Prefects, Josh O and Millie L, spoke in this week's assembly about our current theme of ‘Global Perspectives’, specifically highlighting the World Cup in Qatar. 

Our Spanish Department celebrated ‘Día de los Muertos’ last week; ‘Day of the Dead’ is a Mexican tradition to remember the souls of deceased family members. This celebration allows Mexican families to get together and share exquisite traditional food and spend some time with their loved ones. 

Our Year 8s took part in a European Day of Languages Karaoke Competition. Four energetic classes took part in the challenge with all of them putting in their best effort to attempt to be named winners! Each class had spent a bit of lesson time practising and adding some actions to their performances. 

Year 8 are in the full swing of their Young Leaders qualification and recently they have been learning about Chinese culture. Three of our Chinese sixth form pupils spoke confidently about Chinese festivals, food and the differences between school life here and in China.

This half-term delegates have competed at two Model United Nations conferences at Felsted and Cobham Hall. 

Five Year 12 delegates, along with Mrs Routledge and Mr Gurur, made their way to Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, London, at the end of January for their annual LEHMUN Conference. They were to represent Nigeria, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. 

Pupil delegates attended the BMUN (Benenden MUN) conference in Kent earlier this month. After an early departure, 22 delegates, accompanied by Mrs Routledge and Mr Cocker, made the 2.5 hour trip south. Though several of the older delegates had experienced this conference before, for many others it was their first conference. 

Our pupils attended the MUN conference ‘MUNCH’ (Model United Nations Cheadle Hulme) in Manchester at the beginning of the month. Topics such as tectonic plates colliding causing a mass continent to be formed and even implementing a purge was discussed and voted on. 

RHS hosted its own Model United Nations Conference (ROYMUN) last weekend, which included a dinner on the Friday evening followed by two days of conference. Pupils from RHS, Alleyn’s, Felsted and Cheadle Hulme schools all attended.  

We are excited to share with you the fifth edition of RHS Global, our pupil-led newsletter which seeks to showcase our global awareness, sustainability, and citizenship activities. 

We recently hosted a Year 10 speaking day for 300 pupils and staff from RHS, Framlingham College, Norwich School, Northgate High School and Holbrook Academy.

This half-term delegates have competed at two Model United Nations conferences at Felsted and Cobham Hall. 

With this term drawing to a close, Grace and I thought that we would focus our prefect talk on inclusivity. As Ayoola, Sophie and Lily have all previously highlighted, celebrating diversity is important, and it can be done through writing and media. However, ensuring that people feel included in a different culture is equally just as important. Even more so when we live in a society where travelling allows us to experience cultures from around the world. However, RHS also gives us the opportunity to access a variety of cultures, and in order for everyone in the school community to feel included, we can embrace these differences. 

Our pupils took part in a half-hour Muay Thai session at school yesterday with Martin Beales

Lily I and Sophie S delivered their ‘Thought for the Week’ on ‘How to Celebrate Difference’. Report by Lily I and Sophie S: Celebrating difference means recognizing and honouring the unique qualities and characteristics that make each individual valuable.   

We are delighted to share with you the fourth edition of RHS Global, our pupil-led newsletter which seeks to share news on global awareness, sustainability and citizenship.

At the end of January, the Classics Department held a Year 9 Languages Careers Event. We were very grateful to be joined by parents Mrs Rhodes, Mr Jennings and Ms Neill who were able to share their experiences.  

Five Year 12 delegates, along with Mrs Routledge and Mr Gurur, made their way to Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, London, at the end of January for their annual LEHMUN Conference. They were to represent Nigeria, Ghana and Saudi Arabia.