A Message from the Headteacher Dear Parent/Guardian

We hope you enjoy the new extended bumper edition of our

newsletter! Many thanks for the contributions of pupils and staff and, in

particular to Mrs Bath and Mrs Rolph for their excellent work in designing

and producing our newsletter. It celebrates the best of Cordeaux and

underlines what a positive, vibrant school we are.

The examination system has changed considerably in recent years, with

assessments taking place throughout the year in the form of modular

exams, ‗controlled‘ or ‗in class‘ tasks and ‗on line‘ tests. Nevertheless we are fast approaching the

height of the final exam season and we wish all students sitting exams the very best of

success. It is great to see huge numbers of Year 11 students and staff taking part in our Easter

School.

Following my letter of 28th January, I am pleased to report that significant

progress has been made in the discussions across Louth area Secondary

Schools. These discussions are aimed at securing the best quality of

education for all students in this locality both now and in the future.

There will be a public meeting at Cordeaux in the Hall on Tuesday

10th May at 7.00pm to update parents and the community on the

progress with the proposals. At the meeting you will be able to hear of the

reasons why change is needed and also to contribute to a discussion of

what you would like to see in a new organisation. I urge you to attend

and contribute positively to this discussion. We will confirm these

arrangements in a letter after the holiday.

I wish you a very happy Easter holiday and look forward to a

productive and successful term ahead.

Peter Kubicki

(Headteacher)

Contents:

Achievements ....... 6 Arts .................... 12

Charity ............... 10 Chess .................. 9 Diary .................. 16

Engineering .......... 2 English ............... 14

Gifted & Talented .. 9 House News ......... 3

Humanities ......... 13 International ........ 8 Library ............... 14

Out & About ........ 11 Sport .................. 15

Student Council .... 5 Student Work ....... 4

Please inform the

school office if you

are moving house

and/or changing

your contact phone

numbers.

Learning and Growing Cordeaux students have played

their part in a county-wide tree

planting initiative. The Woodland

Trust sent out a pack of five trees

to secondary schools which Y7

and Y10 students ‗potted up‘.

They measured the heights of the

saplings, and will continue to

measure them every year, feeding

back the data to a central

database. It is hoped that these

measurements will provide the raw

data for future statistical work.

Above: Charlotte Riley, Ellery Cox, Josh Smith (all Y7) and Hollie Cooke (Y10) plant and measure their sapling.

Pupils will be able to

wear summer uniform

(polo shirts) from the

beginning of next term

(Tue 26th April)

A First Class Challenge

A team of Y8 students faced a tough challenge this term as they took

part in the Regional Final of the „Formula One In Schools Technology

Challenge‟ held at the Corus steel works in Scunthorpe.

Last July, Cordeaux‘s Y8s took part in a week

long Formula One Challenge covering all areas

of the curriculum. Students worked in teams to

design and build their cars, starting with a

rectangular block of wood. It involved more than

just technology—students had to design logos,

put forward sponsorship requests and present

their work as a team to others. The Y8s then

raced their cars on a special test track to see

who had come up with the fastest design.

The overall winning team - „Team Peregrine‟ -

Peter Lillendahl, Harry Meanwell, Sarah Jane

Hodson, Beth Sefton, Ciaron Clarke and Toby

Watcham - put in a lot of work in preparation for

the final.

With expert advice from Miss Lord, Design and

Technology teacher, they created a professional portfolio for their team, put together a marketing

strategy and developed a model car designed for speed. They were fortunate to gain the

sponsorship of Bull Dog Printers (Louth) whose logo appears on the team uniform. In the end,

the team came a very close runner-up, not bad from field of 15 schools. Well done to all of them!

Above: Team Peregrine,. Back (L-R): Harry

Meanwell, Sarah Hodson, Miss Lord, Toby

Watcham, Ciaron Clarke. Front (L-R) Peter

Lillendahl, Beth Sefton

Hard at work on

Construction Day Twenty Y8 students took

part in a construction event at

Wolds College, where they got

involved in in a variety of activities.

