Richard Lander Notice Board School Uniform – We Have a Message Far More Seriously If It Is Smart and Distinctive Uniform Given from Home and School

WEEKLY BULLETIN 22nd November 2012

Message from the Headteacher Dear Parents,

As we come toward the end of the term, please can I draw your attention to school’s Cathedral Carol Service on Monday 3rd December from 7:30—9:00 pm as well as our Informal Carol Service, held in the school’s Dining Hall on Monday 17th December from 7:00—9:00 pm.

Important Dates for your Diary Ours is the only school in the county which has an annual carol service in the SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER Cathedral and we are very grateful for this privilege. It is a wonderful venue and Ten Tors Day Walk when it is filled with the combined voices of students and parents and wider MONDAY 3RD DECEMBER families, it is an occasion of real awe and wonder. Please do make every effort Cathedral Carol Service. to attend, along with your children. Our expectation is that Year 7 especially, and Rehearsal in school hours Year 8 students, will be present, representing the school as we come together in Service 19:30—21:00 community and celebration. TUESDAY 4TH DECEMBER

Y10 Future Chef Competition If you would prefer something less formal, a little jocular and at times irreverent – WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER then do also come along to the Informal Carol Service. Mr Pascoe and Mrs 15:30 - 17:35 - DT CAD Master Whomersley will lead us in the singing of carols, the distribution of cabbages, as Class at Truro College well as tins of spam and luncheon meat (you just have to be there to understand) WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER and the ritual inauguration of this year’s Cousin Jack’s Choir. It is a really special Y10 Arts Award Regional evening, less formal than the Cathedral service and you can even enjoy a glass of Conference at Eden Project mulled wine. THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER Year 10/11 Hockey Tournament My thanks to parents for your support regarding your children’s attendance. Over FRIDAY 7TH DECEMBER the term so far, attendance stands at over 95%, which is a terrific INSET—No Students in School achievement. This means, on average across the school, our children have missed Y11 London Drama Trip only one day of school this term. For many students, their attendance remains at Y9/10/11 Clothes Show Trip 100%. Congratulations to these students and many thanks again to parents for THURSDAY 13TH DECEMBER your support. Year 10 Maths Trip to Truro College Parents whose children are still not wearing the school zip-up or fleece will by now FRIDAY 14TH DECEMBER have received letters to this effect. I have been in contact with Trevails to ensure Cousin Jacks Primary School Tour that there is enough stock for all remaining students who are not in full school MONDAY 17TH DECEMBER uniform. As there is plenty of stock available, I do expect all students to be 19:00 - 21:00 Informal Carol wearing these as from next week. Evening at RLS

TUESDAY 18TH DECEMBER Finally, may I congratulate the following students, who earned the most merits for WEDNESDAY 19TH DECEMBER their Learning Communities last week: Y8 DT Days

Jack Beech: 15 (Pentire) Carlie Englefield: 14 (Godrevy) IN THIS WEEKS BULLETIN Yasmin England: 13 (Towan) Page 1: Message from the Tamsin Tripp/Lucie Webber/Sunny Howard: 11 (Rame) Headteacher; Diary Dates Page 2: IceSkateTruro! Page 3: Fund Raising for Uganda Steve Mulcahy, Page 4,5: Further News Page 6: DT Update Headteacher Page 7: Revision Classes Pages 8, 9 10: Noticeboards

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Richard Lander School Hits the ICE at the Truro Cathedral Rink

