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SPORT NEWS

Sport at Rougemontcontinues to go from strength to strength

Meet the staff team behind the success of the Sixth

Form

Mr McMahon has plenty of exciting news to share on

the ICT front

Take a look at what Year 10 have been up to in Biology

These are very exciting times to be a part of Rougemont with our outstanding exam results in the summer and our ongoing commitment to improve the school infrastructure. Partnerships are being developed to continue to improve the nurturing and learning environment of the pupils.

OUR SCHOOL

TEAMWORK

MAKES THE

DREAM WORK

SIXTH FORM TEAM ICT UPDATEBIOLOGY UNDER

THE MICROSCOPE

However, as we continue to provide opportunities for our pupils, teaching

staff, parents and non-teaching staff all have a role to play to ensure we

maximize the full potential of each pupil. I am keen to get the views of

parents on ways they feel we can develop the School. We have recently

organised parent focus groups to discuss catering and communications

with more focus groups planned for the future.

I would also like to thank all the non-teaching staff who play a pivotal role

in the day-to-day running of the School. These are often not fully

recognised but all play a key part. From our Bus Drivers, who provide an

excellent service transporting pupils to and from School, Catering staff who

provide first-class meals, to the Facilities and Cleaning team who maintain

our 55 acre site to a high standard and, not forgetting the Finance,

Marketing and Administrative departments who ensure the School is run in

a professional manner. A massive thanks to them for all their hardwork.

Finally, a reminder that we have many events booked for this year, both

external and internal and further details of these can be found in this

newsletter. If you are interested in hiring our facilities, please contact

jane.karrie@rsch.co.uk

Mr Andy Knight | Director of Business & Finance

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A WEEK IN PICTURES

CHEF IAIN & THE

TEAM HAD A

WONDERFUL

WEEKEND AT

ABERGAVENNY

FOOD FESTIVAL

WITH SOME OF OUR

OWN PUPILS

JOINING THE KIDS’

CLASSES

NATIONAL

FITNESS DAY, IN

CONJUNCTION

WITH ‘B

FUNCTIONAL’,

SAW PREP PUPILS

TRYING OUT A

MYRIAD OF

SPORTS

THROUGHOUT THE

DAY

YEAR 1 WERE

WELL AND TRULY

WORN OUT

AFTER ALL THE

ACTIVITY OF

NATIONAL

FITNESS DAY ON

WEDNESDAY!

#NationalFitnessDay & Nutrition at #AbergavennyFoodFestival

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A WEEK IN PICTURES

‘PHANTOM’

REHEARSALS

GET

UNDERWAY IN

THE

AUDITORIUM

U9s WERE

VICTORIOUS IN

THEIR GAMES

AT CHRIST

COLLEGE ON

THURSDAY

KEEP UP THE

GOOD WORK,

BOYS!

Drama rehearsals get underway and Prep rugby highlights

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SPORT SUCCESS

U9 RUGBY FESTIVAL

AT LLANDAFF:

Pupils enjoyed their

first experience of

contact rugby last

Friday.

The team played

with lots of grit and

determination with

tries galore being

the theme. We

played 5, winning 4

and drawing 1.

Congratulations to Leo &

Charlie for their continued

success in representing

the Dragon’s U16 Rugby

team this season. Both

have played against the

Scarlets and Ospreys this

year and we wish them

well in the next game

against the Cardiff Blues.

Let’s hope that Leo can

score another try as he

did against the Scarlets.

A brief look at some of the fixtures of the past week

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The Biology Challenge is a competition open to students

around the world. It aims to stimulate students’ curiosity

for the natural world and encourage them to take an

interest in biology outside of school.

The competition consists of two, 25-minute multiple choice

papers with questions set on the school curriculum.

However, the competition also rewards those students

whose knowledge of the subject has been increased by

reading books and magazines, watching natural history

programmes, taking notice of the news media for items of

biological interest, and are generally aware of our natural

flora and fauna.

Those pupils achieving a Gold, Silver or Bronze award

receive a certificate and are pictured. Well done to all

those who took part!

