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 News from Mr Grady
11th April 2024
Hello Everyone,
Welcome to the Summer Term – two quite long half terms, full once again of plenty of events and experiences for students here at RHS, as well, of course as the start to this year’s formal examinations for years 11 and 13.
As the clocks changed right in the middle of the holiday, that loss of an hour did not have quite the same impact as we of course had a whole week left holiday to recover. The change of time for British Summer time is one of those “glass half full” moments for me. As someone who very much appreciates their sleep, I cannot tell you how much losing an hour of sleep as the clocks go forward upsets my circadian rhythms, but on the other hand, the bonus is of course, lighter mornings and evenings as the summer sets in, and so although one could be grumpy about the short-term loss of something, one can really embrace the longer term bonus of so much more natural light, and the chance to get some much-needed vitamin D.
For students preparing for their formal examinations, it could easily be a case of “glass half empty” as you face the next few weeks of revision and examinations, but, with the incredible preparation you’ve had from your teachers, and the support of RHS staff, your family and friends, far better to take the glass half full approach of thinking, that for some short-term disruption, there will be real long-term gain: The longest summer holiday you’re likely to ever have if you’re In year 13, and of course the joy of opening your envelope in August and seeing your success on paper, the result of some short-term disruption for real long term success.
Life is full of those moments, where one can stare at some short-term feeling of difficulty or uncomfortable-ness, and choose in the moment to avoid, distract or run away from the challenge in front of you. At RHS, and in RH6, we hope that we offer enough opportunities to take on those challenges, to support you through them and out to the other side, realising your aspirations and revelling in your successes!
So, despite my still feeling the effects of losing an hour’s sleep, I am enjoying very much the bright and light drive into work, and the chance to do so many more things in the light in the evenings. I look forward to seeing the brighter side of a whole variety of things in the coming weeks and months.
I also hope that those of you celebrating Easter over the break had a restful and positive break, and that the family time and services attended gave you the chance to reflect and refocus, and of course for those of you celebrating Eid today and tomorrow, then I wish you a very happy Eid.
Stay well and safe everyone,
With all best wishes,
Mr Grady
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Celebration assemblies
Over the last few weeks we have been holding celebration assemblies across the year groups, awarding subject certificates and Headteacher awards. Headteacher Award winners are nominated by their form tutors based on the effort which they have made during registration for their form group. Here are the winners from the spring term:
Year 7
English - Sophia
Maths - Katie
Science - Adhya
Computer Science - Clara
Art and Design - Chloe
French - Maryam
Spanish - Blossom
Latin - Amelia
Drama - Melisa
Music - Zahra
Geography - Martha
History - Sanchitha
PRS - Denver
PE - Charice
PSHE - Iqraa
Headteacher Award - Iqraa
Year 8
English - Michelle
Maths - Nikita
Science - Maheen
Computer Science - Eva
Art and Design - Siu
Textiles - Elspeth
Food Science – Ellini
French - Alice
Spanish - Freia
Latin - Josephine
Drama - Irene
Music - Emma
Geography - Xuyan
History - Sofia
PRS - Aashna
PE - Ira
PSHE - Zoe
Headteacher Award - Sofia
Year 9
English - Shaashvati
Maths - Iris
Science - Poppy
Computer Science - Florence
Art and Design - Aanchal
French - Meera
Spanish - Kasandra
Latin - Izzy
Drama - Poppy
Music - Jenny
Geography - Sirisha
History - Tinn
