IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK!

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WELCOME TO

NEW STAFF

A warm welcome to our new members of staff

Dates to add to your diary this Autumn Term

Congratulations to all our pupils on an excellent set of GCSE and A Level results

All the different ways we share news with our parents

online

We started the new academic year on Monday with a feeling of normality that we haven’t felt for some time – and it felt wonderful!

THE GATES ARE OPEN! IT’S GOOD TO

BE BACK!

KEY DATES &

EVENTS

OUTSTANDING

RESULTSSTAY CONNECTED

At 8.30am on Monday morning, the School site was a

hive of activity. Pupils from Nursery to Sixth Form

returned to Rougemont to start the next step of their

education.

Pupils disembarked School buses whilst parents

wished their children luck at their drop-off points

across the School. Staff members were out in force to

give pupils a big welcome back and pupils ran to their

friends, new and old, to share their summer holiday

experiences. It was wonderful to see after 18 months

of challenges and restrictions.

Whilst we are continuing to operate safely within

Government guidelines, the sense of normality was

certainly welcome!

I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all our

new pupils and parents across the School and wish

everyone in our School community a healthy and

successful School year.

Mr R Carnevale | Headmaster

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Year 13 leavers 2021 proudly display their results

CONGRATULATIONS!

The past 18 months have been incredibly challenging

for pupils as they mastered the art of online learning

and virtual classrooms in unprecedented

circumstances. The hard work of our pupils and

teachers, together with the unwavering support of their

parents has resulted in excellent A Level and GCSE

results across the board this year.

A message from the Headmaster:

Our pupils have shown determination, courage and

true resilience during these challenging and uncertain

months, and we are incredibly proud of each and every

one of them.

We are extremely pleased to report another year of

outstanding examination results.

It may not have been the typical results days we all

envisaged but the hard work and dedication of our

pupils and teachers over the past two years has

resulted in a superb set of results and show, yet again,

why Rougemont is ranked as one of the highest

performing schools in Wales.

Congratulations to all our pupils.

A* = 44% (National 8%)

A*/A = 77% (National 26%)

A*/A/B = 89% (National 52%)

2021 EXAMINATION SUCCESS

AT ROUGEMONT – BEST EVER!

RESULTS HEADLINES 2021

Congratulations to all our pupils on their outstanding examination results this year.

Outstanding achievement for GCSE pupils:

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GCSE A LEVEL

PASS A* - C = 97% (National 69%)

A* / A = 65% (National 18%)

Excellent results for Year 13 leavers:

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A LEVEL RESULTS 2021

Excellent results for

our Year 13 leavers

who are heading to

university to study a

variety of courses

across the UK.

From Medicine to

Mechanical

Engineering, the

Police Force to

Pharmacy – these

young gents are ready

for life after

Rougemont.

L-R

Veterinary Medicine,

Nottingham (Josie),

Dentistry, Plymouth (Grace),

Psychology, Cardiff (Kelly),

Medicine, Nottingham

(Beth), Marketing &

Management,

Loughborough (Sophie)

Good luck, girls!

Click here for more details.

For further coverage visit the website: click here

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GCSE RESULTS 2021

Much of the two-

year GCSE course

was delivered

online as the

country entered

national lockdowns

from March 2020.

Our pupils have shown

extraordinary

resilience and

determination as they

worked consistently

hard throughout this

challenging period,

adapting to a new way

of teaching and

learning.

For this, we are

incredibly proud of

them all and these

outstanding GCSE

results are well

deserved.

For further coverage visit the website: click here

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FIRST DAYS

Mrs Mills greeted

our Infant pupils

and Nursery

enjoyed their first

snack time all

together with their

new friends!

Year 1 enjoyed

their welcome

morning reading

‘First Day Jitters’

although there

were no jitters on

show for our

pupils!

A warm

welcome back

to Juniors from

Mrs Carroll, Mr

Bevan and Miss

King!

Images from across the School as we welcome pupils to Rougemont once more!

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FIRST DAYS

Making new

friends in

Nursery!

Reception

enjoyed time

exploring their

new classrooms

during

‘children’s

choice’ activity

First PE lesson

for Year 1. They

are Rougemont

Ready!

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Yes! Year 2 are

very happy to

be back!

Year 3 gathered

in Mr Rowlands’

room for a short

induction

getting to know

their new rooms

and new friends!

Our Junior

leaders, Year 6

are raring to go

with Mrs Singer.

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FIRST DAYS


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FIRST DAYS

It was a big day

for Year 7 as we

welcomed our

previous Year 6

pupils together

with lots of new

faces, too.

Wonderful to

welcome so

many new faces

as they start their

Rougemont

journey.

