2014 Summer Term - Wilson`s School

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Wilson’s Update
Issue 294 25 April 2014
FOUNDER’S DAY - 4 APRIL 2014
On the last day of term before the Easter break, the school celebrated Founder’s Day with a special service in the main hall. Musical
items included brass fanfares composed by Robert Cochrane and
Old Wilsonian Sam Leggett, and a flute piece by Bach played by
Daniel Jacob-Ormson. The Head gave an inspiring address about
the move from Camberwell to Sutton and Mr Lissimore pondered
with us the meaning of the school hymn. Proceedings were given a
real flourish with a dazzling rifle drill performed by the CCF.
It is now 399 years since Edward Wilson, vicar of Camberwell, set
up his grammar school for the poor boys of his parish. Plans are
already being made for next year’s quatercentenary, which will be
an epoch-defining moment in the history of the school.
Dates for your Diary
28 April
28 April
28 April
30 April
1 May
Young Musician of the Year Final (7.00 p.m.)
Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30 p.m.)
Prayer Group (8.00 p.m.) - all parents welcome
Composers’ Evening (7.00 p.m.)
Junior Maths Challenge
1 May 2 MaY
Year 7 Parents’ Evening (4.00 p.m.)
PFA Year 9 Cake Sale (after school)
3 May 5 May
8 May
CCF Junior Range Weekend
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Wilson’s Got Talent (lunchtime)
9 May
Y11 and Y12 Study Leave Begins
MARATHON NEWS
Mr Englefield completed the London Marathon in a very impressive time of
03:45:37 – 5 minutes quicker than he managed in 2004. However he was just
beaten to the finish line by retired England footballer Michael Owen!
He would like to thank all of the staff, students and parents for helping him
raise £3566.02 for the Lily Foundation.
SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERS
We are currently collecting “Active Kids 2014” vouchers from Sainsbury’s. These vouchers can be exchanged for sports equipment and we
are hoping that if we collect sufficient vouchers we will be able to order:
Footballs, Cricket bats and balls, Basketballs, Table-tennis bats and balls, Badminton rackets and shuttlecocks, Tennis rackets and balls,
Athletics equipment and Volleyballs
Our target is to collect 25,000 vouchers (our record was collecting 34,000 in 2009) so if you shop at Sainsbury’s please don’t forget to ask for
your Active Kids vouchers (one for every £10 spent) and lets see if together we can collect enough to give the school as much of the equipment above as possible.
Please note vouchers are only being issued until 21 May this year. There is a collection box on reception for you and/or your son to put your
vouchers in. Many thanks for your support.
HOW TO AVOID SOME COMMON MISTAKES IN WRITTEN ENGLISH
It is vital that students write clearly and accurately in all their subjects (all students are welcome at handwriting club on Tuesday lunch
times). With examinations fast approaching, now is a good time to be reminded of some common errors to avoid.
This week: ‘Practice’ or ‘practise’?
The noun is spelled with a ‘c’ (Have you done your piano practice?’) and the verb with an ‘s’ (‘I am going to practise the piano this evening’).
This is the same for the words ‘licence’ (noun) and ‘license’ (verb).
NOTICES
WILSON’S GOT TALENT - COMING SOON..........
If you want to take part please see Mrs Gill in F4 at lunchtimes
either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS
Just a reminder to all boys that there are quite a few library books
that were due back before the Easter holidays that have not yet
been returned and there are a lot more that will become overdue
this Friday (25 April).
We have 5 boxes of brand new books all ready to be loaned to
students but we need the ooverdue books back before putting
the new books out. Please make a big effort this week so that the
new books can be put on display soon!
House Points have now been allocated to those of you who donated books last term. Adam Parke in 13B received a £10 Amazon
voucher as he brought in so many fantastic books but we are very
grateful to all of you who made the effort.
Mrs Cowell (Librarian)
IF YOU WENT ON THE TURKEY TRIP OVER HALF
-TERM, READ ON
For all participants in the Turkey trip, send your photos of interesting and important scenes to Mr Lawson, who will judge the best
ones for inclusion in the next newsletter and for display. The best
photos will be awarded a prize, likely to be edible – chocolate in
fact.
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES
CLASSICS CLUB
Takes place on Wednesdays at 1.15 p.m. in Room 5 (with free
chocolate), or come earlier and eat lunch there. Volunteers to
talk about anything vaguely Classical, perhaps to give a slideshow or show a video as well are most welcome. See Mr Lawson
in Room 5.
Anyone needing help with Latin or Classics should go to Room 5
on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes for the general Latin help
club.
CHESS CLUB
All pupils are welcome to attend the lunchtime club (Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday). Those who aspire to play chess for the
school are encouraged to also attend on Wednesday after school
from 3.30 to 5.00 p.m. In all cases the meetings are in F12 in the
Maths Department, and further information can be obtained
from Dr Cooper: ([email protected])
BUSINESS STUDIES & ECONOMICS CLUB
Available every Wednesday lunchtime (13.05 -14.00) for advice
and help on how to improve your subject knowledge or exam
technique in Business Studies and Economics. You may need
help with homework or simply a quiet place to study where
assistance is conveniently on hand. See Mr Ormonde in 6F3. No
topic too ‘big’ or ‘small’!
COMPUTER CLUBS
Year 10 and 11 coursework on Monday in F4 with Mrs Gill
Year 7 drop in Mondays C2 Mr Wallace
Scratch club for Year 7s on Tuesday in F5 with Mr Poole.
A Level computing and AS ICT can use the following room at lunchtime (1.15 - 1.50) to do their coursework:
Monday F4
Mrs Gill
Tuesday F5
Mrs Gill or Mr Wallace
Wednesday F4
Mrs Gill
NEW WILSON’S GeogSoc
MATHS CHALLENGE CLUB
This club is for anyone in years 8 - 13 who enjoys the challenge
of tough maths problems to solve. For the summer term maths
challenge club is run for pupils in years 7 to 10. It will include looking at past Junior Maths Challenge and Olympiad questions, as well
as interesting games and puzzles.
The club takes place on Wednesday lunchtimes in F12.
MANDARIN CLUB
Mandarin club has started again on Wednesdays after school in
Room 14.
Are you interested in all things Geographical? If so, then this is the
place for you! Run by the Lower Sixth, every Tuesday Week A we
will be exploring different geographical ideas from 1315 to 1350 in
Room 24. Please come along to Rm 24 with your lunch every Tuesday, see you there!
HOTT CLUB
Hordes of the Things club meets in room 5 every Friday; miniatures
war gaming with simple rules. Armies and advice provided (if wanted). Terrain boards available. Possibility of a large multi-command
battle in the future if enough interest is shown.
HANDWRITING CLUB IS BACK!
DEBATE CLUB
Debate club runs every Monday lunchtime in Room 16. Please see
Mrs Guy with any questions.
Don’t let your handwriting get in the way of achieving good grades!
If teachers struggle to read your handwriting, then examiners will
too. It’s not too late to improve your handwriting!
Come to handwriting club on Tuesday lunch times, in room 10, with
Miss Lambert.
GEOGRAPHY COMPETITION - WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THIS?
Congratulations to last edition’s winner, Varun Jain, 7H who correctly
identified the image as Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National
Park, USA, North America. Please come and collect your Golden
Ticket from Mr Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this
correct! On to this week’s competition:
On to this week’s competition! Where in the world is this (include
the name of the landmark and the name of the town and country)?
Simply email the information to ADS@... and the first person with the
correct answer wins! Get thinking.
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
HOMEWORK SUPPORT - 1.10 - 1.50 P.M.
Wed A: C1
Mon B: C1
Fri A: C1
Thurs B: C1
PFA NEWS
NEXT PFA CAR BOOT SALE
On Sunday 11 May the PFA are holding their next Car Boot Sale.
Gates open at 8:15 for buyers and entry is just £1 (50p for under-16’s). There will be a wide range of stalls selling old books,
music, antiques and more, as well as refreshments and cakes
baked by the PFA.
If you are interested in selling at the Car Boot Sale a plot costs
£10 and there’s no need to prebook. You can find out more
information on the new website (http://www.wilsonsschool.
sutton.sch.uk/information/carboot/index.html) or by emailing
[email protected].
Car Boot Sale Volunteers
Can you give us just one hour of your time at one of the five car
boot sales we’re holding this summer? The PFA need volunteers
to help greet sellers and buyers and sell refreshments. You don’t
need any previous experience and you can stay and shop after
you’re finished. Please contact Sacha Marsac ([email protected] / 020 8773 2931 x. 168) if you would like to
find out more.
2014 Car Boot Sale Dates
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Sunday 11 May
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Sunday 1 June
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Sunday 20 July
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Sunday 14 September
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Sunday 12 October
WILSON’S VS. OLD WILSONIANS RUGBY MATCH
On Wednesday Wilson’s played the Old Wilsonians at rugby for
the first ever time, with the Old Boys scoring in the last minutes
to win 24-29.
The Old Wilsonians started with a good spell of possession but
couldn’t make it count and Mr Chappell carried the ball over the
line for the school for the first score of the match. Wilson’s soon
went 12-0 ahead thanks to a Nick Gikas try before Nathan Okusi
powered through the line to get the first points on the board for
the Old Wilsonians. As the two teams settled in to the game the
quality lifted and by half time the scores stood at 19-17.
After a quick switch of ends Dylan Craig scored and suddenly the
Old Boys were ahead 19-22. In the second half both teams tired,
which opened up space all over the pitch and Chris Mallet went
on a superb winding run that sadly didn’t end with points on the
board for Wilson’s. Soon afterwards though the school found
more space behind the Old Boys’ line and Mr Chappell sped into
it and was just able to control the ball, putting the school back in
the driving seat: 24-22.
Going in to the last ten minutes of the match the school were
just ahead and it looked like they might hold on. Sadly it wasn’t
to be, as the Old Boys shoved over the line and the referee
judged that Adam Vallance had grounded the ball. With the
conversion successfully tucked away the Old Boys had some
daylight and were just able to see the match out, finishing 24-29
winners.
Congratulations to all of the boys who played for the school. It
was a highly competitive game and they had chances to win, but
just ran out of time in the end. Thanks to Mr Chappell, Mr Clark
and Mr Dicker who all pulled on the school jerseys and thanks
to all of the Old Wilsonians who came back to the school to play.
As rugby takes off at Wilson’s this will become a regular annual
fixture, so keep an eye out for next year’s fixture.
To read a full match report please head to www.wilsonsalumni.
org.uk, where you can also see photographs from the game.
For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.
SPORTS NEWS
CRICKET FIXTURES
BADMINTON NEWS
A fantastic result by both teams to reach this year’s National
schools’ badminton competition semi-final.
Saturday 26 April - Wilson’s vs. Whitgift
U14A
Home
U14B
Home
U15A
Home
1st XI
Away
Over 2500 schools started in the competition but only 6 play in
the Final.
The U.14 team won all of their matches comfortably to reach
the final and should be in with a chance of a medal this year.
Strong performances by all players saw Wilson’s through and in
particular from Zhi Ping Lim who played at number 1 in all the
matches .
Monday 28 April - Wilson’s vs. Wallington Boys’
U15A
Home
U15B
Home
Tuesday 29 April - Wilson’s vs. KCS Wimbledon
U12D
Home
U12E
Home
U12A
Away
U12B
Away
U12C
Away
U12D
Away
U13A
Away
U13B
Away
U13C
Away
The U.16 team had a tough competition and lost their final
match 2-3 which meant that they missed out on the final on the
strength of one game where they lost by one point. This was
hard to take, but this is a team which has performed at their
best to reach the semi-final and did remarkably well this year in
all matches.
The final will be played in Nottingham on 10 May and we wish
the boys every success.
Wednesday 30 April - Wilson’s vs. Wallington Boys’
1st XI
Home
2nd XI
Away
Friday 2 May - Wilson’s vs. John Fisher
U12A
Home
U12B
Home
APRIL PFA 100 CLUB DRAW WINNERS
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
£77.50
£46.50
£31.00
Susan Gauge
Richard Spaull
Manjeet Lundh
Congratulations to our prize winners this month.
If you would like to join the 100 club with the possibility of winning
a prize each month you can obtain an application form by emailing
the PFA: [email protected] or see Wilson’s website under
PFA.
Non Sibi Sed Omnibus
Wilson’s Update
Issue 295 2 May 2014
HOUSE MUSIC, GRAND FINALE 2014
On Monday of this week, the House Music Grand Finale took place
and it was an amazing evening of music. The guest adjudicator, Mr
Matthew Scrivener (Leader of the English National Ballet Orchestra),
commented that he was amazed at the standard of the boys, many
of whom he said were virtually at a professional standard, and
found it really difficult to choose between the performers. In the
end he decided on the following results:
Senior (Year 10-13):
1st: Michael Ahearn, 11C
2nd: Oliver De Carteret, L6 and
Timothy Cheng, 11B
3rd: Harry Perkin, L6 and
Daniel Jacob-Ormson, 11H
Highly Commended: Linden Hogarth, L6 and Satchit Srikanth, U6
Junior (Year 7-9):
1st: Isuru Jayasekera, 9B
2nd: Gautam Vyas, 9C
3rd: Samuel Smith, 8B
Highly Commended:
Sajurran Raguseelan, 9C and
Peter Wales, 7H
Congratulations to them all for their efforts, and to everyone’s hardwork and talent in producing an amazing evening!
2 May CCF Junior Range Weekend (leaves
after school)
5 May
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
8 May
Wilson’s Got Talent (lunchtime)
9 May
12 May
16 May
Public Exams begin
Y9 Geography Fieldtrip (Herne Bay)
16 May
PFA Pop Up Restaurant and Wine Tasting Evening
21 May
26 - 30 May
9 June
Junior Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.)
HALF-TERM
Y12 return to school
9 June
Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop
9 June
Prayer Group Meeting (8.00 p.m.) all parents
welcome
11 June
Pianists’ Evening (7.00 p.m.)
26 June
Open Evening
27 June
Book Return for Y11 and Y13
Year 12 Geographers complete university module
Last term, four Year 12 Geography students Jonathan D’Rozario, Alex Cole,
Mathew Hyatt and Harrison Coninx, along with Mrs Prestney, completed
an online university module on Climate Change. The module was run by
Exeter University. Each week they were presented with different aspects
of climate change, including the history of climate change, the effects of
climate change on natural systems, potential solutions and future predictions. At the end of each week they were assessed on the relevant topic
with an online test. What was particularly useful was the relevance of the
course to higher education. They had to watch weekly online lectures and
were also challenged to develop new skills such as article research and
graph making, as well as presenting and participating in discussions within
forums. The skills learnt will be invaluable at university, and the challenging
information and tests were an exciting insight into Geography at degree
level and beyond.
Wilson’s second in National Final
Wilson’s Chess team being presented with their trophies by chess
grandmaster Professor Jonathan Mestel, Maths lecturer at Imperial
College.
Wilson’s Chess team achieved their best ever result by coming second in
a National Final. On Wednesday 23 April they played in the National Final
of Team Chess Challenge at Imperial College in London. The team of
Adam Taylor (L6), Philip Knott (L6), Tharshan Kuhendiran (8G) and Pavan
Murali (L6) won four, drew one and lost one of their six matches. On
board 1 Adam Taylor scored an outstanding 5½ out of 6, whilst on board
3 Tharshan Kuhendiran scored 4½.
Before the main tournament, the school team played in a simultaneous match against the British Chess Champion, Chess Grandmaster David Howell, who was playing ten games at the same time. The Wilson’s
team fought well before eventually being the last team to lose.
The Wilson’s team finally admitting defeat against the British Chess
Champion, David Howell.
NOTICES
UP TO DATE CONTACT DETAILS
Please make sure that if you have recently moved, changed your
mobile or house numbers or changed your employment address,
you have given the school office the correct details. This information is extremely important particularly if your son is taken ill and
we need to contact you urgently.
WILSONIAN PHOTO BOOK
The new Wilsonian photo book (for the last academic year 2012/13)
is now available free as an online edition from the school website.
High quality print copies can also be ordered at £30 each.
How To Avoid Some Common Mistakes in Written English
This week: ‘affect’ or ‘effect’?
‘Affect’ is the verb; ‘effect’ is the noun. For example: “The poem affected me very deeply”; “The poet creates clever effects through her use of
figurative language”.
Use the ‘RAVEN’ mnemonic to help you remember: Remember Affect is the Verb and Effect is the Noun.
Christopher Tower Poetry Prize
Two Wilson’s students, Lewis Harrington and Alastair Prince, had their
poems longlisted for the Christopher Tower Poetry Prize run by Christ
Church College, Oxford. Congratulations to both students, who should
be very proud of their achievement.
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Vardaan Bhasin 7C who correctly identified the image as Old Trafford Stadium, which is home
ground for Manchester United in Manchester, England, UK. Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct! On to this week’s competition:
Onto this week’s competition! Where in the world is this (include the name of the landmark and the name of the town and country)?
Simply email the information to ADS@... and the first person with the correct answer wins! Get thinking.
HOMEWORK SUPPORT - 1.10 1.50 P.M.
Wed A: C1
Fri A: C1
Mon B: C1
Thurs B: C1 Issue 295 2 May 2014
CLASSICS CLUB
COMPUTER CLUBS
in Room 5.
A Level computing and AS ICT can use the following room at
lunchtime (1.15 - 1.50) to do their coursework:
club.
CHESS CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
DEBATE CLUB
Monday F4
Tuesday F5
Wednesday F4
Mrs Gill
Mrs Gill
HOTT CLUB
Miss Lambert.
HOTT Report - Friday 25 April
Desert People vs Volcanic People
Players: Ezra (me), Volcanic Army
Edward, Desert Army
In Turn 1 both armies moved forward and manoeuvred into position. In the Desert Turn 2 Edward moved his Artillery and Behemoth
forward on my left flank and his Artillery and Magician forward on my right flank. Edward kept his spears where they were, blocking my path. He then deployed a water Lurker in the flank of my Magician, forcing him to turn. In the fight faze my Magician easily
destroyed his Lurker and so I began my 2nd Turn.
I moved my Knights forward (on the left) planning to take his Artillery in the flank. However they were still far away. I then moved my
Beasts forward on the right, unfortunately bringing them into range of his Artillery and Magician. If I was going to do battle with him
I would have to take the fire. Finally I moved my Blades and War band forward in the centre. In the Desert Turn 3 he moved his spears
towards my blades and deployed a Lurker against my Spears. The Lurker however was easily defeated. He then fired with his magician
at one of my beasts and destroyed it completely! Edward’s Artillery fired again at my 2nd Beast unit but failed to do any damage.
In my Turn 3 I charged forward with my remaining beast but stopping one centimetre away from his Artillery. I then moved my
Knights forward but again not quite reaching his Artillery. Things were looking desperate for the Volcanic people as I was fast running
out of time to take his stronghold and he was a point up (having killed a beast). So in a last ditch attempt to salvage the game I fired
with both my Magician and Artillery at his spears but failed to do any damage. In the Desert Turn 4 he turned his Artillery and Behemoth/General to face my charging Knights. Edward then fired with his Magician and Artillery on my right flank at my unit of beasts
forcing them to recoil twice. His Artillery which had just turned fired at a unit of Knights forcing them to recoil. But I didn’t mind as I
had just realized his rotation had brought his Behemoth/General within range of my Magician!
In my Turn 4 I charged my beasts into his Artillery and charged my knights forward so that one was in close combat with his Behemoth/General and the other was one inch behind (because it had recoiled). My Magician then unleashed a bolt of magic at his Behemoth/General forcing it to flee off the board. We had to stop there because of time but it was agreed that if we’d played on I would
have won. A Pyrrhic Victory but a Victory nonetheless.
by Ezra Jackson, 8c
Classics Club
A very terrified Mr Lawson, clinging to the Greek flag, which
flies at the summit of Mount Olympus, the highest point in
Greece (2918 metres). Apparently Zeus and the others were
not around on that day.
We had a very special first Classics club of the summer last
Wednesday, as Mr Lawson gave a 20-minute video diary
presentation and talked about walking 700 miles around
Greece and finishing on the summit of Mount Olympus. In a
feat worthy of Forrest Gump, he discussed travelling without
a plan, sleeping in wheat fields, meeting strange people
and climbing a mountain. He did try and explain why, if he
is terrified of heights, he felt he had to climb the last part to
the summit, which is actually quite a serious climb. Personally, if I see a notice which reads, “do not climb this mountain
if a) you are on your own, b) you have no climbing gear, c)
you have no experience of climbing, d) you have a fear of
heights”; that is a notice I obey. I also wondered why he
didn’t just take a bus, instead of walking 700 miles, but apparently that would spoil the fun. Certainly I doubt I will ever
meet another Classics teacher who has done that.
Classics Club takes place in room 5 every Wednesday at 1.10
ish. There is free chocolate. Anyone who wishes may speak
about any vaguely Classical topic.
Turkey - April 2014
We departed Wilson’s in darkness on the Saturday morning and were soon on our way to Heathrow. The passage through the airport was
smooth and we had a good flight to Istanbul. It was certainly strange looking out at Turkey, as the road signs were immediately different
from European signs, like those we saw in Italy in October. After a long day travelling, we arrived at our hotel in Gallipoli, in time for a
quick rest and our first dinner. Whatever we might have expected, the food in Turkey is exceptional and this remained the case for the
rest of the week. After dinner, we were able to relax and look forward to seven days of amazing sight-seeing. I had a guidebook and spent
some time after lights-out reading about Troy, which we were to see the next day. Anyone who has ever seen the film, or read books
about it, or even just heard the legends, would know what a historic city this was. The view from my room as I went to sleep showed the
waters of the Dardanelles, which has been the scene of so many great events over the millennia.
The start of the second day saw us sail across the Dardanelles to Asia, then drive to Troy, or “Truva” as it is known in Turkish. There is a
great wooden horse model outside the archaeological site. You can climb inside it and imagine the scene 3.000 years ago when the
Greeks sought to get inside the great “Cyclopean” walls. Inside the site itself, it helps to remember that the diggings of several different
archaeologists have created a kind of confusion over what you see. A wall appears around a corner and seems tall and strong, made
from closely-fitted stones without cement. Is it Troy 6A, the town that was supposedly besieged by the Greeks? Or could it be from an
even older Troy, before the time of the Trojan war? As the wind blows fast over “windy Ilium” we move around through the strata and see
rooms, palaces and ramps from many different cities. It is a strangely moving introduction to a city that started so many legends.
The rest of the visit went very smoothly as we ticked off site after site full of amazing archaeological finds. There was Pergamon, with
its hilltop acropolis; Ephesus, which seemed like a bigger version of Pompeii to those of us who went to the Bay of Naples last October.
Tuesday saw us go to three ancient cities in sequence; Priene, Miletus and Didyma. I had not heard of any of these before the visit and
they are not well known in Europe, but each site seemed to have a quiet charm that you don’t even find in Italy. We were almost alone at
each place and could wander over the ruins, wondering at who had lived in them and built these magnificent houses. Unlike Italy, no-one
whistles and shouts at you for sitting on a stone wall. There is simply so much left and so much still to be dug up, that no-one seems to
mind about such activity. At Ephesus, for example, as we toured the painted houses and looked at the library of Celsus, we were told that
what we could see was less than a quarter of the city.
