The Headmistress, Staff and Girls invite you to visit the School to meet them and watch some of the day's lessons. The programme for the day will be as follows:

10.30am - Coffee

10.45am - Address by the Headmistress in the Rendall Hall

11.20am - Visits to Lessons

12.40pm - Buffet Lunch and visits to Lunchtime Activities

2.00pm - 4.00pm - Visits to Lessons

If you are able to join us, please contact the school on 01865 762802 or email headmistress@ryestantony.co.uk

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Parents, pupils, staff and friends of the School are warmly invited to join Elizabeth Lowry to celebrate the launch of her novel, The Bellini Madonna, at Waterstone's in Oxford on Wednesday 2 July at 7.00 pm.

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We were delighted to have welcomed the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Andrew Burnham, on Monday 23 June to administer the sacrament of Confirmation to a number of our Anglican pupils from the Junior and Senior School. Following the ceremony parents, sponsors and friends enjoyed meeting the Bishop. The Confirmands were Beatrice Higgs, Alice Owen-Lloyd, Rose Kirtley, Amy Kirtley, Isabel Upton, Katy Priddis, Francesca Padley, Jessica Green, Alice Jackman and Caroline Viney. Jo Smail, who teaches in the History Department was also confirmed with the pupils.

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On Wednesday 21 May Year 5 dressed up as Tudors and visited Sulgrave Manor near Banbury. The manor is the ancestral home of the family who gave America their first President – the Washingtons. The girls enjoyed a tour of the Great Hall, kitchens and bed chambers and after a Tudor feast they learnt about musical instruments and songs from the time. Tudor writing was also attempted on slates and with quills. Lastly the girls had a whistle-stop tour of Tudor history which they re-enacted (and included Tudor dancing!)

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As part of their studies on Britain since 1930, Year 6 visited Holdenby House on 21 May. The estate offers an excellent education project entitled World War II: Evacuee day in which the pupils learn about the evacuation experience. The girls dressed up as children of the 1940’s and were welcomed as evacuees who had just arrived from the city. Everyone was given a range of jobs to do; from cooking with rationed foods to ‘make do and mend’ tasks. The girls thoroughly enjoyed their day and many thanks to the staff at Holdenby for such a memorable day.

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Rye held its annual May Ball last weekend to send off Year 13 in style. The event was organised by the Upper Sixth who went to great lengths to give the ball its glamorous Hollywood theme. It was also wonderful to welcome back Old Girls and see them reunited with their former class mates.

The Sixth Form would like to thank everyone who helped in making the ball such a success. In particular, thanks to Jo Croft and Sue McIlvenna for their help in organising the event; also to all the pupils in Year 11 who waited on the Sixth Form for the evening.

To make the night particularly glamorous the organisers managed to get their hands on two classic cars which were used for photographs on arrival. Thanks to Richard Greenwood who lent a classic Rolls Royce and to Tim and Ann Dutton for their Porsche 911 Turbo.

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Many congratulations to Alex Cotter and Julia McCourt on their recent success in the Abingdon Music Festival. Their Schubert duo was warmly praised by the adjudicator, and the girls were invited to play in the Festival Concert, the closing event of the Festival!

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This week we have decided to show a picture of our new fitness suite instead of the usual view of the sports hall. It is very exciting to see that the new equipment for the fitness suite has been installed. The main hall, which will be four times the size of our current one in the Rendall Building is also being kitted out with sporting equipment at the moment.

View of the fitness suite.

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Pupils enjoyed glorious walking weather last weekend for their Bronze Practice Expedition. The girls assembled at school at 9.00 am on Saturday for final safety talks and kit checks and then were bussed to their start points around Farmoor. On arrival at their start points, the girls were then accompanied by leaders for the first few legs of their journey to teach them navigation skills. The girls did very well in their map-reading skills and kept a close eye on their pace.

The night was spent at Appleton Cricket Ground where the groups pitched their tents and cooked their meals. Campcraft is an essential part of the expedition and the girls did well at Appleton. All bodes well for their final expedition!

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Congratuations to Imogen and Hermione Stanley for their impressive performance in the RYA Youth Nationals during the Easter Holiday. Imogen achieved First Prize in the girls' sailing competition while Hermione came second. The competition was at sea in Pwllheli, North Wales, over a period of five days. Imogen and Hermione easily mastered their 420's in the three races each day. Well done!

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On Wednesday 27 February the Junior School held a Synthetic Phonics evening for Parents. Over 40 Parents came along to see a film by Mr Willcock, played games and hear talks. This was to help them understand how their Children are learning literacy skills.

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A Level Results - click here

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