I must start by praising our Year 11 students for completing their mock exams this week. Whilst not very glamorous, they are a hugely important milestone on the way to successfully sitting GCSE exams in the summer. The feedback from Ms Newman, Mr Styles and the whole exams team, with regard to how the girls have approached the mocks and managed themselves across the two weeks, has been exceptionally positive – so ‘well done’ ladies! 

I am also grateful for Year 13 Parents and Carers for attending Parents’ Evening last night, as our oldest students gear up for their A Level examinations. 

I must also thank all the girls who put themselves forward for consideration to be part of our next Senior Prefect Team and for the positions of Head Girls. Mrs Mariner and Miss Canessa have led a wonderfully thoughtful and at times gruelling process, but it has been a delight to witness that so many of our girls want to take on leadership positions, and want to help to make a difference and affect change, both at Rosebery and in the wider community. We look forward to unveiling the new appointments in assemblies across the week and then in Rosebery News. 

However, the incumbent Senior Prefect Team are still going strong and I am delighted that, following on from RAG Week, they are launching a Donation Drive for Epsom Pantry, as we all begin to gear up for Christmas. This initiative has been framed as a House Competition which will run from Monday 2 December to Friday 13 December to help further stock Epsom Pantry, both during the festive period and into January. Please check out the latest SPT video below, which spotlights their recent visit to Epsom Pantry. 

Please be advised that our Term Dates for 2025-26 have now been updated and will be uploaded onto the School Website. For convenience, they are also accessible via the THIS LINK.

Finally, as you will be aware, our Parent Voice Survey remains open until Monday, so if you are able to complete it, we’d be hugely grateful. Please click the link HERE to access the survey.

Have a lovely weekend everyone. 

Lisa Higgins - PSA Chair

The Art department would like to remind students that our annual Christmas Card competition which is open to all students from each year group is still open until Friday 6 December. The winning entry will feature on the 2024 Rosebery School Christmas Card. Your design must be handed in to the Art department.

RULES

• All entries must be emailed to lrc@roseberyschool.co.uk on the day the question has been posted.

• On each day there will be a draw and one lucky person will win a book voucher.

• There is a book prize for the runner-up (from a selection in the library)

• There is a limit of one voucher and one book prize per person

• There are 12 questions in total. The first one will be posted on 1 December, the second one on the 2 December and so on.

Good luck!

Mrs Spencer - LRH Manager

Mrs Rathore - Maths Teacher

Rosebery Christmas Carol Concert – Monday 16th December, 7pm, Main Hall

Featuring a variety of our musical ensembles and choirs, GCSE Music students, Christmas readings, congregational carols and refreshments served by the PSA from 6:15pm.

Congratulations to Jasmine Z 9MY who has been accepted into the National Children’s Youth Choir, well done Jasmine!

Congratulations to Mia P 10EY who is a percussionist with the Sutton Youth Symphony Orchestra. By the time you read this, Mia will have performed at the Royal Albert Hall in the Music for Youth Proms, good luck Mia! More information about the event can be found here: https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2024/music-for-youth-proms/ 

Congratulations to our performers from last week, which featured Year 10 GCSE students taking over Friday Live! They were Harmony T, Tanya C, Annabelle C, Anna M, Amaaya, Mia P, Molly M, Poppy M & Zitta O. If your daughter would like to perform in a Friday Live, please email Mr Holloway ( dholloway1@glfschools.org ).

Congratulations to the rest of the Year 10 GCSE Music class who performed really well last Thursday evening in our first concert of the year: Erin A, Annabelle C, Katie C, Jenny H, Merryn H, Grace K, Ella P, Susannah R, Heidi R, Tilly S, Orla U, Elle W, Alvina W, Jasmine W, Emily W and Chloe Y.

