I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Message from the

Head, Author Event

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Greenpower success 2-3

Grand Book Fair 3

Christmas Lunch, CSS Friends

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My week with the

Army

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Christmas

Extravaganza,

Promise Auction

6-7

Physical Education

Faculty News

8-14

MFL Award winners,

ICT Excellent Effort

Awards

15

Useful contacts and

Dates

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December 2011

Online at: www.chippingsodburyschool.com

 

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD  

A brief word from me to wish you a Merry Christmas! I am sure that I am the first to do so this year! Reading through this issue of the newsletter I have been staggered once again by the endeavour shown by our students and reflected in its pages. National success at Greenpower, engagement in a wide range of school activities like work experience and author visits, masses of sport and recently a fantastic response to our Christmas box charity drive with 180 boxes. We hear so much about how Christmas is not special anymore and how young people are materialistic and do not care for others, but here is proof positive that not only is the Christmas spirit alive, but that young people are prepared to think about those less fortunate than themselves. A final piece of news is that we have been astonished by the demand for places on the Latin course (over 50 at the time of writing) and we are planning how to manage so many students. A further example of student attitudes that defies the popular view – advertised as difficult and requiring perseverance and tenacity, but receiving dozens of volunteers. Although a few weeks away, I wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas 2011.

G Millington Headteacher

“Committed to learning”

Chipping Sodbury School Newsletter

Author Event On 18th of October the Library hosted a special Author Event. Scottish writer Gillian Philip entertained a group of Year 8 students and the members of our PageMasters book group with details of her life as a writer. She read short extracts of two of her books and gave lots of tips to budding authors before signing autographs at the end of the session. It was great fun, and we look forward to seeing some of our own students “in print” one day. Mrs Pickering & Mr Sayers

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Chipping Sodbury School achieves National Success in the Greenpower Challenge

On 16th October four of Chipping Sodbury’s Greenpower cars took part in the national final of Greenpower at Goodwood motor circuit having earned their place taking part in races around the country. Greenpower is a national electric car racing competition in which over 200 schools around the country take part. There are three competitions in total: Goblins, Formula 24 and Formula 24+. ‘Goblins’ are for primary school students, ‘Formula 24’ is for secondary school students and 'Formula 24+' is for 6th formers and college students . The idea of Greenpower is for students to design, build and race their own electric powered cars at top race circuits around the country with the help of their sponsors. This promotes engineering within the school community. As a technology school, Chipping Sodbury has done very well with this Greenpower challenge. There are four teams within the school with five cars in total – The Pod movement (with R-PodS and BY-Pod), Rotary Racer, Chain Reaction and Alderley Express. The first four of these cars took part in the race. R-PodS took part in the Formula 24+ race where they managed to take 2nd place with a total of 50 miles in the 90 minute race. Matthew Hunter drove this car, and the victory on this day meant that R-PodS took 1st place for the national championship of Formula 24+ beating teams from Jaguar Landrover and Bentley Motors amongst others. BY-Pod managed to clinch 4th place in the Formula 24 race completing 108 miles in the four hour endurance race. This team was in 2nd for most of the race but unfortunately dropped down to 4th in the last few seconds of the race. The team members for the Pod movement were Matthew Hunter, Felix King, Louis King, Isabelle King, Aaron Holbrook and Harry Elliot. Chain Reaction also sped around the course managing to climb from 49th to 21st – an excellent achievement by Angus Braithwaite, Conor Powell, Jason Blue, Oscar Nelson, Mary-Jayne Powell, Adam Blue, Jack Lovell and Alex. Due to this, Chain Reaction managed an excellent mileage of 91.2 miles. Finally, last but by no means least, Rotary Racer managed to clinch 1st place in the Formula 24 race completing a total of 120 miles! Their drivers were Dan Dando, Gareth Barnaby, Ben Miller, Thomas Allington and Dawn Barnaby. Steph Dando, Louise Barnaby, Michael Lockyer and Jacob Lucas were the pit crew for the day, doing a fantastic job of getting the car pitted in 42 seconds at times. This fantastic achievement is a huge credit to the school and community. Chipping Sodbury School is now the home to the top two Greenpower cars in the country having competed against over 200 schools that take part nationally. Now the teams are looking to the future with ideas for new cars and designs. Hopefully this success will be repeated in the years to come. Many thanks to all of our sponsors that helped us achieve this success. Please visit the Rotary Racer website at www.greenpower.beamweb.co.uk/RotaryRacer, the official Greenpower website at www.greenpower.co.uk, the Pod movement's website at www.thepodmovement.blogspot.com and another Pod movement website at www.picasaweb.google.com/thepodmovement.

Short video at: http://youtu.be/Kh1C4KDBQg0

By Dawn Barnaby

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The Greenpower Challenge Greenpowers mission is:

- To change current views about engineering, presenting it as a fascinating, relevant and

dynamic career choice for any young person.

- To demonstrate the importance of engineering, and associated STEM subjects, to solve the

problems faced by societies today particularly in the areas of sustainability.

- To link education, industry and community through inspirational engineering projects.

The Greenpower Challenge provides a different, challenging and inspiring learning environment working alongside the national curriculum. It focuses on engineering, science and maths, providing pupils with a real insight as to what engineering is all about and inspiring them to take up this discipline which is much needed in this country and the world today.

