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Cox Green School

Newsletter

26 June — 30 June 2017

Committed to Achievement

What’s On

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Dates for your Diary

Trip Reminder

Year 11 and 13 Leavers sQuid

Stay Safe

Stay Cool

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KS3 Presentation Evening

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GSK—Industrial Cadets Project

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Positive Points Winners

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Art and Photography Exhibition

Library News

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Year 11 Prom & Leavers’

Afternoon

Weekly Calendar

Monday 26th June No Events

Tuesday 27th June

Year 11 Leavers Afternoon with Parents—sign in at

Reception 12.45pm (Students to be in school by

11.30am in full uniform, entry by the Theatre doors)

Wednesday 28th June

Year 13 Leavers Afternoon with Parents—sign in at

Reception 1.15pm (Students to be in school by

12.45pm in full business dress, sign in at sixth form)

Thursday 29th June Year 10 STEM Activity Day GSK 9am—3.15pm

Year 13 Prom

Friday 30th June No Events

Violas

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Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 4th July Art & Photography Exhibition 4.30pm-7pm

Thursday 6 July Year 11 Prom

Saturday 8 July Year 9 Battle fields Trip

Friday 14 July Year 10 Brecon Beacons Trip

End of Term for Students

Year 11 and 13 Leavers

sQuid catering and trip balances – if your child is coming towards the end of their time at Cox Green

School, please be aware that sQuid will only refund balances over £5. Please plan your top-ups and

spending so that your child’s account is at a minimum on their last day and cancel any auto top-up on the

account. If you have more than £5 on the account, please contact sQuid directly at

customerservice@squidcard.com quoting your child’s sQuid SRN (which can be found under their name

on the homepage of your online sQuid account.

TRIP REMINDER

Current Year 10 History Auschwitz Trip - January 2018 (Students will be Year 11 at the time of the trip)

A reminder that sQuid opens at 6pm on Sunday 2 July 2017 to book your child’s place (deposit payment).

If you are unsuccessful in booking a place and would like your child’s name to be held on a reserve list, please email enquiries@coxgreen.com requesting this.

Thank you.

Reminder for Students To Stay Safe in the Hot Weather

We have been made aware that the latest trend amongst young people is bridge jumping and

“tombstoning” in various spots along the Thames. We urge you to talk to your children about using the

river (and local reservoirs) safely and responsibly.

Whilst we want our students to enjoy the summer, and appreciate it is extremely hot at the moment,

please be mindful of dangerous currents and injuries that can be sustained if jumpers land on hidden

objects, or in shallow waters.

Please be aware that The Environment Agency recommends against bridge jumping and swimming in

rivers unless part of a formally organised event.

Reminder for Students to Stay Cool in the Summer

With the current heatwave, we remind students and their parents about using sun block and keeping

hydrated. We have, and will relax school uniform codes during hot days and additional drinking water

supplies are available. Students should refill bottles during breaks.

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KS3 Presentation Evening Thursday 15th June 2017

Last Thursday the KS3 Presentation Evening was held in the school theatre . Each department presented

awards to Year 7 and Year 8 students. These were for Academic Achievement, Commitment and

Contribution, and trophies for Excellence.

The Cox Green School Choir

The trophies

Refreshments in the canteen

Eleftheria-Zacharenia Vettou and Vlad Teisanu

Gave a review of the Year

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GSK—Industrial Cadets Project

Six students were chosen to represent our school in the Industrial

Cadets Project; Hayden Netherwood-Meek, Sofia White, Georgia

Bradfield, James Meyrick, all from Year 9 and, Eliza Vettou and

myself, Cameron Armstrong from Year 8. The project was over-

seen by Miss Winchcombe and our school’s mentor from

GlaxoSmithKline, Sophie Jackson.