They participated in 45 minute

‗taster‘ sessions of plumbing,

bricklaying, block paving, surveying,

lighthouse construction and solar

boats.

Students were not required to have

any experience or previous skills but

were given basic training. They had

a fantastic day, acquired basic

construction skills and some pupils

have expressed the desire to go

further and possibly consider

construction as a future career!

Swooping to Victory!

Cordeaux held its first ever inter-house

‗University Challenge‘ competition this

term. Round one saw the Owls beat the

Hawks in a close-fought contest, with

the Falcons triumphing over the Eagles

by a similar margin. The final was a

fast and furious showdown between

Owls and Falcons, but the outcome was

a pretty decisive victory for the

Falcons.

Congratulations go to the winning team

(shown right) comprising Andrew

Thorns (9JGO), Cameron Marnock

(8AMO), Bradley Coleman (11KGI),

Alex Smith (7ATE) and Josh Smith

(10FMC).

Merits

Cordeaux students receive merits for

excellent effort, achievement or general

helpfulness. These merits are now being

counted by House, and for the term so

far they are as shown on the right, with

Falcons commanding a healthy lead at

present.

There has been much inter-House

sporting rivalry too. Competitions played

include 100m rowing sprints (on the

exercise machines, not the river!),

football, netball and cross-country.

The winners for each event and age group are as follows:

Teams win points that count towards the House Trophy. Current positions on this are shown below.

21 14.5 13.5 11

Sport Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11

Football Falcons Owls Eagles Hawks Eagles

Netball Eagles Eagles Hawks Eagles/Falcons Owls

Rowing Machine Hawks Eagles Eagles - -

Cross-country Eagles Falcons Eagles - -

Crazy Catch Falcons Falcons - - -

My Experiences of the York Residential Trip

On the Thursday 17th March my classmates and I set off on an exciting new adventure to York for

an amusing, but informative, 2 days. As we reached the coach, anticipation grew and I swiftly

hauled my bag onto the bus and raced to the back. Fortunately, my friends immediately grabbed

the 5 seats at the back, to others disappointment.

After a slow start to the journey, and once past Lincolnshire, we managed to get to our first stop,

Clifford‘s Tower. Firstly, however, my group had to eat lunch , in a park full of defensive geese

stealing our food dropped on the floor. I survived that experience to go on the Tower. It was

amazing being able to peer over the top of Clifford‘s Tower which was extraordinary but we had to

move on (after spending a quarter of my budget in the shop!) around 2 miles around the town

walls. We had an hour to wait for the next activity, Jorvik, therefore, unlike the other group, we

had to walk the whole of the way around the walls!

Once everyone had made it to the hostel, it was time to relax…….. For 5 minutes until it was time

for tea and the Ghost Walk; would everyone make it back alive? Fortunately we did but this

aroused suspicion of ghosts and haunting in our room! Suddenly a red nose floated and pivoted in

the middle of the floor - one spirit must have been doing a sponsored roll for comic relief. My

roommates did not believe this which lead to a restless night‘s sleep.

In the morning I just coped with getting myself ready, down to breakfast steadily with many groans

and yawns. Luckily we only had to look around the York Minster and go shopping that day as most

of us were shattered from the day before or just tired from staying up all night. Soon we whizzed

around the Minister and had time to start our shopping trip by glancing in the Minster Shop.

Quickly we raced to the best shops to spend as much money as we could—getting lost in Marks and

Spencer‘s wasn‘t one of the highlights as whilst looking for the children‘s section somehow we got

stuck in the men‘s!

Back on the bus again we had a great time on our return journey and wouldn‘t have missed it for

the world!

By Jessica Cotton 7SBO

It was a cold, dark winter night when suddenly there was the most

tremendous screech. If you had been there you would have sunk to

your knees crying! It was the sound of rifles being fired, soldiers

crying for their families, crying out in pain. The soldiers had not

known what was to come when they signed up. Young lads had

been told that they would be heroes serving and fighting to protect

their country. Some of them had been eager to fight and lied about

their age. Now they wish they had not. They dreamt of home.

