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Issue 10 - 20 November 2019 News & Views

INAUGURAL CAREERS FAIR IS A HUGE SUCCESS On Tuesday 12 November Collingwood hosted its first whole College Careers Fair. The event was a huge success, with over 44 organisations attending. Drawn from local companies, universities, our parent body, alumnae and friends and family of our teachers. Students were lucky enough to be given information from a wide range of careers areas, including Engineering; Finance; Beauty; Hospitality; and Health Services. The fair also aimed to educate students on different paths that they can take, including apprenticeships and Higher Education. All students engaged with the event, from Year 7 to Year 13.

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TALENTED STUDENTS PERFORM AT AUTUMN CONCERT On Wednesday 13 November at 7.00pm performers were supported by family, friends and staff in their showcase of musical talent which included performances in a variety of styles from Popular to Classical!

The Year 9 Arts Award students reviewed the concert and here are some of their comments: “The Autumn Concert was full of solos and ensembles, singing and instrumental pieces. From the orchestra to the choir every performance was mesmerising!” Jonah and Arnav “The concert was loud, cool, amazing, mind-blowing, fun, thrilling, astonishing and diverse.” Tiggy and Emma CONTINUED ON PAGE 4


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Thursday 21 November: Year 13 Parents’ Evening, 4.30pm until 7.00pm, Sixth Form Centre Monday 2 December: INSET Day Wednesday 4 December: Years 7 and 10 Reports to Parents Thursday 5 December: Year 10 Parents’ Evening, 4.15pm until 7.30pm, Sixth Form Centre Friday 6 December: Sixth Form Application Deadline, Candlelight Soiree, 7.00pm until 9.30pm,

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Autumn Concert Thanks to Miss Pugh for organising a really excellent evening of music last Wednesday evening. There were over 30 student performers supported by a good number of parents and staff. We were entertained with a wide variety of musical numbers played/sung by students from every year group. Every performance had something to commend it with some truly memorable numbers which really showcased the talent at Collingwood.

2015 Learning Partnership Curriculum Review As you will know Collingwood is an active member of a collaborative partnership with four local secondary schools known collectively as the 2015 Learning Partnership. The four partnership schools are The Bishop David Brown School in Woking, The Magna Carta School in Staines, Kings International College in Camberley and The Winston Churchill School in Woking. The primary aim of the partnership is raising standards across the schools, through improving teaching and learning. The partnership’s activities include peer review, staff development, departmental support and increased student opportunities. Unlike Multi-Academy Trusts there is no Chief Executive or Trust staffing and all work is done by giving up time to support the LP’s work without any financial commitment.

Yesterday we had a Curriculum Review at Collingwood focussing on English, Maths, Science and Geography. Six senior colleagues from the four schools, led by one of the Head Teachers, spent the whole day speaking to Heads of Department, staff and students as well as observing lessons and looking at students’ work. At the end of the day SLT received very comprehensive verbal feedback on their findings. The review team were hugely positive regarding our curriculum planning, our aspirational students, our consistently strong teaching teams and our ‘fantastic departmental leaders’. They have confirmed the strength and depth of our work, whilst providing a small number of ‘Even Better Ifs’ to focus on in the future.

I am obviously very pleased with this external validation of our work, especially as it is given by working practitioners from schools in similar contexts. It also highlights a very small number of areas for us to focus our attention on in the future although, reassuringly, there were no surprises in their findings, and the majority of actions are already in our development plans.

I thought parents and carers would like to know the excellent outcome of this review.

Science staffing I reproduce below my recent letter to parents regarding Science staffing in case anyone has missed it.

I want to take the opportunity to inform you of the measures we are taking to address the challenging staffing situation we have been facing in Science due to the unavoidable long-term sickness of two of our teaching colleagues.

As a College we are doing everything in our power to minimise the impact this is having on the education of our students. Whilst we understand that this is frustrating for all, in situations such as this the College will prioritise examination groups.

Short term measures already implemented include reorganisation of the Science timetable to give as many groups as possible teaching from science teachers for at least some of their lessons. We have also engaged Science specialist supply staff and are also hoping to find a suitable candidate to fill the Science post we are currently advertising.

