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Reflection: World Book Week
I would start this speech with a question: why should we read? Today marks the start of RGS book week, and Thursday is World Book Day – an international celebration of books – so there is arguably no better occasion is there to address this question. I have always loved reading and I enjoy it, so for…
King’s Lecture – Lent Term
For this term’s King’s Lecture, we were delighted to welcome current RGS parent Richard Burrell to deliver a talk entitled, How to have a career behind the camera – and other ways to terrify your parents. Richard joined the National Youth Theatre, alongside Daniel Craig, whilst still at school and after university pursued a…
Star Warts – The Umpire Strikes Back!
RGS Prep’s Drama Club presents; ‘Star Warts – The Umpire Strikes Back!’ ‘Star Warts’, featuring a collection of galactic characters on a space adventure, is the latest RGS Prep Drama Club’s production. A hilarious parody of ‘Star Wars’, the cast includes Daft Ada and Luke Warmwater who live on Junction 51, their quiet space station….
Reflection: Global Citizenship
You may wonder what one of the founders of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Kurt Hahn, has to do with this week’s theme of global citizenship. Hahn was a German educationalist who was once imprisoned in Nazi Germany before seeking refuge in Scotland. In the post-war years, he became a staunch believer in advocating unity,…
Children’s Mental Health Week
Children’s Mental Health week (which commenced 6 February) encourages UK schools to focus on making meaningful connections using the theme ‘Let’s Connect’. At RGS Prep we have been running a range of activities for the students to take part in, including planting seeds, making bread rolls, expressing themselves on a graffiti wall and dancing their socks…
Musician of the Year
Now in its twenty-third year, the Steynor Prize or RGS Musician of the Year has justifiably become one of the highlights of the RGS musical calendar. Established to showcase the extraordinary abilities of our most talented musicians, last night’s final proved to be no exception. After a fiercely contested preliminary round, six finalists were selected…
Reflection: Reading
Nelson Mandela said that if you “Talk to a man in a language that he understands, it goes straight to his head. But talk to a man in his own language, and it goes straight to his heart.” With the theme of Literature without borders, this is a fitting aphorism for World Book Week this…
Reflection: Holocaust Memorial Day
Friday the 27th of January marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2023, a day where we reflect on the atrocities of the Holocaust. This year, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust have picked Ordinary People as the theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day. This theme is crucial to the memory of the worst genocide in human history. …
Reflection: Moral Purpose
With the theme for the week being moral purpose, I would like to share a quote with you all: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” These were the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Dr King believed that every person has the right to live a life of…
Christmas Events & Activities
Boys across all year groups have enjoyed taking part in a variety of Christmas activities and events over the past couple of weeks. Pre-Prep put on a fantastic Nativity performance across 5 days! The boys sang and spoke beautifully and with such confidence to an audience filled with proud guardians, grandparents and staff. It was…
Orchestral Concert
This term’s orchestral concert took place in Holy Trinity Church. In front of a large and supportive audience of parents and staff, Concerto Consort and the RGS Symphony Orchestra took to the stage in what was the culmination of over a term’s worth of intense rehearsals and hard work by students and staff alike. The…
Uniform to Uganda
The school has, for several years, had an association with a small charity called Seeds for Development. Community leaders in the villages in Northern Uganda supported by Seeds for Development told them that their number one priority was the education of their youngest children. From that point on, it has also been the main priority…
Lord of the Flies Review
Right from the very opening, the production of Lord of the Flies was every bit as enthralling as it was uncomfortable as the talented cast maintained an edgy intensity, capturing every nuance of Golding’s dark tale. From the youthful exuberance of schoolboy leaping and howling to night-time disquiet and the sinister power of imagination, fuelled by…