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Cox Green School

Newsletter

20 February — 24 February 2017

Committed to Achievement

What’s On

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Dates for your Diary

Active Kids 2017

Mobile Phones

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Student Council Reports

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Student Council Reports (cont.)

RocksGreen Page 5

A message to Drivers Lions Club of Maidenhead

Holocaust Event Collection of Certificates

Ella Anderson at Dance Festival

Page 6 Positive Points Winners

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Positive Points Winners

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Teach Maidenhead

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Squid Payments Library News

Half Term Holiday

13th February to 17th February

Weekly Calendar

Saturday 11th February Year 8-13 Andorra Ski Trip 8.00am—Sat 18th 7.00pm

Monday 20th February Start of Term 4

Tuesday 21st February Year 12 & 13 Trip —The Glass Menagerie

Wednesday 22nd February Year 8 Paris Trip—Parent Information Evening 6.00pm

Thursday 23rd February Year 12 Trip—UK Cinema Institution

Friday 24th February No Events

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Dates for your Diary

Monday 13 February —Friday 17 February Half Term Holiday

Tuesday 28 February Year 11, 12, 13 Art & Photography Trip—Tate Modern

Thursday 2 March World Book Day

Monday 6 March Year 12 & 13—Parents Evening

Tuesday 7 March Year 12 Trip—Geography Field Work

Thursday 30 March Year 8 Trip—School of Rock

Friday 31 March Year 8 Trip— Paris End of Term 4—School Closes at 12.30pm

Monday 3 April —Monday 17 April Easter Holiday

Tuesday 18 April Start of Term 5

Mobile Phones in School

Please note that the use of mobile phones are not permitted on the school

site at ANY TIME including before and after school.

Mobile phones must be switched off and will be confiscated if not.

Students must not use their mobile phone to contact parents directly.

Confiscated phones, MP3/iPods and valuables can be collect from the Main

Office between 8.30am and 4.15pm(3.30pm on Fridays), by parents or any named contact on our school

database.

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Student Council Reports

RBWM Meeting: by Mr Burrows

On Thursday 9th February, 10 representatives from the School Council represented Cox Green School at a

borough council meeting. The council meeting was extremely important for the borough as all councillors

attended to discuss a variety of issues, including town redevelopment and the budget. Cox Green

students were invited to present questions to the council based on matters of interest and as a follow up

to the recent release of cabinet papers. In front of local councillors, the public and cameras recording for

a live stream, the students were exceptional and a credit to the school. They spoke extremely

confidently, were attentive and even presented councillors with some challenging supplementary

questions. The councillors voiced how impressed they were with our students and exclaimed how they

wish to have further contact with the school council. I personally was extremely proud to attend and

watch the students perform so admirably.

Congratulations to:

Matthew Mundy

Oliver Clements

Jessica Arnold

Seran Yucel

Jed Thirlby

Megan Scott De Marcos

Rayan Akkache

Isaac McCann

Vlad Teisanu

Matthew Bourner

School Council and Sports Council update: by Mr Burrows

Alongside the achievements at the borough council meeting, the students in the school councils have

been extremely busy. All representatives have led a tutor time in which they asked students for their

concerns and we have had meetings to share feedback and ideas. Currently, the council is working at

ideas to try and create more seating areas in school for break times and have also helped raise awareness

in making the school toilets even better! Further discussions have taken place about litter on site and

raising awareness about mobile phone safety.

The Sports Council met for their first meetings this month with Mr Stokes and discussed a variety of

issues from changing rooms to house competitions. Students in the council hope to speak to pupils across

the school to gage opinions about what new extra-curricular activities could be provided.

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Litter Problems: by Susannah Ames and Oliver Clements, Year 11 School Council

It has been brought to the attention of the School Council, by the students of Cox Green School that the

number of gulls in the school area has drastically increased, and is now becoming a problem. Aside from

the fact it is unpleasant, it means corridors are now more crowded, as pupils are reluctant to stand

outside.

In light of this, we would appreciate if you could remind your child to use the bins provided by the school

to throw away all rubbish. We believe that if we avoid litter being dropped, the problem will quickly and

easily be solved.

Thank you for your co-operation.

School Council

Prefect update: by Mr Burrows

Prefects have been busy over recent weeks. They have supported staff at Parent’s Evening, started

generating ideas to help raise money for the prom and offered their support to Mr Burton to help with

internet safety week.

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Collection of Certificates

If your child hasn't collected their GCSE or A levels certificates from 2016, 2015 and 2014. Please call reception to arrange collection

A message to drivers

Please could we remind Parents and Carers when driving around the school car park

and surrounding roads to drive with care and respect to other drivers and pedestrians,

and to park with consideration for pedestrians.

Lions Club of Maidenhead

The Lions Club of Maidenhead received a bequest from the estate of the late Geoff Hill,

four years ago, with a request to distribute this money to applicants under the age of 22

who live in the Maidenhead SL6 area. Awards of up to £500 will be considered for

educational purposes and the promotion of leadership, self discipline, healthy lifestyles outdoor

adventures and practical skills. If students would like any advice on applying they can speak to MissKiely.

Applications should be sent to csc@maidenheadlions.org.uk, or can be handed in at school where they

will be collated and sent together, all decisions are at the discretion of the Lions Club of Maidenhead.

