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Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.
Riddlesdown News of the Week
w/c 3rd March 2014
This week is Climate week. Climate Week highlights positive steps
that enable people to live and work more sustainably.
KS3 Science students will be completing a Climate Week Challenge
in their lessons this week. The Challenge this year is to help combat
climate change by coming up with an idea that could reduce carbon
emissions from heating hot water and keeping buildings warm.
Have fun with the challenge. Good luck everyone.
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Year 8 Parents’ Evenings
This week the Collegiate will be holding Year 8
Parents’ Evening from 5-8pm.
The evenings will operate
a “no appointments”
system. Students should
accompany their parents
and be in full school
uniform.
Day College
Monday Orion
Tuesday Pegasus
Wednesday Phoenix
Thursday Aquila
Croydon Schools Awards
Congratulations to students who are being
recognised for excellence at this year’s Croydon
Schools Awards ceremony at the Fairfield Halls on
Thursday. Year 9 winners should meet Mrs White in
the foyer of the Fairfield Halls at 9.00am; Year 11
winners should meet in the Main School Reception
at 10.15am and will be taken by minibus to the
Fairfield Halls. Well done, to all!
“Curtain Call” at Croydon Schools Awards
Following the success of this year’s Collegiate
production, students will be performing an excerpt at
the Croydon Schools Awards on Thursday. All
students involved in “When I Grow Up” and the Main
Cast should come to a rehearsal on Wednesday
lunchtime in C05. The Jazz Band will rehearse on
Tuesday.
This is a story about a community
that gets a second chance. It is
both comical and serious with
some great parts!
Come along on Tuesday to read
and act some of the lines and
take part in some improvisations
to show us your skills.
Mrs Gillie
Auditions for The Miracle!
Tuesday 4th March, 3.30 – 5.00 pm
Speak Out Challenge Regional Final!
Following his success in the Collegiate Speak Out
Challenge with a superb talk about the treatment of the
homeless, Alex Crawley 10CMT will be representing
the Collegiate in Jack Petchey’s Speak Out Challenge
next Tuesday at Norbury Manor Business and
Enterprise College.
The event starts at 6.00pm – come
along to support Alex and the
Collegiate! Please see Miss Pater,
Phoenix College for a ticket.
PTA Quiz Night
Please encourage your parents to come and test their
knowledge against Mr Weeks (our amazing quizmaster)
at this year's PTA Quiz night on Friday 21st March
2014. Tickets are £3 per person for places paid for by
12th March. Doors open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.
Booking forms can be downloaded from the PTA
Collegiate website.
Year 11 Gifted & Talented Breakfast Seminars
This week’s seminar is
FRENCH
on Tuesday at 8.15am in the
Conference Room
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Refreshments will be available from
8.00am. Please check the lists outside
Mr Dey’s office to remind yourself of
future seminars.
Have you ever been to a WWI battlefield?
• Current Year 7 and Year 8 students have the
opportunity to visit Ypres, Belgium on Saturday 11th
October 2014
• It is a day trip and costs £64
• Look out for this poster in your Colleges and History
classrooms
If you would like a letter or
more details speak to Miss
Akhavan, Aquila College
(A13)
The deadline for reply slips and
money was before half term,
however Miss Gibson is still
waiting for many replies.
Please return slips and money to
your College Administrator, or to
Miss Gibson in X01 by Friday
7th March at the latest! Thank
you.
Year 9 “Romeo & Juliet Workshop”
Every Thursday from 12.20pm there
will be a Year 11 student and a
College VI student available in the
Library to help tutor Maths. The
tutoring is open to anyone in KS3
or KS4 who wants to improve their
Maths grade.
Please would
Tutors pass on the
names of
interested students
to Miss Ogunseye?
Year 11 Maths Revision
With about 15 weeks to go until the Maths exams start
Miss Ogunseye, Director of Maths has created a 15
step Revision Guide for Year 11 students. The guide is
split into 15 weeks, giving key information and words to
help you test your knowledge and understanding of
each topic. This will give you a clear focus on what to
revise each week leading up to your exam.
You can access the Revision Guide on the Collegiate
website: http://www.riddlesdown.org/maths
Useful Maths App!
