Rossett News Update - 26 April 2024
Headteacher Friday 5 Awards
Well done to all of the students who received a Friday 5 Headteacher's 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:
- Evie Rowland
- Harvey Pollard
- Jake Lamb
- Tilly Bradley
- William Gosper
- Yusuf Ula
- Zahra Mahmood
- Aurora Catania
- Callum Handley
Acoustic Night
Congratulations on a fantastic performance to all of our students who took part in our Acoustic Night last night. Our thanks go to those parents/carers and family members who attended and provided a warm and enthusiastic audience. It was a brilliant evening with lots of 'stand out' performances with music ranging from Taylor Swift to Sonny Rollins, and all points in between.
It was great to see students performing both as soloists and as part of our extracurricular groups from Year 7 all the way through to Year 13. The Music Department would like to say a special thank you to Patrick Fleming (Year 13) who took up the baton of conductor of our Concert Band; it was his last concert here at Rossett and we wish him the best of luck in the future. As ever, our thanks go to Mr Durbin and supporting staff who made last night's performance possible.
Drama Department news...
Last week over 25 members of staff went to Harrogate Theatre to watch a performance of 'Sister Act' which stared our very own Drama teacher, Mrs Buxey. It was great to see some of our former students treading the boards too, displaying such amazing talent. We were delighted that lots of current Rossett students and their families attended the performances and we hope, if you managed to attend, you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Also last week, Mrs McLurg hosted a rewards evening for over 60 students who have given outstanding commitment to rehearsals for our school production of High School Musical JR. The students enjoyed a 'movie and treat night' and they all had a fantastic, fun evening. We will provide more information about the performances and how to get tickets shortly.
Sixth Form Date Reminders:
Year 13 Graduation Ceremony - Thursday 9th May: The Year 13 Graduation Ceremony takes place on Thursday 9th May in the Main Hall. The ceremony will take place from 6.00pm to 7.30pm (approx), with refreshments from 5.30pm in the Blue Dining Hall.
Year 13 Study Leave - Friday 10th May: Year 13 study leave follows the Graduation Ceremony therefore students will not be in school from Friday 10th May onwards.
Sixth Form Taster Day - Friday 21st June: We are holding a 'Sixth Form Taster Day' after the completion of the GCSE exams for our current Year 11 students. Further details will be provided nearer the time.
Lunch Menu
Next week's fixtures...
PE Stars of the week...
PE STARS of the week go to Isabella Asmussen, Jacob Chase, Clara Doyland, Callum Handley, Adam Hill, Julia Juszczyk, Amelia McGlone and Glorisa Neziri for their outstanding contribution to PE and consistently demonstrating our Rossett 5Rs values. The students will be receiving double points for being exceptional learners #ASPIRE #RemarkableRossett
Community notices...
Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity Summer Extravaganza Featuring It’s A Knockout 2024
Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity (HHCC) invite you to our upcoming Summer Extravaganza Featuring It’s A Knockout taking place on Sunday 30 June 2024 from 10:00am - 3:00pm at Harrogate Railway Athletic F.C. HHCC is the registered charity for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT). We fund specialist equipment, training and services; going above and beyond the provision of the NHS to help enhance treatment and facilities for patients, their families and staff.
We wish to welcome you and your students, their friends, families and staff to this amazing family fun filled day. We will have sweet and savoury food options, drink and entertainment available, with our main attraction being teams taking on the It’s A Knockout challenge so why not come along and support your Knockout Heroes along with your local NHS? In between waves, we encourage you to play on our range of game stalls and bouncy castle, visit shopping stalls and have fun with our face painting.
Please see the attached posters to share across students, faculty and friends. If you would like printed out versions sent to you then please respond to hdft.hhcc@nhs.net and let us know the quantity and location for these to be posted out?
The event is free to attend for all ages however if you wish to donate, please go to our website here
It’s A Knockout – Why not take part in the Fun, Foam and Fundraising!
We are looking for local companies, groups, teams and organisations to join in the fun. Teams of 10 people will go head to head and take on the challenge, competing to be crowned ‘It’s A Knockout’ Champions 2024. Work together to complete the inflatable team based challenges, why not create teams between different faculties to take on your colleagues for some friendly competition? There are two waves available to choose from with limited availability. Hurry and register now to avoid disappointment!
To complete this fun filled challenge it is £25 per person which can be fundraised for on your own personalised Virtual Donation Page. All proceeds received go towards making life changing differences to staff, patients and families here at #teamHDFT. You can sign up as an individual or a Team; we would love for you to get involved. It’s A Knockout is catered to most fitness levels, however all participants must be aged 16 or above. For more information and to sign up, go to our websites here
What's happening this half term...
Thursday 2 May and Friday 3 May
- Year 11 Performing Arts Final Exam
Thursday 9 May
- Year 13 Graduation Celebration
