Volume 18 Codsall Community High School Summer Term 2014 In Federation with Bilbrook (CE) and Perton Middle Schools End of an CONTENTS FORTHCOMING EVENTS Trip to London from CCHS Excellent Year Chester and Cheshire Oaks HOUSE NEWS This year began with us receiving an award from the SSAT for JAVA / MATRIX our outstanding value we add to students at GCSE. The value added of 1026 puts us in the top 20% of schools in he country. OBERON / VECTOR All students have been working extremely hard, especially years 6th FORM NEWS 11 and 13. we look forward to some excellent exam results in Farewell Year 13 August. Next year sees the introduction of a new uniform for Year 9. All STUDENT NEWS other years continue with their current uniform. Working in the Community Congratulations to Perton and Bilbrook Middle Schools who have Duke of Edinburgh Award achieved good SATS results. Bilbrook‘s results are the best in the school‘s history. History Faculty on Tour Academy status is currently on hold as we try and address a Y11 Dress for Success Day number of issues that have arisen. I will keep you informed when we move forward. Y11 Prom 2014 I would like to thank you all for your continued support over the Art Exhibition last year and hope you all have a good holiday and a well deserved rest. Music in the Park STAFF NEWS Term starts again on Tuesday, 2nd September. Saying Goodbye…. SPORT Sports Presentation Evening Football Academy USA trip DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Marjorie Tunnicliffe Page 2 Volume 19 F OR Y OUR I NFORMATION ... Mrs clark – T HIS TERM WE SAID Assistant Head Teacher and teacher of Biology who is retiring after 26 years at Codsall High School. GOODBYE TO….. Mr GLINKA – Teacher of History, who is retiring after 13 years at Codsall to tend his almond and fruit trees in Spain. Mr Perrin – Senior Pastoral Manager who is leaving after 10 years service to operate his Training & Consultancy company on a full-time basis. Mr burrell – BACK TO SCHOOL Business Studies teacher and Head of Oberon House who is leaving after 13 years to teach in Shropshire. The Autumn term Mr harris – Development Teacher of Art, who is leaving after 12 years to start his own business. begins on Tuesday, Mr Williams – Maths teacher who is leaving after 13 2nd September, 2014 years to enjoy his retirement. Mr cheetham – Head of Humanities who is leaving after six years to be Assistant Head Teacher at Highfields School. Miss knight – Citizenship teacher who is leaving after seven years to become Head of Citizenship at Highfields School. Mr LewIs – Head of English who is leaving after 2½ years to take up a Head of English role at a school in Devon. Mrs wall – Work Experience Co-ordinator and Admin. who is leaving after 25 years. The library is collecting MrS DEMPSEY-ROBBINS – Exams Secretary who the Nestle ―box tops for is retiring after nine years and is looking forward to having holidays books‖ vouchers found during term time!! on Nestle cereal and MrS yardley – cereal bar boxes. Food Technician who is leaving to spend more time with her grandchildren. A collection box is in the library. MISS nICHOLSON – 6th Form Mentor who left in June at the end of her contract to study a PGCE in Secondary English through the Teach First Programme. MISS wickSON – Teacher of Psychology left in May after 13 years. All the best for the future from everyone at Codsall High Codsall Community High School invite you on a Trip to London on Saturday 15th November 2014 Departs Codsall High School at 8.00am The coach leaves London at 6.00pm. Only £20 return Go shopping, to the theatre or sightseeing. (No unaccompanied students under 16) Contact: [email protected] to book a place. Summer Newsletter Page 3 F OR Y OUR I NFORMATION ... Year 9 students were involved in a community initiative to support the ‗Friends of Bilbrook‘. Our students were very productive during the litter pick with the winning team collecting 9kg of litter, including a parking ticket and a bicycle tyre. The Friends of Bilbrook are a non-profit making group whose main aim is to improve the environment around Bilbrook and also to develop open spaces which can be enjoyed by everyone. Their latest initiative has been to For more information about ‗Friends of secure the funding and planning for a multi-use games Bilbrook‘, their website is: area at Joeys Lane playing fields. www.friendsofbilbrook.org On 3rd April students attended the South Staffordshire Duke of Edinburgh‘s Award Presentation at the Mercure Hatherton House Hotel in Penkridge. Students from schools across the county were present to