Last term all students wrote a text with the title

Footprints and gave them to Miss Ross. Out of

all the students three were chosen to be sent

into a competition in London. The winners were

Rida Ahmed, Jack Pearson and Abigail Faulk-

ner. Their work appears later in the Newsletter.

Well done guys.

Happy Christmas to all the pupils

and parents of Rugby Free Second-

ary School. I am already looking

forward to seeing you all in January

and continuing our journey. You

are all amazing!

On Thursday December 8th RFSS held its first Christmas

Disco in the school hall.

The hall was decorated with hanging snowflakes, pa-

per chains and other pretty decorations and they sep-

arated the dance floor from the seating area.

In the foyer there were refreshments that you could

buy like crisps, sweets and drinks

There was a DJ who was great because he played

the songs that we like.

“I liked it when the DJ played shout out to my ex” -

Helena Ball

“I liked the boys and girls dance off the best.” Iwan

Harrison.

“I thought it was funny when the teachers danced

with us” Julia Zak.

Overall it was great and we look forward to other

nights like this.

Let Me See

Slow down and let me see

I have so many things to

Learn from you

So teach me

Every child needs parents’ foot prints to

guide them as they grow

So give me your guidance, walk along

With me let me see

As I grow up I

Will pass on to my children

What you teach me

So slow down

And let me

See.

By Rida Ahmed

Footprints by Jack Pearson

I want to walk

with you,

I want our footprints

along the ocean shore.

I want you to

look at me the way I look at you.

Except that just like those footprints

your love for me has disappeared.

The Cruel Sea

Every night at the same time

Memories are lost

Where her parents lie.

The ocean seems so beautiful

Glistening like an amethyst in the moonlight,

But it is a force to be reckoned with…

A little girl with memories

That are broken and fragmented

Leaves footprints in the sand.

She is searching for her loved ones

Who were lost underneath

The Iron Sea.

She looks out with hope

That they will return

But,

The footprints have faded and are no more.

By Abigail Faulkner

The fantastic prizes on offer are:

An Arvon creative writing residential

course for the winners and three of their

friends plus the teacher.

Publication in a professional anthology.

A special awards ceremony for all shortlist-

ed writers, their schools and the public at

a prestigious London venue.

We wish all three students good luck.

On Tuesday evening the students at RFSS held a con-

cert to showcase their talent. There were a range of

different musical skills varying from vocal solos to

7SM’s amazing take on a samba parade! From choirs

to drama we had it all in store to entertain the par-

ents.

It all kicked off with 7SM’s Samba. As they paraded

around the hall, they bought a new side to school

life. They used lots of different instruments including:

Shaker, Repinicay, Sudo, Ago-go bells and tambou-

rines. They started in the main reception area and

paraded through the hall and onto the stage where

they then had some solo moments for the students to

show what they have learnt throughout their music

curriculum lessons.

The choir performed twice in the concert. They sang

Winter Wonderland, Rockin’ around the Christmas

Tree, Titanium, True Colours, Have Yourself A Merry

Little Christmas and Heroes. They absolutely killed it

with their amazing voices. I think everyone in the au-

dience would agree with that as well.

After that a group from 7EH performed ad they also

did amazing with a drumming piece that they had

been practising in lessons. All of you that know Taylor

Adams, you will know that she can sing like an angel

and that is exactly what she did and stunned all of us

from the audience.

We also had a mix of instruments that played in the

Orchestra, Woodwind and the String Ensemble. We

had the guitar, violin, saxophone, clarinet, xylophone

they did amazingly well.

The Drama Club performed the most amazing ver-

sion of The Nutcracker that I have ever seen.

If you were not able to come you really should try

and come next time because it was the best way to

welcome Christmas at RFSS that we could have

done!!!!

We asked Charlotte Bowers a bunch of questions and

these were her answers

When you are older which of the teachers that work

at our school do you think you will be most like and

why?

“Miss Ross because she is a really down to earth per-

son and she is very expressive and even when you

are doing essays she still makes it fun.”

If all the teachers left and put you in charge for the

day what would be the first thing you would do?

“Order pizza for everyone and make a swimming

pool and a Jacuzzi.”

If someone came up to you and asked you move

school would you and why?

No I wouldn’t move school because it is exciting to

be a part of something new.

If you could change anything about the school

lunches, what would it be?

I would make them bigger.

If the school said they needed one more subject to

be added to the curriculum, what would it be and

who would teach it?

It would be vets and taking care of animals and eve-

ryone would teach it

If you could change one thing about how the school

decorated for Christmas what would be?

I would get fake snow and put it every where!

By Peyton Fischer

Fun things we have done in the past two weeks

We have interviewed Romans in 7EH and he said

that he liked playing in the orchestra. He also

said that he liked doing PE. He also liked learning

in all curriculum lessons. Then he also said that he

enjoyed playing the guitar.

After that we interviewed Timothy Robson from

7MS/WW. He said that he liked the disco be-

cause it was cool. He also said that he liked

Maths and algebra was a jam. He also said that

music was fun because he was with Iwan Harri-

son and they apparently did the opposite things.

He also said that he liked doing paper chains

during the English period.

