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PUTTING ACHIEVEMENT FIRST

Lastly, please take time to read about the launch of Edulink. This online platform will really help to ensure our parents can communicate with the school quickly and efficiently. It will also give us the opportunity to let you know key information about your child’s school day including updates on attendance and rewards.

Next term is our school musical. As many of you may already know we are performing High School Musical and I am very much looking forward to welcoming you all to this highly anticipated event. The school is also taking part in a dance competition called Let’s Dance. If you would like any information about these events please see the following pages or contact Miss Netschepir directly at school. Have a wonderful and restful half term and thank you for your continued commitment and support.

Sarah Speedie Head of School

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Dear All There has been a real buzz around the school over the last few weeks with our students taking part in a variety of activities and academic opportunities. Our term started with a dance event, Swale Fever. This is now an annual event in which dance groups from the Swale Secondary Schools come together and perform pieces and highlight the talent and passion there is in the schools around performing arts. Our very own Causeway dance group performed a fantastic ‘retro’ piece that was full of vibrancy and character. The students had clearly spent an enormous amount of time working on this and at the end of the evening won the award for ‘Choreographic Devices and Structure Award’. What was wonderful to see was the group focus and togetherness that led to such a powerful performance - well done to all involved. A huge thank you also to Miss Da Silva and Miss Netschepir who coordinated and organized this incredible event. There has been a focus this term on academic progress with our Year 11 and year 8 students taking mocks. The focus and preparation of our Year 11 in this second set of mocks has been exemplary and over the next two terms we will be working with the students on continuing to develop revision strategies and looking closely at how we can support each individual to reach their target grades in the summer exams. Over half term the school has the pleasure of being the centre for the Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival. The festival looks to be a wonderful opportunity for our local talented youngsters to come together and perform. We hope if you are performing or visiting our school over this time you get a real sense of the community and pride that exists within the very fabric of Causeway.

Causeway School Larkspur Drive Eastbourne East Sussex BN23 8EJ 01323 465700 www.causewayschool.org [email protected]

February 2020 24th Start of Term 4 26th An Inspector Call Theatre Trip March 2020 17th Let’s Dance Show at the Congress Theatre 19th Year 9 Teenage Booster Vaccinations 19th Year 11 Parent’s Evening (4-7pm) 23rd-27th Year 10 Work Experience Week 27th Swale Primary Dance Fever 2020 3rd April End of Term 4

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Your Monthly Newsletter from Causeway School Edition 337 Jan/Feb 2020

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Causeway Connection / Issue 337

Causeway School welcomed six other Swale Secondary Schools in January to take part in the annual event, 'Dance Fever', hosted by the Causeway Creative Arts department. The evening was a celebration of dance with seven exceptional performances by each of the Swale Academies Trust Secondary Schools from East Sussex and Kent. The evening was an opportunity for staff and students across the eight schools to share the outstanding work that is happening across the Trust. It was a celebration of achievement and a great way for students and staff to learn from each other and appreciate the commitment and dedication displayed on a daily basis across these schools.

Causeway School produced a stunning performance entitled ‘Back to the 80s’ for which they picked up the award for best choreographic devices and structure. We were also lucky enough to have our wonderful school choir, 'Causeway Voices', perform too. In total two hundred and thirty students took part in the extravaganza and an audience of two hundred and fifty came to watch. Liza Leung, Executive Headteacher, paid tribute to the talent and dedication of the students and staff from all the schools involved, “The evening was a wonderful example of the collaboration that exist at the heart of Swale Academies Trust, providing opportunities which strengthen the experience for our young people and our staff”. Well done everyone involved! It was a truly wonderful evening!



We still have some spaces left on our Theatre trip to see An Inspector Calls productions at the Theatre Royal in Brighton. This is open to all Year 10 & 11 students and will take place on 26th February. This trip is £35 which includes theatre admission and coach to and from Brighton. If your son or daughter would like to attend, please ask them to see Ms Nisbet for a trip consent form or email [email protected] for more information. Forms and payment need to be returned to reception as soon as possible.

Food Technology MasterChef's

During the past few weeks, Year 8 students have experienced life at University by visiting Sussex University in Brighton. Ever wondered what it’s like to be a doctor? Our Year 8 students got an exciting opportunity to catch a glimpse into the world of Medicine during the most recent visit and really gained a sense of a moment in the life of a GP. The students were introduced to ‘Anna’ who presented her symptoms. They took on the role of doctors and explored the patient history to discover more about what was troubling her. Their investigative skills were tested and they certainly rose to the challenge. They learnt how to take blood pressure, listen to heart beats and measure ‘peak flow’. All groups successful diagnosed their patient with Asthma. The teamwork from the students was brilliant to see and their engagement in finding out about the human body and how it works was superb. All the students that took part had a thoroughly enjoyable day. The University student mentors involved in the day are going to all be excellent GP’s and, hopefully, have inspired some of our Year 8 students to pursue a career in Medicine.

