Riddlesdown News of the Week

w/c 17th November 2014 (B)

Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.

www.riddlesdown.org

Christmas Card Competition

It’s that time of year again! We

are looking for student designs

for the Riddlesdown Collegiate

Christmas Card. Entries must

be A4 size and given to Mrs

Surbey by Friday 21st

November. This doesn’t give

you long, so get creating!

Y11 Careers Applications Support Day

On Friday 21st November 2014, Year 11 students who have not

had a careers appointment will attend a 15 minute careers

meeting in the Main Hall. This appointment can be used for

anything which is careers related.

•I don’t know which subject combinations to take

•I don’t know what I want to do after A-levels

•I want to find out more about apprenticeships

•What subjects would I need to do a certain job?

Appointment slips and instructions for the

day will be in registers shortly. If you have

not been assigned an appointment,

please ask your Tutor to tell Mrs P

Cooke.

London Careers Convention

If Year 11 – 13 students

would like to attend the

London Careers

Convention, they must ask

their Tutor for a letter!

Year 10 History Cabinet War Rooms Trip

Schedule

10AHi/1 and 10AHi/2 - Monday 17th November 2014

10CHi/1 and 10CHi/2 - Friday 21st November 2014

10BHi/1 - Monday 24th November 2014

10DHi/1 and 10DHi/2 - Tuesday 25th November 2014

Students must meet their teachers

at Purley station by 9.15am at the

latest. Please ensure you bring a

packed lunch and are wearing full

school uniform.

Year 7 E-Safety Talks

To help students understand the importance of e-safety

issues, PC Cain will come in to deliver a talk to Year 7

students on Wednesday. If you have a question, you

can jot it down and hand it over to your IT teacher

before the talk. Be prompt for your session in the Main

Hall.

All Aquila Year 7

All Orion Year 7

All Pegasus Year 7

Period 5

Period 2 All Phoenix Year 7

Period 3

Period 4

Digital Leaders

Digital Leaders club will resume on Thursday 20th

November during lunchtime in X12.

At this stage, it is open to existing members only.

We will be recruiting new members soon, so

watch this space!

Thursdays

1pm-1.30pm

X12 (Phoenix)

Computer Science Club

• Would you like to Program with a Pi?

• Learn to install the Raspberry Wheezy OS?

• Learn to use the command line interface?

• Learn Python?

• Then Computer Science club is just for you!!!

When? Friday, 3:40pm to 4:30pm

Where? AO1

Who? Ms Singh

Free IT Software Download

Go to https://portal.microsoftonline.com and enter your login

details. Username@rcmail.org.uk and your Riddlesdown

password. You will then see this:

Click on Install now, it will download the necessary files and

you will then have to follow the step by step instructions. If you

have any problems, please ask your Tutor to speak to the IT

Manager.

You can download Microsoft software for your home computer

for free! Follow the instructions below.

American Lunch!

Science in Action Trips

Students going on any of the Science In Action trips

need to check the information posted outside S19

(upstairs in the College VI corridor.)

You will also need to tick next to your name to confirm

you have read the information and know when you are

attending.

• Chemistry In Action – 19th November

• Biology In Action – 24th November

• Science In Action – 4th December

Speak Out Challenge

For those students taking part in the Speak Out

Challenge, don’t forget to register with your Tutors and

go to the Conference Room at 9.00am on the correct

day.

Aquila and Orion: Tuesday

Phoenix and Pegasus: Thursday

Enjoy and good luck!

Winners will be announced next week!

Jumping for Joy!

Well done to the Year 10 Girls who represented Riddlesdown in

the Springfit Trampoline Competition at the weekend. The

girls all had fantastic results with Freya Camille 10CBC and

Tianee Camille 10TAA placing 1st and 2nd with only 0.1

between their scores!

Emily Wright 10ICS achieved a well

earned 2nd place at her first ever trampoline

competition. Alexandra Brown 10HMB just

missed out on 3rd place by minimal marks

and Abbie Armstrong 10EJS finished in a

very respectable 6th place which was also

her first competition. Fantastic results,

well done!

Croydon Schools Cross Country

The annual Croydon Schools Cross Country took

place at Coombe Lodge before half term. As usual,

Riddlesdown had a large number of students

representing the Collegiate, all of whom competed at a

high standard. Well done to all students that

competed!

You can read a full

report in Friday’s

newsletter which can be

found on the Collegiate

website.

Lunchtime Volleyball

If you have ever thought of trying

your hand at Volleyball, come

down to the Sports Hall at 1.00pm

on Monday. Everyone is welcome

to join in!

