RGS Junior School Bullen I’d like to offer my sincere thanks to all students and their families who helped out last Saturday with our Open Morning. We couldn’t have been as welcoming to our visitors without you and I was told, many times, that you were outstanding. And we have continued this week with another 50 families taking up appointments. I’ve lost my voice - impossible! Mr Craig Friday 24th November 2017 Autumn Term: Volume 11 Here are the 5 winning flags for the Antarcca Flag compeon. The flags have been scanned and sent to the Brish Antarcc Survey and will be making the journey to Antarcca within the next few weeks. Congratulaons to all the winners! Miss Close Antarctica Flag Competition TOP NOTCH TOUR GUIDES A BIG THANK YOU…… to Hugo Green, Alice Warneford, Izzy Goldberg, Daniel Read, Zuhair Abdullah, Amali Morgan, Nylah Thompson, Kate Snedden, Luke Perry, Rae Faith, Flo Elliot, Dhruv Kohli, Harry Whitfield, Esha Raja, Julia Asherson, Alex Nice, Jasmine Mohammed, Alexander Searro, Jake Renwick and Anushka Taribagil, Ania Snowden, Drew Taylor, Maddy Watt, Luke Wintrip, Daniel Rajiv, Rachel Robinson, Saakshi Santosh, Lewis Reilly, Rishi Matla, Silvia Mosquera, Annanya Thumbarathy, Peter Van Orsouw, Tanvi Manchineni, Alex Searro, Sara Brizzi, Ben Allan, Will Jones, Sophia Young, Tabitha Ayalogu, Suyash Dhull, Lola Bradbury, Charlie Marshall, Jeremy Kay, Sophia Young, Daniel Rajiv, Elena Baggett, Ben Ponton, Maria Shenton-Pareja, Callum Riccalton & Tanvi Gopal who all did an excellent job as Open Week tour guides on Monday to Thursday of this week. Well done, everyone! Mr Craig PIANO LESSONS Our piano teachers have a limited number of “rare” spaces to start lessons in January. Please contact Jill Graham ([email protected]) in the PAC for more information. Mrs Clappison SHHHHH!….IT’S A SECRET ….Don’t tell anyone….Hush….Mum’s the word ….C’est un secret…. Das ist ein Geheimnis ....E’un segreto….Es un secreto…. Did you know that the Junior School has been placed 8th in the Sunday Times Independent Schools’ Tables for this year? You didn’t? Well, you do now - but it’s just between you and me - promise? And, well done to Clover Hill Community Primary School which came 4th in the State Primary Tables. Tyneside - educational powerhouse of the North! Mr Craig
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RGS Junior School Bulletin
I’d like to offer my sincere thanks to all students and their families who helped out last Saturday with our Open Morning. We couldn’t have been as
welcoming to our visitors without you and I was told, many times, that you were outstanding. And we have continued this week with another 50 families taking up appointments. I’ve lost my voice - impossible!
Mr Craig
Friday 24th November 2017 Autumn Term: Volume 11
Here are the 5 winning flags for the Antarctica Flag competition. The flags have been scanned and sent to the British Antarctic Survey and will be making the journey to Antarctica within the next few weeks. Congratulations to all the winners! Miss Close
Antarctica
Flag Competition
TOP NOTCH TOUR GUIDES
A BIG THANK YOU…… to Hugo Green, Alice Warneford, Izzy Goldberg, Daniel Read, Zuhair Abdullah, Amali Morgan, Nylah Thompson, Kate Snedden, Luke Perry, Rae
Faith, Flo Elliot, Dhruv Kohli, Harry Whitfield, Esha Raja, Julia Asherson, Alex Nice, Jasmine Mohammed, Alexander Searro, Jake Renwick and Anushka Taribagil, Ania Snowden, Drew Taylor, Maddy Watt, Luke Wintrip, Daniel Rajiv, Rachel
Robinson, Saakshi Santosh, Lewis Reilly, Rishi Matla, Silvia Mosquera, Annanya Thumbarathy, Peter Van Orsouw, Tanvi Manchineni, Alex Searro, Sara Brizzi, Ben Allan, Will Jones, Sophia Young, Tabitha Ayalogu, Suyash Dhull, Lola Bradbury, Charlie Marshall, Jeremy Kay, Sophia Young, Daniel Rajiv, Elena Baggett, Ben Ponton, Maria Shenton-Pareja, Callum Riccalton & Tanvi Gopal who all did an excellent job as Open
Week tour guides on Monday to Thursday of this week.
