RGS Junior School Bulletin

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1 RGS Junior School Bulletin Friday 30th November 2018 Autumn Term: Volume 12 CHESS NEWS The Ponteland individual chess tournament took place on Saturday 17th November. Massive congratulations to Pranav C (3N) who won the U9 section with a perfect score of 6/6. Well done to Gabriel B (3N) who scored 3.5/6. Due to a lack of numbers, the U11 section was incorporated into the Senior School section. Craig L (5S) scored 4/6 and was the joint U11 champion. Well done! Henry R (5S) scored 3.5, and both Lyege P (5B) and Naman B (5B) finished on 3. Please note that the last Chess Club of the term will be on Friday 7th December, as I am going to a tournament in London. Mr Eggleston Tremendous Tour Guides! A BIG thank you to Charlie W (6M), Eleanor I (6M), Grace S-G (6L), Nomin U (6L), Anish G (6L), Nye P (6L), Nicholas L (6M), Sophia A (6M), Charlie M (6L), Tanish K (6L), Alesha A (5S), Ben C (5S), Toyah B (6W), Oliver C (6W), Krishnan B (6W) and Krishen K (6W), Sam N (6W), Arish S (6W), Maanvi M (5B) and Misheel M (5B) who all acted as excellent tour guides recently. Mr Miller MANY HAPPY RETURNS..to Ellie M (3N), Freya W (3C), Alice D (4C), Aaron N (4W), Tanish K (6L) and Julian S (6W) who all celebrated their birthday this week. Miss Noble, Mrs Evans & Miss Gravely MORE CHESS NEWS! Yichen H (6W) has been away from school for 2 weeks, competing in the World Junior Chess Championship, U12 section in Santiago, Spain. Unfortunately he missed his flight on the way there, due to an excessively long security queue. This meant he had to stay at the airport overnight without food, and missed his first game, and was given 0 for it. He then did incredibly well, scoring 7.5 points from his next 8 games to leave him half a point off the lead, with 2 rounds to go. The wins in rounds 7 to 9 were fantastic, as he was a massive underdog in each game. The round 7 opponent has a similar chess rating to mine, and the round 8 and 9 opponents were lower rated than me, but not massively! In the tenth round, Yichen was playing the top seed. The position was even for the first 3 hours, but sadly he made a mistake in the end game, and lost. A win in the last round could have given him a silver or bronze medal, but sadly he also lost this, to finish in 15 th place with 7.5/11, or 7.5/10 out of the games he played. It was still a fantastic success, as his international chess rating has increased to 2157, which means he is now higher rated than our best chess players in the Senior School! Mr Eggleston London Trip: 2 nd Payment Just a reminder that the second payment of 100 for the Year 6 London Trip is due to be paid through ParentPay by Tuesday 4 th December. Many thanks. Mrs Wall (chief wand waver!) Sat 1st Dec Mon 3rd Dec DATES FOR YOUR DIARY (sports fixture timings as per letters) Chess: ECF Under 11 qualifying round, Fenwick Hall Lord Mayor s Day (school is closed) Tues 4th Dec Rugby: Y4 & Y5 A and B teams v St Olave s (A) Wed 5th Dec National Young Mathematicians Award (round 2) at Kingston Park (4 students) All JS children to visit Northern Stage (A Christmas Carol) - leave 1.15pm, return 4.45pm Thurs 6th Dec Netball: Y5 A and B teams v NHSG (A) Fri 7th Dec Friday Café in Fenwick Hall & Lilburne Room- start 8.45am Carols on Clayton Road: selection of Y5 & Y6 choir members - start 5.45pm, end 6.00pm

