TERM 1: October 2016 Night of the What is your favourite What’s on at CNS Staff Profile sport? Musicals My favourite sport is TERM 2 OCTOBER CHIPPING Trampolining. Wk 9 B OPEN CLASSROOM WEEK NORTON What’s your favourite Mon 31 Y12 Spires trip to Oxford SCHOOL University this week CNSNewsletter meal from the canteen? NOVEMBER I haven’t eaten in the canteen Wed 2 University Admissions Tests yet but when I was a student Thurs 3 Y13 Parent Teacher Consulta tion my favourite thing were the Wk 10 A ice buns.. Mon 7 Y11 Rehearsal exams begin What interests do you Y11 Drama 9am-4pm Unit 2 exam On Wednesday 12th have outside of school? Tues 8 Y12/13 Senior Maths Challenge Students excel in October the students I play netball for a team in Governors’ Staffing Committee Banbury. I have two young Meeting 6pm in Year 7 took part in Wed 9 CNS CSLA Street Dance - HEAD’S LINES boys and therefore spend a Dennis Victory 1.25-3.05pm the annual Night of Mrs De Bruyn, lot of time at ‘Rugrats’. I love Thurs 10 Y11 Citizenship Day Head of Sixth Form What is new at A Level and GSCEs the Musicals concert; a Fri 11 Y12/13 D+T visit to V&A reading and my favourite Progress Reports home (Y7, Chipping Norton celebration of the work How do you pronounce Once again students at Chipping Norton book is Pride and Prejudice 8,9,10,11 + 13) School? they have been doing in your surname? Wk 11 B School are celebrating outstanding ‘A’ by Jane Austen and also Mon 14 A level Biology DNA Day this Sporting Success: We their lessons, alongside My husband pronounces it as Bridget Jones’ Diary. I enjoy week (prov) have had recent sporting level results. This year the headline A*-B performances from the Du Brain but I prefer it to be going to the cinema and Tues 15 Unit 3 A2 Performance Evening successes in hockey, percentage figure is 59%, the best that the 7pm school choirs. This year's said as Der Bruan. my favourite film is ‘Dirty cricket and rugby. Last school has ever achieved, and for the sixth Wed 16 Y11 Rehearsal exams end term the U12 cricket concert saw Max Mazower Why did you decide to Dancing’. Thurs 17 Y12 EU Mock Council year in succession the A*-B percentage has team were victorious in and Amelia Ledgard-Hoile come to CNS? If you had to teach a (London) been well over 50%. The overall pass rate Unit 3 Drama A2 exam the Oxfordshire County was an extremely high 99.5%. One quarter guiding the audience I was Head of Sixth Form at subject other than Sport/ 9am-4pm league final, convincingly of all students achieved two or more A through the highlights of my previous school which Dance what would it be? Sixth form Open Evening beating Icknield School. Wk 12 A House Match Week grades and eight students achieved grades was quite a small school. I English, because I love it. The girls’ hockey teams go the best-selling West End Tues 22 KS5 Awards Evening that were all A* or A. wanted to work in a bigger Have you ever met any Thurs 24 Y8 Parent Teacher Consultation from strength to strength and Broadway musicals, Especially high performing students Sixth Form and one which famous sports stars? Sat 26 Y8-10 Rugby Trip to with good wins over featuring songs from The Twickenham other West Oxfordshire include: Leonie Jurkschat (A*A*A*A); Monica is high achieving. CNS Sixth Yes, I once met Will We 13 B Lion King, Buddy, We Schools. The U15 rugby Schroeder (A*A*A*); Megan Humphreys Form is in the top 15% Greenwood, one of England’s Tues 29 Y12 Safe Drive Stay Alive Will Rock You and Les Y7 Puzzle Day team are progressing well (A*A*A); Alice Ortona Coles (A*A*A); Jack nationally for achievement. greatest Rugby players, and Miserables among many Wed 30 CNPS SH Athletics in the National Cup having Williams-Sharkey (A*AA); Daniel Thompson I was a student at Chipping it was very embarrassing 3.00-4.45pm with CSLA defeated Bablake School, (AAA); Alisa Mann (AAA); and Poppy Grimes others. The evening was Norton School and because I spoke to him in a DECEMBER Coventry, 31-29 this week, Thurs 1 Y9-13 German Christmas (AAA). a great success, and the remember it fondly. and the 1st XV remain very high pitched voice and Market visit (until 3 Dec) Year 11 students also enjoyed some Year 7 students sang their Have you always enjoyed Family Focus Y7 Maths 6.00- unbeaten this season tried to hug him! great GCSE successes. Over two thirds of students (67%) achieved the threshold in English and socks off! Reflecting on the sport? Bake Off or Masterchef? 7.30pm after a great 14-12 win Fri 2 Return to the over Burford School. This Mathematics (A*-C grades) and across all subjects 22% of grades were A* and A. evening, students wrote: "It I have always enjoyed sport, Forbidden Planet Musical Definitely Bake Off as I love newsletter shares other This summer the way that school performance is measured has changed and the emphasis and when I was younger 7pm (until Wed 7th) was the best night of my cakes. sporting activities and has shifted firmly to the progress that students make from their KS2 starting point to their I almost made it onto the Wk 14 A life", "I was proud to sing Mon 5 Celebration Assemblies this successes. KS4 outcome. In addition to progress and attainment across 8 subjects schools will report the in front of my parents", squash national team and