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OPTIME Monday 12th March 2018
RECEPTION: 01769 580215 STUDENT ABSENCE LINE: 01769 582120 EMAIL: [email protected]
DEAR PARENTS & CARERS
C ongratulations to Rob Warren, Ryan Dawson, Matt Upright and Aaron Beel for their victory in the Under14s South
West Championship. We very much look
forward to hearing about your next challenge in
the National Championship in April. This is a very
significant achievement and represents a combination of
hard work, skill and teamwork. The best predictor of
success in anything worthwhile is hard work. So well
done boys, we are proud of what you have achieved.
There have been a number of other highlights this week.
These have included hearing a great presentation from
Ebby Webber and Martha Newman about their musical
accomplishments, hearing about the first meeting of our
Air Cadets and, finally, seeing some significant progress
on the landscaping in the middle of the site.
We are all looking forward to seeing the landscaping of
the site matching the quality of the facilities and the
classrooms we now have. From my point of view, our
buildings are a marvel and I know that when the site is
finished they will be a positive statement to, and for,
every person inside and outside our school community.
Mike Johnson,
Executive Headteacher
LANDSCAPING HAS
BEGUN!
T he last stage of the new building works is in progress,
landscaping the central area of the school has begun and
is developing well, with new steps already in place and
pathways being created! Watch this space for further news!
Each month we recognise the achievements of pupils in Drama, Music, Technology, Food
Technology, and PE. Congratulations to everyone!
Technology ~ Thomas Dart Year 11 Thomas gives 100% effort in his class work and coursework. He attends
lunchtime sessions to perfect his work and works very hard to produce a
good standard of coursework presentation.
Drama ~ Hayden Groves Year 11 Hayden has been awarded ‘Pupil of the Month’ for his great GCSE Drama
exam preparation. Keep up your efforts Hayden and break a leg in the
‘Performance From Script’ exam!
Food Technology ~
Henry Huxtable Year 10 The award for this month goes to
Henry Huxtable for producing by far
the most creative, technically-skilled
dish when we did practical work
related to ‘International Cuisine’.
Henry created a fantastic
Black Forest Gateau.
Also, Henry works well
in a team and
independently, and
consistently works hard
in lessons and on
Music ~
Ben Williams Year 9 Ben Williams engages in music with
real enthusiasm, both in the classroom
and in numerous extended curriculum
activites. He attends the African
Drumming and Jammin’ groups and is
regular at CMAc. Ben takes what he
learns in class and applies it in his own
work.
PE ~ KS3 Girls’ Badminton Team North Devon Champions and runners up in the Devon
Championships: Sienna Baker, Isabelle Suliauskas, Izzy O’Callaghan,
Zoe Le Feuvre, Learna Herkes.
* Tuesday 13th March
U13 Area Netball Tournament at Park return CCC 6pm
Year 9 Parents’ Evening
Rugby Year 7 v Bideford (H) & Year 10 v Torrington (H)
* Wednesday 14th March
3.40-5pm CMAc (Heywood Hall)
* Thursday 15th March
Rugby Years 8 & 9 v Torrington (Away) return 6.15pm
* Saturday 17th March weekend
Ten Tors Camp 1
* Tuesday 20th March
Year 7 Area Netball Tournament at Park (Away) ETA
CCC 5.45pm
PLEASE DON’T FORGET
TO USE OUR DEDICATED
ABSENCE LINE NUMBER
01769 582120
REPORTING A
PUPIL ABSENCE?
GOOD LUCK IN
PONY CLUB
TRIATHLON
NATIONAL FINALS!
G ood luck to brothers Freddie
(Year 6 at East Worlington Primary School) and William Barlow (Year 8 at Chulmleigh Community College), who will be competing against the top 50 boys from other Pony Clubs across the country in the Pony Club Triathlon National Finals in Milton Keynes on 18th
March. The triathlon involves three disciplines: pistol shooting, swimming and cross country running, so consistency in all three phases is essential to qualify. Good luck boys!
ARTWORK OF THE
MONTH
F lorence
Job Year 9
with her
artwork of the
month- 3D
Mexican Day of
the Dead
inspired skull.
Well done
NATIONAL Pi (π) DAY
T here will be several challenges on in school
throughout the day to celebrate National Pi
Day.
Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in
mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio
of the circumference of a circle to its diameter —
which is approximately
3.14159.
Pi has been
calculated to over
one trillion digits
beyond its
decimal point and
it will continue
infinitely without
repetition or
pattern. Pi’s infinite
nature makes it a fun
challenge to memorize!
INTER-HOUSE
NETBALL Come along and
represent your house in
Inter-house Netball, week
beginning 26th March.
* Year 7 Monday 26th
* Year 8 Tuesday 27th
* Year 9 Wednesday 28th
* Year 10 Thursday 29th
Matches start at 1.25pm prompt.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
DO FITNESS WITH
FRIENDS?
A re you bored on Monday lunch times and
would like to start exercising?
Come to the fitness suite every Monday at
lunch time. Bring your friends, do fitness together and
have fun!
Make sure you bring your water bottle!
Join for 10 weeks+ you will receive a certificate and a
free exercising top!
