RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN 28th November 2013 Important Dates for your Diary Dear Parents / Carers, NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY 27TH - FRIDAY 29TH Congratulations to the Year 7 rugby team who this week became county Y11 DNA Workshops - Eden Project champions. They remain unbeaten through the year and are head and THURSDAY 28TH shoulders above any other team in the county. A team effort – so Y9 Writers Visit with Callum congratulations to all players and to team coach, Mr Williamson! Mitchell THURSDAY 28TH Attendance 6:30 - 9.00 Y12 Presentation Evening May I remind parents of the need for high attendance. The DfE’s THURSDAY 28TH requirement for all schools is that they should aim to exceed 95% Netball v Pool—All years - Away attendance across the cohort. At Richard Lander School, most students FRIDAY 29TH have an attendance of between 96-97% which equates to about one Pearl of Africa Day absence per half term (including medical appointments). Please can Pearl of Africa Evening Concert parents / carers reflect on this average rate of attendance in relation to 6:30—9:00 their own children’s attendance. Expectations for high attendance can FRIDAY 29TH only translate to children if they are consistently applied by parents / Y9/10 Public Services Navy Talk carers. FRIDAY 29TH Y7/8 Kids Literature Quiz - South We appreciate that for some parents / carers, particularly of teenagers, it West heat at Truro College can be difficult to motivate children to get out of bed in the morning. But DECEMBER maintaining a positive and consistent approach (even at 7am!) is the key MONDAY 2ND here. If any parent would like to speak with a member of staff about this, 7:30 pm Truro Cathedral Choir Service please do contact the Student Support team. We are here to support and MONDAY 2ND/TUESDAY 3RD have even been asked previously to visit homes early in the morning to Y7 Focus Group trip to Truro assist parents – with resounding success! Cathedral MONDAY 2ND Please also ensure that holidays are not taken during term time. Guidance Baker Tom Demonstration for Y10 for this and forms for holiday absence, granted only in exceptional Work Skills students circumstance, can be obtained from the school’s website. TUESDAY 3RD/WEDNESDAY 4TH Y10 &11 Wise Up in School Finally, may I congratulate the following students, who earned the most TUESDAY 3RD merits for their Learning Communities last week: Y9&10 BTech Public Services Marine Activity Day WEDNESDAY 4TH Sophie Gibbons: 18 (Pentire) GCSE Child Development Catch Up Ben Crawley: 17 (Godrevy) Day Katie Sobey/Courtney Windsor: 16 (Rame) THURSDAY 5TH Kerris Parsons: 16 (Towan) BBC School Report Training Day THURSDAY 5TH Steve Mulcahy Cousin Jacks Concert at Merchants Headteacher Manor Hotel in Falmouth RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN : 28th November 2013 2 Banana, and Forest Fruit Surprise. Everybody who participated got a certificate and a goody bag full of chocolate and cookery equipment from the Rotary for taking part. Finn won the chance to experience cookery master classes with Rob Duncan and Sanjay Kumar and a cash prize! He said “At the beginning I was calm and at the end I started to worry because when the judges say 10 minutes left the whole room fills with tension and everyone starts to rush around.” Thank you to all the contestants who took part in the Young Chef and to the rotary club and Miss Ancell for organising it and Sanjay and Rob for judging. the Rotary Club of Boscowan has been Young Chef Competition: organising the competition for three years Vegan Chef Finn wins! with Head of DT Food, Julie Ancell. Mollie Written by Jade Witts and Ashley Louise Foster said “Julie does a brilliant job Devlin; Year 8. inspiring the young chefs to create amazing dishes.” W ith two of the best local chefs After the young chefs had completed their judging the Young Chef Competition the meals and dished up, they came into the pressure was building as the contestants DT base for an interview on how they tried to finish their dishes to the best of thought they did and how they felt. their abilities. Although the students found it stressful, The contestants were Lottie Shipp, ZaK they had also enjoyed the competition.” Minett, Libby Simmons, Sarah Mitchell Zak said “My dessert was the best out of and Finn Howard. All the students were my three courses.” Lottie said “I wish I from Year 8 or 9. could re-do the whole thing so my mousse didn’t sink.” Libby said she was We spoke to the head Chef Sanjay Kumar happy with her cake and spaghetti and who cooks at Headland