Zoe Allan: 11WS week BSG and DIRT: Since the percentage of students achieving the threshold represented the school, Tues 6 Y10 Woodlands PE trip (until start of this academic year "I really enjoyed singing 9th) in English and Mathematics. At Chipping county and region in squash. we have been focusing Norton School over three quarters of with my friends", "we were lessons on these two Wed 7 CNPS Dance Workshop CSLA students made expected or better than amazing!" examination, achieving Holy Trinity 1.45-2.45 things. What are they? Singing Exam expected progress in both English and a good merit; Chloe CNPS Ball Skills Y11 Leaders BSG are Bronze, Silver 3.00-4.45pm Mathematics. This represents a significant Mrs Willett: Results Hastings (11WN) also and Gold success criteria. increase on the 2015 results and is well Head of Music passed her grade 3 ABRSM Thurs 8 CNPS English - A,G&T Y4/5 These are set by teachers Keara Koterwas (11EN) 3.30-5.00pm and shown to students above the national figures. examination, with a good Y12 Parent Teacher in lessons so that each There were many notable results and achieved an outstanding Consultation pass. student can identify what there were lots of high achieving students. result in her Rockschool Wk 15 B Mon 12 House Assemblies it is they are learning and 16 of the year group managed to get 8 or grade 4 examination. She Y11 Target-Setting Interviews so that they can push more GCSE grades at A* and A: Elizabeth (and Tues 13) themselves. Students tell us scored 94% which is a very Alarcon-Clark; Max Benson; Charlotte Wed 14 Y12 House Matches that they like the bronze, good distinction. Isabel 1.25-3.05pm Facer; Emily Fothergill; Abi Greenfield; Sladen (11WN) did well Carol Concert St Mary’s silver and gold because it Church challenges them to think Georgia Juckes; Bonnie Lunel; Evie McCabe; in her grade 3 Rockschool Fri 16 END TERM more, pushes them to Elizabeth Moulson; Alice Nottingham; Holly understand better, and that Oliver-Hall; Louisa Oliver-Hall; Marcus they make a difference in Pendery; Ewan Vellinga; Darcy Watkins; and T Tel: 01608 642007 learning. Jenny Woodcock. Special mention should go CHIPPING DIRT is Dedicated NORTON Web: www.chipping-norton.oxon.sch.uk to the Oliver-Hall twins, Holly and Louisa, SCHOOL Email: [email protected] Improvement and who are celebrating a magnificent 15 A* Reflection Time. This is [email protected] grades and 6 A grades between them. time deliberately set aside Chipping Norton School, Printed on recycled paper Burford Road, CNS is an ECO school continued over Chipping Norton, Editor: Judith Bovington Oxfordshire OX7 5DY Head’s Lines continued

in lessons so that students can respond to feedback Exploring the art of Photography New Head Boy and Head Girl from their teachers by correcting errors, answering announced CHIPPING NORTON SCHOOL questions posed, adding to explanations, and learning SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING from mistakes. This time is used by teachers during a sequence of lessons to give THURSDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2016 students the chance to stop and think about their own 6-8pm work and learning. Once some DIRT time has taken place, the students can An opportunity to:

consider what they must  Have a tour of the school do to make their learning even better. They have EBI  Talk to A level subject teachers and see (“Even Better If”) sheets demonstration lessons in the front of their books  View our Sixth Form Centre and can keep a record of the improvements they have Photography has grown provided by the school at have recently been  Meet the Sixth Form Tutor team made.  Talk to current Sixth Form students Multi Academy Trust: in popularity with young the weekly Photography experimenting with macro, Congratulations to the all Will Scantlebury and Ellie In addition to these people over the years. club. flash and freeze frame the Sixth Form students Cornish. changes in the classroom, Every Wednesday after Mr McPhillips helps photography. The two who applied for these They will be assisted by governors have been school students at students learn new beautiful photographs prestigious positions in Deputy Head Boy James COME AND DISCOVER WHY WE looking at ways to ensure such improvements are Chipping Norton School techniques, both pre and above were taken by school. We are pleased to Matthews and Deputy Head ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST Henry Gorst and Sophie sustainable in the long can be found investigating post production, that will announce that our new Girl Rachelle Newman. ACHIEVING SIXTH FORMS IN term. As part of discussions what amazing photos enable them to take more Allen (8SN) using coloured Head Boy and Girl are with the Department for they can take with their effective photographs. water to great effect. OXFORDSHIRE! Education, the school has own cameras or cameras Some of the students sought to become part of a larger Multi Academy Extra Time Badminton Trust to access the benefits Jo Cotterill ‘electrifies’ Year 7s

