Headteacher’s Blog – Week Commencing 15th of June 2020 I hope you are all well and keeping safe. It has been a delightful week as we have welcomed Year 10 students back into school. Although the school operates in a different way, it was lovely to see students back in school and back in class. In order to keep the community safe I have filmed a ‘social distancing at CODA’ video which shows how the school will operate when we re-open. To watch the video follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8-DpbXVLWE&feature=youtu.be Although these are unprecedented times, CODA remains strong and I am proud with the amount of successes we have had whilst students learn at home. All students mentioned will also receive an extra 20 points. These will be carried forward to next year’s Activity Day scoring as well. Technology Success Mr Green wants to say well done to Amit K. Mr Green said ‘I'm marking the Y10 Coursework ahead of their return on Wednesday, and this is Amit's final section. His progress using CAD is brilliant! From timestamps I can see he put a lot of this together beginning of April.’ Well done Amit we are proud of you.

Art Success Mrs Richardson wants to say well done t Edgar U for his amazing art work (below). Well done Edgar.

Miss Wilshaw also wants to say a huge well done to Leah E for her amazing art work. Well done Leah.

PSHE Success Mrs Dacus, want to say well done to Hayden and Oliver Fox for their ongoing superb work in PSHE. Well done boys we are proud of you. English Success Mrs Cunningham wants to praise the following students for fantastic work in English. She said ‘Could you add the following students to the next blog please?

Yr 9 - Edgars U - his descriptive writing was impressive in its use of a range of language techniques and extensive vocabulary. Abi S - completed the work set for this week to a high standard and sent me a book review/recommendation. Sahil G - good effort in completing this week's home-learning. Yr 10 - Milly S - good effort in her response to a past paper. Alex - my star student of the week for completing a whole past paper to a very high standard.’ Well done everyone we are very proud of you. Mrs Goodman and Mrs Pollock wants to say well done to Harman K. Mrs Goodman said ‘another one for you

blog please 🙂 This is a great example of descriptive writing from Harman K in Y8. She's worked really hard on it and also done Fix It!’. Mrs Pollock said ’ Could you give Harman Kaur Year 8 a mention for her consistently good work in English since remote learning started. An example is attached.’ Well done Harman we are very proud of you..

MFL Success Mr Milner wants to praise and say well done to the following students. MFL successes This week, the MFL teachers have seen pupils working on languages apps, presentations, videos and in leaderboard competitions and we would like to praise the following students for their brilliant work... Aya G, Chater K, Mehardeep S, Tornie S, Annie T (Y7) Leah E, Slava J, Lewis S (Y9) Amit K , Georgia H, Milly S (Y10)

History Success Mr Anderson wants to say a big well done to Leah E and Isabell D. Mr Anderson said ‘Please could you mention Leah E and Isabell D in your half-term blog? They've been completing their History work to a brilliant standard. Attached is Leah's 'Blitz Spirit - Reality or myth?' homework. Not only did she answer all of the questions correctly and include an interesting PDF of Derby in the Blitz, but she's also answered GCSE source questions to a fantastic standard.’ Well done girls we are proud of you.

Mathematics Success Mr Howell and the ths team have a lot of students to say well done to. Mr Howell said ‘Well done if you made the HT5 winners table. The table shows that you have been the highest amount of logins and also successes at mastering and acquiring skills on MathsWatch. Your Maths Teacher are really proud of you, especially for your impressive sustained effort!! The middle sized table is the best in each year so an extra well done if you made this table - I know your tutors and HoY; as well as the Maths team are blown away by your efforts. ...... Then finally a super well done if you made the best in CoDA for HT5 this this is awesome! Well done to you all. This is a really great commitment to your learning and You will be seeing lots of points being awarded if you are on these lists. Miss Bone is currently leading on our rewards in Maths now so you may some points awarded from her - Thanks Miss Bone who is doing a great

job 🙂’ Table to be shared next week. For the Logins Tables, this shows that some students are logging over 15 times per week to complete MyProgress tasks (linked to QuAns they have probably ) - this is brilliant! Well done if you are still logging into MathsWatch, especially as we know there is some cross over to MyMaths now. We are looking at a way to reward MM in a similar way. It is impressive to see that the use on these platforms has remained very stable even though some students have moved to worksheets and written work as well.

Please keep sending in your wonderful written work even when you mark it yourself. It is great for your Maths

Teacher to still see these emails etc... so we can reward you and see just how well you are doing 🙂. We miss you and seeing your work is lovely to see!

Juliana K 8

Gurleen K 8

Marianna K 10

Sam Johns T 7

Kamalpreet K 9

Sean O 11

Sarthak S 8

Alizah A 8

Meek K 8

Muhammad C 10

Diana K 7

Manprit B 9

Kerryleigh B 11

Jasleen K 7

Noor S 8

Amritpal S 10

Jaskaran P 8

Muskandeep K 7

Riya R 10

Arashpreet S 10

Harkeeret H 9

Subhaan M 10

Amina P 10

Yara S 9

Saiful I 8

Taranvir S 7

Julie G 7

Rahul R 8

Paramveer T 9

Olivia H 11

Moses A 11

Jaspreet S 9

Jaskiren K 9

Pyush J 10

Inderpreet D 7

Jilisa P 10

Joseph R 8

Riya S 7

Skye W 7

Amrinder S 9

Hira B 11

Anvesh T 8

Ella D 9

Michela B 9

Niks Ge 10

Georgia G 10

Simran K 11

Emilo S 7

Parneet K 9

Saad U 9

Manraj B 11

Jai D 9

Gurjap S 10

Jasmeet S 7

Karanveer S 9

Aneesa I 10

Neena P 10

Amaan Z 10

Matilda B 7

Blake W 9

Nekeesha G 10

Priya J 10

Joshveer B 10

Seher M 7

Aishjit K 7

Harvey S 7

Joyce A 9

Zenab I 9

Aaron J 9

Samra J 10

Laiba Z 7

Jashandeep S 8

Jograj S 8

Mr Birkinshaw wants to say well done to Millen, Marcel, Hayden, Tornie, Chater Sukmandeep, Jagveer and Lasmeet all in Year 7. Mr Birkinsahw said ‘Please could I have a mention in the blog this week for regular contributions of work that I am receiving from a number of students in my year 7 maths class. The work is always completed quickly and to a very high standard! They are Millen, Marcel, Hayden, Tornie, Chater, Sukmandeep, Jagveer and Jasmeet. It is always great to receive the work which has been so consistent throughout the period. Well done guys we are very proud of you. Junior Maths Challenge The Junior Maths Challenge for pupils in some of our year 7 and 8 maths groups, normally taken in traditional exam conditions in the school hall, has moved on-line and will be completed remotely on Wednesday 24th June! The challenge is a great opportunity for pupils to test their problem solving skills in maths and earn a prestigious certificate. To get in some practice in beforehand, here is a link to a set practice questions (which is freely available to everyone).

Open a browser and go to the site challenges.ukmt.org.uk/ Click on Challenges Under Practice, click JMC 2019 Questions

For students in the groups taking the challenge, look out for an Email early next week with your individual details for logging on - and good luck!

This week’s top scoring class charts students, who will be awarded 20 extra points are: - Year 10 – Sumit Bhela S (332), Abby D (298), Dior H (298) Year 9 – Ella D (160), Leah E (160), Tyler G (145), Luke NL (145) Year 8 – Harman K (118), Joshua A (80), Jaskaran P (60), Pawandeep S (60) Year 7 – Taranvir S (278), Hayden F (175), Tornie S (155) Overall

First - Sumit Bhela S (332) Second - Abby D (298) Third - Dior H (298)