100 Word Sagas At the beginning of term, the English Department ran a

competition to write a mini-saga. The task was to write a

story of no more than 100 words starting with the

phrase, ‗It was a cold, dark winter night‘. The challenge

appealed particularly to KS3 students and the winning

entry was judged to be that by Chantelle Macmillan,

9JGO. Her story is reproduced below:

Year 7

Megan Birt ATE

Alex Smith ATE

Skye Kirkham VLO

Matthew Appleby VLO

Raven Stephenson SBO

Jordan Tellefson SBO

Harry Wade BMO

Abi Johnson BMO

Year 8

Andrew Appleby AMO

George Stocks AMO

Katy Garnham AMO

Charlotte Stainton AMO

Harvey Featherstone TGA

Lily Dicker TGA

Alex Rawson VMA

Summer Dawson VMA

Brad Moncaster JED

Elysha Wilyman JED

Items discussed at the most recent Student Council Meeting

Youth Council Election Pupils put themselves forward for election to the East Lindsey Youth

Council and Pippa Cooke was duly elected in a very narrow vote.

Pink Day Activities Several suggestions were made to raise money for Cancer

Research:

- Competition for ‗Most Pink‘ Person‘

- Pink Tug of War Team v Staff Team

- Pink Face Painting during lunchtime

- Sponsored Pink Run

- Tutor group to organise various activities, ie WellyWanging, Egg Catching - with prizes

for the most money raised.

Update from Pupil Led Behaviour Policy Review

Pupils made several positive suggestions that will be discussed throughout the coming

months.

At the meeting Year 8 student, Lily Dicker, modelled one of the „new school cardigans‟ -

suggested as a uniform change by the committee - these are now available and can be purchased

through the main reception.

Cordeaux Student Council comprises elected representatives from each tutor group and meets once a

term to discuss issues and raise concerns. The current representatives are as follows:

Year 9

Toby Watcham IOL

Jade Packard IOL

Ellis Hayward JGO

Ryan Wrisdale JGO

Harry Meanwell KCO

Peter Lilliendahl RBU

Pippa Cook RBU

Harriet Barnett RBU

Year 10

Jack Cuthbert AST

Amber Tilling AST

Greg Flame DDO

Shannon Forman DDO

Kennedy Fitzgerald PBA

Abigail Ward FMC

Sammi-Jo Grayson FMC

Year 11

Tammy Walker ASM

Paige Parkin ASM

George Foxwell RCO

Samantha Rogers RCO

Billy Hesketh KGI

Megan Koss KGI

Adam Flockton SDU

Sophie Verity SDU

Luke Sinclair KKE

Sixth Form

Jessica Wilson

Alex Keyes

Hard Work Rewarded

Cordeaux held its Senior

Prizegiving at the end of last

term with guest speaker

Richard Askham, Founder

and Managing Director of

Intervino. It was a very

enjoyable evening with

former students welcomed

back to collect 6th form

awards, and current student

receiving awards for their

work in KS4.

The Headteacher‟s Sixth Form Trophy was awarded to Kate Taylor (right)

who also collected awards for Biology, Psychology and English Literature. The

vote of thanks was given by Kai Boswell.

Recognising Achievement

Several Cordeaux students—and a former member of staff—received awards

at the Target East Lindsey Community Awards ceremony in March. Billy

Spence received the Young Citizen Award for his work with the Young

Enterprise Team Bongo Buddies, and as a volunteer with the Police Cadets.

Runner-up in this category was Alex Keyes, who set up a Diabetic

Support Group in school, and has represented the school at various

prestigious events, including the mock European Council in London.

Former Cover Supervisor Mrs Jill Maddocks was

runner-up in the Green Award for her work with the

school Gardening Club. Pupils Smain Mokrane and

Jessica Cotton were runners-up in the Performing

Arts and Visual Arts Categories respectively. Smain

starred in the school production of Bugsy Malone

and is Principal Cornet with Market Rasen Brass

band. Jessica is only in Y7 but has already

impressed Miss Mackenzie, Head of Art, with her

abilities.

