ChroniclesJuly2013

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Inside this Edition Becoming a Prefect South Pacific Charity Events Music Languages Macbeth Lifelong Learning Golden Triangle Eco Week Equestrian Activities Week Careers Fair Berlin Great Expedition Cook It & Masterchef Maths Masterclass Duke of Edinburgh Hockey Champions ’83 Reunion Netball & Rounders District Sports Sports Day

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Dates for your Diary

25July Uniform Sales 10-12 noon 22 Aug 10am GCSE Results 3 Sep INSET 3 Sep Uniform Sales 9-11am 4 Sep First day of Term 11 Sep Silver D of E Parents’ Info Evening from 6:30 19 Sep Y7 Teaching & Learning Even.

20-27 Sep German Exchange UK 26 Sep GCSE Y10 Info Even. 7pm 30 Sep Y11 Road Awareness 3 Oct Friends AGM 7pm TBC 10 Oct Open Even. 6 to 8:15pm 12 Oct Friends’ Quiz night 7pm TBC 24 Oct Y7 Meet Tutor Eve 4:30 25 Oct INSET 28 Oct – 1 Nov HALF TERM

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Adult and Community Learning Courses Rodborough School AUTUMN 2013 Italian – Level 2 – Term 1 Course No GTL3000G Wednesday Evenings 25/09/13 to 11/12/13 11 Weeks Time: 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

Italian – Level 3 – Term 1 Course No GTL1001G Monday Evenings 23/09/13 to 09/12/13 11 Weeks Time: 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm

Italian – Level 5 – Term 1 Course No GTL1000G Monday Evenings 23/09/13 to 09/12/13 11 Weeks Time: 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm

Spanish – Level 1 – Term 1 Course No GTH4000G Thursday Evenings 26/09/13 to 12/12/13 10 Weeks Time: 6.15 pm – 7.45 pm

Creative Writing Course No GTL3001G Wednesday Evenings 25/09/13 to 04/12/13 10 Weeks Time: 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm

Spanish – Level 2 – Term 1 Course No GTL4001G Thursday Evenings 26/09/13 to 12/12/13 10 Weeks Time: 8.00 pm – 9.30 pm

Please note that ALL courses STOP during half term week 28 October 2013 to 1 November 2013

Soft Furnishing Curtains/Blinds & Home Textiles Course No GTL2000G Tuesday Evenings 24/09/13 to 03/12/13 10 Weeks Time: 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Please note that ALL courses STOP during half term week 28 October 2013 to 1 November 2013

For more information please contact Centre Manager, Surrey Adult Education, 25 West Street, Farnham, GU9 7DR Tel 01483 518558 Email: farnham.aec@surreycc.gov.uk Web: www.surreycc.gov.uk/adultlearning

Strengthening Families Programme September 2013

We are planning to run our third Strengthening Families course in October 2013. The programme is designed for Young People aged 10-13 years and their Mums, Dads or Carers.

The Programme is designed to give you both new strategies and ways to reach agreement and improve the teenage years.

The course will be run for 7 weeks during the early evening.

Here are some of the comments from previous participants: ‘I now know how to deal with peer pressure’ -Young person ‘It reminded me of how to use praise, rewards and consequences. We planned family fun times and 1 to 1 times. It was lovely to spend time with my boy’ Parent If you are interested and would like to find out more please call Lea Newbery on 01483 411185 or email her on lnewbery@rodborough.surrey.sch.uk If you are interested and would like to find out more please call Lea Newbery on 01483 411185 or email her on lnewbery@rodborough.surrey.sch.uk .

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Innovate Promotion Winners Holly and Harry, both from Year 8, were delighted to discover that they had won prizes in Innovate’s recent promotion.

Reporter Mrs Howick

Pupils purchasing any of the Gino D’Acampo delizioso range were entered into a prize draw. Holly won a Gino D’Acampo cookery book and Harry won a branded Apron. They also enjoyed the delizioso range.

Keen chef Harry told me, “I love cooking all sorts of things at home so the apron should come in handy!”

Becoming a Prefect

Reporter Amy Goldup In the spring time Year 10s apply to become prefects by filling in an application form which asks for suggestions on how the school might be improved. You also state the extra-curricular activities that you take part in and choose which type of prefect that you would like to be considered for. The choices were: Eco-Prefect Year 7, 8 or 9 Prefect Curriculum Prefect House Prefect Peer Support Prefect Community Prefect After a nervous wait, 129 of us heard that our applications have been successful. I feel very strongly about the community within school and about the school within our community so I was very pleased to hear that I gained my 1st choice and am now one of the 17 Community Prefects.

All new prefects recently received prefect training with Mr Smith, Miss Spencer and Miss Morgan as well as other contributors. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all – we hope to make you proud during our year in office.

As a team we are committed to work towards raising the profile of Rodborough within our local community. I feel privileged to be wearing a black jumper and look forward to being involved with new initiatives to improve our school.

Saying Goodbye …

This year we say farewell to Mr Elkins (Maths Teacher), who is retiring, and to Miss Shephard (PE Teacher) who is leaving us to take up a post in a new school. We wish them both well and thank them for all they have done at Rodborough. Joining us in September are Mrs Hatherall-Good (Maths Teacher), Miss Kempson (PE Teacher) and Miss Vaughan (Trainee Science teacher).

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‘South Pacific’ brings a Heat Wave to Rodborough

Reviewer Miss Mills

If you attended the most recent Rodborough musical last weekend then you would have been treated to the lyrical delights of Rogers and Hammerstein’s story of racial prejudice during World War II. South Pacific is a classical musical, filled with songs that were sure to challenge the cast of under-sixteens as they took on the tough job of performing powerhouse numbers such as ‘Some Enchanted Evening’, ‘There is Nothing Like a Dame’ and ‘I’m in Love With a Wonderful Guy’.

However, if the audience were nervous for them then from the very first scene they could all breathe a sigh of relief as leads, Ella Hargreaves as Nellie Forbush and Jonathan Ford as Emile de Becque, led with strong and beautiful singing voices.

Ella performed the flighty and enthusiastic Nellie with confident consistency throughout the show with a believable American accent and delicacy of movement.

