Riddlesdown News of the Week

w/c 11th May 2015 (B)

Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.

www.riddlesdown.org

GCSE, AS & A2 Public Exams

The public examinations season has now

begun for all students in Years 11-13 and

GCSE RE for Year 10, as well.

Most exams are taking place in the Sports Hall and

upstairs in College VI, although the Main Hall is also

being used sometimes. All students are reminded to be

considerate to those taking exams, keeping quiet

around these areas. If you have any exam queries you

need to see Mrs Skinner, Examinations Officer

immediately.

Good luck!

This week’s seminars are

BIOLOGY on Tuesday

CHEMISTRY on Wednesday and

PHYSICS on Friday

at 8.15am in the Conference Room

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Refreshments will be available from

8.00am. These conclude this year’s

breakfast seminars. We wish you the

best of luck in achieving those A*s!

Year 11 Gifted & Talented Breakfast Seminars

World Challenge

There will be a student

assembly in the Main Hall at

8.50am on Wednesday 13th

May for all Year 9 students to

find out more about World

Challenge.

Do you like a challenge? Fancy learning about other

cultures? Do you enjoy exploring new environments?

Year 9 students – World Challenge may be for you!

Turkey Easter Trip 2016

Places will soon by open for the 2016

Classics trips to Turkey. Information about

where you can get letters and forms will be

given out by Tutors. When they are ready, the

letters will be available from College

Administrators or Classics staff.

The trips are open to all current students and

will take place in the Easter holidays next

year.

We will visit the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia

and the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.

Mr Weeks

Ski Course for Year 8

This will be a fabulous opportunity to ski the magnificent Milky

Way with breath-taking mountain scenery.

We will be organising a Ski Course for current Year 8 students

to take place during the February Half Term 2017 to Italy.

I will be going into all the Year 8 classes next week to tell

them about the ski trip and hand out the ski letters.

Mrs Chandler

Costume and Props Supervisors Wanted

We need volunteers to maintain the Riddlesdown Collegiate

Costume and Props Department in The @RC.

Interested? Come along to the Drama Store Room on

Wednesday 13th May at 1.00 pm.

Responsibilities:

· Organising the stock and keeping the department tidy;

· Keeping a record of costumes borrowed;

· Ironing and washing;

· Making costume or props as required.

Creative Writing Competition

Congratulations to the winners of the Riddlesdown Creative

Writing Competition:

Year 7 – Abi-Marie Dervish 7DMM, We’re Going Down

Year 8 – Isadora Hugo 8JLR, Sole Street Station

Year 9 – Madeleine Meliniotis 9JEN, The Game;

Key Stage 5 – Hannah Pierson VI/SJB, Dear Ellie, and

Phillip Bull VI/MDW, Out of the Frying Pan.

Springing Into Action for Charity

Fundraising students Freya Smith 7DMM and Julia

Poplawska 7DMM have raised £120.00 for Marie Curie

Cancer Care following a month long campaign at the

College during the annual Marie Curie Great Daffodil

Appeal.

Well done to both students for their great effort.

Year 11 Aquila/Orion English Revision

Sessions EVERY THURSDAY 3.30 – 4.30pm in 002

Date Teacher

14/5 Of Mice and Men: Language & Literature NMM

21/5 Of Mice and Men: Language & Literature ELH

Year 11 Phoenix/Pegasus English Revision

Sessions EVERY THURSDAY 3.30 – 4.30pm in X01

Date Teacher

14/5 ‘Animal Farm’ - How to successfully find and

analyse your own extract to create a response

PJB

21/5 J&H’ - How to successfully find and analyse

your own extract to create a response

ADC

Year 11 History Master Classes

Become an expert in tackling the exams!

Every Tuesday

from 3.40 – 4.10pm.

That’s just ½ an hour

in S07 (College VI)

This Week’s Class

Skills Focus 8 Mark Effect

Problems Faced By The

Weimar Republic 1918-23

Sports Fixtures 11th May – 15th May

Tuesday

Year 7 Cricket vs. Oasis Coulsdon (Home)

Year 8 Cricket vs. Thomas Moore (Away)

Year 9 Cricket vs. Carshalton (Away)

Year 8 Athletics

Wednesday

No Fixtures

Monday

No Fixtures

Sports Fixtures 11th May – 15th May

Thursday Year 7 & 8 Rounders vs. Croydon High (Away)

Year 7 Cricket vs. St. Josephs (Away)

Year 8 Cricket vs. St. Josephs (Home)

Friday

No Fixtures

MacKay Lunchtime Clubs

Week A

& Week B Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Breakfast

8.00 - 8.45

Breakfast

Club

Pegasus

&

Phoenix

Breakfast Club

Pegasus

&

Phoenix

Break

10.40 -

11.00

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Lunch

12.50 -

13.35

Film Club

Homework

&

Film Club

Homework &

Year 8

Reading

EAL

Club

Homework

Club

Lunchtime clubs are open

to ALL Colleges

Extra-Curricular Music

Riddlesdown Kitchen Garden

Every Thursday lunchtime from

12.20-1.45pm

With Mrs Jones and Mrs Booth

Physics Catch Up Are you in years 10 – 13 and need help with your Physics?

Then Physics Catch Up is the place for you!

Every Wednesday after school in S35

Even the greats had to work on their Physics!

Einstein Tesla Hubble Feynman

: Thursdays 3:30 – 4:30pm in X18

: Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30pm in A14

:Thursdays 3:30–4:30pm in S35

New

members

welcome!

Following Week Light – Reedham Park Primary School

19th May 2015 – Periods 1- 4

Please meet at the science college office nice and early

This Week Rocks – The Hayes Primary School

12th May 2015 – Periods 1- 4

Please meet at the science college office nice and early

We will be walking there and back on the day.

Best Attendance w/c 4th May 2015

Percentage of students with 100% attendance:

Aquila 87.2% Orion 88.5%

Pegasus 86.7% Phoenix 86.2%

Year Best Tutor Group College

7 7SEL 99.5% Aquila

8 8MNE 99% Phoenix

9 9WLR 99.2% Aquila

10 10ICS 96.6%

10CBC 96.6%

Aquila

Phoenix

11 11NEP 100% Orion

12/13 MPL 86.9% College VI

Word: Volatile

Definition: liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,

especially for the worse.

Etymology: from Latin volatilis "fleeting, transitory;

swift, rapid; flying, winged," from past participle stem of

volare "to fly". Sense of "readily changing, flighty, fickle"

is first recorded in 1640s. Volatiles in Middle English

meant "birds, butterflies, and other winged creatures".

Words in Action: Many of the men in Of Mice and Men

are both volatile and violent.

And Finally…..

Duke of Edinburgh goes Gold!

We are delighted to have extended the Duke of

Edinburgh Award this year to Gold Level for a group of

nine students in College VI. They have been working on

preparations for their practice and assessed expeditions

to the Black Mountains in Wales and the Lake District,

which will be taking place in June and July this Summer.

We are extremely grateful for

the support shown by

Riddlesdown PTA and their kind

donation of £2000.

Riddlesdown News of the Week

w/c 11th May 2015 (B)

Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.

www.riddlesdown.org

Have a great week!