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1 Winter Showcase

1 CTTC Young Chef of the Year

2 ChristmasRaffle

2 School Lottery Update

3 Wolf Run

3 German Exchange

3 Yr11 Brown Envelope Morning

3 Harry Potter Club

4 Signing Choir

4 Lego Club

5 An Inspector Call Theatre Trip

5 Readathon 2019

5 Brilliant Book Fair

6 CTTC Journalism Club

7 Raising Money for Children in Need

7 History Club

7 Showing Racism the Red Card

8 Sixth Form Leadership Course

8 Sixth Form Support for Charities

8 Anti Sexting Ambassadors

9 G&T - Kickboxing Champion

9 G&T - LAMDA (Drama)

9 G&T - Gymnastic Success

9 G&T - Skirting Science

9 KMPG Work Experience

10 Basketball

10 Girls Futsal

10 Year 8 Rugby

10 Year 7 & 8 Athletics

10 Netball

10 Girls Rugby

11 A snapshot of what has been happening at Chase Terrace Technology College this term

In this issue

Newsletter Edition 14 Autumn Term 2019

CTTC Young Chef of the YearA food competition has been held over NovemberandDecembertofindtheCTTCYoung Chef of the Year 10! This has involved students from Years 8 and 10 and included two roundsofheatsbeforethefinalwasheldonTuesday10thDecember.Congratulations to all the students who took part and particularly those whomadethefinal-cookinghighqualitydishesandshowingapleasingrange of skills! These students included Annabelle Morgan and Cordelia Jenkinson in Year 10 along with Oceanna Mayo and Ashley Dukes in Year 8.Allstudentshadtodesignamaincourseanddessertfortwothatcostlessthan£10.ThiscompetitionwassupportedbyourcateringsuppliersAlliance in Partnership who sent their chefs to support and judge the winners.ManythankstoAllianceinPartnershipandalsothesupportofparentswhocamealongtoseethedifferentheatsandthefinal!

Winter ShowcaseStudents in year 7 to 13 have been busy preparingforCTTCsannualWinterShowcase.This year features songs from Frozen 2, Christmas favourites such as Baby its Colds outside and Silent Night along with a sneak preview of “Annie”, thisyear’sschoolshow.TicketsfortheschoolshowcanbepurchasedfromReceptionaftertheChristmasbreak.

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School Lottery Continues to Raise Funds The school lottery continues with someone from our school community winning a cash prize every Saturday evening! We have had 37 winners to date and the total of their winnings is£1,517.40!InSeptember,wewelcomedthenewYear7intakeof students to Chase Terrace Technology College and we would liketothankallthenewparentswhohaveboughtalotteryticket.Huge thanks also to all of our supporters and especially to Mr Morgan, who very kindly and generously donated his winningsbacktoschoolwhenhewoninJuly.The school lottery is ultimately raising valuable funds for school improvement, as 40% of all ticket sales are donated back to Chase TerraceTechnologyCollege.Welookforwardtosharingwithyou howwewillbespendingthemoney.Sofarthelotteryhasraised atotalof£2,023.20.We have a great mix of parents & carers, friends, family, teaching andsupportstaffwhohavesignedup.Theschoollotterycurrently has 102 supporters and 150 tickets have been sold, meaning the currentguaranteedweeklyprizestandsat£45.00(thisgoesupeachweekasmoreticketsaresold).ThereisALSOthe£25,000jackpotto be won EVERY WEEK! Congratulations to our winners since the Summernewsletter.The lottery will continue during the Christmas break, with a draw taking place every Saturday evening, and the results will be posted ontheYourSchoolLotterywebsiteat8.00pm.Don’tforgettocheckthe website for results to see who’s won and in January we will re-start posting draw results on the school website and on the school twitterfeed.In addition, there are new competitions running each term where you can win somegreatprizes.You can sign up to the lottery at any time, either via the school website or you can go to:https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/chase-terrace- technology-collegeA reminder why you should you support the lottery• A GUARANTEED cash prize to be

WON by someone within Chase Terrace Technology College community EVERY WEEK!

• Further chance to match all 6 numbers and win £25,000 jackpot in a separate national draw EVERY WEEK!

• 40% of all ticket sales go to OUR school • Tickets only cost £1 per week!• Draws are every Saturday at 8pm and results posted onlinePlease continue to spread the word to family and friends - anyone in the UK over 16yrs can join and support Chase Terrace Technology College!Your School Lottery is administered by Gatherwell, a registered External Lottery. Manager certified by the Gambling Commission.

