CHRISTMAS MESSAGES FROM THE ACTING HEADTEACHER: DECEMBER 2018
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGES FROM THE
ACTING HEADTEACHER: DECEMBER 2018
W elcome to the last newsletter of 2018!
The Autumn Term at school is always a very busy one indeed, but it is
also one of the most enjoyable. We have a whole range of opportunities in which
to showcase our wonderful and talented students (and dedicated staff!), such as
the Christmas Concerts, Sports Presentation Evening, performances at Mansion
House, and our three Prizegiving ceremonies, more of which about below.
In the true spirit of ‘Love as Brethren’ the school has been involved in a host of
charity activities this term, many of which are mentioned in this newsletter. As well
as raising money for good causes, students collected goods to be placed in
Christmas hampers, which were then distributed to grantees of The Coopers’
Company.
We also hosted our annual Christmas ‘Bow Party’ for visually impaired students
from the Joseph Clarke School. As I mentioned in my Prizegiving speech, any
definition of a successful life must include serving others. The concept of
serving others is vital to us as a school – it is part of the character and culture of
our organisation - and I truly believe that our charity work is the perfect
embodiment of this concept.
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The Prizegiving ceremonies were a huge success, and I want to thank the staff,
parents, Governors, guests and The Worshipful Company of Coopers for their hard
work in preparing for the ceremonies, and their participation during them, as well
as their unrelenting support of the school.
In the evening ceremony, the Guest Speaker was Dr Paul Kelly, an ‘old boy’ of the
school. He gave a fascinating talk outlining his career path and the lessons he had
learned along the way. Our Guest Speaker being a doctor was a huge draw for
many of our students, and he had a queue of prospective medics wanting to seek
his advice at the end of the evening! However, the reals stars of the three
Prizegiving ceremonies were the students. It is always so humbling to see the
amazing things our students achieve, and how successful they are. The ceremonies
are not just a celebration of academic excellence; they are also a showcase for the
array of talents our students possess. Our students are inspirational in every sense
of the word.
Therefore, it leaves me to wish you all a very peaceful Christmas and a Happy New
Year. Thank you to all the parents and carers of our students – I look forward to
continuing to work in partnership with you in 2019.
Ms Sue Hay
Acting Headteacher
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t has been a busy first term and end to 2018 in the geography department. All
of our geographers have been busy both in class and at home. Our Year 7s
have been designing flags representing the unique and extreme characteristics
of Antarctica.
The five lucky flags are on their way to Antarctica, where they will be united with an
Antarctic scientist. In the New Year we will find out exactly where in Antarctica they
have been.
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Aside from Year 7s, Year 8s have designed rainforest games, which improve in
geographical quality every year, while our Year 9s have been busy designing model
volcanoes as well as exploding them!
Meanwhile, our GCSE students—whether returning Year 11s or new Year 10s—have
made a great start to the year. Our A Level students have also been busy and have
continued to show their critical thinking skills, either looking at the processes
involved in placemaking, the interrelationships of our dynamic coastal
environments or completing independent investigations. As a department we want
to send congratulations to our 42 Year 13 geographers on producing some
excellent investigations as part of their A-Levels.
Wishing all of our geographers a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Team Geography
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alling all writers!!
The English Department are launching two writing competitions. The Winter
Writing Competition will be announced in English lessons in the week commencing
3rd December and it is a fiction competition. The Spring Writing Competition will
be announced before Easter and it is a non-fiction competition. There will be
separate writing tasks and prizes for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
To be kept up-to-date with competition information, please join the Writing
Competitions Google Classroom (Class Code: 8e513u). The Google Classroom will
also be used to send information about public competitions and other writing help
and prompts.
Mrs E Robinson—English Dept
Just finished reading: Where the Light Gets In by Lucy Dillon
Currently reading: Time to Change by Callie Langridge
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his term we bid a fond farewell to Mr Bob Norris,
our long-serving piano teacher, who is retiring
from piano lessons this Christmas. Lots of you
may know him and also his wife Eileen, who also
worked here for many years. They have been stalwarts
of the school and the Music Department over the years,
with their granddaughter attending Coopers Coborn
too. We wish Bob and Eileen all the very best for the
future.
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hank you to Mrs Foreman and students for taking 127 shoeboxes filled with
goodies, as well as £254 towards transportation costs, to Link to Hope.
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ear 10 GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition students took part in a Festive
Yule Log Challenge. They were tasked with making and decorating a Yule
Log in one 60 minute lesson—certainly an ambitious challenge!
The finished cakes were judged by Mr Marshall, Head of Year 10, who was very
impressed with the skills shown by the students, especially given the time
constraints.
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Well done to everyone who entered. The winners were:
1st: Paige Reynolds—Form 10.1
2nd: Abigail Mangion—Form 10.6
3rd: Bethan Wimpenny—Form 10.5
Highly Commended: Annabel Casey-Sweeney—Form 10.7 &
Niamh Meachem—Form 10.4
Mrs Ruth
Head of Food Preparation and Nutrition
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ur Year 8 Ambassadors continue to do a fantastic job each morning, helping
out in the School Office. A special thank you goes to Amelia and Noel for
decorating the Christmas tree in Reception.
