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Issue 247 January 11, 2013

WILSON’S SCHOOL

WEEKLY UPDATEDates for your Diary

14 January Wilson’s Prayer Group (8.00p.m.)23 January Year 7 Soloists’ Evening (7.00p.m.)24 January Year 8 Parents’ Briefing Meeting (7.00p.m.)25 January Late start for students (9.30a.m.)26 January PFA Burns Night28 January Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.)31 January Year 8 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.)1 February Battle of the Bands (7.00p.m.)1 February Y10 After School Cake Sale

ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING

On Tuesday evening of this week the Senior Prize Giving ceremony took place for students in the sixth form and recent leavers to celebrate success in a huge range of fields during the 2011-12 academic year, from subject prizes (for excellence in specific subject areas) to prizes for sport, music, CCF, chess, and examination performance. Many of the prizes have been endowed by old boys and former par-ents and this event gives a fascinating sense of the long and illustrious history of the school.

Our guest speaker for the ceremony was Tim Ray-ment, Sunday Times journalist and Old Wilsonian. In his speech he described how the personal charac-teristics he developed during his time at the school (1971-1978) had helped him in his exceptionally successful career as a journalist. There were enter-taining tales of alleged Latin American fraudsters, Israeli nuclear scientists, as well as moments of in-credible journalistic audacity! For budding journal-ists, his speech was particularly inspiring and we are deeply grateful to him for participating in the event.

On Wednesday afternoon, the first Main School Prize Giving took place to award prizes to students in Years 8-11. Again, this was a very uplifting event which – like the Senior Prize Giving – included musi-cal performances of very high quality: many thanks to the Brass Quintet and String Quartet, as well as Sam Leggett (who performed on cello) and Satchit Srikanth (who sang) as soloists. Mr Rayment’s speech from the previous evening was relayed via the overhead presentation system (which had also allowed for a vibrant photo slideshow prepared by Mr Shaw).

Further speeches were given by students in both Prize Giving ceremonies about a wide range of ac-tivities (including chess, the Army and RAF sections of the CCF, the Tanzania expedition, the Brecon trip, debating and drama). Highlights included Archie MacGillivray’s fantastic speech on school sport, which incorporated one of his celebrated football reports.

Students in Year 7 have a Celebration Evening of their own during the summer term (Wednesday, 22 May), during which speeches are given and prizes awarded. Parents of students in Year 7 will hear more about this event in due course!

GUEST SPEAKER - TIM RAYMENT


WILSON’S WEEKLY UPDATE

PARENTMAILSome parents have asked how they can ensure that text messages they receive from the school show the sender as Wil-son’s School. Parentmail have informed us that the only means of doing this is for parents to add Wilson’s School to the contact list on their phone (with the phone number) and any messages from the school will then automatically show as being from Wilson’s School.

REMINDER - YEAR 11 WORK EXPERIENCEAll forms regarding work experience are due back in to Mrs Chaplin in the School Admin Office by Monday 25 February. If your son is experiencing any difficulties please ask him to contact Mrs Chaplin before that date and she will be only too pleased to assist.

HANDWRITING CLUBHandwriting club restarts this week on Thursday at 1.20p.m. in Room 18. Come along, bring your lunch and practice your handwriting. All the materials you need will be available!

YEAR 11 ENGLISH SUPPORT SESSIONSEnglish support sessions begin this week on Tuesday lunchtime in Room 18. Bring your lunch with you and work on improving your skills in reading and writing non-fiction texts. We have a range of revision resources and a teacher on hand to give you help. This is not a lesson - it’s an opportunity for you to do some guided revision and make a start on your exam preparation. Everyone in Year 11 is welcome - par-ticularly those who have been recom-mended to attend by their teacher!

CHINA 2014 EXPEDITION DEPOSIT DEADLINE EXTENSIONThe 2014 expedition deposit due by date has been extended to Wednesday 16 Jan 2013. All deposits should be sent di-rectly to Outlook (expedition provid-er).

NOTICES NCS COMPETITION

On Friday 14 December 2012 eight cadets from the CCF (L/Cpl Micallef, L/Cpl Mallet C, Cpl Mallet A, Sgt. Anandakumar, L/Cpl Bolt, L/Cpl Smith, L/Cpl Moloney and L/Cpl Sarveswaran) took part in David Cameron’s big society scheme by travelling to Longmoor Camp, along with 200 other cadets, scouts and youth group members. The course consisted of two days of challenging exercises, both mental and physical.

The cadets were split into two separate teams. Despite having never met the other people in their teams before, they were thrown straight in at the deep end by attempting to complete difficult tests called ‘command tasks’. These tests involve using leadership and teamwork to work towards an objective in various scenarios, such as building a car to cross a flooded plain. The weekend culmi-nated in a general knowledge quiz and a mile long ‘log run’ in which all of the team had to run a mile whilst sharing the burden of the best part of a tree between six of them.

The competition over the entire weekend was extremely fierce with over 25 mixed teams from all over the South of England competing. After all the results had been recorded, one of the teams, with 3 representatives from Wilson’s CCF in it, came an impressive 3rd place overall. Congratula-tions to them.

The government has pledged, due to the success of this pilot year, to extend the scheme out to future years. We hope to see more cadets from Wilson’s volunteering to take part in such a worth-while (yet fun) scheme over the coming years.



HOUSE MUSIC 2013

This year’s House Music competition will soon be upon us! This is Wilson’s annual competition to celebrate the most talented musicians in the school, and a chance to win a large number of points for your house. There are seven categories in which students can enter (Brass, Voice, Percussion, Guitar, Woodwind, Strings, and Piano). The competition is open to students from any year, and split into Junior (years 7-9) and Senior (years 10-13) categories. Initial rounds are held from 4 Febru-ary - 8 February, where students must prepare a short piece (no longer than 5 minutes) to impress the invited judges.

Eminent external musicians are invited to adjudicate each category, and in past years have always been impressed by the high standard and variety of entries that Wilson’s students have offered. The Grand Finale takes place on Thursday 28 February, where the win-ners from each of the preliminary rounds perform in an exciting evening of music making to determine who wins the overall prize.

Will you be the next “Wilson’s Young Musician of the Year”?

Entry forms will be available from the music depart-ment by the end of this week.

SALTER’S CHEMISTRY CAMPSAre there any Year 10 students who would like to go on a three day residential Chemistry camp at a top university in June/July? If so they need to apply to one of the Salter’s Chemistry Camps to be held this year. The aim of the Camps is to enable young people to explore the fun of chemistry and help motivate them into developing a long term interest in the subject and its applications in modern life. They are looking for students who are enthusiastic about chemistry, whether or not they have decided to continue studying the subject post-16.

Students spend three days and two nights at the Host University, staying in the University Halls of Residence, and using the laboratories. They carry out new, exciting experiments, and have the chance to delve into areas of chemistry that are perhaps not covered at school. Further back-ground information is presented through enter-taining lectures and (often noisy!) demonstrations. In the evenings, practical work in the labs is put on the back burner, and students enjoy a variety of social activities like a fun quiz or tenpin bowling.

Two boys last year went to the Cambridge Uni-versity Chemistry Camp and thoroughly enjoyed the programme being introduced to A level styled practical work.

The School can nominate up to four boys so if you are interested please see Mrs Jones as soon as pos-sible as the deadline is very soon.

ARUN PRABHAKAR Our congratulations go to Arun (8S) for achieving a distinction in his recent Grade 4 clarinet examina-tion.

DECEMBER FUNDRAISING FROM AMAZON PURCHASES (£861.00)The school would like to thank all those of you who purchased goods through Amazon using the link on the school website during December. Your purchas-es contributed to the sum raised during December (£861.00). We hope you will continue to support this initiative.

PFA 100 CLUB DRAW The January draw of the 100 Club took place this week and the results are as follows:1st Mrs Mincer £76.002nd Richard Spaull £45.753rd Cathy Whittaker-Campigotto £30.50

To join, please take a look at the PFA section of the main school website: www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk.



NUMBER DAY NSPCC

On Friday 14 December, Year 7 boys participated in ‘Number Day’ in support of the NSPCC. Number Day is an annual event to raise awareness and sponsorship for the NSPCC. This year was a particularly lively event in which all houses competed against each other on a number of different maths challenges. The event took place in the 6th form North Study with all the boys working in teams over 3 rounds. Round 1 was a maths quiz to warm everybody up and Round 2 was a maths relay which required questions to be com-pleted correctly before running up to get the next question. Finally there was a maths version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - ‘mathionaire’, to really get pulses racing. All boys competed brilliantly in their teams and were highly motivated to win the most points for their houses. Winners will be announced at year assembly on 16 January.

There were two main objectives for the day. Firstly to raise money for the NSPCC and secondly to ‘have fun’. Noise levels on the day indicate that the second objective was met so hopefully we will meet the first objective as well by raising lots of sponsorship. Please note that the return date for sponsorship is Friday 18 January 2013.

MATHS OLYMPIADIn the very challenging British Maths Olympiad Keith Barker (Upper Sixth) scored 38 and qualified for the even tougher ‘BM02’ round at the end of January. This is a great performance as only 100 pupils in the whole country are invited to take part in this extreme maths challenge. Other outstand-ing peformances were gained by Philip Knott (11B) who scored 21, Tom Lowe (U6) with 20 and Scott England (U6) with 16.

INTER FORM (AND INTER-HOUSE) CHESS TOURNAMENT

On Monday 4 February there will be an inter-form (and inter-house) Chess tournament after school in the hall, finishing around 5.30pm.

Each form should enter a team of their four best chess players who are available and keen to play.

Everyone will play four games, each lasting up to 30 minutes. Forms in the same house will not play each other.

THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III – DVDThe Saturday night performance was profes-sionally recorded and we now have an excellent quality DVD of the show for sale. Please send your remittance for £12 payable to Wilson’s School to the Finance Office.



NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS

SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

FOOTBALL MATCH REPORTby Abel-Unokan Ebrubaoghene

U15A Wilson’s vs HamptonOn Saturday morning, 8 December, the Year 10 A Team walked onto the pitch with mixed hopes. Hav-ing never previously won a match against Hamp-ton, no-one knew what to expect from the match. It soon became clear why at a glance, the two teams seemed almost evenly matched. The game began with several attempts from players on both sides, including Curtis Rose and Ayo Akin-Agunbiade, but simple mistakes stopped either player from scoring. By half-time, the score was still 0-0.

The game continued on in this style for some time, until a free kick from Ryan Kan led to the first goal of the match from Jacob Veerapen who rifled the ball won with his deadly left foot. Hampton upped the tempo with further attempts to score, but outstand-ing defending by Dion Barnaby and his defensive unit prevailed. However, this pressure proved too much as they managed to score, when a mistake from keeper James Sheridan gave a Hampton striker the chance he needed to prod in to level the score. More attempts followed from Will Honeyman and Jacob Veerapen – whose shot ended up going over the fence and into the road, narrowly missing the 154 driving past. Shooting practise is needed there, Jacob.

As the match drew to a close, it seemed that the team were destined to go another year without a win over Hampton. Until the in form Curtis Rose awoke. A sublime finish from him made the final score 2-1, leading the U15A team to their first ever victory against Hampton, who are the Independent National Cup holders. Well done to them.

FOOTBALL MATCH REPORTBy Archie MacGillivray

U14A’s vs GlynIt was a cold morning, the sky an icy blue, and the Glyn team shivered in their team colours. Of course, they would have been shivering even if it was a warm day, as they were quaking with fear and ap-prehension, well aware of the formidable team they were about to play: the Wilson’s U14A’s. While the opposition were plucking up sufficient courage to set foot on the playing field, our boys were doing a warm up led by coach Mr Parkinson, and referee Roger Brown was greasing his whistle for use.

The game began slowly but accelerated quickly as the mighty force of the U14s overcame the inertia of the sluggish Glyn team. Harold Amoo quickly took first blood with the help of a cross from Xavier Teague. Glyn, still thinking that perhaps they had a chance against us, had the impudence to score an answering goal soon after. But before half time was up we had crushed their confidence, with another goal by Amoo, well set up by a skilful cross from Kevin Mwondha.

The second half continued the humiliation of the first half, as our team sent almost a dozen balls around the goal. By dumb luck, they had all missed, and we were just beginning to resign ourselves to a mere 2-1 victory when team captain Josh Norman booted in a smashing goal off of Teague’s corner. Teague himself then decided to cut out the mid-dle man and score one on his own, hurtling deep into the opposition field and slotting another goal home. Then, so as not to appear rude to our guests, we ‘let’ them have another goal, bringing the final score to 4-2 to us.

Mr Parkinson was very pleased with his team’s per-formance, “It was the last game before Christmas and the team made it a good one”. He said that the “whole team played wonderfully, and it was hard to pick a man of the match”. But this coach is used to making tough tactical decisions in the heat of a game, so he managed to select a best player after some consideration, and went for Xavier Teague. Maybe next time Glyn will know what’s best for them and just not turn up. They’d probably do bet-ter that way anyway…

FOOTBALL RESULTSTuesday 11 December Wilson’s vs. Archbishop Lanfranc (Surrey Cup)U13A won 5-0Friday 14 December Wilson’s vs. Queen’s School (last 32 National Cup)1st XI lost 2-4Saturday 15 December - Wilson’s vs GlynU14A won 4-2U14B lost 0-1U12A lost 1-7U12B lost 1-6





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Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site however we do ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discussion page.

If you are not a Twitter user but still want to keep up to date, then simply visit www.twitter.com/WilsonsPE for all the latest fixture news, PE details, events, GCSE homework and more!

FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 12 January Wilson’s vs Ewell Castle2nd XI HomeU15B HomeU14B HomeU13B HomeU12B AwayWilson’s vs. Brighton CU15A AwayU14A AwayU13A Home

Wednesday 16 JanuaryDue to examinations taking place there will be a 7 a side match.

RUGBY RESULTSWilson’s vs. Wallington 90-0

The Wilson’s Year 8 team rounded off a great year with a 90-0 win over Wallington. Walling-ton, whose first sport at the school is rugby, fielded a side they believed would match Wilson’s in all departments but this was to be a very one-sided contest and not in their favour!

Wilson’s started strongly and it wasn’t long before Tolu Soretire crossed the line from a scrum in powerful fashion, as he was destined to do a further 3 more times during the game to make the score 5-0. The Wallington pack could not deal with the power, work-rate and skill levels, particularly at the break down of the Wilson’s forwards, who provided a fantastic platform for David Okoh to pass the ball from scrum half. It was the slick combination of Okoh and Elliot Roberts, playing at 10, which control-led the game so well and time again unleashed the superb Jonathan Chen and man of the match Caleb Nelson for them to stride down the pitch, bursting through tackles to score 7 trys between them. Any one of their tries could be considered for try of the season, but the pick of the bunch was a break by Roberts on the 20 minute mark putting Chen away into space and after committing 2 defenders he unself-ishly passed to Nelson, who barraged his way through 3 further players to score.

The back three combination of Adam Willi-combe, Owen Child, Ben St Clair-Gray and Michael Banh got the better of their opposite numbers in all areas making crucial tackles and stepping well to break the line and secure ground for the Wilsons side.

After half time Wilson’s stepped up the pace of the game again allowing their forwards to impose themselves further. Finian Barke-Asuni playing as flanker scored a great breakaway try but this was not before the powerful Arman Rounagh had crossed the line 2 more times to bring the try count up to 14. It must be said that none of this would have been possible without the hard work of Callum Black, Terry Kwofie, Sidney Panton, Suthakaran Sarravanaa, Dan Sharpe, Seth Johnson and Sashank Sri-kanth who performed tremendously through-out. Well done to all those who took part!