A Press Pack Report by Cathy We interviewed Mr T Webb (IT A BIG thank you to all the RLS staff Bennett and Megan Price (Year 8) Technician, who accompanied the for taking us and for Ice Skate trip) about the experience. He Truro for giving us this great On Wednesday 28th November, said: opportunity! Richard Lander School hit the ice! “I thought this trip was phenomenal Mr Colin Reid, from Truro and I would highly recommend this There are lots of photographs on Cathedral had very kindly invited ice rink to my friends.” Cathy and I the school Facebook page and we 30 students to be the first members asked him how many times he had are currently making a video of of the public to try out Cousins fallen over, he replied “None! Of the occasion which will appear on Entertainment’s and Truro course!” but later on admitted that the school website shortly. Cathedral’s new ice rink. the amount of times may actually have been in double figures! The thirty places were allocated on a first come first served basis at Here are our top tips, if you break time on Tuesday and caused decide to visit Ice Skate Truro: much excitement amongst the students!  If you only have a short time then let go of the edge and Luckily for us, on Wednesday, GO FOR IT! After all you although the ice may have been may not have the cold the weather was bright and opportunity to try ice skating From tentative first steps on the ice ….. with it our spirits. At the beautiful again for a while. location of Truro Cathedral,  Work together and help one enthusiasm and joy filled the air another to be better, just like and we had nearly whizzing we did. around the ice with no one wanting  Lean forwards so you don’t to coming off early. Although most fall backwards. of us fell over at least once, we  Put your feet apart when you helped each other up and enjoyed stop so that you don’t go every minute of the experience. flying..  Finally ….. HAVE FUN! .. to proficient skaters in just one hour!

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Lander - Uganda Fundraising Christmas number of elderly people's homes. The project was inspired by a Cards For Sale! meeting between members of Falmouth Rotary and the Head Teachers of Richard Lander and the Nazarene High School in Kamuzinda.

John Pearce from The Rotary Club, Falmouth said:

“We are very grateful for the beautiful African Christmas cards produced by Richard Lander and given to us as they have been a considerable boost to our fund raising."

Uganda 2013 students along with Over the last 2 weeks we have paintings from the Richard Lander other year 10 volunteers have put been working hard to produce School Art Department and in a sterling effort this week to fund raising Christmas cards. Photography by Matt Secombe in produce 400 packets of Christmas Year 11. Matt’s fantastic cards! Some of these will be sold All profits from the sale of these photographs were taken when he by The Rotary Club, Falmouth and cards will go to support the schools visited Uganda during the school some will be sold in school to raise and wider communities of trip this summer. funds for the materials for Lander/ Bukomansimbi and Kamuzinda in Uganda 2013 project(s). Uganda, where we have close We have also teamed up with The links. Rotary Club of Falmouth's Water If you would like to buy a packet and Sanitation and of the Lander/Uganda 2013 Hygiene (WASH) project and fundraising cards they are made Christmas cards for them to available from Main Reception or sell. The WASH project will from Miss Elliott for only £3 for a improve the access to clean water pack of 10 (2x5 designs). for 7,000 people and significantly Thank you very much for you improve the sanitation facilities in at least 8 schools and a large support!

For the past 2 years a group of Year 10 Richard Lander School students have travelled to Uganda. Whilst there, they organise and deliver a project designed to improve conditions for Ugandan orphans. Here students from the Lander/Uganda 2012 team can be seen painting a dormitory. The Christmas cards we have produced feature original

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Primary School Cluster Sports - Feetbeat!

On Friday 23rd November, Miss Sports Leaders. Both the standard Guymer and some of her team of of the dancing and the creativity Play It Again Theatre Lander Sports Leaders held a of the routines of all the schools Feetbeat competition for Year 3 partaking was judged to be most Company Visit and 4 students. impressive but the eventual On Monday 26th November, all of winners were Shortlanesend with Year 8 were treated to a live Kea, Devoran, Shortlanesend and Kea coming a very close second. performance by Play It Again, a Tregolls schools all attended and local theatre company. The play were challenged to create their After the competition, everyone highlighted the dangers of own “wake and shake” style took it in turns to teach each other communicating with strangers via dance to a music track of their their routines and much fun was the internet and featured CJ and choice. had by all in learning these. Bella who were year 10 & 11 students and also CJ’s gran. The Following a warm up which was Well done to everyone who took play was extremely powerful and led by Georgia Cotterill, Georgia part! brilliantly performed. Although it Wallis and Gina Clarkson, the had funny moments, it carried an primary dancers performed their This Friday we will be hosting a important message and captured routines which were judged by Primary Football Tournament from the audiences attention throughout. Miss Guymer and the Lander 1:00 - 3:30 pm.

