Weekly Newsletter
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Our newsletter is sent home to families every friday. It keeps you informed of what is happening in the school and forthcoming trips and events.
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News Archive
24 Feb 2021
Find out how to take a covid test at Ravenswood
We made a video that we've been using to show the children how to take a covid test.
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11 Feb 2021
Consultation on the expansion of Ravenswood School
Please see the following covering letter and Statutory Notice regarding the consultation for the expansion…
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05 Feb 2021
School Update
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 5th February.
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06 Jan 2021
Covid-19 Testing in School for Staff and Students
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 6th January.
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11 Dec 2020
Inset Day - Friday 18th December
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 9th December.
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26 Nov 2020
Consultation on the expansion of Ravenswood School
Please see the following documents which contain details of the consultation for the expansion of…
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13 Nov 2020
School Update - Covid-19
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 13th November.
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09 Nov 2020
School Update - Staffing Levels
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 9th November.
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19 Oct 2020
Students run 61 miles!
Wow! What an amazing achievement for all of our students, we have run a total of 61 Miles!
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Check…06 Jul 2020
School Update
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 6th July.
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22 Jun 2020
NEW: Videos of Makaton signs - Week 11
Ravenswood teacher Julie Lawrence has been working through our Makaton Handbook and demonstrating…
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12 Jun 2020
School Update
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 12th June.
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01 Jun 2020
Track and Trace
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 1st June.
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04 May 2020
School Update - 4th May
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 4th May.
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21 Apr 2020
School Update
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 21st April.
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30 Mar 2020
School closed for Easter holiday
School will close at the end of Friday 3rd April for the two weeks of the Easter Holidays. School…
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27 Mar 2020
School partially open from Monday 30th March
Ravenswood School will re-open for some pupils the week beginning 30th March. The families of those…
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23 Mar 2020
School Closure Update
Please see the letter below sent home to all parents on 23rd March.
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17 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED to pupils on Thursday 19th March until further notice
Due to the latest government guidance around Coronavirus and the higher risk posed to vulnerable people,…
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28 Jan 2020
P16's Believe Day
Post 16 students and staff organised a fun afternoon in January to celebrate part of our ‘Dream, Achieve,…
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17 Jan 2020
Post 16 Open Evening
Find out more about the courses and support we have to offer. Welcome and refreshments by our P16…
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17 Jan 2020
Guides on how to stay safe on PlayStation and Xbox
Did your child get a games console for Christmas?
Do you need help restricting screen time…
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06 Jan 2020
Review of terms 1 & 2
We've been doing some fantastic work this academic year! Check out some of things we've done here
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18 Oct 2019
Staff walk 26 miles for charity
NINE MEMBERS OF STAFF WALKED A TOTAL OF 234 MILES FOR CHARITY!
The…
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19 Jul 2019
Message from Mr Senior
I have really enjoyed the year. Our school community has gone from strength to strength, it is a…
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19 Jul 2019
Fire Safety Improvement Works; September delay to return of pupils
Unfortunately, building works to improve the fire safety of our school building need to take place…
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21 Jun 2019
Agilisys volunteers help us out
On Wednesday 19th June we were delighted to welcome volunteers from IT company Agilisys, provider…
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14 Jun 2019
Bristol City's Scott Murray trains Ravenswood pupils
Ravenswood pupils had the pleasure of being trained by Bristol City Legend Scott Murray this week. …
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24 May 2019
Primary Music Fun Day
A huge thank you to all the students and staff who have been involved today in our Musical Fun Day…
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20 May 2019
School flooded... with volunteers! BHGE staff transform our grounds
Last week we had a wonderful team of volunteers helping the school. In fact, 20 different teams! …
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03 May 2019
Kilve Trip
Pupils from Frome and Axe classes thoroughly enjoyed a two-day one-night residential trip to Kilve…
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25 Mar 2019
Post – 16 Work Experience
Our young people in Post-16 recently completed a two week work experience programme. Placements took…
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22 Mar 2019
Willow class study the Romans
Willow students have been working hard learning about the Ancient Romans this term. We have been…
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28 Feb 2019
Duck Class Internet Safety work
As part of their e-safety learning Duck class focused on pressing icons to choose their favourite…
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25 Feb 2019
P16RM Safer Internet Showcase
P16RM had a class discussion about how to keep safe online and they designed these posters...
