Message from Mrs Parker Regarding Year 11 French GCSE Controlled Assessment
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RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN 1st March 2013 Message from the Headteacher Important Dates for your Diary Dear Parents, EVERY MONDAY UNTIL 25/03/13 15:30—17:30 Primary Netball Can I draw your attention to the Annual Truro Schools’ Art W/C MONDAY 4TH MARCH Collaboration. For some years now Richard Lander School along with other Year 10 GCSE French Controlled Assessment Writing in lessons. local partner schools: Penair School, Roseland Community College, Truro FRIDAY 1ST MARCH - SATURDAY School, Truro High School, Glynn House and Pencalenick School, have 9TH MARCH worked together on a given theme to produce exhibition pieces by Year 8 Collaborative Arts Exhibition IN students to be displayed at the Lander Gallery on Lemon Street, Truro. The Lander Gallery, Truro. Open from 10—6 This Thursday saw the official launch of the 2013 collaboration, with a 2ND/3RD MARCH formal opening at the Lander Gallery, supported by musical performance Ten Tors Camping Weekend and dance. The theme for 2013 is “Blown Away” – artwork related to the 4TH - 8TH MARCH weather in Cornwall. Year 11 ICT Functional Skills Exams. Please see timetable For the next week, work from all the participating schools will be on display outside Mrs Bache’s office for your allotted time. on the top floor of the Lander Gallery. Please do go along to share in the 4TH - 8TH MARCH success of our students, not only from Richard Lander School, but also from Year 8 Paris Trip our partner schools across the city and beyond. This is a terrific example of MONDAY 4TH MARCH collaborative working, which is to the benefit of our whole community. Year 8 & 9 BBC Schools Report MONDAY 4TH MARCH May I also thank Miss Body and the rest of the Creative Arts team for all University taster day at Truro their hard work in supporting this year’s collaborative work. College W/C MONDAY 4TH MARCH Finally, may I congratulate the following students, who earned the most Year 10 GCSE French Controlled merits for their Learning Communities last week: Assessment Writing in lessons. WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH Carrick Dance - All day workshop Willow Carter-Law: 16 (Towan) followed by performances at 1pm Miles Jago: 13 (Godrevy) and 7 pm in the Hall for Cornwall, Shane Dingle / Anya Goug / Charlotte Gibson: 13 (Rame) with a further performance at John Tipple / Thomas Grant / David Dixon: 13 (Pentire) Penryn College on Thursday 7th March at 7 pm. WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH Steve Mulcahy Year 9 Mock Trial Competition Headteacher WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH THURSDAY 7TH MARCH World Maths Day WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH IN THIS WEEKS BULLETIN Year 11 Catering Assessment THURSDAY 7TH MARCH Year 8 Netball Tournament Page 1: Message from the Headteacher, Diary Dates. Page 2/3: World Book Day. Accelerated Reading FRIDAY 8TH MARCH Page 4: Tony Minnion Workshop. Grom Club Update How to become an MP with Sarah Page 5: ARB Update Newton Pages 6: Further News from RLS 11TH - 16TH MARCH Page 7 - 14: Noticeboards Cornwall Music Festival RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN : 1st March 2013 2 2 Richard Lander School Library will it follows Gerald the Giraffe as he Child be supporting World Book Day on learns to dance so he can join other Smart young detective Ruby March 7th 2013 with FREE books, animals in the Jungle dance. Redfort has been hugely popular book vouchers plus book cover and with girls since she made her debut book mark design competitions and Horrid Henry’s Guide to Perfect in Lauren Child’s Clarice Bean book. a LIVE online book festival for Parents by Francesca Simon This spin-off book for World Book children. A brand new title from the creators Day follows her on another exciting of the hugely popular Horrid Henry adventure. Every pupil will be entitled to a series, especially for World Book free £1 World Book Day Book or day! Young children will love Tom Gates: Best Book Day Ever! (so £1 Book Voucher (which can be hearing Henry’s sneaky tips for far) by Liz Pichon redeemed at your local bookseller). getting more out of Mum and Dad. Tom Gates is a brilliant young There is a brilliant range of eight school hero for boys and girls alike, £1 World Book Day books written Tony Robinson’s Weird World of by a stellar list of authors and Wonders: Funny Inventions by Tony illustrators. Here’s a quick guide to Robinson the titles: Children interested in science and making things will enjoy this Alfie’s Shop by Shirley Hughes exclusive edition to Tony’s fact- Alfie and his sister Annie Rose set filled Weird World of Wonders