Caludon Update Summer 2015

July 2015

Headteacher’s Letter Year Group News Student Successes Clubs

Trips & Visits Library News Key Dates Sports

Photograph: Year 13 students in Paris

Headteacher’s Letter

“Confident and thoughtful citizens� bands and musicians, and stretching their minds with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) challenges. I am very proud of all their achievements. As well as attaining their best grades in Maths and English, we also want them to grow as confident and thoughtful citizens.

Dear Parents and Carers, What a summer term this has been! You will see in this Update that staff and students at Caludon Castle have been very busy. Students have taken every opportunity offered to them to broaden their horizons, through trips abroad and in the UK, university and gallery visits, taking part in drama workshops, listening to up and coming

All our many visitors to the school this term have praised our students for their behaviour to learn. In particular, Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education, who visited us in June, was particularly impressed with what our students said about challenging bullying. They also explained how they develop their leadership skills within school.

Students are at the heart of our school and we want to listen to how they learn best. We are always on a journey to be better and we continue to look for ways

to challenge our most able and provide support and guidance along the way.

Listening to parents is important to us and we have responded this year by offering subject evenings in year 10, 11 and post 16 which have been well received. The new online home learning system has proven popular and we will continue to develop this further next year.

I hope you all have a relaxing summer break and look forward to seeing students (Year 8 to 11, and 13) on Thursday 3rd September.

Kind regards,

Mrs Michele Marr Headteacher

Year 7 Update New Year Leader Year 7 students and tutors say a big hello and welcome to Mr Holland, who joined us early in May to replace Mr Williams as Year Leader.

Mr Holland has now also had time to get to know Year 6 before they arrive here as Year 7 in September.

Caludon Experience Week The week beginning 15th June saw our annual Caludon Experience Week, with three days set aside for extended activities that aren’t possible within our normal timetabled day.

For Year 7, this meant the opportunity to visit Kenilworth and Warwick Castles, to take part in a Year 7 Sports Day,

and to see the professional performance of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas at the Belgrade Theatre.

These days are part of our wider Caludon Experience aims - to engage all students in a wide variety of activities that enhance the main school curriculum. While with us at Caludon, the students will be involved in: cultural activities, both as an audience member and as a participant; community activities, finding out about other people, and helping with local projects; environmental activities, helping to create a sustainable society; and as many as possible will be involved in residential visits, living and learning with others, and broadening their experiences.S We hope they enjoyed this year’s activities.

New Year 7 Leader, Mr Holland

Year 9 Update Congratulations to all students in Year 9 for their conduct and commitment during the recent Citizenship exams, both the mock and the real GCSE exam.

Grin and

BEAR IT OBSTACLE CHALLENGE

Following an assembly from a member of staff at Zoe’s Place, there was great student support for ‘Grin and Bear It’, the fund-raising obstacle challenge that took place at the Memorial Park on 7 June.

KINDLY SUPPORTED BY

Visit www.zoes-place.org.uk/coventry to register

The War Memorial Park, Coventry CV3 6PT Sunday 7th June 2015

Limited places available Free registration* Medal and certificate for all

Year 9 were also involved in the ‘Race for Life’ during PE.

Year 9 tutor Stars of the Term 9.1 Keiran Tyler-Doyle 9.2 Vismaya Jose 9.3 Catherine Kenny 9.4 Muhoortha Thuraivan 9.5 Kirandeep Sajan 9.6 Chantelle Ayres 9.7 Kyle Fell 9.8 Laura Howes 9.9 Alex Eaves 9.10 James Cousins 9.11 Lydia Maguire 9.12 Arnold Selimoviq

Closing date 22nd of May KINDly Supported by

Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice

Zoë’s Place ©

Registered charity no. 1092545

The students have voted for Cancer Research as their chosen charity next year in Year 10.

Susie Edwards, Year 9 Leader

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For Zoe’s Place

Sixth Form Music students ‘raise the roof’ for Zoe’s Place Hospice.