Cramit Maths GCSE provides GCSE
style questions in the exact same format
you will encounter in your GCSE exams.
Questions are arranged by topic, enabling
you to become familiar with the particular
wording used for each type of question.
The app is available on all platforms, including Google
Play, Amazon (Kindle) and iTunes
Become an expert in tackling the exams!
Year 11 History Revision
Year 11 History Master Classes
are continuing!
Every Tuesday 3.30pm for ½
an hour in S07
Skills focus: Inference 6 mark
questions –The Depression
and unemployment in 1930s
Britain
Under 14 Girls Football
Well done to the Under 14 girls
football team on reaching the
semi finals at the Crystal Palace
F.C. Cup Competition.
Riddlesdown was unbeaten in
the group stages beating Virgo
Fidelis and Quest Academy with
3 goals from Latavia Benjamin
8ASK and Catherine Finch
8JEN. We were then defeated
by a strong Coloma team.
Handball News
Due to Riddlesdown’s surprise
success in handball, we have
been asked to enter a team to
represent Croydon in the
London Youth Games in June.
The team will be selected from Year 9
and Year 10 students who attend training
on a weekly basis with Dan McMillan. We
will be entering a boys team and a girls
team for the competition.
Inter-College Sports Week
The week beginning 24th March will be Inter-College Sports Week in all PE lessons.
The boys will need to form a basketball team from each Tutor Group consisting of no more than 8 players. All girls will be taking part in a bench ball competition.
This week you will need to appoint a team captain for each Tutor Group.
Good luck!
Surrey Schools Individual Swimming Gala
Girls Team
Hannah Nelson 2nd place BrS
Hannah Bridges 3rd place FS
Kate Purser 5th place IM
Stella Fisher 9th place BkS
Bethany Gough 11th place BkS
Megan Lewis 12th place Fly
Boys Team
Tor Wheeler 2nd place BkS
Thomas Gough 7th place BkS
Ciaran Brennan 7th place BrS
Mitchell Torlot 8th place BkS
Ben Vaillant 11th place IM
Alex Keeble 12th place BrS
The Riddlesdown Swimming Team performed
extremely well in a very high quality county gala.
There were many outstanding performances.
A big well done to all swimmers who performed so well.
Purley Rotary Club Swimathon
For the last twenty years Riddlesdown has
entered a Year 7 swimming team in the Purley
Rotary Club Swimathon raising thousands of
pounds for local well-deserving charities. This
year was no exception. A small team of highly
energetic swimmers completed 110 lengths of
Purley Pool in just 55 minutes. The swimmers
involved included: Emily Fonseca 7ALB,
Melodi Robbins 7ALB, Joe Twyford 7IDH,
Ted Wyford 7VCP and Alex Keeble 7ALB.
A big well done to all involved for not only
raising a significant sum of money but also
acting as excellent ambassadors for the
Collegiate.
Best Attendance: w/c 24th February 2014
Percentage of students with 100% attendance:
Aquila: 85.5% Orion: 89.1%
Pegasus: 79.9% Phoenix: 87.8%
Year Best Tutor Group College
7 7ALB 100% Orion
8 8PJL 99.6% Phoenix
9 9EJS 100% Aquila
10 10TMM 100% Orion
11 11PKC 100% Orion
12/13 DRY 91.7% College VI
This Week’s Reminder: Presentation counts!
Keep your books tidy and always think about presentation
Your exercise books and folders • Will be used for revision for exams • Demonstrate how much you are learning • Contain advice from your teachers on how to
improve
So, remember it’s smart to be neat:
• Write neatly with a black or blue pen
• Underline titles and dates with a ruler
• Use a pencil for diagrams
• Stick in any worksheets so that they do not fall out
During half term, Year 10 students and five
members of staff went to Andorra for a six
day ski trip. They skied in breath-taking
scenery with many blue runs for beginners
and red and black runs for the more
experienced. Throughout the week, staff
organised a fun quiz night, a scavenger
hunt, a disco, and a shopping trip. Students
also visited an ice cave at the top of the
mountain. Students were an absolute credit
to the Collegiate! Mrs Chandler
And finally…
Andorra Ski Trip 2014
Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.
Riddlesdown News of the Week
w/c 3rd March 2014
