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RICHARD LANDER SCHOOL

WEEKLY BULLETIN

20th September 2013

Important Dates for your Diary

SEPTEMBER MONDAY 23RD - THURSDAY 26TH Year 11 Progress Reviews THURSDAY 26TH Year 10 Work Experience Meeting for Parents 5pm - 6pm in the Main Hall MONDAY 30TH / TUESDAY 1ST OCTOBER Year 7 Art Gallery Visits to St Ives and Penzance L Population on Monday R Population on Tuesday MONDAY 30TH / TUESDAY 1ST OCTOBER Year 7 CATS MONDAY 30TH - FRIDAY 4th OCTOBER European Day of Languages celebrations

OCTOBER WEDNESDAY 2ND Year 7 French Hat Day THURSDAY 3RD Year 7 Parent Information Evening - Find out how Maths and English are taught and assessed at RLS. SATURDAY 5TH 10am - 1pm Jazz Band and Recorder Group Rehearsal MONDAY 14TH & WEDNESDAY 16TH Year 10 Photography and Art Trips to St Ives THURSDAY 17TH Truro College information Evening for Richard Lander School students and parents/ carers THURSDAY 17TH - FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER Year 10/11 American Exchange - RLS Students visit Mechanicsburg

Dear Parents, As you will be aware, this is a time of deep sadness for the whole school community. The bereavement of one of our Year 11 students has left us feeling a sense of loss which is difficult to comprehend. I have written separately to parents and have also detailed the support which is on offer to students. During this very difficult time, many of our students and staff represented the school at the Year 6 Open Evening this Thursday. Many I thank them for their strength and fortitude during this time. Yours sincerely, Steve Mulcahy Headteacher

The ARK students had a fantastic time transforming the tarmac surface of their new playground (Sorry Mr Mulcahy)! Students used the theme 'Fire-works' and took inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh 'Starry Night'. Students worked together to create a very bright colourful night sky that filled their playground, we hope you like their work! Miss Bone - Art Teacher

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Mr Beech, Mr Pascoe (Governor), and Mandy Kimmins nominated in the West Briton Community Awards Shortlist! Friends of Richard Lander have

featured prominently in this years West Briton Community Awards shortlist. Mr Beech, who teaches DT and also coordinates Student Leadership and Greenpower, has been nominated for Teacher of the Year for his fundraising events which inspire students. Mr Beech, pictured above, had his head shaved into a Chameleon Mohawk last term to raise money for our partner schools in Uganda, in one of many crazy fundraising events. Parent Governor, Mr Shaun Pascoe, has been nominated for the category of Charity Hero. He is a former RAF member and the visionary behind the Turn to Starboard charity, which helps servicemen or women by taking them sailing. Mandy Kimmins has been nominated for Sport Person of the Year. She is

instrumental in the organisation of our annual Year 9 & 10 Summer Ball, which she hosts at St Agnes Football Club. Many of the students will also know her from her management of the U16 St Agnes Boys Teams. She also runs and promotes women's and disabled peoples’ teams. We are sure you would love to vote for these fantastic folk! To vote please visit thisiscornwall.co.uk and search for Community Awards. There is an online form at the bottom of the article which you can use to vote. Unfortunately you will not be able to vote from school, as their system sees all applications from here as the same person trying to vote multiple times, but please vote from home instead!

New Books in the Library The School Library has lots of new books including :

Nine-year-old Mattie worries so much that her brain turns into spaghetti and gets all tangled up! Which isn’t surprising. In a family as big and crazy as hers, there’s always something to worry about! Will the seeds she planted in the gar-

den grow into fruit and veg like everyone promised? Why does it seem as if Grand-ma doesn’t like them sometimes? And what on earth is wrong with Mum? Fortu-nately, reassurance is always close at hand… The dynamics of family life are perfectly captured for younger audiences in this fantastic new series. No one asked Tom how he would feel about spending two months on his Aunt Millie's farm. Maybe that's because he would have said he didn't feel good about it at all. Tom doesn't like animals and they

don't like him — and now the city boy has to put up with stampeding baby lambs, boy-chasing chickens, and more. Worst of all, he's lonely. With no friends around, there isn't much for him to do besides explore the fields and nearby forest on his own. Then Tom sees a graceful black fox in the woods. Suddenly he finds he can spend hours watching her. Without even realizing it, he starts to become more comfortable with the power, beauty, and mysterious magic of the natural world, and to feel that he is a part of nature himself. When the lives of his fox and her cub are in danger, Tom knows that he has to do something.

