To say

The first half of Summer Term feels so

short because of three 4 day weeks,

but it is with pride that I note how

maturely the majority of Year 11 have

approached their remaining lessons in

order to prepare so sensibly for their

GCSEs. I really do hope such focus and

determination are justly rewarded with

August Success.

Since Year 7, I have reiterated how we

want CHSL students to make their

dreams come true – and it is at this

time of year that their understanding of

their role in making responsible choices

about their attendance, learning and

revision becomes clear as most grasp

that these GCSEs are a key to unlock

their futures. I thus thank mums and

dads – and grandparents – who are

helping to reinforce that message and

thereby prepare their sons, daughters

and grandchildren for their potential,

exciting post-16 pathways.

As GCSEs become imminent,

preparations for Year 6 transition also

accelerate and it was a pleasure

recently to welcome many new

families to the Academy in our 6th year

of being over-subscribed. Such

popularity is undoubtedly aligned to

our curriculum offer, so I was proud

to receive, on behalf of the

Academy at the beginning of term,

a letter from the Rt. Hon. Nick Gibb

MP, Minister of State for School

Standards in which he congratulated

us for our high EBacc and MFL

entries, which we have delivered

whilst safeguarding Art,

Photography, Music, Design and

Technology, alongside a variety of

enrichment opportunities.

Year 11 are ready to leave and build

their futures on these firm

foundations; Year 6 parents/carers

can be reassured that the school to

which they have entrusted their

child’s secondary education

continues to offer a curriculum that

should enhance future life chances.

Even in times of political and

economic uncertainty, there are

college and university places,

apprenticeships and jobs for the right

people, who have the right attitude,

who present themselves well and

who meet their targets, evidencing

“stickability”. The majority of County

High School students are those

people.

Principal

Miss J Brandreth MBA BA Hons NPQH

NEWSLETTER APRIL & MAY 2019

SCHOOL COUNCIL

200 MILLION MINUTES

SWIMMING FOR CHARITY

Members of the School Council

have been busy over recent weeks,

discussing a variety of topics,

important to the school community.

Through a series of discussions with

students in their year groups, School

Council representatives have

covered issues such as mental

health and well-being, enrichment

opportunities and personal safety.

I was delighted that, as a result of

their interest and commitment

shown in these areas, Liam Foster, Harry Snasdell, Tom Stepien and

Hollie Tickle, members of the School

Council, were invited to attend a

Safety Workshop at Safety Central,

operated by Cheshire Fire Service. I

am confident that they will continue

to be excellent ambassadors for the

school community, and share their

impactful experiences.

Mrs A. Hunt

Education for Life

CHSL Year 7 and Year 8 students

took part in the nationwide '200

Million Minutes Reading Challenge'

which commenced on World Book

Day on 7th March.

Students were asked to record

the number of minutes they read at

home and teachers recorded the

minutes read at school during

lessons, registration DEAR sessions

and Library lessons.

Congratulations to Year

7 Hatchmere and Year 8 Hudson

who were the highest reading forms

in their year group. They received a

'200 Million Minutes Reading

Challenge' certificate and a box of

biscuits.

Collectively CHSL students

managed to read a staggering

108,521 minutes before the half term

break. Thank you to parents/carers

for supporting the challenge and

encouraging students to read at

home.

Mrs J. Allen

Librarian

Adam Elton, 7H, has been presented

with a certificate and medal,

honouring a gruelling task that he

completed in October, November

and December last year. Over the

course of this time, Adam swam the

equivalent of the Channel (a grand

total of 22 miles) and raised money

for the charity Spinal Injuries

Association in the process. We are

very proud of Adam and his efforts.

Mrs A. Blackburn

Learning Leader: Year 7

GOLDEN MILE

YEAR 7 MID-CHESHIRE NETBALL

YEAR 8 MID-CHESHIRE NETBALL

The Year 8 netball team won the

Mid Cheshire league 2018/19

The girls were excellent in the

league this year winning against

all the local schools

Well done girls!

Mrs H. Marklove

PESSCo

Top 3 from Years 1 & 2

1. Thomas Kinder

2. Cian Nancollis

3. Joseph Wilshaw

Top 3 from Years 3 & 4

1. George Grattage

2. Harry Stimson

3. Stanley Scott

Top 3 from Years 5 & 6

1. Theo Waddell

2. Ethan Jackson

3. William Wallis-Hedges

Congratulations to the Year 7

netball team who won the Mid

Cheshire Netball Tournament

on the 26th March 2019.

The final was between CHSL

and The Grange, whom we

beat 6-1.

Mrs D. Jordan-Frere

Teacher of PE

On Monday 18th March, after

a lot of rain the week before,

the conditions were soft to

muddy for the Year 1-6 Golden

mile.

Pupils from Antrobus,

Comberbach, Leftwich,

Davenham, Moulton and

Kingsmead arrived to do the

run.

The Year 8 sports leaders were

fantastic marshalling and

running with the primary pupils.

Well done to the winners.

