ISSUE NO. 40

THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES FROM RED HOUSE SCHOOL AUTUMN 2015 redhouseschool.co.uk TREMENDOUS GCSE SUCCESS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

FASHION SHOW NATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION PTA NEWS SPORTS ROUND UP A WELCOME FROM THE YEAR 11 CELEBRATED HEADMASTER THEIR PROM IN STYLE WELCOME TO THE LATEST EDITION AT JUDGES COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL IN OF RED HOUSE TIMES, COVERING THE MANY EVENTS OF THE SUMMER TERM.

Red House is always a very busy School and last summer was no different with numerous events coming one upon another. Amongst the highlights reported is the PTA’s Fashion Show, in which almost the whole school was involved.

Also recorded is the success of pupils in national and regional competitions including the ISA Essay competition and College’s STEM Challenge. The term also saw notable 100% OF PUPILS GAINED 5 charity events including Year 11 pupils and staff climbing Ben Nevis and the Nursery and Infant ‘Pyjamathon’. OR MORE A* TO C GRADES.

This edition also reports the Prep & Senior School Prize Giving and Infant 53% OF THE GCSE EXAMS TAKEN WERE A OR A* Festival of Achievement as well as the Sports Days and fixtures. Our Year GRADE, WITH A QUARTER OF PUPILS ACHIEVING THE 11 pupils were once again extremely successful in the GCSE examinations HIGHEST GRADE OF A*. and their delight in achieving outstanding results is captured within “I’M STILL IN SHOCK! IT’S JUST A these pages. RELIEF TO GET THE RESULTS. I AM DELIGHTED THAT I HAVE DONE SO My thanks go to all those who have WELL.” Ben contributed to this record of another “I HAD A SLEEPLESS NIGHT LAST very successful term. NIGHT AND I’M PLEASED TO FINALLY GET MY RESULTS. I CAN’T PUT INTO WORDS HOW I FEEL OTHER THAN “I FEEL SO RELIEVED AND VERY PROUD. I HONESTLY CAN’T BELIEVE I GOT VERY HAPPY AND SHOCKED THAT I A* IN EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT. ALL THE HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF. I’M SO FOLLOW US HAVE DONE SO WELL.” Bethany ON TWITTER GRATEFUL TO ALL THE TEACHERS AT RED HOUSE, I CAN’T THANK THEM ENOUGH.” Emily If you use Twitter we have a traditionally seen as difficult are individual talents and by nurturing pupils’ number of accounts that you I am absolutely delighted might like to follow. that the hard work and brought to life within Red House and respect for themselves and each other. our pupils have once again excelled in These results are a tribute to all the School account: perseverance of pupils and these areas. effort put in by the pupils and staff and @redhouseschool staff has led to another superb Six pupils did exceptionally well and very well done to all involved. set of results for Red House Departmental accounts: gained A* and A grades in all their We have maintained an envied reputation School. All the pupils can be @Art_RHS GCSE’s. Emily Stewart gained A* in all for pastoral care and academic justly proud of what they have @Francais_RHS of her 11 GCSE’s. excellence, with a friendly, structured achieved and I congratulate It was lovely to hear the thoughts of environment enjoyed by its pupils. Within @Science_RHS them all on their results. pupils immediately after they opened its caring environment, where staff and @redhousesport We have built upon our academic their results envelopes pupils can excel, Red House offers a genuine sense of community. @Teachers_RHS success across the board, which The aim of Red House School is to @maths_rhs can be attributed to the first class bring out the best in everyone. We Mr Alex Taylor teaching standards. Subjects, such do this by recognising and developing Headmaster as the sciences and maths, that are 1 2 ACHIEVEMENTS NATIONAL ISA ESSAY COMPETITION