Because a Fire Was in My Head is a collection of poems for children from authors as diverse as Spike Milligan, Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll and John Lennon. Selected by Michael Morpurgo and

illustrated by Quentin Blake, this lovely book encourages young readers to give free rein to their thoughts and feelings.

Marianne is a young girl who is bedridden with a long-term illness. She draws a picture to fill her time, and finds that she spends her dreams within the picture she has drawn. As time goes by

she becomes sicker and starts to spend more and more time trapped within her fantasy world, and her attempts to make things better by adding to and crossing out things in the drawing make things progressively worse. Her only companion in her dream world is a boy called Mark who is also a long-term invalid in the real world. KYBA Kernow Youth Book Awards 2014 The Bunker Diary - Kevin Brooks The Day I met Suzie – Chris Higgins North of Nowhere – Liz Kessler A Street Cat Names Bob – James Bowen Hero on a Bicycle – Shirley Hughes The Battles of Ben Kingdom – Andrew Beasley

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Paris 2014 The next instalment of £100 is due by

Friday 13th September.

Lunchtime Supervisor Required as soon as possible a Lunchtime Supervisor for 2hrs per day Monday - Friday 12.30-2.30pm. To assist and supervise students during the lunch break encouraging responsible and appropriate behaviour, ensuring the safety of pupils at all times. Male Teaching Assistant Required from Monday 4th November a Male Teaching Assistant to support a male student with both educational and physical needs including personal hygiene. This post is full time 37 hours per week. The post holder will be required to work a 30 minute duty each lunch time and also undertake first aid training. For application form &further details email [email protected]

Congratulations! To the following students on their recent competition success in the Charles Causley Poetry Competi-tion. 1st prize Sparkle Rice for Nightwalker 2nd prize Cortney Beer for My Mother Tells Me Highly Commended Nathan Lawrence for Sand Charlotte Allum for Ghostly Visions

Congratulations Melissa Reid - British, European and

World Champion Paratriathlete! Paratriathlete and ex-student, Melissa Reid has reflected on an incredible year

of success after winning two world titles in the space of a week. Melissa, who

competes in the Tri-6 category for visually impaired athletes which consists of a

750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run, won the World Aquathlon and the World

Paratriathlon Championships earlier this week. Melissa is a good friend of Mr

Webb, who keeps us up to date with her amazing achievements. Richard

Lander are committed to raising funds to support Melissa in her triathletic

journey.

Vacancies at Richard Lander School

Melissa Reid, pictured left, with her guide Nicole Walters

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/triathlon/24054540



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W e are delighted to confirm that we shall be running a French exchange visit to Le Collège St Joseph in Toulouse again next year for students currently in years 9 and 10. The proposed dates are: French students in the UK: Sunday 16th – Sunday 23rd March English students in France: Friday 28th March – Friday 4th April The cost of the exchange will be £350. This includes return coach travel to Bristol, return flights to Toulouse, a programme of activities in France, insurance, and staff supervision. Please speak to your French teacher if you would like an application form.

Competition Time! The Languages Department Presents

French Exchange 2014

French Exchange 2014

Mrs Towersey has published the lunchtime and after school activities brochure for the Autumn term. There is a huge variety of activities on offer to cater for every interest. Please go to richardlander.co.uk to view a copy online or pick up a paper copy from Student Reception.

What next?

Truro College are holding an information evening for Richard Lander

School students and their parents/carers on Tuesday 17th October at 7:30 pm Richard Lander Careers Fair will take place on Thursday 14th November from 4:30—6:30 pm. All students from years 9 - 11 and their parents/carers are invited.

Mrs B Stokes

Staff Inset Days and School Closure Days 2013/2014 (no pupils in school)

4th September 2013 25th October 2013 15th November 2013 6th December 2013 24th July 2014 Please note there is one change from the INSET days previously advertised on the school web-site

Word of the Week!

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Are you plagued by Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) Gremlins?

Worry no more! We are delighted to announce the launch of the RLS Guide to Literacy, a tool that

will help to conquer those gremlins and put them firmly back in their place. Every week there will

be a different tip in the bulletin to help support students who aren’t sure about their spelling

punctuation and grammar. The first one is all about that tricky little punctuation mark – the

apostrophe.

The apostrophe

The poor apostrophe suffers from a lot of abuse! Also known as the ‘greengrocer’s apostrophe’, it can often be seen

being used incorrectly for plurals such as:

Apple’s 65p per kilo

Lemon’s 60p each

That doesn’t mean that some greengrocers are the only ones who do this! If you look around, apostrophe abuse is very

common so it’s time to get it straightened out.

Apostrophes are used for two reasons: to show possession and omission.

