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SCHOOL NEWS
ST NICHOLAS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
12TH OCTOBER 2018 ISSUE 5—2018/19
YEAR 7 WELCOME MASS
Ever since our retreat at St Wilfrid’s Church last week, we have
been preparing for our Welcome Mass. Everyone has worked so
hard and so creatively to celebrate the start of a new
community and family here at St Nicholas’. Thank you to
everyone who supported the students and to all the families
who came along to share in our celebration. We have great
hopes for all the little seeds that will be sown, and birds of the
air that will take flight, in the year to come.
FOODBANK ‘FLASH’
More thanks to everyone who support our senior prefect
project to bring together donations for the Foodbank. As you
can see, the chapel was filled with bags and boxes of food and
toiletries which will support many people in this area. We have a
permanent collection point for the Foodbank by my office so if
you ever want to donate any items please send them in at any
Mairie Gelling, time.
School Chaplain
MEET THE HEADTEACHER EVENING
Many thanks to all the parents, carers and students who attended the
‘Meet the Headteacher’ event last Thursday. There were some excellent discussions and
questions on a whole range of topics including our 'Frog' VLE, homework, staffing,
student lockers and the curriculum. All the suggestions have been compiled to feedback
to the Senior Leadership Team and Subject Leaders in the coming weeks.
Our next Parent Focus Group is planned for Wednesday 24th November and will focus
on the topic of Student Reports - all are welcome!
STUDENT COUNCIL TRAINING DAY
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On Thursday 4 October, the 2018-2019 Student Council Reps attended a day’s training. Since the
introduction of the Student Council in 2016 we now have 55 Student Council members which is
excellent.
During the day the members took part in a number of activities, beginning with teambuilding activities.
They were given sellotape and newspapers and had to build a shelter for their team to survive in. They
then reflected on the skills they needed to work well as a team. The members then looked at a number
of leadership skills needed to be an effective Student Council member, such as organisation, building a
positive self-esteem and goal setting. The Student Council is chaired by our Senior Prefects and they also
delivered sessions during the day on the UK Youth Parliament, UN Global Goals and Representing
others. To end the day, the members reflected on last year’s action plan and set their agenda and goals
for the upcoming year.
The Student Council represent all students in school and they have achieved a number of things such as:
•Working closely with the School Chaplain to promote the Catholic Ethos of the School and attending
Mini-Dash
•Working with the UK Youth Parliament
•Visiting Westminster
•Taking part in the Make Your Mark vote
•Reviewing School Behaviour Policy
•Working with the PTFA
•Raising money and awareness for Fair-Trade
•Securing outdoor seating
•Recycling machines in the canteen which give prizes!
•Working with Young People all over the North West on the Northern Powerhouse.
•Meeting the local MP
•Delivering Assemblies
•SNAG Group- School Nutrition Group
•Delivering a presentation at a yearly Safeguarding Conference.
•Designing posters about Mental Health to go up in doctor’s waiting rooms
For more information about out Student Council please visit our School Website.
Mrs Pardoe and Miss Roberts (Link Teachers)
NOTICES TO PARENTS
The resources from the two information evenings held in school recently for Years 10 & 11 have now
been published on the website. They can be found on the Information page, under
Learning / The Curriculum / Key Stage 4.
Period: 1.10.2018—5.10.2018 Weekly attendance update
% Bernadette Camera John-Paul Kolbe Romero Teresa Vincent DePaul Ward Year Total
Year 7 100 97 99 99 99 99 96 99 98
Year 8 96 97 100 97 100 99 98 98
Year 9 99 97 98 98 94 99 98 98
Year 10 98 99 95 96 96 95 97 94 96
Year 11 96 99 97 93 99 97 91 98 96
Whole School 98 97 98 97 97 98 97 94 98
*Data includes 96% of students in each form.
“Everyone Matters, so Attendance Matters.”
Monday 15th October - Central Venue Football League Matches for U12, U14, U16 Girls @ Hartford 4G
Pitches 3.30pm - 5.00pm
Tuesday 16th October - Year 9 Girls Hockey v Weaverham (Away)
Wednesday 17th October - Mid Cheshire Cross Country Competition - All Years
ORDER OF RACES (times approx.)
