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HEADBYTES Issue 28, 2018
The Royal School Wo l v e r h a m p t o n
H e a d m a ste r’s M e ssa ge Excellence is what we do; informed, happy, well-rounded pupils are what we produce. Following the end of an extremely busy and successful academic year and at the beginning of a new one, this newsletter shows only a small selection of the enriching and challenging opportunities offered here at The Royal that clearly project beyond the boundaries of the classroom. Many of the academic links to our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects create an aspirational culture here at the school - from our electric go-kart club in both Primary and Senior, to physics practical challenges and chemistry in action at universities. Visits to the Law Courts widen the perspective of pupils to our societal duties as well as potential career opportunities. It is no wonder our Year 13 pupils feel well prepared for life beyond the school when they leave us after the summer break. Our pupils are ready for these life experiences as our afterschool programme of more than 70 ‘Period 7’ enrichment activities in both primary and secondary sections broadens minds, creates positive attitudes to new experiences and a thirst to learn more and delve ever deeper. I am sure you will agree that also impressive is the range of off-site visits that broaden minds, such as the timely trips to Coventry Cathedral and local Blists Hill Victorian museum that root our combined history to our future potential. Last term I also had the pleasure of attending Wolverhampton School Sports (WASPS) first awards night held at the racecourse. The School was extremely well represented with three full tables of award winners, far greater than other local schools. We were delighted to win the City’s Most Inclusive Sports School of the Year award as more than 80% of pupils represent the school competitively during the year; that’s impressive by any measure. Whilst winning is not of paramount importance, recognising involvement, achievement and success definitely is, however we choose to measure them. There is a lengthy report from our in-house Elite swimming programme where young talented swimmers commit to up to 30 hours training per week in the pool, week in week out. They also fit into their week academic study, homework and some form of social life; quite remarkable, and a lesson for many of us with a more sedentary life pattern. During the Summer National Swimming Championships in Sheffield I had the honour to witness our individual and relay swimmers take Gold medals against the best in the British Isles. That we finished in the top 10 best clubs in the country is no surprise to me, but impressive that our modest pool produces some of the best talent in the country, bettering larger city programmes up and down the country. How does this excellence come about? The commitment of the swimmers, their coaches, colleagues, and families over an extended period which runs counter-culture to the current BGT populist philosophy of achievement with little effort is fundamental to success. So too is a positive attitude to wanting to improve and be the best version of who you can be. Being open to constructive criticism that is aimed at improvement and resilience in the face of disappointment and failure. No top academic or successful sports person has ever flown through life with no interruption to their progress; what marks out ‘elite’ performers is not always
their innate talent, but in my experience, how they react to challenges placed in their way. With sport and academic achievement as a metaphor for success in life, having excellence on display in so many ways around us at The Royal and opportunities to try new skills, learn from others and develop one’s own initiative, our pupils are well placed to be the leaders of tomorrow. Some of those illustrated in this magazine have started that journey, many more not seen here are doing similarly and will receive the support they need to make the best of their skills and personality. That’s why education is so exciting!
Mark Heywood Principal
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Aldersley Charity Walk
Boarders from all three boarding houses took part in the Aldersley charity walk together with some members of staff and Senior Leadership Team. The School managed to raise about ÂŁ1000 which accounts for nearly a thirteenth of the total money raised on that day.