Well done, everyone! Mr Craig
PIANO LESSONS Our piano teachers have a limited number of “rare” spaces to start lessons in January. Please contact Jill
Graham ([email protected]) in the PAC for more information. Mrs Clappison
SHHHHH!….IT’S A SECRET ….Don’t tell anyone….Hush….Mum’s the word ….C’est un secret…. Das ist ein Geheimnis ....E’un segreto….Es un secreto….
Did you know that the Junior School has been placed 8th in the Sunday Times Independent Schools’ Tables for this year? You didn’t? Well, you do now - but it’s just between you and me - promise? And, well done to Clover Hill Community Primary School which came 4th in the State Primary Tables. Tyneside - educational powerhouse of the North! Mr Craig
Fri 1st Dec House Gymnastics Competition - start 9.30am, end 12.00pm
(advanced gymnasts - pm)
Rugby: Year 6 ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams v NSB at Northern Rugby Club
- start 2.00pm, end 3.50pm
Sat 2nd Dec Chess: ECF under 11 regional qualifying tournament, Fenwick & Lilburne Halls
- arrive 9.40am, start 10.00am, end approx. 3.00pm
Mon 4th Dec Lord Mayor’s Holiday - school closed
MANY HAPPY RETURNS
…..to Alice Dent, Alesha Aslam, Tanish Kadarapura, Luke Wintrip, Anushka Taribagil and Hugo Green who all celebrated their birthday this week. Miss Noble & Miss Gravely
LOST PROPERTY
Aryan Ghosh (4C) has lost his named maroon
Playerlayer school jumper (age 9-10 yrs) and Rohaan
Vadehra (3C) has lost his named rugby top. Please can
we all keep a look-out for these items. Thank you.
Pantomime for RGS Junior School Families
Date: Monday 27th November
Venue: Fenwick Hall Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Tickets: £2 per adult, £1 per child
PLEASE RETURN YOUR LETTER BY FRIDAY 24
TH NOVEMBER
TICKETS ARE LIMITED AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON
A ‘FIRST COME FIRST SERVED’ BASIS
Unfortunately, due to limited capacity, we cannot accommodate siblings. If there are spare tickets closer to the event we will allocate them on
a first come first served basis. Please provide your email on the reply slip
if you would like tickets for siblings. Kate Pullman
CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to Daniel
Read (6L), who, for the second
year running, was recently
awarded a London College of
Music prize for best regional mark
in Classical Guitar grade exams
(92% at Grade 2). He played in a
special concert in Durham last
weekend (straight after Open
Morning), and received his trophy
from Professor John Howard,
Director of LCM Exams.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to Tyesha Dutta (4C)
who won a gold medal, in her category, last weekend in the Taekwondo Association of England's (TAE) annual
competition in Newcastle.
She is also going to compete in the British Open Championships on Saturday 25th
November, which will be held in Crawley.
Well done, Tyesha, and we all wish you
good luck for Saturday!
HOCKEY MATCH REPORTS
Westfield School Hockey Match Report On Tuesday 14th November the Year 6 B team played Westfield School. It was a great game with RGS scoring 4 goals! We worked together as a team and moved the ball well. The final score was 4-0 to us! Well done everyone! Rachel (6M)
Dame Allan's Hockey Match Report On Thursday of last week, two teams of Year 6 and one Year 5 team played hockey against Dame Allan's. There was some great passing and tackling during the games. Goalkeeper Rae Faith made some strong saves for her team! Well done to Ayesha Premchand in Year 5 who made her debut as a goalkeeper and kept a clean sheet in both matches she played! Overall, it was a very enjoyable morning of hockey with a clean sweep of wins for RGS; 1-0, 2-0 and 2-0!! Well done girls! Cara (6W)
Yarm School Match Reports Year 5 ‘A’ Team Hockey On Friday last week, the Year 5 ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ team girls went to Yarm School to play hockey. As we got on the bus we realised this was in fact a luxury, with plush seats and televisions everywhere! We all enjoyed the journey and on our arrival the Yarm girls looked tough!! Were we going to win? Unfortunately for them, they just couldn’t beat us!! The ‘A’ team was 3-0 to us, and all of the girls played spectacularly well, with good passes and technique. All the girls should be proud of themselves. Thanks to Mrs Barlow and to Miss Whitney for their commitment. Beth (5W)
Year 5 ‘B’ Team Last Friday we had an amazing match against Yarm winning 4-1. Hannah Zheng scored 3 goals with Felicity also being on the score sheet. Our passing play has improved and we also marked the opposition well. A brilliant victory and the girls played well. Shree (5S), Hannah (5W), Lola (5S and Nisna (5S)
Year 5 ‘C’ Team Last Friday the C team played a friendly match against Yarm where we won 5-0! Tanvi Narula and Megha Thomas scored 2 goals each with the other coming from Grace Saul-Grey. We all played really well and it was an enjoyable afternoon. Tanvi (5B) & Megha (5W)
Musical Assembly
Mon 11th Dec at 9.15am
Parents are cordially invited to see the orchestra, brass ensemble and guitar group perform in assembly on Mon 11th Dec at 9.15am. We might even have time to sing some carols! Mrs Clappison
North East Children’s Cancer Run Sunday 20th May 2018
We just wanted to let you know that the Junior School will be supporting the Children’s Cancer Run again this year. I have requested our usual run time of 10.30am. More information will be sent out nearer the time but please keep the morning free! Miss Gravely
And don’t let Mr Craig be the first runner home … again (Mr C)
Last Friday saw the whole school turn spotty for Children in Need! The day started with an assembly led by a group of girls from 6M and there was a number of fundraising activities taking place throughout the day.