Delivering quality education for your children is, as always, our aim here at Collingwood, and I can only try to reassure you that we are doing our best to achieve this in a very challenging situation.

Mr Tanner - Principal

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We truly believe that students should be given a wealth of opportunity to participate in career led events and as a school this is something we are working towards developing more in the future. Students and parents were able to attend two workshops, one from Oxbridge and the other from HEON. Both workshops gave an insight into Further and Higher Education, Apprenticeship opportunities, student life and finance. We would like to thank everyone who attended and gave their time to inform our students of opportunities

available to them and for making it a very memorable day. We received some lovely comments from our visitors and exhibitors: “On behalf of Pearson College London, I would like to thank you for such a wonderful careers fair yesterday. Students were polite and friendly, Staff were approachable and resourceful, refreshments and food throughout the day were great. Overall it was a pleasure to work with Collingwood College yesterday.” Dominik - Pearson College, London

“The atmosphere in the room was fantastic, with so many students interacting with some great local employers. It was particularly striking to see the Year 9s getting so involved, a really good sign for Collingwood’s careers provision moving forward.” Adam Watts - Enterprise Co-ordinator for Spelthorne, Surrey Heath and Woking

“I just wanted to thank you for the invite and I was glad I was able to attend. It was great to see so many companies and organisations there, it all seemed very vibrant and all the students seemed to be engaged.” Mr Garrett - College Governor

“The Careers Fair allowed me to consider a variety of possible careers for the future, but at the same time it provided many prospects for the shorter term, through the presence of many university representatives. The Careers Fair allowed me to explore alternatives like Apprenticeships either at Higher or Degree level. It provided me with a clearer image as to what I would like to do as a career and what path, University or Apprenticeship I would like to take, as well as the grades I will need and the skills involved in the different possible careers.” Emily Georgiadis & Emily Clelland - Yr 12

“The Careers Fair was very helpful and gave me a better Idea of what job I'm looking for.” Tia James - Yr 8

“It was great and interactive. It really helped me realise how many interesting jobs there are.” Liam Camden - Yr 8

"I found the careers fair very beneficial. There was an excellent variety of companies to speak to and they provided great advice and answered any questions I had. Thank you to everyone who put it together." Rachel Brickhill - Yr 8

"We were able to learn more about careers and how to get into them." Charlotte Collins & Chloe Terrett – Yr 11

"I thought it was good, useful and benefitted me largely." Mia Radburn – Yr 11

Please click on this link to participate in a parents’ evaluation of the Careers Fair: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2-LJJfgXiUyBAjIglUNbts-bMIiQ_K1Pidr7GqUhkHhUOVkyUkJOV0FITlQyMDE2QjJVU1FUOFNHNi4u

A full list of the organisations that attended our Careers Fair can be found on the next page.

Mrs Clelland - Careers Co-ordinator

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“The performances fascinated the audience and the performers showed talent and charisma.” Breanna and Scarlett “Watching other students play really hard pieces of music at the concert was stunning!” Kaylan and Lenny “The Autumn Concert was an amazing experience that showed us how good and talented Collingwood musicians really are. Playing in the concert was an experience we’ll never forget.” Ollie and Alex

Miss Pugh - Head of Music Department

Academy of Contemporary Music Omni Academy of Beauty & Aesthetics

Activate Learning - Surrey Colleges (Guildford, Merrist Wood, Farnham)

On The Road Car Care

Alexander Dennis Ltd Oxford Brookes University

Alina Homecare Pearson College London

Army - Grenadier Guards Regimental Support Team

Pennyhill Park Hotel

BAE Systems Submarines Pfizer

British Airways Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care

Camberley & District Job Club projectfive

Chartered Institute of Taxation Pulse Premier Football

Childbase Partnership RAF

Collingwood College - Get into Teaching Regeneron UK Ltd

Collingwood 6th Form Royal Holloway

Farnborough College of Technology Siemens plc

Fashion Retail Academy Solent University

FE fundinfo Sport4Kids

Fledglink Surrey Heath Borough Council

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Surrey Police

GSK telent Technology Services Ltd

HEON The Pirbright Institute

Hewlett Packard Enterprise The University of Law

ICAEW U-Explore Limited

InvestIN Education University of Southampton

National Citizen Service

The Modern Foreign Languages Department is looking for French, Spanish and Italian native speakers to help our students develop their speaking skills. If you are interested in helping our students and can spare a few hours

every week or every other week please get in touch, it will be greatly appreciated. The Department is also looking for members of the local community who use a foreign language in their current job and would be willing to come and talk to our students about the importance of learning a foreign language. Please contact Ms Bauduin [email protected].