BADMINTON SESSIONS

MON 3.40 - 5.30 Year 9 and aboveTUES 1.05 - 1.50 U16/U14 National Schools TeamsTHURS 7.30 - 8.15 Year 7 (no squad players) 1.05 - 1.50 U14 Squad only 3.40 - 5.30 Year 7 Squad onlyFRIDAY 7.30 - 8.15 Years 7 & 8 (no squad players) 1.05 - 1.50 Years 7 & 8 (A teams only)

CIRCUIT TRAINING

THURSDAYS 3.45 - 4.45. Circuit training for Years 7, 8 and 9. This is for those who want to improve their fit-ness. Can accommodate up to 60 boys maximum. Just turn up!


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23 January Year 7 Soloists’ Evening (7.00p.m.)24 January Year 8 Parents’ Briefing Meeting (7.00p.m.)25 January Late start for students (9.30a.m.)26 January PFA Burns Night28 January Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.)31 January Year 8 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.)1 February Battle of the Bands (7.00p.m.)1 February Y9 After School Cake Sale

SUCCESS IN T S ELIOT POETRYPRIZE SHADOWING COMPETITIONCongratulations to George Ascroft and Kane Walpole of the Upper Sixth, and Tim Sharpe of the Lower Sixth, whose entries for the T S Eliot Prize Shadowing Competition have been highly com-mended by the judges.

The annual T S Eliot Prize for Poetry is one of the world’s most prestigious poetry prizes, and was won this year by the American poet Sharon Olds. A number of sixth-form students attended the prize-giving ceremony in London last weekend.

The Shadowing Competition enables students to take part in shadowing the judges of the prize, by reading work by the shortlisted poets, then writing a rationale to explain who they think should win.

George, Kane and Tim will all have their names mentioned in ‘emagazine’, published by the English and Media Centre and distributed to schools, which will also print an extract from Kane’s rationale.

TALENTED ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME (TASS)

Our congratulations go to Will and Tom Johnson who have both been selected for the 2012/2013 TASS programme.

TASS helps talented athletes to shine in education and sport by giving them the support they need to excel in both aspects of their career. They receive a tailored package of services including sports coaching, physi-otherapy, strength and conditioning training, lifestyle and education support and access to the TASS medi-cal programme.

To qualify for a TASS award, athletes must be aged 16 or over, studying on a recognised higher or further education programme in England, eligible to repre-sent Great Britain or England (as appropriate) in their chosen sport, and competing in an Olympic or Paral-ympic sport (summer or winter). On average, around 550 athletes receive TASS awards each year.



REMINDER - YEAR 11 WORK EXPERIENCEAll forms regarding work experience are due back in to Mrs Chaplin in the School Admin Office by Monday 25 February. If your son is experiencing any difficulties please ask him to contact Mrs Chaplin before that date and she will be only too pleased to assist.

WILSON’S USED UNIFORM SHOPThe shop will next be open on Monday 28 January from 3.30p.m. - 4.30p.m. in the Dining Hall. If you are looking for an item of clothing then come and along and see if there is anything that you can buy. The shop sells quality, hardly used Wilson’s uniform at very reasonable prices.

MFL LANGUAGE TRIPSParents and carers are reminded about the schedule of payments for the trips to Germany and France in the Summer Term. Please see below:-December payment £125 French Trip £150 German TripFebruary half-term payment £100 French Trip £100 German TripEnd of Spring Term payment £90 French Trip £75 German TripPlease can any outstanding payments be sent to the Finance Office a.s.a.p.

LIBRARYThe school library is up and running and is now up-to date; however, a lot of students are forgetting to return their books on time leaving quite a number of books missing from the shelves. Could parents and carers please remind their wards to return the borrowed items as soon as they are due. If an item is late a reminder will be sent to the borrower through the form tutor and also via the school intranet. After two such remind-ers a phone-call will be made to the parent or guardian.

If there is a problem with the return of a borrowed item, please tell the librar-ian immediately so that it can be re-solved quickly.

Parents and carers please ask your wards to go through their book shelves and re-turn ANY outstanding items.

NOTICES

THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III - DVDThe Saturday night performance of ‘The Madness of George III’ was professional-ly recorded and we now have an excellent quality DVD of the show for sale. If you would like to purchase a copy please send your remittance for £12 payable to Wilson’s School to the Finance Office along with your contact details.

‘OMNIBUS’ - GET INVOLVEDSee Miss tyler if you would like to write an article or help with the lay-out.

ADMISSIONS ARANGEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2014The school is currently consulting on new admissions arrangements for entry to the school in September 2014. The con-sultation period runs until 14 February 2013. Full details regarding the pro-posed new admission arrangements can be found on the school website.

TERM DATES 2013-14Term Dates for 2013-14 are available on the school website (in the Parents area). Please note that for next year only there will be a two week half term break at October 2013 (21 October to 1 November).

NOTICES

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the collation of information about instrumen-•tal lessons and efficient communication of this via the departmental noticeboard; general administrative support (sorting and •filing of music); maintenance of ensemble registers•administrative support for concerts•

The requirement is for someone initially for just one morning a week (4 hours) but it is anticipated that this demand will increase from September as a result of new developments in the music depart-ment.

Appointment would be subject to safeguarding check including a Criminal Records Bureau check.

Remuneration will be £10.50 per hour.Candidates should contact Mrs H Ware on 02087732931, ext 103 to express their interest.



CHEMISTRY CHALLENGE SUCCESS FOR YEAR 10In the Royal Society of Chemistry South East Educa-tion Division Chemistry Challenge 2012-13, Wilson’s submitted the answers of two teams to the postal elimination heat.

The judges were impressed overall by the quality of the entries received for the competition which tested general chemical knowledge at Year 10 level which involved some lateral thinking.

I am delighted to report that both teams did very well with Team 1 scoring 83% and Team 2 scor-ing 80%. Although we did not get through to the South East Final, Team 1, comprising Ben Sharp, Harry Goodburn, Daren Alfred and Vyas Raina, has been selected to the RSC Downland Runners up Event of the Chemistry Challenge. This is expected to take place on a Wednesday afternoon during March/April 2013. We will let you know how well they do.

NUFFIELD FOUNDATION SCIENCE BURSARIES FOR SCHOOLS & COLLEGES 2013Last year Wilson’s managed to secure Bursaries for three Lower Sixth students, who completed a four week research project during the summer holidays. Two boys were based at Surrey University while the other boy worked at the renal unit at St Helier’s Hospital. All three boys were awarded a Gold Crest Award for their submitted projects. All three boys found the placements invaluable in confirming their degree choices and supporting their univer-sity applications.

If there is any student in the present Lower Sixth who is able to complete a four week placement in the summer and is interested in pursuing a ca-reer in science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) they can get more information and an application form for an award from Mrs Jones. The award consists of £80 per week to cover travel al-lowances and other expenses. The school can only nominate up to four students and as the deadline for applications is approaching a quick response is needed.

UK CHESS CHALLENGE 2013Wilson’s will again be running UK Chess Challenge at chess club this term. There will be separate tournaments on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes. Pupils can enter for as many days of the week as they wish, but they should then come along on that day for all seven weeks of the competition. No-one is knocked out and there are badges, mascots and other prizes to be won. To ensure games are played with enough time play-ers must arrive by 1.30pm, though an earlier arrival time is preferred.



MANGA HIGH – SECOND PLACE IN THE U.K.!In December, Wilson’s came second in the UK in Manga High! Considering that the school has only been using the maths learning website for a few months, this is a great achievement. More maths classes are now using the site, and boys also spend their own free time playing maths games to win more medals. Let’s go for first place!






FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 19 January - Wilson’s vs Brentwood1st XI Home2nd XI AwayU15A HomeU15B HomeU14A AwayU14B AwayU13A HomeU13B HomeU12A AwayU12B Away

Monday 21 January - Wilson’s vs. KCSU15A HomeU15B Home

Wednesday 23 January - Wilson’s vs.Sutton Grammar3rd XI Home5th XI Home

FOOTBALL RESULTSFriday 11 January - Wilson’s vs. Ewell CastleU12B lost 0-4 vs. U12A

Saturday 12 January - Wilson’s vs Ewell CastleU13B won 3-1 vs. U13AU14B won 4-2 vs. U14AU15B lost 2-3 vs. U15A2nd XI won 2-1 vs. 1st XI3rd XI won 16-0 vs. 2nd XIWilson’s U14A vs. Wilson’s U13AU14A won 3-1 vs. U13A

Monday 14 January - Wilson’s vs. Bishop WandU15A won 4-1 (Surrey Cup last 15, Wilson’s are now away to either George Abbott or Tomlinscote in the Quarter Final)


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26 January PFA Burns Night28 January Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30p.m.)31 January Year 8 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.)1 February Battle of the Bands (7.00p.m.)1 February Y9 After School Cake Sale4 February Oxbridge Information Evening (7.00p.m.)6 February Y11 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.)8 February Activities Day11 February Return of Y8 Preliminary Options Forms11 February Return of Y11 Final Options Forms18 - 22 February HALF-TERM

In 2009, Stonewall published its first re-port into the experi-ences of gay students in school. It was a ground breaking and shocking report and one that made all school leaders think very carefully about the culture in their schools. It pointed out that homophobic bullying affects not just gay pupils and staff, but also those who are perceived to be gay, those who have gay and lesbian carers, parents or friends, and those who are simply thought to be

different. Homophobic bullying is profoundly damaging: it makes the students who suffer from it hate coming to school, it destroys their confidence and self esteem and it affects their ability to learn. It is a major cause of suicide in adolescents. It is, like all bullying, a poisonous and destructive influence.

Following the most recent Stonewall report, which suggests that although progress has been made, much more still needs to be done, we are revisiting the issue at Wilson’s.

The good news is that those of our gay students and old boys who have spoken to us about this tell us that they have felt safe at school and felt that institutionally the school was a tolerant place. They tell us how important the prominent display of the “Some people are gay” Stonewall posters around the school has been to them. But they also tell us that we didn’t and don’t do enough to eradicate the thoughtless use of homophobic language; that our attitude to other forms of prejudice, such as racism, is much more severe, and that the prevailing culture is one of tolerance rather than genuine acceptance. And so we are resolved to do better.

We have two simple aims: to eradicate the use of all homophobic language at school (and particularly the pejorative use of the word ‘gay’), whether casual and thoughtless or personally directed and malicious; and to move the school from being merely tolerant to being fully accepting of its gay pupils and staff. The first of these aims will be easy to realise; the second may be more of a challenge, but we will achieve it.

This term we will be having conversations involving staff, gover-nors, pupils and old boys to think openly and creatively about how we can make Wilson’s a completely accepting community. We’d like to hear from parents as well. If you are sympathetic to our aims and would like to be part of this conversation, please contact the Head via [email protected].

A huge thank you to the CCF, Mr Burton and Mr Beggs for their efficient and expert clearing of the school car park on Monday. While the weather conditions were challenging on Monday the school was fully open from Period 2.

The car park was cleared by the CCF by 11:00am with cadets working in teams with shovels, a gritting machine and a makeshift snow plough, which was hastily assembled in the DT workshops. This has helped in minimising disruption to the school for the rest of the week. A real act of service to the school. Well done.

Operation Snowplough



REMINDER - YEAR 11 WORK EXPERIENCEAll forms regarding work experience are due back in to Mrs Chaplin in the School Admin Office by Monday 25 February. If your son is experienc-ing any difficulties please ask him to contact Mrs Chaplin before that date and she will be only too pleased to assist.

WILSON’S USED UNIFORM SHOPThe shop will be open next Monday, 28 January from 3.30p.m. - 4.30p.m. Why not come along and see what is available?

ONLINE PAYMENT FOR CASHLESS CATERINGParentMail is now set up to take online top ups for your son’s cashless catering account. This online method of top ups is now the preferred option. Details of how to use the system were attached to an email sent via ParentMail on 19 December 2012; copies of these instructions can be obtained from the Finance Office if required.

If this is not possible cash or cheques can, if necessary, still be accepted in the Finance Of-fice or via the red post box in the main foyer. If you have difficulty using the system please contact the Finance Office on 0208 773 7681 or if you have difficulties in accessing your Parent-Mail account please contact Mrs Wood by email on [email protected] in the School Office.

NOTICES AIR CADET WINS EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIP TO KOREAby Craig Threadgold

THE CADETS can take you far further away than Kent, providing you take all the op-portunities that are available. It is not uncommon for cadets, as I did two years ago, to make the 20 hour journey to Germany to see British forces in operation. Nor is it uncom-mon for cadets to undertake gliding scholarship – an introduction to solo flight. Building on these camps, the three exams I have taken in the cadets, a cadre in Kent and (in true Wilson’s fashion) solid public exam grades, a flying scholarship was on the cards for the section for the third time in four years. It was only at this point that I thought it was worth applying for the International Air Cadet Exchange. Eager to prove my

keenness for the cadets, I mentioned all the above in an applica-tion that also encompassed a reference from Major Burton and a copy of my personal statement. Thanks to my long list of RAF re-lated activities along with a lot of luck, the Headquarters for Air Cadets deemed me worthy to represent the RAF cadet organisa-tion in a country nearly six thousand miles away: South Korea. Only 90 cadets each year get to travel to 18 countries across the world, many camps being in the USA, so I am quite sure I’ll be the only British cadet going to Korea. Looking at the itinerary, the South Koreans seem to have taken this exchange as an op-portunity to flaunt their expanding technological and military might. A factory tour of the Korean Aerospace Company, a tour of the Expo Science Park and a visit to the air force academy will show the level of global competition Britain is up against. From the best of South Korea to the worst, a tour of the demilitarised zone and visits to South Korea’s many military bases will show why the previous visits are so extraordinary, and why their military investment is so high: war with North Korea. Aside from military visits, a large dose of culture will be on display from the National Museum to the world famous temples. Although Wilson’s has not had any cadets go on the exchange before, with the growth of the contingent and ever expanding support from officers, we may see attendance on this course become a more regular occurrence.

BRITISH PHYSICS OLYMPIADCongratulations go to all of the physicists that entered the 2012/13 British Physics Olympiad competition. Our students were up against over 1,800 competitors from some of the best schools in the country. Their success stands as testament to the talents and abilities possessed by the boys at Wilson’s..

Keith Barker has been invited to participate in the next round of the British Physics Olympiad competition free of charge and will receive a book prize later in the year.

Name Award Keith Barker Gold Alexander Johnsen Bronze I Jordan Massiah Bronze II Scott England Bronze II Kalyan Dutia Bronze II

CHESS RESULTSIn the National Cup Zone semi final the results were as follows:-Wilson’s vs. Dulwich CollegeWilson’s won 5-1



WILSON’S CHARITIES UPDATE

During the last six months Wilson’s students have worked hard to support a range of charities. Monies raised were as follows:

Farm Africa - £300 was raised as the result of a foot-ball sweep stake for teachers and the Camberwell House mufti day.

Cry in The Dark - £350 was raised. This figure was made up from the proceeds of a sponsored silence held by 10C and the Greencoat House mufti day.

MS Sutton & Croydon therapy centre - £700 was raised for this charity from the Brecon House mufti day and the annual school Carol Service.

Wallace & Gromit - £200 was raised from the South-wark House mufti day.

NSPCC – £200 was raised for this cause from the Hayes House mufti day.

The Dominican Friars – £1,000 raised from the No-vember House mufti day will be sent to them.

Movember - Last but not least, a lot of fun was had by staff and students alike in raising £500 in Novem-ber for Movember.


FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 26 January Wilson’s vs City of LondonU15A AwayU14A AwayU13A AwayU12A AwayWilson’s vs. CarshaltonU15B HomeU14B HomeU13B HomeU12B Home

Wednesday 30 JanuaryWilson’s vs. Arch Bishop1st XI Home5th XI Home6th XI HomeWilson’s vs. Whitgift2nd XI Home4th XI Home

FOOTBALL RESULTSMonday 14 JanuaryWilson’s vs. Bishop WandYear 10 won 4-1

Ayo Akintunde scored a hat trick and Akhil Dua scored a goal.

Tuesday 15 January Wilson’s vs. Wimbledon CollegeYear 8 won 4-3 on penalties 3-3 after extra time.

They now progress to the Quarter Final of the Surrey Cup.

