Newsletter 6th January — 10th January 2020 What’s On
Page 2 Dates for your Diary Page 3 PRIDE Awards Page 4 PRIDE Awards cont. Page 5 COX Green General Election Results Attendance—Unwell Students Pre—Loved Uniform Page 6 Stars of the week Pre Loved Books Pop up Art Club You’re Hired Page 7 Beauty and the Beast advert Beauty and the Beast Rehearsal Schedule Page 8 Beauty and the Beast Rehearsal Schedule Page 9 Root word of the week Year 9 Christmas Card Winner -Maddison Thandi 9.5 Student Success Page 10 Maidenhead RFC Weekly Calendar Cross Country Event Sixth formers of the term Page 11 Christmas Food Boxes Page 12 Monday 6th January Start of Term 3 Year 13 Award Christmas doors Page 13 Recent Letters Tuesday 7th January No Events Library News
Wednesday 8th January No Events
Thursday 9th January Year 12 & 13 Media Trip to London
Friday 10th January No Events
Committed to Achievement
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Dates for your Diary
Year 11 - You’re Hired Thursday 16th January Year 13 History trip to Winchester Rifle Museum
Friday 17th January Year 9 Vaccinations
Wednesday 22nd January Year 11 & 12—Oxford University Visit
Thursday 23rd January Year 11 History Trip to Auschwitz, return 26th January
Friday 24th January Year 12 & 13 Geography field trip
Monday 27th January History Trip—Holocaust memorial Day, Norden Farm
Wednesday 29th January Year 10 Science in Action Trip to Oxford
Thursday 30th January Year 8 Parents’ Evening 4.30pm to 7pm
Year 8 Options Taster Day Thursday 6th February School Closes at 12.45pm for all Years except Year 8 Year 8 Options Evening 5.45pm to 8pm
Beauty and the Beast School Production Matinee Performance to Wednesday 12th February Primary Schools Beauty and the Beast School Production 7pm –10pm
Thursday 13th February Beauty and the Beast School Production 7pm –10pm
Friday 14th February Beauty and the Beast School Production 7pm –10pm
Monday 17th February to Friday 21st FEBRUARY HALF TERM HOLIDAY February
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PRIDE AWARDS
Every fortnight, Year teams will be awarding a certificate to the students in the Year group who have demonstrated the characteristics we are promoting as part of PRIDE. The following students have been nominated this week and certificates will be presented in assemblies next week. Passion for learning and a desire to achieve to potential and beyond; to leave Cox Green as confident, well qualified, inspired young people and prepared for any future challenge. Respect as a core principle of every interaction. Insight into the needs of others – at a local, national and global level so that each child develops the skills to make a positive contribution to society. Diligence – the ability to be resilient and persevere; a commitment to make mistakes and to learn from them. Enjoyment of the opportunities available and to develop a passion for lifelong learning. Congratulations and well done to every one of them.
Year 7 Name Form Reason
Passion for learning Michael Green 7.6 Shows constant enthusiasm.
Respect/kindness Lacie Atkins 7.2 Supporting her peers.
Insight into others Ione Parcell-Arregi 7.4 Amazing work with the Christmas boxes.
Diligence (above and Amy-Grace Making great progress in her journey at 7.3 beyond) Whiteford Cox Green.
Enjoyment Matilda Croucher 7.3 Amazing independent learning.
Year 9
Passion for learning Joseph Lister 9.5 Involvement in the election process.
Excellent effort and such wonderful Respect/kindness Maggie Brison 9.6 manners. Always tries her hardest and promotes a Insight into others Lois Power 9.6 positive attitude.
Diligence (above and Agata Kezel 9.3 Being an all round superstar. beyond)
Always being amazing and representing her Enjoyment Megan McDonell 9.1 year group in a positive way.
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PRIDE AWARDS Cont.
Year 10
Showed great passion during coding Passion for learning Stanley Lund 10.1 competition
Respect/kindness Molly Swan 10.7 Respect and kindness toward her peers
Insight into others Billy Casey 10.3 Assisting a student in dine.
Diligence (above and Joe Camplin 10.2 Going above and beyond for school show beyond)
Enjoyment Stevy-Ann Knight 10.7 Enjoys all elements of school
Year 11
Showing real engagement with the mock Passion for learning Katie Crowhurst 11.1 process and having a positive attitude to revision.
