The RGS Worcester Schools are committed to tackling any form of inequality including racism and to raising of awareness in our entire community of the need for constant vigilance and action. We are very aware of the importance of educating children as global citizens.
It has been another busy week across our Family of Schools and we have pleasure in sharing with you a summary of our remote learning. Thank you to everyone for sharing your clips with us and we wish you all a safe, extended weekend.
It has been another busy week across our Family of Schools and we have pleasure in sharing with you a summary of our remote learning. Mr John Jones, Director of Innovations for RGSW, has shared with us below his latest update regarding Remote Learning and presenting at a recent Apple Distinguished School Virtual Conference.
Upper Sixth Form student Tazmin Barnes has continued to receive great support for her music from BBC Radio, having recently been nominated as Artist of the Week by BBC Music Introducing in Hereford and Worcester.
The Upper Sixth are two weeks into their programme designed to offer guidance, support and vital ‘pearls of wisdom’ as they transition to life after RGS. It has been a turbulent time for the students, but this is a great opportunity for them to focus on the future.
Katy Marsh, Year Eleven, has been given a ‘Highly Commended’ Award for submitting a short story to the Oxford University French Flash Fiction Competition organised by the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford.
Since the Government advised all schools to close to pupils on site, the RGS Physical Education and Sport department has been working hard remotely with the RGS community to engage in physical activity. We have pleasure in sharing with you a summary of our remote learning in Physical Education and Sport via the video and also an outline below.
Since ‘lockdown’, the Drama department and our pupils have had to come up with innovative ways to rehearse and perform. Our Digital Learning Programme has come to their aid and they have been able to link together film sent in by our pupils to create short plays as well as carrying our rehearsals.
With national Lockdown continuing into the Trinity term, the RGSW House System has had to consider how we could continue the House competition. The first event would be the ‘Keepie Uppie’ Challenge.
Out of the crazy times that beset us at the moment, comes a truly positive ray of sunshine – RGS Kitchen Adventures with Mrs Nicholls. This weekly virtual Cookery Club, from the comfort and ease of participants’ homes, would have been difficult to achieve at school with over 30 pupils signed up.
