The Royal Masonic School For Girls Senior School Weekly News Update
Friday 18th November 2016
SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS UPDATE Friday 18th November 2016 This Term’s Events at a Glance
Life Skills Information Evening
Here are just a few important
Thank you to all the parents who managed to
forthcoming events coming up after Half
attend Monday’s Life Skills evening on “Managing
Term...For our full calendar, click here
Friendships”. A copy of the presentation and accompanying booklet can now be found on the
Friday 18th—Sun 20th November
Parent Portal under “Life Skills”
Exeat Weekend Tues 22nd & Weds 23rd November Year 7 “Meet the Tutor” sessions Senior Maths Team Challenge Thursday 24th November Astronomy Extravaganza Sunday 27th November Advent Chapel Service Wednesday 30th November Year 7 to “Matilda”
Astronomy Extravaganza next Thursday There are still some tickets available for next Thursday’s Astronomy Extravaganza—come and see moon rock and soil samples brought back to Earth by NASA Apollo astronauts, as well as some rare meteorites… Book here: bit.ly/AstronomyNov16Senior
Advent Chapel Service next Sunday (27th) Please join us for the annual Advent Chapel Service next Sunday from 7.00pm, and for mulled
Thursday 1st December
wine and mince pies afterwards in the New Mark
Year 12 At Home
Hall. For catering purposes, please reply to
Friday 2nd December
phopkins@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk
Rush Hour Concert
by Wednesday 23rd November.
Saturday 3rd December
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FORMS Christmas Fair
Please remember to follow us on our
Wednesday 7th December FORMS Meeting Friday 9th December Christmas Concert Sunday 11th December TEDx Youth@RMS
social media accounts www.twitter.com/ RMSforGirls and www.facebook.com/RMSforGirls for up-to-date messages, reminders, news, results and photos.
Supper Requests Please could we ask that parents give SEVEN DAYS’ notice if you require your daughter to stay
Wednesday 14th December
for supper at School. Please also ensure that you
Senior School Christmas Lunch
contact Miss Whitfield via email
Thursday 15th December END OF TERM
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ywhitfield@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk or telephone 01923 725555 rather than contacting the Boarding House or Senior School Reception
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SCHOOL INFORMATION Emails Sent this week Year 11
Summer Prom Letter from Parents
Year 10 and 11
Duke of Edinburgh Information Letter
Whole School
Astronomy Extravaganza
Year 9
Maths Trip to “The Curious Incidence of Maths in the Day Time�
Parent Portal queries & updating contact details To advise us of any changes to your contact details, change of boarding status etc., please contact changeofdetails@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk . If you have any other questions relating to the Parent Portal, please contact our Data Systems team on data support@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk
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PERFORMING ARTS A Midsummer Night’s Dream Congratulations to all the girls involved in last week’s performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Thank you to all the cast, crew and staff who put so much time and effort into the performances, and to our wonderfully appreciative audiences over the three nights.
You can see a gallery of photographs from the play here http://bit.ly/AMNDPhotos2016
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SPORTS NEWS Independent Schools Gymnastics Association—2 Piece Competition Congratulations to our Under 9, Under 10 and Under 15 Gymnastics squads who competed at the ISGA 2 Piece last weekend. There were some fantastic performances all round; the Under 9 and Under 10 Teams bother came sixth overall, and the Under 15 team were crowned champions! All three teams will go through to compete in the ISGA 5 Piece competition in March. Individually, the girls also did very well. In the Under 15 Competition, Miranda C came 1st, Amelia D 2nd, Ella P 4th, Arwen R 6th and Mia T 7th. Congratulations to all who took part—we look forward to sharing news of how they get on at the next stage!
This week’s other sports results… Netball District NetballTournament RMS vs St Joan of Arc Year 9 A Team won 18-5
Congratulations to the Senior Netball team who came second in the District Tournament.
Year 10A Team won 7-6 Year 11 Team won 11-5
Cross Country Congratulations to the Year 9 and Senior teams at the District Cross Country Championships. Both age groups won the team events, and Carys, Steph, Carolin and Rachel achieved top 4 positions!
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SCHOOL NEWS Astronomy Extravaganza Thursday 24th November, 7.00pm TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE VIA bit.ly/AstronomyNov16Senior Building on the interest created by our recent ESTEAM Focus day and the February live radio link with Major Tim Peake, we are delighted to announce that we have been successful in borrowing some moon rock and soil that were brought back to Earth by NASA's Apollo astronauts, as well as some rare meteorites. These will be showcased in lessons and in an evening demonstration on Thursday 24th November (please note that a separate event will be held for Cadogan House pupils and parents on Wednesday 23rd November) The evening will start at 7.00pm with Dr Sarah Hutton, astrophysicist and Outreach Co-ordinator at University College London, giving a talk on ‘Galaxy Quest: Finding hidden objects in the universe.’ Following on from this talk, there will be an opportunity to take part in different sessions including:
a Planetarium presentation;
an Observatory demonstration;
a workshop of making spectroscopes;
a talk by Hania Mohiuddin, an engineer at Martin-Baker Aircraft Co Ltd
getting close to the rare artefacts.
This is a FREE event and we hope to welcome as many of you as possible on the day; We are hoping to hold a similar event in the next few years for those of you that are busy on this day or unsuccessful in gaining entry tickets.
