Spring Term 2019, issue 9

In this issue...

2 HeadLines

3 School news

4 Spring songs

5 Yr 5 London trip

6 Book week

7 Book week cont.

8 Science

19 Match reports

10 Sports

11 Menu

12 Quiz night

14 Outside of school

SPRINGTERM

Newsletter Spring Term 2019

Issue 9

15 March 2019

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Claudia G who was Commended in Strings Solo Grade 1-2 at the

Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival. and to Elena for second place in Prose Reading for read-

ing Time Travelling with Hamster by Ross Welford at the Tunbridge Wells Arts Festival.

Congratulations also to Ahren for attending a gifted and talented Jazz day at East-

bourne this week where he played the trumpet.

Day Event Start End

Mon 18 Mar Baby Bundles Collection all week

Assembly - Ceri Jones, Headmaster at Ca-

terham School (Parents) 08:40 09:00

Tues 19 Mar Early Years' Spring Songs (Parents) 09:15 10:00

Wed 20 Mar Y3 Trip to Tunbridge Wells 09:10 12:45

U13 Hockey vs Skippers Hill (H) 14:45 16:15

Colts A Hockey vs Skippers Hill (H) 14:25 16:00

Colts B Hockey vs Skippers Hill (H) 14:00 16:00

Colts C Hockey vs Skippers Hill (A) 14:30 16:45

Colts D Hockey vs Skippers Hill (A) 14:30 16:45

U11A Netball v Skippers Hill (A) 14:30 17:15

U11B Netball Tournament @ Sutton Valence 14:30 17:15

U10 Netball v Skippers Hill (H) 14:30 16:00

Thur 14 Mar Later Years' Spring Songs 09:15 10:00

Y5 to Penshurst Place 12:00 15:30

U9 Netball Tournament @ St Michael's (A) 13:45 17:15

U9A Hockey vs Skippers Hill (H) 14:30 16:00

U9B Hockey vs Skippers Hill (H) 14:30 16:00

U9C Hockey vs Skippers Hill (H) 14:30 16:00

U8 Netball v Hilden Oaks (A) 14:30 16:45

Sun 24 Mar CODA recital 15:00 17:00

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HEADLINES We have, this morning, just hosted our busiest open morning to date, with

thirty families visiting the school. A big thank you to the parents who have

promoted the event and attended this morning and to all our pupils for act-

ing as tour guides and being so welcoming to our guests.

On Saturday evening we enjoyed a taxing Quiz Night, organised by the PA.

Mr Brindley, the Quiz Master, was in his element as he tested us on history,

music, tastes and vehicles on the screen. Thank you to Mrs Brindley and Mrs

Hart for their hard work keeping the evening running smoothly. Behind the

scenes Mrs Riches-Marshall and Mrs Chettiar organised the event, and Jerry,

along with the team fed us with a delicious curry. Thank you all for your ex-

cellent costumes.

On Wednesday, Mrs Harrod took our Year 3 pupils to join 400 pupils from oth-

er schools at Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School for a recorder concert.

All those involved had a fantastic time.

On Monday 18 March Mr Ceri Jones, Headmaster at Caterham School is taking our assembly on Integrity. If you would like

to meet Ceri, he will be in the Common Room, please join us from 8.20am for coffee. The House Art Competition art work is

on display in the Atrium – please do take the time to come and have a look, the standard is amazing.

We would like to offer our congratulation to Mrs Riches Marshall on her new full time position as a Key Stage 1 teacher at

Holmewood House School from September 2019. We also say a fond farewell to Mrs Fung-On who moves on to pastures

new at the end of this term. We wish them both the best of luck.

We are nearly ready to publish the schedule for our second Wellness Week which is running 7-10 May, more details will fol-

low in next week’s newsletter.

Finally, we have some new Rose Hill School bags for life, they are for sale in the school shop for £5.

Best wishes.

BABY BUNDLES COLLECTION The Baby Bundles initiative from the Tunbridge Wells & District NCT, aims to provide assistance to those in the local area un-

able to buy the essentials for their baby during the first few months of its life. Rose Hill School would like to support this local

initiative by organising a collection event for some essential items required for the bundles.

You can help by donating the following unopened essential toiletries outside the Pre-Prep between Monday18th March

and Friday 22 March 2019:

Essential baby toiletries: nappies (size 0 and 1), baby wipes, nappy bags, nappy/barrier cream, cotton wool, baby

sponges/flannels, baby wash & shampoo

Essential toiletries for pregnant women/new mums: maternity pads, disposable breast pads, nipple cream, tooth-

brushes, toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel

Alternatively you can donate much needed funds to this local cause at www.justgiving.com/TWNCTBabyBundles/

Your donations will make a real difference to a local family in crisis. Thank you.

