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Volume 36 Codsall Community High School Autumn Term 2019 In Federation with Bilbrook (CE) and Perton Middle Schools Welcome to As we come to the end of our first term of the academic year it’s CONTENTS important for us to take stock of the excellent work undertaken by each of the three schools within our federation. Our students are INFORMATION so fortunate to have staff that will always go the extra mile in Exam Invigilators Required ensuring that the students get the very best deal possible. A very brief summary of some of the opportunities our students have this HOUSE NEWS term would include: JAVA / MATRIX Year 8 and Year 10 visits to the World Skills Show at the NEC OBERON / VECTOR Charity "Bake Offs" STUDENT NEWS Theatre visits to see pantomimes, plays and to speak to DofE Volunteering authors Links with Midcounties Co-op “Bikeability” sessions in both middle schools Children in Need Bake Off "Helping Your Child" events at the High School with Student Investor Challenge external speakers. A-Level Business Trip University visits for 6th formers Christmas Tea Dance Visits to Birmingham Library for 6th formers Student Parliament "Restart a Heart" training for pupils Y11 Presentation Evening Plane building group for pupils at Perton Middle, Bilbrook Middle and Codsall Middle Y10 Employability Skills Day We also had a fantastic Key Stage 4 Presentation Evening at the Green Pioneers Project High School to celebrate the many student successes of the Careers Round-up previous year. Our speaker, Matt Currall, was able to inspire the Welcome to the 6th Form audience with his own story of success following his education at Well Being Award for Codsall High School. Schools We also celebrated the 30th anniversary of Perton Middle School in Duke of Edinburgh Award December. We were fortunate enough to have Gavin Williamson, Reading Project Secretary of State for Education (at the time of writing!) as our guest. He was bowled over with the pride and sense of belonging STAFF NEWS Welcome to new staff the pupils have for Perton Middle School, especially during an + unscripted question and answer session with the students! Tough Mudder Challenge for Cancer Research As ever, I want to thank all involved in making the term such a success as well as the parents and carers who have taken the time SPORT to write to us to thank us for the work undertaken across our PE Department Round-up schools. We will keep on pushing to be better and better each and Rock Climbing Trip every day. Sports Captains Wolves Foundation Finally, I’d like to wish everyone a happy BTEC Sport Trip to Molineux and restful Christmas and New Year and I look forward to seeing everyone in DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 2020. Alun Harding Page 2 Volume 36 For Your Information... This term we MRS KIELEY - who joined us from Heath Park School as Head of W e l c o m e d … . Business Studies. MISS DAWE - who joined us from North Birmingham Academy as a Health & Social Care teacher. MRS PARGETER - who joined us as from Haybridge High School as an English teacher. MISS MASIH - who joined us from Keele University as an NQT English teacher. MR SWANN-HORLER - who joined us from Oldbury Wells School in Bridgnorth as a Chemistry teacher. MS CUTTS - who joined us from Baxter College as a Geography and History teacher. She is also an examiner for AQA and teaches in Iceland with school groups during school holidays. MRS HOLDING - who joined us from South Staffordshire College as a Health & Social Care teacher. MRS FOGGIN- who joined us as a SIMS and Student Services Assistant. MISS WRIGHT - who joined us from Cheslyn Hay Academy as a KS4 Academic Mentor. MRS CARROLL- who joined us from Bielefeld School, Germany as a Science teacher. MS RAYWORTH - who joined us as a Science teacher. MR GORMAN - who joined us as an Apprentice TA. MISS HUMPHRIES - who joined us as an Apprentice TA. MR CHADWICK - who joined us as a temporary PE teacher. And Said Goodbye to: MS PRICE - who leaves us after BACK TO SCHOOL six months as a Cover Supervisor to join Tettenhall Wood Special The Spring term School. begins on Monday 6th January 2020 Autumn 2019 Newsletter Page 3 For Your Information... QUIET PLEASE Casual Exam EXAMS IN Invigilators PROGRESS Required From May through to June 2020. Please ring Sharon Page for further details: 01902 907567 or email: [email protected] Parental parking Please respect our neighbours and be considerate when parking On 4th October in the roads surrounding the our staff made cakes and school. Please try not to block sold them during their drives when parking to collect coffee morning and students. raised