Year 9 Languages Ambassadors' visit to Elmbridge

The Year 9 Languages Ambassadors went to Elmbridge Primary School to teach French and Spanish to Year 4 pupils. They taught them different topics: greetings, numbers, colours, just to name a few and used a range of activities: slap the board, hot and cold game, guess the number… Year 4 pupils...

Shakespeare: "If Music be the Food of Love."

The Shakespeare Society's end of term trip was held on Friday the 8th of December. Fittingly, for the festive season, Mr Parker had organised for us to see Twelfth Night, directed by Christopher Luscombe. Mistaken identities, farcical confusion contrasted with the spirit of love, and mockery. This version of the play...

House Quiz Results

The annual House Quizzes were held this week with the Junior Quiz held on Thursday lunchtime followed by the Senior Quiz on Friday. The Junior Quiz was contested by teams of three with a member from each of Year 7, 8 and 9. There were ten rounds of questions with some...

Snow Update - School OPEN Monday

There is the odd flake of snow in the air at School but very little snow has settled during the day today. In fact, the Bluecoat Boy quad is more or less clear. It is highly likely that the school will be OPEN tomorrow (Monday) however, under no circumstances would we...

Fixtures versus Crypt cancelled

All matches against Crypt this morning have been cancelled due to frozen pitches...

Examination Certificates

Certificates for examinations taken in May/June this year are now available. They should all be distributed to students that are still in the school by the end of January 2018. Leavers who paid to have their certificates posted will receive them shortly. Other students that have left the school can come...

St. Nikolaus visits the German department

Today our beginner German groups learnt about St. Nikolaus Tag in Germany. Each pupil left a shoe outside the classroom and waited to be visited by St. Nikolaus. In Germany St. Nikolaus traditionally visits the children on the 6th December, leaving presents for good children and coal for bad children. This...

Weihnachtsmarkt 2017

German students in Years 11, 12 and 13 enjoyed a very festive German Christmas Market last night. Despite the cold weather, lots of fun was had and lots of Wurst was consumed. With over 200 stalls selling German produce, students were able to experience some traditional German culture without having to...

MFL Lectures in French, German and Spanish

I am delighted to report that yesterday a group of year 12 and 13 linguists once again had the opportunity to attend a series of lectures in French, German and Spanish at Stroud High School. The lectures were organized by the West of England branch of ALL (Association for Language Learning...

KS4 Badminton win Level 2 Schools' Tournament

The KS4 Badminton team won 4 matches against teams from Kings, Millbrook Academy, Gloucester Academy, and Crypt to qualify for the Level 3 County finals in February. We beat Kings, Millbrook and Gloucester Academy all with a score of 5-0 to set up a decider against Crypt which we won 3...

The impact of social media on well-being

It was fantastic to see over 100 parents and staff in attendance last evening for the talk on the impact of social media on well-being. The evening was hosted by “You’re not on the back foot!” and covered the following topics: The impact of Social Media on the developing brainHow children...

Cross Country Success

Runners from every year group competed in the Gloucester district cross country championships recently at Plock Court. After winning the Junior boys, intermediate boys and senior boys races, STRS were crowned district boys cross country champions. This is a title the school has held for a number of years. Some excellent...

Fundraising concert for young people with Epilepsy

View the poster here While many young people will be busy drawing up their Christmas lists, Year 10 students Edward Burgess and Innes Peek have decided to make an impact by organising a concert themselves to raise funds for EPIC, the Hospital’s fund for children and young people with epilepsy. Edward...

From the Headmaster

In service Training I was rather perturbed on Thursday afternoon last week when one Year 10 boy said to me “enjoy the four day weekend sir" – I quickly explained that the teachers were doing training and would be working very hard on Friday and Monday – “oh" he said...

KS3 Badminton Win Level 2 Badminton Tournament

The KS3 Badminton team won 4 matches against teams from Kings, Severn Vale and Crypt to qualify for the Level 3 County finals in February. Impressively they won all their 4 matches 5-0 with an average score of 21-6 in their games. Well done to Ansh Nair, Sai Kenche, Mark Thomas...

2nd Team Qualify for National School’s Knockout

STRS took 2 teams to the Bristol qualification heat for the National School’s Chess Championships. Our 2nd team did remarkably well to win 2 of their 3 matches and hence qualify for the knockout stages of this year’s competition. Their section was headed by 1st teams from schools in Hereford and...

Careers - PwC Presentation

Careers – PwC Presentation An invited audience, mainly drawn from the Sixth Form, were provided with a presentation by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who outlined all of their Business Services, ranging from Consultancy, Technological, Actuary and Auditing work. Our guests also promoted the importance of ‘Employability Skills’ and provided lots of valuable tips when...

Underhill to face Australia

After performing well against Argentina last weekend, Ex 1st XV captain Sam Underhill has been retained in England’s backrow by Eddie Jones to play a resurgent Australia tomorrow at Twickenham. We wish him well...

Year 12 residential geography fieldwork in Devon

39 students in Year 12 spent 3 days in Devon last week learning about a range of topics to support their Geography A level course. They completed various fieldwork techniques to include measuring carbon sequestration in a local forest, the width, depth, wetted perimeter and velocity along the River Harbourne and...

Careers- Year 9 Young Enterprise Day

Careers – Year 9 Young Enterprise Day All of Year 9 were taken off time-table and involved in a number of activities designed to develop their entrepreneurial and enterprise skills. The event was sponsored by GCHQ and coordinated by Gloucestershire First Learning Education Partnership. We had many guests from the local...

House Public Speaking Competition

On Friday 10th November, 12 pupils competed in the House Public Speaking Competition. Competitors were divided into the three key stages, and each chose their own topic. We had a particularly wide range of interesting and pertinent topics this year, including 'Hilary Rodham Clinton: a tragedy'; 'Should we Privatise the Rail...

Gold and Silver Presentation Evening

Friday evening saw the successful culmination of the Expedition section for our Gold and Silver Duke of Edinburgh teams as they completed their entertaining presentations to staff and parents. Some of our Silver team members had no previous experience of this award scheme. Although they were adamant that they did not...

