Parent news friday 10th march 2017

The Royal Masonic School For Girls Senior School Weekly News Update

Friday 10th March 2017

SCHOOL INFORMATION Reminder regarding OrderingSupper at

This Half Term at a Glance

School for Day Girls Please may we remind families of the procedure for booking teas for Day Pupils in Senior School.

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Please order the meal with Miss Whitfield at Devonshire House via email ywhitfield@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk

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EXEAT Weekend Saturday 11th March FORMS Quiz Night Sunday 12th March

Senior School Breakfast starts at 7:30am

FORMS AGM

Senior School tea starts at 6.00pm.

Geography Field Trip to Slapton departs

Please give as much dietary information as

Monday 13th March Life Skills Evening (Yrs 9-13) Wednesday 15th March STEAM Lecture

Miss Whitfield will confirm that she have ordered a meal

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Friday 10th—Sunday 12th

if you require a Breakfast, Tea/Supper or

(including gluten, dairy, nut free or vegetarian)

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For our full calendar, click here

Harrow Beijing and Bangkok return

possible regarding dietary requirements

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forthcoming events coming this term…

Please give 7 days advance notice or more packed supper for your daughter.

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Here are just a few important

Slapton Trip returns Thursday 16th/Friday 17th March

The meal will be charged to the School bill at

Cadogan House Performance:

the end of term.

The Lion King

Pupils will need to collect a “Supper Pass”

Friday 17th March

from Devonshire House and give it to the Catering Staff in the Dining Room.

If you have recently received a letter from Mr Hyde for a meal deal for (Disney Magic) please contact Mr Hyde for those meals.

Rush Hour Concert Herts Secondary School Gym Competition Saturday 18th March Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Training Havergal Girls Depart

We greatly appreciate your support with this for the smooth running of the Catering Department and to ensure that there is no confusion for pupils.

Miss Whitfield

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SCHOOL NEWS Emails Sent this Week Year 13

“At Home” letter

Whole School

FORMS Quiz Night and AGM Information

Whole School

Car Park Congestion

Parent Portal queries & updating contact details To advise us of any changes to your contact details, change of boarding status etc., please contact changeofdetails@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk.

This is a group email address and your communication will be sent to all the relevant parties within the School. If you have any other questions relating to the Parent Portal, please contact our Data Systems team on data support@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk

Life Skills Event - Monday 13th March “Supporting Study and Revision Skills (Years 9-13) Thank you to those of you who have already registered to attend this month’s Life Skills Evening, on the subject of “Supporting Study and Revision Skills”.

The session is led by Mo Chatterji, Programme Coordinator of Elevate Education on how to help your daughter / ward develop effective study skills and implement revision strategies. The presentation to parents will take place in the New Mark Hall. The doors will open at 6:45pm and light refreshments will be served from 7:00 to 7:30. The session will end at 8:30 followed by opportunities for questions and answers. Your daughters are very welcome to attend this session with you to support the work done in Life Skills.

If you would like to attend this session to Pippa Hopkins via email as soon as possible: phopkins@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk

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SCHOOL NEWS “Bang goes RMS” on Thursday, 26 April 2017 The Senior School Science Department, with the support of FORMS, would like to invite you and your family & friends for a fun and exciting evening featuring two Science ambassadors from STEM NET and a series of science demonstrations carried out by current pupils and Science staff.

STEM ambassadors use their enthusiasm and commitment to encourage young people to enjoy STEM subjects. They open the doors to a world of opportunities and possibilities which come from pursuing STEM subjects and careers. STEM Ambassadors not only inspire young people, they also support communities by explaining current applications of STEM in industry or research.

Other highlights will include Mr Dacanalis making a Hello Kitty “scream” and Sixth Formers making elephant toothpaste.

We aim to generate (even more) excitement for the Sciences by promoting both A Level studies and future careers beyond RMS. The evening will start at 7.00pm in the Great Hall and it is free of charge but there will be a collection for the School Charity at the end, should you wish to contribute.

If you would like to join us for this celebration of Science please send an email to Pippa Hopkins (phopkins@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk) and indicate the number of people attending. We hope to see many of you and we recommend it to all age groups from Year 1 to Year 13.

Mrs Z Sears Acting Head of Science

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SPORTS NEWS Netball RMS vs St Margaret’s

RMS vs Haberdashers

Year 9 drew 14-14

Year 11 won 21-11

RMS vs Northwood College

County Netball

Seniors won 40-7

RMS vs Haberdashers

Year 11 won 11-10

Year 8 A Team won 23-18

District Netball RMS vs St Margaret’s Year 8 A Team won 17-2 Year 8 B Team won 15-0 Both Year 8 teams have been unbeaten all season and therefore each win their District League—well done to all the players!

