Rossett News Update - 9 December 2022

Winter Warmer Concert

Last night we were delighted to welcome parents and carers to our annual Winter Warmer music concert.  Seventy talented musicians were involved in last night's performances who had all committed time to rehearsals over recent weeks.

Students from Years 7  to 13 were involved in the evening, and the array of talent on display was outstanding - from our extracurricular ensembles to some wonderful solo performances.  Festive refreshments were served and students and staff wore festive jumpers and headgear.  We were also delighted with the addition of some short drama pieces this year.  Thank you to everyone who took part.

Uniform letter

An important letter about uniform was sent out today about uniform.  Please ensure you read it, as it sets out our expectations for January 2023.  Click here to read it.

Influenza Childhood Immunisation Programme 2022

A letter from the School Age Immunisation Team has been emailed to parents/carers of students in Years 7, 8 and 9 regarding the Influenza Immunisation Programme which will be delivered on 9 January 2023.

The School Age Immunisation Service has a new e-consent portal, and the letter gives details on how to provide e-consent on this new portal.  Click here for the parental letter.

 

Food Parcels for those in Need

We would like to inform all families that the school is currently in receipt of emergency food parcels that we are able to give to families who may be experiencing severe financial difficulty. The parcels are designed to provide enough food for a family for two days whilst other arrangements are made, such as a referral to a food bank. If you need to access this support, please do not hesitate to contact Dr C Reed (creed@rossettschool.co.uk) and we will arrange for one or more parcels to be delivered to you, depending on your situation. We will deal with your request confidentially. The Rossett School website also has an eligibility checker for assessing whether your child may qualify for Free School Meals. This is available in the link here.

Further support locally is available from: 

Harrogate District Food Bank provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to them in crisis. Click here for details.

Resurrected Bites is a community grocery in Harrogate and Knaresborough aimed at people in food poverty. They do not means test, but do chat with people before they sign up to make sure it is the right service for them. Shoppers can then choose the items they want (a set number from each category including fresh, chilled and frozen food and non-food items). People pay £3 or £6 depending on the size of the shop and get at least 10 times the value. Click here for details.

Christmas Jumper Day 2022

We saw some fantastic Christmas jumpers yesterday and received donations, via Scopay, for Save the Children. This fund-raising will help children in the UK and around the world in these particularly challenging times.  Thank you to everyone who joined in and donated. 

Yorkshire to Ukraine: Update

We have been overwhelmed by the support for our First Aid Club's 'Yorkshire to Ukraine' appeal which closed last week.  Ms Rogers (First Aid and Health Manager)  was joined by Mrs Wignall and Mrs White to organise the fantastic amount of clothes, bedding, sleeping bags, food and other essentials ready for shipment to Ukraine. 

The donated items will shortly be on their way to refugee camps across Ukraine to help people in need.  Thank you to everyone who donated and our First Aid Club for their continued support of the people of Ukraine.

News from the LRC

Please encourage your child to visit the Learning Resource Centre before the end of term so that they start the festive holidays with some exciting and inspiring reading material to enjoy. After consulting with student librarians and other students we have ordered some new books which will be available for the start of the new term.   A number of students have asked for a greater selection of crime stories so various titles by Agatha Christie and some brilliant Maigret books by Georges Simenon will be available from January.  Happy sleuthing everyone!

The Christmas holiday is an ideal time to encourage enthusiasm for reading for pleasure.  The third and final series of His Dark Materials begins next week on BBC 1. There is no better time to read or re-read the award winning and best selling books by Phillip Pullman.  Many of our most loved Christmas films are based on books and this can be a great way in to helping students discover books like A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens or The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit.

Where possible and affordable please think about buying books or book vouchers as Christmas presents for the children in your family.  This can really help develop a reading for pleasure habit that will benefit your child in so many different ways. 

Have a 'bookish' weekend everyone.

Christmas Lunch Meal Deal

On Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th  December our talented Executive Chef and his team will be presenting our Christmas menu. Christmas lunch will be served as always by our  Senior Leadership Team and the catering staff (hats and tinsel optional).  The Christmas meal deal (main and pudding) is £4, just a main course is £3.50 and just pudding is £1.  The Free School Meals allowance will be increased for these day in reflection of this.

Community Notice: Understanding your Child Workshops

Reminder:  Early finish on the last day of the Christmas term

We would like to remind you that, as always, Rossett School will finish the Christmas term early - this year on Friday 16 December at 2.10pm.  There will be a change to the scheduled lessons on this day and all school buses will arrive at school and drop off one hour earlier.

Exam Invigilators required for 2023

We are looking for additional exam invigilators to join our team for the external examinations this summer.  

Exams commence at 9.30am and 1.15pm and invigilators are expected to attend 15 minutes prior to the start of each exam. Invigilators may occasionally be asked to report earlier to help with the setting up of the larger exams. Training will be provided.

 If you think you may be interested in this type of role please call 01423 564444 and ask to speak to Gemma Kay (Exams Officer) or email Gkay@rossettschool.co.uk.

 

Current Vacancies

We have some exciting vacancies at Rossett School, including term-time only, non-teaching roles, and a full-year site team role. Click HERE for further details.

Lunch Menu

We know it is helpful for parents/carers to discuss the following week's lunch menu with their child.  We update our catering page each week to make this easier to access for all.  Please click HERE for next week's lunch menu.

What's happening this half term...

Thursday 15 December

• Year 7 Disco

Friday 16 December

• School closes for Christmas