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Expressive Arts

Faculty News

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World Maths Day 3

MFL Faculty News 4/6

Readathon 7

World Book Day 7

PE Faculty News 8/9

National Science &

Engineering Week

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Lost Property 10

Student Absence 10

Science Faculty

News

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Year Nine News 10

DT Faculty News 11

Purple Pinkie Day 11

Celebration of

Achievement Reply

slip

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Dates for your

Diary

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School Term Dates

2009/2010

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INSET DAYS for

2009/2010

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Useful contacts 12

CS2 Newsletter Volume 6, Issue 6 February 2010

Online at: www.chippingsodburyschool.com

Dear Parent/Carers Welcome to this edition of CS

2. I thought that I would highlight to you one aspect of the school

which supports the learning agenda but is very far removed from examinations. This concerns the work we do in raising money for charitable causes. We are a caring school and our students do a great job in supporting those less well off in whatever way. Among the charities supported so far this last year include:

I believe that this total is a great tribute to the school community for its caring and supportive ethos and its desire to help others. Well done to everyone. I have received some feedback from colleagues in school about the preparedness of some of

our students for learning at school. It might be stating the obvious and forgive me if I am, but

learning is helped if students:

1. Bring the right equipment whether it is, for example, pens and pencils, PE kit or food in-

gredients

2. Remember their homework and meet deadlines

3. Eat some breakfast as it is generally accepted that breakfast does ‘set you up for the

day’.

4. Have a good night’s sleep.

Enjoy the rest of this edition.

Yours sincerely

Philip Lidstone

Head

Date Charity Amount

October 2009 Macmillan Cancer £86.57

November 2009 War Child £200.66

On going Haiti appeal £404.77

October 2009 Jessie May Trust £329.15

December 2009 Children in Need £869.70

December 2009 Help for Heroes £343.44

January 2010 Macmillan Cancer £147.75

January 2010 CLIC £119.00

February 2010 Rotary Polio Appeal – Purple Pinkie Day £639.21

TOTAL so far this year £3140.25

“Committed to learning”

Chipping Sodbury School

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Expressive Arts Faculty News ArtsAward A number of students have now registered for ArtsAward at all three levels. If you would like to register then please contact Mrs Boulton or Mrs William-Jones as a matter of urgency. Conducting Workshop – Wednesday 3

rd February 2010

On Thursday 3rd February we were joined by 15 members of the PGCE (Secondary) Music cohort from Bath

Spa University. They spent the day in the music department, playing and rehearsing the Windband and took part in a short concert to parents at the end of the day.

Charlotte White – Marine Bandswoman in Training Charlotte White (10 RTE) is a Euphonium player who has her sights set on becoming a member of the Royal Marines Band after A Level study. She spent 3 days this month on Work Experience placement with the Band at their Headquarter in Plymouth. She tells us that she didn’t want to come home!

AS Photography Trip – Gloucester Docks Year 12 Photography took Gloucester Docks by storm this month when they used the location for an exami-nation preparation photo shoot on Monday 22

nd February. They are currently preparing work for their con-

trolled test to take place next term. Extra Little Shop of Horrors Rehearsal – Wednesday 10

th March, 3.30pm

Please would all cast member who were required for the postponed rehearsal on Tuesday 12th January

please attend this rescheduled rehearsal on Wednesday 10th March from 3.30 to 4.30pm in the Drama Hall.

Cluster Schools Taiko Workshop – Thursday 4

th February 2010

12 pupils from our cluster primary schools visited Chipping Sodbury on Thursday 4th February to learn the

ancient art of Taiko. Taiko literally means ‘Drum’ in Japanese and despite having just 2 hours in which to learn the pupils performed a piece and gave a presentation to their Parents and Head Teachers at the end of the afternoon.