PRS - Breesha / Rishika
PE - Emily
PSHE - Indie-Rose
Headteacher Award - Molly
Year 10
English Language - Eva
Maths - Athulya
Biology - Corey
Chemistry - Anya
Physics - Neha
Science - Mabel
Computer Science - Tajrian
Art and Design - Chloe
Textiles - Yoki
Food science - Erin
French - Anna
Spanish - Rhianna
Latin - Amritha
Drama - Astrid
Music - Olly
Geography - Advitha
History - Lili
PRS - Amulya
PE - Isabella
Headteacher Award - Amelia
Year 11
English Language - Livia
English Literature - Alessia
Maths - Jerusha
Biology - Sophie
Chemistry - Elsa
Physics - Angela
Science - Fay
Computer Science - Svara
Business - Grace
Art and Design - Zara
Textiles - Vi
Food science - Harini
French - Alexia
Spanish - Okiki
Latin - Charlotte
Drama - Jess
Music - Aimee
Geography - Chloe
History - Alice
PRS - Evelyn
PE - Edith
Headteacher Award - Chloe
Year 12
English Language - Edie
English Literature - Calvin
Maths - Nosang
Further Maths - Sophia
Biology - Sasha
Chemistry - Bahar
Physics - Nishad
Computer Science - Ellie
Psychology - Gloria
Sociology - Ariana
Business - Isabel
Economics - Anjali
Art and Design - Katarina
French - Emily
Spanish - Katie
Latin - Angel
Drama - Ruby
Music - Ellen
Geography - Rosie
History - Chloe
Politics - Eesha
PRS - Meri
PSHE - Kacey
EPQ - Lilybo
Headteacher Award - Blessy
Year 13
English Language - Liv
English Literature - Daisy
Maths - Liliya
Further Maths - Jen
Biology - Elisabeth
Chemistry - Alasdair
Physics - Hema
Computer Science - Jess
Psychology - Kammy
Sociology - Maria
Business - Mutende
Economics - Beth
Art and Design - Sharne
French - Lorna
Spanish - Emily
Latin - Millie
Classics - Chloe
Drama - Olivia
Music - Evie
Geography - Thomas
History - Emily
Politics - Ruby
PRS - Louisa
PSHE - Tommy
Headteacher Award - Georgia
Congratulations to everyone!
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Duke of Edinburgh Awards presented
These are the awards that have been approved so far, more are to come! Well done everyone!
Bronze Awards
Minnah, Aenthel, Sara, Nataniella, Freya, Surpriya, Elizabeth, Millie, Ana, Harini, Isabella, Harriet, Erin, Megan, Eve, Casey-Anne, Sienna, Hermione, Aaliya, Ellie, Deena, Charlotte, Chloe, Rhianna, Mariam .
Silver Award
Yehya, Jody, Evie, Rachel, Nia, Ashlie, Eva, Anjali, Daisy, Anna-Maria, Neehru.
Gold Award
Megan
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House point totals for the end of term
The winners of last term's house points prize has been announced and this time it is Rauf house! All members of Rauf have won a prize which will be something like a film afternoon or a games afternoon - details to be revealed later.
1st - Rauf with 4411 house points
2nd - Seacole with 3808 house points
3rd - Glennie with 3711 house points
4th - Holmes with 3688 house points
Total house points awarded: 15625
Well done to all our students!
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Our PTA needs your help
Our fantastic PTA team will be meeting this Saturday morning to sort uniform in preparation for the Preloved Uniform sale. If anyone can spare an hour or so to help they will be busy sorting at school from 9.30am on Saturday 13th April.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
The uniform sale will be held on Saturday 27th April, 10am - 12pm - come along to buy uniform at great prices!
Upcoming PTA Meeting
The next PTA meeting will be held on Tuesday 16th April at 6.30pm in the Sports Hall Classroom or online via Teams.
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Aim High sessions
Year 11s are warmly invited to attend a couple of "Aim High" sessions, that are part of the Year 12 super-curricular programme. These are friendly, informal sessions are designed for students who are interested in applying to competitive courses, such as Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Law and universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, UCL.
These sessions will be led by Year 13 student, so please come along if you’re interested!
