Dear Parent / Carer,
Visitors in School
We welcomed Brad Nelson, Principal at Ruyton Girls School, Melbourne, Australia, to Robin Hood last week. Brad is in the UK looking at Best Practice in schools up and down the country. He spent a couple of hours with us and was keen to find out about our curriculum and teaching methods.
Clubs
Our School Clubs are now in full swing. I am delighted that we offering an incredible fifteen Extra Curricular Clubs this year that includes Guitar, Spanish, Gardening, Choir and much, much more. These Extra Curricular Clubs are attended by an equally incredible 215 children… three quarters of our main school pupil population. My thanks to Mr Simpson for his leadership in this area and to every member of staff who contributes their time and energies to this work.
Spanish Language Assistant
We are delighted to have Sara Alonso Jimeno from Leon, Spain joining us on 1st of October as our Spanish Language Assistant for this year. This is the fourth year that we have been involved in this programme. It is very helpful for our language teaching that we have a native speaker who is able to model the language and pronunciation.
Rothwell Music Centre
Rothwell Music Centre, funded by Leeds City Council, runs at Royds School on Saturday mornings during term time. The aim of the Centre is to encourage people of all ages to get involved with music. Instruments are available to hire and no previous musical knowledge is necessary. If you are interested contact S A Smith, Head of Rothwell Music Centre at Royds School.
School Uniform
Finally, a plea that I am sure will be repeated again…. Please help us to help you by ensuring that all items of school clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. It is crucially important that you help us with this. We are able to return property quickly to it’s rightful owner if it is labelled. Name labels can be purchased from High Street suppliers and from our school uniform suppliers.
PTA AGM – Change of time
Please note that the PTA AGM on Wed 29th September begins at 7.00pm, not the 6.00pm quoted in last week’s newsletter.
Have a fantastic weekend,
Mr Wilson
