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We are very excited to announce that Outdoors Project has now started their Nurture and Lunchtime club on Thursdays at Waterfield. They also run an after school club on Thursdays and half term clubs throughout the year. Please check out their website as we highly recommend their well organised and adventurous activities. https://www.theoutdoorsproject.co.uk/

Every Wednesday lunch time a member of the Sussex Cricket Foundation will be running a fun lunch time hour for all children to join in. There were many children waiting patiently to have a go and we happy to report that Mr Thys has spotted some Waterfield cricket talent too.

Oliver Rehearsal schedule for week comencing 27.1.2020

Students at GCSE study “Romeo and Juliet” as their Shakespeare text.  The Globe Theatre on London’s Southbank is staging this play as part of their 2020 season. If your child is in Year 10 or Year 11, or even in the lower years, it would be a wonderful opportunity for you to arrange for them […]

Riddlesdown Young Musician of the Year 2020 Final will take place in The @RC Theatre on 3rd February at 5.00 pm.  Entry is FREE to watch the competition.

Wow! This week 11ao6EN presented wonderful character and theme studies as part of their Student Teaching on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Each student worked with a partner and had just over a week to prepare, research and practice their presentation on a chosen character or theme from the play itself.  The class worked so hard […]

Outstanding Independence in Mathematics – Year 8 Orion Congratulations to Harry Burns, Naia Chugh, Kaya Marie Kabyanga, Jacob Nockles, Toby Carpenter, Tristan Shaw and Ameli Holland who were recognised this week for showing outstanding independence in Mathematics. The students were set a task of researching a topic called surds. Surds is one of the most […]

Your Art teacher recommends…. If you are aged 14+ and considering studying GCSE Art or A Level Art at Riddlesdown, you should sign up and attend this fantastic opportunity at Dulwich Picture Gallery (link).  The structure of the day aims to make academic Art accessible to everyone through a series of creative responses to Rembrandt’s […]

We are looking forward to welcoming parents of Year 11 students to Parents Evening on Wednesday 15th January 2020. Appointments can be viewed on Parent Portal. This will be a great opportunity to talk about PPE results and the next steps that students should take to prepare for even better outcomes this summer.

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On Thursday, 16th January 2020, Year 10 students will have the opportunity to be interviewed by a visiting professional. These mock interviews will give students a chance to practise how best to present themselves in such situations and they will receive valuable feedback on their performance. Students can wear professional attire suitable for an interview […]

In our New Year assemblies this week, Mr Dey reminded students of the joy of learning – the making sense of information and experiences for oneself – and encouraged them to always keep learning, never being put off by failure along the way. He also urged students to be better learners this year by being […]