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CTS Snapshot

12.10.2018

CTS Snapshot12.10.2018
Welcome to our CTS Snapshot - a weekly celebration update. We are delighted to share with parents and carers the launch of #AmbitionForAll. Throughout October we will be highlighting the achievements of our students. We will also have exciting events going on in school. We will keep you up to date with these events through the Snapshot, the school website and Twitter.

#AmbitionForAll

Below are pictures and details of some of the exciting events that have taken place this week.
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Year 13 - CERN Trip

A group of Year 13 Physicists visited CERN this week looking at how the work at CERN helps us understand the universe.

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Year 10 War Poetry

Our Year 10 students enjoyed a talk on experiences of war and conflict as part of their study of the GCSE poetry anthology. The talk was led by ex- Royal Marine, Nigel Barrett.
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Year 7 Activity Week

Pictured are some of the Year 7's who visited Rutland Water this week and enjoyed building a raft and canoeing.

Student of the Day:

The following students have been nominated this week #AmbitionForAll:


Monday - Nikodem, Year 8

Tuesday - Logan, Year 9

Wednesday - Hana, Year 10

Thursday - Cameron, Year 8

Friday - Dominika. Year 10

Stars of the Week:

Students:


  • Mr Williamson has nominated Year 12 students Denzel and Solomon who led a very impressive assembly today on Black History Month which is being celebrated in October.
  • Mr McRae-Smith has nominated Nikodem and Julia 8CA and Summer 9C for being the top positive points achievers in C House in Term 1.

  • Mr Cox has nominated Year 9 Drama students for a fantastic Drama assessment performance.

  • Miss Connellan has nominated Year 10 English students for their engagement and question during their talk on the context behind war poetry.
  • Miss McGrath has nominated 7TA for their contribution during activity with a special mention to star bakers Dylan and Isaac and runners up Isabel and Willow.
  • Mr Jackson has nominated nominate our Year 9 Maths leaders, Sam, Dominik , Ana , Tamiska and Grace for their expertly planned and delivered Maths lessons for the rest of the group. They all showed great commitment in delivering two fun and engaging lessons.

    Mr Bidwell has nominated our student Humanities leaders for an excellent black history month board.

  • Mr Horne has nominated Year 8 student Nive for excellent commitment (again) to her studies this week and Year 9 Mathematicians for some brilliant statistical analyses this term.

Celebration of Student Work:

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World Mental Health Day

This week we supported World Mental Health Day. Our students and staff have been discussing 'What is mental health?', and have found out where they can get support

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Chess Champions

Congratulations to our Chess team who won a closely fought tournament against Brooke Weston Academy and came out winners!
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School Production - High School Musical

High School Musical rehearsals kick off with the full cast for the first time.

Attendance Matters

Every single day a student is absent from school equates to a day lost of learning. At Corby Technical School we pride ourselves in maintaining excellent attendance. Our target is to achieve and maintain a whole school attendance of above 96.5%. We will be giving you weekly updates on our whole school attendance, the tutor group and house who achieved the highest attendance this week.
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Whole School Attendance

Whole school attendance this week is 96.21%, just short of our weekly target.
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Best Tutor Group

Best tutor groups are 7CA with 100% attendance.
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House Winner

House winners are C house with 97.51%, well done to Cayley and Coleman.

Reminders:

  • School will close on Friday 12th October for the two week break, we will reopen on Monday 29th October 2018.
  • Update letters will be emailed to all parents, these will also be available on the school website.