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Students from Years 7 and 8 had the pleasure of watching a live performance of Macbeth as part of their English studies. This production was even more enjoyable because the actors engaged students by involving them all throughout the performance.

Rosedale College student council leaders attended the Trust’s inaugural Council Summit on Monday 27th February, where council leaders from the Trust’s seven primary schools and secondary colleges came together. Collectively, our young leaders explored topics such as inclusivity, sustainability, ways of being heard, and tackling bullying. Leaders were able to take part in team building exercises, learn how to plan events, and shared their best ideas both at primary and secondary levels. Thank you so much to the staff who facilitated this event, especially Miss Page and Miss Morgan, who shared their experience of being school leaders when they were students themselves, and how that role prepared them for their adult lives. Well done to our council leaders, who were excellent ambassadors for the College.

The Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust will be holding its annual Key Stage 3 Options Evening on Tuesday 28^th February 2023. The day will involve all Year 8 students participating in a range of activities that will assist them in making an informed decision about their GCSE options. We will have visitors from the Education Development Trust to conduct a session with all students on how to go about choosing GCSE options. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions within a small setting so that they can be best equip to make the best decisions in terms of the GCSE subjects they wish to study.  

All Year 8 students and their parent, guardian or carer are invited to attend an evening presentation at Rosedale College. The evening presentation is in addition to the information your child has received through the Options Assemblies, as well as the activities they will carry out during Options Day.  During the course of the evening, all Year 8 students as well as their parents, guardians or carer will be able to speak to staff about the variety of GCSE options available. Each subject area will have a display board set up in the canteen containing all the relevant information needed for them to make an informed decision about their future. There will also be a presentation in the main Hall explaining to parents, guardians and carers the process of choosing Options and how the Key Stage 4 day is structured. 

The evening will start promptly at 5:30pm and staff will be available until 7:00pm. In order to facilitate the organisation of the evening careful consideration has been given to the direct impact that Options Day will have on lessons throughout the day. As such, it has been decided that all Year 8 students will be dismissed from College at 2:30pm. The rest of the students will finish at the normal time of 4:00pm. On Wednesday 1^st March, all lessons will resume at the normal time of 8:45am.

Once you have carefully considered your options and made a decision about which subjects you wish to study at Key Stage 4, you should complete the options grid provided at the end of this document. The completed grid should then be returned electronically via the Options Form button below by no later than Friday 3th March, 2023. 
 

What an exciting day it has been for 60 of our Year 7 students! On the 24th January, they took part in a STEM workshop provided by the companies HS2 and Learn by Design, through EDT (The Education Development Trust).

The workshop has been designed to inspire future engineers to become EPIC - Extraordinary People Initiating Change - and showcases the creative, technology-driven solutions used in rail and infrastructure industries.

On Friday 13th January, Diversity Org came to Rosedale College to speak to our students about their future career options. Diversity Org is a global non-profit organisation with the aim and purpose of providing networking opportunities for students who may be disenfranchised in their prospects, giving them access to information about corporate, high-income careers. Diversity Org act as a mediator between minority underrepresented students and multi-billion-dollar companies in 3 distinct ways:

1 - Assemblies - to teach how to obtain high-income jobs and fulfilling careers.

2 - Workshops - to teach students social and professional development.

3 - Apprenticeships - to connect students with corporate partners as interns, apprentices, and entry-level employees.

The Diversity Org are currently in partnership with the following companies:

• Warner Media (HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, DC Comics)

• Versace

• Michael Kors

• Jimmy Choo

• JPMorgan Chase (Chase Bank)

• Verizon

• Blackstone

• Viacom (MTV, BET, VH1, Paramount Pictures)

• Peloton and more