On Friday 8th May Caludon Castle Music department took over the Tin Angel arts venue at the Canal Basin for a packed charity fundraising gig for the amazing Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice.

The Dark Actors, 50 Shades of Pop, and the Haunted Mousetrap supported the event with the headline act, The Brave, releasing a charity single at the end of the evening.

The evening was put together by the 6th form students as part of

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their course and the evening was a resounding success.

Over 100 people attended the gig, where CDs, badges, T shirts and posters were all for sale.

The students finished their project in June and raised a significant amount of money for Zoe’s Place Hospice.

Two cheques were handed over in July to the NSPCC and Zoe’s Place, for over £1,000 each, thanks to the efforts of the Performing Arts students in a variety of events.

Their single, titled Raise Your Hands, is available on iTunes, Amazon Music and all major

music download sites. A CD can be purchased from the school priced at £2 with all proceeds going to Zoe’s Place.

Mr H Stokes Leader of Performing Arts

Year 13 Music Students back stage just before performing live at a packed Tin Angel

Student Successes Maths Challenge

Headteacher’s Tea Party

The following students were succesful in the recent Intermediate Maths Challenge.

The following students were nominated by their teachers to attend the Headteacher’s Tea Party on 16 June:

Year 11 Silver for Chloe Pahnk and Abigail Johnson Bronze for Daniel Riley and Charlie Wilkinson Year 10 Gold for Jack Young and Jay Cranston Bronze for Jonathan Letts, Hannah Curtlin and Sonia Dhada Year 9 Silver for Joseph McFadden Bronze for Maya Patel

Year 7 Ajay Singh Angelina Miles Cara Starkey George Helliwell Hannah Hegelund Holly Kingswell Kyle Glenn Kyra Maycock Lauren McConnachie Madison Taylor Qaidjouhar Adamjee Teona Anderson

Year 8 Aleksander Wroniak Bethany Hill Chelsie Morgan Christopher Lancaster Danielle Wilkinson Ellie Gawman Hannah Harvey Holly James Jessie Paprotny Kiran Bahra Ross Crowe Simran Rakkar

CRaFTAs This year’s CRaFTAs ceremony - the Caludon Radio, Film and Television Awards - took place from 6pm on Thursday 11 June.

This showcased the best video and audio work from year 11, 12 and 13 Media and Moving Image students, as well as members of the Shooting Stars club.

There were 16 categories for awards, with the winning films and radio pieces being played at the event. With well over 100 entrants, the standard of the winning pieces was very high. Beth Watkins, year 13, stole the title of Best Film for her short film, Amnesia.

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Student Successes Coventry Rotary Awards 2015 On Wednesday 24th June, GCSE Graphic Product, GCSE Resistant Materials and AS Product Design students attended the annual Rotary awards. This is an annual event showcasing and celebrating the outstanding work and achievements of Technology students from all schools across Coventry.

We are proud to announce that for the 5th year running a student from Caludon Castle Design and Technology has been awarded an industry sponsored award of £100 for

Photographs: above, Amy Heath; right top, Brishna Mir; far right lower Lucy Malpass.

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outstanding work across the city – Brishna Mir who had designed and made a revised Monopoly game based on Disney characters, incorporating the use of the 3D printer, this time won the prize for the Most Outstanding Graphics Product.

All Caludon students were awarded with certificates commending their excellent achievements.

A huge congratulations to both Amy Heath with her “Lighten up your day with flowers” and Lucy Malpass, with her amazingly

constructed light “Alice’s wonderland lighting,” involving traditional skills such as planishing combined into a modern and unique project. The girls managed to become joint winners for GCSE Resistant Materials across the Coventry Phoenix area, an outstanding achievement.

Mrs Ruddy and Mr Temple thoroughly enjoyed the evening and were extremely proud of the effort and quality of work that our students have produced across all areas of Technology. Well done!

