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Newsletter for Students and Parents
Friday 27th January 2017
AQUILA ORION PEGASUS PHOENIX CPA COLLEGE VI
The Principal writes ……
Thank you to parents of Year 9 students who attended Parents Evenings this week. Later this term, the Year 9 options process will begin which will support students in selecting suitable courses for Key Stage 4. Further information, including an invitation to the Year 9 Options Evening on 1st March 2017, will follow in due course but I hope that this week's discussions have helped students to start thinking about their choices. Year 11 students received their Pre-Public Exam (PPE) results this week and, as always, we saw a range of responses - some delighted with very encouraging results, some others disappointed with some of the outcomes. The key message for students was that whilst these results are important, it will be the learning that arises from these results that will be far more important in ensuring greater success this summer. By reviewing exam papers and analysing performance carefully in the coming days and weeks, students and teachers will now identify how they can best make improvements and continue working together to build on current achievements. We look for-ward to capitalising on these results through discussions at Year 11 Parents Evening next Wednesday. Whilst the vast majority of students maintain excellent attendance and punctuality records, we would like to further improve both areas and will be introducing a different approach to dealing with latecomers from next week. Mrs Williams, Deputy Principal, outlines the details later in this Newsletter and students have already been informed - we are grateful for parents' support in these matters. Finally, a little late I know, but I wanted to thank and congratulate students for their generous contributions to our chosen charity, Save the Children, in our Christmas collection and non-uniform day at the end of last term. In total, students raised £1476 which is an impressive achievement and one that will be much appreciated by the recipients of the donation.
Timetable:
Week commencing Monday
30th January will be
Timetable Week B Learners of today, Leaders of tomorrow.
Forthcoming Events
30th January
Gardening Club - 1.00pm -1.45pm
31st January
Year 7 E Safety2 Talk
Year 10 Theatre Trip
PSTI – Rocks – Monks Orchard
Primary School
STEM Club - Year 8 & Year 9,
1st February
Year 11 Parents’ Evening – 5-8pm
Physics Catch up - 3.30pm
Astronomy Club 6.00 - 7.00pm
2nd February
Year 10 & Year 11 Intermediate Maths
Challenge
West Side Story Production
Rehearsal
STEM Club - Year 7
Senior STEM - Super cooling
3rd February
West Side Story Production
Rehearsal
Please Like our Riddlesdown
Science College Facebook Page
Punctuality We are grateful to all the parents/carers who ensure students maintain good levels of
attendance and punctuality – this is important for so many reasons. Poor punctuality not
only affects a student’s education and life chances but it also disrupts the learning of others.
All students would benefit from a positive and organised start to their day and so I am
writing to inform you of some changes to the procedures that we will follow should a student
be late to school, starting from Monday 30th January 2017.
Students should be seated in their Tutor rooms by 8.50 am. If a student arrives after this
time, they must register at Student Services where they will be marked in late with the
Attendance Officer, who will issue a “Late to School” slip.
Any student with a “Late to School” slip must attend a 20 minutes lunchtime detention at
1.00 pm in S25 on the same day. Failure to attend this detention will result in an escalation
of the sanction.
If there is a genuine reason for their lateness, students should bring a note from home to
this effect and the late slip will not be issued if we consider the reason to be acceptable.
We understand it can be difficult to make medical or dental appointments and that some
appointments may take all day, although we would ask you to avoid appointments during
the school day wherever possible.
Therefore, lateness due to these appointments must be evidenced with a note, letter, or
appointment card from the surgery. These will then be recorded as authorised absences.
We suggest making these appointments late afternoon if possible.
Parents/carers will continue to receive an email via Intouch informing them if students are
late to school. The Parent Portal is also a useful tool to monitor punctuality.
We close our registers at 9.20 am and if a student arrives after this time this is marked as
an unauthorised absence (U code). If the student is late after the close of registers more
than six times parents/carers could be liable to receive a Penalty Notice.
Thank you in advance for your support. Should you have any concerns regarding
punctuality, please speak the student’s Tutor in the first instance.
Mrs Williams
Deputy Principal
Panathlon Team Congratulations to the Panathlon team for another excellent performance. Croydon
achieved Gold in every event, winning overall and gaining a place in the next round at
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in March.
