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Newsletter 13 November — 17 November 2017

What’s On

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Dates for your Diary

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Madrid Trip

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Mini Plant Oxford

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Headteacher Surgery

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Winter Concert

Sixth Form and Sports Academy

Open Evening

You’re Hired

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Year 10 Rewards

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Year 10 Rewards cont.

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Children in need Charity walk

Library News

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Extra Curricular Timetable

Weekly Calendar

Monday 13th Nov National Anti-Bullying Week (All Week)

Year 12—Safe Drive, Stay Alive—12.15pm—3.15pm

Tuesday 14th Nov Year 12 & 13 –Chemistry in Action Trip

Wednesday 15th Nov Year 12 & 13 Volunteer reading help at Wessex School

Thursday 16th Nov Sixth Form Open Evening 6.30pm— 8.00pm

Year 12 & 13 –Biology in Action Trip

Friday 17th Nov No Events

Committed to Achievement

Year 10 GCSE ART

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Dates for your Diary

Monday 20 November Year 7 Parents Evening

Thursday 23 November Winter Concert

Friday 24 November Year 11—You're Hired

Monday 27 November—Friday 1 December Jamie’s Farm Trip

Thursday 30 November

Year 13—You’re Hired

STEM Café—5pm-6pm

6th Form—Student Finance Parent Talk-6pm-7pm

Friday 1 to Wednesday 15 December Mock Exam Period

Monday 4 December Year 9-13—Music Trip—Mencap Carol Concert

Headteacher’s Surgery (by appointment)

Friday 8 December Music Trip—NIRAS Carol Concert

Tuesday 12 December Music Trip—Lunchtime Carol Concert

Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 December School Musical—7pm to 10pm

Monday 18 December White Waltham Carol Concert—7pm to 9pm

Wednesday 20 December Year 11– Sixth Form Taster Day

Thursday 21 December Non Uniform, Christmas Jumper Day £1 donation

End of Term 2—School closes at 12.40pm

Friday 22 December—Tuesday 2 January Christmas Holiday

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Madrid Trip

Thirty three students travelled to Madrid for a five day training experience with the Real Madrid

Academy coaching staff and played a series of games against Spanish sides.

The matches were streamed live so parents got an opportunity to follow the games and the teachers did

a great job keeping Twitter updated with photos and information.

The highlights of the trip were undoubtedly meeting football legend Xabi Alonso, watching Real Madrid

Vs Eibar play in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and defeating the Spanish teams in each match! The

students were impeccably behaved and did a great job of representing the school.

We have had an overwhelming response from parents thanking us the fantastic experience the trip gave

our students which has been much appreciated. Thanks must go to Mr Gullick, Miss Stevenson, Mr

Shields and Miss Fryors for giving up their time and working with the teams on such an amazing trip.

Thanks also to Analytica Resources who sponsored the kit.

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Work Experience—’Girls go Technical’ with BMW-Mini, Oxford

Abbie Jones, year 11, attended a work experience at Mini plant Oxford during the first four days of half

term. Congratulations to Abbie for applying and obtaining a place, the application to attend involved a

three hour online test, CV, and form filling.

As part of a 'Girls Go Technical' programme at Oxford's Mini Plant, BMW bosses are stepping up a gear to

encourage more young girls and women to take up careers in the field. 29 'girls' aged between 15 and 24

took part in a week's work experience across BMW's plants in Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall, in

Warwickshire.

The group of girls from colleges and schools were taken on factory tours and learned about the

manufacturing processes at each plant before experiencing the day-to-day challenges encountered by

engineers and technical apprentices.

Practical sessions were held in the Mini Academy as well as workshops to perfect interview and job

application skills. Most of the students were from nearby counties or Oxfordshire, but one girl had

travelled from as far as Holland to take part in the week's programme.

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT WINTER CONCERT REPLY SLIP

On Thursday 23rd November the Music Department is presenting a ‘Winter Concert’ at

7pm in the Theatre. The groups participating include the Junior Jazz Orchestra, Jazz

Orchestra, Concert Band, Junior Band, Chamber Choir, Choir and various soloists.

There will certainly be something for everyone whatever your musical taste.

Ticket donations are £6.50 for adults and £4.00 for concessions. Please return the reply

slip below to the Music Department indicating your ticket requirements.

PLEASE RETURN TO MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Student Name: ……………………………………….…………..…………………..……….. Form: …………….……………

I require ……………...…. adult tickets and ……….……… concession tickets

I enclose £………..…..… (cash/cheque made payable to Cox Green School, with student’s name, form

and Winter Concert written on reverse)

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Year 10 Rewards

At the end of Term 1, Year 10 students received departmental awards for achievement and effort in

lessons during the term. Well done to all of them.

Art

Lucy Luchello and Erin Bagshaw

Computing

Charlotte Goodman, Tom Knight, Baily Dance

English

Saffron Latimer

Food and Nutrition

Molly Howe and Daisy Gozalvez

French

Lydia Akkache, Amy Richards,

Hayden Netherwood Meeks

Maths

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Year 10 Rewards cont.

Media

Annabel Shrimpton and George Barney

Psychology

Lucy Langdale, Emma Bourner and Charlie Kingston

Technology

Connor Leech and Rafaela Balan

Spanish

Sean Carter and Daneev Sahota

Science

Rowan Smith and Hollie Gill

Mr Foster

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Term Time—Library Opening Times

Library News

The nights are getting longer so why not curl up in front of the fire with a good book. Come and browse

through our selection of brand new books or find a classic one to enjoy.

How about making some handmade Christmas presents this year? Start planning well in advance and

come and look through our selection of Christmas Craft books for inspiration and get those knitting nee-

dles, sewing machines, glue and glitter out and start creating.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8.30am to 3.30pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 7pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 5pm 10am to 1.30pm 11am to 2pm

Children in need Charity Walk

On 7th October, I once again decided to dig out my fancy dress and complete another charity walk for

Children in Need. This year, my university friends proposed the 18 mile walk along the canals from

Edgbaston to Bromsgrove dressed as bears – a challenge I was willing to accept. On the day, the weather

held out for us, which meant we could take in the numerous sites along the way. Unfortunately, even

though we made it to Bromsgrove, we did not make it to our intended final destination because it

became too dark to continue safely. Fortunately, inaccurate route calculations prior to the event meant

we actually completed 22-miles instead of the intended 18. This was an even greater achievement and

made the 44,880 steps well worth it!

By Ms Winchcombe

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