9 January 2026 – Issue 1
HEAD’S REVIEW
Amazing Tour to Sri Lanka for Roedean Netballers
Head’s Introduction
We returned to Roedean after the holidays to the most wonderful clear skies, albeit with a little snow thrown in to provide a flashback to this time last year! I am constantly reminded how lucky we are with our School's impressive position overlooking the sea, and, for the girls, I am sure that these views would definitely have made up for the fact that the holidays were coming to an end. We have welcomed six new girls to Roedean this term, along with two new members of teaching staff – I wish them all well, and hope that they settle in to our routines quickly. In the week after we broke up, thirteen of our Netballers enjoyed a fantastic experience in Sri Lanka. Their four matches were complemented by amazing cultural experiences, seeing baby turtles, visiting a Buddhist temple, and handing over the donated clothes they had taken with them to help those who were badly affected by the floods in the weeks just before they went. I have no doubt that it will be a trip they remember for a long time to come, and I am grateful to Miss Bamford and Mr Halsey for giving up the first week of their holiday to lead the trip. At the end of last term, we had news of excellent results in Music exams and Dance exams, and this week the most recent LAMDA results have been published – it is wonderful that the girls have all done so well, and they have added to the already impressive number of Distinctions achieved in recent years. Well done! Looking ahead, our next group of six Year 9s will be going on the Roedean South Africa exchange at the start of February, ready for a 3-week adventure at our sister school. We also have the Dance Showcase and the performances of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory coming up before half-term. There are a number of residential trips in the next six weeks, including the English trip to the Isle of Sheppey, a Business trip to Disneyland Paris, the Art exchange to Denmark, and the Geography trip to Iceland, each giving our students the opportunity to provide a tangible context to what they are learning at School. Our theme for this term is 'engaged', and, in our First Chapel services this week, I encouraged the girls to think carefully about how they could be proactive in getting involved and becoming engaged in a range of activities and experiences this term. I wish you all a wonderful term, and I hope that you have a restful first weekend.
What a lovely sight to welcome the girls back to School!
U13F Victory over Great Walstead U13D