Thank you £74.66 MAIN SWITCHBOARD 6th FORM CENTRE Don’t forget our DIRECT LINE 01902 907560 01902 907564 telephone number for STUDENT ABSENCES SCHOOL WEBSITE easier communication 01902 907565 www.cc-hs.com New School App Receive alerts about important information Read about school news and events Browse and subscribe to the school’s calendar Contact the school with a single click Download at www.ch-pb.com/schoolapps Autumn 2019 Newsletter Page 4 For Your Information... The following advice has been received from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command regarding online safety: How does grooming work online? Grooming is about building a relationship with a child in order to later abuse them. This can be far easier online. Games, social media, live streaming platforms and chatrooms enable people to make contact with children to try to groom them. They can create multiple online identities and even pretend to be children and young people to trick real children into chatting and sharing. They can find out a lot about individual children before they make contact by looking at the things the child has posted. Using this information they can target children who are particularly vulnerable and carefully plan what they will say and show an interest in. They can also contact lots of children very quickly in the hope that one will respond. How can I tell if my child is being groomed online? There isn’t one clear sign of online grooming and it can be very hard to spot. If your child is being groomed they will probably be trying to keep it a secret from you. Have they suddenly become very secretive? People who abuse will try to stop young people telling their family and friends about the abusive relationship. Are they sad or withdrawn but won’t say why? If something is going on with your child online it might be really upsetting them. They might feel trapped, like they can’t talk about it. Let them know you’re there to listen. Do they seem distracted? We can all get caught up in ourselves if things are worrying us. If they seem unusually pre- occupied it might be because things are weighing on them which they feel they can’t talk about. Do they have sudden mood swings? Mood swings are not uncommon in adolescence but they can be a sign that someone has built up a relationship with your child which is affecting their moods. Are they unable to switch off from their phone or social media? Lots of us find it hard not to check our phone or the internet, but if your child gets particularly worried or stressed when they can’t, this can be a sign someone is controlling them. Concerned about someone your child is in contact with? If you are concerned that your child might be being groomed or are worried about online sexual abuse of the way someone has been communicating with your child you should seek support. You can contact your local police, children’s social care department or report directly to CEOP. Contact CEOP.police.uk/safety-centre/ If you want to discuss your concerns with someone, call the NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000 or visit their website. If you believe your child is at immediate risk, call the police on 999. Autumn 2019 Newsletter Page 5 For Your Information... Revision Guides A range of revision guides and workbooks for GCSE, BTEC and A-Level are available to buy from the library at reduced rates. These are specific to the exam boards and courses run in school, prices vary from £2 to £6 depending on the subject and level. PLEASE NOTE: Some Year 10 and Year 12 students will be starting new courses, so guides purchased for older siblings may no longer be suitable. A hamper full of goodies was raffled, with the money raised going 50-50 to the Co-Op charity, Old Tree Nursery in Pendeford Hall Lane, and the Codsall High School 6th Form Tea Dance funds. The Chocolate Hamper, sponsored by the Mid- Counties Co-Op in Codsall, was won by Toni Roberts, parent of Chloe-Anne and Josh Wootton. Well done! As part of our Charity Day fundraising at the end of the summer term, Mr Birch hosted a FIFA 19 tournament., which was won by Rajan Mandair from V3. Well done Rajan! Page 6 Volume 36 As part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award, students take part in various volunteering projects. During the past year, 80 students taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award at various levels have donated their time with a combined total of 1,547 hours of volunteering. Volunteering activities included helping out with Brownies, Scouts and Cadets and in First and Middle schools. Year 13 students Will Bryan and Ellie Willis explain what they did as part of their volunteering.