The Cherwell School A Centre of Opportunity

Week Beginning 22nd May 2017 - Assemblies NS & SS WEEK 2

Monday 22nd May: Public Exams All Week Year 13 Photography Exam Tuesday 23rd May:

Gamelan Music Trip – Bate Museum Year 13 Photography Exam Twilight Year 13 Drama Mock Wednesday 24th May: Thursday 25th May: Year 8 Girls Immunisations Teaching and Learning Drop-In PTA International Event - North Site Hall Friday 26th May:

PE Secondary Aquathon Year 13 Celebration Assembly – North Site Hall End of Term 5

All Students

CHRISTIAN UNION

North Site Years 10 to 13 meets every Wednesday

Room 24 - This is on the humanities/French corridor, a few rooms down from the previous

venue.

South Site Years 7 to 9 meets every Wednesday Room 87 (English Corridor)

Any queries to either Mrs Tonks or Mr Sutcliffe

Signing Club Friday Lunchtime 12.25pm Room 62 - All Welcome.

Indoor Rowing club Fridays 3.20pm-4.20pm

Gym 2 (South Site)

All welcome - just turn up!

Rowing is great for fitness and strength

and it requires no coordination! Whether you just

want to expend some energy, or train towards

competitions, it's a good way to exercise. Jaffa

cakes occasionally provided...

MULTI – FAITH PRAYER ROOMS

Room 20 and Room 65 are available at lunchtimes to staff and students who wish to pray.

will be in gym 1 on Mondays and Fridays after school

Cherwell Earth

Cherwell Earth will meet next Wednesday

lunchtime in room 51 for the first of our new

season of meetings.

Cherwell Car

Club

The club will be continuing on

Mondays at 3.15pm – 5pm

Join our Book Club!

If you love reading and talking about books, come and join our book club! We’ll find out new books, exchange ideas and suggestions, and have fun together with lots

of activities.

It’s run by Dr Bonsaver in the South Library

every Thursday at lunch time.

From Mr Strickland:-

Creative Writers, Unite!

The great news is that the Cherwell Creative Club is

looking for writers like you. It’s a great chance to

explore writing of all forms and genres, no matter your

age or skill level, with other creative people like

yourself. Poetry, short stories, songs, screen plays—

you name it, we explore it, and write it!

Join us Thursdays at 3:20 in room 7 (sometimes room

5 or 6) every week.

See Mr. Strickland for more information.

From Mr T Gray: Chicken Project North site - Thursday lunch room 1

South Site- Portacabin

Tuesday lunch with Miss Overbeck

FAO YEAR 7, 8, 9 AND 10 - GUITAR LESSONS… Are you interested in learning the guitar? Please contact the Oxfordshire County Music Service https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/learning

-instrument Tel: 01865 816990

Key Stage 3

South Site Maths Club

Room 72 Monday Lunchtimes

Come along for some problem solving fun and

puzzles!

Ms McLeod and Mr Jamieson

KS3 Science News

Robot and Science club Monday – week 1

Room 38 (occationally 42) 3:05-4:05pm

Miss Mack & Mr Lorimer

KEY STAGE 4

HOMEWORK CLUB

Monday – Thursday – 3.10pm – 4.10pm In Room 8 with Miss Banfield & Dajana

Come along to find a quiet, relaxed space to complete homework

Hot Chocolate,

Biscuits and

help provided.

From Mr T Gray: Young Enterprise – Year 12 Board members

meeting

Tuesday after School – Room 1 Thursday lunchtime – Room 2

Economics Club – Thursday Lunchtime - SR3

Trade shares and support our Bank of England team.

Key Stage 4/5

Sixth Form Student Robotics Team

Do you want to help design, build and program a fully autonomous robot and enter it into a competition against 60 teams? Join our robot team. Ideal for students interested in studying Computing, Engineering or Physics. We meet on Thursday Lunchtimes in T4. See Mr Barbanneau for more information.

Calling all year 11! ENGLISH REVISION – all welcome!

In the hall every Thursday after school!

Friday 17th April

6 –7:30 pm

North site Hall

Friday 17th April

6 –7:30 pm

North site Hall

From English:

Y11 Students 10 Mark Challenge! You are challenged to find 10 marks in your Non-Fiction mock exam. £10 prizes for the best 3 students. Be ready

to answer: where are your 10 marks coming from?

http://www.tinyurl.com/10markchallenge

Year 11 Geography Headstart

Every Monday 3.15-4.00pm - Room

18 with

Mrs Wheeldon

Revision advice and practice GCSE

exam question technique.

Year 10 Citizenship

Coursework catch up will be

running every Monday &

Tuesday 3.15- 4.30pm

Room 22 with Miss Bevan

Business Studies - Year 11

Revision sessions

Don’t know your shareholder from your

stakeholder, your PLC from your Ltd or

enterprise from entrepreneur? Then come to

business revision.

Guided by you for you.

Every Wednesday

after school, room 1.

From Ms Caldwell: Y11

English Revision sessions

are now on every Thursday. They are in the

hall at 310pm and finish by 4pm.

Cherwell Sixth Form Health and Wellbeing Commitment

KS5 - T'ai Qi / Qi Gong

January Classes begin second week back (W/C 9th January)

This term’s focus: Fire forms and the Crane

New Students Welcome

Year 13: Tuesday Mornings (8.10 - 8.40) Year 12: Wednesday Mornings (8.10 – 8.40)

Year 12: Mondays Period 3

News & Events 22nd May 2017

PE Twitter

The PE department have our very own twitter account; please follow @CherwellPE for the

latest results and fixtures and general PE Information.

Cherwell Running Club has been a massive hit with Year 7 students, outdoor road running

sessions around the city. If you’re interested please come along on a Tuesday after school.

Congratulations to the Boys U15 Basketball team who progressed into the final of the

County Cup with a fantastic win against European School.

There will be a Year 7 and 8 sign-up sheet for all students who would like to play for the

school Softball Team outside the PE Office on South Site on Monday morning. If you are

interested please write your name on the sheet and speak to a PE Teacher.

Upcoming Fixtures Date Team Staff Opposition/ Venue Start Estimated Arrival

Time

Monday 22

nd

May

Year 9 Boys Cricket BG St Birinus Away

3:45 7:00

Tuesday 23

rd

May

Year 8 Rounders KCx Gosford Away

3:45 5:30

Tuesday 23

rd

May

Year 9 Boys Cricket BG Icknield Away

3:45 6:00

Wednesday 24

th

May

Year 9 Boys Football MH Oxford Academy @ Ox City

2pm Kick Off 4:30

Thursday 25

th

May

Year 7 Boys Football LC Oxford Spires @ Ox City

3pm Kick Off 5:30

PE Newsletter

& Events

Can all students communicate with Team managers ASAP about meet times for Fixtures and Squad Details.

Results

Team Result Goalscorers

Year 8 Boys Cricket Won

Year 10 Boys Cricket Lost

Year 10 Boys Basketball Won 70 - 42

Year 7 Netball Drew 6 - 6