NEWSLETTERwww.rydeschool.org.uk | SPRING 2018
RYDE SCHOOL WITH UPPER CHINE An Island School with a Global Outlook
ORATORS & RHETORICIANS OF THE FUTURE
We are therefore delighted that Ryde pupils
have represented the School very successfully
in a number of public speaking, discursive and
debating competitions this term.
The Model United Nations team had their most
successful results to date. Held at Guildford High
School and competing against many schools,
Year 11 pupils, Lily and Imogen won Best Delegate
in the Security Council for Bangladesh, and Highly
Commended for Ukraine in the Disarmament
Committee respectively.
Elsa and Olivia (Y9) represented Ryde at
the regional finals of the ESU Performing
Shakespeare Competition in Chichester as Olivia
and Viola in an extract from Twelfth Night, in
a regional final that included schools between
Guildford and Worthing, via Ditcham Park and
Ryde. The girls were also excited to have met the
two judges Hugh Dennis and Abigail Cruttenden.
Our debating duo fought well for Ryde with
Lucy and Imogen (both Y11) competing in the
Southern Regional Final of the ESU Schools’
Mace Debating Competition, having already
progressed through two earlier rounds and
having won Round 2 overall. This time, they were
proposing the motion: ‘This house believes that
the England football team should boycott the
Russia 2018 World Cup.’ Both speakers received
very complimentary feedback from the judge
with little separating the teams in terms of
performance. All other teams from Hampshire
and the South East comprised Sixth Form
students, whereas our debaters were both Year 11.
Ryde also got through to the Salisbury and
South Central Branch Final of the ESU Public
Speaking Competition. Twelve schools started
the competition and our team, having won the
regional Southampton/Winchester heat, went
through to the final with Imogen winning the
‘Best Speaker’ prize.
As an International Baccalaureate World School we encourage our pupils to undertake new challenges and take risks, engage with global issues and
consider the ethical implications of their actions. Being able to verbally communicate these thoughts and issues articulately, eloquently and expressively
is becoming an increasingly important skill to master in a world where oral communication has been overtaken by text, email and social media.
PHYSICS AND MATHS WINNERS AND SCIENCE WEEK EXPLOSIONS Across the School, Science Week created an
explosion of interest with Years 3 and 4 joining
the Senior School for some rocket launches and
hands-on experiments. Year 5 and 7 girls visited
Land Rover BAR for a ‘Girls into STEM’ day and
Fiveways took an environmental approach to the
week with different ‘green’ challenges set for the
pupils each day. The highlights of the week were
the rocket science experiments of wax fireballs,
screaming jelly babies, whoosh bottle rockets and
explosive canon fire!
Meanwhile, Senior School pupils competed in
the UK Physics Olympiad and UK Intermediate
Maths Challenge with thousands of other pupils
and brilliant results. The Upper Sixth Physicists
Tino and Daniel rocketed to Bronze I and II
levels and Luke, Jajeevan and Vinson all gained
commendations.
Forty two Mathematicians achieved Bronze, Silver
or Gold with the six Gold winners going onto the
next round: Tom Sewell (Y11), Zac Gavin (Y10),
Millie Evans, Tom Luke, Ed Ardley and Jacob
Swann (all Y9).
Four of the five Physicists
Year 5 ‘Girls into STEM’
SPRING CONCERT FINALE
The last concert for the Upper Sixth musicians and our much loved Director of Music Mr Grubb. After 32
years with Ryde School and also Upper Chine School, where he started his career, Andy is retiring at the
end of this academic year and the pupils presented him with a hand-painted violin with the school crest
painted on the back and wrote and dedicated a song to him at the end of the concert.
RYDE REMEMBERS
TRINITY HOUSE RAISES THOUSANDS FOR CHARITY
JUNIOR SCHOOL RECEIVES THANKS FROM KENSINGTON PALACE
90 YEARS AGO - in 1928 the school moved into
Westmont, which remains the heart of the School
today. The first home of the School in 1921 was
Hanover House in George Street.
46 YEARS AGO - in 1972 girls were admitted to
Ryde for the first time, although only in the Sixth
Form. The School becoming fully co-educational
was a gradual process, and was finally reached in
September 1985.
