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MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Sixth Form News 2/5

Year Seven News 7

D & T Faculty 7

Physical Education Faculty News

10/11

Reviews and ILP’s 12

Science Faculty News

12

Inclusion Depart-ment News

13

Year Seven & Eight Camp

13

News of Y9 Student Voice

14

Specialist Technology School

15

Dates for your Diary

20

Useful contacts 20

School Term Dates 2008/2009

20

Expressive Arts Faculty News

6

MFL News 16/19

Christmas Lunch Menu

11

ICT & Business Faculty News

5

Class of 2008 GCSE Presentation Evening

8

First Aid 13

Inset Days for remainder of 2008/09

19

Data Collection Sheets & Annual consent Forms

6

End of Term Arrangements

9

Y9 Parents’ & Options Evening

9

CS2 Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 3 December 2008

Online at: www.chippingsodburyschool.com

“Committed to learning”

Chipping Sodbury School

Sixth Form News… brought to you by the Year 12 Editorial Team Karate Star John Oliver, a Year 13 student, is the star of karate as he has not only achieved a well deserved black belt last July after nine years of training, but he has also been chosen as part of the England team, and will next year head for Japan in order to compete in the championship. His training takes place every week, but as well as improving his own skills, he also helps train younger karate students, which is certainly something to be proud of! He describes his activity as “hard work” and it took him a long time to achieve his black belt however he feels very good about it and what he does as “awesome”. He has proved not only to himself, but to others around him as a very worthy candidate for the championship, and we all wish him good luck.

Louise Harvey 12ACT I have been practicing Wado Ryu karate for 9 years now and I have reached 1st Dan (as you know I wrote an article in CS2 before on passing my 1st Dan). I train twice a week at Yate Leisure Centre, Fridays 8pm-9pm and Saturdays 11am-12pm. I also help teach a class at Brimsham Green School on Wednesdays at 7pm - 8pm. If you’re interested please do tell me, new blood is welcomed! I have been currently training with the England Karate Squad for two years now, and I have been selected along side my partner to fight in the Japanese National and International competitions next year in August. At the age of 18 and a young 1st Dan, I am very honoured to be chosen to represent my country. I have reached the biggest stage in the style of karate I do. Unfortunately Wado Ryu or any style of karate is not in the Olym-pics because there are just too many! This massive opportunity means I will increase my training by 2 ses-sions, so in total I will be doing 5 a week! I will travel between, my home club and 3 others around the area. This will hopefully improve my technique and ability for competition fighting. It will be a tough journey but doing the hard work will get me there!

John Oliver Mathematics Olympiad Entrant On Thursday the 4th December, Matthew Daniels (Year 13) competed in the British Mathematics Olympiad Round 1. All Mathematics students in the sixth form are considered to be Gifted and Talented, so they take part in the National Maths Challenge. Those who do well receive a Bronze, Silver or Gold Certificate, for achieving a certain grade; however, Matthew did exceptionally well and qualified for the next tier of the chal-lenge. For Round 1 he had to take part in a three and a half hour exam, answering 6 questions. Matthew was available for comment, and said "It was fairly enjoyable and I'm quite confident of doing well, even though the questions were rather hard". If he qualifies he enters the European Olympiad. We wish Matthew the best of luck with the rest of the challenge.

Jordan Cann 12JLE Life Skills Day On Thursday 4th December 2008 students of Chipping Sodbury School were delighted to hear that their morn-ing would consist of Student Voice questionnaires to complete, with students from Mathematics and Sociology analyzing the results. This was a great opportunity for students to discuss and air their views.

The next day the Sixth form had a bit of fun in the morning with a memory game in the drama hall. They then completed a task to put together a booklet called Sixth Form Study Skills which will help students get the best out of their time in the sixth form at Chipping Sodbury School. After this exciting morning the students were in for a bigger treat as they were all taking part in a treasure hunt around Yate and Chipping Sodbury. The teams ranged from 6 – 8 people and were all given the same ques-tion sheets to find the answers. The victorious group of Brad, Jordan, Sam, Chloe, Lora, Georgie and Frankie worked well together and won the treasure hunt in an epic battle. They won by a single point thanks to ol’ Jack Russell. The Prize was a box of celebrations which the team shared as it was a group effort for the win.

