2016 Winter Caludon Update

December 2016

Headteacher’s Letter Year Group News Student Successes

Trips & Visits Sports

Photograph: Editor of the Caludon Moon

Headteacher’s Letter

“Numerous activities and successes” activities and successes as you will read in this Caludon Update.

In particular, I would like to congratulate the many students that have attended the ‘Head’s Tea Party’ in recognition of their hard work, improvement in an aspect of their learning, or for showing good acts of kindness. I hope to see many more children next term.

Dear Parents and Carers, Well, what a busy term here at Caludon! You must be so proud of your childrens’ achievements and their involvement in school life. So many students took part in our new graduation reward events this week, and we hope to continue these throughout the year.

There have been numerous

Caludon is a vibrant school and even the staff are continuously looking for new and innovative ways to engage students and help them to achieve their best.

This year, several teachers have been accredited as lead learning practitioners, demonstrating that they are outstanding in the classroom.

This year, we are offering the opportunity to meet your child’s subject teachers at parents’

evenings. So far these evenings have been very well received and the feedback has been positive from both teachers and yourselves.

In September, we organised an ‘Anti- Bullying’ information evening and although very few parents attended, we will organise another evening next term, as those that did attend found it very useful. So keep checking our website for key events.

I would like to wish you a Happy Christmas and an enjoyable holiday Best Wishes

Mrs Michele Marr Headteacher

All Photography students were invited to enter this term’s sunset photograph competition. Some of the entries are shown here, with the winning entry displayed later in the Update. Look out for more photography competitions in future.

Year 7 News We are pleased to say that our new Y7 students settled very quickly into life at the school, and have been a real asset to our community.

To celebrate their successes in their first term, we held a Christmas lunch on the 9th December, which was visited by Father Christmas and two of his Elven friends.

After their meal, the Y7s joined in with a very rousing rendition of the Twelve Days of Christmas, and took part in a massive mannequin challenge to round off the event.

Other Years We have introduced a new graduation programme at Caludon Castle School, for all students in all years.

individual portions of popcorn, and Y10 and Y11 left school before the rest of the students on specific days.

The students had their first graduation successes at the end of term, when those students who were on track to graduate were given an interim reward. Y7 had their special Christmas lunch, Y8 and Y9 watched a film, with

Graduation criteria encompass attendance, punctuality, progress, and achievement in the new Caludon Experience Awards.

Well done to all those who are on track at the moment.

The Caludon Castle School community supports a number of charities throughout the year.

Charities supported include Macmillan, Stand Up to Cancer, Children in Need, Myton Hospice, and many more.

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Anti Bullying This year’s theme was ‘Power for Good’, which was seen throughout the week in assemblies and tutor activities.

The aims of the week were to: support our young people to use their ‘Power for Good’ – by understanding the ways in which they are powerful, and encouraging individual and collective action to prevent and stop bullying, to create the best world possible.

“One simple act of kindness can change someone’s entire day” During the week each year group participated in a wide variety of activities to enable them to explore: • What is the difference between conflict and bullying • Different types of bullying • The effects of bullying for the victim and the bully

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• How to report any worries and concerns • The consequences of unkind and bullying behaviour for the victim and perpetrator • How celebrating difference and diversity within our community can help to challenge bullying.

All students attended an assembly dedicated to ‘The Power of Good’, illustrating the benefits of valuing difference and diversity. During the assemblies, our new ‘Staying Safe’ Charter was launched and BEN (Bullying Ends Now) cards were distributed.

If you wish to access additional information regarding bullying (our anti-bullying policy, support mechanisms available for parents and students, internet safety etc) please visit our website. There is a direct link to the anti-bullying section at the top of every page.

You can also contact your child’s Year Leader.

A big thank you to Mr Moffat and the Student Ambassadors for their support during assemblies and tutor time during anti bullying week, they really do have ‘The Power for Good’.

Michael Smith Ariyana Delai Eesha Matharu Jennifer Barr Laura Howes Ayomide Akinsinmide Lucy May Jones Cara Starkey Ben Carr Zoe Lancaster Millie Smedley Daniel Harrison Daneesan Sivanathan Jake Conor Chadwick Jake Smedley Domonkos Marek Jonathan Letts

Week 2016 Earlier in the term, we ran our second parents’ information evening, on the theme of ‘What About Bullying?’