Holocaust Event – Monday 20th February

On Monday 20th February Uri Winterstein is coming in to school to talk about his families experiences of

persecution during the Second World War. Uri was born in Slovakia in 1943 and from the age of one

month was placed in the care of a non-Jewish family, in case the family had to go into hiding. Uri’s father

was part of the Working Group, an under-ground movement trying to stop/hinder the transportation of

Jews from 1942 until September 1944. In 1944 Uri’s father was sent to a concentration camp. After the

war the family were reunited and left Czechoslovakia as communism began to grow within the country.

In 1948 the family migrated to Brazil. He now lives in Chiswick and volunteers to share his family’s

experiences to students across the country through the Holocaust Education Trust. Uri will be sharing his

story to a selection of Year 9 and Year 10 History and RS students.

Ella Anderson Performs at Dance Festival in Ascot

Ella Anderson Year 9 will be representing her dance school ‘Elizabeth Fenton School of dance’ this weekend, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February, at the Royal Berkshire Festival of Dance in Ascot. She will be performing a solo lyrical dance. This dance festival is a National Qualifier – so should she score 86 points or above, she will go on to compete at Nationals.

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Positive Points Winners

Congratulations to our Gold(300) Positive Points winners:

Year 7—Georgie Griffith, Callum Jones, Freddie Lewendon

Congratulations to our Siver(200) Positive Points winners:

Year 7— Chantelle Lovell, Pheobe Pearce, Raghu Vatsavai

Year 8—Chloe Atkins, Madison Carter, Holly Clarke, Sienna Eden, Georgie Griffith, Callum Jones, Zuzanna

Tomczyk, Ellie Wakelin

Year10—Molly Glover

Please note : Your child will not be pictured or named as a positive points winner if we have them on

the database as ‘No Photo External ‘ or ‘No name External’ unless you have agreed for this to happen.

Congratulations to our 200 positive points winners

Holly Clarke, Madison Carter, Callum Jones, Molly

Glover pictured here with Mr Hillyard

Congratulations to our

300 positive points

winner

Congratulations to our 300 positive points winners

Georgie Griffith and Callum Jones pictured here

with Chair of Governors Paul Louden

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Positive Points Winners (cont.)

Congratulations to our Bronze(150) Positive Points winners:

Year 7—Cameron Chapman, Gemma Collier, Sam Ford-Hunt, Sean Long, Darby Skinner, Lilly-Mae Smith

Year 8—Chloe Atkins, Ella Bampton, Paul Corless, Miram Croft, Jake Dargie, Sienna Eden, Georgie

Griffith, Daniel Hodges, Chloe Howley, Sonny Lloyd, Tadiwanashe Mutambiranwa, Abigail Rylance-

Sneddon, Jasmine Thethi, Miranda Todd, Zuzanna Tomczyk, Ellie Wakelin, Alicia Whatmore, Ethan White

Year10– Michael Batey, Ella Ford, Molly Glover, Toby Parbery, Jed Thirlby, Charikleia-Chara Vettou

Congratulations to our 100 Positive Points Winners:

Year 7—Sam Ford-Hunt, Paige Little, Tasmin Miles, Ryan Nouar, Jonathan Peace

Year 8—Megan Harper, Raman Johal, Steffi Pereira, Tierney McCann, Freya Sen, Nicholas Allen, Ella

Bampton, Hettie Cook, Georgie Griffith, Freya Lewin, Joe Poots, Abigail Rylance-Sneddon, Ellie Wakelin,

Christopher Wheeler, Eleanor Bunce, Rhianna Clements, Milly Gibbins, Daniel Hodges, Michael

Marien-Carter, Shahmir Rashid, Jasan Sidhu

Yea 10—Thomas Gallagher, Jay Gazur, Lauren Roach, Jack Alger, Chloe Higgs, Firoza Amin

Please note : Your child will not be pictured or named as a positive points winner if we have them on

the database as ‘No Photo External ‘ or ‘No name External’ unless you have agreed for this to happen.

Congratulations to our 100

Positive Points Winners Tamsin

Miles, Ryan Nouar and Paige

Little

Congratulations to our 100 Positive

Points Winners Firoza Amin, Chloe

Higgs, Jack Alger, Sam Ford-Hunt and

Luke White and Ellie Golding-Walker a

300 Positive Points winner

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Library News

Berkshire Book Award 2017 Shortlist now out! The six most popular new books of 2016, as voted for on the Online Poll, by teenagers in Berkshire are:

Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce A Library of Lemons by Jo Cotterill Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling Dreaming the Bear by Mimi Thebo Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford

Ask for these for the holidays, or borrow them from the library. Start reading now to choose your favourite! You can add reviews to the website, if you want to, at www.berkshirebookaward.org.uk . Happy Reading!

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Library Half Term Opening Times

Monday

13th February

Tuesday

14th February

Wednesday

15th February

Thursday

16th February

Friday

17th February

Saturday

18th February

Sunday

19th February

Sunday

12th February

Saturday

11th February

Closed 1.30pm to 5pm 10.00am to 7pm 10am to 5pm 1.30pm to 5pm 10am to 1.30pm 11am to 2pm 11am to 2pm 10am to 1.30pm

Squid Payments

To find the option for paying instalments,

log on and if you have more than 1 student select the appropriate child’s account; Select ‘Offers’ in the top pink bar (it may not show until you have clicked on the ‘Trips and Offers’

purse – it seems to vary from browser to browser); Select ‘Part Paid offers’ and any instalments will show and can be added to the basket and checked

out as usual. Currently this applies to the following trips: Brecon Beacons Madrid