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Farewell to Mr. Wilson A-Level Results

October 2017

Mr Wilson retired in September after 24 years at Rishworth School.

During his time with us he has not only been a much loved History

teacher, but has also worked and lived in boarding. He will be dearly

missed by both staff and students. We wish him a very happy and

long retirement.

I am sure that you will want to join us in

celebrating the results that our A-Level

students have achieved in their exams this

year. As ever they have out-performed all of

our expectations and, in addition, achieved a

near perfect A*-E pass rate. They have had

fantastic success and are now heading out to

top Russell Group and international

universities to study courses ranging from

Medicine and Pharmacy to Mechanical

Engineering, Finance and Veterinary Science.

A really, really great performance and well

deserved. They have been fantastic

members of our community throughout

their time here and we will miss them.

Its official. Our GCSE students are fantastic. Even the exam boards

agree!! The year group has done itself proud with 92% of candidates

achieving the traditional measure of at least 5 A*-C (9-4). We are, in

addition, pleased with how well they have performed in the new

examinations where greater academic rigour and discipline are

required with several achieving the new top grade of 9. Well done.

GCSE Results

Mr. Gloag

Mr. Gloag

Northern Brass Masterclass


On Wednesday, 20th September, brass players from Rishworth and Heathfield were fortunate enough to take part in

a masterclass with Northern Brass, a professional brass quintet from Manchester, led by Rishworth’s own brass

teacher, Kat Curlett. The students were coached as an ensemble and individually by the five visiting musicians, before

performing a piece alongside them in an afternoon assembly at Heathfield, demonstrating the remarkable progress

made to the rest of the school. During the assembly, Heathfield pupils were introduced to the instruments in the

quintet, as well as how a sound can be produced using a hosepipe and funnel, and the quintet played a variety of

up-tempo music and really wowed the young audience with their versatility. Later that evening, the group played to

a small, but very appreciative audience in the Chapel. We were taken on a journey through time, with excellent

arrangements: Samuel Scheidt’s Battle Suite, J.S. Bach’s Little Fugue in G Minor and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side

Story, as well as a poignant rendition of the Quintet for Brass by Michael Kamen. The quintet sounded sublime in the

resonant acoustic of the Chapel. Many thanks to the students who took part in the masterclass and to the quintet

members who taught and entertained the audiences.

Mr. Lewis

Joel will be competing for the Yorkshire

Gymnastics squad in the National Finals at

Birmingham in November. In the Regionals he

narrowly missed becoming the Yorkshire

Champion, scoring 62.85 compared to the

winning 62.95.


History Trip The Great North Run

Joel Booth Netball Champions

Year 7 went on their annual trip to Skipton Castle and Bolton

Abbey at the end of the summer term.

Ms Sheldrick and Mrs McArdle both took part

in The Great North Run. Ms Sheldrick ran for

MacMillan, the cancer charity and Mrs McArdle

for Tommy’s, the baby charity.

The U13 Netball Team went by invitation to the West Yorkshire

Tournament at Silcoates School in Wakefield as Calderdale

Champions. They beat South Craven, Prince Henry’s Grammar and

Huddersfield Grammar to win their group. In the semi-finals they

met Wakefield Girls’ High School who they beat 11-9. The nail

biting final was against Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) finishing

9-9 at full time and 13-13 after extra time. Both teams were

delighted to declare the tournament a draw which means

Rishworth girls deservedly hold the title of joint West Yorkshire

Champions.

Madison took part in the 500 Words Competition and whilst she didn’t win, she came very high up in the rankings

for her age group. The judging panel were extremely impressed with her writing ability and even took the time to

call her and give her feedback. Her story stood out to the panel and they believe she is a writer in the making.


Madison Johnson - BBC Radio 2 - 500 Words Competition

Madison’s Story - The Future

The year is 3017 and I am 112 years old. I never imagined I would live to this age, but thanks to my younger brother

Hugo, who is the lead scientist for the UK government, we are all living well past our 100th birthday, and more

importantly, we are healthy! Hugo began his work after studying how he could turn all the pollutants on earth into

healthy potions, and using hate technology (he figured out a way to turn peoples hateful thoughts into positive

neurons) we simply drink a potion every day and everything is perfect!

We live in toxin free recycled glass towers, called SiO2 pods, our energy comes direct from the sun (solar-efficiency)

and there is no need for any kind of currency as everything is free and shared when needed. We no longer have

countries, as we found out that countries create wars - in fact we have not had any kind of war or conflict for almost

100 years.

Would you like to hear how we get around our world? It is so exciting! We simply press our thumbs together and

close our eyes and imagine a creature that can fly, I usually think about the mighty eagle, and soar through the sky

to my chosen destination.

I like to visit the polar bears some days on the ice caps at the place you call Canada, and other days I love to fly over

the little islands of what people use to call the Florida Keys and look for conch pearls.