Parents from all year groups were invited. Not surprisingly, the highest proportion attending were parents of year 7 students who wanted to know more about Caludon’s approach to tackling bullying.

One behalf of Ms Hutchinson, who had lost her voice, Ms Harris outlined our views on bullying behaviours and their potential effects on the victims, the witnesses and the bullies, and what parents can do to support their child, and alert the school.

Ms Edwards, Year Leader for Y11 and a key member of our anti-bullying team, outlined the school’s toolbox of support and actions that we can use when we discover bullying behaviours.

Mr Fitzjohn, guru of all things technical and leader of Computing, explained more about cyber-bullying and how parents can support their children in a digital age.

The meeting was also attended by representatives of each year team and other senior leaders from the school, all on hand to discuss individual issues at the end of the meeting, if the need arose.

Top Digital Tips: • Be involved in your child’s online life • Watch Thinkuknow films to learn more • Keep up-to-date with your child’s development online • Set boundaries in the online world just as you would in the real world • Know what connects to the internet and how • Consider the use of parental controls on devices that link to the internet, such as the TV, laptops, computers, games consoles and mobile phones • Emphasise that not everyone is who they say they are • Know what to do if something goes wrong

Caludon Castle School - Staying Safe At Caludon we believe that there is no excuse for bullying.

Everyone should: • Feel safe, secure and happy • Treat others the way they would like to be treated • Respect all members of our community (respect to all, from all) • Celebrate difference, and value people’s feelings and faiths, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disabilities.

• Stand up for what is right

‘See something, say something.’ ben@caludoncastle.co.uk Text ben 07624 810912

Staying safe at Caludon ‘We are better without bullying.’

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Student Successes Headteacher’s tea parties The following students were invited to the Headteacher’s tea parties this term, to recognise their achievements: Y7 Daisy Hallam Harry Owen Helan Muzuri Ira Tonogbanua Joe Kingswell Lerone Lennox Maddison Bromwich Mc Keith Calica Sohail-Abbas Baig Sophia Ha Y8 Ayomide Akinsinmide Chloe Pettitt Elisha McFadyean Fatamata Jar Finn Holland Karissa patel Maariyah <unir Maria Bijo

Sarina Somal Tash Chisimo Y9 Ajay Singh Ella Aldridge-Berwick Genevieve Gunn Georgia Cousins Hoger Muzuri Holly Kingswell Isabelle Ross Jess Smith Josh McCartney Saiya Sohal Y10 Arshdeep Kaur Ben Gocher Brandon Tierney Chris Roston Harry Wakefield Jake Cockerton Jessica Sheridan Kelsea Dowson Kia Eyden

Other success stories Reece McCook and Sienna Swift represented Caludon at a FutureChef competition in early December at Henley College.

Reece won the competition and Sienna really impressed the judges, who would love for her to return next year. We are immensely proud of these two students’ achievements.

Ms Coe

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Kian Flinn Mia Kempster Sharna Bartlett Tom Ward Y11 Alex Eaves Caitlin Pearce Callum Mack Catherine Kenny Dominique Taylor-Dowson Emilian Rama Holly Flowers Jamie Williams Kohen Lock Nawfal Hassan Sam Ralph Taylor Blaney Vismaya Jose Catering was provided by Libby Clark Megan Blake Ann Marie Brown Jevons Maddie John

Many of our classes took part in a Skypeathon on the 1st and 2nd of December, talkig to students and experts from across the globe.

The STEM club are entered into a Lego League Robot competition taking place during the Christmas Holidays at Coventry University. They have been working hard on their presentations and the programming of the robots since September on both Tuesday and Thursday nights:

Cara Starkey They will be helped in the competition by: Michael Prentice Annie Collins Beth Collins

Georgia Eaton Millie Smedley Fjori Dautaj Lucy Jones Jake Smedley Daniel Harrison Michael Smith Sophia Kennedy Ayomide Akinsinmide Ben Carr Jennifer Barrs Liam Melia Joe McAuley

Giving 100% Five of our students were recently invited to an awards ceremony for having 100% attendance throughout their time at Caludon Castle.

Jonathan Letts, Tanesha Seale and Ben Maddison all attended the ceremony and were given a certificate and a voucher by the Lord Mayor of Coventry.

