Senior School Weekly News Update
Friday 23rd February 2018
SCHOOL INFORMATION Extended Day Arrangements
This Term’s Events at a Glance… Here are just a few important forthcoming events—for our full calendar, click www.royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk/media/ calendar Saturday 24th February Bronze D of E Expedition Training
Devonshire, the day house is open from 7:30am to 6.00pm (apart from break times). If Senior School students wish to stay for supper, parents should make arrangements with the Day Housemistress Miss Whitfield. Day girls involved in evening activities may stay for supper with the boarders if they wish, in which
Friday 2nd March Year 10 At Home Year 7/8 Lindsey Barraclough Author Visit
case parents should give one week’s notice; the same applies for breakfast. Miss Whitfield can be contacted via email
Saturday 3rd March Havergal Students arrive
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Friday 9th—Sunday 11th March EXEAT Weekend
Charges for Breakfast or supper are included on the
Saturday 10th March FORMS Quiz Night
website.
school fees information sheet and on the school
Thank you.
Wednesday 14th March FORMS AGM Saturday 24th—Sunday 25th March Haileybury Model United Nations Tuesday 27th March Spring Concert
Year 11 and 13 Parents and Guardians
Thursday 29th March House Day
Please note that the GCSE and A Level examination timetable has now been published on the Parent
Year 8 At Home End of Term
Portal under both the A Level and GCSE sections.
Friday 30th March History Vietnam/Cambodia Trip departs (returns 10th April) Tuesday 17th—Friday 20th April Year 7/8 Opal Coast Trip
If you have any queries, please contact our Examinations Officer Mrs Mistry via email smistry@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Thank you.
Tuesday 24th April Boarders Return Wednesday 25th April
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SCHOOL NEWS New Outdoor Spaces The Grounds and Estates Department have been busy enhancing some of the School’s outdoor spaces, and a cold but sunny day yesterday saw pupils from Ruspini up to Hind House enjoying some of them! In Ruspini, the children have a new hard surface to play on; Cadogan House girls have their very own Pooh Sticks Bridge; and in Hind House, the students can now access the Rose Garden directly from the Common Room. Thank you for all the hard work getting these improvements done—roll on Spring!
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SCHOOL NEWS Science and Engineering Event (open to all but most useful for Year 10 and upwards)
You are all invited to attend a “Meet the Engineers” Evening. St Clement Danes School are organising an engineering event to give students and parents an insight into the huge contribution engineering makes to the world we live in and the large range of careers available in this field. We would like to invite all students and parents to this event especially KS4 and KS5 (GCSE and A Level). Details of the event are as follows: Date: Tuesday 20th March 2018 Time: 7.00pm—9.00pm Venue: Barbirolli Hall, St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood, WD3 6EW The event is a “careers style” evening with students and parents moving around the hall talking to and engaging with each company and discovering the types of engineering jobs available in the workplace. You can drop in and leave any time between 7.00pm and 9.00pm, whenever suits you.
To register your place to attend our event, please reply to the following email address: parents@stclementdanes.herts.sch.uk by 2nd March 2018.
The Government are promoting “2018 Year of Engineering – Take a Closer Look” http://www.dft.gov.uk/year-of-engineering-2018/
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SCHOOL NEWS Young Enterprise Report Black bottle & Co. is a Young Enterprise company which creates recycled, chalk boarded bottle that are very versatile. They are used as chalk boards or as vases, incense stick holders and table numbers to name just a few. We have participated in trading opportunities at the FORMS Christmas Fair, as well as competition rounds at Intu Watford, and at Marlowes shopping in Hemel Hempstead. All three of these trade fairs were very successful. Our first time trading within the Young Enterprise competition was at Marlowes shopping centre. Here, we learnt a lot and gained some real experience of how the trading works and how to communicate with customers in the right way to encourage them to take interest in our product. At this fair we won the award of Best Product/Service, which we were very proud to receive. We also received feedback on ways to improve our stall and given advice to have more of a plan for the potential future of our company, which we took on board. This really showed at the Intu Watford trade fair as we won Best Trade Stand along with the Environmental award on the first trading day. We then managed to improve on this on the second trading day as we won Best Overall Company. We are very proud of our achievements so far and hope to continue to progress in the competition. Elana K, Year 12
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SCHOOL NEWS Chinese New Year Celebrations The boarding community enjoyed Chinese New Year celebrations on Tuesday— a huge thank you to the RMS Catering team for laying on such a tasty spread! Here are just a few photos of the evening…
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PERFORMING ARTS I am delighted to tell you about a range of music, dance and drama that the Faculty of Performing Arts will be presenting this half-term. Due to the dates given to us by the A Level, ABRSM and London College examination boards, we have had to make some changes to the dates published in our printed programme. To that end, the showcase scheduled for 26th February will now take place later this term with the date to be confirmed. Our Rush Hour concert on the 9th March will now feature a range of performances of girls preparing for their ABRSM examinations. Our Year 13 students will be performing pieces from their A Level recitals at the Spring Concert, on 27th March. All of these events are free to attend with no ticket required. “Royalty”, a dance show featuring work set to Rick Wakeman's "Six Wives of Henry VIII" followed by Ella Fitzgerald songs accompanied by Choro and Big Band, takes place on Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th March. Tickets are available here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/DWW I look forward to seeing you at our events this half-term. Daniel Hyde, Director of Performing Arts
“Oliver!” Photographs You can view a gallery of photographs from this month’s Lower School Production of “Oliver!” here. Thank you to A Level Photography student Sophie for taking them.