Alumni Sporting Success

Kristof Willerton and his 3 team mates representing GB scored 112.500 points to win the Men's gold medal in the World Trampolining Champs ahead of China and Denmark, and Sam Underhill played a key role in England's success over Argentina at Twickenham on Saturday. Outstanding achievements for both ORs...

Year 10 say Auf Wiedersehen until March

Year 10 have enjoyed a fantastic week with their exchange partners, including a day of activities at Croft farm and a traditional barn dance. We are very much looking forward to our return visit in March...

Public Health Nursing Consultation

Working together with Gloucestershire Care Services NHS trust, the County Council is bringing together health visiting and school nursing into a single service for all children aged 0-19 and their families. As part of this work, there are opportunities to make changes so that the services work better for people. The...

Sam Underhill starts for England against Argentina

Sam Underhill will make his home debut for England's Senior XV at openside on Saturday when he runs out at Twickenham to face Argentina. At just 21 he is one of the youngest members of the team but someone Eddie Jones is looking to build a new side around in preparation...

Helping young people in Gloucestershire to cope

With the help of children, young people, their families and others, Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group has written a five-year plan called 'Gloucestershire's Future in Mind'. The aim of the plan is to try and make things better for children and young people with mental health problems in Gloucestershire. The website https...

From the Headmaster - November 2017

I hope you all enjoyed a restful half-term break. As we embark on the busy and important weeks' teaching leading to Christmas, I would like to bring a number of issues and events to your attention. We continue to take our responsibility for pupils' mental health and well-being very seriously, and...

40th German Exchange is well underway.

On Wednesday we welcomed 40 students from Göttingen, Germany for our annual exchange. They have already explored the SS Great Britain, met Gloucester's mayor and had a tour of the cathedral. Tonight we look forward to welcoming the German partners and their exchange families to Tommies for our traditional barn dance...

Careers -Visit of Gloucester Rugby's Tom Burrows

Careers – Visit of Tom Burrows – Gloucester Rugby This week we had a visit from Gloucester Rugby’s Media and Community Officer, Tom Burrows, who provided a presentation to a number of our students in relation to his role at the club. Tom’s presentation was a fascinating insight into many aspects...

Rhineland Tour

Tired after a busy half-term, but still excited about the prospect of spending five days away from the usual routine to experience a slice of German culture, 40 boys and four members of staff departed for the biennial Rhineland tour on Monday last week at 3.30am. The trip was a great...

Representative Rugby Success for Tommies U16s

After a strong start to the season on the field, the U16s squad were celebrating the successes of nine of the players. Jamie Bagnall, Michael Baron, Hassaan Amer and Luke Carr have all been retained in the Gloucester Academy setup. Michael, a convert from football, is involved with the PDG group...

Year 11 Mock Interviews

Year 11 Mock Interviews 2017 Once again Rich’s provided our Year 11’s with the opportunity to engage with ‘real’ people from the world of business, commerce and industry, by experiencing the pressures of enduring the dreaded ‘Interview Process’. As usual, our students really gained a tremendous amount out of the whole...

USA 2018 Ski Trip Officially Cancelled

Following the unfortunate cancellation of the USA Ski trip due to lack insufficient numbers. I am delighted to announce that as an alternative, we are proposing to take pupils to an equally exciting new location for 2018. Click below for details https...

Biology trip to Pembrokeshire

Despite raining for most of the journey to Pembroke, it brightened up when we went out to do some pond dipping and stream studies. We have been very lucky with the weather so far… tomorrow forecast is rain though...

From the Headmaster - October 2017

As we approach half term, it seems a suitable moment to take stock of the new academic year. Much activity actually takes place before term even begins, and this year was no exception with the new Year 7 boys coming into school for their team-building day at the end of August...

Sixth form musicians visit the Royal Opera House

On Thursday October 5 eleven sixth form musicians travelled to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London to watch The Magic Flute by Mozart. This was a unique opportunity to hear a live performance of a set work from the Edexcel A level Music specification in context and for some students...

Cross Country Success

The junior and intermediate boys Cross Country teams competed in the ESAA Cross Country cup on Friday at Wycliffe School in Stroud. The intermediate team consisting of Daniel Turner Pearson, Owen Morris, Thomas Morris, Louis Hawthorne, Monty Kelly and William Silva ran a tough 5km race finishing third place overall. Owen...

7B are enjoying their Stratford residential

7B really enjoyed their time at the Butterfly Farm yesterday and achieved some excellent scores when playing Mini Golf. The boys have enjoyed the open top bus ride and are looking forward to visiting Mary Arden's farm to see the falconry display...

Careers - St.James' Place, Wealth Management

Careers - Year 9 – Financial Awareness and Capability Workshop Day - St. James' Place, Wealth Management All of the Year 9’s were involved in a workshop day, revolving around raising their awareness of personal finance. We were really lucky to have members of St. James’ Place Wealth Management, based in...

7S Stratford Trip

7S are having a fantastic time on their residential trip to Stratford-upon-Avon. On Wednesday they had great fun at the Butterfly Farm, playing mini golf and going for a swim. Mrs Mee reported that all of the pupils were ready for their dinner after a busy day of walking. Today the...

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Presentation Evening

Last Tuesday evening saw the culmination of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award for thirteen teams with their presentations of their Expeditions Aims. Fifty-eight of the seventy students taking part were also able to be awarded their certificate and badge having successfully completed all sections of the award. Many thanks to...

Open Day and Evening

Today we welcomed hundreds of prospective pupils and their families to our Open Day and Evening. During the day visitors sat in on the Headmaster's assembly before taking part in some of the many lessons available to them. This evening was a fantastic opportunity for prospective pupils and their families to...

Annual Awards and Speech Day 2017

On Friday 22nd September we welcomed Mr Babar Vaqas as the guest of honour to our Annual Awards and Speech Day. Mr Vaqas was a former pupil, leaving in 1997, who has gone on to become a leader in the world of neuro-oncology and minimal invasive techniques. Having achieved the best...

International Success for James Chantler

James has achieved a remarkable 4th place in the ITU World Championships, Elite Junior race. He was 8th out of the swim, and managed to get into the front bike pack. This group of athletes worked really well and they gained a 45 second or so lead from the second bike...