FUTSAL RESULTSTuesday 22 January Wilson’s vs. St Joseph’sYear 8 won 10 - 7





BADMINTON RESULTSWilson’s vs. TrinityU14B won 9 - 0 against U14A

Issue 250 February 1, 2013

WILSON’S SCHOOL


1 February Battle of the Bands (7.00p.m.)1 February Y9 After School Cake Sale (9S)4 February Oxbridge Information Evening (7.00p.m.)6 February Y11 Parents’ Evening (4.00p.m.)8 February Activities Day11 February Return of Y8 Preliminary Options Forms11 February Return of Y11 Final Options Forms18 - 22 February HALF-TERM

SILVER SURFERS WITH AGE UK SUTTON

On Monday 21 January Kyrill Afudego, Christian Koup-pas and Nedum Nwamadi, all in Year 10, journeyed through the snow to the Age UK Sutton Annual Review to meet the people behind the successful Silver Surfers programme, as well as some future participants.

They were invited because of the Silver Surfer sessionsWilson’s organised with Age UK Sutton during the summer term of 2012. For an hour a week a dozen over-50’s from the Borough of Sutton would come into the school to learn how to use their computers and gadgets, with the students as their tutors.

The boys went through the basics of using the Internet, setting up online shopping accounts and introduced some of the Silver Surfers to Skype for the first time.

Due to the success of the first course Wilson’s partnered up with Age UK Sutton again to offer three more ses-sions, starting on Wednesday 13 February. Students have volunteered their time to show a new group of budding Internet users how to make the most out of the web.

The programme gives Sutton’s older residents an opportunity to learn how to use their computers in a friendly environment and encourages the boys to get involved in an extra-curricular activity that’s great fun and gives them a chance to show off a little of their computer savviness.

Thanks to Mrs. Gill and Juliana Rayman at Age UK Sutton for organising the sessions.

WILSON’S BURNS NIGHT: SATURDAY 26 JANUARY, 2013

The Wilson’s Burns Night proved to be a success-ful and very entertaining evening for everyone who attended, thanks to the or-ganisation and effort put in by Julie and Stuart Sinclair, members of the PFA.

The evening commenced with the Wilson’s String Ensemble playing a lovely selection of Celtic music. A number of “Toasts” were

made through the Supper adding to the fun and banter of the evening. Femi, our Bagpiper, played a beautiful rendition of Auld Lang Syne and other tunes as we welcomed in the Haggis. The Supper was completed with Ceilidh Dancing, directed by Stuart Sinclair, and even those confirmed “non-dancers” found themselves on the dance floor exert-ing themselves to an unexpected cardio blast!

A huge thanks to all the parents and friends who helped and supported the evening. Special thanks to Luke Rogers and the String Ensemble, Tim Pryse-Hawkins and Beverley Barry for catering, Kevin Hem-mings, Marek Polniaszek, Sacha Marsac and Mark Goldhawk for all their technical help.

We hope to see lots of new faces at the next PFA event and intend to run another Burns Supper next January, as this one was en-joyed by every-one.




PARKING IN MOLLISON DRIVEParents are requested to park considerately in Mollison Drive. The road is narrow and there is considerable congestion between 3.25p.m. and 3.50p.m. The majority of parents do park considerately but a small minority are causing problems for the local traffic in the area at this time of day.

ONLINE PAYMENT FOR CASHLESS CATERINGMany parents will by now have tried out Parent-Mail for topping up cashless catering accounts.This online method of top ups is now our pre-ferred option of payment. If however, you re-quire a copy of the instructions on how to use this system or you have any difficulties using the system, please don’t hesitate to contact the Finance office. They can be reached on 0208 773 7681 or if you have difficulties in accessing your ParentMail account please contact Mrs Wood by email on [email protected] in the School Office.

AFTER SCHOOL CAKE SALE9S will be holding a charity cake sale in the foyer on Friday 1 February at 3.00p.m. For those of us who didn’t consume enough goodies over Christmas, this is an ideal opportunity to make up for lost time.

NEW TWITTER FEEDThe Economics and Business Department has now entered the 21st Century and created its very own Twitter feed. We select the best articles for you! So, whatever your year group or sub-ject, there will always be something of inter-est to read or comment on. To sign up: twitter @WilsonsEcBus or go online to check out us out! Don’t forget also that the department has a very informative blogsite which can be accessed at http://wilsonomics.wordpress.com/

NOTICES SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.

FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 2 FebruaryWilson’s vs Dulwich C1st XI Away2nd XI Home3rd XI HomeU15A AwayU15B AwayU14A HomeU14B HomeU13A AwayU13B AwayU12A AwayU12B Away

Wednesday 6 FebruaryWilson’s vs. City of London1st XI Away2nd XI Away3rd XI Away4th XI Home5th XI Home6th XI Home




CHESS RESULTSNational Cup Zone FinalWilson’s beat Hampton 5 - 1Wilson’s therefore qualify for the last 16 in the na-tional stages for the third time in the past 4 years.

Wilson’s vs. St. Andrew’s LeatherheadWilson’s won 22 - 2

Inter-House Chess Challenge28 forms have entered teams of 4 players for this event which takes place on Monday 4 February in the main school hall. The event should finish at approximately 5.30 p.m.




ADJUDICATORLOCATIONCLASSTIMEDATE

Mr Richard UttleyBowdenRoom

Piano14001615

WEDNESDAY,13th February

Mr Kevin JonesPercussionRoom

Guitar14001500

THURSDAY,7th February

Ms Charlotte BettleBowdenRoom

Woodwind14001530

THURSDAY,7th February

Mr Jonathan FrenchPercussionRoom

Percussion14001500


Mr Charlie OsbornBowdenRoom

Brass14001530


Ms Vivienne FrenchBowdenRoom

Voice14001530

MONDAY,4th February

Mr Richard JonesLectureTheatre

Strings14001530

MONDAY,4th February

HOUSE MUSIC 2013 TIMETABLECheck when & where you should be

All students taking part in the House Music competition should check when and where they should be (a list is up by the music office), and they should check that their accompaniment is in the folder in the music corridor (if an accompaniment is required).

As per the timetable above, those students taking part will miss the end of lunch and some, or all, of pe-riod 5 on the day their class takes place. Your teachers are aware of this.


WILSON’S SCHOOL


11 February Return of Y8 Preliminary Options Forms11 February Return of Y11 Final Options Forms18 - 22 February HALF-TERM25 February Y10 Exams begin26 February Young Musician of the Year House Music Final (7.00p.m.)27 February Middle School Masterchef Y9 Heat (3.30p.m.)27 February A Level Recital Evening (7.00p.m.)28 February Y9 Parents’ Evening

PFA 100 CLUB DRAWThe February draw of the 100 Club took place this week and the results are as follows:

1st Sunitha Pradeep-Kumar £77.502nd Ivona Bryant £46.503rd David Gray £31.00

To join the 100 Club, please take a look at the PFA section of the main school website: www.wilsons-school.sutton.org.

DEBATING NEWS

Wilson’s debate team began the New Year with an outing to SOAS for two experienced and two nov-ice teams. George Lowe and Archie MacGillivray had previously attended a junior tournament while Ethan Golding and Alex Storey were attending their first competitive event. All four Y10 students acquit-ted themselves creditably, George and Archie taking two seconds and Ethan and Alex a second and a first, with Alex finishing as Wilson’s highest scoring novice speaker with 293 points. Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky took two firsts and a second, and James Gunnell and James Nash took two seconds, with James Gunnell finishing on the highest speaker points for Wilson’s with 312.

Last weekend, Wilson’s attended the University of Kent schools’ competition and all three of our teams broke for the semi-finals: Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky, Arslan Rana and Karim Abu-Seer, and Ahmed Elgharably and Ravi Yaathavan. Ahmed and Ravi also made the final, while Tim and Luke finished third overall, and were ranked 5th and 10th on individual speaker points. Ear-lier in the week, Tim and Luke also progressed to the third round of the UNA debating competition.

On Tuesday this week, Tim and Luke were once again in competition, at the South London round of the Oxford debate along with Harrison Gower, Will Ries, George Driscoll and Conrad Jefferies. All three teams performed effectively, with two teams,Tim and Luke and Will and Harrison, qualifying for the Oxford finals. Meanwhile, George and Conrad look forward to the second round of the Cambridge debate which takes place next week.

Forthcoming senior competitions include Bristol, UCL, Imperial and Durham, and Wilson’s will again host the Southern Junior Debate Tournament towards the end of term.

UK COLD WATER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Our con-gratulations go to both Sam Smith (7B) and Arthur In-gamells (9B) who com-peted in the 5th UK Cold Water Swimming Champion-

ships which took place on Sunday 27 January at Tooting Bec Lido. The sun was shining and the water was cold (just above freezing at 2 degrees centi-grade!).

Arthur won the under-20 age category for breast-stroke with Sam taking third place in the same cat-egory. Sam and his brother were the youngest two competitors in the competition.

Sam and Arthur are pictured above receiving their well-deserved medals from the Mayor of Wands-worth.




ONLINE PAYMENT FOR CASHLESS CATERINGMany parents will by now have tried out Parent-Mail for topping up cashless catering accounts.This online method of top ups is now our pre-ferred option of payment. If however, you re-quire a copy of the instructions on how to use this system or you have any difficulties using the system, please don’t hesitate to contact the Finance office. They can be reached on 0208 773 7681 or if you have difficulties in accessing your ParentMail account please contact Mrs Wood by email on [email protected] in the School Office.

NOTICES

Y8 TEAM MATHS CHALLENGE

The Y8 Team Maths Challenge Competition has been running on Wednesday lunchtimes for the past two weeks. This was a fiercely competitive competition with each form represented by a team of 4 students. The first week involved tackling a set of 10 challeng-ing problems which the boys had to solve within 30 minutes. As well as mathematical ability, effective time management and delegation were key to suc-cess. In the second week boys had to solve problems that used answers from previous questions and very quickly learnt the importance of checking their answers carefully. The boys were intensely focused throughout each session and displayed excellent teamwork and problem-solving ability. Congratula-tions to 8B and 8S who came joint-first and 8C who were runners-up. Well done to all boys who partici-pated.

YEAR 8 SPEED OPTIONS

The main hall had been a quiet place recently due to the January exams, but on Friday last week that all changed. It was Year 8 Speed Options day!

The event consisted of 17 different subject sta-tions which were all manned by enthusiastic Year 10 boys. Given only 3 minutes per station, the Year 8s whizzed around gathering as much information as possible from the Year 10s, so they could get the ‘word on the street’ on what sub-jects are really like. The outcome being that the boys not only had a better idea of what to choose for their GCSEs but also found the whole experi-ence exhilarating and rewarding.

The Year 8 boys displayed impressive question-ing skills but credit has to be given to the Year 10s who coped admirably well with being able to talk for almost 60 minutes non stop!

Note: All Year 8 Preliminary Options forms should be returned to the School Office by Monday 11 February.

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS TOPS CHARTS AS NUMBER ONE SCHOOL EVENT OF 2013!by Archie MacGillivray

Last Friday was the first of February, and its waning hours saw another first – a first in Wilson’s school perform-ing history. Last Friday, legions of adoring fans and proud parents bore witness to the first Battle of the Bands, in what event organiser Mr Rogers called “an ambitious leap towards a new type of musical performance hitherto unseen at our school.”

The Battle of the Bands differs from the normal style of event at Wilson’s in that it is a much less formal event. Instead of traditional genres of classical music and the like, the bands are permitted to select and perform a song entirely of their own choice. The thinking behind hosting such an informal show was that if the musicians could choose what they sung, they would be more comfortable performing it. And a comfortable musician is an excellent musician.

This theory was proved correct on the night as a host of skilled bands took to the stage and wowed their audi-ence with beautiful sound. Pieces were played by Unlimited Range, The Case, Versatile, Music Sound Blues, Skybound, Josh Hayes, Sugar is a Hexagon, the duo Satchit and Jack, and the school’s very own Wilson’s House Band. All of the acts were deserving of – and indeed received – resounding applause and the utmost respect. Especially worthy of mention was that dashing young fellow Archie MacGillivray, who was compere for the evening.

Commenting afterwards, Mr Rogers stated that “It was a great success, and I will assuredly be arranging another evening of a similar type just as soon as the opportunity arises.” All the bands are still together and eager to perform again, but there are still vacancies for any up-and-coming musicians who wish to make their names in the Wilson’s music industry. But you’d better start practising now, because the bands that played that Friday are no easy competition to beat!





1ST XV VS. DULWICH COLLEGEby Douglas Ledgerwood

Ollie Sitch and Ben Giles grabbed the goals in a dominating 2-0 win over Dulwich at home last Saturday.

The game began slowly but Ollie Sitch and Dan Searle were working tirelessly with some slick link up play down the right wing to try and put the home team in front. Ben Giles was consistently making good runs and spearheading the Wilson’s attack.

Dulwich rarely formed a significant attack with only an occasional counter attack.

Wilson’s finally scored in the closing minutes of the first half. A free-kick awarded outside the penalty area which gave Jack Elliott an opportunity to swing the ball into the box and Ollie Sitch was able to supply a sublime volley to open the account, 1-0 to Wilson’s.

Wilson’s came out strong in the second half; con-tinuing to dominate and giving Dulwich very few opportunities to equalise.

With 15 minutes to go until full time, Ollie Sitch put a great ball through to Ben Giles who kept his cool to slot the ball past the on rushing Dulwich Goal-keeper to make it 2-0.

Man of the Match went to Ben Giles for his relent-less hard work, scoring the second goal to confirm the win.

U14 A’s vs. DULWICHby Archie MacGillivray

It was a chill wind that blew on the morning of the U14 A’s game against Dulwich. A wind that was at odds with the heated battle that raged on the field. The game began under the jurisdiction of referee Jack Aguera, and from the off it was clear that while the opposition was a tough team, they were out-matched by the nimble Wilson’s boys. For the first ten minutes, the ball barely left the opposition half, and more than six goal kicks were made as we sent the ball above and around the goal repeatedly, but were unable to actually put it in, even when some foul play from the opposition on Arkadiy Peremyslov resulted in a free kick.

Then, suddenly, the foe broke away with a devious tactic and crossed it in, round the edge of the box, and bounced it off the crossbar into our goal! Then they had the impudence to try for another goal, but luckily expert goalie Chris Gotts made a couple of ex-cellent saves and stopped them short. Then another foul from Dulwich led to a second free kick, allowing Wilson’s Captain Josh Norman to equalise just before half time.

The team returned to the pitch eager to avenge the slight of having first blood stolen from them by Dulwich, and soon a corner from Captain Norman allowed Peremyslov to put us in the lead. Wasting no time Anish Manjiani crossed another ball in for Kevin Mwondha to place in Dulwich’s goal, bringing the final score up to a cracking 3-1 to us.

Speaking after his team’s victory, Captain and Man of the Match Josh Norman said that after adopting a more aggressive and light-footed approach in the second half, they were able to be more effective in travelling around the cumbersome Dulwich defend-ing. But that said, despite their crushing defeat at our hands, Dulwich were a respectable team, and did all that could be expected of them against the epic Wil-son’s U14 A’s. They maintain the position as top of the Wilson’s Dreamleague and long may it continue.

