Riddlesdown News of the Week

w/c 29th September 2014

Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.

www.riddlesdown.org

Open Evening

Thank you to all students who helped at last week’s

Open Evening – as always, you did a fantastic job.

There were over 1000 visitors on the evening and they

seemed very impressed with what they saw. We have

received some great feedback including the following

twitter message from a parent:

“Thank you to the two lovely Year 11 girls who

showed us round @RiddledownC last

night. Very impressed.”

Year 11 Post 16 Transition Evening

There will be an important briefing for all parents of

Year 11 students this Thursday at 6.00pm regarding

the process and options for Post 16 studies. Mr Smith

and Ms Chant, Headteacher of College VI, are looking

forward to seeing all parents at this event.

Students are not expected at this briefing as Mr Smith and Ms Chant will speak with them in a special briefing on the same day at 8.50am.

Riddlesdown Wins Gold at the Woodcote

Horticultural Show

A huge congratulations to Kerry

Straghan and the Riddlesdown

gardening team for winning six

prizes in Woodcote’s annual

Horticultural Show hosted by

celebrity gardener, Charlie

Dimmock. Kerry entered

vegetables that students had

grown over the summer. Students

won four second place prizes and

two first place prizes!

Did You Spot Riddlesdown in the Croydon

Advertiser?

On Friday students appeared in the Croydon Advertiser

as part of a feature about the opening of The @RC.

You can read the full article in the Library.

Blacklands Farm Trip

Last week was busy for Year 7 students as they

settled into new teaching groups and each College

spent a day at Blacklands Farm. Students had a great

time and enjoyed getting to know each other better.

Careers Fair 2013

On Tuesday 14th October,

Riddlesdown Collegiate is hosting

a Careers Fair from 5-8pm.

There will be over 40 stands at the

convention to help advise students

in Years 11-13 on the opportunities

available to them.

Careers Fair 2014

MacKay Lunchtime Clubs

Week A

& Week B Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Breakfast

8.00 - 8.45

Breakfast Club

Pegasus

&

Phoenix

Breakfast Club

Pegasus

&

Phoenix

Break

10.40 - 11.00 Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Lunch

12.50 - 13.35

Closed Maths Club Reading Club Homework Club Comic Club

Lunchtime clubs are

open to ALL Colleges!

Stargazing Trip On the 7th – 8th of November, Year 10 – 13 students have the

opportunity to visit the Observatory Science Centre in

Herstmonceux and the South Downs Planetarium.

The trip includes the use of real telescopes at the observatory, an

overnight stay in luxurious scout huts, a visit to Brighton Pier and a

bespoke session at the planetarium.

Places are limited and going fast! Consent forms are in the Science

College office.

Dance Club

All styles and Year Groups

are welcome in the new

dance studio!

C11 in The @RC

22 spaces available!

After school dance club will be starting on

Thursday 3.30pm - 4.30pm.

Girls Basketball Club

A girls basketball club will be

starting on Wednesday after

school with Miss Lye. The club

is open to Year 7, Year 8 and

Year 9 girls.

ALL ABILITIES WELCOME!

When? Every Wednesday

Where? Sports Hall

What time? 3.30pm – 4.30pm

The Miracle Rehearsals

I have given a bit of an overview below of what we did

and where we went. I will try and tie it in with some

pictures and I have tried to put the picture names in the

right place for you - I hope it makes sense! I have

written quite a lot but I hope some of it is useful!

We flew to Reykjavik where we spent the first night in

Iceland in a hostel. We got to explore the city and see

some of the old town (photos Reykjavik (14, 16)) before

heading deeper into the country to begin our trek.

We headed to Pingvellir, the area of the country where

the Eurasian and North American plates are splitting

apart. We went on walks over 2 days between the plates

in the huge rift, saw beautiful waterfalls and the building

where the first Icelandic Parliament was held. Students

quickly adapted to using the trangias and cooked us

some lovely food, despite the heavy rain!! (Pingvellir (9,

22, 28)).

After 2 very soggy days, we got aboard a bus and did a

tour of the Golden Circle to see the most fantastic

sights in Iceland, including Geysir with the most

spectacular displays by the geysers (although they did

smell a little eggy, Geysir (4)) and then on to a series of

waterfalls, including Gulfoss (Golden Circle (3+27) and

Seljalandsfoss (where we even got to walk behind the

waterfall, Golden Circle (26+34)).

From there we took a stunning drive through Porsmork

National Park where we got the first views of the

glaciers and we had to drive through the river - we were

not sure our bus was going to make it! We spent 3

nights here and took lovely treks up the very volcanic

landscape close to the Eyjafalljokull glacier and volcano

(which caused so many problems in its eruption in 2010

- Porsmork (19+33)) and you could see how the

landscape had been changed by melting glaciers

(causing flooding) and the volcanic eruptions. The

hardest part was getting to sleep, we saw a sunset

which still meant it was incredibly light (Porsmork (56)).