Sam Cooper 12ACT

Access to Bristol Course Within the Sixth Form, we students are provided with many fulfilling and rewarding opportunities with regards to our Further Education. Two of the members of sixth form, Callum Warren and Sam King (Year 12), were recently given the chance to experience the University of Bristol on a speciality scheme called ‘Access to Bris-tol’. The scheme is an initiative that provides local students with an unprecedented opportunity to experience life at the University of Bristol, gaining access to its academic expertise and facilities. Callum has been, and will be doing a short course in Law while Sam is highly interested in experiencing Biomedical Sciences. Callum described the scheme as “a great way to understand what University will be like” and Sam commented that “It’s made me even more eager to go to University.”

Laura Horton 12ACT Trip to Oxford University Two students from Year 12 have been invited to take the opportunity of spending a day down at Oxford Uni-versity shadowing undergraduates. Marichelle Crick and I have the chance to take part in a mock Oxford-style interview, a workshop on university applications, a visit to Oxford’s world famous Bodleian Library as well as joining an undergraduate in all classes and lectures on the day. Marichelle was delighted about this chance. “It will be a really good opportunity to get a taste of University life and help me make an informed choice whether or not I would like to go to Oxford University.”

Nicola Brown Birmingham Clothes Show Live. On the 6th December 2008, eight sixth form pupils and five staff took the school minibus to the Clothes Show Live in the NEC in Birmingham. We left school at 8am and shopped for an hour before the fashion show started. It was hosted by Dave Berry, and Max, O.B. and Russ from Hollyoaks also appeared on stage. We watched Alesha Dixon perform ‘The Boy Does Nothing’ before the models came on. There were also professional dancers on stage with the models. Some of the fashion was a bit crazy but everyone enjoyed it! We did more shopping after the show and saw Nicky Hambleton-Jones, Stuart Manning (Russ from Hollyoaks) and Jack, Adam and Lara from Shipwrecked ’08. We all had a really great day and a few of us fell asleep on the way back because we were so tired!

Amy Stimpson

Calling all Year 11 students I am in the process of arranging the interview schedule for January. You will receive an appointment at the start of next term. If there are any students who still have an application form please hand it in as soon as possible. Should you have any questions about your application please come and find me in the Sixth Form and we can discuss them. Please remember to talk your application through with your subject teachers and parents. Year 12 Progress Grades Over the past weeks students have been gathering their review grades and comments form their subject teachers. This is an excellent way to start to gauge how they are progressing in their subjects. Year 12 stu-dents if you still have your grade card in your bag pass it onto your mentor as we would like to know which areas you require support so you are able to achieving your potential. I also hope you are having conversations with your parents about how you are getting on. Year 13 UCAS applications Year 13 have been busy getting their University applications in I would like to wish them all good luck with their applications and hope they all get their first choices. The hard work starts now with working towards get-ting the grades.: Hi, I'm applying to most of the local universities such as University of the West of England, University of Bris-tol, Bath Spa University, University of Bath and The University of Gloucestershire to study sociology. I'm hop-ing that this will give me the skills needed for a career in community development or social work. Hi I'm applying to the universities of Exeter, Warwick, Southampton, Plymouth and Portsmouth to study Me-chanical Engineering for a career in Engineering. I am applying to UWE to study midwifery. I've been offered places in Cardiff and Birmingham Conservatoires, to do an honours degree in vocal and op-era studies. I have applied to study a Degree in Media Studies at UWE, Bath Spa, University of Gloucestershire, UWIC and Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. So far, I have been offered a place in UWIC, Bath Spa, Anglia Ruskin and UWE. I am applying to Bristol, Loughborough, Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea for Geography BSc. I'd really like to get into Swansea as the uni, sports centre, pub and beach are all within a 2 minute walk of each other. (The course is quite good too.) I have no idea what I would like to do for a career; I'll just find out when I get there." I'm applying to, UWIC, Newport, Glamorgan, Swansea metropolitan and Leeds Metropolitan, for a career in Youth work. I am applying to Swansea, Plymouth, Glamorgan and Bournmouth, to study child nursing and nursing with disabilities, hopefully enabling me to have a career nursing for either children or people with disabilities. I'm applying to Southampton Solent, UCCA and University of the Arts London to study fashion journalism, hopefully leading towards a career in magazine journalism. I am applying to do a degree course in mathematics at Bristol, Bath, Birmingham, Leicester or Swansea. I am applying to the University of Glamorgan, Winchester, Falmouth and Carmarthen to study Media Production and Film Studies for a career in Film Journalism.