The Technology Faculty

Warwick Castle History Visit to Warwick Castle 17 and 19 June 2015 During Caludon Experience Week, over 100 year 7 students had the opportunity to attend the historical sites of Kenilworth and Warwick Castles to complement their learning on the development of castles in medieval history.

Students were able to see at firsthand how castles were set up to defend themselves and able to apply their learning from the classroom to assess the strengths and weaknesses of both Kenilworth and Warwick Castles.

The biggest challenge of the day was the climbing of the 500+ steps to the top of the tower at Warwick Castle, but that was quickly forgotten when the students realised the amazing selfies they could take, with the stunning views in the background.

After coming up with a plan the Detectives got to work. See Ellie Mae’s report on the next page for details of how they went about their tasks.

A few weeks later we received an email saying we were finalists and were therefore invited to the awards ceremony at Warwick Castle. When we arrived we found out that there had been over 100 entries from all over the country and we had made the final!

Ajay Singh 7.7 said, “We sat down in front of a stage and we saw all the other entries that got into the finals. There were a lot of different and creative ideas, including one that was made of food! We didn’t win but we are very proud.”

Mr Faulkner History Department

“It was really interesting, fun and enjoyable. We enjoyed watching the birds of prey as there were lots of different eagles flying around the castle. At Kenilworth Castle there were beautiful gardens and lots of different rooms to explore.

We saw the different defensive features of the castle and discussed methods of attack. We had a very memorable experience.”

Chloe-Anne Smith and Aneesah Khan 7.3.

The History Detectives The History Detectives Club entered the Warwick Castle ‘Make History’ competition back in April when we had to create a castle out of anything we wanted.

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Student Clubs

STEM Club

Vex Robotics, 1st July Eight STEM students went to Stoke Park School to compete in a VEX Robotics competition on Wednesday 1st July. They came up against some seriously stiff competition and did well to come in joint 5th and 8th place. They were able to win computer programming software and a sensor kit that will be used by next year’s STEM club. Throughout the day the group impressed all, by showing fantastic teamwork and resilience. They made modifications to their robots as the competition proceeded in order for them to be much more successful in the later rounds of the competition. Not only did they compete but they presented their VEX journey to the other schools taking part in the competition.

A big well done to the team for putting so much effort into the VEX project and for representing the school so well.

Shooting Stars The Shooting Stars club exists to give budding film-makers and animators somewhere to gather and practise their skills. The club is open to all ages, from year 7 upwards. All we ask is enthusiasm and a willingness to try out new ideas.

At the moment we are looking for new members as our ‘old hands’ move on. New members can get involved with existing filming projects or can start their own. No previous skills are necessary, but equally some of our members have been enthusastically making films at home for a number of years. We meet after school on Thursdays in G13.

Stop press: Enthusiastic photographers can now join us as well.

For more information, contact Ms Hutchinson, Visual Arts

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Student Clubs History Club In History club we have entered a competition at Warwick Castle to create our very own model castle.

We spent many lunch times and also stayed after school to create our castle out of cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, lollypop sticks and many other things.

When all the castle was stuck together, we began to make papier machĂŠ. It helped us stick all the paper on the entire castle. In the end we managed to get through 5 kitchen rolls!

The castle took 3 days to dry. We then had to paint the castle and the motte.

We found out that we had been invited to Warwick Castle for the awards ceremony for the competition on Wednesday 1st July.

Dance Club

Even though we didn’t win, it was a fun experience.

Ella Mae Sanders History Club

KS3 Dance Club performed for the first time with the Year 11 Bands Music night at the end of March.

They performed two dances; Bring Me to Life, choreographed by Miss Hamersley, and Uptown Funk choreographed by Miss Pender.

The dancers did an amazing job and performed with confidence and style. They have now performed for a second time in the Performing Arts Festival, during Arts Week in July.

For more information, contact Miss Pender, Performing Arts

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History Visits Berlin - March to April 2015 On Tuesday 31 March, 40 Year 10 and 11 History students and 4 Caludon Castle staff embarked upon a journey to Berlin. The purpose of the trip was to develop an understanding of the role of the city and Germany in twentieth century history.