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SPORTS REPORT This weeks Sports Results:

Rugby vs Penryn College

Year 8 WON 20 –17

We are now through to the County Semi -Finals

Hockey Vs Penair School

Year 9 Lost 1 - 0 Football vs Penryn College Students Complete the Lockheed Martin Helicopter Year 11 Lost 3 - 0 Engineering Challenge

Year 11 Boys Hockey On Tuesday 27th November, 6 within the time scale! Tournament Results students attended RNAS Culdrose to attempt the Merlin MK1 Rescue Tuesday 20th November Task. The task was for the team to Vs Truro School DREW 0 - 0 design, build and test on a model Vs Penair School Lost 1 - 0 scale, a system required to rescue a Merlin helicopter that had made Vs Liskeard School WON 1-0 a forced landing in desert conditions. The model had to be Vs Humphry Davy School WON 1 - 0 able to demonstrate total aircraft Vs Bude School DREW 1 –1 recovery within a time limit of 3 minutes. Overall we finished 3rd out of 6 Everyone agreed that this was a teams. Well done to all those tough challenge but we are proud to announce that the Richard who took part. (Mr N Stoddard) Lander Greenpower team managed to complete the task Coming soon to Richard Lander School… Madelaine Collins (TAGe), with her Squash Club Gazelles Gym Could anyone interested in Team recently attending a squash club on Tuesday came second in evenings please enquire at the PE the Recreational Office. (Mr N Stoddard) Novice Floor and Jack Coombs Vault Competition (RNSe) recently in Plymouth! became British National Surf Jasmine Biggs Champion along with only 9 (Under 12s)! others has been picked to compete in an International Swimming Competition in Germany in March!

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foundation skills being delivered Design Technology Department Update that will form a building block to allow students to go and develop Computer Aided Design Masterclass their own designs. The idea for the ‘CAD Masterclass’ was devised between Mr Scott and Mr Dougan to further the link between the two departments and ensure our DT students are challenged at the highest level. All of the students will go on to use the software to support their final GCSE projects.

L ast week Mr Scott took students engineering and product design and from Year 10 and 11 Design it enables the students to design and Technology courses across to Truro visualise design concepts before College to start an exciting new they are made, either by hand using collaborative project. The students traditional manufacturing skills or in were introduced to Solidworks to conjunction with Computer Aided start developing their 3 Dimensional Manufacturing machines. The first modelling skills. The software is an session led by Truro College’s Head industry standard in the world of of DT, Sean Dougan, saw

‘The venue was perfect, the facilities Jasmine Bennetts - Preparing were just like being on the cook for Future Chef Competition, shows you see on the TV,’ added Cornwall College County Penny Westaway, another organiser and store Manager of Final Sainsbury’s in Bude. ‘Though we did Over the past 2 weeks Jasmine have a little worry that one of the Bennetts has been working really dishes might be too spicy for me, hard to prepare and test her being 8 months pregnant,’ she recipes for the Future Chef added. Competition County Final which will take place at Cornwall College on The Big Cook Off Claire Walker from the Falmouth Tuesday4th December. A collaboration between Richard Sainsbury’s store was the winner Amy Walker has been taking Lander School and Sainsbury’s with her trilogy of puddings; apple photographs for Press Pack and we found 6 Sainsbury’s employees crumble, apricot sandwich cake and all wish Jasmine the very best for taking part in the regional heat for cream scone. Claire was surprised next the Big Cook Off for the best cook to have won, and commented, ‘There Tuesday! within Sainsbury’s. The process was were so many excellent dishes overseen by Julie Ancell, Head of presented, I didn’t think I had a Food Technology at Richard Lander chance’. Claire will now go on to the and regular judge of the Rotary Regional Final in Plymouth in early Young Chef competition. December.

‘Julie was an incredible help’ Mr Mulcahy was one of the judges, commented Hilary Stanfield, Store and commented, ‘It was really good Manager of Pinhoe Road and to work with Sainsbury’s to promote Organiser of the heats. ‘This is the this competition. We have such first time we have held this wonderful facilities here that it is competition and she gave us a always a pleasure sharing them for marking system to ensure we got the both community and local business best results for our cooks.’ benefit.’

