Rossett News Update - 16 June 2023
Rossett Heroes
Our Rossett Heroes this week are: Alexander Dall in Year 8, along with Ollie Robinson, Grace Owen, Olivia Smith, Mollie Coxon, Georgie Wood, Joe Dixon, Jacob Norton and Harry Galton in Year 10.
Harry, Jacob, Joe, Georgie, Mollie, Olivia and Grace were nominated by the PE department because of their actions last Saturday as part of a transition event, introducing our next Year 7 cohort to the school. Mr O’Sullivan wrote that, ‘The day was a great success, partly due to the weather but mostly down to the superb dedication, enthusiasm and leadership of our Year 10 Sports Leaders. All seven of the students gave up their Saturday to not only support Team PE but to also be the approachable and kind role models that we know them to be. Each and every one of them represented Rossett brilliantly in front of the new students and their parents. Without our Sports Leaders, days like that just would not be possible.’ We are incredibly grateful for your efforts guys, and rumour has it you even helped to look after Mr O’Sullivan’s son too! What a wonderful set of selfless people, we are all really proud of you!
Ollie Robinson was nominated by Mrs Phelps who witnessed an incident on her journey to work in which a member of the public had sadly collapsed at a bus stop. From her car, Mrs Phelps saw Ollie cross the road to go and see if he could offer any assistance to the adults who were already at the scene. This is the sort of behaviour we love to see from our students, especially when they are outside of school in their uniform. Ollie, for being an outstanding ambassador for Rossett in our community, you are a Rossett Hero!
Alexander Dall was nominated by Mr Bulmer for being, ‘a really polite young man who opens doors for you and asks how you are doing and how your day is going. I witnessed Alexander asking a number of members of staff how they are.’ Alexander, for clearly demonstrating one of our core values of respect and for simply being a nice person, you are a deserving Rossett Hero!
To find our next Rossett Heroes, we need you! Do you know of any member of the Rossett community that deserves recognition as a Rossett Hero? No matter how big or small you believe the act to be, we want to hear from you - every nominated person will be recognised and congratulated even if they don't make it into the newsletter that particular week.
Please email Mr Otway aotway@rossettschool.co.uk if you have witnessed or experienced an act of kindness that we might not be aware of.
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." - Scott Adams
Unfortunately not all of our Heroes were available to be photographed this week.
Headteacher Friday 5 Awards
Well done to all of the students who received a Headteachers Award this week. These students have been nominated by members of staff and the Headteacher for exemplifying Rossett School's 4Rs culture of learning. This week's winners are:
Yngrid Espinal (Year 7) Jon Davison (Year 8)
Junior Mandizha (Year 8) Phillip Godley (Year 9)
Zoe Cooper (Year 8) Ruby Smith (Year 10)
New Sixth Form Leadership Team Appointed
Rossett students have elected a new Sixth Form Leadership Team after a very close-run race. Sixth Form students canvassed votes across Year 12, took part in hustings and produced a campaign video with their election pledges. The following students were elected after student and staff votes were counted:
Head Boy: Tristan Holdsworth Head Girl: Eva Bailey
Deputy Head Boy: Patrick Fleming Deputy Head Girl: Leila Buono
In taking up these important roles the students will gain valuable leadership, teamwork, public speaking and organisational skills; they will be a key link between students and staff and will be involved in a wide range of development opportunities. Their first assignment is to plan and deliver the final Sixth Form Interform competition of the year - congratulations and good luck to them in their endeavours.
Year 6 Transition Event
On Saturday 10th June, we welcomed current Year 6 students, who will be joining Rossett School in September 2023, for a fun mini-sports transition event. The weather was fantastic and the students had a fabulous time getting to know lots of their new class mates. They took part in a range of sports activities organised by our sports faculty and supported by our Sports Leaders from Year 10. Our Sports Leaders did an excellent job looking after the students, who were organised into teams.The teams then got to play football, rounders, volleyball, dodgeball and retro sports.
Our catering team served refreshments to the families and siblings who had come along to support, and pizza and chips was provided to the participants at lunchtime. It was a fun-packed, busy day and at the end of the event, the students went home (probably tired!) with a Rossett water bottle and bag as a memento for their participation.
We look forward to meeting them again on the Induction Days in July.
American Exchange 2023
Our visiting students from Maine, USA have continued their exchange in more glorious Yorkshire weather this week. The students enjoyed visiting many of our local tourist attractions with their host families and Rossett staff including, Harewood House, Knaresborough and Whitby - to name but a few! They also took part in some fun, teambuilding activities at our Sports Centre last weekend.
The students had the opportunity to experience lessons in school today and followed a special timetable which included Science, Drama and Maths lessons to get a taste for school life in the UK. The visit concludes on Monday evening with a 'Pot Luck Dinner' before we wish them 'bon voyage' for their journey back to America and their families.