BIOLOGY CHALLENGEWell done to Year 11 for their performance in the Biology Challenge.

Hands-on learning through experiments

SENIOR SUBJECT SPOTLIGHT

Year 10 pupils were taking full advantage of the

science equipment in Mr Cobb’s lab earlier this week

as they carried out experiments as part of their GCSE

preparation.

The task at hand was to measure the energy content of

food which is a specified practical at GCSE level.

Pupils had to calculate the energy in calories/grams, of

five different foods. Pupils assessed the temperature

change when the food was burned underneath a set

volume of water.

The small class size meant that each group had ample

opportunity to get to grips with the food and digestion

topic with Mr Cobb on hand to answer the exploratory

questions of the pupils.

BIOLOGY WITH

MR COBB

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This week, we take a look inside Mr Cobb’s Biology lab and join a Year 10 lesson

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Mrs van der Linde (L) and Mrs Jenkins (R) lead the Sixth Form Team

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Joining Rougemont in 2004 as a Chemistry teacher,

Mrs van der Linde was head of department for many

years before passing the mantle to Mrs Langford

earlier this year. In her role as Head of Sixth Form,

Mrs van der Linde, who hails from South Africa,

oversaw the move of the Sixth Form to its new home in

the Frank Edwards Building at the start of 2019.

This September, Mrs Jenkins joined the team as

Assistant Head of Sixth Form. Mrs Jenkins has also

been at the School since 2004.

Both moved into teaching after careers in industry. Mrs

van der Linde was a pharmacist whilst Mrs Jenkins

was an analytic chemist before moving into education.

Both Mrs van der Linde and Mrs Jenkins are former

parents of Rougemont having both recently gone

through the A Level years with their own children.

When asked what they were most looking forward to

this year, both agreed the Fashion Show in November

is high on the list as well as the half marathon in March

2020.

They’re both looking forward to next week’s Sixth Form

Open Evening and welcoming Year 11 pupils and

parents to learn more about life in Rougemont Sixth

Form.

We welcome all Year 11 pupils and their parents to the

Sixth Form Open Evening on Tuesday 1 October.

All Heads of Subject will be available to talk to pupils

about their options and career choices, and the new

Sixth Form Centre will be open for pupils and parents to

tour.

The evening will also give an opportunity for pupils and

parents to learn more about the Scholarship programme

for Sixth Form entry in 2020.

MEET THE SIXTH FORM

TEAM

SIXTH FORM OPEN

EVENING

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This week, we meet the teaching staff leading our Sixth Form pupils through the final years of schooling

An opportunity to learn more about life in the Sixth Form and Scholarships available

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3D PRINTER IN SENIOR ICT

The lunchtime chess club

session is based on

computers with the pupils

logging into

www.chesskids.com with

anonymous logins for the

“Rougemont Chess

Kings” club. Parents are

welcome to join to

challenge each other or

Mr McMahon!

The 3D printer in Mr McMahon’s ICT lab is being put

to good use constructing a robot to solve the Rubik’s

cube using Raspberry Pi. The picture on the right

shows all the parts to be printed!

ICT UPDATES

*see Mr

McMahon for

more details

Touch Typing

Competiion! Chess ClubECDL

NETBALL

Congratulations to

Olivia in Year 9 who

has been selected to

play for the South East

Wales Schools’

Netball squad

CO-CURRICULAR

Well done to all pupils

who have participated

in the lunchtime and

after-school clubs.

More to follow!

SIBLING PHOTOS

A reminder that Sibling

photos will be taken on

Tuesday 15 October

along with any pupils

who were absent for

photos on 27 Sept.

LATE BUS UPDATE

Both late buses to

Newport and Chepstow

will now leave at

5.15pm

Pupils studying ICT are enthralled with the new 3D printer.

For Years 7 – 9 with medals being awards for the top

3 typists in each year group!

Every Monday lunchtime! Come and challenge Mr

McMahon.

Sign up now!

Next test date 11th

October focusing primarily on Powerpoint

element

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