30 YEARS AGO - in 1988 construction work started
on what we now know as the Modern Languages
building. This was designed and built as the Design
Centre, and was the happy home of Art and DT for
many years until their move into the Bembridge
Building.
Trinity House pupils recently
presented a cheque for £3250
to Ronald McDonald House in
Southampton, raised on behalf of
Nick Platt, a former fellow class-
mate of the Ryde pupils.
Nick and the pupils raised the
money to thank the charity for
the enormous help they gave to
Nick’s family. In April 2017, Nick
(then studying in the final year
of his GCSEs at Ryde School)
was rushed into hospital with
suspected meningitis and sepsis. After a total of 40 days and 39 nights in hospital Nick is still recovering and
one day will need a kidney transplant. His determination to survive this ordeal and re-build his life inspired
our pupils to help Nick and his family raise money for the charity that provides accommodation for families
staying at Southampton Hospital.
Year 3 Junior School pupils were delighted to
receive individual letters from Princes Harry
and William, congratulating them on their fund-
raising achievements to provide enough money
to sponsor an elephant mother and baby through
the Born Free Foundation. Reading ‘The Hunter’
by Paul Geraghty inspired the children to raise
the money. During their research they learnt
about the Born Free Foundation, and the Princes’
involvement in Tusk and Africa Parks.
A massive thank you to all those who donated
money in Chine House charity week last academic
year. This money has been used to roof part of the
new school building at Nako School.
LAWRIE MASON who joins Fiveways as a Teaching
Assistant.
PETRA EVANS who joins Fiveways as a Year 2
Teacher.
GEORGE MARSDEN who joins Fiveways as a one-
to-one Assistant.
UT PROSIMGHANA LINK
SALVETE
BOARDING NEWSThe Spring Term is always short and sweet with so much being experienced and achieved. There is never time to dwell on the post Christmas blues in boarding as there is so much to do and look forward to. It was a particular treat this year that, unusually for the Isle of Wight, we had snow. As a real advocate of play, adventure and outdoor experiences no matter what your age we love that the snow brings out the inner child in everyone and gets them outside enjoying themselves.
Half term for the boarders was both relaxing and active, with many activities including bowling, squash,
badminton, paintballing and visits to the cinema to watch Black Panther, Maze Runner and The Shape of
Water. The Spinnaker and Bembridge boarders mixed really well together, they spent many hours playing
cards and board games in the evenings. We ate lots of pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and went out for lunch
to celebrate Chinese New Year. This was of course balanced out with plenty of revision for those who had
mock exams the following week.
SPINNAKER HOUSE
MEET UP WITH BOARDERS’ PARENTS
BEMBRIDGE BOARDING CAMPUS
Everyone has squeezed an awful lot of work and play into the shortest term of the year and we are
all looking forward to plenty of rest with our families and hopefully some warm sunshine during the
Easter break. Despite mocks and lots of revision for those taking exams, the excellent humour and
sense of community has continued in abundance.
Recently, there has been an increase in board games and climbing; archery and cooking have
continued as some of the favourite activities this term. The snowfall was a bonus for the boarders
and all made the most of it despite the disruption to travel and the phenomenally slippery drive!
Weekend activities have continued to create happy memories; the surprisingly competitive nature
of the Pirate Crazy Golf and the axe throwing, (supervised by qualified instructors), being particular
highlights.
We sadly say “Auf Wiedersehen” to Sara and Josefine, who head back to Germany after two
terms with us at Bembridge Boarding Campus. I can honestly say on behalf of all of us within the
boarding family, that they have been a pleasure to live with and get to know. They will be missed
and always welcome should they want to return and visit, (or sit the IB).
It’s been a very busy term for our Upper Sixth
boarders, all ten taking either A Level or IB
mock exams, with constructive evenings filled
with discussion, extended essays or Theory of
Knowledge work, combined with the fun and
laughter that we have come to expect with our
Spinnaker family. We are so proud that so many
of our boarders were interviewed for Oxbridge
places and have all received great offers from
their chosen Universities, career entry points and
Colleges. Mother’s Day was a treat for Mrs Wilson,
Housemistress, who was given a lovely tea cup
and beautiful spring basket of flowers by the
boarders as a thank you to their ‘House Mother’.