Isobel won the National ISA Essay competition for her essay ‘I was only FESTIVAL OF ACHIEVEMENT trying to help’. Ben was highly JUNIOR LANGUAGE The Nursery & Infant School celebrated their STEM CHALLENGE commended in the CHALLENGE year at the annual Festival of Achievement. intermediate competition for his gripping Children from each year group shared their A Year 9 team, comprising of Oliver, Aimee, James Bond style secret agent saga. 13 pupils made it to the Semi-Finals of the highlights with proud parents and family Beth, Lucy and Rebecca, took part in the Junior Language Challenge. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and members. Music and songs were performed Maths) Challenge hosted by Middlesbrough The pupils competed against other schools and the children from Year 3 received their College. in the region and were tested on their Nursery & Infant graduation certificates. knowledge of Chinese Mandarin. Well done to The team had a wide range of problem Isobel and Laura who made it through to the solving and skills based challenges put to finals. them over the course of five weeks. The final challenge, programming a robotic arm in a bomb disposal scenario, led the team to victory and they were announced the winners of the competition. REGIONAL MATHS CHALLENGE

Samuel, Daisy, Natasha and Charlotte won the Regional Maths Challenge. They competed against 27 schools from across the region and were crowned the winners.

PRIZE GIVING STOCKTON SIXTH FORM ACCOUNTANCY, BUSINESS GREENPOWER GOBLIN The Stockton Baptist Tabernacle was filled AND SKILLS COMPETITION ELECTRIC RACING with parents and pupils who came together to celebrate the outstanding achievements Year 9 and 10 teams proved their business Year 6 pupils were extremely successful during the last academic year. acumen at the Stockton Sixth Form racing their Greenpower Goblin electric The afternoon was filled with musical Accountancy, Business and Skills competition DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD racing car around the Nissan test track. performances, pupil presentations and in partnership with ICAEW. Congratulations to all of our pupils who They powered their way to two fantastic motivational speeches. A brilliant sketch from Both teams were successful in winning the successfully completed their Duke of times and won two trophies, narrowly missing the boys’ PE department was performed; competition. Edinburgh bronze expedition. out on a third. the hecklers in the audience were very entertaining! 3 4 BRINGING LEARNING TO LIFE Thank you to all of our visitors who have shared stories and their experiences.

ISLAM

As part of their Religious Studies Imran and Zak talked to Year 5 about Islam. Pupils enjoyed showing them the model mosques they had built. LIFE IN MEXICO

Year 4 were fortunate to receive a visit from Mrs Delgado-Young who lived in Mexico for over ten STOP, LOOK & LIFE IN KENYA years. She was able to provide valuable first-hand LISTEN experience of what everyday life is like in Mexico Rachel Robinson visited children in Year 1 to talk to support their geography studies. about living in Kenya. She talked about animals, Arnie the Armadillo visited Reception - Year 3 the climate and even taught the children a special to teach them about road safety awareness and dance and how to speak some Kiswahili. crossing the road safely. Gabrielle and Oliver were keen to help Arnie and they made sure that he ‘THE WORLD’S stayed safe! GONE FRENCH’!

Pupils from the Prep & Senior School were treated to a lively show by Onatti Productions Ltd as they performed their latest play ‘The World’s Gone French’! The production was in both French and English and the actors used vocabulary and grammatical structures that were familiar to the children. FIRST AID

FRENCH CAFE Year 6 completed their HOLOCAUST citizenship project with Year 3 had fun practising their French in the a visit from George GUIDE DOGS ‘French Cafe’! They all looked fantastic in their Rudi Oppenheimer, a Holocaust survivor, kindly Roberts from the outfits and enjoyed playing the role of waiters visited the school to share his experience with Cleveland Ambulance and waitresses. Parents and grandparents enjoyed Year 9. His testimony was followed by a Q&A Service. They learnt Val Hydes and her guide dog, Whispa, spoke to teas and coffees, as well as a fantastic selection session to enable pupils to understand the nature about CPR, how to Nursery & Infant children about the work of a of cakes, provided by the PTA. The customers of the Holocaust and to explore its lessons in identify a stroke victim guide dog. The children were very impressed and were also entertained by some French musical more depth. Rudi’s elder brother published a book and administer basic went on to support Guide Dogs by raising money performances by the children. A lovely afternoon ‘From Belsen to Buckingham Palace’ which tells first aid. at their ‘Pyjamanthon’ event. was had by all. their story.