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Project Homeworks in Years 7 and 8 On Friday 5

th February, members of Year 7 received award certificates for some excellent work during the

Term 2 Project Homeworks. Keiron Meaker, Ben Perrett, Sophie Wolcomb, Bethan Adams, Joy Carlin, Aaron Chamberlain, Kirsty Campbell, Cameron Cook, Liam Craddock, Ethan Jarman, Rosa Kay, Elle McNally, Will Townsley, Jordan Longdin. Year 8 are currently submitting work as we go to press and we currently have a 99.5% submission on time rate. Well done Year 8! Mrs William-Jones Head of Expressive Arts Faculty Artists in Year 8 have recently been studying 20

th century art styles. The work below is inspired by Futurism.

Students have created semi abstract paintings that are designed to show movement of birds in flight. The following students have been highly commended and have had work selected for display in the classroom: Harvey Lane, Rebecca Tiley, Olly Cason, Emma Leney, Holly Taplin, Melissa Evans and Lauren White. Well done everybody! Mrs. Hopcraft

Rebecca Tiley Olly Cason

Harvey Lane

World Maths Day 3rd March 2010

Students will be invited to play at home and at school against other students around the world in live games of mental arithmetic. Each game lasts for 60 seconds and students can play up to 500 games, earning points for each correct answer. The students who answer the most questions appear in the Hall of Fame. Students cannot select their level but will move up as they progress. Mr Clarke

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Modern Foreign Languages Faculty News

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Modern Foreign Languages Staff

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Readathon 2010

Students in years 7, 8 and 9 are invited to take part in Readathon.

This is a fantastic opportunity to read all sorts of books and raise money for two

amazing charities – CLIC and The Roald Dahl Foundation.

You can set yourself the challenge of completing one book or as many as you can, just as long as you are enjoying reading.

Readathon takes place from Friday 26

th February to Friday 5

th March.

Sponsor cards are available from your English teacher or Mrs Chappell. See OSCAR and readathon.org for more information.

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Physical Education Faculty News Year 5 Primary Football Club For five weeks in January and February, 25 Year 5 pupils from Raysfield. St John’s Mead, Old Sodbury and Hawkesbury Primary schools have been enjoying the new 3G Astro after school on a Monday evening. Very ably led by Year 11 and 12 pupils George Hale, Jaimie Pearson and Neil Harris the participants have worked hard at improving their skills, gamesmanship and having fun. Very well done to all involved for being there…..it has not always been warm! Fiona Deans SSCO

Netball Matches V Castle – Tues 26

th January

Year 7 The Year 7’s showed great potential in their first league match against Castle. They all worked extremely hard and once they begin to gel as a team, I am sure they will be successful. Unfortunately, they did lose their first game 14-5. Player of the match was Georgia James who put in a fantastic performance on the centre court. Other squad members included: Sasha King ©, Molly Wescott, Danielle Mason, Lauren England, Grace Rumble, Flo Langridge, Milly Woods and Bethan Adams. Good luck in your next match girls! Year 8 Year 8 girls had a friendly match against Castle and for the second time this season beat them, 10-8. Con-gratulations to Maelyne Coggins who received player of the match for her consistently good shooting. Other squad members included: Charlotte Butcher ©, Emily Gravell, Yvette Bennett, Dawn Barnaby, Katie Cray-thorne, Brooke Hillier and Lauren Smith. Year 9 The Year 9 team have always shown great potential to do well, however, to really achieve their true potential they need to gel together as a team on court. I’m confident that as the season progresses this will happen and this will enable them to play some good quality netball. Unfortunately, they did lose their first league match against Castle, but congratulations to Beth Woolley who received player of the match for her fantastic perform-ance as GA. Other squad members included: Shannon Jeans ©, Louise King, Lucy Kay Carrie Wilson, Danika Dyer and Saffron Peck. Good luck in your next match! Year 10 The Year 10’s lost their friendly against Castle 9-3. Congratulations to Kerri Sullivan who received player of the match for her constantly high work rate. Other squad members included: Rachel Williams ©, Rossee McDonagh, Jas El-Hag, Susan Crow, Kelly Murray and Harriet Febry. Netball Fixtures V Brimsham - Wed 3rd February

Year 7

The Year 7's played some really good netball in a really close match against Brimsham. It could have gone either way but unfortunately the girls lost 2-4. Player of the match was Molly Wescott(C) who put in a stunning performance on the centre court. Other squad members included: Sasha King, Milly Woods, Flo Langridge, Georgia James, Lauren England, Hatty Blyth, Danielle Mason, Grace Rumble and Bethan Adams. Good Luck against Patchway next week!