Mrs Nestor-Powell and Mrs Craik had the
opportunity to meet up with some of the Hong
Kong parents recently. It was lovely to put names
to faces and to be able to talk about the children
and how well they are doing at Ryde. They also
met up with several prospective pupils who will be
joining the school in the near future.
HALF TERM FUN FOR THE BOARDERS
SENIOR SCHOOL
Well done to Alex and Jake (Year 9) for organising
the highly successful Ryde School’s Got Talent.
The range of talents was diverse with musicians,
dancers, bands and magicians. The overall winner
was Thomas (Year 7) on guitar, followed by George
(Year 11) on drums and Tom (Year 9) on the piano.
Well done to everyone and a big thanks to the
judges: the Headmaster, Mr Grubb, Mrs Evans and
Rob Da Bank.
After the fantastic performance given at the
Guildhall in Portsmouth this term, the Global Rock
performers were presented with awards for Best
Soundtrack and Best Video & Lighting. With over 80
pupils involved in this year’s performance and the
concept, choreography, costumes, lighting, stage
set and direction being completely pupil-led by the
Sixth Form, this really is a credit to team work and
creativity at Ryde.
RYDE’S GOT TALENT
GLOBAL ROCK
• One of the main focuses for the Green People is changing the mindset of students. Finding ways to make
people change the way they think about their impact on the School site and the wider environment.
• Our other main objective is to reduce the impact of the School. Finding new ways of reducing energy
consumption therefore contributing less to the use of fossil fuels. Thinking of ideas to reduce the use of
plastic, including looking for possible new products in the lunch halls, providing more permanent water
bottles for pupils and other ways of reducing single-use plastic.
The Green People is a group run by students eager to get involved with changing the way the School thinks about the environment and is spearheaded by two Prefects, Matt Spencer-Brading and Pip Andrews (Y12).
NEW GREEN GROUP
SENIOR SCHOOL
This term Year 7 pupils have been working
on individual projects which have related to
either democracy, environmentalism, service or
cultural awareness, Year 8 pupils have been busy
constructing business pitches for Ryde Theatre.
Excellent results from the Year 10 Geography team
who secured first and third positions against other
schools such as Portsmouth Grammar School, St
John’s College, PHS, Mayfield and Mayhurst, in
the Geographical Association Worldwise Quiz at
Portsmouth High School (PHS).
Enrichment Day was full of exciting trips, talks and
workshops. Year 9 visited galleries, Year 7 were at
Land Rover BAR, Year 10s had the fun of the Globe
Theatre and other pupils braved the snowy weather
for outdoor learning. Workshops for group project
work, play rehearsals, the Circular Economy, Human
Rights and Amnesty International all took place in
the afternoon, alongside a string of careers sessions
and talks from outside experts such as Surrey who
came to talk about University life.
RYDE GLOBALAND THE PSB
GEOGRAPHY SKI TRIP
ENRICHMENT DAY
FOCUS ON DT
A lot has been happening this term in the
Design Technology department. Senior
pupils were very excited by the visit of
Old Rydeian and award-winning furniture
designer Jason Heap. Jason is best known
for his contemporary bent wood designs
and inspired our generation of designers by
demonstrating some of his techniques.
GIRLS RUGBY
Old Rydeian Heather Kerr, part of the
England Women’s Squad for the Six
Nations and Rugby World Cup came to
show our girls how it’s done! She spent
hours coaching and training the delighted
girls. Heather, who started playing rugby
at Durham University, plays for Darlington
Mowden Park Sharks.
ENGINEERING INSIGHT
Old Rydeian and Geophysicist Michael
Househam (a boarder at Ryde from 1958
to 1965) inspired our future engineers
and scientists with his tales of a lifetime
career in the oil industry from which he has
recently retired.
OLD RYDEIANS INSPIRE CURRENT PUPILS
Team work building spaghetti structures
‘CCF this term has been the busiest yet. A new start of term resulting in new training, including
weapons training. This exciting advancement allows cadets, after passing handling assessments to
go onto military exercises all in due course … in preparation for Sandhurst perhaps? With that said,
classroom lessons are still taking place with cadets still learning the basic rank structure, roles
of the Royal Marine Commandos and of course, the all important, knot tying! A busy term in the
classroom, bring on a busy term in the field next term! All thanks must be extended to Flt Lt Sale
and Lt Hayter of course without them, this would not be possible!’
