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Newsletter 30th September — 4th October 2019

What’s On

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Dates for your Diary

Open Mornings

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PRIDE Day

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Stars of the week

Student Success

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PRIDE Awards

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PRIDE Awards cont.

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Windsor Memory Walk

Sixth Former of the week

Science Careers Survey

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Calling All Parents

Lost Property

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Trash Mob

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McMillan Coffee Morning

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Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Library News

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Extra Curricular Activities

Weekly Calendar

Monday 30th September Headteachers Surgery (4—6pm)

House Event: Science Biology Quiz (All Week)

Tuesday 1st October No Events

Wednesday 2nd October No Events

Thursday 3rd October Open Morning—9:15am - 10:15am

Friday 4th October No Events

Committed to Achievement

Photograph by Joe Camplin Year 10

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Dates for your Diary

Monday 7th October Year 11 Careers Appointments until Thursday

Wednesday 9th October Open Morning—9:15am - 10:15am

Thursday 10th October Trip: New Scientist Live

Tuesday 15th October Open Morning—9:15am - 10:15am

Thursday 17th October Year 7 Parents Settling In Afternoon 2.45pm to 4.00pm

Year 11 Macbeth Evening at Norden Farm

Friday 18th October Geography Field Trip

Monday 21st October Open Morning (by Appointment only)

Thursday 24th October Year 7 & 8 Flexible Curriculum Day

Friday 25th October to Monday 4th

November

PE & MFL Trip to Madrid (Friday to Tuesday)

OCTOBER HALF TERM HOLIDAY

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PRIDE Day

We have had an extremely busy start to the new term with a hugely successful Open Evening attended

by over 900 hundred prospective students and parents. I cannot praise our students enough, especially

Deno Burton, Ezekiel Ifekaya, Mellie Colate, Sonny Kellett-Morris and Lydia Plant who spoke on stage

about their experience of starting secondary school. I have also received so many emails from parents

commenting on the wonderful tour guides and student ambassadors. Thank you to all involved for

giving up your time, you really are a huge credit to the school!

We were delighted to welcome The Welsh Guards, IBM and Maidenhead Foodbank to the school on

PRIDE day. Once again, our students were a huge credit to us and spent the day engaged, focussed and

interested. Students also participated in team games and sports and a team of Year 11 students spent

the day volunteering at Maidenhead Waterways which was exhilarating and exhausting for all involved!

Huge thanks must go to Mr Burrows for his efforts in organising such a successful day, one which the

students got so much from!

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Stars of the Week

Year 7 star of the week is:

Lolly Westfallen for her positive can do attitude every day in form

time.

Year 8 star of the week is:

Freddie Ames for his excellent English homework which clearly

took a lot of time and effort and was really impressive.

Year 9 star of the week is:

Holly Chinnery for being extra helpful at Open Evening.

Year 10 stars of the weeks are:

Harleigh Sumner and Blue Quenell for speaking so well in all assemblies to promote MacMillan cakes.

Year 11 stars of the weeks are:

Elena Blinco and Cameron Armstrong

For a fantastic start to year 11 and always being prepared and ready to learn.

Student Success

Finlay Moore 10.3

Rugby: Finlay plays for London Scottish, one of the oldest and most famous clubs in the world and who

are based in Richmond. He is in the Developing Player Pathway which is essentially County training

squad, in this case for Middlesex. Furthermore he is also in the Scottish Qualified wider squad. This is for

players who are qualified to play for Scotland but don’t live or go to school there. Three teams will be

selected - East Scotland, West Scotland and, Scottish Qualified - and the national squad will be picked

from them. All the signals are that Finlay has a good chance of being in the final SQ team. Most selected

players are at public school; to be selected from a non rugby playing state school is unusual.

Javelin: Finlay is at the top of the rankings ie Number 1 for Scotland and 5th in the UK. He is doing this

without the proper footwear (which makes a difference with this discipline) and using a supplied javelin

as he doesn’t have his own one.

Well Done Finlay.

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PRIDE AWARDS

Every fortnight, year teams will be awarding a certificate to the students in the Year group who have

demonstrated the characteristics we are promoting as part of PRIDE. The following students have been

nominated this week and certificates will be presented in assemblies next week.

Passion for learning and a desire to achieve to potential and beyond; to leave Cox Green as confident,

well qualified, inspired young people and prepared for any future challenge.

Respect as a core principle of every interaction.

Insight into the needs of others – at a local, national and global level so that each child develops the

skills to make a positive contribution to society.

Diligence – the ability to be resilient and persevere; a commitment to make mistakes and to learn from

them.

Enjoyment of the opportunities available and to develop a passion for lifelong learning.

Congratulations and well done to every one of them.

Year 7

Name Form Reason

Passion for learning Zion Adesina 7.6 For giving 100% effort in tutor time.

Respect/kindness Phoebe Strutton 7.7 Helping out during form time and participation in PRIDE day.

Insight into others Caelen Courtney 7.6 Supporting others in their year group.

Diligence (above and

beyond) Juilee Kulkarni 7.6 Always giving her best in lessons.