Congratulations to all, and thanks go to the staff

who nominated them especially to Mrs Bath for her

tireless efforts in encouraging and facilitating the

entries.

Top: Alex Keyes

with his certificate

Left: Smain Mokrane

Merits Galore!

All students have been working hard during the term with an amazing total of 9,854 issued since

start September. The following students are top of the leader board at present for receiving the

highest number of merits:

Year 7 Abbie Johnson

Year 8 Kelsie Parsons,

Year 9 Rebecca Whitbread

Year 10 Abbey Thornley

Year 11 Jonathan Hine

The tutor groups with the highest number to date are:

Year 7 VLO

Year 8 AMO

Year 9 KCO/JGO

Year 10 FMC

Year 11 RCO

This term‘s Learning Assembly was an opportunity for

another fantastic display of pupil learning at Cordeaux. This

time though there was a difference! Brave Year 8 pupils

Andrew Appleby and George Stocks, not content with their

regular appearances in this forum, decided that they could

run the show! Andrew‘s comment was that it was, “scary

but good scary” and they did an impressive job. So, led by

the bold pair, our lower and upper school groups were

treated to glimpses of a range of learning experiences in and

out of school.

We began with a developed demonstration from Miss

Teasel‘s Year 9 Geography group who presented what they

had learnt about tectonic hazards through a range of

media. A very slick PowerPoint was complemented by a

“recipe for disaster” and some very emotive imaginary

diary extracts from Becky Whitbread, Billy Wright and Kieran

Millington.

Up next, it was the turn of our presenters to show their

stuff. Counted in French by Lucy Minihan, the boys pulled off

an impressive French role play of a shopping experience,

making their audiences smile with their confident accents

and humorous presentation.

Miss Lord‘s Year 8 construction group clearly had a fabulous

time during their day‟s experience at Wolds College

and a group of them brought a range of photographs of their

experiences to share with us. The smiles on their faces

showed what a positive day it had been.

Mrs Gough‘s Year 8 Science group (led by Deniz Robinson)

then showed us the actions they used to remember forces

and we enjoyed Katy Garnham‘s final “Neeowwww”!

The sixth-form presented back on their first-aid course,

bringing with them a heavily bandaged Rosie Lowther who

exclaimed, “It was only a paper cut!,” to much laughter.

Beautiful art work was presented to us by pupils from Years

7, 9 and 10 who respectively shared the processes behind

the development of their self-portrait soft-sculptures,

their masks and their mandelas.

Reece Rowbottom wrapped up the show, presenting

confidently on his experiences of the ski trip against the

backdrop of photographs of the trip.

All in all, it was opportunity to celebrate the many kinds

of learning at Cordeaux and we look forward to the next

learning assembly already.

Top: Andrew Appleby and George Stocks with their props!

Others: Mrs Gough’s Group—Deniz Robinson, Katy

Garnham and Elysha Wilyman demonstrating their forces!

Connecting Classrooms—the Mvoakraba Project

Cordeaux welcomed three teachers from Nigeria as part of the British Council

Connecting Classrooms Mvoakraba Project (pronounced Mow - krab – a). The

project‘s tag line is, ―tiny seeds to great trees‖ and the name combines three tree

names native to the participating countries: Mvule (Uganda), Oak (UK), and Araba

(Nigeria). The aim of the project is to build links and relationships between teachers

in this country and those from Nigeria and Uganda.

Whilst at Cordeaux, Mr Dawodu, Mrs

Ezeife Anusiem and Mrs Akinsola

participated in a Food Technology lesson

and had a tour of the school and The

Wolds College. They went onto Monks

Dyke Technology College on the Friday

where they took part in a series of

activities for children from Donington-on-

Bain, East Wold CE, Grimoldby and North

Cockerington CE Primaries.

Right, from left to right: Mrs Lesley Thornes, Headteacher, East Wold; Mr Dawodu Adebayo

Olubukunola from Eko Akete Secondary School; Mrs B O Ezeife Anusiem from Anwar-

ul-Islam Girls Primary School ; Mr Peter Kubicki; and Mrs M A Akinsola from Isale Eko

Junior Secondary School

Helping Out Overseas

Last June, as part of their Geography unit of

work called ‗Out of Africa‘, Year 8 formed links

with St Antony‟s School, Kajimbo in Kenya.