5 6 BEYOND THE MAMMA MIA! ROBIN HOOD’S BAY Year 5 had been studying different CLASSROOM - TRIPS & TOURS countries in the European Union and FARM TO FORK NORTHERN SAINTS learning about their different cultures. To support their work they visited Pizza Express where they enjoyed making and eating their own pizzas! Year 8 studied the sea defences at Robin Hood’s Bay whilst also measuring the beach profile and WATER SAFETY investigating the plant and animal life of the rocky foreshore. As part of their citizenship project Year PARIS RESIDENTIAL Nursery visited Tesco Extra in Stockton as part 6 pupils visited of the ‘Farm to Fork’ project. They learnt where RNLI where they met different foods come from and how Tesco get As part of their work on the Northern Saints Year Tony Jameson, the food onto the shelves. All the children had lots of 2 visited Bede’s World. They practised their very captain of the station. fun learning more about what we buy and eat. best Anglo Saxon writing and imagined what it During their visit they discovered a lot about would be like to be St. Bede by putting on habits water safety and the work of the charity. BLUE REEF and pretending to be real monks! HADRIAN’S WALL AQUARIUM & SOUTER VIKING LIGHTHOUSE SETTLEMENTS Year 3 spent the day Pupils had a busy time whilst on their residential Reception enjoyed as Viking settlers trip to Paris. They visited the Eiffel Tower and had learning about at Danelaw. They a tour of the Stade de France; they were even creatures that live worked hard on the allowed to play on the pitch! They also visited under the sea when they visited Blue Reef settlement making Monet’s garden and house, Notre Dame, the Latin Aquarium. They especially liked holding the rock oil lamps,working in the field and guarding the Quarter, the Louvre and Montmartre. There was pool creatures! In the afternoon they visited Year 6 visited several Roman sites as part of their settlement from Anglo Saxon raiders! just time in their busy schedule to visit Disneyland Souter Lighthouse where they learnt lots of field trip to Hadrian’s Wall. They visited Brunton and have some fun riding the rollercoasters! interesting facts about lighthouses and how they Their teachers were the ‘slaves for the day’, with Turret, Chesters Fort, Bathhouse and Milecastle work. the Viking Lord referring to Mr. Haywood as 37. The weather certainly did not dampen their KESKADALE BECK ‘the ugly woman’! However, it was Mrs. Reeves spirits and they put into practice what they had HOUSES AND HOMES who was found guilty of being the laziest and been learning in lessons, with some excellent smelliest of all the slaves, and her punishment was questioning about the wall. lunchtime in the stocks! TUDOR TIMES BIG SING Year 7 experienced life Armed with Red House as a Tudor when they flags and bundles visited Bolton Castle. of excitement, Year They learnt how to Year 1 spent the day at in 3 and 4 headed to defend a castle from as part of their topic ‘House and Homes’. They The Sage for ‘The Big invaders, wrote with As part of their geography controlled GCSE loved dressing up and working as the ‘help’ which Sing Celebration’. The quill pens and had assessment Year 10 pupils investigated erosion and involved doing the laundry, making polish and children were in great a lovely Tudor banquet. After all the defending, deposition in the Keskadale Beck near Keswick. then polishing the silver! They toured the maids’ voice and all their hard work in practising their writing and eating it was time for a relaxing dance They worked very hard and collected some quarters and saw where the lord and lady lived. songs came to fruition on the day. in the Great Hall and a quick run in the maze. excellent data. 7 8 Other athletes who deserve a special mention for their ATHLETICS efforts during this event are: LINDISFARNE PLATE ATHLETICS Millie Dunn – 2nd in Pre-Junior Girls Long Jump Jessica Coapes – 2nd in Junior Girls Shot SPORTS Competing Schools: Durham Choristers, Durham Lucy Pearce – 2nd in Junior Girls Javelin School, Sunderland High & Newcastle School for Cameron Gornall – 2nd in Junior Boys High Jump ROUND UP Boys. James Davidson – 2nd in Intermediate Boys High Jump Oliver Harrisskitt – 2nd in Junior Boys 300m / 3rd in Long Jump Anna Dunne - 2nd in Intermediate Girls Shot Tamzin Moore – 2nd in Intermediate Girls Discus FOLLOW THE ACTION ON Alex Greenaway & Scout Peverall – 2nd in Pre-Junior 800m TWITTER @redhousesport The Junior Girls won the Team Trophy. An outstanding won the title for the 1st time since 1982 (33 years ago!) achievement for all girls involved; Olivia Small, Rebecca Hall, What a momentous occasion to be crowned Red House Jessica Coapes, Lucy Pearce, Lucy Armstrong, Pip Brown, Invitation Boys Champions. What is more