I’m applying to Loughborough, Bournemouth, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Cardiff to study Product Design for a career in Design. I am applying to Exeter, Southampton, Leeds and Plymouth to study Mathematics. I have applied to Filton College and City of Bath College to do an Art and Design Foundation Degree. Important Sixth Form dates A2 reports to parents Friday 19th December. AS & L2 parents evening took place on Thursday 11th December if you have any questions about you son/daughters studies please contact me at school either by phone or email. A2 parents evening Thursday 19th May. AS & L2 reports to parents Friday 3rd April. Year 12 & 13 Exams 7th – 29th January Check you exam timetable and be prepared. Keep up the hard work Year 12 & 13 and keep the revision going over the holiday. Remember to use the ex-cellent study guide that was published by you all on Friday 6th December during the Life Skills Conference. Have a fantastic holiday and stay safe. Ms Gill Hilleard Head of Sixth Form

ICT and Business Faculty News The ICT and Business faculty are keen to improve student motivation, so have decided to award students who produce excellent work or demonstrate a great deal of effort. The following students have been awarded “Geek” of the week so far; have received three positive praise points and a prize.

Week beginning 17th November 2008

Year 7 - Jessica Wardle

Year 8 - Michael Hall

Year 9 - Emily Flint, Will Ferris

Year 10 - Matt Lewis

Year 11 - Luke Crouch, Sabina Wiltshire

Sixth Form - Faye Mas, Rosie Hale

Week beginning 1st December 2008

Year 7 - Jonathan Davis

Year 8 - Georgina Smith, Shannon Jeans

Year 9 - Emily Tipper, Ashleigh Tookey

Year 10 - Lucy Britton, Lauren Thomas, Abi Bennett

Year 11 - Carol-Ann Freeman, Jamie Hemmings

Well done everyone!

Ms Jarvis Acting Head of ICT and Business

Expressive Arts Faculty News Conservatoire Double Congratulations to Gilly Wells Year 13 who has been offered places at both the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Birmingham Conservatoire to study Music specialising in Vocal studies next year. She has also just passed Grade 8 Voice with a Merit pass. Gilly is understandably delighted and we would like to offer our congratulations to her. Well done Gilly! The Big Sing 2008 On Thursday 27th November 15 Year 7 and 8 students took part in the Big Sing which was a World Record at-tempt at the biggest ever simultaneous singing of a song. This year’s chosen song was ‘You Gotta Be’ by Des-ree. Watch this space to see if we have sung our way into the record books next year! Carols on the High Street On Friday 5th December the Choir sang Carols on Chipping Sodbury High Street as part of the Victorian Day celebrations. Thank you to the community for inviting us to sing. ArtsAward We are now able to offer ArtsAward at all 3 levels of Gold, Silver and Bronze. We hope to have 2 candidates at least commencing their Gold work in the New Year. If you would like to start an ArtsAward which can celebrate work in any Art form then please see Mrs Boulton and Mrs William-Jones for more details. Christmas Concert 2008 This year’s Christmas Concert will take place on Wednesday 17th December at 7.30pm at St John’s Church. Tickets, priced £3 are available from the Music Department. We would love to see as many people there as possible. Mrs William-Jones Head of Expressive Arts Faculty

Data Collection Sheets and Annual Consent Forms A polite reminder to Parents/Carers of Years Eight to Eleven to return any of the above forms as soon as pos-sible so that our student records can be updated accordingly. Mrs G Phillips Office Manager

Design and Technology Faculty News Formula One in Schools Challenge Two teams of Y9 students recently took part in the F1 in Schools Challenge which requires them to design, build and race a CO2 powered model car. The regional final coincided with the annual D&T show and was held at the NEC in Birmingham. Both teams performed well and were a credit to the school. The Sodbury Arrows achieved the best reaction time and their car finished in sixth place during speed trials. During the day the students had the opportunity to look at advanced manufacturing systems and watch a number of CAD/CAM Demonstrations. Mr Mellens Head of Design & Technology Faculty

Year Seven News Year 7 students and staff at Chipping Sodbury School have been filling Christmas shoeboxes for the Eleanor Children’s Charitable Trust. This trust delivers decorated shoe boxes to children in Romania so that they will have some little extras at Christmas time. The students and staff filled the boxes with sweets, toiletries, small toys, stationery and other small gifts and then decorated the boxes with Christmas paper. Many students also wrote a short letter to the recipient of their box telling them a little about themselves. Student Co-ordinator Jo Strange said “Students have worked hard to collect and fill lots of boxes.” She added “We are delighted to be able to help support children in need at Christmas.”

