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FASHION SHOW
Tickets are selling fast! Get yours today.
Plans are in full swing for the event on 6th December
Total raised revealed inside! Some great sport played this week. Read more inside.
Christmas fever has certainly hit Rougemont, with rehearsals for nativities, plans for black-tie events and Chef Iain’s Christmas carvery in full swing.
FASHION SHOW
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL
(BUSIEST!) TIME OF THE YEAR
PTA CHRISTMAS
FAYRECHARITY UPDATE SPORT NEWS
As we approach an exciting time of the year and with diaries getting full, we wanted to give our
parents an outline of all the events planned for the coming weeks and into the New Year:
• Charity Fashion Show – Wednesday 27th November, 6pm, Auditorium tickets available online (scan the code opposite).
• Newport Rugby 50th Anniversary Gala – Friday 29th November, see poster in newsletter for details.
• PTA Christmas Fayre – Friday 6th December, details sent to parents in letter dated 21st
November.
• School Christmas Carol Service – Thursday 12th December, Newport Cathedral, 7pm.
• Christmas Carvery – Sunday 15th December, see page 10 for further details.
• Junior Nativity – Tuesday 17th December, Auditorium, 2.30pm.
• Infant & Nursery Nativity – Wednesday 18th December, Infant Hall (Nursery & Reception, 9.15am and Years 1 & 2,
10.15am).
• Gwent Music Black Tie Gala – Saturday 4th January, Auditorium.
• St Woolos Sinfonia – Saturday 11th January, Auditorium.
• Year 5, Year 7 & Year 9 entry Scholarships – Saturday 18th January.
• Phantom of the Opera – Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th February, Auditorium, tickets on sale 2nd December.
As you will see, there are plenty of events over the next few weeks for our whole School community to enjoy and we hope
we shall see you in School at some point over the festive period.
In the new year, we will be launching a very exciting venture involving events at Rougemont which will see the School
become a hub for events and conferences within the region. I look forward to sharing this news in early 2020.
Finally, could I please remind you all that School will close completely for pupils at 1pm on Wednesday 18th December.
Food will be available at lunchtime from midday and transport for those on buses will leave at 1pm.
Mr Andy Knight | Director of Business and Finance
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A WEEK IN PICTURES
FIRE! FIRE!
YEAR 2
THOROUGHLY
ENJOYED THEIR
FIRE TALK WITH
LOCAL FIRE
FIGHTERS AND EVEN
GOT THE CHANCE
TO DRESS UP!
INFANT STEM
CLUB IS HUGELY
POPULAR.
PUPILS WERE
TASKED WITH
BUILDING A
BRIDGE TO HOLD
20 TEDDY BEARS!
A real School for Life this week, from Nursery to Sixth Form
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YEAR 13 PUPILS POSE
PROUDLY WITH THEIR
CERTIFICATES FOR
THE INTERMEDIATE
BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD
WHICH TESTED THEIR
KNOWLEDGE OF
BIOLOGY AND
ENCOURAGES PUPILS
TO STUDY
BIOSCIENCES BEYOND
SCHOOL.
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#RougemontReadyToRead
The LRC recently ran a competition linked to the
Scholastic Book Fair which came to School last week.
The challenge of the competition was to create a piece
of bunting for the LRC based on a child's favourite
book or author, to include three words to describe how
the book/author made them feel. Some beautiful and
thoughtful entries were received, thanks to everyone
who entered and supported the competition, and to Mrs
Bateman and Sixth Form art students for judging.
**UPDATE**
A huge thanks to everyone who bought a book during
the Scholastic Book Fair last week.
We are delighted to report that you raised £1,225 for
school resources.
BADMINTON SUCCESS
Year 8 pupil Sot-sai represented Gwent Youth County
Badminton Squad last weekend in the U18 Shires
League against Worcestershire. She won her first
doubles match, then lost to a much stronger and older
pair in the second match. In her singles match, Sot-sai
narrowly missed out on victory by 3 points in the final set,
21-16, 16-21, 18-21. Overall Gwent County lost to
Worcestershire 17-3, with Sot-sai contributing one of the
three games for Gwent.
BUNTIN’ BATTLE IN LRC
BADMINTON SUCCESS FOR
SOT-SAI
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The LRC goes from strength to strength
Year 8 pupil Sot-sai goes from strength to strength as she excels at badminton.
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Budding engineers of the future
ARKWRIGHT SCHOLARS
David Oyns, the local Arkwright Scholarship
representative, came along to meet with scholars and
potential scholars in Mrs Goodwin’s lab on Monday.
We were particularly proud to learn that Rougemont is
one of the most successful schools on the programme.
