RLS Bulletin No. 221 29Th March 2019
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RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL BULLETIN 29th March 2019 MARCH Saturday 4th Sunday 12th School Production Rehearsal— Actors School Production Rehearsal—Actors Friday 29th Monday 6th May and Musicians Lander4Uganda School Sleepover Marines Visibility Day Bank Holiday Monday 13th May Inter Schools Swimming Gala at Truro Tuesday 7th May - Friday 10th June Year 11 GCSE Exams Start School Year 10 Exams Friday 17th Saturday 30th / Sunday 31st Wednesday 8th May Year 3/4 Tennis Festival NHS Immunisations—Y8 & 9 2nd Day Saturday 18th Ten Tors Camping Weekend - Dartmoor Thursday 9th—Sunday 12th School Production Rehearsal APRIL Ten Tors Event Monday 20th — Thursday 23rd May Thursday 9th School Production—Billy Elliott Tuesday 2nd Year 8 Parents Evening Monday 20th — Friday 24th May Geography - Walking, Talking Mock Saturday 11th French Exchange—RLS students in Wednesday 3rd School Production Set Building France Year 7 Writing Workshop RLS Science Fair Thursday 4th—Sunday 7th Year 10 History Munich Trip Thursday 4th Tony Minnion Art Workshop Visit to Bletchley Park—National Museum of Computing Friday 5th/Saturday 6th Year 11 Thorpe Park Trip Friday 5th Year 11 PPE Result Day 2 Non-School Uniform for Lander4Uganda Last day of Spring Term Monday 8th—Monday 22nd Easter Holidays Monday 8th/Tuesday 9th Year 11 DT Workshop Monday 22nd April— Friday 3rd May Year 8 Progress Reviews Monday 22nd — Friday 26th English Week Wednesday 24th/Thursday 25th/ Friday 26th GCSE Art and Photography Exams Thursday 25th Year 7 Parents Evening Saturday 27th / Sunday 28th Ten Tors Camping Weekend - Dartmoor Sunday 28th School Production Rehearsal—whole cast Tuesday 30th Junior Maths Challenge MAY Monday 1st — Friday 10th May GCSE Art and Photography Exhibition RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL BULLETIN : 29th March 2019 Young Persons Art Prize This year the theme was ‘Flora’ and There are three age categories: 11- we had a whole range of amazing 13 years , 14-16 years and 17-19 artwork to choose from to enter years. The prize giving was on T he annual Young Person’s art into the competition. We sent our Friday 22nd April and we had an Prize has recently taken place. This entries down to the gallery and we extremely pleasing set of results. In competition is run by The Exchange were lucky to have lots of students the 11-13 age group Mikey Wale in Gallery in Penzance and every year shortlisted by a prestigious judging Year 7 came second with his the gallery chooses a theme to panel that included artist and art fantastic stained glass tree and Lucy coincide with a current exhibition. professionals. Fripp in Year 9 came third with her RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL BULLETIN : 29th March 2019 3 acrylic on card piece. In the 14-16 age category Dillon Antunes came first with his imaginative plant and denim sculpture. All shortlisted work will remain on display at The Exchange Gallery in Penzance until 27th April for any visitors to see. https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/ activities/ypap/ Well done to all those students who got involved and special congratulations to the winners! Photos courtesy of Ian Stenson Photography Mrs N Dalby Head of Art the recorder O ver 100 students took part in ensemble, their the Cornwall Music Festival last tone, timing week and thoroughly enjoyed both and performing and listening to other communication with an audience is Green Day’s ‘Welcome to Paradise’ musicians play. We are delighted to steadily improving all the time. with style and passion, Well done to tell you they have also brought The Y9 Rock Band used piano, Charlie, Joey and Quinn, and some new silverware to the RLS guitar, drums and vocals and particularly credit to Harek for his trophy cabinets! certainly did themselves justice phenomenal drum fills. gaining 4th place overall in the Catalyst, were up next. Led by Day 1 (Monday 18th March) saw competition. Credit must be given Head Boy, Isaac, with band our recorder players competing and to all the boys - Oliver, Paddy, members Charlie, Joey, Angus, Mrs Whomersley has provided a full George, Adam, Owen and Sennen Paddy, the band played all original report on their rather busy week on whose ensemble playing has really material with superb passion and the following page! improved in the two terms. energy, leading them to second On Day 2, our instrumental Our Y10 band, Minority, performed place. First place in this category ensembles took to the stage, Richard Lander Recorder Ensemble and three of our school rock bands: Catalyst, Minority and The Y9 Rock Band all competed in the instrumental heats for their age groups and all played amazingly. I was so proud to hear some of our youngest players performing with RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL BULLETIN : 29th March 2019 unaccompanied performance