CTS Snapshot
07.07.2023
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.
Top Lesson Stars:
Year 7:
Matei and Ruby 7ST.
Year 8:
Nicola 8SW, Josh 8SW, Igor 8CA, Amber 8CU and Sophia 8SI.
Year 9:
Lucas 9Ca and Laura-Lee 9SI.
Year 10:
Arina 10TA, Mya 10CA, Paula 10CO, Louisa 10TA and Phoebe 10ST.
Subject Highlights:
Maths:
Miss Harrison has nominated Year 10 students Charmaine, Liam M, Maisie and Hollie for their excellent work on Best Buys. Students were able to use their knowledge of proportion to scale up and down quantities to compare the value of different items.
Miss Adamska has nominated Year 12 students Rowan and James for their outstanding contribution in their study on The Simplex Algorithm in Further Maths this week! Well done!
Music:
Miss Patrick has nominated the following this week:
Year 8: Year 8 have been writing the lyrics for their very own reggae song. I would like to celebrate Alan, Lucas, Moyo, Harry, Hayden and Bradley in 8SI for their lyrical composition. The group have worked very hard to write a song about football club transfers that also keeps in line with reggae conventions - brilliant!
Year 9: This week year 9 have continued to work on their chosen rock songs for a performance at the end of term. Miss Patrick has been really impressed with students work this term - every group is putting a lot of effort into their project. Miss Patrick would like to mention 9CU this week for their focus, it really made a difference by the end of the lesson, where I could hear songs coming together! A special mention to Jamie for his drumbeat to 'Wonderwall' by Oasis and also to Alexandra, Yagmur, Tara and Megan for their all singing version of 'Stiches' by Shawn Mendes - great work this week!
Humanities:
9CO History had an excellent lesson last week with Mr Foreman who was really impressed with their efforts.
Mr Shepherd has nominated 9TA Geography for a great lesson and working really hard looking into the topic of Blood Diamonds.
Computer Science:
Mrs MacLeod has made the following nominations this week:
Year 10 - Mrs Macleod’s Year 10D/CS1 students have gone onto a new topic this week in Computer Science called “Data Representation.” They have been looking at Converting Binary to Denary and Denary to Binary. Students have completed different worksheets to practise the skills needed to carry out this task. Well done to the following students for putting a lot of effort into their work during the lesson: Robert, Mariyah, Joprince, Kacper, Joshua, Max, Rhys, Patriskas, Joshua, Dominika, Arina, Cole, Freddie, Dominik, Benjamin, Mihai, Marian, Stas, Zhivko, Harrison, Daniel, Toby, Tyler, Shane, Oliver, Linards, Oliver and Keeley.
Year 9 - 9SW/CS, 9CA/CS and 9TU/CS students have been learning about the use of a sound editing program called “Audacity” that will allow them to experiment with sound to complete specific tasks and challenges. Students were able to solve more complex problems requiring sound manipulation. They have explained how attributes such as sampling frequency and sample size affect characteristics such as representation size and perceived quality. They were able to work through the worksheets required for this task. Good effort!
Year 8 - 8CA/CS and 8CU/CS students have been working hard on the introduction of using Inkscape to create graphics. During this week’s lesson students have investigated how vector images are stored. Students looked at SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file storage and markup text. Keep up the good effort and work using the software Inkscape!
Year 7 - Mrs Macleod would like to congratulate Year 7CA/CS1 students for their work and effort on looking at “The Internet Service”. This week’s lesson explored the Internet, its services, and the World Wide Web. Students have gained knowledge and understanding about the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web and how each came about. Students have also gained understanding that the activity on the internet in a single minute is quite staggering. Through an ‘Internet minute’ exercise, students have understood that many different services are provided across the internet. Email and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was explained. The term ‘Internet of Things (IoT)’ was explored. Keep up the good work!
PE:
Mr Clamp has nominated Year 10 students Kacper L and Ava G for their continued effort and application in Sports Science.
Mrs Feeley’s groups have enjoyed an introduction to pairs cricket this week. Well done to Year 10 students, Paula, Arina, Eureka, Greta, Louisa, and Kenzie and Year 7 students Cassie-Jo, Millie, Olivia and Alivia for high scores and demonstrating superb fielding skills.
Food Tech:
KS3 have been doing their practical assessments for the end of their Food rotation with Mrs Firmin. 9TE and 9SI made some brilliant scones using only recipe instructions that they had written themselves. There were some very successful outcomes - well done all!
8SI for have worked really well in the past 3 weeks with Mr Foreman, well done!
Art:
Mrs Morgan has nominated 9TU for their excellent work on the Totem Poles, also nominated are Year 10 GCSE Art students who have been working really hard and 8CA who are working well in lessons and produced some excellent Hamsa Hands for Cultural week .
Science:
Mr Godfrey has nominated Year 10 students Ava G, Weronika W, Joshua B and Olivia P for their great attitude to learning that they have shown throughout the year.
Miss Kritzinger has nominated Year 10 students Blessing and Eureka for great work in Science.
English:
Mr Toye has nominated 10AY who have worked incredibly hard at ensuring they remain focused and have developed a great attitude to take with them into Year 11. Keep up the great work for the last few weeks!
Year 9 English have been studying Journey’s End and war poetry this term with Mrs Morris. Ellie-Leigh has created a fantastic piece of poetry inspired by a soldier and their experience of war.
Sixth Form Induction Day and Masterclasses:
For sixth form induction this week, we welcomed back our year 11 sixth form applicants as well as a number of outside applicants. The event included a lecture on our sixth form as well as a number of "ice breaker" activities that focused on teamwork and problem solving. Three year 12 students, Chad, Jasmine, and Oscar, also spoke to Year 11 students about various aspects of our sixth form, such as student leadership, the extended project qualification, and how to adjust to sixth form. Students were also able to attend a masterclass in each of their chosen subjects.
Year 7 and 8 Science:
In Year 7 and 8 Science we have been looking at the science behind what makes an effective bridge and having a go at designing, making and testing bridges with Mr Tanangonan.
Students had 15minutes to design and make a bridge out of 7 pieces of paper, attached are examples of 2 bridges which were able to hold the most amount of masses. Alan and Olly in Year 8 were able to make a paper bridge that was able to carry nearly 1Kg and Matei Andras, Jake and Luke in 7ST were able to build a paper bridge which was able to hold over 2Kg!
CCF:
Recently CCF cadets returned from Barry Buddon. Cadets were involved in multiple activities including blank and live firing, night exercise and a carousel of activities including navigation and paintball. The Cadets behaved impeccably and we are very proud of their conduct and wiliness to put what they have been taught into practice.
Reminders:
Corby Technical School
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Website: www.corbytechnicalschool.org
Location: Cottingham Road, Corby, United Kingdom
Phone: 01536 213100
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