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Celebration Assemblies

This week we have been celebrating our students with a series of assemblies, giving out certificates and awards! Here are the winners for this term, well done to them all!

Year 7 Certificate Winners:

English - Anike Bhave
Maths - Natasha Bhowmick  
Science - Fern Ow
Computer Science - Amber  Butler
Art & Design - Jessica Mann
Textiles - Izzy Ademokun
French - Zoe Challis
Spanish - Shreya Mistry
Latin - Juliet Henning
Drama - Emili Cela
Music - Scarlett Lan
Geography - Keira Jarrett
History - Xugi Shangguan
PRS - Grace Abolarin
PE - Phoebe Cottingham
PSHE - Maria-Ruxandra Chirea

Headteacher’s Award - Shenu Liyanaarachchi

Year 8 Certificate Winners:

English - Avaani Bassi
Maths - Efesombia Airhihen
Science - Caoimhe Adams
Computer Science - Diya Choudhary
Art & Design - Tia Brown
Textiles - Reet Choudhary
Food Science - Keva Ennis
French - Lara Hughes
Spanish - Michelle Akhigbe
Latin - Emma Bradshaw
Drama - Isla Silk
Music - Trisha Maharjan
Geography - Nicole Allenby
History - Selma Alhani
PRS - Gagana Pendyala
PE - Charita Chintalapudi
PSHE - Martha Williams

Headteacher’s Award - Grace Rankin

Year 9 Certificate Winners:

English - Ese Aiguomudu
Maths - Vaibhavi Sudhinra
Science - Alice Page
Computer Science - Amy Rhodes
Art & Design - Siu Ting Wong
Food Science - Sofia Allen
French - Josephine Woolf
Spanish - Ananya Gupta
Latin - Aimee Marriott
Drama - Saffron Teale
Music - Pippa Bennett
Geography - Aashna Bhatnagar
History - Anushka Krishna
PRS - Mizpah Njuabe
PE - Liv Bexon-Walsh
PSHE - Emilia Montoya

Headteacher’s Award - Mizpah Njuabe

Year 10 Certificate Winners:

English - Izzy Sheath
Maths - Summer Harvey
Biology - Bethany John
Chemistry - Ema Litvinenko
Physics - Eliie Fahmy
Science - Sophie Farrell
Computer Science - Brouklaani Brennan
Business - Meera Raghavan
Art & Design - Julia Hardy
Textiles - Tharinduni Jayakodi
Food Science - Emily Watts
French - Laura Marsden
Spanish - Kaila Joy
Latin - Chloe Bartholomew
Drama - Shivani Ayyalasomayajula
Music - LIlla Dobo
Geography - Myrah Vats
History - Bestly Azogu
PRS - Florence Kinsella
PE (Core) -Ella Godfrey
PE (GCSE) - Amelie Timms
 

Year 10 Headteacher’s Award - Bethany John

Year 11 Certificate Winners:

English - Rania Akbik
Maths - Holly Gibbons
Biology - Athulya Rao-Nan
Chemistry - Elizabeth Bates
Physics - Emisha Chindam
Science - Emily Davis
Computer Science - Millie Butler
Business Studies - Harriett Humphrey
Art & Design - Amelia Robson
Textiles - Sana Safi
Food Science - Ava O’Brien
French - Emily Shields
Spanish - Riya Alexsander
Latin - Darcy Morris
Drama - Poppy Palmer
Music - Ealine Tsang
Geography - Izzie Clarke
History - Annvi Saji
PRS - Alice Perraut
PE (Core) - Elise Marlow
PE (GCSE) - Charlotte Pheasant
 

Year 11 Headteacher’s Award - Selina Yildirim

Year 12 Certificate Winners:

English Language - Lacey-Mae Ford
English Literature - Dalya Omar
Maths - Ben Clayton
Further Maths - Abia Mahesh
Biology - Sophie Chang
Chemistry - Megan Clark
Physics - Ria Dhinsa
Computer Science - Ana Caborn
Sociology - Ioana Costin
Business Studies - Alex Bosworth
Economics - Seya Bhabra
Art and Design - Alessia Stokoe
French - Rosie Revell
Spanish - Fay Leighton
Classical Civilisation - Isobel Read
Drama - Jess Allen
Music - Aimee Jones
Geography - Zoe Parker
History - Chloe Butler
Politics - Okiki-Olaoluwa Arannilewa
PRS - William Gibbs
PE - Chid Iheanacho
PSHE - Robin Jago

Headteacher’s Award - Daniela Olanrewaju

Year 13 Certificate Winners:

English Language - Lucy Goldthorp
English Literature - Grace Austin
Maths - Melna Paulson
Further Maths - Finley Hughes
Biology - Bahar Sais
Chemistry - Eva Newson
Physics - Milly Ogburn-Storey
Computer Science - Simran Johal
Sociology - Ariana Boga
Business Studies - Jack Cooke
Economics - Sophia Dixon
Art and Design - Evie Hancock
French - Eva Diaz-Aliste
Spanish - Katie Nicholls
Latin - Rose Ridley
Drama - Evie Goodwin
Music - Joanna Sathyaseelan
Geography - Easher Bassan
History - Zara Avery
Politics - Iga Grzesiuk
PRS - Meri Babadi
PSHE - Temi Amore-Apena
EPQ - Rosie Seago

Headteacher’s Award - Salesia Salvio

Congratulations to them all! 

Duke of Edinburgh awards announced

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver Awards were also announced in Celebration Assemblies this week, with a huge list of names of students who had achieved their Bronze award and three who had attained Silver!

Well done to them all for all their hard work achieving these!  

Sixth Form Entertainment

The time-honoured school tradition continued today with the amazing Sixth Form Entertainment. Today's show was themed around a Staff Nativity! Before the play commenced the audience was treated to some staff TikToks with the canteen staff dancing around the kitchen, and staff from the Drama department to Mr Grady sharing their moves!

"Mr Grady" opened the show gripping his trademark RSC mug, which multiplied and grew throughout the show with Mrs Bennett trailing him throughout with spares. Mr Grady announced the staff roles in the nativity with the English department playing angels, Maths playing the star, Geography were shepherds with PE playing their sheep and Science were wise men! Mr Sexton and Mr Quinn played the donkey and those staff who've had babies recently (plus Mrs Goodwin) fought it out to be Mary with there being a compromise of 4 Mary's in the end! 

The show featured a rap battle between Geography and Science, a recitation of 'Last Christmas' from Mrs Dermot-Bond and a duet from the Latin teachers, featuring Mr Paterson as DJ Patz. Mr Bottle distributed sweets to the excited crowd and Mrs Kane performed her epic 'Wuthering Heights'. What a fantastic performance and well done to all involved! 

Winter Fayre fundraising totals announced

Money raised at the Winter Fayre has been counted and the total was £1306.25!

The overall total raised at the event was much bigger as the PTA raised almost £1900 from the tombolas and the Grand Draw! 

The house charities have also been chosen! Nominations and voting have taken place and Mr Grady then held a draw to randomly allocate them.

They are:
Rauf - Cancer Research 
Holmes - RSPCA
Seacole - Save the Children
Glennie - Make a Wish UK

Young Geographer of the Year

Our Year 12 student, Zoe Parker, has won the prestigious Young Geographer of the Year competition, in the Key Stage 5 category. The school’s Geography department is thrilled to be celebrating Zoe's remarkable achievement!

The Royal Geographical Society recognises the outstanding work of the next generation of geographers through its Young Geographer of the Year competition. This is an international award with categories spanning the primary years to A Level, with the competition encouraging young people to think creatively and analytically about geographical themes. 

The theme for 2024 was 'Choose Geography', with students tasked with creating striking and informative posters that demonstrate the relevance of geography and how studying it can help you understand the world we live in and the global challenges we face as a society.

With schools hosting their own heats and submitting only their winners, the 1,000 entries received by the Society represented just a fraction of the overall number of participating students.  

Zoe was awarded her certificate by Alan Parkinson, the Society’s Vice President for Education, at a ceremony held at the Society on Friday 29th November. Huge congratulations Zoe!

Photo copyright: James Tye Royal Geographical Society

Year 10s captivated by A Christmas Carol

Last week our Year 10 students had a fantastic trip to Birmingham to enjoy a production of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. It was an atmospheric and captivating telling of the classic tale with clanging bells, rattling chains and the Victorian setting brought to life. 

Our students loved the spooky ghosts swooping over the audience, the lively singing and Scrooge transformed into a giggly new version of himself after his ghostly encounters. There was even an audible gasp from them at the revealing end twist! All contributing to their deeper understanding of their GCSE text!

Crest Engineers at Birmingham University

At Birmingham University this week our Year 12 Engineering students have been working at the workshops on their Gold CREST projects. Robotic arms and sterilising cola can filler valves are the 2 focuses for this year's teams. 