Ms Maroke

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Student News

In Brief

The 6th October was National Poetry Day, with students in all year groups searching the internet for a poem that inspired them, to be kept on their phones and on paper as a ‘Poem in my Pocket’.

In October, the following students represented the school in the Heart of England Regional Heat of ‘The Edge’: Jake Smedley Ayomide Akinsinmide Lucy-Mae Jones Michael Smith

The Senior UK Maths Challenge took place in November, with 55 Y12 and Y13 mathematicians representing Caludon Castle School.

The Caludon Moon Our cover star, Y11 student Masooma Shah is the editor-inchief of the soon-to-be-launched new student magazine, the Caludon Moon. Helped by Ms Hutchinson, Ms Thorley and Ms Alli, Masooma has launched the Caludon Moon club after school on Thursdays to create a magazine for students by students. The growing team of journalists, photographers and illustrators are currently working on the first issue, hoping for a first edition release in early February.

If anyone else is interested in joining the team, or submitting an article, story or photograph, please email Ms Hutchinson.

Those who simply want to read the magazine when it’s finished should keep their eyes peeled for our launch campaign.

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Africa Inspires - The July 2016

This fabulous team of ten enjoyed another memorable visit from Caludon Castle School to Uganda this year. After over a year of fund raising, training, vaccinations and general anticipation we were good to go.

Many thanks at the outset go to Wasps RFC, to Neil Parker, Dave Cummins, Sue Webb and all our sponsors for their support.

Particular thanks to Michele Marr and Jackie Thompson and to all our families who have supported us in so, so many ways.

The fundraising behind us, once in Kampala, there was little time to catch our breath before we were in action.

“On arrival, we split into groups and started to play our various sports, including rounders, end ball, badminton and volleyball.

We were impressed at the skills the children had, both listening and athletic. The children either focused on instructions amazingly or excelled at the sports they already knew.

It was great to see how grateful and happy both the children and teachers were. After just one day at a primary school we all have made close bonds already. The day was tiring, but we wouldn’t call it hard work because the children made the day so amazingly special for us!”

Blog quote “The students who won each competition immediately congratulated each other for their hard work and the ones who didn’t win showed nothing but joy for the winners. Children

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of such a young age not only demonstrate advanced skills in various sports, but also admirable sportsmanship towards their peers. When surrounded by children who constantly have a smile on their face, you can’t help but embrace the positivity and good vibes.”

Blog quote So, a remarkable few days in East Africa, with a stellar cast of students, a strong lead role from Sally Hammersley and admirable support roles in the form of Ben, our driver, and his good friend Richard.

“For me, the most important part of this trip isn’t giving financial support or sports equipment to the schools (although this is vital), it is actually the memories and experiences gained by both the team from Caludon and the students at the Ugandan schools.”

Blog quote

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Student

Drama: Y10 Commedia Del’Arte The Drama department hosted, literally, so many Y10 parents in November for the ‘Commedia Del’Arte Showcase’. It was our busiest event of this kind, based on audience size, ever, and the staff were very appreciative of the parents who made an effort to attend, and of course the students themselves.

The new GCSE Drama students get a proper introduction to performance in this project, which is based on a 16th Century Italian comedy style that partly inspired Shakespeare. There was plenty of laughter, some superb performances and the realisation that, once again, we are lucky to be working with some incredibly talented young people.

Mr De Groot

Geography: Y8 On Thursday 24th November 80 lucky Y8 geographers visited the London Olympic Park.

The students were able to visit several of the stadia, such as the velodrome where they were fortunate enough to witness some of the cycling first hand.

Students were also able to visit the aquatics centre, where Tom Daley was around to say ‘Hi’!

Overall, our students had a great time and have many fantastic ideas for designing their own stadium, including comfier seats in the velodrome!

Ms Crickmore

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Events H&SC: Y12

During the latter part of the Autumn term the Health and Social Care Y12 students visited Longlea Care Home in Nuneaton to carry out some Christmas activities as part of their communication course work. The residents enjoyed quizzes created by the students, cakes baked by the students and arts activities such as pom-pom making and Christmas card making. The students all excelled in the criteria for their coursework and represented Caludon in an impeccable way.

Ms McKenzie

Poppy Field

For Remembrance Day this year, Visual Arts students created a field of poppies at the front of the school. Individual students added a hand made large-scale poppy each to add to the overall effect.