7T are enjoying their Stratford residential

7T have had a very enjoyable first few days at Stratford. Yesterday was action packed with some mini golf, a trip to the butterfly farm, swimming and some time at the adventure playground. Today started with a treasure trail which was enjoyable, before they went on an open top bus tour...

Exam success for top musicians

Congratulations to Louis Appleyard and Tom Thiselton on their recent Associate performance diploma successes: Louis has achieved an ATCL on the trumpet and Tom has gained an ARSM (merit) on the trombone: both equivalent in standard to the first year of an undergraduate music degree...

Gold and Silver DofE Assessed Expedition

Two teams of Gold and one of Silver Duke of Edinburgh students successfully completed their Assessed Expeditions at the start of this month. The two Gold teams set off from the bunkhouse on Saturday morning fortified by a full breakfast and in pleasant sunshine. The excellent conduct of our students was...

From the Headmaster - September 2017

Public examination results Traditionally, education comes to dominate the front pages of the national press in the second half of August. This year was no exception and perhaps there was even more anticipation than usual, as we awaited the first results of reformed GCE A Level and GCSE subjects. Students sat...

Pupils and Staff Celebrate GCSE Success

Year 11 pupils collected their GCSE results today and there were many reasons to celebrate. These results were the culmination of many years of hard work from both students and the staff who have taught them. For the first time, students have sat some of the new reformed GCSEs. As well...

GCSE Results Day

A reminder that GCSE results day is on Thursday 24th August. Results will be available in the School Hall from 9.00am. A number of staff will be on hand to support and advise pupils about progression into our Sixth Form. Also an advanced warning that a Parents Information Evening for current...

A Level Success

Students have received their A Level results today after two years of hard work. For some subjects, these are the first results for the new reformed linear A Level courses. Overall 170 students are now going to the university of their choice with six students off to Oxbridge. Headmaster Matthew Morgan...

A Level Results Day

AS and A Level Results will be available from 9am, Thursday 17th August in the Sixth Form Common Room...

SA Tour Update

Apologies for delay in update but this will be my 3rd attempt! I hope this one gets over the Equator! It’s hard to believe that we have packed so much in to the past 14 days. Together with 4 sets of matches against The Langa Township, Paarl Boys High, Bredasdorp and...

Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition in Exmoor

The Practice Expedition for two teams of Gold Duke of Edinburgh students and one of Silver got off to a prompt start, leaving school soon after 7.30am on Monday morning. A slight doubt about their preparedness was raised on the journey down: In response to one students excited spotting of the...

Success in national Maths competition

Each year the whole of Year 7 and Year 8 enter the Junior Maths challenge where they face 25 questions that test not only their mathematical understanding but also their logic. This year we had our best results ever with 15 boys qualifying for the follow on round, the Junior Kangaroo...

MFL Former Students Visit

We have been delighted this term to welcome a number of former Rich's pupils into the Modern Foreign Languages department to share their experiences of learning languages post STRS. Our pupils were able to listen to informal talks in open question and answer sessions. These include Matthew Lee, a medical student...

South Africa rugby tour underway

On Tuesday the senior rugby squads set off for their 20 day tour to South Africa. After arriving and settling in to their accommodation at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport they enjoyed getting straight into training at the Paul Roos Gymnasium. Both the boys and the staff are now looking forward...

Meet the Medical Student Presentation - Matt Lee

Meet the Medical Student Presentation – Matt Lee Rich’s welcomed former Rich’s pupil, Matt Lee to provide a talk to our students about his experiences as a Medical Student at Cardiff University. Matt has just completed his second year at Cardiff and was kind enough to provide our students with lots...

Sports Evening was a huge success

The annual Sports Evening took place this year on Thursday 13th July albeit a new and improved version. There were new events such as 3000m and 4x400m relay as well as a summer fete where there was an opportunity to 'hook-a-duck' and 'splat-the-teacher'. On the track it was a momentous occasion...

Year 7 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Workshop

On Wednesday the English and Drama department hosted a workshop on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for the whole of Year 7. Year 12 started the day with a 'reduced' performance of the play showing students how they could creatively explore the text. Year 7 groups then moved in to sessions...

Year 8 'The Tempest' Workshop

Today the English and Drama department hosted a workshop on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' for the whole of Year 8. Groups experienced sessions exploring aspects of storytelling, comedy and characterisation. The groups were then asked to work together to devise a performance of one section of the play. The boys devised using...

Artist Rob Churchill visits STRS

Artist Rob Churchill recently made a visit to the art department. He spoke about his superb artwork and the forthcoming Sixth Form residential to St. Ives. Rob Churchill's work has been selected by The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (London) and by The Royal West Academy (Bristol) on several occasions...

New Picnic Benches

On the 12.07.17 we took delivery of 10 new picnic benches. The benches were purchased as a result of direct consultation between the School Council and the Headmaster. We hope that the benches will be enjoyed by many pupils, staff, and visitors in the coming years. The School Council would like...

Staff and student cricket fixture ends in a tie

Today the 1st XI cricket team took an the staff in a Twenty 20 match. It was a very entertaining match that eventually ended in a tie. The boys batted first and Matt Cox with 42 and Seth Price with 39 not out helped them achieve 161-9 off their 20 overs...

The Art Department are now live on Instagram.

Please have a look or even follow our Instagram account for regular updates: STRSArt or strsartdepartment...

Year 10 attend University of Oxford

Twenty nine Year 10 boys travelled across to Oxford to have a look around a couple of colleges as well as the city. Initially we arrived at our link college Lady Margaret Hall and had a tour and a talk from their outreach officer. Following that we had a 40 minute...

Y10 Normandy

39 boys from Years 8 and 9 spent the first weekend of July at the PGL Centre “Chateau du Tertre" in Normandy. Activities included visits to a French market, a goat's cheese farm and a local bakery to meet the baker and have a go at making croissants. The boys also...

Year 10 Bronze DofE Expedition Completion

This Saturday saw the culmination of the Bronze Assessed Expeditions and successful completion by all students taking part. Yet again we were fortunate in the weather, a little too hot if you were hiking 15km with a heavy rucksack but manageable. Yet again staff turned out in force to make this...