Class of 2008 GCSE Presentation Evening The Year Eleven students from last year together with their parents, returned to school on the evening of 4th December to celebrate the success of their GCSE results and to receive their certificates. Special awards were also received by the following students:

Consistent and Conscientious: Caroline Wheeler

Sportsman Award: Daryl Holcombe

Sportswoman Award: Rosie Hale

Outstanding Musical Achievement: Daniel Jevons

and Inga Mansfield

Representing the School with Honours: Jess Rumble

Personal Endeavour: Pierre Gill and Megan Putt

Recognition of Personal Achievement: Matt Craythorne

Most Improved Academically: Jordan Turner

All Round Academic Excellence: Rosie Belcher

Supporting the School Value of Respect: Amy Stimpson

Supporting the School Value of Responsibility:

Chelsie Phillips

Supporting the School Value of Aspiration:

Emma Williams

Supporting the School Value of Integrity: Raveen Tank

Mel Jeffries Award for Excellence: Claire Sowman

Ross Power Geography Award: Bradley Arkwright

END OF TERM ARRANGEMENTS CHRISTMAS 2008

The following arrangements have put in place for the last day of term. Morning school will run as normal until lunchtime at 12.30 pm. There will be a shortened lunchtime ending at 1.00 pm; normal lunch service will be available for students. Students will have a tutor period, with school ending at 1.30 pm.

Some service buses have been rearranged as detailed below:

The following service buses will run to timetable:

If students should wish to wait in school for their bus, then a place will be made available for them.

Service Rearranged pick-up time

967 Wessex – Shireway 1330 hours

620 Cotswold Green – Bath, via Yate & Pucklechurch

1345 hours

627 Wessex – Wotton-under-Edge 1419 hours

Service Usual pick-up time

41 Andybus – Malmesbury 1520 hours

686 Wessex – Wotton-under-Edge 1530 hours

Year 9 Parents’ and Options Evening Thursday 15th January 2009

This day brings our annual joint Parents’ Evening and Options Evening for students at

school. This is for parents of Year 9 students.

The Chair of Governors has agreed with me to close the school at 2.15 pm in order to allow appropriate displays and presentations to be put in place for the evening, which

starts at 4.30 pm.

Further details will be provided about arrangements for transport nearer the time, but they are likely to be similar to that put in place for the last day of this term.