There was much more to this visit than the sites, however. The hotels were mostly four star and had balconies with great views. The hotel
in Pamukkale on Wednesday was a spa hotel, that seemed luxurious to me. We could look up in the evening and see the natural limestone rocks above. It would have been lovely to use the spa facilities and have a Turkish bath, but we had been told that swimming was
not allowed! It didn’t matter so much, as earlier that day we had all been at the top of the hill paddling in the hot water from the natural
springs. By that time, we had already seen so many amazing sights that we started to get used to it – there are so many beautiful things
in Turkey. After Pamukkale we had to drive back to Istanbul, where we would be for our last night. Before that we had the cruise down
the Bosphorus straits. These are the waters that separate the Black Sea from the Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean. Conquerors and
warriors have fought over these waters since Jason first sailed through them seeking the golden fleece. There were Persians, Romans,
Greeks, Byzantines, Turks and British who all sailed these waters which divide Europe and Asia. We found ourselves looking out at the
mosques and minarets; at the fortresses and guns; the palaces and parks; the haunts of emperors and sultans. We also found ourselves
dancing to rave music which our guide insisted on playing over the loudspeaker. That was an extremely bizarre experience.
On the final day, we were all looking forward to haggling in the Grand Bazaar. We had a lesson in haggling first, then set off for three
hours of bargaining, talking, buying and tea-drinking. For most of the visit, nobody had spoken English, but here, everybody did. As we
walked past stalls, the owners would come forward and make offers to us of reductions and deals for multiple items. Everyone was very
polite, but very insistent. I got some spices and fez. I hadn’t wanted either at the start, but they just seemed too good a bargain to turn
down. He wanted 40 Turkish Lira, but I got them for 20.
I think we are all grateful to the staff for their care and attention on this visit. Mr Lawson’s singing in the theatres was unforgettable as
was his legendary sleeplessness when on duty in the evenings. Ms Jones always had whatever was needed when someone was ill on the
coach, or just tired. She looked after us brilliantly. Mr Weston was always enthusiastic and held some great competitions, such as the “tidy
room” competition in Kusadasi, or the “tat” competition, to see who could buy the most useless piece of tourist rubbish. Mr Hemmings
was always ready to lead the group from the front and sometimes really saved the day; such as when one of us left his bag in McDonalds,
next to Hagia Sophia. The bag was still where it had been left.
It’s hard to say what is my favourite memory of this visit. I could say it was the food, which was amazing in the evenings. I could mention
the site of Troy, which was so atmospheric. Perhaps after all it was my friends and the staff and the group as a whole. When you spend a
week abroad with so many funny and lively people, there will always be fantastic memories. I am sure that I will be back to do this visit
again.
SPORTS NEWS
CRICKET FIXTURES
Football
1st XI lost 2-1 v Sutton Grammar in the District Cup final
Oxford v Cambridge Varsity match at Craven Cottage was a
proud day for Wilson’s School. Anthony Childs, previous 1st XI
captain at Wilson’s, had the privilege of doing the same for Cambridge while Michael Moneke started at Centre back for Oxford.
The game ended 0-0 after a hard fought match, resulting in the
dreaded penalties. Anthony Childs stepped up first to score and
set an example to the rest of his teams, which they followed
to score 4 of the 5 which proved to be enough to win 4-2 and
claim the 130th Varsity match in front of the many thousands of
supporters at Fulham FC. Michael Moneke was given the official
man of the match and awarded a trophy. This was a proud
moment for Wilson’s School Football, not only to have two Old
Wilsonians playing in the prestigious game but to have them
both raise a trophy. Well done to both of them.
Well done to Sam Moody for winning County league with the
Surrey county team and winning the semi-final of the U14’s
National Cup 8-0 v Hertfordshire. We would like to wish him
good luck in the National final on Saturday 17 May at Watford
FC training ground, University College London Athletic Ground,
Bell Lane, Colney, Hertfordshire, AL2 1BZ
Saturday 3 May- Wilson’s vs. John Fisher
U13A
Home
U15A
Home
U14A
Away
U13B
Away
1st X1
Away
Monday 5 May - Wilson’s vs. MCC
1st X1
Home
(Cricket for Change)
Tuesday 6 May - Wilson’s vs. Wallington
U13B
Home
Wednesday 7 May - Wilson’s vs. Trinity
1st XI
Away
Wednesday 7 May - Wilson’s vs. JohnFisher
2nd X1
Away
CRICKET REPORT
FUTSAL
U15A won by 84 runs v Wallington boys in the first league game of
the 2014 campaign. Jack Shelton scored 78 and Daniel Moore as
captain scored 34 retrieving a weak position in the game as we were
3 for 10 off 5 overs. Their 112 partnership guided the team to a total
of 134. Our bowling and fielding continued with the momentum
managing to bowl Wallington all out for 50 runs, claiming the first
win of the season.
Well done to Leon Kapszewicz and Callum Hockley for making the
regional finals with the Surrey Schools Futsal U12 team. We wish
them luck in reaching the national finals when they play on Sunday
11 May at Surrey Sports Park 10am-1pm.
TENNIS
U13’s lost 4-2 to Rutlish. Luke Saitch and Dylan Pitter-Fagan won
their doubles, but we just fell short in the singles in our first league
game of the season. We are hoping for better luck in the next league
TOUGH GUY
David Starmore from the Sutton and Croydon Multiple Sclerosis Centre came into school to
thank the boys who took part in this year’s Tough Guy competition for raising over £10,000 for
the charity.
David said that the money would be used for providing Physiotherapy and massage services
for their members.
As an old boy of the school he was delighted to see how the boys had made such a great effort
to raise such a large sum of money.
Wilson’s Update
Year 7 Modern Foreign Languages Spelling
Bee
Wilson’s School Bus Stops
On Thursday 1 May four brave Year Seven pupils set off for the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in North London to participate in the
London Region Final of the Modern Languages Spelling Bee
competition. There were approximately 6000 pupils initially registered
for the competition in the London Region and the Wilson’s contingent
had fierce competition if they were to progress through to the national
finals to be held in Cambridge in July. In the French section Wilson’s
was represented by Nicolas Negrier (7H) and Kiruba Jegatheesan (7H).
Kiruba qualified for the final in which, after a very tense ‘sudden death’
play off he came third of the four finalists. Wilson’s had both of its German participants qualify for the final, Neel Maniar (7B) came third and
the London Spelling Bee champion is Arenkan Kularaj (7C). Congratulations to all the participants who showed tremendous sang-froid under very stressful conditions. Wilson’s can with some pride reflect upon
the fact that of the eight finalists representing the London Region in
the German and French sections of the competition three come from
our school. This is, in no small measure, due to the hard work of Mlle.
Lemaire, Mr Fletcher and Miss Jones and, of course, the competitors
themselves. Viel Glück und bonne chance for the next round!
We are very happy to announce that the Link Lane bus
stops outside the school are now the Wilson’s School
bus stops. This idea was proposed by the now-Year
8s at last year’s Founder’s Day, when students were
challenged to think of ways to celebrate our 400th
Anniversary. After several conversations with Transport
for London, they agreed to have the bus stops renamed,
along with the announcements on all of the buses that
stop there.
A representative from TfL took the time to wish us good
luck planning for 2015 and for the actual celebrations.
If you think of any great activities to celebrate our 400th
Anniversary, please send the Planning Committee an
email to [email protected].
9 May
12 May
16 May
21 May
26 - 30 May
4 June
9 June
Public Exams begin
Y9 Geography Field Trip (Herne Bay)
HALF-TERM
Y10 RE GCSE Exam
9 June
9 June
welcome
11 June
13 June
26 June
27 June
Art Exhibition
Open Evening
Upper Sixth Subject Commendations
Subject Commendations are awarded by departments to their students who are working extraordinarily hard and as a result achieving a
great deal in the run up to their A2 examinations. When considering the very high standard of our upper sixth students, it is an honour
indeed to be commended as exceptional in this way. Our warmest congratulations to each of them.
Upper Sixth Subject Commendations
April 2014
Amir Ghomeshi
German
Athanasius Ishak
Chemistry
Robin Leverton
Art & Chemistry
Nick Gikas
Biology
Shivang Joshi
Biology
Louis D'Costa
English
Stephen Earls
Government & Politics
Jordan Rose
Physics
Callum Mance
Physics
Dennis Luo
Economics
Stefan Sivapatham
Economics
Nick Page
Philosophy
Liam Pavesi
History
Anparasan Sivakumaran
Geography
Michael Vereycken
Mathematics
Rahul Shah
Mathematics
Priyan Liyanage
Mathematics
Tremaine Crawford
Computing
This week: ‘stationary’ or ‘stationery’?
‘Stationary’ means ‘not moving’ and is an adjective; ‘stationery’ refers to writing materials and is a noun.
Remember: cars can be stationary; writers use stationery.
Young Enterprise Competition
This year Wilson’s School has been very successful in the Young Enterprise competition,
with our students coming in first, second and fifth in the recent regional heats held at
the Croydon Conference centre. As the review by top entrepreneur Tahmid Rashid illustrates, the Young Enterprise experience is a demanding but very rewarding one. Fitting
in studies with team meetings , sales days and individual business development tasks
is a lot to ask of anyone, but it is clear that Wilson’s students are made of stern stuff and
were able to excel despite the pressure. Congratulations to the seventeen Lower Sixth
boys who took part this year.
Young Enterprise by Tahmid Rashid
‘Lunar Enterprise’ (oh yes a very unique name) started off with a group of teenagers who hadn’t known one another and had a very productive first meeting, largely consisting of 2 hours of awkward silence. But, come 28 April we were crowned best company of Croydon. Though
we did win YE Croydon, it didn’t come without its problems; such as coming up with a company name, a final product, and managing YE
alongside A-Levels. Our product wasn’t ground breaking, you find that throughout the process what seems to sound like a star in the
market, you simply do not have the resources to manufacture it (though anything is possible with perseverance). Our final product was a
simple, but an exceptionally well finished, handmade scented candles. What I found most valuable is learning how tough business is in the
real world, after an episode of Apprentice, you’d think it’s easy. For example, selling on a stand on Croydon high street is much harder than
selling at Westfield.
The experience itself depends on what you want out of it, if you are a person that will just tag along, you’ll probably not learn much, though
if you’re willing to put in the effort you’re more likely to learn a lot regardless of how successful your company is. Simply put, Young Enterprise is a great platform for entrepreneurs in sixth forms and colleges to express their ideas and get a taste of reality. You will meet very
inspirational individuals, for instance we had a speech from ‘George the Poet’, allowing you to establish excellent contacts at a young age
and of course, make some money!
NOTICES
Car Boot Sale on Sunday 11 May - Wilson’s
School
Starts at 8:15am and entry is £1 (50p concessions). Sellers
should arrive at the Hannibal Way entrance from 7:45 a.m. and
a plot costs £10 – no booking required.
Sports Equipment
Pupils are reminded that they can purchase Wilson’s cricket
clothing from Cladish Sports in Wallington.
Careers Interviews
From May to July careers interviews are available every
Tuesday for all students in Years 8-10. If any student would
like to see our specialist careers advisor this can be arranged.
Interviews last 30 minutes and take place in the library office.
Please contact your Head of Year or Mr Englefield
([email protected]), the school’s Work Related
Learning Co-ordinator to arrange an interview.
Think You’re Britain’s Young Historian of the Year 2014?
Prove it! Enter the History Department’s essay writing competitions.
Can I write my essay on anything?
No. There are three topics that you can choose from - but they are very broad.
You should choose one of three topics:
1)
Any aspect of British involvement in the Second World War. (KS3 & GCSE/A Level categories)
OR
2)
Any aspect of the First World War. (KS3 only)
OR
3)
Work on any local history theme.(KS3 & A Level categories)
What should my question be?
You should formulate a question which begins with one of the following stems:
How important was…? To what extent did…?
How significant was…? How successful was…?
“Statement” How valid is this point of view?
It should be an issue about which there is debate. You should check the title with your History teacher, although he will not be able to mark
drafts / give further guidance after you have discussed the question.
Where does the National bit come in?
•
The winning entry for topic one will be submitted as the Wilson’s entry for the national Young Historian competition
(Spirit of Normandy Trust Prize). It will be published on the school website and there will be a nominal prize!
•
The winning entry for topic two will be submitted as the Wilson’s entry for the national Young Historian competition
(Key Stage 3 World War 1 Prize). It will be published on the school website and there will be a nominal prize!
•
The winning entry for topic three will be submitted as the Wilson’s entry for the national Young Historian competition
(Local History Prize). It will be published on the school website and there will be a nominal prize!
Closing date?
The closing date is Monday 14 July 2014 and no entries will be accepted after this point.
If you have any questions please speak to Mr Englefield or your own History teacher.
Young Geographer of the Year competition 2014
Young Geographer of the Year (YGOTY) competition, run in partnership with the Geographical, is for geography pupils aged nine to 18.
The question for the 2014 YGOTY competition is:
‘How can geography help you?’
Pupils are asked to relate the value of geography to a number of different settings. The significance of both human and physical geography
could be considered at a variety of different levels. Pupils should demonstrate how geography can support their everyday lives, improve
their understanding of the world’s people, places and environments and help to prepare them for life beyond school.
We want to hear how geography, be it the knowledge young people learn, the understanding they gain, or skills they develop, helps them
in different aspects of their lives. This help might be at many different levels:
•
At school
•
At home with your family
•
When you travel and go on holidays
•
When you think about current events at home or abroad
•
Whether it will help you with further study, perhaps at university
•
Or lead to a particular career you would like to do
We are interested in answers which might look at both the serious and the fun sides of geography and particularly want to see how entrants
can relate the value of geography to a number of different settings. We welcome applications which, as appropriate for the age range,
recognise the value of both human and physical geography.
For all categories appropriate and accurate geographical vocabulary should be used and we will provide additional credit for entries which
use primary data collected by the student, alongside secondary data. The competition has four categories: 9-11(Key Stage Two), 11-14 (Key
Stage Three), 14-16 (GCSE) and 16-18 (A Level students).
Closing date: The deadline for entries to both the YGOTY competition will be 17.00 Friday 24 October 2014.
The Society regrets that it is unable to acknowledge receipt of entries, return entries or provide feedback on entries and the decision of the
Society’s judges are final.
The winners will receive their prizes at a special ceremony at the Society’s headquarters in Kensington, London on Friday 28 November
2014.
Update on Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award: Diary from expedition 28-30 March
Diary from the Silver level training expedition 28-30 March in the
Ashdown Forest
the local area. A good way to finish what was an amazing adventure for all of us.
Day 1
We were all excited as we set out, looking at the clouds receding
into the distance. Morale was kept high thanks to an immature
venture by Ben Sharp, who got his boot stuck in a muddy river
when he tried to jump over it. Despite Ben having very soggy feet,
we powered on through the day, only disrupted when a large dog
ran at our group causing one of us to run away and hide. Nevertheless we still managed to be the second group to reach the
campsite.
By Ben Burton, Nikilesh Ramesh, Ryan Shankar, Ben Sharp, Kirishoth Sivalogarajah and Neev Trehan (a.k.a. The Nobodies)
Day 2
The sun shone over our campsite as we set off on the Saturday
morning. The trek was very successful especially the walk along
the reservoir. The only major issue came at dinner time when one
of our chefs put too much water in the rice, making it completely
inedible. Not popular.
Day 3
We were all disappointed as it was the last day. We ended it by
walking up a really steep hill which produced a beautiful view of
CLASSICS CLUB - AKHENATEN: HERETIC KING
This week Mr Weston gave a fascinating yet accessible talk to the
Classics Club on one of the most enigmatic figures of Egyptian antiquity, the pharaoh Akhenaten. Akhenaten ruled for seventeen years,
dying an astonishing one thousand, three hundred and thirty six years
before Christ. He has perplexed and intrigued Egyptologists ever since
the discovery in the nineteenth century of
Akhenaten’s capital on the Nile, modern day Amarna. The reasons for
Akhenaten’s allure are threefold: his radical religious heresy, his relationship to other famous Egyptians (husband of Nefertiti and father
of Tutenkhamun), and the singular quality of the art produced in his
reign. Images of Akhenaten, for instance, are uniquely and sometimes bizarrely stylised. We shall perhaps never know why Akhenaten
decided to depict himself in this way. Similarly, Akhenaten’s revolutionary (and short lived) introduction of a proto-monotheistic cult
has led some to speculate how different the history of Egypt, and, by
extension, Classical Europe, may have been if his reforms had taken
hold. Thanks again to everyone who came along and enjoyed the free
chocolate and intellectual enrichment.
HORDES OF THE THINGS CLUB
Three battles took place last Friday, with a mixture of newer and older players. All were decided before the end of lunch and all were a
fun, relaxing way to spend a lunch hour at the end of a tough week. Everyone is welcome so do come along. You are welcome to watch,
take part, or to learn; just as you wish.
CLASSICS CLUB
in Room 5.
club from 1.10 onwards.
CHESS CLUB
DEBATE CLUB
HOTT CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
Miss Lambert.
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Sanjai Kiridaran 7G who correctly identified the image as Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct! On to this week’s competition:
On to this week’s competition! Where in the world is this (include the name of the landmark and the name of the town and country)?
HOMEWORK SUPPORT - 1.10 - 1.50 P.M.
Wed A: C1
Mon B: C1
Fri A: C1
Thurs B: C1
SPORTS NEWS
CRICKET FIXTURES
Cricket Report
Despite some Spring showers, the cricket season has begun at
Wilson’s! The 1st XI have played 4 games so far; their best result
a convincing win against Wallington in the Sutton League with
Alex Yee scoring 50 and Nathan Heal taking 4 wickets for 5 runs.
A disappointing loss followed last Saturday against John Fisher,
despite 4 for 18 from Ben Flook and 41 from Alex Yee. Bank
Holiday Monday saw the prestigious MCC game, which was very
evenly contested and played in an admirable spirit.
Mr N Husdon was making his MCC debut in the match, and top
scored with 89 as the MCC made 211 for 6. An encouraging
knock of 53 from Year 11 pupil James Sheridan took the School
close, but we ended up 35 runs short.
Saturday 10 May- Wilson’s vs. Ewell Castle
U14A
Home
U12A
Away
U13A
Away
Monday 12 May - Wilson’s vs. St Olaves
U15A
Away
Tuesday 13 May - Wilson’s vs. Reigate Grammar
U13A
Home
U13B
Home
Wednesday 14 May - Wilson’s vs. Reigate Grammar
1st XI
Away
Friday 16 May - Wilson’s vs. Reigate Grammar
U12A
Away
U12B
Away
Cricket Medals
National Schools Chess results
Wilson’s Cricket medals are awarded for any player taking 3 or
more wickets or scording 50 or more runs in a game. Pupils
should see Mr Parkinson in the PE Office to collect their medal.
Wilson’s beat North London Collegiate School 6 - 0.
Wilson’s therefore qualify for the national finals for the sixth
time in the past seven years.
UK Chess Challenge
In the Surrey “Megafinal” on Bank Holiday Monday 20 Wilson’s
pupils took part, and we had our best results ever:
Year 12 Champion: Adam Taylor (L6)
Year 11 Champion: Vignesh Nallathambi Pillai (11G)
Year 10 Champion: Lewis Lou (10B)
Year 8 Champion: Tharshan Kuhendiran (8G)
MAY PFA 100 CLUB DRAW WINNERS
1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize In the Junior sides, all teams have won so far in their Sutton
League games against Wallington and John Fisher. Callum
Furmidge has shown promise with the bat for the new Year
7’s, scoring 32 against John Fisher. Our other stand out performances have come from Achal Srivastav (U14 A) who took 6 for
2 against John Fisher, and Jack Shelton (Year 10) who scored 76
against Wallington Boys.
Seven other pupils also qualified in their age group for the next
round, the Southern Gigafinal:
Andy Deng (7C), Arun Appulingam (8H), Rehan Gamage (7C),
Samino Fernando (7G), Isuru Jayasekera (9B), Thomas Short (L6)
and Varun Jain (7H).
£73.75 Lisa McGillivray
£44.25 R Venkatakrishnan
£29.50 Chelines Yee
If you would like to join the 100 club with the possibility of winning
a prize each month you can obtain an application form by emailing
the PFA: [email protected] or see Wilson’s website under
PFA.
Wilson’s Cricket Results 2014
Epsom College 1st XI
Wilson’s 1st XI
Result : Epsom College
won by 49 runs
Wilson’s 1st XI
143 for 2
94 for 6
198 for 9
Wallington 1st XI
52 all out
Result: Wilson’s won by 146 runs
John Fisher 1st XI
141 for 6
Wilson’s 1st XI
83 all out
Result: John Fisher won by 58 runs
MCC
211 for 6
Wilson’s 1st XI
176 all out
Result: MCC won by 35 runs
Sutton Grammar XI
128 for 6
Wilson’s 2nd XI
87 all out
Result: Sutton Grammar won by 41 runs
KCS Wimbledon
103 for 3
Wilson’s U12 A
49 all out
Result: KCS won by 54 runs
Wilson’s U12 A
85 for 8
John Fisher U12 A
37 for 8
Wilson’s won by 48 runs
KCS Wimbledon
120 for 5
Wilson’s U12 B
70 for 9
Result: KCS Wimbledon won by 50 runs
John Fisher U12 B
45 for 7
Wilson U12 B
46 for 2
Result : Wilson’s won by 8 wickets
KCS Wimbledon
Wilson’s U13 A
Result: Wilson’s won by 2 wickets
Wilson’s U13A
100 for 6
John Fisher U13 A
94 for 7
Result : Wilson’s won by 6 runs
Wilson’s U13 B
90 for 5
John Fisher U13 B
50 for 8
Wilson’s U13 B
86 for 4
Wallington U13 B
44 all out
Wilson’s U 14A
91 for 6
John Fisher U14 A
42 all out
Wilson’s U15 A
135 for 7
Wallington U15 A
50 all out
Wallington U15B
81 all out
Wilson’s U15 B
82 for 5
Result: Wilson’s won by 5 wickets.
20 overs
20 overs
30 overs
Ben Flook 33 no
20.4 overs
Alex Yee 50
Sam Wright 37
Ollie Robertson 33
Nathan Heal 4 for 5
37 overs
30.2 overs
Ben Flook 4 for 18
Alex Yee 41
49 overs
47 overs
Mr N Hudson 89!
