Rossett News Update - 1 December 2023

Presentation Evening

We celebrated the success of last year's Year 11 students last night at our annual Presentation Evening.  Subject staff and parents/carers attended the event and were delighted to congratulate and celebrate the resilience and hard work of our students that resulted in their GCSE achievements.

Our guest speaker for the evening was James Porter,  an ex Rossett student who has seen life at Rossett from both sides, as a student and Head Prefect to a manager at our Sports Centre.  Having completed university, James now practices commercial law and commercial dispute resolution at a top-30 law firm.  James gave an inspirational speech before presenting GCSE, and BTEC certificates, and awards and trophies to special winners on the night.  

Meg Rowlands gave a fantastic performance of 'Strange' by Celeste, and Tristan Holdsworth  (Head Prefect) gave a vote of thanks to all who attended the evening.  Well done to all of our award winners!

Bad Weather Arrangements Reminder

With the onset of colder weather and the prospect of snow, we would like to remind you that if we need to contact you about inclement weather and possible school closure we will do so via email and text message.  If any of your contact numbers or email address has recently changed please update it via our Bromcom parent portal 'My Child at School' to ensure that these messages reach you. Thank you for your assistance.

Headteacher Friday 5 Awards

Well done to all of the students who received a Friday 5 Headteachers Award this week.  These students have been nominated by members of staff for exemplifying Rossett School's 5Rs culture of  learning.  This week's winners are:

• Ella Jones
• Oliver Worrall
• Alyssa King
• Akshay Gurubilli
• Pratha Devke
• Glorisa Neziri
• Ammarah Kaleem
• Emelia Marjanovic

Congratulations Chloe!

Chloe Pomeroy (Year 8) is the first student this term to have collected a full set of our exceptional learner tokens - including our new Extra Curricular one!  Chloe met with Mr Milburn today and received a special Rossett badge to reflect her hard work and will be one of the first recipients of our 'Remarkable' token (watch this space for more information about this in coming weeks).  Chloe is now committed to collecting a whole new set of tokens.

Please remind your child if they have received all tokens to let their Form Tutor know.

Winter Warmer Concert, Thursday 14 December

Rossett Arts Faculty is delighted to let you know that we are, once again, hosting our 'Winter Warmer' concert on Thursday 14 December from 6.30pm in the Main Hall.   The concert will feature performances by our extra-curricular music ensembles and solo performances which reflect the amazing talent of our students - it promises to be another great evening and Year 7 students have been working extremely hard in their music lessons over recent weeks.  Year 7 parents/carers received full details about the event by letter this week.   Tickets are available from today and can be purchased online via SCOPAY where they can be found under, 'trips & events'. Adult tickets are priced at £4  and includes a mince pie and festive non-alcoholic punch. 

Final Reminder:  Flu Vaccinations

The flu vaccine is being offered to all students from Reception to Year 11 again this autumn/winter.  The nasal flu vaccine not only protects your child from the flu but also protects family and friends - especially those who are elderly, young babies, or those who have serious health conditions.  The nasal flu vaccine is very affective at reducing the spread of flu and is painless to administer. 

The Yorkshire Immunisation Team are visiting Rossett School on 6 and 7 December 2023. To give consent for your child to have the flu vaccine, please click HERE.  Even if you do not wish for your child to have the vaccine, please complete the online form so that your wishes can be recorded.

Click HERE to read more information about the flu vaccination for your child.

Year 7 Disco: Payment Reminder

We are looking forward to our annual PTA Year 7 Disco next week which takes places after school on Thursday 7 December.  If your child would like to attend and has not yet paid, please do so by 12pm on Sunday 3 December to ensure that catering requirements can be me on the day.

Reminder: First Aid Club Christmas Collection for Ukraine

As part of their on-going fundraising campaign, Rossett First Aid Club are, once again,  organising a collection on behalf of 'Yorkshire to Ukraine'.  This local charity is seeking donations (listed below) and aims to deliver them to refugee camps and people in need in the Ukraine.  

Items must be in good, clean, useable condition. The charity are looking for warm clothing, bedding, duvets, children's clothing, toys, baby items, cleaning products, sanitary items, toiletries, tinned and long life foods, pet food, hats and gloves. All items must be received by 15 December.  The drop-off point for donations is our First Aid department behind main reception. Thank you for your support with this worthwhile charity.

Next week's fixtures...

PE Stars of the week

PE STARS of the week go to Sofiah Clayton, Sam Cawte, Ryan Green,  Immy Irving, Ashley Jack, Imogen Poxon and  Ben Tetley for their outstanding contribution to PE, consistently demonstrating the 5Rs. The students will be receiving double points for being exceptional learners #ASPIRE #RemarkableRossett

Community Notices...

North Yorkshire FEAST Activities and Help for Households

• Click FEAST Activities for school holiday activities
• Click Help for Households if you need to access support due to the cost of living increase

Squash Event

Soroptimist Young Woman in the Community Awards: Deadline extended

What's happening this term...

Thursday 7 December

• Year 7 Disco organised by Rossett PTA

Wednesday 13 December

• Whole School Careers Fair 9am-1pm 

Thursday 14 December

• Winter Warmer Concert: Main Hall

Friday 15 December

• Christmas Jumper Day 

Wednesday 20 December

• Festive Christmas Lunch

Friday 22 December

• Last day of term: Finish at 2.00pm