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN THE MFL DEPT

Ms Bauduin - Head of MFL Department

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On Thursday 7 November the under 13 girls rugby team went to play at the Quins Festival at Staines RFC. They won all their matches. Despite some of the opposition being much bigger than Collingwood, our Year 7 players made amazing tackles and the Year 8s completed some excellent running lines to win all their matches in the main 10s tournament. The 7s tournament was more challenging with the space that is provided for the ability to attack our space. The girls were very lucky to meet Harlequins players who play for Fiji and the USA and have just returned from the world cup competition in Japan. We now have some excellent areas to work on, on a Wednesday after College. Well done everyone!!

Autumn Hedley 8C Laura Conibear 8E Florence Emerson 8E Lucy Houghton 8E Charlotte Gallimore 8D Maggie Briggs 7G Katie Jeffreys 7F Leah Lloyd 7F Ella Sanwalka 7F Immy Hollis 7F Emily Simmons 7D Amelia Fisher 7D Connie Currie-Rogers 8A Sky Booth-Down 8E Zara Clark 7H Charlie Scotten 7H Evangeline Hill 7H Elin Hughes 7I

YEARS 7 AND 8 GIRLS COMPETE AT QUINS RUGBY FESTIVAL

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On Saturday 27 October a group of Years 10, 11 and 12 students headed to Heathrow Airport to start a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the West Coast of America. When we arrived at the hostel in San Francisco we were wowed by a stunning view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Following our ten hour flight we were all a bit tired, but still very excited to walk through the streets of the city and enjoy our first of many burgers at Applebee’s. On our first morning in San Francisco we ventured to Alcatraz prison. This was an interesting and eerie experience. There were so many cells and it was fascinating to hear about all the escape stories. After Alcatraz we took a private coach tour of the city. This included stopping at the Golden Gate Bridge, several viewpoints and Lombard Street, which is the most crooked street in the world. This was incredible and there were so many brilliant photo opportunities! After a jam-packed day we were able to enjoy some shopping and seal spotting on Pier 39, and then a delicious dinner at The Hard Rock Café.

The next day entailed a slight change in itinerary due to forest fires at Muir Woods. Instead, our very kind coach driver Richard agreed to take us to Yosemite National Park. The natural beauty was absolutely stunning! After a quick stop for lunch, we continued on our way to Bakersfield. Here, we got to eat at Jon’s Incredible Pizza, which truly was incredible. We could eat as much pizza and pasta as we wanted to, and once we had finished we got to enjoy time in the arcade; where we went on rides, played crazy golf and got a go on the bumper cars.

On the third day we began our journey to Death Valley. This was very exciting as we all got to play in the desert whilst being surrounded by such a beautiful landscape. The sky was perfectly clear and the sun was shining – it was gorgeous. We then continued to our next stop which was a very different location – Vegas! After dropping our suitcases off at the motel we got the monorail into the centre of Vegas. No one could take their eyes off the glittering lights and fantastic architecture. Our stop for dinner, The Hard Rock Café, meant some people were on their third burger of the week. After this, we got the opportunity to walk down The Strip as this led us back to where we were staying. The city was mesmerising to walk through, as one minute you were at the Eiffel Tower, and the next you were at the Egyptian Pyramids. We were super excited to get the chance to go on The Big Apple roller coaster. We got some brilliant panoramic views of Vegas from the top – if you were able to keep your eyes open!