To launch our project, our team visited the Maidenhead

GlaxoSmithKline site, where we were introduced to our mentor,

who gave us a factory tour, a great insight into their production

line. We were later briefed on the task that lay ahead of us. We

were initially given a range of eco-friendly topics and quickly agreed that an eco-friendly classroom was

the most sustainable idea suited for our school. There are many features to an eco-friendly classroom, so

our team decided to focus on one topic in particular. After a

discussion, we decided on water harvesting and regeneration. This

was because we all felt that water was the most wasted resource

in our school! We also felt we could produce a practical design to

save money by recycling wasted water from the Food Technology

classrooms and Science Laboratories.

After our project’s topic had been finalised we

met after school for an hour every Wednesday. To kick start our project, we

individually researched many eco-friendly ideas we could incorporate into our

classroom. Upcycling was a frequently occurring topic, the art of converting waste

materials or useless products into new products or products of better quality, for

example, plastic bottles could act as wasp traps or rainwater collectors. This lead us

on to research rainwater collection further. We were now settled on the topic of our

project. With this we started our ten week journey. We made a model of a guttering

system that fed into an underground tank. Next, we wrote up a report on the project and practised the

presentation we would act out in front of the judges.

The ten weeks flew by and soon we found ourselves travelling to the GlaxoSmithKline site, Brentford,

where we would conclude our journey with another 18 schools. We put together our display board and

ran through our presentation one last time. We were then

called to deliver our presentation to a panel of judges, we all

felt it went well. After a discussion between the judges the

prizes were announced. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful.

This project has improved our team-working and

communication skills, it’s been a great opportunity.

By Cameron Armstrong, Year 8

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Positive Points Winners

Congratulations to our Gold (300) Positive Points winners:

Year 7— Rachael Bond, Joe Camplin, Natalia Chabasiewicz, Daniel Curtin, Harvey Duncan-Taylor, Nicole

Filipowicz, Sam Form-Hunt, Isabelle Heath, Paris James, Stevy-Ann Knight, Sasha Lovell, Cerys Moore, Jan

Pleskac, Isabel Spring

Year 8— Rhianna Clements, Jake Dargie, Indigo Ellis

Congratulations to our Silver (200) Positive Points winners:

Year 7— Erin Foley, Glorianne Mutemaunga, Jonathan Peace, Jan Pleskac, Mandie Trice, Ben Westacott,

Emily LaPuerta, Ellen O’Mahony

Year 8— Indigo Ellis, Milly Gibbins

Congratulations to our Bronze (150) Positive Points winners:

Year 7— Troy Carty, Jackson Green, Jonathon Peace, Jan Pleskac, Joe Richards, Joseph Stonell, Ben

Westacott, Jamie-Louisa Williams

Year 8— Ellis Indigo, Libby Kingston, Tamirira Masango

Congratulations to our 100 Positive Points Winners:

Year 7— Jamie-Louisa Williams

Year 8— Chelsea Harrison, Tamirira Masango

Please note : Your child will not be pictured or named as a positive points winner if we have them on the

database as ‘No Photo External ‘ or ‘No name External’ unless you have agreed for this to happen.

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Term Time—Library Opening Times

Library News

Internet Access in the Library During school hours, the library computers are always on the ‘School Setting’, with the approved firewalls in place, and this is the ONLY option available for all students – unless you have a laptop. Out of school hours, you may use the library computers, as set up for you by library staff. Or you need a device that accepts Wi-Fi. Happy computing! ‘Salt to the Sea’ wins the Carnegie Medal 2017! Thank you to Miss Barrett and Miss Allen for encouraging lots of you to read the Carnegie Shortlisted books. The Winner was announced on 19th June – ‘Salt to the Sea by Ruta Septys. Here are the other 7 shortlisted books for the Carnegie Children’s Award, all excellent reads: Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie Sue Hitchcock The Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard Beck by Mal Peet (with Meg Rosoff) Railhead by Philip Reeve Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk. If you haven’t read the winner yet, there are copies in the Library, as well as all the other books. They are well worth it! Happy Reading!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8.30am to 3.30pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 7pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 5pm 10am to 1.30pm 11am to 2pm

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Year 11 Prom and Leavers’ Afternoon