Weekly News 22nd September 2017

The Royal Masonic School for Girls

Friday 22nd September 2017

SCHOOL INFORMATION Important Information

This Term’s Events at a Glance…

Here are just a few important

Open Day Sunday 8th October from 2.00—5.00pm

forthcoming events—for our full calendar, click

Open Day is a day of obligation for ALL staff and

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pupils and we very much rely upon the support of

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pupils to help make the day a success. Girls will be required to be in School from 1.30pm.

Monday 25th September

Families are warmly invited to join us too and see the

Year 7 to Woodrow

school in action from 2.00pm.

Thursday 28th September Whole School Focus Day

If you have any friends or family who are interested in

Making the most of Year 12

the School and would like to attend Open Day, they

Friday 29th September

can register here

GCSE Geography to Slapton Ley EXEAT Weekend

Prize Day

Monday 2nd October Life Skills Evening “Supporting your child

Please note that Prize Day will be on Friday 20th October at 10.00am in the Great Hall. Parents and

with Exam Stress”

guardians are requested to be seated by 9.40am.

Tuesday 3rd October

Prize Day will be followed by a concert and a

FORMS Meeting

performance of Drill, and School (Senior school only)

Wednesday 4th October

will then finish at 12.30pm.

Year 10-13 PARTS Trip Harvest Festival Assembly Thursday 5th October

Senior School Absence Procedure

Year 9 History trip to Black Country

The absence procedure has now been finalised.

Museum

If your daughter is absent please send an email to absence@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk and to her form

Friday 6th October

tutor. Please list her form, name, (including last name)

Ski Trip Information Evening

and brief details as to the reason she is, or will be

Sunday 8th October

away.

WHOLE SCHOOL OPEN DAY Compulsory attendance for ALL pupils

There is now no need to leave a message on the tele-

Thursday 12th October

phone line. With this procedure it will then not be

CEM Data Evening—Year 7 Parents

necessary for you to provide a written note.

Friday 13th October

Many thanks for your cooperation.

Rush Hour Concert 4.15pm

School Office / Alpha

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SCHOOL NEWS Harvest Festival 2017 I’m writing about the Harvest gifts that you so generously provide. You’ll know that over the last few years we have increasingly distributed these gifts via the Watford Foodbank and the South West Herts Refugee Partnership, though we have retained some distribution to individuals known to us.

Also last year Year 6 girls visited four Care Homes in the locality to distribute some of the goods you provided.

This year we will send everything to the Foodbank and the Partnership. This is for two reasons. One is that we know the goods will be well used there and go to families that really need this support. The other is that sending pupils out to individuals and Care Homes is an increasingly tricky exercise given the requirements of Safeguarding and our wish to be sure our girls are safe, and not put in inappropriate situations.

What we need for Harvest is lots of goods packed if possible in boxes for ease of transport. We need the following sorts of items: tinned meat and fish; tinned fruit and vegetables; tinned sponge puddings, rice pudding and other puddings (including custard); long life milk; pasta sauce; rice and pasta; squash and long life fruit juice; tea and coffee; cereals and sugar; toiletries including soap, shampoo, shower gel, loo paper; and some treats – the sort of things you like to give your children.

Your support and generosity with this approach will be much appreciated - the Chapel is open for Harvest goods any time from now on, but especially in week beginning 2nd October and will be sent to the Foodbank later that week.

Rev'd John Quill jquill@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk

Focus Day Update Your daughters should now have their activities assigned for the day thanks to CHQ. Parents and students can check these via CHQ. If your daughter is assigned to any of the external trips i.e. Phasels Wood, The Chess Walk, London Zoo, Bletchley Park, the Canal walk or the Stables, we will require your consent which will come via an email from CHQ. Please look out for this as we will require this back ASAP and no later than Tuesday 5.00pm please. Remember to check and confirm medical information is correct. If a cost is involved this will be via Parent Pay. Thank you and here's to a great Focus Day. Mrs Bloomfield-Proud, Senior Teacher, Community

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