For more info message
YEAR 9 BOYS’
BADMINTON TEAM
ARE SOUTH WEST
CHAMPIONS!
C hulmleigh Community
College’s KS3 (Year 9)
boys’ team are South
West Champions! At the
South West Finals in
Bournemouth last week,
the boys won nine of their 10
matches in the group stages against
Wiltshire Champions Bishop’s Wordsworth and
Gloucester Champions Sir Thomas Rich, putting them
through to the finals against Dorset Champions
Bournemouth Boys’ Grammar.
The boys won four out of their five matches in the
finals making them South West Champions, qualifying
for the National Finals which will take place on
Sunday 29th April at The National Badminton Centre
in Milton Keynes.
At the National Finals the boys will be up against eight
other regional winners from all over the country.
We wish them the very best of luck!
ONLINE SAFETY
UPDATE
F urther to previous messages, we are reminding
all parents and carers to regularly review the
social media accounts that their children are
using. It can often be challenging keeping track of
the accounts that young people have; we
recommend that sharing login details with parents/
carers is a condition of your child holding social
media accounts and having mobile devices. Routinely
we recommend that you:
Review your child’s privacy settings to ensure that
unknown people cannot easily contact them or
access their profiles.
Review friends/followers lists and ensure they are all
known in person to your child.
Review conversation threads with your child and talk
about how they are using social media to
communicate with their friends.
Ensure that any photos of your child that are visible
online are appropriate (taken by them or their
friends).
The social media platform that your child is using will
offer support and advice on keeping young people
safe. We also recommend not allowing your child to
take their mobile phone or tablet to bed with them,
and that they always use social media in a communal
part of the house.
Mr Payne
Deputy Executive Headteacher
SO FAR THIS TERM…
BOOKS READ: 5,963
WORDS READ: 250, 396, 210
AN UNHEARD CRY A voice that’s unheard,
And tears that are unseen,
A mind people assume is clean.
She’s invisible in a crowd,
She’s quiet not loud,
And people assume she’s happy and proud.
She’s top of her class,
PE, art and maths,
She doesn’t get involved in with those chats.
She struggles a lot,
To keep her grades at the top,
But she smiles and passes it away with a nod.
She tries not to eat,
1 apple a day,
She’s dangerously skinny but still full of the grey.
Eating less and less as days go by,
People still not listening to her unheard cry,
Wanting to scream but she’s just too shy.
When she looks in the mirror she sees a big blob of
fat,
She glances again and describes herself as a rat,
Not realising her eyes are as blind as a bats.
Her parents are starting to notice the weight that
she’s losing,
And starting to notice how little food she is
choosing,
And starting to notice how much food she’s
reducing.
The next day she’s pulled out of class,
The head teacher, looking worried, started to ask,
The questions she’d been dreading and hoped this
would go fast.
He asked, ‘What have you been eating?’
She looked at the ground, pretending she was
thinking.
He put a hand on her shoulder and said, ‘It’s okay,
we are going to be helping
Starting today.’
Anon
If your child has any worries about the issues raised in
this poem, or about anything else, or you know of
someone else who needs help, Kooth provides an online
counselling and emotional well-being support platform for
children and young people, accessible through mobile,
tablet and desktop, and free at the point of use.
Visit: kooth.com
WINTER
Darkness it creeps,
Over the bustling town,
But everything changes,
Once the sun goes down.
Her name strikes chill to the warmest heart.
Here comes the sister queen,
Leaving only a trail of ice and snow
For she always goes unseen.
Winter! Queen Winter!
Behold her chilling glow,
Winter! Queen Winter!
Over the tree tops she glides low.
In her carriage of starlight,
Among her shroud of mist,
Determined to hold the world,
In her icy fist.
Her eyes are palest blue,
Her hair milky white,
Skin pale as porcelain,
In her cheeks a rosy light.
Frost giants march beside her,
For they do her bidding well,
Ice sprites dance behind her,
To catch her if she fell.
Her gown is made of moon beams,
Her silk’s spun from stars,
Her crown crafted from diamonds,
From the planet Mars.
Where she steps,
The flowers freeze,
Warm wind turns,
To an icy breeze.
When she comes to water,
It shall turn to glass,
As the owls and foxes,
Sit to watch her pass.
Snow it falls about her,
Giving a silver light,
But she steps silently,
Through the magic of the night.
So that none shall hear her coming,
And none shall hear her go,
But all shall wake to find,
Fields covered with snow.
Eartha Underwood-Petch Year 8,
written as part of ‘snow work’
YEAR 11 LEAVERS' HOODIES
HAVE YOU ORDERED YOURS YET?
Due to the snow last week, the deadline has been extended to this Friday, 16h March. Please get your orders in to
reception asap!
A selection of bread, fresh fruit and yoghurts available every day
Should you have any queries regarding sQuid, please contact
sQuid customer services on [email protected]
(quoting your SRN number)
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TO SEND IN FOR OPTIME?
We are always delighted to receive and share news of our
pupils’ achievements outside of school. We are also happy
to share news of community events and clubs which may
be of interest to our pupils.
Please send information to:
Becky Huxtable, Marketing Co-ordinator: email [email protected]