Summer concert was a huge success

Tonight's Summer concert was a huge success enjoyed by many parents and supporters of the school. Performances by the Jazz Group, Choir, String Group, Orchestra and Chamber Choir were all well received, while some individual performances by Tom Thisleton and Rachel Hartigan went down superbly. Thanks to the PA for their...

Chess - STRS 12th in National Finals

Uppingham School, 5th and 6th July 2017. Finals for the top 16 schools in the country. The STRS Chess team qualified for the national finals for the first time, winning the West of England Region to join the top 16 schools in the country for a 2 day competition at Uppingham...

STRS Karting team at National Finals

Sir Thomas Rich's A Karting team competed strongly in the finals of the school karting championship at the Whilton Mill National circuit in Northamptonshire. The team made up of Zak Taylor 9S, Ryan Birch 12L and Harry Jenkins 12H raced 6 times at the final. The outstanding drives of the day...

Bronze D of E expedition well underway

In glorious sunshine 6 groups of Year 10 boys set off on their Bronze Dule of Edinburgh expedition today. Walking through some beautiful Cotswold villages such as Coberley, Elkstone and Brimpsfield all groups navigated well and made it safely to the campsite in Cranham. Hopefully the weather will hold for the...

Year 7 performing for future pupils.

Today eighteen of our Year 7 pupils took part in a Drama performance for the Year 6 students that will be joining us in September. They conscientiously worked as part of a team to learn lines and movement in a very short space of time. They have all given up their...

"Sit fas aut nefas." Titus Andronicus

"Let it be right or wrong!" The Shakespeare Society took their last trip, for this academic year, to the RSC to see Titus Andronicus. Shakespeare's Rome and its politics, power play and corruption seemed, to an extent, pertinent today. Although the desire for vengeance from Titus, Rome's most honoured general, and...

Chess - National Schools U-19 Finals

The STRS chess team is presently competing in the ECF Schools National U-19 Finals, a 2 day competition for the top 16 schools in the country. After 2 hard-fought matches we find ourselves with one win and one loss, putting us through to the last 4 in the Plate competition. We...

MFL ambassadors visit Longlevens Junior School

Yesterday the year 9 language ambassadors ran a very successful languages event at Longlevens Junior School for year 6 pupils. Whilst some ambassadors took on the role of waiters at the French café under the direction of the French propriétaire, Madame Khokher, others introduced the pupils to Spanish culture and language...

Tennis V Cleeve School

On Monday 03.07.17, STRS welcomed Cleeve School for a Year 7 & 8 tennis participation fixture. There were 28 players who played 3 fixtures each. Each of the fixtures was played with good spirit and we look forward to playing Cleeve School again next year...

Normandy 2017

After an amazing action packed few days, Year 8 and 9 boys are heading home. Over the weekend we have visited a goats cheese farm, seen how bread is made, and taken part in numerous activities at a PGL centre. Lots of French has been spoken and lots of fun has...

Year 7 Pinch Pots

Our Year 7 pupils have finished working on their superb Pinch Pots. The project enabled pupils the opportunity to explore a variety of contextual links, produce a range of concepts and finally transform their 2D drawings into exciting 3D outcomes. Each Pinch Pot showcased originality and purposeful media exploration. It has...

Year 8 Physical Theatre Workshop

A group of eighteen Year 8 pupils have been involved in a Physical Theatre workshop exploring the theme of 'bullying' to consolidate their recent studies in Drama. Tom Newton from local stage school 'Theatre Stars' joined the group to explore aspects of movement, ensemble work and contact in performance. The group...

Art, Business Adventures and University

The Art department were delighted to have Alyssa Dabbs return to STRS to speak to our year 12 artists. Alyssa spoke about her artwork, business adventures and University experiences. Over tea and biscuits the year 12’s had an opportunity to look through workbooks, ask questions and exchange ideas. It was a...

Year 10 GCSE Devising Workshop

Today our Year 10 GCSE group worked alongside Tom Newton from local stage school 'Theatre Stars.' They completed a two hour workshop exploring various rehearsal techniques to support their GCSE course. The group devised a number of superb quality pieces influenced by the work of Drama practitioners Boal and Artaud. A...

Year 7 Commedia Dell'Arte Workshop

A group of twenty Year 7 pupils have been involved in a workshop on Commedia Dell'Arte to consolidate their recent studies in Drama. Tom Newton from local stage school 'Theatre Stars' joined the group to explore aspects of performance and movement in relation to the characters of Commedia. The group worked...

Athletics News

Congratulations to Beck Phillips (Y13) and Daniel Carpenter (Y12), who have qualified for the English Schools Athletics Championship in Birmingham next week. Beck's qualifying throw in the Shot Put was 14.10m and Daniel's qualifying throw in the Discus was 37.42m. Everyone from STRS wishes them luck for the Championship. Well done...

Language Ambassadors at Elmbridge Primary School

The Language department is always pleased to work with Elmbridge Junior School and very much appreciates their enthusiasm for language learning. Last Thursday ten year 9 language ambassadors ran an activities afternoon for year 4 pupils. As well as engaging the pupils in fun activities in French, they introduced them to...

STRS Cladding

Following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower, we contacted our Project Managers regarding our own cladding that was installed some 4 years ago. We had no doubt that the best quality materials were used, but we felt we needed to investigate the relevant British Standards and Building Regulations in order to...

A Level Art Exhibition 2017

Congratulations to our A Level Art students for their superb Exhibition, which celebrated their outstanding level of work and most importantly their diversity as artists...

U15 win regional cricket final

Following their success last week in the county cup final, the U15 cricket squad travelled to Frocester to take on Sheldon School, Wiltshire in the regional final of the national knockout competition. Batting first Tommies scored 153 off their 20 overs with Sam Singha scoring 45. Other notable contributions came from...

Bisset Qualifies for Scottish Nationals

Congratulations to Duncan Bisset of Year 9 who has qualified to compete in the Scottish National Swimming Championships. The event showcases the best of Scottish Swimming and at the age of just fourteen, Duncan has performed incredibly well to qualify. Duncan hopes to line up against athletes who have competed at...