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Key Stage 4 GSCE Revision and Exam Advice

These pages contain advice and information on upcoming events, revision sessions and assessments which will be happening in school, for Y10 & 11 students and their parents.

GCSE Mathematics Higher Level Revision Classes

When and where? Wednesday after school from 3.30 – 4.15 pm Room 224 Thursday lunchtime from 1.35 – 2.20pm Room 223

In the sessions we will revise..... 3:30 - 4:15 1:35 - 2:20pm Topic pm Topic Wed 5 Dec y = mx +c, parallel & Thu 6 Dec Circle theorems perpendicular lines Solve simultaneous Wed 12 Dec Indices, standard form Thu 13 Dec equations and surds th Wed 19 Dec Thu 20 Dec Sequences and n term Transformations

Direct and inverse Wed 9 Jan Thu 10 Jan Trigonometry proportion Solve quadratic Wed 16 Jan Thu 17 Jan GCSE Exams equations Tue 22 Jan

Don’t dream of success. Wake up and work hard for it!

Year 11 GCSE English Language revision sessions

Date Tuesday lunchtime and afterschool

4th December A680 Information and Ideas skills: Section B - Paragraphing and whole text structure

11th December A680 Information and Ideas skills: Section B - Sentence structure

18th December A680 Information and Ideas skills: Section B - Choosing vocabulary for effect

8th January A680 Information and Ideas skills: Section B – Effective openings and endings

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Richard Lander Notice Board School uniform – We have a message far more seriously if it is smart and distinctive uniform given from home and school. The which makes a positive following web-site has some really contribution to the school’s thought provoking and useful image. It is to be worn by all advice: students. Parents are asked to fully support the school on this www.think.direct.gov.uk policy. Jewellery and make-up – The Annual Cathedral Christmas wearing of make-up and nail Choir Service - Truro varnish is not allowed in school. Cathedral - Monday 3rd Sustrans have launched a Only one small, plain ring may be December Winter Warrior competition worn on each hand. Only one small to encourage students to stud in each ear may be worn. No brave the winter and cycle, other facial studs, bars, rings or walk or scoot to school. ear-stretchers are permitted. They are looking for imaginative, exciting and fun photographs of students cycling, walking and scooting in extreme weather and are offering extra marks for Don't miss our annual Cathedral anyone wearing bright, visible and Choir Service in Truro Cathedral eccentric winter clothing. on Monday 3rd December - 19:30 - 21:00. All the school choirs will There are some great prizes to be be singing Years 7 & 8 will be Road Safety won, including a Cuda 2013 Issue forming the candlelight procession scooter and light sets, cycle All Key Stage Three students will and performing the carols they receive a lesson about Road computers and locks. have been learning in their music Safety as Part of their Personal lessons Development lessons, as part of All entries need to be handed to Mr Roberson by January 24th so their homework they will be asked This promises to be a magical to risk assess their journey to and that he can submit them for the occasion to get you into the mood January 25th deadline. from school and consider how they for Christmas! can minimise risk to themselves and Please remember to be safe and to others. Students: if you need to practice It would be fantastic if parents always to wear a helmet and your words they are on the school high visibility clothing. could assist with this process and website. Please follow the feature reiterate the importance of road link from the home page. safety. Often children take the

JOB VACANCY - month contract in the first instance to and therefore you will need word commence after Christmas. We are processing skills. Closing date 6th First Aid looking for someone with December. Technician/ experience of working with children Administrative and a first aid qualification. You For further information and an Assistant will be responsible for the welfare application form and job of students who are unwell or description please contact Mrs First Aid Technician/Administrative sustain an injury at school. You will Bond, School Business Manager, on Assistant, 37 hours per week – term also update student medical 01872 242744 or email time only. Salary range £11,410- records. The role also involves [email protected] £13,628. The post is for a 12 working as part of the admin team k

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Community Notice Board

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