CHESS RESULTSWilson’s vs.WhitgiftA Team won 5 - 1

Wilson’s vs. TrinityWilson’s B beat Trinity A 4 - 2Wilson’s D beat Trinity C 9.5 - 2.5





FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 9 FebruaryWilson’s vs Hampton1st XI Away2nd XI Home3rd XI AwayU15A AwayU15B AwayU14A HomeU14B HomeU13A AwayU13B AwayU12A HomeU12B Home

Monday 11 FebruaryWilson’s vs.SevenoaksU15A AwayU15B Away

Wednesday 13 FebruaryWilson’s vs. KCS1st XI Away2nd XI Away3rd XI Away4th XI Away5th XI Home6th XI Home

FOOTBALL RESULTSWednesday 30 JanuaryWilson’s vs.Archbishop Tenisons1st XI won 4 - 15th XI won 3 - 2 (vs. 2nd XI)6th XI won 1 - 0 (vs. 3rd XI)

Thursday 31 January - Surrey CupWilson’s vs. Harris CTCU14A won 4 - 1(now in the Surrey Cup Quarter Final away to Whitgift)Wilson’s vs. St. Joseph’s U16A won 4 - 2(now in the Surrey Cup last 16 at home to Arch-bishop)

Friday 1 FebruaryWilson’s vs. Orleans ParkU12A won 3 - 1(now in the Quarter Final at home to either Wim-bledon College or Glyn)

Saturday 2 FebruaryWilson’s vs. Dulwich College1st XI won 2 - 02nd XI drew 2 - 24th XI lost 0 - 1 (vs. 3rd XI)U14A won 3 - 1U14B won 5 - 0

BASKETBALL RESULTS

Wilson’s vs.Wimbledon College (Surrey Schools Championships)U19 won 52 - 37

Wilson’s vs. Harris Academy MertonY8 won 29 - 20

Wilson’s vs. Tiffin (Surrey Cup)U19 won 39 - 33

TABLE TENNIS RESULTSOn 1 February Wilson’s played in the London South Schools Individual Championships at Stanley Park.

After a fantastic recovery from being 2 - 0 down Michael Ho went on to win the U19 event, beat-ing Mickel Miller from Stanley Park 3 - 2 in the final. Pictures can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/c4ltabletennis/8443352513/in/set-72157632682868211/.

In the U16 competition Liam Grant was runner up los-ing to Marcus Giles (current English champion) in the final. In the U16 plate event, Alex Lane finished first.

There were some other good results:- Tim Harper reached the quarters of the U13 competiton; Alex Yee made it to the semi finals of the U16’s ; Vatsal Raina lost in the quarter finals of the U16s and Max Exelby reached the final stages of the U13 plate.

RUGBY RESULTS - 1st XV away to Whitgift 2’s lost 12 - 24

Wilson’s put in a brave performance against a strong Whitgift team and can take credit for an excellent 7-0 second half win. Whitgift passed the ball extremely well and tested the Wilson’s defence on a number of occasions. However any number of players could be mentioned for making fantastic tackles, but Peter Atkinson’s two in the first half were the pick of the bunch. After an early score by Whitgift, Wilson’s levelled things up with a series of nicely worked forward drives which Matt Jacoutot finished off.

That wasn’t to be the last try for Wilson’s either with Lolo Oluwole-Ojo intercepting the ball inside his own half and running the length of the pitches to score underneath the posts for Dylon Craig to convert.

The first XV play Royal AA in a league fixture at home next Wednesday. Do come along and watch what will undoubtedly be a first class match.





For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures fol-low@WilsonsPE on twitter.

Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site however we do that ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discus-sion page.


BADMINTON RESULTSOn Wednesday this week the U14 team won the South of England round of the National Schools’ Badminton Championships which took place at Wilson’s. They now progress to the London Schools’ final in March. If they win that they will continue through to the National Schools’ final Ten. The team consists of: Joseph Li, Michael Banh, Rohit Prabhu, Tom Highwood and Brennan Thiruchelvam.

The U16 team won the South of England round of the National Schools’ Badminton Championships on Wednesday. They are now one game away from reaching the National Schools’ final. The team consists of: Shailen Patel, Amar Shukla, Mat-thew Clark, Ben Jacob, Josh Lee and Alex Yee.

Our congratulations go to all the players in both teams for the achievements they have already made and good luck for the matches in the finals.

U14 TEAM

U16 TEAM


WILSON’S SCHOOL


18 - 22 February HALF-TERM25 February Y10 Exams begin26 February Young Musician of the Year House Music Final (7.00p.m.)27 February Middle School Masterchef Y9 Heat (3.30p.m.)27 February A Level Recital Evening (7.00p.m.)28 February Y9 Parents’ Evening4 March Wilson’s Prayer Group (8.00 p.m.)6 March Middle School (Y10) Masterchef Heat (3.30 p.m.)8 & 9 March School Production

EXPEDITION TO CHINA 2014

The school’s next major expedition is making steady progress with an impres-sive 48 pupils signing up to be part of what undoubtedly will be an expe-

rience of a lifetime and one they will never forget. The expedition will see the boys travel to Beijing in the summer of 2014 and spend 28 days experiencing the vast array of sights and sounds this fascinating coun-try has to offer, including but not solely restricted to, trekking in Tibet, staying and working on a Yak farm, visiting a Panda sanctuary, trekking along the Great Wall and helping to renovate a school in the Southern region of China.

The first group development day (hosted by Outlook Expeditions) will be split into two mirror image events, the first scheduled for 4 March 2013 (in the main school hall) and the second for 5 March 2013 (in the Lecture Theatre) at 15.35 finishing at 19.35. Parents and participants will be emailed by Outlook directly to inform them which day they will need to attend.

The development programme will look at general expedition administration, the itinerary (where the participants get to pick from several activities for each phase of their expedition) and fundraising (including how to manage and plan events which will enable them to raise some if not all of the funds for the expe-dition). At the end the session parents will be able to come along and see what their sons have been doing and ask any questions they may have both to the Out-look representative and the school.

Further information or queries should be directed to Mr Beggs, Expedition Coordina-tor, at the school or alternative-ly the point of contact for the expedition for Outlook Expeditions is Sarah Howes.

WILSON’S CCF RAF SECTION WIN REGIONAL AIR SQUADRON TROPHYby Cdt FS Threadgold

A team of 14 cadets from the CCF’s RAF section drove to RAF Halton on 10 February to compete for the South Central Air Squadron Trophy. The team were familiar with the surroundings, seamlessly getting to work on their shoes and brushing up on RAF Knowledge before the events got under way. First was First Aid, led by Sgt Stanley, which went to plan. Sgt Phillips blew away Air Recce, getting 28/30 – one mark off the competition top scorer. Fitness (a bleep test), Command Task, RAF Knowledge and Drill all came soon after. By the end of the day, we were pleased with our efforts: the team was expect-ing good places in all of our events.

The key to winning these events is consistency across the board, and the team achieved this re-markably. With 14 teams competing, we achieved 3rd place in Fitness, Air Recce and First Aid, 2nd place in Shooting, RAF Knowledge and Command Task and a brilliant 1st place in Drill. Having scored seven more points than the next team overall (points are based on the position of each discipline), the lead was quite remarkable considering the competition: 14 teams now instead of the 8 that we competed against when we won it two years ago.

The next step for the team is further training, then on to the National final on 17 March. Thank you to all the officers and staff in the contingent for their efforts but especially Miss Clarke, who is not a per-manent member of staff in the contingent, yet gave up her own time to help prepare the First Aid team. She, alongside the permanent staff of the CCF, are all fully committed to our goal of going two better than previous years in becoming National Champi-ons!




YEAR 9 CAKE SALEThe recent cake sale held by 9S was an outstand-ing success, raising £101.43p for the school. Special thanks should go to Jacqueline Carr, Sonia Davis and Leigh Shelton who helped out by baking, selling cakes and helping manage the boys. Thanks also to all the boys who helped or supplied cakes and biscuits, all of which were delicious if not so good for the waistline. Their enthusiasm and commitment was great to watch at first hand.

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WILSONIMICSThe new edition of ‘Wilsonomics’ is now avail-able in paper form or on the school website. From a discussion on Lehman Brothers by Sam Giles to an examination of the American debt mountain by James Lawton coupled with a welter of our usual features, a good read is guaran-teed. If you have any ideas for an article or feature contact the editors, Jake South or Sam Giles. All contributions very welcome, irrespec-tive of year group.

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HOUSE MUSIC 2013 UPDATESo far the Wilson’s House Music competition has been incredibly successful! This year over 160 students en-tered across the various instrumental categories, showing the high standard of instrumental and vocal talent the school has to offer. At the time of writing this newsletter entry the piano part of competition was yet to take place but, from the incredibly long list of participants, it looks set to be a highly competitive event!

Each round is awarded an overall winner, and a number of “highly commended” performances for both Junior (7-9) and Senior (10-13) categories. Below is the list of winners so far. Total points will be calculated after half-term, but winners receive 50 points for their house, and the highly commended performances 25 points.

The winners of each category compete in the Grand Final for the title of “Wilson’s Young Musician of the Year 2013”. This takes place in the first week back after half-term (Tuesday 26 February, 7pm). The standard will be extremely high, and all are welcome to attend.

JUNIOR CATEGORY

WINNERSSaju Raguseelan Strings 8 CamberwellKavana Crossley Voice 9 BreconJacob Whalley Brass 8 Brecon Taaiyagan Jeyapaalen Percussion 8 HayesOwen Child Woodwind 8 SouthwarkKavana Crossley Guitar 9 Brecon HIGHLY COMMENDED Shuichi Chiba Strings 9 CamberwellNathan Mitchell Voice 7 HayesRamon Nartallo Voice 8 HayesCharlie Rogers Brass 7 GreencoatLiam Grant Percussion 9 CamberwellAranan Sivakumar Percussion 7 BreconKavana Crossley Woodwind 9 BreconWill Straw Woodwind 8 HayesGautam Vyas Guitar 8 CamberwellRamon Nartallo Guitar 8 HayesCameron Overeynder Guitar 9 BreconSrood Salih Guitar 9 Southwark SENIOR CATEGORY

WINNERSSam Leggett Strings 6th CamberwellJack Robertson Voice 6th BreconMichael Ahearn Brass 10 CamberwellCallum Mance Woodwind 6th CamberwellWill Porter Guitar 11 Southwark HIGHLY COMMENDED Linden Hogarth Strings 11 CamberwellHarry Perkin Strings 11 GreencoatJosh Hayes Voice 6th GreencoatEwan Robertson Voice 10 BreconOliver De Carteret Brass 11 HayesDaniel Jacob-Ormson Woodwind 10 Hayes



YEAR 8 HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITIONOn Monday 4 February the annual Year 8 House Problem Solving Competition was held in Science. Six teams (two from Southwark!) consisting of six boys did battle. They had to make a device which would switch on a lamp after a delay of 15 seconds. The boys worked tirelessly and when their devices were tested two teams managed to cause the lamp to light after a delay. The winning team came from 8G (Adam Di Lizia, Oliver Wales, Michael Kuc, Riddukshan Ravindran, Sajed Mangoo) with the second team from Southwark a close second. All boys must be congrat-ulated and the winners have been invited to represent the school at the regional heats of the Surrey SATRO Problem Solving Competition to be held at St Philom-ena’s on Monday 25 February.

INTER FORM CHESS CHALLENGEA new invention this year, inter-form chess challenge featured teams of 4 players from each form. Out of a possible 35 forms an amazing 30 entered, including seven sixth form forms reforming for the event. So more than 100 pupils spent the afternoon playing 4 games of chess each. Over a two hour period more than 200 games of chess were played.

Using the ‘Swiss System’ forms were pitted against others with a similar total, resulting, for instance, in year 7s playing sixth formers. This resulted in many close matches.

Each win counted as 1 point to winner, whilst a draw resulted in half a point each. The top five forms were: Position Form Total1 10S 13½ 2 11H 123 10H 11½4 11S 115 12S 10½

The overall house competition scores, which includ-ed points for every single game of chess won, could not have been closer. Clear favourites Southwark won by just half a point.Position House Total1 Southwark 582 Hayes 57½3 Greencoat 454 Camberwell 36½5 Brecon 32

CHESS RESULTSWilson’s A beat KCS Wimbledon 4 - 2

Wilson’s B lost to Kingston A 2.5 - 3.5

Wilson’s C beat Wallington A 3.5 - 2.5





2nd XI vs Hamptonby Douglas Ledgerwood

Fixtures against Hampton are notorious for being the toughest in the calendar for all Wilson’s teams. This match ended in a well deserved 1-0 victory for the 2nd XI thanks to great all-round play in the second half.

The game started slowly without a shot between either of the teams for the first 10 minutes. Sam Chaplin and Sam Wright were the first to make dents in the Hampton defence with a few sneaky through-balls into Jude Boateng.

Even with the incessant hard work from the two Sams and Jude, there weren’t any significant chanc-es early on for Wilson’s or Hampton. Both teams were putting pressure on each other and neither side had the upper hand, Hampton with only slightly more possession going into Half Time.Ore and Chibu started the second half by continu-ing their efforts to push forward in attack from the CDM position. Jack Bolt’s saves were also key in Wilson’s dominance in the early stages of the second half.

Wilson’s were awarded a corner from an impres-sive counter-attack led by Sam Chaplin on the left. Louis Hewson put in a great cross and a scramble in the box emerged with Jude tapping the ball into the bottom left hand corner making it 1-0 Wilson’s.Wilson’s carried on dominating in the second half, continuing to have good chances on goal. Hamp-ton were also getting the occasional chance on goal, none of them mounting to much. A counter-attack by Hampton on the left wing looked dan-gerous, but Niall Sheridan quickly tracked back to try and deal with it, seemingly shoving their left winger off the ball. The Hampton support and play-ers were furious with the referee’s decision not to award a penalty, fortunately for Wilson’s it was not given and play continued.

In a hard fought victory, Wilson’s emerged with a 1-0 win. MOTM Sam Chaplin for his debutante per-formance for the 2nd XI showing great work rate down the left wing.

FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 2 MarchWilson’s vs KCS Wimbledon1st XI Away2nd XI Away3rd XI AwayU15A HomeU15B HomeU14A HomeU14B HomeWednesday 27 FebruaryWilson’s vs. Royal Russell4th XI Away5th XI Away6th XI HomeWednesday 27 FebruaryWilson’s vs. Richard Challoner1st XI Home2nd XI Home3rd XI Home

FOOTBALL RESULTSWednesday 6 FebruaryWilson’s vs. City of London2nd XI won 2 - 0 (vs. 1st XI)4th XI won 5 - 0 (vs. 2nd XI)5th XI lost 1 - 4 (vs. 3rd XI)6th XI won 1 - 0 (vs. 4th XI)Saturday 9 FebruaryWilson’s vs.Hampton1st XI drew 3 - 32nd XI won 1 - 03rd XI lost 0 - 3U15A lost 1 - 2U15B lost 0 - 7U14A lost 1 - 2U14B lost 0 - 2U13A drew 0 - 0U13B lost 0 - 3U12A lost 0 - 8

BADMINTON RESULTSOn Friday the year 7 squad competed against Glyn school in a timed game tournament, where the result was determined by the total points score. Each pair played seven matches lasting 8 minutes eachThe final result was Glyn 485 points and Wilson’s 595 points, a comprehensive win. This backed up the considerable hard work and improvement shown by the Year 7 players …well done to them.

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WILSON’S SCHOOL


4 March Maths Circle Lecture (4.00 p.m.) Wilson’s Prayer Group (8.00 p.m.)6 March Middle School (Y10) Masterchef Heat (3.30 p.m.)8 & 9 March School Production - Twelfth Night11 March Y8 Final Options Forms issued11 March Maths Circle Lecture (4.00 p.m.)11 March Medical Information Evening (7.00 p.m.)13 March Middle School Masterchef Final (3.30 p.m.) 13 March GCSE Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.)15 March Jazz Dinner Evening (7.00 p.m.)18 March Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30 p.m.)24 March PFA Car Boot Sale

RBS ENTERPRISE IDEAS COMPETITION WINNER

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has announced that Ben Jacob (Year 10) is a winner of their enter-prise competition held in partnership with MyKindaCrowd. The competition had over 500 applicants submitting ideas on what RBS, Govern-ment, society or any other organisation could do to improve the success of young entrepreneurs. Ben was credited for his

inventive approach and engaging presentation style.

As a finalist he received an invitation to London to take part in a half day pitching master-class, before practicing his new skills and pitching to a panel of senior RBS decision makers. His prize was the choice of either an executive business suit or a brand new iPad. His winning idea was an interactive video con-ferencing channel with inspiring business people.