Engaging well with the mock process and Passion for learning Sonny Lloyd 11.5 showing quiet determination to succeed.
Always polite and positive, even during the Respect/kindness Arun Kaul 11.4 mocks.
Showed amazing insight into others by having Insight into others Joe Poots 11.2 his head shaved for cancer charity Wigs
Diligence (above and Always challenging herself to be the best she Tatjana Vukicevic 11.1 beyond) can be.
Diligence (above and Showing great revision skills and targeted Miranda Todd 11.4 beyond) work to improve mock technique.
Diligence (above and Showing great revision skills and targeted Holly Clarke 11.4 beyond) work to improve mock technique.
Always has a smile on his face and cheers Enjoyment Matt Irwin 11.6 other people up with his positivity. Always has a smile on her face and Enjoyment Ionela Parpalac 11.5 encourages everyone around her to be positive.
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Cox Green Students had the opportunity to “have their say”! On Thursday 12th December the Polling Station opened for all students to cast their vote throughout the School Day. During PSHE Sessions throughout the week students have been engaging with the Political process and Party Mainifestos. Congratulations to our Year 10 boys: Harry Baines, Harry Wildman, Sean Truman, Lewis Harrowell and Matthew Wilsonfor organising the event Mrs Bisset-Garside
Attendance—Unwell Students
If a student is unwell and unable to attend school, please telephone the school on 01628 629415 and select option 4 for attendance to leave a message. Alternatively, you can send an email to [email protected]. This should be done before 8.00am on each day of absence.
Pre—Loved Uniform
Preloved uniform items are available for sale. We also run a waiting list so if an item is not in stock don't worry, we will notify you as soon as one becomes available. Payment for all items is cash only! A uniform request/ enquiry form is available via our website.
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Stars of the Week
Year 7 star of the week is: Ayanfeoluwa Oke for being a super participator in form time.
Year 8 star of the week is: Charlie Gordon for insightful contributions to form time discussions and demonstrating a respectful attitude to all.
Year 10 star of the week is: Harry Baines, Harry Wildman, Sean Truman and Matthew Wilsonfor such an excellent job running the Cox Green General election.
Year 11 stars of the weeks are: The whole of year 11. For getting through their mocks so maturely, positively and with great resilience.
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Beauty and the Beast Rehearsal Schedule
Date Time Who What Mon 6th January 3.30 – 4.30 Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs Page 62- 64 Potts, Beast, Belle Tues 7th January 3.30 - 5.30 Full Cast – main and chorus Run Act 1 members Fri 10th January 3.30 – 5.00 Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs Opening of Act 1 and 2 Potts, Chip, Beast, Connor, Unathi, Abby H, Tess, Emily, Tommy, Taryn, Lily Mon 13th Jan 3.30 - 5.00 Belle, Beast, Mrs Potts, Page 65- 73 Lumiere, Cogsworth, Chip Tues 14th Jan 3.30 - 5.00 Mrs Potts, Lumiere, Page 73- 76 Cogsworth, Chip, Babette, Wardrobe
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Beauty and the Beast Rehearsal Schedule Cont.
Fri 17th Jan 3.30 – 5.00 Gaston, Lefour, Monsieur Page 76-79 D’Arque Sunday 19th Jan 10.00– 4.00 Belle, Beast, Gaston, Lefou, Full run of what has been Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs done
Potts, Chip
Chorus, silly girls (only 1.00 - 4.00 needed at 1pm)
Mon 20th Jan 3.30 – 5.00 Lumiere, Beast, Cogsworth, Page 85- 89 Mrs Potts, Belle, Maurice, Monsieur D’Arque, Lefou, Gaston Tues 21th Jan 3.30 – 5.00 Monsieur D’Arque, Lefou, Page 89- 93 Gaston, chorus, Belle, Maurice Friday 24th Jan 3.30 – 5.00 Chip, Babette, Cogsworth, Page 93- 96 Lumiere, Beast, Mrs Potts, Lefou, Gaston
Mon 27th Jan 3.30 – 5.00 Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Page 96- 99 Cogsworth, Chip, Mrs Potts, Babette, Wardrobe Tues 28th Jan Friday 31st Jan No Rehearsal Sunday 2nd Feb 10.00- 4.00 Whole Cast Full Run
Monday 3rd Feb 3.30- 5.30 Whole Cast Full run
Tuesday 4th Feb 3.30- 5.30 Whole Cast Full run
Friday 7th Feb 3.30- 5.30 Whole Cast Full run
Sunday 9th Feb 10.00- 4.00 Whole Cast Full Run
Monday 10th Feb 9.15- 3.15 Whole Cast Full Run
Tuesday 11th Feb 9.15- 3.15 Whole Cast Full Run
Wednesday 12th Feb 9.15- 3.15 Whole Cast Full Run + Opening Night (all shows start at 7pm)
Thursday 13th Feb Information to be released closer to the time. Show Friday 14th Feb Show
Attendance and punctuality are crucial to the success of the show so please make sure you are able to attend every rehearsal you are called to attend. If there are any problems, please make sure you see one of the teachers involved in the show.
