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INSPIRE ACHIEVE SUCCEED Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 18 February 2015 Volume 6 Issue 3 Mr P. Adams Hello Again I am sure, like me, you were pleased to see that The Corbet School was well placed in the school league tables again. We also had one of the very best value added scores for the whole of Shropshire. This means that the pupils made outstanding progress from when they joined the school in year 7. As a school community we continually strive to make sure our school is one of the very best. You can see the interactive league tables on the DFE website. I am pleased to see that the school provides the opportunity for pupils to succeed and gives them a greater chance of following their chosen path, post 16 and beyond. We are already predicting that our present year 10 and 11 pupils will do very well in their GCSEs so don‟t be surprised to see us topping the tables again very soon! Do you know anyone who would like to join our very successful school? At the moment, rather unusually, we do have a limited number of places in years 8 and 9. Pupils do not have to be in our catchment area, but if they live outside of catchment then it is the responsibility of parents / carers to provide transport to and from school. Contact the school for more information. I hope you will look at the post 16 destinations statistics on page 3. It is very pleasing to see that only a very few of our students are not in education, training or employment. For our year 11 pupils there are now only 12 weeks until their first written exams which are Science and French on May 12th. After that, the exams come thick and fast. It was nice to see an excellent turn out for our „Exam Preparation Evening‟ on the 5th February, the hall was full. We are doing our very best to ensure our pupils are fully prepared. With all the exams now at the end of year 11 (May/June) it will be an even more stressful and we ask the families of the pupils to give them maximum support and encourage them to revise. There will be a draft exam timetable going up on the website shortly. As always, a lot has been going on in school. Year 9 pupils enjoyed a very successful ski trip to Pila, Aosta Valley. Everyone had a great time and there were no injuries! Some of our Year 7 pupils went on a story telling trip to the Field Study Centre at Preston Mountford. We also had a group of Year 7 and Year 11 pupils who visited the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. If you visited the Darwin Shopping Centre on the previous two Saturdays you may have seen our Young Enterprise groups selling their wares. This is the second year that our Year 10 pupils have been involved in Young Enterprise. A lot of work goes into the preparation for the sales events especially in preparing the products. The pupils worked very hard on their stalls from 8.30am to 4.00pm. They will be at the Telford shopping centre on Saturday 28th February and Saturday 7th March 2015. It will soon be time for our Year 9 pupils to choose their option subjects for GCSEs. All pupils will receive a booklet with details about the subjects they can choose and there is an information evening on the Thursday 26th February. I hope as many of our Year 9 pupils and their parents can come along. There have been plenty of sporting fixtures, despite the odd frozen pitch, many resulting in wins for The Corbet. A special mention must go to our year 7 boys 5 aside football team who qualified for a tournament which included many teams from across the West Midlands. The competition was of a very high standard and although the boys did not win, they did enjoy it and it has inspired them to improve their standards still further. Let us hope that the weather begins to warm up soon and spring starts to arrive. February 2015 Volume 6 Issue 3 2 2014 Leavers Destination Report 2014 2014 2013 2013 2014 2014 2013 2013 Shropshir School % School % % Shropshire % e Settled in a full-time activity- 137 100.0 134 100.0 3051 100.0 3142 94.0 TOTAL Full Time Education- TOTAL 126 92.0 127 94.8 2798 91.7 2894 86.6 School Sixth Form 10 7.3 4 3.0 565 18.5 685 20.5 Sixth Form College 56 40.9 78 58.2 868 28.4 1011 30.2 Further Education 60 43.8 45 33.6 1355 44.4 1180 35.3 IN LEARNING IN Other post 16 education 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.3 18 0.5 Traineeship 0 0.0 0.0 2 0.1 0.0 Full Time Training -TOTAL 0 0.0 0 0.0 50 1.6 62 1.9 EFA delivered WBL 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 0.9 61 1.8 Other Govt supported Training/Re- 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.8 1 0.0 engagement Provision Full Time Employment-TOTAL 11 8.0 7 5.2 203 6.7 186 5.6 Apprenticeship 10 7.3 5 3.7 133 4.4 152 4.5 with accredited training 1 0.7 2 1.5 33 