2 PUZZLE OF THE WEEK Solution to last week s Puzzle (Puzzle 78): 5 Please visit for full details, to see leaderboards and to test your problem solving abilities in the puzzle library. Mr Lloyd The Junior Family Group Quiz! TONIGHT! Bring a picnic and try to outwit our dastardly quiz masters Dr Tony Spencer and Mr John Fern TEES VALLEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Tees Valley Youth Orchestra is performing at St Nicholas Cathedral on Saturday 8th December at 7.30pm. It features many musicians from RGS and around the region and is the opening concert of our 50th season. Tickets (free for all students) are available on the door. It s an exciting programme and it would be great to see some friendly faces there to support. Mr Nowicki Visiting Music Teacher Friday 30 th November 6.00pm until 7.30pm Main Dining Hall Ticket price: 1 child, 2 adult Please follow this link to sign up: bit.ly/rgs-jfg-quiz-2018 ANY RAFFLE PRIZES WOULD BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED! CONGRATULATIONS...to Martha F (6W) who recently came 1st in the North Team Gymnastics competition with her team from City of Newcastle Gymnastics Academy....to Beth H (6M) who did very well recently in the Women s Artistic Gymnastics Regional Level 7 Spooky Spectacular Event (hence the green hair and the bat in the background!) Beth won 4 medals - overall gold, gold on beam, silver on floor and bronze on bars. Well done, girls!

3 CONGRATULATIONS..to Jack A (4W) who recently met Laura Wood, author of the Poppy Pym Mystery Series at the Lit & Phil as part of the Newcastle Book Festival, Books on Tyne. CONGRATULATIONS to Aaryan V (5B) who recently got 3rd Kyu 1st Mon Brown Belt last Saturday from Newcastle Goju-Ryu Karate Academy. Well done, Aaryan! CONGRATULATIONS to Tyesha D (5B) who recently won a bronze medal in Sparring Competitions (8-10 year; cm category) at the Open British Taekwondo Championships 2018, held in Motherwell, Scotland. The competition was really tough. Tyesha (height 141 cm) was the shortest one in the group but she fought valiantly and made everyone very proud. She lost the final round with 3-1 votes (4 judges). Well done, Tyesha! Maths is such a kahoot in Class 6L! Mr Lloyd Y6 County & Regional Hockey Tournaments On Tuesday 20th November, the Y6 hockey A team qualified for the regional Hockey tournament in spectacular style, winning all their games without conceding a goal. Playing in some horrendous weather, wind, rain and hail, the girls battled through each game tremendously and stayed positive the whole time! Well done, girls! Miss Sunderland On Friday 23rd November, we went to Barnard Castle to take part in the Regionals. We played extremely well and drew with the unbeaten team. We came third overall but only the top two teams qualified. We won 2 games, lost 2 games and drew 1 game. As this was a regional semi-final, the opposition was strong, with some impressive play in our last match, we certainly showed what we are capable of. Well done to Beth H, Ayesha P, Alice W, Tabitha A, Tanvi G, Felicity M, Hannah C and Megha T. And thank you to Alice for her tasty cupcakes! Elena B (6M)

4 Christmas Hat Competition 2018 Your mission, is to design and create a Christmas themed hat. Could your hat have Santa coming down the chimney, or a giant stack of presents or could it even be turned into a Christmas tree? Can you beat Dr Spencer s giant snowflake hat or Mrs Barlow s Christmas tree hairpiece extravaganza?! Your hat will be judged in the final assembly before Christmas. Entries should be clearly named with your full name and class. As soon as your hat is ready, please place on the assigned tables in Lambton and Brandling for others to admire until the big day! Hats must be placed on the tables by 8:30 am on Monday 10 th December. Good Luck! Mrs McCulloch

5 Teddy Bear ORDER FORM Struggling with Christmas present ideas? Looking for a stocking filler? What about the RGS Bear, Oreo? What will you call yours? Orders and payment would need to be received by Thursday 6 December 2018 for delivery before the end of term. Please note, no Christmas orders can be received after this date. NAME: CHILD S NAME: CHILD S FORM: each = Please include payment (CASH OR CHEQUE PAYABLE TO OLD NOVOCASTRIANS ASSOCIATION) with your order form. Royal Grammar School, Lambton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4RX T: The Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School is a charitable company registered in England and Wales No Registered Charity No Registered address: Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4DX