RADYR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL – HEADS UP

Coming Up

Week Beginning – Monday 8 July 2019 Week B

Monday 8 INSET DAY Tuesday 9

Wednesday 10 Key Stage 3 Awards Evening Year 7 Battlefields Visit

Year 10 Geography Fieldtrip

Thursday 11 Year 7 Battlefields Visit Year 10 Geography Fieldtrip

Friday 12 Year 7 Battlefields Visit KS5 WBQ Fortnight Ends

Week Beginning – Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

Monday 15 Year 12 Work Experience

Tuesday 16 Year 12 Work Experience

Wednesday 17 Year 12 Work Experience KS3 & KS4 Awards Evening

Thursday 18 Year 12 Work Experience

Friday 19 Year 12 Work Experience

KS3 Attendance of the Week - Ending 28 June 2019

Year 7 Year 8 7 North West – 97% 8 South – 97%

KS4 Attendance of the Week - Ending 28 June 2019

Year 9 Year 10 9 North West 10 East

Please note that if your child is off school due to sickness, there is no 48 hour rule in Secondary School. Therefore, if your child is off school due to sickness then they are able to return as soon as they feel well enough. Unless they have the Norovirus bug, they do not have to remain off school for 48 hours after the last bout of sickness.

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KS3 Achievers of the Week Week Ending 28 June 2019

Year 7 Year 8 7 North 8 North

Danny Lock N/A

7 South 8 South Sophie Bebb, Phoebe Davies & Ffion Lewis Stanley Jones

7 East 8 East Mille Jones Summer Wales

7 West 8 West Alfie Bibby Hayat El Mahdi

7 North East 8 North East Megan O’Neill Megan Darocha, Ella Regan & Grace Talbot

7 North West 8 North West Jessica Clegg Abigail Lewis

7 South East 8 South East Roisin Brennan-Douglas, Junior Canning &

Thomas Smith Daisy-Mae Mallett

KS4 Achievers of the Week Week Ending 28 June 2019

Year 9 Year 10

9 North 10 North Kirsten Ahmead Shana Driscoll

9 South 10 South Ollie Blake Holly Chan

9 East 10 East

Amelia Green Aidan Convery, Tom Packer, Rahiyat Rahman &

Dema Williams

9 West 10 West Ewan Crowle, Lucy Dunster, Aran John, Cerys Lunn

& Marnie Preece Ellie Jones

9 North East 10 North East Chloe Thomas Oliver Phillips & India Rummells

9 North West 10 North West Joshua Cunningham & Caleb Slade Shah-Noor Khan

9 South East 10 South East Daniel Zhang Emily Chan

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WBQ Community Challenge

A BIG well done to all Year 9 for completing their Community Challenge hours.

We would like to thank Pughs Garden Centre for their generosity in donating a beautiful tree for some of our students to plant in the memorial garden.

Mrs D Thomas

Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award

Congratulations to former pupil Lauren Green who received her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award at Buckingham Palace recently.

Also congratulations to Anton Westacott, year 13 who has just completed his Gold Award.

Mrs C Atkins

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Year 7 Battlefields Visit: Important Information

We will be travelling from Dover to Calais on Wednesday 10 July, departing school at 06.00am - please arrive no later than 05.50am. We hope to arrive back at school at approximately 22.45pm on Friday 12 July. Please expect a phone call to confirm this once we are back in Britain. In the event of an emergency, please telephone me on 07938638089. The weather forecast is very good for the time we are in France/Belgium and pupils will therefore need sun cream and a hat for the duration of the trip. Whilst we want the pupils to be cool and comfortable, however we ask that you be mindful that they will be visiting sites of memorial and therefore should be appropriately dressed. Thank you for your support.

Mrs L Jones

Party Leader

OZONE Reward Trip

On Wednesday 26 June some of our students went on a rewards trip to St Fagans. The students and staff had a

great time particularly on the high ropes and zip line followed by a visit to the museum.

Mrs Tremayne, OASIS

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First Give Final

The First Give presentation evening last night was a wonderful showcase of all the hard work and effort

made by Year 8 class finalists. Every student who presented should be incredibly proud of themselves.

There could only be 1 winner on the night however, so, huge congratulations to 8E students:

Sharmeela, Freya, Izzy and Hollie who won the £1000 prize for Marie Curie. Well done, super work!

Mrs R Youssef

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Schools Creative Challenge Award

Congratulations to our Year 12 students Jasmine Thomas and Ellie Goodfellow for being shortlisted for the Cardiff and Vale College, Schools Creative Challenge award. It was a tough category with entries from a large cluster of Cardiff schools. The girls were shortlisted down to the final 8 and were invited along with their class to attend the awards ceremony and workshop with Sky Portrait Artist of the year Nick Lord. Ellie submitted a stunning self-portrait painting and Jasmine submitted a superb ceramic portrait. We are really proud of them both.

Mrs C Hutchins

School On-line Payment Systems

Please note that the school uses two separate payment systems for trips and school meals.

School Meals – If you have any queries regarding the

parentpay system, please contact Mrs G Coombs at

g.coombs@radyr.net or by telephoning 02920845100 Option 2.

Trips – If you have any queries regarding the ParentMail

system, please contact Mr G Barker at g.barker@radyr.net or

by telephoning 02920845100.

MEAL PAYMENTS

TRIP PAYMENTS