Ollie Coulson, CCF
SENIOR SCHOOL
Amelie Haworth (Y7) was
recently crowned the U13 Girls
English Junior Squash Champion
only a few weeks after winning
the U13 French Junior Open
Championships. She is now looking
forward to focusing on playing for
England for the very first time in
the Five Nations.
Cameron Blamey (Y7) has been
nominated for a Musto Junior
Rider Programme Award for
demonstrating British Youth Sailing
values and displaying courage and
determination by not giving up
despite injury setbacks. Of those
nominated, three will be selected
for mentoring with the British
sailing team.
Rory Taylor, Felix Methold, Emile
Bleriot (Y7 and Y8) who have all
been selected onto the London
Irish Rugby Developing Player
programme.
Tom Luke (Y9) won four of his
piano classes at Portsmouth Music
Festival, obtaining two Distinctions
and two Honours and the Clifford
Benson Award for Outstanding
Musicianship and Communication.
Eric Tasca (L6) won a Bronze
medal for the 200m breaststroke
in the Hampshire County
Swimming Championships.
Thomas Nash (Y7), winner of the
‘Own Choice Solo’ for 18 years and
under, the Lewis Groth Ward-
Saunders Cup winner (for Grade
5 - 6) and the Victoria Cup winner
for ‘Best Performance of a piece
by Gary Ryan’ – all for guitar at the
Portsmouth Music Festival.
Campbell Laird (Y9) ran so fast in
the traditional Inter-House Cross
Country to Quarr that he ran there
and back to School in 19.31 minutes
and was dressed and ready to go
home before the other runners
returned to School!
Ollie Coulson (L6) came fourth in
the National Junior Indoor Rowing
Competition for his age group. He
rowed a 2km distance in 6:47.3
minutes, knocking 5 seconds off
his personal best.
PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
COMBINED CADET FORCE & DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD
COMBINED CADET FORCE LEARN THE ROPES!
‘As the Spring Term comes to an end, the final preparations for the Bronze, Silver and Gold Qualifying expeditions are being completed. Next term we
see four expeditions commence, travelling around the Isle of Wight, Dartmoor and Wales for the final stage of the award. Although all the focus of DofE
appears to be on climbing mountain after mountain, this is far from the case. DofE involves other components that give you the freedom to develop
skills and benefit from experiences that people may not get the opportunity to encounter outside of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.’
Febe Campbell-Collins, Captain of DofE
Accomplishing any level of the DofE
Awards is an achievement and gaining
the Gold Award takes a lot of hard work
and determination. This year already three
current pupils will be collecting their Gold
Awards at Buckingham Palace in May: Febe
Campbell-Collins, James Cripps and Mason
Hammond.
IOW MUSIC FESTIVAL
Lots of individuals won prizes and
cups this year in the festival with a
number of duos and groups also doing
very well. The results from the choir
classes were particularly good this
year with the Junior Singers gaining
88 marks, distinction, 2nd place and
the Choristers: 93 and 90 marks! An
outstanding, 1st place in both classes.
It is very rare to get 90 marks or over.
Tom Luke was commended for his
excellent accompanying of the choir
and Mrs Tweddle, Choir Director
commented, ‘They were absolutely
brilliant, I’m so happy I could burst’.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD
GOING FOR GOLD
Cadets spent the day on HMS Blazer, a P2000 patrol and training ship. They learnt to steer and navigate, about radar and tracking systems, putting this to the test as they put the ship through a series of tugging turns and ‘doughnuts’.
Also receiving their Gold are nine Old Rydeians who have been invited to St. James’s Palace in March to accept their Awards. Megan Nicholson, Lucy Daniels, Jessica Norton, Alice Dye, James Moody, Jack Curtis and Emily Whitewick were there, with Pete Hepburn and Lizzie Gillett being presented with their awards at a later date.
Thirteen pupils entered the Isle of Wight Schools
Indoor Rowing Competition. The Ryde School
Boat Club has a great spectrum of abilities from
experienced scullers to total novice pupils who
have only sat on a rowing machine a few times!