U15 win County cricket final

There is great news coming from Pates Grammar today where the U15 cricket team have defeated their hosts in the County Cup final. Having beenput in to bowl they restricted Pates to 99 off their 20 overs with some extremely tidy bowling from the opening pair in particular. Pates responded well...

Car Boot Sale

The next Car Boot sale will take place on the Tennis Courts on Sunday 9th July from 9am - 1pm. The gates will open for sellers at 8am and buyers will be allowed in from 9am. Pitches will be £5 for cars and £10 for vans. There will be a tuck...

U13's Play Well in Six Aside Cricket Tournament

The U13 cricket players took an 8 man squad to Kings School on Monday to play in their 6 aside tournament. The boys started well beating Llandaff School by 18 runs in their opening 5 over match. They then went on to convincingly beat both St Edwards and Newent schools to...

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze June Expedition

All seven teams arrived safely at the campsite, in good time and good spirits on Friday evening. Sadly they had to be forbidden from using the rather exciting rope swing and were unable to tempt to Mrs James to have a go – no thank-you, the Youtube would not be flattering...

Sam Underhill starts for England V Argentina

Sam Underhill will win his first cap on the open-side for the England Senior side tonight [20-15 BST] when he runs out against Argentina in the 2nd test at the Estadio CA Colon in Santa Fe. He is just the 3rd Old Richian to win a full cap for England...

Bronze DofE expedition well underway

Today, 44 Year 10 boys started their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh assessed expeditions. Starting at Seven Springs the 7 different teams work their way through the beautiful countryside to the campsite. Good pace and navigation skills are being demonstrated which bodes well for the rest of the expedition...

From the Headmaster - June 2017

Dear Parents Examinations School is rather strange at the moment and whilst we are approaching the end of the external GCSEs examinations. GCE A levels are now in full swing. Year 12 will be examined internally next week and Years 7 and 9 have just completed a week of formal assessments...

Chantler Qualifies for European Youth Triathlon

James Chantler of Year 12 has qualified for European Youth Triathlon Championships which will be held in the middle of July in Lithuania. He raced at Blenheim on Sunday to qualify for the Championship event and earn his place in the GB Youth Triathlon Team. The event consists of an individual...

Gold, Silver and Bronze Navigation Practice

Our Gold & Silver teams undertook a navigation exercise in the Brecon Beacons this half term. They were accompanied by two year 10 Bronze students making up the second day of their Practice Expedition. The students covered just under 9km and 500m climb over 4 hours. Hopefully they improved their navigation...

Author Steve Cole Visits STRS

Years 7 and 8 had a real treat this morning when Steve Cole came to visit. In a lively one hour presentation, he talked about retro gadgets and inventions and linked them to Ian Fleming and James Bond. Steve has had a career spanning twenty years and has enjoyed developing as...

Joshua Smith achieves international selection

Congratulations to Joshua Smith of 9B, who has been selected to represent the United Kingdom Under 16 Polocrosse team. The event will take place in Colorado, USA, during July. Joshua has spent the last few months in the wider training squad of sixteen players, but was successful in the final selection...

20 year old Sam Underhill, who captained the 1st XV in 2012-13, will make his debut for the Senior England side against the famous Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday May 28th when he starts at 7 alongside Chris Robshaw in the back row. Sam has played age group England rugby and...

Poetry by Heart

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, the 2016-17 Poetry By Heart competition featured a Shakespeare Sonnet recitation competition that was open to all students and teachers in schools across the country. Will Hypher 9B won the in-school competition and I'm so pleased to report that he has just received...

500 Words Competition Update

Many congratulations to Toby Watine 8T and Alfie Griffin 7B. Both made it through to the second round of the BBC's nationwide 500 Words competition. Their entries were selected from over 5,000. More information available on the website: http...

PA Easter Hamper Raffle

Another successful fundraising activity thanks to everyone who kindly helped in one way or the other; donated wonderful prizes, organised the beautifully presented hampers, put up posters to generate interest and of course, bought tickets! The hampers were stocked with a variety of luxury items; chocolates, honey, biscuits, cordials, bathing products...

STRS PA - Silent Auction – Successful Bids

The PA committee are pleased to confirm the successful bids for the silent auction items: 1. 21 year old single malt whisky £90 2. Afternoon tea at the Waldorf Hotel £150 3. Montpelier Wine Bar meal £110 4. Cinema sound box system £110 5. Houses of Parliament tour £303 6. Wine...

Best-selling Author Steve Cole to visit STRS

On Friday May 26th, Years 7 and 8 are invited to a gadget-rich presentation by best-selling author, Steve Cole, as he talks about his Young Bond books. Steve's books will be on sale to students for £7.99 each and boys will have the opportunity to meet the author and get books...

Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition

Once again we defied all weather predictions. Yes I know, tempting fate. What was promising ice, snow and rain slowly reduced to cold and early Sunday morning rain forecast. In the end we had a lovely sunny evening and no rain until a few spots about 4.00pm on Sunday. Important lessons...

U18 Football County Cup Final

STRS will play St Peter's in the final this Thursday, 11th May, at 2pm. The game is being hosted by Forest Green Rovers at their New Lawn stadium. Support would be very much welcomed from family, friends and alumni...

Open Days 2017

Come along to our Open Days on Wednesday and Thursday this week to experience interactive lessons from the Year 7 curriculum and have an opportunity to speak with our pupils. The Open Days start at 08.40am with a whole school assembly and run through to 3.30pm We look forward to meeting...

STRS Karting Team Through To National Final

On Sunday the 30th April, three STRS students (Harry Jenkins and Ryan Birch of Year 12 and Zak Taylor of Year 9) participated in the BSKC (British Schools Karting Championship) South West and Wales regional final at Thruxton Karting Centre in Hampshire, accompanied by Mr Gowler. A total of 16 teams...

From the Headmaster - May 2017

Dear Parents Our return to school after the Easter break heralds the start of the main examination season. Year 13s have taken important trial A Level examinations and I have spoken to all Year 11s about the crucial nature of the next weeks in terms of undertaking thorough revision for imminent...

Bronze DofE underway

All 86 participants in the Bronze DofE made it to the campsite last night and have completed their camp. Now for the walk back to Bourton...