Badminton RMS v Watford Girls’ Grammar Year 10 Team lost 0-9 Year 9 Team won 8-1

SSP Indoor Athletics—Years 4,7 and 8 The SSP Year 4 Indoor Athletics Finals were held in our Sports Hall on Thursday with over 120 children taking part and huge support from their families making it a very noisy environment to be in. Our team of 10 girls performed exceptionally well running, jumping and throwing with determination to outperform their opponents. They succeeded! The girls were crowned district champions and were presented with medals from our superb Y10 Sports Leaders who had led all the events and supported all the competitors throughout the evening. Congratulations to the victorious team consisting of Eva, Sowmiya, Ella W, Tennyson, Zissel, Amelie, Sophie C, Hannah, Ritika and Amber.

And on Thursday the Year 7 and Year 8 teams came 2nd in the SSP Indoor Athletics Keep up to date with PE news, results and more via the RMS PE Department Twitter feed https://twitter.com/RMSPEDepartment

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GYMANASTICS NEWS Last weekend, RMS Gymnastics Teams took part in the Independent Schools Gymnastics Association’s championships.

The U9 team (Sowmiya, Zissel, Sophie, Olivia and Isobel) came 4th for their group and 5th overall.

The U15 team (Miranda, Ella, Mia, Amelia and Rachel) came 1st for their group and 2nd overall. Amelia also came 5th individually.

O13 team (Serena, Manaalee, Isobel, Molly and Arwen) came 1st for their group and 2nd overall.

The U11 team (Ynes and Georgie) won the “Spirit” trophy for showing perseverance and competing as a pair without the rest of their team.

The U11 team (Ynes, Georgie, Sowmiya, Olivia, Sophie) won the floor and vault competition and are now through to Nationals in May.

Well done to everyone involved!

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HARROW EXCHANGE We are looking forward to welcoming the girls home from the Bangkok and Beijing Exchanges—they certainly seem to have had a busy and fun filled fortnight away!.

You can read more about their adventure here: https://rmsforgirlsblog.wordpress.com/ And here are some photos from their second week away‌..

Beijing

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HARROW EXCHANGE Bangkok

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PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR DISNEY MAGIC! Our Year 7, 8 and 9 actresses, singers and dancers are working hard on this year’s Lower School Production of “Disney Magic”, featuring a whole host of VERY familiar songs. There are three performances on 21st, 22nd and 23rd March so don’t miss out on what promises to be a fantastic show! Book your tickets here www.trybooking.co.uk/1154

Watford Festival Success!

Congratulations to Fenella who won the Solo Shakespeare Monologue (Year 10-13) Competition at the Watford Festival last week!

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NEXT STEAM LECTURE TICKETS ON SALE HERE:

There are two more lectures in this series and

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the next one is on Wednesday 15th March at 4.15 in the NMH. Professor Alan Davies will be visiting us with a talk titled “The mathematics of anamorphic art"

Prof Davies is former Head of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Hertfordshire where he has been teaching mathematics to engineers, scientists and mathematicians for more than 30 years. He is the author of six undergraduate mathematics textbooks.

Anamorphosis provides a distorted picture which appears normal when viewed from a specific point or angle or when using an optical device such as a curved mirror. There are two types of anamophosis: direct view and mirror dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries respectively. The mathematical description began in this part of the renaissance period with the development of the mathematical ideas of perspective. We shall look at examples of both types of anamorphosis and describe the mathematical TICKETS ON SALE HERE: A variety of examples ranging from the very earliest to the transformations involved. www.trybooking.co.uk/1154 very recent will show both the artistic and the mathematical creativity of the artists.

We hope you'll join us! Feel free to bring family and friends!

Mrs Sears and Mrs Cubbon

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FORMS NEWS Annual General Meeting Sunday 12th March 2017 at 5.30pm in the New Mark Hall Please join us to celebrate a successful year of fund raising in 2016 and to hear how the girls have benefited from the funds Refreshments available from 5.00pm FORMS Second Hand Uniform Shop Don’t forget our Second Hand Uniform shop is open every Friday during term time. Opening hours are 8.00-9.00am except for Exeat Fridays when we are open from 3.00-4.00pm. Details of opening times for the rest of this term are below We are located next door to Ruspini House up the stairs on the left and have plenty of stock! If you have stock you would like to pass on to us to sell, please label (or donate), and leave them in the New Mark Hall.

10th March

Friday

3.00-4.00pm

17th March

Friday

8.00-9.00am

24th March

Friday

8.00-9.00am

If you have any questions about Second Hand Uniform, please contact Abbey via email forms.rms2h@gmail.com

FORMS Dates for your diaries this year...

FORMS Coffee Mornings— Friday 5th May and Friday 16th June Quiz Night—Saturday 11th March at 7.30pm (See poster on next page) AGM - Sunday 12th March at 5.30pm in the New Mark Hall Summer Ball—Saturday 13th May Summer Fair—Saturday 24th June

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