Grand Book Fair In the Library from Monday 5th

to Friday 9th December

All items can be taken away

immediately

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Christmas Lunch - Wednesday 14th December

Vegetable Lasagne

Roast Turkey with Cranberry Sauce Pigs in Blankets

Stuffing Balls Roast Potatoes Carrot Batons

Brussel Sprouts Garden Peas

Gravy Mince Pie with custard

Chocolate Fudge Pudding with cream Apple and Cinnamon Plait with custard

£2.25

This will be the only hot meal available on this day

Baguettes, Drinks and Cakes will also be available

Chipping Sodbury School Friends All parents/carers of students at Chipping Sodbury School and all staff, teaching and non-teaching are members of the Friends. The aim of the Friends is to help to make the school the best learning environment for the students. This is done firstly by promoting social events which help to help to strengthen communication and links within the school community, in particular by further developing good relationships between students, parents, staff and anyone associated with the school in the wider community. Secondly by supporting the students’ educational activities and thirdly by raising money to buy resources which all the students can use in school but which cannot be provided from the school’s statutory budget. The Friends is run by an elected Committee who co-ordinate these by meeting at least once per term to discuss the organisation and running of events and the needs of the school. They are assisted by excellent input from the staff as well as, when appropriate, seeking the views of the students. The committee meetings are informal, friendly but purposeful and are open to all parents and staff, they alternate between being held in the school library and a local pub. All the committee would welcome new faces - some of the current ones are quite old! We are always open to new ideas to help support the education of all our youngsters at Chipping Sodbury School and to have some fun along the way. As mentioned above, all parents of students at Chipping Sodbury School and all members of staff at the school are members of the Friends and are entitled to be elected to join the committee. If you are interested in finding out more and/or helping out, please contact us on friends@chippingsodburyschool.com Recent Event: As usual on Remembrance Sunday the Friends provided refreshments for those participating in the Easy Runner Sodbury Slog. This is one of the top cross country races in the country attracting around 1300 runners who cover a gruelling, muddy course. The Friends ensure there is a hot drink and warm food waiting for those who want them when they return and, this year, raised over £700 to benefit our students. Future Events: We are planning to re-launch the 100 Club in January 2012. This is an opportunity for winning money and supporting our students’ education at the same time. For just £12 a year per number (£1 a month) you will be entered into a monthly draw. If 100 people join there are three cash prizes of £25, £15 and £10 to be won every month. If fewer people join the monthly prizes will be small-er - so the more the merrier! Further details will follow in the New Year. Film Club – we are planning to trial a film club in school in the New Year. We will be able to show films in the school a few weeks after general release for a small entry fee and will be seeking views from students and others about what they would like to come and see – WATCH THIS SPACE Finally: HOW TO GET RID OF OLD UNIFORM. If you still have some old uniform and don’t know what to do with it, please send it in to school for the attention of the Friends. We are aiming to collect this and other resources from school to send out to a school in The Gambia to benefit youngsters less fortunate than our own. Thanks from the Friends Committee for your donations.

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My week with the Army – by Charlotte White Over the week before half term I did a course with The Band of the Royal Corps of Signals at Blandford Camp. Once I had arrived at the camp I was issued with my uniform which was a combat uniform. I then had to iron my kit and there was only 1 iron and ironing board between 7 people! On the first day I was woken up at 6:30 am to be ready by 7:00 am. Once I was ready, I then had to march to breakfast, which I found very hard to get the hang of at first! Then we had room inspections after breakfast and some of the boys’ beds were thrown out of the window because they were not made properly. Once the boys had remade their beds we then had to drill. This is when we learnt how to halt as a group and do things like an ‘about turn’.

We then got to play with the band for a couple of hours which was my favourite bit. After lunch we went outside and had some lessons in camouflage. We took it in turns to hide in the woods and the others had to find us. After we cooked our own tea from a ration pack which did have some nice food in but most of it was awful. My chicken and tomato pasta tasted like toothpaste! In the evening, after dark, we put what we had learned into practice. We had to go into a field and find out information about the enemy (some of the band members were playing the part of the enemy) and find what they were planning to do without being caught. Throughout the week we did the same activities each morning until lunchtime. On the second day in the afternoon we did command takes. We were given a practical situation and we had to work out how to solve it as a team. Some people came out with strange ideas which were very interesting. We tested out some of the ideas. Day three in the afternoon we did a PFA which is a Physical Fitness Assessment. For this I had to do 22 press ups in two minutes whereas the boys had to do 50. I had to do 50 sit ups in 2 minutes the same as the boys and I had to run a mile and a half in 13 minutes or under. The boys had to do it in 10 minutes or under. I found this very hard and managed 34 press ups, 7 sit ups and managed my mile and a half in 14:52! On the fourth day we went to Kneller Hall. When we arrived we had a presentation about life in the army. We then had a guided tour around and looked at their museum. It was very interesting and I found out a lot that I didn’t know already which has helped me be sure that a musician in the forces is the job I want. On the final day we did a small parade and played a couple of pieces. I was very nervous when we were doing the parade as I did not want to be the one to mess it up for everyone!

In the end it went really well and everyone was impressed. The Drum Major said that what we had achieved in a week would have taken some soldiers a couple of weeks! The most enjoyable things for me were playing with the Band and playing and marching with the Marching Band. At the end of the course we were given an assessment card and I had only dropped 4 points from the maximum possible. I am absolutely certain that I want a career as a Forces Musician. I was really pleased when they said that musically I was at the standard required and just needed to improve my fitness.