In his first major role Jonny complemented his leading lady with an emotional performance that left most of us with goose bumps.

Shannon Lee was almost unrecognisable as she entered the stage as the bold and wild Bloody Mary. Her make-up and costume enhanced her performance and her hilarious delivery of her risqué lines kept the audience laughing almost the entire time she was on stage.

A good deal of experience was on the boards in the shape of Freddie Blagden, who took to the stage in his third main role, as Lt Joe Cable, where he demonstrated his breadth of acting skill and wonderful singing voice.

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Ted Hayes must be congratulated for his superb portrayal of the irrepressible Luther Billis. On more than one occasion he simply stole the show - particularly whilst wearing a coconut bra and oversized curly blonde wig! Did anyone spot his impromptu line which got one of the biggest laughs of the night?

The setting and costumes were brilliantly put together and all kudos must go to Miss Willis (set) and Mrs Willis (costume) who, along with their teams, created a wonderful setting for the cast plus dressed them in costumes that were nothing less than of professional quality.

The tireless commitment of the backstage crew was evident in the hair, make up and seamless scene changes which, along with the brilliant lighting crew brought it all together to make a wonderful atmosphere.

Right from the start the Orchestra showed off the memorable musical talent of both past and present students. Mrs Yeadon led from the front with the great support of Miss Moyler and the Overture that began the first and second Act was simply thrilling to listen to.

The choreography throughout all ensemble performances must have been tricky but the entire stage and each actor was used creatively, especially during ‘There is Nothing like a Dame’.

This was also a chance for the smaller roles to shine and it was fantastic to see Year 8s such as Max Culver and Keir Hargreaves performing their Seabee characters with great enthusiasm.

There was quiet but effective support in the shape of Miss Morgan and Mrs Doyle who provided the welcome refreshments each evening.

Of course this hard work would mean nothing without the support of a full audience to appreciate one of Rodborough’s highlights and the last night showed this through the standing ovation the students received.

The directors Mrs Bearman and Mrs FjordRoberts should be proud of the top-class performance and we can only hope they will put themselves through it again for our entertainment next year.

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Charity Roundup

One of the first jobs of the new School Council each year is to choose our School Charity.

This year we have been supporting the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Sponsored Cycle A terrific sum of £540 was raised by a sponsored cycle ride along the converted railway track from Bramley to Shoreham on Sea. The sponsored event was organised by Year 10’s Alex Dyer as part of his Duke of Edinburgh challenge.

Alex persuaded his brother Ollie and friends, Will Phillips and Liam Clarke (all in Year 7) as well as a number of fathers to join him.

Although the old railway has been converted into a cycle path it is not all easy going. The cyclists were very tired and mud-spattered by the time they reached Shoreham.

Particular thanks must be extended to those Dads who had to cycle all the way back to Bramley as there wasn’t sufficient room in the cars for them!

The sum was split between our school charity of the year The Teenage Cancer Trust and Farncombe Football Club (whom all the boys play for).

Easter Egg Raffle Thank you so much for donating Eggs for our Easter raffle. More than 120 eggs were received, raising almost £270 for The Teenage Cancer Trust.

Donations This year we have received donations to our chosen charity from members of the community.

We now realise that our community likes to know which charity our School Council members have chosen to support. For this reason we shall be publishing our chosen charity as early as possible each school year. There is still time to make a donation to this year’s charity through Rodborough.

If you would like to support the work of The Teenage Cancer Trust in this way please let us know.

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Teen Aid Entertainment Evening – Staff’s Got Talent!

What happens when 5 teenagers get together to raise money for charity?

A whole heap of talented teachers and teenagers are persuaded (against their better judgment, they protest) to get up on stage to provide a hilarious evening’s entertainment.

The event, named ‘TeenAid’, as it was set up and run by the teenagers, ran smoothly; with each act being as fantastic and entertaining as the one that it followed.

Highlights included Mr Ewing’s original single “The Rodborough Blues” (are there no bounds to his talents) and Mr Smith’s clarinet rendition of “Strangers on the Shore” (with Mr Williams and Mrs Ward dancing a ballet pas-de-deux in tutus behind him). We were also treated to high quality musical acts from various pupils and teachers including Megan and Oli’s brilliant ukulele duo Warm Play. Miss Spencer and Katie’s rap and Kieran’s singing were also hugely entertaining!

A uniquely hilarious rendition of ‘YMCA’ from “Miss Moyler and Friends” took the show to its climax with the entire audience on their feet, singing and dancing along (the image of those six costumes and moustaches will stay long in many memories)!

“We are lucky to have such a dedicated team of teachers and staff working at Rodborough. They are up for everything the school throws at them!”

Reporter Ellie Page

“It was great to see talents I never knew my teachers had.”

The money raised by the evening was split between The Teenage Cancer Trust, the school’s chosen charity for this year, and The Stroke Association – a less well known charity that helps thousands of people every year to overcome the, sometimes permanent, issues that strokes inflict on everyday lives. Representatives of the two charities joined us on the evening and briefly explained their valuable work.

All in all, the evening was a huge success, raising £614.30 for the charities. The five organisers would like to thank all of the teachers who took part by performing, or helping us in other ways. We would also like to thank all of the pupil performers and those that bought tickets, donated money and were such a brilliant audience as, together; we have helped to make a difference to thousands of people who need our help.

Alex, Ted, Shannon, Ella and Ellie

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Awutu Project Year 8s, under Mrs Westhead’s enthusiastic leadership, have just began a project to create links between their year group and students at Awutu-Winton Senior High School in Ghana, West Africa.

Reporter Mrs Howick

www.edp-trust.org

Life is very different for the students of the two schools.

Rodborough students, for example, can look forward to an average life-expectancy of 80 years.

Their Ghanaian counterparts, however, are only likely to live to the age of 56!

www.edp-trust.org School life is also extremely different. In the UK ALL pupils must attend school between the ages of 5 and 18. In Ghana, whilst 92% attend primary school, this percentage drops right down to 45% attendance at the fee paying only secondary schools. It is very rare for girls to go to secondary school.

Lack of formal education severely limits the life choices for Ghanaians as most cannot train for the better jobs and the majority have no way out of the ‘poverty gap’ – destined to end up as poor as their parents!