significant is the GIRLS’ SPORTS Lucy Todd, Alexandra Scott & Phoebe Matthews. manner in which they did this – they accumulated 63 points ISA NATIONAL ATHLETICS over the course of the afternoon, ahead of St Martin’s who REPORT BIRMINGHAM finished 2nd with 55pts. The whole team played a part in BY MISS SWEENY winning this trophy: Cameron Gronall, Ben Stewart, Josh Scott & James Norris – Gold in relay FOOTBALL Ben Stewart – 1st in 200m / 2nd in Discus / 2nd Javelin Cameron Gornall – 1st in Long Jump / 2nd Triple Jump The U11 girls took part in the ISA North Football Notable performances include: Phil Greenbank – 1st in Shot Festival in Bolton. It was a steep learning curve for Josh Scott – 1st in 100m & 800m the girls picking up new skills within the game and U9 – JUNIOR James Norris – 3rd in 400m Tom Bannatyne – 5th in 1500m understanding how to work as a team on the field. Bede Knox – 1st in 400m Beau Sanderson – 1st in Long Jump & High Jump A truly outstanding achievement and one for the record Sasha Heer – 1st in 200m, 1st in 400m (B team) & 1st in relay books at Red House. Congratulations to all boys involved! U11 – INTERMEDIATE ISA TRIATHLON Harry Whitfield – 1st in Hurdles & 200m Kathryn Woolfall – 1st in 100m Rebecca Hall was crowned ISA Matthew Ward – 1st in 400m & 800m Michael Chilvers won gold and was crowned Year 7 Javelin Triathlon Champion when she Lily Patrick – 1st in 400m & 800m (B team) & 1st in relay National Champion came 1st at the Midlands Triathlon at Lucton School. U13 – SENIOR Katie Dent also featured on the podium and won Silver in Cameron Gornall – 1st in Hurdles, High Jump & Long Jump the Year 7 Discus throw Not only did she beat the girls in her Joshua Scott – 1st in 800m & 100m (800m record!) race but she also managed to finish 2 minutes ahead of the Ben Stewart – 1st in 200m, 400m & Discus Rebecca Hall ran the 1500m and came a very respectable 1st boy in the U14 event. Congratulations Rebecca! Will Baker – 1st in Hurdles 4th place. She broke the school record by 50 seconds Samuel Woolfall – 1st in 200m (B Team) Tom Bannatyne – 1st in 400m (B Team) & 1st in relay in this race so despite no medal; still a phenomenal STOCKTON DISTRICT SWIMMING achievement They adapted well and I have been delighted with the A tremendous achievement for all athletes involved in this SPRINT GALA Olivia Small jumped 1.35 and came 4th in High Jump commitment displayed by all girls in this squad. They have event, winning all 5 titles: A team of Year 6 girls competed in the Stockton developed their skills in lessons but have also extended this Lindisfarne Plate (overall) Alex Greenaway ran a fantastic 800m race, beating the Annual Sprint Relay Gala. during lunchtime sessions and through their attendance at B Team North winner (from Wigan event) and came 6th Junior the co-curricular club provided by Hartlepool United Coach The relay team made up of Seren Williams, Alice Darnton, Intermediate Scout Peverall also ran in the 800m and came 11th with a Jessica Coates. Francesca Kardasz and Molly McDermott were triumphant Senior personal best of 3.12 and won the girls’ relay race. The team led by Captain Lily Patrick were outstanding Will Thomson came 6th in 400m on the day. Lily (who plays football at Boro Rangers FC) ISA NORTH ATHLETICS AT WIGAN A magnificent season for these 4 girls and I hope some was undoubtedly a great influence in the team’s success at 40 Red House athletes travelled to the Robin Park 42ND ANNUAL RED HOUSE of them will get the opportunity to compete in the ISA the festival and scored 5 goals. Red House played Cheadle Arena in Wigan and achieved some outstanding INVITATION ATHLETICS AT Swimming Championships next season. Well done girls! Hulme and Hale Prep twice at this event; winning 2-1 and results. MIDDLESBROUGH SPORTS VILLAGE 4-0 against Cheadle Hulme and winning 4-0 and 2-0 in the Six schools competed; Red House, Teesside High, The following pupils won their event with up to 10 schools games against Hale Prep. competing in each: Yarm, Polam, St Martin’s and Fyling Hall. Other players to make it on the score sheet were Katie Dent – Pre-Junior Girls Discus / 3rd in Shot Girls - 4th out of 6 schools with the best performances Iryah Swati (5), Kathryn Woolfall (1), Lily Cordwell-Smith Michael Chilvers – Pre-Junior Boys Javelin from: Olivia Small – Junior Girls High Jump (1) & Francesca Kardasz (1). Jessica Coapes - 1st in Shot, breaking the school record William Thomson – Intermediate Boys 400m / 2nd in Long Jump Phoebe Matthews - 2nd in Javelin / 2nd in Discus The girls made history at this festival in being the 1st team Rebecca Hall – Junior Girls 800m Pip Brown - 3rd in Long Jump at Red House to win silverware for football. The boys stole the show by winning the Team trophy. They

