. 

To view all the current vacancies at Charters, please click for the Vacancies page.

COMMUNITY

Additionally this activity sheet may be useful to help convey the message to younger siblings or friends: STAYWISE WATER SAFETY IN WINTER

HOPE CHURCH FOOD BANK 

An extra date has been added to the Hope Church Food Bank .  It is now available on 20 December.

 

 

 

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