News & Views Issue 22 11 March 2020 - Collingwood College · Issue 22 - 11 March 2020 Friday 13 March: Non-uniform Day in Support of Sport Relief Monday 16 March: College Production

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Issue 22 - 11 March 2020 News & Views

WORLD BOOK DAY CELEBRATED BY STUDENTS AND STAFF As part of the World Book Day celebrations on Thursday 5 March, Collingwood’s students and staff Dropped Everything and Read for a solid 25 minutes from 9.05am until 9.25am!

On the day, all students, no less than , dropped everything and indulged in reading. In PE, Catering, Maths, Science, English - you name it , the College fell silent!

A couple of teachers adopted different approaches:

Displaying a book on the white board allowing the whole class to read silently as the pages scrolled through!

PRC used religious books A few students and staff read ‘the modern way’ on tablets.

All of these techniques are great to promote reading. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Coronavirus

Given the extensive media attention on this subject I know that people are understandably concerned about Coronavirus and the possible impact on students, school closures and exams. Further to my letter of last week can I clarify the following points which I hope will help reassure parents/carers and students:

We have no confirmed cases of Coronavirus at the College. If we do get a confirmed case then Public Health England will contact us immediately and advise us accordingly. We will follow their advice to the letter. Until then we are advising all staff and students that it is ‘business as normal’.

In terms of exams, the Boards are telling schools to assume no changes. If there are changes they are assuring us they will be as fair as possible to all candidates and again we will follow their advice.

If the government do eventually decide to close schools we have contingency plans in place and all departments have plans in place to support students in all years with on-line/distance learning. We have had successful experience of doing this in the past for snow closures, although this time it may be for a more sustained period.

Can I remind any concerned parents and carers that they can access the Coronavirus Information Page on the Parent Portal. We’re consolidating all the latest advice and guidance there as well as contact details for the DofE helpline which is another source of advice for parents (plus staff and students).

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Issue 22 - 11 March 2020

Friday 13 March: Non-uniform Day in Support of Sport Relief Monday 16 March: College Production Rehearsals, 3.05pm until 6.00pm, Kingston Theatre Wednesday 25 March: Years 7-11 and 13 Reports to Parents Thursday 26 March- Saturday 28 March: College Production, 7.30pm until 10.00pm, Kingston Theatre Thursday 2 April: Academic Review Day

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - DON’T MISS OUT!

YEAR 8 STUDENT EXCELS IN ATHLETICS Harrison Taylor (8D) is making amazing progress in athletics. He is a member of CADAC (Camberley and District athletics Club) and has recently been selected to be part of the Surrey County Under 13's Sportshall team in a regional competition on Sunday 22 March. If the team are successful it could lead to being at the Nationals in Sheffield in April. This is an excellent achievement - well done Harrison. Surrey County athletics have invited Harrison to attend their end of year awards ceremony on Friday 3 April in Leatherhead. Harrison has won the most points in the U13's for the 2019/2020 Sportshall season (he competed in three competitions over the winter, winning two and being joint first for the other). Harrison is a great role model for his year group. He always tries his best and gives great support to the rest of the team. We're very proud of him at Collingwood College and especially as a PE teacher being his Year Manager.

Miss Robinson - Year Manager - Year 8

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 FROM THE PRINCIPAL Please find on the next page a document for students outlining answers to some Coronavirus FAQs. We are monitoring this situation very closely and will communicate with you immediately as the situation changes.

Additional INSET Day Parents and Carers will be aware of the huge amount of change happening in schools at the moment especially in connection with the curriculum. Teaching staff are spending significant amounts of time reviewing and adapting content and mapping curriculum material which is particularly time-consuming. It has therefore been agreed by the Chair of Governors that the College will have an additional INSET day this year to provide some much-needed time to further develop this work. The date of this additional day will be

Friday 26 June.

Mr Tanner - Principal



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WORLD BOOK DAY CELEBRATED BY STUDENTS AND STAFF

Some of the feedback from staff: “What a good way to the start the day!” “I could not believe the 25 minutes had passed when the bell rang!”

Feedback from students: “I wish it lasted longer!” “It was so relaxing!” We can't wait to repeat our success next year - until then KEEP ON READING!

Mrs Teissonniere and Ms Blay - Library Co-Managers

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Lady Macbeth - AKA Mrs Tidley



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UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS EASTER SCHOOLS 2020 - APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! Applications for the UCA 2020 Easter School Programme are open until 11:59pm on Friday 20 March 2020. The Easter Schools are for students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are interested in pursuing creative subjects when progressing on to college or university, and are a great opportunity to start building work for a portfolio. The UCA Easter Schools will run across all of campuses on the following dates:

• UCA Canterbury: Monday 6 April - Thursday 9 April

• UCA Rochester: Monday 6 April - Thursday 9 April

• UCA Project Space, Brewery Tap, Folkestone: Tuesday 7 April - Thursday 9 April

• UCA Epsom: Tuesday 14 April - Friday 17 April

• UCA Farnham: Tuesday 14 April - Friday 17 April Find out more and apply for your place below.

