RTS Parents' Newsletter 19 May 2023

Head Teacher's Message

We enjoyed over 50 Year 6 Archdeacon pupils coming to visit us this week for some Food Tech and Science taster lessons - a great introduction to secondary school for them and part of our transition programme with local primary schools. They were so well behaved and in awe of our large airy building!

In contrast, it's been very quiet around school today as the GCSEs continued with Maths this morning and then Computer Science this afternoon. We have also had a large number of Year 7 and Year 8 students away on a day trip to the Opal Coast, France. Well, I say day trip but they left at 4am this morning and are due back at 10:30pm tonight! I think there will be some very tired children (and parents) tomorrow. From what I have heard they have been enjoying beautiful blue skies and a visit to a chocolate factory! Next week's end of term should be a bumper round up of the recent trips and visits that students have been able to go on over the last two weeks.

From the feedback that I have received, and from what I myself have witnessed, our Year 11s have approached this first week of GCSEs with maturity and a sense of calm. All of their preparation and revision is standing them in good stead. With more exams to come it is important that they also take the time to rest and relax and have some downtime this weekend - perhaps enjoy some sunshine!

Wishing you all a pleasant weekend.

Ms K Dooley 

Dates for the diary

Contacting the School

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

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.

Junior Maths Challenge


On Wednesday 26 April, 120 students from year 7 and 8  were involved in the Junior Maths Challenge. This is a great event that we have taken part in nearly every year. This year's results were incredibly positive and our students achieved the following: 


Students should receive their certificates shortly.


RTS students also received five invitations to the Kangaroo challenge and 1 invitation to the Olympiad challenge - which is designed to stretch high-attaining young people - so really well done to these students and good luck for 14 June which is when the next challenges take place.

RTS Netball Tour

At the end of April RTS headed to East Sussex for this year's netball tour. 78 girls from across Years 7-10 took partin a round robin tournament across three days against St Nicholas, Beneden, Cheam High School and the Hall School Wimbledon schools.


The girls (and accompanying teachers) had a fantastic time and played some really great games.  We had some strong wins and at the end of the tournament were placed as follows:


Unfortunately the Year 9 Team didn't make it through to the semi-finals, but had some good moves during their games and contributed to the overall team spirit. 


It wasn't all netball, whilst away all students had the opportunity to take part in  the following activities: rock climbing, abseiling, zip wire, archery, axe throwing, rifle shooting, sensory trails; and a Sports Night.


“This year we got matching skorts to really show we mean business” - Year 10A Team; “Let’s pretend to be funky chickens to put off the opposition” - Year 7B Team; and “Best weekend of the school year” Year 8B Team!


RTS were awarded the Best Etiquette Award for behaviour on and off the court, Year 7B Team came away with the Umpire Award (for the second year running!); and Nevaeh (Year 10) was awarded Player of the Tournament. 


We are so proud of all of the girls for their commitment and for representing the RTS Way. Thank you also to the staff who gave up their time to accompany the girls on this trip,

FORTS NEWS

Rugby parking 

Last week saw another £2,000 raised for FoRTS from rugby parking! Thank you to all the marshals who volunteered their time. If you are interested in helping out at future events please message Rob on:  fortsparking@rts.richmond.sch.uk

All the money raised goes directly to help with students' school activities and enrichment.

Your FoRTS team,

Carmelle (Chair & Secretary), Mark (Treasurer) 

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: 

Hounslow Early Help Assessment

NSPCC:

Speak to a counsellor 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Local News - Please note RTS does not endorse items included as Local News

Just A Tribute Festival - The Stoop

For all you rock lovers, Just A Tribute Festival are holding an event at The Stoop on Saturday 17th June.  It is,  as the title suggests a festival of tribute acts featuring classic bands such as the Faux Fighters,  Wrong Jovi and headlining the Nirvana Tribute.   Check out their website and promotional video below.  As well as delicious street food vendors, they pride themselves as being a really family friendly day out, with a children’s stage with entertainment and  fairground rides as well as the main stage on the pitch.

justatribute.co.uk. 

Tickets and more details can be found on the link below or via the website. 

May Half-Term Camp

Looking for a May Half-Term for younger children with an older sibling at RTS? Then Mr Bowie's camp is for you! A local primary school teacher himself, Mr Bowie has been running sports camps at RTS now for a while and the camps are a huge hit with the children who attend. 

Contact Mr Bowie for full details.

Richmond Volunteer Fair

On Thursday 25 May 2023 it's the annual Volunteer Fair at Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College (RHACC). This is a free community event which invites local people to meet a wide range of good causes and find out about a variety of roles they could get involved with, in whatever time they can spare.

FINAL - Volunteer Fair 2023 - Poster.pdf

School Uniform Suppliers - Summer Appointments 

SchoolDays - Whitton High St

From 1st June, SchoolDays will again be operating an appointment system during the summer months.

Book your slot early to avoid disappointment at : https://schooldaysllp.co.uk/index.php/booking-form/ 

Stevensons

Stevensons have released this year's appointment booking information. 

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They are also looking for young people to work in their Twickenham branch over the summer months. 

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Vacancy - Parish Administrator

Ss Philip & James Whitton with St Stephen’s Hounslow seek a Parish Administrator, to be based at Whitton. The role will involve the management of day-to-day activities of the two churches, including some financial duties, to act as PA to the Vicar, and support the churchwardens and officers in their roles. 

Hours: 24.5 hours per week - can we worked flexibly across Monday to Friday

Salary: £15.00 per hour plus Workplace Pension (c£28.860pa pro rata)

Those who are interested are invited to contact the Hon PCC Secretary, Mrs Lucy James, on secretarysspj@gmail.com for a full Job Profile.

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Term Dates 2022-2023

Full term dates and Inset day information is  available on the website:

Parents' Calendar