By Headmaster on
13/07/2011 21:31
.JPG) Please click on the link below to read the Headmaster's letter to parents at the end of the Summer Term, July 2011
Letter July 2011.aspx
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By Headmaster on
01/04/2011 15:27
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Dear Parents
Term ended yesterday on a very positive note with excellent reviews in Headmaster’s Assembly, including presentations from some of our academic departments who have hosted field trips and been successful in national competitions. Mr Illingworth, our Director of Studies, emphasised the need for those taking part in public examinations next term to make effective use of the Easter holiday to engage in focussed revision. All pupils in our fifth and sixth forms have been set “holiday work” and as always we are grateful to parents who support their children in what can often be a challenging time for them. We return to college on Wednesday 27th April and we will want to launch the summer term at a brisk pace, as exams start virtually right away. You will also see from the calendar included with your child’s report that both Friday, April 29th [the royal wedding day] and Monday, May 2nd are normal working school days. We have scheduled two exeats later in the term.
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By Headmaster on
02/01/2011 22:50
Dear Parents,
Thank you to those parents who supported yesterday evening’s end of term carol service; it was very good to be back in the parish church in Cirencester and I thought that our choir, directed by Mr Raby and our readers, rehearsed by Mrs Dodd were a real credit to the college. This letter is not a review of the Michaelmas Term [that happened in Headmaster’s Assembly yesterday morning and what a joyous occasion it was!], and our Marketing Team are producing a joint senior-junior school newsletter at the start of next term which will refer to some of this term’s events. Instead, I want to use this letter to indicate some of the exciting issues which we have been discussing with prefects, parents and governors.
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By Headmaster on
19/08/2010 10:37
 Students at Rendcomb College were celebrating with another set of impressive A level results this year. 31% of the papers taken were awarded A*or A grades with an overall pass-rate of 95%. Local girl Laura Graham, secured three A*s in English, History and Art; she intends to read Art History at Nottingham University. Fran Baker, who also lives in Rendcomb, will go on to read Graphic Design at the University of Chester, having scored As in English, Theatre Studies and Art. Bruce Chen, who achieved 4 A levels with A*s in Maths and Further Maths, and As in Chemistry and Physics will read Physics at Imperial College, London. Dorothy Lu who secured exactly the same results will read Bio-Chemistry at University College, London. Head Boy, George Ord, who has already started his teaching GAP year in New Zealand, passed with A*s in History and English and a B in Physical Education.
Mr Gerry Holden, Headmaster commented “This was a particularly pleasing set of results from a delightful group of students, who not only performed well in the exam hall but also gave generously of their time to the sporting, musical and cultural side of college life.”
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By Headmaster on
09/07/2010 14:02
It has been a particularly busy end of term: in the last two weeks, we have been treated to Mrs Dodd’s excellent production of Guys and Dolls, starring Rachel Barnes, Amelia Brady, Ben Smith and Harry Ellis; we have enjoyed a sun-filled Sports Day, where several records were broken and Bannister came out victorious. The day was rounded off with our inaugural outdoor rock concert, Rendcombury, which was attended by over 400 pupils and parents. Forty-eight third and fourth formers have just returned from a four day field trip to the battlefields of The Somme and Ypres, led by Mrs Kinson. So all in all, a busy end to a busy year.
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By Headmaster on
27/03/2010 23:04
26th March 2010
Dear Parents,
With the daffodils finally appearing on my lawn outside headmaster’s house, spring has arrived and the Lent term concluded. We started the term in deepest snow and have concluded with warm sunshine. As Sophie Musgrave, our Head Girl, observed in Headmaster’s assembly earlier this afternoon, it has been an exhausting and exhilarating eleven weeks. Highlights of the term have included :
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By Headmaster on
12/01/2010 17:31
.jpg) Dear Parents,
This letter is being written the morning after our excellent Carol Service in Christ Church Cheltenham with the sounds of O Come All Ye Faithful still ringing in my ears. What a wonderful occasion it was with excellent singing from the choir under the leadership of Mr McKelvey and confident readings from all constituents of the Rendcomb family. It has been a very good term, as we heard from our reviews at Headmaster’s Assembly yesterday morning and as you can see from the senior school newsletter.
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By Headmaster on
30/09/2009 12:27
Dear Parents
Three weeks into term and with an exeat weekend in sight, I hope that your children have settled down well to routines in the senior school. It has been a particularly frenetic start for our first form with our Charity Cycle Ride at the end of week one and last week’s Adventure Weekend, organised by Mr and Mrs Brealy and attended by my twin brother and myself. Both of these occasions were well supported by pupils, staff and parents. At the other end of the age spectrum, Mr Marsden and his staff are supporting our Upper Sixth on their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition.
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By Headmaster on
09/07/2009 16:57
The Headmaster's end of term letter to parents, July 2009.
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