Highlights included Ollie beating his nemesis from
Shanklin Rowing Club by 0.4 of a second over 2km;
James C had never raced before and came in a
very respectable 3rd out of 6. Archie came 2nd
and Olivia and Ariela 2nd and 3rd respectively in
the 500m sprints. Florrie came 2nd in her race, whilst Ayesha achieved
joint 3rd with the first three competitors finishing in a window of 0.1 of a second. Elysia was
perhaps the highlight of the day though; she rowed through actual physical pain to ensure that
she beat her competitor from Ryde Academy! Two Year 10 girls, Fleur and Ellie also performed
very well, coming 2nd and 4th.
Following on from some early pre-season training, the players had a great start to the season with
all seven teams winning against Seaford College. It was most encouraging to be able to put out A
& B teams in the U12, U13 and U14 age groups this season for many of our matches which reflects
the enthusiasm the girls have for the sport.
A special mention must go to the U13 A team who were undefeated all season. The players
displayed great teamwork in their play, approaching each match with both focus and
determination. The U13s had notable wins against PGS and King Edwards.
The U12 teams trained hard throughout the season and showed great spirit and determination in
their play. Although they struggled in some of their matches, wins against the likes of Portsmouth
High and Hampshire Collegiate suggest that as long as the squad continue to train hard, they will
continue to develop in the future.
The U14s had a very successful season with victories against the likes of St John’s College, Alton
Convent and Portsmouth High.
Well done also to the U15 team whose play centred around a small group of committed players.
Their efforts were rewarded with victories against teams such as Churcher’s College, Portsmouth
High and Seaford College.
The senior netball teams also had highly successful seasons with the 1st VII victorious in their
games against St John’s College, Seaford College and Hampshire Collegiate whilst the 2nd VII
matched this with wins against Hampshire Collegiate and Seaford College.
1ST TEAM V MILTON ABBEY
The first team had a convincing win over
Milton Abbey 21 - 3 with all round excellent
team display from Tino Tong, Ian Chan,
Vincent Wong, Tody Chow, Isaac Lai and Felix
Lau.
Years 8, 9 and 10 all had fixtures against the
Island Free School with some very competitive
and entertaining games played in the best
of spirits. Overall Year 8 won 11 - 5, Year 9
lost 6 - 12 and Year 10 lost 4- 8. Outstanding
performances went to Max and Miles Coelho,
Felix Methold, Chloe Graves, Devon Pollard
and Jacob Swann. The most improved
players this term were Rhea Thakrar, Poppy
Gallerwood, Tiya Ramdany, Tim Sheridan and
Nick Gibbs, most of them playing in their first
competitive badminton matches.
SENIOR SCHOOL
SPORTS REPORTS
HOCKEY
The U12s have improved with every game, and
have been rewarded in recent weeks with some
fine wins. It has also been great to see the boys
playing for the U12B side this term. It has been
excellent to see so many boys representing the
school.
The U13s have had a challenging season, playing
on a very strong circuit. We have also been able to
field a B team at this age group who have also had
some excellent results this season.
The U14s have also had a challenging season, but
have shown fight throughout and have developed
as a team. The first season of 11 aside hockey is
always tough and I am sure that the experience
will stand them in good stead for next year.
The U15s have not had as many fixtures as they
would have liked this season. However, in recent
weeks they have put in some fine performances
and there are a number of boys who should be
pushing for a place in the 1st XI next season.
The 1st XI have come on a long way as a team,
and a number of boys will be returning again next
year. The young defensive unit has been resolute
all season. However, we have not always been able
to convert the chances that we have created. The
boys will finish their season at the Bath Festival,
playing against some strong opposition.
RYDE SCHOOL BOAT CLUB GROWING IN NUMBERS
NETBALL
BADMINTON
JUNIOR SCHOOL
ALADDIN SPRINGTIME TRAVEL
MATHS CHALLENGESRyde took part in the Year 5 PGS Maths Challenge this term. The afternoon was full of fun maths problems and
puzzles with a special mention to Alec and Jasper who came third.
Year 6 represented the Junior School at the Eagle House Maths Challenge. A large number of schools from
Hampshire took part. The children did exceptionally well with Alice, Rachael, Hugo and Robert coming joint
first! Well done to everyone for enjoying their Maths!
