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Week starting 11th November 2019

KS3 Word of The Fortnight

NIMBLE

What’s On? IAG Event - Monday

Year 11 NCS - Monday

Year 11 MCMT Bridgnorth Engineering - Monday

Year 11 Taster day Walford College - Friday

Aspiration (Engineering/Graphics) - Friday

Attendance School Target 96%

Whole School Attendance Since September: 95.73%

21st October – 25th October

Clive 97.41% Darwin 95.04%

Sidney 94.96% Webb 95.68%

Head of Faculty

Assemblies

this week

Tue/Thur

Year 10/11

Post 16

Assembly

Wednesday

IAG Event

Our rescheduled IAG event, which was cancelled due to illness, will now take place on Monday 11th November.

There will be two sessions: one tailored to the needs of KS3 students, and a second one aimed at KS4 students. It will showcase the talents of Denis Coleman, who broke into the music industry after touring with "The Vamps" on their tour of the UK this year. Since then, he’s toured Europe and he sold out his own headline tour of the UK earlier in the summer. Not just a singer, Denis has been honing his musical craftsmanship from the age of 4 and the multi-instrumentalist even wrote his first original song aged 10. Still a teenager himself and having had his own experiences with bullying and mental health, he feels he is in the perfect position to deliver these messages to our students. A close family member sadly passed away from drug abuse, so he has some very relevant stories to share with our KS4 students regarding these issues. We are asking for a one-pound contribution per student, to help cover the travel expenses of the artist. Any questions, please contact Mrs Midgley.

Behaviour and Rewards

There have been a number of developments and additions this year around the monitoring and rewarding of behaviour and attitudes.

Positive and Negative Behaviour Points

Feedback from the weekly email detailing a summary of positive and negative events has been that it has been well received overall, and we are currently planning on keeping this in place. The email is sent on a Friday evening and reads 'In the last week, Student name and surname, has had 1

positive and 0 negative events recorded.' As I explained before, we also hold confidential information in the system, and so we are not in a position at present to give parents access to the specific details of events in this email (though I realise that the generic email directs you to do this!). We are exploring ways with Go4Schools in which this may be possible in the future. Most students at some stage do make low level mistakes, and any more serious incident should have already been communicated to you at the time. If, however you see a recurrence of negatives over a sequence of weeks, please contact your child's learning coach who will be able to give you more details, and arrange a meeting in college if needed. It is also possible for you to switch off these notifications!

Homework Additionally we are implementing a new centralised system of homework catch up sessions (also known as detentions) for students. The session is held on the day that the homework fails to be handed in, at lunchtime for twenty minutes, leaving students time still to have their lunch. Next week there will be an automated email sent to you

each time that your child is placed in a session so that you as parents and carers remain fully informed. Students who are regularly not completing homework, which is an

essential part of learning beyond the classroom, will be followed up and may be required to attend the homework hub after school to enable them to stay on top of the work they are being asked to complete. As always, if there is a specific reason why a student has not completed homework they should follow the usual procedure, inform the relevant teacher before the lesson, and in most cases allowances will be made where this is not a frequent occurrence. We are hoping this will also assist us in monitoring where students are struggling so that support can go in place.

Celebrating Success

Last half term we were able to celebrate many successes with our students. Attitudes to Learning in college are crucial if students are to become the best that they can be. Independence, participation and being

ready to learn are all core values that will serve them well throughout their lives. Attendance in school is essential if students are to make the most of all of the opportunities available to them during their school years. We recognise that there are times when unavoidable absence is necessary, however, particularly as we head into the winter months, we encourage all students to do their best to keep coming in!

Heads of House took tea and biscuits with members of their house who had excellent or improved Attitudes to Learning (AtL) in the recent progress reports Additional house points have been added for exceptional and good AtL, and for making high levels of progress across all subjects Coaching groups have been treated with biscuits for good attendance Darwin House had early lunches for a week to acknowledge their achieving collectively the best average AtL scores Darwin House had early lunches for a week to acknowledge their achieving collectively the best average AtL scores We will be continuing to recognise the achievements of our students and hope to include some more ways of sharing success in the coming months.

Mrs Pope

Conundrum The solution to last week's conundrum was Embroider. Well done to Serah Morgan-Page (C3), for finding the correct solution to last week’s puzzle.

This week's conundrum is: What is the longest word you can make from the following letters? Can you find the 9 letter word? Answers to Miss Scott or Mrs Morris by next Thursday please, 14th November Every entrant will receive 2 House Points.

O R U C I E F S O

Sports Fixtures

Tuesday 12th November Year 8 Boys and Girls Indoor Athletics. Away at Ludlow. Return at 5.30pm. Year 9 Boys Football. Away at Mary Webb. Return at 5pm. Wednesday 13th November Year 11 Boys Football. At Home v Telford Priory School. 3pm KO. 4.15pm finish. Thursday 14th November Year 9/10 Girls Indoor Cricket. Away at Ludlow School. Leave BC at 12.15pm. Return at 4.30pm. Year 10/11 Boys Dodgeball Finals. Away at Shrewsbury Sports Village. Leave BC at 12.30pm. Return at 5.45pm.

‘Fame’

Mondays - Lead roles Wednesdays - All Chorus In the hall from 3.30-4.30pm Please keep an eye on the Fame notice board for rehearsal information. Thank you, Mrs. A Robinson

History after school revision for Year 11 begins. Every Wednesday week 1 for Miss de la Mare's group and Thursday week 1 for Mrs Pope's 3.30-4.30pm

Staying Safe Online A reminder to all parents that there is some really good advice and information on the CEOP website for parents at:

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Particular articles that parents are currently accessing online include: 1. Having a conversation with your child

2. Online grooming: how does it work?

3. Sharing pictures of your children

4. Gaming: what parents and carers need to know

Please feel free to contact the Safeguarding Team at the college if you ever have concerns and would like to talk things through to find advice and support. Thank you Mrs. Pope

Raffle tickets went home this week.

Trips

Year 11 Engineering trip to MCMT Bridgnorth Monday 11th November Year 11 Taster Day Walford College Friday 15th November I've postponed the trip on 14th November Year 11 Apprenticeship Assembly Wednesday 13th November 2.50pm start

Careers Hereford College Open Evening Tuesday 12th November 4.30-7.30pm Shrewsbury Sixth Form Taster Saturday 16th November 10-12 FULLY BOOKED Reaseheath Open Morning Saturday 16th November 10.30am Interested in becoming a vet or working in Agriculture? Why not register for the Open Day at Harper Adams University Sunday 17th November 9.30-4.00pm

Revision sessions are starting after school. In order that all students can attend for all of there subjects there is an outline timetable over the two weeks. Not all sessions will be starting immediately and students should check with individual teachers if they are unsure. Sessions will run until 4.30 unless stated otherwise. Should a session not run any evening the library is open Monday - Thursday until 4.30 for independent study.

Raffle tickets for the CCBC Friends Annual Christmas Fair raffle are due to come home with students this week. The top prize is £100 plus other prizes of meals out, vouchers and more. Please sell as many as you can and return stubs, money and unsold tickets by Thursday 28th November. Please help support our fundraising for the school it makes a huge difference and the prizes are great! Musical students interested in taking part in the open mic a our Christmas Fair café should contact Miss Lloyd or Without Warning directly to book a slot. We welcome instrumentalists, singers, solo performers, groups or musicians from the community. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 13th November 6pm at the Three Tuns. P lease join us or if you are able to help with the Christmas Fair and Car wash contact the Friends directly via the Facebook page @CCBCFriends Many thanks Thomasina