Mrs H. Marklove

PESSCo

CHESHIRE SCOUT HIKE

QUICKSTEPS DANCE

LIBRARY EASTER DRAW

Over the weekend of the 13th

and 14th April, over 500 Scouts

competed in the Cheshire Scout

Hike, including seven Year 7

students from The County High

School.

Spring was in the air in the Library

during Easter week, with lots of

spring and Easter activities. Students

took part in an Easter Treasure Hunt

to identify the Dewey decimal code

numbers of two books which

contain golden eggs.

Congratulations to Taku Smith 70

and Rachel Dodd 9C who located

the hidden eggs and won

chocolate bunnies. The Library

Easter Draw was won by a Year 7

student, who won an Easter egg

whilst Year 9 student, Annabel

Healey, won a chocolate bunny.

Mrs J. Allen

Librarian

Frank Burgess, Marcel Cress, Max

Finney, James Hoey, Thomas

Houghton-Eccles, Oli Ledger and

Freddie Medland completed the

gruelling 32km hike, where they

had to carry 10kg in their

rucksacks which contained their

tents and cookers to survive the

weekend.

The boys had to map out their

routes and complete physical

and mental challenges to score

points along their way.

Max and Thomas also won the

Junior District Trophy for the best

time and highest score.

Well done boys; an amazing

achievement!

Congratulations to Chelsea

Crouch in Year 8 who has

achieved bronze in her Freestyle

exam, which she choreographed

herself, with Quicksteps dance.

INTER FORM

ACCELERATED READER

Congratulations to 8 MacArthur

who are the Year 8 netball inter

form winners for 2019.

Year 8 Inter Form

Cross Country 1st

Natalie Wilson Jack Ryder

2nd

Izzy Whittle Oli Washington

3rd

Daisy Buckley James Dixon

Year 7 Inter Form

Cross Country 1st

Natalia Doe Aaron Leather-Smith

2nd

Cara Batty

3rd

Anniska O’Hara

James Slack

Year 9 Inter Form

Cross Country 1st

Alisha Archer Ewan McGeady

2nd

Tilly Gibbs Sam Doe

3rd

Emily Peacock Isaac Wheater & Ben Latham

Each term, the total word count for

each form is calculated using

Accelerated Reader.

Congratulations to 7P, 8L and 9W for

winning the highest word counts

in the Spring term:-

7 Pickmere – 4,958,032 words

8 Livingstone – 4,454,569 words

9 Westwood – 2,649,882 words

Well done to the winning forms who

received a trophy, a certificate and

a tub of sweets.

Mrs J. Allen

Librarian

SKI TRIP TO AUSTRIA The County High School Ski trip

departed to Austria at Easter this

year taking 40 Year 9 students.

The group travelled to a deserted

Dover to catch the ferry and

travelled over night to arrive in a

glorious sunny Austria.

Everyone was excited for the first

day of skiing.

The groups travelled up the chair lift

with their skis and were split into

their groups. They made their way

to the nursery slope to develop their

new skiing skills.

The advanced group had a great

week exploring the inter-linking

resorts, while the beginners

developed, starting off down the

blue slopes and ascending in the

gondolas.

Everyone grew in confidence; snow

ploughs became more parallel

turns and blue runs became red.

Some excellent attitudes to keep

trying to improve on the slopes all

paid off as the groups made their

way to the Doughnut restaurant -

the best on the mountain.

Evening entertainment consisted of

fun snow games, quiz, bingo, trip to

Salzburg, Presentation evening, and

a pizza night!

Many thanks to the staff who gave

up their holiday to join me skiing on

the mountain: Mr Warburton, Mr

Turner, Mrs Wood and Mr Cripps.

Looking forward to 2021!

Mrs H. Marklove

PESSCo (and Ski Trip Organiser)

UDANCE

A DAY AT CYGNET

On the 5th April 2019 students from

the 'movetotheleft' dance

company were asked to perform

their piece 'Born into Fear' at the

North West's most prestigious Dance

Event - U Dance. The event took

place over a weekend at The Lowry

Theatre in Manchester and was a

showcase of talent and thought

provoking dance pieces from

independent Dance

schools, Dance in the Secondary

Education sector all the way

through to University level.

The piece was about where the

notion of fear might come from

and was performed by ten Year 9

and 10 students.

The piece can be found on

youtube, following this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=JcZ2OpjQLeM

Mrs K. Berry

Teacher of PE

On May 15th, 15 Year 10 students

went on a workplace visit to a local

engineering firm, Cygnet. There

they learnt that a local company,

Cygnet, is a world leader in

the manufacturing of carbon fibre.

A tour of their facilities enabled

students to see a robot being

programmed by a software engineer

and they could speak to staff about

their different international projects.

The students were then able to meet

some of the recent apprentices and

learn how there are many routes into

Engineering, both straight from High

School, 6th Form or after

University. Finally students worked in

groups to construct a safety

value designed to work with pipes

on the bottom of the ocean.

A big thank you to Cygnet for the

experience. The company has

inspired several of the students to look

further into engineering careers, with

one insisting he has found his future

work place!

