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Dear Parents, Guardians & Carers,
This week in our whole school assembly, Mr Johnson inspired the pupils by talking about Roger Federer. After reminding the pupils how successful Federer was in his tennis career, having been world number one for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and winning 103 singles titles, including 20 Grand Slams (8 at Wimbledon), he shared part of the story that Federer gave at a recent graduation ceremony in the US.
In tennis, perfection is impossible. In the 1,526 singles matches Federer played in his career, he won almost 80% of those matches. However, in total only 54% of shots were won. In other words, even top-ranked tennis players (arguably the best ever) win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point, on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot. When you are playing a point, it is the most important thing in the world. But when it’s behind you, it’s behind you. Mr Johnson reminded us that this mindset is crucial because it frees you to fully commit to the next point, and the next one after that, with intensity, clarity and focus.
The truth is, whatever game you play in life, sometimes you’re going to lose. A point, a match, a season, a job, it’s a rollercoaster, with many ups and downs. The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It’s because they know they’ll lose again and again and have learnt how to deal with it. A powerful message for us all to hear.
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From the school’s co-curricular areas, the values that can be gained are clear. I am not talking about winning, but more about what everyone learns along the way. Whether that be timekeeping, organisation, resilience, teamwork skills, communication, discovering one’s strengths and equally important, our weaknesses. Learning opportunities outside of the classroom are a jewel in our crown.
In a week of Sports Day, following weeks of exams and assessments, and ahead of a fortnight of performances in our Festival and prizes on Speech Day there is so much to celebrate for every child in the school.
A huge well done to everyone who has completed their qualifying Duke of Edinburgh expedition recently with the bronze and silver expeditions now completed for this year, and we look forward to hearing how the students in Lower Sixth, who are currently in the Brecon Beacons for their gold qualifying expedition, get on. We see examples of our students showing great courage in the face of challenging situations on every expedition. All the pupils show great teamwork, resilience, courage, and determination to finish as a team.
Duke of Edinburgh is not just about going on expeditions. It’s also about the other three sections of Volunteering, Physical and Skill. In the volunteering section our pupils have spent 4,290 hours helping in the community, equating to a social value of £22,649.
It is great to see leadership opportunities developing through the co-curriculum for all our pupils. A group of Sixth Form students have been running a house debating competition, and the eventual winners were School house opposing the motion ‘This House Believes that no prisoner should have the vote’, narrowly beating Smith House. To get to the final there were two lunchtime debates – on ‘Whether humanity should fear the advances of AI’, and ‘Whether we should expect our online activities to remain private’.
Other leadership opportunities arose at the recent transition day with current Year 6 pupils visiting us across two taster days, ably supported by our students. As we enter the Truro School Festival of Courage, please encourage your child and family to attend some of the wonderful offerings listed in the booklet link below or via https://www.burrelltheatre.com/whats-on/
After attending part of the dress rehearsal for the school musical ‘Crossroads’ I can honestly say you are in for a real treat if you are attending. The astonishing part is that it was written by Scarlett, a current 3rd Year pupil. I run out of superlatives for the extraordinary achievement she has accomplished.
Thank you for your ongoing support and encouragement of all our pupils’ endeavors.
Mrs. Zoe Jobling
Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum & Partnerships)
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Clubs and Activities
The clubs and activities list can be viewed at the end of the Bulletin, it can also be viewed at > https://www.truroschool.com/senior-school/co-curricular/this-terms-schedule/.
We are a busy school with co-curricular activities before and after school. As a result, please can we remind you that all visitors, including parents must report to Reception when entering school site and are not authorised to walk around the grounds before, during or after school. This is to safeguard all members of our community. If you are collecting your child from the Sir Ben Ainslie centre, please wait outside the foyer for your child to come out. Thank you for your support with this.
Charity Day
On Friday 24 November we will be holding our next Charity Day and pupils will be able to wear home clothes into school by donating £2. This time we will be supporting the Women’s Refuge Trust and St Petrocs. The ‘Community Action Team’ (CAT) is a student-led committee which researches different charities and votes on which ones the School will support each term. All our pupils will learn about the organisations we have chosen to support during a presentation in Chapel. The donations will be added to school bills. We hope that you will be happy to support the charities the CAT have chosen, but please feel free to opt out by contacting the Finance Office. Any pupils or students who would like to get involved in our team are warmly welcome at our meetings in Room 36 on Thursday breaktimes.
A Christmas Carol - Tickets on Sale
Charles Dickens’ festive classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’ is brought to life in this new adaptation by Ben Oldfield, featuring original music by Ollie Jones. This famous wintry ghost story features a host of extravagant characters from upper class twits to salt-of-the earth working folk. Expect boisterous dancing, heart-tugging emotion, and some spectral chills as this cast of senior students takes us on a tour of Scrooge’s mind and opens windows into the echoing chambers of his soul. Showing 22 – 25 November > https://www.burrelltheatre.com/whats-on/
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