9 10 BOYS’ SPORTS PTA FUNDRAISING & EVENTS REPORT SPORTSDAY BY MR KITCHING The PTA had a very busy summer term NURSERY and not only did they raise vital funds CRICKET & RECEPTION for the school but the events they organised brought the whole school The cricket teams at Red House have had another Children had lots of fun at highly successful season. the Nursery & Infant School Sports Day and community together. were cheered on by friends and family. Thank you for all your hard work. JUNIOR SPORTS DAY FASHION SHOW YEAR 4-6 Pupils took to the catwalk and showcased their 1ST PLACE: RAGWORTH 360PTS personally designed and handmade creations. The 2ND PLACE: WHORLTON 290PTS event was a huge success and all the children 3RD PLACE: CASTLE 287PTS enjoyed ‘strutting their stuff!’ VICTRIX VICTOR A huge thank you to the PTA and thank you to The U13’s remained unbeaten for the second season in a LUDORUM LUDORUM everyone who came to support the children. row. They were captained well by Ben Swindale who batted YR 4 Rose Walker Bede Knox superbly, recording two fifties and an unbeaten 46. They / Chloe Godfrey Thank you also to the Prep & Senior Art recorded notable victories against Terrington Hall, Aysgarth, YR 5 Rose Korsen Ben Cordwell-Smith Department and everyone at the Nursery & Infant Cundall Manor, Yarm and Durham Choristers. / Shay Morfitt School. The U15’s played some very attacking cricket to beat Cundall, YR 6 Lily Patrick Matthew Ward Argyle House and Teesside High School. Sam Korsen hitting a PTA SUMMER FETE classy 50 against Cundall. Unfortunately their only loss came SENIOR SPORTS DAY in a very close match against Yarm. YEAR 7-10 The American themed PTA Summer Fete was a huge success. The U11’s fielded a young team and were disappointed to 1ST PLACE: CASTLE 337PTS lose some very close matches but they will benefit from 2ND PLACE: WHORLTON 306PTS Everyone enjoyed the numerous stalls which the experience. Dan North bowled accurately throughout 3RD PLACE: RAGWORTH 300PTS included face painting, a sweet tombola, traditional the season and both Harry Henderson and Ben Robinson VICTRIX VICTOR summer refreshments and bouncy castles. showed ability with the bat. LUDORUM LUDORUM PREP Pip Brown Ben Stewart THE ENCHANTED GARDEN FOOTBALL / Phoebe Matthews Congratulations to Josh Scott who was selected for SENIOR GIRLS Rebecca Hall James Davison The theme for this year’s PTA Ball was ‘The / Olivia Small / Ross Harll the ISA National Football squad and played several Enchanted Garden’ held at Wynyard Hall. Guests matches over the summer break. were greeted by stilt walkers and a ‘living’ RED HOUSE marble statue at the drinks reception. They then He was extremely RECORD BREAKERS: successful, scoring a hat proceeded to enjoy an enchanted meal and tasty U15 1500m 5.10.50m (from 1998) trick in a 5-0 win over Rebecca Hall treats from the sweet cart. Birmingham City. He scored U15 Rebecca Hall 800m 2.31.46m (from 2011) The evening included a raffle and an auction with the only goal in a 1-0 win U13 Josh Scott 800m 2.19.68m (from 2003) lots of amazing prizes. Guests danced to live over Dunfermline Athletic, music and had fun in the ‘photo booth’! and scored in a narrow 2-1 U13 Jessica Coapes Shot 7.84m (from 2008)

