The
Catch Up School Newsletter
Edition 1
A Message From Mrs Aplin...
11th September 2019
Dear Parents,
We are a school who loves reading and have introduced whole group reading in PDL several Welcome back to a new academic year. And times a week. Tutors are poised to read with welcome to new parents joining the school. I their Tutor Groups and titles include: London Eye hope that you all had excellent family time over Mystery, Sherlock Holmes and Great the summer and that students are returning Expectations. It’s so important that young refreshed and ready for an exciting year people are welcomed to the wonderful world ahead. of fiction and strories - our brilliant librarian is always ready to recomend additional books For regular information about Cranbourne, do and the library is open everyday. continue to look at the school website and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We also use We are looking forward to a very productive a text messaging service to alert you to key term. We have upgraded facilities so that information or changes during the year, so do classrooms are equipped with better IT and we make sure that you inform us of any changes to have a new quad, which means that students your personal contact details. can sit outdoors to eat packed lunches and “grab and go” food from our “Snack Shack”. We have a number of information evenings We have also invested in a revaluer machine, coming up, which parents tell us are useful; and so that students can top up their school meals monitor day later on in the Autumn Term. This account with coins as well as you adding funds is a chance to meet your child’s tutor and talk on line. We will have a two course meal in the through their first school report, which comes to canteen, with a daily changing menu. This is you in November. You will find key dates at the very good value at £2.30. We strongly end of this newsletter. encourage students to sit down and eat at the beginning of lunchtime, before having some At our last Monitor Day, you gave us really fresh air, or going in for extra study. The single helpful feedback. Parental satisfaction with the lunchtime provides great flexibility. school is high, however, a number of parents were not satisfied with our homework. This is Finally, I would like to welcome our two new unusual for us as we normally have a 90% plus History teachers, Mr Marshall James and Mr approval rating. Our staff have constructed a Roberts; our new Science teacher, new homework timetable and we are Mrs Esterhuyse and Mr Roemer who will teach determined to support our students with their 3D Design. Here’s to our best year yet. homework.
In this Edition...
Extra-Curricular Offer
Update from DofE A Week at The Opera Homework Support
Introducing: Homework Support Hello there, My name is Mr Targett and I am Acting Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for homework. In order to support students having difficulty with their homework, and make sure that homework is done, I am introducing after school Homework Support Sessions from Monday 23rd September. From Monday 23rd, students who have not brought in their homework will be expected to stay for a half-hour Homework Support Session in the Main Hall after school. This will enable us to find out why they have been unable to do their homework and help them complete it before they leave school. If a student does not hand in their homework during the morning session (Periods 1-4) they will be expected to attend the Homework Support session on the same day. If the lack of homework arises in Periods 5 or 6, the support session will be a half-hour at the end of the following school day. We will inform you by phone or text message.
Mr Targett, Queen Mary’s College Open Evenings 2nd & 3rd October 5:30pm-8pm
Sparsholt Open Day 12th October 10am-2pm
BCoT Open Evening 14th October 4:30pm-7:30pm
Peter Symonds Open Days 23rd & 24th October
Visit college websites for more details.
Year 11s—It’s time to begin to schedule visits to colleges to take a serious look at where you might imagine your future after next summer. The college prospectuses are now published and are arriving this month at school and will be available from the library. Start researching what each college offers that you think you might enjoy and do well studying. There are alternative options as well, but my advice to you all, is to explore all the options in order to make the best decisions, for you. I would expect you to apply for more than one college, in order to keep your options and choices as broad as you can. You can receive offers from more than one college and wait until enrolment to actually decide which option to accept. If you have questions, please visit me in the library. MRS WARD
UPDATE FROM: DofE Our first Silver DofE group have completed their Expedition section by doing a presentation to parents, friends and their assessor on the evening of 4th September in the Main Hall. The group talked about their experiences and their development during their training and expedition. They finished off their informative and humorous presentation with this: “We are like the cast from the Wizard of Oz. Together we went on a journey and we had to work as a team to overcome the obstacles we faced. At the end of it we have all gained something invaluable and we are stronger because of it.�
Written By, Miss Clark , Head of White House
A Week at The Opera It was a wet windy Monday at the start of August when two Cranbourne Y11 students, accompanied by Mr Knatt, set off to the Grange Festival in Alresford to work with a professional opera company on devising an opera in just 5 days! 75 young people across 3 creative arts disciplines (Drama & Music, Dance and Design) and 7 schools met at 9am with the creative team including two professional Opera Singers and an Award Winning Director with nothing more than a poem and a theme. Over the course of the week, the students worked tirelessly on music, songs, drama, sets and props to devise an Opera that tackled the ideas of self-image and the impact that social media has on these. For the two Cranbourne students, Gemma Frankland and Rhys Wilkins, they were a credit to the school and Karen Gillingham (our director) commented on the focus, discipline and commitment of our two GCSE students. I was incredibly proud of the students and their want to work on such a brilliant project, and am glad I had the opportunity to observe and work with them in this light.
Mr Knatt, Teacher of Drama
Extra-Curricular Clubs @ Cranbourne Secondary school gives you the chance to try new activities and develop new talents and interests.At Cranbourne we are delighted to offer a large range of extra-curricular activities and clubs. Mrs Aplin enourages all her pupils to get the most out of their Secondary School Education at Cranbourne, part of this is the participation in extra-curricular activities. There is a link to students participating in extra-curricular activities and achieving the higher GCSE Results. The more you put into school, the more you’ll get out of it! Why not try one of the many extra-curricular activities this term, perhaps you’ll discover a new talent or favourite hobby?
SPORTS For more info, speak to Miss Cullen, Miss Rumble or Miss Dixon
Please see The PE Department’s Timetable for more info. Twitter: @CranbournePE
Catch Up Calendar!
What’s on in the weeks ahead... CRANBOURNE YEAR 11 YEAR 7 CAR BOOT CURRICULUM ADVENTURE CURRICULUM WEEK SALE EVENING EVENING Wednesday 18 September 2019
23 –27 September 2019
Wednesday 25 September 2019 6.00pm
Sunday 29 September 2019 8am – 12pm
YEAR 10 CURRICULUM EVENING
OPEN MORNING
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH DAY
AUTUMN LEAVES CONCERT
6.00pm
Wednesday 2 October 2019 6.00pm
Saturday 5 October 2019 9am – 12pm
Friday 25 October 2019 All day in school
Thursday 24 October 2019 7pm
Cranbourne Open Morning
Saturday 5 October 2019, 9am - 12pm
Tours of the School with Mrs Aplin
Please contact reception to book a tour of Cranbourne during the School Day.
Contact Cranbourne Cranbourne Wessex Close Basingstoke RG21 3NP Tel: 01256 868600
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