RMS Sixth Form Bulletin Edition 24: 18th November 2016
Message from Mrs Freeman It is starting to feel a bit Christmassy! I'm deciding that this is allowed during November in school, as we finish halfway through December, so I am encouraging the girls to get into the Christmas spirit by decorating their classrooms and the common room and by attending the Advent Service on Sunday of next week; it is always a lovely occasion and really gets everyone into the festive mood. The following week is the Christmas fair (3rd December) which I love (the smell of mulled wine always gets me excited!). Please if you have any spare bottles of wine, boxes of chocolates or anything else for the raffle, bring them to the NMH. Last night saw the start of the L.E.A.D. £1 challenge whereby students have a seed of £1 which they need to grow. I have already heard lots of good ideas and look forward to seeing how much the girls can make by the end of February half term. As always there is a packed end to the term, made all the more momentous (and sad) that this will be Mrs Rose's last. I know that the girls have some ideas planned, but I would like to encourage them and parents to take this last opportunity to thank Mrs Rose for all she has done; she has been an excellent Head who has set in place a core and unique ethos at the school which has become engrained in staff and students alike, and I for one am very glad that my daughter is a part of that. Have a good week everyone.
Message from Fenella Watkins-Hale It seems we are all completely back in the swing of things after half term (which feels like months ago now!) Hind House continue to plough through their usual heavy work load plus many extracurricular activities. And on that note, huge congratulations to the cast and crew of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – it was a great success, and I’m happy to hear you received so much praise for your hard work and creativity. Additionally, Year 13 are carrying on organising Sixth Form Entertainment, and are brain-storming a lot of crazy, fun and innovative ideas to make sure Mrs Rose’s last House Day is something to remember. Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
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Important Information Useful Contacts in the Sixth Form Below are useful contact email addresses for key members of Sixth Form staff. Mrs Freeman (Head of Sixth Form) cfreeman@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Dr Esland (Assistant Head of Sixth Form) kesland@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Miss Solomons (Enrichment and Mentoring Co-ordinator) ssolomons@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Mr Young (Oxbridge Co-ordinator) nyoung@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Mrs Sears (Medicine/Dentistry/Veterinary Science Application Co-ordinator) zsears@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Mrs Isherwood (Careers Advisor and Volunteering Co-ordinator) nisherwood@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk Mrs Eccles (EPQ co-ordinator) heccles@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk
What are we doing next week? Monday
Inter-Form Competition with prizes for the winning form!
Tuesday
Year 12 and 13 will be going to the New Mark Hall for a talk by Mrs McMonagle on “Taking a Gap Year” (before she has one of her own!)
Wednesday
Chapel
Thursday
House Assembly
Friday
Whole School Assembly
Three Rivers District Council are looking for staff to help support them with our Leisure Services throughout the year, but mainly during their busy periods which are Easter and summer holidays. They know it’s early, but they like to try and get ahead of the game. Below is a link to the jobs page on their website plus some website links for current posts available have open within the Leisure Department. This may be of interest to anyone looking for work during the school holidays or occasional evening and weekend work... http://www.threerivers.gov.uk/egcl-page/job-vacancies-at-three-rivers
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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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