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School Office: 01737 649000
Weekly Newsletter Issue No.7– 2014/2015 17th October 2014
The following items can be found within this week’s Newsletter:
Whole School
PTA Christmas Shopping Evening (p2) Bags 2 School (p3) Interim Reports (p3)
Data Sheets/ Raffle Tickets (p4) School Photographs (p4) Drama Dept News (p4)
Partnership with Parents (p4) Remembrance Day (p5)
Chaplain’s 300 (p5) Bruges (p6)
BTP (p6) Y11 Prom Cake Sale (p6)
Stables News (p7) Junior School
Star of the Week & Golden Book (p8) Y5 British Museum Trip (p8) Football Match Reports (p9)
Senior School Art Deadlines & Sessions (p9)
Credit Race (p10) Sports Results (pps10 & 11)
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“There are no short cuts to any place worth going”
Beverly Sills
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WHOLE SCHOOL
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Autumn 1 Interim Reports – Years 7-13 All pupils will be given a sealed copy of their Autumn 1 Interim Report to bring home to parents at the end of school on Friday 17th October. There will be an additional tutor period at 2pm and Teachers will be handing out the reports to their tutor groups. Reports will be posted home for any pupils that are absent on Friday.
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Partnership with Parents
Saturday 08 November 2014 11:00-11:55 in the Colman Study of Gatton Hall Please table agenda items or questions by Thursday 30 October with: [email protected] A short presentation will begin the meeting to outline the range of support currently available to RAAS pupils and Sixth Form. Elizabeth Seales (School Counsellor) and Paul Johnstone will field Q&A.
Data Collection Sheets, Raffle Tickets and Bags 2 School
The eldest child in each family will be handed an envelope in Tutor Time on Friday 17th October alongside the envelope containing their photographs and reports. This will contain PTA Raffle Tickets, a Bags 2 School Bag and Data Collection Sheets for each child in that family. Please could you check that the information we hold for you is correct. If there are any amendments to be made you can put these in writing to the school or alternatively email [email protected] Please note that changes made since 13th October may not be reflected, if you have any queries please use the email address above.
School Photographs
School Photographs are being sent home with the School Reports. Orders are to be placed online and the deadline for ordering is 10th November 2014. If you have any queries regarding School Photographs please email [email protected]
Drama Department News
LAMDA Coaching: RAAS Drama is happy to offer small group and individual sessions with a professional coach, working towards graded Speech & Drama exams. These sessions are extremely useful for developing young people’s physical and vocal communication skills, as well as offering focused development of performance skills. At the higher levels, LAMDA awards carry UCAS points. For further information, please contact [email protected] For ongoing information about what the department is up to, please ‘like’ our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/raasdrama
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Remembrance Day: Tuesday 11 November 2014
The School will mark the centenary of World War 1 with the customary two services. Parents and friends of the School are very welcome at both.
At 08:40, Years 3-9 will assemble in the School Chapel prior to an Act of Remembrance at the Flagpole.
At 10:30, invited members of the local community will join Years 10-13 in the School Chapel. The speaker at this service will be Brigadier Roger Hood QVRM TD DL.
Chaplain’s 300 – Remembrance
From the 1840s on, gold fever dominated New Zealand, notably the West Coast of the South Island, and North Island towns such as Waihi. Many men, often immigrants, disappointed of instant riches, turned to mining a darker if less lucrative substance – coal. Little did they guess where these ventures would lead. Very early on in World War 1, the Allies appealed to Canada, Australia and New Zealand for miners to support war operations at the Front. The expertise of these ‘tunnellers’ was a major part of success against German trench warfare. If I do say so myself, the New Zealand contingent, many of them Maori, was particularly key. Reluctant and rebellious during their basic military training, the Kiwi tunnellers quickly proved to work three times faster than the German competition. They were also superb in training others to the same standard. Tunnellers worked famously beneath the town of Arras, and nearby. They would burrow long narrow openings beyond ‘No Man’s Land’ above, widening at the end to accommodate a cache of explosives. These would then kill the enemy above, directly, or through immense carbon monoxide poisoning produced by the explosions. Huge underground safe areas were also constructed for soldiers and civilians. At least one network possessed full electrical supply and lighting, even tramways. The work was dangerous. Long, intensive dusty stays underground with less than 18% oxygen alternated with short bursts of recovery in fresh air. Many died. With1918 over, many faced a lingering death through respiratory diseases. Marriages and families disintegrated, as women received partners completely altered by what they had seen and done. Suicides resulting from these operations continued into the 1930s. A century on, we are still digesting the unimaginable waste and devastation of 1914-1918. It was international in scale. It is appalling that countries and families tens of thousands of miles distant were shattered by these events. That Europe could within thirty years again destroy a vast number of young men and minds is shocking. The only positive aspect is that these matters have clearly not been set aside. Many young people in 2014 are very disposed to ponder them, and in so doing, refurbish our values and our future.