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SCHOOL NEWS RMS to host TEDx Event in December We are delighted to announce that RMS will be hosting a TEDx event at School on Sunday 11th December from 1.00-4.00pm
Background TED is a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Philippe Starck, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK, and this November, the TEDIndia Conference will be held in Mysore, India. TEDx Youth@RMS The RMS TEDx’s theme is RESILIENCE and we have already confirmed a number of outstanding speakers who will attend the event, including Dr Manrutt Wonkaew (art director, stylist and choreographer), Liz Atkin (visual artist), Tom Fox (experimental instrument maker), Lee Cox (London cabbie and aspiring teacher), Peter Jukes (news curator and podcaster) and former TV Presenter Gail Porter (now a motivational speaker). For more information, visit bit.ly/tedxrmsinfo (this website will be constantly updated as other speakers confirm) Tickets for the event are entirely FREE and will be available to students, members of their families, staff members and the general public. We want to encourage whole families attending and so the ticketing facility will allow Group Booking. We are releasing tickets gradually in batches and full information about the schedule can be found here bit.ly/tedxrmstickets— the first batch will be available after 7.00pm on Saturday 22nd October.
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SCHOOL NEWS “RMS Works on Paper” Art and Textiles Exhibition at Watersmeet, Rickmansworth ‘RMS Works on Paper’ is an exhibition by our students, featuring a piece of work from each girl who is currently working towards a GCSE or A Level in Fine Art or Textile Design. The exhibition aims to showcase the outstanding preparatory drawings, prints, embroidery, models and photographs that often hide within the pages of lovingly crafted sketchbooks and folders. Each girl has thoughtfully selected a piece of work that exhibits her talents, observations and interests. For further information call 01923 776611 or email leisure@threerivers.gov.uk Artistsmeet at Watersmeet is open Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm, Saturday 10.00am - 2.00pm. Entry is free; High Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1EH www.facebook.com/artistsmeet
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BOARDING NEWS Boarders Turn Masterchef and take over the RMS Kitchens! 'Wouldn't it be fun?' said Miss Batty, 'if we cooked our own lunch one Saturday?' So last Saturday, menus planned, chefs hats at the ready, the boarders accepted the challenge! The older girls worked alongside Head chef Paul, chopping, slicing and stirring in the school kitchens to prepare Chicken Cordon Bleu with Fondant potatoes and vegetables and pasta with both tomato and mushroom sauces. Younger girls took over the Food and Nutrition rooms to prepare delicious brownies and golden pineapple upside down pudding. Tables were laid for 64 hungry and expectant boarders, who polished off the lot (including seconds), leaving clean plates all round! The girls were very appreciative of each other's efforts. What an example of School values in action! Special mention must go to Elfreda who was also given the prestigious honour of preparing the apple crumble for the Remembrance Sunday luncheon guests the next day.
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CHARITY NEWS This has been another productive week for the RMS Charity, Sparks…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Thank you to the girls in our Sixth Form Charities Committee, who kindly gave up their time to fundraise at the Senior School play last week. Alex, Caitlin, Amber, Mae and Isabel managed to raise £70.39. Thank you to those of you who generously donated. We really appreciate it! Merchandise selling: Both our Senior School and Sixth Form Charities Committees have been hard at work, selling our Sparks merchandise at Centre Doors. Our signature star badges, lanyards and pens have been very popular, but it is not too late to buy one, if you haven’t already done so! Pizza Raffle tickets: Our Charities Committees have also been selling pizza raffle tickets. Buy one for your chance to win a delicious pizza lunch, for yourself and your form to share! We will be selling these tickets next week as well, so make sure you buy one! Tickets are just 50p, or you can buy 5 for £2.
Forthcoming events: Cake Sale: Next Tuesday (22nd November), we will be holding a cake sale, in the Dining Hall during break time. Prices will range from 50p to £2.50. Bring along some change and get ready to fuel up for your busy morning ahead, with our cakes, crispy bites, cookies and brownies galore!
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FORMS NEWS Christmas Fair 3rd December 2016 We are very still busy putting the finishing touches to the Christmas Fair and hope to see as many of you as possible supporting us. We have lots of exciting external stalls holders to get your Christmas Shopping underway as well as Santa's Photo Booth, lots of different Cadogan House stalls and games for the girls to win great prizes, a bouncy castle, name the Christmas Teddy and some great food and mulled wine to top it off! Raffle tickets will be put in book bags next week and there are some amazing prizes this year so have a go and be lucky! Senior school girls will be able to buy raffle tickets most lunch times for the next two weeks. Tickets are only £2 each and main prizes are:
4 x Little Mix Concert Tickets at the O2
£100 Pullens Vouchers
Hatchimals
Family ticket to the Panto at Watersmeet
Grazia Magazine subscription for a year
KISS FM signed CD and goody bag
2 Luxury hampers by Senior school Pamper days and Girls night themes.
and over 30 other prizes….! DONATION DAYS Thursday 24th and Friday 25th November On these days, FORMS members will be in the car park at 8.00am and 3.00pm to collect your donations of bottles or Christmas chocolates for our tombolas. Please also feel free to leave donations at other times on the FORMS table in the New Mark Hall.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
St Luke’s Hospice, Harrow Santa Dash, Sunday 11th December Get your Santa suit on and dash 3-miles around Pinner on Sunday 11th December. Adults, children and even dogs can take part. Registration is £14 for Adults and £9 for Children. The entry fee includes your own Santa suit and once you complete your challenge you’ll be rewarded with a mince pie, hot drink and medal. Sign up here.
Book Signing with Mary Berry The Chorleywood and Gerrards Cross Bookshops will be open from 9.00am to 4.00pm on Sunday 27th November for this event. If you can’t make it to the event, you can pre-order your signed and personalised Mary Berry’s Family Sunday Lunches and collect it from the Chorleywood or Gerrards Cross Bookshops or it can be posted directly to you! http://bit.ly/MaryBerry27Nov
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