WEEKLY BULLETIN 17th December 2014

Important Dates for your Diary DECEMBER FRIDAY 19TH Non Uniform Dear Parents, Year 11 Christmas Entertainment Last day of term / Buses leave at 1 pm May I wish all our parents, students and their wider families, a very relaxing and SATURDAY 20TH enjoyable Christmas break. On behalf of the staff team, may I thank you for your support over the autumn term. Lander for Uganda bag packing in Iceland, Well done to all students who took part in this term’s Cathedral Carol Service or SUNDAY 21ST the school based Carol Concert – their standard of performance (not to mention Lander for Uganda bag packing in mince pies) was of the highest order! Iceland, A few weeks ago, Mount Hawke ’s school band came to perform for JANUARY Richard Lander students. It takes a lot of confidence for Year 5 & 6 students to MONDAY 5TH stand up in front of a teenage audience and perform – but perform they did, and First day of Spring Term brilliantly so. The school band has recently released a single on iTunes and it currently stands at Number 5 on the iTunes Children’s Chart – a fabulous TUESDAY 6TH achievement already, and with a little push from the wider community, who knows iGCSE Maths exam where they song can go! Please find a link below to the iTunes single. We would MONDAY 12TH encourage all our families to download the single and to share in the Christmas Business Studies Tenner Relay spirit brought to us by the children of Mount Hawke, written and arranged by Angeline Morrison (of Freestyle Records). Whole school National Business Bright Christmas Star - Single by Mount Hawke Academy School Band Studies event which will see RLS turn a tenner into megabucks Congratulations to our Young Enterprise team which won ‘Best marketing Promotion’ through a variety of fundraising and ‘Best Press Release’ in a recent schools’ Young Enterprise competition. ‘Rocky & activities. All proceeds to Lander Co’ Rocky have created a crafting kit for children to make their own exciting rock for Uganda. creatures. The team includes: Oscar Davies, Erin Trethowan, Tamsin Tripp, Sophie Fuller, Chris Dash, Dom Hunt, Matthew Tavner, Jameal Grey, Callum Rowling and Year 8 Kernow Educational Arts Alisha Khalil, ably supported by Megan Moore, Charlotte Cole, Lauren Hooper, Project Louise Wilde and Molly Gallagher. iGCSE Maths exam—second paper. Do click the link below to view Business ’s press release about this success. WEDNESDAY 14TH http://www.businesscornwall.co.uk/news-by-location/truro-business-news/rocky- Full Governors Meeting road-to-ye-success-123 THURSDAY 15TH Truro Rotary Young Chef District Congratulations also to Amelia Ireland and Kerris Parsons who have been selected Finals to represent Cornwall Schools U14s Girls’ Football team. Year 8/9 Tomorrows Engineers Year 10 Parents Evening Cornish Schools Showcase— Steve Mulcahy School Choirs Headteacher

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Year 8 Rugby Team County Champions and National Cup Q/Finalists

conceding an early try and penalty, and Sam Gapp, saw RLS win T he highly successful Year 8 RLS recovered superbly and were convincingly 47-8! rugby team have enjoyed another soon on the score sheet with a well very successful, and unbeaten, worked Frank Holmes try. Despite Well done to all the boys involved season so far. Last Monday they a strong forwards effort from and good luck in your National Cup welcomed King Edward VI, , RLS were always very Quarter final on Monday 19th Southampton, to RLS in the fourth threatening with ball in hand and January. round of the U13 National Schools the large pitch really suited our Cup. In a pulsating match, played in style of play. Further tries from Mr J Williamson very testing conditions, RLS put in a Holmes (bringing his total to 4), Boys PE Teacher fine team effort and ran out 17-10 Harry Lampier (2) and Cameron winners with superb tries by Frank Bishop, followed up with some More news from the PE Holmes (2) and Cameron Bishop. excellent goal kicking by Lampier department on the Sports Report They now look forward to (3), Josh Anderson, Kieran Brand pages at the back of the bulletin. travelling to Hampton School, London, in the quarter finals. This is effectively the South West England final and they are one of the last eight schools in the country!

