News in brief Villiers winners for Speak Out www.villiers.ealing.sch.uk Proof that achievement


and attendance are linked THIS autumn term has revealed some interesting data regarding how attendance impacts on your child’s performance at school. 23% of our students (300 to be exact) have 100% attendance for this autumn term. Interestingly we notice these exemplary students showing up in data related to achievement and highest number of house points awarded. Read on.. Amandeep Dhanda, Raj Rohitchandra, Gaurav Shoor, Waseeq Akbari and Kirandeep Mutti are the Villiers Year 7 stars. Osman Mohamed Osman and Mayuran Krishnakumar are the Year 8 stars with another mention to Krzysztofa Wudzinska for achievement and house points. Abida Akbari and Mazharul Hoque are shining for Year 9. Year 10’s Adrian Paliwoda, Dominika Wudzinska and Shokat Arab are top for achievement and house points and finally, with 100% attendance, Year 11’s Syed Naman Ali and Abubakar Abdullahi Ali are top for achievement. Top 3 tutor groups are No 1- Pegasus 10 beating our school target at 97.1%, closely followed jointly by Aquila 1 and Cygnus 5 at 96.8%. Impressive indeed, and continuing to improve.


Sixth formers take note THIS is a clear message of the importance


of 100% attendance with a positive attitude to learning. Sixth formers MUST acknowledge this; ranking bottom of the attendance league. They realise the rigours of academic study at A level are significantly greater than at GCSE. They realise the importance of independent learning; a requirement of any university course they choose to undertake.


Stay focused and be disciplined If the temptation to miss a lesson becomes too great, the work will stack up; it won’t go away. Taking responsibility for one’s actions is a fact of life. Success comes at a price, beating the competition comes through sheer determination. Please encourage them to stay focussed and to be disciplined; it is their future at stake.


TWENTY five Year 10 students participated in a Jack Petchey Speak Out challenge workshop in October. The experience was invaluable in helping them gain confidence in public speaking skills which generated a diverse range of views on life in general. Congratulations to Ramanjeet Kuner and Sentha Jeyakumar who were voted overall winners of the day. They will compete against each other, in the hope of representing Villiers High School at the Ealing Regional Finals in January at Acton High School. More on this in next term’s newsletter.


Little Shop of Horrors


AUDITIONS for our school production saw unprecedented interest! Little Shop of Horrors is a winner for our budding actors who wait in anticipation for news of their casting. The production is scheduled for 28th and 29th March (a note for your diaries!). We pride ourselves in producing truly professional plays and musicals, requiring effort and commitment to make them outstanding. If your child is cast please ensure they can attend every rehearsal after school, and occasional Saturdays, closer to the time. This will be a performance not to miss!


More uni experiences planned


for New Year NEXT term will be busy for


Year 9 to 13 students experiencing university taster days, aspiration days at Cambridge University, careers in law and medicine conferences, specialist E-mentoring programmes,


lectures, STEM


enrichment at Imperial College and much more through AccessHE’s link universities. Mission Discovery has published its 2012 mission for next July and is recruiting now! Remember these are highly sought after opportunities, and your child must be confident in catching up on any school work missed as a result.


Autumn 2011 Edition Issue 1


Spelling Bees busy buzzing


YEAR 7 students of French and Spanish have been entered into the National Foreign Language Spelling Bee competition aiming to improve their vocabulary, spelling, speaking and memory skills in another language. They hope to enter the regional competition next March, against 22 schools, followed by the national final scheduled for July 2012 to be crowned the Spelling Bees Champions UK. A whole school competition is scheduled for February, so more news on this next term!


Year 11 to rise to ‘The Challenge’


IF your Year 11 child wants to experience personal development and achievement on an unprecedented scale, which will enrich their lives and build permanent skills for life, then let them rise to the challenge of their lives! This three week programme takes place after GCSE exams, and is an outdoor and university residential experience rolled into one. All of this has a positive aim and Year 11’s will attend an assembly to find out more about this unique experience in January. See www.the-challenge.org/ More details to follow...


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