P Lidstone

Headteacher

Physical Education Faculty News Y9 Hockey v Brimsham Green 19 November. A fantastic win 6-0! Well done everyone: Molly Barr (captain) Kim Maggs (3 goals), Anna Edwards (1 goal) Sophie Seymour Williams (1 goal), Amy Jones (1 goal) Mariah Roynon, Katie Hooper, Katie Iles, Clare Pearson, Laura Keast, Rachel Williams, Katie Simpson, Kelly Mauuray, Ellie Quirke. Player of the match Kim Maggs. Goal of the match Anna’s strike from a short corner. Mrs Broad Netball v Brimsham – Wed 19th Nov (Home) Year 10 Unfortunately the Year10 girls lost their final match of the season against Brimsham. I would personally like to thank all the girls that have represented the school in a really difficult season. Whatever the situation the girls have always fought hard and played with great levels of commitment and enthusiasm. Well done to all the girls that have played this season. Year 8 The Year 8 girls lost their final match of the season 9-3 against Brimsham. It was a closely fought match with Brimsham only managing to pull away in the final quarter of the match. The girls have approached all matches with a great level of commitment and enthusiasm. Well done to all girls that have played this season. Miss Winter U13 Football v Bradley Stoke (Away) The U13 Football team stormed into the 3rd round of the Coca Cola Cup with a great performance at Bradley Stoke on Tues 25th November. The girls won 5-2 with a great performance from Charlotte Bassett scoring 4 girls and Gemma Rallinson picking up the 5th goal. It was a fantastic team effort with Charlotte Bassett picking up player of the match. Other team members were: Danika Dyer ©, Louise King, Emma Leney, Beth Hillier, Chel-sea Willis, Kaya Winter, Sophie Sawyer, Danielle Dracup, Katie Sayer, Demi Moore, Laura Glynn, Megan Davis and Gemma Rallinson. Good Luck in the next round girls! v The Ridings Monday 1st December The U13 girls football team stormed into the semi finals of the Coca Cola Cup with a great performance against The Ridings. The final score was 1-0 to Chipping Sodbury with a fantastic first half goal from Charlotte Bassett. Player of the match went to Louise King who put in a fantastic performance in defence. Well done girls and good luck in the semi finals. The squad included: Louise King ©, Gemma Rallinson, Katie Sayer, Danielle Dracup, Sophie Sawyer, Danika Dyer, Chelsea Willis, Laura Glynn, Kaya Winter, Charlotte Bassett, Emma Le-ney, Beth Hillier and Megan Davis. Special Thanks to Kirsten Rendall in year 11 for doing a great job refereeing the match and George Rumble and Aaron Morgan who were very efficient linesmen. Miss Winter U15 Girls ESFA Result Congratulations to the U15 girls who go into the 5th round of the English Schools Cup. The following girls proudly represented the school on Tuesday 25th November. Lauren Thomas, Katie Wherlock, Katie Oram, Kirsty Sutherland, Lucy Britton, Chloe Breaks, Molly Barr, Amy Jones, Nicole Bailey, Kim Maggs. The girls sail into the next round beating Chilton School in Yeovil 5-1. Goal Scorers: Kim Maggs 3, Kirsty Sutherland 1 and Katie Oram 1. Good luck to the squad who play the next game on Saturday 20th December. Miss Maggs U13 Football The U13 girls are in the semi finals of the county cup. They are due to play against Ribston on Wednesday 10th Wednesday (Home). If they win this match Chipping Sodbury will be representing the South West and will go into the National competition after Christmas. Congratulations to all the girls that have represented the school and special thanks to Kirsten Rendall, Aaron Morgan, George Rumble and James Axford (6th Form) for all their

help in officiating these matches. The following girls have played in all or some of these football fixtures. Louise King, Gemma Rallinson, Charlotte Bassett, Sophie Sawyer, Katie Sayer, Kaya Winter, Chelsea Willis, Danika Dyer, Danielle Dracup, Keira Morris, Emma Leney, Beth Hillier, Laura Glynn, Megan Davis and Demi Moore. Congratulations girls and good luck for Wednesday! Netball The Year 8 and Year 10 girls have been playing their netball league fixtures since September. The Year 8’s finished 4th overall in their league, so congratulations to all girls that have represented the school. The Year 10 girls always played enthusiastically and finished 7th overall in their league. Well done girls! Miss Winter

CHRISTMAS DINNER – THURSDAY 18TH December 2008

Vegetable Lasagne Roast Turkey with Cranberry Sauce

Stuffing Balls Pigs in blankets Roast potatoes Brussel Sprouts Carrot batons

Peas Gravy

Mince Pie with custard

Trifle

Cost - £2.25

Drinks available separately

Reviews and Individual Learning Plans By now all parents/carers will have had feedback on their child’s progress in the form of Parents’ evening, Re-views and ILPs. We really value the feedback these occasions offer us and use the information to review our documents and processes. Both the Review data and the ILP go home with a response slip, in order to provide a quick way for parents to give us this feedback and acknowledge receipt. We really do want to have all response slips returned and would ask for your support in the return of these to us or Heads of Learning/ Student Co-ordinators. Additionally, it would also aid our planning, if any families who require two sets of Reviews or ILPs contact their HoL/ StCos and indicate their preference for this to take place. Many thanks and enjoy a peaceful Christmas. Mrs K Rowlands Mrs L Leader Assistant Headteacher Assistant Headteacher

Science Faculty News Science Examinations Year 11 Double and Triple Award Students sit two (three for triple Science) examinations in January that count for 50% of their final grade. The dates are shown below and are dependent upon the units being studied:

Revision sessions will run on the following dates from 3.15 – 4.15pm:

We suggest that students follow a rigorous, well structured revision programme and if you have not already done so, we thoroughly recommend the purchase of a Science revision guide. These are available for £3.00 from the Science Department.