The students exchanged letters with their new

friends in Africa whilst learning important

lessons about the different lives of people in

Kenya. They also

sent some

surplus

textbooks,

footballs and

netballs, which

have now been

received and are

being very well

used and

appreciated.

Above: textbooks and footballs.

Left: Is it football, is it volleyball?

Looks like fun!

In 2012, eleven Cordeaux students will be setting out on an

expedition to the west of Kenya. The students, who are

currently in years 9 and 10, will face a variety of challenges as

they mix sight-seeing with practical work for the benefit of others.

Kenya was chosen because of Cordeaux‘s links with St Antony‘s

school (see above) and it is hoped that the students will be able to

assist in the school and make some cross-cultural friendships. To

fund this life-changing trip, each student must raise £1500 (or 35p a mile one way, as Mr Coles

puts it!). Watch out for them bag-packing and car-washing—and we hope to have another ‗Bags to

School‘ soon to raise funds for Team Kenya and SOCS.

The Chess Challenge!

Cordeaux has always had a history of chess players. The Chess Club in its current form was re-

launched around 2 years ago as an ‗add-on‘ to the Friday lunchtime ‗Games Club‘, held for lower

school students during the winter. However chess soon became more of a focus than the other

board games and so they were boxed in favour of a regular slot. Fortunately for us a local chess

player and Secretary from the Louth and District Chess Club, Mr Grasham, has very kindly

been able to attend sessions every Friday lunchtime to offer his help and advice for the students

wishing to learn and develop their skills further.

Mr Grasham also entered the school into the British Land Chess Challenge. This is a national

contest with well over 2000 schools nationwide taking part. The contest is organised into several

rounds, each round requiring a tournament to be held. Recently the Chess Club at Cordeaux

completed the first round of the challenge. Several members of the club have successfully

progressed to the next round, should they choose to compete, where they will face students from

other schools within the area.

The winner of our internal tournament—which was held as an inter-house competition—was Cameron

Marnoch from 8AMO (Eagle House) seen here below (bottom left) being presented with his trophy by

Mr Grasham, Secretary of the Louth and District Chess Club.

Cameron Marnoch

Tournament winner Asa Blackburn vs

Nick Gillespie David Dixon vs

James Pulfrey Alex Rawson vs

Ivan Koslow

Together In Generations Terrorism Event

In February, five Y10 Gifted and

Talented students from Cordeaux,

together with 6th former Billy Spence,

took part in an inter-generational event

organised by the Police and The Team

Parish of Louth. The students—James

Heron, Sally Little, Abi Beaney, Josh

Smith and Jake Dobson together with

staff member Mr Bowman were all keen

participators.

All worked in mixed inter-generational

groups and were put in the role of police officers. They were given the scenario of an extreme right-

wing group planning terrorist activity at different stages, and they had to determine what activity the

police should take at each of the stages.

Mr Bowman said that the event was one of the best he had participated in and is keen to get the

police to come into school and repeat the activity with more students. Thanks go to Peta Hill from

Trinity Church and PCSO ZaZa Warner, together with the other officers and co-ordinators of the

event.

Put Your Best Foot Forward!

The annual Socks for SOCS Day proved as popular as ever with students making a donation to forgo

wearing uniform and get creative with socks. SOCS (Supporters of Cordeaux School) provided prizes

for a lunchtime judging session. Each tutor group picked a winner, but the overall winners were:

Y7: Raven Stephenson

Y8: Sam Turner

Y9: Becki Whitbread

Y10: Shanisce Cooke

Y11: Matthew Ogle

Well Done to All!

Red Alert!

