CTS Snapshot
25.03.2022
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:
This week we have held our own Book Week. Students have decorated their tutor room doors and staff have also shared what books they are currently reading. Prizes will be given to the winning tutor group early next week. We have had some wonderful activities in the Library this week including a visit and workshop with children's author Tamsin Winter where students had the opportunity to go on a creative journey through an imaginary landscape and given a unique insight into world building, narrative hooks, characterisation, and storytelling techniques. Tamsin is an experienced writer and teacher, and our students found the workshop highly enjoyable and insightful.
Duke of Edinburgh
Well done to Year 9 student Lucy D on completing her DofE sport section! She has worked really hard and as her form tutor and DofE manager Miss Coulson is very proud.
Additionally, lots of our students have chosen either baking or arts and crafts for their skills section, Below is a selection of these from students across Year 9 and 10!
Year 7 Creative Writing Club:
Year 12:
Year 12 have conducted an experiment using stationary waves in a tube to measure the speed of sound in air. Initially they used a measuring cylinder full of water to seal the tube but Ryan suggested using a large bin which allowed us to find seven times as many harmonics (the best range we have ever seen at CTS)!
Top Lesson Stars:
Year 7:
Saketh 7ST, Josh 7SW, Igor 7CA, Mia 7SI, Isabelle 7TU, Samuel 7TA, Hadyn 7SI, Christopher 7SI, Dominik 7TE, Daisy 7TA, Harvey 7CO, Julia 7TE, Naimah 7CO, Ryan 7ST and Laura 7TA.
Year 8:
Jennifer 8TE, Johann 8CU, Adam 8SI, Thomas 8CO, Daniel 8SW, Erica 8CU, Ruby 8TA, Mason 8CO, Milly 8CU, Sebastien 8ST and Olivia 8SW.
Year 9:
Bianca 9TE, Maisie 9SW and Weronika 9CA,
Year 10:
Julia 10TE, Sophie 10CA, Leo 10ST, Courtney 10CO< Kacey-Leigh 10SW, Olivia 10TE and Eva 10TA.
Year 11:
Finlay 11TE, Samuel 11TA, Kian 11ST, Sophie 11ST, Oliwia 11CO, Jayme-Lei 11SW, Alicja 11TE and Israel 11TE.
Subject Highlights:
Music:
Miss Patrick has made the following nominations this week:
Year 7
Miss Patrick would like to celebrate Jorden in 7CO this week for especially brilliant leadership skills in this week’s performance. Jorden has worked particularly hard all term and his confidence when performing has built each week – excellent work!
Year 8:
This week year 8 performed a piece using Djembe that they composed entirely on their own. Miss Patrick has really enjoyed listening to each group play and has been so impressed with how seriously year 8 have approached this task – well done! A special mention goes to Ivan, Maisie and Kade 8SW, Henley, Vanessa and Peter in 8TU, Emily, Thomas, Nicole I and Eva in 8CO, Jennifer and Irena in 8TE and Sebastian and Kai in 8SI for consistently demonstrating a resilient attitude and always striving to improve their performance technique!
Year 9:
Miss Patrick would like to celebrate 9SW this week, who responded very maturely when we had to make a last-minute change to our lesson. Miss Patrick was so impressed with how well they were able to listen and respond to each other using only Djembe drums after a very short introduction to signals and really enjoyed listening to their call and response pieces – all very creative entries, well done!
Maths:
Miss Kaur has nominated Year 10 students Harley and Dexter for their improvement in maths since the start of the year! Also nominated for great improvement are Year 9 students Benjamin and Lily and Year 8 student Mia.
Mr Jackson has nominated Emily F in Year 8 for teaching Mr. Jackson a new method to find the median from a frequency table. Well done Emily!
Mr Lee would like to congratulate Josh, Julia, Olivia (10TE) and Clayton (10CA) for gaining full marks on their recent assessment. Also nominated are Year 11 students Grace, Israel, Rohan, Logan, Cameron, April, Daria, Hallie, Kelly, Lexi, Oscar S, Jakub, Oliwier and Beau for making an excellent start in their new Maths groups.
Science:
This week's Scientists of the Week are:
Year 7 student Lexie for excellent effort in Science lessons.
Year 8 student Rares for brilliant questions and contributions within lessons.
Year 9 student Dylan C for great improvement on his assessment.
Year 10 student Sanita for fantastic effort in Science recently.
Year 11 student Oliwier for great effort in session 6 this week.
Drama:
Miss Jenkins has nominated Year 9 student Shae, as in Drama this week, he went above and beyond in his devised performance, standing in for an absent peer and performing in three different roles! Excellent commitment.
This week KS3 students have been filming their end of unit performances and have been really impressing us. Special thanks to Year 11 students Tom, Jasmine and Holly who were guest judges during their breakfast time for some performances by 8CU.
PE:
Mr Armstrong has nominated Year 8 student Roisin for and excellent performance during competitive netball matches in PE lessons this week and Year 9 student Matty for an excellent attitude during competitive football matches in lessons this week.
All students have been enjoying competitive Sport Education style lessons in PE this week in football and netball. Mrs Feeley would like to mention in particular Lilly Year 7 and Alicja Z Year 8 for their excellent effort and demonstration of My Personal Best skills during lessons.
Mr Chatfield has nominated Daniel G in 8SW for his fantastic attitude in his basketball lesson.
Miss Williams has nominated Year 9 for their excellent sportsmanship and team work in PE lessons. They are currently playing a netball tournament in their set teams, they accumulate points through goals, good communication, team work and movement.
Food Tech:
Year 10 Food students had a great week. In their practical lesson with Mrs Firmin they completed an experiment making gluten which was a lot of fun. Next week they will be visiting the Manor House to see the Catering provision.
English:
Mrs Rice would like to say well done to all the Year 11 students who attended the English Literature conference this week, it was wonderful to see such dedication to their revision and the fantastic notes produced.
Mrs Hallybone has nominated 8B1 who have continued to impress with their wonderful analysis of Gothic literature. Special well done this week to Thomas F for very enthusiastic and insightful comments.
Humanities:
Miss Gilbert has nominated Mia and Lucas (7SI) for their hard work and effort in this week's work in Geography. Both students contributed greatly to the lesson providing answers and ideas throughout. Also nominated are Reva and Nicole K (8CO) for their continued effort and dedication in Geography, especially in the new topic of Ecosystems.
Mrs Vaghadia has nominated Year 10 Sociology students Ella, Kent, Paulina, and Chanel for their excellent contributions to the classroom discussions and responses given to questions. Keep up the great work. Also nominated are Year 11 students Kelly, Israel, Naomi, Darcey and Katie for their excellent contributions to classroom discussions and answers given to the questions directed to them. Very high level of knowledge displayed. Well done keep up the great work.
Mrs Brook has nominated 8SI for their fantastic effort with getting on board with their meditating lesson in R.E.
Mr Hallas would like to nominate Mariyah, Shane, Oskar, Harry and Oliver in 9ST for excellent use of factual support in their most assessment in geography. It is always wonderful to see students making full use of relevant examples from the world around them to support their ideas. Also nominated are Olivia, Morgan, Dorian, Saketh, Marley, Jessica and Ryan in 7ST for a brilliant second assessment in geography. The level of detail was impressive, and their answers would not be out of place in a GCSE class. Great effort and well done.
Mr Harris has nominated Olivia and Junior (8SW) for their exceptional work when we were looking at Biomes in Geography and both excellent contributions to support their peers with the learning of the 4 Biomes we were looking at. Excellent work and well done both!
Reminders:
Corby Technical School
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