The teachers organised a quiz for both team 1 and team

2 and we had a fab time (Porsmosrk (54)). After long

days of walking we were lucky to have a thermal pool

and sauna on the campsite to help relax (porsmork

(41))!

We were very sad to leave Porsmork as it was so

stunning, but we got back on the bus and headed back

to Reykjavik. Both teams had a meal together on the

final night before heading out whale watching. It was a

very choppy trip and we say the fin of a Minke whale,

but lots of puffins (Whale watching (6))!! On the final day

we got up early and headed to the blue lagoon, which

was an amazing way to end the most fantastic trip.

Relaxing in the geothermal pools and using their

amazing face masks helped us recover our sore feet

from all the walking.

Please can cast members playing the

following characters attend rehearsal

on Tuesday and Thursday after school:

Ron, Zelda, Billy, Angela, Mrs

Brickman, Mrs Sheehan, Chewy, Barry

and Lorenzo

Date: Tuesday 30th September and

Thursday 2nd October

Time: 3.30pm-5pm

Extra-Curricular Sports – Term 1 Sport Clubs have begun – all students are encouraged to go

along. They are good fun and a good way to keep healthy!

Netball

Football

Rugby

Fitness

Room

Dance

Trampolining

Gymnastics

Running

Girls

Football

Mo

nd

ay

Yr11 & College

VI

Year 7

ONLY

Tu

esd

ay

Week A = A team

yr7&8 (7:45-8:40)

Week B = B team

yr7&8 (7:45-8:40)

Yr8 & 11

Yr7

ALL

YEARS

ALL

YEARS

Wed

nesd

ay

Week A = A team

Yr9&10 (7:45-8:40)

Week B = B team

Yr9&10 (7:45-8:40)

Yr7 & 9

Boys

GIRLS ALL YEARS

Yr10, 11 &

College VI

Girls

ONLY

Squad

ALL

YEARS

ALL

YEARS

Th

urs

day

Week A = A team

Yr11&VI (7:45-8:40)

Week B = B team

Yr11&VI (7:45-8:40)

Yr10

Yr8 & 9

ALL

Years

KS3

(Dance

Studio)

Beginners

Les Misérables (School Edition)

All Extra Curricular Music starts this week!

DAY LUNCHTIME WHERE TIME AFTER SCHOOL WHERE TIME

MONDAY 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

TUESDAY LES MIS ORCHESTRA CLARINET ENSEMBLE YR8 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP YR7 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

WEDNESDAY JUNIOR CHOIR YR11 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP UKUELE ORCHESTRA COLLEGE VI VOCAL GROUP ELECTRIC GUITAR ENSEMBLE

THE @RC THEATRE CO1 CO5 CO3 PRACTICE ROOM 3

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

THURSDAY YR7 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP YR8 BOYS’ VOCAL GROUP STRING ENSEMBLE

CO1 CO5 CO3

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

FRIDAY JAZZ BAND YEAR 9 GIRLS’ VOCAL GROUP

CO5 CO3

12.50-1.40 12.50-1.30

Best Attendance: w/c 22nd September 2014

Percentage of students with 100% attendance:

Aquila 89.3% Orion 90.2%

Pegasus 91.4% Phoenix 92.6%

Year Best Tutor Group College

7 7KER

7DMM

7EIC & 7STB

Orion

Pegasus

Phoenix

8 8SLP 100% Orion

9 9SLE 99.3% Aquila

10 10EJS

10MMG Aquila

Orion

11 11CMT 100% Phoenix

12/13 SPO 97.6 % College VI

100%

100%

This Week’s Reminder

Keep The Astro Clean! Over the last week, we

have sadly noticed that

some students have left

litter on the brand new

astro. Remember that food

and drink must not be taken

into The Astro at any time. Don’t drop litter,

put it in the bin!

Please ensure that you leave The

Astro litter-free. Year Groups will be

banned from using The Astro if this

continues to be a problem this week.

And finally…Fun on the Farm!

Riddlesdown students visited Jamie's Farm

last week. Students and teachers swapped

their fast-paced, sugar-filled lives for a calm,

country experience and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Here are some of the highlights from the trip:

I had a great time and still

have the bruises to prove it

- Mr Mills

My best memory from Jamie's Farm was

swimming in the river. I also liked cooking pizza in

the outside oven and working with the horses.

Mitchel Moore

I enjoyed the whole experience because I have never done anything like this

before. I tried lots of new foods. I really enjoyed the night around the

campfire and all the walks. Kane Ayton

Riddlesdown News of the Week

w/c 29th September 2014

Learners of today. Leaders of tomorrow.

www.riddlesdown.org

Have a great week!