Comic Relief and the

Japanese Tsunami Relief

Fund both benefitted from

students enjoying

themselves on Red Nose

Day as they took part in a

number of fund-raising activities. Students paid £1 to wear non-uniform

for the day while Cordeaux‘s Pastoral Team donned uniform! Sammi-Jo

Grayson in Y10 was sponsored to act as ‗Headteacher‘ for an hour while

Mr Kubicki attended her lesson. Many students were sponsored for being

silent, or standing up all day, or dressing in outlandish costumes. One

tutor group even mountaineered up and down the staircase all break and

lunch. Students could pay to have their face painted, or enter a Wii

dancing competition organised by the 6th form. Most entertainingly, Mr

Coles organised a cream cracker eating competition to see who could eat

five in the shortest amount of time.

And the wining

tutor group—

7SBO! (Shown

below)

From L-R: Students and staff change places; Deniz Robinson

(8TGA) as Lady Gaga, Sammi-Jo Grayson—head for an hour,

Connor Dunks (11ASM) as Mr Blobby

Each week for the last few months a group of

boys from Years 8,9 and 10 have attended a Fire

Break course run by the Fire Brigade at Market

Rasen. They have received training in fire safety

and basic rescue techniques and were rewarded

with a passing out parade and certificates.

The students put on a rescue display for guests

which involved rescuing Mrs Thornley from a

tower. They had obviously learnt their lessons

well as Mrs Thornley lives to tell the tale!

Pictured left are our Fire Break Students: Ryan

Jennings, Matthew Defty, Keir Quickfall, Luke

Bailey, Liam Good, Ryan Wrisdale, James Pulford

and Ali Gilbert.

Skating Away!

Students who had worked hard and had a good attendance

record were rewarded at the end of last term with a series of

reward trips. Y7s went ice-skating to the open-air rink at

Lincoln. A great time was had by all, as these pictures prove.

Cordeaux in the Community

Promoting Healthy Living The HEALTHY KIDS FOR LIFE project set out to

cook, inform and exercise with the year 5 and 6's at

Lacey Gardens, North Cockerington and Kidgate. So far

Ms Baddon has worked with children from Kidgate

who enjoyed cooking a variety of healthy meals

including: bacon and cheese pasta, rainbow couscous

and fruit muffins. While they eat what they‘ve cooked,

the children talk about healthy life options. They then get to play some

sport—usually volleyball, before returning to their schools. The children

have really enjoyed this and we have had excellent feedback.

Lunch Club Cordeaux runs a monthly lunch club for those of pensionable age.

Visitors pay a small fee to have lunch and enjoy a game of bingo etc. Contact the school for more

information.

Soft Sculpture Self Portraits—Year 7

Y7 students used a drawn self-portrait as the basis for producing

a fabric transfer print inspired by the work of the Pop Artists.

They then used the print to create a soft sculpture using textiles

techniques and processes.

Masks—Year 9

Students researched

masks from different parts

of Africa. They learnt about

the reasons why masks are worn by people from different

cultures, the types of materials traditionally used to make and

decorate African masks and some of the meanings behind the

symbols and patterns seen on masks from different regions.

Students went on to develop a mask design of their own

using a variety of skills including papier mâche techniques.

Mandalas—Year 10

Y10 GCSE students

researched symbols and

patterns seen on artefacts

from different cultures.

They applied this knowledge

to create a Mandala which

involved exploring a wide

range of textiles

techniques, e.g. fabric

painting, embroidery,

quilting and appliqué.

Photos:

From the top: Y7 Fabric Portraits, Y9 Masks, Y10 Mandalas

Towering Achievements! Over the Christmas holidays, the History Department set

Cordeaux‘s Year 8 pupils a monumental homework challenge—to

design and build a castle or siege engine. The design had to be

novel and any materials could be employed in the construction. To

encourage participation, the homework was set as a competition with

prizes available for best castle and best siege engine.

The number and standard of entries received was fantastic and it was

a hard job coming up with the winner, but in the end the winning

castle was judged to be that constructed by Sophie Smith and Leila

Fredrichsen, with second place given to Chloe Legg and Lucy

Minihan. Joel Hinman produced the best siege engine. The other

runners-up or highly commended were Bradley Carter, Jack

Midgeley, George Stocks and James Beckett. Congratulations to

them all.

