The Royal Latin School
The Royal Latin

The Friends Association have arranged for Professor Stafford of Somerville College, Oxford University to give a lecture on 'Poetry and the Sciences' on Tuesday 23rd March in the school hall starting at 7.30p.m. Doors open at 7.00p.m.

The lecture will offer a survey of the ways in which poets have taken up new scientific ideas and technological developments and will cover the Copernican revolutiuon, Newton's theories, Darwin's evolutionary work as well as a number of inventions.

This lecture follows the success of the first lecture in this series given by Mr Steven Jones on Cosmology.

Please phone the school 01280-813065 to reserve your place (s) and help us to make the necessary seating arrangements. There is no charge and we expect a large audience. The lecture is open to all. 

The Times Spelling BEE -First round heats took place on the afternoon of Tuesday 9th March 2010. 

The great news is our fabulous team of Ella McKee (7V), Shannon Collins (7D), Emily Rumsey (7S) and Mihir Rao (7S), competing against 6 other schools, WON our play off heat, by 10 clear points - although we had to wait until the very end of the competition for the final result as we were the last team to spell in the Quick-fire Round. In support of the team, we were joined by Ella’s mum and Emily’s dad plus four friends of the team from our year 7 and Laura our Trainee English Teacher. 

The Team are now through to the Semi-finals which will be held somewhere in the south of England in May 2010 

The team performed with focus and determination and were brilliant. Special credit must also go to Ella McKee (7V) who was the last Speller Standing, from all of the teams, in the Spelling Play-Off Knock out round.
The team are already busy practising for the semi-final competition.  

Special thanks to Andy Cooper for driving the team and supporters to the competition in the RLS minibus. 

Year 12 - Last day in School is Tuesday 18th May 2010, returning on Friday 11 June 2010.

Year 13 - Last day in School is Friday 28th May 2010

Letters giving details of these arrangements will be sent home shortly

Resit forms MUST be with Mrs Selby by Tuesday 16th March midday.  

Request for remarks, photo copies of scripts etc are time- critical, see exam information limk for further details.

Becoming a school Governor is a challenging and rewarding experience, however the commitment that it requires should not be underestimated. You will be required to attend one full Governing Body meeting a term, (held on first Monday of March, June and October and starting at 1.30pm. These meetings usually last a full afternoon. You will also join either the Curriculum (start time 5.30pm), Personnel (start time 5.30 pm) or Premises Committee (start time 4.30pm) and you will be expected to attend the relevant termly meeting. You are more than welcome to attend any of the other committee meetings if you so wish. Preparation for these meetings may require background reading. You may also be assigned as a link to an area of the school, which involves making visits to see it in action, and then report back to the Governing Body. Governors should also make time to observe and congratulate students on the time they put in to extra-curricular activities, such as Prize Giving, Music and Sporting events.

Please click the link to view the letter

We are currently awaiting responses from Y9 pupils who want to go on next year's trip.

Please click the link above for further information.

Link to booking conditions for the trip

The visit to the Birmingham Indoor Arena to view the first day of the All England Badminton Championships was most enjoyable for the 50 RLS students. 13 students chose to assist at the event by mopping courts and shuttle control whilst watching the continuous excellent play.

The venue for the football fixtures against Aylesbury Grammar School is Hannon Road, Walton Court in Aylesbury.  The lads are leaving school at 3pm on a coach with kick off at approximately 4.15pm.  The pupils should arrive back between 6-6.15pm.  Any issues please contact Mr Izzard directly in the PE department on 01280 827361 or via email at aizzard@royallatin.bucks.sch.uk