The Rydes Hill Times - Rydes Hill Preparatory School

Spring Term, Issue 115
Friday February 8th 2013
The Rydes Hill Times
… our newsletter
keeping parents in touch
DIARY DATES
Letter from the Headmistress
Week beginning 4th February
Pupil Council Meeting—1.00pm
Tues
5th
Thurs
7th
Orchestral Extravaganza at St
George’s College, Weybridge
Upper Transition Assembly,
Chinese New Year—10.10am
(parents welcome)
U10 & U11 Netball v St Teresa’s
(venue tbc) —4.15pm
Fri 8th
Lower Transition Coffee Morning—
8.30am
Dear Parents,
The children enjoyed the recent snow while the staff and I
were relieved that school
stayed open! Huge thanks to
all those who helped clear
paths and made such an effort
to get to school. Special
thanks to father Mr Morgan,
who spent an entire day clearing paths and snow for us. We
hope you enjoy the photographs on pages 4-5.
Week beginning 11th February
Tues
12th
Weds
13th
Parent Consultation Meetings
Ash Wednesday Mass—9.00am
(parents welcome, refreshments
afterwards in Dining Hall)
Friends’ Committee Meeting—
7.45pm
Thurs
14th
Fri
15th
Parent Consultation Meetings
Upper Transition Coffee Morning—
8.30am
Upper Transition Cake Sale—
3.15pm
18th—22nd FEB: HALF TERM
Yet again this year our Form
One girls have not only been
accepted to their chosen senior schools but from the class
of 14 girls, five scholarships
have been attained.
Congratulations to the girls as
follows:
Abby H—Major Academic
Scholarship to Farnborough
Hill
Eve C—Major Academic Scholarship to Prior’s Field
Sofia F—Drama Scholarship to
Prior’s Field
Josie M—Sports Scholarship to
St Teresa’s
Abby H—Major Academic Scholarship to Tormead
All these girls have been at
Rydes Hill since Nursery/Kindergarten, so congratulations are also due to our wonderful staff team.
The Lower Preparatory cake
sale on 25th January raised
£166—well done everyone!
Thank you to Deputy Chairman
of Governors Mrs Kate Osborne, for arranging bouquets
of flowers for Valentine’s Day in
aid of our charity of the year,
Transform. We hope many of
you are lucky enough to receive
these beautiful arrangements!
We were recently pleased to
receive the photograph above
from the Fossati family in Italy.
Everything is going well for
them after their relocation and
they write as follows:
“We definitely miss you, the
fantastic staff and the unique
Rydes Hill atmosphere. The
kids sometimes ask ‘Why did
Week beginning 25th February
Tues
26th
Swimming Gala at St Teresa’s (F1,
HP & MP)—4.15pm
Weds
27th
Lower & Middle Prep class outing
to Alice Holt Outdoor Centre
Fri 1st
Mar
Sat
2nd
Mar
we leave England? We wanted
to stay there!’—a few days ago
Alexia was so excited to see a
picture of the Queen on the
internet that ‘It’s Queen Elizabeth!’ she exclaimed, just as if
she had seen a beloved member of our family!”
Wishing you all a happy, restful
weekend, God bless,
Headmistress
Alice A joins
MENSA
We are delighted to report
that Nursery pupil Alice A has
become one of the youngest
members of MENSA, after IQ
testing revealed her to have a
formal IQ of 162—which is
“similar to that of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawkins”!
Lower Prep Coffee Morning—
8.30am
Second Hand Uniform Shop
open—2.30 to 4.00pm
U13 Netball Tournament at Holy
Trinity
Ballet Examinations
Greetings from David & Alexia
from an equally snowy Italy!
The girls making some new friends at lunch time in the snow!
Congratulations Alice, we are
all very proud of you!
— Mrs Bell
2: Netball & Dance 3: Merit Assembly 4-5: Snow Pictures 7: Cross-country 8: Silver Book & Children’s Section
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Page 2
U11 and U10 Netball v St Catherine’s
First match of the Spring Term
report!
After the dreadful weather at
the beginning of term which
resulted in two matches and
our U10 tournament being cancelled, we finally swung into
action with U11 and U10 Netball matches against St Catherine's on the 29th January at
Rydes Hill.
The U11's were playing fast and
skilful opponents and are to be
commended for maintaining
their determined effort right to
the end. The lack of practice
due to both the weather and
entrance exams contributed to
the U11's not getting into their
stride quickly enough. By the
final quarter, the U11's had
narrowed the scoring gap but
overall lost 5-16.
The U10's played good steady
Netball and had bursts of outstanding downcourt passing
which resulted in goals. They
are all to be commended for
their team commitment in both
attack and defence and for
carrying on despite falls and
injuries! They thoroughly deserved their winning result of
10-6. Very well played girls!
Thank you to all the parents
who provided the team teas
and grateful thanks to Mrs
Chapman who set up the teas
so beautifully in the Hall and
then to the spectating parents
who had to move it all down to
the dining room! Thank you as
well to Mr Rob for setting up
and taking down the floodlights.
Thrinethra performing at the Bhavan
Thrinethra took part last weekend
in the Founder’s Day performance
at Bhavan London, the largest institute for Indian art and culture outside India itself.
There she danced with a group of
adults in an intricately choreographed, five-minute display of
traditional dance technique, in
what was a stunning performance.
If we are lucky she may be dancing
her part again for us at an assembly in the near future, but in the
meantime enjoy these stills from
the video of the show!
Well done, Thrinethra!
— Mrs Bell
— Mrs V Henry
Page 3
Merit Assembly Achievements
Congratulations to the following
girls on their achievements in
Speech & Drama, Ballet, Swimming, Singing and Music:
Georgia C
Ella C
Lottie B
Lauren S
Scarlet
Lucy P
Leila M
Georgia S
Well done also to Isla M for gaining a Distinction in her Grade Two
Modern Dance exam!