One thing that makes me smile is that children still love to pick up a book and read. Books are very special and

sacred in our world, and since the internet died everything we learn and know comes from a book. Are you

wondering how the internet died? Well people began to notice that it was taking over from every day life, mothers

and fathers were ignoring their children, children were ignoring their parents, and relationships were not the same.

So one day we all kind of just decided we didn't need the internet anymore. At first it was difficult, I mean, all those

selfies we used to post for one thing! We wondered how would we cope without posting a photograph of our lunch,

or how we could manage without video games, but we did it and I am glad because now we have regained our love

of books, and that to me is very important.

I am so happy with what has become of our world, and to think that my once annoying little brother Hugo has

become one of our most praised leaders truly astounds me! So, just think, if you have a sibling who you don't

always see eye to eye with, try your best to get along - you just don't know what the future may have in store!

Boarding students tried their hand at Glass

Painting.


A Christening at the Chapel Glass Painting

Heathfield pupils had a mock christening in the School Chapel.

Ms. Wilson

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Congratulations go to the following students, current and former, who

have successfully completed their Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

Gold Award: Bronze Award:

Olivia Byrne Kate Bentley Hester Hogarth

Oliver Morgan Clague Alexander Gloag Daniel Kelly

Emily Newell Isobel Harrison Kobinian Kube

Langdon Long Henry Meng

Toby Muscat-Baron Marco Schehrer

Megan Slim Hannah Speakman

Archie Wallace

Boarding Students at Yorkshire Wildlife Park


Patterdale Hall Residential


Photography Club

Join Mr Smith in Room 8 for Photography Club from 12:50pm every blue week Tuesday. The photographs shown

below were taken by Samantha Hannah and Ellia Rhodes



Sport Representative Honours

Congratulations go to:

Charlotte Lutener who has been selected again to represent England at the BYRDS Home International in Scotland. She finished Individual Junior FEI Champion taking Gold and Medium Reserve Champion taking Silver. Charlotte also competed at the Under 25s Championships and won Under 25s Open Freestyle to Music National Champion.

Lucy Mothersdale who competed in the Under 25s Preliminary National Dressage Competition and won making her Under 25s Preliminary National Dressage Champion.

Hannah Fletcher who has been selected for the Under 19s Yorkshire Netball Team.

George Wright and Kian Stewart who have both been selected for the Leeds Carnegie Under 18s Rugby Academy.

Willow Clarke-May who competed in the British Trampolining Championships and finished 3rd, this means Willow is 3rd best in Britain.

Joel Booth who has been selected to compete for Yorkshire in this year’s National Gymnastics Finals in Birmingham.

Gina Speakman who competed in the Pentathlon Tri Champs (swim, combined run and shoot) where she came 2nd in the Under 15s. As a result she has been selected to attend World Identification Camp with Pentathlon GB at end October.

Isabel Crowe who has been selected for the Under 13s Calderdale Netball Squad.

Dear Parents, Guardians & Friends,

Have you thought about your Christmas Puddings yet??????

If you haven’t, then why not consider the ‘Ultimate Plum Pudding’. These fine and deliciously luxurious Christmas Puddings are made in Cumbria to a family recipe. Exceptionally light, they are full of flavour with no trace of bitterness. They contain an abundance of luxury fruits and nuts soaked with brandy and sherry. Existing customers range from Michelin rated hotels, other major hotel groups and privately labelled puddings for prestigious retail outlets such as Harvey Nichols. The BBC Good Food Magazine said they are as good as the best home made. Another alternative to the traditional pudding, which is just as tasty, is the ‘Chocolate Pudding’.

You too can join this exclusive group of customers whilst at the same time helping to raise funds for the Rishworth School Sports Tour of South Africa, where students will play hockey in locations such as Johannesburg and Cape Town. Whilst on tour the students will visit a variety of game drives, a cheetah sanctuary, they will go whale watching, visit Table Mountain and Langa.

The price is £4.99 per 1lb pudding. All profits from the sale of these puddings will go towards the tour. Please help by ordering Christmas Puddings for yourself or on behalf of friends or business associates. Should you wish to place a larger order or have puddings specially designed with your company logo and message on, then please contact Mrs Bower directly on 01422 820937. They would make an excellent and very different corporate / company Christmas gift.

The vast majority of puddings will be delivered by staff or members of the School, however, those ordered from far away will need to be mailed, in which case please add £4 to cover P & P. Many thanks for your help and generosity.

To place your order simply fill in your details / requirements below.

Name: ………………………………………………... Son’s / Daughter’s Form: …………

Number of Plum Puddings Required: …….…………………

Number of Chocolate Puddings Required: …….…………………

Please enclose a cheque payable to:

Rishworth School Sports Tour (£4.99 for each pudding ordered) and return to:

Mrs H. Bower, Rishworth School, Oldham Road, Ripponden, Halifax, HX6 4QA

South Africa Sports Tour 2018 - Christmas Pudding Fundraiser

If you plan to make a

large order we

request that you

place it before Friday

3rd November, otherwise please

order before the end of

the Michaelmas term.

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