ChristmasRaffleWeheldanotherrafflethisyear, which was drawn on17thDecember2019.There was a wonderful collection of prizes worth over £1000, including an Amazon Kindle Fire, family photoshoots, meal vouchers and many more! All proceeds have gone to the Chase Terrace Technology College School Improvement Fund! We would like to thank all our partners and local businesses who generously donated prizes for this year’s ChristmasRaffle.

Wolf Run Well done to all the staff who took part in the Wolf Run in September to raise money for the School ImprovementFund.

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Year 11 Brown Envelope Morning Some very happy Year 11 students and parents today attendingourmockresultsmorning.Still lots of work to do, but some very encouraging grades from a year group who we have high hopesfor.Welldonetoeveryone!Keepitgoingnowintothefinalstretch.

German Exchange December 201911 students from CTTC along with Mrs Till were joined by 6 students from KingEdward’sSchoolinLichfieldandtheirteacherMrsDunnandflewtoGermanyforourannualGermanexchange.

We arrived safely at Düsseldorf airport on Saturday afternoon and were greeted by our hosts who then drove us back to their homes andmadeusallfeelreallywelcome.On Sunday we spent the day with our families and did lots of lovely things like baking gingerbread houses and visiting the Christmasmarkets.Mondaywasourfirstdayinschool.OurGermanpartnerschoolwas very different to our school and started an hour earlier so it was a bit of a shock to the system but it was a great experience going in to our partners’ lessons and seeing how things were done inGermany.Tuesdaystartedwithabiggroupbreakfastbeforewecaught the bus in to Cologne where we had a tour of the town followedbyavirtualrealityexperience.Itwasgreat!WesawhowCologne used to look by travelling on a virtual tram through the city.Someofuswerebraveafterthatandclimbedthecathedralbut not everyone had the stomach (or the legs) for it, so the others wentforanoseroundtheChristmasMarkets.Afterthatweenjoyedsome shopping time and were all ready for a good sleep!Wednesday was our second day in school and although it was anotherearlystartitwasashortday.Wefinishedatlunchtimeso we spent the afternoon with our partners and their families andsomeofuswatchedChristmasmovies.Thursdaywasourtrip to Bonn where we visited a museum all about post war Germany and saw an exhibition called “very British” which was allaboutBrexit.WethenvisitedtheChristmasMarkets,whichwere just beautiful! Really put us in the Christmas spirit! A few of usfoundtheHariboandLindtshopsandboughtenoughtofillour suitcases! Friday was our last day and we spent it in lessons withourpartnersatschool.Saturdaywasanearlystartaswehadtomeetattheairportat8.30amtocatchourflightbacktoBirmingham.Wewereallexhaustedandsadtoleaveourpartnersbehind, there were lots of tears! Our partners are coming back to stay with us in March so we’re all looking forward to seeing them again and showing them round our school and taking them to visit places they’ve never been before! On behalf of all of the students that took part in the exchange this year, we would like to say a big thank you to the teachers who volunteered to go with us to Germany and helped organise it all, we wouldn’t have done it without them! Another successful year on the exchange!

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Signing Choir are Santa’s Little HelpersA combined sign language choir made up of students from the Chase Terrace Signing Choir (CTSC) and the Cheslyn Hay Signing Choir (CHSC) were on hand to help Santa make the Victorian Christmas Market a huge success at Chasewater RailwayonSunday24thNovember.Both choirs combined for a joint performance of various festive songs ranging from Silent Night and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing to Santa Claus Is Coming To Town and All I Want For Christmas Is You.Thiswasthefirsttimethattheyhadperformedtogether,infact,theyhadonlymeteachotherforthefirsttimeat10.00amthatmorning.Yettheirrehearsalsleadinguptotheperformancereally paid off as they were so in sync that you’d have thought theyhadbeenrehearsingtogetherforages.Members of the public were mesmerised by the choirs’ performanceandmanyweremovedtotears.Onedeafcouplewere overwhelmed to see the songs being performed in sign language and were so appreciative at seeing their language beingshowcasedsoopenly.Anothershopper,whoiscurrentlylearning sign language, was so pleased to unexpectedly see a signedperformanceinpublic.One shopper commented that it was “lovely to see young people giving up their time to entertain others” while another remarked that “not only were these young people here on a Sunday,butwerehavingfundoingit”.Hopefully, the two choirs will be able to combine their talents for moreperformancesonthefuturewithequalsuccess.Mr Tucker, who put together the performance and Mr Rowlands from Cheslyn Hay, were unanimous in their pride in how well the twochoirshadcombinedandperformed.Bothwereextremelyproudofallofthem.Boxesofchocolatesattheirnextrehearsalsaredefinitelyonthecards.