Hotel in Newquay that this was the second year that she has and Rob Duncan Executive Chef of taken part. Hooked. Rob, who was returning for a second year of judging said “Some of the The competition was judged on costing, ingredients used are interesting range of skills used, taste and ingredients that usually aren’t used in presentation and neatness. First prize was restaurants.” awarded to Finn Howard (bottom right). Sanjay said “I hope that one day one of Second Place was awarded to Lottie Shipp these young chefs will cook in my (middle right). Third Prize was awarded to kitchen.” Sanjay has been cooking for 16 Sarah Mitchell (top right). What was years. He decided to start cooking at the unusual about Finn’s dishes was that they age of 16. The reason he started cooking were all vegan. Finn became vegan 18 was because he always felt hungry and months ago and said “I have been a with cooking he gets to taste things. vegetarian for most of my life but wanted to go the extra mile for the There are 4 rounds of the Young Chef animals. I entered Young Chef to prove to Competition: a school round and a district people that a Vegan meal does not just round which are both being held at consist of rabbit food!” Finn cooked Richard Lander School. These will be Polenta on a Bean Sprout Salad, Sliced followed by a regional round at Cornwall Seitan – a meat substitute – in Spicy College and the Grand Final will be held in Tomato Sauce with Homemade Pasta and Dumfries in Scotland. Mollie Foster from Asparagus, followed by Caramelised 2 RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL WEEKLY BULLETIN : 17th28th May November 2013 2013 3 3 vaccinated, immunisation lasts ten years, 'Mega Mince Pie Monday', and a concert Uganda News - November so it would probably be a good idea to get from the Pearl of Africa Youth Choir who it booked in sooner rather than later, just come from Uganda and are touring to be on the safe side Cornish schools this month. They will be at Richard Lander School this Friday at Students Raise £890 for 7:00 pm—do come and see them! Ugandan Partner Schools by The bag packing event was a huge success Bag Packing at Tesco breaking all previous Richard Lander Bag Packing Records, raising a staggering £890 Report by Zak Minett - a phenomenal start to the year. Thank you to Mrs Griffiths and Miss Fewster, and N ovember has seen all schools of course all the students who donated involved kick starting the fundraising S everal students and teachers from their Sunday to raising money for charity, effort in style. The Halloween Bake Sale at Richard Lander, Falmouth School and resulting in an impressive haul! RLS raised a spooky £71 and the very Truro College have joined forces to raise popular Toffee Apple Tuesday raised money for our partner schools in Uganda. Watch out for the next £46.50 in just 20 minutes, with all our Richard Lander School aims to raise Uganda in school fundraising baked goods selling like, well, hot cakes. A £20,000 this year to develop new huge thanks to all those who contributed! kitchens, hand out learning resources event …. Another massive "thank you" needs to go such as books, and deliver mosquito nets, out to Tesco in Truro for hosting a bag amongst many other things. packing event on Sunday the 24th. I n December we will be continuing the Uganda goers from all schools attended as The students hoped to raise money by bag sugar based fundraising effort with well as many generous members of the packing at Tesco last Sunday, with the day another "Toffee Apple Tuesday" (a little year 7, 8 and 9 Fundraising Club. All being split into two different shifts, from unseasonal, but back by popular demand) packers worked very hard indeed and 9:30 - 12:30, and 12:30 to 4:00 with on Tuesday December 10th and a "Mega raised a whopping £890! The most a students being able to choose the shift Mince Pie Monday" on Monday the 16th. Uganda bag pack has ever raised. Really, they participated in, with some opting to If you're able to get involved by baking or very well done to all packers, in particular do the whole day. The Richard Lander even providing a few shop bought mince Zak Minett and Jacob Moran who stayed team of bag packers, made up mostly of pies, any donations are very welcome. all day and aren't even eligible to go to year 7s, 8s, and 9s, were aided and Just bring all the tasty goods to room 125 Uganda for another two years! supervised by Mrs Griffiths and Miss on the morning of the event. You can find In other, non-fundraising news, one Fewster. some recipe student has already been to the doctor to enquire about vaccinations.