James Sheridan 53
20 overs
20 overs
20 overs
17.1 overs
20 overs
20 overs
Callum Furmage 32
20 overs
20 overs
Ijaz swaleh 3 for 19
20 overs
12.5 overs
20 overs
20 overs
Linus Boselius 3 wickets
20 overs
20 overs
20 overs
14 overs
Dillon Chituranjan 3 for 9
20 overs
14.4 overs
Achal Srivastav 6 for 2
20 overs
14.4 overs
Jack Shelton 76
Daniel Moore 34
Daniel Clarke 4 for 7
Kris Page 38
Wilson’s Update
Issue 297 16 May 2014
Wilson’s Got Talent
On Thursday lunchtime, a packed hall of students and teachers enjoyed perhaps the most exciting (and at times bewildering) event in the
school calendar. Some schools might be satisfied with routine magic tricks and awkward singing, but as is always the case, Wilson’s went
above and beyond the normal realms of school activity. In a stroke of brilliance, Andy Deng illuminated the future of classical music by simultaneously wooing and shocking the audience as he serenaded us with his violin whilst skateboarding. The wealth of talent in Wilson’s
was exemplified by our dancers Jaian Patel, Kyriacos and Luke Stokes. Wilson’s then put all modern-day boy bands to shame with sterling
performances from Mind the Gap, Michael and Ebruba, and The Blueberry Jam (who were “berry” good indeed). As if that wasn’t enough,
judges were then left star struck after individual singing brilliance from James Watters and Sai Prabhu. But Wilson’s Got Talent wouldn’t
be Wilson’s Got Talent without some first-class comedy. And Oscar Taperell certainly did deliver on that front with a David Attenborough
sketch on “Wilson’s Life” that left the hall ringing with laughter. However, brilliance was not confined to the performers themselves. Mr
Carew-Robinson once again displayed his renowned skill with words with no less than 18 puns in the space of 2 minutes.
In comparison, the other three judges (Mr Elwood, Miss Tattersall, and Harry Perkin) only managed a pitiful 6 puns in total. Thankfully, Mr
Ng managed to gloss over this unforgiveable lack of preparation and wit with his silver-tongued commentary.
It was with heavy hearts that the judges began the unenviable task of choosing a winner ,whilst the audience were treated to a trio comprising Satchit Srikanth, Jack Robertson and Mr Ormonde, as well as a dazzling magic display from Jack Tapperell (last year’s winner).
After much consideration (and an even split between the judges) it was announced that:
1st Prize: Oscar Taperell (below right)
2nd Prize: James Watters
3rd Prize: Michael and Ebruba
The newly created Lifetime Achievement Award: Luke Stokes
The school can proudly say
that we managed to raise
£378 for Kids ‘n’ Cancer
from the show which is a
charity that recently supported James Carpenter.
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NATIONAL SCHOOLS BADMINTON FINALS 2014
On Friday the Year 9 team travelled to Nottingham to take part in this year’s National School’s finals. The team had prepared well and were
more than capable of putting in a strong performance. In the group stages Wilson’s were seeded 4 and had to play last year’s winners from
Tapton school in Yorkshire in our group.
A strong performance from the team and in particular Joseph Li saw us through and we beat them three games to two. Another comfortable victory against Cowley school saw us through to the medal group, where gold, silver and bronze medals would be decided. We had to
play the third seeds Monks Walk school first and beat them comfortably 4 games to one. It was now time to play the top seeds in the final.
Again it was a very close affair with Bournemouth Collegiate just edging two games 21-20 and 21-19. This proved to be the difference and
Wilson’s had to be content with the silver medal.
A magnificent achievement for the boys !
Over 1500 schools started in the competition and to be placed second overall is wonderful . All players were exceptional in their commitment and effort and were a great credit to the school.
To finish off the day , Joseph Li won the hardest smash competition and received a signed England shirt for his efforts.
Wilson’s have now reached the finals more often than any other school in the country over the last 15 years.
TEAM
Joseph Li Rohit Prabhu Zhi Ping Lim Michael Banh Ryan Eaw
21 May
26 - 30 May
4 June
HALF-TERM
Y10 RE GCSE Exam
9 June
9 June
9 June
welcome
11 June
13 June
Art Exhibition
26 June
27 June
28 June
3 July
Open Evening (early finish for students - 1:05pm)
CCF Central Summer Camp
Vocal Evening
8 July
Summer Concert
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This week: ‘compliment’ or ‘complement’?
‘‘Compliment’ means a polite expression of praise or admiration (“I paid my teacher a compliment”); ‘complement’ means something
that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasise its quality (“Red wine provides an excellent
complement to some cheeses”).
Wilson’s Car Boot Sale
Last Sunday the PFA held their second Car Boot Sale of 2014 at Wilson’s under cloudy
skies. Twelve parents turned up to volunteer on a day where the weather never
seemed to make up its mind, but with their help all of the sellers and buyers enjoyed
a morning of bartering and bargain-hunting.
The next Car Boot Sale is on Sunday 1st June from 8:15-11:30 and entry is just £1
(50p under-16’s). If you’re interested in selling, plots cost just £10 and there’s no need
to book. For more information please email [email protected].
Thanks to all who helped on the day. All of the money raised goes to help the school
and it wouldn’t be possible without you. If you would like to find out more about
how you can help by giving just an hour of your time please email wilcarboot@
gmail.com.
Young Enterprise
Not content with Wilsons doing so well in the recent regional Young Enterprise award with teams in first, second and fifth places but it is great to report
that Lower 6th student Jordan Quartey scooped the second place in the prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Award. This award is given to the lucky student for
acting above and beyond the call of duty to the team either by some decisive
act of business endeavour or by his overall contribution to the team throughout the competition. Local Young Enterprise chairman Mr Ian Willard praised
Jordon for presence of mind and coolness when the ‘going got tough’. Jordan will be awarded a certificate and a place of the board of Young Enterprise
next year in recognition of his efforts. Well done Jordon!
NOTICES
Second Hand Uniform
If you have any good quality uniform that the boys have grown
out of or no longer need please send in to the school office.
We are particularly low on smaller sizes .
Sports Equipment
Pupils are reminded that they can purchase Wilson’s cricket
clothing from Cladish Sports in Wallington.
Careers Interviews
From May to July careers interviews are available every
Tuesday for all students in Years 8-10. If any student would like
to see our specialist careers advisor this can be arranged. Interviews last 30 minutes and take place in the library office.
Please contact your Head of Year or Mr Englefield
([email protected]), the school’s Work Related
Learning Co-ordinator to arrange an interview.
Sainsbury’s Vouchers
We are still collecting “Active Kids 2014” vouchers from Sainsbury’s. These vouchers can be exchanged for sports equipment
and we are hoping that if we collect sufficient vouchers we will
be able to order: Footballs, Cricket bats and balls, Basketballs,
Table-tennis bats and balls, Badminton rackets and shuttlecocks, Tennis rackets and balls, Athletics equipment and Volleyballs
If you shop at Sainsbury’s please don’t forget to ask for your
Active Kids vouchers (one for every £10 spent) and lets see if
together we can collect enough to give the school as much of
the equipment above as possible. Please note vouchers are
only being issued until 21 May this year. There is a collecting
box on reception for you or your son to put your vouchers in.
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1)
OR
2)
OR
3)
It should be an issue about which there is debate. You should check the title with your History teacher, although he will not be able to
mark drafts / give further guidance after you have discussed the question.
•
•
•
Closing date?
Pupils are asked to relate the value of geography to a number of different settings. The significance of both human and physical geography could be considered at a variety of different levels. Pupils should demonstrate how geography can support their everyday lives,
improve their understanding of the world’s people, places and environments and help to prepare them for life beyond school.
We want to hear how geography, be it the knowledge young people learn, the understanding they gain, or skills they develop, helps
them in different aspects of their lives. This help might be at many different levels:
•
At school
•
•
•
•
•
We are interested in answers which might look at both the serious and the fun sides of geography and particularly want to see how
entrants can relate the value of geography to a number of different settings. We welcome applications which, as appropriate for the age
range, recognise the value of both human and physical geography.
For all categories appropriate and accurate geographical vocabulary should be used and we will provide additional credit for entries
which use primary data collected by the student, alongside secondary data. The competition has four categories: 9-11(Key Stage Two),
11-14 (Key Stage Three), 14-16 (GCSE) and 16-18 (A Level students).
The Society regrets that it is unable to acknowledge receipt of entries, return entries or provide feedback on entries and the decision of
the Society’s judges are final.
2014.
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Physical Geography Photo Competition 2014
Theme for 2014: ‘Physical Geography around where I live’. - What physical geography can you spot around where
you live?
We know that physical geography is all around us, but often we don’t stop to notice and really look for what can be found in the neighbourhood, so to help you explore and find the physical geography near you we are running a photo competition.
What’s involved:

Discover examples of physical geography in your local area.

Capture your physical geography on any type of camera - a phone camera may be ideal.

Submitting your best photo with a caption describing the geographical processes captured in the photo

Discovering, through participating in the competition, that physical geography is all around us.
To be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes attach your photo (no larger than 5MB) to an email with information in the following
table pasted into your message. Write the subject header pgphotocomp14 and send your email to:
[email protected]
Name School
School year
Contact email address
Physical geography theme of your photo (e.g. weathering)
Where the photo was taken (use post code, grid reference, latitude/longitude coordinates or a short url link to a placemark on Google
Maps). A few sentences (250 words maximum) describing the geographical theme in your photo, and any other information you deem appropriate.
Competition categories
There are two age categories for the competition:
1.
Years 7 - 9 (ages 11 to 14)
2.
Years 10 - 13 (ages 14 to 18)
In each category, the judges will select one winning entry. There will also be prizes for second and third place runners up.
The deadline for entries is 31 July 2014.
Prize winners will be announced early in the autumn term 2014.
Anyone can take photos - but here are a few tips
1.
Photos must be landscape in orientation.
2.
Clean the lens. Over time the lens can collect dust, which can make your photos blurred - just wipe it with a clean cloth.
3.
Lighting can ‘make or break’ a photo, so think about the weather and the time of day before venturing out with your camera (early
morning and evening sun light is usually particularly pleasing, as opposed to an overcast sky).
4.
Consider the framing of your photo, i.e. everything that is in it. Try to avoid having the focus of your photo in the middle (Google
search ‘rule of thirds’).
5.
Look high and low, big and small and close and far for your ideas.
Remember, only one photo per entry. A winning entry will not be based entirely on the ‘best’ photo, so make sure you write an interesting
and informative caption!
Some ideas:
For some inspiration here are some examples of physical geography you might find in your neighbourhood:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
a building showing signs of weathering
trees causing damage to pavements, walls or buildings
a ‘river channel’ carved into the dirt on the side of the road
mud cracks
a pool of water after a rain shower
overflow from a gutter/drainpipe in a downpour
a valley that has been ‘forgotten’ because it has been built over
a fencepost that leans downhill
moss growing on one side of a tree
soil colours and texture in a freshly-dug garden
pebbles in a stream.
There are many other examples of physical geography waiting to be explored.
We hope you enjoy taking photos of the physical geography in your area and look forward to receiving your entry.
Good Luck
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WILSONOMICS
Issue 10 Vol 2 of Wilsonomics is now available to view on line. Go to the Wilson’s website / departments (Economics) and there it can
be found. Printed copies are available from reception, the 6th Form centre and the Business and Economics department. This month’s
issue has more of a political orientation than usual. Writers Benjamin Flook and Tim Sharpe examine the economic performance of the
coalition as a basis for evaluating future prospects of the respective parties in the forthcoming elections. We welcome also budding
Year 10 economic commentator and Wilsonomics newbie, Art Sett with his detailed and interesting review of the German economy.
Finally We have a quick look at the British economy with the Wilsonomics forecast. The outlook is decidedly sunnier but is that the
threat of rising interest rates I see before me?
Mr Ormonde would like to thank Steven Thavendran and Dolapo Koleosho for their assiduous efforts this last year as editors. Mention
and thanks should also be extended to the many contributors and readers of Wilsonomics. Without writers there would be no journal,
without readers, no point.
HORDES OF THE THINGS CLUB
There were three battles again at Hordes of The Things Club, with a fair number of spectators and advisors too. All three battles were concluded successfully within the lunch hour. One battle even saw the comparatively rare sight of a stronghold getting captured with room
to spare by the attacking army. As players are becoming sure of the rules and more confident, the pace of the battles goes up. The idea is
that everyone has fun and goes away happy, even if a little regretful of some mistake they may have made in their gameplay.
It is time to consider the possibility of staging a much larger, multi-command battle.
Hordes of The Things club takes place every Friday in room 5 at 1.05. Come early to organise your army. If you want to watch, or learn,
you will be most welcome. Armies and terrain are provided. As it happens, the armies are rather well-painted.
CLASSICS CLUB WEDNESDAY MAY 7TH
This Classics club gave us the premiere of the first half of Mr Shaw’s video of the recent school visit to Turkey. It was wonderful to see the
Wilson’s party going around these sites with such enthusiasm and such obvious enjoyment. The sites themselves were beautiful places
too. I didn’t go on the visit and I now wish I had gone. I would have loved to see Troy, Ephesus, Pergamon, Kusadasi and all those other
towns. I also enjoyed the activity of trying to spot who was who and what they wearing on different days. They certainly seemed to have
stayed in some lovely hotels. I believe the second half of the video will be coming up soon.
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CLASSICS CLUB
in Room 5.
LATIN CLUB
Latin help club happens in room5 every Tuesday and Thursday
lunchtime from 1.05 to 1.50pm. Anyone wishing for advice or
support should come and ask away. Year ten students attend
to offer their experience, so there are always plenty of people
available to assist.
CHESS CLUB
DEBATE CLUB
HOTT CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Varun Jain (7H) who correctly identified the image of Hyde Park, London, UK. He has won on a
number of occasions now- will anyone beat him this week? Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct! On to this week’s competition:
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SPORTS NEWS
CRICKET FIXTURES
Wilson’s Cricket Results
Saturday 17 May- Wilson’s vs. St Olaves
Wilson’s 1st XI
129 for 8 30 overs Sam Wright 37
Trinity 1st XI
130 for 4 26.1 overs
Result : Trinity won by 6 wickets
U12A
U13A
U14A
Home
Away
Home
Wilson’s U’15 A 87 for 5 20 overs
St Olaves U’15 A 90 for 1 13 overs
Result: St Olaves won by 9 wickets
Futsal Results
Congratulations to Callum Hockley and Leon Kapszewicz for
winning the County regional Futsal finals with Surrey Schools this
Sunday 11th May. They play in the National Finals at the end of June.
Wilson’s U’14 A 88 all out17.5 overs
Stanley Park U’14 A
43 all out15.2 overs
Riddu Ravindran 3 for 7
Sam Moody 3 for 2
Result: Wilson’s won by 45 runs (Surrey Cup)
Stanley Park U’13 A
41 all out19.4 overs
Linus Boselius 3 for 12
Wilson’s U’13 A 43 for 4 7.4 overs
Result: Wilson’s won by 6 wickets (Surrey Cup)
Chess News
49 Wilson’s pupils have regularly played for winning League
chess teams this year and on Thursday 8th May they were presented with their trophies.
Four teams won their divisions whilst the other two teams came
second or third. Chess is so popular at Wilson’s that whilst each
team should have six players most have had larger squads, of up
to 10 players, who take it in turn to play.
Year 7 Football Match V West Ottawa(Canada)
The Year 7 A team entertained a team from Canada in a 9 a side
football match last Thursday 8th May.
In a keenly contested match Wilsons came out 7-3 winners with
goals from Seyon Srishangar(2) Luca Stringer(1) Joshua Fan(1)Richard Gotts(1) Nathan Ferguson(1) Ted Perkin (1).
On Friday 9th May Wilson’s hosted an interschool event with 16
teams from 7 schools and which they came 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Congratulations to the winning team of Tharshan Kuhendiran
(8G), Arun Appulingam (8H), Thomas Short (L6) and Sharumilan
Ravindran (L6).
Wilson’s Update
Issue 298 23 May 2014
CLASS OF 2014: GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK
On Friday 23 May we say goodbye to the Upper Sixth after our end of year celebration at The Hilton Hotel. We wish them luck with their
upcoming examinations, but more importantly we wish them happiness and success in their lives beyond Wilson’s. As they become old
boys, we hope they will not only see the school as part of their past, but that they will also commit themselves to supporting its future.
26 - 30 May
HALF-TERM
4 June
9 June
9 June
9 June
Y10 RE GCSE Exam
11 June
13 June
Art Exhibition
welcome
26 June
Open Evening -
28 June
3 July
(early finish for students - 1:05pm)
Late Start ( Period 2)
Vocal Evening
8 July
11 July
14 15 16 July
Summer Concert
Sports Day
End of Term Production
27 June
27 June
Issue 298 23 May 2014
Intermediate Maths Olympiad - Best Wilson’s Results Ever
Having performed very well in the intermediate mathematical challenge, Wilson’s students went on to the IMOK Olympiad with impressive
results. A record 23 pupils gained merits or distinctions.
In particular the following pupils are to be congratulated for gaining amazingly high scores, amongst the very best in the country. Harry
Goodburn (11S) with 58/60 was placed 4th amongst year 11 pupils whilst Eui Jin Choi (11B) with 52/60 came 10th and Daren Alfred (11S)
also gained a distinction. In year 9 Isuru Jayasekera (9B) scored 49/60 23rd and Gabriel Cairns (9C) with 45/60 came 60th.
Compared to other schools Wilson’s pupils performed outstandingly well, obtaining the best results of any state school in the country. This
bodes well for the Team Maths Challenge at the end of June when our year 8 and 9 team will compete in the National finals.
Pupils should see Dr Cooper in F12 to collect their marked scripts and gain guidance on how to do even better next year.
Geography Field Trip to Herne Bay
On Friday 16th May 66 Year 9 GCSE Geographers and staff visited the Kent Coast. On a hot and sunny day they walked from
Reculver to Tankerton - just under 8 miles! Along the way they visited a number of sites - Bishopstone Glen, Herne Bay,
Kentish Flats Wind Farm and Long Rock. The field work was designed to help their understanding of the coastal geography
they have been studying as part of their GCSE. As is now traditional, everyone had the opportunity to enjoy some fresh fish
and chips at lunch!
Issue 298 23 May 2014
This week: the correct spelling of ‘definitely’
The word ‘definitely’ is one of the most frequently misspelled words teachers encounter in the work of students.
If you remember that it contains the word FINITE you will spell it correctly. There is definitely no ‘a’ in the word.
400th Anniversary News
On Monday afternoon lots of you will have noticed Mr Phillips, Mr McLaughlin and Mr Marsac digging some large holes along Mollison
Drive and wondered what it was all about. For those who don’t know, four of the holes will soon have a new English Oak Tree planted
in them – one for each century of Wilson’s existence.
In early 2015 we will be unveiling plaques for each which will outline a century of the school’s history. The fifth hole is for something a
little different, but we’re keeping that under wraps for now.
The trees arrive soon after half term and we’ll have some more information for you all then. Thanks to the boys who suggested planting anniversary oak trees – if you have any ideas for the 400th Anniversary, please send an email to [email protected].
sch.uk.
NOTICES
China Expedition Request
Could all participants, who have not already done so, please
ensure they have entered their passport, next of kin and
medical details to the Outlook Portal. This is a travel requirement and needs to be completed ASAP.
Second Hand Uniform
If you have any good quality uniform that your sons have
grown out of or no longer need, please send in to the school
office.
We are particularly low on smaller sizes .
Lost Property
A reminder that in order for property to be returned to its owner,
please ensure that all items of uniform and equipment (including
shoes, memory sticks, pencil cases, glasses cases etc.) are named.
Note that any items of lost property that remain unclaimed at
the end of each term will be disposed of appropriately.
Issue 298 23 May 2014
Physical Geography Photo Competition 2014
Theme for 2014: ‘Physical Geography around where I live’. - What physical geography can you spot around where
you live?
We know that physical geography is all around us, but often we don’t stop to notice and really look for what can be found in the neighbourhood, so to help you explore and find the physical geography near you we are running a photo competition.
What’s involved:

Discover examples of physical geography in your local area.

Capture your physical geography on any type of camera - a phone camera may be ideal.

Submitting your best photo with a caption describing the geographical processes captured in the photo

Discovering, through participating in the competition, that physical geography is all around us.
To be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes attach your photo (no larger than 5MB) to an email with information in the following
table pasted into your message. Write the subject header pgphotocomp14 and send your email to:
[email protected]
Name School
School year
Contact email address
Physical geography theme of your photo (e.g. weathering)
Where the photo was taken (use post code, grid reference, latitude/longitude coordinates or a short url link to a placemark on Google
Maps). A few sentences (250 words maximum) describing the geographical theme in your photo, and any other information you deem appropriate.
Competition categories
There are two age categories for the competition:
1.
Years 7 - 9 (ages 11 to 14)
2.
Years 10 - 13 (ages 14 to 18)
In each category, the judges will select one winning entry. There will also be prizes for second and third place runners up.
The deadline for entries is 31 July 2014.
Prize winners will be announced early in the autumn term 2014.
Anyone can take photos - but here are a few tips
1.
Photos must be landscape in orientation.
2.
Clean the lens. Over time the lens can collect dust, which can make your photos blurred - just wipe it with a clean cloth.
3.
Lighting can ‘make or break’ a photo, so think about the weather and the time of day before venturing out with your camera (early
morning and evening sun light is usually particularly pleasing, as opposed to an overcast sky).
4.
Consider the framing of your photo, i.e. everything that is in it. Try to avoid having the focus of your photo in the middle (Google
search ‘rule of thirds’).
5.
Look high and low, big and small and close and far for your ideas.
Remember, only one photo per entry. A winning entry will not be based entirely on the ‘best’ photo, so make sure you write an interesting
and informative caption!
Some ideas:
For some inspiration here are some examples of physical geography you might find in your neighbourhood:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
a building showing signs of weathering
trees causing damage to pavements, walls or buildings
a ‘river channel’ carved into the dirt on the side of the road
mud cracks
a pool of water after a rain shower
overflow from a gutter/drainpipe in a downpour
a valley that has been ‘forgotten’ because it has been built over
a fencepost that leans downhill
moss growing on one side of a tree
soil colours and texture in a freshly-dug garden
pebbles in a stream.
There are many other examples of physical geography waiting to be explored.
We hope you enjoy taking photos of the physical geography in your area and look forward to receiving your entry.
Good Luck
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1)
OR
2)
OR
3)
It should be an issue about which there is debate. You should check the title with your History teacher, although he will not be able to
mark drafts / give further guidance after you have discussed the question.
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•
•
Closing date?
Pupils are asked to relate the value of geography to a number of different settings. The significance of both human and physical geography could be considered at a variety of different levels. Pupils should demonstrate how geography can support their everyday lives,
improve their understanding of the world’s people, places and environments and help to prepare them for life beyond school.
We want to hear how geography, be it the knowledge young people learn, the understanding they gain, or skills they develop, helps
them in different aspects of their lives. This help might be at many different levels:
•
At school
•
•
•
•
•
We are interested in answers which might look at both the serious and the fun sides of geography and particularly want to see how
entrants can relate the value of geography to a number of different settings. We welcome applications which, as appropriate for the age
range, recognise the value of both human and physical geography.
For all categories appropriate and accurate geographical vocabulary should be used and we will provide additional credit for entries
which use primary data collected by the student, alongside secondary data. The competition has four categories: 9-11(Key Stage Two),
11-14 (Key Stage Three), 14-16 (GCSE) and 16-18 (A Level students).