Wearing their Rodborough/ Awutu t-shirts with pride, Year 8 have begun the partnership project with enthusiastic and imaginative fund-raising.

We would like to thank Olswang law firm for very generously sponsoring our t-shirts.

They were worn for the entire fund-raising week during weather that must rival that experienced by our Ghanaian partners!

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But Awutu School is different.

Firstly, funded by the charity EDP, Awutu is free of charge for all students. It opened in September 2010 and by its third year (Sep 2012), was already teaching 225 pupils.

It targets 14-18 year olds and those who would otherwise be unlikely to receive an education.

They plan to expand to 105 pupils in each year group and are keen that 50% of these will be girls as this is the very best way to close the poverty gap.

The EDP Trust is a small family charity with a passion for education. It identified the Awutu project as being in need of on-going funding to achieve its aims of bringing much needed educational opportunities to the children of a community of around 50,000.

EDP are concentrating their efforts on Awutu School by linking with English schools, of which Rodborough is one.

In this way our students are in a position to make a very real difference to the lives of others.

Mrs Westhead would like to thank Year 8 for all their hard work so far and also to thank pupils from other years, staff and parents for their support. Well done Year 8 – you have raised a massive £1,305 ALREADY!

Proms in the Park

Reporter Holly Giles

T

he day was wet. The sky dark grey but Rodborough Jazz Band refused to be disheartened.

We arrived for our rehearsal and after a bit of a squeeze to get us all onto the small stage, began to play in the drizzle.

Later it was time for our performance - we sounded great and were well supported by a wet but appreciative audience!

After the performance we were treated to pizza, chips and samosas – yummy!

Thank you Mrs Yeadon for braving the wet with all of the kit!

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Surrey University Languages Day

Reported by Year 8 students

We had a great day learning about languages at the University of Surrey.

Alec Pickering told us how languages can give you many opportunities to do better in life. We matched brands to the countries and products along with their uses. This really helped us learn the influences of language on industry and life overall.

By Jessie Cross, Isobel Dalton and Ellie Holloway

For the first activity of the day, we were in lecture room 3 and we had an introduction to what we were doing with a short quiz using electronic remotes to record our answers.

The quiz included a range of questions about language such as: Quiz 1. Which is the most popular language in the world?

2. What percentage of the world’s population doesn’t speak English?

Answers: 1. Chinese 2. 75%

The majority of the people there got most of these correct.

This was probably one of the more enjoyable parts of the day as it got us all involved.

Charlie, Jackson and Max

Learning Norwegian – by Holly Giles, Holly Griffiths, Lois Sewell & Emily Porter In the afternoon we were taught Norwegian by Anne!

Surprisingly, it was a bit like a mix of German and English.

We found the words quite confusing but once we got our heads around them we were almost fluent!

We learned a conversation: Hello

Hei

Good Morning

God morgen

What’s your name?

Hva heter du?

My name is …

Jeg heter …

It is nice to meet you.

det er hyggelig å treffe deg.

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Try this conversation out with your friends, it’s amazingly simple! The Norwegian language has twenty-nine letters; twenty- six of which are the same as ours.

We found Norwegian really fun and we hope you will too! Tusen takk (Thank you) Continued on next page …

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Macbeth at The Globe

A lucky group visited The Globe to see ‘The Scottish Play’.

This is what they thought …

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“It was The Globe that inspired me; the play was amazing but The Globe was an experience.”

Lydia Jenkins “It was amazing to sit in a building with such a history.

I can’t believe Shakespeare could have stood on the stage right in front of my eyes.” Jake Foster

“It was a breathtaking performance and an amazing experience.”

Kristina BodmanSmith

“I loved every second; it was an incredible experience I will never ever forget.”

Laura Gill

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“I was mesmerised by the performance; it was completely outstanding how a play could manipulate your emotions.”

Tom Burbidge

“Absolutely incredible. The actors were amazing. They transformed before my eyes from three actors into mysterious witches ready to cause trouble.” Emma Butterworth

Languages Day cont …

During our trip to the University of Surrey we had a lecture on the benefits of learning languages and the blunders that can be made when translating, e.g. the popular fast food vendor, KFC, translated it’s well known slogan ‘Finger licking good’ to ‘Eat your fingers off’ and Pepsi’s tagline ‘Bring life to the Pepsi revolution’ translated to ‘Pepsi can bring your ancestors back from the dead’. We also learned about several jobs that benefit people who speak different languages.

By Alex Thompson, George Macland & Sam Renforth

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Lifelong Learning Olympic Project

Reporter Mr Honeysett

As part of their Lifelong Learning course, Year 7 students have worked in teams over the last term to create a fictional bid for the 2020 Olympics.

Using their experience of watching the Olympics in London last summer, the groups have campaigned for either Cape Town, New York, Paris or Berlin to host the games. Each team had to research the city, finance the games, produce an Olympic village, plan the opening ceremony and create publicity for the event before presenting their persuasive bid to a group of judges.

A selection of stadia and merchandise

The winning teams were as follows: 7ED 7FS 7CST 7LK 7HAL 7KG

A selection of stadia and merchandise

Cape Town Berlin Paris Paris Berlin New York

One of the PowerPoint slides “Our team really enjoyed working together and we learnt how to support our team members. We also learnt not to rush our jobs. Max was a good team captain because he gave out jobs and we all did as he asked!” Ted Vorley “The project helped us to work really well as a team as we were competing against all of the others. Our team won!” Polly Grant

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Carnegie Champs!

Reporters Polly Grant and Elizabeth Knatt

S

ince the shortlist for the

2013 Carnegie Medal was announced on 12th March, pupils from Years 7, 8 and 9 have been reading their hearts out to have a chance of being on Rodborough’s Carnegie quiz team. On the 19th of June, our team of experts (Sae, Jacob, Patrick, Holly, Polly & Elizabeth), reserves (Nick, Joseph, Polly & Zoe) and a handful of dedicated supporters hopped onto the minibus to enjoy the fun at Broadwater School.