I am pleased to report that the children raised a very impressive £1223.69 for Children in Need - an amazing total which will help many children less fortunate than ourselves. Well done to all involved! Miss Bolam
Dear Gymnasts and Parents,
House Gymnastics Competition – Friday 1st December 2017
This is a wonderful event and parents are encouraged to attend. During the morning session, all junior school pupils will take part in a competition that is both fun and exciting. The afternoon event is for the more advanced gymnasts. Again, this is a fantastic competition, where world champions perform alongside gymnasts who have only three months experience in the sport. The competition is brought to a close by a gymnastics display involving our top performers. If you would like to attend this event, please be sure to sign in and collect a visitors pass from either the junior or senior School office.
If your child has a music lesson during this event, please make appropriate arrangements with the teacher.
Kind regards
Mr Mackay
Junior School competition Elite Competition
Year 3: 9.00am - 9.45am
Year 4: 9.45am - 10.30am
Year 5: 10.30am - 11.15am
Year 6: 11.15am - 12.00pm
Kit: Attend school in PE kit and change into uniform after the competition.
Warm up: 12.30pm
Start: 1.00pm
End: 4.00pm
Kit: Boys’ school leotard and shorts
Girls: Leotard and lycra shorts
(Please also bring PE kit)
Patrick Magill Beth Hill Aston Kou Martha Fearby Nomin Udawatte Lizzie Liddle Angus Robson
Dan Beale Gabriella Oliver Nye Pritchard Kate Snedden Mayaank Reddy Rachael Robinson Ivan Mackay
Rishi Matla Bethan Davies Ariz Zaman Hannah Pilling Marcus Laws Flo Elliot Eric Cheng
Dexter Lang Evie Tate Malachy Gavin Aliza Hassan Freddie Nelson Alice Dent Brandon Leung
Arun Mohindra Ellen Land Finn Gavin Isla Hutton-Stott Harry Jopling Meghna Mukesh Anay Pathak
Isak Cornellisen Jessica Hegarty William Forster Mia Snedden Elliot Ashton-Edminon Gargi Mannikar Aaron Nair
Isak Cornellisen Tom Huntley Tanish Kadarapura Eddie Mackay Oliver Herring
SWIMMING CLUBS
There will be some changes to swimming clubs over the coming weeks, due to various events taking place in school. Clubs on Monday and Friday lunchtimes will be as normal, with the exception of Monday 11th December, which will be invitation only. Biathlon Club on Tuesday morning will be cancelled from 5th December until 23rd January. Wednesday night training will be as follows:
29th November - Year 5 and 6 girls gala 6th December - cancelled due to Alice in Wonderland Wednesday training will resume on 10th January, as normal.
Miss Bolam
All Different, All Equal
As an extension of Anti-Bullying Week, Firehorse Productions visited us on Tuesday. Performing ‘The
B-Word’ at the Miller Theatre, school characters Dan, Phoebe and Tom demonstrated different types of
bullying and the serious effects it can have on all involved. Years 3-6 proved to be a fantastic audience,
with many volunteering to help the actors on stage!
The play showed us how not to behave. Tonk wasn’t a nice person.
Rohaan 3C
I liked how it taught us a lesson of how to make people feel welcome and happy.
Varun 4C
I think the anti-bullying play was amazing because it was engaging and gave us the message in a fun way.
Each character stood out and played their role well. We really enjoyed it.
Shree 5S
Emotional, funny and 10/10. I loved the story of Dan, Faffy and Tonk. I learned a lot about bullying from
