Junior School - Latest News
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SPECTATULAR FIREWORK DISPLAY |
07/11/2008
The RCPA orgainsed a fantastic Fireworks Night this year, which was enjoyed by 800 people. The maintenance team put on the best display ever seen! Everyone had an amazing time.
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J6 WALK ACROSS BRUNEL'S BRIDGE AND STEP ABOARD SS GREAT BRITAIN |
04/11/2008
On the 4th November J6 visited the SS Great Britain. We had a 1 hour 10 minute journey into Bristol. The first thing we did there was to meet our mentor ‘Claire’. She was a very nice lady.
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J2 CELEBRATE DIVALI |
22/10/2008
On the morning of October 22nd the J2 class set off to The Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum to take part in a workshop all about celebrating Divali the Hindu festival of light.
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SCIENCE TRIP TO @ BRISTOL FOR J4 |
07/10/2008
J4 visited @Bristol for a day of 'hands-on' Science. The healthy body workshop was really interesting. The children learnt how the digestive system worked and even made their own toothpate.
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HARVEST FESTIVAL |
07/10/2008
Thank you to all parents who kindly donated food parcels for our Harvest Festival. The produce will be passed on to CHYP ( Cirencester Housing for Young People) who wil distribute to those in need.
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J5 GO BACK IN TIME |
02/10/2008
Pupils in J5 had a fascinating visit to the air raid shelter in Cirencester with their guides Mr Grace and Mr Irving, who provided so many stories about what it was like to live in Cirencester during the war.
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J3 VISIT TO CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA |
29/09/2008
J3 enjoyed a trip to Chedworth Roman Villa.After a tour to learn all about the villa, the children became Roman slaves and learnt how to make Roman medicine.
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RENDCOMB COLLEGE JUNIOR SCHOOL: OUTDOOR SETTING OF THE YEAR |
13/09/2008
Rendcomb College Junior School was chosen as “Outdoor Setting of the Year” at the prestigious “Eye” magazine’s Early Years Award ceremony held last weekend in London. Widely regarded as the “Oscars” of Early Years education, the formidable panel of 7 leading educationalists and writers selected Rendcomb from a massive national entry.
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ST TRINIAN'S MEET THE RENDCOMBIAN'S |
17/06/2008
Pupils at the Rendcomb College Junior School modelled their dream school uniform for their Head teacher, Mr. Martin Watson; unfortunately this turned out to be in the style of St. Trinians and he was not amused!
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DISNEY'S "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" WAS A HUGE SUCCESS |
22/05/2008
All of J3-6 students have just finished performing Disney’s fast-paced adaptation of Alice in Wonderland to a sell-out audience. It featured updated dialogue and new arrangements of such classic Disney songsas “I’m Late,” “The Un-birthday Song” and “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.” The set this year was outstanding, with two enormous hand-painted canvases and a huge tree with a ‘Gothic’ rabbit hole. It certainly created an amazing atmosphere.
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FIRE INVESTIGATION DOG VISITS THE RECEPTION CLASSES |
21/05/2008
The Reception classes were visited by Mat Dixon, a fire investigation dog handler, along with Ellie the dog.
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RENDCOMB COLLEGE JUNIOR SCHOOL QUALIFLIES FOR POP LACROSSE NATIONALS |
18/05/2008
Rendcomb College Junior School Pop Lacrosse team came second in the Pop lacrosse tournament at Silverhill, Bristol, therefore qualifying for the Nationals.
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PUPIL ASSEMBLIES |
13/05/2008
Stuart impressed us all with his very able demonstration of how to build a bird box including the use of a large saw and variety of impressive tools. The blue tits are now nesting again in the box that he made last year.
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UK CHESS CHALLENGE MEGAFINAL |
10/05/2008
Last Saturday 5 pupils from Rendcomb College represented the school at the British Land UK Chess Challenge Megafinal, held in Cheltenham.
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J5 GIVE YOU A 'PIZZA' THEIR MIND! |
01/05/2008
Yummy! J5 always remember this trip with particular fondness. After all, designing and making one’s own pizza using the expertise, training and ingredients provided by Pizza Express is a highly recommended morning’s work.
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POP LACROSSE TOURNAMENT |
07/02/2008
On Saturday 3rd February, Rendcomb hosted a pop lacrosse tournament with teams from North Cerney Primary School, The Downs School, nr Bristol, and St Johns, Chepstow.