“All the finalist’s presentations were impressive, but in the end we felt Benjamin had the edge as his idea was very well developed and thought through, and his presentation style was very engaging.”Thom Kenrick, RBS Group

LANGUAGES SPELLING BEE

All the boys in Year Seven have been taking part in a German and French Spelling Bee competition in class during the autumn term. Two members of each class made it through to represent their house in the school competition. They all diligently attend-ed practice sessions every Monday for four weeks to prepare for this second round and make sure they were confident with the words they would be tested on. On Wednesday 13 February, ten boys competed to be in the top 4 positions. After fierce competition, the Wilson’s Year 7 Languages Spelling Bee team has been finalised:

Akash Gupta (7C), Marat Yusupov (7B), Kieran Rehal (7G) and Karim Damji (7S) will represent the school in the regional competition that will take place in London in March.

Congratulations to all the boys who participated and good luck to the Year 7 Languages Spelling Bee team.

WILSON’S FIRST ALUMNI EVENTOn Tuesday 12 March the School will be hosting its first alumni event. The Alumni & Development Office has invited all of our Old Boys back for an evening of drinks and a trip down memory lane. We have also invited a number of current and ex-teachers back and we will be displaying some old photographs from the School’s archives on the evening. If you went to Wilson’s and would like to join us please head over to www.wilsonsalumni.org.uk to find out who’s attend-ing and how to buy your ticket. Numbers are strictly limited though, so please get in touch soon to order. The tickets cost £5 which includes one free drink and a buffet. There will be a paying bar serving drinks throughout the evening.

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SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERSYes it is that time of year again! Wilson’s are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. If you are shopping in Sainsbury’s please do ask for their vouchers and let us have them as they make a big difference to the amount of sports equipment available to the PE department and of course to the boys. The closing date for the vouchers is 22 May so any you collect before then would be gratefully received. We have a box for them to go in located outside the school admin office.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TRIPS TO FRANCE AND GERMANY IN JULY 2013Thank you very much to those parents or carers who have paid the necessary money. Payments that should have already been made are detailed below: Germany FranceDeposit £50 £50End of Winter Term £150 £125End of Spring Half Term £100 £100 If you have not yet made these payments please can you do so as quickly as possible by sending the money to the Finance Office. The final pay-ment is due at the end of this term. Germany FranceEnd of the Spring Term £75 £90Thank you for your help in this matter.

MASTERCHEF CHALLENGEThe Middle School Masterchef Challenge got un-derway this week with students from all Y9 forms eager to represent their House. Many thanks to the Y9 tutors for encouraging such wide par-ticipation in the competition. The Y10 heat will take place on Wednesday 13th March, and the best two teams from each heat will compete in the Middle School final on Wednesday 20th March.

EXAM INVIGILATORS REQUIRED£8.50 PER HOURFLEXIBLE AS AND WHEN REQUIRED (USUALLY MAY - END JUNE EACH YEAR)

We are seeing to recruit up to three flexible part-time exam invigilators. Responsibili-ties will include the provision of an effective invigilation support service ensuring the integ-rity of school examinations.

Please contact the Head’s PA, Mrs H Ware at [email protected] or by phone ON 020 8773 7680 as soon as possible for an application form. Closing date is 23 March, 2013. Appointment will be subject to safeguarding checks including a DBS (CRB) disclosure.

NOTICES PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONYou will be very excited to hear that Sutton are pro-ducing a free wildlife calendar filled with fun facts and gardening advice. Wilson’s will be producing the text for April. However there is a separate competition for the photographs.

We hope as many of you as possible will enter to get your photographs into the calendar . The instructions can be found at http://suttonnature.wordpress.com/biodiversitygardens/photography-competition/ .

The deadline is 15 April.

YOUNG GEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITIONYoung Geographer of the Year (YGOTY) competi-tion is run in conjunction with Geographical maga-zine.

The question for Young Geographer of the Year 2013, run jointly with Geographical, is:How does either the human or physical geogra-phy of your local area compare to the rest of the UK?

You should use different sources of geographical in-formation and data to research your local area and compare it to the national picture in the UK. This might include using census or climate data, and examining urban change or flood risk. However, the choice is open to you to explore relevant data to your local area.

The competition has categories for KS3, GCSE and A Level students. We particularly welcome entries which:* Can demonstrate a good use of different and relevant data * Focus on and explain a small number of geographical features and information about them. We do not need to know everything about your local area and would prefer you to select some key data * May also involve first-hand observation in the local area

Further information about the competition can be found on the Geography department page on the school’s website Entries for the Young Geogra-pher of the Year competition must be received by 5.00p.m. on 11 October 2013.

If you have any questions please see Mr Englefield in the humanities office.



WORK RELATED TRAINING CHALLENGESJAMES BROWN LONDONPrize: Masterclass shadowing James Brown for the dayThe Challenge: James Brown wants your help to design a brand new product that could help hair-dressers all over the world. What do you think are the most common problems with hair? Come up with an innovative product that you think can help solve this problem!Age Range: 16-24

SPORT ENGLANDPrize: Marketing work experience and Nike+ Fuel-Band!The Challenge: Create a marketing campaign for an event to encourage sports activity for young people aged 18+. How will you ensure 100+ people attend? How will you promote the benefits? You’ll need to get people excited and get people taking action!Age Range: 18-24

CURRYS AND PC WORLDPrize: Meet the Goji team, £250 giftcard & a Goji goody bag! The Challenge: What would you like to see introduced if you were in charge of designing products within the Goji range, or what would you do with the design of the existing product ranges? Think about colours and materials, packaging and branding.Age Range: 12-25

BRITISH SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONPrize: Your question answered by a panel of experts! The Challenge: Have you thought of something that you can’t find the answer to? Well ‘Ask the Experts’ isthe perfect challenge to find your answer!Age Range: 11-18

THE TRAINING ROOMPrize: Get the qualifications to become a qualified personal trainer with a diploma in Personal Training worth over 3k.The Challenge: Get Ready For Rio: Pick an Olympic Sport and create a dedicated training plan that willguarantee Team GB success in Rio. Age Range: 16-25

VINSPIREDPrize: Ipad Mini, Ipod Nano, £50 iTunes Voucher! The Challenge: vInspired are an amazing charity that is continually inspiring young people to get volun-teering for causes that really need your help. Create an innovative, fresh, and inspiring product to get more young people aged 11-14 involved with volun-teering.

For more information about any of the competitions listed above visit www.mykindacrowd.com or come and speak to Mr Englefield.

ARE YOU CONSIDERING A CAREER AS AN AIRLINE PILOT? The FLYER Professional Flight Training Exhibition is an exciting career exhibition for people considering a career as an airline pilot.

When? Saturday 20 April 2013, 10am - 5pm

Where? Sofitel Hotel (Terminal 5), London Heathrow Airport

Leading pilot training companies and universities from across the World will be present. There will also be details about pilot apprenticeships schemes. For full information about the exhibition view www.flyer.co.uk/exhibitions

PRIMARY MATHS MASTERCLASSES Wilson’s Mathematics Department had the pleasure of hosting the Primary Maths Master Classes again this year. The classes began in September, with the final session on Wednesday 13 February. It was attended by Year 6 children from Foresters Primary School, Amy Johnson Primary School, Saint Elphe-ge’s RC Junior School and High View Primary School. The children, who were very able mathematicians, enjoyed studying areas of mathematics outside their normal curriculum and even learnt a new way of multiplying using Napier’s bones! Our own lower sixth students assisted in the running of the classes, providing support and encouragement to the younger children, and they even learnt a thing or two themselves!

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL YOUNG HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTER OF THE YEAR COMPETITIONCongratulations to Ebruba Abel-Unokan and James Sheridan who have both been longlisted for the Amnesty International Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. Over 2,000 entries were submitted to the competition; James and Ebruba have made the top 10 for their entries on forced marriage and sexuality rights in Africa respectively. The longlist will be whittled down to a final shortlist of 3 over the next few weeks who will be invited to the prize ceremony hosted by Amnes-ty International and the Guardian. We wish them both the best of luck in making the final.



CCF TRAINING CAMP SUCCESS

Much of the Combined Cadet Force attended the Training Camp held at Longmoor.

On the first Saturday of half term the cadets and NCOs of BCoy deployed to training areas close to the camp to take part in Exercise Cavan, the culmination of senior fieldcraft training and the Infantry Special to Arm qualifying course. They were given the op-portunity to put into practice skills such as occupy-ing a harbour area, recce and fighting patrols, setting an ambush, anti-ambush drills, and a platoon attack.

The staff were impressed with the quality of the ca-dets “skills and drills” and as a few departed for home the remainder of BCoy remained to welcome and aid in the training of the recruits of ACoy and Training Squadron.

On Sunday the recruits arrived and during the next few days worked hard on passing their recruits tests. Both sections passed drill and turn out and military knowledge phases and the Army recruits all passed their weapons handling test and the RAF their Part 1 qualification.

A lot of credit is due to the hard work of the cadet NCOs and adult staff for the quality of the training that all the recruits on camp passed off with the con-verted regimental or RAF beret.

On the final day of camp the RAF Section visited RAF Odiham and were all lucky enough to get a ride in a Chinook, while the Army section experienced life in the field, firing blank for the first time.

Major Burton would like to covey his congratula-tions to all the recruits of both sections on passing all their tests, especially Cadets Ingamells and Gotts who won best Army and RAF recruit respectively. He would also like to extend his thanks to all the adult staff, especially Lt Ross Towes (RA) who spent his leave helping with the CCF camp and wish him well on his forthcoming tour.

CCF NEWSOur congratulations go to Sgts Neresh Anandaku-mar and Peter Turner who have both been awarded places on the prestigious Air Cadets Flying Scholar-ship. We hope to see many more Wilson’s Cadets continuing this tradition in future years!



DEBATING NEWS

Wilson’s trip to the Bristol Schools’ debate on Sat-urday 9 February turned into a marathon trek, with freezing snow on the journey down, a software crash causing the competition to overrun by two hours, and thick fog on the journey back. Our students survived the twenty-hour day with their sense of hu-mour intact; many thanks also to the teams’ parents for their fantastic support.

During the competition itself, all three Wilson’s teams (Will Ries and Harrison Gower, George Driscoll and Conrad Jefferies, Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky) went into the final round on equal team points, in the top ten on the tab, and Will and Harrison took three firsts and were called for the final. Tim Sharpe was once again top speaker for Wilson’s with 306 points, closely followed by Luke Kosky on 305.

On 12 February George and Conrad travelled to the Upper Latymer School in West London for an extremely competitive regional round of the Cam-bridge debate. Although unable to qualify for the final, George and Conrad deserve congratulations as only the third Wilson’s team to reach this stage of the competition.

On 23 February, six teams were in competition at Imperial College. Novice debaters Ahmed Naqvi and Alex Leggett took two seconds in their first com-petition; the Y10 team of Art Sett (another novice) and George Lowe also competed very effectively, in one round taking a first ahead of two other Wilson’s teams from Y11 and Y12; James Gunnell and James Nash took two firsts; Ahmed Elgharably and Ravi Yaathavan took a first and two seconds; Arslan Rana and Karim Abu-Seer took a second; Tom Wadsworth competed as part of a swing team and also took a first. Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky continue to estab-lish their credentials at the top level, breaking for the final on two firsts and two seconds and only beaten in a very entertaining final by the Eton A team; Tim was also 6th on individual speaker points.

MEDDENVET INFORMATION EVENINGOn March 11 there will be a meeting at the school aimed at giving parents a clear idea of what is involved in applying for medicine, dentistry and veterinary science at university.

There will be a short talk outlining the following: Where to study, grades required from GCSE onwards, types of work experience, writing your personal statement, aptitude tests and the interview. This will be followed by the opportunity to look at some examples of tests, reading books, programme of support offered by the school, and to listen to boys talk about their experiences of applying.

Because of limited space it is important to ask that only those seriously considering these careers at-tend. The meeting will start at 7.00 p.m. and last about an hour.

The talk and discussion is for students in Years 11 and 12 but we would particularly like to invite par-ents and students from Year 11 to attend, as much of the preparatory work can be started in this year.



OPENING THE FRUIT-FULL SCHOOLS’ ORCHARD

On a cold Thursday before half term, gardening club invited primary school students to help us open our Fruit-full schools’ orchard. During the afternoon we demonstrated how to plant new trees, talked about using heritage varieties that you cannot find in shops and how to prune and maintain an orchard. The primary schools were also given 5 apple trees to start their own orchards back at school. The Wilson’s boys in gardening club answered the many questions posed and happily discussed the allotment and gardening that happens at school. Wilson’s will be gifting trees to three primary schools in total. The Fruit-full school programme is now in its third year and will be reach-ing a climax next year with a series of events which can now include our primary school partners.

GRAFTING APPLESIf you have an apple tree in your garden or else-where that you would like to have another one of we can graft the tree for you. We ask for 3 pencil thin cuttings about a foot long (although can be a bit shorter). We will then graft the cuttings on to a dwarfing rootstock and deliver you a new tree. The rootstocks will produce trees that can be grown in pots or planted out. If you would like to take part it will cost £15 (£10 refundable if none of the grafts work) and we will return your new tree to you in September/October when the graft has fully healed. This is a great way to preserve a favourite tree or to produce a gift for someone. If you have any questions please email Mr Phillips and ask. [email protected] The deadline for any requests and receipt of grafting wood is 15 March.

BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD NEWSThis year we came away with an impressive haul of medals and commendations. Of the 16 boys that took part, both Year 12 and Year 13, over half achieved an award.

Congratulations to Michael Gunn who was awarded a silver medal narrowly missing out on gold.

Bronze medal winners were Henry WatsonHarris HashimBen Wild Highly CommendedWilliam RiesBenjaman To

CommendedAmar SodhaStefan SivapathamGeorge DriscollBhavraj Chana A special mention should go to Henry and Stefan who are in Year 12 and will have the opportunity to do even better next year. This is the best set of results in the Olympiad in recent years so well done to everyone.

Boys in Years 9 & 10 will soon be invited to take part in the junior Olympiad ‘Biology Challenge’ and we are hoping they can match the senior boys in their achievement.



INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS Pupils have again performed outstandingly in Inter-mediate Maths Challenge with 95 gaining gold awards, 106 silver and 95 bronze. Certificates will be presented later this term in maths lessons.

The top mark was obtained by Harry Goodburn (10S) who made just one mistake in scoring 127. Philip Knott (11B) and Gabriel Cairns (8C) also gained very high marks. A remarkable total of 16 pupils qualified for the follow on Olympiad round – that is more than 1% of the 1500 number of places available throughout the country. The Olympiad will take place on Thursday 14 March.

A further 41 pupils qualified for the European Kanga-roo, which will take place on Thursday 21 March.

NUMBER DAYAt the end of the Autumn term Y7 participated in “Number Day” in support of the NSPCC. The boys col-lected sponsorship money for taking part in a range of maths competitions and raised a fantastic £634. Particular congratulations go to 7H as the form who raised the most, a total of £211, and to our top fund-raiser Kieran Rehal (7G) who collected £100.

WILSON’S MATHS CIRCLE LECTURESMondays in March will again see a set of outstanding maths lectures to be held from 4p.m. to 5p.m. in the Lecture Theatre. They are aimed at A level maths stu-dents and about half the audience come from other local schools. For further information see the school website or the posters around the school.

CHESS AT ETON COLLEGE

On Sunday 10 February 26 Wilson’s chess players enjoyed the experience of playing chess at Eton College. With only space for 16 in the minibus, a dozen sixth form pupils made their own way there, using a combina-tion of train, bus and walking. Play was in a grand building (known as School Hall), which was a contrast to the more modern facilities at Wilson’s, as can be seen from the photo-graphs. However, play on the chess board was the same. Taking mainly players from lower teams the event was one for experi-ence not for winning, though some individu-al players did very well. In particular Han-Joo Kymm (8C) won all 5 games.