The opening buzzer round was a good start for Rodborough, as we showed our knowledge of all 8 titles. Although the following rounds didn’t go as well as expected, we still managed to keep our lead.

There were a few… weird “problems” with the buzzer (sorry, we would prefer if we kept this secret)! The suspense was so thick; you would have to cut it with a chainsaw. When we found out that we had won we high-fived each other exuberantly.

The competition had been huge fun but we all have to admit that the cake was the best bit of all! It was in the shape of ancient books and was delicious.

And what’s more, the Mayor of Godalming was there and the Mayor of Waverly too. Other celebrities included local Police, Mrs Crocker (Head of Waverley Federation) and our own Mr Edwards.

Eventually, we returned to Rodborough, stuffed with cake and singing victory songs. We were greeted by Mrs Fjord-Roberts and Mr Smith who both congratulated us. Thank you to Miss Mills & Mrs Howick for taking us, Broadwater for hosting the event and Wayne and Kay for being such great questionmasters.

We would like to announce that the official winner of the 2013 Carnegie award was Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner.

Our school favourite was Wonder by R J Palacio (also the Waverley Federation favourite).

Which was YOUR favourite?

More information about the Carnegie Medal Shadowing scheme may be found at www.ckg.org.uk

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Arts & Crafts at St Christopher’s

Reporter Katie Luck

On a sunny afternoon in April, a minibus full of students involved in the Golden Triangle Project, set off to St Christopher's church in Haslemere.

The aim of the visit was to gain information about the Arts and Crafts aspects of St Christopher's church, which was designed in 1903 by local architect, Charles Spooner, who was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.

Our interesting guide, Frankie, shared her knowledge of the church and explained the interior and its connection with the Arts and Crafts Movement. The ceiling, in particular, shows a floral and heart design detail typical of the Arts and Crafts movement.

The furniture was made from old wood, specifically designed and constructed to suit the church.

Sadly, the statue of St Christopher, a valuable statue designed by Spooner’s wife, Minnie, was stolen in 2000. A replica now stands in place of the old statue, in the recess outside the west door.

The visit helped the Golden Triangle Project to incorporate designs from this local church into Rodborough’s Arts and Crafts inspired garden.

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Eco Week

Reporter Mr Ewing

That was the Eco Week that was … 24-28th June 2013.

Our new Deputy Head, Mr Williams, commented that many members of staff now regard Eco Week as the harbinger of summer. This year (unlike last) Eco week lived up to its festival promise with perfect weather for each of our activities.

Each Year Group had a theme: Year 7 - Sustainable and safe travel to school We have established tradition at Rodborough of offering cycle training for every student in Year 7 who wants to ride a bicycle to school.

This entails a lesson off timetable for small group road awareness and cycle skills training with the evergreen Mr Edwards and Mrs Reynolds.

The highlight for me every year is the cyclists’ picnic.

All our Year 7 cyclists and a core band of staff head up to Rodborough Common to enjoy a picnic in the sun.

This was an altogether idyllic day and much enjoyed by all of our trainees, trainers and supervisors.

All of Year 7 have been busy in form time and during their English lessons writing letters to Jeremy Hunt asking him to press for better road safety in the Rodborough Box (that area around the school bounded by Station Road, Rake Lane, the Milford roundabout and the Co-op and the Petworth Road). Examples of their letters can be seen elsewhere in this issue.

Year 8 – Energy, climate change and the Rodborough Power Station Every child in Year 8 took part in a great renewable energy problemsolving activity run by Surrey SATRO (an independent, not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to inspire young people about their future careers).

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The students were challenged with problem of lifting a pack of polo mints off the ground to hit their table and complete a circuit to light up a bulb. They could use only renewable power. The students got stuck into this task and designed range of fancy windmills, blowing frantically to lift their tubes of mints off the ground.

In tutor time the students have been calculating the output from our solar panels – the Rodborough power station - and working out how many computers or lights the panels could power.

Year 9 – Are we loving the local environment to death?

This photo of the illegal jumps in 2009 shows the environmental impact of such earthworks!

Year 9 had the chance to visit either Mare Hill or Milford commons and look at the impact of people visiting these areas by studying footpath erosion.

One of the issues on our local commons has been the demolition of the old illegal Rodborough Hill bike site and the impact this is having on the rest of the common through the creation of illegal bike jumps.

The students found more evidence of jumps on Mare Hill common. It will be interesting to see what happens once the new, official, Milford Jumps site is up and running. Much of the credit for piloting this project must go to former Councillor and Governor of our school, John Sandy.

Our BBC News Reporters filming at the ‘illegal’ jumps in 2009

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Year 10 – Ethical Purchasing RodSweat, the dreaded Rodbrough sweatshop made its annual return to help Year 10s consider the working conditions of many of the world’s factory workers.

Young people from many countries are subjected to harsh and often unsafe working conditions to produce those cheap goods that we like to buy.

Our students took to producing fortune tellers with glee and the staff (notably Miss Stirling) took on the role of demanding and unreasonable foremen and rejected any fortune teller that was below par. The paltry pay rates were one foamy banana sweet for 10 perfectly produced fortune tellers.

The session was unreasonable, unfair, exploitative and lots of fun. On the serious side every student in Year 10 will know about companies like Foxconn and how leading brands look for cheap manufacturers to maximise profit margins.

More Green Notes …

This term we have continued our programme of site improvements.

Thanks to the Tech department for producing the brilliant signage which can now be seen on the fence behind the swoosh sculpture. It is amazing what can be done with a few sheets of acrylic!

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A big THANK YOU needs to go to the Hall Hunter Partnership who provided the labour and materials to resurface the bottom end of the Rake Lane driveway. This gives us a clean flat surface now to put some modern looking benching in place and is part of the plan to continue to improve the appearance of our main driveway into school.

(Hall Hunter also provide the delicious strawberries for Sports Day) Our Eco Prefects have been busy weeding the Canadian Memorial Garden, which is looking great with plenty of late spring perennials adding colour and height.

The Golden Triangle team have started the serious work of planting and this new Arts & Crafts inspired garden is starting to take real shape.

British Young Rider Year 9 pupil Olivia Moriano has been working hard with her FEI dressage pony, Master Alexander (known as Rikki) this year.