4.10pm Inter Boys (Years 10 & 11) - 3 laps (5.5km)
4.15 pm Inter Girls (Years 10 &11) - 2 laps (4.0km)
4.30pm Junior Boys (Years 8 & 9) - 2 laps (4.0km)
4.40pm Junior Girls (Years 8 & 9) - 2 laps (3.6km)
4.50pm Minor Girls (Year 7) - 1 lap (2.04km)
4.55pm Minor Boys (Year 7) - 2 laps (3.6km)
Thursday 18th October - Year 8 & 9 Girls Hockey Festival at The Grange
Friday 19th October - Girls Football Practice & Run Club
Boys Football Results vs Winsford Academy Netball results vs cransley
& fixtures
Year 8 won 9-1 (Girl of the game—Flo Gilbert
Year 7 A won 5-0 Tuesday 16th October: Butler)
Year 8 & 10 away @
Year 7 B won 13-1 Year 9 won 18-5 (Girl of the game—Sophie
Knutsford
Morrin)
Year 8 won 4-2 Thursday 18th October:
Year 10 won 14-12 (girl of the game—Faye
Year 9 lost 5-1 Year 7, 9, 11 at home to nancarrow)
Knutsford
Sophie Morrin—The North West Regional Finals were on the 29th of September in
Liverpool. Sophie and her partner won in the Junior Girls section and thus qualify for the
National Finals (comprising of 14 teams from across the UK and Ireland) in Leeds next
month. They also won the regional event last year and went on to finish 4th overall in
nationals. We wish her the best of luck!
Cheshire Girls Football Selection Success:
U16- Grace Duckworth
U14-Sophie MorrinNEWS
Sadly we have not heard from any parents who might be interested in taking on the position of Chair.
For this reason, our next meeting taking place on Tuesday 6th November will be a standard PTFA
meeting and our January meeting will become the AGM. It is imperative that we find a dedicated
individual prepared to take on this role as a matter of urgency. Full details of the role are on the PTFA
section of the website. Please contact our current Chair, Kim Griffiths kim@copley.co.uk if you have
any queries. Meetings take place in school from 6.15 pm and last around an hour. We would be
delighted to welcome you!
Without a Chair the PTFA will be unable to continue to carry out its valuable
role for school. The Chair is also a Trustee of the registered charity.
We are excited to bring you the news that ALL STALLS for our fantastic Christmas Market are now
SOLD OUT!
Save the date: Thursday 22nd November from 5.30 pm until 8.00 pm.
We will be showcasing an eclectic mix of stalls that are sure to interest everyone attending, irrespective
of age. Add to that our fabulous food stalls – Chime with their delicious made-to-order wood fired
pizzas and Haloumi Fries adding a twist and some spice to food for our vegetarian and vegan guests
(although you can also try them out if you are not!). PTFA will be offering Tracey’s stunning, still warm,
home-baked mince pies (I can smell them already) and our famous mulled wine by the glass. Put the
date in your diary and plan to come along and enjoy this shopping – and eating – extravaganza. There
will be a nominal entrance charge of £1 per adult (no charge for children/students). It’s a great fun
evening for all the family.
We are counting down to the launch of our popular Christmas Raffle. For the second year
running we have been extremely fortunate to secure a Eurocamp family holiday as our
first prize. Our second prize will be a beautiful Christmas Hamper (complete with wicker
basket) and a magnum of Prosecco. Third prize is £50 cash. Tickets will be £1 each and
will be available to buy via Parentpay following the half term holiday.
We are loving our Year 7 parents! Thank you so much to another kind parent who emailed this week
in response to our request for Matched Funding. Fantastic timing with our Christmas Market and
Christmas Raffle coming up! We are so very appreciative of you, offers of help and, as you know,
Matched Funding can make such an enormous difference to our fundraising and therefore to how
much we can add to our childrens’ learning experience and environment. If YOU work for a company
that has a matched funding scheme and you can spare some time to get involved in a PTFA event,
please contact us. We will work with you to make the most of your generosity for whatever time you
can spare. Please contact kim@copley.co.uk if you can help.
Please sign up to our Facebook page where we can keep you fully informed on what’s going on with
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