Cox Green School Newsletter 15 December - 19 December 2014 (Week 1) Inside this week’s Newsletter Page 2 Calendar Dates for Your Diary Page 3 More Dates for Your Diary Attendance News Final reminder Year 9 Vaccinations Form Page 4 ‘Anything Goes’ Review Page 5 Target Stickers Yik Yak Skiing Trip to Andorra Page 6 Football Coaches Needed Anti Bullying Group Talk to the Right Person Squid - Paying for School Trips Page 7 ‘Turn Lepage’ Letters to Look Out For Word of the Week Page 8 Extra Curricular Activities Page 9 Bridge Updates Library News Committed to Achievement 1 Calendar Monday 15 December Tuesday 16 December Year 9 Boys and Girls DTP/Meningitis C Vaccination 9.15am - 1.25pm - Yr 9 Boys and Girls Vaccinations 1.45pm - 3.15pm - Christmas Lunch Concert, Community Centre 8.45am - 3.15pm Year 12/13 EPQ Research Day, Reading University 12.30pm - 7.30pm - Yr 11 The Scottsboro Boys Theatre Trip 3.30pm - 5pm - Year 10 Netball League Game @ Kidwells Book swap - Break Times Year 11 into Sixth Form Taster Lessons 12.45pm - End of Term 2 Year 11 Study Leave Wednesday 17 December Thursday 18 December Friday 19 December 7.30pm - Christmas Carol Concert at St Mary’s Church Year 11-13 Mocks all week and tasks moderated Dates for your Diary Spring 2015 Tuesday 6 January Start of Student Term 3 Wednesday 7 January Year 12 & 13 Theatre Trip—‘John’ Thursday 8 January KS4 & 5 Presentation Evening Monday 12 January Year 10 Parents’ Evening Thursday 22 January Year 9 Options Evening Monday 26 January Year 9 Parents’ Evening Monday 9 February Year 8 Parents’ Evening Friday 13 February Term 3 Ends Friday 13—Monday 16 February Year 11 Trip to Bay of Naples, Italy Monday 16—Friday 20 February February Holiday Saturday 14—Sunday 22 February KS4 & 5 Skiing Trip, Italy Monday 23 February Start of Student Term Thursday 5 March World Book Day Friday 13 March Judging at Cisco Friday 13 March Red Nose Day Thursday 19 March BBC School Report Wednesday 25 March Year 12 UCAS Convention Thursday 26 March Rock Concert Wednesday 1 April End of Student Term and KS3 Rock Challenge Friday 3 April Good Friday Bank Holiday Monday 6 April— Friday 17 April Spring Holiday—Easter Monday 6 April 2 More Dates for your Diary Summer 2015 Monday 20 April Start of Student Term 5 Monday 27 April Year 12 What Next Evening Thursday 30 April Leavers’ Concert Monday 4 May Early Bank Holiday Tuesday 16 May Year 8 Girls HPV Vaccination Part 2 Friday 22 May Term 5 Ends and Year 13 Leavers’ Day Monday 25 May—Friday 29 May May Holiday. Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25 May Monday 1 June Start of Student Term 6 Thursday 18—Friday 19 June Upper School Production Thursday 25 June Parents’ Information Sessions Friday 26 June Day of Sport Wednesday 1—Thursday 2 July Sixth Form Induction Friday 4—6 July Year 12 Biology Field Trip Tuesday 7 July Year 7 Transition Day and Evening Wednesday 8—Thursday 9 July Lower School Production Thursday 16 July Enterprise Day Saturday 11 July—Saturday 18 July Music Trip to Goslar Friday 17 July Term 6 Ends Attendance News Overall Attendance: Persistent Absenteeism: Best Forms’ 7S1 Attendance: 8S1 9B1 10S2 11B1 Sixth Form Yr 12 Attendance: Yr 13 95.56% 4.31% 97.91% 96.80% 96.54% 97.35% 97.54% 96.63% 96.08% Ms Fonseca Mr Hamilton Mr Tooke Ms Kiely/Ms Hall Mr Slade Mrs Weight Mr Ames Final Reminder for Year 9 Vaccinations Forms All Vaccination Forms must be returned to the Office by Monday 15th of December. Vaccinations will be taking place on the Tuesday 16th of December. If you do not give in your form you will not be able to have a vaccination! 3 Please be reminded, any medical appointments must be backed up with one of the following: A written note from a parent. A phone call from a parent. ‘Anything Goes’ Cox Green School Christmas Production 2014 A sea-faring, successfully sung, sojourn Picture by Karen Feetham I have a confession to make…..I don’t enjoy musicals. I have been working with them most of my life. I came to the Cox Green School Christmas production of ‘Anything Goes’, with some secret doubts. What an amazing and joyous surprise! Catchy songs that echoed in my memory and mind, we all know a Cole Porter tune. The entire performance was sharp, sassy and spectacular! There were fabulous performances from Kayleigh Simmonds as Erma, who delivered her lines with a perfect American twang and impeccable timing. Jack Tolhurst as “Moonface Martin” and ‘Reno Sweeney’ played by Karmela Baumgart’s duet about friendship was impressive with comic delivery. Luke Murphy as Evelyn Oakleigh, with his rendition of the gypsy song made me cry with laughter, which was an uplifting experience. This musical gave opportunities for lots of the cast to have their ‘moment’, with small solo and duet numbers, which kept the audience engaged. All the cast were completely focused on the moment, with exceptional performances from the younger, emerging Cox Green School students. I was particularly impressed with Cormac Diamond’s interpretation as the Captain of the ship. The set was impressive; the illusion of height was achieved with the brilliantly painted backdrop and levels that illustrated perfectly the setting of the ship’s helm. Key props, expertly created by Cox Green’s ‘Mini Masters’, allowed the audience to be taken along with the story set at sea in the 1920s. The costumes were exquisite and seemed to ooze class, which enhanced Leyan Yucel’s character as Evangeline Harcourt. The Performing Arts department have continued to build stronger performances year on year, and I can’t wait for the next one. Congratulations to all those who were involved. 