They have enjoyed success at British dressage (affiliated) competitions and have been chosen for National training, which is the top 20 elite pony and riders combinations nationally. We hope this might lead to them being chosen to represent GB at International competitions and CDIs all around Europe as a 2014 squad member.

Reporter Olivia Moriano

Photo Mrs Moriano

They have both been competing at regular premier league competitions at FEI and medium level against riders such as Olympian Carl Hester, Michel Elburg, Judy Harvey and Emile Feurrie.

Olivia and Rikki have won the Sparsholt championship this year and have been chosen to represent the Southern region, British Young Riders team and as an individual for the 5 th time running. At many other BD competitions Olivia has been getting good percentages which have put her in high placings on the score boards.

Olivia would like to thank Mr Smith and the Rodborough staff for their on-going support.

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Rodborough Equestrian News

Reporters Emily Weeks and Katie Sellar Recently, Rodborough’s equestrian team has been doing very well.

They have been placed in many competitions and have beaten strong opposition.

We now look very professional in our new Rodborough colours (hat silks and numnahs to complement our Rodborough jumpers), kindly sponsored by Clock Barn Farm. We have also been lucky enough to receive team training, including sessions in Dressage and Show Jumping. These were very popular amongst the team and the training Photo Mrs Weeks catered for all abilities throughout the year groups.

The team are preparing for more competitions over the summer period and, hopefully, to recruit new members in September.

Katie and Emily have also been competing for Elstead Riding Club at the Riding Club National Championships at Aston-le-Walls.

Their team came 4th in the Eventers Challenge and Emily and her pair 6th.

Katie competed in the Combined Training and her team came 3rd and individually she was placed 8th.

The team would like to say a huge, “Thank you” to Mrs Andrea Hurley, who helped to organize the many Photo Mrs Weeks meet ups and competitions for the past few years. As her daughter Megan has now left Rodborough, she will now be handing the reins over to somebody else.

Photo Mrs Hurley

Megan and her horse, Cruise, represented the school at a dressage show last Friday at Lingfield Notre Dame School, the other side of Crawley. She came 3rd in her first class and 2nd in the second class beating competitors from Burgess Hill School for Girls, Copthorne Prep School and Lingfield Notre Dame amongst others.

Although not a school event, you might also like to know that Megan had also qualified for the South East Unaffiliated Dressage Championships at Hickstead on 25th May where she came 3rd.

This has all been possible thanks to the time off the school granted her for training and we are very grateful for the support Rodborough has given her.

Mrs Andrea Hurley

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Activities Week 2013

As this edition of Chronicles goes to print, the timetable has been suspended for our annual Activities Week. Every student will spend time experiencing a range of activities that would not usually be available to them in school.

We hope that our students will be brave enough to try new things, to be inspired by their experiences and develop a variety of new skills, including team-building and problemsolving.

Residential options have been extended this year with two foreign trips. 50 of our Year 7s have signed up to a week in France. 105 Year 8s are away at Bushcraft – obviously undeterred by the fantastically wet weather ‘enjoyed’ by last year’s trip. We hope that they will have just as much fun in the sun as last year’s did in the rain. 39 Year 9s are spending their week at Calshot water-sports activity centre – we are all very envious! Another new residential sees 24 Year 10s visiting a language school in Montpellier, France.

Year 7 evening games in France

The non-residential option for Year 7s included:  Making radio broadcasts with Eagle Radio  Wild learning in the woods  African drumming workshops  Acting workshops  Puzzles day

The non-residential option for Year 8s included:  Building and testing wind turbines and bridges  Circus skills  Street Dance  Wild Learning

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Year 9s had a HUGE selection of ‘Pick & Mix’ activities to choose from.

We hope you enjoy these photos of a few of them!

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In Year 10, the week is focused around preparing for the world of work, including the ‘Bradford Business Game’ during which students work in teams as small companies, pitching, negotiating prices and selling products. Other activities are designed to improve teamwork – including challenges set by the Marines and RAF. This week is always very popular with both students and parents, and provides students not only with unique learning opportunities, but also with some of their most memorable experiences at school.

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Year 10 Careers Fair

I now know what a car needs to pass an MOT which will always be useful!

All Year 10s from across our Federation schools visited a Careers Fair held at Merrist Wood, near Guildford.

Many of the courses available to our students had information stalls – and many of these had practical activities.

Feedback from students was very good – here are a few of their comments …

There were lots of practical stations that were fun as well as giving a taste of the course.

I didn’t realise that courses like Garden Design or Floristry were available.

The fair gave me the chance to experience different career options.

It was so much better than just being told about the choices.

I’m not sure what career I want so the fair gave me some interesting ideas to explore.

The fair helped me to choose a career.

I liked the way we could get involved in activities to get an insight into the courses available.

Each station knew what they were talking about and answered my questions fully.

I enjoyed Guildford College’s Car Mechanics stall as that is what I would like to do. The treeclimbing was fun too.

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Berlin

Reporter Joshua Perry 2 am Monday morning saw the Jaunmah normally deserted school car park crammed with cars full of sleepy children waiting to board the Luton bound coach en-route to Berlin. Soon the 30 or so Years 10 & 11 sleepyheads were tucking into their sweets and trying to stay awake a little longer as the coach ate up the motorway miles.

The energy from those sweets was completely spent when we met Iain, our tour guide, just 6 hours later. He coaxed our tired bodies onto his coach and we were soon craning our necks to enjoy his brief tour of Berlin on our way to our first destination, the Reichstag. The Reichstag was the seat of the German parliament from 1871-1945 and is back in use today. Its iconic new dome, built to symbolise Germany’s reunification, gave us a fabulous view over the city and has a column of mirrors at its centre to reflect light into the debating chamber below.

We then set out on foot to visit many of Berlin’s war memorials. A quick visit to the Brandenburg Gate was squeezed in before lunch and our visit to the hardest hitting memorial of the day - the Jewish Museum. I could fill this magazine explaining this amazing building - every part is very cleverly designed to make you consider the many ways that Jews were affected by the Holocaust. But to truly understand it you must see it first-hand!

The day ended with more walking – Iain showed us some very important statues and we learned interesting and eclectic facts about Berlin.

