The Royal Masonic School For Girls Senior School Weekly News Update
Friday 3rd March 2017
SCHOOL INFORMATION This Half Term at a Glance
School Car Park Friday 10th March
Here are just a few important forthcoming events coming next term… For our full calendar, click here
Please be aware that the car park is likely to be very congested next Friday as there is a Senior School "At Home" at
Saturday 4th March Duke of Edinburgh Silver Training Day
4.15pm. To ease this and provide a little extra space
Monday 6th March
within the car park, school coaches will be
Year 10 to Much Ado about Nothing
loading and departing from inside the
Tuesday 7th March
barrier (students have been informed of
FORMS Meeting
this). Please ONLY use the coach bay for
Wednesday 8th March
picking up, and not for parking whilst you
Spectrum Dance Show
wait. We would appreciate it if you could
Year 13 Biology to Epping Forest
avoid lingering in the car park.
Thursday 9th March
Please also note that the car park is also
Alicante Information Evening
likely to be busy on Thursday evening as
Spectrum Dance Show
there is a sports event, as well as the
Friday 10th March
Dance Show
Year 7 At Home Milano National Gym Competition
Many thanks for your understanding and
Year 11 GCSE English Language Student
co-operation in this matter.
Conference
Mr Cox
Friday 10th—Sunday 12th
Assistant Headteacher
EXEAT Weekend Saturday 11th March Harrow Beijing and Bangkok return FORMS Quiz Night
STOP PRESS!!!!!
Sunday 12th March
Don’t forget to book your tickets for next week’s
FORMS AGM
SPECTRUM Dance Show…
Geography Field Trip to Slapton departs
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Monday 13th March Life Skills Evening Wednesday 15th March STEAM Lecture
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SCHOOL NEWS Emails Sent this Week Sinfonia, RMS Orchestra, Chapel Choir,
Berlin December 2017 Trip Letter
Choro, RMS Voices (PLEASE NOTE THAT REPLY SLIPS FOR THIS TRIP SHOULD BE SENT DIRECTLY TO MR HYDE (dhyde@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk) AND NOT TO MISS REIDIE AS INITIALLY INSTRUCTED All Year Groups
Message re suspicious incident
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. This is a group email address and your communication will be sent to all the relevant parties within the School. If you have any other questions relating to the Parent Portal, please contact our Data Systems team on data support@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk
Life Skills Event - Monday 13th March “Supporting Study and Revision Skills (Year 9-13) Thank you to those of you who have already registered to attend this month’s Life Skills Evening, on the subject of “Supporting Study and Revision Skills”. The session is led by Mo Chatterji, Programme Coordinator of Elevate Education on how to help your daughter / ward develop effective study skills and implement revision strategies. The presentation to parents will take place in the New Mark Hall. The doors will open at 6:45pm and light refreshments will be served from 7:00 to 7:30. The session will end at 8:30 followed by opportunities for questions and answers. Your daughters are very welcome to attend this session with you to support the work done in Life Skills. In order that we have an idea of numbers attending, I would be obliged if you would indicate your plan to attend this session to Pippa Hopkins via email phopkins@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk by Wednesday 8th March at the latest I hope you agree that this will be a worthwhile evening, where you can gain advice from trained professionals as well as discuss shared concerns with other parents. Mrs. J F McCurdy Life Skills Coordinator
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SPORTS NEWS Netball
Hockey
RMS vs Queens
RMS vs JFK School
Year 8 B Team won 16-5
Year 7 A Team won 4-0
Year 9 B Team won 10-5
Year 7 B Team drew 0-0
County Netball
Congratulations to Year 10—District Hockey Champions!
RMS vs St George’s Year 8 A Team won 11-7
District Netball RMS vs Queens Year 8 B Team won 17-6
Football RMS vs St Margaret’s Year 7/8 won 10-1 (MVP Freya W) District Football
Gymnastics
RMS vs Watford Girls Grammar School
The Under 14 team won the Eastern
Year 7/8 lost 3-0
region floor and vault competition and
Year 9/10 lots 5-0
are through to nationals in May.
Badminton
The Under 19 team came 2nd in the
RMS vs Haberdashers Girls (friendly)
Easter region floor and vault
Pair 1/2/3: Won 6-3
competition.
Pair 4/5/6: Lost 0-9
Athletics Success for Talia Congratulations to Talia M-K who won bronze in the Under 17 Long Jump at the National Indoor Championships with a personal best jump of 5.52m
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HARROW EXCHANGE The girls have all settled into their new routines in Bangkok and Beijing, and are sending through updates about what they are seeing, doing (and it seems primarily, eating!!!!) You can keep up to date with their news via the school blog here: https://rmsforgirlsblog.wordpress.com/ Here are just a few photos of their first week away‌.
Beijing
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HARROW EXCHANGE Bangkok
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PERFORMING ARTS NEWS TICKETS ON SALE HERE: www.trybooking.co.uk/1110
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NEXT STEAM LECTURE TICKETS ON SALE HERE:
There are two more lectures in this series and
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the next one is on Wednesday 15th March at 4.15 in the NMH. Professor Alan Davies will be visiting us with a talk titled “The mathematics of anamorphic art"
Prof Davies is former Head of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Hertfordshire where he has been teaching mathematics to engineers, scientists and mathematicians for more than 30 years. He is the author of six undergraduate mathematics textbooks.
Anamorphosis provides a distorted picture which appears normal when viewed from a specific point or angle or when using an optical device such as a curved mirror. There are two types of anamophosis: direct view and mirror dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries respectively. The mathematical description began in this part of the renaissance period with the development of the mathematical ideas of perspective. We shall look at examples of both types of anamorphosis and describe the mathematical TICKETS ON SALE HERE: A variety of examples ranging from the very earliest to the transformations involved. www.trybooking.co.uk/1154 very recent will show both the artistic and the mathematical creativity of the artists.
We hope you'll join us! Feel free to bring family and friends! Mrs Sears and Mrs Cubbon
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FORMS NEWS Annual General Meeting Sunday 12th March 2017 at 5.30pm in the New Mark Hall Please join us to celebrate a successful year of fund raising in 2016 and to hear how the girls have benefited from the funds Refreshments available from 5.00pm FORMS Second Hand Uniform Shop Don’t forget our Second Hand Uniform shop is open every Friday during term time. Opening hours are 8.00-9.00am except for Exeat Fridays when we are open from 3.00-4.00pm. Details of opening times for the rest of this term are below We are located next door to Ruspini House up the stairs on the left and have plenty of stock! If you have stock you would like to pass on to us to sell, please label (or donate), and leave them in the New Mark Hall. 10th March
Friday
3.00-4.00pm
17th March
Friday
8.00-9.00am
24th March
Friday
8.00-9.00am
If you have any questions about Second Hand Uniform, please contact Abbey via email forms.rms2h@gmail.com
FORMS Dates for your diaries this year... FORMS Coffee Mornings— Friday 5th May and Friday 16th June Quiz Night—Saturday 11th March at 7.30pm (See poster on next page) AGM - Sunday 12th March at 5.30pm in the New Mark Hall Summer Ball—Saturday 13th May Summer Fair—Saturday 24th June
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