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Year 9

The Year 9's put in a much improved performance against Brimsham. Again, the match was extremely close with Chipping Sodbury narrowly losing 8-11. The girls worked well as a team and at times played some good netball. They now need to work on performing to a high standard consistently in their matches. Player of the match was Shannon Jeans who moved well as a shooter. Tresta Mansfield was also brilliant in defence. Other squad members included; Beth Woolley (C), Lucy Kay, Louise King, Danika Dyer and Carrie Wilson. Year 7 Netball Match V Marlwood – Wed 24

th February

The Year 7 girls put in an absolutely stunning performance in their league match against Marlwood. They dominated for long periods of the game which was reflected in the final score with Chipping Sodbury win-ning 17-5. They played like a totally different team since last match and every single member of the squad contributed to this win. Player of the match was Sasha King who dominated on the centre court and whose shooting was “on fire”. Other squad members included: Georgia James ©, Molly Wescott, Lauren England, Grace Rumble, Flo Langridge, Milly Woods and Bethan Jones. Congratulations and good luck in your next match!

Miss Winter Good luck to all the Year 11 GCSE PE students in the netball & football moderation sessions on Tuesday 9

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March. Please reminder the high standards set!!!! Miss Maggs

Please remember to update the School Office of any changes to contact numbers especially mobile phones.

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LOST PROPERTY

LAST CHANCE!!! Please can we request that all items of clothing, including trainers/Astroturf /football

boots etc, ARE ALL CLEARLY NAMED! EVEN NON UNIFORM ITEMS – Unfortunately we do not have the time to chase up the volume of clothing that is lost and not collected. If you cannot get your son/daughter to check in LOST PROPERTY, please phone the uniform office who will try to locate any missing items for you. We currently hold 18 NAMED items that have still not been collected by students. We also have 30+ un-named items. Contact number : 01454 862900 We currently have the following un-named items in the cupboard: SoulCal Black Top Girls H & M Size 6 Tweed jacket White size 8 Trainers Two tone green Zip top Large Black Voyager Jumper Size 4 Dolly patent black shoes Leather look small Jacket Burtons xl Fleece White Bench Full Zip Top Peter Storm Coat & Fleece Light Grey Carbini jacket Various track-suit bottoms Grey No Fear Fleece Red P.E Fleece x 2 Navy ¼ Zip Fleece School logo Makenzie Quilted jacket Black Russel MFC fleece P.E bags with the following description: Reebok with NEW BLACK Size 8 BOYS SHOES inside! – The Boot Room bag inc kit – BANK bag inc kit – We also have a variety of boys and girls uniformed crew tops, P.E tops and white polo tops.

ALL UNCLAIMED ITEMS WILL BE DONATED TO LOCAL CHARITY SHOPS ON FRIDAY 12

TH MARCH

The lost property cupboard is open Tuesday and Thursday at break time (11.10 - 11.30am) for students to look for lost property Mrs Smith I/c School Uniform

Student Absence To report a student absence please call the Attendance Officer on 01454 862952 on the first day of absence and leave the following information:

• Student name and Tutor Group

• Reason for Absence and expected day of return

• Your name and relationship to student

Science Faculty News Congratulations to the following Kelvin Award winners for their commitment to Science: Katie Hellen, Amber Godwin, Dawn Barnaby, Ross Belton, Josh Stock, Fern Teagle, Jack Philpott, Katie Iles, Faye Youell, Liame Brown. Mr Edmiston

Year Nine News Congratulations to Emily Harding who has passed her Grade 2 Guitar Exam. Mr Whitfield

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Celebration of Achievement We know that many students outside of school achieve in ways that make you very proud. We would love to share these moments and so have decided to attach a slip for you to let us know if anything significant happens in your child’s life.