Visitors to the school commented on the impact the poppy field had as they approached our front doors.

The poppy has been a symbol of remembrance for those who have died in war, after the poppies proliferated on the battle fields of the First World War when the fighting was over.

Each year we hold a Remembrance Day service in the school hall at break time. This was, as usual, very well attended this year by both students and staff. The bell also rang at 11.00am for silence across the school. This is during the morning break, and the response of the students, both inside and outside the building, is always impressive.

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Trips and Visits Drama: Stratford - The Tempest by William Shakespeare For their exam in June, Year 13 Drama students have to write a comparison between a modern production of a Shakespeare play and the way the same play would have been performed in Shakespeare’s era.

This term, with this exam in mind, we took a trip to watch The Tempest and were amazed by the new technology used to retell the magical story.

On a distant island a man waits.

Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island.

Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems.

In a unique partnership with Intel, the RSC use today’s most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare’s magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience.

In October the Y12/13 Travel and Tourism students visited the Herbert Art Gallery, to see a leisure attraction in operation.

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History Y12 students visited Bosworth Field in October, to understand more about the War of the Roses.

Into Film Festival Media Studies: Warwick Arts Centre - Me, Earl and the Dying Girl On November 14th, 70 Media and Moving Image students from year 10,11 12 and 13 went to Warwick Arts Centre to see the film ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’.

It was a touching film with some humorous moments that the students appeared to appreciate.

Several students admitted to being moved to tears at the end, even though the film’s title had led them to anticipate what would happen.

The purpose of the trip was to attend a talk by the British Board of Film Classification, explaining what they do, how they categorise film, and the changing face of film classification in response to the changes in society.

The talk was informative and many students said they found it interesting, although they queried some of the classifications. It is always interesting to see that our students would classify films as suitable for a higher age group than the BBFC does.

The students had an opportunity to ask questions and give feedback and they did this with enthusiasm.

An enjoyable and beneficial trip.

Ms A McDougall, Leader of Visual Arts

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Trips and

Photography: London A 50-strong group of Y10, Y12 and Y13 photography students visited London in October. All the students visited two exihibitions - the Y13 students went to the Photographers’ Gallery, while the remaining students visited the National Portrait Gallery, and we all went to Somerset House by the Thames. In between, the students also had time to take photographs for their own work.

We spent time in and around Trafalgar Square, where the buskers kept us entertained, and walked across the Thames and along South Bank, again watching the street entertainers, before heading back over the Jubilee Bridge.

Many of the students had not visited London before, and enjoyed seeing some of the sights, familar from the media, for

the first time. The chance to see photography work in a professional context was also welcomed.

quality was amazing. I thought they’d be scratched and blurry.”

“I hadn’t thought about the different sizes they can make photographs before. It makes you think about the pictures in different ways.”

“The exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery really made you think. It showed how philosophical or political an image can be.”

“We saw some photographs that were taken in the 1880s. The

Ms Hutchinson

Photography: Burton Dassett Earlier in the term, Y10 and Y13 photography students visited Burton Dassett Country Park, to take landscape photographs. For many of the Y10 students, this was their first opportunity to use a DSLR camera, and they enjoyed both the stunning views and the chance to take great photographs. We were lucky to have great weather, and the opportunity to sit on a hilltop in the sunshine and look at the countryside was definitely a highlight of the trip.

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Ms McDougall

Visits

Year 12 Science: Twycross Zoo The year 12 applied scientists visited Twycross Zoo in order to gather evidence for their course work.

They spent the day evaluating the enclosures and completing risk assessments. They completed two workshops, during which they were given an in-depth talk by zoo staff on how to design enclosures and ensure safety within them. They then visited many of the animals and were lucky enough to see the snow leopards play-fighting.

Well done to the group for representing the school so well!

Ms Banwait

Photography: Birmingham Y12 and Y13 photography students visited Birmingham in December, to take cityscape images and documentary photographs in and around the Christmas Market. We also visited the Birmingham City Art Gallery and Museum, although our visit was cut slightly short when the alarm went off and the building was evacuated.

As well as the permanent collections in the gallery, we were lucky to catch the touring exhibition ‘Night at the Museum’ in the Gas Hall. This was a fascinating mix of contemporary art pieces, with a series of 3-D figurative works and statues looking at the 2-D works alongside the public. It was a slightly unnerving experience at times, looking at art that was

chosen to specialise in moving image work. These students took The group also visited the Library the opportunity to shoot documentary footage of the city of Birmingham, to take photographs in this building that has so centre and of the visit itself. We many photogenic views both inside are awaiting their edited results with interest. and out. looking at art!

This year we have several photography students who have

Ms Hutchinson

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Little Shop of Horrors Take a trip back to the 60’s in urban Skid Row where everything is not what it seems and the forecast is dreary with a chance of horror. All focus on Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists, an unlikely place to be hiding a maneating monster. Craving blood?

Well it’s craving yours.

This year Caludon staged the “Little Shop of Horrors”, a tale of dread, killer plants and funky music. Once the word got out that this would be the Christmas performance, everyone was eager to join. This was shown by our enormous cast! Students from every year across the school auditioned for the show, and practised so hard for it! Having rehearsed three times a week for the past two and a half months, they were confident of a show to blow the audience away!

For a show that’s so full of dancing and singing, as well as acting, there’s no way we could have pulled it off without the passion shown by the students who made up our cast. They worked and rehearsed non-stop, going through their lines, the songs, and their dances. We also need to mention the teachers who pushed, trained and supported us the whole way through, fine-tuning us into the best experimental botanists Skid Row and Caludon Castle have to offer!

That’s not to say there weren’t hard times, of course.

Learning lines, keeping up morale, and having to memorise and remember the choreography and lyrics to songs that make up a full musical, is extremely difficult but with the amazing team we are, and had around us, there was no doubt we’d pull it off

seamlessly!

Watching the show bloom from a little sprout into a flower worthy enough to be on display in the window of Mushnik’s shop itself, was an absolute pleasure. We would like to thank everybody involved in pruning and tending this production into the masterpiece it became!

From the whole cast, crew, band and teachers, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and remind you to be wary of any giant man-eating fly traps you mayever happen to come across!

Niamh Ennis Year 12 Student

Winner of Photography Sunset Competition - Kiera McCallum

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Romans at Caludon They came, they saw and they conquered!

For one day in November the Romans returned to Coventry and met our Y7 students. The spent an hour in the company of a Roman centurion, learning about life in the Roman Army.

Students were fully involved in the interactive workshop, with some lucky students getting to try on Roman armour and attempting to run with it on. They were asked to carry a very heavy

Roman pack and discovered what it was like to face a Roman sword attack from behind the famous shields. The mysteries of the twelve-month modern day calendar were revealed, as was the wondrous use for the Roman sponge on a stick!

Students found out the truth about what it was like to be crucified and how Romans kept themselves clean.

Everyone really enjoyed the day, as the photos show! We look forward to welcoming the Romans back again next year.

Friends, Romans...

Soldier visits school from Roman Era!

By Cerys Winterbottom and Elana Ha, 7.9

weapons and how Romans unsheathed swords (this was very different to how any other fighters would unsheath a sword!)

A special visitor dressed in Roman armour visited Caludon Castle School from the Roman era!

Calling out helpers from the audience, the man told us what Romans would take to fights and on journeys!

Instead of the usual history lesson we entered the hall to see a man dressed in stylish Roman armour. This all happened on Monday 21st November 2016.

Our visitor was hilarious! He was firstly explaining about his past, which was quite interesting. He was actually a soldier himself and helped with the dead and fallen soldiers.

He explained about all of the different armour,

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History

Events

Merry Old Henry VIII During two days in November over a hundred Y8 History students wrapped up warmly and headed to Hampton Court, the home of the infamous Henry VIII, his six wives and children. There, the students discovered that there are secret messages hidden in the decoration of the Chapel and that the heart of Henry’s favourite Queen, Jane Seymour, is buried within the Chapel. They gazed in awe at a royal crown, became royalty as they ‘rode’ in the replica royal carriages of past Kings and Queens and took on the role of Royal courtiers playing Georgian card games.

Students discovered that there was much more to Henry VIII than the images of an overweight king who had six wives. They explored his early life and the pain that his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, experienced after giving birth to three boys, two of whom were stillborn and one who only lived a few weeks. They pondered how English history would be very different if one of these boys had survived to adulthood.