Year 13 start

their final year

of School and

begin their

journey to A

Level and

university.

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FIRST DAYS

Pupils new to the

GCSE Music course in

Year 10 were great

sports as they had to

use teamwork and

aural perception to

create an instrument

out of water and bottles

in order to perform a

major scale!

Infant pupils

love being back

with their

friends on the

yard!

For the first time

in 18 months,

the Prep School

joined together

for a full

assembly in the

auditorium with

Mrs Pritchard.

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I have recently moved from Cantonian High School in

Cardiff where I taught for 17 years, in numerous roles

including ALNCo (Head of Inclusion), Specialist ASD

teacher, Specialist BESD teacher, among other roles.

Historically, I was a professional Thai Boxer until a

career ending injury.

Mr A Griffiths – Head of LDC

I joined from Coleg Gwent but have also taught in

Christ College, Brecon. I'm really excited to be joining

Rougemont and am looking forward to getting to know

my Year 7 form and teaching some poetry (as well as

literature and a bit of French and Drama)! I also enjoy

hiking and cycling in my free time and over the

summer I've been reading a lot of crime fiction.

Mrs E Hughes – Senior English Teacher

As an NQT, I recently graduated from Bath Spa

University specialising in PE in 2021. I am very

excited to start my teaching journey here at

Rougemont School and join such a supportive and

exciting team!

Mr J Hawkins – Boys’ PE

I have previously been teaching at Reading School

where I was a PE teacher, Head of Rugby and a Head

of House. I have moved to South Wales with my wife

and our young boy (9 months old). I have played

rugby internationally at age group level, been a

professional player at Bristol, and am currently still

playing rugby at Rams RFC in national league 1 (in

England).

Mr J Steadman –Boys’ PE

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WELCOME TO NEW STAFF

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My name is Miss King and I am teaching Year 4,

covering maternity for the lovely Mrs Watson. I have

moved here from St Andrews Primary School in

Newport. I am passionate about books, technology

and creativity!

Miss R King – Year 4 Teacher (maternity cover)

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Mr M Grimes – Head of Physics Mr S Mansfield – Head of Biology

I’ve just joined Rougemont from Cardiff Sixth Form

College where I was Head of Physics. Prior to this, I

taught in a variety of Welsh medium Secondary

Schools prior to that. I’m very much looking forward

to becoming a part of the Rougemont community and

continuing the School’s stellar reputation for STEM

subjects.

I have joined Rougemont school after having the

role of Head of Biology at Cardiff Sixth Form College.

Prior to that I worked in St Teilo's Church in Wales

high school for 13 years enjoying the role as Key

Stage 5 Academic Leader.

I am hugely looking forward to contributing to the

school as a whole and helping to move the Biology

department forward.

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(L) Year 13 pupil Theo C; (R) Year 6 pupils Freya, Katie-May and Zoe proudly receive their trophies

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT

Year 13 pupil Theo was selected to run for the U20

Welsh Athletics team and ran in the Manchester

International Event against England, Scotland and

Ireland in the 400m relay event. Theo has been

extremely dedicated to his training regime over what

has been a very difficult season and was selected even

though he is at the younger end of the age

category. He will shortly be starting his winter training

programme leading to, (COVID and of course A level

studies (!) permitting), the indoor series of events early

next year. Well done, Theo!

Meanwhile, Year 6 pupils Freya, Katie-May and Zoe

received their end of year trophies from Cwmbran

Youth Netball Club. The girls were presented with

trophies at the end of season back in July. Excellent,

girls!

No matter how big or small, we are keen to hear about

your child’s sporting achievements!

Our pupils achieve so many wonderful things both in and

outside of School, and it’s important to recognise and

celebrate those achievements. Please let us know!

Please send an email to the email address above with

some details and a photo, if appropriate. Thank you.

SUMMER SPORTING

SUCCESS

SHARE YOUR SPORTING

ACHIEVEMENTS WITH US

During the summer holidays, some of our pupils celebrated outstanding sporting achievement.

[email protected]

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Our Strengths Wall during Staff INSET last week

WELLBEING FOR ALL

Staff were pleased to welcome Bridget Grenville-Cleave for a

day’s teacher training last week, gaining insight into the world

of Positive Psychology and a Strengths-Based Approach to

Wellbeing. The training was part of a much wider school

development plan relating to Wellbeing in the School

Community, spearheaded by the Rougemont Wellbeing

Forum under the direction of Senior Manager Andy Knight

and Head of Latin, Sue Elson.