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SPORTS RESULTS Hockey Under 14 District Tournament Congratulations to the Under 14 Hockey team who won the District Hockey Tournament on Tuesday. They won their first three games and drew their last two games, winning on goal difference against Parmiters in their last game. Top goal scorer went to Stephanie B. RMS vs Rickmansworth School Year 8 drew 2-2 The Year 8 girls played Rickmansworth at hockey this Monday. They did a great job and defended and attacked with accuracy and excellent team work. At half time they were 2-0 up! The second half was a higher standard of hockey and Rickmansworth had two amazing hits at goal bringing the end score to 2-2.
Netball RMS vs Northwood College Year 10 A Team won 28-1 Year 10 B Team won 18-13 The Year 10A and B netball teams played against Northwood College on Monday. The A team got into their stride very quickly and won 28-1. The B team made excellent interceptions throughout the game and won 18-13. RMS vs Aldenham Year 10 A Team won 27-12 Year 10 B Team 11-1 Both teams also played against Aldenham on Tuesday. The A team faced a good team and had to work hard to get the ball into the circle. Our defence stayed strong and we continued to work hard to gain interceptions. The A team won 27-12. The B team took an early lead of 7-0 after the first quarter. They continued to find space and communicate well and won 11-1. Well done to all the girls.
Swimming The Elite and Development teams in the Three Rivers Key Stage 3 gala both came 2nd yesterday. Well done to everyone who took part.
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NEXT WEEK’S SPORTS FIXTURES Date
Start
Finish
Event
Location
Monday 26th Feb 4.00
6.00
District Hockey Senior vs Watford Girls
Home
Monday 26th Feb 4.00
6.00
Netball Year 7 A and B vs St Joan of Arc
Home
Tuesday 27th Feb
8.00
12.00
Lady Taverner’s Cricket Tournament Year 8
Queens
Tuesday 27th Feb
4.00
6.00
District Netball, Year 9 A and B Teams
Parmiters
Tuesday 27th Feb
4.00
6.00
Badminton League Year 10
St Helen’s
Tuesday 27th Feb
4.00
6.00
District Hockey Year 9 vs Parmiters
Home
Wednesday 28th Feb
2.00
5.00
District Hockey Year 10
Home
Wednesday 28th Feb
4.00
6.00
Hockey Year 9 vs Wycombe Abbey
Wycombe Abbey
Wednesday 28th Feb
4.00
6.00
Swimming Junior A, B and Inter Wycombe Abbey A
Wednesday 28th Feb
4.00
6.00
Netball, Senior A and B, County Home A vs St Albans
Thursday 1st March
4.00
6.00
Swimming Year 7 and 8 vs Abbots Hills
Home
Thursday 1st March
4.00
6.00
League Football Year 7/8 vs St Joan of Arc
St Joan of Arc
Thursday 1st March
4.00
6.00
Hockey Cup, Seniors vs Queenswood
Home
Good luck to all the girls representing the School at fixtures next week!
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FORMS NEWS FORMS NEEDS YOU! We URGENTLY need volunteers to join the committee in the key roles of Treasurer and Secretary. Without these positions being fulfilled, FORMS cannot function and we would have to cease to organise events for the girls such as the Summer Fair and Fireworks. In the past FORMS have organised some hugely popular and enjoyable family events including the Christmas Fair. Our aim is to support the school and its students through fundraising and with your support we have funded and contributed towards all aspects of the School including to mention a few items a Saxophone, Guitar Amp, Newspaper Self- Publication group, Equipment for STEAM, Bikes for Ruspini House, Digital cameras, Exam Reader Pen, Outdoor PA system and developing the Cadogan House playground together with a contribution towards a new stage in Cadogan House Hall. If you give us some/any of your time it would be very much appreciated! Please get in touch with Nicole Whitfield, Chair of FORMS via email forms.chair@gmail.com if you have any questions. The AGM is on 14th March at 7.30pm in the New Mark Hall and we hope that lots of you will be able to join us then. Thank you for taking time to read this. FORMS
Second Hand Uniform Shop Opening Times 2nd March
Friday
8.00-9.00
9th March
Friday
3.00-4.00
16th March
Friday
8.00-9.00
23rd March
Friday
8.00-9.00
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HOLIDAY CAMPS AT RMS Super Camps Holiday Camps Super Camps will be running Multi-Activity, RAW Outdoor Adventure, A Passion For Cookery and A Passion For LEGO® courses for children at The Royal Masonic School for Girls during the school holidays. Dates at RMS: 3-13 April 2018 29 May - 1 June 2018 16 July - 24 August 2018
Super Camps allows children to have a great time and get involved in some great activities and courses. As well as taking part in the fun-packed programme, children are cared for by fully qualified and vetted staff to create a thoroughly enjoyable time on camp. As Ofsted noted, Super Camps runs "an excellent programme of well-planned, fun and exciting activities that contributes highly to the children’s play and learning environment". Specialist Summer Courses - £249
Multi-Activity Prices
Passion For LEGO® (ages 6-12)
Early Booking Offer
• A Passion For Cookery (ages 8-14)
Open 8am - 6.30pm
• RAW Outdoor Adventure (ages 8-14)
Early Booking Rate:
Standard Rate
£39 per day
£45 per day
£179 per week
£199 per week Childcare vouchers accepted
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