Senior School Weekly News Update
Friday 16th March 2018
SCHOOL INFORMATION Upgraded Parent Portal
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 Sunday 18th—Wednesday 21st March A Level Geographers to Slapton Visiting Textile Artist Workshop (Year 10-13) Speech and Drama Showcase
Launching Soon We are pleased to announce that we are working on an upgraded portal for parents called My School Portal. My School Portal is an online system designed to streamline communications between the School and parents by bringing all information and services together. We will be looking at a phased roll out starting after
Monday 19th—Tuesday 20th March ABRSM Examinations Year 11 English to Lord of the Flies
Easter. We are currently looking for a group of Senior
Tuesday 20th March Year 13 Business Studies Trip Year 13 Chemistry Trip
group. This would involve testing the portal from
Thursday 22nd March A Level Psychology Trip Cadogan House Production “Aladdin” LEAD talk to Sixth Formers
datasupport@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Many thanks in advance for your help with this.
Rescheduled Events
Year 10 At Home: FRIDAY 27th APRIL
Sunday 25th March Confirmation Service Monday 26th March Tanya Landman Author Visit (Yr 8/9)
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Following the school closure due to snow on 2nd March, the following events have been rescheduled as below:
Friday 23rd March Maths Challenge At Habs Girls Haileybury MUN Departs
Thursday 29th March House Day Year 8 At Home End of Term
the new portal over the next few weeks as a pilot home and providing feedback.
Wednesday 21st March Simon Armitage Visit Cadogan House Production “Aladdin”
Tuesday 27th March Spring Concert
School parents who would be happy to help us test
Year 7/8 Lindsey Barraclough Author Visit: FRIDAY 11th MAY
End of Term Coaches Please note that school coaches will leave at the earlier time of 3.00pm on the last day of term, Thursday 29th March.
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SCHOOL NEWS Simon Armitage Visit—Wednesday 21st March We are very excited about next week’s visit by Oxford University Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage. If you have not already done so and your daughter/ward would like to attend, please respond via CHQ as per the email you should have received. If parents would like to attend the event, please email Mrs Gardner directly via email cgardner@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk
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SCHOOL NEWS International Women’s Day Celebrations at RMS Athough RMS has celebrated International Women’s Day for 5 years already, this year truly felt like the era for progress. Perhaps it was the commencement of 100 years since women were first granted the vote in the UK; the millions of people coming together at the Women’s march last year and this year; or movements like Times Up and Me Too, giving those that were silenced a voice. Seeing exceptional and empowering women in the news has certainly made a difference, this was the atmosphere I felt during Great Hall assembly for Year 5-13 last Friday, which celebrated International Women's Day (which was on Thursday 8th March). This empowering assembly was led by seniors in the boarding community and members of the National Council of Young Women. A key point made was that some things aren’t changing fast enough. Although we have come a long way since Emmeline Pankhurst fought for the vote, internationally women are still at a disadvantage to men. Pay parity is at a record low, but it’s still at 18.1%; 9% of CEO positions worldwide are held by women (and even less by women of colour), 15 million girls under 18 are forced into marriage every year. It is hard to digest these numbers, but it is so much worse for the women that live through them. Although it is important to celebrate the achievements of women, we also need to raise awareness for what still needs to be done. I hope the assembly inspired girls to challenge stereotypes and bias, and support the campaign for change. My time at RMS has provided me the space for self improvement; confidence and courage to highlight these issues and stand up for progress. Sonu Year 13 RMS Senior School students have been invited to enter the National Council of Young Women’s competition to design a protest sign which fits the theme “Women’s Rights”. Closing date is 26th March. Students should email their entry to Mrs Bloomfield-Proud (rbloomfieldproud@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk)
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PERFORMING ARTS Forthcoming Performing Arts Events On Monday 19th March, instead of our advertised Brass Masterclass, we are presenting a free showcase of work undertaken by our Speech and Drama students who have had considerable success at the Watford Festival. This will be followed by a variety of Musical Theatre performances by girls preparing for their London College of Music examinations the following week. It starts at 7.00pm in the Space and no ticket is required. I would also like to remind you that the Spring Concert, the final major Performing Arts event of the academic year takes place on Tuesday 27th March at 7.00pm in the Great Hall Mr Hyde Director of Performing Arts
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SPORTS RESULTS Hockey U14 Hockey County Cup The Under 14 team had a very intense semi-final against Dame Alice Owens, and all of the team put 100% effort to defending the goal and passing the ball forwards. RMS scored the first goal in the first half to put us in the lead. During the second half, RMS had multiple chances but sadly couldn't get the ball on target. With 4 minutes left to go, Dame Alice Owens scored to equalize. This meant RMS had to defend hard but unfortunately, with a gap in the defence, the opposing team scored to make the final score 2-1. Well done to the girls on such a hard working team and a great performance.