On Tuesday the boys continued their winning ways when they met in the Year 8 Cornwall Schools Knockout Cup final at Redruth RFC. After

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Supporting Truro People who are in need of emergency food can bring a Foodbank at Christmas voucher, which they can get from

By Amy Hume - Year 11 and Robin Howard doctors, social workers and the - Year 7 Citizens Advice Bureau, to the foodbank in All Saints Church, Highertown, where they are given 3 R ichard Lander School staff and days’ worth of food. We were students joined together to collect shocked to learn that many people food for Truro foodbank to aid who are in need of the food bank hungry people. On the 16th of have jobs which don’t guarantee a December representatives including certain weekly wage and therefore myself took a trip down to Truro struggle when they aren’t paid as foodbank to deliver the food. In much. There are over 50 volunteers total we gave 102.1 kg of food at the foodbank who help distribute, which will feed 8 people with 9 sort and collect food. We were meals each. Roger Peppiatt, surprised to see how generous Chairman of the Truro and District people are at giving food, and how Foodbank, said high the need for food is, as the foodbank has given out 30 tonnes “we are very grateful for the of food in the last year. donation as there are a lot of hungry people in Truro.” The foodbank helps a wide variety of people from Truro, St Agnes, Robin Howard – Year 7 – who and the Roseland positive effect such a charity as this delivered the food, said Peninsular. Places that donate to the can have on the community and are foodbank include Sainsbury’s, Tesco, glad to be a part of this worthwhile “it was very interesting to see how local schools and churches and of process. It’s great to see that we can much food generous people had course generous individuals. Without make a big difference in people’s donated and how well organised the the support of the local community, lives. foodbank was. I asked about what the foodbank would struggle to they could do for people with food operate. Donations never go allergies and for pets; people donate unnoticed and are always all sorts of things to food banks, so greatly appreciated. Without they had stock for all diets. I was Truro Foodbank lots of people surprised to find out that it was mostly would go hungry including the young people that benefitted from the high percentage of children who food bank, partly due to the fact that are in need of food. some older people are proud. “ We were fortunate to see the

Look at You (with Trombone solo Handel’s ‘And the Glory of the Joey Essex at the Informal from Katie Blackburn) and El Tigre, Lord’ which ‘made Mr Pascoe’s Carol Concert? the RLS String Group performed Christmas’ Jingle Bell Rock, and the Recorder Of course the occasion would not W ell that got your attention– Ensemble performed The Kyng’s have been complete without the didn’t it?! Pavyn and Walking in the Air. There infamous Cousin Jacks, who The Informal Carol Service is a were also inspirational solo/duet delivered their unique and highly ‘slightly’ less reverent occasion recitals from Megan Smith, Freya amusing songs with gusto, than our Cathedral Service of Nine Cooper, Isobel Doughty, Charles livestock, audience participation Lessons and Carols, but crammed Secombe, Abi Piper and Redley and an expensive tie. with musical talent, nevertheless. Flowerdew and a magical moment And Joey Essex? Please see the This year’s concert saw the RLS Jazz when parents and ex-students photos on the next page... Band perform Soul Bossa Nova, As I joined the school choirs to sing

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the keeper and the ball ricocheted far corner to put us 3 -1 up. With SPORTS REPORT up and over the line to put us in now rattled, we kept up the front. Humphry Davy now had no pressure. Using the strong wind Year 11 Boys Football - choice but to attack us, which behind us, we put in several balls