Harry Potter Club is Siriusly FunHarry Potter Club got off to a magical start last week with students creating their own Hogwarts crests, complete with personalised witch and wizard names! Students are looking forward to creating golden snitches, magical spells and their own patronus charms in the lead up to Christmas! All ‘muggles’ are welcome to join Mrs Elliott’s club in A5 on Wednesdays after school,from2.50-3.20pm!

Lego Club Students have been enjoying the new Lego club which is now held everyMondaylunchtime.Not only is a great source of enjoyment, Lego Club also helps develop Social and Communicationskills.RunbyMrsWSmithLegoclubisopentoallYear7,8,9's.

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The CTTC Journalism Club This new club allows students to pitch ideas, interview people and write news stories and features aboutourschool.Students from all year groups are welcome to attend the club, which is run by Mrs Hammond-White in A3 after school on a Wednesday.Hereisthefirstarticletheywrote about the Student Leadership Team here at CTTC.Greatworkeveryone!

STUDENTS at Chase Terrace Technology College have the chance to get their voices heard – thanks to the new student leadership team. This group of students, ranging from years eight to 11, has been put together to represent the student body as a whole, taking forward ideas and suggestions to share with the staff who run the school. Headed up by head boy and girl, George Civil and Millie Jarrett, the group contains two students from each year group, who are there to champion your views and ideas about what should happen at CTTC with the school’s leadership team. Millie said: “It’s such a great thing to be part of and I love being involved. Having the student leadership team is a brilliant way for pupils to share their ideas about the school.”

George added: “I would encourage all students to get involved and have their say about the important issues at CTTC.” The team, supported by Mrs Baird, have already been busy with a number of projects, including seeking views on changes to the school uniform. You should all have seen the survey on Show My Homework. Mrs Baird said: “Our student leadership team has had a great response so far, and I hope both the team and the projects they get involved with will continue to grow. I’m really excited by the work they have done so far and hope we can do even more as the year goes on.” The team are always on the lookout for new ideas and will soon be on the hunt for new members to represent year seven. Anyone who wants to know more or to get involved should head along to see the team in the den (at the back of the library) every Thursday break time.

STUDENTS at Chase Terrace Technology College have the chance to get their voices heard – thanks to the new student leadership team. This group of students, ranging from years eight to 11, has been put together to represent the student body as a whole, taking forward ideas and suggestions to share with the staff who run the school. Headed up by head boy and girl, George Civil and Millie Jarrett, the group contains two students from each year group, who are there to champion your views and ideas about what should happen at CTTC with the school’s leadership team. Millie said: “It’s such a great thing to be part of and I love being involved. Having the student leadership team is a brilliant way for pupils to share their ideas about the school.”

George added: “I would encourage all students to get involved and have their say about the important issues at CTTC.” The team, supported by Mrs Baird, have already been busy with a number of projects, including seeking views on changes to the school uniform. You should all have seen the survey on Show My Homework. Mrs Baird said: “Our student leadership team has had a great response so far, and I hope both the team and the projects they get involved with will continue to grow. I’m really excited by the work they have done so far and hope we can do even more as the year goes on.” The team are always on the lookout for new ideas and will soon be on the hunt for new members to represent year seven. Anyone who wants to know more or to get involved should head along to see the team in the den (at the back of the library) every Thursday break time.

Readathon 2019During two weeks in October, Year 7 and 8 took part in Read forGood’sReadathon.Thank you to all the students who were sponsored for reading and raised an amazing amountof£639.20thisyear.Since1998wehavecollectively raised a staggering £19,771 for this greatcharity.Welldonetoeverybodyinvolved.

Brilliant Book Fair!More FREE books for school!The school library held another Scholastics book fair during November and sold nearly £400 worth of books, giving the school the opportunity to purchase more books for the library.Thankyoutoallthe staff and students who supported our bookfair.

