Sir Thomas Rich's School

17/06/2026

It's national Thank A Teacher Day! Here are a few of the cards pupils have been making to thank some of their teachers

16/06/2026

Book of the Month for June is the Good Thieves - as recommended for younger readers by pupils in 7T. The fast-paced adventure, which is their current Tutor Time reading choice, is the fifth novel by internationally acclaimed author Katherine Rundell.

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11/06/2026

🎾Westgate Take House Tennis Title!

House Tennis began after Easter in April, but with a busy schedule of fixtures and competitions, the tournament has only just been completed this week.
The final standings are as follows, with game, set and match to Westgate, who served up an ace performance to claim this year's honours.

1st – Westgate
=2nd – Eastgate & Newgate
=4th – Northgate & Southgate

A huge well done to all pupils who took part and represented their Houses so well throughout the competition. (Pupils from Year 9 are pictured competing.)

09/06/2026

Following his success in winning the Gloucestershire final of FameLab Academy earlier this year, Toby H in Year 9 was invited to present his award-winning talk at the Cheltenham Science Festival at the weekend.

Toby's talk explored the mathematics of Rubik's cubes, demonstrating how complex mathematical principles can be used to understand and solve the puzzle. Having impressed judges in the FameLab county final with his content, clarity and charisma, he once again delivered an engaging presentation to a festival audience.

Despite recovering from a knee injury, Toby gave an excellent talk and represented the School superbly at one of the UK's leading science festivals. Congratulations, Toby!

05/06/2026

Yesterday’s House Swimming event was an extremely close fought competition between Westgate and Northgate, with Westgate edging ahead by just one point to take the trophy! Teams from Years 7-10 took part in a number of races: 2 lengths front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, and 4 lengths front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly (Years 9 and 10 only). There was 1 x medley relay and 1 x front crawl relay, both for all years.

It was a fantastic sporting competition, and it's still all to play for with Sports Evening coming up on 2 July!

House Swimming Results:

- 1st Westgate
- 2nd Northgate
- 3rd Eastgate
- 4th Newgate
- 5th Southgate

05/06/2026

Author Matt Dickinson spent the day with our English Department and pupils earlier this week. Matt delivered two talks to Year 9 students in the Sports Hall, and led three writing workshops with English classes across the day, working with two Year 8 groups and one Year 10 group. It was a great opportunity for pupils to hear from a published author and develop their own writing skills.

Pupils and parents may already know some of Matt’s books, including The Everest Files, North Face, Mortal Chaos, Black Ice and The Other Side of Everest. His writing often draws on his experiences as an Everest climber and filmmaker.

A huge thank you to Matt for delivering such informative talks and workshops, and for encouraging the next generation of writers.

05/06/2026

Could you be a Volunteer Panel Member for School Admission Appeals in Gloucestershire?

Gloucestershire County Council is in the process of recruiting volunteers to assist with virtual School Admission Appeals for Gloucestershire Schools.

If you're interested, more information and an application form is available at: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/schooladmissions/apply-to-become-a-volunteer-school-appeals-panel-member

04/06/2026

We would be grateful if parents, alumni and friends of the school could nominate STRS in the National Book Tokens competition to win £1000 for our library (the LRC) to spend on books: https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools-prize.

We are dedicated to inspiring a passion for reading across all year groups, and this would allow us up to update our library stock with some of the very best titles written by contemporary authors.

📅National Book Tokens will be picking winners every week until 24 June - the next three draws are:
Wednesday 10 June
Wednesday 17 June
Wednesday 24 June

The more nominations we get, the greater chance we have of being picked!

Help your school – plus win a £100/€120 National Book Token for yourself. Nominate a school to win our big prize and encourage reading for pleasure all year round.

04/06/2026

Year 8 pupils enjoyed a fantastic residential trip at Buddens Activity Centre near Poole in Dorset this week! Activities included raft building, archery, canoeing, tomahawk throwing and tower climbing – to name just a few. It’s safe to say that the weather was a little changeable, but any rain certainly didn’t dampen spirits, and lots of great memories were made.

04/06/2026

Congratulations to the Year 12 students from the Female Lead Society who led the organisation and delivery of our whole-school collection in support of The Nelson Trust, a charity that supports women and men affected by substance misuse, trauma, and involvement with the criminal justice system.

Kate, Holly, Orla, Evie and Sathmi recently visited the Gloucester Women’s Centre to drop off our shoebox donations, which contained a range of new hygiene products and other essential items.

We are very grateful to all the parents, pupils and staff who contributed so thoughtfully and generously. Particular recognition goes to Year 7 and Year 12, who contributed the most overall donations.

Top contributing forms who will be receiving a box of Heroes chocolates as a token of appreciation are:

1. 7S
2. 12S
3. 12E
4. 7T
5. 8C