Cup Matches meant leaving themselves short in over the Hayle back four and this numbers in defence. Towards the paid dividends as Owen used his end of the game, striker Jack pace to complete his hat-trick and Rapsey went through on goal but make it 4 -1 to Lander at half time. narrowly shot wide. He made I n Year 11, in order to not amends shortly afterwards when We knew Hayle would come at us interrupt students’ GCSE studies, another fine solo run saw him side in the second half but we defended football cup matches are played foot the ball past the keeper and brilliantly, and though they scored before Christmas. Our Year 11 seal a 3 - 1 win. It was a fine all 2 goals in the last three minutes boys include some talented round team performance which they could not find the equaliser, individual footballers, though they included Josh Caddy, playing for leaving us as the victors by the odd have never done themselves the first time since year 7. goal in seven. justice in cup competitions. In fact, they had never won a cup match in The draw should have sent us to Another win gave us another away the previous 4 years. Hayle School in the next round. match, this time against Pool Unfortunately they only had rugby Academy. The team were high on This year that was all to change. At posts up in their sports field and, confidence but started the game the time of writing this they are without the use of an astro pitch, very sluggishly and paid the price playing in another cup forfeited home advantage and when one long ball over the top match; this time in the County came up to play us on the Truro caught us out and the Pool forward Semi-Final, effectively the West College astro pitch. In Year 9, put his side a goal to the good. Cornwall Final . Hayle knocked us out of the cup 5 - Our only chance of real note in the 3 so reversing that result was the first half was when Jack Rapsey The first round draw sent the team name of the game. saw his shot hit the bar and appear to in to roll over the line before the Pool . The game was played We started at a high tempo and a defender cleared the ball. However on their impressive new astro poor back pass, straight across the referee could not be sure that pitch. The first half was an even their own penalty area, was seized the ball had completely crossed affair, then the hosts broke the upon by Owen Trudgen who the line so could not award a goal. deadlock just before half time as swivelled and hit the ball in one goalkeeper Zefran Counter could movement into the corner of the In the second half, the game not hold on to the ball under a net. The Hayle response was stayed tight but eventually our challenge from a Humphry Davy immediate, a left wing cross being pressure started to pay off. A long forward and the ball rolled loose headed in by their striker for a ball over the Pool defence was for a team mate to put into the good goal. This could have latched onto by the Owen Trudgen, unguarded net. knocked the wind out of us but who used his pace to get the ball only seemed to make us stronger. first, only to be brought down by In the second half the RLS boys Next up was Owen again, bringing the keeper. Up stepped Jack upped their game and dominated that trademark thunderbolt out Rapsey to calmly dispatch the proceedings. A thunderbolt from again and leaving the Hayle keeper penalty and bring us level. We Owen Trudgen brought us level, a just watching in admiration as he kept up the high tempo and then a spectacular effort from fully 25 picked the ball out of his net. The fine 60 yard run from Ryan Jones, yards that flew into the top corner, third goal came soon after, a free beating several opposition players giving the keeper no chance. Only kick from the right was swung over along the way, ended with his shot a few minutes had passed and by Ryan Jones, and missed being saved but Michael Milling Owen was at it again. This time he everybody except Oscar Thurlow, was on hand to fire home the went in for a 50/50 challenge with who calmly guided the ball into the rebound to put us in front 2 -1.

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All we had to do was hold out for 5 We took seven teams, more than team won this encounter by 4 minutes but this was easier said any other school, to the Sir Ben games to 1 to win the bronze than done. Whilst Ryan Jones was Ainslie Sports Hall at . medal. off the pitch, putting his shin pads On arrival we discovered some back in, a Pool attack was not teams had less than full teams due We took three KS4 boys teams and cleared properly and a deflected to student illness or absence. We the 'A' team were looking to go shot from the edge of the penalty were then able to loan Penryn one better than last year. They area brought the scores level. College a player so Tic Stidwell eased past and With the astro pitch at Cornwall played for . She did Falmouth 5 - 0 to set up a decider College only available until 5pm, well, playing in the KS4 girls with Truro School, who they beat there would be no extra time and, competition, even though she is in at this stage last year. Meanwhile if the match finished level, it would KS3, and won a few games for her the 'B' and 'C' teams were be straight to a penalty shoot-out, team, She even found herself competing well. The 'B' team won something nobody relished. playing against her own team in 3 - 2 against Penair and Penryn, Another long ball forward was the play-off for 5th and 6th place! suffering losses against Helston 4 - chased down by Owen and he 1 and then, surprisingly, 3 - 2 to again reached the ball first, leaving Both the girls teams did well, their own 'C' team. The 'C' team the keeper no choice to bring him bearing in mind we had no time to themselves had won two games by down and gift us another penalty. practice and most of them are not a score of 3 - 2, against Penryn and Jack Rapsey kept his cool and known as badminton specialists. the RLS 'B' team, but lost 4 -1 to scored his second penalty of the The KS4 girls had three close both Penair and Helston. game to put us ahead with just games, losing 3 -2 to Camborne, minutes remaining. Despite some winning 3 - 2 against Falmouth In the play-offs the 'C' team beat Pool attacks coming close to before losing that play-off game Falmouth to finish 5th overall, the scoring we held out and won the against Penryn (and Tic), also by 3 'B' team overcoming Camborne 4 - game 3 -2 to progress to the semi- games to 2. The KS3 girls lost 4 -1 1 to finish 7th. Two excellent final of the county cup. to both Helston and Truro School performances came from Matt B, before gaining the local bragging Tapson and James Keast, who One more big effort and this team rights by beating a Penair team 5 - played County players and both could emulate the Year 11 side 0, the Penair team only having 2 lost by just 2 points! from last year and make it to the players who had to play every County Final. Good luck! game. It was left to the KS4 boys 'A' team to try to bring some more Mr Robinson The boys teams in KS3 both silverware home. The deciding Maths Teacher finished as runners up in their group match against Truro School groups. The 'A' team were well led started with some controversy as by Cornwall County player, Harry the score was 14 - 14 in the first Peninsula SSP Dyer, who won all of his matches. game, the first to 15 winning. Badminton Tournament His team mates helped him to 4 - 1 Normally in badminton you have to victories over Camborne and win by two clear points, but school Falmouth before meeting Truro matches usually ignore this and O n Friday 12th December we School. Last year we beat them 3 - play first to 15. Elliot Dyer, a took part in the Peninsula SSP 2 but this time they prevailed 4 - 1, County Player like his two Badminton Tournament, which and Truro went on to win it overall brothers, won the deciding point. doubles as the first round in the for the 7th year in a row! The 'B' The Truro player was unaware of National Championships for team won their first two games 3 - the change in the scoring system Schools. Last year both boys teams 2 against Helston and Penair and was understandably upset to reached the final, only to be before meeting a strong Penryn lose it The boys did not let this beaten by perennial winners Truro side who defeated them 5 - 0. As disrupt their concentration and School and Penryn College. runners up both teams had to play they went on to beat the Truro each other for third place and the a School side 3 - 2 for the second