Waking the Dead?!

A group of Y7 students had history brought to life

at the end of March on a two-day residential trip

to York. They visited Clifford‟s Tower, the Jorvik

Viking Centre and York Minster. They also toured

York‘s town walls and had a spine-chilling time on a

night-time „ghost‟ tour. The keen students found

time for a

bit of

shopping—

and

supporting

Red Nose

Day on the

Friday!

See page

5 for a

personal

report on

the trip

From L-R:

outside the

Yorvik

Viking Centre, Raven Stephenson on Red

Nose Day, the group on the steps of Clifford’s

Tower, and on the walls.

Right Sophie and Leila

Holocaust Remembered

Two Cordeaux sixth-formers—Emma Cooper and Alex

Keyes have had the opportunity to learn about the

Holocaust in a very direct way courtesy of the Holocaust

Educational Trust. On March 26th they travelled to

Nottingham and listened to the testimony of holocaust

survivor Kitty Hart. Then on Thursday the 31st March they

flew to Poland and toured the Auschwitz-Birkenau

complex. It was a very moving experience which Alex and

Emma will be sharing with their fellow sixth–formers as they

report back on the visit.

Hannah Just Keeps Reading! Congratulations to Hannah Fletcher-Tomlinson who has received her

„Ultimate Award‟ for reading and reviewing 125 books in the Cordeaux Y7

Library Club scheme—the highest possible total!. This is an outstanding

achievement and one that has never been equalled in the four years that the

club has been running. Hannah was presented with a certificate and a set of 6

books, which should keep her going for—well at least a week!

Literary Stars At the end of last term Mrs Gates, Head of

English, challenged tutor groups with a

„Literary Quiz‟. Students had to answer

questions on books as diverse as Lemony

Snicket, Alice in Wonderland and Educating

Rita. There were many entries, but the prize for

the tutor group with the most correct entries

went to 7SBO, who were presented with a giant

tub of sweets at the start of this term!

Books to Buy…Books to Write!

To mark World Book Day, Cordeaux Library held

a sale of old and duplicate books. A fantastic total

of over £19 was raised with nearly 100 books sold.

The money was used to buy new DVDs

Students in years 7-9 marked World Book Day by

creating a series of short stories—one for each

year group—where each child contributed just one

sentence to the narrative. The results were...

interesting! The appearance of a green mankini in

two of the three stories must say something about current cultural trends! It was great fun and did

give the students some insight into the hard work involved in shaping stories.

Club Report

Cordeaux Library Club has had another great year. The club was set up four years

ago and provides a half hour slot on a Monday lunchtime when the Library is open

only to Y7 students. We run a weekly competition of various types. This year we

have had quizzes on Roald Dahl, The Simpsons, poetry and animal books—to name

just a few, the odd treasure hunt—matching Christmas cracker jokes with their

punchlines proved popular, and a ‗training‘ session in disguise—getting students to put books in their

‗shelving‘ order is always a challenge! In addition, we run a take-home competition each week where

students have had to design bookmarks, create a great opening line, or draw their own cartoon strip

to name but a few. The Club finishes at Easter when warmer weather turns the Library into a

greenhouse and students prefer to be outside! However, the Y7 Reading Challenge continues into

the summer.

Feedback from Saskia Mazzarella 7SBO ―I enjoy the Library Club because it is fun and there are lots of competitions too. Every session is fun

and I like the Library and the Librarians, Mrs Rolph and Mrs Bath. I am going to miss Library Club

and wish there could be one in Year 8. I really hope that before Year 8 I get the Ultimate Award then

I will have something to be proud of and have good reading levels‖

Football Stars

Cordeaux is the regular venue

for the Louth & Area Primary

School Football League,

organised by the Wolds School

Sport Partnership (teams shown

above). The school also

provides some ‘Sports Leaders‘

- senior students who help to

referee and coach the teams.

Congratulations go to Kidgate Primary school who have won this year‘s league.