which The Dolce Concert – which allowed these young men to consisted of four ex-Richard Lander showcase their talents and was a students who now attend Truro particular favourite of the College and our studying music. It went to early music ensemble adjudicators! Selected Voices, who was wonderful for our current Terpsichore which is predominantly placed 3rd overall, were conducted Richard Lander students to hear made of ex-Richard Lander students by Y10 students Dylan and Anna where their music making can take and 2 of our Y10 GCSE Musicians - and the adjudicator commented on them. You can hear our Senior Choir Isaac and Anna! It was an afternoon their precision, harmonising and of fantastic music making from all commitment. Their programme schools involved. The adjudicator was beautiful and fully chosen by commented on how good it was to the students; pop classic ‘One have such a wide range of styles in Last Time’ followed by the one class! beautiful ‘Seal Lullaby’ by Eric On Day 3, Wednesday 20th March, Whitacre. And…. Our Senior Richard Lander took 4 choirs to the Choir… (who rehearse every music festival to compete in the 11- Monday lunch time so make sure 16 year old choral class. Junior Choir you come and join in!!!) WON! were the youngest choir by far in Winning against various other the heat. With many valiant year 7 schools from the county, the soloists, Miss Foxon led them adjudicator commented on brilliantly as they sang ‘A Million their use of phrasing, Dreams’ and ‘Your Song’. Our boys dynamics and emotion. choir, who placed 4th, started with To top of the day, our the catchy ‘Africa’ with drum and Recorder Ensemble came 2nd guitar accompaniment from Sennen in their class in the afternoon, and Reuven. ‘Down Among the again narrowly missing first Dead Men’ was a bold, place to RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL BULLETIN : 29th March 2019 5 singing the winning track at the use of tonal colour, and students to hear and watch some www.richardlander.co.uk/ excellent use of crescendo that really established groups. A great curriculum/music created a real sense of energy and way to end the week! On Friday the Richard Lander excitement in both pieces. Our Congratulations also to the Orchestra played absolutely orchestra came joined 3rd with following who excelled in the solo brilliantly in their class of Truro School scoring 86- highly categories, Anna Browning – first in ‘Orchestral Ensembles.’ They commended! Richard Lander recorders, Gerran Parker – first in performed ‘In the Hall of the students also performed with TYSO saxophone, Belinda Davies and Mountain King’ by Grieg and ‘Mars’ (Truro Youth String Orchestra) who Megan Jeffries – first in duet, & from ‘The Planets’ to a big audience came second overall. The level of Isaac Feldman & Saskia Newman, all in the Methodist church. The competition was high from all pictured overleaf. adjudicator’s comments focused on groups, and it was fantastic for our Miss S Jones—Head of Music A Wonderful Week for School recorder group performed the duets Emma Longman and against many other schools in an Hannah McKernian got a special Recorders! instrumental class and then they mention for their fantastic listening also took part in the Recorder to each other and matching of Ensemble class on Wednesday. sound – “a duet pair to watch for T he recorder players of Richard They gained a 3rd place in the the future” said the adjudicator. In Lander School had an amazing week Ensemble class with the adjudicator the Trio class Gerran Parker, Sofia at the County Music Festival this commenting on their good Gabriele and Maddy Henthorn year! On Monday 62 recorder communication. came 3rd with a ‘driving’ players from all over the county Wednesday evening saw a performance of a piece called Green performed together as part of marathon of recorder duets and Flag. Well done all, a fabulous Recorders Rule! (This is a Cornwall trios – we didn’t finish till 10pm! All effort! Recorder playing is Music Service Trust ensemble and the students played to the best of blossoming in Cornwall - well done any recorder player in Cornwall can their abilities and showed off the for being great ambassadors of the join.) The students from Richard versatile repertoire that recorder instrument! Lander led the different sections in players have available to them. In Mrs S Whomersley - Music Teacher this group. The adjudicator was very impressed and had never seen so many recorder players all together. He awarded the group a Distinction for their performance and a shiny new cup! Monday continued with many successes in the solo recorder classes with Anna Browning securing first place and Anna Hilder second. On Tuesday the Richard Lander RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL BULLETIN : 29th March 2019 RLS PARIS 2019 M r Warner kept us folks back home up to date with all the fun of the RLS Paris trip last week! Here are some of his posts in case you missed out.