defeat against Millwall. U11 Matthew Ward 600m 1.59.69m (from 2014) As a result of his impressive U11 Lily Patrick 600m 2.04.94m (from 2012) performances Josh has been retained in the ISA squad U9 Bede Knox 200m 33.23s (from 1994) for the forthcoming season. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY A fantastic achievement! PTA Cinema Night - Friday 16th October PTA Firework Party - Thursday 5th November

11 12 FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AUTUMN CLUBS & ACTIVITIES PREP. & SENIOR SCHOOL NURSERY & INFANTS DURING THE SUMMER TERM WE RAISED A AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS 3.30 PM – 4.30 PM YEAR ACTIVITY GROUP TUTOR TIME YEAR TREMENDOUS £15,764.75 ACTIVITY GROUP TUTOR MONDAY SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: FAIR TRADE TUCK Girls Hockey Y9 & 10 PE 1.00 - 1.30 MONDAY Girls Netball Y7 & 8A PE 1.30 - 1.55 Sports Club Y2 & 3 Mrs Jackson SHOP Boys Rugby Y4 - 6 PE 1.30 - 1.55 PYJAMATHON Film Club Y6 - 9 Mrs Fryer 4.15 - 5.15 TUESDAY The Nursery & Infant Pupil GCSE Art Y10 & 11 Mrs Fraser 4.15 - 5.15 Sports Club Y1 & 2 Mrs Jackson Children from the Nursery & Photography Art Y1 & 2 Mr McKay Council held a number & Infant School had lots TUESDAY Mad Maths & Science Y2 & 3 Mrs Reeves of Fair Trade tuck shops Craft Club Reception Mrs Waldock of fun running, jogging Boys Hockey Y5 - 7 PE 8.00 - 8.35 raising vital funds for a very Girls Netball Y9B & 8B PE 1.00 - 1.30 WEDNESDAY and walking around the Boys Rugby Y7 & 8 PE 1.30 - 1.55 Speech & Drama Y1 & 2 Enter CIC Craft Club Y4 - 7 Mrs Blyth, Mrs Garrett 4.15 - 5.15 worthwhile cause. Media Y3 Miss Warnock school field in their pyjamas Business Enterprise Y7 - 9 Mrs Mayberry 4.15 - 5.15 Lego Y2 Mrs Summers to raise vital funds for Cross Country Y4 Mr Jones, Mrs Jones 1.30 -1.55 Hand Bells Y4 & 5 Mrs Coverdale, Mrs Auty 4.15 - 5.15 THURSDAY Candlelighters and Guide BEN NEVIS WEDNESDAY Speech & Drama Y3 & 4 Enter CIC Dogs for the Blind. An Twenty-Six of our Year 11 pupils set themselves a huge Girls Netball Y4 - 6 PE 8.00 - 8.35 Golf Y3 Mr Jackson from incredible £1,331 was raised, challenge of scaling Britain’s highest mountain whilst raising Girls Netball Y10A & 9A PE 1.00 - 1.30 Golf Club Girls Hockey Y5 & 6 PE 1.30 - 1.55 money for charity. Their initial target of £7,750 was soon Cookery Reception Miss Dring well done everyone. Boys Rugby Y4 - 6 PE 1.30 - 1.55 ICT Y2 Mr Haywood Puzzle Club Y4 - 6 Mrs White 1.30 - 1.55 surpassed and by the time the pupils reached the summit Outdoor / Science Y1 Mr Reed & Mrs Girls Football Y6 - 11 PE 4.00 - 5.00 Kitching SOCIAL ENTERPRISE of Ben Nevis they had raised an incredible £12,446 for Table Tennis Y4 - 9 Mr Palmer, 4.15 - 5.15 Mr Jones, Mrs McGuire FRIDAY Macmillan Cancer Support. This was truly a tremendous Year 6 put their entrepreneurial