1.1 29 0.9 with locally recognised good quality 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 0.3 5 0.1 training without training 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 0.9 33 1.0 Not Settled in a full time activity- 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 88 2.6 TOTAL Not settled-Active TOTAL 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 73 2.2 NOT Not settled- Not Active TOTAL 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 0.4 SETTLE D Other reason - TOTAL 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Others 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 TOTAL 137 134 3051 3343 February 2015 Volume 6 Issue 3 3 Young Leaders in Languages We have twenty four year 10 pupils hoping to gain this award at the end of the year. Every week they come to lunchtime sessions edesigned to give them information on how to teach a foreign language. During the Autumn term we have looked at specific classroom layouts, the use of your voice, seating plans, and how to introduce a topic area using language games and the interactive whiteboard. The pupils have also been looking at how to be a good leader, and how to communicate effectively. At the end of term the pupils welcomed Years 2-5 children from Baschurch Primary School into the department. They planned and delivered a variety of lessons with a Christmas theme ranging from French customs and traditions, to German vocabulary about Christmas and making Spanish decorations. It was a good chance to put into practice what they had learnt over the term. I was very impressed with how they taught and conducted themselves and look forward to planning the Fiestaval in the Summer term with them. Mrs S Roberts Modern Foreign Languages Department are now online I am pleased to announce that parents, carers and pupils can now keep up to date with events in the lan- guages department at Corbet school via our new Facebook page and Twitter account. These sites will be used to relay information such as forthcoming assessments, revision techniques and useful resources, de- partment trips and cultural activities, showcasing examples of pupils‟ work and anything else which we feel is important. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can “like” our page or follow our “tweets” at the following addresses: www.facebook.com\CorbetMFL www.twitter.com\CorbetMFL Year 10 Work Experience A reminder for all Year 10 pupils - the deadline for applications is 27th February 2015. Available places are filling up quickly, make sure you get your choice by contacting employers now. Governors If you would like to contact the Chair of Governors, Mr Roger Ford, please email the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs Jane Davies. [email protected] February 2015 Volume 6 Issue 3 4 Shires Services Annual Survey Shires Services annual customer satisfaction survey will be taking place throughout February and it follows the same format as previous years. Questionnaires will be hosted online via Survey Monkey and each questionnaire will take individu- als no longer than 5 minutes to complete. Last years survey was very successful and provide Shire Services with much needed information regarding how their service is performing. Please can we ask both parents and students to spare 5 minutes to complete the appropriate survey: Parents survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/shireparent2015 Pupil Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/secstudents2015 February 2015 Volume 6 Issue 3 5 Year 7 Parents’ Evening Questionnaire Results Question Strongly Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Disagree Strongly Strongly Agree % Agree % Disagree % Disagree % total % 1 My child enjoys school 20 54% 16 43% 0 0% 0 0% 97% 2 The school keeps my child safe 21 57% 16 43% 0 0% 0 0% 100% 3 The school informs me about my child's progress 16 43% 21 57% 0 0% 0 0% 100% 4 My child is making enough progress at this school 23 62% 14 38% 0 0% 0 0% 100% 5 The teaching is good at this school 21 57% 15 41% 0 0% 0 0% 97% 6 The school helps me to support my child's learning 16 43% 20 54% 1 3% 0 0% 100% 7 The school makes sure that my child is well prepared for the future 17 46% 17 46% 0 0% 0 0% 92% 8 The school meets my child's particular needs 15 41% 20 54% 0 0% 0 0% 95% 9 The school deals effectively with unacceptable behaviour 14 38% 18 49% 1 3% 0 0% 89% 10 The school takes account of my suggestions and concerns 13 35% 22 59% 0 0% 0 0% 95% 11 The school is led and managed effectively 20 54% 15 41% 0 0% 0 0% 95% 12 Overall, I am happy with my child's experience at this school 24 65% 12 32% 0 0% 0 0% 97% Total responses received 37 As this was a Year 7 Parents' evening, some parents commented that it was too early to answer certain questions.