She was the youngest student in
her class, so should be specially
congratulated for achieving this
highest exam honour.
Georgia C, Ella C, Lily D, Maisie A, Lottie B, Lauren S and
Scarlet B gained awards in Speech & Drama
Lucy P
Scarlet A
Layla M and Georgia S with their trophies
Page 4
RYDES HILL IN THE SNOW!
The girls made not just snowmen, but
even an igloo from the fresh snowfall!
Mrs Dawood, Mrs Baker and Mrs
Pillar doing a bit of unexpected
snow-shovelling from the paths!
Page 5
RYDES HILL IN THE SNOW!
All wrapped up warm
for playing in the
frosty weather!
Impressive icicles
outside the staff
room window
Page 6
Lower Preparatory helping Kindergarten with reading & writing
Lower Preparatory spent
some time helping
Kindergarten with their
reading and writing skills
Photographs taken by Mrs Barnes
Page 7
Autumn 2012 Netball Results Summary
DATE
OPPONENTS
TEAMS
RESULTS
19.09.2012
St Teresa’s (H)
U11A
LOST 6-12
27.09.2012
St Teresa’s (A)
U10A
WON 5-0
02.10.2012
Queen Eleanor’s (H)
U11A
LOST 3-7
U10A
WON 12-0
U11A
LOST 6-11
U10A
LOST 3-8
U9A
LOST 1-6
U9B
WON 3-2
U9A
LOST 1-14
U9B
WON 3-2
16.10.2012
18.10.2012
06.11.2012
13.11.2012
15.11.2012
22.11.2012
St Catherine’s (H)
St Teresa’s (H)
St Hilary’s (A)
Guildford High
Tournament
U10 Squad
Hoebridge
LOST 0-5
Amesbury
LOST 0-9
Tormead
WON 7-0
Notre Dame
WON 8-0
Holy Trinity
LOST 4-5
St George’s
WON 5-2
Holy Trinity (H)
Tormead (A)
U10A
LOST 3-6
U10B
WON 10-0
U11A
WON 5-3
U10A
WON 9-4
Cross-country
On Friday 1 February our cross country finally
got off to a good start, and after all the bad
weather the sun was shining for us!
With eight enthusiastic
and excited runners, we
set off to run on
Whitmore Common. Mr
Sutcliff headed off with
the top group running at
a very good pace and
Mrs Chapman took the
middle group close behind, while Mrs Morris
and her group paced
themselves.
After meeting with the
first muddy patch all
caution was lost and the
girls laughed and
squealed their way round the course. I apologise
to all parents if they could not recognise their
muddy daughters at the end, but we did have so
much fun. Hopefully at this
rate we will all be fit and
ready to run at our next
cross-country meet!
If you have not signed up
for cross-country and
would like to give it a try,
please fill out the necessary form and come join
us on a Friday afternoon
from 3:40- 4:45pm.
Well done to all the brave
girls, you were champions.
— Mrs D Morris
Page 8
Silver Book
House Points
25th January 2013
Week ending 25th January 2013
Excellent Work
Sophia S
Priya T
Josephine T
Leonie
Anastasia P
Zara
Sophie C
Excellent Conduct
Shakthi
Gloria
Amelia H
Maddie M
Lola
Julia B
Anjali T
French Girdle
Chloe R for excellent spoken and written French
Music Award
Serra for wonderful work in music lessons
Physical Education Award
Dixie for excellent gymnastics this week
Science Award
Thrinethra for excellent research skills
Special Girdle
Attaining scholarships for senior schools: Abby H,
Eve C, Sofia F and Josie M
CHILDREN’S
SECTION
CAMPION
95
GERALD
106
PATRICIA
97
PETER
102
Winner — GERALD
18th January 2013
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
WISHES TO:
February
CAMPION
174
GERALD
129
PATRICIA
132
PETER
98
2nd
Fatoumatta
5th
Grace
6th
Duha
*********
Week ending 18th January 2013
Excellent Work
Jackson
Rose M
Francesca H
Lilly D
Maria-Luisa
Evie C
Excellent Conduct
Temisha
Ellie C
Lily S
Serra
Virginia
Thrinethra
French Girdle
Hajin for super listening and participation
Physical Education Award
Jackson for excellent overarm throwing in PE
Science Award
Zara for her wonderful model description of solids, liquids and gases
Special Girdle
Maddie H for bravery
Aurora
7th
Priya
Winner — CAMPION
14th Lauren K
11th January 2013
CAMPION
80
GERALD
95
16th Francesca H
21st Georgia S
22nd Sophie D
PATRICIA
116
PETER
86
23rd Dido
26th Anjali B
*********
Week ending 11th January 2013
Excellent Work
Lilian
Amelia G
Daniela
Lottie B
Olivia H-M
Blair
Sofia F
Excellent Conduct
Jiha
Abigail L
Maude
Maisy
Andrea
Olivia S
Lauren K
French Girdle
Abby H for super oral French and correct use of
masculine and feminine
Music Award
Josephine T for excellent piano practice during
the Christmas holidays
Physical Education Award
Jessica T for beautiful gymnastics skills this week
Science Award
Olivia H-M for spotting springs!
Special Girdle
Oliver for bravery
Winner — PATRICIA
Thoughts for the Week
Lord, help us to remember that the
important things in life are love,
friendship and honesty;
and that all the money and material
things in the world will not make us
happy if we are not right in ourselves.
Give us each day a sense of how You
would like us to be; so that we may use
our lives in a way that pleases You.
27th Lilia