The apostrophe of possession

This is to show belonging:

With a single owner, apostrophe ‘s’ is added to the owner

The cat’s tail (the tail belonging to the cat)

The class’s teacher (the teacher of the class)

James’s book (the book belonging to James. This can also be shown as James’ book.)

If the word for more than one owner doesn’t end in ‘s’, you still add apostrophe ‘s’ to the owner

The children’s toys

The men’s championship

When there is more than one owner and the word ends in ‘s’, add the apostrophe after the ‘s’

The cats’ tails (the tails of more than one cat)

The boys’ book (more than one boy but only one book)

What about ‘The boys rugby boots’? Without the apostrophe, it’s impossible to tell how many boys we are talking about.

The boy’s rugby boots (one boy)

The boys’ rugby boots (more than one boy)

The apostrophe of omission

This shows when letters are missing because words have been joined together (these are also known as contractions).

I can’t go (cannot go)

She’s very tired (She is)

I’ve got lots of homework (I have)

Do you have any requests for spelling, punctuation and grammar gremlins that you would like to see banished? If so,

please email your requests to

[email protected] with RLS Literacy in the subject header.

Mrs N Bone - Head of English

mailto:[email protected]

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GCSE Mathematics Linked Pair (Higher Level)

Revision Classes When and where?

There are 15 sessions altogether... If you are coming to a lunch-time session, make sure you get permission from your tutor and that they know where you are. If you attend an after school session, make sure your parents know and you will need to arrange transport home.

In the sessions we will revise…

Don’t dream of success. Wake up and work hard for it!

Thursday after school from 3.30 – 4.15 pm Room 224

Wednesday lunchtime from 1.35 – 2.20pm Room 223


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Topic 3:30 - 4:15

pm Topic 1:35 - 2:20pm

Multiply/divide decimals & negative numbers Thu 12 Sep Fractions Wed 18 Sep

Manipulate algebraic expressions Thu 19 Sep

Set up and solve linear equations Wed 25 Sep

Venn diagrams and set notation Thu 26 Sep Probability Wed 2 Oct

Circle theorems Thu 3 Oct y = mx +c, parallel & per-pendicular lines

Wed 9 Oct

Solve simultaneous equations

Thu 10 Oct Indices, standard form and surds

Wed 16 Oct

Sequences and nth term Thu 17 Oct Transformations Wed 23 Oct

Direct and inverse proportion

Thu 24 Oct Trigonometry Wed 6 Nov

Solve quadratic equations

Thu 7 Nov GCSE Exams Mon 11 Nov

Wed 13 Nov

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GCSE Mathematics

Revision Classes

for Foundation Exam

6 and 8 November 2013 When & where?

Come along to either session. Every week would be great.

If it’s a lunch-time session, make sure you get permission from your

tutor and that they know where you are.

If it’s an after school session, make sure your parents know and you will

need to arrange transport home.

In the sessions up to the exam students will revise:


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Tuesday lunch-time/tutor time

1.35 – 2.20 pm

Room

223

Wednesday after school

3.30 – 4.15 pm

Room

224

Success comes in ‘cans’ not ‘can’ts’

Date TOPIC

Tue 17/Wed 18 Sep Basic algebra

Tue 18/Wed 25 Sep Calculations, including estimating & rounding

Tue 1/Wed 2 Oct Percentages and fractions

Tue 8/Wed 9 Oct Solving equations

Tue 15/Wed 16 Oct Perimeter, area and volume

Tue 22/Wed 23 Oct Averages & range including stem & leaf

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Disclaimer: Whilst all efforts have been taken by Richard Lander School to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information provided by our community partners on our Community Noticeboard page(s), Richard Lander School accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or misleading statements on this page and is not liable for any action you may take as a result of relying on such information or

advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result.

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Living with Parents

A one day workshop

Malabar Children’s Centre, Albany Road, Truro TR1 3PQ

10am – 3pm Friday 18th October 2013

For a parent/carer to attend with their 13-17 year old

The aim of the day is to improve communication between parents/carers and their

teenagers and help reduce conflict in the home

Some comments from parents/carers and young people who have attended previously: It was good spending time with my daughter. I have found we have more in common that I thought

I liked being a team with my Mum

I need to try and negotiate more and shout less!

It was great getting through the day without an argument!

I liked spending time with my Mum and doing things together

The day couldn’t have been better

I want to listen more in future (parent!)




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It’s free!

It’s fun!

There’ll be prizes!

There’ll be lunch!

Contact Bex Kessell on 01872 326782 or Allie Johnson on 01208 75388

for further information or to book a place.

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