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A
special big thank you to Derek
and the whole team at Accent
Catering for looking after us so
well all year round.
Last Wednesday they cooked 400
Christmas dinners for everyone, and
here are Year 12 pictured having their
own celebration.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
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hanks also to
Mr and Mrs
Marshall for
helping to serve
behind the counters.
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t has been a busy few weeks for the Music Department! On 30th November,
Big Band provided the entrance and exit music for Sports Presentation,
performing Friends Like Me, Lady Marmalade and Maniac..
On Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th December, they hosted their annual Christmas
Concerts, featuring performances by Palmer Orchestra, Big Band, Junior Choir, Wind
Quartet, Symphonic Wind Band, Senior Choir, Senior Jazz Band, Brass Band, Gibson
Orchestra and Year 7 Singers. They were also joined by the Rheinbach School Choir
and Orchestra who travelled all the way from Germany to tour the country!
The audience enjoyed a variety of performances including Crazy In Love, A Million
Dreams, Harry Potter, Fix You and Radioactive as well as several festive
favourites such as Sleigh Ride, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas and Have
Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.
Both concerts were very well attended, with one audience member commenting:
“What an amazing, eclectic evening … we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and could
listen to it all over again.” Special thanks to Oscar Eastman for his fantastic
compering and interesting facts!
Christmas doesn’t end there—the Choirs also performed at the St Laurence Carol
Service on 12th December and the St Botolph’s Service on 18th December, and
Symphonic Wind Band showcased their talents at Prizegiving on 13th December.
Miss Moseley—Teacher of Music
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njeli Valydon performed in the 40th Anniversary National Children’s
Orchestra Winter Concert on Sunday 9th December at The Queen Elizabeth
Hall on the Southbank.
As one of the older musicians in the orchestra and having been a member for 4
years, Anjeli represented the school on 2nd bassoon and performed professional
standard music including Festive Overture by Shostakovich, Peter Grimes by Britten
and La Mer by Debussy, as well as accompanying former BBC Young Musician of
the Year Nicola Benedetti who performed Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2.
Miss Moseley was supporting in the audience and commented on how professional
the sound of the orchestra was and was astonished by the mature sound created by
the musicians, made up of 13-15 year olds. Well done Anjeli!
We have also just heard that Thomas Warner has been offered a place in the
National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain! Well done Thomas!
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hank you to our Head of Art, Mr Withyman, for running the annual
Christmas Card Competition for Year 7 students. Each year the winning
entry is made into our school Christmas card. After much deliberation by
the judges, Louise Harrington in Form 7.7 was declared the winner for her
delightful and festive depiction of the school crest and for cleverly re-designing
the camels into reindeers! Well done Louise.
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hank you to our runners-up for taking part.
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eep up to the minute with news from The
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ear 11 have been fundraising for the annual Bow Party which took place in
the School Canteen on Monday 17th December between 4-6pm. Last
Friday we were joined by a new teacher, Miss Ellis, who stood in as Head of
Year 11 for the day to raise money for this worthy cause.
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ach year we host Joseph Clarke School, a centre of excellence for visual
impairment in the South East of England. They offer education and support
for pupils with vision impairment and additional or complex needs.
Year 11 have been busy fundraising this term with
cake sales, torturing teachers by making them run
the Argyle Run, quizzes, karaoke and even dressing
up their Head of Year, Mr Ellis!! On Monday 17th
December the Dining Room was turned into Santa’s
Grotto and the children all received a special gift
from Santa and took part in games and dancing.
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t really brings the best out of our students here
at CCCS and is one of our many long-standing
traditions.
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n Wednesday 12th December Mrs Rosher held a Christmas themed Science
Club. Students used chromatography to make Christmas tree decorations,
making fake snow with sodium polyacrylate (the absorbent material inside
nappies), and had a lot of fun testing their snowman catapults!
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGES FROM OUR STAFF
F
estive greetings to all
Year 11 students who
have worked so tirelessly
for their mock exams so close
to the Christmas period. We
hope your hard work will have
paid off for Mock Results Day
on 14th January. HAPPY
CHRISTMAS from Mrs Titley,
Mrs Butler and Mrs Datta in
the Exams Office.
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hank you to everyone for
such a lovely welcome.
Happy Christmas from
Mrs Barron (our new Receptionist).
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W ishing everyone a
well earned rest,
with best wishes
from Mr Dennehy.
B
ah Humbug from
Mr Crouch!! #LAsB
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H
appy Christmas from Mrs Sadek,
Mrs Friensener and Mrs Mason in
the Finance Office.
W ishing everyone a
wonderful holiday,
from Mrs King and
Mrs Donnellan in the Sixth
Form.
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H
ope you all
enjoy a peaceful
break and a happy
h o l i d a y —
Miss Ellis, Mr Marshall,
Mrs Davies, Miss Brennan,
Mrs Marshall and Miss
James.
