TERM 6 July 2018 CHIPPING NORTON SCHOOL CNSNewsletter Year 11Prom HEAD’S LINES It is over 12 years since I crossed the threshold of On Saturday 23rd June, The Great Barn in Chipping Norton School Aynho was the spectacular venue for the as the ‘new Headteacher 2018 Year 11 Prom. The Year 11 students of Top School’. The arrived in vintage cars, sports cars, tractors intervening years have and even on quad bikes. Everyone made a flown past and mark the huge effort and looked very glamorous for longest period of time the last big event as a cohort. I have been in any job, It was an amazing evening where testament to the quality of students could celebrate the last 5 years Chipping Norton School together before moving on to pastures and its community. It has been a hugely fulfilling new. The Prom is always a special event in role and one that I will the calendar as it marks the end of an era definitely miss. for our Year 11s. So what will I miss most? The Great Barn put on a fantastic spread Schools are essentially of food and students danced the night about people and I will away creating everlasting memories. Special miss the students and thanks must go to the Prom Committee the staff tremendously. I who organised the evening - a huge have calculated that I have amount of work. been fortunate enough Mrs Tandy: Head of Year 11 to have seen some 3,000 students successfully move from Year 11 or Year 13 to the next phase of their lives. I am proud Our new Head Students are ... of the achievements, We are pleased to qualifications and skills announce that the that these students leave Head Students for the with and proud of the part upcoming academic year our school has played in are Oliver Tailby and Lydia making them the people Harding. they are. Having worked in six Both students have schools during my teaching commented “We are both career I know that the very happy to have been colleagues I have had chosen to fulfil these the pleasure of leading roles during our final at CNS are among the year at Chipping Norton very best. Many of these School, and are looking colleagues have moved forward to representing on to promoted posts the school and continuing or to new challenges in the growth of what education, but all have we believe is a friendly, left their mark in their encouraging and engaging unwavering commitment learning environment.” to a richness of learning Head Students Oliver Tailby and Lydia Harding. continued over Head’s Lines continued that is the bedrock of our school ethos. SChanges in the Canteen I will also miss the endless • Students to eat together variety that working in a in the Dining Hall. All hot busy school entails. Teaching food bought by students in is never dull and dealing with its daily demands 7, 8 and 9 will be eaten at is often challenging and tables in the Dining Hall. exhausting but always • New all recyclable inherently rewarding. packaging for Years 10, 11, Students are endlessly 12 & 13. Hot food taken fascinating, sometimes funny, out by older years will be frequently enthusiastic, in environmentally friendly, maddening and engaging. recyclable containers. Seeing children grow into • New regular Theme Days thoughtful, considerate and and Special Promotions. In response to concerns carry out container waste. successful young adults is These will promote raised by the Student To do this the following one of the things I will miss healthier eating and better most of all. Council, we are introducing changes will happen from eating habits. The support of our a number of significant September: Please support the parents is another thing I improvements to our • New menus to help Student Council and our will miss. A school is far catering provision. Most promote healthy eating. school in making these more than just its teachers importantly we are These will be displayed in significant changes. We and students, it is a whole focusing on the quality of school and on our website. community and one in want to ensure that the food provided and what • New platters and dishes which parents play a crucial break and lunchtime the food is served in. We to cut down on packaging. role. The vast majority of experience for students is want to improve the food Hot food will be served our parents at CNS are as good as it can possibly on offer and we want to in washable containers to hugely supportive and be. work alongside school in a reduce the amount of reduce material waste. Mr Duffy: Head Teacher positive way to encourage the very best from our students. This support SThrilling West End work experience! was never more important From 29th May to the 3rd to us than following the June, I was lucky enough to Ofsted inspection in 2015. gain work experience on To say that it was invaluable is an understatement and ‘Thriller Live’ in the Lyric I would like to reiterate Theatre on West End. The my gratitude for all the musical is a celebration of encouragement , good Michael Jackson's best hits. wishes and support which Throughout the week I contributed so significantly worked in many different to making CNS the school it aspects of technical is today. theatre including stage I wouldn’t have missed management, live sound my time with you all for and working with the anything. I am proud to be musicians who play the handing over the school in songs. excellent shape to Mr Barry Overall, my week on Doherty who, I am sure, will take CNS to an even West End was amazing better and brighter future. as I got to go behind the I would like to thank all scenes on a professional staff, governors, parents and production and work with students for the part they the people who make the have played in my time here performance possible. It and for their support. It has really reaffirmed that this been my absolute pleasure is a career that I want to and privilege to have led go into. such a fine school. Thank you! Harvey Sivell:12E Simon Duffy: Head Teacher German Exchange 2018 On Sunday the 1st of July a The next day was group of 35 Year 8 and Year probably most people’s 9 students and 3 teachers favourite day as we visited left Chipping Norton at the Allianz Arena, home of 8.30pm and headed for Bayern München Football Germany! The journey Club! After a fantastic was roughly 20 hours of tour of the stadium and films, chatting and very changing rooms we got little sleep. When we finally a train into Munich City arrived in Nördlingen at Centre and did some 4pm the next day everyone shopping and sightseeing. was exhausted and we all It was very beautiful. After an excellent week half an hour later we staggered off the coach On Friday we went to we sadly had to pack our were in England. Finally, to meet our exchange Legoland in Günzberg. bags and get an early night only two or so hours left. families, relieved to have It was fantastic but in preparation for leaving Eventually we arrived back finally arrived. extremely wet as it rained school at 5.45am. After in Chipping Norton at On Tuesday we joined heavily on and off for waving goodbye we braced 10.35pm and were greeted in with our exchange most of the day, but it ourselves for the 20 hour by family who looked partners’ first two lessons certainly didn’t ruin our journey home. When we more asleep than us! Our at school and then walked time – we’re English, we’re finally crossed the channel by German adventure was around Nördlingen and used to it! Eurotunnel in the afternoon complete. visited the Rieskrater The weekend was we were all restless and Museum (which focuses spent with our exchange glad of a chance to stretch Imogen Bissett: 8GN on meteors and their families and many of us our legs on the train. About collisions with earth) with went to a local festival the CNS group. in Bopfingen. More shopping! 50 years of German Exchange In September we will as possible together be celebrating the 50th with any memories or anniversary of our German anecdotes you would like exchange with the Theodor to share. Please email Heuss Gymnasium in these (scans or photos of Nördlingen. As part of our printed pictures are fine) celebrations we would like to crichmond@chipping- to put together a display of norton.oxon.sch.uk by photos and memories of Friday 14th September. the exchange over the last Thank you. 50 years. If you took part in the exchange, we would be Miss Richmond: MFL very grateful for as many Department photos of past exchanges SPORTING NEWS CNS victorious in West Oxon Oxford School Games Athletics Championship After some outstanding Abingdon. This involved recent performances in students each running, their district competitions jumping and throwing our Year 9 and Year10 across a range of events Wednesday 13th June Going into the relays Rounders teams that concluded with a 4 x saw the return of the in the lead, the CNS represented West Oxon at 100m relay and the medley West Oxfordshire students were able to the County Tournament in relay. Whilst there were Athletics competition perform consistently Oxford on Tuesday 3rd July. many good performances held at Horspath Athletics well through some In what was a high standard when the students were Stadium in Oxford.