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HOLIDAY CLUBS

AT ROUGEMONT

Details for all clubs offered during October half term

Business GCSE broadens the mind for the younger

generation

Fixtures & Co-curricular clubs promote the provision

of Sport at Rougemont

Learn more about the fantastic array of events hosted at Rougemont

We are delighted to welcome our brand new Director of Sport, Kerry Marshall, to Rougemont. Ms Marshall has joined us from Ellesmere College in Shropshire and since her arrival at our wonderful School, she has been impressed with the level of talent shown by our pupils. When asked about her vision of the future for Rougemont Sport, Ms Marshall gave us her answer below:

DIRECTOR OF SPORT MS MARSHALLSPORT & PHYSICAL

ACTIVITY IMPROVES

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

YOUNG

ENTREPRENEURSSPORT SUCCESS

EVENTS AT

ROUGEMONT

You will learn to be proud of your small achievements, and

to make and work towards long term goals

Sometimes you will become so tired you will want to quit,

but you won’t… winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Some days you will finish the school day ‘too tired’ to go to

training, but you will go anyway.

Sport will teach you to learn to respect, not only yourself,

but other athletes, officials and coaches. It will give you the

opportunity to make lifelong friendships, create lifelong

memories and develop positive habits. When you are out

on the sports field, court, pitch or at the gym you are not in

front of a screen and do not have your head in your books.

You are recuperating and recharging your batteries.

Sport at Rougemont School will provide you with these

opportunities and it will allow you to develop attributes that

will serve you throughout your lives, and if you’re really

lucky, you can make a career out of it!

Miss K Marshall | Director of Sport

Sport will make you more intelligent. It is true. It also

has numerous other benefits for everyone who is willing

to give it a go.

Sport will teach you to be disciplined with your work,

focused during lessons and dedicated in your efforts to

reach your long term goals. Burning off energy allows

you to sleep better, sit still longer at your desk and

reduces your stress levels; a great tonic during exam

season.

It teaches you to take care of your body and the

equipment you use. You will learn to cooperate with

others and to be a good team player, gracious in defeat

and humble in success. This is useful when you are

running your own company in the future.

You will learn to deal with disappointment when you

don’t get selected or don’t win the race that you hoped

to win. By going back to training week after week,

giving it your best shot, you will learn resilience. It can

take hours and hours, years and years of hard work

and practice to create a champion. You will learn that

success does not happen overnight.

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A WEEK IN PICTURES

YEAR 6

ENJOYED A TRIP

TO @BRISTOL

AS PART OF

THEIR SCIENCE

CURRICULUM

MYLES IN YEAR 8

HOSTS A

CHARITY BAKE

SALE IN AID OF

THE RUGBY

WORLD CUP

CHARITY

ROUGEMONT

HOSTED A

SUCCESSFUL

EESW INDUCTION

FOR LOCAL YEAR

12 PUPILS FROM

BASSALEG, ST

JOSEPH’S AND

CHEPSTOW

Variety is the name of the game this week!

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A WEEK IN PICTURES

SENIOR SCIENCE

CLUB ENJOYED

MAKING A MESS

EXPERIMENTING

WITH CUSTARD!

YEAR 2 BUILD THEIR

FOUNDATION

FOOTBALL

SKILLS…SHOOTING,

DRIBBLING &

STRIKING!

MRS ELSON’S

DANCE CLUB IS

HUGELY

POPULAR AND

PUPILS ENJOYED

DANCING ON THE

AUDITORIUM

STAGE!

Our pupils have had a busy week!

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Come along to a meeting!

- Monday 14 October, 4-5pm, Conference Room

- Monday 18 November, 4-5pm, Function Room

- Monday 16 December, 4-5pm, Conference

Room

We look forward to welcoming you!

JOIN OUR THRIVING

PTA!

Our PTA welcomes new faces to join its thriving community.

Exploring the Jurassic coast

BLUE SKIES, BLUE SEA

Pupils in Year 11 ventured off to the beautiful Jurassic

coast in Dorset last week as part of their GCSE

studies.

Taking in some of the finest scenery Great Britain has

to offer, including places like West Bay, Durdle Door,

Lyme Regis and Lulworth Cove, the field trip is a firm

favourite with pupils who enjoy learning in the great

outdoors. Focusing on coastal management and its

impact on the environment, pupils were able to

discover and learn in the outdoor classroom.

As you can see from the photographs, the weather was

certainly kind to them!

Looking forward to the next one already!

This event is to raise money for the Unit to ensure that

anyone receiving treatment, along with their families, will

be in a comfortable and welcoming environment to give

them the best possible surroundings whilst fighting this

devastating condition. The event is on Saturday 2nd

November, at Rougemont School starting at 7pm. There

will be a three course dinner, bar and live music provided

by the fantastic Velvet Soul, Big Show Band. We will also

be raffling some great prizes during the evening. Tickets

are £45pp or £42.50 if booking a table of 8. Please contact

womeninmalpas@btinternet.com .

YEAR 11 HEAD TO

DORSET

THE W.I. TO HOST BLACK TIE

CHARITY GALA AT ROUGEMONT

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The Great British coastline

The Community of Malpas are hosting a Black Tie Charity Gala in aid of The All Gwent Breast Cancer Unit.

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SPORT SUCCESS

ANOTHER

FANTASTIC PREP

TRIANGULAR U10

& U11 RUGBY

FESTIVAL vs

LLANDAFF &

CLIFTON AT

HOME

CONGRATULATIONS

TO LOUIS IN YEAR 11

FOR BEING

SELECTED INTO THE

COMMONWEALTH

GAMES ELITE

ATHLETICS

PROGRAMME THIS

WEEK

FITNESS CLUB

ENCOURAGES

SPORT &

HEALTH FOR

ALL IN OUR

SCHOOL GYM

From co-curricular to fixtures, it’s been a great week for sport!