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14 Feb 2019
Ash Class Safer Internet Showcase
Our first class to showcase their learning during Safer Internet Week is Ash class. Here's what they've…
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11 Feb 2019
Safer Internet Week
We had Safer Internet Week last week and all our classes were working hard learning about how to stay…
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11 Dec 2018
P16KJ visit to Citizens Advice
P16KJ visited the Bristol branch of Citizens Advice as part of their Asdan Personal and Social Development…
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30 Nov 2018
Report of P16's learning for Anti-Bullying Week
P16BJ
The students in Post 16BJ have learnt about behaviours that make us…
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29 Nov 2018
What we've been learning in KS4 during anti-bullying week
Yeo class
In anti-bullying week we looked at who could help us in our family…
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29 Nov 2018
Anti-bullying week in KS3
Willow class:
What did we learn about during anti-bullying week?
Friendships. …
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28 Nov 2018
Learning about friendship during anti-bullying week in our Primary Dept
The 19th November was the start of Anti-Bullying week at Ravenswood. Here's what has been going on…
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21 Nov 2018
P16 on stage
It was great fun! Post 16 students gave an amazing performance on Tuesday evening as they joined…
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26 Oct 2018
Robin run for Ravenswood!
Ravenswood pupils from Robin Class took part in the North Somerset Cross Country Running finals on…
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26 Oct 2018
Our Christmas Fayre is booked!
Yes, it's happening on Saturday 8th December 10am to 1pm. If you know anyone who would like a stall…
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25 Oct 2018
Willow Class get out and about
We walked to Christ Church Nailsea on Wednesday 17th October and were met by Reverend Tony. He showed…
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20 Jul 2018
Message from the Chair of Governors
This year has been such an excellent year for Ravenswood! The year began with an Ofsted Inspection…
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20 Jul 2018
Many grateful thanks
I have been Head at Ravenswood for 14 years and in that time have been so grateful for the support…
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20 Jul 2018
School Awards Church Service
Once again, class teams found it so difficult to nominate a pupil for the 2018 end of year awards. …
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19 Jul 2018
Leavers' Assembly
How confident our 10 school leavers were in giving their presentations to a packed hall. They were…
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18 Jul 2018
A show fit for a Headteacher!
Mrs Clark was treated to a special show, with presentations of songs, poems, dances and artwork. …
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10 Jul 2018
Fantastic Sports Day
Sunshine and a light breeze. Firm dry ground. A large cheerful crowd. Race activities designed…
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03 Jul 2018
Sports Activities on Moving Up Day!
Moving Up day is a chance to meet your new class and teachers and get to know the pupils you are going…
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29 Jun 2018
P16 students visit The Bristol Hotel
Post 16 enjoyed a very informative visit to The Bristol Hotel to find out more about working in the…
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26 Jun 2018
P16KJ and JM Sports Leaders
After several weeks of preparing Post16 KJ and JM students were ready to lead their activities with…
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18 May 2018
"Ravenswood School is Amazing!"
That was the message both pupils and parents gave the Ofsted inspector yesterday. He was delighted…
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14 May 2018
Kingfisher Class visits city farm
On Friday 11th May, Kingfisher class visited Windmill Hill City Farm. They had a brilliant…
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09 May 2018
P16 visit to Synagogue
P16 classes recently enjoyed a visit to the Bristol and West Progressive Synagogue. The visit gave…
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01 May 2018
Well played Ruby!
The Mickey Mouse March is quite a fast and tricky tune but in this video Ruby absolutely nails it! …
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13 Apr 2018
Post 16 Open Evening
We had a lot of visitors to see our Post-16 department on Thursday evening; they were interested to…
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11 Apr 2018
P16 wows audience at Dance Festival
Our Post 16 students made everyone very proud at the recent Dance Festival at The Playhouse in Weston-super-Mare. …
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09 Mar 2018
World Book Day
Thank you to all those who dressed up today as their favourite book characters. We postponed the…
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07 Mar 2018
Primary Dept strike!
On Tuesday 6th March, children from the Primary department went on a bowling trip. They…
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27 Feb 2018
Curious Kingfisher class!