4 Target Setting Stickers As part of our commitment to student progress and attainment, we are revising how student targets are recorded. It is extremely important that all students are aware of their target levels for each subject and they also participate in the process of setting out their own aspirational targets. This term we have launched the target stickers which will be placed on the front of every students book for all subjects. This will act as a reminder to the students of their targets and progress in every subject. As well as working with the students to explain the target setting process, it is also important that you as a parent/carer also understand and appreciate the importance of this information. A letter will be coming home from the students which will explain more and if you have any questions relating to target settings please contact the school. Mr R McAlaney Assistant Head, Assessment, Recording and Reporting Yik Yak We have had a message from the local police an app which has become popular to download which we would like to pass on to you all. Across the Thames Valley Police area, a number of schools officer colleagues have had a recent influx of calls about abuse and bullying involving students using the social media app called Yik Yak. For those that aren’t familiar, Yik Yak is an anonymous app which allows users to post short messages which can only be seen by other users in the same geographical area. It’s described on their website www.yikyakapp.com as a bulletin board for your area. Cox Green School has been Geofenced so that this app will not work within the school’s coordinates. Skiing Trip to Andorra 14—22 February 2015 Reminder: All outstanding payments to be made by as soon as possible please . 5 Football Coaches Needed!! Any budding Roy Hodgsons or Bobby Robsons out there? We are looking for Parent Football Coaches to help with one of our teams to make Cox Green School even more successful than we were last year. If you are interested please send a message to the Sports Department via the email [email protected]. ANTI BULLYING GROUP This student-led group meets Every Friday 2nd break in the DAS Come and join and take a stand! Mr Hawxwell Worried about something? What can you do? TALK TO THE RIGHT PERSON Your SAFE Managers are : Year 7/8 Ms Hawkins Year 9 Ms Dsouza and Ms Shakeel Year 10 Ms Noyes Year 11 Ms Marouf They can be found in the SAFE Office in Lower School or you can talk to your tutor or another member of staff. You don’t have to deal with it alone! Payment for School Trips Cox Green School operates a cashless payment system for school trips. To avoid delay and disappointment when paying for school trips with limited spaces, we advise parents to make sure they have access to their child’s sQuid account, whether or not they use it to purchase lunch from the school. If you do not have a sQuid account, please email the school ([email protected]), detailing the name of your child and tutor group and requesting set up details for a sQuid account. 6 ‘Turn Lepage’ Are you a student at Cox Green School? Are you interested in journalism? Are you interested in photo journalism? Do you like telling stories? Then we need YOU! Please sign up to get involved at the main office by Friday 19th December. What are the benefits? Building up your portfolio/C.V. f or the future Getting to meet lots of different people Telling stories about interesting and important things Make a difference Letters to Look Out for… You may find the following letters hiding at the bottom of your son/daughter’s school bag… Year 11 Careers Session on Thursday 18 December 13:55—15:00 (Selected Students Only) Student Target Letter Rugby at the Maidenhead Rugby Club — (Year 7 only) Year 9/10 Football Goals Centre, Woodley, Thursday 11 December (Selected Students Only) Year 10 Languages (Year 10 only) Replacement letters can be downloaded from the school website, or collected from Reception. Word of the Week Students need to learn how to spell the word and learn its meaning. They can try to use the word correctly in ANY written work in ANY subject to receive a positive stamp in their planner. Bravado \brə-ˈvä-(ˌ)dō\ 3. 1. Defiant or swaggering behaviour 2. A pretence of courage; a false show of bravery A disposition toward showy defiance or false expressions of courage Students can also choose to use the Word of the Week outside of school – for example they can take a screenshot using the word correctly in a text message, Facebook message or a tweet! The screenshot must be emailed to [email protected] The students are responsible for showing the Word of the Week in action and asking for stamps! The more times they use it correctly the more positive stamps they will receive. 