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P h y s i c s Tr i p t o t h e C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g and Physical Sciences and School of mathematics, University of Birmingham Engineering Discovery Day
cost. One of the groups from The Royal narrowly missed a first place and gladly took On Wednesday, 20 June, 2018, Mrs Clayton second place. and Mrs Chumber took 12 Year 10 students for an Engineering Discovery Day at the University At the end of the day, a PhD student gave an of Birmingham. This event was designed to hour of her time to give our students a tour broaden the horizons of the students and of the university campus. We were able to open their eyes to the opportunities available look at the new Sports Centre which included should they decide to study STEM subjects at an Olympic swimming pool. We also visited university. There were over 150 students from the Student Guild and the new library. We many schools across Birmingham, Sandwell, were able to look at the plans for the new Solihull and Wolverhampton. ‘Green Heart’ of the campus, a green area of land previously occupied by the old library. The day began with an introductory lecture Students were impressed with Old Joe, the from a university professor who described his tallest free standing clock tower in the world experiences through education and the work and which sits at the heart of the university. he does day to day. He began his career as a mechanical engineer and now works with The students worked collaboratively with biologists on projects such as 3D printing of students from other schools and were cartilage for body reconstruction. impeccably behaved; they were excellent ambassadors for The Royal and it was a Throughout the day, the students were pleasure to be with them on the trip. split into two teams and took part in two workshops each. The first took place in the Department of Metallurgy and Material Science. Here students built a device to test the strength of chocolate at different temperatures. Chocolate was also dipped into liquid nitrogen to significantly lower its temperature in order to find out how this changes the properties of the material. The practical was linked to metal fracture in the Titanic ship; the temperature of the cold water changed the properties of the impure steel, causing significant fracture at the time of the terrible accident one hundred years ago. Other workshops included programming of robots, a mathematical challenge workshop based on the theme of Harry Potter and a Biomedical workshop. During the Biomedical workshop, students were challenged to choose from a list of pre-priced materials to reconnect bone tissue for the lowest possible
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Chemistry Experience Day
On 6 July, while the rest of the Sixth Form walked to the university to attend workshops, four intrepid chemistry students and their teacher carried their lab-coats and headed for the Rosalind Franklin Building to experience some chemistry. On arrival, there was a short talk about the reasons for studying chemistry at university which outlined some of the exciting developments in polymer, pharmaceutical and materials chemistry. Then it was outside to the quad for a demonstration of some “Flashes and Bangs� that were too dangerous to do indoors. Next the students went into the laboratory for a workshop on processing materials from a crime scene and providing evidence to the courts. Students got to see an Infra-red (IR) spectrometer and see spectra being made of the samples from the scene. They also got to see a gas chromatogram-mass spectrometer
(GC-MS) being used to process evidence. They were then able to use the spectra generated to compare materials found at the crime scene with those taken from suspects. After lunch students were given a talk on applying to university then it was off to the labs again for a proper university chemistry experiment, a three hour practical to make propyl ethanoate (pear essence). Students were introduced to some advanced techniques and university level equipment. Working in fume hoods they had to assemble their apparatus, weigh out the chemicals with a high level of precision and then reflux the mixture. After this, they had to neutralise the mixture and separate the product from the reaction mixture using a separating funnel for the first time. They then had to present a dry sample to the demonstrators who checked the purity with an IR spectrometer. The students had prepared a pure sample of the pear essence.
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Great Royal Bake off
Thank you to all students who participated in the Great Royal Bake off 2018- you were a credit to yourselves and the school. Excellent team spirit, fantastic results and Mrs Taylor had an extremely hard job to decide the winners. ÂŁ88 was raised from the sale of the cakes and this will go to the Interact charity Stem Cell research.
The overall winners were Windsor House, first in the baking section and first in the sales section. Thank you to all staff who popped in to support their House team and to those who bought cakes in the sale.
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Law Courts
“How do you plead?” “Guilty, guilty of wanting a career in Law.” Year 12 have had a taste of the legal profession this month with a brisk walk down the Penn Road to both the Magistrate’s and Crown Courts. After a fascinating behind the scenes tour, students were allowed access to
real cases in order to observe the mechanics of the justice system in process. The visit was rounded off with a Q&A session from one of the court’s most prominent magistrates. After an enlightening day, The Royal may well have lit the spark that produces some of the next generation of lawyers and legal professionals!
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Wolverhampton University As Year 12 dive head long into their UCAS applications, the end of the summer term was the perfect time to have a taste of university life. Wolverhampton University were kind enough to host our Sixth Form students and put on some taster lectures as well as a tour of campus. Be it Law, Accounting or Pharmacy students could choose which to attend and had the opportunity to participate in some group tasks. Our students asked some salient
and pertinent questions of the Associate Dean who was most impressed by the standard of candidate The Royal is producing. As they walked back through town clutching their bags full of information and goodies, there was just enough time to enjoy the street markets before returning back to school.
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Foundation DB
I first met Danny Batth in December, 2015, selling The Big Issue in Wolverhampton town centre for the homeless. Since then I have followed his charity work. He has recently set up Foundation DB which supports three charities, one being a charity in Northern India called “ Yuwa Academy “ for young girls - recently making a documentary called “Married to the game“ where he travelled to the academy showing how football and education helps the girls.
On 3 July, 2018, Danny Batth took time off from pre-season training to visit The Royal School Wolverhampton to be presented with the cheque from Mr Heywood and myself. I would like to thank all the pupils and staff at The Royal who contributed to the nonuniform day and samosa sale. I shall be looking to arrange a similar event next year raising money for Foundation DB.
