Grey Coat 4 Attendance &


punctuality I f your chi ld is absent for any reason, please remember to phone the school between 8 and 9am to let us know. The phone number for repor t ing absences is 0207 969 1998. For years 7-9, please press opt ion 1 and for years 10-13 please press Opt ion 2.


Please make sure we are not i f ied in wr i t ing as far in advance as possible of any medical appointments. Please make sure the let ter clear ly states the t ime the students need to leave and the t ime and type of appointment . Your daughter 's ful l name and Form should be on the note. At tendance and Punctual i ty are taken into account in al l aspects of school l i fe.


Unexplained Absences


Parents, please remember that i f your daughter has been absent f rom school for any reason she must br ing in a note of explanat ion on her return to school . This is as wel l as fol lowing the usual procedure of telephoning the school each morning as ear ly as possible when your daughter is absent f rom school .


Year 8 students who took part in the Dancers Unite competition


Over the past 11 weeks, 21 girls in Year 8 worked incredibly hard learning a street dance routine taught to them by Louise Lister – the director of local dance company “No Limit”.


The pupils then performed the dance that they had learned as part of Westminster Sports Unit’s “Dancers Unite” competition at Porchester Hall on Thursday 17th February, where they competed against other Westminster Schools.


Overall GCH came 3rd in the competition. This is a great achievement as the competition was for KS3 and


Debating news


Y9 Debating Club On January 9th students from Year 10 led members of the Year 9 Debating Club in a Year 9 Assembly debate which proposed the motion 'This House would punish parents for the crimes of their children'. This so impressed Miss Shaw that she asked the Year 9 Debating Club to present a debate at a Year 8 Assembly on March 2nd. The Year 10 debaters had already demonstrated their ability to their own Year at


an assembly on February 1st and students are now preparing for another performance.


Following lively participation in the first round of the Urban League Debating Competition at St Saviour's and St Olave's in January, members of the Year 9 Debating Club were again speaking on Tuesday, 8th March. This time the GCH students were travelling some bus stops beyond SSSO to


Issue 11: March/April 2011 Year 8 Dance Competition


4 and the other schools were made up of pupils in Year 10 and 11. Further congratulations also go to Harley Mae Charles in 8G and Olivia Taylor in 8H who received commendations for their hard work and


improvement over the 11 weeks.


For the whole day, the girls’ behaviour was impeccable and it made me very proud to watch them performing so well on the stage. Congratulations to all of the pupils involved. Miss Shaw Grace Kappo G, Celine Amadou Douah G, Juliana Chavez Ruiz G, Blue Baker Haslam G,Harley Mae Charles G, Meg Stokes G, Megan Obeng G, Monjama Baihinga G, Laura Rose G, Karima Oulihem G, Paige Okubajo Y,Isabella Santa Maria C, Mawunyo Ametewee H, Monique Narh T, Latoya Odedina T, Suni Phillips Riley H, Olivia Taylor H, Imtinan Elhag H, Reem Dalpra H, Zinzy Lawson H, Mia Asante. Y.


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