up a shop in their back garden. A history series. great story to teach children about the world of adventures out of The Diamond Brothers In…Two of doors and remind them of the joys Diamonds by Anthony Horowitz of brother-and-sister love by one of A humorous new adventure from the best-loved children’s storytellers one of the country’s best-loved and illustrators of all time. children’s authors. Hapless detective Tim Diamond and his smart young Giraffes Can’t Dance Colouring and brother Nick investigate a mystery Puzzle Fun by Giles Andreae and on a remote Scottish island. Guy Parker-Rees A lively story packed with pictures Hang in there Bozo: The Ruby to colour and puzzles to work out. Redfort Emergency Survival Guidefor Based on the popular picture book, Some Tricky predicaments by Lauren 2 RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN : 1st March 2013 3 3 WORLD BOOK DAY (continued) Pupils will be able to engage with Horowitz, Cathy Cassidy Guy and Liz Pichon’s books are stuffed reading via the FREE World Book Parker-Rees, Liz Pichon and full of his diaries and brilliant Day App and enjoy nine exclusive Rachel Bright. doodles. This one follows Oakfield new stories by top YA (Young http://www.worldbookday.com/ School’s fun and games around its Adult) authors Patrick Ness, Chris biggest-book-show/ own Book Day. Ryan, Josephine Angelini, Will Hill, The Word Herd The Chocolate Box Girls: Bittersweet Alex Scarrow, Sarah Alderson, The Word herd is a new scheme by Cathy Cassidy Dave Cousins, Dawn O’Porter and encouraging young people aged This special Chocolate Box Girls Sarah J. Maas. 11-14 to talk to their friends story gives a glimpse into the ups The Biggest Show On Earth about books they have read or and downs of a school romance. This online festival for children will enjoyed . To encourage young Books Alive be streamed LIVE in the school people to get word herding you Smartphone users will be able to library. Hosted by Tony Robinson, can use the specially created bring the £1 book covers and the show will feature a host of top resources at tokens to life with the FREE World authors and illustrators including Get the buzz about books at: Book Day Books Alive App. Lauren Child, Shirley Hughes, www.worldbookday.com The World Book Day YA App Francesca simon, Anthony celebrity autobiography. Variety we are also going to ask them to READING is important. complete a short book review so Encouraging a child they can recommend it to their to read and foster- peers. ing a love of read- Rewards: Students will receive ing is one of the merits for every book they com- greatest gifts that plete and small prizes together we can give them. with certificates will be awarded What is it? Accelerated Reader is Reading widely will undoubtedly as students progress through the a programme to promote inde- assist in their academic success programme. Those who complete pendent reading and motivate but also gives young people (and books and score highly on their students to read for pleasure. the rest of us!) somewhere to es- online quizzes will also be en- Every student in Year 7 does a cape to – an imagination tered into a prize draw for a Kin- Star Test to assess their reading workout. dle ebook reader each half term. ability. They are given a ZPD Little and often is the key. What can you do to help? Ask (Zone of Proximal Development) Every day is brilliant! your child how many books they score which helps us guide them Find a genre, author, series, have read so far on the scheme. towards books which are appro- topic that interests your child. Listen to them read. Ask them priate for their reading level. Our Students can get advice from our what ZPD books they are current- dedicated librarian is available librarian Mr Rose or browse your ly on. Encourage them to fill any every day to help support stu- local bookshop or online spare moments with reading. Re- dents as they select their texts. bookseller. ward their efforts any way you Once a book is completed, stu- Get them into the habit of can. dents take an online quiz to as- reading for just 10-15 minutes at sess their compre- the end of the day. This is much hension of the better than a two hour session text. They will once a week. then be advised Encourage through example – whether they talk about what you are reading need to continue too. Share books. at that level or are Value all kinds or reading – not ready to move up just fiction novels: ‘The West to the next one. Briton’, a national daily paper, a After students set of instructions for a product, a complete a book – 3 RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN : 1st March 2013 4 4 shown new techniques in screen printing and were encouraged to work along-side students from other secondary schools in Truro.