The Junior School hosted the Island Primary Schools Maths Challenge with twenty schools joining us for the
day. The challenges involved mental maths, dominoes, shopping, tangrams, sudoku, dice, and making 24. Our
Year 5 teams did particularly well, gaining 3 out of the top 4 places. Well done Alec, Jasper, Daisy, Zoe, Katie,
Charlotte W and Mr McGouran for organising it all!
INTER–SCHOOLS COMPETITION SUCCESSES
Year 4 transported us to Arabia for their vibrant,
colourful and sparkly production of Aladdin. With
two casts, fabulous costumes, an imaginative set
and lively music we were all royally entertained!
YEAR 6 TRIP TO THE MARY ROSE
YEAR 5 TRIP TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM
YEAR 6 JOIN A NATIONAL CONCERT
FOR A DAY
Year 6 were fortunate to take part in one of
four national concerts led by The Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra at the Guildhall in
Portsmouth.
SHAKESPEARE COMES TO LIFE IN THE JUNIOR SCHOOL
All of the children from Year 1 to Year 6 participated in a unique Music and English enrichment
programme with special guest Ollie Heath. Knowing that the Junior School children have been studying
Shakespeare texts in school, Ollie prepared workshops to complement this. All of the children practised
and then performed a rap related to their Shakespeare play which Ollie helped to take to a very
professional level with his sound equipment. Everyone certainly enjoyed themselves and the children
seemed to be tapping their feet from the minute he started his sessions!
JUNIOR SCHOOL
SPRING 2018
The Spring Term has been a busy one with lots of fixtures and although the weather has not always been on our side there has still been lots to celebrate with so many pupils doing well in a wide variety of disciplines.
At the IOW Cross Country championships we had fantastic results
with Year 3 and 4 girls coming 1st (Alexis, Lola, Matilda, Lotte, Layla &
Annabella), Year 5 and 6 girls 2nd (Bea, Georgina, Robin, Amelia WH,
Charlotte & Amelie) and Year 5 and 6 boys also 2nd (Jasper, Hugo,
Edward, Patrick & Merlin). Hugo and Bea came 5th and 6th respectively
overall and went on to represent the Island at the Hampshire
Championships. The girls also did brilliantly in the 2K run at Westbourne
House School, in particular Alexis who was 2nd, Lotte 4th and Matilda
6th in the U9 race and Bea who was 3rd for the U11s. The U9s were the
overall winning team.
We also competed in the IW Schools Indoor Athletics finals and had
some noticeable results with Charlie coming 1st in vertical jump. Charlie
and Hugo were brilliant in the paarlauf relay - running 12 lengths of
the Sports Hall between them and winning their heat. The U10 and U11
swimming squad attended the IAPS regional gala, with the U10 girls
freestyle relay team winning their race, Patrick coming 2nd in the 50m
freestyle and Rene 2nd in her freestyle race.
Netball and Hockey have featured significantly in the sporting calendar
with improvements in Hockey, and an amazing winning streak of
seven out of eight matches at the U8 Netball Festival at Oakwood.
Unfortunately the snow led to the cancellation of the U11 Netball tour
but there was still the opportunity for the team to take part in the IAPS
Tournament where they came a very commendable 4th in their group.
In Football the U11s have had an impressive season and have reached
the IOW Final which takes place during the Easter holidays - good luck
to the boys! On the Rugby field the U11 boys competed in several 7s
tournaments and won the Vase at the PGS festival. The U8 team came
runners up in the Ryde Tag Festival and all of the boys showed excellent
progress.
We have had a lot to fit in this term with it being a short one and we
look forward to see what excitement the Summer Term brings and in
particular the introduction of Girls’ Cricket.
PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
SPORTS REPORTS
Edward (Y6) for completing a 10km Abominable
Snowman course which included swimming
through two lakes! He took 1 hour and 41 minutes
and came 141 out of a field of 250, competing
against adults as well as other children.
Bea and Grace (Y6) for raising £100 through a
cake sale for the Love to Move Charity (Love to
Move Programme is an age and dementia friendly
seated gymnastics programme).
ISLE OF WIGHT MUSIC, DRAMA AND DANCE FESTIVAL SUCCESS
We were very proud to see so many of our talented
pupils entering this year. Their hard work and
practice certainly paid off with many coming
away with more than one trophy and certificate.