The second day was just as jam-packed and as interesting as the first. We began with a long look around Sachsenhausen, a ‘work camp’ on the outskirts of Berlin. The 4 hours passed in a flash and I wish we could have stayed longer. It was one of the most interesting and thought provoking experiences of my life.

Seeing the camp first hand is just incredible - completely different from seeing it on TV. Actually walking around the camp, visiting the different zones and learning what it must have been like for the prisoners is just awe-inspiring. Iain did an absolutely incredible job of guiding us around, and I would recommend a visit to anyone especially those studying History GCSE. The 1936 Olympic stadium was next on our itinerary. The stadium was spectacular and it felt odd to stand where great Olympic athletes once stood. We ended this thought-challenging day by bringing our minds right back to the 21st century with a visit to McDonalds and a big shopping mall.

Time changed again for our final day – this time to the Cold War. We visited a Soviet prison, where Stalin held political prisoners. Our tour guides, some of them ex-prisoners, told us of the brutal conditions. Their first-hand accounts really brought this chillingly recent history to life.

Our final visit was to the East Side Gallery - the longest surviving part of the Berlin wall (erected when Berlin was partitioned, to prevent any passage between the East and West) where we admired the famous graffiti artwork.

All too soon Iain bade us, “Auf wiedersehen”, and we were England bound again.

Thank you to Miss Stirling and Miss Winn for organizing such a jam-packed trip.

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Why did the British think they were special?

Reporter Emily Gardyne

History at Rodborough was made memorable by holding our own Great Exhibition!

This term we have been studying the Industrial Revolution and our enquiry question is ‘Why did the British think they were special?’

We held the Great Exhibition as a way of investigating what was ‘special’ about the achievements of Britain and the British Empire.

Each group were responsible for different sections of the exhibition and made models and food appropriate to their theme.

Highlights included:  Rhubarb Champagne (Pink Lemonade)  Chocolate  Afternoon Tea  India (With a model of the Koh-i-noor Diamond),  Thomas Cook (Travel by Trains) and the amazing new invention of the flushing toilet!

The event was a great success; hugely enjoyed by staff and pupils alike. Even our Head of Year, Mrs Westhead, visited the spectacular exhibition.

Surprisingly, there was cake left over and at Rodborough we don't waste. So it all went to a good cause - and by that we mean the staff room. This was especially welcome as it coincided with the news that OfSTED were arriving the next day!

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Year 8 Cook IT!

Reporter Alice McPhee

During the second spring half term, seventeen Year 8 students competed in the ultimate national food competition - Cook It, a competition organised by the Guild of Food Writers.

The skills and recipes involved were similar to the work that some GCSE students do - a major accomplishment considering that we are all in Year 8.

Entries included Eaten Alaska with sautéed potatoes, Spicy Risotto, Roast Pork (all credit to Will for that amazing recipe!) and even Stuffed Mediterranean Chicken with bulgur wheat salad.

Upon arrival at the food technology kitchen, we were all briefed on how much time we had and that we needed to clean up after ourselves. The competition was broken down into two sections - one for the main, one for the dessert. It was pure, organised chaos throughout both! Pans were banging and clashing, people had to work around each other and a careful eye had to be kept on all the cooking to avoid over-cooking and anything getting burnt! However, we all had a great time creating great dishes.

Towards the end, when clearing up had begun and after all the food had been photographed, everybody devoured their masterpieces, sharing them with others. The atmosphere inside the FT room was great as we bonded and chatted over our simmering ingredients and the sound of clashing metal!

We are all pleased to say that eight of us managed to get through to the next round of judging, with Guy Wallsgrove getting to the National Finals! We will never know who those eight people were, but all we can say is a very big well done to everyone!

Reporter Mrs L Smith Activities Week Masterchef Despite ‘roasting’ temperatures outside, we kept our cool in the Food Technology Department taking part in the Masterchef activity day.

For starters we made pastry cases for our 'croque en bouche’, which we will come back to later.

Then, working in teams, we made a range of items for our lunch - including burgers, kebabs, bread rolls, salads and sauces. After eating our delicious creations it was down to tidying up before applying the finishing touches to our dessert. Decorative finish was important as the final award would be given to the best pastry and decoration. So we went to town with melted chocolate, fresh fruit and sparkles, all wrapped up and presented ready to take home – I’m not sure how many made it that far though!

I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Secrets of Milford who sponsored the event, providing us with salad ingredients and some of their wonderful fresh strawberries picked straight from the fields! There were some very happy faces leaving the room at the end of the day! (photograph of our croquet en bouche opposite)

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Federation Masterchef 2013

Reporters Katie Collins & Roz Morris On Wednesday 12th June sixteen Year 9 students took part in the 2013 Federation Masterchef competition.

We competed in teams of two: Shannon Kirby & Hannah Brittain Sam Lewis & Isabelle Heap Lottie Cozens & Elizabeth Knatt Emma Warburton & Verity Preston Rachael Edwards & Charlotte Wood Charlotte Verdoorn & Lily Meanwell Amy Lake & Chloe Crick We had 90 minutes to prepare a three course meal for two one dish to taste and the other to present.

Everybody competed well with high standards of cooking and organising throughout.

In the end a winner had to be decided. Rachael & Charlotte came3rd, Lottie and Elizabeth took 2nd, with Katie & Roz (us) taking 1st place.

Extra table presentation awards were given to Amy Lake and Chloe Crick.

The judges thoroughly enjoyed their job!

Two weeks later we returned to the final to compete against others schools. The competition was high as we again had 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete our dishes. After a long morning of cooking we were stopped and judged.

After much deliberation we finished in 3rd place with 2nd being won by Glebelands pupils Yasmin Carlisle and Maddie Allan-Patel, and 1st place going to Chloe Holcombe and Holly Lawn from Broadwater. We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would like to thank the teachers for organising it.

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University Maths Master-class

Reporters Jordan Walsh and Holly Giles During the Spring Term four Year 8 students were selected to take part in regional maths master-classes organised by the Royal Institution.

These were held on eight Saturday mornings in a Surrey University lecture theatre and covered different interesting and challenging maths topics such as: ‘Codes’, ‘Construction’ and ‘Algorithms’.