STUDENTS TAKE IN THE SIGHTS OF WEST COAST USA

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STUDENTS TAKE IN THE SIGHTS OF WEST COAST USA

The following day, we headed to The Grand Canyon. This was insanely spectacular! When we finally arrived, we couldn’t help but stare as it was the most amazing natural beauty we had ever seen. We walked around some of the perimeter and were fascinated by all the different colours of the rock and how vast the area was. After a long walk we went back to the cabin and got to look in the gift shop and had a delicious hot chocolate. We then headed to our next hotel, which was decorated with strings of fairy lights all around the bar and the

jacuzzi. We then trekked through the cold and into Wendy’s. We passed people dressed up holding buckets of sweets standing around fires as it was Halloween. We were also greeted by Wendy herself and Deadpool. After a filling meal we headed back to the hotel for a long night’s sleep. The next morning, we hopped back on the coach and headed back to Sin City for a day of shopping. We spent hours walking around all the shops and spending the rest of our money. After shopping we sadly headed to the airport to wait for our flight home. This trip was amazing and we enjoyed every second of it. We would definitely recommend to other years. We would also like to say thank you to Mr and Mrs Magness, Mrs Edwards and Mrs Everson for making this trip possible and for looking after us, and tolerating us in the mornings even though we were slightly moody. Thank you so much! We have made so many wonderful memories!

Emma Stanton and Elizabeth Walker (11C)

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THREE COLLINGWOOD STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR INTERNATIONAL GOLFING COMPETITION

Max Reid (8H), Ralph Coates (8K) and Sam Dobres (11E), along with the other team members from the Windlesham Junior Boys Golfing Academy, have qualified for The Junior Team Home International Finals in Morgado, Portugal this coming February. They have come through from a field of over 1000 English Clubs and will be one of two English Clubs competing against sides from the other Home Countries in Portugal. They are by far the youngest team to qualify so a fantastic achievement for them as individuals and as a club team. The competition is being covered by Sky Sports and will air around March time - we will keep you posted with the details nearer the time. Many congratulations boys!!

Mrs Puri's second Year 7 Science class were recently set a homework to create a model of either an animal or plant cell. Congratulations to Alfie Bond, Heidi Paton, Jasmine Lampard and Hollie Stuart who won an award for best scientific models. All students made unique detailed models with a great deal of creativity. Thank you to parents for their support and encouragement in this project.

Mrs Puri - Science Department

YEAR 7 STUDENTS CREATE CELL MODELS - TAKE TWO

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LIBRARY NEWS ... New Books Four different writing styles: ‘Booked’ by Alexender Kwame will get you

reading at a fast pace - you won’t be able to put this down!

‘The Perfect Child’ by Lucinda Berry, a Year 10 and above book only - the suspense will keep you enrapt!

‘Running on the Roof of the World’ by Jess Butterworth: a story of survival, adventure and hope, set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet and India

‘Stargazing for Beginners’ by Jenny McLachlan: ‘Big thoughts, big dreams and bigger laughs - Jenny McLachlan is the new star of feel good fiction’

Writer of the Month Malorie Blackman is our writer of the month. Last week we spoke about her incredible career and about her OBE. Read one of her books and earn 3 Praise Points on receipt of a review of the book. You will find her books on our ‘Author of the Month Display’.

This Week’s Recommended Reads The festive season is on it’s way and there is nothing better than homemade presents. Here are a few of our books that are packed with homemade gifts ideas! You will find crafts books under the reference: 745.59 in the non-fiction section

Reading Fact File Reading aloud together as a family is great! Reading aloud to each other even when your child starts his/her teenage years is a lovely (and cheap) hobby. It creates great quality family time. You will enjoy reading to your child and they enjoy reading to you. And you will soon find yourself debating about what you read in no time at all… We are never too old to be read to! Reading Club Last week students chose a book for someone else according to what they liked and disliked. We will let you know next week how this challenge went! Overdue Books/DVDs Any parents who have received letters or telephone calls about overdue books or DVDs, please return the items to either the Library or any one of the reception areas (marked for the attention of Ms S Blay) as soon as possible. If there is an issue with returning these items please contact me between 12.00pm and 4.00pm Monday to Friday on 01276 457600 extension 427 to discuss.

Mrs Teissonniere and Ms Blay - Library Co-Managers

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