We are very fortunate at Rosebery to have a fabulous team of peripatetic music teachers. Please click HERE to find out more information if you are interested in getting lessons for your daughter. Each week I am featuring one of the team. This week I am featuring Miss Walshaw, one of our string teachers at Rosebery: 

In an exciting Year 10 netball match, our team secured a solid 15-6 victory. Despite facing a challenging situation in the final quarter with one player down, the girls held their ground and showed great resilience. The team worked seamlessly, maintaining strong defense and effective shooting to keep the lead. Yasmin K, Aaliyah Zaina -R, Maddy C and Luisa H contributed with excellent interceptions and strategic passes, ensuring they finished the game with a well-deserved win. Overall, it was a great display of teamwork and determination, even under pressure. Massive congratulations to the Y9 players who played up; Maisy R, Evelyn W and India R. Esher voted Hannah T as their player of the match and Miss Elms voted for Aaliyah - Zaina R. Well done everyone! 

Wellbeing Café 

The Wellbeing Café will be held for all students on Friday 6 December in the Main Hall at 1.10pm to 2.00pm. Students will have the opportunity to engage in craft and chat to Wellbeing Ambassadors, whilst having a hot chocolate and a cookie.

We are very proud of the Year 11s who have conducted themselves brilliantly during their mock examinations. Additionally, many congratulations to the students below who have been nominated this week.  

Year 8 

Mrs Dacey has nominated Grace B and Drew M 8MX and Kimberley K and Lydia S 8CX who have displayed their fantastic enthusiasm and commitment to art lessons since the start of the school year and have produced excellent painted landscape outcomes—an impressive achievement! Mrs Miller has nominated Grace G 8PX for bringing the sound lesson to life by measuring the decibels of noises on an app on her watch and telling the class how it worked! She always has endless enthusiasm every lesson. Mrs Callaghan has nominated Isla R, Jasmine P and Juno B in 8MY for their excellent History research notes, Isla L 8MY for her thoughtful History source work, Moriah Q and Amelia T 8PX for their thoughtful History source analysis, Emily M and Sarah M 8PX for their high quality independent History work, Sarina A, Zara C, Eva C, Annabelle C and Hailey L 8PX for their effective History evaluation work and Alexa H, Chloe B, Aimee L and Millie Y 8MY, Alice M, Sarah M and Sarina A 8PX for their brave and thoughtful delegate work in the Model UN on biodiversity.  

Year 9 

Miss Elms has nominated Evelyn W 9CX, Maisy 9EX and India R 9CY for their outstanding dedication and skill whilst playing for the Year 10 netball team, consistently demonstrating leadership, excellent court awareness, and a commitment to teamwork that elevated the performance of the entire squad in Tuesday's fixture. Mr Holloway has nominated Jasmine Z 9MY for her fantastic achievement of getting into the National Youth Choir. Well done Jasmine!  

Year 10 

Mrs Jones has nominated Amelia B 10PY for her extra research into ways people attempted to cross the Berlin Wall which she then delivered to the rest of her Year 10 History class - diagrams and all! Mrs Callaghan has nominated Jenna H 10EX, Yasmin N 10CX and Aaliyah - Zaina R 10EY for their super debating in UK Parliament Week and Miss Godwin has nominated Rosie M and Amelie D-P 10EX, Melina A, Phoebe C and Merryn H, Jemima S and Hannah T 10CX for their fantastic effort and excellent contributions to Biology lessons. 

Sixth Form 

Mrs Royall has nominated Aqsa A 12E, Sarafina B and Jess T 12A, Emma G, Lauren L, Alice T and Marta N 12B for the outstanding effort they have put into their homework on coordinate Geometry. Mrs Fogarty has nominated Issy Carter 13A, Evie B and Ella B 13D, Lucie G 13C, Amy L-F 13E, Sasha M, Areeza Z and Mia W 13B for their excellent reflection and upskilling of their recent Psychology mock exam.  Mrs Callaghan has nominated Tom C 12F, Janusha G, Nisheli K, Beatrice O, Evie T, Rosamund P 12H and Emely P 12C for their outstanding leadership and organisation of UK Parliament Week 2024  and Rubie C 13E for her engagement and participation in UK Parliament Week.