Mr Stow & Dr Lewthwaite

Joint Acting Heads of Science Faculty

Date Teacher/session

Monday 5th January Biology – Miss Fudge

Tuesday 6th January Biology – Miss Du Boulay

Wednesday 7th January Chemistry – Mr Edmiston

Thursday 8th January Physics – Miss Gentile

Monday 12th January

Tuesday 13th January Chemistry – Mr Stow

Wednesday 14th January

Thursday 15th January Physics – Dr Ranson

Biology Chemistry Physics

12th January 2009 15th January 2009 19th January 2009

Inclusion Department

The Inclusion Department offers a range of support for students at Chipping Sodbury School. The main strands of our work are • Special Educational Needs Support (SEN) work is with students with Statements and IEPs (Individual Education Plans). • Literacy Support for identified students. We have just started a new reading programme for some of our Year 7 students. Any support you can offer at home in supporting your child’s reading would be excellent. Two mornings a week we run Literacy Progress Units for Year 7 students alongside a paired reading scheme between Year 7 and Year 11 students. • Directed Studies, which offers alternative provision for students, including pre -16 college courses. • Special provision, such as Speech and Language, Re-induction, Classroom Skills, Social Skills, Anger Management and Co-ordination club, also Home work club at lunchtimes. • Whole school Inclusion work including work with Gifted and Talented students. LSU (Learning Support Unit) The LSU offers individual or small group work for students who are either having significant difficulties maintaining their placement in school or who require extensive extra support in some curriculum areas, in particular literacy. This year the Inclusion department has been involved with a group of year 11 students who baked cookies and sold them on a stall at the local Farmer’s Market for charity. They raised a huge £156.00. Inclusion Department Staff

First Aid Can I remind all parents and carers that we do not have a school nurse in school work-ing with poorly students in the day? We have some staff who can administer first aid if required if someone is hurt or injured at school however, if your son/daughter has an injury at home, please use your own GP to administer medical care rather than send him/her into school as we do not have the expertise to deal with this. It is important that all students stay at home if they are unwell and if your son/daughter has sickness or diarrhoea he/she should stay away from school for 48 hours after the last bout. I would be grateful for your support in this matter. Ms K Turner Deputy Headteacher

Year Seven & Eight Camp Thank you for the prompt return of deposits at such a busy time of year. Your child may still apply after the suggested date but of course I cannot guarantee them a place. I will send letters of confirmation to all who have a place during January. Year Seven Camp 3rd – 5th June I am confirming the dates above as I notice the payment slips attached to the letter change the date to 1st – 3rd. All campers need to be deciding their tent sharing groups and whether they are using their own or a school tent. I will collect this information during Term 3. Mrs Broad Camp Leader

News of Year Nine Student Voice I have recently carried out a survey of the way Students see each other in the year group. This has shown how highly regarded some of the students are as role models and supporters of other students. We thank and celebrate the efforts of:(some more students will be mentioned on the next newsletter as the survey is still being collated) : Rosie Hillson, Bradley Hughes, Natasha Kilbane, Isabelle King, Clare Pearson, Ellie Quirke, Kerri Sullivan, Lizzie Adsett, Amy Berry, Rebecca Biggs, Sarah Biggs, Daniel Dando, Sophie Morris, Kelly Murray, Abigail Nye, Rebecca Robinson, Charlotte White, Nathan Woolfrey, Gareth Barnaby, Chloe Breaks, Sophie Chamber-lain, Samantha Coles, Jess Cook, Anna Edwards. Zero tolerance The survey has also identified a number of students who seem to be causing low level difficulties in lessons which can disturb the learning, without being too obvious. Whilst we do not wish to unfairly ‘label’ students, this issue needs to be addressed, so there will be a period of ‘Zero tolerance’ in Year 9 lessons following the Christmas break. Teachers will be asked to be especially vigilant in drawing attention to students causing disruption and they will be given only one opportunity to improve. Failure to do so will mean removal from the class and a detention run by the Head of Learning after school. We ask for parental support during this two week period as Students rarely continue with poor behaviour if they realise what the consequences are. It should be possible, following this exercise, to assess whether learning has improved and whether certain students need more support to manage their behaviour. Certain students and their parents will be spoken to before the event so that everyone is clear about the proc-ess. To all Parents/Carers of Year 9, I thank you in anticipation of your support. Mrs J Clark Head of Learning Years 8 and 9

The Staff and Governors of Chipping Sodbury School wish all students/parents/carers

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

SPECIALIST TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL NEWS

Year 7 Problem Solving Day On Friday 21st November, all of our 180 Year 7 students took part in a cross-curricular problem solving day. The event was led by staff from our specialist school subjects – DT, Mathematics and Science, together with representatives from the Smallpeice Trust, an organisation who work to raise the profile of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sub-jects. Activities ranged from the construction of energy efficient wind turbines to cracking codes us-ing fire writing in Science and Morse code in DT. Students also tried to solve the mystery of the murder in the Mathematics classroom. Throughout the day, students were ‘problem solving’ using a wide range of techniques. We now hope to collate both the language and the methods of problem solving that were used during the day to begin the process of developing the language of problem solving at Chipping Sodbury School.