Netball Under 13 A + B Netball v Godstowe Very windy game and last match of the season for both teams. Each team worked very hard and used all their skills learnt throughout the season to work together as a team and communicate to send the ball down the court. Unfortunately both teams lost but worked hard throughout. Great season girls and lots of improvement made by everyone. Year 9 vs Haberdasher's The 9 A Team played in their final County League netball match against Haberdashers. RMS worked incredibly hard to cut off attacking plays by Habs and our attackers successfully outwitted their opponents. The final score was 19-15 to RMS and the MVP was Betsy G.
The Year 9 B Team faced Haberdashers in a friendly match this week. The teams were very evenly matched but RMS finished the first half of the match with a narrow lead. In the second half RMS continued to defend well and won the game 17-12. The MVP was Heidi T.
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SPORTS RESULTS Gymnastics District Competition On Wednesday the gymnastics team competed in the District gymnastics competition. The girls performed very well on both the floor and the vault and were crowned District Champions for the level 2 competition. Hayleigh T also came first individually. Well done to all the girls
ISGA Competition Last Friday the Under 15 gymnastics team took part in the Independent Schools Gymnastics Association competition. They performed incredibly well on all five pieces and came 1st overall and 2nd for their group routine. Individually, Miranda C came 1st, Amelia D came 5th and Talia A came 8th.
On Sunday both the Under 13 and Over 13 gymnastics teams competed in the ISGA competition. Again both teams performed very well on all pieces. The Under 13 team came 9th overall and 6th for their group. The Over 13 team came 5th overall and 8th for their group. Well done to all the girls.
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SPORTS FIXTURES Date
Start
Finish
Event
Location
Monday 19th March
4.00
6.00
Year 8 and Senior Badminton (League vs Queenswood)
Home
Monday 19th March
4.00
6.00
District Netball: Year 7 A and B Teams
Parmiters
Tuesday 20th March
4.00
6.00
Year 7 and 9 Club Teams vs Rickmansworth School
Home
Tuesday 20th March
4.00
6.00
Year 7/8 Football (League vs Watford Girls Grammar)
Home
Tuesday 20th March
4.00
6.00
Badminton Tournament (singles)
Home
Tuesday 20th March
4.000
6.00
Senior Hockey vs St Clement Danes
Home
Wednesday 21st March
3.30
6.00
Year 7 Hockey County Cup Finals
Queen’s
Wednesday 21st March
4.00
6.00
Netball Senior A and B Team vs Northwood College
Home
Thursday 22nd March
2.00
6.00
Year 8 District Hockey Tournament
St Michael’s
Thursday 22nd March
4.00
6.00
Netball Year 7 A Team and Football Year 7/8 vs St Joan of Arc
Home
Good luck to everyone representing the School at sports next week!
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FORMS NEWS Thank you all who supported us on Saturday night and took part in our Annual Quiz! Everyone who attended seem to have a great time. The winning team, the Cream Egg Heads, had been well ahead throughout and left other teams well behind by the end of the quiz with top score of 127. SLT team have languished closer to the bottom with 103 but it didn't dampen their spirits and our first timers Reception team have finished very respectable 9th. Mr Connors was magnificent in the role of Quizmaster and we are very thankful to Damian Paul for being Mr Connors’ glamorous assistant and looking after the leader board! Our wonderful FORMS members as always looked after the bar and great food was served by outstanding catering team. All in all it was a great success so thank you all for supporting FORMS again.
Second Hand Uniform Shop Opening Times 23rd March
Friday
8.00-9.00
If you have any questions about Second Hand Uniform, please do not hesitate to contact us via email: forms.rms2hu@gmail.com
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HOLIDAY CAMPS AT RMS Super Camps will be running Multi-Activity, RAW Outdoor Adventure, A Passion For Cookery and A Passion For LEGO® Play courses for children at The Royal Masonic School during the school holidays. 3rd—13th April; 29th May – 1st June and 16th July - 24th August 2018 Secure our top quality childcare at the best rate. Our early booking offer is now on at £39 per day and £179 per week. Prices will rise after 19th March 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". Find out more about Super Camps and book online at www.supercamps.co.uk or call 01235 467300.
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EASTER HOLIDAY SWIMMING Easter Holiday Crash Courses in Swimming at Rickmansworth School
Week 1: Tuesday 3rd April - Friday 6th April (4 days) Week 2: Monday 9th April - Friday 13th April Venue: Rickmansworth School (Scot’s Hill, WD3 3AQ) Time: 8.00 am – 12:30 pm Lessons are 30 minutes long Fee (per pupil, per week) and class Ratio: Group lessons
4:1 £45 (Week1 £36) (Beginners 1:4 and Lane swimmers 1:6)
Semi-Private
2:1 £75 (Week1 1£60)
Private
1:1 £125 (Week1 £100)
Mixed Group
1:6 £65 (Week1 £60)
5 activities over 5 days, only for those who can swim 50 meters plus Day 1: Stroke technique
Day 2: Water Skills
Day 4: Lifesaving
Day 5: Snorkelling
Day 3: Diving
For more information and to book WEEKLY TERM Lessons, please contact : Active Swim School LTD Tel: 0203 789 4790 | Mob: 07403 450972 | info@activeswim.co.uk | www.activeswim.co.uk
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