Tommies Win U14 EDF Cup Final

Tommies overcame a spirited and battling Katharine Lady Berkeley by 41 points to 7 in the Kingsholm sunshine, with the pack excelling for the victors.In the Cup Final, Tommies were immediately on the front foot, and would've opened the scoring through Sam Moore, but for a wonderful try saving tackle from...

2018 USA Ski Trip

The 2018 USA Ski Trip Wants YOU! New York stay included.. for full itinerary email or see Mr Birchall - [email protected] Click here for the full Details of this exciting trip https...

Sam Underhill selected for Tour to Argentina

Sam Underhill, who captained our Ist XV in 2014-15 and made his debut for Gloucester in the same year, has been selected for Eddie Jones' 31-man England squad to tour Argentina in June. Sam is currently playing for Ospreys in the Pro-12 but has signed a 3-year deal to join Bath...

Innsworth Road Closure - 24-28 April 2017

Please find attached a letter and map giving details of a road closure planned in the vicinity of STRS next week. Innsworth Road will be closed from the junction with Church Road up to the A40 on 24-28 April 2017. Please take the above information into account when planning your journey...

Chess Team Win League

The Rich’s Chess team has won Division 2 of the North Gloucestershire (adult) Chess League. This comes after victory over Forest of Dean Chess Club on Monday (yes, we even play during the Easter holidays!) where the team played very well to beat what was described as the ‘strongest possible Forest...

Year 7 Lakeside Pictures

Here are some extra shots of the area in and around Lakeside...

Y7 Lakeside News

The sun has continued to shine on Year 7 during their stay in the Lake District. All pupils have risen to the challenge of the mountain trek; demonstrating their resilience. There are still lots of activities to enjoy over the next two days before our return on Thursday evening...

STRS Football Reaches County Cup Final

STRS are deservedly through to the final of the County Cup after coming away from Katherine Lady Berkeley's with a convincing 4-1 win. Tommies applied pressure right from the whistle and were easily the better side in the opening exchanges. The pressure soon told as Smerdon was able to thread a...

National Schools Chess Championships

The STRS chess team has qualified for the finals of the ECF National Schools Chess Championships. We won the West Country region, winning a closely contested (and disputed) match 3.5 – 2.5 v QEH in the regional final. There are 13 schools from across the country that have qualified for the...

Y7 Lakeside

Year 7 are enjoying their trip to the Lake District. We have been fortunate to have two days of stunning sunshine. The pupils are throwing themselves into the activities with energy and enthusiasm...

U15 win Natwest Plate

Some photos from the NatWest Schools Cup 2017 Final at Sixways, Worcester, having defeated St Paul's London 6-3 in a very tight evenly contested match...

Year 8 Visit Prospero's Island

Exiled to a magical island, the magician Prospero conjures up a storm that shipwrecks his enemies, and then unleashes his powers for revenge. On Thursday, Year 8 were transported to the island through the RSC's live screening of their latest production of The Tempest. The production is in partnership with Intel...

STRS 4th in National Rapidplay Finals

The STRS chess team travelled to Imperial College, London on Wednesday 29th March to compete in the ECF School Team Chess Challenge, a rapidplay event for school teams of 4 players. 14 schools had won regional heats to reach the finals, one school from each of Scotland and Wales together with...

U14's Secure Place in EDF Rugby County Cup Final

In a back and forth, high paced, physical game the under 14 Rugby team beat local rivals St Peter's High School 22-14 in the EDF Cup semi-final. After two quick try's from STRS second row Dan Tilley and number eight Mitchell Chuckwuemeka, St Peter's camped on the STRS five meter line...

Higher Education and Careers Fayre

Careers Fayre Rich’s hosted a very successful Higher Education Careers Fayre. Students from Years 8-13 were able to engage with numerous representatives covering an expansive array of Career options. We had numerous Universities representing Higher Education, major industrial giants, like Renishaw plc, the key professions ranging from Dentistry to Accountancy and...

U15 Natwest Final

Good luck to the Under 15s who play in the Natwest Plate Final today at Worcester Warriors' Stadium, Sixways. KO is at 12.30 and all support is welcomed. For those of you who cannot make it, here is the link to watch the game live. Garde Ta Foy. LInk: https...

French Play “Le Café”

Pupils in years 8 to 10 were privileged to watch the French Play, “Le Café”, by the Onatti Theatre Company on Wednesday afternoon. Although this was linguistically a challenging play for the pupils, the enthusiasm of the actors, the comedy and action packed performance ensured an enjoyable and educational experience for...

Eastgate are the winners of House Drama

It was an absolute pleasure to see so many people from all year groups taking part in House Drama this year. The standard was exceptionally high and provided the Year 7 audience with an engaging experience. Sixth form leaders have been exemplary. They have written their own scripts, directed their peers...

Under 15s through to NatWest Plate Final

The Under 15s are through to the inaugural NatWest Plate Final, which will be played on Tuesday 28th March 2017 at Worcester Warriors' ground, Sixways. Last week, the Under 15s beat Seaford College from Sussex 29-10 in the Semi-Final, in a tough game at Rich's. Try scorers from the Semi-Final were...

Hat-trick for Chadwick as 1sts win again

The STRS footballers produced another dominant performance, beating Hereford Cathedral School 6 – 1. With seven first team regulars unavailable, Mr Jobson was pleased to be able to use the depth of talent on hand to field a strong side. Some positional changes were needed but every single member of the...

German Play: Auf dem Campingplatz

On Wednesday the Onatti Theatre Company delivered an excellent play to learners of German. The professional actors, who were native German speakers, engaged the audience throughout with funny scenarios which arose on their camping trip. The interaction with the audience was particularly popular, and there were some sterling performances from the...

U15 Nat West Plate Semi Final

The eagerly awaited U15 Nat West Plate semi final with Seaford College will KO at 2.30pm here on Thursday 16th March...

From the Headmaster - March 2017

Dear Parents As I write this, a feeling of Spring is in the air; the smell of newly mown grass is most welcome and we are certainly enjoying the brighter and longer days. However, there is still much work to do, particularly for Year 11 and Year 13 students as they...