It is always a pleasure to host outside speakers, bringing a

new perspective to staff training and these sessions did not

disappoint. Bridget is a university lecturer in Positive

Psychology and has written a number of books, which can be

found on Amazon. Staff were engaged in a variety of

activities aimed at identifying, discussing and implementing

their personal character strengths to every day experiences

both in their school and home lives. It made for animated

discussion and led to new ways of building and sustaining

work relationships and team building. Some staff even

discovered hidden strengths they did not know they had!

Teachers and support staff came away feeling reflective and

energised, ready to hit the ground running for what we all

hope will be something approaching a ‘normal’ academic

year. It is a subtle reminder however, that notwithstanding the

importance of academic progress and achievement, our

pupils too, need time to reflect on their own sense of purpose

and wellbeing – their own strengths profile- that will enable

them to thrive.

Each of us is different; self-awareness and knowledge of our

strengths helps us to understand ‘how we tick’ and thus, how

we can best succeed. Our Personal Social Health Education

Programme, will include discussion of such concepts in

PSHE lessons with our pupils – so look out for some

interesting ‘dinner-time’ family conversations at home!

If anyone would like any more information about the

Strengths-Based Approach to ‘thriving’ please contact Sue

Elson, who will be happy to provide you with some useful

links. ([email protected])

CO-CURRICULAR

The Senior School Co-curricular programme offers pupils

a rich and varied schedule of clubs and activities. From

Young Journalists to String Orchestra, Engineering Club

to Photography Club, Rugby to Craft Clubs, there will be

something for everyone.

Clubs run each lunchtime and after school from 4pm –

5pm.

Click here to view the timetable. Please be advised that

the timetable is subject to change.

WELLBEING AT THE CORE OF SCHOOL LIFE

SENIOR CO-CURRICULAR

PROGRAMMEFrom Monday, our Senior School Co-curricular provision begins with an array of clubs to join.

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http://www.rougemontschool.co.uk/beyond-the-classroom/

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LRC UPDATELIBRARY

UPDATEHere is some information which was sent to all pupils from Years 5 to 13 on Google Classroom about how the Library works. We thought it may be of interest to our parents so that you can keep updated with LRC news.

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I hope you've all had a fabulous summer break. A quick

message from the Learning Resources Centre (LRC):

Sending a very warm welcome to everyone new to

Rougemont this year, and to everyone else... I can't wait

to see you back in the LRC - I've missed you SO much!!

Years 5 and 6: We're hoping to be able to have Years 5 and

6 in for their LRC induction and daily visits during their breaks

and lunchtimes soon, but we're likely to have to wait until half

term and make a decision then. Years 5 and 6 can though

access their Reading Cloud account online and can reserve

books to be sent to them in Junior School. [All books

borrowed from the LRC need to be returned to the LRC

though, and not to the Junior Library. Thanks for your help

with this!]

The Materials section of the LRC Classroom includes a

number of helpful resources, including a Google Slides

presentation explaining how to find and use your Reading

Cloud Online Account and a floor plan of the LRC to find your

way around. You need to access your online account to

browse the library catalogue, to access online resources

(thousands of web links to help with your studies), to check

any reading lists allocated to you, to reserve, renew and

review your books.

You can log in to your Reading Cloud account from School or

at home at any time. Your Username will be your Google

Classroom email in full e.g. Username: (100jonesa)

@rougemontschool.co.uk and if you haven't logged in to the

system before, please use the Temporary Password:

Rougemont! (please login to your account and change your

password to something personal to you as soon as you

can). Existing users who changed their passwords but can't

remember them, you should be able to reset your password

using your date of birth. Please drop me a line if you have

any difficulties. [I'm waiting for email addresses for a couple

of pupils who have joined very recently, so if you have a

friend who hasn't received an invite to the LRC Classroom,

please let them know I'll be in touch soon.]

Classroom Materials also provides information on FREE

resources available through Libraries Wales for everyone

living in Wales: e-books, e-magazines, e-comics and audio

books (see link below). You'll need a public library card

number, but can subscribe electronically. Information on

School Subscribed resources can also be found in the

Materials section. Prep School subscribe and manage

resources separately for Years 5 and 6, so most LRC

subscriptions will be relevant to Senior School pupils only.

What is the LRC Classroom for?

There might be an occasional competition (Key Stage/Year or

even Classroom specific) but this space is mostly to provide

you with information. If you have ideas on how to make it

more useful, or if you would like to contribute something to

share, by all means drop me a line.

Change to LRC Opening Hours

The LRC will be open from 09:30, Monday to Friday. It will be

open for Prep (silent study/homework) from 4-5pm, and after

school provision continues until 6pm. There will be a 'Book

Returns' box outside the LRC if you'd like to return something

when the LRC is closed

How many books can you borrow? For how long?