The itinerary included visits to key sites related to the Second World War, such as the Reichstag, the Topography of Terror and Sachsenhausen Trenches 11- 13 March 2015 On Wednesday March 13, 56 Year 9 Historians and 5 Caludon Castle staff embarked upon a journey to the trenches in France and Belgium.

The purpose of the trip was to develop an understanding of the nature of trench warfare during the First World War and to empathise with what happened to the soldiers who died for their country. The itinerary included visits to key sites related to the Battles of the Somme and Paschendaele, such as the Cloth Hall Museum in Ypres, Vimy Ridge (where the Canadian front line was based) and Sanctuary Wood where a section of the communication trenches are

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Concentration camp, as well as Cold War sites such as the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie. On a lighter note, students also got time to explore modern Berlin through visits to the Olympic Stadium (home of Hertha Berlin FC), the Sony Centre and The Alexanderplatz Radio Tower.

“I have really enjoyed the Berlin trip. The Berlin Wall for me stood out, as the fall of it was such a recent event and it had kept families apart for over 20 years.” Louise Vines preserved in all their muddy glory. Students were able to visit the Menin Gate to hear the Last Post, Thiepval Memorial which contains the names of over 70,000 lost men, and Tyne Cot to visit the graves of just some of the men who gave their lives.

It was at Tyne Cot that Caludon Castle students had their own memorial ceremony, poems were read and each student placed a card on a soldier’s grave. Mrs Linton gave a moving musical tribute that brought to life the sacrifice that so many made.

“I really enjoyed the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate. It was a beautiful experience and gave WW1 a whole new meaning.” Vismaya Jose

“I think this trip is a great opportunity to learn about and experience History first hand.”

William Hall “This trip really made me think about how easily Germany turned to Hitler and became an evil dictatorship which affected so many people.”

Kyle Brasenell The staff would like to thank all the students for making the trip such an excellent experience for all.

“I enjoyed visiting the memorials and paying my respects to the soldiers that lost their lives.” Olivia Tuft “I liked finding the names of relatives so we could pay our respects.” Ethan Skingle The staff would like to thank all the students for their brilliant behaviour, excellent response to the trip and the respect they demonstrated to the fallen men.

Miss S Beasley, History Dept

Boulogne 2015 boulangerie (bakery), day two was non-stop. This busy schedule didn’t faze Caludon’s students though, their response: “I enjoyed every minute of it!”

Aquarium, Boulangerie et Confiserie: The ABC of Boulogne!

This year’s trip to Northern France took twenty-nine excited Year 7 students (and three intrepid teachers) to the picturesque region of Boulogne.

Here, students had the opportunity to immerse themselves in French language, culture and, perhaps most importantly, food!

The trip started with an early morning coach journey to the Shuttle, where Caludon learners got to see some of Britain’s most interesting sites (“Is that a McDonalds? Can we stop there?”) and experienced first-hand travelling by Shuttle. Though quick, the journey was certainly made memorable thanks to the strangeness of the coach actually boarding a train, the coffin-like interior of which had one student remarking, “This isn’t the way to France, this is where they send the people who know too much.”

These morbid thoughts were soon dispelled by the friendly ‘banta’ of Carwyn the coach driver, the excitement of finally being on French soil and the

anticipation of our first activity, a tour at a confiserie (sweet shop)! Students were greeted by a wizard of a sweetmaker and got to both help make and help ‘dispose’ of sweets…it’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it!

This visit was swiftly followed by an exploration of a French aquarium, where even the sea lions, in honour of such a momentous occasion, came out to say, “Bonjour!”

And the fun didn’t stop there. After a night at a nearby hotel, described by one student as, “NIIIICE!!!”, the second day passed in a whirlwind of activity.