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ONLINE SAFETY TIPS

SECONDARY SCHOOL OPEN DAYS Ardingly, Saturday 4 May www.ardingly.com

Bede’s, Saturday 9 March www.bedes.org

Brighton College, Saturday 27 April, www.brightoncollege.org.uk

Claremont School, Saturday 11 May, www.claremontschool.co.uk

Eastbourne College, Saturday 15 June, www.eastbourne-college.co.uk

Lingfield College, Monday 24 June, www.lingfieldcollege.co.uk

Hurst, Saturday 11 May, http://www.hppc.co.uk

Mayfield School, Friday 22 March www.mayfieldgirls.org

Sutton Valence, Saturday 16 March, www.svs.org.uk

Sevenoaks School, Saturday 15 June, www.sevenoaksschool.org/open-mornings

Tonbridge School, Saturday 18 May www.tonbridge-school.co.uk

Worth, Saturday 16 March, www.worthschool.org.uk

Swiggle.org.uk

Swiggle is a child-friendly search engine from the Online Safety experts at SWGfL. Designed to make

searching the internet for images or content more than just a bit hit and miss. Swiggle can help you with

your first steps on the road to better online searching.

Swiggle can be used on computers in school, and at home.

Find out more here: https://swiggle.org.uk/

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Invitation to Pre-Prep parents

Spring Songs

Early Years, Tuesday 19 March at

9:15am

Later Years, Thursday 21 March at

9:15 am

These are informal occasions where the children

share and celebrate songs and poems they have

been learning.

Coffee is served in the dining room from 8:30 am.

SPRING SONGS

M:TECH MUSIC TECHNOLOGY—SUMMER TERM M:Tech is a creative composition course in which children create exciting music using the latest music

technologies. The course is available to children age 7 - 13 and is suitable for all levels of musical ability.

In the Summer 2019 term the children will be working on Project ‘RETRO’

Take three classic video games, blend in retro effects, and compose your own epic soundtrack. A digital

download is emailed directly to parents and a Certificate will be given out in assembly at the end of

each term. This course is administered directly by M:Tech and so to register your

child’s interest please sign up online at www.mtechonline.co.uk or contact Pia, Re-

becca or Ann on 01483 578114.

Fees are £170 per term with weekly sessions of 30 minutes. Please note: It is important

to understand M:Tech is not a club or an activity. It is a group instrumental lesson

teaching creative composition with a clear graded learning curve, therefore we ap-

ply the same terms and conditions as for instrumental lessons notice is required by

half term in order to stop at the end of term.

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YEAR 5 TRIP TO LONDON

Year 5 had an enjoyable visit to

the Golden Hinde, moored at

Southwark. We had an excellent

guide who told us all about Fran-

cis Drake’s voyage around the

world.

He had a crew of 64 sailors who

somehow fitted on to the ship for

its 3 year long voyage. We turned

the capstan to raise the anchor

and “fired” one of the ship’s guns

(called minnions). Year 5 were an

enthusiastic and able crew!

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Last week was Book Week and the whole school had

a fantastic time celebrating books and sharing sto-

ries. On Monday the Library held a Book Hunt and

over 60 children took part. Congratulations to Gigi S

(Lower School) and Sophie B (Middle School) whose

names were drawn from Auggie’s space helmet as

winners. Well done to everyone who took part.

On Tuesday the Middle and Upper School pupils visit-

ed Pre-Prep to ‘Share a Story’. It was fantastic to

come together to share the Pre-Prep children’s fa-

vourite books from home.

Wednesday saw over 80 children take part in the Li-

brary’s Book Week Book Quiz and we all had a great

time. Thank you to Alex F who helped me as Quiz

Master. All teams who entered did remarkably well,

and all teams scored over 6 out of 10! Five teams

scored full marks—well done! They were: WHIZZ-KIDS:

Jacob, Oliver, Rufus, Edward, Hugo and Zachary

LIVERNAL: Will and Luke JEALE; Jemima W, Emma,

Amelia D, Lily P and Evie S BLOBS: Christabel, Lily S

and the other Lily S! THE 5 STORIES TREE HOUSE: Char-

lotte W, Amelia S Axelle, Madeline and Bea.

.

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Thursday was World Book Day itself – now in its 22nd year! All children should

have received their special World Book Day token (redeemable up to 31st

March). Thank you to Alex, Joshua, Lily P, Amelia and Christabel from Year 6,

who kicked off our special Assembly to the whole school wearing outfits repre-

senting characters from their favourite books. They told us why they loved their

chosen novels, and, the next day, a pupil bought ‘The

Wolves of Willoughby Chase’ from the Book Fair thanks to

Christabel’s glowing recommendation! The Assembly also

saw the world premi-

ere of the Library’s

movie trailer, show-

casing all that’s avail-

able (not just books)

and all the fun we

have, in the Library.

It was wonderful to

have a special week

celebrating stories,

illustrators, authors

and books. Remem-

ber; read a book and

keep the story forev-

er!

Happy Reading,

Mrs Macdonald-

Brown.

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Congratulations to the Year 4 pupils who were awarded science

certificates for creating the best insulated cup:

Jamie

Thomas

Bea

Alex

Madeleine

Joshua J

Science Certificate awarded for creating a brilliant design for an

insulated cup:

Deeya

Charlotte

SCIENCE CERTIFICATES

WELLNESS WEEK—SAVE THE DATE!