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A DAY OUT WITH THE DINOSUARS AND FOSSILS |
07/02/2008
J1 & J2 enjoyed a fantastic visit to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History to find out about dinosaurs and fossils.
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RECEPTION CLASSES ENJOY TRANSPORT TOPIC |
25/01/2008
Pete visited us in the tractor and Matt showed us how a car works. We liked looking under the bonnet and pretending to drive the car.
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VISIT TO THE ROYAL GARDENS |
25/01/2008
On Thursday January 17th the Eco Team together with a group of children who have shown enthusiasm for the environment were invited to Highgrove to see Prince Charles’ gardens.
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CROSS COUNTRY TOURNAMENT |
23/01/2008
A team of six travelled to St. Francis, Pewsey to compete in their annual cross country tournament. The field of competitors was huge and of a good quality.
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YOUNG ACTIVE DESIGNERS OF THE YEAR |
12/11/2007
Pupils at Rendcomb College Junior School named ‘Young Active Designers of the Year’
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INCREDIBUBBLE RECORD BREAKERS! |
10/11/2007
Congratulations to the one hundred pupils at Rendcomb College Junior School as they are confirmed official Guinness World record breakers!
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RENDCOMB TEACHER HONOURED |
24/09/2007
Katie Hunter of Rendcomb College Junior School received a National Award at last weekend’s prestigious Early Years Award Ceremony, held in London in front of 140 of the country’s most prominent early years educationalists.
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HONK! JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSICAL PRODUCTION |
15/06/2007
Geese, ducks, swans and an ugly duckling were seen flapping and waddling about the school last term! They were often being pursued by a rather persistent cat!
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CIRCUS SKILLS ACTIVITY DAY |
24/05/2007
J5 had a super day along with a number of prep schools last Friday. They were involved in a hands-on circus day which involved trying out a number of challenging circus tricks.
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CHESS CHALLENGE |
23/05/2007
During the lent term many pupils took part in the Chess Challenge. Winners from each year group then went on to represent Rendcomb at the Area Megafinal.
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WILDCAM SPOTS BLUE TITS IN STUART'S NESTING BOX |
03/05/2007
Stuart Gallop in J5 impressed us all by building this bird house. We were truly delighted when a pair of blue tits took up residence and we are eagerly awaiting the birth of new chicks. We are watching the nesting box everyday on our webcam.
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PIZZA MAKING AT PIZZA EXPRESS |
02/05/2007
Year 5 pupils visited Pizza Express and had fun making pizzas
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BENEDICTINE MONKS FOR THE DAY |
19/04/2007
Pupils from J3 & J5 travelled back in time to 1350 and became Benedictine Monks for the day. They found out how the monks spent their days but found keeping silent for long periods of time fairly difficult!
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PUPILS WIN SCHOLASTIC BOOK COMPETITION |
16/02/2007
Year 5 pupils at Rendcomb College Junior School have been celebrating their success at winning second prize in the Scholastic World Cup of Reading Review Competition.
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ASSEMBLIES |
15/02/2007
The past few weeks have included some super assemblies. J3 taught us all about plants and pollination and J5 entertained us with their work on The Groovy Greeks.
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SCHOOL K'NEX CHALLENGE |
15/02/2007
J6 participated in the annual School K'nex Challenge.
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SHIP AHOY! |
25/01/2007
J6 have returned from their exciting visit to Bristol in the company of Chief Tour Guide and Navigator, Mr Watson.
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'THERE'S A RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE' |
06/11/2006
The Reception class have enjoyed dressing up as animals and safari explorers in our jungle role play area.
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YEAR 5 GO BACK IN TIME |
31/10/2006
The year 5 pupils had an exciting trip to Cirencester last week where they visited the Air Raid Shelter which is like Dr Who’s tardis.
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JUNIOR SCHOOL GOES PINK FOR A DAY |
31/10/2006
Pink was the colour for the day in support of the Breast Cancer Charity Awareness Day
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BELINDA THE OTTER VISITS THE OTTERS! |
04/10/2006
The Otters were visited by an otter! What a fantastic opportunity to find out about otters.
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RENDCOMB COLLEGE JUNIOR SCHOOL WINS GOLD ARTSMARK AWARD |
07/06/2006
Rendcomb College Junior School has achieved one of the 1,220 Arts Council England Artsmark awards announced this week.
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