From paying their respects at a WW1 cemetery, to trying desperately not to vomit from a combination of various sweets and amusement park rides, to the final stop at a traditional French

Alas, all good things must come to an end, and so, with heavy hearts and cries of, “Au revoir,” we returned home. Parents were reunited with their now sleepy loved ones and a slightly more bedraggled version of the teachers who left Caludon returned to their classroom dens, elated at job well done.

“Did you hear them speak French? I actually imparted some wisdom!”

So to Boulogne, and to all those who made the trip possible, we would like to offer our thanks and the hope of, “A bientôt!”

What the students thought: “It was a memorable experience.”

“I wish we could’ve stayed longer!”

“It was completely different to England, that’s why I liked it.”

“I hope we can go again!”

Ms Blud, MFL

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Paris 2015

During the Easter holiday, 18 Media and Moving Image students and 2 teachers travelled to Paris for a long weekend, to visit the 10th European Independent Film Festival.

We left school at 4am on the Friday, to travel to London for the 7.01 Eurostar train to Paris.

A stupidly early start but we were in Paris by mid-morning. First stop was our hotel, just a few hundred yards from the station, to drop off our luggage, before a day of sight-seeing in glorious sunshine.

We visited the Sacre Coeur and Montmartre, the Musée D’Orsay and the Tuileries, giving students the opportunity to go to the Louvre or the Jeu de Paume, or simply to sit by one of the fountains in the Tuileries Gardens, watching the world go by.

We spent the evening on the Ile de la Cité, by Notre Dame, before returning to the hotel for much-needed sleep. Some students became all too aware of the tricks of the ‘bracelet brigade’ who trap unsuspecting tourists to weave a bracelet on their wrist,

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and then demand money. All were introduced to the joys of the Paris Metro, and the buskers within the train. Makes for an entertaining ride.

The Saturday and Sunday were mostly spent watching films from around the world. We watched almost 20 films, ranging from 3 minutes to 2 hours in length, some fictional, some documentary, and a few animations. The subject matter was hugely varied, with everyone agreeing that the short film about a homeless child imagining fireflies was one of the best. Also popular was a Spanish-made film, in German, about the birth of Adolf Hitler – have you ever considered the hopes of his parents as he was born? Did you know that the doctor who helped to bring him into the world was Jewish?

southern part of the USA. Monday was another day of sightseeing – and, more importantly for some, of shopping. We had time to go inside the Notre Dame cathedral before our final event together, a boat trip along the Seine, which became a sun-bathing opportunity as well.

The Eurostar home got us back into London by 7pm, ready for the drive back to Coventry. As expected, the weather in England was nowhere near as good as it had been in Paris.

Jonathan Letts, 10.6 Student Leader and Head of Student Interview Panel

Many of the films’ directors were at the festival, and shared information and stories about the film-making process.

We watched the sun set on Sunday night from the top of the city’s tallest building, the Tour Montparnasse, and chatted to students from a school in the

Ms Hutchinson and Ms McDougall, Visual Arts

Dol-y-Moch

On Friday 10 July fifteen Media Studies students from years 9, 10 and 12 climbed aboard a coach heading to Dol-y-Moch in North Wales. The purpose of the trip was to film enough footage for coursework units at A level and GCSE. The year 12 students were making short films and everyone else was making music videos.

As usual it was a busy five days travelling around the Welsh countryside stopping at beaches, woodland, caves, mountain sides and ice cream parlours!

Footage ranged from people trying to kill themselves on abseils to wandering barefoot through mud (and sheep pooh) to show mental instability, whilst others were just splashing around in the sea having a great time for a film about the joy of living.

Taking such a mix of students was a departure for us, not knowing how

they would all get on as a group, but the students were brilliant.

All years mixed really well, sharing rooms and jokes.

While a lot of hard work was carried out during the five days, my lasting memory of this trip will be one of laughter, amongst

the students, the group as a whole and between staff.

A rewarding trip on so many levels for staff and students.

Alison McDougall Leader of Media Studies

Summer holidays

Long summer holidays ahead, and worried about having nothing to do?

