Riddlesdown News of the Week
w/c 24th November 2014 (A)
Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.
www.riddlesdown.org
College VI Maths Students
National Competition
Impress
in
In November, A-Level Maths students sat the UKMT Senior
Mathematics Challenge. They had 90 minutes to answer 25
multiple choice questions which tested a wide range of
mathematical concepts.
College VI students received an impressive
32 certificates recognising their achievement
in the competition. Mayuren Naidoo
achieved an incredible score and has been
invited to compete in the next stage. Only
2000 students out of 150,000 across the
country manage to get to this level.
Well done, Mayuren!
Lucy Nominated for Best BBC Actress!
Lucy Hutchinson 7DVS has been nominated for Best
Debut Performance in the BBC Audio Drama Awards
2015.
Lucy started her acting career back in the
2008 film Dustin Baby, based on Jacqueline
Wilson’s novel. She has since featured in
EastEnders, The Politician’s Husband and
To Kill a Mockingbird to name a few!
The second series of her radio debut,
Homefront, is due to start on 1st December.
A huge congratulations
Riddlesdown!
from
all
at
Speak Out Challenge!
Well done to all the Year 10 students who took part in in the
Speak Out workshops last week. Elaine Powell, the
Regional Coordinator from Speaker's Trust, was impressed
with the enthusiasm, resilience and confidence that students
demonstrated on both days, which resulted in some very
moving speeches. The winners, who will go through to
the next round and speak in front of Year 10 in January,
are:
Niamh Yehezkel
Emma Kladitis
Anish Mavadia
Darcy Gorman
Rosalie Mountain Andre Wallace
George Phillips
Eloise Cleminson
Debating Matters
On Wednesday, the College VI Debating
Society triumphed in the Croydon
Qualifying round against Dunraven
School.
Mariella Deadman and Katrina Parris spoke very passionately
against the development of fracking in the UK and were
commended by the judges on their personal response and use
of wit. Neffie Wright and Imran Azizuddin then spoke in favour
of the motion ‘This House believes that artistic expression
should never be censored’. After a somewhat heated round of
judges' questions the competition was awarded to Riddlesdown.
Our team now goes through to compete at the South London
Regional Final in the spring.
Miss Sowden
Battle of the Moustaches
Riddlesdown staff have
been perfecting their
manly moustaches for
cancer awareness this
week. Anyone who
would like to donate
to the cause should
visit:
http://uk.movember.co
m/team/1643681
Which teacher has the
best ‘mo’ of the week?
Paris Trip
A reminder for all students in Year 8 and Year 9
who are going on the trip to Paris: The final
payments need to be paid by 14th December
2014.
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Foreign Currency Collection
If you have any foreign coins and/or notes left over
from your summer holiday and would like to donate
them to charity, please bring them to the Collegiate.
Your College Charity Prefects will come and collect the
foreign currency during tutor time.
Final collection date: 5th December 2014
History Club
When? Every Monday
Where? S07 (College VI)
What time? 3.30pm- 4.30pm
Open to all year
groups!
Year 11 History Master Class is back!
Every Tuesday
3.40 - 4.10pm
S07 (College VI)
THIS WEEK
25/11 Session 4 - SLP
Skills focus: Importance.
Content focus: 1956 –Hungarian
Uprising
.
Become an expert in tackling the exams!
London Youth Games Cross Country
Riddlesdown students competed in the London Youth Games
Cross Country Competition at the weekend and, as usual,
students represented Riddlesdown really well.
Robbie Tambling 8EBT, who is part of the
Croydon Squad competed in the under 13
competition.
The
squad
managed
a
respectable third place in the tough race. In the
under 16 category, Luke Wakeling 11ELH and
Omar Harhara 11JES both ran very well, with
Omar finishing in Croydon’s top three runners
and contributing to Croydon under 16’s winning
a Gold. If there were any girls who competed,
please can they let Mr Langan know.
Mr Langan
Dance Club
Love to dance? Want to learn how to dance? Or need
to practise your own dance?
Come along to Dance Club every Thursday.
Open to boys and girls in Y7, Y8 and Y9.
When? Thursday
Where? New Dance Studio in The @RC
What time? 3.30pm- 4.30pm
Rollerblading Club
When? Every Friday
Where? Sports Hall
What time? 3.45pm- 4.45pm
Please see Mr Ashton in X05 for a letter.
All abilities welcome & skate hire is available.