Wednesday 17th April: Languages: applying to study modern foreign languages at competitive universities
Wednesday 23rd April: Law: how best to prepare for applying for Law and the LNAT (the extra law exam)
The sessions are in Drama Studio 2, 1.30pm - 2.00pm
Our Year 13 students will be able to give you a honest and insightful view of what it is like to successfully apply for these courses. Don't worry if you have other commitments, you will have the chance to join "Aim High" as a Year 12 student.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Year 8 were a pleasure to take to The RSC last term to watch ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’.
The cohort had an amazing time, were full of laughter and enthusiastically spoke about the amazing performance all the way back to school. What a wonderful way to end the term!
Well done Year 8, you were a pleasure to take to the theatre last term!
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Year 11 Prom
Message from the Prom Committee: "For each student wishing to attend our RHS-only Year 11 Prom it's time to pay your £35! The final date for payment is Tuesday 7th May and you can pay through Parentmail."
The Prom is being held on Thursday 27th June, 7pm to 11pm at Hellidon Lakes Hotel in Daventry.
The Prom will be a fantastic evening for Year 11’s to celebrate the end of their GCSEs and (perhaps) their last year at RHS. We're hoping lots of our year 11s will be back in September joining RH6 to take their A Levels!
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Senior Physics Challenge
All 19 of our students who entered the Physics Challenge organised by BPhO this year achieved a Bronze certificate or above! Two of our students, Sophia and Milly, achieved a Silver award which puts them in the top 20% of entrants and Nishad achieved a Gold award, one of only about 5% of entries who did so.
The exam report celebrated their success explaining: "If your student has managed to achieve a number of marks on this paper, then they should be very proud of their achievement and you should congratulate them. They are amongst the best in the country taking a paper specifically set out to challenge them."
"Those who engage with this paper are the physicists with prospects. Physics is difficult problems. Easy ones are not worth putting a lot of time and effort into, except initially to practise the formula and to absorb the ideas. Problem solving is to improve resilience, command of the ideas, linking ideas together and showing a determination. The only way to improve determination and perseverance is to practice it when it is needed."
Here’s the results and congratulations to all of them!
Bronze 2:
Sophia, Thevin, Mithun, Gabriel, Angel, Nosang, Zachariah, Olivia, Joshua.
Bronze 1:
Achsah, James, Erin, Aneek, Finley, Mithra, Haniya
Silver:
Sophia and Milly
Gold:
Nishad
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Magistrate’s Mock Trial
Our team won the Coventry Local Heat at the Magistrate’s Mock Trial competition at the start of the Easter break. RHS has now progressed through to the next round and two of our Year 9 students also won individual prizes. Iriswon Best Magistrate and Florence won the Wild Card prize (awarded at the discretion of the heat organiser).
We faced some stiff tough competition – but our students were superb: they were impeccably behaved, gracious and enjoyed themselves thoroughly. They were a real credit to the school and to the Sixth Formers (especially Nathanand Louisa) who’ve prepared them so well for the competition.
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Linguistics competition success
Ansruta, in Year 13, has been competing in the UK Linguistics Olympiad and having got through Round 2 she has now been selected for the ‘training camp’ at Magdalen College, Oxford this week.
She is one of only nine competitors to reach this stage, and is now a potential candidate for the team of four who will go on to represent the UK in the International Linguistics Olympiad - in Brazil!
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Ansruta explains more! “Regarding my experience so far, I sat the Round 1 paper in February, a 2.5 hour exam where you have to answer 5 problems that require analysis of different obscure languages. I then progressed to the second round, which is of the same format, but 3.5 hours and there are explanation questions where you need to explain how the language you are presented with works, in as much detail as possible. I enjoy the challenge of deducing the inner workings of different languages, and while it was very difficult, it was also good fun. I can't believe I've now been selected for the training camp, it's really exciting.”
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Elidh’s article in The Guardian
Eilidh in year 8 has been published in The Guardian recently with her article for the Young country diary: “What was barking in the woods at night?”!
Eilidh said: “We got so much great footage on the night-time camera, even if our cat, Jaffa, tried to steal the show.”