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KS4 Girls Team

KS3 Girls Team

KS3 Boys B Team

KS4 Boys A Team Winners KS3 Boys A Bronze Medal

KS4 Boys KS4 Boys B Team C Team

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Year 10 Parents Evening Congratulations! Year 10 progress reports and SAMs ...to Young College Students of the Week who have been chosen over the are going in the post today. Parent last week. Evening is Thursday 15th January from 4pm—7pm. A letter is Wednesday 10th December included with the reports inviting Jessie Martin– Year 10 – Hair and Beauty parents and carers to make Tommy Gerry – Year 10 – Duchy College appointments online. The booking system will become live for Thursday 11th December parents to make bookings on Lewis Sear – Year 11 – Construction Saturday. The booking system can Toby Woon – Year 11 – Construction be accessed via the school website.

http://www.richardlander.co.uk/ Very well done to you all! parents/parents-evening- bookings.html

Cornwall Schools: Meal Price Increase

From 5th January 2015, there will be an increase of 5p on the cost of school meals, taking the selling price to £2.25 for a 2 course nutritionally balanced meal. The new selling prices have been agreed with Interserve and .

Many Thank Eden Staff

Congratulations to the following students who have excelled in the last few weeks

Merits Leader Board - Week Ending 28/11/2014

. . . . Godrevy Pentire Rame Towan Casey Ireland 17 Bruce Hughes 15 Tanya Maduveko 14 Elise Almond 17 Merits Leader Board - Week Ending 08/12/2014

. . . . Godrevy Pentire Rame Towan Aaron Voice 11 Donyarth Russell 18 Daisy Morgan 10 Maddy Blunt 10 Merits Leader Board - Week Ending 12/12/2014

. . . Godrevy Pentire Rame Towan Megan Beynon 14 Emily Haddrell 17 George Dunford 14 Chelsea Capeling 16 Congratulations to these Accelerated Readers who have read over 1 million words this term! Polly Judd (6,608,791) River Jones (4,614,202) Robin Howard (3,331,677) Pat Van Hoom (1,643,650) Orlando Davies (1,638,962) Abi Jacomb (1,597,698) Esme Fawcitt (1,437,000) William Roberts (1,241,151) Louise Hardman (1,057,803) Jack Clatworthy (1,294,849) Ellie Haworth (1,257,721) James Nankervis (1,000,737)

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Community Notice Board

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Community Notice Board

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