COUNTY CHESSWilson’s hosted a recent U14 county chess match be-tween Surrey and Kent. With Dr Cooper running the team, half the Surrey team of 22 players were Wilson’s pupils. Surrey won, by 14 – 10, with many Wilson’s players contributing to the team’s success. Four Wilson’s pupils - Shavindra Jayasekera, Akash Gupta, Alexander Nielsen and Aranan Sivakumar won both their games.





For up to date PE news, events and sporting fixtures follow@WilsonsPE on twitter.

Both parents and students are encouraged to use the site however we do that ask that no-one replies to any tweets as this is an information service and not a discussion page.


FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 2 MarchWilson’s vs KCS Wimbledon1st XI Away2nd XI Away3rd XI AwayU15A HomeU15B HomeU14A HomeU14B Home

Wednesday 6 MarchWilson’s vs. St. Paul’s1st XI Away2nd XI Away3rd XI Away4th XI Home5th XI Home6th XI Home

CLUB TENNIS PLAYERS WANTEDMr Simmons would like any club Tennis players to contact him regarding Year 7/8 combined and Year 9/10 combined Surrey league competition vs. Alleyn’s, Trinity and St. Bede’s as well as national Cup competitions vs. Weydon’s, RGS and Reeds. There will be friendly fixtures organised against Sutton Grammar, Glenthorne, Wallington and Hampton throughout the season for specific age groups. If you play for a club ouside of school please see Mr Simmons with your Aegon tennis number and the level at which you play. Current Wilson’s tennis players are at LTA level 8.1, 8.2 and 9.2.

CHESS RESULTSA total of 45 pupils played chess for the school on the evening of Friday 15th February. Wilson’s A beat RGS Guildford A 4 - 2 Wilson’s B beat Reigate GS A 4½ - 1½Wilson’s C drew with RGS Guildford B 3 - 3Wilson’s D beat RGS Guildford D 9½ - 2½Wilson’s E beat RGS Guildford E 6½ - 5½Wilson’s E beat Reigate GS B 8½ - 3½(Yes, Wilson’s did field 2 different E teams at the same time and both won)

TABLE TENNIS RESULTSWe travelled to Ravenswood School before half term and recorded a couple of great wins. The U13’s won 9-1 and the U16’s won 8-2. Tim Harper was man of the match after doubling up and playing for both teams when we found ourselves a player short. The three year 7’s; Arjun Bahra, Max Exelby and Edwin Wan all performed extremely well

WILSON’S STUDENT SELECTED FOR SURREY U17’S RUGBYChris Mallet has been select-ed for Surrey Rugby under 17’s which is a huge achieve-ment for him. He has been in outstanding form this year as well as last, where he was the emerging schools top try scorer. His blistering pace combined with an accom-plished skill set has made him an essential part of the Wilson’s 1st XV.

Our congratulations go to Chris and we wish him good luck with Surrey rugby.


WILSON’S SCHOOL

WEEKLY UPDATE

Dates for your Diary8 & 9 March School Production - Twelfth Night11 March Y8 Final Options Forms issued11 March Maths Circle Lecture (4.00 p.m.)11 March Medical Information Evening (7.00 p.m.)12 March Alumni Reunion (7.00 p.m.)13 March Middle School Masterchef Final (3.30 p.m.) 13 March GCSE Musicians’ Evening (7.00 p.m.)15 March Jazz Dinner Evening (7.00 p.m.)18 March Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30 p.m.)24 March PFA Car Boot Sale25 March Maths Circle Lecture (4.00 p.m.)26 March Spring Concert (7.30 p.m.)27 March Joint Choral Orchestral Concert (7.30 p.m.)

YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

Last Wednesday saw the culmination of the Music depart-ment’s annual search to fi nd Wilson’s Young Musician of the Year. A packed Bowden Room enjoyed a thrilling evening of music as 24 fi nalists battled for the right to be crowned overall winner of the Junior category for students in Years 7-9 or Senior category for students in Year 10 onwards.

All of the fi nalists had either been declared

overall winner or highly commended in their instru-ment class by a visiting adjudicator last month. Just over 160 students participated in opening rounds this year.

The fi nal was of an extraordinarily high standard and one of the closest fought contests in recent memory. The adjudicator was Iain Carnegie, Director of Music at Reed’s School, who commented that ‘any of the fi nal-ists could have won a similar competition at another school. I have judged many of these competitions and this is easily the hardest ad-judication decision I’ve had to make.’

The fi nal results were as follows:

JUNIOR CLASS===========JUNIOR MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Saju Raguseelan (Camberwell) Violin2nd Prize: Lewis Lou (Brecon)3rd Prize: Owen Child (Southwark)

SENIOR CLASS==========SENIOR MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Michael Ahearn (Camberwell)2nd Prize: Oliver de Carteret (Hayes) and Daniel Jacob-Ormson (Hayes) 3rd Prize: Harry Perkin (Greencoat)

Congratulations to all involved.



SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERSWilson’s are still collecting Sainsbury’s vouch-ers. If you are shopping in Sainsbury’s please do ask for their vouchers and let us have them as they make a big difference to the amount of sports equipment available to the PE department and of course to the boys. The closing date for the vouchers is 22 May so any you collect before then would be gratefully received. We have a box for them to go in located outside the school admin offi ce.

MASTERCHEF CHALLENGEWe are now eagerly awaiting the Y10 heat of The Middle School Masterchef Challenge and are look-ing forward to wide participation in the compe-tition. The Y10 heat will take place on Wednes-day 13 March, and the best two teams from each heat will compete in the Middle School fi nal on Wednesday 20 March.

WILSON’S USED UNIFORM SHOP - 18 MARCH 2013Why not pay a visit to the used uniform shop to see if they have something your son requires? In these economically diffi cult times, what bet-ter way to get value for money on items your son may not use very often.

NOTICES


We are seeking to recruit up to three fl exible part-time exam invigilators. Responsibili-ties will include the provision of an effective invigilation support service ensuring the integ-rity of school examinations.

Please contact the Head’s PA, Mrs H Ware at [email protected] or by phone ON 020 8773 7680 as soon as possible for an application form. Closing date is 23 March, 2013. Appointment will be subject to safeguarding checks including a DBS (CRB) disclosure.

NOTICES

SCHOOL CAPTAIN AND DEPUTY SCHOOL CAPTAINS: From left to right - Nicholas Page, Benjamin Flook, Jordan Rose, James Kyne (School Captain), Jack Bolt and Timothy SharpeCongratulations to James Kyne, School Captain, and to his team of Deputy School Captains appointed by the Head last week. They take up their duties next week. Senior Prefects and House Captains will be announced this week.



WORK RELATED TRAINING CHALLENGES

THE COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDEPrize: Around the world tickets for 2 people and TEFL courseThe Challenge: Tell us your dream destination and why you want to go.Age Range: 16-25

MCDONALDSPrize: Apprentice Style Day at McDonald’s HQ!The Challenge: How can McDonald’s become an envi-ronmental role model?Age range: 12-25

KPMGPrize: Learn what you have always dreamed of learn-ing!The Challenge: KPMG’s mission for school and college leavers is ‘live, learn, earn’. They want to hear about your ambitions; What do you live for? What do you want to learn? And what’s your dream job?Age Range: 12-24

HORATIOPrize: Up to £100,000 investment!The Challenge: Horatio are looking for bright, talented young people who have the potential to become great entrepreneurs. Apply if you have an existing business and are looking for investment to grow or you have an amazing idea that needs investment to get started.Age Range: 16-24

IF!BritainPrize: £1000, 5* Luxury Holiday, MentorshipThe Challenge: How would you improve Britain? We are looking for ideas to improve Britain, and will reward the best ideas with great opportunities and prizes.Age Range: 16-25

MYKINDACROWDPrize: Get publishedThe Challenge: After celebrating the 200th anniver-sary of Pride and Prejudice, MyKindaCrowd want to inspire you to write! We want you to write a blog post that could then get published on our website and promoted on our social media. Age Range: 12-25

For more information about any of the competi-tions listed above visit www.mykindacrowd.com or come and speak to Mr Englefi eld. Good luck and make sure you let me know how you get on.

JACK PETCHEY SPEAK OUT CHALLENGE

Our congratulations go to Ethan Golding 10H who has been selected as the Year 10 winner of the ‘Jack Petchey Speak out Challenge’

Ethan will be compet-ing at St Philomena’s on Tuesday 19 March at 8.00 p.m. in the regional fi nal, sup-ported by the two runners up Jake Casey and Oliver Lewis.

All support is welcome; please contact Mr Chappell if you are interested in tickets.

For further information please visit the following website: http://www.speakoutchallenge.com/pages/regionalfi nals/southlondon/

MEDDENVET INFORMATION EVENING

On Monday 11 March there will be a meeting at the school aimed at giving parents a clear idea of what is involved in applying for medicine, dentistry and veterinary science at university. The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. and last for approximately an hour.

There will be a short talk outlining the following: Where to study, grades required from GCSE on-wards, types of work experience, writing your per-sonal statement, aptitude tests and the interview. This will be followed by the opportunity to look at some examples of tests, reading books, programme of support off ered by the school, and to listen to boys talk about their experiences of applying.

Because of limited space it is important to ask that only those seriously considering these careers at-tend.

The talk and discussion is for students in Years 11 and 12 but will be of particular importance to par-ents and students from Year 11 to attend, as much of the preparatory work can be started during this year.



YEAR 11 GCSE SCIENCE MODULES

On Thursday all the boys in Year 11 were given their results for the GCSE Science modules taken in Janu-ary. They now have one fi nal module paper to take in GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics in May. If they wish to retake an earlier module test they will have to see Mrs Jones, Head of Science, and pay a fee of £7.50 (cheque payable to Wilson’s School with name and module test to be taken on the back or correct cash in named envelope with module test to be taken). THIS MUST BE DONE BY FRIDAY 15 MARCH. We strongly advise only retaking one module test as too many retakes will have an adverse eff ect on the fi nal module test performance.

MATHS CIRCLE LECTURES

This year’s maths circle lectures started with a large audi-ence of over 200 students resulting in the lec-ture being

moved from the Lecture Theatre to the main hall. Visitors had come from Nonsuch, Wallington Girls, St Philomena’s, Whitgift, John Fisher and Graveney schools to supplement our own sixth form and top set year 11 pupils. They had come to hear Dr Emma McCoy from Imperial College, London, talk about ‘Maths in Gambling’.

She started with a simple illustration of how book-makers make money – using the odds on this week’s Manchester United vs Real Madrid fi xture as an ex-ample. Converting their odds to probabilities meant that the total probability was 1.02. That extra 2% left over was the bookmakers profi t. She then introduced ‘Bayes Theorem’ as a way to work out unknown prob-abilities and applied it to the ‘Monty Hall’ problem that even confused 1000 American Maths professors. Finally she spoke about Poker and how being good at knowing the probabili-ties is vital to do well. So don’t play poker with a mathemati-cian!

Next week the lec-ture, which should be in the Lecture theatre, will be on ‘Maths in Astronomy’ and will be given by Prof Carl Murray of Queen Mary, University of London

MARCH PFA 100 CLUB DRAW WINNERS

1st prize £77.50 Lillian Tanaskovi2nd prize £46.50 Christopher Kinch3rd prize £31.00 Les Jones

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 e-mailing the PFA at [email protected].

Good luck for the April draw.

GRAFTING APPLES

If you have an apple tree in your garden or else-where that you would like to have another one of we can graft the tree for you. We ask for 3 pencil thin cuttings about a foot long (although can be a bit shorter). We will then graft the cuttings on to a dwarfi ng rootstock and deliver you a new tree. The rootstocks will produce trees that can be grown in pots or planted out. If you would like to take part it will cost £15 (£10 refundable if none of the grafts work) and we will return your new tree to you in September/October when the graft has fully healed. This is a great way to preserve a favourite tree or to produce a gift for someone. If you have any questions please email Mr Phillips and ask. [email protected] The deadline for any requests and receipt of grafting wood is 15 March.

1ST XI DRAW WITH KCS WIMBLEDONby Archie MacGillivray

KCS Wimbledon’s fi rst eleven, a team not renowned for being as good as Wilson’s fi rst and fi nest. Because they aren’t. But on this cloudy second of March they challenged that reputation with a violently thrown-down gauntlet. Wilson’s team had had a poor start to the day, miss-ing a striker and with a sub-par warm up – sub-par for Wilson’s at least. Any other team would have had to forfeit the match after such a rigorous session. Still, Coach Simmons was a little displeased, as he had been hoping to warm his hands in the fl ames given off by the heat of his team’s battle prep. This lack of preparation showed in the fi rst part of the game, with KCS keeping the ball at their feet for a lot of the time. They went so far as to score off a corner! Then, with their naïve heads full of hope that they might be more skilled than us; they made a prepos-terous foul on Ben Giles, stamping on his heel with stud-clad feet. Ben shrugged off the injury, more disdainful than hurt, and continued to play with skill. In a continuation of our misfortune, Ali Osborn fell victim to a sudden tumble (indeed, his father later commented, “it was as though he was shot by a sniper.”). But in a continuation of normal Wilson’s brilliance, he too carried on with the match.

Filled with rage at the injustice of the opposition’s aggression, James Kyne took a shot at their goal with a ball from a corner. It was defl ected, but James Harwood was not about to let this chance to equal-ise escape. He smashed it in and returned honour to Wilsonians everywhere. The foolish opposition thought they could score again, but Aedan Radvanyi put them in their place, defending with such fervour that he clashed heads with someone else while con-testing a header and raised a sizeable bump on his cranium. The referee blew the half time whistle, and our boys took a quick swig of water and a word from their coach, and then were out on the pitch again.

They showed much more energy in the second half, dominating the ball and the playing fi eld. Realising that there was no hope of combating our magnifi -cent warriors of sport in a fair fi ght once their ire was provoked, the opposition resorted to a clumsy foul on Daniel Searle to try and level the playing fi eld. Little knowing that no wounds can stop a Wilson’s player, all they succeeded in doing was getting a yellow card and annoying Searle. In the fi nal min-utes of the game, when it looked like being a dull 1-1 draw, Searle, ignoring his injuries, suddenly burst out of KCS’ defensive line and streaked toward the goal, latching onto a well crafted through ball by captain Jack Elliott. He navigated past the defenders with skilful jinks and twists. Then, the moment was upon him as he spun, set up the ball and swung his left boot with all the might he could muster… and missed. Better work on that left hook, Daniel.



SUTTON TRIALS OF THE VIRGIN LONDON MINI MARATHON

Our congratulations go to Thomas Holden (Year 11) and Robert Wood (Year 12) who on Saturday 2 March ran in the Sutton trials of the Virgin London Mini Marathon. They came 1st and 2nd respectively in the U17 age group and now get to compete in the Mini Marathon (5km) which is a few hours before the London Marathon. They will be part of a Sutton team of eight against thirty three other London boroughs. We wish them good luck in the 5km race.

ARMY SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITIONSPRING 2013

Our congratulations go to Harry Rogers and Kyriacos Theophilou who have both been selected to appear before the Final board for the Army Scholarship in early April.

Over a period of two days they will be required to un-dertake written tests, interviews, a planning exercise and some command tasks. We wish them well with this.

This scholarship is highly sought after and competi-tion for places is fi erce.

SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fi xtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.




FOOTBALL FIXTURES

Saturday 9 March - Wilson’s vs. St. Paul’s1st XI Away2nd XI Away3rd XI Away4th XI Home5th XI Home6th XI Home

Wednesday 13 March Wilson’s vs. Kingston College1st XI Away Wilson’s vs. Richmond College2nd XI Home

FOOTBALL RESULTS

Wednesday 27 FebruaryWilson’s vs. Richard Challoner1st XI Won 2-0 (Surrey League)2nd XI Drew 1-1 (Surrey League)3rd XI progressed to the semi-fi nal of the District Cup to face Carshalton

Thursday 28 February Wilson’s vs. City of LondonU14A won 8 - 2 U14B Lost 0-1U14C Won 8 - 2 U14D Won 4 - 3

Friday 1st MarchWilson’s vs. Carshalton (District League)U13A Won 3-1 Wilson’s vs. Dulwich CollegeU12A Lost 3-7 U12B Won 3 - 1 U12C Won 4 - 1 U12D Won 3 - 1 Saturday 2 March - Wilson’s vs KCS Wimbledon1st XI Drew 1-12nd XI Drew 1-13rd XI Drew 3-34th XI Lost 0-7U15A Won 1-0U15B Lost 1-4U15C Lost 4-5U14A Lost 1-4U14B Lost 3-5

SELECTION FOR ENGLAND JUDO TEAM

Our congratulations go to Tom and Will Johnson who have both been selected to represent the Eng-land Judo team at the Portugal round of the Europe-an Junior Cup during the weekend of 16/17 March.