Coventry Family Information

Service run a very useful website. This has information on activities/events in the local area for children and young people in Coventry. Some cost money but

many are free.

Look on their website for more information: http://coventry.fsd.org.uk/

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Sensed

Visual Arts and Technology Exhibition What a fantastic night! On Thursday 2 July the Visual Arts department joined with Design and Technology to create ‘Sensed,’ an evening celebrating students’ creativity in the subjects they both encompass.

The ground floor of the school was transformed into a gallery with Product and Graphic Design work greeting people in the foyer along with food and drink created and served by Hospitality and Catering students. Visitors then wandered the ground floor visiting Art displays, Photography, Media and Moving Image exhibits. Every turn brought surprises with video installations assaulting the senses which ranged from a WW1 gas attack to talking pictures on a wall.

During the evening awards were given to a variety of students ranging from year 7 to year 13 who had worked hard in our various subjects, as well as one overall student from each subject. These overall winners were: Media Studies - Holly Suddens Moving Image - Drake Bennett Art & Design - Henna Siddiqui Photography - Amber Hawker Hospitality & Catering – Dale Patrick-Evans Product Design – Brishna Mir Resistant Materials – Lucy Malpass The evening was enjoyed by parents, staff and students. If you would like to join us next year in this celebration of creativity then please put Thursday 30 June 2016 in your diary.

Alison McDougall Leader of Visual Arts

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Trips and

Drama: Woyzeck at MAC MAC Theatre Woyzeck by Splendid Productions Woyzeck was a brand new experience with a familiar teaching. The show consisted of 3 actors who multi-role-played a range of characters. It presented a familiar teaching from year 12, which was our first introduction to a practitioner who shifted the world of theatre in the 1930’s Bertolt Brecht. The show represented all of the methods and teachings of Brecht. The location of the show was MAC theatre, which was a venue we haven’t been to before. The show was in a compact performance space, instantly transformed into

a place of wonder, horror, laughter and more, due to the actors becoming caricatures of themselves, welcoming the audience with a cheer and a clap. It was an

experience and one to remember.

Tawfik Naas, Year 13 Theatre Studies Student

Geography: Cadbury World educational talk about the geography of chocolate, Cadbury’s hostile take-over by Kraft, and also how Cadbury developed from a small tea shop into a transnational corporation.

During the factory tour students were engaged in many interactive activities to support their learning, which included trying out the new 4D experience; and of course a visit to Cadbury World is never complete without sampling some of the produce.

The Geography department recently took 100 Year 7 students to Cadbury World in Birmingham to support their learning on their food and farming topic.

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Students had been learning about different economic activities with a focus on the primary and secondary industries and part of their future learning will include a focus on cocoa farming. Students took part in a fantastic

The trip was a great success and we look forward to enjoying similar trips in the future.

Mrs Flippance, KS3 Leader of Geography

Visits

Science: Warwick University On Monday 22 June, 14 Triple Science year 10 students visited Warwick University Chemistry department to work with PhD research students.

The students who attended were: Jay Cranston Sonia Dhada Harry Hodkinson Arundeep Marva Luke Sayers Danielle Okyere Abigail Allman Pavneet Dhaliwal Jonathan Letts Tanisha Modesia Harry Saunders Hima Shaju Lucy Field Niamh Gorman

The aim of the day was to encourage the students to think about how Chemistry is used in everyday life. Their tasks were to make paracetamol and aspirin.

The whole day was a great experience, not only for the students to discover what a University lab is like, but also to work alongside PhD research students. Our students tackled the practical aspect extremely enthusiastically and then moved on to the theory behind the science.

The chemistry that they were using was advanced and challenged them. Hopefully this trip has inspired them to continue with Science in the future.

Mrs Duffield, Science

MFL: Paris Paris, the Eiffel Tower and Disney Land!