Read the full article here: Young Country Diary
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Pilot’s Licence passed
Will, Year 13, has achieved his Private Pilot’s Licence at age 17! Last Friday, with a storm approaching so it was extremely windy, William passed the final stage in his PPL which is a practical skills test in the air.
William’s chosen career since the age of 5 or 6 has been to fly and he is now looking at commercial flight schools to enable his career to progress. Congratulations Will!
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Final U13s Football
Score: RHS 0 - 1 Ashlawn
Photo caption: l-r Katie C, Louise M, Ella M, Melisa B, Nimi K, Rohitha R.
This was a very close game and sadly we conceded a goal in the dying minutes of the second half. RHS fought hard for the whole game - we had no subs, as some of our U13 players were playing up in the U16s game - and our team showed a relentless work rate and determination until the final whistle. Melisa had a great game in goal, making many excellent saves and we also had several close shots on goal from Anushay, Ella M, Nimi and Louise, with lovely passing in midfield from Katie, Nimi and Louise. Sofia, Rohitha and Ella J worked well together as our back three and Sofia made an excellent clearance. We saw so much hard work from all of the team but particular shout outs to Nimi, Anushay and Ella M, who worked so hard for the whole game. Well done U13s on a great season!
Special thanks to our referee, Belle Ngan, Mrs Constable who recorded some of the action, and Mr Constable and Mr Allen, who ran the line for us.
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A Howl about an Owl
Laura Richards
It was an owl lived in an oak,
Sing heigh ho! the prowly owl!
He often smiled, but he seldom spoke,
And he wore a wig and a camlet cloak.
Sing heigh ho! the howly fowl!
Tu-whit! tu-whit! tu-whoo!
He fell in love with the chickadee,
Sing heigh ho! the prowly owl!
He asked her, would she marry he,
And they’d go and live in Crim Tartaree.
Sing heigh ho! the howly fowl!
Tu-whit! tu-whit! tu-whoo!
“’T is true,” says he, “you are far from big.”
Sing heigh ho! the prowly owl!
“But you’ll look twice as well when I’ve bought you a wig,
And I’ll teach you the Lancers and the Chorus Jig.”
Sing heigh ho! the howly fowl!
Tu-whit! tu-whit! tu-whoo!
“I’ll feed you with honey when the moon grows pale.”
Sing heigh ho! the prowly owl!
“I’ll hum you a hymn, and I’ll sing you a scale,
Till you quiver with delight to the tip of your tail!”
Sing heigh ho! the howly fowl!
Tu-whit! tu-whit! tu-whoo!
So he went for to marry of the chickadee,
Sing heigh ho! the prowly owl!
But the sun was so bright that he could not see,
So he married the hoppergrass instead of she.
And wasn’t that a sad disappointment for he!
Sing heigh ho! the howly fowl!
Tu-whit! tu-whit! tu-whoo!
All things Poetry found at Poetry by Heart
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Jobs
Reprographics Technician
We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity to join our fantastic school as a Reprographics Technician, to provide comprehensive support to enable the smooth running of lessons and maintain resources.
This job is on NJC Pay scale 3-4: £22737 - £23114 FTE pay award pending (Actual £16024- £16290)
You’ll be working 30 hours per week in term-time plus 1 week (39 weeks) and we’d love you to start by 1st May 2024 (or as soon as possible after). Our school is a successful, calm, respectful and welcoming school and a delightful environment in which to work.
You’ll be providing a comprehensive photocopying service within the school and associated tasks such as binding and laminating. Some other key responsibilities include prioritising the flow of work to ensure all photocopied documentation is consistently provided to the required standards and within the specified timescales and liaising with external repair contractors and other agencies to ensure availability of equipment.
Find out more and how to apply on our website: www.rugbyhighschool.co.uk/jobs
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Please find below information that has been passed to us that may be of interest to you and your family.
Warwickshire Family Information Service Newsletter
9th April Edition
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The School Newsletter is sent out every other Thursday during Term time.
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