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Christmas Extravaganza On 9th December at 3.30pm we will be holding our Christmas Extravaganza in the Sixth Form Block. We will be selling fresh Christmas trees, delicious refreshments, cards, calendars and much more. There will be lots of festive activities, with the chance to throw a wet sponge at the Grinch and name a Teddy Bear who needs a new home! Our long-awaited Promise Auction will commence promptly at 6.00pm in the Sixth Form Block, and there are some marvellous gifts to bid for. Please come along and support us! The money raised will go towards Sixth Form funds and Children’s Hospice Southwest. We need donations of bottles for the Tombola, and books for our second-hand book stall – please send them in to Mrs Field in the Sixth Form Office, via the students. We are looking forward to seeing you there from 3.30pm on 9th December in the Sixth Form Block.

Sixth Form Committee and BTEC Business Students

Item No

Item Value Donated By

1 1 lunch (sandwich & cake) Madd Sandwich

2 Homemade Christmas Cake Mrs Strange

3 Maths tuition - one 2 hr session Dan Horner Yr12 Brimsham School student

4 Baby Sitting – 4 hours before midnight Mrs A William-Jones

5 Tea time treats for 4 people, to include homemade sausage rolls, cakes and scones

Mrs J Turner

6 Goodies Hamper £15/20 School

7 Basket of fruit £ 10.00 Ian’s Fruit & Veg

8 Any goods – dog/horse/chicken food or clothing up to £50 £ 50.00 A Nichols (Cowmills Ltd)

9 48 freshly baked cup cakes Mrs J Turner

10 1 freshly baked cake per month – Lemon Drizzle, Coffee & Walnut, Chocolate, Victoria Sponge etc

Mrs J Turner

11 Christmas presents gift wrapped (2 hours) Year 12 Btec Business Class

12 £5 Mackay’s/M & Co Gift Voucher

£ 5.00 Mackay’s/M & Co

13 Rolls Royce Visitor Voucher for 4 people including lunch (appointment necessary)

Rolls Royce

14 Tour of Hanson Quarry for 4 people, (appointment necessary)

Hanson Quarry

15 £10 Voucher for Hamptons £ 10.00 Hampton’s, Chipping Sodbury

16 Puma Football Any Sport, Yate

17 £10 Swagger Gift Voucher £ 10.00 Swagger, High Street

18 Birthday Book Swagger, High Street

19 £ 10 Gift Voucher £ 10.00 Blast, High Street

20 £ 10 Gift Voucher £ 10.00 Art Frame, Yate

21 Small Dog Bed £ 10.00 Doggy Parlour, High Street

22 Small Dog Bed £ 10.00 Doggy Parlour, High Street

23 Beckham Intimately Yours Aftershave £ 19.95 Lloyd’s Pharmacy

24 £ 15 Gift Voucher £ 15.00 The Entertainer

25 Cuddly Sleep Pillow £ 35.00 Sodbury Cards

26 Pair of complimentary passes, including match day programmes to any Southern League match this season

Yate Town Football Club

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There may be additional items available on the evening

If you are sending in a sealed bid it must arrive with Mrs S Field by 3.30pm on Monday 5 December I would like to make a sealed bid for:

Item No:

Description: My maximum bid is:

Name:

Contact Details: I will be attending/I will not be attending the Promise Auction ___________________________________________________________________________ I would like to make a sealed bid for: Item No:

Description:

My maximum bid is: Name: Contact Details:

I will be attending/I will not be attending the Promise Auction

27 Pair of complimentary passes, including match day programmes to any Southern League match this season

Yate Town Football Club

28 4 x 1 use swimming passes for use at any South Glos Leisure Centre

South Gloucestershire Leisure

29 2 Bristol Rovers Football League Home match Tickets for 2011/2012 season

Bristol Rovers

30 Batch of 16 Fantastic Homemade Brownies Mrs L Broad

31 Mini Battery Powered Juicer Ms N Perumal

32 Signed copy of Positively Happy by Noel Edmonds

33 Manicure Body Perfect

34 Official Licensed Ferrari T-Shirt size M Courtesy of Mrs A Morris

35 Official Licensed Ferrari T-Shirt size XXL Courtesy of Mrs A Morris

36 Dinner for two in the Acorn Restaurant at the Ramada Bristol North, The Grange Hotel

The Grange Hotel

37 Bakery Tour and complimentary course with wine for 8 people at Hobbs Bistro, Nailsworth

Hobbs, Chipping Sodbury

38 1 Bottle of House of Commons Claret The Right Honourable Steve Webb MP

39 Periodic Test & Inspection of any property BEE Electrical

40 @Bristol Family Ticket to include Planetarium £ 32.25 @Bristol

41 M4 Karting Voucher £ 25.00 M4 Karting

42 1 game of bowling for 4 people at Hollwood Bowl, Cribbs Causeway

£ 15.00 Hollywood Bowl

43 Large Stationery Set containing 2 mugs, lever arch folders, box of 20 pens, company pens, ruler, dvd rewriteables, 2 reams of A4 paper, polly pockets, highlighters, dividers,

rubber, sharpener, cellotape, coaster, wirebound A4 book, plastic wallets in a large clear lidded storage crate