Gold in Table Cricket – Megan Hierons 9AMM, Michael Hoad 8CMT, Meghna Vikram
8NPG, Ellie Bowen 8TRH, Scarlett Hewitt 7MRS and Erin O’Flaherty 7MRS.
Gold in Polybat – Megan Hierons, Ellis Weekes and Jaimeson Kenny 8TRH.
Gold in Precision Beanbag – Ellis Weekes.
Gold in Relays – Megan Hierons, Scarlett Hewitt, Michael Hoad, Jaimeson Kenny.
A great team effort and some fantastic individual performances. Well done to all!
Excellence in Sport I am looking to update our registers for students who are currently competing at County
level or above in Sport.
Please could parents email Mr Langan at paul.langan@riddlesdown.org if your son/daughter
does compete to this standard. There are several students Riddlesdown Collegiate know
about, but there are also many that we are not aware of and we would really like to know.
Please email the following:
Name
Tutor Group
Sport
I will then email parents back to gain more in-depth knowledge.
Mr Langan
Director of Sport
Surrey Schools Individuals Swimming Gala 2017 A series of excellent performances by all swimmers in the girls swimming team: Hannah
Bridges VI/SJB (Medal), Megan Lewis 11ELH, Emily Purser 9SEL, Sophia Lorke 7NMM,
Lucia Hooper 7SEA, Madeleine Brown 7NMM and Connie Harmer 7SEA all finished in
very creditable places. The girls’ excellent efforts resulted in them finishing in a very
respectable position.
Boys Team
All boys worked extremely hard against very strong opposition. Swim team: Ciaran Brennan
11CBC (Medal), Ronan Brennan 9STB, Aidan Brennan 7HMB, Noah Tolfray 7HMB and
Thiago Gentles 7EJS.
All finished in very creditable places. The boys’ excellent efforts resulted in them finishing in a
very respectable position!
Junior Croydon Schools Swimming Gala 2017 A series of excellent results for the girls swimming team in both the individual events and
team relays meant winning the Overall Second Place.
Notable performances:
Sophia Lorke 7NMM, Lucia Hooper 7SEA, Maddie Brown 7NMM, Ellie Radford VI/NEP,
Connie Harmer 7SEA, Sofia Mahmood 8ADC and Melissa Prouten 8TRH all finished in
medal positions. Winning second place in Croydon Swim Championships is a truly
remarkable achievement!
Boys Team
Worked extremely hard against very strong opposition to finish in Overall Third Place.
Notable performances:
Aidan Brennan 7HMB, Noah Tolfray 7HMB, Thiago Gentles 7EJS, Oliver Honeyman
7MRS, Callum Jones 7HMB, Aslak Ensio Varela 8PAB, Ben Watt 8TRH and Jody
Owens 8ODF, all finished in medal positions. The boys’ excellent efforts resulted in
them finishing in a very creditable position!
Surrey Schools National Netball Tournament Our 7A Netballers competed at the Surrey Schools National Netball Tournament on
Wednesday 18th January. After a long drive to St Georges School in Weybridge, the girls
started with a bang, winning their first three matches easily. They then faced Allyens and
Emanuel who were both strong teams, losing marginally to both. However Riddlesdown
Collegiate came fighting back, winning their last two games. With this the girls were in the
running to reach the finals.
After an anxious overnight wait, the results were in and emailed to Miss Mackenzie.
UNDER 12’s SECTION C
1st Alleyns 35pts
2nd Emanuel 30 pts
3rd Riddlesdown 25 pts
4th Kingston Grammar 21 pts
5th Coloma 16 pts
6th Rosebery 11 pts
7th Royal Russell 6 pts
8th Rydens 0 pts
The top two teams got through to the finals, meaning Riddlesdown had just missed out!
The girls have trained so hard over the last few months, early mornings and extra sessions
have shown how dedicated they are. We can only go upwards from this, so well done girls!
Amelia Purnell 7TSA
Ella Cammell 7JAC
Naomi Lines 7EJS
Tamiah Burke 7EJS
Kate Bolwell 7TSA
Amelia Serafim 7TSA
Eleanor Rea 7ICS
Zoe Webster 7CLK
Talisha Crawford 7CJB
Lola Salter 7SEA
Miss Mackenzie
Harry Potter Day Join in the fun. Activities throughout the day in the
Library.
In addition there will be a National Schools
Competition!