Mya Patel As a Wolves supporter, the recent illness of Sandringham 5 Leukaemia to our goal keeper Carl Ikeme inspired me to arrange a non-uniform day along with a samosa sale with the help of my family. This raised a total of £600 which was split between both charites.
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Everybody Birthday Party
This year’s Everybody Birthday Party went extremely well. The Water slide still proving the most popular attraction. This year we added a new Inflatable Dome Disco which proved very popular among the girls. Once again the boarding community came together to plan and arrange, what was, a very successful evening. Special thanks to Mr Mardon for giving up all his free time to assist in getting things ready, Mr Durandt for
helping set up the BarBQ, Miss Beards, Miss Gerkhe, Miss Hussey, Miss Hollebon and Mrs Durandt, doing so much of the preparation, Miss Zhang for organising the food table, the Catering staff for all the great food and Mr Byrne supplying so much of the soft drinks and finally a massive thank you to all the students who without, this party would never have taken place. Their behaviour on the day was exemplary.
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B l i s t s H i l l Tr i p
Year 9 were transported back to Victorian times with a trip to Blists Hill Museum. There is no finer place to authentically recreate what life would have been like 120 years ago. Pupils had a chance to investigate many of the old fashioned shops and houses that give an insight into all aspects of Victorian society. Students could buy traditional sweets, fish and chips and delicious items from the bakery. Perhaps the highlights for most however was the Victorian fun fair and brick-making activities. After a spot of lunch by the river, the pupils boarded the bus with a much greater understanding of that particular period of history.
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Ye a r 8 t r i p t o C o v e n t r y C a t h e d r a l
Year 8 travelled to sunny Coventry for a ‘Cathedral Blitz Tour’ and a‘War, Peace & Reconciliation’ workshop.
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Scottish Swimming Championships 2018 Tollcross International Swim centre, notably Chloe Harris, Morgan Lerpiniere and Glasgow Daniel Parsons smashing a huge best time on his 200 brs as he prepares for his first 28 June- 1 July, 2018 English championships. Our final preparation meet, as we head towards the end of season championships, took us on another long trip to Glasgow. It’s ideal for the swimmers to test themselves under championship conditions, against high level competition. It’s also an opportunity to take risks and try new race strategies before the main event. The extreme heat was a major challenge to the swimmers and coaching team. Looking after their fluid in-take, keeping bodies active and brains alert so that the swimmers produced consistent high level performances was something nobody could ignore. The first night produced finals for Holly Shepherd, Lewis Hodgetts, Kane Murcott, George Barber and Keeley Murcott. Ellie Hatton produced a great swim to win the B final in the 400 IM. Dan Johnson, Casey Barrett, Holly Shepherd, Laura Hawkins, Ellie Hatton, George Barber, Ellie Hatton and Alicia Dingle then all made finals on Day 2. The third night was an outstanding night. George Barber won the A final with a big personal best time. Casey Barrett came third in the 800m. Holly Shepherd smashed a personal best and passed a personal milestone going under 65 seconds for 100 bk for the first time. There were also finals for Ben Cope, Laura Hawkins and Alicia Dingle. The final night saw Lewis Hodgetts go under 57 for 100 fly for the first time ever. There were also finals for Ben Cope, George Barber, Dan Johnson and Laura Hawkins. Several swimmers from the National Development squad came to compete as well,
Overall, a positive meet with plenty of challenges, lessons learned, processes practiced and plenty to get excited about as we go back to training for the final four weeks of the season.
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Bristish Summer Champs Report p l u s O p e n Wa t e r Day 1 After months of hard work and dedication The Royal School began the first day of the British Summer Champs with intent. Daniel Johnson raced the 400FC moving his heat swim of 4.07.78 on to the final 4.05.10 placing an excellent eighth. Ellie Hatton dropped her 400IM time from heat to final finishing in sixth place on 5.05.34. Niamh Hofland made it through the 400IM heats to progress to a really competitive final and finishing in fourth position in a time of 4.57.72.