The Society regrets that it is unable to acknowledge receipt of entries, return entries or provide feedback on entries and the decision of
the Society’s judges are final.
2014.
Issue 298 23 May 2014
Classics Club Wednesday May 14th
Continuing the recent “Egyptian” theme, we discussed the successor of Akhenaten, who was his son (as recently proved by DNA analysis)
tutankhamun. This boy was, of course, the most famous pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. His tomb was discovered by Howard Carter, apparently undisturbed in 1922. In fact, it had been robbed and re-sealed shortly after the boy pharaoh’s death. It had got lost because his later
pharaohs had tried to have all memory of the young boy removed from the record and then the tomb had been covered by later tombs
and by flooding of the valley of the kings. His tomb was also very much smaller than it should have been, which helped in its concealment.
The startling thing about Tutankhamun is not the state of his tomb, but that when he died at the age of 19, he had lived as long as he did.
In a miracle of modern technology, using x-rays, DNA analysis and other techniques, scientists have discovered that young Tutankhamun
had a catalogue of illnesses and injuries that would have killed many people far earlier. The enduring image of Tutankhamun is that of his
funeral mask – a perfect image not at all indicative of a boy with tooth deformities; too large a head; several virulent strains of malaria;
epilepsy; broken hip, leg and knee bones which had become infected; deteriorating bone structures in his feet; sickle-cell anaemia and
many other diseases the names of which need not be repeated.
This was very probably due in part to his descent from a family that had long practised marriage within strict family limits. The difference
between the image of the famous mask and the reality of a poor, frail boy is remarkable. He did not need to be murdered, as many have
supposed over the years.
Gardening News
On Thursday gardening club went back to RHS Wisley to compete in their annual “Budding Gardeners competition”.
The theme this year is recycling. If you get the chance, please go along to see our entry and don’t forget to VOTE!!
Woodcote Nursery vouchers.
We are once again collecting the school vouchers from Woodcote Nursery, so please ask for them at the till and then bring them into
school.
Issue 298 23 May 2014
CLASSICS CLUB
in Room 5.
LATIN CLUB
Latin help club happens in room5 every Tuesday and Thursday
lunchtime from 1.05 to 1.50pm. Anyone wishing for advice or
support should come and ask away. Year ten students attend
to offer their experience, so there are always plenty of people
available to assist.
CHESS CLUB
DEBATE CLUB
HOTT CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
Hordes of the Things club is in room 5 every Friday from 1.05 onwards. There are usually three battles every week, with space for
new or starting players to join in, or just watch.
Miss Lambert.
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Vardaan Bhasin 7C, who correctly identified the image of Croydon Airport in Croydon, London,
England, UK. He has won on a number of occasions now will anyone beat him this week? Please come and collect your Golden Ticket
from Mr Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct! On to this week’s competition:
Where in the world is this (include the name of the landmark and the name of the town and country)? Simply email the information to
ADS@... and the first person with the correct answer wins! Get thinking.
Issue 298 23 May 2014
SPORTS NEWS
Wilson’s Cricket Results
Reigate GS 1st XI 121 for 7 20 overs
Wilson’s 1st XI
65 for 8 20 overs
Result : Reigate 1st XI won by 56 runs
Trinity U’13 B
107 for 8 20 overs Anish U 3 for 13
Morgan Anthony 3 for 27
Wilson’s U’13 B 81 all out17 overs
Result: Trinity U’13 B won by 26 runs
Wilson’s U’15 A 129 for 3 20 overs Jack Shelton
Eamonn Hoare 40 no
Coombe U’15 A 33 all out13.4 overs
Result: Wilson’s U’15 A won by 96 runs (Surrey T20 Cup)
Wilson’s U’15 A 75 all out16 overs
Trinity U’15 A
76 for 1 12 overs
Result: Trinity U’15 A won by 9 wickets (Surrey Cup)
Wilson’s U’13 B 91 for 4 20 overs
Reigate GS U’13 B 22 all out13.4 overs
Anthony 3 for 1
Hat Trick!
Result: Wilson’s U’13 B won by 69 runs
Trinity U’15 B
91 for 3 17 overs
Result: Trinity U’15 B won by 7 wickets
Wilson’s U’13 C 90 for 5 20 overs
Trinity U’13 D
76 for 9 20 overs
Result: Wilson’s U’13 C won by 14 runs
St Olaves U’14 A 69 for 2 7.5 overs
Result: St Olaves U’14 A won by 8 wickets
Reigate U’12 A 125 for 3 25 overs
Wilson’s U12 A 12 for 2 23.3 overs
41
Dhruv Rupal 32
Result: Wilson’s U’12 A won by 8 wickets
Reigate GS U’13 A70 for 9 20 overs Janaken P 4 for 8
St Olaves U’13 A 107 for 3 20 overs
Mitchell 48 no
Max Exelby 38
Nathan
Raed Hassan
Wilson’s U’12 A 127 for 4 20 overs Callum Furmidge 67
Raed Hassan 30
St Olaves U12 A 77 for 6 20 overs
Result: Wilson’s U’12 A won by 50 runs
Reigate GS U’12 B 92 for 6 19.5 overs
for 18
Result: Reigate U’12 B won by 4 wickets
Trinity U’13 A
161 for 1 20 overs
Result: Trinity U’13 A won by 72 runs
Morgan
Futsal
Well done to both Joshua Robinson and Jalen Gravesande
for representing the South East of England at the weekend
in Swindon. The tournament involved London, South West
England and East England. The South East came 2nd with
Jalen scoring 2 goals in the competition. Our fingers are
crossed that they did enough to impress the scouts to
make the South of England squad due to play the North
of England on the 31st May in Birmingham (@FutsalUK
centre).
James Craik 3
Issue 298 23 May 2014
Wilson’s Cricket Dream League 2014
FIRST DIVISION
Team
PLD Won Drawn
Lost Points
Pts Av.
Win %
U13A 650 115 2.50 83.33%
U12A 430 19 2.25 75.00%
U14A 320 16 2.00
U15A 420 26 1.50
1st XI 610 53 0.50
Total 23130 1039 1.70
66.67%
50.00%
16.67%
58.33%
SECOND DIVISION
Team
PLD Won Drawn
Lost Points
U13B 540 112
U15B 210 13
U12B 310 23
Pts Av.
Win %
2.40 80.00%
1.50 50.00%
1.00 33.33%
U14B 000 00
Total 10
60 418 2 54.44%
OVERALL
Other 510 43 0.60 20.00%
Total 38200 1860 1.58 52.63%
Wilson’s Update
Issue 299 6 June 2014
JALEN GRAVESANDE REPRESENTS ENGLAND AT FUTSAL
On Saturday 31 May Jalen Gravesande travelled to the FA headquarters ‘St.
George’s Park’ to represent the South of England at Futsal. To be selected for
this prestigious tournament he attended a number of trials at the beginning of
the year. He was then selected to play for the South East of England where he
scored two goals and was part of a dominating team in the tournament. This
proved to be sufficient to catch the eye of the South of England manager. On
arrival he was greeted by many of the FA dignitaries and shown to the Paul
Gascoigne changing room where he saw his No. 8 shirt ready and waiting for
him with the 3 lions cemented on the chest. This, he said, ‘raised hairs on the
back of my neck’. He commented that this moment was only topped by pulling
on the shirt and lining up in the tunnel.
The fixture was to be played in front of a sell-out crowd in between the finals of
the National Futsal Cup. The winners of this cup will represent England in the
Futsal Champions’ League this summer. Jalen was understandably nervous yet
excited to get on the court and start playing. The match started slowly with
each side playing safely, not risking anything that might lead to a mistake. The
first half ended 2-1 to the North of England . Jalen raised his personal game
in the second half, getting involved in most of the attacks that threatened the
North’s goal.
Futsal is a physically demanding game meaning most players only last 3-5
minutes on court at a time and then require 5 minutes recovery time. This only
allowed bursts of 5 minutes to impress the U.18’s England manager to be selected for the final 14 players. The game ended 4-3 to the North of England but it
was a great experience for everyone involved. Jalen is only in Year 11 and has
two more years of this England set up. Even if he is not successful this time, we
wish him all the best in his Futsal career.
9 June
9 June
9 June
welcome
11 June
13 June
Art Exhibition (4.30 p.m.)
26 June
Open Evening - (early finish for
27 June
students - 1.05 p.m.)
Late Start (9.40 a.m.)
27 June
28 June
28 June
30 June
3 July
8 July
Wilson’s Summer Parkrun (Roundshaw Downs 9.00 a.m.) for boys, parents, old boys and staff
Work Experience Begins
Vocal Evening (7.00 p.m.)
Summer Concert (7.00 p.m.)
9 July
11 July
Sports Day (early finish for students at lunch
time)
14, 15 & 16 July End of Term Production
15 July
End of Term for Year 10
17 July
End of Term for Years, 7, 8, 9 and 12
UKMT JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE SUCCESS FOR WILSON’S
Recently all 303 students from Years 7 and 8 took part in the UK
Junior Maths Challenge set by the UK Mathematics Trust. The
challenge was very difficult and involved problem solving of a
range of mathematical situations. It is sat by hundreds of thousands
of students across the UK and takes the form of a 1 hour multiple
choice paper. Those achieving marks in the top 40% will receive a
Gold, Silver or Bronze certificate: given in the ratio 1:2:3. Exceptional performances will secure a place in the Junior Maths Olympiad.
This year our pupils recorded our best ever Junior Maths Challenge
results. For the first time ever we surpassed 100 Gold Awards, with a
total of 114 whilst a further 95 scored Silver Awards and 62 Bronze
Awards.
Particular congratulations to Akash Gupta (8C) who gained the top
score of 124, followed by Tony Lin (7S), Keiran Rutter (8B), Jonathan
Coombe (8H), Christian Foulkes (8S) Alex Banwell (8C) and Rubaiyat
Khondaker (7G). All seven pupils have automatically qualified for
the Junior Maths Olympiad to be taken on Thursday 12 June. They
should see Dr Cooper any lunchtime to attend preparation sessions
for sitting the Olympiad.
The Maths Challenge and Olympiad is organised by the United
Kingdom Maths Trust (UKMT); more details and sample papers can
be found on their website: mathscomp.leeds.ac.uk
Well done to all students who participated and congratulations to
all students who were awarded certificates to be presented later
this term.
SOHAM’S CHARITY WALK
Congratulations to Soham Sarkar in 9C, who on Friday 9 May
undertook a 3 mile bluebell fundraising walk at Cudham , Kent. The
walk was organised by St Christopher’s Hospice for their charity and
so far Soham has raised £215. If you would like to donate to this
worthy cause please go to his page whichis still active:
http://www.justgiving.com/Soham-Sarkar1.
Soham and his mum also helped in an eye operation camp organised by RK Mission in a Himalayan village of Mayawati, during his
holiday to India in April. Camp was organised by RK Mission in this
remote Himalayan village to provide free cataract operation
facilities to thousands of villagers who would otherwise have no
access to modern medical facilities. Approximately 160 operations
were performed in four days.
NOTICES
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO PARENTS FROM THE
SCHOOL NURSE
Parents are reminded that it is their responsibility to ensure
any medication held in school is within its dates, and has not
expired. Parents of children with Epipen medication are able to
register online for reminders when medication is due to expire
through the Anaphylaxis UK website.
Jean Crate from Sutton School Nursing is available to the boys
at school between 1300-1600 on Wednesday afternoons during
term-time. The school nursing team offer a confidential drop-in
service to young people at secondary schools to allow them time
to discuss any physical or emotional health concerns they may
have. This is a service which parents can refer young people into,
which school can refer to with consent from parents, and for
young people to refer themselves.
If you have any questions regarding the service we offer to young
people, or wish to refer to us, please contact the School Nursing
team on 0203 458 5081.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FORMS
We have received some phone calls from parents who were
unable to locate leave of absence forms on our website. Please
note these forms can be found under “Quick Links” on the right
hand side of the front page of our website.
Parents should complete one of these forms for any known
absence from school and they should be completed and brought
into the school at least 3 working days in advance of the absence.
This week: ‘programme’ or ‘program’?
When using this word as a noun, the answer to whether you should
use ‘programme’ or ‘program’ is in almost all cases to use the spelling ‘programme’. For example, “My favourite television programme
is on every Monday”.
The spelling ‘program’, as a noun, refers only to computer programs.
This is also the spelling when the word is used as a verb. For example, “I will try to program my computer to do my homework for me”.
FUNDRAISING AT CROYDON MINSTER
NEWS RELEASE
June 3, 2014
Croydon Minster launches fundraising campaign to keep its doors open
Croydon Minster is a well loved landmark in Croydon’s Old Town and a church has stood on its site
since Saxon times. Now it is in danger of having to close its doors during the week unless funds in the
region of £30,000 can be raised by year end.
In addition to being a place of worship, the Minster reaches out to the local community through
providing a food bank, shelter for the homeless, counselling for those affected by drugs and alcohol,
education and activities for young people, meeting opportunities for the elderly and study
opportunities ranging from philosophy to dance.
An exciting programme of events at Croydon Minster has been planned over the next 6 months and
everyone in the local community and beyond is invited to participate. The first three events will take
place on June 21/22: and July 26.
On Saturday June 21st Croydon Minster will open for guided tours of the West Tower during the
Croydon Heritage Festival, and visitors will also be welcome to view the rest of this beautiful historic
building. In addition, there will be music, a book stall and cakes and preserves on sale. The next day,
June 22 is the patronal festival of the Minster, the feast of St John the Baptist. There will be
celebratory service at 10am, sung by the Minster Choir.
On July 26, the Schola Cantorum will lead a sponsored Psalmathon: all 150 Psalms of David sung to
traditional Anglican chant. This will start at 7am and run until late at night: it takes over 16 hours to
sing them all. The public is invited to drop in to listen and to help raise funds through sponsorship.
And on the night of July 26, the Vicar of Croydon, the Rev’d Colin Boswell will be joined by fellow
clergy and supporters, as he sleeps rough in the Minster Grounds to raise awareness of the work the
Minster church does for the homeless and socially disadvantaged in Croydon as well as raising funds
for the Campaign.
For more information on any of these events, please go to www.croydonminster.org or contact The
Rev’d Christopher Moore on 020 8688 8104.
If you wish to donate please go to the Minster’s Just Giving page at:
https://www.justgiving.com/croydonparishchurch/donate/
BUDDING GARDENERS’ COMPETITION
Wilson’s once again entered the RHS competition.
The theme was recycling and our concept of recycling the borough’s recycling bins was very well
received.
The garden was bright and hopefully demonstrated how much you can do in a small space. Aron,
Nathan and Lex planted out the garden and had a
great afternoon at Wisley.
The “Mr Phillips super tour” was cut short only
because of a sudden thunderstorm and the boys
would have happily stayed for hours looking at all
the different areas of the garden. We did not win an
award this year but were very encouraged by the
comments from visitors while we were there.
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Jack Richards 8G who correctly identified the image as Roland Garros tennis courts in Paris, France.
He has won on a number of occasions now - will anyone beat him this week? Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt
in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct! On to this week’s competition:
Where in the world is this (include the name of the landmark and the name of the town and country)? Simply email the information to
ADS@... and the first person with the correct answer wins! Get thinking.
Wed A: C1
Fri A: C1
Mon B: C1
Thurs B: C1 Issue 299 6 June 2014
CLASSICS CLUB
in Room 5.
Anyone needing help with Latin or Classics should go to Room
5 on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes for the general Latin and
Greek help club. Year 10 students are available to help out.
CHESS CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
DEBATE CLUB
BUSINESS STUDIES & ECONOMICS
CLUB
COMPUTER CLUBS
A Level computing and AS ICT can use the following room at
lunchtime (1.15 - 1.50) to do their coursework:
Monday F4
Tuesday F5
Wednesday F4
Mrs Gill
Mrs Gill
HOTT CLUB
Miss Lambert.
CLASSICS COMPETITION - GUESS THE QUOTATION
Who wrote the following quotation?
Where exactly does it appear in bronze?
About whom was it written?
The first person to get to Mr Lawson with the three answers correct (one try each)
wins some chocolate.
“Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,
That here, obedient to Spartan law, we lie.”
WILSON’S ART DEPARTMENT A LEVEL & GCSE PRIVATE VIEW
Wilson’s School Art Department warmly invites you to the A Level & GCSE Private View on Friday 13 June 2014, from 4.30 - 7.00 p.m.
WILSON’S CAR BOOT SALE - SUNDAY 1 JUNE 2014
The sun was shining, the sky was blue and we had nearly 30 cars and lots of
buyers!
All the parents who kindly volunteered did a great job and it was lovely to meet
so many really charming people who are so willing to continue to help, when
they can, at each of our boot fairs and other school events.
Jackie Lane kindly made a huge number of delicious cup cakes and large cakes
to sell which was a great success with many people buying a box of 5 cakes at a
time!
The Boot Fair raised over £500 for Wilson’s and will be put towards the refurbishment of the Main Hall.
The next Boot Fair is to be held on Sunday 20 July – please put the date in your
diaries now and join us for a fun morning as well as helping to raise money for
Wilson’s.
WILSON’S YEAR 7 CHESS TOURNAMENT 2014
7 Camberwell won the Year 7 chess tournament this year by a clear margin of victory. Not only did their first team score 13.5/16, but
their second team came third with 9 points. In second place was 7G first team who scored 10.5 points.
HOUSE STANDINGS
PLACE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
5th NAME
Camberwell Greencoat Southwark Hayes
Brecon
SCORE
29
18.5
10.5
9.5
2.5
MUSIC DEPARTMENT UPDATE
Summer Concert and Jazz Evening - Tuesday 8 July 7.00 p.m.
Beauty & The Beast - Monday 14, Tuesday 15 & Wednesday 16 July 7.30 p.m.
It is the end of another year at Wilson’s and to celebrate in style the Music Department is presenting a very special evening. The Summer
Concert and Jazz Evening will showcase some of our most talented musicians in what promises to be a sublime evening of entertainment.
Parents, grandparents, friends, teachers; all are welcome. If you’ve never been before- put the date in your diary and do come along- you
will be amazed at the standard of our talented students. Recently some of our students were described by Matthew Scrivener leader of the
National Ballet Orchestra as playing at virtually professional level. Come and hear them and maybe even enjoy a glass of Pimms (or two!)
Tickets will soon be on sale for this year’s Junior Production, Beauty and the Beast. The boys have been working very hard and this production looks set to be our best yet! Tickets will go on sale via ParentMail2 and will sell fast so please make sure you put the dates in your diaries.
As ever, we rely on support from parents and friends of the school on the evening of the event, selling drinks, raffle tickets and nibbles in aid
of the school. If you would like to help on the evening, either behind the bar or selling raffle tickets & nibbles, please e-mail Beverley Barry at
[email protected]. It’s a great way to meet parents and make new friends as well as supporting the Music Department
and the Wilson’s Parents and Friends Association (PFA). Sparing just a few hours of your time would make an enormous difference!
WILSON'S SCHOOL
SUMMER CONCERT
AND JAZZ EVENING
TUESDAY 8TH JULY 7PM
JOIN US FOR A
SUBLIME EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT
Adults £6 Under 18s £4
Advance bookings via ParentMail2
Refreshments provided by the PFA
Wilson's Cricket Dream League 2014
Team
U13A
U12A
U14A
U15A
1st XI
FIRST DIVISION
PLD
Total
6
4
3
5
6
24
Won
5
3
2
3
1
Drawn
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
Lost
1
1
1
2
5
Points Pts Av.
2.50
15
9
2.25
2.00
6
9
1.80
3
0.50
Win %
1.75
60.33%
Points Pts Av.
12
2.40
3
1.50
3
1.00
0
Win %
10
42
83.33%
75.00%
66.67%
60.00%
16.67%
SECOND DIVISION
Team
U13B
U15B
U12B
U14B
PLD
Total
Other
Total
5
2
3
0
10
OVERALL
5
39
Won
4
1
1
0
Drawn
0
0
0
0
Lost
6
0
4
18
2 54.44%
1
21
0
0
4
18
3
63
0.60 20.00%
1.62 53.85%
1
1
2
0
80.00%
50.00%
33.33%
CRICKET FIXTURES
Fri 6th June
U’12 A away at Tiffin, 2 pm start (Surrey Cup)
Thurs. 12 June
U’12 B away at Trinity, 2 pm start
U’12 C away at Trinity, 2 pm start
U’14 A away at Whitgift, 4:15 pm start (Surrey Cup)
U14D at home to John Fisher
2.00 p.m. start
Sat 7th June
U’12 A away at Whitgift, 9:30 am start
Fri 13 June
U’13 A away at Whitgift, 9:30 am start
U’14 A away at Glyn, 9:30 am start
U’14 B away at Glyn, 9:30 am start
U’15 A home to Trinity, 9 am start (Surrey T20 Cup)
U’15 B home to Glyn, 9:30 am start
U12A away at Glyn 3.10 p.m. start
U12B away at Glyn 3.10 p.m. start
Tues 10th June U’12 A away at OWCC, 4:30 pm start (Challenge Cup)
U’13 A away at Glyn, 3:30 pm start
U’13 B away at Glyn, 3:30 pm start
SPORTS NEWS
CRICKET NEWS
GOLF
Result from Tuesday 3 June
The U’15’ A’s progressed through to the next round of the Surrey
T20 Competition with a narrow win against Glyn. Glyn posted 102
for their 20 overs, with Eugene Carr the stand out bowler. In reply,
Wilson’s lost both openers (Eamonn Hoare and Amar Pal) early, but
Jack Shelton and George Kellingley progressed the run rate well.
With Jack bowled by a viciously turning ball and then George run
out, the game looked to be going Glyn’s way. Up stepped Eugene
Carr and Josh Norman to hit 29 from the last 3 overs, to give Wilson’s
a 5 wicket win with a ball to spare. Next up in this Competition, the
U’15’ A’s face Trinity this Saturday (7 June). The game starts at 9 am
at home, and the boys will welcome your support.
Golf has started in PE lessons. 8H started this week in the community golf programme organised by an Old Wilsonian Richard
Shaw. The boys are competing nationally and individually, the
top scorer this week in year 8 is Max Exelby with 25 points in the
chipping test. The year 7’s are starting later this week. There will
be different challenges every week over the coming 5 weeks.
All points are collated for an eventual winner, good luck to you
boys choose to compete.
Wilson’s Cricket Medals
Pupils are reminded that medals are awarded for any player taking 3
wickets or more, or scoring 50 runs or more. Please see Mr Parkinson
to receive your medal.
Wilson’s Cricket Clothing is available from Cladish Sports in Wallington. This includes playing shirts, trousers, jumpers and caps, all
printed with the School badge. It is expected that all players representing the school should have a Wilson’s playing shirt. If players
want to wear a jumper during a game then it should be a Wilson’s
one or a plain jumper, not one with club colours on it. Similarly,
cricket trousers should be Wilson’s or plain, not club trousers. If players wish to wear a cap during a match then it should be the black
Wilson’s one available from Cladish.
