RR Issue 29 Summer 2024

Issue 29 | Summer 2024

Culturally Speaking Workshop On Tuesday 18th June, we took part in a 'Culturally Speaking' workshop. This was designed to consolidate our learning from visiting the Charles Dickens Museum and to develop our speech delivery skills. We were praised for delivering passionate and confident speeches and we all received certificates for taking part. The following students were highlighted for giving exceptional speeches (pictured left to right): Mehraj 10B, Adrian 10Y, Assavir 10O, Mohamud 10R, Cedric 10E, Leon 10O and Shaun 10B. A very special shout out goes to Cedric who has been invited to take part in a showcase, where he will deliver his outstanding speech at Westminster Abbey. We would like to thank the workshop facilitator, Ms Pollet, for delivering an engaging session with lots of enthusiasm and encouragement. Her session has made more confident public speakers and we are thankful for her time." - written by 10xyEn4.

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Cricket at Rokeby Our Y7/8 cricket team won their first cricket game against Cumberland School 136-119!

Well done to everyone involved.

Star Player - Pujan Patel

Breakfast is available everyday for our students and is completely free.

The dining room is open from 7:30am until 8:15am.

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Health Awareness Week Born4Sport organised and delivered a fantastic week of physical activities for our Health Awareness Week 2024. This was a fantastic opportunity for the students to develop their physical and mental health through team and individual sports.

Highlights were the boxing sessions where all students took on the challenging tasks and physical demands of the sport. The other sports included football, handball, netball and indoor hockey. The students were exhausted at the end of the day and thoroughly enjoyed the sessions, especially working as a team.

Physical, emotional and mental wellbeing are so important and we need to continue to find ways to build these into our everyday lives. At Rokeby, we will continue to offer our students opportunities to be healthier, more resilient young men who look after themselves and those around them.

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Our Garden Project Our new pond is currently being installed.

Our new potting shed has been built as is ready for Gardening Club

Rokeby Balkan Band Our Balkan Band preformed at the annual NCL Showcase event at Lister School this week. They were simply amazing. Thank you to everyone involved in arranging the event.

Year 10 Exams Week

Year 10 students are taking part in their GCSE exam mock week. next week.

This will help them to understand the timings and routines of exams and will also give them a clear understanding of where their gaps in knowledge are.

Next year, in Year 11, they will have a twenty minute retrieval session every morning from 8:30am to 8:50am to help them bridge those gaps and build their sticky knowledge in preparation for the actual GCSE exams.

Students will also have after school and Saturday intervention offered to them from September. A timetable will be shared with you in the first week back and you will be invited to school to meet key staff form a range or colleges, sixth forms and apprenticeship providers. The date for this event will be shared with you as soon as possible.

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