Both Tom and Will won Bronze medals at the Brit-ish U21 Championships in January confi rming their places on the British U21 Team, in Will’s case for the second year. Only 9 players have been selected for the trip and the boys are the youngest in the team.

We would like to congratulate them on their fantas-tic achievement and wish them well in the contest.

CHESS RESULTS

Wilson’s A beat Sutton A 5.5 - 0.5

Wilson’s B lost to Caterham A 2 - 4

Wilson’s C lost to Sutton B 2 - 4

Wilson’s D drew with Sutton C 6 - 6

Wilson’s E beat Sutton D 6 - 5.5

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SPRING CAR BOOT SALE

SUNDAY 24TH MARCH

10:00-13:00

In the back car parkBuyer’s entrance Mollison Drive

Buyers use main car park

Bring your friends and family.

ADMISSON – ADULTS - £1-00, UNDER 16 - 50p

Loads to buy

raffl e and refreshmentsOrganised by PFA - All proceeds to school funds


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WEEKLY UPDATE

Dates for your Diary

15 March Activities Day18 March Wilson’s Used Uniform Shop (3.30 p.m.)18 March Maths Circle Lecture (4.00 p.m.)20 March Y8 Final Option Forms returned21 March Higher Education Evening (7.00 p.m.)22 March Mufti Day22 March Y9 after school cake fundraising sale23/24/25 March DofE Silver Training Weekend24 March PFA Car Boot Sale25 March Maths Circle Lecture (4.00 p.m.)26 March Spring Concert (7.30 p.m.)27 March Joint Choral Orchestral Concert (7.30 p.m.)28 March DofE Bronze Training Walk28 March Football tour to Valencia28 March China Expedition Quiz Night (7.00 p.m.)28 March Term Ends

TWELFTH NIGHT by Nikhil Vyas

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE................ ON FRIDAY 8 and Saturday 9 March, Wilson’s took a trip back to the Eighties for a hilarious and slightly deranged production of Twelfth Night. The classic Shakespeare comedy tells the story of Viola (Gabriel Agranoff ), a beautiful girl shipwrecked in a foreign land who fi nds herself forced to dress and act like a man in order to join the court of the lovesick Count Orsino (Alex Micallef ). How she navigates the ensuing comedy of errors, which involves winning for Orsino the object of his aff ection, Olivia (Peter Chappell), whilst trying to re-unite with her missing twin brother Sebastian (Kavana Crossley) and his companion Anto-nio (Denzel Allunga), is one of the Bard’s best-known stories. Meanwhile, Sir Toby (Nikhil Vyas), Maria (Kane Walpole) and Fabian (Jacob Bastable) scheme to put the arrogant, self-righteous steward Malvolio (Jack Taperell) back in his place, while conveniently scam-ming Sir Andrew (Harrison Gower), a bumbling suitor of Olivia’s.

… LET’S DANCE!Rather than presenting the play in its Italian Renais-sance setting, this production instead chose to throw the characters into the 1980s New Romantic era, com-plete with show-stopping tunes (faithfully reproduced by Jack Robertson’s wonderful band) from the likes of David Bowie and Culture Club. The costumes too were based on that period, such as Feste (Conrad Jeff eries), the anarchic, philosophising and all-controlling clown modelled upon Boy George, while no better compari-son for the strait-laced and prudish Malvolio could be found than Maggie Thatcher. For all those involved the show was an absolute joy to perform, and we are tremendously grateful to the director, Mr Kavanagh, for his inspired vision and patient leadership of the production.



SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERSWilson’s is still collecting Sainsbury’s vouch-ers. If you are shopping in Sainsbury’s please do ask for their vouchers and let us have them as they make a big difference to the amount of sports equipment available to the PE department and of course to the boys. The closing date for the vouchers is 22 May so any you collect before then would be gratefully received. We have a box for them to go in located outside the school admin offi ce.

YEAR 10 - HISTORY CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTTo help prepare the year 10 historians for the controlled assessment write up on Wednesday 27 March the history department will be running drop in sessions after school. Students from all classes can attend. It will take place every day from Wednesday 20 March until Tuesday 26 March in room 20 and will last for one hour.

WILSON’S USED UNIFORM SHOP - 18 MARCH 2013Why not pay a visit to the used uniform shop to see if they have something your son requires? In these economically diffi cult times, what bet-ter way to get value for money on items your son may not use very often.

MUFTI DAYThere will be a MUFTI day on Friday 22 March. It will cost £1 to take part and all proceeds will go to Water Aid.

SPRING REPORTS:This term’s reports will be distributed at the following times:- Years 11-13 - reports will be sent home at the end of this term. Years 7-10 - reports will be sent out from the school at the beginning of next term (week be-ginning 15 April).

ONLINE PAYMENTS VIA PARENTMAIL2Some parents have experienced diffi culty in mak-ing payments. In some cases this is because the “payments” button is not showing. This can normally be rectifi ed by making the following adjustment: After logging-in to Parentmail2 - Go to “Tools” on Toolbar at top of the page.Select “Compatability view settings” - Untick everything and close.“Payments” option should now be showing.In case of further diffi culties please call the school and ask for the Finance Offi ce who will be pleased to assist you.

NOTICES

JANUARY 2013 GCE EXAMSSixth Form students who took exams in January 2013 please be aware of the following points:

· Priority copies of scripts must be ordered by 15 March· Priority copies of scripts will be re turned to Schools by 25 March· Deadline for remarks is 16 April· Cheques must be given to Mr Harmsworth in the School Admin Offi ce

Copy of Remark ScriptAQA £12.50 £45.90 OCR £9.50 £38.10 EDEXCEL £10.30 £36.00

SUMMER 2013 GCE EXAMSStudents retaking units in the summer of 2013 please be aware of the following points:

Ensure your Head of Department is aware of• any retakes• Please use one cheque for all retakes.• Mark on the cheque your candidate • number,name and unit code/sCheques must be given to Mr Harmsworth in • the School Admin Offi ce by 12.00pm on Thurs-day 21 March. Failure to do so will result in the candidate not being entered for the examCheques payable to ‘Wilson’s School’• Late entry fees are charged at double the • rate by all exam boardsThe cost of retaking a unit is shown below: •

AQA Business Studies £19.35 Chemistry £12.90 English Lit. £19.35 Geography £19.35 History £19.35 Philosophy £19.35OCR Physics £14.55 Mathematics £14.55 ICT/Computing £18.90EDEXCEL Biology £18.00 Economics £22.30 French £26.40 German £26.40 Government & Politics £22.30 REMEMBER THE DEADLINE FOR CHEQUES IS 12.00pm ON THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2013

ADVERT


We are seeking to recruit up to three fl exible part-time exam invigilators. Responsibili-ties will include the provision of an effec-tive invigilation support service ensuring the integrity of school examinations.

Please contact the Head’s PA, Mrs H Ware at [email protected] or by phone ON 020 8773 7680 as soon as possible for an application form. Closing date is 23 March, 2013.

Appointment will be subject to safeguarding checks including a DBS (CRB) disclosure.



YEAR 9 POETRY PRIZE WINNERS

Nader Nekobakht-Tak Matthew Prince

Congratulations to Nader Nekobakht-Tak of 9B and Matthew Prince of 9S, who are the winners of the Year 9 poetry competition. Year 9 students studied a poetry-writing unit this term and the best poems from each class were entered in to the competition. Nader is the overall winner for his poem ‘Nature’ and Matthew is awarded a special prize for creativity, for his highly original poem ‘Choices’.

ALL RISE

On Saturday 2 March a team of Y8 and Y9 students came second in the Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial competition held at Bromley Magistrates’ Court. Our students acted a variety of roles including barristers, witnesses, court offi cials and magis-trates, and ran both a prosecution and a defence team in the competition which was adjudicated by volunteer magistrates and judges. Some of the feedback we received was outstanding, and it was a very close call between our students and the overall winners from Bullers Wood School. Thanks to all the boys involved: Eamonn Hoare, Jack Weeks-Greener, Shuichi Chiba, Matthew Kayanja, Sam Kinch, Adam DiLizia, Terry Kwofi e, Sidney Panton, Kaleb Yoseph, Jake Howlett, Daniel Sharpe, James Moore, Anthony Matthews-Mroz, and a special mention for Matthew Stott, our lead prosecution barrister, who was characterised as “Brilliant!” by a High Court Judge.

POETRY PRIZES

SIXTH FORM POETRY PRIZE WINNER

Congratulations to Peter Chappell, who is the winner of the Sixth Form Poetry Prize, for his highly ac-complished poem ‘My Sister Blooms’. Peter has also entered his poem in to the prestigious Christopher Tower Poetry Prize, run by an Oxford University college – along with fellow Year 12 stu-dents Aaron Abrams and Tim Sharpe, who have also submitted poems. We wish them luck!



SURREY TEAM MATHS CHALLENGE

On Wednesday 6 March fi ve lower sixth pupils travelled to Surrey University in Guildford for the annual Surrey Maths Challenge. In the fi rst round were 12 tough questions to solve as a group. This was followed by 15 diffi cult multiple choice ques-tions. Our team did creditably, scoring 55% on these challenges.

MASTERCHEF CHALLENGE

The Y10 heat took place on Wednesday. Two teams from this heat will join the Y9 fi nalists, Arthur In-gamells and Lewis Lou from 9B and Harry Sugden, Max Riddings and Daniel Gonsalves from 9C in the Middle School Final which will take place next week.

YEAR 9 FINALISTS



DEBATING NEWS

A very full debating calendar continues. On Saturday 2 March Wilson’s took four teams to the UCL Schools’ Cup. Similarly to the Bristol Debate, this competition was dogged by software problems, which means the full breakdown of points has vanished into cyber-space. However, our teams Will Ries and George Dris-coll, Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky, James Gunnell and James Nash, and Arslan Rana as part of a swing team took a clean sweep of fi rsts in the fi rst round, which was very impressive. Will and George then took two seconds; Arslan’s swing team took another fi rst; the other two teams each went on to take another fi rst and a second; and we witnessed probably the best fi nal of the season, won by the Dulwich A team.

Tuesday 5 March saw two senior and three junior teams compete in the Benjamin Franklin House de-bate at the American Embassy. Our junior competi-tors were placed into teams of three with pupils from other schools, which was unexpected and rather un-conventional; James Nash and Nathan Morgan were unlucky to be knocked out at the quarter-fi nal stage, however Wilson’s speakers including James Gunnell and Ethan Golding proved instrumental in all four semi-fi nals; Ahmed Elgharably and Ravi Yaathavan, usually team-mates, found themselves on opposite sides of the fl oor for the junior fi nal. Ahmed’s team triumphed. In the senior competition, Arslan Rana and James Kyne reached the semi-fi nals and Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky’s team won the senior fi nal. Congratulations to all involved for proving so recep-tive and adaptable to a new format under rather diff erent judging criteria.

The Regional Rotary ‘Youth Speaks’ competition also ran on 5 March, where Harrison Gower, Will Ries and George Driscoll came a close and perhaps contro-versial second. Harrison was named Best Speaker overall.

Oxford Finals’ Day took place last Saturday, 9 March. Wilson’s qualifi ed for the fi nal of this competition for the fi rst time this year and, even more pleas-ingly, with two teams. Will Ries and Harrison Gower qualifi ed as a team, however Harrison was unable to attend due to his commitment to the school pro-duction of Twelfth Night so George Driscoll stepped in. Tim Sharpe and Luke Kosky were also fi nalists. This was a very tough competition; the top teams from all the major debating schools were present, and there were teams from UAE, Holland and Ireland amongst others. Will and George took a fi rst and a second and Tim and Luke took two fi rsts in the qualifying rounds – in the last round, Wilson’s teams were fi rst and second in a room which included the Canada National winners. All four students thor-oughly enjoyed the opportunity to debate within the Oxford Union and all four are to be congratu-lated upon an excellent day’s work.

SPORTS NEWS For up to date PE news, events and sporting fi xtures follow @WilsonsPE on twitter.




FOOTBALL FIXTURES

Saturday 16 March - Wilson’s vs. Cardinal Vaughan1st XI Away2nd XI HomeU15A AwayU14A HomeU13A AwayU12A Home

Wednesday 20 March Wilson’s vs. Christ’s Hospital1st XI Away2nd XI Away3rd XI Away

FOOTBALL RESULTS

Tuesday 5 MarchWilson’s vs. George Abbott (Quarter Final of Surrey Cup)Year 10 lost 0-1

Wednesday 6 MarchWilson’s vs. St. Paul’s1st XI won 4-22nd XI won 2-03rd XI won 4-04th XI won 5-05th XI lost 0-46th XI won 3-07th XI won 5-08th XI won 10-1

Thursday 7 MarchWilson’s vs. Whitgift (Quarter Final of Surrey Cup)Year 9 lost 3-5Wilson’s vs. Overton Grange (Semi-Final of District Cup) Year 8 won 3-1

CHESS RESULT

National Cup

Wilson’s beat Eltham College 3.5 to 2.5.

Wilson’s therefore have reached the quarter fi nal stage of the Championships.

GOLF NEWSOur congratulations go to three Sixth Form play-ers who competed in the Surrey Schools Golf Cup on 14 March; Oliver Sitch, Richard Rose and Sam Wright. Sam Chaplin, Matthew Hyatt and Sam Wright have made it through to the English Schools Golf fi nal!

BADMINTON

Last week saw the U.19A and U.19B teams beat Charterhouse 9-0 to cement their places as winners of the Surrey schools A and B leagues. This means that Wilson’s have now won the U.12. U.14 and U.19 leagues with only the U.16 team to play a fi nal game in their league

Wilson’s are also looking promising for an unprec-edented treble by winning all 3 County cup competi-tions. The U.14 and U.19 have already won, with the U.16 team playing next Wednesday at Tiffi n School.

The U.14 and U.16 teams are also in the semi fi nal of the National schools championships, to be played on 26 March 26 at Crystal Palace .

Wilson’s has been very successful over the years , but has never won all the leagues and cups before .

Good luck to the boys involved in the fi nal round of matches

OXFORD CAMBRIDGE VARSITY FOOTBALL MATCH

The Oxford Cambridge Varsity match is being played at Selhurst Park (Crystal Palace football club) on Easter Saturday. We are delighted to hear that two Old Wilsonians will be playing, making Wilson’s the only school to have two representatives in the match. Anthony Childs will be playing for Cambridge and Michael Moneke, last year’s School Captain, will be playing for Oxford.

Please see the links below for further information and ticketing details.http://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/article/palace-to-host-varsity-match-692557.aspxhttp://www.cpfctickets.com/events.aspx

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SUNDAY 24TH MARCH

10:00-13:00

In the back car parkBuyer’s entrance Mollison Drive

Buyers use main car park



Loads to buy

raffl e and refreshmentsOrganised by PFA - All proceeds to school funds



China Expedition Quiz Night

Thursday 28 March 2013 at 7.00pm

Join us for a fun (and educational) evening with friends!

Tickets only £10 each (Including a Chinese meal)

Teams of between 4 & 8 people are very welcome, or we can build teams on the night.

EVERYONE WELCOMEPlease make cheques payable to: Ben Barry and return all completed reply slips

(addressed to Ben Barry & Harry Tee) with the correct money to the red post box in reception. We will then send you an e-mail to confi rm your place.

