Richmond House School


NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE 11 April 2008 Thank you for all the warm words of welcome. It has been a great pleasure to start to get to know your children and to have been able to meet some of you this week. Please do take the opportunity to make yourself known to me informally, as I will be at the front door at the end of most days – or, if you would prefer, make an appointment via Marissa to come in for a chat. I am very much looking forward to the events of the coming term and hope to see some of you at the Spring Concert next week, or later at the School Ball. *Jane Disley* Headmistress TRIPS If your child is participating in a trip this term, you will see that there is a new consent form. Please complete all sections of the form. Some may duplicate information School already holds but it is necessary for us to ensure that we have detailed and up to date information when a child is off site. *Jane Disley* UNIFORM When we return to school on Tuesday 6 May, all children should be in summer uniform. There seems to be a little confusion concerning Year 6 girls as there are varying interpretations of the March 2007 Newsletter No 23. So FOR THIS YEAR ONLY Year 6 girls may continue to wear the skirt instead of the dress this summer. *Jane Disley* Congratulations to Janardhan (1B) and his parents on the arrival of Utpalakshi. She weighed in at 7lb 6oz at the start of this term. We have received leaflets concerning insurance for personal accident for Year 6 leavers from HSBC. If you are interested in looking at such cover, please pick up a leaflet from reception. Parking at drop-off and collection time is obviously more difficult now that the yellow lines have been put in place. Please do not park in the back lane as it causes great difficulties for our neighbours and to other vehicles using the lane for access. A big thank you to those of you leaving your cars a little further away and walking. *Jane Disley* TESCO – VOUCHERS FOR COMPUTERS We are now collecting Tesco vouchers for computers for schools. We have a box for these in reception. Thank you. *Miss V King* ICT Co-ordinator PERIPATETIC MUSIC LESSONS Any child who wishes to stop lessons must give half a term’s notice by Friday 16 May – lessons will continue during the notice period until the end of the Summer Term. New forms can be collected from the office for any child wishing to start instrument lessons which will be £16.00 per half hour – please return the form to me by Friday 16th May and lessons will start after the Summer Half Term Holiday. Photographs The Class photographs were distributed on the last day of term. Please hand your orders to the office or form teacher by Monday 14 April as Tempest will be collecting them. If you are unable to return them on Monday, please post your orders directly to Tempest (instructions are in your pack). *Mrs S Pattinson* School Secretary TRIPS Thank you to everyone who has replied to the letter concerning the Year 3 visit to Harlow Carr on Tuesday. The parents who are helping have now been informed. Thank you again to everyone who volunteered to assist us. If you have not yet returned your consent form, please return it on Monday. *Mrs K Blackie* Science Co-ordinator Please note that there is a parents’ information meeting for the Year 4 trip to Winmarleigh Hall on Wednesday 16 April at 3.40pm in 4P classroom. There is also a parents’ information meeting for the Year 6 trip to France on Thursday 17 April at 3.45pm in 6H classroom. REQUEST FROM DT DEPARTMENT! If anyone has any squeezy bottles that they have finished with, the DT department would really appreciate it if you could bring them into school. Thank you. *Mrs S Beaumont* Design Technology Co-ordinator SPORT BHF Sponsor Money Thank you to all those who have given in their sponsor money for the British Heart Foundation. We have raised a fantastic sum but are still waiting for the last few amounts of money. Please help us to complete our collection by bringing in any outstanding sponsorship money as soon as possible. Thank you. Next Week’s Matches On Wednesday 16 April, the U10 and U11 rounders teams will play Westville House at home, starting at 2.30pm. Players may be collected from the pavilion after tea at about 4.00pm. Also on 16 April, our U10 and U11 cricket teams will play Ghyll Royd at home starting at 2.20pm. These matches should finish at about 4.30pm and parents may collect pupils from the pavilion at this time. The Yorkshire Primary Schools’ Badminton Festival is going to be held at Adwick Leisure Centre in Doncaster on Sunday 20 April from 10.00am until 5.00pm and a RHS boys’ team and girls’ team will be taking part in this event. Good luck to all our pupils in these matches. Parents are, of course, always welcome to watch and support the teams. *Mrs A C Milne* Games/PE Co-ordinator PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION Spring Ball A reminder to anyone who has not yet paid for tickets for the ball that we would like payment as soon as possible. There are some tickets remaining if anyone still wishes to attend the event. Please let us have your ticket request together with payment into the Parents’ Association basket in reception in the course of the next few days. Tickets and further information for the Ball will be issued nearer the event itself. Upper School Disco The Upper School Disco will take place on Friday 25th April in the school gym. Drinks and hot dogs will be included in the price of £7.00. There will be a sweet stall but we are not running a pocket money gift stall at this event. Please complete the attached request form and put it in the Parents’ Association basket together with payment. The disco is only open to Upper School pupils and places will be sold on a first come first served basis. We will not be issuing tickets for the disco but we will display a list of everyone who has reserved a place on the notice board a few days before the disco. *Helen Handy* Chair UPPER SCHOOL DISCO Friday 25th April School Gym 7.00-8.30pm Entertainment by Shuffles Hot Dog and refreshments Sweet stall Price £7.00 each Please reserve me _____ place(s) for the Upper School Disco Name and form_____________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Parent’s signature____________________________________ I enclose £_____________ and understand that the price is non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

11 April 2008

Thank you for all the warm words of welcome. It has been a great pleasure to start to get to know your children and to have been able to meet some of you this week. Please do take the opportunity to make yourself known to me informally, as I will be at the front door at the end of most days – or, if you would prefer, make an appointment via Marissa to come in for a chat. I am very much looking forward to the events of the coming term and hope to see some of you at the Spring Concert next week, or later at the School Ball.