Mr M. Kinder

Learning Leader: Careers

HISTORY TRIP TO BERLIN

At the start of the Spring holidays, 39

History students and four staff flew to

Berlin to take in the sights and sounds

and deepen their historical

understanding. The packed itinerary

took in a host of sites associated with

the Paper 1 GCSE topics of Germany

1945 -1980 and the Cold War.

The first full day started with a brisk

walk under crisp blue skies past the

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of

Europe en route to the Topography

of Terror installation that outlines the

systems of control and persecution of

the Nazi regime. A short walk later

and the students took in the

Checkpoint Charlie Museum which

tells the story of many daring

escapes across the Berlin Wall. The

more adventurous of the group

resisted the temptations of

McDonalds and tucked into a

signature dish of Germany: the

Currywurst, which was conceived in

the ruins of post war Berlin by

combining German sausages with

British army ration curry powder! The

afternoon saw the group travel deep

into the former East of the city to

have a guided tour of the former

Stasi Prison to learn about the

mechanisms of control under

Communist rule after the Second

World War. The day finished with a

night time visit to the dome of the

German parliament building: the

Reichstag and obligatory group

photos under the Brandenburg Gate.

On day two the students jumped on

board the coach to visit the Olympic

Stadium: the centre piece of the

1938 Olympics and a scene of the

2006 FIFA World Cup. The coach

then drove 20 miles north of Berlin to

the quiet suburb of Oranienburg

where the Nazis established one of

the earliest concentration camps

named Sachsenhausen in 1936. This

moving experience gave the

students an incomparable insight

into the horrors of the Holocaust.

Late afternoon saw visits to the

official Berlin Wall Memorial before

an evening meal at an American

style diner with the added novelty of

a huge aquarium overlooking the

dining area. The day finished with a

visit to the TV Tower – Berlin’s highest

landmark, providing night-time views

for miles around.

The final morning gave the students

plenty of practice navigating the

Berlin transport system as a guided

walking tour of the city saw the

group take in a variety of important

landmarks such as the East Side

Gallery and the Kaiser Wilhelm’s

Church. The insights provided by the

knowledgeable German guides

made this all the more rewarding.

There was even time for some all-

important souvenir shopping and

trips to the famous chocolate shop

Fassbender and Rausch for a lucky

few.

Mr A. Oldham

Learning Leader: History

MAY THE FOURTH

BARCLAYS APPRENTICESHIP

DATES FOR THE DIARY

May the Fourth (Star Wars Day)

was celebrated early on 3rd May

in CHSL with the Library running

many Star Wars activities, a prize

draw and lots of Star Wars books

available to borrow.

Congratulations to Ben Wilkinson

7T, Luke Matzen 8L, Oliver Power

9H and Gwilym Morgan 9C who

were drawn out of the hat and

won fabulous Star Wars mugs.

Mrs J. Allen

Librarian

27th – 31st May 2019 Half Term

3rd June 2019 Return to School

13th June 2019 Year 6 Biometrics Drop In 4pm – 6.30pm

14th June 2019 Year 11 Celebration Day

20th June 2019 Year 6 Transition Evening

27th June 2019 Year 11 Prom

1st – 3rd July 2019 Year 6 Transition Visit

5th – 7th July 2019 Year 7 trip to Boreatton Park

10th July 2019 Year 10 Parents Evening

12th July 2019 Summer Music Concert

16th July 2019 Year 7 Commendation Day

19th July 2019 Last Day of Summer Term

22nd July – 30th August 2019 Summer Holidays

22nd August 2019 GCSE Exam Results Day

2nd September 2019 Inset Day

3rd September 2019 Year 7 and Form Prefects return to school

4th September 2019 All Students return to school

In May, Lauren Jackson, a former

student of The County High

School Class of 2016, along with

a colleague, came to speak to

Year 10 about Apprenticeships

and her career path.

After attending Sir John Deane’s,

Lauren decided not to go on to

University, instead applying for

and being accepted on to the

prestigious Barclay

Apprenticeship programme.

Lauren and her colleague spoke

about the advantages and

disadvantages of

Apprenticeships, how

apprenticeships have expanded

into all industry sectors, including

Software Engineering and Cyber

Security.

Year 10 felt more informed and

inspired, with many wanting

to look further into

apprenticeships. There will be

more information on all the Post

16 options for parents at

Information Evening in

September.

Mr M. Kinder

Learning Leader: Careers

School Opens School Closes

AUTUMN TERM

2019

1) Tue 3rd September 2) Wed 4th September Monday 4th November

Thursday 24th October Friday 20th December

SPRING TERM

2020

Monday 6th January Tuesday 25th February

Friday 14th February Friday 3rd April

SUMMER TERM

2020

Monday 20th April Monday 1st June

Friday 22nd May Friday 17th July

INSET DAYS Monday 2nd September 2019 Thursday 26th September 2019 (Open Evening) Friday 25th October 2019 Monday 24th February 2020 Monday 20th July 2020 NOTABLE DATES Consultation Day – 24th January 2020 May Day – 4th May 2020 1) Tuesday 3rd September 2019 Year 7 & Form Prefects return 2) Wednesday 4th September 2019 all students return

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