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Issue 6 - 16 October 2019 News & Views

YEAR 9 ART STUDENTS VISIT BROOKLANDS At the start of each academic year the Art Department organises trips which support students’ coursework. This half term, Year 9 students studying the one year BTEC Art and Design course visited Brooklands Motor Museum in Weybridge.

Students attended a workshop on the Art of Machines and had a busy day collecting valuable primary research to inform their Mechanics and Movement 2D and 3D design projects. They had the opportunity to visit the new Aircraft Factory and to photograph the collection of cars, aircraft, buses, motorbikes and bicycles on display around the site. They were also able to climb aboard many of the exhibits and Brooklands staff were on hand to give more information on the history of the exhibits and materials used.

As always the staff at Brooklands were complimentary about the behaviour of Collingwood students and look forward to seeing the work generated from the visit.

YEAR 8 BOYS BEGIN SEASON WITH CONVINCING WIN A great start to this year’s league games by the Year 8 Boys’ Football squad, beating Wavell School 6:3 on Tuesday 8 October. In the absence of Marcel Balicki and Jack Brown, debut performances from Jack Mallon and Leiland Curtis supported a team of Rhys Shaw, Josh Smith, Connor Appleton, Elliot Croxton, Callum Groves, Marvin Wood, Sean Jonfiah, Dan Weathers, Dan Heath and Rhys Evans. A great performance by all the boys with goals from Sean Jonfiah (2), Rhys Evans (1), Leiland Curtis (1), Dan Heath (1) and Dan Weathers (1). Man of the Match: Elliot Croxton More fixtures to follow. Mr Beer - Head of PE Department

Mrs Judd - Art Department

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Issue 6 - 16 October 2019

Friday 25 October: Sixth Form Revue, 7.30pm until 10.00pm, Kingston Theatre End of Term Monday 4 November: Start of Term for All Students Wednesday 6 November and Friday 8 November: Autumn Concert Auditions, 1.30pm until 2.00pm, M2 Tuesday 12 November: Careers Fair, 5.00pm until 7.00pm, Sports Hall Wednesday 13 November: Autumn Concert, 7.00pm until 8.30pm, Kingston Theatre Thursday 14 November: Year 12 Parents’ Evening, 4.30pm until 7.00pm, Sixth Form

Centre Friday 15 November: Non-uniform Day in Support of Children in Need

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - DON’T MISS OUT!

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Sixth Form Open Evening We had another very busy and enjoyable Sixth Form Open evening last Thursday. Our students once again did us proud and we received some fabulous feedback on our Sixth Form provision. It was good to see the Sixth Form Centre looking so smart and the new Study Centre certainly was a big hit with parents and students! As you may know we had an 11% increase in the number of students staying on into our Sixth Form last year and all signs are that we will have very healthy numbers next September! DofE Project Presentations Evening Many thanks to Mrs Goggin and the DofE team for an excellent evening last Monday. A wide range of interesting group presentations made this a very enjoyable event for staff and parents. It is great to see such good numbers completing the Silver Award and we hope many will go on to the Gold Award next year. Year 11 Achievement Conference Thank you to Mrs Everson and her team for the seamless organisation of the Year 11 Achievement Conference this week. It was great to see our students working with their mentors and putting plans in place to realise their ambitions. Attendance A reminder that the weekly emails regarding attendance will be circulated to all parents as part of our drive to ensure students attend as regularly as possible to maximise learning. Attendance Awards Following parental and student feedback we are making the following changes to our Attendance Awards. This change will appear on the first reports in December.

Mr Tanner - Principal

Attendance Award 2018-2019 2019-2020

Platinum 100.00% 98.5%+

Green 95.50% - 99.99% 95- 98.49%

Amber 89.00% - 95.49% 90-94.99%

Red Less than 89.00% Less than 90%

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Last year the Student Curriculum Committee lobbied for a Year 11 Study Room. They wanted a space that was just for Year 11 students and a space that housed study guides and past papers to support them with their revision. We thought this was a brilliant idea and we are delighted to tell you that we have created a space for them and the new Year 11 Study Room was launched last week!