of 50.57. Tom also did an outstanding swim finishing seventh in a best time of 53.19. Alicia Dingle made it through the 50FC heats to finish in the final on a 27.26 eighth place. The mile was up next with the distance boys Daniel Johnson and George Barber in the 1500FC. Dan placed an excellent fifth in a new PB of 16.22.50 and George toiled in eleventh after his Open Water experience a week earlier at the European Junior Open Water Champs. This was a great opportunity to see what George was made of. Day 4
Day 2 The Royal continue to prove what a great squad we are with Matt Richards taking the Gold in the 100FLY in a new 15 yrs British Age group Record! 54.51 Awesome! The 4x200 boys swam an excellent heat with Finn Nicholl, Dan Johnson, Tom Watkin and Theo Clark qualifying in third position in a time of 7.56.09. For the final we swapped Theo for Matt Richards and brought home the Gold Day 3 medal in a new club record time of 7.39.46. A fantastic swim from an awesome team. Now we’re warming up! Matt Richards and Super Niamh Hofland showed her class again Tom Watkin double up in the 100FC both in the 1500FC pushing into the medals again making it through to the finals with Matt taking Silver in a time of 17.18.03. narrowly missing the 15yrs British Age Group Record but taking the Gold Medal in a time We have our first medal! Niamh Hofland powers through the gruelling 800FC to bag the Silver in a time of 8.56.98. Narrowly missing the Gold winning time of 8.56.71 by Rachel Anderson of Millfield School. Kane Murcott also got stuck into the 200FLY posting an excellent new PB in the final placing seventh.
Day 5 A busy day! Niamh Hofland crushed her 400FC heat swim (4.27.66) taking her third Silver of the champs in a time of 4.21.48. An excellent swim. Matt Richards back in action with his training partner Tom Watkin in the 50FC both making the finals with Tom racing to fourth in 24.34 (new PB) so close! Matt beating the opposition again in a time of 23.38 also under his best time and the Gold! Holly Shepherd raced the 200IM advancing from the heat in 2.23.04 to finish eighth in the final on 2.21.59. Charley Jones stepped up and finished eighth in the 50BK final. Dan Johnson and George had the 800FC in the middle session and swam good races to finish well. Dan with 8.33.45 in seventh and George putting his fatigue behind him and doing a new PB of 8.21.56 to finish sixth. Up nextthe 4x100FC relay heat with Finn Nicholl, Tom Watkin, Dan Johnson and Zak Westwood excellently qualifying in fourth place in a time of 3.37.64. Again for the final we switched Zak for Matt and cruised through to the Gold Medal in a time of 3.32.64. All five swimmers from the heat and final receive a medal. The Royal School Principle Mark Heywood was in attendance to support the team and it had a
great effect! Day 6 The final day! What a heats session- Finn Nicholl (1.57.96), Dan Johnson (1.56.77) and Matt Richards (1.54.79) all advanced through in the 16yrs 200FC to the final. What a final it was! Dan finished on 1.56.40 in eighth place. Finn crushed his PB in 1.55.83 finishing sixth and Matt has an outstanding swim to finish with the Gold and new 15yrs British Age Group Record in 1.50.84 not finished there Matt also went on to win Gold in the 50FLY in 24.93. Wow what a session, what a meet.
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18 Medals (15 Gold, 3 Silver), 10 new club records, 2 British age group records!
Open Water Eleanor Bainbridge and George Barber tackled the challenging course at Rother Valley Country Park near Sheffield at the Swim England Open Water Festival. Ellie up first in the 3k leading from start to finish to take the Gold in style. Ellie was 35 seconds ahead of the nearest competitor to take her fourth Gold in a row. Outstanding Ellie. George was positive on the back of his performances in the pool and showed what a talent he is by swimming a tough solo race to take the Silver medal.
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RWS Swimming Club Meet Reports
Plymouth National Qualifier 2018 26-28 May, 2018 Our final meet of the 2018 National qualifying window took us on a bank holiday trip to Devon. Giving swimmers a chance to move up the British rankings and claim a place at the end of season British and/or Home nation championships. Highlights for the National Development squad were Chloe Harris securing six home nation events with really good swims in 100 and 200 fly and big improvements in her 200/400 medleys. Dan Parsons and Jake Morris dropped big in the 100 brs, where Tom Harris smashed a huge 200 IM best time. Morgan Lerpiniere produced one of the swims of the meet for the squad with a nine second 400 IM best time. Theo Clark produced another, dropping 15 seconds on his 800 front crawl. Zak Westwood continued his improvement in the 50 and 100 front crawl. Overall a great showing with five swimmers securing places, several narrowly missing out and all improving their rankings from last season. For the Elite squad, the boys’ 800s were fantastic with George Barber and Dan Johnson getting big best times. Laura Hawkins made a small improvement on her 100 Breaststroke.