To celebrate Harry Potter Book Night: The Professors
of Hogwarts Bloomsbury publishers have launched a
Magical National Schools Competition!
The prizes: One lucky class, of up to 30 pupils, will
win a trip of a lifetime to discover the magic of Harry
Potter at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, as well as a hardback box set of the seven
Harry Potter books and Harry Potter themed goody bags!
Plus 25 lucky runners-up will also win copies of the books and themed goody bags.
How to Enter: To be in with a chance of winning the above prizes, we would like students to
invent their own Magical Professor.
The template to enter can be found on Pupilshare/Library. There will be copies in the Library
For further details http://www.harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/uk/national-schools-competition/
Mrs Woodworth
Collegiate Librarian
Class of 2017’ Sweatshirts As part of the End of Year 11 celebrations, we are offering students the opportunity to
purchase a sweatshirt which will be available for collection before their end of Year 11
assembly in May 2017.
The cost is £14.45 for a hooded sweatshirt which will be available in all of the college colours
plus black, charcoal, and other choices. The sweatshirts can be personalised by the
students for an extra £3.95. or you can have a zipped one for £15.95.
The front text reads Riddlesdown Collegiate Class of 2017 in white writing and on the back
the logo reads Class of 17 with all students’ names appearing within the roundel logo itself.
You can view and personalise your sweatshirt before ordering. If you choose to add your
name or nickname as a personalisation to the sweatshirt this will appear on the back of the
sweatshirt above the logo.
The sweatshirts are available to order and pay for online until 3rd
April 2017 at:
https://www.schoolleaverscompany.co.uk/shops/SL35190
The online shop will close on 3rd April 2017 and sweatshirts cannot be ordered after this
date, as we need to allow time for processing the orders. The sweatshirts will be delivered to
Riddlesdown Collegiate where they will be distributed.
No sweatshirts can be ordered after the online shop has closed, order early so you don’t
forget and miss out.
Happy Chinese New Year
Year of the Rooster
30th January 2017
Break Time Menu 10.40-11.00
Sweet Chilli Wings, £1.50
Hoisin Duck Steamed Bone, £1..30
Lunch Menu 12.20-13.25, £2.30
Crispy Chilli Chicken
Chow Mein Vegetarian Option Available
Pasta King Menu, £2.30
Chinese Chicken Curry
Chinese Vegetable Curry
Ice Cream
Sweet & Sour Hot Wrap £1.80
Riddlesdown Science College In 2015 Riddlesdown students won the trip of a lifetime to NASA in the UKSDC Final.
The UK Space Design Competition is a science and engineering challenge designed as a
simulation of life in industry.
Teams are given a list of requirements for a space settlement, and have a day to come up
with a detailed design which they present to a panel of judges who include experts in the field
and representatives of the UK Space Agency
This year our Senior STEM team have won a place via their video entry into the finals once
again. Congratulations to Liam McDonald VI/SPO, Imran Azizuddin VI/SPO, Aksaye
Devesar VI/NEP, Eleutherios Kurkulos VI/CCS, Oshane Stewart VI/SPO, Owen
Hutchings 11NJJ, William Hagon VI/SPO, Tom Gale VI/CCS, Omar Harhara VI/AKG,
Joshua Chaney VI/MBM, Zara BurtonVI/AKG and Joshua Ferriman 11FTD.
West Side Story Rehearsal Schedule
DAY LUNCHTIME 12.40 – 1.40
(unless otherwise stated)
AFTER SCHOOL - UNTIL 6pm
30th January AMC/FD
Rumble - Theatre ALL CAST - HALL
WLR Anita and Maria
TKW Orchestra, America Girls and
Somewhere Girls
GEC Tony
TUESDAY 31st January
AMC
/FD
Taunting Scene – Theatre
ALL CAST - HALL
TKW
Orchestra & Tony & Maria
WLR Orchestra Orchestra
GEC Orchestra Orchestra
WEDNES-
DAY 1st February
AMC/FD
Mambo – Theatre – ALL CAST ALL CAST - HALL
TKW
Orchestra Orchestra
WLR
GEC Orchestra
THURSDAY 2nd February
AMC/FD
Rehearsals all day in the Hall
HMB
TKW
WLR
GEC
FRIDAY 3rd February
AMC/FD
TKW
WLR
GEC
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