Brighton Theatre Trip

Making Choices University Trip


Art Trip to Tate Modern, London

Year 10 & 11 Information Reminders Year 10 – Work Experience Block Week: 23-27 March 2020

Please keep completing and returning your work experience Parental Consent forms to Mrs

Newton. Students must retain the contact name and telephone number of their employer,

as they need to make introductory phone calls to them. The phone calls are to discuss

working hours and expected dress code and any other queries students or parents may

have.

Year 10 – The Big Future’s Show: 28 April 2020

Letters have recently gone home regarding this annual careers event for our Year 10 students.

Please ensure consent forms (on the reverse of the letter), for participation are completed and

returned as swiftly as possible, as this will assist Mrs Newton with coach bookings.

Please note, students will have an earlier lunch on this date and full school uniform is expected.

The anticipated return to the school site will be approx. 3.30 pm, where students will make their

own way home.

Year 11 – College/Apprenticeship Applications All Year 11 students should have submitted at least one Application to a Further Education or Apprenticeship provider of their choice. Please keep checking school and personal email accounts, as many Colleges now request students for interviews via email contact.

For any further information and help with any of the above events, please see Mrs Newton, Work Experience & Post 16 Co-ordinator in the Learning Hub or email [email protected]


Year 10 – Diary Date: ESCG College Taster Day - 25 June 2020

This is advance notice that Year 10 will have the opportunity to attend a College Taster Day at

East Sussex College Group on Thursday 25 June 2020. Further details on this to follow nearer the

time. In previous years, the college has used an ‘on-line’ booking system for students to choose

the sessions of their choice for the day. As details become available to us, we will share these

with you.

On Wednesday 22nd January, 42 students travelled to London and visited the Tate Modern. The gallery has recently opened a brand new building and students were treated to seeing two brand new exhibitions. Media Networks was the first exhibition they attended and students looked at some of the ways in which artists over the past hundred years have responded to the impact of mass media and the ever-changing technologies that shape our world. They then moved on to the Living Cities exhibition. This display includes artists from Beirut, Cairo, Los Angeles, as well as Kharkov in the Ukraine, making parallels and exploring differences between the cities in which they find themselves. The artworks range from panoramic overviews to close-up images recording the minutiae of daily life.



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Year 9 Teenage Booster Vaccinations

On 19th March Year 9 students will be given their Teenage Booster vaccinations injections provided by NHS nurses. Year 9 parents have received a letter home with a consent form which needs to be filled in and returned to the school office as soon as possible.

A further email will be sent nearer the time with details of the day and what this vaccination will protect against.

This vaccination can only be done if a signed parental consent form is returned, if you do not wish your son/daughter to have this vaccination, please also return the form and fill in the ‘I do not consent’ part of the form.

If you have not received a consent form, a limited number will be available from reception.

For more information on these vaccinations you can also visit the NHS website here:

www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/3-in-1teenagebooster/ www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/men-acwy-vaccine/


We are pleased to announce that the EduLink software goes live to parents and students on Monday 24th February. EduLink provides an integrated school information platform which draws together a range of existing schools systems with an engaging user interface allowing parents to communicate and access information about their child in one place.

What can EduLink do? EduLink is a school information platform that can be accessed on any device – PC, laptop, tablet or mobile device - via the web browser or via the EduLink app. Features include easier communication by email and text, absents reporting through our easy app, parents evening booking, exam overview, view your child’s timetables, behaviour and detention view, achievement log and other useful links from uniform to locker rentals. Full details will be provided on our school website with helpful guide sheets for each section. The app can be downloaded now for Apple IOS phones and Andriod devices from the useful app download sites. Please make sure we hold a valid email address on file for all priority one parents, without this you will not be able to access the app. For any questions, please email [email protected]

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/3-in-1teenagebooster/

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/men-acwy-vaccine/


Christmas Pantomime During the morning of our last day of Term 2, students were

treated to our annual staff pantomime. This year we broke with tradition and performed a very modern take on a classic which was Marvel inspired.

Year 9 Pantomime

Causeway Christmas Choir

Well done to the year 9 students who performed the pantomime, 'Cinderella' in Year 7 and 8 Celebration Assembly. They worked very hard in lessons to create their work and did a superb job performing. Their characterisation was brilliant and the whole thing was very funny!


Just before Christmas, the 'Causeway Voices' were invited to perform at the local Shopping Centre. Shoppers were invited to sing along as the school's choir entertained the Christmas crowds with a whole host of traditional and modern Christmas Carols. We were extremely proud of all of our pupils for taking part but especially our Year 7's as having only joined us in September they showed tremendous courage performing for the first time to the public. We received numerous compliments from members of public commenting on 'what a credit to the school' our choir are. We very much look forward to future performances with our talented singers.

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