Principal's message
What a year it has been with so much to celebrate. We have finished the year with our annual sports day, and what a day it was. The sun shone, which was quite remarkable given the weather we have been having and the girls seem to very much enjoy the experience. The winning house was announced at Assembly - do ask your children who it was.
I wish to firstly thank all the students for their hard work, commitment to their studies and for being such amazing ambassadors for the school. Our Senior Student Leadership Team have made a significant contribution to the life of the school and they led on assembly today thanking all the staff who are leaving. They are a credit to us and to you.
I wish to also thank all the staff - without them none of this would be possible. The dedication they show to every child in this school is quite remarkable, creating an enriching learning environment, as well as creating a vast number of opportunities for them. Thank you!.
And finally, I wish to thank all of you for the support you show your children and RGS. We very much appreciate it. I have written to all of you, in parts to notify you of the new academic year arrangements.
GCSE Results day - Thursday 22 August 2024. Your Summer GCSE results can be collected from the Sports Hall between 9 & 11 am on that day only.
I wish our students, staff and all of you a well-deserved summer break.
Kind regards
Marika Farrugia, Principal
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Duke of Edinburgh Expedition 2024
All DofE participants were a credit to themselves and to the school as a whole. At times they were lost and when I was able to find them, I will never forget how calm and composed they were. All 7 teams demonstrated excellent teamwork throughout. I could not be any prouder of them all. Well done! - D Jones D of E Lead
D of E Social value : Volunteering.
I have said this before, but I could not be any prouder of the DofE girls. They spent 221 hours volunteering locally. This hard work and great contribution added £1166 to the local community. Well done! Also two year 9 classes who picked up rubbish around the school. Two year 10 classes also did so but no photo was taken. Well done to them! -D Jones D of E Lead
Year 8 Rounders Tournament
Well done to the Y8 Rounders Team who came third in their tournament. They were particularly good with their fielding getting many of the other teams out.
Y7 Rounders Tournament
The Year 7 Rounders Team came second in their tournament. We had some great hits which allowed half and full rounders to be scored. They got increasingly better with their fielding and made good tactical use of the rules in their second game. Well done.
Year 8 Inter-House Rounders
All of Year 8 spent two hours out in the sunshine competing for their houses in a version of rounders called 'Beat the Ball'. The batters run around the bases non-stop whilst the fielders must pass the ball in base order, first to fourth and try and get the ball to fourth base before the batter gets there. Year 8 put on a great display of teamwork and skills with some exemplary batting and fielding.
The scores between some of the teams were very close, the final results were:
1st - Kirby
2nd- Malala
3rd- Angelou
4th- Lovelace
5th - Sherpa
6th- Parks
Congratulations Kirby!
Year 7 and 8 U14 Athletics League Finals
After working hard for 3 weeks in their league competitions, our athletes improved from last year and went into the 'C' finals. All our girls battled hard for their places in every event. We waited with bated breath as they announced the results and were overjoyed to have won our final. Fantastic work by the whole team, congratulations!
Athletics County Finals
Congratulations to three students from RGS who qualified for the Berkshire County athletics finals representing Reading: Macie Mae Soares Y10 Javelin, Lizzy Sanyu Y10 Discus and Mya Vaughn-Williams Y7 High Jump.
Sports Day Results
After having to postpone due to the rain two weeks ago, we were finally able to have our Sports Day. There was fierce competition between the houses in the races and in the Tug of War. Much ice-cream was consumed and there was great support from the spectators.
In the staff versus students' events, the Year 7 relay team beat everyone, staff and older students to win that relay and Parks were the victorious Tug of War Team beating the staff team at the end of Sports Day.
Once the points were all added up, congratulations again go to Kirby for retaining the Sports Day Cup.
Next academic year, we kick off straight away into football season, get practicing over the summer, Football Club will start on Monday 9th September for Y8,9,10 and 11and the first match for Y10 and 11 is on Thursday 11th September, first full week back.
Business Competition Final - Year 9
Congratulations to the following year 9 students who took part in a Business Studies competition on Thursday in Buckinghamshire with Zebra Technologies, alongside 3 other schools and beating out almost 400 students across the country to take both 1st and 2nd place! They were accompanied by Mrs Thomson and Miss Tiernan and they presented their amazing ideas in front of a panel of judges from both Zebra Technologies and their educational partners. The judges were amazed by their work and praised them highly for their effort, innovation and team work.
1st Place – Amaryllis Katz
2nd Place – Medha Kanamarlapudi, Srishaa Ganagabalan, Radella Raja, Summaya Mohammad Haleem, Ayeza Khalid
WELL DONE GIRLS! AMAZING EFFORT AND AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT!
Aspire2 Poetry Competition
Once again, the Whitley charity Aspire2 organised a wonderful poetry competition. There were two categories to contest-Young Poet Of The Year and Young Performance Poet Of The Year. Reading Girls’ School provided entrants for both and we set off to the University of Reading with high hopes of success.
We were entertained by performances from some Key Stage 2 poets and by a reading from A.F. Harrold, a poet who was also one of the esteemed panel of judges.
The Key Stage 3 and 4 recitation section saw strong competition from the John Madejski Academy pupils. Maimuna Humphries was runner up in this section and Mr Harrold presented her with a trophy and a certificate. Tanushree Bopardikar was awarded first prize for the Key Stage 4 written poem section and she also won a trophy and certificate.
Congratulations to everyone who wrote, participated and attended and thank you to our girls for, yet again, conducting themselves in an exemplary manner. - Mrs Smith
"The trip to Cisco was very fun and educational! We did a variety of different activities such as coding and presenting and we had a tour of the headquarters ( as shown in the pictures). Our lovely helper Melissa showed us our way around Cisco and thoroughly explained what Cisco is and what it’s like working there. This trip made me realize what working would be like and how Cisco’s system is inclusive about who they pick and what they do. I had a lot of fun, and I would like to go back in the future". -Afsa
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Ms P Boyd's Skydive fundraiser for Helen & Douglas House on the 17 August 2024 As a teacher and camp activity leader I love helping children achieve their goals. Helen & Douglas House are an amazing charity and a place where families can make the most of their time together and create happy memories during their children’s short lives. Please help me raise £500 for such a noble cause while I fall out of a plane.