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News from Mr Grady

Hello Everyone,

My village sits very close to Birmingham airport, and almost directly under the flight path.  Ironically, RHS sits quite under the flight path too - the last time I returned from my brother-in-law's in the Netherlands, I could quite distinctly see the glorious green of our playing fields below, and the slightly less glorious, but certainly iconic cement works in the distance.

Living where I do, one is simply used to hearing a variety of aircraft engines and the different noises they make as they descend and prepare for landing.  There is the rasping desperation of the tiny prop planes, and the huge, solid and reassuring rumble of the A380s as they seem to be going far too slow to ever stay in the air.

What one hears now is a relative silence.  At this time of year, normally there would be flights perhaps every 15 to 20 minutes, and even with the windows closed, it could feel pretty relentless.  It is now disconcerting when there IS a plane.  Of course with the silence, or at least, the lack of engine noise, one can hear other things going on.  There's still the background noise of the village, but even that is quieter than normal.

With the windows open, one is now able to actually discern the difference in birdsong, and I can actually hear individual insects.  People's voices now sound slightly more clearly from the street, and the wind in the trees is not drowned out by the roar of air-transport.  It's enough to make one feel quite poetic.

It has actually made me listen more to what's going on around me, as I've not simply homed in on the noise of planes taking off and landing with such regularity.

There are many things our current situation has bought my attention to, but I had never realised just how much was going on in the background if I only stopped to listen!  For such a relentless chatterer, this has been quite a revelation!  

Stay well and safe,
Best wishes,
Mr Grady

TRANSITION AND SUMMER WORK FOR YEAR 11 STUDENTS

Many of our Year 11 students will have by now finished their GCSE courses - with this in mind, we have designed a range of transition materials for them which is available on our school website.

https://www.rugbyhighschool.co.uk/y11-transition-and-summer-work

The first two weeks of transition materials are designed to get students thinking about skills and mindset needed to succeed at A Level. After this time, there will be subject specific material available on the school website for Year 11 students to do.

N.B. Even if Y11 students are not planning on staying at RH6 they will need to complete these tasks as they will be of value no matter what course they go on to study/ where they do their A Levels.

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Motivate students with free virtual talks from Speakers for Schools

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our Virtual Talks programme! From next week, we will be offering free livestreamed talks from some of the UK’s top leading figures. You will be able to hear masterclasses and interviews from speakers from across: Business, Arts, Academia, Media and more. Speakers will be sharing their own stories and expertise on a variety of subjects.

You can see the schedule of talks here! 

Upcoming talks include:

Paul Williams, Producer, BBC Natural History Unit will give insights to students on the work of a Wildlife Producer for TV. He will explore with KS3+ students what it takes to make a nature programme and how they do it

David Morrissey, Actor and Director will give a short introduction to his career and journey, then KS4-5 will be given the opportunity to submit questions for David to answer!

Baroness Natalie Bennett, Former Leader of the Green Party will talk with KS3 students about the environment and what we can do to reduce plastic usage and waste.

Celebrating Dr June Almeida 

As a school we have always celebrated many pioneering women in all different fields.   The BBC recently wrote an interesting article about the scientist who discovered the Corona Virus!  ...click here to read the article

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