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Newsletter 3 September — 7 September 2018

What’s On

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Dates for your Diary

Positive Points

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Trip Notices

Brecon Beacons Trip

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Student Success

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Student Success Cont.

Biology Challenge Awards

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Cashless System Refund Policy

International Cuisine Taster Days

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Important Year 11 dates

Important Year 13 dates

Uniform Shop

Lockers

Library News

Weekly Calendar

Monday 3rd September INSET DAY

Tuesday 4th September Term starts for Year 7 and Year 12 (catch up

interviews)

Wednesday 5th September Start of Term for Year 12

Thursday 6th September Start of Term for Whole School

Friday 7th September No Events

Committed to Achievement

Artwork by Alex Taylor

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Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 12 September Yr 13, SA Careers Appointments

Thursday 13 September Yr 13, SA Careers Appointments

DofE BXM Expeditions Parents Info meeting 6-8pm Theatre

Friday 14 September Yr 8/9 Netball Weekend - Shrewsbury

Monday 17 September Yr 13 Careers Appointments (Monday to Thursday)

Yr 12/13 English trip to Othello

Tuesday 18 September School Closes at 12.45pm

Open Evening 5pm to 8pm

Wednesday 19 September Late start for students 9.40am

PRIDE DAY

Friday 21 September Year 7 and 9 Photographs

Monday 24 September

Jeans for Jeans day (£1 donation for wearing jeans with school

uniform)

Yr 13 Careers Appointments

School Council elections (All week)

Tuesday 25 September Yr 11 Career Appointments ((Tuesday to Thursday)

Thursday 27 September KS4 and KS5 Study Skills Evening

Positive Points Winner

Congratulations to this weeks Bronze Star winner. Well done!

Amy Mason 7.6

Congratulations to this weeks Silver Star Winners. Well done!

Zoe Flitton 7.2

Caitlin Parr 7.2

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Brecon Beacons Trip

On Friday 13th July to 16th July a group of year 10 students had a fabulous activity filled trip to the

Brecon Beacons.

TRIP NOTICES

A reminder that payments are due for the following trips:

Please ensure payment is made via your sQuid account by these dates.

THANK YOU

Mrs Feetham

Trip Administrator

Ski Trip to Andorra - £ 70.00 due by 27 July 2018

Auschwitz Trip - £110.50 due by 28 August 2018

Spanish Immersion Trip - £100.00 due by 27 August 2018

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Student Success

RAF 100 Years Celebration

Year 10 students James Bailey and Daniel Hubbard enjoyed a great day

in London representing their Squadron, 155 Maidenhead Squadron, at

the RAF's centenary celebrations parade in the Mall. It was a great

opportunity to see the Red Arrows and a 100 aircraft fly past. They also

had the opportunity to view various aircraft on display at the Royal

Horse guards, and took part in fund raising with other Cadets from their

Squadron for RAF charities.

It was an historic event to remember what an

important part of history the RAF has been and

will continue to be in future. Students and staff

at Cox Green school were also able to watch

some of the flyover from the school playing

field, and the Red Arrows displaying their

coloured smoke in respect for the part White

Waltham airfield played in the second World

War.

Twin towns

3 of our students are going to the twin

towns competition in Italy.

Rowan Smith

Olivia Phelps

Abbie Jones

Tyler Lawson – Reserve

Dillon Cook

Congratulations to Dillon Cook who has been selected to take part in the Junior British Rowing

Championships in Nottingham on 10th to 22nd July. We wish him all the best.

Imogen Wilson

Imogen Wilson will be competing in 100m and as part of the relays team at the

County finals in Kingston on 28th July.

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Student Success Cont.

Luke Lom

Congratulations to Luke who was competing in the 1500m race in the English Schools National Athletics

Championships in Birmingham on the weekend of the 13th July. Luke came third in his heat which

allowed him to compete in the final; unfortunately he was not placed this time but we wish him

continued success in the future.

