CTK NEWS Also available online at www.christtheking.notts.sch.uk From Carlo Cuomo Summer 2014 Another academic year gone! Once May I take this opportunity to again I am writing to you just as thank you once more for your we are to break up for the summer continuous support with what has holidays. been a very long term. Finally, I As always, we do say goodbye to would like to wish you all a very some colleagues who are either restful and peaceful break with retiring or who are moving on to family and friends. I look forward pastures new and I wish them all to meeting our students again in the best for the future. During the September as we start a new summer there will be some more Academic year together and I hope building work taking place in and and pray that it will be a around school. Plans have been successful and productive year for drawn up to create a safer and all of us here at Christ the King more attractive environment Catholic Voluntary Academy. towards the back of school and the Dates for the Diary students will notice the difference Best wishes to you all! 23rd July—End of term when they return in September. Carlo Cuomo 3rd Sept—First day back for Y7 and Sixth Form Bronze Duke of conditions for walking planned now for 4th Sept—Start of the term Edinburgh Success ! but the candidates took September 2015. With for all other year groups this on and won more staff on board to completing the walk at support the delivery Hassop Station on the from September we are Inside this issue: Monsal Trail. grateful of the free time, The candidates certainly effort and support given earn’t their expedition by many. Head Boy and Girl 2 this weekend and just We are now on twitter have their final too @CTKDOE ! We will presentation to do to the be using this more to get Snibston 3 The weekend of 21st and schools SLT and messages out as well as 22nd of June saw governors. A massive traditional methods, so Sports News 4 fantastic success for the THANK YOU to the sign up ! We will CTK Duke of Edinburgh team, including the Award. All 32 parent helpers Vicki Chaplaincy News 6/7 candidates were out this Ward, Alex Hoyle and weekend with 26 of Stuart Wright, and the Art Exhibition 8 them completing their staff team, Mr Herridge, final expedition. The Miss Craven, Mr A week in the life 9 weather was against Vanderwalt, Mr Howe, of a Chaplain them with temperatures Mr Stack and my dad ! from 22-25 degrees, and The award has grown in Great CTK Litter 10 with low winds it gave size and popularity this arrange a parents Pick s o m e w h a t year with numbers meeting early in uncomfortable expected to be much September with the date CTK Open 12 greater for Bronze next published before we Evening year. Current candidates break up for the summer will be given the on the website and of opportunity to move course twitter. onto the Silver Award from September with the Mr Bull Gold Award being Sixth Form News B Kuczynska - Head of Sixth Form Backgammon Club News The Backgammon Club has been very successful this year, and next year we hope to attract new members. The Club has numbered some twenty five members with some students coming and others going throughout the year. We have maintained a core of sixteen regular players who have attended every lunchtime for the whole year. We have attended various tournaments throughout the year and members have collected House Points and Grand Prix points as they have attained different levels. The year ended with a tournament in school, which was won by Nyime Harold. Nyime also won the Grand Prix prize for the whole year. Jordan Blanchard was the winner of the Consolation Final. We ended the year with presentations of medals and certificates by Mr. Cuomo and afternoon tea in the Meeting Room. The full results of tournaments and Grand Prix First Nyimentito Harold Grand Prix are Grand Prix Second Suleman Salim Grand Prix Third Elijah Morrison shown left. Tournament Gold Nyimentito Harold Congratulations Tournament Silver Suleman Salim to all members Tournament Bronze Samantha Dewire on a great year. We will be Tournament Bronze Connor de Almeida Cuffe taking on new Consolation Gold Jordan Blanchard members in September. Consolation Silver Elijah Morrison Consolation Bronze Michael Sutcliffe Consolation Bronze Finley Saunders Election of Head Girl and Head Boy Elections for the positions of Head Girl and Head Boy took place in May. Hustings took place all week and the whole school voted on Friday 2nd May and when the votes were counted, the following were elected: Bethan Jones (Head Girl) Daniel Bartley (Head Boy and Darcie Parkin (Deputy Head Girl). They have already taken