Cordeaux have played host to several Primary School Festivals of Sport recently. Red Tennis for Years

3/4, Volleyball for Year 5/6 and a Quick Sticks Hockey Tournament have been very enjoyable events

that have not only provided sporting opportunities for the Primary School children in the Louth area

but also offered Cordeaux Students a chance to lead and officiate.

Change4Life—Volleyball

Cordeaux School are pleased to have been selected by the National Volleyball

Association to promote the game of Volleyball in our region. The Change 4 Life

Clubs are designed to be run by students, for students, and a committee of senior

students have been selected.

The job of the committee members is to start a club at School and promote the

sport throughout the year groups. Hopefully, in the near future, the club can grow and, in conjunction

with East Lindsey Sports Development Department, we hope to be instrumental in creating a Volleyball

Club that embraces all age groups. If any parents are interested in supporting this project, please

contact Mr Malcolm Kerridge at School.

Skiing, Snowboarding, Snoozing—Ski Trip 2011!

A party of students hazarded a 26 hour coach

trip to get to the snowy slopes of Santa Caterina,

Italy at the start of March for a week-long skiing

or snowboarding trip. There was plenty of snow

and the group avoided

major injuries to make

great progress with their

chosen activity—so all in

all a huge success!

DIARY DATES—APRIL—JULY

Website „Opened‟

Governor Mr Graham Bell performed the ribbon cutting

ceremony to mark the official ‗launch‘ of the new Cordeaux

Website. Although our website has been in use since the

autumn, this was the first time that developer and former pupil,

Mr Andrew Cargill, could return to Louth to have his work

acknowledged. Andi was a pupil at Cordeaux until 2002 when he

left to study computing and web design, and is now part of a

successful company— phpGenie based in South Wales. He

contacted the school last year and offered to create a new

website free of charge, and we are delighted with his creation!

APRIL

Fri 8th END OF TERM

Tue 26th TERM STARTS

Fri 29th Royal Wedding - Bank Holiday

MAY

Mon 2nd May Day Bank Holiday

Tue 10th Meeting re proposed school merger

7.00pm at Cordeaux

Mon 16th to Y10s on Work Experience

Fri 27th Y11 Study Leave begins

Fri 27th END OF TERM

JUNE

Mon 6th TERM STARTS

Wed 15th Y8 Geography trip

Fri 24th Sports Day

Y11 Prom at Kenwick

Wed 29th to Y6 Induction

July 1st

Thu 30th Y6 Parents‘ Evening

JULY

Tue 5th Y7 Trip to Space Centre

Wed 6th Y9 Enterprise day

Wed 13th to 6th Form Road Trip

Fri 15th

Fri 22nd END OF TERM

Open University Success

Four Year 13 students have successfully passed an Open University Science Short

Course. These courses are real degree level units that require the students to work as

though they were studying a degree. The course required 80 hours of independent

study. A very big well done to:

Emma Cooper (Archaeology: the science of investigation); Tom Day (Understanding the Weather);

Rowena Laing (Understanding Human Nutrition) and Luke Todd (Molecules, Medicines and Drugs).

All four are hoping to go to university this year and completion of these courses will help them with

study skills.

Readathon

During the Easter half term all Year

7 students are invited to take part

in Readathon - the UK‟s Biggest

National Sponsored Reading

Event that helps children develop a

life-long love of reading for pleasure.

Readathon work with CLIC Sargent and the

Roald Dahl Foundation to support children and

young people suffering from cancer, Hodgkin‘s

disease, leukaemia, blood disorders, epilepsy or

acquired brain injury.

You can find out more at www.readathon.org.

Readathon is fun, it‘s not homework or a chore so

please encourage your child to take part—thank

you for your support.

Faith Workshops On Thursday 3rd February 18 students from

Years 12 and 13 took part in a multi-faith

conference held at Trinity Church. Students

took part in 3 workshops lead by people of

different faiths—Christianity, Islam, Judaism

and Hinduism. They had the opportunity to

learn about the views and practices of the

different faiths

on the topic of

relationships.

This proved to

be a thought-

provoking,

informative and

enjoyable event.