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MATCH REPORTS

Girls’ Netball Results

Date Opposition Match Score Scorers Player of the

Match

Match Report

Read By

13/03 Dulwich

Prep

U11 Pink Won 19-2 Sophie Gigi

U11 Grey Won 10-4 Romilly Evie

U10 Pink Lost 6-3 Lilia & Safi Isabela

U10 Grey Won 2-0 Ava S Jemima

14/03 Skippers Hill U9 Pink Won 2-1 Lottie Lottie

U9 Grey Lost 4-0 Charlotte Charlotte

U8 Pink Lost 1-0 Poppy Poppy

U8 Grey Lost 3-0 Millie & Maelys Arriana

Boys’ Hockey Results

Date Opposition Match Score Scorers Player of the

Match

Match Report

Read By

13/03

Saint

Ronan’s

U13 –

Game 1 Won 8-1

Freddie C (4), Rufus

HS (3) Sam H Honor D & Freddie

C Sam H

U13 –

Game 2

Game 2 -

Won 3-1

Freddie C, Rufus HS

(2)

Colts A Won 5-1

Luke B (3), Henry T

(2) Harry E Harry E

Colts B Won 1-0 Teddy F Sam B & Tobias VW Teddy F

14/03 Marlbor-

ough House

&

Claremont

Prep

U9 A v

Claremon

t

Won 2-1 Rufus W & Oliver J

Oliver J

U9 A v MH Lost 2-0

U9 B v

Claremon

t

Drew 0-0 Henry T The Whole Team Fraser M

U9 B v MH Won 1-0

U9 C v MH Lost 4-0 Jack C Jack C

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SPORTS

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MENU

Monday Chicken fajitas, salad & sour cream

Vegetable fajitas (v)

Green beans

Blueberry muffin

Tuesday Shepherd’s Pie

Vegetarian Pie (v)

Sautéed courgettes

Lemon drizzle cake

Wednesday Pork sausages, mashed potatoes, baked beans & gravy

Vegetarian sausages (v)

Broccoli

Fruit yoghurt & granola

Thursday Chicken pie, boiled baby potatoes, sweetcorn & sliced green beans

Vegetable pie (v)

Curly Kale

Ring doughnut

Friday Battered cod, chips and peas

Cous cous with Mediterranean vegetables (v)

Peas

Chocolate sponge & custard

Soup

Fresh produce

Soup is available daily, with a vegetarian soup available 3 times a week

in addition to the above menu.

We have a varied salad bar which includes coleslaws. Green leaves,

tomatoes, peppers, sliced ham and boiled eggs.

A selection of fresh fruit is always available.

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QUIZ NIGHT!

Last Saturday Rose Hill hosted the annual PA quiz

night, with the new quizmaster Mr Brindley making an

impressive debut. The theme this year was top of the

pops and a lot of effort was made by parents and

staff in dressing up. Jerry kept us energised with his

legendary curry. The 2 staff tables put up a good fight

but the quiz was won by the team ‘Let’s get Quizzical’

from reception. The prize for best dressed went to the

‘heroes’ team.

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These are weekend art workshop events for children at Gerald Moore Gallery, Mottingham

Lane, London, SE9 4RW. The Gallery celebrates British Science Week by combining art with science in an

exhibition and workshops for kids which including slime making, bubble painting and robots that draw.

Science and Art Club Saturday 9th and 16th March

ages 5-7 at 9.30am-11.00am

ages 8-11 at 11.30am- 1.00pm

G E R A L D M O O R E G A L L E R Y P R E S E N T S S C I E N C E A N D A R T E X H I B I T I O N

OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL

MAY HALF TERM WEEK EVENT

4 May – 30 August 2019 Young Ali Baba stumbles across an enchanted cave when he overhears the magic words that open it,

‘Open Sesame!’. Inside the cave he finds untold amounts of gold and jewels and takes some of it home to

show his wife. But what will he do when she chides him for stealing? Can he keep the secret from his jeal-

ous brother? And when the Robber King comes looking for the missing treasure supported by an army of 40

angry thieves – will he and his family survive?

The show is notable for a scene where one character polishes off most of the thieves – 37 to be precise,

and you can count each one.

Illyria was the first company to tour children’s theatre. Now in their 28th season, they return with one of their

most popular shows ever, adapted from the One Thousand and One Nights (otherwise known as

the Arabian Nights), packed with cliff-hangers, larger-than-life characters, and laughs galore.

There’s lots and lots to join in with – and the most magical cave

you’ve ever seen. Perfect for thieves and vagabonds aged 5+.

Tuesday 28 May 2.30pm Reserved Covered Seating £15.50

Discounted Theatre and Gardens Ticket £26.70 Adult £22.30 Child

Gates open 45 minutes before the performance.

Stay all day when you buy a combined Castle Gardens and per-

formance reduced rate ticket.