Extra Curricular Sports Timetable
Netball
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Football
Y9
Week A = Yr8
(7:45-8:40)
Week B = Yr7
(7:45-8:40)
Y11
Y10
Rugby
Fitness
Room
Dance
Trampolinin
g
Gymnastics
Running
Basketball
Y7-9:
15:30-16:30
Y11 &
College
VI
Year 7 ONLY
Y7
ALL Years
Year 10&11:
16:30-17:30
Y8 BOYS
ALL YEARS
Y10 & 11
GIRLS
Y7
Boys
Y10, 11
&
College
VI
Y8 & 9
BOYS
GIRLS
Handball
Girls ONLY
ALL Years
Squad
KS3
(Dance
Studio)
Beginners
ALL
YEARS
Girls
Basketball
KS3
Extra Curricular Music Lessons
If any student wishes to start playing an instrument at
Riddlesdown we now have places starting in January
for:
Guitar, Electric Guitar, Drums,
Piano,
Singing,
Clarinet,
Saxophone,
Flute,
Violin,
Trumpet
Please see Mrs Surbey in CPA to collect a letter
and more information
Les Misérables Rehearsals
Music Department
The Music Department are starting their build up to the Christmas Concert
and College Carol Services.
Junior Choir needs you!!! We need to make it bigger and better than last year. We will be
rehearsing in The @RC theatre on a Wednesday lunchtime from 1.00 – 1.40!
Lets raise the roof with how much noise we can make at Christmas. We look forward to seeing you
there.
Extra curricular Music
DAY
LUNCHTIME
WHERE
MONDAY
FLUTE CHOIR
YR 9 BOYS’ VOCAL GROUP
BRASS ENSEMBLE
YR10 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP
PRACTICE ROOM 1 12.50-1.20
C01
CO5
CO3
TUESDAY
LES MIS ORCHESTRA
CLARINET ENSEMBLE
YR8 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP
YR8 BOYS’ VOCAL GROUP
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
TIME
AFTER SCHOOL
WHERE
TIME
CO1
12.40-1.40
PRACTICE ROOM 3
CO3
CO5
LES MISERABLES
ORCHESTRA
CO1
3.30-4.30
JUNIOR CHOIR
YR11 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP
UKUELE ORCHESTRA
COLLEGE VI VOCAL GROUP
ELECTRIC GUITAR ENSEMBLE
THE @RC THEATRE
CO1
CO5
PRACTICE ROOM 3
CO3
1.0 – 1.40
12.50 - 1.40
12.50 – 1.20
12.50 – 1.30
12.50 – 1.30
CHAMBER CHOIR
CO1
3.30-4.30
YR7 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP
YR7 BOYS’ VOCAL GROUP
STRING ENSEMBLE
LES MISERABLES ORCHESTRA
CO3
CO5
CO3
CO1
12.50-1.30
12.40-1.20
12.50 – 1.40
SENIOR ORCHESTRA
CO5
3.30-4.30
SAMBA BAND
CO3
3.30-4.30
JAZZ BAND
JUNIOR ORCHESTRA
YEAR 9 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP
CO5
CO3
C01
12.50-1.40
12.50-1.30
12.50 – 1.30
College VI Visit to
CERN and the UN
Geneva, Switzerland
Thursday 12th – Friday 13th February 2015.
Collect your letter and consent form from the Science College office.
Fly to Switzerland and tour the CERN laboratories, guided
by expert particle physicists. After an over night stay in
Geneva, visit the United Nations followed by a walking tour
of the city before flying home.
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
John Hardy - Product Manager
Making Instagram, Facebook, NetFlix,
and Twitter
Open Source
NEXT VISIT
LIGHT GROUP - FAIRCHILDES PRIMARY SCHOOL
TUESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER – PERIOD 1&2
Meet at the Science College office nice and early
NEXT DATES FOR TRAINING
ELECTRICITY GROUP – TUESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER
PERIOD 5&6 AND FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER PERIOD 1&2
Meet at the Science College office nice and early
Best Attendance: w/c 17th November 2014
Year
Best Tutor Group
College
7
7EIC100%
7DVS100%
Phoenix
Pegasus
8
8HJH 98.6%
8KCA 98.6 %
Aquila
Orion
9
10
11
12/13
9PJL 98.5%
Phoenix
10CBC 100%
Phoenix
11NEP 98.8%
Orion
SIP 94.6%
College VI
Percentage of students with 100% attendance:
Aquila 86.5%
Orion 88%
Pegasus 86.4%
Phoenix 88.3%
And finally…
Word of the Week
Word: NEFARIOUS
Definition: An action or behaviour that is
WICKED or CRIMINAL
Etymology (history of the word): Latin
nefarius (meaning abominable) and nefas
(meaning contrary to divine law)
Word in Action: He was oblivious to the
nefarious consequences of war.
Riddlesdown News of the Week
w/c 24th November 2014 (A)
Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.
www.riddlesdown.org
Have a great week!