that such a move will bring. Over the last 18 months their group management and Governors have now agreed of the Readathon we have had the pleasure of session planning skills have that we will join the River charity. Readathon Learning Trust in the New employing Joe Manktelow as developed. Sexting: App teaches students to Year. The River Learning supply books, libraries our Extra Time Badminton As a coach, I’d like to Trust have a commitment and storytelling in Coach. His commitment say that the students are a “Stop & Think” to excellence, strive for the UK hospitals. Our to our students and high pleasure to coach, always best educational experience students donated coaching skills have helped polite and willing to learn. for all, and very much approximately £700 our students to develop Those that take their shares the same values and ethos of Chipping Norton for this worthwhile their badminton skills and badminton seriously have School. This is a really cause and enjoyed enabled several to go on to been able to take it to exciting venture for the the added bonus of join the County Squad. county level, not purely on school and one which will reading some fabulous Joe has now completed his their talent, but on their enable us to access a range degree at Oxford University hard work, and they should of services and expertise books. and gone to London to be proud of their that is no longer provided Jo joined the by the local authority. weekly Reading Club make a new career for achievements. “ The River Learning Trust for a picnic lunch himself. He leaves us with If your child is consists of Cherwell in the library. We competent confident players interested in playing Sexting is having devasting tablet. This includes photos Secondary School, Wheatley who can lead and teach Badminton at Chipping celebrated her latest consequences with many and videos captured by Park Secondary School, a our younger students. He Norton School, we will number of primary schools Award-winning children’s interesting questions to novel ‘A Library of children and teenagers popular social networking commented: be sending out the new and have plans for a new author Jo Cotterill spent a ask Jo and many came to Lemons’ by eating lemon suffering terribly from apps. “Year 12 students Connor, Spring Extra Time Clubs school in Oxford. There sharing ill-advised images morning at school talking the library during break drizzle cake . The club Tom, Arnold and Sunny have Booklets in November. SelfieCop deters unsafe will be more information that suddenly go viral. behaviours by making coming to parents in the to the Year 7s about her to speak individualy to Jo members had prepared shown excellent leadership. Places for some clubs very near future and you part novel/part comic about her brilliant books. a series of serious and They have been particularly are limited, so send your SelfieCop is a app that children “Stop & Think” ... will be invited to attend book Electrigirl series. The She also ran a creative not-so-serious questions impressive, continuing to forms in ASAP. NB: protects children and “Do I really want my Mum one of two meetings early students greatly enjoyed writing workshop for to ask Jo about her writing lead beyond their required Don’t forget if you are teenagers from the dangers and Dad to see me like in November, the first being her lively interactive talk a selection of Year 8/9 inspirations, favourite of sexting and selfies. this?” on Thursday 3 November hours, and stepping up to paying by parent pay – and the second on Thursday which involved a group of students. These students authors and literary events more senior roles within the forms still need to go to It works by emailing SelfieCop is a free app 10 November, both from students demonstrating took part in a sponsored that she had gatecrashed. club, taking responsibility for the Finance Office as the parents a copy of every which can be downloaded 6.00pm in the evening. how electricity works. reading challenge over the Ms Bovington: delivering parts of sessions. place is not guaranteed photo or video taken on from the following website: Simon Duffy: The Year 7s had lots of summer break on behalf Librarian I’m impressed with how well until the form come in. their child’s smartphone or www.selfiecop.com Head Teacher Sports Awards 2016 CNS hosts Six Nations Cup CNPS U11 Football Competition AGT Design Workshop

On a lovely autumn day able to show their ability 20 primary Football teams to lead. At the start of term Welsh international On Thursday 8th their representative teams. came and took part in One said “it was we hosted our 8th rugby player Philippa September Chipping Chipping Norton School We were delighted to impressed with the pupil’s the annual CNPS U11 much more tiring than I Annual Sports Awards Tuttiett who gave an Norton School were has an enviable reputation welcome 29 Year 4 & 5 determination to finish Football Tournament on thought, and I nearly lost celebrating the inspirational speech chosen as one of only a in the field of schools’ students from our primary the product and their my voice”. handful of schools to have rugby, with the U14 team CNS sports field. The partnership schools to take eagerness to learn to do sporting excellence of about her sporting tournament was run progressing from local part in our first Able Gifted something new. They really our students. career and how she the honour of hosting the by CNS Year 12 Sports Big School Girls