Worcester

Congratulations to RGS pupil and talented Cricketer Thomas Odell, who took career best figures of 8 wickets for 48 runs in 10 overs while playing in a winning cause for Bewdley Men’s 2nd XI against Lye last weekend.

An RGS Pupil is embarking on an incredible challenge this summer – to climb 39 mountains in just five weeks. Year Nine pupil Fionn and his father Deane are aiming to fulfil this ambition, just 16 months on from Fionn’s diagnosis with a very rare and aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in March 2020.

On Monday 26 April 2021, pupils in Years Seven and Eight had the opportunity to participate in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. This event is a sixty-minute, multiple choice competition aimed at the top Mathematics students across the UK.

Despite a loss to Bromsgrove School’s experienced side, which included two international players, the RGS Girls’ Tennis team played some fantastic tennis in close fought matches which did not finish until 7.30pm last Wednesday evening.

The 22 April was Earth Day and the Environment Committee decided to mark this occasion by encouraging staff and pupils to wear an item of green clothing. It was wonderful to see an array of green socks, shirts, ties, hair scrunchies and cardigans worn by so many students, who clearly feel passionate about their planet.

We congratulate Mr Richard Hawking, Teacher of English and Head of Year Ten here at RGS Worcester, for his recent article which has been published in Country Life Magazine.

RGS pupils have enjoyed a return to sports this term and it has been fantastic to see pupils back on the sports field, participating with enthusiasm. As pupils had a significant time away from sport, RGS ran pre-season training sessions for summer sports over the final weeks of the Lent term and during the Easter holiday, to ease pupils back into playing sport.

The Drama Department is pleased to launch the first of their ‘Studio Sessions’, showcasing some of the fantastic talents of RGS pupils. Lower Sixth Drama student and Scholar, Ethan Farmer delivers a powerful performance with this monologue from Henry IV – Part One.

We were delighted that five pupils from Year Eleven have secured final interviews for this year’s prestigious Arkwright Engineering Scholarships. This Scholarship programme is the most prestigious scholarship scheme of its type in the UK with over 6,000 Scholarships awarded to date.

Director of Innovation at RGS Worcester, Mr John Jones, ponders the conundrum, ‘Excel Good, Tik-Tok Bad: Is All Screen Time Created Equal?’ in his latest article for industry-leading EdTech body, Bett UK.