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News from Mrs Grimes

Hello Everyone!

It has been a busy but exciting week at RHS. We are looking forward to welcoming Year 10 and Year 12 students back later this month and this week we have been putting the final touches to our partial re-opening plans. We will be communicating these with students and parents by the end of the week. If you child is in either of those Year groups please look out for further information tomorrow afternoon.

I know that it will perhaps be frustrating for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 to not be able to return just yet, but we do miss you all and very much look forward to the time when we can all get back to school. We have been very impressed by the fantastic work that students are completing at home in these challenging circumstances, keep it up!

I am sure that we have all taken some time this week to reflect on the easing of the lockdown restrictions. As well as schools, shops and zoos are starting to re-open and it is good to know that we can now catch up with a small number of friends and family in person, albeit at a distance. It feels like there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel as we move towards the summer break. This lockdown has certainly made me think about the things that I value and have missed the most.

One of the most important things to me is our school, and I am not just saying this for the purposes of our newsletter! RHS is a hub of lively activity, creativity, trial and error, success and happiness. It’s a community of amazing colleagues, teachers who go above and beyond, students who delight and surprise us every single day and parents rooting for us. It is a community of friends. We look forward to hearing the corridors and classrooms buzzing again very soon.

Best wishes,
Mrs Grimes

Parents/Carers - Would you like to share your career details with our students?

As we may not be able to host any careers events in school for some time I am aiming to create a really up to date database of jobs that you do/have done to then share with our students and help better inform them about the huge variety of jobs that exist. 

Please could you download complete the attached form (Word Version / PDF version) and e-mail this back to me, Chris Marley, Head of Careers and PSHE:  c.marley@rugbyhighschool.co.uk 

Thank you in advance for helping to create what will be an invaluable careers resource for our students.

LIVE from Surgery every Tuesday & Thursday at 10.00am.

Join award-winning Sam Piri, Amy Straughan and guests for all things human body for students aged 14-19 or those on an access courses to health and medicine. In each live episode we'll unpick the pathology of a new patient. We'll be going into the operating theatre to examine the incredible structure of the human body to learn in a way never done before.

Visit the A Level Biology Frog site (school login required) and go to the Operating Theatre Live tab for details on how to access free episodes.

Our Virtual Art Gallery

Each week we shall be treating you to a selection of artworks from our ever growing collection.

National Theatre at Home launched on YouTube on April 2, and now, every Thursday (7pm) sees a new National Theatre play released – free to watch for one week – along with bonus content including cast and creatives Q&As and post-stream talks.

What’s on this week? 

National Theatre at Home: Small Island

The production is streaming for free with National Theatre at Home from 7pm UK time on Thursday 18 June, until 7pm UK time on Thursday 25 June 2020.

Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, from the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, in this moving stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as Small Island traces the tangled history between Jamaica and the UK and our characters dream of a better world. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots, in three intricately connected stories.

The running time is 2hrs 55mins with a very short interval. BBFC rating is 15 due to some strong language, discriminatory behaviour, occasional sexual references and mild violence. Please note that, as part of depicting the experience of Jamaican immigrants to Britain after the Second World War, some characters in the play use racially offensive terms. This production contains strobe-like effects.

"Never waste a good crisis"

This competition, run by UCL openDemocracy, launches today, and is open to school and university students (aged 14 and up) to share their vision of the future, with prizes of £200, £100 or £50 in book tokens plus the chance for personal mentoring from the panel of some of the world's foremost thinkers and some fantastic work experience with either UCL or openDemocracy.

Entrants can submit either a written article, short video or image that describes their vision for the world after the coronavirus crisis has passed.

FIND OUT MORE

KS3 Book Recommendation

A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder.

When Jay Reguero hears of his cousin Jun’s death, everything changes. Although years have passed since they were last in contact, the stories about Jun just don’t fit with the boy Jay knew. Hoping to uncover the truth, Jay travels to Jun’s home in the Philippines – but the shocking realities of life there lead to even more questions. Can Jay find the answers he seeks?

A gripping and lyrical YA novel for fans of Angie Thomas’s THE HATE U GIVE, Patrice Lawrence’s ORANGEBOY and Nic Stone’s DEAR MARTIN.

Please find below information that has been passed to us that may be of interest to you and your family.

Stem4 is a charity that promotes positive mental health in teenagers and those who support them, including their families, carers, teachers, school nurses and GPs through the provision of mental health education, resilience strategies and early intervention. 
Click Here for a helpful booklet regarding strategies to support others during the Covid19 crisis.

Do check frequently as it's updated every day

Latest information on coronavirus from Warwickshire County Council

School Health team are #HereToHelp Warwickshire families at this difficult time. Text for confidential health & wellbeing advice from their friendly nurses.

Young people 11-19: text ChatHealth on 07507 331 525

Parents/carers: text Parentline on 07520 619 376