REHEARSALS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. We will do our best to communicate any changes to the schedule as early as we can.
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Student Success
Toby Gillard 10.3 We are hugely proud of Year 10 student Toby Gillard, winner of the Junior Strength Academy Sports Personality of the Year. Congratulations.
Katie Crowhurst 11.1 HUGE Congratulations to Katie who has been selected for the British team in the 2020 World Para Swimming Open European Championships, which will take place in Funchal, Maderia in May 2020.
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Maidenhead RFC
Maidenhead RFC is a community rugby club who thrive on developing kids rugby skills on the pitch as well as off it. We have a group of kids pulled from the local area and schools, some of whom have been with us since U6’s, but many who have joined in the past 12 months. There are different levels of experience and capability and as a group of coaches, we take great joy in developing each kid, each week no matter what.
We train at Braywick Park at the following times: Wednesday evenings from 6:30 – 7:30 on the 1st team AGP Sunday morning from 10:00 – 12:00 unless we have fixtures against other local clubs
Rugby is a physical sport that is focussed on safely developing skills in a fun and competitive environment. Friendships are created across schools as they come together at the club. Rugby also focusses on building friendly rivalries across clubs as we play local teams and no matter the result the kids put our club tie on and share a meal after the game. We run a series of introductory sessions for the kids and so they can try out to see if they enjoy it.
If anybody wants to get in touch then the best email is mrfc06.07@gmail .com Phillip Cottee
Cross Country Event
There is a Berkshire Cross Country running event on Saturday the 18th of January at Newbury Show Ground for students in year 7 up to 6th form. If they are interested in competing they need to come and put their name on a sign-up sheet in the PE office by Wednesday the 8th of January as this is the deadline. Thank you, Miss Anderson
Sixth Formers of the Term
Congratulations to the sixth formers of the term Year 12 – India Humphrey Year 13 – Jolie Swan
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Christmas Food Boxes
Many thanks to everyone who donated food and gifts for our Christmas boxes. And an extra big thank you to local business Argofield Ltd who made a collection on behalf of Year 8 students; Brendan Connell 8.1 Ben Marshallsay 8.1 Katie Arthur-Robinson 8.3 and delivered to Cox Green School to add to our collection.
The Food and Gift boxes were delivered to Foodshare in Maidenhead and Windsor on Thursday 19th December. Helen Price, MP for Dedworth and Clewer Village, met Mrs Bisset-Garside and the sixth form helpers there, and gave a brief talk about the project and the various charities where our donations will be distributed and they were extremely grateful.
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Year 13 Award
Year 13 students were presented with their Peer Mentoring ASDAN award after an intensive programme in the summer with the Youth Services Team at RBWM in which they looked at risk taking behaviours affecting young people.
Christmas Doors
Students and Staff had fun decorating their doors for Christmas, these are a few of them:
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Recent Letters
GCSE PE - Mock Practical Moderation Day
Sixth Form Enrichment - Lowbrook Academy
Sixth Form Enrichment - Wessex Primary School
Year 12 & 13 - Spanish Theatre Trip
Beauty and the Beast
University of Oxford Taster Day (by invitation)
KS4 - Options Process
Home Study for Positive Behaviour These letters have been sent to parents via text or email. They can also be found
on the Cox Green School Website.
Library News
We also ask that you bring back any library books you have finished reading before you break up for the holidays. Many thanks
Term Time—Library Opening Times for Students Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8.30am to 3.30pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 7pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 5pm 10am to 1.30pm 11am to 2pm
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