When? Every Monday (starting 10th

November)

Where? Sports Hall

What time? 1.00 – 1.40pm

Handball

When? Every Monday

Where? Sports Hall

What time? 3.30pm- 5.30pm

Lunchtime Boys Basketball

Year 7, 8 and 9 boys basketball will be taking

place every Thursday after school!

When? Thursday after school

Where? Sports Hall

What time? 3.30-4.30pm

Extra Curricular Sports Timetable

Netball

Football

Rugby

Fitness

Room

Dance

Trampolinin

g

Gymnastics

Running

Basketball

Handball

Monday

Y9

Y11 &

College

VI

Year 7 ONLY

Y7-9:

15:30-16:30

Year 10&11:

16:30-17:30

Tuesday

Week A = Yr8

(7:45-8:40)

Week B = Yr7

(7:45-8:40)

Y8 BOYS

GIRLS

Y7

ALL Years

ALL YEARS

Y10 & 11

Wednesday

Y11

Y7

Boys

Y10, 11

&

College

VI

Girls ONLY

Squad

ALL

YEARS

Girls

Basketball

Thursday

Y10

Y8 & 9

BOYS

GIRLS

ALL Years

KS3

(Dance

Studio)

Beginners

KS3

Extra Curricular Music Lessons

Guitar, Electric Guitar, Drums,

Piano, Singing, Clarinet,

Saxophone, Flute, Violin,

Trumpet

If any Student wishes to start playing an instrument at

Riddlesdown we now have places starting in January

for:

Please see Mrs Surbey in CPA to collect a letter

and more information

Junior Choir

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 –

1.40pm! Let’s raise the roof with how much noise we can make at Christmas. We

look forward to seeing you there.

Les Misérables Rehearsals

Extra Curricular Music DAY LUNCHTIME WHERE TIME AFTER SCHOOL WHERE TIME

MON FLUTE CHOIR YR 9 BOYS’ VOCAL GROUP BRASS ENSEMBLE YR10 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP

PRACTICE ROOM 1 C01 CO5 CO3

12.50-1.20

THEORY CLUB

CO3

3.30-4.30

TUES LES MIS ORCHESTRA CLARINET ENSEMBLE YR8 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP YR8 BOYS’ VOCAL GROUP

CO1 PRACTICE ROOM 3 CO3 CO5

12.40-1.40 JUNIOR ORCHESTRA LES MISERABLES ORCHESTRA

CO3 CO1

3.30-4.30 3.30-4.30

WED 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

THUR 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 SAMBA BAND

CO5

CO3

3.30-4.30 3.30-4.30

FRID 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

Thursday 12th – Friday 13th February 2015.

Geneva, Switzerland

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.

Collect your letter and consent form from the Science College office.

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

Making Instagram, Facebook, NetFlix, and Twitter

Open Source

John Hardy - Product Manager

This Terms

SCHOOLS

NEXT DATES FOR TRAINING

LIGHT GROUP – TUESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER

PERIOD 5&6

and meet at the Science College office

Tuesday Time of

Day Session School Year

Group

14/10/2014 am Rockets Monks Orchard 5

04/11/2014 am Rocks Whyteleafe` 5

11/11/2014 am Rockets Purley Oaks 5

18/11/2014 am Sound Atwood 2

25/11/2014 am Light Fairchildes 5

02/12/2014 am Sound Coulsdon CofE 5

09/12/2014 am Light The Hayes 5

16/12/2014 am Electricity Aerodrome 5

NEXT VISIT SOUND GROUP - ATWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL

TUESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER – PERIOD 1&2

and meet at the Science College office

Best Attendance: w/c 10th November 2014

Percentage of students with 100% attendance:

Aquila 86.2% Orion 85%

Pegasus 85.7% Phoenix 87.3%

Year Best Tutor Group College

7 7KER 100% Orion

8 8EBT 99.2% Aquila

9 9JEB 99.2% Aquila

10 10JMP 100% Pegasus

11 11ELH 97.8% Aquila

12/13 SPO 94.2% College VI

And finally…

Operation Christmas Child!

This week, students and staff from Orion

College and College VI have shown their

generosity for children far less fortunate than

themselves by filling over sixty shoe boxes

with gifts. The boxes are transported to

communities in Africa, Central Asia and

Eastern Europe, often to countries torn apart

by war and disaster. Students have enclosed

photographs, Christmas cards and good will

messages in order to give a child the best

possible Christmas gift – to know they are

remembered, loved and not forgotten!

Riddlesdown News of the Week

w/c 17th November 2014 (B)

Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.

www.riddlesdown.org

Have a great week!