‘An Inspector Calls’ Theatre TripOn Saturday 16th of November, the English department took 84 students, comprised of yYear 9 and 10, to see a performance of ‘An Inspector Calls’ attheBirminghamRep.Referred to as the theatrical event of its day and winning more awards than any other production in history, Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning production of JBPriestley’sclassicthrillerhasgrippedmorethan4millionpeopleworldwide.The performance was selected to support the GCSE early entry students and highlightedkeythemes,ideasandcharacterisationaheadoftheirmocks.The performance was extremely popular amongst students who described it as‘amazing’,‘surprising’and‘reallyuseful’.Year9studentsexpressedtheirenthusiasmtowardsreadingthetextinthesummer.Thetripwasagreatsuccessand gave students an enrichment activity as well as providing them with essentialrevision.

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Raising money for Children in NeedA number of students recently took part in various activitiestoraisemoneyforcharity.The Youth Award team organised a bake sale and craft sale, where teddies, key rings, bookmarks,chocolatePudseysandwristbandswereavailabletobuy.Theyraisedanamazingamountof£100.OurYear7studentsenjoyedtakingpartinamorningworkout,raising£117.10.Welldonetoyouall!

This was very evident when one of our year 9 students, Aliyah Roye made an appointment to come and meet withtheHeadofSchool.Aliyahtookthetimetowritealettermakingaproposaltoorganisearaisingawarenesseventfor‘ShowingRacismtheRedCard’.HavingmetwithMsMason,Aliyahthenpresentedtoourwholestaffonwhythisissuchanimportantissueintoday’ssocietyandforallofusatChaseTerrace.Shebroughttearstotheeyesofstaff,whorespondedbygivingAliyahastandingovationforherpowerfulandarticulatespeech.OnFriday25thOctoberallstaffworeredtosupportAliyahinraisingawareness.Thispicturespeaksforitselfinterms of just how proud we are of her, showing the difference we can make when we put our minds to it, and howimportantourschoolcommunityistousatCTTC.WelldoneAliyah.

Whilst this was a very interesting topic to discover, it also enabled students to boost their own GCSE History skills for the coming year! Since then, they have now moved on to study terrorism in all its forms - from Guy Fawkes andtheSuffragettes,tothe2001WaronTerror-intheprocessquestioningwhatpreciselyterrorismis.TylerLongworth, James Harrison and Seb Peters have been particularly dedicated, presenting their own ideas on whyterrorismissuchatrickywordtodefine-arguingthatoneman'sterroristisanotherman'sfreedomfighter,andthat,likewiththerestofhistory,thenarrativesweknowareamatterofperspective.These students are now beginning to draw up plans for their next area of study: the forgotten Samurai's of Japan! If this is a topic you think will interest you, feel free to come along to C20, every Thursday!

‘Showing Racism the Red Card’

At CTTC we are extremely

proud of our students and their

commitment to theircommunity.

History ClubSince September, young historians have been attending Mr Lloyd’s History Club every Thursday toresearchtopicstheyfindinteresting.After identifying common interests, the students soon got stuck into cracking theJacktheRippercoldcasefilesfrom1888Londonintheautumnterm,whereintheyquicklyidentifiedthekeymainsuspectsusingsourceanalysis skillsandtheirowninterpretations.

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Sixth Form Leadership CourseTwelve of our Sixth Form students completed a very exhausting leadership course at Aberdovey withOutwardBound.All students went on overnight expedition in very challenging conditions and showed agreatdealofresilienceintheprocess.Thestudents were an absolute credit to the school andthemselves.Theylearntskillsthatwillhelpthem throughout life and I fully believe that they are better prepared for the journey ahead of them and the problems that they willface.Mr Giles.

Sixth Form Support for CharitiesStudents have been busy raising money and collecting food for two differentcharities.On Friday 22nd November, staff and Sixth Formstudentsworetheiroldbandt.shirts in support of ‘Wear Your Old Band T-shirt toWorkDay’.Theyraisedover£240for CrisisUKatChristmas-ahomelesscharity.They have also been working alongside the rest of the school collecting donated itemsoffoodforLichfieldFoodBank.Representatives from the charity then came in to school to collect everything thathadbeendonated.Ahugethank you to everybody that contributed to this greatcause.

Anti-Sexting Ambassadors A number of our Sixth Form students joined other schools to take part in training for ‘Your Body Your Rules’, to become this year’s schoolAmbassadors. They will each be working with Year 8 students as peer support as there has been a national increase being seenfor‘Sexting’.OtherschoolsandtheSoroptomistscommentedhowimpressedtheywerewithourstudents.Wearealsoincrediblyproud-welldonetoyouall.

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Gifted Talented&Kickboxing ChampionCongratulations to Kayleigh Goodwin who took part in England Boxing Women’s Winter Box Cup in Guildford, which went out live onBBCSportRedButton.Kayleigh fought against a talented girl from Manchester and took Gold by way of unamious decision making herthe201952KgWinterBoxCupChampion.