Thank you

Silent Auction, Raffl e, Cake Stall & Soft Drinks. BYO alcoholic drinks

China Tour, Fundraising Quiz Night – Thursday 28 MarchName: Form: Number of tickets required at £10 each:Type of meals required:

Chicken x

Vegetarian xTeam Name (if known): E-mail Address (please write clearly)


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22 March Mufti Day22 March Y9 after school cake fundraising sale23/24/25 March DofE Silver Training Weekend24 March PFA Car Boot Sale25 March Maths Circle Lecture (4.00 p.m.)26 March Spring Concert (7.30 p.m.)27 March Joint Choral Orchestral Concert (7.30 p.m.)28 March DofE Bronze Training Walk28 March Football tour to Valencia28 March China Expedition Quiz Night (7.00 p.m.)28 March Term EndsEASTER BREAK15 April Term Begins - late start for students Registration at 10.50 a.m. followed by Period 3.

VISIT TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE SOMME

On Friday 15th March, 113 Year 10 students, ac-companied by members of staff, visited the Great War battlefields of the Somme. They visited Lochna-gar Cra ter, Thiepval, Pozieres Cemetery and the Museum of the Somme at Albert. As part of the day a ceremony was conducted at the Thiepval Memo-rial where Old Wilsonians William Bird, Francis Blake, Sydney Carter, Albert Dartnall, Harry Dods, Rodney Gudge, Arthur Larlham, Lawrence Maeers, Richard Newcombe, George Peters, George Radcliffe, Lionel Schutte and Arhur Thompson are commemorated. The school hymn was read by Ebruba Abel-Unokan and Archie MacGillivray with a stanza of ‘For the Fallen’ be ing delivered by Douglas Ledgerwood. A wreath was then laid by Mr Char nock on behalf of the Governors, staff and students of Wilson’s in memory of all Old Wilsonians who fell in the con-flict. Two minutes of silence were then observed. The ceremony ended with each boy and all ac-companying staff leaving a remembrance cross on a grave of their choice. The boys conducted them-selves with immense dignity through out a very long but rewarding day.

HISTORY ESSAY WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

Congratulations to Benjamin Flook (Lower Sixth) who has just been awarded joint first place in the prestigious annual History essay writing competi-tion judged by Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His essay entitled “’History is but a set of fables upon which people have agreed’ [Napoleon Bonaparte]. Discuss” continues what is becoming a school tradition for historical excellence on the national stage in a whole range of competitions.



SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERSWilson’s is still collecting Sainsbury’s vouch-ers. If you are shopping in Sainsbury’s please do ask for their vouchers and let us have them as they make a big difference to the amount of sports equipment available to the PE department and of course to the boys. The closing date for the vouchers is 22 May so any you collect before then would be gratefully received. We have a box for them to go in located outside the school admin office.

YEAR 10 - HISTORY CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTTo help prepare the Year 10 historians for the controlled assessment write up on Wednesday 27 March the history department will be running drop in sessions after school. Students from all classes can attend. It will take place every day from Wednesday 20 March until Tuesday 26 March in room 20 and will last for one hour.

SPRING REPORTSThis term’s reports will be distributed at the following times - YEARS 11 - 13 - reports will be sent home at the end of this term. YEARS 7-10 - will be sent out from the school at the beginning of next term (week beginning 15th April).

QUIZ NIGHTTickets for the quiz night will be on sale after half-term during the lunch break in the foyer on Mondays and Thursdays at 1.30 p.m. Tickets are £10 each which includes the quiz, a meal and one drink. All the money raised will go towards the expedition to China.


We are seeking to recruit up to three flexible part-time exam invigilators. Responsibili-ties will include the provision of an effective invigilation support service ensuring the integ-rity of school examinations.

Please contact the Head’s PA, Mrs H Ware at [email protected] or by phone on 020 8773 7680 as soon as possible for an application form. Closing date is 23 March, 2013.

Appointment will be subject to safeguarding checks including a DBS (CRB) disclosure.

NOTICES JACK PETCHEY SPEAK OUT CHALLENGE

Ethan Golding in Year 10 com-peted in the Jack Petchey Regional Final of the ‘Speak out Competition’.

The event was well supported and it was fantas-tic to see Wilson’s School runner up

Jake Casey 10G there in support.

Ethan spoke brilliantly and passionately in his speech titled ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’. It was fantastic to see how much he had grown in confi-dence, thanks mainly to the fantastic workshop run at Wilson’s by the Jack Petchey foundation.

The workshop is designed to help develop student’s confidence and public speaking skills. Ethan was a fantastic ambassador for the school, and despite not placing he should be extremely proud of his achievements.

BRIGHTON MARATHONOn 14 April, two of our Upper Sixth Peter Fuller and William Gao are par-ticipating in the 2013 Brighton Marathon. Peter is running for Mac-Millan Cancer Support and William for Cancer Research UK.

In addition to their stud-ies, they have commit-ted a great deal of time

to training for this prestigious 26.2 mile event.

Being two of the young-est competitors, we wish them the very best with the race. They would greatly appreciate any support on the day or in donations via JustGiving (see links below):https://www.justgiving.com/PeterFuller Mara-thonSupporthttp://www.justgiving.com/William-Gao



Y8 ENTERPRISE DAY The Year 8 Enterprise Day was all about commit-ment, competition, creativity and charity. The idea behind the day was to get the Year 8 boys to choose a charity that would be worthy to benefit from £500.00 to be raised from the forthcoming Summer Mufti Day. From the very start, it was clear that the boys were really engaged with the competition. All the teachers involved were struck by the maturity, team work and desire of all the students to produce a first class presentation on behalf of their chosen cause. The final saw Rishi Siddani, Sashank Srikanth, Achal Srivastav, Ben St Clair-Gray, William Straw and Nathan Wang just squeeze a win with a very profes-sional, polished and persuasive appeal on behalf of the ‘Make a Wish’ foundation. Well done to them and all the other finalists. Thanks should particularly go to our judges Mrs Gill and Mr Brittain who gave up their time to participate.

TEAM MATHS CHALLENGE

Wilson’s came second in the Regional final of Team Maths Challenge held at Trinity School, Croydon on Friday 15 March. The team of Cellan Brady (9S) and William Bowdery (9G), Isuru Jayasekera (8B) and Gabriel Cairns (8C) answered all the group round questions perfectly and then unravelled the cross number with no mistakes. However a couple of slips in the mini-relay, where the answer to one problem becomes the input to the next, dropped precious marks. Even a perfect score in the relay race round was not enough to get first place back, which was claimed by Nonsuch.

CHESS TEAM WIN IN LINCOLNSHIRE

Wilson’s won the ECF one day tournament held at King’s School, Grantham on Sunday 17 March. They won all 5 of their matches to get a total of 17 game points out of 20. Undefeated on the day with 4 ½ out of 5 were Adam Taylor (11S) and Vyas Raina (10S). Philip Knott (11B) and Tharshan Kuhendiran (7G) both scored 4/5. Wilson’s B team performed well scoring over 50% and were the leading B team in the tournament. The B team top scorers were Vatsal Raina (10H) and Isuru Jayasekera (8B) who both scored 3/5.

CHESS CHALLENGEOn Tuesday 26 March eleven Old Wilsonians will be coming back to Wilson’s to test their wits against the Chess Club. We are look-ing forward to welcoming Old

Boys from 2012 all the way back to 1949 and they will all be matched up with players of similar ability from the School’s Chess Teams.

If you went to Wilson’s and would like to take part please contact Dr. Cooper by Monday 25 March on [email protected].



MASTERCHEF CHALLENGEThe culi-nary skill of our students contin-ues to impress. On Tuesday evening, the high stand-ards attained

by Y9 and Y10 students in the Middle School Mas-terchef Final almost succeeded in dividing the judges, so narrow were the margins of victory. Every team served up such skilfully cooked, attractively presented and deliciously tasty dishes that choos-ing between them proved to be a real challenge. 10S served a spicy but beautifully balanced chicken with chapatti; 9B’s main dish, a salmon roulade, was dish of the day; 9C continued the strong challenge from the younger year with a well-stuffed mush-room starter and delicious coffee meringue; and the overall winners were 10H who gave us a pizza bread starter, a main of chicken with pesto and asparagus

accompa-nied by a spinach and cheese filo star roulade, and an espe-cially good winter des-sert of baked apple stuffed with honey

and cinnamon raisins topped with meringue. Many thanks to all the judges who have given up their time to help with Masterchef this term: Miss Lambert, Mr T Fletcher, Miss Tyler and Mr Ng, and congratulations to all our hard-working and talented students:

Akhil Dua and Neev Trehan, Arthur Ingamells and Lewis Lou, Harry Sugden, Max Riddings and Daniel Gonsalves, Paul Wrona and Ryan Kan.

RAF TAKE ON THE NATION!

The RAF section of the school’s Combined Cadet Force returned to RAF Halton to take part in the Air Squadron Trophy National Competition, following their winning performance in the regional stage back in February. This round comprised of all the winners and runners up from the regional stages from around the country, with teams coming from all over the UK to compete. The standards were, un-surprisingly, extremely high. Throughout the day, the team competed over a number of disciplines, from Physical Training to RAF Knowledge, culminat-ing in the team’s well-practised drill routine. At the end of the day, all 12 teams paraded together and the results were announced. The squad was placed joint 3rd overall, winning the Aircraft Recognition section and placing 2nd in both Command Task and Shooting.

Congratulations are in order, as the team can now lay claim to being the 3rd best CCF RAF squad in the country!

The team comprised of: F/Sgt Craig Threadgold (Team Leader), F/Sgt Ashley Sofocleous, Sgt Stefan Phillips, Sgt Henry Stanley, Sgt Neresh Anandaku-mar, Sgt Peter Turner, Cpl Cameron Gordon, Cpl Wil-liam Kingsnorth, Cpl Michael Alvarado-Rivero, Cpl Mayukh Padhi, Cpl Aaron Mallet, Cpl Jordan Smith, L/Cpl Ewan Robertson and L/Cpl Oliver Godwin. Many thanks need also to be given to the many staff who contributed to the training of the team in particular Captain Grant, Lieutenant Beggs and fi-nally, the contribution of Squadron Leader Gardner and Pilot Officer Stathopoulos, both before and on the day, need special mention and thanks. Without their hard-work and encouragement, the team would never have reached the level they did.

ECONOMICS LECTURE 19 MARCH – DOES MONETARY POLICY WORK?

Tuesday afternoon (19 March) saw the Business and Economics department play host to Simon Caunt, the Deputy Agent (London area) for the Bank of England. Simon’s job is to interview heads of large companies in order to understand their future inten-tions as to matters such as recruitment, staff reduc-tion, wage settlements and investment. He and his fellow Deputies have the task of helping to build up a picture of how confident business decision makers are and their general expectations of the future. This information is used by the Bank in order to decide on changes in the Bank Rate and the use of instru-ments such as the Funding for Lending scheme.

Simon gave a packed lecture theatre of 6th Form Economists an absorbing review of current and Bank policy and where changes might be made in the future. The most interesting idea to emerge is that we live in strange economics times, where stand-ard fiscal and monetary policy measures seem to be working less effectively than expected, yet jobs are being created in the British economy, despite government cut backs and falling domestic demand. The students then asked some challenging ques-tions which Simon answered frankly and with good humour, rounding off a stimulating and very enjoy-able lecture.



CHESS RESULTSWilson’s B beat Hampton B 3.5 to 2.5Wilson’s C beat Hampton C 4.5 to 1.5, to win Division 3 of the Surrey School’s league for the second successive year.Wilson’s E lost to Hampton D 4 – 8

China Expedition Quiz Night

Thursday 28 March 2013 at 7.00pm

Join us for a fun (and educational) evening with friends!Tickets only £10 each (Including a Chinese meal)

Teams of between 4 & 8 people are very welcome, or we can build teams on the night.

EVERYONE WELCOMEPlease make cheques payable to: Ben Barry and return all completed reply

slips (addressed to Ben Barry & Harry Tee) with the correct money to the red post box in reception. We will then send you an e-mail to confirm your place.

Thank you

Silent Auction, Raffle, Cake Stall & Soft Drinks. BYO alcoholic drinks

China Tour, Fundraising Quiz Night – Thursday 28 MarchName:

Form: Number of tickets required at £10 each:Type of meals required:

Chicken x

Vegetarian xTeam Name (if known): E-mail Address (please write clearly)

WILSON’S SCHOOL


SUNDAY 24TH MARCH

10:00-13:00

In the back car parkBuyers use main car park



Loads to buy

raffle and refreshmentsOrganised by PFA - All proceeds to school funds





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FOOTBALL FIXTURESSaturday 23 March Wilson’s vs Latymer Upper1st XI Home2nd XI AwayU15A HomeU15B HomeU14A AwayU14B AwayU13A HomeU13B HomeU12A AwayU12B Away

Wednesday 27 March Wilson’s vs. Reigate College2nd XI HomeStaff vs. Pupils

TABLE TENNIS RESULTSWilson’s vs HamptonThe U13’s won 6-4. Edwin Wan was man of the match, crucially winning both of his singles matches.The U16’s won 8-2. Neev Trehan was given man of the match for winning both his singles games on his U16 debut.

Wilson’s vs Royal RusselThe U13’s lost 2-8 to an extremely strong side featur-ing the England #2, James Smith. Edwin Wan was again the man of the match and won both of his games.

The U16’s lost 4-6. Vyas Raina was man of the match after putting in a great performance only losing nar-rowly to a very strong player.

The U19’s won 8-2. Alex Rolls was man of the match, winning both of his singles and playing his first game for the school since March last year.

FOOTBALL RESULTSMonday 11 MarchWilson’s vs Glenthorne (District League)U15A won 2-0

Tuesday 12 MarchWilson’s vs. Glyn (Qtr Final Surrey Cup)U13A lost 0-1

Wednesday 13 March - Wilson’s vs. RGS 2nd XI drew 0-0 vs. RGS 1st XI4th XI lost 0-2 vs. RGS 2nd XI5th XI lost 4-5 vs. RGS 3rd XI6th XI won 2-1 vs. RGS 4th XIWilson’s vs. Stanley Park (Carshalton Athletic Academy)1st XI won 4-1Wilson’s vs. Coombe Boys (Qtr Final Surrey Cup)3rd XI lost 0-4

Friday 15 March - Wilson’s vs. Greenshaw (District League)U12s drew 1-1

Saturday 16 March - Wilson’s vs. Cardinal VaughanU12A lost 2-4U12B won 4-3U13A won 9-0U14A abandonedU15A abandoned2nd XI won 7-0

RUGBY UPDATEYear 7 beat Hayes 21-0Year 8 beat Edenham 29-20.This was a particularly good result as half the team was made up of year 7’s who all performed excellent-ly. Congratulations to Caleb Nelson who won man of the match and Ben St. Clair-Gray who made the best tackle of the day.Wilson’s 1st XV won their league and are playing Sut-ton Grammar in the grand final on Friday 6.30 p.m. kick off @ Old MidwhitgiftiansYear 8’s won their league and are playing Howard of Effingham next Thursday in The Surrey knock-outsBoth year 9’s and 10’s have made it through to the Surrey plate competition and will play their knock-out games after Easter.



Wilson’s Spring ConcertTuesday 26 March 2013

Make a real occasion of the evening and order aSharing Platter for two.

Selection of Cold Meats &Cheeses

Crudites

Houmous

Olives

Almonds

Breads

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Only £12 Plate

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Or

£16 with 2 glasses ofWhite Wine

or £22 with a bottle ofWhite Wine

Food must be pre-ordered.

Wilson’s Spring Concert - Tuesday 26 March 2013

Please may I order …… sharing platter(s) @ £12 each.

Please may I order …… sharing platter(s) with 2 glasses of white wine @ £16.

Please may I order …..sharing platter(s) with a bottle of white wine @ £22.

Please complete as required and attach a cheque made payable to: ‘Wilson’s School’. Address to Beverley Barry and post in the red post box at school.

Thank you

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