Please help Chipping Sodbury School to collect Gen-eration Green leaves by completing an online energy survey for your home at: http://www.generationgreen.co.uk/About/ The leaves can be used to claim energy efficient re-wards including a school weather station.

Congratulations Matthew! Matthew Daniels, a Year 13 student, has qualified for the British Maths Olympiad. Matthew is currently awaiting the results of his latest paper. If his result is good enough then he will qualify for the European Olym-piad. Well done Matthew — an incredi-ble achievement.

Modern Foreign Languages News

INSET DAYS for the remainder of 2008-2009 (School Closed to Pupils)

Monday 20th April 2009 Friday 19th June 2009 Friday 24th July 2009

Miss S Lockyer & Miss A Keith-Smith Joint acting Heads of Modern Foreign Languages Faculty

17 Dec Christmas Concert at St Johns Church 19 Dec MUFTI DAY LAST DAY OF TERM 2 5 Jan FIRST DAY OF TERM 3 7 Jan January Examinations begin 12 Jan Y11 Modular Science Examinations begin 15 Jan Y9 Parents’ & Options Evening 20 Jan Modular Mathematics Examinations 4/11 Feb Book Fair in Library 6/7 Feb Y9 Battlefields Visit 8/13 Feb Y9 Outward Bound 13 Feb MUFTI DAY LAST DAY OF TERM 3 23 Feb FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 3 Mar Modular Mathematics Examinations 4 Mar Y10 Modular Science Examinations 5 Mar World Book Day 8 Mar Y10 Ten Tors Training 11 Mar German Exchange Briefing Evening 26 Mar Talk by Adele Pennington – first British woman to climb Mount Manaslu, 8161metres, 8th highest peak in the world.

School Term Dates for 2008/2009 School Year

(See INSET Days on page 3)

TERM 2 Wednesday 5 November 2008 - Friday 19 December 2008

TERM 3

Monday 5 January 2009 - Friday 13 February 2009

TERM 4 Monday 23 February 2009 - Friday 3 April 2009

TERM 5

Monday 20 April 2009 - Friday 22 May 2009

TERM 6 Monday 1 June 2009 - Friday 24 July 2009

Dates for you diary

Chipping Sodbury School Bowling Road Chipping Sodbury Bristol, BS37 6EW Tel. 01454 862900 E-mail: [email protected]

Useful Contact Names

Position

Mr P Lidstone Headteacher

Ms J Passco Head’s PA

Mr D Hinkins Deputy Head

Ms K Turner Deputy Head

Mrs L Beynon Assistant Head

Mrs L Leader Assistant Head

Mrs K Rowlands Assistant Head

Mrs A Magham Assistant Head

Mrs A Morriss Assistant Head (KS3 Project Leader)

Mrs L Broad Head of Learning Y6/7

Mrs J Strange Student Coordinator Y6/7

Mrs J Clark Head of Learning Y8/9

Ms S Stone Student Coordinator Y8/9

Mrs D Clarke Head of Learning Y10/11

Mr R Wathen Student Coordinator Y10/11

Ms G Hilleard Head of Sixth Form

Mr G Hill Head of Student Engagement

Mr K Mellens Head of Design and Technology

Mr M Sayers Head of English

Mrs A William-Jones Head of Expressive Arts

Mr D Planter Head of Humanities

Mr J Poole Head of Inclusion

Ms M Moult Head of Maths

Miss A Keith-Smith/Miss S Lockyer

Joint Acting Heads of Modern Foreign Languages

Miss C Maggs Head of Physical Education

Mr M Stow/ Dr J Lewthwaite

Joint Acting Heads of Science

Mr R Blacker Business Manager

Mr M Marsh SENCO

Ms L Jarvis Head of ICT/Business

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