Skirting ScienceA group of Year 8 and 9 girls recently attending a Science and Technology event at RodbastonCollege.The event aims to encourage girls to consider studying the STEM subjects and aim high in their career outlook by opening their eyes to exciting work opportunities! With interactive science and engineering workshops and activities delivered by other inspirational women who have a wealth of industry experience, the students had a great day!

Gymnastic SuccessWell done to Grace Larner who, along with her team, competed in a level 3 regional gymnastics competition and has placed 4thintheMidlands.Shecompetedonbeam,bars,vaultandfloor. Well done Grace, we are really proud of you!

KPMG Work ExperienceStudents were offered a work experience placement at KPMG, but had to formally apply and successfullypassapanelinterviewtobechosen.OurshortlistedYear11studentshadtheirfinalpresentationsandinterviewswithKPMG.PeterWorkmanfromKPMGsaid‘I am incredibly impressed with the calibre of the students, CTTC and the students should feel very proud’.Welldonetothe3studentswhoweresuccessfulinsecuringplacements.

A group of over ten students in Year 8 are taking part in extra Performing Arts classes and working their way towards assessments by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art! They are following a KS4 acting skills programme and have been supported by Ms Maymand along with olderstudentsTedTurnerandEmmaCarter.Thesesessions have been taking place after school on a FridayintheDramaStudio.Itishopedthatallstudentswill be able to take formal exams where they will need to demonstrate their performance capabilities to an externalexaminerwhowillcomeintheschool.Bestofluck to Rhianna Harris, Evie Maymand, Grace Larner, Zachary Southhall, Lizzy Dewsbury, Ashley Dukes, Elissa Lovatt, Lola Suthon, Isabelle Koziol, George Hogan and MaxCoxonwhoarealltakingpart.IfyouareinYear8andareinterestedintakingthisqualification,pleasespeak to Ms Maymand as soon as possible!

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Sport at Chase Terrace Technology College

BasketballBasketball has started this term, with teams from Year7,8and9takingpartinvariousgames.Year 7 - We entered three teams for the district, with these results:• 1st: Chase Terrace A • 3rd: Chase Terrace C • 4th: Chase Terrace BYear8-Weentered4teams,wewontheleaguewithoneteam.Year9-Theyhaveplayedonematch,drawingwithChaseGrammar.

A number of students selected for the girls combined team (above) also took part in a Staffordshire County Rugby Tournament recently and came 2nd place out of10teams.Welldonetoyouall!

Girls RugbyYear 9 Gifted & Talented Girls enjoyed a Tag Rugby Experience with Emma Harbage,EnglandRugbyPlayer.

Year 8 RugbyThis term we have played in the Year 8 County District Rugby tournament.Well done to all the boys who have played in the Tear 8 County DistrictRugbyTournament.

Year 7 & 8 AthleticsA number of students recently took partinthesportshallathletics.Students competed against a various local schools, withthefollowingresults.Welldonetoyouall!• Year 7 Girls - 2nd • Year 7 Boys - 2nd• Year 8 Girls - 2nd • Year 8 Boys - 1stYear 7 & 8 Girls Team LeadersYear 7 & 8 Boys

NetballWell done to our Year 11 netballteam.There were lots of great performances this term and always with a fantastic sporting attitude!

Girls FutsalBurntwoodandLichfieldFutsal TournamentWell done to both teams who took partinthistournament.Year8TeamlostinthefinalandYear9Teamlostinthesemifinal.

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Aquicksnapshotofwhathasbeenhappening this term at Chase Terrace TechnologyCollege...

NHS Careers EventA number of students attended this event where they learnt about the many career opportunitiesavailablewithintheNHS.

Supporting World Mental Health DayStudents and staff wore yellow to show support and raiseawarenessformentalhealthawareness.

Science ClubScience club had a great time working together to

figureoutwhathadhappenedatthecrim

escene!

Drama trip to the

RSC TheatreStudents thoroughly enjoyed the musical performance

of‘TheBoyintheDress’writt

enbyDavidWalliams.

CTTC Awarded the Stonewall Bronze Status The Stonewall School and College Champion awards allow School and College Champions based in England to effectively benchmark their progress in tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying and celebratingdiversity.

Taming of the ShrewA number of Year 9 English students enjoyed watching a live stream of The Taming of the Shrew from the RoyalShakespeareCompany.