S
easons Greetings
from Mr Kiff,
Mr Narborough
and Mr Shaughnessey
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CHARITY NEWS
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n Friday 16th November we held our
annual Bring a Pound for Pudsey and
raised over £800 for Children in
Need. Thank you to all those who
contributed.
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ach year we host Joseph Clarke School, a
centre of excellence for visual
impairment in the South East of England.
They offer education and support for pupils
with vision impairment and additional or
complex needs.
Year 11 have been busy fundraising this term
with cake sales, torturing teachers by making
them run the Argyle Run, quizzes,
karaoke and even dressing up
their Head of Year, Mr Ellis!! On
Monday 17th December the
Dining Room was turned into
Santa’s Grotto and the children all
received a special gift from Santa
and took part in games and
dancing.
This event really brings out the
best in our students here at CCCS
and is one of our many long-
standing traditions.
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Non-Uniform : Friday 23rd November 2018
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n the true spirit of Love as Brethren, on Friday 23rd November we held a whole
school non-uniform day. On this day we encouraged students to wear light
blue, pink or yellow. Students contributed £2 to wear non-uniform and we
were overwhelmed as we raised an amazing £3,030. The money raised was
donated directly to Mid Essex Hospitals Trust and in particular to bereavement
support for the labour ward. This is an issue which has affected our whole school
community and is a charity we are very keen to support.
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n the last day of term, Wednesday, 19th December, we will be holding our
annual Christmas Jumper Day where there will be prizes for the best (most
unusual) jumpers. Once again, we ask students to contribute £2 for this
non-uniform day with all money going directly to school charities.
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ears 7, 8 and 9 have been filling Christmas care hampers with seasonal food
such as mince pies, Christmas puddings, biscuits, chocolates, preserves, tea,
coffee, tins of soup and other canned items for Grantees of The Coopers’
Company, who may be elderly, infirm, in need of financial assistance, or without
any family. Thank you so very much to all our parents who have been so generous.
Once filled, the boxes were decorated with wrapping paper, Christmas ribbons and
bows. Each form group wrote letters to the boxes’ recipients. Thank you to Mr
Bonnett and our Charity Reps for organising this annual project and a special
thank you to Mr Vickers in the Canteen for donating a special hamper from his
grandchildren. We sincerely hope that the Grantees enjoy their 44 hampers and
letters and that it makes their Christmas that much brighter!
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TERM AND HOLIDAY DATES FOR 2018-2019
First Day of Term for staff only Monday 3 September 2018
Y7 & Y12 only Tuesday 4 September 2018
Whole School Returns Wednesday 5 September 2018
AUTUMN TERM 2018
Half Term Monday 22 October 2018 – Friday 26 October 2018
Last Day of Term (school closing early) Wednesday 19 December 2018
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Thursday 20 December 2018 – Friday 4 January 2019
First Day of Term Monday 7 January 2019
SPRING TERM 2019 Half Term Monday 18 February 2019 – Friday 22 February 2019
Last Day of Term (school closing early) Friday 12 April 2019
EASTER HOLIDAYS Monday 15 April 2019 - Friday 26 April 2019
First Day of Term Monday 29 April 2019
SUMMER TERM 2019 Half Term Monday 27 May 2019 – Friday 31 May 2019
Last Day of Term (school closing early) Friday 19 July 2019
Monday 3 September 2018
Friday 19 October 2018
CPD dates Monday 22 July 2019
i.e. School Closures Tuesday 23 July 2019
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Tuesday 25 December 2018
Wednesday 26 December 2018
Tuesday 1 January 2019
Friday 19 April 2019
Bank Holidays Monday 22 April 2019
Monday 6 May 2019
Monday 27 May 2019
Newsletter compiled
Monday by Elisabeth
26 August 2019 Murphy and Janette Jensen—July 2018
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TERM AND HOLIDAY DATES FOR 2019-2020
First Day of Term for staff only Wednesday 4 September 2019
Y7 & Y12 only Thursday 5 September 2019
Whole School Returns Friday 6 September 2019
AUTUMN TERM 2019
Half Term Monday 21 October 2019 – Friday 25 October 2019
Last Day of Term (school closing early) Friday 20 December 2019
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Monday 23 December 2019 – Friday 3 January 2020
Monday 6 January 2020 (CPD Day – school closed to stu-
First Day of Term
dents)
SPRING TERM 2020 Half Term Monday 17 February 2020 – Friday 21 February 2020
Last Day of Term (school closing early) Friday 3 April 2020
EASTER HOLIDAYS Monday 6 April 2020 – Friday 17 April 2020
First Day of Term Monday 20 April 2020
SUMMER TERM 2020 Half Term Monday 25 May 2020 – Friday 29 May 2020
Last Day of Term (school closing early) Friday 17 July 2020
Wednesday 4 September 2019
Monday 6 January 2020
CPD dates
Monday 20 July 2020
i.e. School Closures
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Wednesday 25 December 2019
Thursday 26 December 2019
Wednesday 1 January 2020
Friday 10 April 2020
Bank Holidays
Monday 13 April 2020
Monday 4 May 2020
Monday 25 May 2020
Monday 31 August 2020
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