On Monday 26th February, Kingfisher class went to ‘We the curious’ in Bristol. The children…
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19 Feb 2018
Tag Rugby Coaching
Frome and Axe classes were both selected for rugby coaching following a suggestion from the Secondary…
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06 Feb 2018
Intra Activity Report for Term 3
The challenge was to work together to collect all the bean bags as fast as possible, beating the clock…
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22 Jan 2018
Secondary School Council leads assembly to launch the new lanyards
The Secondary School Council can be praised for their determination and effort to pursue lanyards…
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20 Dec 2017
Thank you and have a happy Christmas!
A huge thank you to all the students and staff for working so hard over terms 1 and 2. We have celebrated…
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04 Dec 2017
Get your skates on!
On Friday afternoon Willow, Ash, Birch and Pine classes went skating on the rink in the centre of…
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23 Nov 2017
P16 Drama Group perform ‘The Tempest’
Well done to all our budding actors that played their part so well on Wednesday evening at the Shakespeare…
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21 Nov 2017
Panathlon Challenge
Primary and Secondary Schools across the WESPORT area were invited to enter the Panathlon Challenge. …
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20 Nov 2017
P16 JM: Sports Leaders at Kingshill School
After several weeks of planning, practicing and evaluating performance the students were ready to…
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20 Nov 2017
Changes for Life Sports Club - Term 2 progress
Term 2 and Sports Club continues with a core group of keen enthusiastic pupils from across all Key…
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14 Nov 2017
Cricket coaching for pupils in Ash and Birch
Ash and Birch Classes have both been selected for Cricket coaching following a suggestion from Secondary…
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10 Nov 2017
School disco
It was great to see so many families at the Disco. We loved the dance competitions, with parents…
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10 Nov 2017
Learning targets
New learning targets came home for every child on Friday. This is an important way we can keep parents…
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09 Nov 2017
Celebrating our GOOD Ofsted report
Staff and pupils celebrated our GOOD report together. Paulo's ice cream van parked up for the afternoon…
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07 Nov 2017
Secondary School Council presents cheque to Clevedon Foodbank
Fantastic achievement! Pupils at Ravenswood School can be praised for their efforts in collecting…
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03 Nov 2017
Raising the roof!
Robin class have been learning songs from all around the world as part of North Somerset Raise The…
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31 Oct 2017
Advert: St Katherines Weekly Multi-Sports Club
Fencing, Laser Run, multi-sport activities and more. Fencing equipment and laser pistols provided. …
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31 Oct 2017
Advert: North Somerset Athletic Club
The club promotes disabled athletic sports for boys and girls age 8 to 16. It will be held at Clevedon…
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16 Oct 2017
Raising money through Water Races!
This year the school is supporting Clevedon and District Food Bank. Various activities have been…
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12 Oct 2017
Harvest Assembly - supporting Nailsea Foodbank
Thank you for all the food donations! Richard Worthington, from Nailsea Foodbank (part of the larger…
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06 Oct 2017
Ravenswood bags £4000 from carrier bag charge fund!
We are delighted to announce that we have bagged £4,000 from a Tesco funding scheme. Tesco teamed…
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06 Oct 2017
Outdoor and Adventure at Ashton Court
Pupils joined friends from Baytree, New Siblands and Warmley Park School at Ashton Court yesterday.…
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03 Oct 2017
Changes for Life Sports Club
As we start a new academic year pupils are keen to participate in an after school sports club again. …
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28 Sep 2017
Ofsted Inspection
Two inspectors visited today. They were busy watching teaching, meeting with pupils, governors, senior…
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25 Sep 2017
Parents and Friends plan family events
It was good to see new faces at the PFA meeting this evening. We are planning a range of family events…
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25 Sep 2017
Secondary School Council
Secondary School Council had their first meeting today. The class reps were proud to have been elected…
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22 Sep 2017
New Learning Opportunities
Y11 pupils visited Weston College. Next Friday onwards they will be going every week to learn skills…
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22 Sep 2017
Parents meet the class
Thanks to the many parents and carers who came along to meet classes this week. The children enjoyed…
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21 Sep 2017
Drama in p-16!
Once again p-16 students will be performing at the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol. Planning and…
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08 Sep 2017
Keep calm and carry on
Flash rainstorms caused lessons and assembly to be disputed today. At times it was impossible to…
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08 Sep 2017
Message from the Head
It has been a delight to welcome your children back to school. They have all been pleased to see…
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01 Sep 2017
We welcome pupils back to school on Wednesday 6th September
We hope you've had a lovely summer break and we look forward to welcoming pupils back to school on…