7 Extra Curricular Activities Day Extra Curricular Activities - Break Times (Activity name, room, teacher, year group) Time Monday Netball shooting | Old Gym |Miss Quinnell | All Years Fitness | Fitness Suite | Mr Kilkelly |6th Form Netball shooting | Sportshall | Miss Quinnell | All years 7.30— 8.00am 7.30— 8.15am 1.25—1.55pm Tuesday Fitness | Fitness Suite | Mr Kilkelly | Year 10 & 11 7.30— 8.15am Wednesday Chess Club | M6 | Mr Worrall | All years Fitness| Fitness Suite | 6th Form 1.25—1.55pm 7.30—8.15am Thursday Cheerleading | Old Gym | Miss Perchard | All Years Fitness/Circuits | Fitness Suite | Mr Kilkelly | Year 9, 10, 11 1.25—1.55pm 7.30—8.15am Friday Basketball | Old Gym | Mr Worrall | Year 9 & 10 Fitness |Fitness Suite | Mr Kilkelly |6th Form 1.25—1.55pm 1.25—1.55pm Day Extra Curricular Clubs and Activities - After School (Activity name, room, teacher, year group) Time Monday Netball Practise | Sportshall/Courts | Miss Perchard/Miss Quinnell | Year 7 & 8 Street Dance | Dance Studio | Chrissy Sanders | All Years Warhammer Club |IT2 | Mr Wright | Year 7-13 3.15—4.45pm 3.15—4.30pm 3.15—4.30pm Tuesday Hockey Practise |AstroTurf | Miss Perchard/Miss Quinnell | Boys & Girls Rugby | School Field | Mr Slade & Mr Kilkelly | Resistant Materials coursework support | T4 | Mr Hamilton Rugby Club boys & girls| School Field | Mr Slade & Mr Kilkelly | Extra Maths | M1-M5 | Various maths teachers | All year groups Game Development | IT2 | Mr Wright | Year 7-13 3.15—4.30pm 3.15—4.30pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.30pm Wednesday IT Club | IT1 | Mr Burton| All years CISCO Challenge | IT1 | Mr Burton | Year 7-9 Netball Practice | Sportshall | Miss Quinnell |All Years 9, 10 & 11 Football Practice | AstroTurf 3G| Mr O’Brien | Year 9 Trampolining | Old Gym | Tony Hull | All Years | Invitation only Extra Maths | M1-M5 | Various maths teachers | All year groups 3.20—4.20pm 3.20—4.20pm 3.15—4.45pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.30pm 3.15—4.15pm Thursday Football Practice |AstroTurf 3G | Mr Allen | Year 10 & 11 Football Practice Girls |AstroTurf 3G | Mr O’ Brien| All Years Football Practice |AstroTurf 4G | Mr Slade | Year 7 Fitness | Fitness Suite Cross Country Club | Offsite | Mr Morris/Mrs McKay | All Years Geography | R6 | Miss Allen & Miss Gray | Year 10 & 11 Art GCSE Catch up | Miss Taylor/Ms Blinstrub/Ms Fonseca| A1 | Year 10 & 11 Art Mini Masters | A1, A2, A3 | Various Art teachers | Invite only Year 7-11 Extra Maths | M1-M5 | Various maths teachers | All year groups 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—5pm 3.30—5pm 3.15—4.15pm Friday Football Practice | AstroTurf 3G| Mr O’ Brien | 6th form Badminton | Sportshall |Mr Slade & Mr Kilkelly | All Years 3.15—4.15pm 3.15—4.15pm 8 Closure of Highfield Lane Railway Bridge As you will be aware Network Rail is in the process of replacing the railway bridge outside the school. BRIDGE UPDATE The latest information from Network Rail is that the bridge on Highfield Lane will be re-opened by the end of January 2015. A pedestrian bridge will be available at all times. Any further news or changes will be notified to parents via the school newsletter. The map shows the location of the road closure. Library News FREE Property Marking with the Police on Monday 15 th December at Woodlands Park Our local PCSOs will be at Woodlands Park Community Centre to mark mobile phones, laptops, tablets, push bikes, cameras, and power tools. Call in between 12.30 and 1.30pm on Monday 15th December and get your FREE marking and other advice! Welcome to Christmas Story-and-Rhymetime on Wednesday 17th December Do you have young children under 5? Are you looking for something to do in the daytime? Then please join us on alternate Wednesday mornings for our FREE Rhyme and Storytime! Our next event is on Wednesday 17th December at 10.30am, then 7th January; the Christmas Tree is up and ready! Everyone welcome! Introducing a FREE website from home with your Library Card! Theory Test Pro is an online simulation of the UK’s driving theory test. It contains all the official test questions licensed from the DSA. You can practice as often as you like! All you need from home is the library website. Your library card barcode number is the Username and no PIN is needed. Or go to any library and search there for free: www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/libraries_e-library.htm Berkshire Book Award 2015 Shortlist now out! The six most popular new books of 2014, as nominated by the teenagers in Berkshire are: Poppy by Mary Hooper Louder Than Words by Laura Jarratt Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant) by Derek Landy Percy Jackson and the Greek gods by Rick Riordan Awful Auntie by David Walliams Ask for these for Christmas, or borrow them from the library. Start reading now to choose your favourite! You can add reviews to the website, if you want to, at www.berkshirebookaward.org.uk . There are 5 instead of 6 on the Shortlist this year, because the next group of nominations all tied. Happy Reading! 9
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