WELL DONE TO:
Zoe (Y5) who was presented with the Girlguiding
South West Region Chief Commissioner’s Award
this term. The Award recognises a young member
who has shown exceptional personal courage and
endeavour over a period of time, whilst remaining
true to her Guiding Promise. This is the first of
these awards ever to be presented to a member of
Girlguiding Isle of Wight and was presented by Mrs
Patricia Partridge, DL, President of Girlguiding Isle
of Wight.
FIVEWAYS
WORLD BOOK DAY What an amazing array of inventive costumes! Teachers and pupils thoroughly enjoyed a whole day of
creative fun related to the books we are currently reading: Gruffalo baking, Cat in The Hat reading and
visits from Fantastic Mr Fox, Mr McGregor, Sherlock Holmes and Willy Wonka amongst other fun and
creative characters.
IOW MUSIC, DANCE& DRAMA FESTIVAL A big well done to the Fiveways Choir for winning first place in the IOW Festival. Quivering Quavers, our recorder group, the Year 1 handbells groups and the Year 2 Bowjangles all came
first in their classes. Many of our children also entered individually and bravely stood up in front of a large
audience and sang or recited poetry. Well done to all of them.
MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATION & AFTERNOON TEA Such a lovely day had by all in celebration of
Mothers and Grandmothers and all who care
for us. The Celebration Assembly entertained
all with music and song and the children
showed off their beautiful portraits of their
mummies.
FIVEWAYS
EXPLORING OUR HISTORIC ISLAND Year 2 had the fun of visiting Victorian Ryde earlier this term – exploring the Victorian pier and artefacts in the museum and learning about life on the Island in
Victorian times. Year 1 ventured farther afield and were enthralled by the delights of Brading Roman Villa, putting together mosaic floors, dressing up as Romans
and back at Fiveways, learning how to build Roman roads.
SING UP DAYLots of schools from across the Island joined us for a big Sing Up!
We all had a delightful afternoon filling the Sports
Hall with song and laughter! The children finished
the afternoon by donating noisy food for the Isle of
Wight Food Bank, raising £128.
OUTDOOR LEARNING As always Fiveways have spent as much time outside as possible this term, despite some rainy
days and even a sprinkling of snow! The children have been collecting natural objects for
sculpture, learning new skills in Forest School and simply enjoying the sand and mud kitchens in
the playground.
‘OUR DAY OUT’What a great performance! The Senior School pupils’ adaptation of Willy
Russell’s original ‘Our Day Out’ was cleverly staged and scripted. Years 7, 8
and 9 joined forces to ensure the audience joined them on the journey.
A letter written by Fin in Year 7 to the fictitious headmaster of the school.36 Alverstone RoadLiverpool
June 25th 1976
Dear Headmaster of Fairfield High School,Last Wednesday, when I took your kids on a trip to Conwy Castle, first of all I
was very annoyed because they weren’t checked for chocolate and lemonade
and then your kids stole the animals from the zoo; fur and droppings
everywhere! Then, after the beach, the kids didn’t brush their feet before
getting in my coach, which further annoyed me because sand is very hard
to remove you know. I thought, at first, that the teachers couldn’t control the
kids. The school should hire teachers that can control them, I thought. Mr
Briggs was my favourite teacher because he taught the kids some discipline.
He taught them a lesson or two, to respect other people! Despite all this, and
due largely to the effort of Mr Briggs, I realised that all the kids had such a
grand day out which more than made up for my initial annoyance.Yours faithfully
Ronny SuttcliffCoach driver
RYDE SCHOOL SUMMER PRODUCTIONS
CONCERT IN THE QUAD THURSDAY 5 JULY 6.30PM
‘MY FAIR LADY’THE SENIOR SCHOOL
SUMMER MUSICAL1, 2 & 3 JULY
7.30PM
16 JULY TO 10 AUGUST9AM TO 5PM (core hours)8AM TO 6PM (optional extension)HALF DAYS AVAILABLE
BOOKINGS & INFORMATION Please call Naomi Fowke on 01983 617915 or email [email protected] or visit www.rydeschool.org.uk/Summer-School
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES PROGRAMMESFOR 5 TO 15 YEAR OLDS
NEW FOR 2018 ‘THE ISLAND PONY PROJECT’AND ‘ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES’
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