Niamh Hofland, Charley Jones, and Holly Shepherd did a fantastic 50 back, all getting under 31 seconds. Then Niamh followed it up by breaking the 60 second mark on 100 free. Katie Leary then started off Sunday with an excellent 1500m fc. Matt Richards stepped up and went toe to toe with Jacob Peters (who recently represented England at the Commonwealth Games) and came a close second in the 50 fly while achieving a best time in the process. For the second open meet in a row we won top club against really high quality opposition. Fantastic team spirit was evident with the whole team cheering their team mates on in finals. Lots of positive comments about this came from the gallery along with how professional we looked as a team. Overall, RWS swimmers have achieved more swims at the end of season Champs than ever before. Fifteen swimmers from the Elite squad achieved 55 swims at British champs and 21 swimmers achieved 39 swims at Swim England Home nations. A fantastic achievement for the club as a whole. The real test is trying to swim even faster when medals are on offer. Marc, Dave and Tom
City of Manchester Open Meet 2018
was then quickly followed up by some quick 50 backstrokes from Charley Jones and Holly 11-13 May 2018 Shepherd. Thomas Watkins was on form all weekend getting a best time in the 50, 100 The Elite squad headed up the M6 for their and 200 freestyle. penultimate meet of the 2018 qualifying window. They started on the front foot with The atmosphere within the team was amazing a great session on Friday night with the long all weekend with lots of cheering and support distance swims, everyone swimming well and for all the swimmers. This spurred everyone on to having a really successful weekend. starting the meet off very strong. It culminated with us winning the top club This continued on Saturday with some season award against some top class opposition. bests from Alicia Dingle and personal best for Ben Cope. Katie Leary did a great job Saturday Marc, Dave and Tom afternoon winning the 400 freestyle which
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Black Country Games The Royal have won no fewer than 13 City Titles and represented Wolverhampton in the Black Country Games eight times this academic year! 82 % of KS3 and KS4 students have participated in at least one competitive fixture this academic year, with some students representing the school in as many as 11
sports on a regular basis. Eighteen percent of the school population have taken part in some aspect of Sports Leadership/officiating at external city or Black Country sports competitions or event with confidence. They have been a real credit to themselves and the school.
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Rounders – a bit more than hitting a ball! Hi there, my name is Jacinta and I am in my eyes. Curriculum lessons focused on currently a Year 9 student at The Royal School teaching positional play and team strategies Wolverhampton. rather than the more relaxed way we played in primary school. It was also when I realised Like many students, I first experienced that being a ‘lefty’ really works in my favour rounders whilst in primary school in after when batting! I was selected for the Year 7 school clubs (when the weather permitted) school team and worked hard to develop my and as part of our PE lessons during the skills as a fielder and a batter. The challenge summer months. I recall standing with the for me during the season was developing an bat and swinging at the ball like a helicopter appreciation of everyone’s role in the team blade and as a fielder chasing the ball as a – so our teacher allowed us try out in all pack, throwing the ball to anyone who could fielding positions. This is when I discovered catch it or happened to be in the way. This I had the potential to be a good bowler. I was my initial taste of rounder’s and I enjoyed had extra-curricular training sessions with playing as a fielder between second and third my team and the year above. My teacher base as well as batting. It was also a sport identified I had talent and I was put on that allowed me to be competitive against the gifted and talented list and allowed to other teams and begin to establish myself as represent my school in the age group above too. I loved the challenge of playing against a team player. other school teams. Going to other venues The transition to Year 7 is where rounders for tournaments also allowed us to bond developed into a sport rather than an activity as a team and to be honest, as a group
of girls on an away game, we had enough time to sort out all the problems we had in the world (usually related to homework!). Games came thick and fast and before I knew it, the season was over! In Year 8, I was rewarded with a recommendation for the Under 13 National trials by my PE teacher. Although unsuccessful, it became obvious at the trials just how popular rounders is across the country at school and club level - follow England rounders on twitter and you will soon realise how big the sport is! The knock back made me more determined to do better in future. This year – Year 9 – with the support of my teacher and a school team that is now well established, we compete against schools within the city on a weekly basis and aspire to make nationals at Leicester University later in the season. The support of The Royal School PE teachers [especially Mrs Ingerfield-Lapsley] and my Year 9 teammates has played a crucial part in why I was selected to represent the National England U14 Elite squad as a batter and one of two bowlers. To date we have played seven matches, winning them all. England fixtures have taken me all over the country as well as an International fixture in Guernsey this June.
