RTS Parents' Newsletter

RTS Parents' Newsletter 03 February 2023

Head Teacher's Message

I wanted to say thank you to our RTS families for your support this week whilst we navigated the first of four planned days of industrial action by the National Education Union (NEU). As I have said in my emails, I want to acknowledge the difficult decision that staff have had to make and I hope the government can work with trade union officials to take action to address the ongoing issue of school funding.

We welcomed a large number of Year 9 families on site on Wednesday evening for the GCSE Options Event and it was a real pleasure to see and speak to so many of you. We hope that you found the evening informative and I for one am looking forward to speaking to some of your children next week about their future plans and possible options choices.

I hope that you have a restful weekend.

Ms K Dooley

Dates for the diary

Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 February
- INSET Days: School closed to all students for staff training
Wednesday 22 February 2023
- Early finish at 14:00 for all students
- Parent/Subject Teacher Subject Consultations for Year 9, 14:30-19:30 - face to face in school
- FoRTS General Meeting, Time TBC

Contacting the School

If you wish to contact the school, the School Office is open (term time only):

Monday-Thursday - 08:15-16:30
Friday - 08:15-15:00

Telephone: 020 8891 2985

Email: info@rts.richmond.sch.uk

Please use the Parents Communications Summary for guidance on types of query and where advice may be found/who to direct your query to.

RTS Art Gallery

This week Ms Williams has shared with us some bright colours for the brighter weather and lighter evenings we are now experiencing:

"This term the Year 9s have been researching the formal elements including line, colour, pattern and shape. The artist we have been looking at is Jasper Johns and his Numbers in Colour paintings. This work created by the Year 9s shows the huge creative potential our Year 9 cohort have and I'm looking forward to discussing Art GCSE as an option with these students next week in class."

These studies were created by: Sophia D, Libby, Jake R, Sohail, Suki, Isabelle W, Luca, Guyunusa, Jake Q; and Isabelle H.

RTS Fixtures

The Year 10 boys rugby team headed out over to the annual Orleans Park Rugby 7s Tournament on Tuesday. After their performance in the group they were entered into the Plate competition, where they finished second. It was a close run game and the team were narrowly beaten and just missed out on winning the Plate. Well done to the team for playing exceptionally well and for good sportsmanship during the tournament.

FORTS NEWS

FoRTS General Meeting and Second Hand Uniform sale

The next FoRTS General meeting will take place in school on Wednesday 22 February, time to be confirmed.

We will also be holding a second hand uniform sale so please bring any uniform donations in good condition to the school - to be left in reception - so we are able to clean and prepare in advance.

Save the date: Quiz and Curry night

Our very popular quiz and curry night is back. Further details to follow but for now please hold the date and time of Friday 24th March, 7.30-10.30pm in your diaries. This will be an evening event for parents and school personnel.

Rugby volunteers needed

Thank you to those who have already signed up to be volunteer marshals at the rugby event on Saturday 4th February. We still need volunteer marshals for the next match on Saturday 11th February. If you can spare some time in 2-hour slots from 11.30am-7.30pm please sign up here.

Your FoRTS team,

Carey (Chair), Mark (Treasurer) and Carmelle(Secretary)

General: forts@rts.richmond.sch.uk

Uniform: fortsuniform@rts.richmond.sch.uk

Parking: fortsparking@rts.richmond.sch.uk

Voluntary donations: Peoples Fundraising

Safeguarding

If you have concerns in relation to a student at RTS or indeed with regards to your own child, you may want to contact Single Point of Access (SPA) which acts as a central information hub for all professional agencies in Kingston and Richmond.

Richmond and Kingston SPA

The SPA phone lines are now open as follows: