Spring Term 2019, issue 3

In this issue...

2 HeadLines

3 Congratulations

4 School news

5 Bede’s Galatic

6 Music

7 Rainbows

8 Match Reports

9 Sport

10 Menu

11 House Art

12 Disco

13 Film Night

SPRINGTERM

Newsletter Spring Term 2019

Issue 3

25 January 2019 Day Event Start End

Tue 29 Jan Future Schools' Fair 18:30 20:30

Wed 30 Jan U13 Rugby vs Claremont Prep (H) 14:30 16:00

U11A Rugby vs Claremont Prep (H) 14:30 16:00

U11B Rugby vs Claremont Prep (H) 14:30 16:00

U10A Rugby vs Claremont (A) 14:30 16:45

U10B Rugby vs Claremont (A) 14:30 16:45

U11 Netball v Marlborough House (H) 14:30 16:00

U10 Netball v Marlborough House (H) 14:30 16:00

Thur 31 Jan 3B Assembly (Parents) (refreshments from 8:20) 08:40 09:00

U9A Rugby vs Saint Ronan's (A) 14:30 16:45

U9B Rugby vs Saint Ronan's (A) 14:30 16:45

U9C Rugby vs Saint Ronan's (A) 14:30 16:45

U8 Rovers Rugby vs Saint Ronan's (H) 14:30 16:00

U8 Rangers Rugby vs Saint Ronan's (H) 14:30 16:00

U8 Rockets Rugby vs Saint Ronan's (H) 14:30 16:00

U9 Netball v The Mead (A) 14:30 16:00

U8 Netball v Holmewood House (A) 14:30 16:00

Fri 1 Feb Y6 Geography trip to Amex Football Stadium,

Brighton 09:00 16:00

Reception Open Classrooms (Parents) 15:15 15:30

THE ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The English Symphony Orchestra will be performing an all-Dvorak programme this Sunday 27th January at

3.00pm at Assembly Theatre in Royal Tunbridge Wells. Link here: https://www.eso.co.uk/celebration-of-

dvorak-in-tunbridge-wells/

Solo violinist will be Pavel Sporcl.Programme:

Dvořák Slavonic Dances op. 72 (selections)

Dvořák Violin Concerto in A minor op. 53

Dvořák Symphony no. 8 in G major op. 88

The theatre has released a ticket deal for children/young and their family members to attend this concert

for free! You will need to use the code: NEWYEAR19 and you may purchase up to 4 free tickets per family.

You can use the code online.

Link to the theatre box office here: https://www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/celebration-of-dvo%

C5%99%C3%A1k#8Wl7mEJ81AwrYRjX.97

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HEADLINES

We are delighted to let you know that Ultimate Activity Camps will be returning to run their fun and engag-

ing holiday day camps at Rose Hill School this Easter and Summer! They work with some of the best inde-

pendent schools in the country and have a strong reputation for their high quality holiday programmes.

Their dates are:

Easter – Monday 8 – Thursday 18 April (early booking offer until 1 March)

Summer – Mon 22 July to Friday 23August

Ultimate Survival Monday 29th July – Friday 23rd August

Ultimate Activity Camps offer exciting holiday day camps with over 40 activities every week delivered by

engaging and enthusiastic staff who will instruct and encourage children aged 4 to 14 years to try new ac-

tivities and make new friends – and naturally have lots of fun!

During the summer, they will also offer Ultimate Survival which offers fun and adventurous outdoor courses

where children aged 7 to 14 years will try exciting outdoor activities and games learning new skills along

the way. There’s even an optional Camp Out on Thursday nights!

Visit www.ultimateactivity.co.uk for details or you can call their friendly team on 0330 111 7077 (local rate).

Last weekend we had a very successful visit to Bede’s at their Galactic

Challenge, we had four pupils who were part of the winning team – well

done to Henry, Henry, Max and Josh.

This week saw the first of our class assemblies with an exceptional perfor-

mance by 3A. They retold the story by Julia Donaldson, ‘A Squash and a

Squeeze’. At the end of assembly 3A shared with us all the things they are

grateful for. Our ‘Heroes’ House Art Competition is ‘hotting up’, and I am

delighted to hear that so many of our pupils are taking part this year – the

deadline is coming up soon.

We are hosting our Future Schools’ Event on Tuesday evening, please do

email clare.rowton@rosehillschool.co.uk if you would like to attend.

As the weather is cooling down please ensure that your child has gloves,

hat, coat and a scarf at school.

Best wishes.

Emma Neville, Head

ULTIMATE ACTIVITY CAMPS

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Congratulations to the following children who received Lexia certificates this week:

Max M level 2

Charlotte level 8

Patrick level 15

Claudia level 15

Symphony Maths

Thank you to everyone who participated in our month’s free trial and to all parents for their invaluable

feedback

Aveline stage 3

Phoenix stage 3

Emily C stage 4

Tom D stage 3

Amelie stage 2

Charlotte H stage 9

Patrick stage 6

Megan stage 5

Oscar W stage 1

Thank you also to Max C, Dylan and Gigi P.

CONGRATULATIONS

Henry T stage 2

Amelia stage 1

Cecily stage 8

Raffy stage 7

Teddy stage 7

Safi stage 11

Lily S stage 7

FUTURE SCHOOLS’ FAIR

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3A ASSEMBLY

YEAR 4 BRITISH MUSEUM

Year 4 have been studying An-

cient Egypt in History this term.

To support their studies they

visited the British Museum last

Friday. We first spent half an

hour in the gallery containing

the Rosetta Stone and many

other Egyptian artefacts. We

then moved upstairs to visit the

three galleries containing the

collection of Egyptian mum-

mies. This was a useful introduc-

tion to the illustrated talk on

mummification given in the

education centre. It was fasci-

nating to discover what the

latest scanning machines re-

veal about the mummified re-

mains. We returned to the up-

stairs galleries for a further

looked at the mummies before

departing for Rose Hill.

3A retold the story of ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’ in their form assembly this week . Well done for brilliant

acting, singing and speaking

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BEDE’S GALATIC CHALLENGE Very early on Saturday, 14 pupils from Years 6, 7 and 8 travelled to Bede’s Senior School to take part in a

challenge of galactic proportions. We were split up into three companies called Solaris Flight Systems, As-

trodyne Delta and Columbus Aviation. There were also two other companies. In total there were 125 pupils

split across the five companies.

The mission brief was to design a spacecraft to travel from Earth to Mars and back again following an Al-

drin Cycler route. We had to design the shape of the spacecraft, living quarters for at least 2,500 crew as

well as all the facilities that a small town needs like medical, security and education.

Researching new technologies was a big part of the challenge and we had to incorporate these new ide-

as into our designs.

The day rapidly disappeared and judging soon came around. Each company had to pitch their design to

a panel of judges and in front of an audience of about 300 people!

Four Rose Hill pupils were members of the winning company, Columbus Aviation: Max Y7, Josh Y6, Henry Y7

and Henry Y6. Well done to everyone who took part.

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The Music Department are pleased to announce that we are going to be holding our first Orchestral

Week beginning Monday, 4 February. During this week, children will have the opportunity to hear a variety

of orchestral instruments, demonstrated by a variety of professional musicians during assemblies. Following

these assemblies, children will have the opportunity to sign up for trial lessons. Parents are very welcome to

attend these assemblies (please see further details below).

During their curriculum lessons, they will have the opportunity to learn how an orchestra works and how to

conduct an orchestra!

On the Friday 8 February, we are delighted that members of Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra are com-

ing in to deliver workshops with the orchestra and in some curriculum lessons. Following the workshops, par-

ents of the school orchestra are invited to our concert at 3pm, held in the theatre.

Monday, 4 February: Sioni Williams and Mrs Harrod - violin and piano, Fiona Quiney - Flute, Helen Greenfield

- Clarinet and Saxophone

Tuesday, 5 February: Alexander Metcalfe - Piano, Helen Pye - Oboe and Cor Anglais

Wednesday, 6 February: Dave Lee. Professional Horn

Thursday, 7 February: No orchestral assembly, 4R class assembly

Friday, 8 February Nikki Martin - Harp

Please look out for the Parent Mail next week, which will give further details about the week and the oppor-

tunity to purchase reduced tickets for the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra Concert on Sunday, 3

March at the Assembly Halls in Tunbridge Wells.

Mrs Harrod

MUSIC

Year 3 after one recorder lesson. Note how they are ac-

tually reading the music having learnt about rhythm

and pitch notation! Fantastic work Year 3.

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RAINBOW SPRING PROGRAMME 2019 Wednesday Activity

16th January Waste of Time

23rd January Birdie builders

30th January Fruit Shop

6th February Shoe Show

13th February Fastest friends first

20th February Half– Term

27th February Karate Tennis

6th March Secrets of Survival

13th March Cheer challenge

20th March Captains orders

27th March No Rainbows

PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Bruce Elliott has photographed the children in Annie, the Later Years Production of ‘A King is Born’ and the

Early Years Production of ‘A Little Bird Told Me’. Photographs can be viewed and purchased using the fol-

lowing link: https://www.bruceelliottphotography.co.uk/rosehill .

The gallery is password protected and the password has been circulated to parents.

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MATCH REPORTS

Girls’ Netball Results

Date Opposition Match Score Scorers Player of the Match Match

Report

Read By

17/01 Sevenoaks

Prep

U11 Pink Won 6-

4

Jemima W Annabel

M

U11 Grey Won 3-

0

Amelia D, Romilly H Lily S

U10 Pink Lost 7-4 Elena T and Safi C Lilia K

U10 Grey Lost 13-

0

Lottie D and Jemima C Jemima

C

18/01 U9 Tourna-

ments

U8 Pink Won 8-

1

Millie L, Jenny G Mabel C

U8 Grey Drew 1-

1

Claudia G Emily C

Boys’ Rugby Results

Date Opposition Match Score Scorers Player of the Match Match

Report

Read By

17/01 Marlbor-

ough

House and

Solefields

School

1st XII Postponed

U11 A Lost 20-

10 Tom H, Ned M

The whole Team Matty D U11 A Won 35

-5

Matty D (4), Tom H

and Dylan A

U11 B Lost 25-

20 Tobias VW, Ben W

Tobias VW Ahren B U11 B Won 15

-5 Tobias VW (2), Ben W

U10 A Lost 35-

5 Luke B Tom S

U10 B

Drew

70-70

Sam B (5), Lachlan C

(4), Toby M-B (2), Har-

ry E (2), Teddy

F

Sam B & Lachlan C Sam Bell

18/01 Marlbor-

ough

House

U9 A

Postponed U9 A

U9 B

U8 Rovers/

Rangers

Lost 25-

0 Harry S Harry S

U8 Rangers/

Rockets

Lost 10-

25 Ethan G, Joseph P Oliver S Dylan C

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Congratulations to our U9 Grey

team for reaching the semi-finals of

the Rose Hill Development Tourna-

ment. We beat both Sutton Va-

lence 1-0 and The Mead 1-0, lost to

Kent College 0-1 and went into the

semi-finals. After a tough battle

against St Michael’s, they proved

too strong for us but our girls en-

joyed the experience and we are

very proud of them.

U9 NETBALL

U10A AND U11A

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MENU

Monday Chicken curry & vegetable rice

Vegetable curry (v)

Green Beans

Jam & coconut tart

Tuesday Sweet & Sour chicken with fusilli pasta

Sweet & Sour Vegetable noodles (v)

Broccoli

Apricot flapjack

Wednesday Burger in a bun, curly fries, salad

Veggie burger (v)

Pea

Fruit yoghurt & granola

Thursday Meatball in tomato sauce & basil sauce with fusilli pasta

Vegetable stir fry (v)

Curly Kasle

Ice-cream tub

Friday Fish fingers, sauté potatoes, petit pois

Crispy vegetable bake (v)

Vanilla sponge & custard

Soup

Fresh produce

Soup is available daily, with a vegetarian soup available 3 times a week

in addition to the above menu.

We have a varied salad bar which includes coleslaws. Green leaves,

tomatoes, peppers, sliced ham and boiled eggs.

A selection of fresh fruit is always available.

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HOUSE ART COMPETITION

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DISCO

Disco with DJ and a pizza tea! Children will be supervised after school until the disco starts.

They can bring a change of clothes to school if they wish. Pick up from the Quad at 6.30pm.

Please complete the form below by Friday 1st February and post in the PA box or hand in to the office with a cheque for £8.00 payable

to RHPA or having transferred £8.00 on line (details below).

**Please enclose a cheque or transfer to the following account: a/c number – 02986453 sort code – 30-98-77 (please include your child’s surname and the word DISCO as the reference).

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FILM NIGHT—CHANGE OF TIME

Film night with pizza, sweets, ice cream and drinks.

Children can stay at school and change clothes, if they wish at 5.15pm ready for pizza at 5.30pm. Pick up

at 7.30pm in the Quad.

Please complete the form below and post in the P.A. box with a cheque for £8 made payable to RHPA by

Friday 1st February 19.

Any queries please contact the PA: pa@rosehillschool.co.uk

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Child’s name_______________________________________________Class:___________

I give permission for my child to watch a film (max. rating PG), under adult supervision.

I will ensure my child is signed in and signed out for the evening.

Please tick if you are available to help on the night ____

Parent or guardian

Contact name__________________________________________ Phone:______________