News from Mr Grady
Hello everyone,
What an amazing couple of weeks we’ve had, our Open Evening for prospective students, Induction Day for our Year 6 students joining us in September, a trip to Wimbledon this week, and trips out to Coventry Cathedral, Years 10 and 12 out on Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh retrospectively, Year 12 induction happening for our joining Year 12s, a musical celebration, and Sports Day today. Phew. And that’s not to mention al the exciting things going on in lessons and really challenging students to be curious and explore more and more challenging parts of the curriculum. Rugby High School at its best!
I’m very jealous in particular of the students who got to see the tennis stars at Wimbledon, as some of the games have been real nail-biters. There is something particularly exciting about tennis played at such a level, the resilience and sportsmanship of the players a real inspiration, and the range of attitudes to success on show also a great lesson for our students! Some players quietly and tenaciously taking responsibility for their game, and others often pointing the finger outside of themselves, finding excuses and not taking personal responsibility.
I spoke to the Year 12 students this week about that “half-way” point of their A-Levels, and could easily have said much the same to the Year 10. You are, if you like halfway through your match, and you have a choice now about how you want to finish – you might be feeling confident, or you might be feeling less so, but now is the time to pause, reflect, take stock and take charge. You’ve got the support of the crowd, and it’s over to you! The summer break will be a great time for that pause and reflection, and consideration of all the advice you’ve had this year.
It never ceases to amaze me that that 60 second break the tennis players have to eat a mouthful of banana, towel themselves down, and rehydrate can be such an intense refocus. You see players return to the court with changed attitudes, approaches and games, and coming back from disappointing starts to something more pleasing.
Well. We have 6 weeks to munch a banana, dry off and refocus – imagine how much more strongly you can return to the match with that!
Have a great week everyone, and looking forward to the group effort of Sports Day later on today.
With all best wishes, stay well and safe!
Mr Grady
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Dandy Danks, 14 year old collie cross, had an extremely enjoyable day when she came to RHS for part of the morning on 24th June. The Rugby High student and staff community welcomed Dandy very warmly and she had a wonderful time receiving far more attention than she ever does at home! It was clearly a pleasant novelty to have a dog around school and students commented on how good Dandy looked for her age (music to her ears!) and how placid and gentle she was. By break, after happy sessions with 10ME4 and 9T1 English classes, Dandy was so exhausted, she couldn't even gather the energy to leave her comfy basket, so received visitors from her bed as they visited room 1 for a cuddle and brief chat.
Dandy had many new experiences such as shaking paws with a headteacher, colouring to music in form time, having her photo taken with the members of the English and Drama departments who were in school and even seeing herself in a mirror for the first time! Dandy also did a sniffing circuit of the school field, visited the school main office and attempted to break into the school's kitchen - but was fortunately spotted and ejected.
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