£ 25.00 Alderley PLC, Wickwar

44 Beauty Voucher for use at The Edge, Wotton-under-Edge £ 25.00 The Edge, Wotton-under-Edge

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Physical Education Faculty News Girls’ Football Fixture v John Cabot School First Round of the English Schools Competition – Tuesday 20th September A mixture of Year 7 and 8 girls played against John Cabot in the first round of the English Schools’ Competition. The girls matched John Cabot for possession and time on the ball but unfortunately goals were in short supply for Chipping Sodbury and the final score was 5-1 to John Cabot. Player of the match was Charlotte Purdom who worked tirelessly around all areas of the pitch. Other squad members included: Ellie Liddington, Emily Paget, Amy Greenslade, Holly Randalls, Sophie Pester, Ella Brid, Pollyanna Dean, Emily Roberts, India Jones, Jess Beardwell and Natasha Sadier. Netball Matches v Brimsham – Monday 26th September Year 7 The Year 7 girls put in an improved performance against Brimsham this week, but unfortunately did lose their second match of the season. Player of the match was Katie Hudson who performed strongly in a variety of different positions on court. Other squad members included: Ellen Blyth ©, Olivia Press, Morgan Woollen, Lucia Sadier, Sophie Press, Courtney James, Jess Adams and Alex Ball. Good luck in your next game and let’s keep improving!! Year 8 The Year 8 girls fought hard, in a match where the score did not reflect the level of possession that they had during the game. Chipping Sodbury lost 11-4 with player of the match going to Amy Greenslade for her hard work in defence. Other squad members included: Ellie Liddington ©, Emily Paget, Jess Beardwell, Pollyanna Dean, Louise Barnaby, Kayleigh Red and Natasha Sadier. Year 9 The Year 9 girls got back to their winning ways with a strong performance against Brimsham Green. At the start of the match, the game was relatively evenly matched but as the game progressed Chipping Sodbury began to dominate. Player of the match was awarded to Sasha King for her awesome performance as GA. Other squad members included: Ella Stevens, Georgia James, Nadia Cocking, Molly Wescott, Lauren England, Jess Ganley, Flo Langridge and Milly Woods. Netball Matches v Marlwood – Wednesday 5th October Year 7 “A Team” The Year 7 “A Team” recorded their first win of the season against Marlwood. It was a closely fought match with Chipping Sodbury pulling away in the final quarter to win 9-7. Player of the match was Olivia Press for her consistent hard work in and around the shooting circle. Other squad members included: Katie Hudson ©, Ellen Blyth, Emma Rodden, Sophie Press, Jess Adams and Lucia Sadier. Year 7 “B Team” This was the first match for the Year 7 “B Team” and they did show a big improvement from the beginning to the end of the match. Unfortunately they lost 6-2 in a game that was closely matched in terms of possession. Player of the match was Alex Ball © who worked tirelessly in the centre court. Other squad members included: Olivia Archard, Morgan Wollen, Chelsea Willey, Chantelle Brady, Courtney James and Pippa Lear. Year 8 Year 8’s put in a strong performance against Marlwood as they continue to grow and develop as a team. They eased to victory recording a 14-7. Player of the match was Ellie Liddington ©, who was consistently strong in and around the centre court. Other squad members included: Pollyanna Dean, Jess Beardwell, Emily Paget, Louise Barnaby, Kayleigh Red, Amy Greenslade, Natasha Sadier and Mahlia Pope. Year 9 Year 9’s put in another dominant performance and eased to victory against Marlwood with a final score of 22-1. Player of the match was Sasha King ©, who put in an outstanding captain’s performance as GA. Other squad members included: Ella Stevens, Georgia James, Molly Wescott, Jess Ganley, Amy Bassett, Flo Langridge and Milly Woods. A fantastic set of netball results, well done! Netball Matches v Winterbourne International Academy – Wednesday 12th October Year 7 “A Team” The Year 7’s continued to show improvement in a really competitive match against WIA. The final score

