Parent Newsletter 26/02/16

SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS UPDATE Friday 26th February 2016 This Half Term’s Events at a Glance…

Here are just a few important forthcoming events—for our full calendar, click www.royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk/media/calendar Saturday 27th February Ruspini House Open Morning

Life Skills Evening MONDAY 14th March Parents and Guardians of girls in Years 6-11 are invited to attend the next Life Skills Evening on Monday

Monday 29th February Yr 11 Art Tate Modern and Royal Academy

14th March from 7.00pm. The topic being discussed is “Building

Wednesday 2nd March Yr 12 and 13 Sociology to Old Bailey Community Arts Tea Party FORMS Committee meeting

Emotional Resilience in Girls”.

Thursday 3rd March Non Uniform for World Book Day

not for the girls themselves to attend.

Friday 4th March Battlefields Information Evening

confirm your place with Pippa

Tuesday 8th March Careers Convention

phopkins@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk

Please be advised that this session is for parents/guardians/carers only and

If you are able to attend, please Hopkins via email

We look forward to seeing lots of you

Friday 11th March Year 7 At Home Exeat weekend

there!

Saturday 12th March FORMS Quiz Night Harrow Exchange returns

Harrow International Schools Exchange

Sunday 13th March FORMS AGM Monday 14th March Life Skills Evening—”Building Emotional Resilience in Girls—Years 6-11

Good luck to the girls heading to Beijing on the Harrow International Exchange—we look forward to hearing your updates!

Tuesday 15th March

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INFORMATION Emails Sent this week Year 8-11

Sailing Club 2016 Information letter and consent form

Year 6-11

Invitation to Life Skills Evening 14th March

Senior School

World Book Day Information

Year 11

Information about Keynote Student Conference

Year 9

Letter from Mr Hyde regarding Performing Arts BTEC

If you have not received any of the emails listed below, please contact Pippa Hopkins phopkins@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk 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 Manager Mrs Bulow on datasupport@royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk

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SCHOOL NEWS World Book Day 2016 RMS will be celebrating World Book Day next week. There will be lots of whole school and form based activities to encourage reading for pleasure.

All girls will receive a £1 World Book Day book voucher, which can be used to help purchase a new book.

On Thursday 3rd March and Friday 4th March we will be running a Book Fair in the Resource Centre (provided by Chorleywood Book Shop). The Book Fair will contain a wide selection of new fiction as well as Word Book Day £1 books. These will be available on a “first come, first served” basis. Payment for Book Fair books will be by cash only; an average paperback book is £6.99. We do hope that girls will get to the Resource Centre on these days to buy themselves “A Good Read”.

Girls are invited to come to school on Thursday dressed as their favourite character or theme from a book to raise money for the School Charity, the Sohana Research Fund www.sohanaresearchfund.org). Please make sure that girls remember to dress appropriately—ie no big logos, bare midriffs, or short skirts/shorts. And remember to bring £1!

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SCHOOL NEWS

The Elizabeth Johnson Organisation (EJO) is a British Council Accredited Summer School provider that has run its International Summer Programme at RMS since 1996. This summer, for the first time, they are looking for RMS students who live locally, and also for their brothers or other relatives and friends, to become part of the course and interact with their own students, who come from all over the world.

RMS students will help the students to improve their English, joining them in some lessons, at mealtimes and on local activities and full-day excursions. You will be in a well-managed, wellsupervised environment, have fun and earn some pocket money (ÂŁ50 per week) as well. Furthermore, it is likely that the an experience could be useful later on to include in CVs and personal statements and portfolios!

The course starts on Sunday 10th July and runs for four weeks until 6th August. The age range of students on the course is from 12 to17. Although it is not be necessary to undertake the whole four weeks, RMS students would need to be available from Monday to Saturday inclusive when on the course.

For more information about this exciting opportunity, please email steve@ejo.co.uk or phone 01428 751549.

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SPORT NEWS Yet another busy week for the RMS PE Department….

Indoor Athletics Congratulations to both the Year 7 and Year 8 teams who won the Three Rivers and Watford Sports Partnership Indoor Athletics Finals.

Both teams now progress to the County Finals—good luck girls!

Netball RMS vs St Clement Danes

RMS vs Godstowe

Year 9 A Team won 30-5

Year 7 A Team won 16-11

Year 9 B Team won 6-1

Year 7 B Team lost 10-11

RMS vs Haberdashers

RMS vs Queens

Senior B Team won 12-3

Senior A Team won 29-20

Year 11 vs Habs A lost 14-7 Year 11 vs Habs B won 16-0

Hockey RMS vs St Clement Danes

RMS vs Beaumont

Year 7 A Team won 8-0

Year 8 lost 2-1

Year 7 B team won 4-1

Badminton Year 7 League Tournament Pair 1 (Freya W and Stephanie B) - Silver Medal Keep up to date with fixtures and results by following the RMS PE Department Twitter account: https://twitter.com/RMSPEDepartment

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FORMS NEWS Messages and Reminders from FORMS this week...

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES: Can you take on the challenge? Give your brains a workout and get your teams together now for a fun evening. To book tickets, please email forms.quiznight@gmail.com

Tickets are £10 per person (£8 for Sixth Formers), and tables are for 8 to 10 people—will your table be top?

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BOLLYWOOD BALL Saturday 14th May Bollywood is coming to RMS – East meets West at our Black Tie Bollywood Ball!

Saturday 14th May 7.30pm Tables of 8 or individual tickets sold.

We would love to hear from you if you could help us plan this new and exciting event.

For further information, please contact Abbey on abr@tntg.com

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FORMS NEWS SECOND HAND UNIFORM: We are open every Friday morning from 8.00am to 9.00am except for exeat Fridays when we will open from 3.00pm to 4.00pm. The new location is the double doors to the left of Ruspini House. We are in desperate need of items for the Cadogan House Dance Show, especially larger size (sizes 3-6) ballet, character and jazz shoes. Please make sure uniform items are washed and of a good quality before putting them into the sale - much appreciated!

Don’t forget you can also pick up your book bag buddy at the Second Hand Uniform shop for just £5 DATE

DAY

TIME

4th March

Friday

8.00—9.00am

11th March

Friday

3.00-4.00pm

18th March

Friday

8.00—9.00am

School Note EXEAT

Next FORMS Meeting and AGM The next meeting is on Wednesday 2nd March at 7.30 in the GCR and our AGM on Sunday 13th March at 5.00pm. All Welcome!!

FORMS NEEDS YOU!!!!

As yet we have not received any potential volunteers to fill the roles of Vice Chair and Bar Stock Manager. FORMS is made up of a group of approximately 10 parents and we are always welcoming new parents to join our enthusiastic group and bring new ideas.

FORMS’ function is to facilitate social events within the School community which raise additional funds for the girls; we are appealing to the vast parent population to fulfil the above roles, the continued success of your schools parent association is dependent upon new volunteers joining the committee. Please contact Penny on Forms.secretary@gmail.com for more info if interested.

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HOLIDAY CLUBS AT RMS Super Camps 20th Anniversary Sale With 20 years’ experience delivering top-quality holiday activities for children, Super Camps is the UK’s No.1.

To celebrate 20 fabulous years looking after children across the UK, Super Camps is offering early bookers up to 20% discount off standard rates. This offer carries a ‘best price guarantee’ so you won’t get a better rate.

Discounted spaces are limited, so book early to avoid missing out on this unique offer.

Book now and join the fun!

Use discount code '20YEARS' when booking online or over the phone.

Visit www.supercamps.co.uk or call 01235 467300

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