Team of the Week (week commencing 19 May)
With both the U’13 A’s and B’s losing their 100% records in games
against Trinity on Tuesday afternoon (19 May), it left the U’12 A’s to
pick up our first ‘Team of the week’ award! They achieved 2 wins in 2
days against good opposition to hopefully show signs of promising
things to come. They travelled to Reigate Grammar on the Friday
afternoon and won by 8 wickets, and followed that up with a comprehensive 50 run win at home to St Olaves on Saturday morning.
2 good team performances, with excellent individual ones as well
as outlined in the ‘Player of the Week’! We wish them luck in their
Surrey Cup game away at St Joseph’s this Friday afternoon.
Player of the Week (week before half term)From the U’12 A’s, Raed Hassan posted a combined 71 from their 2
matches, and captain Callum Furmidge hit an impressive 67 against
St Olaves. Jack Shelton from the U’15 A’s hit 64 in total from their 2
competitive Cup games. But the winner is a bowler from our strong
U’13 B side, Morgan Anthony who picked up 3 for 27 against Trinity
this Tuesday, this coming on top of his outstanding performance
against Reigate Grammar the week before. In this game, Morgan
took 3 wickets for 1 run from 2 overs, with the wickets coming in the
form of a 2nd over wicket maiden hat-trick! All of the wickets were
clean bowled, and all against batsmen in the top 5. Congratulations
to Morgan, who wins the inaugural Player of the Week award.
FUTSAL - U14 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
Our congratulations also go to the U14 futsal team who have made
it through to the National futsal Finals in Birmingham on 28 and 29
June, beating futsal specialists Escolla Club 4-0 with a hat-trick from
Piralash Pathmanathan and a clean sheet from Ted St. Clair-Gray and
other futsal league teams.
The U4’s team was made up of Ted St Clair-Gray (Year 8), Tolu
Soretire, Jon Chen, Piralash Pathmanathan, Michael Ojetunde, David
Okoh and Caleb Nelson. The team had trained for 7 weeks prior to
this competition and managed to beat Dulwich college and other
teams this season to make this regional final. The tournament was
played at Brunel University in Uxbridge. All players arrived on time
ready to showcase all the hard work they had put in to be part
of this occasion. Ted St. Clair-Gray played in the absence of Toby
Godwin and was outstanding, man of the tournament the organiser
informed ‘Mr Parkinson’. All the squad performed exceptionally well
with Michael Ojetunde named as player of the tournament.
It was a proud moment for the boys to win this tournament and
make the National Finals for the first time in the school’s history.
We wish them good luck in the finals.
Wilson’s Update
JACK TAPERELL MEETS THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.K.
Congratulations to Jack Taperell, who met US Ambassador
Matthew Barzun at a private reception last week at the ambassador’s residence in Regent’s Park. The reception was held
to celebrate the achievements of sixty one state school students from around the UK who will be starting their degrees
at US universities this Autumn. The students were all part of
the US programme run by the Sutton Trust and the Fulbright
Commission, which aims to help students from state schools
to win funded places at universities in the US. Jack was one
of only three students on this programme to secure a place
at Yale University, an incredible achievement which is due
not just to his academic ability (which led to him also being
offered a place to study English at Cambridge) but also his
extra-curricular achievements and the level of organisation
and commitment that he showed throughout the application
process.
Jack has very kindly donated to the school all of the materials
that he used for his US application and has already been helping students in year 12 to make applications of their own.
The best time to start work on an application to the US is at
the end of year 11, and if there are any year 11 students who
are considering this, they should contact Dr Hemp as soon as
possible after their GCSE exams.
Dates for your Diary - Sept. 2014
13 June
25 June
26 June
Art Exhibition (4.30 p.m.)
Vocal Evening
Please be aware of the date your son will start back in September.
2014 remembering that he will be in the year group above his
current year group
27 June
27 June
28 June
28 June
Late Start (Registration at 9.30 a.m.)
Wilson’s Summer Parkrun (Roundshaw Downs 1 September
2 September
3 September
5 September
Staff Only Day
Staff Only Day
Term begins for new Year 7, Year 8 and Year 13
Term begins for Year 11 and Year 12
30 June
9.00 a.m.) for boys, parents, old boys and staff
8 September
8 July
9 July
11 July
time)
15 July
17 July
End of Term for Years 7, 8, 9 and 12
400TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISING WITH THE ROYAL MARSDEN
Earlier this week we received the details of our 400th Anniversary fundraising campaign for the Royal Marsden and we’re very excited to
share this news with you.
The Royal Marsden have proposed that all of the money the boys raise throughout 2015 will go towards a new research fellowship into
the treatment of Rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of soft-tissue cancer that affects children. Our donation will help fund a ground-breaking
research project into the use of PARP inhibitors as part of the treatment process, which have been shown to prevent the cancer cells from
repairing and may increase the effectiveness of the chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments.
This research project offers the boys an opportunity to support new research that could have a very wide-ranging impact, not only in the
treatment of Rhabdomyosarcoma but in other forms of cancer too. Over the next few weeks a representative from the Royal Marsden will
be speaking to the Year 8 and Year 10 students about the project and in September every boy will be given a booklet with lots of
fundraising ideas in it.
We will be publishing the full proposal online where you will be able to read all about the project and find out more about how the money
our students raise will help. If you have any questions or fundraising ideas in the meantime please send an email to wilsons400@wilsonss-
NOTICES
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO PARENTS FROM THE
SCHOOL NURSE
Parents are reminded that it is their responsibility to ensure
any medication held in school is within its dates, and has not
expired. Parents of children with Epipen medication are able to
register online for reminders when medication is due to expire
through the Anaphylaxis UK website.
Jean Crate from Sutton School Nursing is available to the boys
at school between 1300-1600 on Wednesday afternoons during
term-time. The school nursing team offer a confidential drop-in
service to young people at secondary schools to allow them time
to discuss any physical or emotional health concerns they may
have. This is a service which parents can refer young people into,
which school can refer to with consent from parents, and for
young people to refer themselves.
If you have any questions regarding the service we offer to young
people, or wish to refer to us, please contact the School Nursing
team on 0203 458 5081.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FORMS
We have received some phone calls from parents who were
unable to locate leave of absence forms on our website. Please
note these forms can be found under “Quick Links” on the right
hand side of the front page of our website.
Parents should complete one of these forms for any known
absence from school and they should be completed and brought
into the school at least 3 working days in advance of the absence.
This week: ‘fewer’ or ‘less’?
Bill Bryson is well known as the author of highly entertaining travel
– and, more recently, history – books. However, one of the most
useful books he has written dates from his days as a subeditor on
‘The Times’ newspaper. It is called ‘Troublesome Words’ and is a
guide to avoiding common mistakes in written English. It would be
a valuable addition to any home library!
On whether to use ‘fewer’ or ‘less’, Bryson writes: “Probably no other
pair of words causes more problems, and with less justification,
than ‘less’ and ‘fewer’. The generally cited rule is that ‘less’ applies to
quantity and ‘fewer’ to number. A rougher but more helpful guide is
to use ‘less’ with singular nouns (less money, less sugar) and ‘fewer’
with plural nouns (fewer houses, fewer doctors).”
HORDES OF THE THINGS CLUB - FRIDAY 6 JUNE
This week at Hordes of the Things club, two epic battles raged on in room 5. The first, between a veteran player and a newer player was
quickly decided after three turns when the veteran took his opponent’s stronghold with an aerial hero and a flier in assistance. There
was not much resistance to those units as they were aerial ones and his opponent had no aerial units with which to counter them, apart
from the two dragons, which, being lazy, could not be successfully summoned to the battle. After three rounds, the attacker gloriously
prevailed in one of the shortest battles so far. The record for shortest game is held by the winner of a battle on the second turn; this was
achieved by killing the enemy general.
On the other table, another veteran and new player were battling it out with the new player as the defender and the veteran attacking.
Despite being inexperienced and new to the game, the new player won as the veteran didn’t take the stronghold and also lost one unit.
And even though this seemed an insignificant amount, a game like this can be unrelenting if you don’t achieve the objective in time.
“Hordes of the Things” club happens in room 5 every Friday lunchtime. Armies of beautifully painted miniatures may be moved around
and engaged in combat in a fun, quick, decisive manner.
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Neresh Anandakumar, 604 who correctly identified the image as Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin,
Germany . Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct!
Wed A: C1
Fri A: C1
Mon B: C1
CLASSICS CLUB
in Room 5.
CHESS CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
DEBATE CLUB
CLUB
COMPUTER CLUBS
Scratch club and ICT drop in for Year 7s on Tuesdays in F5 with
Mr Poole.
HOTT CLUB
Miss Lambert.
CLASSICS CLUB - WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE 2014
Classics club last week continued the recent Egyptian theme, with a masterful talk about Osiris from
Thomas Lonsdale (7C). He explained the Osiris myth; the connection with Isis; the popularity of the
mythology and what it might have meant for Egyptians. Modern parallels were also made with this
myth. The themes of rejuvenation and spring can be found in many cultures. Essentially, for the Egyptians, the annual flooding of the Nile, which ensured prosperity and life, was guaranteed by the pharaoh, acting as an earthly Osiris, to bring about the fertility of the crops.
Report by Edward Wong (8S)
Classics club takes place every Wednesday in room 5 at lunchtime. You may eat your lunch there. There
is free chocolate. Anyone may discuss anything vaguely Classical, or just sit, listen and relax.
JUNE PFA 100 CLUB DRAW WINNERS
The winners for the month of June are:
1st prize £75 2nd prize £45 3rd prize £30 Susan Gauge
Lisa McGillivray
Janet Yang
Congraulations to our prize winners this month.
If you would like to join the 100 club with the possibility of
winning a prize each month you can obtain an application
form by emailing the PFA: wilsons100clubgmail.com or
see Wilson’s website under PFA.
Summer Concert and Jazz Evening - Tuesday 8 July 7.00 p.m.
Beauty & The Beast - Monday 14, Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 July at 7.30 p.m.
Tickets are now on sale via ParentMail2 for the Summer Concert and Jazz Evening and the Junior Production. These events are always
extremely popular and usually sell out in advance of the evening. Please book your tickets now to avoid disappointment!
WILSON'S SCHOOL
SUMMER CONCERT
AND JAZZ EVENING
JOIN US FOR A
CRICKET RESULTS
Tiffin U’12 A
114 for 9
20 overs
Wilson’s U’12 A
25 All Out 12.1 overs
Result : Tiffin won by 89 runs (Surrey Cup)
Wilson’s U’12 A
90 All Out
19.5 overs
OWCC U’13
94 for 3
18.2 overs
Result: OWCC U’13 won by 7 wickets (Wilson’s Challenge Cup)
Trinity U’12 B
105 for 9
20 overs
Wilson’s U’12 B
70 All Out
18 overs
Result: Trinity U’12 B won by 35 runs
Wilson’s U’12 C
69 for 5
20 overs
Trinity U’12 C
70 for 2
13 overs
Result: Trinity U’12 C won by 8 wickets
Wilson’s U’14 A
91all out
24.4 overs
Whitgift U’14 A
92 for 1
11.5 overs
Result: Whitgift U’14 A won by 9 wickets (Surrey Cup)
Wilson’s U’13 A
36 All Out
Glyn U’13 A
37 for 4
14 overs
Result: Glyn U’13 A won by 6 wickets
Wilson’s U’13 B
Glyn U’13 B
115 for 6
92 All Out
20 overs
17.4 overs
Dillon Chithuranjan
4 for 13 (Hat Trick)
All games away at Glyn and Whitgift on Sat 7th June were halted after a few overs due to the rain.
Team
U13A
U12A
U15A
U14A
1st XI
Total
FIRST DIVISION
PLD
7
6
5
4
6
28
Won
5
3
3
2
1
Drawn
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
Lost
2
3
2
2
5
14
Points Pts Av.
2.14
15
9
1.50
1.80
9
6
1.50
3
0.50
Win %
1.50
49.62%
Points Pts Av.
15
2.50
3
1.50
3
0.75
0
Win %
42
71.43%
50.00%
60.00%
50.00%
16.67%
SECOND DIVISION
Team
U13B
U15B
U12B
U14B
Total
Other
Total
PLD
6
2
4
0
12
OVERALL
6
46
Won
5
1
1
0
Drawn
0
0
0
0
Lost
7
0
5
21
2 52.78%
1
22
0
0
5
24
3
66
0.50 16.67%
1.43 47.83%
1
1
3
0
83.33%
50.00%
25.00%
SPORTS NEWS
THE HOBBS TROPHY
WILSON’S CRICKET CLOTHING
Congratulations to Year 10 Cricket Captain George Kellingley who
has been selected to represent Surrey London Boroughs in the
HOBBS Trophy at The Kia Oval next Monday (16 June). George will
be playing in a triangular T20 tournament against The Rest of Surrey
and London Schools. His first match will start at 11.00 a.m., and
entrance is free for spectators should you wish to go along to support him. This is a fantastic opportunity for George to play at a Test
venue, and he follows on from last year’s Wilson’s representatives
James Sheridan and Curtis Rose. We wish George the best of luck.
Wilson’s Cricket Clothing is available from Cladish Sports in Wallington. This includes playing shirts, trousers, jumpers and caps,
all printed with the School badge. It is expected that all players
representing the school should have a Wilson’s playing shirt. If
players want to wear a jumper during a game then it should be a
Wilson’s one or a plain jumper, not one with club colours on it. Similarly, cricket trousers should be Wilson’s or plain, not club trousers.
If players wish to wear a cap during a match then it should be the
black Wilson’s one available from Cladish.
WILSON’S CRICKET MEDALS
CHESS RESULT
Pupils are reminded that medals are awarded for any player taking 3
wickets or more, or scoring 50 runs or more. Please see Mr Parkinson
to receive your medal.
Wilson’s lost to Sevenoaks School CRICKET FIXTURES
Wed 11 June U’15 B away at John Fisher, 3:45 pm start
Thurs 12 June
U’15 A away at John Fisher, 2 pm start (Sutton League)
U’14 B at home to John Fisher, 2 pm start
Fri 13 June
U’15 A away at Trinity, 3:30 pm start (Surrey T20 Cup)
Sat 14 June
U’12 A at home to Sutton Grammar, 9:30 am start (astro wicket, Sutton League)
U’12 B away at Sutton Grammar (Northey Avenue
Playing Fields, SM2 7HR), 9:30 am start (Sutton League)
U’13 A away at Sutton Grammar (Northey Avenue
U’14 A at home to Sutton Grammar, 9:30 am start (Sutton League)
U’15 A away at Sutton Grammar (Northey Avenue
Mon 16 June
U’15 B away at Langley Park, 2 pm start
Tues 17 June
U’15 A away at Old Wilsonians Colts, 4:40 pm start (Wilson’s Challenge Cup)
Thurs 19 June
U’14 B at home to Langley Park, 2 pm start
5-7
Wilson’s Update
WILSON’S HOST BANDON HILL SPORTS DAY
On Thursday 12 June, Wilson’s hosted the annual Bandon Hill Primary School Sports Day. 240 enthusiastic pupils from ages 7 to 11
arrived at the School at 9:30 a.m., and were kept entertained by the
27 boys in the Year 10 GCSE PE Group for 3 hours!
Each Bandon Hill pupil took part in Discus, Agility Races, Javelin,
Tug of War, 40 Metre Sprint, Long Jump, and Shot Put. There was
even a rest station where resident comedian Sami Hussain played
games and told jokes to keep the children entertained whilst they
got some much needed water on board on what was a hot day
(see pictures)! The classes and activities were run excellently and
25 June
26 June
27 June
Vocal Evening
27 June
28 June
28 June
30 June
8 July
9 July
11 July
time)
expertly by our GCSE boys, with Bandon Hill pupils, teachers and
parents commenting upon how much they had enjoyed the day,
and indeed how well our boys had represented the School. The day
also ended with victory, with Calum Nuttall winning the Wilson’s
Year 10’s vs. Bandon Hill Parents 40 Metre Challenge Race!
Our congratulations to all those boys involved.
15 July
17 July
current year group
1 September
2 September
3 September
5 September
8 September
Staff Only Day
Staff Only Day
Y8 MATHS CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION
At the end of last term all Y8 boys were given the opportunity to use their mathematical knowledge and understanding in a more creative
way. The boys submitted a rich and entertaining array of entries, which their teachers found a pleasure to mark. The best entries were performed by the boys in their year assembly which proved to be a great success. Highly commended entries included a short story by Matthew
Hill (8H) with ingenious mathematical play on words and a parody of Counting Stars (ie Counting Numbers) by Gabriel Lumsden and Conrad
Conduah (8C). Congratulations to Abhi Chatterjee (8B) for his winning, “other-worldly”, entry below.
Numberville
In the city of Numberville, there are many communities. They thrive
amongst themselves, but much controversy and separation exists,
yet to be eradicated…
In Integer Street, the most renowned place in the whole of Numberville, the celebrities lived. These were the natural numbers, such as 3
and 27. They were the most glamorous, the richest, and always were
invited to the most popular party events. They were the numbers,
who lived in the houses with the whole, positive door numbers. Their
butlers were very dashing gentlemen, and their maids were always
loyal to them. These butlers and maids lived with them in their
crystal palaces, in the servants’ negative integer quarters. This was
how it worked in Integer Street. In the surrounding streets, lived the
friends of the natural celebrities. These were the rational non-integers. Some of the best known ones here were numbers like 0.5, and
1/3. Although not born with traits such as the God-given natural
numbers, they were the close friends and family of the numbers on
Integer Street. Together in this tightly infinite community of integers
and rational non-integers, they made up the array of rational numbers.
Then there were the dirty rotten scoundrels, as they were known
in the city of Numberville. They were the Irrationals. The vermin of
the city, as everyone who was anyone, took any necessary measures
to avoid running into them on the streets. They were thought of as
disgusting, because of the way that although they seem simpler than
most, behind the mask, they are so complicated, that they cannot
be expressed as a fraction or decimal. It is for this reason that many
of the rich bring with them their bodyguards in case they run into
one of these irrational thugs. Although if you were careful you would
avoid these numbers, they still posed a threat to the city of Numbervi
lle.
And this is where we resume our story. In the decent and modest
street of Rational Non-Integers. Here lived one of the most average
RNI’s you could possibly ever have. Introducing 27.35. This was a
number who was nothing special. Just one of the countless infinite
RNI’s that existed. And yet this number would make such a discovery,
that would change his life, and those of the number race for good.
27.35 had had previous experience of dealing with an Irrational
before. And he won the fight. On the way home, half terrified he
would bump into another criminal, he went back home, and thought
long and hard. He realized, that these people, such as the one he ran
NOTICES
WATER SPORTS TRIP TO CALA LLEVADO SPAIN 2014
There is a trip meeting for all parents on 3 July 3 at
6.30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre
into, the notorious √3, were square roots of natural numbers. And he
thought about what a natural number was. He knew they were positive integers. But what about square roots of negative integers? Had
no-one thought of this idea before? What was the square root of any
negative number? It was totally revolutionary. It was completely crazy, but this completely ordinary number, 27.35, had just introduced a
whole new type of number. But what would they be called?
27.35 spent the next several days talking to his psychiatrists about
the visions he had about these numbers that he had imagined to be.
They were fascinated, and recommended informing the Numberville
institute of numerical advances with the discovery that this ordinary
number had made. With the full support of the chairman of the Numberville institution of numerical advances, 27.35 was able to start a
foundation, for the scientific creation of imaginary numbers (SCINF).
And so the citizens of Numberville endured another year with the
Irrationals, before 27.35 was one day given the news, that the robots
that the SCINF had been attempting to create had succeeded. When
he arrived at the foundation HQ, he was shown to Test Laboratory
No.1 and given access to view the first ever, imaginary robotic number, √-1. It was other-worldly, and 27.35 took the initiative to supply
the robot with specimen weaponry, and unleashed him for a defence
run against an irrational dummy. After that succeeded, the prototype
was cloned, and were made the guardians of Numberville, and made
into the stern police robots that would keep the rest safe from the
irrational criminals that lurked around the Number City. 27.35 was
very quickly recognized for his work, and soon Queen 1 knighted the
little number to the nearest whole number. He was now known as
27. 27 lived the rest of his life as a natural number celebrity, and that
was how numbers changed his life forever.
THE END
WILSON’S SUMMER PARKRUN
Later this month Wilson’s School will be taking over the Roundshaw Downs Parkrun and everybody is invited including students,
teachers, parents and old boys! There is already a large group from
Wilson’s who take part at Roundshaw Parkrun and on 28 June we are
hoping to get lots of extra people to come along. We have scheduled this so that it is after exams week and as an added incentive we
will be providing cakes etc at the end.
you register you can choose to join a running club - be sure to find
Wilson’s School in the drop-down list so that you’re on the team.
The run really does suit all abilities and teachers will also be running
trying their best to keep up with the boys!
We are also encouraging parents to come along and run for Wilson’s
School, or indeed to provide moral support if the thought of running
5K is too much.
If you’re a regular Park Runner you’ll know how the whole thing
works, but if not then read on... It’s a non-competitive 5km race that
takes place every Saturday morning at 09:00 at venues all across the
country. Every runner’s time is uploaded to the Parkrun website and
you can track how you’re doing on a week-by-week basis. It’s a great
way to get fit at your own pace. You should start by registering with
Parkrun, www.parkrun.org.uk. To get a time you need to download
a unique bar code, print it out and bring it with you on the day. As
The run starts on Roundshaw Downs at 09:00 - for directions refer to
the Roundshaw Downs Parkrun web page http://www.parkrun.org.
uk/roundshaw/course/. Hope to see you on the 28 June at 09:00.
OLD WILSONIANS’ TEAM BEAT THE ‘EGGHEADS’
Last week five OWs featured on the BBC2 show Eggheads and they
annihilated their quizzing foes.
about their victory and the link to the show is also there - http://
wilsonsalumni.org.uk/page/news_eggheads
David Gibbon, Kush Amin, Max Thompson, Alex Bate & Naveed
Tariq, who were all in Greencoat from 1999-2006, took on a couple
of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire winners, a Mastermind and some
other quiz show masters and won every round, something that
has apparently never been done before. The show is on iPlayer but
unfortunately not for long. I’ve posted an article on the alumni site
I’m sure those of you who taught these guys will (quite rightly)
claim some of the credit for the win. Impressively, even when they
didn’t know the answer they were able to make well-informed
guesses, which is definitely something they learned at Wilson’s!
ART EXHIBITION
On Friday 13 June, Wilson’s School Art Department opened
its doors to the public for A Level & GCSE students to proudly
showcase their wonderful artworks.
The proud family and friends who attended the exhibition were
blown away by the quality and quantity of work on display.
Many guests arrived throughout the evening to congratulate
both the students and their teachers on their achievements.
We now await the examination grades with eager anticipation.
Summer Concert and Jazz Evening Tuesday 8 July 7.00 p.m.