For example, completed a 5km run, survived a parachute jump, raised money for charity, gained Grade 5 music theory, played in a youth orchestra, had a poem published, won a competition, filled boxes for the Christmas appeal, was the carnival princess.

Please return the slips to their Head of Learning, Student Co-ordinator or tutor.

Thanks in advance

Mrs K Rowlands & Mrs L Leader Assistant Headteachers

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Please return to: Head of Learning/ Student Coordinator/Tutor)

Student’s name ……………………………………………………………………..Tutor Group………………..

Details of celebration

Parents’ name…………………………………………………………………….

Date…………………………………………..

Design & Technology Faculty News A group of Year nine students where involved in the Flying Start Challenge at the BAWA centre in Filton on the 11

th of February. They where a credit to the school and to themselves well done for all those who where in-

volved. Mr Thomas

Chipping Sodbury School raises over £630 in Purple Pinkie Day! A quick thank you to all those students who brought in their £1 for Purple Pinkie Day last MUFTI day. We raised a fantastic sum of money which will go a long way to helping rid the world of Polio. Mr Shanks

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2 Mar Y10/11 Modular Maths Catch up Exams 3 Mar Y10/11 Modular Science Exams Y8 Maths Roadshow 7 Mar Y10 Ten Tors Training 14 Mar Y10 Ten Tors Training 17 Mar Y8 Maths Roadshow 21 Mar Y10 Ten Tors Training 23 Mar Y11 Focus Evening 25 Mar Y11 Leavers Photographs 26 Mar Colston Hall Concert 27/28 Mar Y10 Ten Tors Training 30 Mar Y11 Revision Workshops 1 April INSET DAY Last day of Term 3 19 April First Day of Term 4 25 April Y10 Ten Tors Training 26 April Y10 PARENTS’ EVENING 2 May Y10 Ten Tors Training 3 May MAY BANK HOLIDAY 4/7 May Y10 Examinations 7/9 May Y10 Ten Tors Expedition, Dartmoor 10 May Summer Examinations unti 30th June 14 May AS Examinations start 20 May Y8 PARENTS’ EVENING 28 May MUFTI DAY - Last Day of Term 4

School Term Dates for 2009/2010 School Year

TERM 4 Monday 22 February 2010 - Thursday 1 April 2010

TERM 5

Monday 19 April 2010 - Friday 28 May 2010

TERM 6 Monday 7 June 2010 - Friday 23 July 2010

Dates for your diary

Chipping Sodbury School Bowling Road Chipping Sodbury Bristol, BS37 6EW Tel. 01454 862900 E-mail: enquiries@chippingsodburyschool.com

Useful Contacts

Name Position

Mr P Lidstone Headteacher

Ms J Passco Head’s PA

Mr D Hinkins Deputy Head

Ms K Turner Deputy Head

Mrs L Leader Assistant Head

Mrs K Rowlands Assistant Head

Mrs A Magham Assistant Head

Mr R Blacker Business Manager

Mrs L Broad Head of Learning Y6/7

Mrs J Strange Student Coordinator Y6/7

Mr C Whitfield 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 Learning Post 16

Mr G Hill Head of Student Engagement Post 16

Mr K Mellens Head of Design and Technology

Mr M Sayers Head of English

Mrs A William-Jones Head of Expressive Arts

Miss H Kenyon Head of Humanities

Ms L Jarvis Acting Head of ICT/Business

Mr J Poole Head of Inclusion

Ms M Moult Head of Maths

Ms D Bryan Acting Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Miss C Maggs Head of Physical Education

Mr M Stow/ Dr J Lewthwaite

Joint Heads of Science

Mr M Marsh SENCO

Student Absence Line:

01454 862952

INSET DAYS for the remainder of 2009/2010

Thursday 1 April 2010 Friday 18 June 2010