After that we also interviewed Mrs Green (our

head teacher) and she told us that she liked see-

ing people creating new friendships with others.

She also said that it feels like being a family forev-

er instead of being a family for 10 weeks. She also

said that students and teachers are different in

many ways (which was a good thing according

to her). She also said that we have systems not

detentions.

Finally, we had interviewed Max from class 7SM

and he said he is enjoying all areas of school, es-

pecially PE. He also likes preparing for football

matches and doing general school stuff. He also

said that the teachers were all nice and the dis-

co was the best part.

Iwan Harrison and Sobigan Ramasethu

Christmas is the time for giving so we have provided

a Christmas stocking gift guide for anyone struggling

what to get for any special person in your life.

Teens girls: Teen boys:

Bath bombs Caps

Phone cases Chocolate

Make up /bags Socks

Candles Football

EOS (Lip balms) Wallets

Shower gels Vouchers

Bubble baths Movie box

Scarfs Football boots

Ear phones Ear phones

Beauty products Watches

Any sweet treat Sport items

“In Spanish we learned about

some Spanish Christmas tradi-

tions including a strange one

about a Tió de Nadal - Uncle

log. Just ask us about it..!”

Katie Rann

“In Maths I learnt about

the Enigma code and

how the guy who solved

it built one of the first

computers. ” Iwan Harri-

son

“I really enjoyed learn-

ing to draw portraits in

art but only with the

eyes closed.” ~

Charlotte Bowers

“In English I have really

enjoyed reading Coraline

which is both really inter-

esting and a little bit

scary. And we learned

how it’s similar to other

texts like Beowulf.” Ivyn

We were lucky enough to meet Mark Pawsey

our local MP who came for a tour of the

school. He told us what MPs do for their job

and that he likes our school a lot because we

are enthusiastic and full of energy as well as

curious. It was really interesting to meet him.

We interviewed Michal Rucinski

from 7RB.

Here is what he said

How did you feel about coming to

RFSS?

Happy because I got to meet new

people.

What primary school did you go

to?

Long Lawford Primary School.

Have you made new friends at this

school?

Yes, they are Davy, Connor, Jake

and Thomas.

Do you like it here?

No because I come 4 miles and

sometimes on my bike or I walk

and it’s a long way to come.

How do you get to school?

Walk or lift.

What do you want to do when you

are older?

Musician or architect.

What one question would you ask

the next student to be interviewed?

What’s your favourite thing about

school and why?

Do you speak another language

and if so what?

I speak Polish.

This week we decided to interview

Mr Clancy. Here are some ques-

tions we asked him…

Where were you born?

I was born in Pretoria, South Africa

where I lived until I was five .

What university did you go to?

I went to Manchester Metropolitan

where I studied Sport and Exercise

Science and a PGCE at Newman

University.

What other schools have you

taught at?

I have taught at Ash Green School

where I met my wife. I also taught

at Kennilworth School and my first

school was St Edmund Campion.

What subjects do you teach?

I primarily teach PE but I also Maths,

Geography, Art and DT.

Why did you decide to teach the

subjects you teach?

I like sport and wanted to do a job

where I could do sport all the time

and inspire students to love sport

too.

What is your favourite food?

I love pizza and pasta.

What is your favourite memory in

your whole life?

Played football for Great Britain at

16.

What is your favourite colour?

My favourite colour is sky blue be-

cause I am a Coventry City FC Fan!

On the 6th December 2016, the school netball team

had a match against Harris. Harris won 7-2 and it was

an unlucky loss. One of the netball league.

We asked Maya Taylor in 7SM what her thoughts on

the game were, ‘‘It was hard and challenging, we

had to be really focused. There was one point in the

game we knew it was over, but we did our best and

that’s all that matters.’’

On the 8th December 2016, the football team had a

tournament at Rugby town Butline Road. The team was :

Danny, Craig, Owen, Josh, Joe, Cameron, Godwin,

Max, Ekijah and the manager, Mr Clancy. There were 9

teams in the tournament (including our team) and the

end results were dreadful, 1 win and 8 losses.

We interviewed Craig Muranganwa in 7EH and these

were his words, ‘Our team played well, but not well

enough, we need to work on our shooting and pass-

ing.’’

On Friday 9th December, chosen stu-

dents did a sky sports activity. Former

world indoor 400m champion. Daniel

Caines a two, time Olympic athlete

performed in Athens and Sydney.

Pupils completed lots of challenges

and listened to Daniel’s stories. Mr

Clancy said “Amazing day with an

amazing athlete! Daniel inspired stu-

dents and told lots of funny stories.”

Taylor Adams said “He was really inspir-

ing,” and Max Hart said “He was amaz-

ing when he told us that he got ran

over by a lorry and he inspired me be-

cause he still carried on.”

In the swimming team we came 3rd in the

year 7 competition. 8 leaders ran the event

and everybody said how well they did. Mr

Clancy said how proud he was (very proud).

Member of the team Ella Parkin said “It was

really exciting and I’d love to do it again.”

Anna Kessel said “It was really fun and I’d like

to do it again.” Julia Ignaczewska said “It

was a fantastic experience and although we

didn't get first it was a pleasure to be there.”