Everyone can borrow up to 5 books, for 21 days. If you

haven't finished reading them, don't let them go overdue -

renew them online or come and see me. There's no problem

extending the loan period unless someone else has reserved

the book you have. Form Tutors receive weekly lists of any

overdue books - please do your best not to be on the naughty

list! If you borrow any books, please return them to me or the

returns box, not directly to the shelves - they have to be

scanned back in to be removed from your account... and

please NEVER remove resources from the LRC unless

they've been checked out.

Please drop me a line or come to see me at break/lunchtime

if you have any questions or suggestions. There might be a

delay getting back to you if there are lots of queries in the first

few weeks of term, but I will try to get back to you as soon as

I can.

Looking forward to seeing you soon,

Mrs Jones

Learning Resources Administration Manager

PS... for Years 7-13: If you're intending coming to Senior

Prep between 4-6pm, please share the LRC Direct Line

with your parents/guardians, who can call direct to say

they've arrived to collect you: 01633 820150

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DIGITAL ROUGEMONT

As you may know, Rougemont has a big presence on

our official social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter

and Instagram.

During the week, we will often post photos, videos and

news to these platforms giving our parents a snapshot

of their children’s daily lives at School. It’s a way of

sharing content with our parents and School

community on a daily, more immediate basis. Why not

follow us or like our page to keep up to date with daily

photos?

If you’re not an avid user of social media, fear not, this

weekly newsletter ‘The Rougemont Times’ will bring

you all the news and photos you need and we

endeavour to cover as many of the year groups as

possible each week.

Don’t forget, Mrs Pritchard’s Head’s VLOG will be

published fortnightly in turn with the pupil podcasts for

Prep and Senior.

Starting a new School is an exciting new chapter for our families, but it

can also be a little overwhelming too, with lots of new faces, places and

routines to familiarise yourself with! Our wonderful and friendly PTA is

here to help you make friends and learn more about the School from

other parents who can help make your Rougemont journey a fun and

fulfilling one.

Come along anytime from 8:15am on Friday 17th September and join us

for coffee. Email [email protected] for further

details.

STAY CONNECTED WITH

ROUGEMONT NEWS

“Follow” us, “Like” us, “Regram” us, Read our “Stories

Join the PTA for their annual welcome coffee morning on Friday 17th

September.

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PTA COFFEE MORNING FOR

NEW PARENTS & UNIFORM


UNIFORM REQUEST

The PTA nearly new uniform shop kindly requests donations of all good quality used uniform especially blazers and

Senior School skirts. Please drop donations to the relevant School Reception area. Thank you!

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OUR COMMUNITYFurther opportunities with local business who let our facilities

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ELOCUTION

LESSONS

With Christine

Sanders

KEY DATESImportant dates for your diary this Autumn Term

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Elocution lessons are available for Infant, Junior and Senior pupils. Lessons for all

pupils concentrate on teaching children to express themselves clearly and with

confidence and ease. In addition older pupils starting in the Juniors are given tuition

in Public Speaking which involves preparing and delivering speeches and

presentations, experience of which is a great attribute for further education and

eventually employment. All pupils from the Infants to year 13 are able to sit

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Examinations in the Speaking of Verse

and Prose, Acting, Reading for Performance and Public Speaking. Success in the

bronze, silver and gold medals carry a substantial number of UCAS points and are

highly regarded by universities and the work place. It is both possible and usual to

obtain two gold medals before leaving Rougemont. For more information contact

Mrs C Sanders Tel: 01291 794777 or email [email protected]

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Date Event

Mon 13 Sept Year 5 Welcome

Tues 14 Sept Year 10 Information Evening

Tues 21 Sept New Parents Year 8 & Year 9 Drop-in

Wed 22 Sept Year 12 Information Evening

Mon 27 Sept School Photos – Individual Portraits and Prep Class Group Photos

Thurs 30 Sept Sixth Form Open Evening (external candidates welcome)

Sat 9 October Whole School Open Morning

Thurs 14 Oct Sibling Photos – Whole School

Tues 2 Nov Year 11 Parent Consultations

Mon 8 Nov Nursery – Year 2 Parent Consultations (all week)

Thurs 11 Nov Year 12 Parent Consultations

Sat 13 Nov Sixth Form Scholarship Examinations

Mon 15 Nov Year 3 & Year 6 Parent Consultations (all week)

Mon 22 Nov Year 4 & Year 5 Parent Consultations (all week)

Fri 3 Dec PTA Christmas Fayre & Christmas Tree Lighting

Wed 8 Dec Junior School Christmas Show

Thurs 9 Dec Nasal Flu Vaccines Reception to Year 11

Tues 14 Dec Christmas Carol Service, Newport Cathedral

Wed 15 Dec Nursery/Infants Christmas Show, Infant Hall


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