CONGRATULATIONS, LUCA!
We are delighted for Luca in Year 13 who has received
his Arkwright Scholarship at a special ceremony in
London during October half term.
Luca is studying the STEM subjects at A Level and
hopes to read a STEM-related subject at university in
2020.
ARKWRIGHT SCHOLARS
#STEM
ARKWRIGHT
SUCCESS FOR LUCA
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Rougemont has a long association with the Arkwright Scholarship programme.
Year 13 pupil Luca aims high
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Serious business in Year 13
SENIOR SUBJECT SPOTLIGHT
Mr Savery, Head of Economics, leads this very popular
A Level subject.
With an increasing number of our alumni embarking on
degrees and careers focused around business and
finance, Economics is becoming a very popular subject
for pupils looking to further their knowledge in this area.
Currently, Year 13 are studying second year macro-
economics and with the political climate facing the
country post-December, pupils are engaging in debate
and conversation on this extremely interesting and
challenging topic.
The pupils will soon head to a ‘Strong Foundations’
conference in Bristol.
We are delighted to announce that our charity day
raised more than £2,000.
As per the pupils’ wishes, the monies will be
divided equally between Children in Need and local
charity St David’s Hospice.
Fantastic!
ECONOMICS
CHILDREN IN NEED
UPDATE
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Challenging questions for our young economists
Did you see Rougemont on Blue Peter last Friday? Excitement all round! Visit our Facebook page to see the video.
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MUFTI FUN!
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SPORT SUCCESS
It’s not just the
girls who are
experiencing
success on the
hockey field, our
boys won 1-0
against Monmouth
Comp earlier this
week.
Our U11 Rugby team
gave it their all during
the Newport Schools’
Christmas Cup. A
cold afternoon
playing on 3G for the
first time saw the
team win one of their
matches. Good try!
A great win for
the U14 Hockey
team against
Abersychan this
week!
Follow @RougemontSport on Twitter
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HOLLIES @ ROUGEMONT
Our friends in
Hollies enjoyed
the Children In
Need
celebrations.
Painting Pudsey
and making
cookies.
We love having
our littlest
friends here at
Rougemont!
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We are delighted to
announce Bates
Urology as our Show
Sponsor for the
upcoming Senior
production of
Phantom of the
Opera.
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If you would like to place an advert in the programme, we have space for full, half and
quarter page adverts. Contact [email protected] for further details.
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Two-Course Christmas Carvery: Adults £14.95 Children under 12 years old £8.95 (includes a visit to Father Christmas) at
the School Refectory.
~
Traditional roast breast of turkey with a cranberry & sausage meat stuffing and pigs in blankets
Roasted sirloin of beef served with Yorkshire pudding & horseradish sauce
Handmade Filo parcel with clementine spiced goats cheese & figs with a caramelised onion chutney
All of the above served with Roast potatoes in duck fat, Honey roasted parsnips, swede & carrot mash, Brussel sprouts
with pancetta & black pudding & buttered leeks with peas
~
A warm Christmas pudding tart served with a courvoisier crème anglaise
A decadent rich Belgian chocolate torte topped with handmade truffles
Raspberry & champagne cheesecake served with a clotted cream ice-cream
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CHRISTMAS CARVERY
FOOD WILL BE
AVAILABLE PRIOR
TO THE FASHION
SHOW ON WED
27TH NOV, 3.30PM –
5.30PM
SUNDAY 15th DECEMBER
To book your table, please contact: [email protected]
Wild boar burgers with sweet potato
friesand drink
£5.95
Children’s food box:
Chicken nuggets with fries, drink &
dessert£3.50
The Bar in the Penderyn Suite will be
open prior to the Fashion Show on
Wednesday 27th November, 5pm – 6pm.
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OUR COMMUNITYCreating strong partnerships within our community
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CHEF’S
CORNERTweet us your
creations!
#chefscorner
Creamy tomato soup with Marmite dippers
Ingredients
butter 25g
onion 1, roughly chopped
celery 1 stick, roughly chopped
garlic 2 cloves, roughly chopped
chopped tomatoes 400g tin
tomato ketchup 1 tbsp
vegetable stock 750ml
ground white pepper
creamed horseradish 1 tbsp
double cream 100ml
Method
Melt the butter in a pan and gently cook the onion and celery for 10 minutes or until
softened. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Tip in the tomatoes, ketchup, stock, a
pinch of salt and plenty of white pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Stir
the horseradish and cream into the soup, heat gently, then use a stick blender to blend
until smooth. Pour into bowls and serve with the dippers and serve with Marmite
soldiers.