The space itself is a lovely room next door to our Library. There is a lot of space in the room and we have organised it so that students can work independently if they wish but we have also created some collaborative working space too as we know that revising with friends can be really beneficial. In the coming weeks, we are having some whiteboards installed so that students are able to tackle problems and questions on the boards. We think that this will be a positive addition to the room as will the motivational posters that are in there. Heads of Department have provided Revision Guides, Text books and other resources that they felt would support students with their revision and we have also included copies of PiXL Independence Booklets and past papers as a further aid. We know that those students who prepare early and those students who utilise all of the support available to them are the ones

who make the most progress in their exams so I am thrilled that so many students are already using it. Please do encourage your child to use this room at lunchtime, when it is supervised, so that they can get ahead with their revision. Attendance to the room is being monitored and Mr Ruffles will be using this to support students with their Passport to the Prom.

Further to this, it would be a great idea to get your child to begin working on a revision timetable in preparation for the Mock Exams in November and more importantly the main exams in the Summer. As we discussed on the Revision evening in the Summer term, www.getrevising.co.uk is a great site to support you with this.

Mrs Wright (Assistant Principal) and Mr San Emeterio (Progress Leader)

YEAR 11 STUDY ROOM UP AND RUNNING

http://www.getrevising.co.uk

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The Modern Foreign Languages Department is looking for French, Spanish and Italian native speakers to help our students develop their speaking skills. If you are interested in helping our students and can spare

a few hours every week or every other week please get in touch, it will be greatly appreciated. The Department is also looking for members of the local community who use a foreign language in their current job and would be willing to come and talk to our students about the importance of learning a foreign language. Please contact Ms Bauduin [email protected].

Ms Bauduin - Head of MFL Department

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN THE MFL DEPT



To celebrate the European Day of Languages, Year 7 students were tasked with creating Acrostic poems using the word “languages”. We asked students to be creative and express what languages meant to them. The results were overwhelming. It was very difficult to select the best three per class and even more so to select the best three overall. That’s why we chose four! Very well done to all students for their efforts and creativity and huge congratulations to our winners who will receive 15, 10 and 5 praise points respectively.

Ms Bauduin – Head of MFL Department

POETRY IN MFL

Anna Nixon (7F) - 1st Place Amaya Moutia (7F) - 2nd Place Qirin Koehler (7J) and Isabelle Monk (7B) - 3rd Place

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Black History Month This week we continue to celebrate the richness of talents that the black community has to offer and the lives of iconic figures who work tirelessly towards peace and equality. During the course of this month we will display books, poems, biographies and autobiographies from black authors. This Week’s Recommended Reads The ‘Star Files’ collection is a great insight into the acting, music and entertainment world. In these four booklets you will find plenty of information about the lives and careers of the following stars:

Recently Purchased DVDs Please see below a selection of recently purchased DVDs that can be borrowed by students. DVDs can be borrowed via the Student’s ID card. It is free to borrow a DVD and they can borrow one DVD at a time for one week only.

Reading Club The Reading Club has restarted and our very keen team of readers are exploring the world of Tom Gates. Overdue Books/DVDs Any parents who have received letters or telephone calls about overdue books or DVDs, please return the items to either the Library or any one of the reception areas (marked for the attention of Ms S Blay) as soon as possible. If there is an issue with returning these items please contact me between 12.00pm and 4.00pm Monday to Friday on 01276 457600 extension 427 to discuss.

Mrs Teissonniere and Ms Blay - Library Co-Managers

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Ex-Collingwood student Oli Ewing who has been selected by The Guardian as one of twenty best new young talents at Premier League Football Clubs 2019. Follow the link below to view Oli’s entry on The Guardian’s website:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/oct/09/next-generation-2019-20-of-the-best-talents-at-premier-league-clubs

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PARENT GOVERNOR VACANCY A reminder that nomination forms for the Parent Governor vacancy must be returned to the Clerk to the Governing Board by 3.00pm on Wednesday 23 October. The letter sent to all parents/carers on 9 October sets out the nomination process. The Collingwood Governing Board meets once a term and operates five committees, which also meet each term. Governors at Collingwood sit on two of our five committees. Our meetings are at 8.00am and our aim is always to finish by 10.00am. If you are interested in the education of all students at Collingwood and are prepared to contribute your time and energy to support the College’s continual strive to improve our provision, then please do consider seeking nomination. If you would like to find out more or have any questions, then please do feel free to contact me via the Clerk to the Governing Board: [email protected]

Mr Barker - Chair of the Governing Board



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