skills to the test in their Orienteering Y4 - 8 Mr Jones 4.15 - 5.15 Speech & Drama Karate Reception Ms Sterling from achievement, well done everyone. GCSE Y11 Mr Wilkinson 4.15 - 5.15 – Y3 Sendai Kushiro social enterprise project, raising an amazing £555.55 for Graphic Products Karate DoE Y10 Mrs Burel, Mr Heaton 4.15 - 5.15 Sewing Y2 & 3 Miss Everington their chosen charities. Their businesses included, fruit Latin Entry Level Y5 & 6 Mrs Jones 4.15 - 5.00 kebabs, angels in glass bottles, ice cream ‘mash up’, flavoured Chess Y7 - 10 Mr Brown 4.15 - 5.15 THURSDAY lemonade, moulded chocolate, bottles of rainbow sand and Girls Football Y4 - 6 PE 8.00 - 8.35 ‘mocktails’. GCSE Geology Y10 - 11 Mr Makin 8.00 - 8.50 NURSERY & INFANTS Junior Choir Y4 - 6 Mr McReddie 10.55 - 11.15 Girls Netball Y11 & 10B PE 1.00 - 1.30 Boys Rugby Y7 & 8 PE 1.00 - 1.30 HOLIDAY CLUBS Girls Hockey Y7 & 8 PE 1.30 - 1.55 Choir Y6 - 11 Mr McReddie 1.30 - 1.55 Cross-Country Y4 Mr Jones 1.30 - 1.55 Gardening Club Y4 & 5 Mr Taylor 1.30 - 1.55 OCTOBER EASTER Cookery Y7 - 9 Miss Ince, Mrs Roberts 4.15 - 5.30 Cross Country Y5 - 8 Mr Jones 4.15 - 5.15 HALF TERM 2015 HOLIDAYS 2016 Minecraft Y4 - 6 Mr Butterfield 4.15 - 5.15 MONDAY 19TH OCTOBER WEDNESDAY 23RD MARCH GCSE Art Y10 & 11 Miss Reily 4.15 - 5.15 – FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER & THURSDAY 24TH MARCH & Photography (excluding weekends) TUESDAY 29TH MARCH Speech & Drama Y4 Enter CIC 3.30 - 4.20 – MONDAY 11TH APRIL Y5 - 11 4.20 - 5.00 CHRISTMAS (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays) FRIDAY HOLIDAYS 2015 MAY HALF TERM GCSE Geology Y10 & 11 Mr Makin 8.00 - 8.50 MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER Boys Rugby Y9 - 11 PE 1.00 - 1.30 – FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2016 KEY STAGE 2 Boys Hockey Y7 & 8 PE 1.30 - 1.55 PERFORMANCES TUESDAY 31ST MAY Orchestra Y4-11 Mr McReddie 1.30 - 1.55 FEBRUARY HALF – FRIDAY 3RD JUNE END OF YEAR REVIEW Young Engineers Y6 Mr Wilkinson 4.15 - 5.15 TERM 2016 SUMMER EVENING OF DRAMA FRIDAY 12TH FEBRUARY Pupils from Years 4 - 6 performed a series of – FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY HOLIDAYS 2016 sketches to family and friends which showcased (excluding weekends) MONDAY 11TH JULY Children entertained their family and friends at – FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST their successes and celebrated their experiences TUESDAY 30TH AUGUST - the ‘Evening of Drama’ show. Short plays were TUESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER throughout the year. Well done to pupils for a (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays) performed, which were loosely based on Aesop’s very well written and planned performance. Fables, and there was also a murder mystery play! It was a very lively and thoroughly enjoyable show.

