There has been a lovely celebratory mood at Rosebery this week, as we not only joined in marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day, but also marked Rosebery Day on Wednesday. 

The Quad was resplendent in sunshine as the Senior Prefect Team hosted a Rosebery Day picnic, which included lawn games and in house music from some very talented students. 

This was the 98th Rosebery Day, as the new ‘Rosebery School’ was officially opened on 7 May 1927, coinciding with Lord Rosebery’s birthday, by the Lady Mayoress of London - marking the birth of Rosebery School.  

The new White Horse drive site was built on land donated to the local authority by Lord Rosebery to construct the new school, to expand the capacity to educate girls in the local area. The primrose flower logo used by Rosebery School is also a direct reference to the 5th Earl of Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, whose family name is "Primrose".  

You can find out more about the history of Rosebery, as we prepare to mark the centenary of the creation of the ‘new’ Rosebery School in 1927 by clicking here.

Aside from the naming of Rosebery Park, and several Rosebery Roads in the local area you may also be aware that Rosebery House at Epsom College was also named after the former Home Secretary, Prime Minister, and winner of the Epsom Derby! You may wish to read more about him here or indeed enjoy doing you own research! 

Elsewhere this week, good luck to Year 11 students who have now started their GCSEs, and we bid farewell to our Year 13 Class of 2025, who had their final lessons today, ahead of their A Level examinations starting next week – for many it’s the beginning of the end of an emotional but joyous 7 year Rosebery journey – BEST OF LUCK GIRLS! 

Next week is a busy one for Year 10 students, with Geography field work taking place at the River Tillingbourne and I know colleagues were incredibly impressed with the students throughout the GCSE & Mock Exam preparation day that took place on Thursday. As this cohort take over as the oldest students in kilts, we look forward to them rising to the challenges in front of them, and also look forward to meeting Year 10 families at Parents’ Evening on Thursday. 

Please be aware that there are number of timetable changes taking place from Monday, that we will speak to your daughters about, largely to support the PE curriculum offer, in light of recent events. In the first instance existing staff are taking on extra classes, to benefit the student experience, for which I am truly grateful, and we then hope to have a new permanent member of team PE in place for after May half term. Apologies in advance for any disruption in the interim, but please do encourage your daughter to check Bromcom or ePraise over the weekend. 

Finally, it is the next GLF Collaborates session on Wednesday afternoon, so please be reminded that school closes early that day, with students dismissed at 1.00pm. Please note that this means that there will be no lunch time canteen service on Wednesday. 

Have a lovely weekend everyone. 

New: Rosebery Parents Prayer Group

In the midst of a very challenging year for all those at Rosebery, it seems the right time to start up a parents' prayer group as a way of offering support to the school community. If you would be interested in gathering once a term with other Christian parents to pray for our school, please fill in this Google form with some details and you'll hear from us shortly with a date to meet.

Mrs Napper, mum to Phoebe in Year 8  

As part of Melanoma Awareness Month, we will be holding a sponsored Skip-a-thon on Friday 16 May in memory of Natalie Street, a former Rosebery student. The event will raise funds for the Royal Marsden Hospital, which provided exceptional care to Natalie and her family.

• Year 7 and Year 12 students will participate during lesson time.

• All other students and staff are welcome to join in during lunchtime.

This is a sponsored event and students who wish to take part are encouraged to collect sponsorship. Sponsorship forms are available from school – students can speak to Miss Canessa if they need one.

All donations and sponsorship money should be brought into school on Thursday 15 or Friday 16 May. If you wish to make any additional donations, this can be done on ParentPay. 

In support of the event, Friday 16 May will also be a non-uniform (mufti) day, with a suggested donation of £1. We encourage all students and staff to wear orange to show support for Melanoma Awareness Month.

Thank you for your continued support of these important and meaningful school events.

Miss Canessa - Director of Student Experience, Citizenship & Transition

A number of year 12 physics students recently competed in the Senior Physics Challenge, organised by the British Physics Olympiad. It is an exciting opportunity for students to stretch their problem solving skills and apply fundamental physical principles to novel situations. Over 6000 top students take part in the competition each year, which is designed to stretch high level students with more advanced styles of questions than they would normally be used to.

Brilliantly, all students who participated this year earned an award. Special congratulations to Emma G 12B for receiving a Gold award, which in this competition is truly a remarkable achievement only earned by 7% of those who took part! Silver awards went to Freya D 12E, Marta N 12B and Elena E 12B, and Bronze awards to Lauren L 12B, Olivia T 12B, and Bethan T 12B. Thank you and well done to everyone who participated!

Mr Lowde - Physics Teacher

We are very excited to be planning our summer raffle and sponsored Personal Agent boards again this term, so please expect further information about these soon. We are also looking forward to supporting a number of school events, and will share a volunteer spreadsheet shortly in case you have a bit of time you can spare us to help support our school with vital funding.

Help the PSA raise £1000 in four clicks

The Benefact Group conducts an annual charitable giving programme for which you can nominate your PSA. To take part:

50/50 Club

Many congratulations to our Rosebery PSA March winners!

• 1st | Philippa Baker | number 65

• 2nd | Katherine Black | number 17

• 3rd | Sarah Crow | number 37

Many congratulations to our Rosebery PSA April winners!

• 1st | Ruth Price | number 106

• 2nd | Rachel Bennett | number 62

• 3rd | Jennifer McFarlane | number 30

Best of luck to all students taking their GCSEs and A Levels! We’d love to receive any unwanted uniform and study books which can be brought into the school office.

Team PSA

Miss Morris - Maths Teacher

Mrs Rathore - Deputy Head of Mathematics

The Year 12 netballers played against Ashcombe School on Wednesday afternoon in the beautiful sunshine - which felt very weird for a netball game! Both teams started the game very competitively and I was excited to see how the game would unfold. From the first centre pass, Rosebery scored, which put us in a strong positive position for the remainder of the quarter. The ball was being played down the court quickly by both teams and the quality of the passing resulted in some great feeds into the D, as well as a high-scoring quarter of 9-5 to Rosebery.

As the second quarter began, Rosebery made a few unforced errors and the scoreline remained a lot tighter compared the to the first quarter, finishing the half with a score of 14-8 to Rosebery. The second half started much better, as Rosebery steadied the play and made some brilliant interceptions which turned the ball over into many goal-scoring opportunities. By the end of the third quarter, Rosebery were in the lead with a score of 20-11. As the final quarter started, you could tell that both teams were getting tired as the number of penalties given away were increasing as well as the number of unforced errors. However, Rosebery still managed to win the quarter and the whole game with a final score of 26-12. Well done on a winning end to the season, and a particular well done to Keira K 12G, who received Player of the Match from the opposition.

Mrs Hart-McKee - PE Teacher