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was 7-5 to Winterbourne but Chipping Sodbury certainly matched their opposition in terms of possession and level of skill on court. Player of the match was Olivia Press who worked consistently well in and around the shooting circle. Other squad members included: Jess Adams ©, Lucia Sadier, Sophie Press, Katie Hudson, Emma Rodden and Ellen Blyth. Year 7 “B Team” The Year 7 “B Team” also continue to grow and develop as a team. Once again in a closely fought match, Chipping Sodbury just lost out in the final quarter 6-3 to Winterbourne. Player of the match was Courtney James who was awesome in defence. Other squad members included: Alex Ball ©, Morgan Wollen, Chelsey Willey, Chantelle Brady, Pippa Lear and Olivia Archard. Year 8 Our Year 8 team absolutely dominated the first half of this match but unfortunately the goals were just not going in. Winterbourne made a few changes to their team at half time and started to improve their level of possession and to make matters worse, they didn’t miss a shot! The final score was 8-1 to Winterbourne which was a shame as Chipping Sodbury certainly matched their opponents in terms of possession and skill level. Player of the match was Emily Paget who did a fantastic job stepping in as Centre for the match. Other squad members included: Jess Beardwell ©, Pollyanna Dean, Louise Barnaby, Amy Greenslade, Natasha Sadier and Kayleigh Red. Year 9 The Year 9’s continue to impress on the netball court with a fantastic 22-10 win against Winterbourne. Chipping Sodbury absolutely dominated the game and at times played some attractive netball. Player of the match was Ella Stevens who was on fine shooting form. Other squad members included: Sasha King ©, Georgia James, Molly Wescott, Nadia Cocking, Amy Bassett, Flo Langridge and Milly Woods. Cross Country League at Downend – Thursday 13th October Congratulations to the following students who completed for Chipping Sodbury School in the first Cross Country League match Year 7 James Robinson 2nd, Adam Blue 4th, Ollie Sawyer 15th, Charlie Davis, Alfie Waller, Joe May Will Russell, Olivia Press 21st, Sophie Webster 23rd, Morgan Woollen 26th, Sophie Press, Katie Hudson, Chelsey Willey, Alex Ball, Zoe Perry and Faye Gibson Year 8 Marcus Flint 44th, Emily Paget 5th, Jess Beardwell, Megan Havard, Scarlett Gowri and Nytalia Lewis Year 9 Scott Wilson 6th, Ben Perrett 8th, Luke Mundy, Cameron Cook, Sasha King, Molly Wescott, Tammie Scrivens, Megan Simpson, Jodie hood and Amy Bassett Year 10 Sam Glover 10th, Pete Rogers 24th, Chelsie Jones 19th and Charlotte Sayer 22nd Year 11 Steve Beardwell 2nd Special mention should go to James Robinson, Adam Blue, Emily Paget, Scott Wilson, Ben Perrett, Sam Glover and Steve Beardwell who all finished in the top ten for their age groups. Congratulations and well done!! Year 9 Rugby World Cup Tournament – Tuesday 18th October The Year 9 boys played in the Rugby World Cup Tournament away at Abbeywood. We were in group A of the pool stage and opened against Castle losing by 3 tries to 1 in a bruising encounter. We took heart from this performance, talked and went into our second match against Downend where we ran in four tries to pick up our first 3 points. The team played some good quality rugby, our scrum worked hard and our rucking was strong. In our third match we took on Winterbourne International Academy. The lads played some brilliant rugby and won the match comfortably scoring 6 tries. We finished the pool stage in 2nd place. Our squad members included: Cory Bessell, Aaron Chamberlain, Cameron Cook, Noah Ferris, Ben Holly, Rob Higgs, Alex Liddiatt, Scott Mason, Luke Mundy, Keiron Meaker, Ben Perrett (Captain), Joe Sanders, Sam Roberts and Harry White.

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Netball Fixture v Yate International Academy – Wednesday 19th October Year 7 The Year 7 team were slow to get started but matched their opponents in terms of goals in the final three quarters of the game. Unfortunately they were unable to claw back the goals they had given away in the first quarter and lost 12-7. Player of the match was Jess Adams for her fantastic work in defence. Other squad members included: Emma Rodden ©, Ellen Blyth, Olivia Press, Katie Hudson, Sophie Press, Jess Adams and Lucia Sadier. Year 8 Despite missing key players, Chipping Sodbury put in a fantastic performance against YIA dominating for long periods of the game. The final score was 12-3 to Chipping Sodbury with Pollyanna Dean being voted player of the match. Other squad members included: Emily Paget ©, Jess Beardwell, Louise Barnaby, Natasha Sadier, Kayleigh Red and Amy Greenslade. Year 9 The Year 9 girls, once again, dominated their game, playing some fantastic netball in quite difficult conditions. Player of the match went to Flo Langridge for her continuous hard work in defence and Sasha King © for her performance as GA. Other squad members included: Ella Stevens, Georgia James, Nadia Cocking, Molly Wescott, Amy Bassett and Milly Woods. Cross Country League at Patchway Congratulations to the following students who managed a top 15 finish in their race which is a fantastic achievement: James Robinson, Adam Blue, Sam Glover, Callum Davidge, Morgan Wollem, Emily Paget and Chelsie Jones. Year 10/11 boys finished 2nd overall Year 7 girls finished 2nd overall Year 8/9 girls finished 5th overall out of 16 schools taking part. Cross Country League at Downend Congratulations to the following students who managed a top 15 finish in their race which is a fantastic achievement: James Robinson, Adam Blue, Ollie Sayer, Scott Wilson, Ben Perrett, Steve Beardwell, Sam Glover and Emily Paget. Year 7 girls finished 8th overall Year 8/9 girls finished 8th overall Year 7 boys finished 2nd overall Year 8/9 boys finished 6th overall out of 16 schools taking part. Inter-house Netball and Football We ran some very successful inter-house netball and football competitions the last week of Term 1. All students were fully engaged and extremely competitive which helped lead to an extremely successful event. The results are listed below:

Year 7 Netball Year 7 Football 1st – Frome 1st – Frome 2nd – Avon 2nd – Avon 3rd – Trym 3rd – Trym 4th – Severn 4th – Severn Year 8 Netball Year 8 Football 1st – Severn 1st – Severn 2nd – Frome 2nd – Frome 3rd – Avon 3rd – Avon 4th – Trym 4th – Trym Year 9 Netball Year 9 Football 1st – Avon 1st – Frome 2nd – Severn 2nd – Severn 3rd – Frome 3rd – Avon 4th – Trym 4th – Trym Miss Winter Points will be awarded for each house as follows – 1st position = 100 points, 2nd position = 75 points, 3rd position = 50 points and 4th positions = 25 points.