On 28th June Holly and I travelled to London’s Royal Institution to join around one hundred other Year 8 students from the Home Counties who had attended similar Saturday sessions for a follow up day.

The Royal Institution contains a fascinating basement museum dedicated to the work of groundbreaking mathematicians and scientists.

We were given some problems to solve while we were waiting to begin. These were very challenging! The morning included a talk about traffic flow management from Dr Jenny Sharp, Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Plymouth. We learnt about the practical application of maths and how equations and algorithms are used to manage traffic flow and reduce traffic jams on congested routes.

After a short break, mathematician and former engineer, Dr Paul Shepherd led a talk about the Olympic Stadium and the maths that helped design the structure and ‘view quality’. He showed us a device which used the frequency of our clapping to knock the model building down. This demonstrated how resonance works within stadiums.

Jordan At lunch we took part in a Maths competition in pairs. There were 21 questions and Jordan and I gave them all our best shot – they were so hard that even some of the adults couldn’t do them!

Whilst we waited for the results there was another lecture - this one by Jahred about Crop Circles. It was really interesting and taught us the maths behind these ingenious designs that are ‘magically’ created all over the world.

It was a great day and I had loads of fun whilst learning at the same time.

Holly

Duke of Edinburgh

Miss Mackay and the D of E Staff This has been the first year running the ‘new look’ Duke of Edinburgh programme and what a year it has been!

Over 100 Year 9 pupils completed and passed their Young Star Navigators Award, learning how to take bearings, read maps and navigate around our local area. 107 Year 10 pupils have completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh practice and qualifying expeditions, now it is down to them to complete their Skills, Physical and Volunteering sections. Finally, 32 Year 11 pupils completed their Silver Duke of Edinburgh practice and qualifying expeditions.

All three year groups were absolutely fantastic and I hope they have gained many memories from completing these challenges.

D of E is an inclusive scheme that allows everyone the opportunity to try new activities, rise to challenges and meet new people. I’d personally like to thank all members of staff who gave up their time to help with the expeditions, as without you these weekends would not be possible.

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Silver Swansong

Reporter Joseph Ellis

With the stresses of exams behind them, 34 Year 11s set off for their final Silver D of E expedition.

Rucksacks packed, boots on, we travelled to the New Forest in high spirits, excited to start the walk.

My group was the first to set off and we were all eager to get on with it.

We hastily heaved our rucksacks on, discussed which direction to take and set off. The rucksacks felt heavy on our backs and we reassured each other that as the weight was predominantly food they would get lighter each day.

Nearly all groups arrived at the campsite in good time, quickly erected tents and settled in. When the final group arrived we all set up our trangias and started to cook the meals we had been longing for all day. No-one was in any real pain, feet were still blister free and no-one was on the verge of exhaustion. We have always been warned about ticks.

Hence the reason you are not allowed to wear shorts. The first tick had been spotted on one of the members of my group and was dealt with quickly and efficiently. We all got to bed fairly early, knowing that tomorrow was going to be long, hot and hard. We all knew that this would be the day that our feet would start to blister.

The following morning we crawled out of our sleeping bags to make our much needed breakfast. Anticipation for the day ahead was starting to rise and all we wanted to do was to get started. Tents packed up and porridge consumed we soon set off, trying to walk off yesterday’s stiffness in our shoulders and legs.

It was the hottest day we had seen this year and we all felt it. Everyone had applied sunscreen and made sure they stayed hydrated by consuming more than the recommended amount of water. We refilled bottles every other checkpoint - thank you check-pointers!

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The day was really long, testing us both physically and mentally. The only way to pull through was by supporting your group and setting yourself numerous small goals. The last leg, through the hilliest terrain, seemed to go on for ever! At long last we arrived at the campsite, threw our bags down, changed into our swimming gear and jumped into the welcomingly cool waters of the campsite pool. Refreshed by our swim we set up camp once again, ate and got a well-deserved sleep.

We awoke to another hot day, had breakfast and packed up happy that this final day’s walk would be short in comparison with the first two days.

Despite the heat, our aching shoulders and blistered feet, the walk was completed without incident and we were soon swapping tales on the bus back to Rodborough.

We all agreed that this was a great way to end our time at school.

Thank you to all the members of staff who have trained us, camped with us, walked with us, check-pointed and given us such happy memories!

Year 9 Golf

Reporter Mrs Lewis The first of two days Golf for Year 9s took place at Broadwater Park Golf Club in blistering heat (well over 30 degrees C)!

There were good players in the field. Jess Rathbone was ‘Girl Player of the day’, holding her own against the best of the boys: Rory Cole, Charlie O’Donnell, Jack Johnson, Charlie Welch & Joe Watts.

Charlie O’Donnell played a tidy round of 39 in the afternoon competition to win. Second place was so close that Jack Johnson and Charlie Welch (both on 44) had to play off to decide placings.

The boys were followed by a small crowd and an adjudicator to ensure fair play.

Each was focussed on beating the other but Charlie held his nerve to par, beating Jack into third place.

The second Golf day will be on Friday and it will be interesting to see whether Charlie, with his score of 39, will retain his championship!

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England Champions!

Reporter Mr G Smith

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wo Rodborough pupils were crowned England U12 Hockey Champions at the England National Hockey Championships at Cannock, Staffordshire on Saturday 11 th May 2013.

Alexander Smith (7CST) and Max Greenhalgh (7ED) were members Photo Mr G Smith of Guildford Hockey Club, whose successes in the County and Regional (South) Championships qualified them for the National Championships at Cannock.

Once at the Cannock Championships, Guildford Hockey Club (representing the South of England) faced teams from the other Regional areas of England including Bolton (North), Beeston (Midlands), Ipswich (Eastern) and Bath (Western). Guildford played well, finishing top of their group to earn themselves a place in the National Final against Cheshire club Bowdon. Both Rodborough boys played key parts in the team’s 1-0 win and were thrilled to be crowned English National Champions in a ceremony organised by the England Hockey Board.

Both boys have worked extremely hard over the last few years to achieve the standard necessary to be selected onto the team. Max is an attacking winger and Alex is their goal keeper.