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Prospective pupils from all over South Wales and

the West, together with our current Year 11 pupils

and parents, joined us for our Sixth Form Open

Evening earlier this week to learn more about our

record-breaking A Level results and our fantastic

offering at Sixth Form.

Visitors also had an opportunity to learn more about

the Sixth Form Scholarships available for 2020 entry

and how to apply for the exams on Saturday 16th

November. For further details, contact

nicky.bates@rsch.co.uk or download the prospectus

from the School website.

SIXTH FORM OPEN

EVENING A HUGE SUCCESSOn Tuesday 1st October we hosted our Sixth Form Open Evening in the Frank Edwards Building

Entrepreneurs of the future

SENIOR SUBJECT SPOTLIGHT

Business is a very popular subject at Rougemont with

two Year 10 classes embracing the course at GCSE

level.

Head of department, Miss Owen is passionate about

teaching young people the benefits of good business

practice. She inspires the pupils to recognise the

opportunities available to today’s younger generation to

make a difference through business and enterprise.

Year 10 pupils have just started their Business GCSE

course and are currently learning about the core

principles of business planning. Miss Owen also leads

Rougemont’s very first BTEC course in Business,

available to Year 12 pupils for the first time this year.

Teaching the CEOs of the future!

CULTIVATING YOUNG

BUSINESS MINDS

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Miss Owen leads the Senior Business department as pupils get to grips with how to run a business

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HOLIDAY CLUBS AT ROUGEMONT

SPRINGBOKS

LEGEND TOMMY

BEDFORD TO BE

GUEST OF HONOUR

AT NEWPORT RUGBY

50TH ANNIVERSARY

GALA AT

ROUGEMONT – Friday

23rd November

Tickets available now!

Hollies @ Rougemont will be running a Holiday Club for the two weeks of October

half term (7:30am to 6:00pm) . All the fun and activities will be hosted within

Hollies @ Rougemont on the Rougemont School site (within the Infant building).

Activities will include: Cookery, Arts & Crafts, Face painting, Den Building, Library

& field trips, Music & movement plus surprise visitors!

The Holiday Club is only open to Rougemont Infant children aged between 3-7

years old so you should see some familiar, friendly faces. Places are available at

£35 per full day including all meals and snacks.

Pre-registration is required and places are limited to 14 so please call us on 01633

820168 or email rougemont@holliesnursery.co.uk and we will be delighted to

discuss your Holiday Club needs.

All our staff are excited to welcome you to Hollies @ Rougemont!

MORE

HOLIDAY

CLUBS

Holiday Clubs are provided

separately to Rougemont

and will need to be booked

with the supplier directly.

Visit the School website for

links.

Playworks

Cardiff City

Camps

Christian

Malcolm

Athletics Camp

RADIO RALLY

Sunday 6th October

Auditorium

8am – 6pm

ARCHERY

TOURNAMENT

6th, 12th, 13th October

Sports Hall

All day

CHESS

TOURNAMENT

15th, 16th, 17th

November

Auditorium

All day (Friday from

5pm)

CASNEWYDD NETBALL

Come & Join the Fun at

Rougemont!

Skills and Netball Drills

for Years 4 – 6,

Thursdays 5-6pm

Cost £4

Hollies @ Rougemont is delighted to announce new holiday club provision for 3 – 7 year olds.

28th October – 1st

November

31st Oct & 1st Nov

29th & 30th October

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James Collins

Football Camp

28th, 29th, 30th Oct

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WHOLE SCHOOL

OPEN MORNING

Saturday 12th

October

10am Welcome Talk

with Headmaster

LOOKING AHEADWhat’s on Monday 7th – Saturday 12th October 2019

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Date Year Activity Timings Location

Mon 7 Oct Year 8 Boys U13 Rugby vs

Croesyceiliog

- Croesyceiliog

Year 5 Trip to Noah’s Ark 9am – 3pm Bristol

Years 7 - 13 Senior School Cross

Country

11am – 1pm Rougemont Fields

Year 12 Workshop with Andy Hunt 12pm – 1.15pm LRC

Tues 8 Oct Years 3 - 6 Mixed Newport Primary

Schools Cross Country

9am – 12pm Tredegar Park

Wed 9 Oct Years 5 & 6

boys

Newport Schools’ Rugby 12.30pm – 4pm Rougemont Fields

Years 5 & 6

girls

Hockey vs St John’s,

Chepstow

2pm – 3.45pm Rougemont Fields

Year 8 boys U13 Rugby vs St John’s

College

3.15pm – 4pm Rougemont Fields

Years 7 - 13 Mixed S E Wales Cross

Country Championships

4pm – 5.30pm Monmouth Showground

Thurs 10 Oct Years 10 - 12 Business trip: Business

Goes Wild Conference

9am – 5pm Longleat

Reception Trip to Little Oaks Role

Play Village

9am – 1pm Spytty

Year 1 Trip to St Fagan’s Museum 9.15am – 3pm Cardiff

Parents PTA Meeting 4pm – 5pm Conference Room

Fri 11 Oct Whole School Mufti Day - Tenovus All day -

Prep School Charity Walk TBC Local area

Years 7 - 13 ECDL Test Date (Autumn

1)

12.05pm – 1.05pm IT Lab 1

Years 3 & 4

boys

Rugby vs QEH & Llandaff

Cathedral

2pm – 4.45pm QEH, Bristol

Years 3 & 4

girls

Cross Country vs

Monmouth

2.30pm – 3.45pm Rougemont Fields

Sat 12 Oct Whole School Open Morning 10am – 12.30pm -