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U15 Girls’ Football v Brimsham – Tuesday 11th October The U15 (Y9 & 10) played a very competitive fixture against Brimsham this week. The girls were 4-0 down at half time. This was due to a few early defensive errors with three goals being conceded in the first 15 minutes. After half time, Chipping Sodbury played like a totally different team. Kyra Bishop moved into defence and together with Amy Bassett made some great challenges. There were two second half chances on goal for Sophie Kelly and Grace Rumble who were fantastic at getting the ball forward. Abi-Minett-Searle and Shannon Simmons held the ball up well in midfield. Lauren White © went into goal at half time and made some fantastic saves, tipping the ball over the bar on two occasions and was awarded Player of the Match for her performance. Other squad members included: Kyra Bishop, Emily Gravell, Amy Bassett, Abi-Minett-Searle, Grace Rumble, Shannon Simmons, Sasha King, Sophie Kelly, Abbie Woodington and Kiera Morris. Thank you also to Gemma Rallison and Sophie Sawyer for their help with the match. Miss Kirkum The following girls’ football tournaments are also coming up: Y7 5 a-side tournament at Bradley Stoke on Thursday 1st Dec - Finals on Thursday 8th Dec at Grange. U16 (Y9 10 & 11) 11 aside at Grange Tournament on Wednesday 7th March U14 (Y7, 8 & 9) 11 aside at Grange Tournament on Thursday 8th March Year 8 Rugby World Cup Tournament – Monday 17th October The squad travelled to Abbeywood for a Rugby World Cup Tournament where we competed in a group pool stage against Hanham, Castle and Winterbourne International. The boys played well and battled hard in windy and cold conditions scoring a handful of tries. We got through the group stages and played in the ‘Plate’ side of the draw against Abbeywood and Yate International where we won both of our games by at least three tries and as a result brought home the winning “Plate”. Squad members included: Luke Butters (captain), Dan Deacon, Ash Dann, Charlie Ross, Jack Laney, Jack Oaks, Harry Barber, Joe Bond (Man of the match), Ewan Long, Nathan Ward Well done to all the boys Man of the match- Mike Evans Mr Whitfield Sports Performers of the Month The following students have been voted as Sports Performer of the Month due to their fantastic attitude and some great sports performances. September October Year 7 Year 7 Katie Hudson Adam Blue Morgan Woollen James Robinson Year 8 Year 8 Charlotte Purdom Luke Butters Emily Paget Marcus Flint Year 9 Year 9 Sasha King Ben Perrett Danielle Mason Ben Holley Year 10 Year 10 Abi Minett-Searle Carl Redgrave Chelsie Jones Sam Glover Year 11 Year 11 Sophie Sawyer Jason Blue Gemma Rallison Steve Beardwell Physical Education Faculty Staff Rugby -EDF School’s U14 Cup Please see the attached link where the school is on the front page of Gloucestershire Rugby club’s web site http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/news/7638.php

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Chipping Sodbury v Bradley Stoke Tuesday afternoon, 11th October, saw the visit of Bradley Stoke ‘Under 16 Rugby Team’ to Chipping Sodbury School. This was the second fixture for our Under 16 boys, who had narrowly lost out to YIA in a well fought game. Mitch Hale, Harri Elliott and Ryan Liddington were all making their debut for the under 16 team and it was Ryan Liddington who was first to make an impression on the game. Within 20 seconds Bradley Stoke had kicked off; the ball was caught and passed down the line to where Ryan was standing. On receiving the ball, Ryan cruised past helpless Bradley Stoke players who could not keep up with him. Within 38 seconds Chipping Sodbury were in the lead! What a start… The early success seemed to have a detrimental effect on our team, as we lost concentration and let Bradley Stoke score three unanswered tries. This was partly down to some poor tackling and lack of communication. Angus Braithwaite (who ran powerfully throughout the game) scored a try just before the whistle to give a half time score of 12-17 to Bradley Stoke. A few stern words were said at half time and a couple of changes made. Our boys knew that this was a game they could win, they just needed to do the basics right. Nearly the whole second half was spent in the Bradley Stoke ‘22’. Powerful and ferocious rucking from Mike Evans, Alex Frampton-Mills, Ben Melling and Nic Hambly not only helped Sodbury to keep possession of the ball but also worried the opposition. But really seemed to change the game was what can only be described as a ‘monster’ tackle by Adam Febry on their full back which really motivated the Sodbury team. Finally the breakthrough in the second half was made with the backs excellently passing down the line to Ryan Liddington who scored to put Sodbury level. With six minutes to go Ryan made it a debut never to forget as he ran in for his third try of the match, which he then converted from a tight angle. Sodbury were ahead 24-17 and although the score was close, we never looked like giving Bradley Stoke any hope of a come back. The best individual moment came from Alex Agius who picked the ball up close to his own posts. He started to run and what a run it was. He broke through numerous tackles, side stepped a couple of defenders and was only denied an amazing try by a last ditch tackle- if only he didn’t run diagonally the whole way he would have made it. We scored again from the resulting scrum which gave the final score of 31-17. A brilliant game, a deserved win and hopefully we can take this performance into the ‘Bristol Schools Tournament’ in two weeks. Well done Year 11! Year 13 BTEC Sport Daniel Jones, Millie Dean, Dan Clement & Neal Harris leading groups of St John students as part of their current unit of work. The visitors were engaged in a variety of activities over a few weeks, which were planned and led by our students. These sessions were enjoyed by all, the leaders demonstrating skill and imagination in their plans.