Rossett School's 50th Anniversary
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations we would like to celebrate the success of our former students and would like to invite anyone interested in joining the ranks of the Rossett School Alumni to share their stories and life experiences with us by emailing alumni@rossettschool.co.uk. Look out for more news about our celebrations later in the year.
UCAS and Apprenticeship Events for Year 12
On Thursday this week, 70 Year 12 students attended the UCAS Discovery Event at Leeds Beckett University. Students attended an exhibitor fair, which included 121 universities, alongside employers, apprenticeship providers and the armed forces. Students also visited a number of seminars on specific areas, from 'How to make your application stand out' to 'Understanding student finance', to specific subjects, including Law, History, Physiotherapy, Engineering and Sport Management.
In addition, Year 12 students had an assembly and Period 1 with a guest speaker from Ask Apprenticeships today. Students learnt about what apprenticeships are and what they involve, how they differ from degree apprenticeships, the expectations of employers and got an insight into a range of different apprenticeship sectors.
Each week this half term, Year 12 students are covering different areas of Post -18 progression as part of the form time programme. Personal Development lessons are covering areas including UCAS applications, writing personal statements and searching for university and apprenticeship opportunities via Unifrog. In addition, week commencing 10th July, Year 12 students will be completing their work experience placements.
Rossett 'Trade' Talks
25 Year 10 students attended a talk today led by Harrogate College Head of Programme: Construction, Matt Cattle. Students were able to find out more about Harrogate College and more specifically the range of construction courses available as part of their career planning. Students demonstrated an excellent attitude and asked Mr Cattle some interesting questions.
In addition to this, over 35 Year 10 students will attend the Harrogate College Taster Day in two weeks time to experience college life first-hand.
Year 10 End of Year Assessments
Our Year 10 end of year assessments will take place between Monday 26th June and Friday 7th July The assessments for all core subjects (English, Maths and Science) and some option subjects will take place in the Sports Hall in order to provide students experience of this environment prior to their mock exams next year. The remaining option subjects' assessments will take place in classrooms in normal lesson time during this period. A letter with further details and the assessment timetable was sent to parent/carers of Year 10 students this morning.
Fantastic Competition Winner
Anna Sorokina in Year 7 was announced as the winner of our Legally Blonde design a poster competition today. The competition was open to all key stage 3 students and over 150 entries were received. Anna won a WH Smith voucher and chocolates and her poster can be seen around school advertising our brilliant production. Well done, Anna!
New Extracurricular Clubs
Important Reminder for Year 8 and Year 9 Parents/Carers: Childhood Immunisation
Thank you for your continued support with the childhood immunisation programme.
The Immunisation Service is planning to visit Rossett on 22 June 2023 to deliver the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccinations to students in Year 8 and Year 9. The consent portal is now open:
Vaccination Consent (hdftsais.co.uk)<https://www.hdftsais.co.uk/Forms/HPV>. The school code HD136896
Find us on Facebook
Following suggestions from our recent Rossett News survey we are adding news and features to our new Facebook page. Search 'Rossett School' and keep up to date with all of our news. In particular, this week, it has lots more pictures of our wonderful American exchange activities.
Next Week's Fixtures
Lunch Menu
Congratulations to...
- Will Pattison (Year 10) who has been selected for the Yorkshire Cricket Performance Pathway and will play in a number of matches for Yorkshire over the summer.
Please note:
Rossett School will close at 2.10pm on the last day of the summer term, Friday 21 July 2023.
What's happening this half term...
Tuesday 20 June
- Music Trip Parents' Meeting, Sixth Form 7.00pm
Wednesday 21 June and Thursday 22 June
- School production: Legally Blonde
Thursday 22 June
- HPV Vaccinations for Years 8 and 9
Friday 23 June
- Battlefields Trip departs
Tuesday 27 June
- Battlefields trip returns
Wednesday 28 June
- Year 12 The Royal Society of Biology Annual Schools' Quiz - Myerscough College
- Year 11 Prom
Friday 30 June
- Music Tour to Belgium departs
Monday 3 July
- Music Tour returns
Wednesday 5 July
- Year 13 Prom
Friday 7 - Sunday 9 July
- DofE Silver qualifying expedition
Monday 10 July
- Year 12 Work Experience Week
- DofE Bronze qualifying expedition
Tuesday 11 July
- DofE Bronze qualifying expedition returns
Wednesday 12 July
- Year 6 Induction Day
Thursday 13 July
- Year 6 Induction Day
Tuesday 18 July
- Year 7 and Year 8 rewards trip to Flamingo Land
Wednesday 19 July
- Year 9 and Year 10 rewards trip to Flamingo Land
Thursday 20 July
- Sports Day
Friday 21 July
- Last day of summer term: school closes at 2.10pm