WILSON'S SCHOOL
SUMMER CONCERT
AND JAZZ EVENING
JOIN US FOR A
CLASSICS COMPETITION - GUESS THE QUOTATION
Chocolate available for the first student to tell Mr Lawson
who said, as he lay dying, “vae! Puto deus fio.” - “Alas! I
think I’m becoming a god!”
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Samino Fernando, 7G, who correctly identified the image as the Scottish Parliament Building,
Holyrood, Edinburgh. He has previously won - will anyone beat him this week? Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr
Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct!
Wed A: C1
Fri A: C1
Mon B: C1
CLASSICS CLUB
Takes place on Wednesdays at 1.10 p.m. onwards in Room 5
(with free chocolate), or come earlier and eat lunch there. Relax
and discuss something Classical in a relaxed informal atmosphere. Last week Ellis Nash of Year 7 volunteered to talk. YOu
can come to listen or participate just as you wish. Volunteers to
in Room 5.
CLUB
CHESS CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
DEBATE CLUB
COMPUTER CLUBS
Mr Poole.
HOTT CLUB
war gaming with simple rules. Armies and advice provided (if wanted). Terrain boards available. Do come early to get a good game in
and choose
Miss Lambert.
CLASSICS CLUB - WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014 by Ellis Nash, 7C
This week at classics club, I talked about The Punishments of the Gods. At first I
was stuck on what to talk about, because there had been a theme of Egyptians
for the previous weeks. I was thinking of doing an Egyptian theme also, but was
stuck on what to talk about that I found interesting and everyone else found stimulating. I was thinking about Prometheus, the man who was imprisoned for sharing the secret of fire with man. Then I thought I could make a presentation about
what people had done wrong, and how Gods punished them. I talked about
Prometheus, Pandora, Midas, Tantalus and Sisyphus, all of whom had horrible and
disgusting punishments. These people are all part of the Greek mythology. I really
enjoyed my first ever talk, and will definitely be doing another.
SURREY SCHOOL ATHLETICS
On Saturday a number of boys from Wilson’s represented Sutton
in the Surrey Championships.
Jordan Dobbs reached the final of the 300m and recorded a
time of 43sec.which was a great effort as he is a year under age.
Jonathan Chen also reached the final of the 800m and ran an
excellent time of 2minutes 10 seconds a personal best (see photograph). Piralash Pathmanathan was placed second in the Long
Jump final with a jump of 5m.15cm
Jacob Veerapen won the Triple Jump with a leap of 13m 69cm
and Tom Holden won the senior boys 1500m in a time of 4.01.
We now wait to see if Tom and Jacob have qualified for the National Individual finals later this Summer.
Well done to all these boys
WILSON’S CHALLENGE CUP
Each year the School compete against the Old Wilsonians CC for
3 Cups. This gives our boys the chance to go over to the Old Boys
Ground in Hayes and play on the facilities they could utilise when
they become ‘Old Wilsonians.’
Our U’12 A’s had narrowly lost to the their U’13’s a couple of
weeks ago, and so it was the turn of the U’15 A’s to make amends
on Tuesday (17th). Batting first, we posted 124 for 6 from 20 overs
(see Player of the Week for write up!). In return the boys bowled
excellently and caught fantastically to bowl the Old Wilsonians
out for 38. Sachin Suseelen did a great job stepping into the
team from the B’s, taking 3 for 5 from his 2.2 overs. 4 catches
were taken expertly in the slips, 3 from Jack Shelton. After a
difficult last week for results in the Surrey and Sutton Cups, it
was great to see the boys play with skill and character to lift the
Wilson’s Challenge Cup (team photo below).
Next Wednesday the 1st XI travel to Old Wilsonians to try and
retain the Eric Massey Shield. We wish them luck.
THE HOBBS TROPHY - MONDAY 16 JUNE
Congratulations to Year 10 Captain George Kellingley who won
the HOBBS Trophy at The Kia Oval on Monday (16 June). Playing as part of the representative team for the Surrey London
Boroughs, George played in a T20 tournament against The Rest
of Surrey and London Schools. George contributed with both
bat and ball as they defeated The Rest of Surrey in their first
game. A comprehensive victory against London Schools then
followed to give Surrey London Borough victory, and retention,
of the Hobbs Trophy. Well done George.
TEAM OF THE WEEK - U15Bs
Congratulations to the U’15 B’s whose 2 wins make them the
‘Team of the Week.’ Last Wednesday they defeated John Fisher,
and then followed that up this Monday with a win against Langley Park. Both wins were away from home to make them even
more significant. Captain Kris Page scored a total of 52 from both
games, and was backed by his bowlers Vignesh Patel (3 for 22
vs. John Fisher) and Daniel Clarke (3 for 13 vs. Langley Park). Well
done to all the team.
CRICKET RESULTS
WILSON’S CRICKET RESULTS 2014
Sutton G U12A
55 for 9
Wilson’s U12A
57 for 1
Wilson’s won by 9 wickets (Sutton Cup)
20 overs
12.1 overs
Wilson’s U12B
Sutton G U12B
Wilson’s won by 33 runs
20 overs
20 overs
88 for 8
55 for 3
Marcus Brown 5 for 5
Sutton G U13A
56
Wilson’s U13A5715 overs
Wilson’s U13A won (Sutton Cup)
Wilson’s U14A
90 for 3
Sutton G U14A
91 for 9
Sutton G U14A won by 1 wicket (Sutton Cup)
20 overs
19.3 overs
Sam Moody 33
Achal Srivastav 4 for 19
Wilson’s U14B
John Fisher U14B
Wilson’s U14B won by 24 runs
108 for 4
84 for 7
20 overs
20 overs
Raza Ali 45
Sutton G U15A
106 for 6
Wilson’s U15A
94 all out
Sutton G U15A won by 12 runs (Sutton Cup)
20 overs
18.4 overs
Alex Lane 3 for 10
Wilson’s U15A
82 for 9
20 overs
John Fisher U15A
86 for 8
18.4 overs
Eugene Carr 3 for 15
Alex Lane 3 for 16
John Fisher U15A won by 2 wickets (Sutton Cup)
Trinity U15A
144 for 9
20 overs
Josh Norman 3 for 30
Wilson’s U15A85 for 920 overs
Trinity U15A won (Surrey T20 Cup)
Wilson’s U15A
124 for 6
20 overs
Josh Norman 52
George Kellingley 34
OWCC U15
38 all out
13.2 overs
Sachin Suseelan 3 for 5
Wilson’s U15A won by 86 runs (Wilson’s win the Challenge Cup)
Wilson’s U15B
John Fisher U15B
Wilson’s U15B won by 8 runs
111 for 5
103 for 6
20 overs
20 overs
Langley Park U15B
66 all out
16.2 overs
Wilson’s U15B
67 for 5
15.2 overs
Wilson’s U15B won by 5 wickets
Vignesh Patel 3 for 22
Daniel Clarke 3 for 13
SPORTS NEWS
Team
U13A
U12A
U15A
U14A
1st XI
FIRST DIVISION
PLD
Total
8
7
8
5
6
Won
34
6
4
4
2
1
Drawn
0
0
0
0
0
17
0
Lost
2
3
4
3
5
17
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JOSH NORMAN
Points Pts Av. Win %
2.25
75%
18
12
1.71
57%
12
1.50
50%
6
1.20
40%
3
0.50
17%
51
1.50
50%
SECOND DIVISION
Team
U14B
U13B
U15B
U12B
PLD
Total
Other
Total
1
6
4
5
Won
16
OVERALL
6
56
1
5
3
2
Drawn
0
0
0
0
Lost
11
0
5
33
2
69%
1
29
0
0
5
27
3
87
0.50
1.55
17%
52%
0
1
1
3
3
3.00 100%
15
2.50
83%
9
2.25
75%
6
1.20
40%
CRICKET FIXTURES
Fri 20 June
U’12 A away at Glyn, 3:15 pm start
U’12 B away at Glyn, 3:15 pm start
U’12 C away at KCS Wimbledon (SW19 4RA), 2:30 pm start
U’12 D away at KCS Wimbledon (SW19 4RA), 2:30 pm start
U’12 A at home to Lingfield Notre Dame, 9:30 am start
U’12 B at home to Lingfield Notre Dame, 9:30 am start (astro pitch)
U’13 A away at RGS Guildford (GU4 8AT), 9:30 am start
U’13 B away at RGS Guildford (GU4 8AT), 9:30 am start
U’14 A away at Lingfield Notre Dame (RH7 6PH), 9:30 am start
U’15 A away at Lingfield Notre Dame (RH7 6PH), 9:30 am start
Sat 21 June Wed 25 June
1st XI away at Old Wilsonians, 11 am start (Eric Massey Shield)
Thurs 26 June
nament
U’12 A away at Reigate Grammar School, 12 pm start – Reigate 6’s tour-
Fri 27 June
U’12 A at home to Trinity, 2 pm start
Two bowlers grabbed the headlines
from Saturday’s home games against
Sutton Grammar. Achal Srivastav took
4 for 19 in the middle overs for the U’14
A’s to put them in with a chance of
pulling off a spirited victory. However,
in a tense finale, Sutton just squeezed
home with 9 wickets down and 3 balls
to spare. On the other wicket, the U’12
A’s restricted Sutton to 55 for 9 from
their 20 overs. This was largely down
to Marcus Brown’s incredible spell of 4
overs, 2 maidens, 5 runs, and 5 wickets.
This enabled the U’12 A’s to win comfortably by 9 wickets.
However, our award this week goes to a
batsman. Batting has been the weakest
discipline among most sides this season, and so will continue to be a focus
in practice sessions. It’s been a few
games since a batsman hit a half century for the School, with Raza Ali coming
closest last week with 45 for the U’14
B’s against John Fisher. Captain Sam
Moody scored 33 important runs for
his U’14 A side against Sutton, however
their target still proved a little short.
Then up stepped Josh Norman on Tuesday (17th) to hit 52 off 47 balls at Old
Wilsonians. Batting at Number 4, Josh
came to the crease at 20 for 2, and then
watched partners fall to leave the side
struggling on 40 for 5 after 10 overs.
This brought Captain George Kellingley
to the crease, and he and Josh put on a
84 run partnership from 66 balls, with
Josh run out on the last ball of the 20
over innings. In this last over Josh had
brought up his first ever 50, enabling
the team to post a total of 124 which
Old Wilsonians found far too difficult in
reply. Congratulations to Josh who is
‘Player of the Week’ and whose knock
allowed his team to lift the Wilson’s
Challenge Cup.
Who can be the next Batsmen to score
a 50?
Wilson’s Update
CCF VISIT 10 DOWNING STREET
Four Wilson’s School CCF cadets accompanied by
Major Burton and Captain Grant were guests at a
Downing Street reception. Sgt Chris Mallet, Cpl Dan
Skinner, LCpl Jemil Seelan and Cdt Alicia Symes were
there with 76 other cadets from state schools as
ambassadors of the Combined Cadet Force at an
event to promote the Cadet Expansion Programme.
Cadets and staff alike were excited at the prospect of
entering Number 10 via the iconic black door.
The cadets got the chance to meet David Cameron
and other senior Government figures at the
reception on Wednesday afternoon in the Rose
Garden.
Major Burton reported how proud he was of the
cadets turnout and how confident they were in the
surroundings of No 10 and in the company of the
Prime Minister.
A news report of the event can be viewed at http://
forces.tv/42877852 with the Wilson’s Cadets speaking with the Prime Minister at the beginning of the
report.
27 June
27 June
28 June
28 June
30 June
8 July
9 July
11 July
15 July
17 July
current year group
time)
1 September
2 September
3 September
5 September
8 September
Staff Only Day
Staff Only Day
WILSON’S GOLD DofE AWARDS
Congratulations to Old Wilsonians Zeyang Gao,
William Ries and Henry Stanley who, on Monday,
joined the steadily growing numbers of Wilson’s
boys achieving their Gold Duke of Edinburgh
Award. The boys attended a ceremony at St. James
Palace in London where they were presented with
their Gold Award certificates in an event presided
over by HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. The
boys were given the opportunity to discuss their
time on the award with the Earl, sharing
memories and experiences with both royalty and
other award winners. They were also treated to
talks on the Award and the history of their
amazing surroundings, which included spectacular
oil paintings of Trafalgar and Waterloo.
The Gold Award is the final stage in the Duke of
Edinburgh Award. In order to achieve it the boys
had to complete 12 months volunteering, and
either 12 months of a physical activity or a skill.
The remaining section then had to last 6 months.
As with Bronze and Silver, the boys then had to
undertake two expeditions, but at a higher level,
with longer walks and more gruelling terrain.
Zeyang, Will and Henry all reached the cloudy peak
of Mount Snowdon on their final expedition, an
experience that was both tough and rewarding.
The major development from the other stages is
the additional ‘Residential’ section, which requires
candidates to stay with new people and undergo
activities in order to complete the section, ideally
demonstrating skills acquired throughout their
award.
The Gold Award is a very special achievement, with
few managing to persist all the way to completion.
Once again, congratulations to all three boys, who
all encourage anyone considering doing their
award to see it all the way through to Gold, as the
rewards really are worth the effort.
UKMT TEAM MATHS CHALLENGE NATIONAL FINAL
Wilson’s are one of the top maths schools in the country!
On Monday 23 June, four Wilson’s pupils went to the Lindley Hall of
the Royal Horticultural Society in London for the day with Dr Cooper.
This was not the gardening club but the year 8/9 maths team,
competing against 79 other schools in the national final of Team
Maths Challenge.
Their first task was to produce a poster about ‘Mathematical Billiards’
including considering triangular tables and then extending the
mathematics to 3 dimensions. The team did well at solving the
problems but were more challenged by the demands of producing
an attractive poster. However, this was a stand alone round that did
not contribute towards the main event.
The competition proper began with the ‘Group Circus’ round where
they had to tackle eight different problems as a team, each in only
NOTICES
WATER SPORTS TRIP TO CALA LLEVADO SPAIN 2014
There is a trip meeting for all parents on 3 July at
6.30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre
YEAR 9 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TRIPS
There is a meeting for parents and carers of pupils participating
in the Modern Foreign Languages trips to France or Germany on
Thursday 3 July at 6.45 p.m. The French trip meeting will take
place in the Main School Hall and the German trip meeting in
the Bowden room.
five minutes. They performed outstandingly on this round and
scored 42/48 so they were one of the leading teams.
After lunch, the second round was the ‘Shuttle’ round where the answer to one problem is needed to complete the next problem. Here
the team has to work in pairs and they did well but dropped more
points. In the Crossnumber round, where in pairs they separately
solved across and down number clues the team scored an amazing
100% and were back amongst the leaders. In the final race round
they ran around the hall, solving problems and only dropping 6 more
points.
So at the end of four rounds Wilson’s had scored 200 points out of a
maximum of 226 and came seventh in the country. Congratulations
to the team of Shavindra Jayasekera (9B) and Gabriel Cairns (9C)
[standing] with Rajiv Guha (8S) and Jonathan Coombe (8H) [seated].
It would be helpful if you could bring your son’s passport (or a
photocopy of the page with the personal details and any
residency permits) and his EHIC (European Health Insurance
Card) to the meeting. There will also be an opportunity to update your contact details. The EHIC can be applied for from the
following website: https://www.ehic.org.uk/Internet/startApplication.do.
To help with our organisation and the safety of your son it
would also be helpful if parents/carers of boys who will require
medication could bring a list to the meeting and the medication
itself on the morning of departure.
I look forward to seeing as many of you who can make it at the
meeting.
WILSON’S SUMMER PARKRUN
WORK RELATED LEARNING
London’s biggest jobs and careers event
ExCeL London, 21 - 22 November 2014
SKILLS LONDON
IS LOOKING FOR A
NEW IMAGE.
WHAT SHOULD IT BE?
DESIGN COMPETITION
12:00
Friday 3 October 2014
WIN AN
I-Pad AIR
iPad
HINTS AND TIPS
You are invited to come up with a new design for the
branding of Skills London. We need new posters, leaflets,
website design and logo - a whole new concept.
WHAT TO DESIGN
A logo, poster or lealfet, and design
for a homepage of a website.
You can work on your own or as a team. The new design will need to encourage
your fellow students and young people from across London to come along to
Skills London, the biggest jobs and careers event in London.
CHOOSE COLOURS CAREFULLY
Make sure you can read the writing
clearly!
Entrants will need to submit designs for a new logo, a poster or leaflet and the
home page of a website. The winner will be announced at Skills London 2014
attended by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
The winner will receive an i-Pad Air* and their school or college will
receive a voucher for £250 to spend at Prospects Education Resources.
Skills London is London’s biggest annual jobs and careers event. Over 30,000
young people, their parents, families and teachers come along to find out about
a huge range of careers, jobs, training, education and pathways to success.
Employers, colleges, charities and training companies bring the world of work to
life with interactive bite size skills activities and challenges. In 2013 there were
over 35,000 jobs including apprenticeships available.
But when people ask ‘how big is the biggest jobs and careers event in
London?’ we like to show them like this...
9,000 m2
EXHIBITION SPACE
(EQUIVALENT TO 98
AVERAGE UK HOMES)
+
73
EMPLOYERS
182
EXHIBITORS
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CHOOSE IMAGES CAREFULLY
Make them fun but not childish,
business-like but not boring!
THE EVENT NAME AND LOGO
Your logo must include the name of
the event - ‘Skills London 2015’.
DON’T “BORROW” ANOTHER DESIGN
The judges have seen all the main
ones and will soon spot a copy!
Design Quest Summer School:
What makes a great building?
Architecture workshops for ages 7 to 11
CURRENT BRAND
Visit www.skillslondon2014.co.uk to
We live in them, we work in them, we play in them – but
what makes a great building? All workshops are inspired by
the RIBA Stirling Prize, the world’s most significant award for
architecture, and are led by professional educators.
Materials included in the cost of the workshop unless
otherwise indicated.
see the current branding.
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Great Big City
Monday, 4 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
The nominations are in, and you’re the judge! Pick your
favourite from this year’s Stirling Prize nominees and create
your own prize-winning design before adding it to our Great
Big City.
Size, Shape and Space
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
What makes an ordinary building extraordinary? Learn from
past winners of the RIBA Stirling Prize and create your own
3D sculptures exploring size, shape and space in architecture.
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Animal Architecture
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Presenting…the Starling Prize! Beehives, birds’ nests, rabbit
warrens, spider webs and ant hills - animals are great
architects. Explore the architecture of different animals in
a series of challenges before taking on a design-and-build
challenge of your own!
Build a Science Adventure Centre…in just ONE DAY!
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Inspired by the Stirling Prize-winning Magna Science Centre
in Rotherham, you will work in teams to transform our
workshop space into a science centre full of experiments
and activities - in just one day!
Inside/Outside
Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Find out how great buildings work from the inside out.
Experiment with inside/outside architecture in your own
cutaway collage design or shadow box.
WILSON'S SCHOOL
SUMMER CONCERT
AND JAZZ EVENING
JOIN US FOR A
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Samino Fernando, 7G, who correctly identified the image as Horse Guards Parade, off Whitehall in
central London. He has previously won - will anyone beat him this week? Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt in
Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct! On to this week’s competition:
Wed A: C1
Fri A: C1
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CLASSICS CLUB
and discuss something Classical in a relaxed informal atmosphere. You can come to listen or participate just as you wish.
Volunteers to talk about anything vaguely Classical, perhaps to
give a slideshow or show a video as well are most welcome. See
Mr Lawson in Room 5.
CHESS CLUB
challenge club is run for pupils in years 7 to 10. It will include
looking at past Junior Maths Challenge and Olympiad questions,
as well as interesting games and puzzles. The club takes place on
Wednesday lunchtimes in F12.
MANDARIN CLUB
Mandarin club takes place on Wednesdays after school in
Room 14.
DEBATE CLUB
CLUB
COMPUTER CLUBS
Mr Poole.
will be exploring different geographical ideas from 1.15 to 1.50 p.m.
in Room 24. Please come along to Rm 24 with your lunch every
Tuesday, see you there!
HOTT CLUB
war gaming with simple rules. Armies and advice provided (if wanted). Terrain boards available. Do come early to get a good game in.
Miss Lambert.
CLASSICS CLUB - WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE 2014
Last week’s Classics club saw Rishi Siddani from 9G discuss the traditional
Olympian gods and their horrible relations with each other. There was some
discussion of exactly who was Saturn and whether this was indeed the same god
as Kronos. It is always worth learning the Greek and Roman names of the gods
separately.
Free chocolate for the first person this week who can recite to Mr Lawson
the names of all 12 Olympian gods in both the Greek and Roman versions.
Chocolate reward for the first peson to tell Mr Lawson the two slogans writtenon to the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
LONDON YOUTH GAMES JUDO 2014
THE ERIC MASSEY SHIELD
Results from Wilson’s students this weekend at Crystal Palace
National Sports Centre.
The School 1st XI retained the Eric Massey Shield on Wednesday
with an excellent victory over Old Wilsonians CC. Having won the
toss, Captain Sam Wright chose to bat and top scored himself
with 38 as the School posted 206 for 9 from 40 overs. Ally Osborn
(37) and James Sheridan (31) also scored well, with an exciting
late cameo from Curtis Rose (23 off 20 balls). Old Wilsonians’
reply stuttered, with a consistent fall of wickets leaving them 72
for 7 at drinks at 20 overs. Sam Wright had clean bowled 3 of the
top 5, and finished with figures of 3 for 23 from 7 overs. An 8th
wicket partnership of 62 gave Old Wilsonians a glimmer of hope,
but debutante Vatsal Raina capped off a good bowling display by
having both danger men caught out at deep mid on (Sam Wright
and Alex Yee with good catches). Vatsal ended with impressive
figures of 4 for 33 from his 8 overs.
Carl Ntifo - Gold 4 wins +73kg
Nathaniel Aloshias - Gold 2 wins U55kg
Nisanth Mahalingam - Bronze w wins U73kg
Ben Flatt - 5th 1 win (lost to Nisanth for Bronze) U73kg.
All boys competed extremely hard and helped Sutton to 5th
place out of 33 boroughs. Our congratulations to all of those
who competed.
Old Wilsonians were all out for 149 in the 36th over, leaving Sam
Wright to collect the Shield from OW Life President Ian Forbes.
Congratulations to all the team.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - SAM WRIGHT
After Saturday’s games 2 players were in contention for the title of
Player of the Week. Captain Sam Moody’s knock of 28 pushed his
U14A side towards a competitive total from their 20 overs at Lingfield Notre Dame. He then picked up 3 for 11 as he guided his side
towards a 17 run victory. While over at RGS Guildford, Hari
Manoharan posted 31 not out to take the U13B to an outstanding
6 wicket victory at RGS Guildford. However, 1st XI Captain Sam
Wright picks up the Player of the Week award as he led his team
to the Eric Massey Shield. Batting at 3, his 38 from 39 balls was the
highest of the match. He then bowled 3 top order batsmen on his
way to figures of 3 for 23 from 7 overs. As opponents Old Wilsonians tried to fight their way back into the game, Sam marshalled his
troops well and caught their danger man at deep long on to all but
end the contest. Well done Sam (who is pictured picking up the Eric
Massey Shield from OW Life President Ian Forbes).