Jane Disley
Headmistress

TRIPS

If your child is participating in a trip this term, you will see that there is a new consent form. Please complete all sections of the form. Some may duplicate information School already holds but it is necessary for us to ensure that we have detailed and up to date information when a child is off site.

Jane Disley

UNIFORM

When we return to school on Tuesday 6 May, all children should be in summer uniform. There seems to be a little confusion concerning Year 6 girls as there are varying interpretations of the March 2007 Newsletter No 23. So FOR THIS YEAR ONLY Year 6 girls may continue to wear the skirt instead of the dress this summer.

Jane Disley

Congratulations to Janardhan (1B) and his parents on the arrival of Utpalakshi. She weighed in at 7lb 6oz at the start of this term.

We have received leaflets concerning insurance for personal accident for Year 6 leavers from HSBC. If you are interested in looking at such cover, please pick up a leaflet from reception.

Parking at drop-off and collection time is obviously more difficult now that the yellow lines have been put in place. Please do not park in the back lane as it causes great difficulties for our neighbours and to other vehicles using the lane for access. A big thank you to those of you leaving your cars a little further away and walking.

Jane Disley

TESCO – VOUCHERS FOR COMPUTERS

We are now collecting Tesco vouchers for computers for schools. We have a box for these in reception. Thank you.

Miss V King
ICT Co-ordinator

PERIPATETIC MUSIC LESSONS

Any child who wishes to stop lessons must give half a term’s notice by Friday 16 May – lessons will continue during the notice period until the end of the Summer Term. New forms can be collected from the office for any child wishing to start instrument lessons which will be £16.00 per half hour – please return the form to me by Friday 16th May and lessons will start after the Summer Half Term Holiday.

Photographs

The Class photographs were distributed on the last day of term. Please hand your orders to the office or form teacher by Monday 14 April as Tempest will be collecting them. If you are unable to return them on Monday, please post your orders directly to Tempest (instructions are in your pack).

Mrs S Pattinson
School Secretary

TRIPS

Thank you to everyone who has replied to the letter concerning the Year 3 visit to Harlow Carr on Tuesday. The parents who are helping have now been informed. Thank you again to everyone who volunteered to assist us. If you have not yet returned your consent form, please return it on Monday.

Mrs K Blackie
Science Co-ordinator

Please note that there is a parents’ information meeting for the Year 4 trip to Winmarleigh Hall on Wednesday 16 April at 3.40pm in 4P classroom.

There is also a parents’ information meeting for the Year 6 trip to France on Thursday 17 April at 3.45pm in 6H classroom.

REQUEST FROM DT DEPARTMENT!

If anyone has any squeezy bottles that they have finished with, the DT department would really appreciate it if you could bring them into school. Thank you.

Mrs S Beaumont
Design Technology Co-ordinator

SPORT

BHF Sponsor Money

Thank you to all those who have given in their sponsor money for the British Heart Foundation. We have raised a fantastic sum but are still waiting for the last few amounts of money. Please help us to complete our collection by bringing in any outstanding sponsorship money as soon as possible. Thank you.

Next Week’s Matches

On Wednesday 16 April, the U10 and U11 rounders teams will play Westville House at home, starting at 2.30pm. Players may be collected from the pavilion after tea at about 4.00pm.

Also on 16 April, our U10 and U11 cricket teams will play Ghyll Royd at home starting at 2.20pm. These matches should finish at about 4.30pm and parents may collect pupils from the pavilion at this time.

The Yorkshire Primary Schools’ Badminton Festival is going to be held at Adwick Leisure Centre in Doncaster on Sunday 20 April from 10.00am until 5.00pm and a RHS boys’ team and girls’ team will be taking part in this event.

Good luck to all our pupils in these matches. Parents are, of course, always welcome to watch and support the teams.

Mrs A C Milne
Games/PE Co-ordinator

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Spring Ball

A reminder to anyone who has not yet paid for tickets for the ball that we would like payment as soon as possible.

There are some tickets remaining if anyone still wishes to attend the event. Please let us have your ticket request together with payment into the Parents’ Association basket in reception in the course of the next few days.

Tickets and further information for the Ball will be issued nearer the event itself.

Upper School Disco

The Upper School Disco will take place on Friday 25th April in the school gym. Drinks and hot dogs will be included in the price of £7.00. There will be a sweet stall but we are not running a pocket money gift stall at this event.

Please complete the attached request form and put it in the Parents’ Association basket together with payment. The disco is only open to Upper School pupils and places will be sold on a first come first served basis.

We will not be issuing tickets for the disco but we will display a list of everyone who has reserved a place on the notice board a few days before the disco.

Helen Handy
Chair

UPPER SCHOOL DISCO

Friday 25th April

School Gym

7.00-8.30pm

Entertainment by Shuffles

Hot Dog and refreshments

Sweet stall

Price £7.00 each

Please reserve me _____ place(s) for the Upper School Disco

Name and form_____________________________________

___________________________________________________

Parent’s signature____________________________________

I enclose £_____________ and understand that the price is non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.