Cats

Connor Power, 7.6 and Shayla Goody, 7.5, will be performing in the

chorus of the Cats production at the Theatre Royal Windsor from

Tuesday 7th August to Sunday 17th August.

Biology Challenge Awards

Sixty students from Year 8, 9 and 10 were selected to enter the Junior Biology Olympiad. These students

had to sit two 25 minute papers after school during the week, in a competition against other students in

the country. James Meyrick received a Gold Award, Georgina Bradfield and Alex Taylor received Silver

Awards, and 11 students received Bronze Awards (Ellie Thompson, Simone Mizova, Jessica Richard,

Lewis Mcadoo, Eleftheria-Zacharenia Vettou, Oliver Shiel, Sofia White, Kathryn Birrell, Lucy Langdale,

James Milburn, Hayden Netherwood-Meek), 10 students received Highly Commended Awards and 19

students received Commended Awards. This is an amazing progress on last year when we received one

Gold, one Silver and one Bronze Award. Well done to all the students involved.

Simone Mizova, Lucy Langdale and Jessica

Richard received BRONZE awards

James Meyrick received a GOLD

award

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Cashless System Refund Policy

Parents and students are encouraged to plan their top-ups and spending so that their accounts are at a

minimum by the time they leave the school. This will help in reducing administration in both the school

office and at Innovate Services’ Business Support Centre.

Balances less than £5.00 will not be refunded.

If you have a refund to claim when your child has left the school please can Parents/guardians email

sQuid directly (customerservice@squidcard.com) to claim refunds.

International Cuisine Taster Days

Year 9 Hospitality and Catering Students enjoyed 2 International Taster Sessions as an introduction to

their course assessment. For the first session Ms Ismail bought a selection of International foods for the

students to taste and analyse and to socialise , for the 2nd Taster Session, students prepared

International starters and desserts and invited staff to taste and assess.

Taster Day 1

Taster Day 2

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Library News

All the staff at Cox Green Library would like to wish you all a lovely Summer Holiday. We hope that you

keep safe whether you are travelling abroad or staying at home and that you have a well-deserved break.

Good luck to everyone in August for when you receive your Exam results- fingers crossed that you get

the grades you require for whatever you are hoping to do next.

Thank you to all the year 7’s who joined up for our annual Summer Reading Challenge. Please remember

if you joined using your Cox Green School card you can only get any further books you require from this

library. You will need to join on a public card to take books out from any of our other libraries.

Do not fear if you are unable to get to a library in the holidays to update the number of books you have

read. If you bring your sticker sheet with all your book titles filled in

at the beginning of term in September, we will be able to give you all

your prizes and certificate then. (We may ask you questions about

the books you have read- just to check you have read them)

Once again have a lovely holiday and we look forward to seeing you

again in September.

Enjoy Reading !

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8.30am to 3.30pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 7pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 5pm 10am to 1.30pm 11am to 2pm

Important Year 11 Dates

23rd August—GCSE Results Day (9am-11am)

23rd & 24th August—6th Form Admission

Interviews

Important Year 13 Dates

16th August—A Level Results Day

Term Time—Library Opening Times

Uniform shop

The Uniform Shop will be open during the

summer holidays on the following dates and will

be located in the school theatre :

Tuesday 28 August 10am-3pm

Wednesday 29 August 10am-3pm

Thursday 30 August 10am-3pm

Lockers

We have a limited number of lockers throughout

the school that we hire out to students yearly, on

a first come first served basis for an annual (non-

refundable) charge of £5.00. If you wish to rent a

locker from September for the 2018/19 school

year you will be able to purchase a locker rental

via your child’s sQuid account from Friday 13th

July 2018.

Please note that, In a change from previous years,

all lockers will be allocated to students by the

Finance Office following receipt of payment via

sQuid. At the start of the term in September your

child’s form tutor will give him/her a letter with

their allocated locker number.