U13s Bowl Winners at the Solihull 7s

At the Solihull 7s the u13s lost their first two games to Solihull School 20-5 & Loughborough Grammar School 20-15. They then won the last two group games against The King's School Macclesfield 25-15 and Monmouth School 25-10 to finish third in their group. They then went into the Bowl competition...

u15s Win Solihull 7s Bowl

Congratulations to the u15s who won the Solihull 7s Bowl. The team played some excellent rugby and defeated Llandaff Cathedral School, Lawrence Sheriff School, Ellesmere College, KES Stratford and Aberdare School. This is excellent preparation for the NatWest Plate Semi-Final which takes place on 16.03.17 at STRS, 2.30 KO. All support...

National Schools' Handwriting Competition 2017

Last week, ninety-eight students drawn from Years 7/8 and the Handwriting Club entered the National Schools' Handwriting Competition. Sponsored by Cambridge University Press, winners will be rewarded with a handwriting gift pack worth £75 and education resources for their school to the value of £350. Students wrote out a poem of...

Noakes Hat-Trick Ensures Semi-Final for First XI

STRS travelled to Cotswold School for the County Cup quarter final and came away with a much deserved win. Constant early pressure and high tempo from the impressive away side led to a couple of chances but it was a corner that brought the first goal. Price delivered another quality ball...

u14s Old Swinford Hospital 7s Cup Winners!

The U14s continued their impressive season by winning the Old Swinford Hospital 7s in some style. They defeated King's Worcester 27-7, Queen Mary's Walsall 50-0, St Peter's High School Gloucester 34-0, RGS Worcester 26-12 and King Edward School, Five Ways 31-5. Their preparation now turns to the EDF Energy Cup Semi...

Parents' Association Wine Tasting Evening 24 March

The PA invite all parents, carers and staff to a Wine Tasting evening and Auction in the school hall to be hosted by a talented wine connoisseur. Having run a similar event successfully last year, we have decided to repeat the evening once again in what promises to be a highly...

Parents' Association Easter Raffle

Dear Parents and Carers, Tickets for your Parents' Association Easter Raffle are on sale now from Reception at a cost of £1.00 each or £5.00 for a book. Please support your school by giving your son/daughter money to take to reception where they will, in return, be given the required number...

Goettingen Exchange 2017

On Monday evening, 23 Y10 boys returned from their exchange experience in Göttingen – Germany. “We had a great time", “I am so glad I went!" and “I will be back soon" were just some of the comments I heard on our return journey. Staying with German families, the boys were...

New Carol for Tommies; Evensong; Music for Youth

Choir News New Carol for Tommies; Evensong; Music for Youth Sir Thomas Rich’s School has a long history of Choral music. The Choir aims to provide pupils with a progressive and broad musical experience, underpinned by our heritage and traditions. We perform a wide range of repertoire, ranging from traditional choral...

u14s Cup Runners up at the Solihull School 7s

In a hugely competitive tournament, featuring 32 schools from all over the country, the u14s reached the Cup Final of the Solihull School 7s. The final was their ninth game of the day and the boys had put in a huge amount of effort defeating Solihull 22-10, Ellesmere College 35-0, Nottingham...

KARTING NEWS

This year Round 2 of the School Karting championship involved three teams from Tommies racing two teams from Hanley Castle. A fun, friendly and competitive evening was enjoyed by pupils from both schools. The night included individual race wins for Zak Taylor, Harry Jenkins and George Abrutat and several podiums for...

U12 Monmouth School 7s winners

Congratulations to the u12 7s team for winning the inaugural Monmouth School 7s. They defeated Caerleon School, Christ College Brecon and Monmouth School B in the Group stages, before recording excellent victories against Ysgol Gymraeg Cwm Rhymni, and Cardiff High School in the Quarter and semi Finals. In the Cup Final...

Chess Team Through To Last 26 in Country

The STRS chess team stormed to an emphatic 6 – 0 victory over Bristol Grammar School in the ‘West Country’ regional semi-final of the English Chess Federation’s schools knockout competition. Our opponents in the regional final will be QEH (also from Bristol) who beat Torquay Boys Grammar School in the other...

The Commitments

The musical of The Commitments is based on Roddy Doyle's 1987 novel of the same name. The story follows Jimmy Rabbitte, a young music fanatic living in Dublin, who assembles a group of young people to form a soul band named "The Commitments." Years Ten to Thirteen, accompanied by Mr Parker...

STRS First XI Put Five Past City Rivals

Following on from a dominant performance against RGS Worcester, a game STRS lost 2 – 1 (succumbing to two scrappy goals that would not have looked out of place under a big top), the team returned to winning ways in emphatic style. Tommies started the game with elegance and energy despite...

House Creative Writing Competition Results

I am pleased to announce the results of the House Creative Writing Competition: First: Southgate Joint Second: Westgate and Eastgate Fourth: Northgate. The judging panel decided on the following key stage winners: KS3 Herbie Downey KS4 Matthew Day KS5 Abigail Button Many congratulations to the winners and thank you again to...

U15 Nat West Plate Semi Final

The U15s will play Seaford College, an Independent School in West Sussex, in the Semi Final of the Nat West Plate competition at Rich's on Thursday 16th March, KO 2pm...

2017 German Work Experience in Aachen

During February half term, our year 12 students spent a week in Aachen, Germany completing a Work Experience placement. This was the ideal opportunity to practise their language skills and experience first hand German life and culture. The students chose work placements from an extensive list covering a wide range of...

Success at BASE Competition for Tommies boys!

On Wednesday, 8th February two teams entered the annual BASE Competition, organised by ICAEW. The competition requires students to analyse numerous pieces of information based on a real business scenario. Following their assessment of the business, the teams had to make judgements on the key risks facing the business as well...

From the Headmaster - February 2017

Dear Parents Successful schools should always seek to strike a balance between functionality and fun; functionality, because we must achieve the key aim of helping our pupils to achieve the very best examination results they can to give them the maximum opportunities when they leave us, and fun, because we want...

u15s through to semi-final of NatWest Plate

The u15 rugby team have progressed to the semi-final of the NatWest Plate competition after a hard-fought victory over Bishop Vesey Grammar School, Birmingham. Luke Carr was once again on song with his place kicking, converting both penalties on offer. The game eventually finished 6-3 to Rich’s. We will now face...

