CTS Snapshot
08.07.2022
Welcome to our CTS Snapshot - a weekly celebration update. We are delighted to share with parents and carers alike student triumphs at Corby Technical School. We are proud of every student and every success they have - please feel free to share with us any achievements they might have.
Snapshot News:
Year 7 students have had a fun filled week and have visited Rutland Water, Corby International Swimming Pool, Savoy cinema and have taken part in lots of activities at school.
Sixth form students Shay and Debony have hosted CCF workshops where the students had to replicate a basher shelter built by the cadets, learn to use field cooking equipment, fire building skills, experienced wearing gilly suits and completed team building exercises.
They also took part in first aid and cooking activities making cinnamon buns which Mrs Firmin said were excellent!
The students have had an amazing week and Miss Buffini and the tutors are all very proud of them for their great team work.
Year 10 Royal Navy visit:
Sixth Form Transition:
To further support the transition into sixth form, this week we have welcomed over 50 year 11 students into school to experience a masterclass in the subjects they have opted for. These masterclasses are designed to challenge the students thinking and to give them a ‘taster’ of what it is like to study the subject at a higher level.
Evie - Year 7
Top Lesson Stars:
Year 7:
Miss Buffini would like to say what a fabulous activities week, Well done year 7’s for making this so much fun and thank you to all Year 7 tutors.
Well done to all students, they have all shown great resilience, perseverance, creativity and team work. We are very proud of them and have enjoyed the time spent as a form group together.
Year 8:
Evie, 8ST. Kristof 8TA, Teigan 8SW, Ayren 8CO, Leyton 8TA and Joel 8ST.
Year 9:
Stas 9CO, Mariyah 9SW and Rene 9CA.
Year 10:
Floreen 10ST, CJ 10TE, Rhia 10TE, Isaac 10TA, Emma 10TE, Jonathan 10TA, Adam 10CA, Olivia 10TE, Eva 10TA, Seth 10CA and Rhema 10TE.
Year 12:
Carmen, Shay, Josh, Sacro and Daniils 12A.
Subject Highlights:
Maths:
Mr Lee has nominated 7B1 for their fantastic results on the ratio assessment!
Mrs Wynn has nominated her Year 10 students for their dedication to their learning. Most have been willing to show their work on the board to their peers showing how much their confidence as grown.
Science:
Scientists of the Week are:
Year 8 student Grace for her great work within the crystal Science in Action lessons.
Year 9 student Mya for excellent effort in Science.
Year 10 student Dylan C for a great effort in Chemistry.
Food Tech:
Mrs Firmin has nominated the Year 7 classes that took part in the cookery activity this week have all been amazing! They all made some excellent cinnamon buns, and Mrs Firmin was particularly impressed with their handling of dough. A very promising set of young bakers.
MFL:
Mrs Gonzalez-Villamil Lean has nominated Year 8 student Georgia K, not only for an extremely high standard piece of re-drafting, which shows her high expectations on her work, but also for the care and thoroughness displayed in her peer assessing. Tremendous!
In Spanish this week with Mrs Bartlett, students in Years 7, 8, and 9 have been reviewing and redrafting their writing assessments to see how many examples of interesting, higher-level language they can include, using their ’25 Keys to Success’ sheets. There have been some outstanding examples of texts that are already including a wide variety of tenses and structures, and I am particularly impressed with Bartosz, Kinga, Emily, Daniel, and Rares in 8SW, who all produced a GCSE standard piece of work. In Year 10 Mrs Bartlett was particularly impressed by Kian, Leena, Emma and Corina and Thomas for their fantastic results in the Reading and Writing assessments! Well done!
Humanities:
Mr Strumpher has nominated Year 10 students Harley, Dawa, Danills and Cameron for excellent work in their Geography mock exams.
Mrs Vaghadia has made the following nominations this week:
Year 10 Sociology students Kent, Amelia, Sania, Paulina, Jess, Mason, Alicia, Mya, Amie and Ella for getting an excellent grade on their end of year assessment. Well done to you all you have worked super hard and it has paid off.
8ST RE class for making an great start on their Hajj brochure this week. Mrs Vaghadia is looking forward to seeing the final versions next week. Also nominated are, 9CO RE for asking excellent questions in class and taking an active interest on the topic we have been covering this term. 10ST have made an excellent start on their Christianity work this week and Mrs Vaghadia is looking forward to seeing them next week. Finally, Year 11 students who attended the A Level Psychology master class this week. It was so exciting to see the future A Level students. Students were very engaged with the content with lots of great discussions.
Mr Harris has nominated Teigan, Kade, Klaudia and Ivan (8SW) who were excellent in explaining what they found most shocking about slavery and how poorly slaves were treated. It is clear they have been fascinated by the topic and have produced some excellent work which was celebrated with a lesson star.
Sixth Form:
Mr Hallas would like to nominate the following sixth form students for their support with Year 6 Transition, Kumo, Drew, Dragos, Josh, Arnas and Daniils. The following also support with Year 7 activity week Anna, Wojciech, Shay, Dominik, Kumo and Lacy, a great effort from all of you, well done!
English:
Miss Duncan has nominated Mauricio, Erica, Kai, Adam and Olivia (8C1) for the great delivery of their speeches to the class on the topic of the gender achievement gap in education.
Mrs Brown would like to thank Year 12 for a fantastic start to your extended NEA project Shay, Carmen and Sacro have all written brilliant introductions and have exciting research ahead. Well done!
Mrs Brown is also very impressed having marked the Year 10 mocks from her class. Results will be revealed this week, but you have a very proud teacher!
Also, a special mention to Year 10 media group who have all started their magazine designs this week.
Mrs Rice has nominated the following Year 8 students:
Miller for excellent letter-writing, Addison for detailed work and fantastic effort, Karina, Veronica, Georgia, Oliwia, Luba, Alicja and Adam for wonderful speech writing.
Reminders:
Corby Technical School
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