collect their awards. Codsall High School students collected 19 Bronze and 7 Silver awards in total. Deputy headteacher Mr Wakelin and DofE Leader Mr Wakelin attended the event to celebrate the success of these students with friends and family. Adult Education Courses on offer at Codsall Community High School Some of the courses available from September 2014: Art ICT Modern Foreign Language Art for beginners - drawing, Basic computing, internet and French Basic - beginners proportion and light e-mail and how to find FREE French - Intermediate Painting for beginners downloads Holiday French Painting moving on Art –Intermediate How to use your i-pad Italian Advanced Beginners How to use your e-book/Kindle Italian Advanced Art Master Classes: How to register, sell/buy on eBay Italian Conversation Portraiture Computing for the terrified Holiday Italian Life Drawing Introduction to the Internet Manipulate your digital images For more information, or a copy of Sport How to use Facebook and Twitter our prospectus: Therapeutic Yoga How to trace your family history Tel: 01902 907566 or Yoga e-mail: [email protected] Page 4 Volume 19 taking charge of a new tutor group in Matrix. We are Mrs Joyce sorry to see him leaving the best house in the school Head of House and going over to the green side! Java house would like to thank all tutors for their support this year. Well done to all students who were nominated for “No Limits” Celebration Evening. You should feel very proud of your achievements this year and it was lovely to see so many Javarians getting up to receive awards. As I Dear Javarians type this we are in the process of getting team sheets The summer holiday is nearly here and soon you will sorted for International Day and the sporting events; be enjoying the sunshine and a well-deserved rest. I‘m very much hoping for another win. Go Africa! For those of you who recently sat exams, I hope you Next year will be a fresh start and a chance to gain the results you deserve. On 2nd July we succeed and achieve. Remember our new motto, welcomed Y8 students who will join us in September. 'Proud to be Proactive' and I hope you have a lovely Thank you for helping them find their way around and summer. making them feel comfortable on induction day. On returning in September, your Head of House will At the end of this term we are saying goodbye to a be Mr Pickering as I will have started my maternity few of our tutors. Mr Cheetham will be leaving, we leave. I will be back in September 2015! wish him well in his new job. He has been an excellent tutor to J6 and we are sorry to see him leave. I am pleased to welcome Mrs Cheetham to Java who will now take over J6. We are also saying goodbye to Mr Asbury as he is Mrs Joyce You raised: Miss Painter £64 from a cake sale to help children in hospices Head of House and hospitals at Christmas £72 from a sponsored swim for Sport Relief £80 from selling heart badges during Valentine‘s week for the British Heart Foundation Summer holidays already! £130 from a sponsored walk up The Wrekin to help orphans in Malawi. As we reach the end of another Thanks again for all your support - it really does go a academic year it‘s time to reflect on the efforts we long way. have made and success we have achieved. Matrix attendance has continued to improve and I Matrix house charity total this year was an amazing have presented a record number of praise postcards! £941 and that‘s all down to YOU! Thank you for your Good luck in the end of year draw. contributions and well done in raising so much money for excellent causes. I know Promise Dreams, is I was proud of the Matrix students who received grateful for our hard work and support. Here is the personal awards at the Y9 and Y10 Celebration breakdown of what you raised for them: Evening and PE Presentation Evening. Well done to you all. On top of £355.09 we had already raised this year, a further £100 came from raffles during school events I hope that come exam results day our Y11 and Y13 and in December we also raised £139.92 by wearing students achieve the grades that all their hard work and effort truly deserve. Christmas jumpers. Have a well deserved break and remember: Many of you wanted to help other charities through- out the year and thanks to everyone‘s kind “Dream It, Believe It, Achieve It”. contributions, we managed to do just that…. Miss Painter Summer Newsletter Page 5 Mr Burrell The summer term has seen us welcome in our new Head of House Oberons, and I was really pleased by the way we made the new Year 8s feel during the three academic induction days.