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The Boarder Trip Programme
Year 11 Prom Cake Sale
A big THANK YOU to all students who made, bought and sold our lovely cakes. We made a whopping £390 to kick start our
prom fundraising.
Special thanks to Annie Danaee, who is the driving force behind prom, Charlene Kaye for crowd control, Emma Glover for her beautiful pink cupcakes and time, Ros Brown, Claire Ward, Jen Stephens, Michelle Bright and Lorelle Faife who
gave up their time to man the event and not forgetting the year 11 prefects.
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JUNIOR SCHOOL
Year 5 Trip - Ancient Lives: New Discoveries at The British Museum On Monday 3rd November, year 5 will visit the Ancient Lives: New Discoveries exhibition at The British Museum. Our history topic for Autumn has focused on Ancient Egypt and we have recently been investigating the process of Mummification and Hieroglyphics. We feel this would be a wonderful experience for the children to find out more about the lives and artefacts linked to the Ancient Egyptians. We will travel to the site by coach and during our time there we will receive a guided tour around the Egyptian Galleries and the Ancient Lives Exhibition. For more information on The British Museum please visit www.britishmuseum.org.uk The cost of the trip is £15.00 per child and all children will be provided with a school packed lunch. The information letter and consent form can be accessed via your WisePay account and copies have been emailed home to Y5 parents this week but should you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Miss Spencer on the email addresses below:- [email protected] [email protected] Julie Wilshaw, Y5 Teacher & Trip Leader.
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SENIOR SCHOOL
RAAS Football Match Reports
Merstham Primary 1 – 4 RAAS On Tuesday we played a football match vs. Merstham Primary School. Straight from kick off RAAS begun with mounted pressure on Merstham, resulting in a corner. As Leo crossed it in, Matthew was there to tap it in for a 1-0 lead. Shortly after Merstham had their first attempt on goal which Leo-John accidentally hand-balled in the box to give Merstham a penalty. As they took the penalty the ball rattled the crossbar. Nearing the end of the half, David booted the ball down to Alex who passed the ball to Matt who setup Leo for a 2-0 half time lead. As the second half started the opposition no.7 took a good shot which Barnaby cleared for a corner, which resulted in Merstham getting a goal back. When we took kick off we worked our way down to their defence when Leo played a ball over to Matthew to chip past their keeper for 3-1 to RAAS. The next goal came a matter of seconds later when Leo pelted into the top corner. A great team performance. Man of the Match: Matthew & Leo-John
By Matthew & Barnaby
Sandcross 3 – 1 RAAS On Friday we had a football match vs. Sandcross School. We lost 3-1 but we played the best that we could do. It started as their ref blew for kick off. Two minutes in Tommy gave a setup to Matthew who went around the keeper and missed an easy attempt. A couple of minutes later Tommy got another set up from Matthew who then hit the post. A strong start from RAAS. However, as their keeper launched the ball down the field a Sandcross player controlled it, shot and gave them a 1-0 lead. As we took kick off we gave it away and they played a great ball to our keeper who made a mistake and that made it 2-0. As the ref blew for half time our heads were high. We had our team talk with our manager and the second half began as Leo gave a throw in to Alex who passed to Tommy who gave it to Matthew to slot it past the keeper for 2-1. Then, as they took the kick off they went straight on the attack as we were off guard, Ishant cleared the danger, but they came back strongly and scored the final goal of the game. A disappointing result, but a great team performance. Man of the Match: Ishant Gurung
By Matthew & Tommy
Art Holiday Sessions & Deadlines
The GCSE Sketchbook deadline is the first lesson back after half term.
The Y12 Sketchbook deadline is also the first lesson back after half term.
Art1 is open on Tuesday and Wednesday in the first week of the holidays from 11am – 4pm, pupils
are encouraged to attend.
Rachael Killen Head of Art
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NETBALL FIXTURE RESULT MAN of the MATCH
LEAGUE
vs Oakwood
Year 7 RAAS 11 Oakwood 13 Jasmine Vickars
Year 8 RAAS 26 Oakwood 1 Amelia Bryant
RUGBY
FIXTURE RESULT MAN of the MATCH
FRIENDLIES
vs Emanuel
Year 7 RAAS 0 Emanuel 24 Niam Patel
Year 8 RAAS 17 Emanuel 31 Luke Beattie
Year 9 RAAS 22 Emanuel 12 Jack Cooper
Year 10 RAAS 0 Emanuel 57
vs Rutlish
Year 9 RAAS 12 Rutlish 34
vs Caterham 3rd XV
2ndXV RAAS 38 Caterham 12 An excellent team performance
Congratulations to 8TRE on leading the Credit Race within the School
So far Tom Reynolds groups has gained a massive 479 Credits!!! They are well on course for
getting 500 credits AWESOME!
SENIOR SCHOOL SPORTS
RESULTS
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FOOTBALL
FIXTURE RESULT MAN of the MATCH
SURREY CUP ROUND 1
1stX1 vs Whitgift R RAAS 2 Whitgift 5 Foly Akinmade