Winners and Talented workshop of enjoyed the opportunity to A number of awards overcame adversity to RBS Six Nations and Triple and regional finals to the Leaders, who took key – St Marys 2016 – 2017. Mr Redman, support the younger pupils. were handed out play international sport Crown trophies, freshly South of England State roles in running the whole Small School Girls Mr Crudge, Miss McSwinney Zoe from Holy Trinity including dedication for well over 10 years. engraved with the name of School Final this year. event. Each primary team Winners – Enstone and Mr McPhillips welcomed said ‘I loved the heat to sport awards, Over 200 parents, England - the most recent The presence of these played exceptionally well, Big School Boys Winners the pupils to the D&T pressing where we were sportswoman and students and teachers winners courtesy of the magnificent trophies at the putting their hearts into – Hook Norton Department where they melting the bags, and loved sportsman of the year celebrated and credit Grand Slam earlier this school will hopefully inspire every match and all very Small School Boys set up a recycling project sewing them together’. and team of the year must go to all those year. the students to continue keen to win. As always, we Winners – Enstone. making key rings from plastic Jack from Enstone said awards. students nominated. Students were delighted to enjoy their sports are so impressed by the bags. ‘The sewing went well and It was another to have the opportunity and maybe represent the hard work that goes into Congratulations to One of the highlights was I didn’t mess up, but wished fantastic evening Mr Thomas: to learn about the history county or even England in preparing the teams by the everyone who took watching the laser cutter my sewing was neater’. hosted by former Head of PE of the trophy and have the future. primary teachers and the part. It is a fantastic working and cutting out We were so impressed their photos taken with support from parents and start to our 2016 – 2017 each key ring. The pupils by the pupils, and took friends. Partnership programme then had to sew around great pleasure in hosting Our Year 12 Sports of events. the key fob which proved the workshop. They all U12 Boys triumph at Cricket Leaders really enjoy the to be quite a challenge for went home with a finished challenge of running these Mrs Phillips: some. Our Year 12 Leaders, key fob and a certificate. events, and each student is Community Learning Alice, Frazer and Ellen were Well done to everyone. Lead

cricket'. I then had to pretend to be an audience and watch as Year 3 Dance Festival she showed me all the moves!’ We are delighted to host these events and our Year 12s really On Wednesday 12 October a group of CNS Year 12 Dance do hone their leadership skills. Thank you so much to all the Leaders accompanied by Mrs Du Cros and Mrs Fisher went staff at St Mary’s for their welcome; it was a lovely event. along to St Mary’s to lead a Dance Workshop. The workshop was based on the book ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’, and the pupils were split into groups and taught a small dance which they then performed to their peers. The Dance Leaders really enjoy the challenge and hard work to get to a level where they can teach the younger children the necessary skills to At the start of term our to 213 from their 16 overs. achieve this. It takes a lot of effort and commitment by our U12s Boys played Icknield With cool heads CNS Year 12s and one said School in the final of the convincingly came out ‘The younger children are amazing and so interested, I really Under 12 Oxfordshire victorious finishing their loved it; but it was harder work than I thought it would be’. County league competition innings on 272. Captain One parent commented: on a sunny afternoon at Rowan Moss was very ‘My daughter took part in the Dance workshop at St Mary’s Eynsham Cricket Club. proud to receive the School yesterday and absolutely loved it! She came home raving After winning the toss and trophy on behalf of the about how 'they did dancing from the book Giraffes Can't Dance' and that 'she was a rhino' and 'had to be the legs of a electing to field first, CNS delighted group of boys. restricted the opposition and Esther Mead Amie shines at World Championships At my previous gymnastics beam and bars) and bronze wins prestigious club, I qualified to take diamond (2 piece: floor and OxfordshireBeyond mu- school: a world of part in an international beam). My best piece was gymnastics competition the floor with a score of sic award in Orlando. Unfortunately, 9.45 out of 10, finishing in opportunities my club and coaches could 3rd place and getting into not take me so I started the final, where I finished training at Carterton 8th overall out of around We are constantly amazed at the array of fascinating and worthwhile activities that students from Chipping Norton Gymnastics Club in January 50 other gymnasts in my School enjoy during their summer holidays and outside school hours. We believe that by engaging in a range of extra with my new coach, Debra level. curricular activities, young people develop into well-rounded and mature individuals. The school offers a wide range of Courtney-Crane, in order While I was