Cross Country King Henry VIII Relay

The School cross country team competed in the biggest relay of the season last week at King Henry VIII School, Coventry. The A team finished 31st out of 51 teams and the B team finished 37th. Well done to all boys who competed. Their next fixture is the Attingham Park relay...

National Final's Qualification for Chess Team

The STRS chess team has qualified for the National Finals of the ECF School’s Team Challenge, to be held at Imperial College, London in late March. This is a rapid-play event for teams of 4. STRS are among the 16 winners of the regional qualifying events. We took 2 teams to...

South Africa Tour Quiz and Pudding Night

The Quiz and Pudding Night fundraiser was a great success on Friday night with 199 people in attendance made up of 34 teams, During the interval everyone enjoyed a range of puddings, very kindly donated by parents, and 13 prizes were won in the raffle. At the end of the evening...

STRS win away at Old Swinford

After starting slowly in the last two games, Tommies were determined to start brightly against our West Midlands opponents…and what a start! STRS dominated territory and possession, playing the ball around with fluency and accuracy. The attacking midfield duo of Mainwaring-Taylor and Ahmed were controlling the middle of the park, with...

Year 11 Mock Interviews Morning

On Wednesday, 1st February, 2017, all our students in Year 11 received a Mock Interview from volunteers drawn from the local business community, with many Parents helping the school out. This formed part of the Students' Careers development programme and was designed to provide them with a 'real life' experience of...

500 Words Writing Competition

The brainchild of Chris Evans at Radio 2, 500 Words is now one of the most successful writing competitions for youngsters up to the age of thirteen. "Entrants write an original story on any subject or theme in 500 Words or fewer and submit it online. If they win, their story...

Sixth Form Open Evening

On Tuesday 31st January we were pleased to welcome over 500 young people and their families wanting to find out about our Sixth Form. If you were not able to come you can find an electronic copy of our Prospectus here www.strschool.co.uk/admissions/sixthform Visits to the school can be arranged by Mrs...

Luke Field reaches Rotary Young Musician final

Luke Field 10B reaches final of South Cotswolds Rotary Young Musician of the Year 2017 Congratulations to Luke Field who has won the classical guitar heats and made it through to the final of South Cotswolds Rotary Young Musician of the Year. The final will be held at Wycliffe College on...

Goater's Cup Cross Country success

The Cross Country team performed incredibly well in the Goater's Cup Relay this Wednesday at Haberdasher's Aske's School, near London. The School finished 13th out of 30 of the best cross country schools in the country. The event was won by Southend, with St Alban's and St Columba's coming second and...

A38 closure warning

Please find attached a letter concerning the continuing bridge works at the A38 bridge over the railway at Berkeley Road, taking place between January and 1 May. As you can see, the works will again involve a full closure of the A38 in February as well as the continuing traffic lights...

STRS narrowly lose to a strong King's team

The STRS first XI suffered their first defeat of the season on a bitterly cold Saturday morning in Worcester. Without eight key members of the squad, Mr Jobson was able to call upon some of the fringe players and is extremely pleased with their commitment and the level at which they...

Jazz Night

An evening of sophisticated live music from the Jazz Band with solo performers and special guest singers. Tickets can be purchased from reception or the on the door...

21/01/17 All rugby matches v St Peter's cancelled

All rugby matches home and away v St Peter's have been cancelled due to frozen pitches...

Year 8 Study Skills Day

Yesterday, Year 8 enjoyed a study skills workshop delivered by Laura Buckeridge from Learning Perfomance. The boys learned efficient ways to revise including mnemonics, loci, one word triggers and converting text to numbers. Further, Laura showed them how important it is to break up topics into small chunks by entitling paragraphs...

From the Headmaster - January 2017

Dear Parents, Term is now well underway, and I would like to wish you all a belated happy new year. I hope the holiday was enjoyed by all, and provided a good opportunity for rest and recharging batteries. There are a number of important pieces of information to convey in this...

Cup Success for First XI

A dominant performance against Beaufort resulted in a comfortable 3-0 victory and progression to the quarter finals of the County Cup. In a somewhat feisty encounter, Tommies managed to play their excellent brand of flowing football, ignoring the biting challenges of their city opponents. The first goal came when Townsend timed...

Blue Coat Book Award Shortlist

The Blue Coat Book Group have been busy reading a number of novels over the last few months. Following lengthy discussions, I am pleased to announce the shortlist for this year: 'The Boy at the Top of the Mountain' by John Boyne, 'Blame' by Simon Mayo, 'Booked' by Kwame Alexander...

Careers - Year 11 CV and Employability Presentation

Emma Goodman, started the New Year by providing a presentation to our Year 11's, with lots of top advice in relation to CV writing and Employability skills. This formed part of the Year 11's on-going Careers Education and Guidance Programme. It followed their Work Experience week just before Christmas and formed...

U15 Hockey team get off to a great start

The Under 15 boys hockey team got off to a tremendous start to their season with an excellent 5-1 victory over Rendcomb College today at the University of Gloucestershire. Thankfully the snow that was forecast stayed away, enabling the boys to have play some free flowing, exciting hockey. Having a lot...

Winning Start for 1st XI

The STRS Football 1st XI began their fixtures with a convincing 6-0 victory away at Beaufort. Goals came from Smerdon (2), Ahmed, Bosano, Price and Kadodia. The team can go into the next fixture against King's Worcester full of confidence after such a fine, dominant performance. Well done to all involved...

Year 10 study skills

On Friday 6th January the whole of Year 10 attended an excellent study skills workshop, run by Elevate. They were exposed to different memory techniques to try to help them remember lists, orders, formulae, quotations and much more. With the GCSEs changing, the boys are now required to learn and recall...

U15 Rugby NatWest Plate Competition

The U15 rugby team have progressed to the last 16 of the NatWest Plate competition after a hard-fought victory over St Bede’s RC College, Bristol. The try scorers were; C Holmes, J Maiden, D Gunn, and captain, J Bagnall. B Major was once again on song with his place kicking, converting...