They learned that the Palace had a chocolate kitchen, but were disappointed to discover that there was no chocolate available. They then headed to the Tudor kitchens, designed to feed 600 people, to try to identify Tudor herbs and warm themselves by the roaring fire which was used to roast whole pigs on a spit.

The students had a wonderful day, and were a credit to themselves and the school as they stepped back in time into one of the most exciting periods of English history.

Ms Beasley

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George’s Marvellous Medicine The run-up to Christmas saw Year 7 take a trip to Birmingham, for a production of George’s Marvellous Medicine, which took to the stage at the New Alexandra Theatre ahead of the festive period.

The students watched in disbelief as we saw George mix up a potion of all manner of weird and wacky ingredients.

George would eventually serve the concoction up to his grumpy Grandma, who grew bigger and bigger, until she crashed through the roof after devouring the potion instead of her usual medicine.

The students cheered as we saw George feed the ingredients to the animals on his parents’ farm, with enormous chickens and cows running wild across the stage.

There were chuckles galore as we saw George dream of a Grandma who could play computer games,

sing chart hits – and even twerk!

Students were more than happy to help George in his quest to get his own back on his Grandma by helping to create his potion and making lots of noise.

With songs, dancing and the odd bit of twerking, it’s fair to say the Year 7 students enjoyed this Christmas theatre treat.

Caludon Rowing Team On Wednesday 23rd November our rowing team took part in the first heats at the Alan Higgs Centre. Caludon had four teams competing in the rounds, which consisted of individual rows and a relay. All teams did extremely well and worked very hard to row as many metres as possible in the set times. We are now awaiting the results from the

event to find out if we have made it to round two.

Well done to all who competed.

Year 8 Boys Team: Luke Flint, Connor Mack, George Hall and Charlie Woods.

Year 8 Girls Team: Natia Okropiridze, Eve Sharman,

Ella Rushton and Elisha McFadyean.

Year 9/10 Girls Team: Rachel Cooper, Georgia Cousins, Amy Dixon.

Year 9 Boys Team: Patrick Marshall and Josh Green

Sports News Football at Caludon It was nearly a full house for all of the Caludon football teams this year, but unfortunately a last minute goal meant the Y10s did not make it into the 2nd round of the Cup as they went down 2-1 to a tough Tile Hill Wood side. Good news for all the other year groups as they all won their first round fixtures and look forward to a match in the second round after Christmas. The Y8s take the headlines with a magnificent win on penalties against last year’s finalists Finham Park. Well done to all the sides and their managers.

U13 Girls Football The U13 girls football team have had an excellent start to the season. The girls are unbeaten following two tournaments and two league games.

In January, the team head to the Girls Cup Area Finals to be held at Reading FC to represent Coventry following success at the Coventry and Warwickshire schools cup fials.

There was also success at the Coventry east schools tournament in November. Chloe Pettitt, a member of the team has reported on this success below: “On Wednesday 23rd November, myself (Chloe Pettitt), Lucy Cookson, Ellie Smith, Ella Rushton, Daisy Hallam, Cameron Farthing and Megan Shaw competed at the Alan Higgs Centre against 6 other schools at a football tournament.

This was a great morning out of school making it even better by winning all 6 matches.

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“We all played brilliantly and worked well as a team. Ellie Smith did an amazing job in goal, Ella Rushton played fab in defence along with myself. Lucy, Daisy and Megan played brilliantly up front and in defence. And not forgetting Cameron, who scored overall 14 goals over the 6 games.

“We would like to say thank you to Mr Holland and Mrs Oldham for training us and making us strong as a team and believing in us. We are now looking forward to going to Reading in January and hopefully going to Wembley!

“And not forgetting Mr Holland’s promise of taking us to Creams if we win the league.”

Chloe Pettitt 8.9 As tournament winners the team

will be invited to play in another tournament in February against Warwickshire and Solihull teams.

Y11 Basketball The newly formed Y11 basketball team, under the direction of Ms Dawes, had a 48-6 Victory over Coundon. It was a fabulous performance by the lads - their game was on point!

Big congratulations to Callum Hadlum, Reece Hadlum and Ethan Skingle - they played fabulously! The rest of the lads; Emilian Rama, Jake McDonald, Nana Frempong, Harooon Munir and Adom Agyapong also had the best performance to date!

The Sport and Leisure Faculty