TEAM OF THE WEEK
The U13B’s pulled off another great result as they went to a
strong RGS Guildford side on Saturday morning and upset the
odds. Bowling first, the boys restricted RGS to 90 for 7 from their
20 overs, with Amaan Hassan and Nick Hicks taking 3 wickets
a piece. Hari Manoharan then brought the team home, as we
reached the target with 4 wickets down in the 18th over. The
U13 B’s continue their excellent season with an 86% win record
(see Dream League).
But Team of the Week goes to the 1st XI for the excellent
retention of the Eric Massey Shield (see Report above). This was
a great win for the side as they aim to increase their win ratio in
their 4 remaining games of the season! Well done to all concerned.
CRICKET MEDALS
Pupils are reminded that medals are awarded for any player
taking 3 wickets or more, or scoring 50 runs or more.
Please see Mr Parkinson to receive your medal.
CRICKET RESULTS
Wilson’s 1st XI
206 for 9
40 overs
Sam Wright 38
Ally Osborn 37
James Sheridan 31
Old Wilsonians CC
149 all out
36.4 oves
Vatsal Raina 4 for 33
Sam Wright 3 for 23
Resut: Wilson’s 1st XI won by 57 runs (Wilson’s retain the Eric Massey Shield)
Wilson’s U’12 A
54 all out
Glyn U’12 A
56 for 4
Result : Glyn won by 6 wickets 13.4 overs
11.1 overs
Lingfield U’12 A
Wilson’s U’12 A
Result: Lingfield won by 11 runs
20 overs
19.1 overs
125 for 4
114 all out
Wilson’s U’12 B
113 for 4
Glyn U’12 B
65 for 8
20 overs
20 overs
Lingfield U’12 B
113 for 2
Wilson’s U’12 B
99 for 9
Result: Lingfield U’12 B won by 14 runs
20 overs
20 overs
KCS Wimbledon U’12 D
88 all out
Wilson’s U’12 C
80 for 6
Result: KCS Wimbledon U’12 D won by 8 runs
15.1 overs
20 overs
KCS Wimbledon U’12 E
125 for 7
Wilson’s U’12 D
47 all out
Result: KCS Wimbledon U’12 E won by 78 runs
20 overs
13.5 overs
Kaamil Kaba 3 for 14
Vaibhav Malhotra 3 for 9
Raza Ali 45
RGS Guildford U’13 A
146 for 20 overs
Wilson’s U’13 A
68 all out
Result: RGS Guildford U’13 A won by 78 runs
RGS Guildford U’13 B
90 for 7
20 overs
Amaan Hassan 3 for 14
Nick Hicks 3 for 16
Wilson’s U’13 B
91 for 4
18.1 overs
Hari Manoharan 31 not out
Result: Wilson’s U’13 B won by 6 wickets
Wilson’s U14A
103 for 7
20 overs
Lingfield U’14 A
86 all out
19.3 overs
Gautam Vyas 3 for 20
Sam Moody 3 for 11
Result: Wilson’s U’14A won by 17 runs
Langley Park U’14 B
Wilson’s U’14 B
Result: Match Tied
103 for 4
103 for 7
Wilson’s U’15 A
123 all out
Lingfield U’15 A
81 all out
Result: Wilson’s U’15 A won by 42 runs
20 overs
20 overs
19.4 overs
14.4 overs
Anish Manjiani 36
Alex Lane 3 for 2
Team
U13A
U15A
U14A
U12A
1st XI
Total
FIRST DIVISION
PLD
9
9
6
9
7
40
Won
6
5
3
4
2
Drawn
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
Lost
3
4
3
5
5
20
2.00
67%
18
15
1.67
56%
9
1.50
50%
44%
12
1.33
6
0.86
29%
60
1.50
50%
SECOND DIVISION
Team
U13B
U14B
U15B
U12B
Total
Other
Total
PLD
7
2
4
6
19
OVERALL
8
67
Won
6
1
3
3
Drawn
0
1
0
0
Lost
13
0
6
40
2
68%
1
34
0
0
7
33
3
103
0.38
1.54
13%
51%
1
0
1
4
86%
18
2.57
4
2.00
75%
9
2.25
75%
9
1.50
50%
SPORTS NEWS
The Sutton Schools Cricket Cup 2014
Year 7
JFS
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
2
2
Year 9
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
1st XI
TOTAL
0
0
2
4
The Waller Cup
WCGS Wilson's
2
0
2
5th July
5th July
TOTAL
2
2
0
2
The Senior Cup
WCGS Wilson's
2
2
2nd July
0
2nd July
2
TOTAL
4
0
0
2
JFS
SGS
0
2
0
JFS
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
The Walden Cup
WCGS Wilson's
0
0
0
5th July
2
5th July
SGS
SGS
0
0
Year 8
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Year 10
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Overall
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Yet to be played
2 Points for a win
1 Point for a draw
0 Points for a loss
If Points are level positions will be decided on head to head results
CRICKET FIXTURES
Thurs 26 June
Fri 27 June-
U’12 A away at Reigate Grammar School, 12 pm start
Reigate 6’s tournament
Saturday 28 June U’12 A at home to Langley Park, 9:30 am start (astro pitch)
U’13 A away at Langley Park (BR3 3SS), 9:30 am start
U’13 B away at Langley Park (BR3 3SS), 9:30 am start (astro pitch)
U’14 A at home to Langley Park, 9:30 am start
U’15 A away at Langley Park (BR3 3SS), 9:30 am start
Tuesday 1July U’13 A away at Reigate Grammar School, 12 pm start- Reigate 6’s
tournament.
Wedns. 2 JulY
1st XI at home to Sutton Grammar, 1 pm start (T20)
Friday 4 July-
1st Xi away at Langley Park (BR3 3SS), 5:30 pm start (T20)
JFS
0
2
JFS
0
0
JFS
2
6
The Vandoros Cup
SGS
WCGS Wilson's
2
0
0
5th July
2
5th July
TOTAL
2
0
0
4
The Parkinson Cup
SGS
WCGS Wilson's
2
2
2
0
0
2
TOTAL
4
2
0
2
The Cladish Cup
WCGS Wilson's
8
4
4
0
4
4
TOTAL
12
4
2
14
SGS
Wilson’s Update
Issue 303 4 July 2014
WILSON’S TEACHERS PRESENT TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Last week Mr Phillips, Mr McLaughlin and Mr Carew-Robinson flew
to Dublin to take part in a two day European conference on
Scientific Inquiry. The conference was part of the SAILS (Strategies
for Assessment of Inquiry Learning in Science) project that has
involved the teachers working closely with King’s College London as
part of education research. As well as listening to some
interesting talks from across Europe, they presented a poster on
work they have carried out with King’s and ran a busy workshop
session led by Mr Phillips. The workshop was very well received
Presenting our poster
and has hopefully gone on to help shape the practice of science
teachers from across Europe! A personal highlight for Mr Phillips
was being asked (at very short notice) to be filmed being interviewed about the work carried out, a task he completed with great
distinction!
For more information about the SAILS project visit http://www.
sails-project.eu/portal
Mr Phillips presenting to camera
The UK SAILS team
8 July
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15 July
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current year group
1 September
Staff Only Day
2 September
Staff Only Day
3 September
5 September
8 September
THE SUMMER PARKRUN by Vou-Fri Sett
5 kilometres. 124 runners. 1 gruelling course. Roundshaw Downs
Parkrun. Wilson’s runners were peppered black and gold among the
participants. Teachers, students and family members, all adrenalin-rushed, were shifting impatiently at the starting line. I was
one amongst that number. Of course no race can be run without
a competent mathematician to keep time. So Wilson’s brought
out none other than ‘Head of Maths’, Mr Alderson, to oversee the
proceedings. As he clicked his timer, the race was on! The division
between the experienced (able) and the beginners (willing) became
increasingly apparent. I was in the latter division; with a strong will
to strive towards my goal of completing the course.
This is where the philosophy of Parkrun is so positive. You see,
although there are many runners around you, you ‘race and chase’
only your own personal time target. This takes the pressure off. After
all, how hard can it be; just putting one foot in front of the other for
about half-an-hour? In true Parkrun spirit, runners spurred each other on and soon I had found my rhythm; Plod, plod, plod, plod, plod,
plod, plod. As I approached the home strait, I felt a natural gearshift. After all, who wants to be seen plodding... and even worse
NOTICES
REMINDER - LIBRARY BOOKS
Just a reminder to everyone to bring back any Library books
they may still have NEXT WEEK please. Mrs Cowell would like
to get them all in well before the end of term.
Mums, please check under the bed!
Thanks everyone.
FIRST AIDER URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR CAR BOOT SALES
The PFA urgently need a first aider to volunteer to help out at
our car boot sales. The dates are:
Sunday 20 July
Sunday 14 September
Sunday 12 October
If you can help, please contact Beverley Barry at:
[email protected]
caught on camera by Mr. Carew Robinson capturing all the action?
With my running coach beside me (my brother), I pulled out the
stops and went for a sprint finish as I was reminded about the cakes.
Having collected my ‘position tag’ from Mr Walters and Mr Hudson,
I hurriedly made my way to Mr Johnstone who was recording the
results and exchanged the tag for a chocolate brownie. Chocolate
Brownies over gold medals any day, thank you!
The first Old Wilsonian to cross the finish line was Tom Higgs with a
staggering time of 19mins 37secs followed closely by Mr Ironside,
20mins 26 secs. It was clear they didn’t stop to smell the roses or
pick the daisies.
A very special thanks must go to Mr Hudson and Mr Alderson for
initiating the running club and all the staff, students and volunteers
who make this weekly event so worthwhile. Yet again, giving up
their time doing what teachers do, inside and outside of school,
working on our brains and our muscles too! Do come and join us;
all ages and abilities are welcome.
COUNTY CHESS NEWS
On Sunday 29 June Wilson’s School hosted the ECF U18 County
Championships with teams from around the country competing to
be national champions.
Surrey had more teams entered than any other county and sixteen
Wilson’s pupils played for Surrey: Adam Taylor, Philip Knott, Tharshan
Kuhendiran, Pavan Murali, Ryan Eaw, Vatsal Raina, Ryan Shankar, Vyas
Raina, Sharumilan Ravindran, Alexander Nielsen, Isuru Jayasekera,
Jake Eaw, Jonathan Coombe, Tony Lin, William Eade and Sam Kimber.
The competition consisted of each person playing two games of
chess, each round lasting up to 2½ hours. The Surrey first team came
third behind Sussex and Hertfordshire.
Congratulations to all who took part, but in particular to Alexander
Nielsen (10G) and Isuru Jayasekera (9B) who won both their games.
NO FAULTING THE STARS
Have you been to the Globe Theatre? No? Well, it’s time you went!
For a fiver you can stand in the Yard as Groundlings, as my Year 10
class did on Monday 30 June to see our GCSE Shakespeare, Julius
Caesar, performed up close and personal. There were a few drops of
rain and an occasional plane finding its way to Heathrow but these
were minor distractions from a production I found very engaging
overall.
In the open air, actors have to project. In my opinion, the best performance was from the actor who portrayed Mark Antony – ‘Friends,
Romans, countrymen . . .’ - with commitment and confidence. Two
key figures, Cassius and Brutus, were also performed in a very clear
way, although I feel that the actor who played Julius Caesar needed
to project more convincingly to suit the nobility of his character.
The audience is challenged at the Globe by the demands of standing and also by the high tempo of delivery. We knew the text from
having studied it but it’s still not easy to follow Elizabethan English
line for line!
It was an interesting production and an enjoyable evening for all. It
was my first attendance at the Globe, and I was very pleased how
seldom my concentration was swayed.
Incidentally, if you want to know where the writer John Green
found the title for his popular book The Fault in Our Stars, you need
to look at Julius Caesar!
Ethan Windsor 10H
SKILLS LONDON
IS LOOKING FOR A
NEW IMAGE.
WHAT SHOULD IT BE?
DESIGN COMPETITION
12:00
WIN AN
I-Pad AIR
iPad
HINTS AND TIPS
WHAT TO DESIGN
clearly!
9,000 m2
EXHIBITION SPACE
(EQUIVALENT TO 98
AVERAGE UK HOMES)
+
73
EMPLOYERS
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Summer Workshops
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Design Quest Summer School:
What makes a great building?
Architecture workshops for ages 7 to 11
We live in them, we work in them, we play in them – but
what makes a great building? All workshops are inspired by
the RIBA Stirling Prize, the world’s most significant award for
architecture, and are led by professional educators.
Materials included in the cost of the workshop unless
otherwise indicated.
Great Big City
Monday, 4 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
The nominations are in, and you’re the judge! Pick your
favourite from this year’s Stirling Prize nominees and create
your own prize-winning design before adding it to our Great
Big City.
Size, Shape and Space
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
What makes an ordinary building extraordinary? Learn from
past winners of the RIBA Stirling Prize and create your own
3D sculptures exploring size, shape and space in architecture.
* £20 for those eligible for a free school lunch
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Animal Architecture
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Presenting…the Starling Prize! Beehives, birds’ nests, rabbit
warrens, spider webs and ant hills - animals are great
architects. Explore the architecture of different animals in
a series of challenges before taking on a design-and-build
challenge of your own!
Build a Science Adventure Centre…in just ONE DAY!
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Inspired by the Stirling Prize-winning Magna Science Centre
in Rotherham, you will work in teams to transform our
workshop space into a science centre full of experiments
and activities - in just one day!
Inside/Outside
Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Find out how great buildings work from the inside out.
Experiment with inside/outside architecture in your own
cutaway collage design or shadow box.
WILSON'S SCHOOL
SUMMER CONCERT
AND JAZZ EVENING
JOIN US FOR A
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Callum Hockley, 7G, who correctly identified the image as Henman Hill/ Murray Mount at the
Championships of Wimbledon, SW19, Wimbledon, London, England. Please come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt in Rm 24.
Congratulations to all who got this correct!
Simply email the information to ADS@... and the first person with the correct answer wins a golden ticket! Get thinking.
Wed A: C1
Fri A: C1
Mon B: C1
Thurs B: C1 Issue 303 4 July 2014
CLASSICS CLUB
and discuss something Classical in a relaxed informal atmosphere. You can come to listen or participate just as you wish.
Volunteers to talk about anything vaguely Classical, perhaps to
give a slideshow or show a video as well are most welcome. See
Mr Lawson in Room 5. The final Classics club of the year will be
Wednesday 9 July.
Greek help club. Year 10 students are available to help out. The
final Latin help club of the year will be next Thursay, 10 July.
CLUB
COMPUTER CLUBS
Mr Poole.
CHESS CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
DEBATE CLUB
HOTT CLUB
war gaming with simple rules. Armies and advice provided (if wanted). Terrain boards available. Do come early to get a good game in.
The final HOTT club of the year will be this Friday, 4 July.
Miss Lambert.
CLASSICS CHALLENGE
Free chocolate for the first person this week who can identify the Roman
emperor in the attached photo. Answers to Mr Lawson please.
BOROUGH SPORTS ATHLETICS 2014
A very hot day saw 50 boys from Wilson’s
take part in this year’s Borough Athletics
championships.
The competition was extremely strong and
it was always going to be a challenge to
maintain our position of last year, which
was second overall. Boys were missing at
the Wimbledon championships and other
unforeseen circumstances meant that some
boys had to step up and take part in events
that were not their number one choice.
The year 7 team were outstanding, being
placed second overall and with many fine
performances and many second places.
Callum Hockley missed out on winning by
the width of a vest in the 300metres, which
was the race of the day. Rehan Gamage
became borough champion in the shot putt
and also ran very well in the relay.
The year 8 team had a tough day and
individual athletes lost a number of events
by fractions, often in the last jump or throw
of the competitions. The highlight for them
was Lloyd Smith winning the 800 metres in
convincing style.
The year 9 team competed very well but
again had a hard day. The highlight was
Michael Ojetunde winning the discus.
In the year 10 competition an excellent second place overall was achieved. Rees Senior
won the shot putt and many second places.
In the final analysis Wilson’s maintained
their overall place of second in the Borough, which was an excellent result.
There are too many boys to mention individually, but they all performed well and
the many second and third places achieved
were very pleasing. Well done to all.
ROTARY SPORTS ATHLETICS - CRYSTAL PALACE
On Sunday 12 boys from Wilson’s, took part in the Rotary Sports at
Crystal Palace National sports centre. (6 junior boys, 6 inter boys)
Between them they had to cover many different events It was a
long day and they competed against a large number of inner London schools. There were many highlights. In the inter boys discus
we were placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Nathan Tanner won the 300m for inter boys , Lloyd Smith won the
300m for junior boys, Rees Senior won the shot putt, Tobi Ademiju
won the 100metres and the shot putt for junior boys. Joseph Chrysostomou won the inter boys discus.
Again there were many second and third places achieved and a
second place overall in both boys age groups. This was a great
effort by the boys who gave up their Sunday to take part with such
success on a cold wet day.
A big thanks to the many parents who also braved the cold and
supported the boys right through the day.
WILSON’S U14 FUTSAL
Wilson’s U14’s came 6th in the National Futsal Finals. Ted St.
Clair-Gray, Tolu Soretire, Michael Ojetunde, Sam Moody, Jonathan
Chen, Caleb Nelson and Piralash Pathmanathan all gave up their
weekend to travel up to Birmingham to play in the National Futsal
Centre. In the group stage they were the only team in the competition not to lose a game yet it was not enough to progress to the
semi-final. The opening game against The Howard School in Kent
was a tight game but Jon Chen managed to drive through the
heart of their defence and sneak a low driven shot into the bottom
corner; a well worked corner made it 2-0 which seemed very comfortable until the opposition reverted to the long ball tactics which
are unusual in Futsal to pull two late scrappy goals. This team went
on to win the competition after relying on Wilson’s to draw our last
game to progress into the semi-final. It shows that Wilson’s are not
far away from being National champions in Futsal. I hope the boys
continue working hard and come back stronger next year.
WILSON’S U12 FUTSAL
Congratulations to Callum Hockley and Leon Kapszewicz for representing Surrey Schools at the National Futsal Finals. In the group
stages the team came 2nd to reach the semi-final and play a Futsal
academy in the semi-final. This proved to be an easy fixture coming
out as 4-0 winners and progressing to the final where they played
the winners of their league. In the final there was a huge crowd and
fantastic atmosphere. The FA dignitaries along with the England
futsal manager were there to watch. Leon scored 2 goals in the
final to make it 1-0 and 2-1 with 2 minutes remaining. However, the
game was won by a Aston Villa superstar who beat 3 players and
the goal keeper to make it 2-2 followed shortly with another solo
effort to complete his hat trick. The final score was 3-2 to Walsall
Futsal academy who now go on to represent England in Valencia at
the Futsal Youth World Cup.
CRICKET PLAYER OF THE WEEK - DANIEL MOORE
Shanthosh Suganthan scored an excellent 37 not out to take the
U’14 A’s to a convincing 7 wicket win over Langley Park with 3
overs to spare.
However, this week’s Player of the Week is Daniel Moore. Daniel
(Year 10) was making his 1st XI Debut against Sutton Grammar on
Wednesday. Coming in at number 6 with the team struggling to
chase 98 to win from the 20 overs, Daniel produced an outstanding innings to score 41 not out from 35 balls. He hit the winning
runs off the penultimate ball to record an excellent victory for an
extremely young 1st XI side. Well done Daniel.
REIGATE 6’s - CRICKET
Both the U’12 A’s and U’13 A’s competed in the Reigate 6’s
tournament last week, with both teams sharing exactly the
same results! They both came 2nd in their group having won the
opening game but lost the following one. This placed them in
the Plate Competition, and 2 wins were recorded by both teams
to move into the Plate Final. However, both sides eventually lost
in their respective Finals to leave us empty handed. Overall this
was a good achievement by the boys who played with good skill
and spirit.
CRICKET RESULTS
Sutton Grammar 1st XI97 for 520 overs
Wilson’s 1st XI
100 for 7
19.5 overs
Daniel Moore 41 not out
Resut: Wilson’s 1st XI won by 3 wickets (Sutton League)
Wilson’s U’12 A
63 for 8
Langley Park U’12 A
64 for 1
Result : Langley Park won by 9 wickets 20 overs
9.1 overs
Langley Park U’14A
Wilson’s U’14 A
Result: Wilson’s won by 7 wickets
20 overs
16.4 overs
81 for 9
82 for 3
Shantosh Suganthan 37 not out
CRICKET FIXTURES
Friday 4 July
1st XI away at Langley Park (BR3 3SS), 5:30 pm start (T20)
Saturday 5 July
U’12 A away to Wallington County Grammar School 9:30 am start (Sutton League)
U’13 A home to Wallington County Grammar School 9.30 am start on astro wicket (sutton League)
U’14 A at home to Wallington County Grammar School 9:30 am start
U’15 B away at Reigate Grammar (RH2 8PN), 9:30 am start
Wedns. 9 July
1st XI T20 tournament at John Fisher, 9.30 am start
Good luck to the U’12’s, U’13’s and U’14’s in their Sutton League games against Wallington this Saturday. Victories for the U’12 and U’13
teams will secure them the Sutton League title with 100% records. The U’13’s are hoping to retain the title they won last year. The U’14’s can
still win the League if other results fall in our favour.
CRICKET TEAM OF THE WEEK
A very young 1st XI pulled off a great win against Sutton Grammar
in the Sutton League.
However, Team of the Week goes to the U’14 A’s. Having lost in the
last 2 years to a strong Langley Park team and missing Captain Sam
Moody to the Futsal Competition, the boys played excellently to
record a comfortable 7 wicket victory. The boys played with good
energy in the field, all bowlers bowled well and shared the wickets,
and then a mature, unbeaten 4th wicket partnership of 54 from 67
balls from Daniel Brown and Shanthosh Suganthan guided the side
to victory.
Pictured are Finian Barke-Asuni and Achal Srivastav whose combined leadership helped the boys to the win. Well done all.