England U14 Elite Squad a n d a Ye a r 9 R o y a l S c h o o l W o l v e r h a m p t o n R o u n d e r ’s Te a m P l a y e r - J a c i n t a Rounders is definitely more than hitting a ball - it is about developing skills such as communication, team work and leadership, coaching and supporting one another, developing strategies and strengths whilst ironing out weaknesses. It is about determination, resilience and perseverance outside of the classroom, that I believe will help you be more successful in the future. It is also a great way to make and build friendships.
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City Athletics Finals It was a strong field of athletes from The Sian was fourth in the 80m and a spectacular Royal who proudly qualified and represented first place in the obstacle race. us in the City Athletics Finals. The pupils who competed put in a superb effort and gained Lizzie was fourth 300m. some brilliant results: The girls relay team of Bethany, Sian, Sheena Sheena was third in the 600m, fourth in the and Tendai came in a creditable fourth. long jump and third in the throw. Well done everyone! Ben came fourth in throwing and second in the 400m. Subahn was fourth in the 80m.
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After a brisk walk into Wolverhampton city centre, Year 9 students were given access to the excellent range of facilities “The Way” has to offer. With everything from rockclimbing to boxing available, all levels and interests were catered for. Staff were not afraid to jump in with both feet with Miss Smith enjoying street dance, Miss “Jordan Pickford” Hepworth in goal for the girls stunning victory over the boys in the five-aside football, Mr Maull stretching his vocal chords in the karaoke and Mr Davies giving an impromptu drum lesson or two. After some free time to explore the whole facility and the biggest game of basketball “The Way” may have ever seen, a pleasant walk back in the sunshine was just the tonic.
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Wolverhampton City W inner We are very proud to announce that at an awards ceremony at the end of term, The Royal School Sport Faculty was crowned the Wolverhampton City Winner for ‘Inclusive School of the Year’! This is a huge achievement bought about by a fantastic team effort by the school’s Sports Faculty.
and officials at primary unify football and cricket. We have provided Young Leaders at Indoor Athletics for City Championships and BCG, City Swim Gala’s (total of five events; one of which was primary), BCG athletics, Primary Tri Golf sub- city competitions.
The award was given in recognition of: Ten of our Year 9 Netball players attended Every pupil, regardless of ability, competing the Intro netball course and officiated at the in a range of inter-house sports during BCG for Hi 5 and Y7 Netball. curriculum time throughout the academic year. Sports include football, rugby, hockey, Fourty-cour percent of girls have taken part dodgeball, basketball, netball, cricket, in leadership or officiating at Level 2 or above rounders, table tennis, tennis, cross country this academic year. and athletics. We have collaborated with the SEN Winning 13 secondary City titles this year, department and run compulsory after school representing Wolverhampton in the Black sporting clubs for SEN students with some Country at eight different sports really positive results. A staggering 82% of entire KS3 and KS4 population competing against other city opponents in at least one competitive event this academic year, with some students competing in as many as ten different sports!
KS3 Healthy Active Lifestyle Programme ran for one term with some of the group attending a weekend residential at PGL at the end of the course. Fantastic fun!
Children also read sports reports in chapel Compulsory extended day activities for on a rotation basis to build confidence and Y7-11 (3.45-4.45 Monday to Thursday) public speaking. where students choose activities each term. These are not all sporting but in addition to traditional team games there are a whole host of non- traditional sports/activities on offer, on and off site, such as rock climbing, golf, striking and fielding, yoga, cheerleading, dance, Zumba, self-defence, judo, aussie rules football, running club, etc. We have coaches come in to support school staff such as ‘Wolves in the Community’, dance teachers and judo instructors to name but a few. In addition we have attended SMILE events with our SEN children. KS3 EAL Sports Leadership Day trained at Wolverhampton University and were leaders
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Boarders return Parents’ Evening Yr 11 Parents’ evening Yr 13 Term Begins for whole school Yr1 & 2 Meet The Teacher Yr 3 & 4 Meet The Teacher Yr 5 & 6 Meet The Teacher Year 5 Brimingham Museum Shakespeare Workshop Individual photos Yr7-12 Prize Day School trip Yr12 - Othello at the Globe Theatre London Jeans for Genes Day CU Graduation Ceremony Yr -4 Open Day Yr 7 Harvest Festival service Portait photographs Primary School Portrait Photos Senior School Photograph Primary School Photograph CU Gradation Yr 5-7
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Yr3 & 4 Harvest Festival (led by Yr3) London Gallery Visit Meet the Tutor evening Yr 7 Visiting artist: John Denaro Half Term
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