Riddlesdown News of the Week w/c 8th June 2015 (A) Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow. www.riddlesdown.org
Speak Out Challenge Grand Final! Congratulations to Eloise Cleminson 10JMP, who is through to the Grand Final of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge! She will be competing amongst the other Finalists on Monday 6th July 2015 at the Piccadilly Theatre in London. A big congratulations to Eloise on this fantastic achievement and good luck with your rehearsals. Watch out for information about how to support her on the night.
Turkey Easter Trip 2016 The final deadline for the 2016 Turkey trip is this Wednesday. Letters and consent forms can be collected from College Administrators or Classics staff. The trip will run Saturday 26 th March to Friday 31 st March. It will cost about 750, only a little of which will need to be paid this term. We will go to Istanbul, Troy, Gallipoli, Ephesus, Pergamon, Pamukkale and many other sites.
Riddlesdown Summer Festival: Raffle Tickets Sales Raffle tickets will be on sale from Monday 8th June and once again the Tutor Group in each College and their Tutor that sell the most tickets will be treated to an afternoon off school and a BBQ on the field. We have some great prizes including: an ipad Air 2, Afternoon Tea for two and a Golf day. If you want to be in with a chance to win the prize for your tutor group when those raffle tickets arrive, get selling!
Surrey Schools Athletics Championships Congratulations to the following students: Jamie Lawson 8IDH, Louis Quarendon 8RJK, Rhiannon Gayle 9PJL, Isabella Womack 9SEA, Rhiannon Levy 8EBT, Kate Purser 7SEL, Luke Wakeling 11ELH, Omar Harhara 11JES, Ryan Allalat 10CBC. Please go to the PE Office to collect your letter.
Year 9 Croydon Schools Rounders Tournament Congratulations to the following girls who took part in the Year 9 Croydon Schools Rounders Tournament last week. Naomi Allen 9FTD, Leila Allen 9WLR, Megan Keane 9JEB, Libby Cave 9KET, Maxine Formosa 9AJK, Emma Hill 9SCS, Hadassah Kennedy 9KET, Fran Hathway 9KET, Tamara Wherry 9AJK, Megan Mardle 9FTD and Alice Little 9AJK.
Intercollegiate Rounders Finals!! Well done to all the girls for taking part in the tournaments during lessons, the following tutor groups have made the finals. Please come down to the changing rooms at 12:20pm on your selected days. Tuesday 9 th Year 7 CJW v KER Wednesday 10 th Year 8 CYA v KCA Thursday 11 th Year 9 AJK v AJV Friday 12 th Year 10 HMB v TAA
Calling All Actors, Singers, Dancers & Acrobats! On MONDAY 15 th June, 3.30 5pm The @RC Theatre We shall be announcing exciting news about our next WHOLE SCHOOL MUSICAL & holding initial auditions. EVERYONE IS WELCOME If you can t make this date but would like to be involved,
Our Day Out
Extra-Curricular Music
YEAR 9 ART CLUB EVERY WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIMES IN C16 WITH MRS MILLER. (Limited spaces available so sign up in C12)
Open to Key Stage 3 only. Limited spaces. Key Stage 3 Digital Leaders & Computing Club Digital Leaders is back! If you are interesting in game design, Come and try your hand at designing a game in Kodu lab Come and try it out X12 Friday Lunchtime
Year 7 Computing Club & Digital Leaders Digital Leaders is back! If you are interested in becoming a tech guru and trialling materials for the new Year 7 to try out in September, come and try it out X12 Mondays Lunchtime Open to Year 7s only Ms Certenais X 12 Mondays 1-1.30 (Google Scratch Limited places.
We Are Recruiting For Next Year s Primary Student Teachers! Are you in Year 7 or Year 8? Would you like to go out to local primary schools and teach them about Science? We go out on Tuesdays, periods 1 4. Come to the Science College office to sign up and book an interview. Rocks Electricity Rockets Habitats Light Sound STEM Careers
Astronomy Club is finished now for 2014/15 and will resume again in Oct/Nov Are you interested in Space? Then join the Astro Club and use the telescopes to make real observations of the planets, moons, stars and galaxies. 6:30pm 7:30pm Wednesdays.
Every Thursday lunchtime from 12.20-1.45pm With Mrs Jones and Mrs Booth Riddlesdown Kitchen Garden
Best Attendance w/c 1 st June 2015 Year Best Tutor Group College 7 7KER 100% Orion 8 8JLR 98.6% Orion 9 9AJK 99.3% 9JJF 99.3% Orion 10 10HMB 97.9% Aquila 11 Study Leave 12/13 Study Leave College VI Percentage of students with 100% attendance: Aquila 93.2% Orion 96.9% Pegasus 93.5% Phoenix 91.3%
And finally it s a Boy! Congratulations to Mr Dey, Senior Vice Principal, and his wife on the safe delivery of their baby boy! Dylan Dey, was born on June 4 th, weighing 7lbs 1oz. Mother and baby are both doing well. Many congratulations to Mr Dey and his family. We look forward to seeing baby Dylan soon.
Riddlesdown News of the Week w/c 8th June 2015 (A) Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow. www.riddlesdown.org Have a great week!