13 14 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY All the important dates for the next term redhouseschool.co.uk

PREPARATORY DATE & SENIOR NURSERY & INFANTS

Monday 19 October – Friday 30 October Half Term Half Term Monday 19 October – Friday 30 October Holiday Club Thursday 5 November PTA Firework Party PTA Firework Party Year 5 visit Hancock Museum Friday 6 November Nursery Stay & Play event for prospective parents Wednesday 11 November Maths workshop for Year 4 parents Year 3 to St Mary’s Remembrance Service Thursday 12 November Year 11 GCSE Celebration Evening Friday 13 November Children in Need Children in Need Thursday 19 November Year 9 visit DLI Museum Monday 23 November – Monday 30 November Year 11 Mock Examinations Wednesday 25 November Year 4-6 Pantomime Reception - Year 3 Year Pantomime Monday 30 November Parent Teacher Meetings Tuesday 1 December Parent Teacher Meetings Thursday 3 December Carols & Coca Friday 4 December Y1-3 Christmas Service 9.15am - 10.00am and 2.15pm - 3.00 pm Saturday 5 December Clothes Show Live Monday 7 December Years 4-5 Christmas Party Tuesday 8 December Years 6 - 7 Christmas Party EYFS Christmas Production 9.15am – 10.15am Wednesday 9 December EYFS Christmas production 9.15am – 10.15am Thursday 10 December Carol Service at Stockton Church Christmas Parties Friday 11 December Carol Service Year 3 to Millbeck Monday 14 December Christmas Holidays Christmas Holidays Monday 14 December - Friday 18 December Holiday Club Monday 4 January Start of Term Start of Term Saturday 23 January Open Morning for prospective parents Open Morning for prospective parents Friday 12 February – Monday 22 February Half Term Half Term Friday 12 February – Friday 19 February Holiday Club

WHOLE SCHOOL OPEN MORNING SATURDAY 23RD JANUARY 10 AM – 1 PM

PREPARATORY & SENIOR SCHOOL GENERAL ENQUIRIES: ADMISSIONS: Heather Jefferson Claire Bellerby T: 01642 553370 | E: [email protected] T: 01642 558119 | E: [email protected]

NURSERY & INFANTS SCHOOL GENERAL ENQUIRIES: MARKETING: Rosalind Green Sarah Tomlinson T: 01642 535353 | E: [email protected] T: 01642 553370 | E: [email protected]