Enjoyment Matilda Croucher and Angela Cuba Cayro

7.3 For baking amazing Polish cakes and biscuits for PRIDE day.

Year 8

Passion for learning Archie Francis 8.2

Always tries hard at numeracy ninjas and has made a fantastic start to Year 8, taking his work seriously and not settling for second best.

Respect/kindness Lucy Sharpe 8.5 Always amazing! Lucy is kind and respectful to all staff and students!

Insight into others Jacob Burton 8.3 Always helps other students feel welcome and looks out for his peers.

Diligence (above and

beyond) Latanya Sithole 8.1

Always contributing to form time and leading the planning of form assembly.

Enjoyment Caitlin Cam 8.2 Always willing to participate and get the most out of everything Cox Green has to offer.

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PRIDE AWARDS cont.

Year 9

Passion for learning Lewis Martin 9.1 Having a really positive attitude to learning.

Respect/kindness Gabrielle Godson 9.4 Always being kind and respectful to staff and students.

Insight into others Demi-Leigh Winson Sawby

9.4 Always being kind and supportive of her friends.

Diligence (above and

beyond) Holly Chinnery 9.1

Incredibly helpful at Open Evening and a great ambassador for the school.

Enjoyment Filipo D’Ozario 9.1 Making a great effort with all his option subjects.

Year 10

Passion for learning Harleigh Sumner 10.1 Has a passion for her netball, and likes to tell her form tutor the scores after each match she plays.

Respect/kindness Harry Baines 10.1 Always shows respect to staff, very polite, and will partake in conversation.

Insight into others Sophie Bryce 10.6 For her commitment to charitable events in school.

Diligence (above and

beyond) Charlie Henwood 10.5

For working extremely hard with difficult concepts in biology.

Enjoyment Eliott Tomkins 10.7 For enjoying all aspects of school life and giving 100% at all times.

Year 11

Passion for learning Michael Marien-Carter

11.1 Getting stuck in on the waterways clearing and challenging himself to improve new skills.

Respect/kindness Emma Goode 11.4 Getting stuck in on the waterways clearing and supporting others with the clearing of heavy logs.

Insight into others

Jake Dargie George Bowden Danny Walden Mikey Brierley Luke-Lom Hynes Alex McNamara Tom Linfoot Joel Harbour

11.1 11.4 11.4 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.5

Getting stuck in on the waterways clearing and working as a team to clear large root stumps.

Diligence (above and

beyond)

Lucas Scott de Marcos

11.1 Getting stuck in on the waterways clearing and not giving up when things got tough.

Enjoyment Maizy Scott and Zuzanna Tomczyk

11.2 and 11.5

Getting stuck in on the waterways clearing and making sorting the pulley system fun.

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Windsor Memory Walk

Well done to Mrs Wick and Miss Winchcombe for demonstrating the ethos of PRIDE by completing the

Windsor Memory Walk on Saturday 21st September. It turned out to be a fantastic day to raise money

for the Alzheimer’s Society.

Science Careers Survey

Do you ever wonder about your child’s future career?

A masters student at Oxford University would like to discover your attitudes to Science careers.

Please click the link to complete the 10-minute survey and the chance to win one of five £10 vouchers.

Many thanks!

https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0STt77IQYkvRiYZ

Sixth Formers of the week

Last weeks 6th former of the week was Hayden Netherwood-Meek for being an excellent ambassador at

the school’s Open Evening

This week 6th former of the week is Hannah Collier for competing with thousands of other candidates to

secure a highly coveted apprenticeship with Price, Waterhouse, Cooper.

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PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD’S

UNIFORM IS CLEARLY NAMED

ITEMS CANNOT BE RETURNED TO YOUR CHILD IF THERE IS NO NAME

CALLING ALL PARENTS Do you have a pasta making machine at home that is just gathering dust?

Would you like to give it a new home?

The Technology Department would be delighted to give them a new life. We

would like to run some pasta making sessions with our Year 9 and Year 10

groups and would be grateful for any donations.

If you do have a machine that you are happy to donate, please ask your son/

daughter to hand them in to reception, where they will be relocated to their

‘very busy’ new home.

Many thanks in advance,

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Macmillan Coffee Morning

Well done year 10 for organising a fabulous coffee morning on Friday

27th September. Thank you to every one who contributed cakes and

of course to everyone who bought cakes. We look forward to seeing

how much money was raised.

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Library News

Don’t forget to come along to the Library and borrow books. You are allowed up to 4 on your

School Library cards. It has also been proven that reading is beneficial to your health. Coming to

the library therefore can only be good for you.

Hope to see you soon.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8.30am to 3.30pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 7pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 5pm 10am to 1.30pm 11am to 2pm

Term Time—Library Opening Times

The Bronze (Yr9), Silver (Yr10) and Gold (Yr12) DofE Awards letters are on the school website.

To sign your child onto the relevant award please sign and return the permission slip, and pay your

deposit via sQuid, this opens on Sunday 22nd September at 7pm.

If you require more information please contact Mr Morris or Mr Crowther.

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