Becoming National Champions is a huge achievement – well done boys!

Alex and Max are really enthusiastic players, “Come and join Guildford – it’s a lot of fun!”

Reporter Darren Alford Class of 1983 Reunion A number of ‘Old Rodborough’ students from the Class of 1983 gathered at the Inn on the Lake in Godalming to celebrate their 30 years since leaving Rodborough.

Many hadn’t met during those 30 years so there was lots of catching up and reminiscing to get on with!

The reunion was deemed to be a massive success and, to round it off, a collection was made.

Is YOUR Mum or Dad in this picture of the Class of ’83?

As a result we are pleased to be able to donate £200 to The Teenage Cancer Trust and would like to thank the Class of ’83 for supporting such a worthwhile cause.

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Surrey Storm Netball

Reporter Anna Stevenson

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On 11 March 2013, a group of school netballers went to watch Surrey Storms play Manchester Thunders.

It was a tense game made up of 15 minute quarters.

The speed they play at is really incredible - whilst we might occasionally be lucky to score 16 goals in a match this is nothing compared to their 62!

It was the first time that many of us had watched a live professional game and we soon realised that we needed to pay close attention to goals and game play to see what was going on.

By the end of the first quarter Storms were trailing by two goals. However they began to warm up and score more and more goals. The Thunders were amazingly fast and got away to a good start.

Whilst the Thunders never tired the Storms were just too strong, making up lost ground and forging ahead to a fabulous 62:44 win.

We learned a lot about technique and tactics just by watching the match. Much of the team’s success was down to consistent shooting.

Both teams suffered injuries but it didn’t spoil the quality of play. They were amazing teams and I think netball is a really good game to go and watch, because it’s exciting, fast, affordable and different.

Why don’t you give it a try?

Reporter Miss Shephard Rounders Our Year 7 rounders team have been training hard to improve their skills. They had mixed results in their friendly matches with some wins and some heavy defeats.

Determined to do well in the Waverley Tournament, they learned from last year’s District Champions, our current Year 8 team.

At the tournament they did incredibly well; beating Woolmer Hill 5½ to 1½, Glebelands 9 to 3½ and Kings’ 5½ to 3½. Their final and deciding game was against the very strong Broadwater team. The girls played well but lost 9 to 3½, finishing a respectable second place.

The Year 8 rounders team had their sights set on retaining their District Champion title. Their commitment and drive is exceptional and they have shown this year’s Year 7s what it takes to be a winning team, both in netball and rounders. They are a strong team all round with tight fielding and good batting. They have had impressive victories in friendlies, leading up to the Waverley tournament.

Spirits were high, with comfortable wins against both Glebelands and Broadwater. Their final game was against Glebelands, who put up some resistance but Rodborough stormed through to the final, winning 7½ to 3.

The District final against Guildford Area’s winners, Howard of Effingham, was hard fought.

These teams had met in last year’s final – a tight game with Rodborough coming out victorious.

This year, unfortunately, nerves produced a very poor 1 st innings batting total of only 2½ to Howard’s 7½.

The second innings saw much more confident play but they had left too wide a margin, and Howard won the Championships 14½ to our 10½.

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District Sports Success!

Reporter Mrs Howick

District Sports Victories

Well done to all our athletes. As well as winning District Sports, a number of our athletes broke Rodborough records: In Year 8 Emily Porter (8PGW) broke the Shot record with an amazing 9.92 metres AND the Javelin record with 25.62 metres!

In Year 9 Megan Hildrew (9BP) broke the Hurdles record with a time of 11.8 seconds.

Aggie Farlow-Hoare (9BP) broke the 300 metre record (44.38 seconds). Aggie broke this record for Year 8 last year (46.00 seconds) and again in Year 7 (47.72 seconds). The Year 10 record for 300m was set by Ellie Cousins in 2008 at 45.53 seconds, so good luck next year, Aggie!

Aggie Farlow-Hoare also broke the Year 9 Long Jump record with 4.59m, the Triple Jump record with 10:09m AND was part of the 53.57 sec record-breaking Year 9 Relay Team (with Megan Hildrew, Kirsten Hunter & Laura Neuhaus).

‌ and Sports Day Competition, Fun & Frolics!

Having wished for a fine day for Sports Day, we were relieved when the day dawned slightly overcast and somewhat cooler– making the morning activities, before the sun regained strength, significantly more pleasant!

Everyone had a chance to shine, with House Team events preceding the elite sprints and relays.

The day was recorded by our photographers: Kesh, Morgan, Reuben & Simon.

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High Jump Photo Kesh Kaushal

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487 Runners start their Fun Run

Even wounded Sports Leaders played their part!

One of the eagerly anticipated Sports Day traditions – the sale of strawberries (very kindly donated by Hall Hunter Group) by our Senior 6 in aid of School Council funds was as popular as ever this year. The team were very well organised, serving hundreds before selling out!

A second cooling/rehydrating fund-raiser was Year 8s fruit cocktail stall in aid of their Awutu project.

Tempting cocktails of different flavours and ‘fruit shots’ proved very popular.

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It was all made possible by all the organisation and hard work of the PE department with the indespensable help of our fantastic Sports Leaders, who took on the responsibility for all the morning’s team games.

Miss Shephard was keen to break the participation record for her last Rodborough Fun Run and a whopping 487 of the 700 year 7-10s followed our Sports Captains on the one mile circuit!

A festival atmosphere descended upon the field during the lunch break. Mr Ewing played music over the PA system and a small number of Year 10s began dancing. Before long, others joined them and what looked like the whole school gathered in a circle to watch!

Year 10s give their all Photo Kesh Kaushal

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So many records had fallen at District Sports that there weren’t many opportunities for more on Sports Day itself.

Aggie joined the boys for their 400m (we no longer run that distance for girls). She crossed the line in third place – adding yet another record to her name!

Rosalind Morris, from Year 9, equalled the 1.5m High Jump record.

The Fruit Cocktails are appreciated …

Senior 6 sell strawberries & icecream

… and the strawberries & icecream!

… the Year 10 Dancers draw a crowd!

Medals worn with pride

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Medals worn with pride

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