there, I got opportunities for students to experience different sports and activities after school hours in order for them to broaden to compete at the USA16C the chance to make friends their horizons and gain new experiences and skills. World Championships at with other gymnasts from the end of June. lots of different countries To compete I had to like South Africa, Bermuda, Henry’s summer of challenges work really hard on my Canada and from all over strength, flexibility and the United States, which technique along with was very interesting, and learning lots of new so much fun! Sometimes routines, so I was fully I got nervous, but my prepared for Orlando. amazing coach always The competition was kept me motivated. Since held at the Hyatt Regency I have got back, Carterton with over 1000 gymnasts Gymnastics Club has asked competing in total. It had me to stay with them, so an amazing atmosphere I have joined their elite and was an experience squad, and will continue to which I will never forget. train 9-12 hours a week I competed in the bronze with them. This summer holiday Ed but as it widened and always enjoyed running, bottles and sweets from level (4 piece: floor, vault, Amie Cooper: 9SS Gripper and I attempted eventually reached London but I wanted to see how volunteers along the to walk the 184 mile we stayed in youth hostels far I could push myself and route. By the time we’d Jake meets the Dalai Lama long Thames Path from and with friends. It was how my body would cope reached the 10 mile point In the summer my over 75 years. There altitude it source in Kemble, really interesting to watch over the longer distances. I was still running at 90 family and I went to were over 1000 people sickness Cirencester to the Thames the Thames develop from a I arrived at the event to minute pace, so I thought Ladakh in the north of watching the ceremony. and had Barrier in Greenwich, tiny stream in a Cotswold find that I was one of 3,500 I’d increase my speed and India on a tour of the He spoke to the to go back London. The main purpose meadow to a massive that would be taking part overtake the pacers as Himalayas. crowd with someone down. behind this expedition volume of water flowing in a course that took you my energy levels were We had a free day to translating what he In the was to raise money for through London. At the all over the town, starting high. I dashed through the rest because there is was saying. I couldn’t past I have a charity called Building same time, the experience and finishing at Cheltenham Racecourse and finished not as much oxygen make out everything visited Schools for Africa, which was physically challenging Racecourse. When the in 89th place with a time and you run out of he said because the Vietnam aims to develop the quality as we had very heavy starting gun went off at of 1hr 29 minutes and 4 energy really quickly. English translation and of schools all across camping kit to carry, as 9:00 I stayed with a 1hr 45 seconds. I was very pleased Then we heard that the was drowned out by Cambodia Cameroon. well as lengthy distances to pacer (their job is to run with my time as it was Dalai Lama was doing him talking in his own for Our twelve day walk, our longest day being at an exact pace to finish faster than I’d expected. a speech nearby so we language. Everyone was holidays, trek started on the 27 miles! at an exact time) but a Overall, Cheltenham Half thought we would go excited to see him. I but this 28th July, along with 5 Ed and I thoroughly couple of miles in I decided Marathon was organised and see it. We got to thought it was amazing trip other companions who enjoyed our trek, and we to push myself and worked effectively and it was a the temple and there that I actually got the was my accompanied us for the would like to give a huge my way through the great experience to run was a little wait before opportunity to see him! favourite. first two days. The path thank you to everybody runners to catch up with with so many people. I’d he came because he We also climbed a Next year follows the Thames that sponsored us. We the 1hr 30 pacer. A few recommend it to anybody was in a car greeting couple of mountains my dad for most of the route, raised £1262 for our people tripped over each that wanted to try people. When he got and drove along the and some therefore navigating was chosen charity. other because of the close something new and keep fit to the temple there highest road in the friends easy and we could focus On Sunday 25th proximity of the people all at the same time! motorbikes. I am was silence. Then a world, Khardung La. are returning to on enjoying ourselves September 2016 I taking part, however as the really jealous and wish lama (Tibetan buddhist The road is at over Northern India to without getting lost! We attempted to run my first race progressed everyone Henry Gardner-Roberts: I was going too. monk) gave him a 5600 metres above sea celebrate his 50th camped on the wild banks half marathon (approx. 13.1 started to space out. You 13G medal to mark being level. After 10 minutes birthday by travelling of the river for most nights, miles) in Cheltenham. I’ve could also collect water Jake Petyt: 8GS the Dalai Lama for I felt dizzy through on Royal Enfield vintage