SPORTS NEWS
Team
U13A
U15A
U14A
U12A
1st XI
Total
FIRST DIVISION
PLD
9
9
7
10
8
Won
43
6
5
4
4
3
Drawn
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
Lost
3
4
3
6
5
21
2.00
67%
18
15
1.67
56%
12
1.71
57%
40%
12
1.20
9
1.13
38%
66
1.53
51%
SECOND DIVISION
Team
U13B
U14B
U15B
U12B
Total
Other
Total
PLD
7
2
4
8
Won
21
OVERALL
8
72
6
1
3
3
Drawn
0
1
0
0
Lost
13
0
7
40
2
62%
1
36
0
0
7
35
3
109
0.38
1.51
13%
50%
1
0
1
5
86%
18
2.57
4
2.00
75%
9
2.25
75%
9
1.13
38%
Year 7
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Year 9
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
1st XI
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
2 Points for a win
1 Point for a draw
0 Points for a loss
JFS
2
2
The Walden Cup
WCGS Wilson's
0
0
0
5th July
2
5th July
TOTAL
0
0
2
4
The Waller Cup
WCGS Wilson's
2
0
2
5th July
5th July
TOTAL
2
2
0
2
The Senior Cup
WCGS Wilson's
2
2
0
0
2
TOTAL
4
0
0
4
SGS
JFS
SGS
0
2
0
JFS
SGS
0
0
2
Year 8
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Year 10
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Overall
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Yet to be played
JFS
0
2
JFS
0
0
JFS
2
6
The Vandoros Cup
SGS
WCGS Wilson's
2
0
0
5th July
2
5th July
TOTAL
2
0
0
4
The Parkinson Cup
SGS
WCGS Wilson's
2
2
2
0
0
2
TOTAL
4
2
0
2
The Cladish Cup
WCGS Wilson's
8
4
4
0
6
4
TOTAL
12
4
2
16
SGS
Wilson’s Update
STUDENTS VISIT CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
Students applying to read English, History or Philosophy were
recently treated to an intensive undergraduate style course, whilst
resident at Corpus Christi College Cambridge. Dr. Hemp (Philosophy), Dr. Johnstone (English) and Mr. Cole (History) put the boys
through their paces with heady questions relating to the methodological difficulties of researching emotion in Early Modern English
villages, Shakespeare’s representation of ‘the other’ and the concept
of time.
PHILOSOPHY
After two and a half of days of serious and intensive lectures and
seminars, the boys worked late into the final night producing their
essays for scrutiny in a 1-1 supervision the next day. All performed
well, but arrived back at King’s Cross ready for the weekend. Thanks
to Matthew Hasler (Girton, 2010) and Marcus Bird (OW, 2013) for
assisting with this programme.
HISTORY
HISTORY
15 July
17 July
current year group
1 September
Staff Only Day
2 September
Staff Only Day
3 September
5 September
8 September
JUNIOR MATHS OLYMPIAD 2014
We have seen some fantastic results for the Junior Maths Olympiad!
Congratulations to Jonathan Coombe (8H) and Akash Gupta (8C) for
gaining a Distinction and Bronze Medal, and to Andy Deng (7C) for
gaining a distinction. Special congratulations to Kit Foulkes (8S) for
gaining a Distinction and Silver Medal. This places Kit in the top 100
pupils at this age group in the UK. The other four pupils who also
sat the Olympiad all did creditably, in particular Rubaiyat Khondaker
(7G) was within a couple of marks of gaining a distinction.
Well done to all those who qualified for this prestigious contest.
NATIONAL FINALS OF THE LANGUAGES SPELLING
On Friday 4 July, the Wilson’s Languages Spelling Bee team: Arenkan
Kularaj (7C), Neel Maniar (7B) and Kiruba Jegatheesan (7H) travelled
to Cambridge for the National Finals of the Languages Spelling Bee.
The competition took place at the Anglia Ruskin University and
about 100 pupils from 50 schools from all over the country made the
journey for the event.
Arenkan and Neel competed in the German competition and Kiruba
in the French competition. The boys all successfully spelt more than
15 words in 1 minute from the 200 words they had to learn for the
competition. Unfortunately, after a nail biting and really tough 1st
round the boys did not make it to the final.
Well done to Arenkan, Neel and Kiruba for making it through to the
National Finals. The boys will now be coaching the future Year 7s for
the competition.
MFL COMPETITION
How good are your non-native language skills?
If you’re going on holiday somewhere where they speak a language which you do not speak as a native then record a
conversation in that language – a video or audio file will suffice –
send it to: [email protected]. There will be a prize
for the most convincing recording.
NOTICES
REMINDER - LIBRARY BOOKS
Just a reminder to everyone to bring back any Library books
they may still have NEXT WEEK please. Mrs Cowell would like to
get them all in well before the end of term.
Mums, please check under the bed!
Thanks everyone.
FIRST AIDER URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR CAR BOOT SALES
The PFA urgently need a first aider to volunteer to help out at
our car boot sales. The dates are:
Sunday 20 July
Sunday 14 September
Sunday 12 October
If you can help, please contact Beverley Barry at:
[email protected]
LOST PROPERTY
Before we break up for the summer it would be good if all boys
could be reminded to check lost property for any missing items.
There are many unnamed items such as cricket jumpers, white
shirts and shoes sitting in lost property. These items will all be
disposed of over the summer holidays if they are not claimed by
the end of July.
WILSON’S CHESS TEAM WIN NATIONAL PLATE COMPETITION
Wilson’s First Chess Team completed another successful year by
winning the National Plate tournament played at Uppingham
School on 3 and 4 July.
Fortunately the drive to Uppingham went smoothly and having
settled into the dormitories the team were ready for their first
match on Thursday afternoon. In the semi-final Wilson’s were
drawn against Torquay Boys’ Grammar School. Each game was
played over 4 hours, and after 2 hours play the only result was a
draw by Arun Appulingam on bottom board. However over the
next hour first Ryan Eaw and then Tharshan Kuhendiran won, so
that when Philip Knott won we knew we had qualified for the final.
Finally Adam Taylor won and Pavan Murali drew, so we had won by
the convincing margin of 5 – 1.
After the buffet dinner the annual football match with Manchester
Grammar School took place until it was too dark for the ball to be
seen.
After breakfast the next morning, and packing our bags, it was
time for the final. Our opponents were a very strong QE Barnet
team who had been the losing plate finalists last year. Things did
not start well when Ryan Shankar lost but then Ryan Eaw found a
winning sacrifice to put us back on level terms. This was followed
by Pavan Murali finding a winning attack and we were leading 2 –
1. The other three matches went for almost the full time until first
Tharshan Kuhendiran and then Philip Knott won so despite Adam
Taylor losing we had won the match 4 – 2.
This is the third time that Wilson’s have won the National plate
which is actually a chess board as shown in the photograph.
AIR SQUADRON DAY by William Kingsnorth
On Sunday 6 July the CCF RAF section’s Air Squadron Trophy team
travelled to the Shuttleworth Collection aerodrome at Old Warden
to attend the Air Squadron Day. After an early start, the team
arrived at 10.00 a.m. to quickly rehearse the award ceremony, celebrating the 3rd place success of the team – and the success of the
second and first place teams - at the competition in February.
After the ceremony , where CWO Anandakumar achieved the
Geoffrey de Havilland Flying Foundation medal for achievement– attended by VIPs such as the Commandant Air Cadets, Air
Commodore McCafferty – the team had a buffet lunch provided
by the Air Squadron before getting the chance to enjoy the spoils
of their success, an afternoon of flying in the numerous aircraft
owned by members of the Air Squadron. All cadets got at least
two flights, with most managing to get three or four, including
some in a luxury business jet and others managing to take the
controls of a helicopter for themselves! After enjoying the day, the
team resolved to do even better in the competition next year so
they could return again, this time as the victors.
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THINK YOU’RE BRITAIN’S YOUNG
HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR 2014?
Y11
Y12
Y13
120,000
Young Geographer of the Year (YGOTY) competition, run in partnership with
the Geographical, is for geography pupils aged nine to 18.
1) Any aspect of British involvement in the Second World War.
(KS3 & GCSE/A Level categories)
OR
2) Any aspect of the First World War.
(KS3 only)
OR
3) Work on any local history theme.
(KS3 & A Level categories)
How important was…?
To what extent did…?
How significant was…?
How successful was…?
It should be an issue about which there is debate. You should check the title
with your History teacher, although he will not be able to mark drafts / give
further guidance after you have discussed the question.
• The winning entry for topic one will be submitted as the Wilson’s entry
for the national Young Historian competition (Spirit of Normandy
Trust Prize). It will be published on the school website and there will
be a nominal prize!
• The winning entry for topic two will be submitted as the Wilson’s entry
for the national Young Historian competition (Key Stage 3 World War
1 Prize). It will be published on the school website and there will be a
nominal prize!
• The winning entry for topic three will be submitted as the Wilson’s entry
for the national Young Historian competition (Local History Prize). It
will be published on the school website and there will be a nominal
prize!
Closing date?
The closing date is Monday 14th July 2014 and no entries will be accepted
after this point.
Questions?
Speak to Mr. Englefield or your History teacher.
Pupils are asked to relate the value of geography to a number of different settings.
The significance of both human and physical geography could be considered at a
variety of different levels. Pupils should demonstrate how geography can support
their everyday lives, improve their understanding of the world’s people, places and
environments and help to prepare them for life beyond school.
We want to hear how geography, be it the knowledge young people learn, the
understanding they gain, or skills they develop, helps them in different aspects of
their lives. This help might be at many different levels:
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At school
We are interested in answers which might look at both the serious and the fun sides
of geography and particularly want to see how entrants can relate the value of
geography to a number of different settings. We welcome applications which, as
appropriate for the age range, recognise the value of both human and physical
geography.
For the all categories appropriate and accurate geographical vocabulary should be
used and we will provide additional credit for entries which use primary data
collected by the student, alongside
secondary data.
The competition has four categories: 9-11(Key Stage Two), 11-14 (Key Stage
Three), 14-16 (GCSE) and 16-18 (A Level students).
Closing date
The deadline for entries to both the YGOTY competition will be 17.00 Friday 24
October 2014.
The Society regrets that it is unable to acknowledge receipt of entries, return entries
or provide feedback on entries and the decision of the Society’s judges are final.
The winners will receive their prizes at a special ceremony at the Society’s
headquarters in Kensington, London on Friday 28th November 2014.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Monday 14, Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 July at 7.30 p.m.
Tickets are now on sale via ParentMail2 for the Summer
Concert and Jazz Evening and the Junior Production. These
events are always extremely popular and usually sell out in
advance of the evening. Please book your tickets now to avoid
disappointment!
VOCAL EVENING
The Wilson’s Vocal Evening is an annual event which takes place in
the Bowden Room and showcases all the students who have singing lessons each week with Mr Hann.
Wednesday evening saw 15 boys sing a huge variety of music from
Schubert to Gershwin. All the boys sung to an incredibly high
standard and produced outstanding performances. Unfortunately, a couple of boys were too poorly to perform, but luckily Jack
Robertson and Satchit Srikanth were able to step in and rescue the
evening to ensure the audience heard the full programme! All the
boys sung together to bring the evening to a close with ‘Do you
Hear the People Sing’ and Four Country Dances in One’.
Particular thanks to Mr Hann for coaching all the boys and organising the evening, and to Mr Clayden and Mr Lissimore for their piano
accompaniments and support. Sadly it was the last performance at
Wilson’s for Jack and Satchit as they are going off to University next
term. We’ll all miss them, but wish them both good luck for the
future.
WILSON’S SUMMER CONCERT AND JAZZ EVENING
Last Tuesday the Music Department hosted its final concert of the
year to a packed-out Main Hall. Over 100 boys played and sang
together to create another spectacular evening enjoyed by parents,
staff and friends.
The Junior Choir and Cambiata, directed by Mr Christopher Hann,
treated us all to memorable renditions of ‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’,
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ and ‘Happy’ – a really infectious tune from
the film Despicable Me 2.
The Oboe Ensemble continued the upbeat feel of the evening with
several pieces including ‘Amarillo’ which had the audience dancing in
their seats!
The Junior Orchestra played another tune we all know so well - the
main theme from Harry Potter ‘Hedwig’s Theme’. Lady Gaga also
featured with a ‘Dance Remix’ which the Wind Band enjoyed playing
almost as much as we enjoyed listening to them!
The Junior, Intermediate and Senior Jazz Bands rounded off the
evening playing a series of well-known standards under the careful
direction of Mr Ashworth.
Many thanks to all the students, parents, staff and friends of the
school who supported the evening, and particularly to Mr Clayden,
who organised the whole event.
CHESS CLUB
MANDARIN CLUB
Room 14.
DEBATE CLUB
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Mr Poole.
Miss Lambert.
Congratulations to last week’s winner, Brian Lee, 8B, who correctly identified the image as The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA. Please
come and collect your Golden Ticket from Mr Sturt in Rm 24. Congratulations to all who got this correct!
Onto this week’s competition! Where in the world is this (include the name of the landmark and the name of the town and country)? Simply
email the information to ADS@... and the first person with the correct answer wins a golden ticket! Get thinking.
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WIMBLEDON BALL BOYS
As we approach the end of the Wimbledon Championships, the
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club were pleased to send us a picture of
our Ball Boys.
We were informed that they have been excellent so far and the
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club were extremely proud of their
achievements, as are the school. Congratulations to all of them on
being selected for this prestigious event and we hope they enjoyed
the tournament.
U13 TENNIS
Year U13’s lost 1-5 in games vs. Ewell Castle (Tennis Academy) in
the Semi-final of the Surrey Cup on Friday 4 July at Nuffield Health
Centre in Cheam.
Top performer this season for U13’s is Callum Furmidge (pictured
right) – year 7 who has been seeded number 2 (LTA rating 9.1) and
finished the season undefeated in all competitions.
STAFF SPORTS
After beating the 1st XI Football leavers, staff spirits were high going into the annual golf grudge match v Sutton Grammar staff, held
at Mitcham golf club for the eighth successive year. The wins since
2007 total 4-3 to Sutton so it was crucial that Wilson’s staff were on
top form to regain the trophy and pull the match back making us all
square. The first pair included an ex-pupil and our current golf pro
Mr Shaw! Needless to say we won this battle, although it was tight,
2 up and 1 left to play. Mr Simmons, Mr Parkinson and Mr Poole all
contributed yet it was left to Mr Carew-Robinson and Mr Molyneux
who have been undefeated as a pair since 2010, to win the last
match and regain the trophy to the delight of our eagerly awaiting
colleagues sat around the 18th green. It was a great evening, the
score is now 4-4 and we are looking forward to next year to finally
take the lead after being 4-0 down.
SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERS
We were delighted with the response from staff, students and their
parents who donated their Sainsburys vouchers to the school. We
collected 10,882 vouchers which bought nearly £400 worth of
sports equipment for the PE department.
Thank you very much.
JULY PFA 100 CLUB DRAW WINNERS
1st
2nd
3rd
£72.50
£43.50
£29.00
Patricia Anang
Lily Pang
Jackie Lane
If you would like to join the 100 club with the possibility of
winning a prize each month you can obtain an application form
by emailing the PFA:[email protected] or see Wilson’s
website under PFA.
CRICKET PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Nathan Mitchell
A number of the 1st XI produced performances on Wednesday
(9th) in the John Fisher T20 Cup to give themselves a chance of
picking up the Player of the Week (please see 1st XI write up). However, Nathan Mitchell of the U’13 A’s wins Player of the Week for his
contribution with both bat and ball. Needing a win to retain the
Sutton Cup, Wilson’s U’13 A bowled first and restricted Wallington
to 71 for 7 from their 20 overs, with Nathan taking 3 wickets for
just 13 runs. He then top scored with 31 not out to lead the team
to a comfortable 7 wicket victory within just 12.2 overs. Congratulations to Nathan.
CRICKET RESULTS
Langley Park 1st XI148 for 8 20 overs
Wilson’s 1st XI
96 for 9 19.5 overs
Daniel Moore 41
not out
Result : Langley Park 1st XI won by 52 runs
Wilson’s 1st XI
136 for 6 20 overs James Smith 50
Ewell Castle 1st XI 86 for 9 20 overs
Result : Wilson’s 1st XI won by 50 runs (John Fisher T20 Cup Semi
Final)
Wilson’s 1st XI
147 for 5 20 overs Sam Wright 48
Ally Osborn 42 not out
Judd 1st XI
101 all out
19.4 overs
Curtis
Rose 3 for 9
Nathan Heal 3 for 16
Result: Wilson’s 1st XI won by 46 runs (John Fisher T20 Cup Final)
Wilson’s U’14 A
83 for 8 20 overs Achal Srivastav 33 not out
Wallington U’14 A 84 for 6 19 overs Riddu Ravindran 4 for 19
Result : Wallington won by 4 wickets (Sutton League)
Wallington U’13 A 71 for 7 20 overs Nathan Mitchell 3 for 13
Wilson’s U’13 A
72 for 3 12.2 overs
Nathan Mitchell 31
not out
Result : Wilson’s U’13 A won by 7 wickets (Sutton League)
Wallington U’12 A 94 for 3 16 overs
Wilson’s U’12 A
68 for 8 16 overs
Result : Wallington won by 26 runs (Sutton League)
Wilson’s U’15 B
143 for 5 20 overs Jai Kumar 37
RGS Guildford 67 all out
67 all out18 overs
Result : Wilson’s U’15 B won by 76 runs
CRICKET FIXTURES
Saturday 12 th July - Wilson’s Twelve 12 cup
Please see teams and details. Mr Parkinson will be cooking a BBQ!
Good Luck to all Cricketers playing this week, Mr Parkinson
Wilson’s Cricket MedalsPupils are reminded that medals are awarded for any player taking 3 wickets or more, or scoring 50 runs or more. Please see Mr Parkinson to
receive your medal.
CRICKET TEAM OF THE WEEK
The Team of the Week is shared this week between the U’13 A and 1st XI!
The U’13 A cruised to a 7 wicket victory against Wallington to retain the Sutton Cup, and indeed keep their 100% record in their 2 years in
the Competition (6 wins out of 6). They also finish the season top of the First Division Dream League with a 70% win record. Perhaps their
success is due to being kept on their toes by the U’13 B’s, who topped the Second Division of the Dream League with an 86% win record.
Congratulations to the U’13 A’s.
The 1st XI signed off the season with an excellent win in the John Fisher T20 Cup, with the Upper 6th players, taking part in their last games
for the school, all contributing to the win. Playing the semi-final against Ewell Castle at home in the morning, Wilson’s scored 136 for 6, with
James Smith (U6th) scoring an excellent 50 from 41 balls. Ewell Castle were then restricted to 86 for 9 from their 20 overs, with a good all
round contribution from the bowlers.
Moving over to John Fisher to play the Final against Judd (who had beaten the hosts in the Semi), Wilson’s batted first again, and posted a
very competitive 147 for 5. This was largely down to outstanding innings from U6th Leavers Sam Wright (48) and Ally Osborn (42 not out
from just 25 balls). Again looking good with the ball and in the field, Judd were never really up with the chase, and were eventually bowled
out in the final over for 101. Curtis Rose (Year 11) had the pick of the figures with 3 for 9 from his 4 overs, including 2 from his last 2 balls to
leave him on a hat-trick in the 1st game of the season next year! Fittingly, this season’s 1st XI Captain Sam Wright picked up a wicket with his
final ball for the School. Amazingly, so did U6th Leaver Nathan Heal who took 3 in the last over of the game, including 2 from his last 2 balls
for the School to leave him on an agonising hat-trick!
This 4 team tournament victory was a great way to end the season for the 1st XI, and indeed for those U6th Leavers. I would like to thank
Sam Wright, Ben Flook, Nathan Heal, Ally Osborn, Luca Picciano, James Smith, and Richard Rose for their contribution to the 1st XI, and
indeed all those that played Junior Cricket throughout their time at the School.
SPORTS NEWS
Team
U13A
U15A
U14A
1st XI
U12A
Total
FIRST DIVISION
PLD
10
9
8
11
11
Won
49
7
5
4
5
4
Drawn
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
Lost
3
4
4
6
7
24
2.10
70%
21
15
1.67
56%
12
1.50
50%
45%
15
1.36
12
1.09
36%
75
1.53
51%
SECOND DIVISION
Team
U13B
U15B
U14B
U12B
Total
Other
Total
PLD
7
5
2
8
Won
22
OVERALL
8
79
6
4
1
3
Drawn
0
0
1
0
Lost
14
0
7
43
2
64%
1
40
0
0
7
38
3
121
0.38
1.53
13%
51%
1
1
0
5
86%
18
2.57
12
2.40
80%
4
2.00
75%
9
1.13
38%
Year 7
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Year 9
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
1st XI
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
2 Points for a win
1 Point for a draw
0 Points for a loss
JFS
0
2
2
JFS
0
0
2
JFS
0
0
0
The Walden Cup
WCGS Wilson's
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
TOTAL
0
0
4
4
The Waller Cup
WCGS Wilson's
2
0
0
2
2
0
TOTAL
2
2
2
2
The Senior Cup
WCGS Wilson's
2
2
0
0
0
2
TOTAL
4
0
0
4
SGS
0
SGS
0
0
0
SGS
0
0
2
Year 8
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Year 10
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Overall
John Fisher
Sutton Grammar
Wallington Boys
Wilson's
Yet to be played
JFS
0
0
2
JFS
0
0
0
JFS
0
2
6
The Vandoros Cup
SGS
WCGS Wilson's
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
TOTAL
2
0
0
6
The Parkinson Cup
SGS
WCGS Wilson's
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
TOTAL
4
2
0
2
The Cladish Cup
WCGS Wilson's
8
4
0
4
0
4
6
6
TOTAL
12
4
6
18
SGS
0
THE 2014 WILSON’S TWELVE12 CUP!
SATURDAY 12th JULY
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I WILL BE RUNNING A BBQ AS AN END OF CRICKET SEASON CELEBRATION!
PLEASE BRING £2 AND I WILL COLLECT IT AT THE START OF THE MORNING. THIS £2 GETS YOU A BURGER AND CAN OF DRINK.
YOU NEED TO BE AT SCHOOL AT 8:20 AM FOR A PROMPT 9 AM START.
YOU WILL BE FINISHED BY APPROX. 12:30 PM.
YOU WILL PLAY A SEMI-FINAL, AND 3/4th PLACE PLAY-OFF OR FINAL.
FURTHER RULES AND STRUCTURE WILL BE POSTED UP.
PRIZES UP FOR GRABS FOR- WINNING TEAM, MAN OF THE MATCH, PLAYER OF THE TOURNA MENT, AND BEST PLAYER OF EACH TEAM.
TEAMS:
YR.
SURREY KENT MIDDLESEX
SUSSEX
BROWNCAPS SPITFIRES CRUSADERS SHARKS
10CarrSheltonMoore ©Kellingley ©
10PalHoare (wk)NormanPage
10ManjianiFordLaneHussain
9
Moody ©
Srivastav ©
B-Asuni (wk)
Suganthan (wk)
9RavindranThuraisinghamVyasSanthankumar
9Brown (wk)MuhammadSarkerAli
8ExelbyRegan ©Jarrold ©Hicks, W (wk)
8Patel, VRutterSivakumarPrabhakaran
8MitchellAnthonyUlagentharan (wk)
Boselius
7Furmidge ©Hockley (wk)HasanBrown ©
7Rupal (wk)GamageSrishangarJoy Angelo
7KabaPerkinChristy-ParkerCraik
RESERVES:
10SuseelanJeevanSandersonAmal Patel
9IyengarSimpsonRaguseelanRoberts
8RavalRichardsHicks, NManoharan
7JainSwalehFashoriVenkatakrishnan
PLEASE PLACE A TICK NEXT TO YOUR NAME ASAP.
PLACE A X IF YOU REALLY CANNOT PLAY AND SEE
MR PARKINSON ASAP.
ANY QUESTIONS SEE MR PARKINSON

2014 Summer Term - Wilson`s School

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