Mrs Broad

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South Gloucestershire Cross Country Championships - Tuesday 8th November Congratulations to the following students who all represented the school at the South Gloucestershire Cross Country Championships at Blaise Castle. They completed the tough (hilly and boggy) course and our boys dominated the event. The Y7 boys won their age group and the combined Y10/11 boys won their category. Chipping Sodbury boys won the overall event which according to Mrs Broad has not happened since her daughter was at school, so a huge achievement!! The girls also competed very well and can be proud by the way they conducted themselves. Well done . Year 7 Girls: Morgan Wollen, Olivia & Sophie Press, Chelsea Woolley, Faye Gibson , Katie Hudson , Sophie Webster , Zoe Perry Year 7 boys: Adam Blue, Charlie Davis, Jack Lawler, James Robinson, Ollie Sayer, Alfie Waller, Harvey Woodruff, Matt Walters Year 8 Girls: Emily Paget, Jess Beardwell Year 8 Boys: Harry Barber, Luke Butters, Marcus Flint, Bailey Greenaway Year 9 Girls: Sasha King, Tammie Scrivens, Molly Wescott, Megan Simpson, Jodie Hood Year 9 Boys: Ben Perrett, Scott Mason Year 10 Girls: Charlotte Sayer, Chelsea Joens Year 10 Boys: Callum Davidge, Sam Glover, Pete Rogers Year 11 Boys: Steve Beardwell, Jason Blue, Ryan Carter, Ben Melling Mr Bowden & Mrs Broad Netball Fixtures v Bradley Stoke – Wednesday 9th November Year 7 “A Team” The Year 7’s have really started to improve their game play in their most recent matches. They are starting to gel as a team and at times are playing some quality netball. Unfortunately they lost 4-2 in a closely fought game against Bradley Stoke. Player of the match was Emma Rodden who worked consistently well in and around the centre court. Other squad members included: Sophie Press ©, Ellen Blyth, Olivia Press, Katie Hudson, Jess Adams and Lucia Sadier. Year 7 “B Team” The Year 7 “B Team” have also demonstrated huge improvements in their game play since their first match of the season. Unfortunately Chipping Sodbury were missing one of their key players. The girls put in maximum effort but unfortunately lost 9-1. Player of the match was Alex Bull who worked tirelessly around the centre court area. Other squad members included: Tianna Bishop, Morgan Woollen, Chelsea Willey, Pippa Lear, Chantelle Brady and Charley Biddle. Year 8 The Year 8 team were also missing one of their key players and this really showed in their performance. Bradley Stoke had an extremely talented team of girls and unfortunately Chipping Sodbury lost their final league match of the season. Player of the match was Emily Paget who fought right up until the final whis-tle. Other squad members included: Pollyanna Dean, Jess Beardwell, Natasha Sadier, Louise Barnaby, Kayleigh Red and Amy Greenslade. Year 9 The Year 9’s finished a fantastic season with an emphatic win over Bradley Stoke. They dominated for huge parts of the game and the final score of 16-5 reflected this. Player of the match was Flo Langridge who put in a fantastic performance in defence. Other squad members included: Sasha King ©, Ella Stevens, Molly Wescott, Amy Bassett, Georgia James, Jess Ganley, Nadia Cocking and Milly Woods. Congratulations on another great season! Chipping Sodbury Hockey Fixture Due to other schools in the area struggling to put out hockey teams this year, Chipping Sodbury decided to play two mixed Year 9, 10 and 11 teams against each other. The match was played and umpired as a competitive fixture and it was fantastic to see the girls finally play some quality competitive hockey. Squad 1 was made up of the following girls: Charlotte Butcher, Kayleigh Dando, Maelyne Coggins, Amy Moggeridge, Chelsie Jones, Abby Woodington, Jess Graham, Beth Woolley, Katie Craythorne, Milly Woods, Jess Butler, Shannon Jeans and Toni Evans. Squad 2 girls included: Sophie Hudson, Lauren White, Izzy Saunders,

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Saffron Peck, Flo Landgridge, Lauren England, Sarah Floate, Ellen Vines, Lucy Kay, Danika Dyer and Stacey Reed. Squad 1 won the fixture 5-0 and dominated play at times. All the girls involved seemed to really enjoy the opportunity to play a competitive game of hockey. South Gloucestershire Cross Country Following on from the Cross Country Championships at Blaise Castle the top 12 runners from each age category were invited to run again in a competition organised by Lesley Nunn on Saturday 19th November. Once again there were some fantastic performances from students attending Chipping Sodbury School. Steve Beardwell finished 2nd in the Inter Boys category Scott Mason finished 5th and Ben Perrett finished 9th in the Junior Boys category James Robinson finished 3rd and Adam Blue finished 6th in the Minor Boys category Emily Paget finished 3rd in the Junior Girls category Congratulations and well done to all students involved Miss Winter Year 8 boys Basketball held at Bradley Stoke-Tuesday 22nd November The boys played really well and competed at a high standard, narrowly missing out on winning all of their games. The squad members included: Marcus Flint, Sam Tiley, Jacob Owers Harry Barber, Ed Grey, James Millett James Heal Well done boys! Mr Whitfield