Alumnus visits BioeMedSoc

BioMedSoc were delighted to welcome alumnus Izma Ahmed (6th from left in the photo) to their regular meeting on Monday lunchtime. Izma is a fourth year medical student at Imperial College London and passed on lots of great advice and anecdotes from her time as a medical student. Currently completing her intercalated year in Business Studies, Izma has two further years of study to qualify as a doctor, with also a degree in Business.

It was a pleasure for many of her former teachers to see Izma again and we would love to see other alumni from the class of '21 (or other years) to pass on their wise words and career advice.

Staff Name Change

Please note, from the start of the Spring term, Ms Richmond will be known as Ms Groocock, and her email will change accordingly. 

200 Club Draw Results

Many thanks to all the people who have joined the 200 Club for this academic year! 97 shares were purchased, so that means this year’s prizes are up on last year’s. All ticket numbers have been emailed out – please let Tess Juckes, 200 Club Organiser, know if you haven’t received yours.

We’ve had a bit of a catch up on the last set of results from the 2023-24 draws for August and Quarter 4 – see below.

The Winter Fayre then gave us the opportunity of drawing the first set of prizes for the 2024-25 academic year. Cheques to winners were sent out last week. Congratulations to the lucky winners!

2023-2024:

2024-2025:

Tess Juckes, 200 Club Organiser
RHS200Club@rugbyhighschool.co.uk

Futsal Friendly Match

Photo caption: l-r, Anushay, Sofia A, Poppy (C), Zoe, Sofia BR, Anya.

U15s Futsal Princethorpe 3 - 5 Rugby High (Sofia BR 4, Anushay 1)

We took a small squad of U15s to Princethorpe for a Futsal friendly on Tuesday 3rd December. Many thanks to Anya in year 8 for playing up, and for having a few shots which were so close to being goals. Rugby High dominated the first half and the score at half time was 3-0 to us, with decisive goals from Sofia BR (2) and Anushay (1). Sofia A also had some great shots on target and Poppy and Zoe in defence deflected several Princethorpe attacks.

Princethorpe came back stronger in the second half and scored two goals that could have been several more, was not for Poppy's strong defending and Zoe's diving saves (in the sports hall). Sofia BR scored us another, then Princethorpe came back and Sofia BR responded again to give us a final score line of 3-5. A hard-fought victory for RHS and well deserved. Mr Phillips, Mr Moseley and Dr Brown felt incredibly proud of the skill and determination displayed in this game, well done U15s. Princethorpe selected Zoe as the well-deserved player of the match.

Badminton results

Here's the results of the latest Badminton tournament with players from years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11!  

Well done to all who played 😊

Watch Theatre Productions online this Christmas holidays

Rugby High School subscribes to Digital Theatre Plus which has a wealth of outstanding theatre productions that you can stream. Here are some recommendations for the Christmas holidays – happy watching!

Please be aware that this log in is for RHS students only and can not be shared outside the RHS community. Thank you.

Digital Theatre Plus login:

Log in: drama@rugbyhighschool.co.uk
Password: performingarts2021

Shows to enjoy:

Jacqueline Wilson’s Hetty Feather: This series tells the tale of a lost soul who is desperately trying to find her way. Hetty Feather is a young girl whose desire to locate her birth mother drives her to escape the harsh environment of Foundling Hospital.

Anything Goes: Set aboard the S.S. American, this classic musical comedy follows Billy Crocker in his plight to stop his true love from marrying someone else, with songs by Cole Porter including ‘I Get a Kick Out of You’ and ‘You’re the Top’.

Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens' tale sees Ebenezer Scrooge transform from a miserly money-lender into the living embodiment of the festive spirit as he goes on an eye-opening journey on Christmas Eve.

Click here for the links to the productions

Dorothy Brown Thompson
Merry Christmas 

At Christmas, when old friends are meeting,
We give that long-loved joyous greeting -
         'Merry Christmas!'

While hanging sheaves for winter birds
Friends in Norway call the words,
         'God Jul!'

With wooden shoes ranged on the hearth,
Dutch celebrators cry their mirth,
         'Vrolyk Kerstfeest!'

In France, that land of courtesy,
Our welcome to our guests would be,
          'Joyeux Noël!'

Enshrining Christmas in her art,
Italy cries from a full heart,
          'Buon Natale!'

When in the land of Christmas trees,
Old Germany, use words like these -
          'Fröhliche Weihnachten!'

Though each land names a different name,
Good will rings through each wish the same -
          'Merry Christmas!'

All things Poetry found at Poetry by Heart

Please find below the link to the Warwickshire Family Information Service Newsletter

17th December Edition