up their duties in leading the Prefect Team and look forward to working for the students. Left to right: Bethan Jones Daniel Bartley Darcie Parkin Year 7 Technology Snibston Visit On Wednesday 25th June 71 students from year 7 had a brilliant day out at the Snibston Science and Technology Park in Coalville. During the day they experienced and worked through a series of exhibitions, many of which were interactive with a key focus on the technology behind the developments which many take for granted. The students also took part in a colliery tour where they experienced the winding house, operations rooms and most importantly the explosives store ! The Snibston staff repeated throughout the day how well behaved our students and the high level of Q&A on the tours. An enjoyable day for all. Many thanks for the support of the CTK staff on the day as well to Mr Baxter, Miss Pennant, Mr Johnson and Mr Stack. Mr Bull Girls’ Football News July 2014 We re-launched the Girls’ football team this year and matches have been very sporadic! However we have had a very strong core of girls who have come every Tuesday after school to train. Their skills have really im- proved this year and are developing into great footballers. Next year we have been entered into the county and national Cup so are very excited about competing in non-friendly matches. The team will be a combined Years 8 & 9 team with room for a few talented Year 7s too! Unfortunately this year ended on a sour note, as our final game was our only loss of the season against a very well established Carlton Le Willows side. Well done to the girls and especially to Anais Keeling and to Nia Kirwan-Thomas, who will be our Captain and Vice-Captain respectively; trials for the team will be in September. Joe Hopkins Girls’ Football Manager Summer Gala Concert hall of Redhill Academy and included music and dance performances by pupils. THE Rotary Club of Mapperley and Arnold Rotary club member Alan Langton said: "The club has joined forces with admires the dedication and enthusiasm shown by three local schools to put so many young people in society, and we are also on a summer gala keen to support the community spirit of the town of concert. Arnold.” "We feel there is much to give residents of the town reason to celebrate." The Rotary Club along with Redhill Academy, The proceeds from the ticket sales will be divided Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy and equally between each school's preferred charity. Arnold Hill Academy hosted an event on Wednesday July 9 at 7pm. It took place in the main Article from Nottingham Evening Post Sports News A Riding—Head of PE Gedling Schools Table Tennis Tournament In early May, Christ the King hosted the Gedling will take place on Friday 4th July at Nottingham Schools Table Tennis Tournament which was a quali- Trent University: fying event to represent Gedling Schools at the Not- tinghamshire County School Games in July. Arnold Fraser Sanders – Year 10 Hill, Christ the King and The Carlton Academy at- Jack Savedra – Year 9 tended the event, with competitors split in two Joe Kendall – Year 9 groups and the top four from each group progressing to the knock out stage of the tournament. The top What a fantastic achievement for all three pupils who seven players were then selected for the County will be representing the district in this event. Schools Event, with the following three pupils from Christ the King qualifying for the next round that Mr Riding Nottinghamshire County Schools Athletics Championships On Friday 6th June 2014, 14 CTK pupils went to Other notable performances came from: Grantham to represent Gedling in the Nottingham- shire County Schools Athletics Championships. The Maya Hyacienth – 4th in the Year 8/9 100m following three pupils all came in the top two in their Tre Hendricks – 4th in the Year 8/9 Triple events and will now represent Nottinghamshire in Jump the Mason Trophy at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadi- Isaac Blair – 5th in the Year 8/9 200m um on Saturday 21st June: Calum Hawkins – 5th in the Year 8/9 100m Well done to all students involved in this fantastic Emmanuel Fadeyi – County Champion in the achievement. Year 10/11 100m R-Marnei Williams – 2nd place in the Year 8/9 Mr Riding / Miss Bestwick Discus James Dwyer – 2nd place in the Year 8/9 300m Notts School Games in the competition. Due to that defeat, Gedling then took on On Friday 4th July, six pupils Newark and Sherwood in the next from Christ the King represented round, losing 4-2 overall, with Gedling at Table Tennis in the wins for Jordan Mills and Fraser Notts School Games at Sanders.