We wish our Year 11 pupils the best of luck in their upcoming
GCSE exams. We understand pupils may be feeling
overwhelmed with the pressure of exams, but we are confident
they are working hard and they have been well prepared. The
Easter revision session was well attended and we look forward
to organising another session in May half term. A reminder of
the following dates:
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Newsletter 6 - May 2025
Miss Rowland, Subject Leader
English
Friday, 23rd May
English Language Paper 1 Explorations
in Creative Reading and Writing
Friday, 6th June
English Language Paper 2 Viewpoints
and Perspectives
KS4 News
All Year 10 pupils are required to be recorded delivering
their Spoken Language Endorsement for English and are
busy planning and preparing their speeches in class and
for homework.
ParentPay notice - if you have not paid for the Year 10
Essential English Literature book bundle (initially added to
ParentPay in June 2024), please can you make payment
as soon as possible to ensure your child receives their
books and can annotate them in preparation for their
exams. If your child is 'pupil premium', they DO NOT have
to pay and this payment on ParentPay should be ignored.
Mrs Di Mascio, KS4 English Lead
KS3 News - Bedrock Vocabulary
St Richard's Catholic College is in the top 10% of schools internationally. Since September, our learners have:
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Read 15,064,560 words
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Been taught 23,993 Tier 2 words
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Completed 7,760 topics and 17,694 lessons
Learner engagement has been incredibly impressive this year so far, meaning that our pupils are reading wide-ranging,
challenging fiction and non-fiction texts. In particular, the dedication of these pupils is notable:
Year 7 - Ann and Joanne Year 8 - Harry, Anikha and Rosme Year 9 - Anna, Alfie, Isabella, Christianne and Leo
Congratulations to these pupils for their progress! Mrs Bayjou-Bates, KS3 English Lead
Design & Technology
This term in Design and Technology…
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GCSE Textiles and Product Design pupils
have now submitted their NEA projects which
are worth 50% of their final grade. Now they
turn their focus to the theory exam on 18th
June and are encouraged to use the Collins
DT revision guide to help with their theory
revision for the upcoming exam. Please
purchase this guide through the school
website here at half the RRP at £5.00
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Pupils will have used a program called ‘TS
Design’ which allows work to be sent to the
lasercutter. The department will be using a
new program very soon called ‘Focus’ which
will allow us to create even more incredible
products - we recommend pupils take a look
and familiarise themselves - especially Years
9 and 10: Please click here.
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We welcome Ms Bond to the DT department.
She will be teaching fully in TEC2 from next
September. Ms Bond has years of upholstery
experience and is looking forward to sharing
her woodwork skills with the pupils.
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Food and Nutrition GCSE pupils are
preparing for their exam on 17th June.
On Friday, 9th May, the Design Technology
department welcomed sta� from
VolkerFitzpatrick.
Girls who have opted for GCSE Design
Technology were treated to a Engineering
workshop challenge led by female sta� from the
local company. It was a competitive atmosphere,
with the pupils using their best teamwork skills
to devise a plan to build a bridge, all keeping
within weight and size constraints and a tight
budget!
Well done to all the girls who took part - we look
forward to seeing your skills �ourish in your
future NEA projects in the workshop!
Mrs Stanford, DT Teacher