On June 15th Miss Blud, Miss Fennell and Mr McKee took a group of year 8 and 9 students to the delightful city of Paris, where students enjoyed seeing the sights, testing their French and sampling new foods.

On the first day after a quick ferry journey, students took the elevator to the second level of the Eiffel Tower where they could see many of the famous landmarks around Paris, including Notre Dame, the Louvre and La Défence, the business sector of the city. The views were incredible.

Then came Disney Land!

Particular highlights for students

were the thrills of the Indiana Jones rollercoaster and the Frozen themed parade. Lots of the girls (and a couple of the boys) spent all day wearing the Minnie Mouse ears!

We then took the train to a restaurant in a nearby town where students enjoyed a range of dishes and later returned to Disneyland to watch the closing firework and light display. It was ‘fantastique’!!

On the final day, before the journey home, we took a trip to Versailles Palace, where we explored the incredible gardens and views in the sunshine.

Miss Fennell-McLoughlin Modern Foreign Languages

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Key Dates Sat 18 July - Tues 1 Sept Summer Holiday Wed 2 Sept New year 7 students start, year 12 enrolment Thur 3 Sept Year 8 to 11 and year 13 students return Tues 8 Sept Year 12 lessons start Sat 12/13 Sept Bronze D of E practice expedition Thur 17 Sept Year 12 parents’ information evening Sat 26/27 Sept Bronze D of E practice expedition Tues 6 Oct Year 12 trip to Bosworth Battle Centre (History) Thur 8 Oct Year 11 Caludon Awards evening Fri 9 Oct Year 12 and 13 London Gallery visit (Art and Photography) Thur 22 and Fri 23 Oct Teacher Days, school closed to students Sat 24 Oct - Sun 1 Nov Half-term holiday

Library News were eliminated. (www.coventry. gov.uk/bookawards) Stay Leave by John Boyne

These Coventry Inspiration Book Awards are about enjoying books!

We think the shortlisted books are all quite simply great reads, designed to “inspire” reading for life! These awards run from October 2014 right through to February 2015. The winners were announced on World Book Day, Thursday 5 March 2015.

Our reading group love following these book awards! These are the winning books in the following categories. Votes were posted on the website, books with the least votes in each poll

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The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield’s father promised he wouldn’t go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn’t know where his father might be, other than that he’s away on a special, secret mission. This book was the winner from the HOOKED ON BOOKS category.

Boys Don’t Knit

by T.S. Easton Ben Fletcher must get to grips with his more ‘feminine’ side following an

unfortunate incident with a lollipop lady and a stolen bottle of Martini Rosso from Waitrose.

This book was the winner from the SIMPLY THE BOOK category.

Annie’s Choice

by Catherine MacPhail Karam loves his new country, his new city, his new school - it’s a fresh start. The only problem is Alex, the school bully. He won’t leave Karam alone and it’s starting to tarnish his shiny new life. But when Karam makes a new friend who promises to help deal with Alex, things start to change. This book was the winner from the RAPID READS category

Miss Barton, Library

Sports News Football This has been a really successful year for Caludon’s Year 7 football team, ending up with silverware as they lifted the Coventry Schools Cup, winning the final in style, 6-1 against Blue Coat.

The Year 7 side have been superb all season, winning every game against Coventry opposition quite comfortably, scoring many goals and playing tremendous football in the process, especially for a side so young.

It looks a really bright future for this team and we hope for more success in the coming years.

Mr Frankish Athletics On Wednesday 24 June a number of our students qualified for the Coventry Schools Athletic Championships and the following students deserve to be recognised for their achievements: Year 7 Matthew Hulligan – 2nd in Javelin Josh Green – 2nd in 150m Lauren McConakey – 4th in 100m Year 8 Luke Kennedy – 1st in 1500m Year 9 Earlier in the term, Ethan Reeves qualified to represent the West Midlands, following success representing Coventry

in Javelin.

follow.

All the students were excellent ambassadors for our school and hopefully further success will

Ms Oldham

The Sport and Leisure Faculty 19

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