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal Nearly 200 impoverished Romanian children will have a brighter Christmas this year thanks to the generosity of Chipping Sodbury School students. The school is supporting the Eleanor Children’s Charitable Trust, based in Rangeworthy, which for more than 20 years has been delivering aid to the poorest parts of Europe. This year, around 180 Chipping Sodbury students and some staff have been collecting gifts, sweets, clothes and toiletries, placing them in a brightly wrapped shoebox then passing them on to the trust for delivery next month. Students had set themselves a target of 100 boxes but this has been nearly doubled. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this very worthwhile cause. Mrs Strange Frome House Coordinator

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5th - 16th Sept. Maelyne Coggins 10Fr Kyle James 10Es

Megan Simpson 9Fr3

Tom Allington 10Fr1 Scott Mason 9Fr1

19th - 30th Sept. Sam Tilley 8J1 Cory Bessell 9J4 Rich Stroud 7J1 Laura Parsons 11de2

Chelsie Jones 10De

3rd - 14th Oct. Aaron Ashwood 8J3

Charlotte Purdom 8J5

Josh Gardner 10Es Elle Carter 8J2

31st Oct – 11th Nov. Pollyanna Dean 8J3 Alfie Waller Year 7

Owen Robertson 9J3 Charley Curtis 9J4

Liam Craddock 9J1

MFL Faculty award winners

Congratulations to all our winners of Linguist of the Fortnight and Mighty Fine Linguist awards. All these people have worked really hard and done that extra bit which has really impressed their teachers.

Linguists of the Fortnight:

Mighty Fine Linguists

Linguists for September 2011 Linguists for October 2011

Year 7 – Lucia Sadier Matt Walters 7J1

Year 8 – Jacob Owers Dan Deacon 8J3

Year 9 – Kieran Shephard Nadia Cocking 9J2

Year 10 – Charlotte Butcher Peter Rogers 10Es

Year 11 – Anna Hulsmann Dan Brown 11K2

Well done also to those who achieved perfect reviews throughout the whole year. They enjoyed a reward of squash and cake at lunchtime.

All these students will be entered into the draw at the end of term to win an iTunes voucher.

Well done to all of you and good luck in the draw!

ICT Excellent Effort Awards Congratulations to the following students who have been nominated by their ICT teachers for their excellent level of effort in ICT lessons this term and have been awarded extra commendations:

Mr J Quartly ICT and Business Faculty

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Becky Craddock Katie Davis Sam Gould Elisha Houlden Alex Langridge Alfie Waller 

Georgia Axford Tom Bateman Natasha Gilbert James Heal Danielle Welch 

Tasmin Bezer Nathan Brown Kirsty Campbell Liam Craddock Ethan Jarman Florence Langridge Jordan Man Kate Mason Ben Perrett Jasmine Rogers Grace Rumble Isabel Smith Millie Woods

Tom Allington Georgia Batten Izzy Brown Jack Crouch Jonathan Davis Melissa Evans Luke Harrison Olivia House Amber Johnson Jessica Powell Matthew Rickards Jonathan Roberts Shannon Stone Harriet Young

Luke Harrison Alex Hellen Connor Lockett Sophie Marriott Lauren Peeling April Welch Kaya Winter Carrie-Ann Wilson 

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2011 8 Dec Class of 2011 GCSE Presentation Evening (Drama Hall) 9 Dec 3.30pm - Christmas Extravaganza followed by 6.30pm - Promise Auction 14 Dec Christmas Carol Concert (St John’s Church, Chipping Sodbury) - 7.30pm 16 Dec MUFTI DAY Last day of Term 2 - SCHOOL FINISHES AT 1.10pm 2012 11 Jan Y9 PARENTS’ EVENING 16 Jan Y11 MFL Orals week 19 Jan Y9 Options/Mentor Evening 2 Feb Y7/8/10 Mentor Evening Y11 Mentor/Study Evening 6 Feb House Events Week 8 Feb School Production 9 Feb School Production 10 Feb School Production MUFTI DAY Last day of Term 3 22 Feb First day of Term 4 14 Mar INSET DAY

South Gloucestershire Council School Term Dates for remainder of

2011/2012

In-service Days for remainder of 2011-2012

Wednesday 14th March 2012 Friday 22nd June 2012

Dates for your diary

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

Useful Contacts Name Position

Mr G Millington 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 L Beynon Assistant Head

Mr R Blacker Business Manager

Mrs L Broad Head of Key Stage 3

Mrs D Clarke Head of Key Stage 4

Ms G Hilleard Head of Key Stage 5

Ms S Stone House Coordinator - Severn

Mr D Yeomans House Coordinator - Trym

Mrs E Emms House Coordinator - Avon

Mrs J Strange House Coordinator - Frome

Mr D Bond Head of Life Division

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 Head of ICT/Business

Mr J Poole Head of Inclusion Division

Ms M Moult Head of Maths

Mrs A Morriss/Ms D Bryan Joint Heads of Modern Foreign Languages

Miss C Maggs Head of Physical Education

Mr M Stow/ Dr J Lewthwaite

Joint Heads of Science

Student Absence Line:

01454 862952 Email:

attendance@chippingsodburyschool.com

Term 2: Monday 31st October 2011 - Friday 16th December 2011

Term 3: Tuesday 3rd January 2012 - Friday 10th February 2012

Term 4: Monday 20th February 2012 - Friday 30th March 2012

Term 5: Monday 16th April 2012 - Friday 1st June 2012

Term 6: Monday 11th June 2012 - Thursday 19th July 2012