Please note, you only need to apply for one campus. If the campus of your choice is full, and depending on availability, we may contact you to see if you wish to take a place on another UCA campus. If you have any questions in the meantime please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards UCA Outreach Team - University for the Creative Arts E: [email protected] T: +44 (0) 1252 892883

Exam certificate postage payment is available on ParentPay. Please ensure payment is made as soon as possible to ensure your child receives their exam certificates for the summer 2020 season. This is of particular importance for those students in Year 11 and 13 who are leaving the College. To avoid certificates being lost in transit or left crumpled at the bottom of a school bag, we encourage payment to be made for Year 9 and 10 too. For those that make payment for postage, exam certificates are usually despatched in December using Royal Mail’s ‘Signed For’ service. Certificates will be required by future employers and further education institutes. If you don’t have your certificates when you need them in later life, the exam boards can provide a replacement statement of results but it is very costly.

Collingwood Exams Team

EXAM CERTIFICATES

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.uca.ac.uk/outreach/easter-schools/uca-farnham-2020/

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Important Dates for your Diary Book Fair A Book Fair will be visiting the Library between Monday 23 March and Thursday 2 April 2020. Students will be able to use their £1 book tokens. More information about this event will be given nearer the time. New Painting and Colouring Activity Once a Month for a Whole Week If you like painting and drawing, this activity is for you! Painting and colouring equipment will be available in the Library at break and lunch time. This will run a week at a time once a month. Overdue Books/DVDs Any parents who have received letters or telephone calls about overdue books or DVDs, please return the items to either the Library or any one of the reception areas (marked for the attention of Ms S Blay) as soon as possible. If there is an issue with returning these items please contact the Library between 12.00pm and 4.00pm Monday to Friday on 01276 457600 extension 427 to discuss.

Mrs Teissonniere and Ms Blay - Library Co-Managers

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Following the annual Year 7 Run for Resources PE Department event last term, please ensure your son/daughter is collecting sponsorship money safely and just to reiterate that the deadline for a single payment on ParentPay is Friday 1 May (second Friday back after the Easter Break). The draw for the iPad and Camberley shopping vouchers will then take place in a Year 7 assembly during the second

half of the Summer term and just to remind you that for every £5 earned in sponsorship money, your son/daughter will receive one ticket for the draw. Stay safe collecting sponsorship and good luck!

The PE Department

YEAR 7 RUN FOR RESOURCES PRIZE DRAW



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Collingwood College organised and hosted the British Science Week on behalf of the Science Learning Centre on Wednesday 12 February. The event was hosted and delivered by Mrs Puri and was open to Primary and Secondary School teachers to attend in order to obtain ideas and resources for their own schools. The aim of the evening was to address how to raise the profile of Science and STEM across the school, widen students’ experiences beyond the classroom and opportunities for cross curricula, and to build on practical activities for hands-on learning.

The event was attended by Primary and Secondary school teachers. Several students from Crawley Ridge Junior School also attended the event, accompanied by their parents. The students and teachers really enjoyed the evening and took part in different hands-on activities from making bath bombs, revealing fingerprinting on different materials, Don’t Tip the Ship to creating astronaut hovercrafts. The evening also helped to develop students’ problem-solving, team-building and communication skills.

The students were a credit to their school and demonstrated good understanding of Science. These are some comments made by the teachers and students on completion of the event. Students comments from ‘Crawley Ridge Junior School’: “I loved the activities and I now understanding how detectives use finger printing.”

“I really enjoyed the hovercraft activity and want to be an astronaut when I grow up.” Teachers comments: “Thank you very much for the presentations and yesterday’s event. I learnt a lot about STEM and crest awards.” Celine Heeney - Gordon’s School “Thank you for yesterday; it was interesting to see the children engaging with the activities.” Sarah Philips - Frimley Junior School

“It was really useful watching your presentation and talking to you! “

Jordan Smyth - Yateley Manor School

Mrs Puri - Science Innovation and Achievement Lead

STAFF AND STUDENTS CELEBRATE BRITISH SCIENCE WEEK



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Collingwood’s Dance Club are competing in ‘The Great Big Dance Off’ at the New Theatre in Oxford next week, and we are so excited! This will mark Collingwood’s first ever schools’ dance competition! Our theme is ‘The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland’, where Alice is controlled, manipulated and ultimately “taken and turned” by the characters in Wonderland. The girls have been working so hard for months now and I am very proud of what they have achieved. We are going to go out and perform to the best of our ability and show everyone our enjoyment of dance.

Miss Hamblin - Dance Club Leader

DANCERS READY FOR COMPETITION NEXT WEEK

Mr Mangan and Mrs Wilkins are in Room H21 every Monday lunchtime to assist with any Maths home learning and Hegarty work. The Spring term is fast drawing to a close, so start to improve your Maths learning before Academic Review Day and be ready to show off your maths in the end of term assessments.

Mrs Wilkins - Maths Department

HEGARTY AND MATHS HOME LEARNING CLUB

PE EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS The PE Department have noticed recently that fewer and fewer students have football boots as part of their PE kit. In a bid to improve standards and safety in PE, we would like to inform parents and carers that the inclusion of moulded or studded football boots as part of our students’ PE kit is highly recommended and that our website guidance to parents has been adjusted to reflect this. Experience has taught us that students wearing moulded or studded footwear appropriately chosen depending on the conditions outside, significantly improves their ability to change direction, accelerate and stay on their feet, therefore increasing the quality of performance of our students and incidentally, keeping them safer too. Further to this, we know that outlets such as Sports Direct and Decathlon are selling perfectly suitable pairs for between £20-£30. What we also realise as a department that as students become increasingly more suitably prepared for sport outside, that the need for shin pads (that we also highly recommend) is in turn going to increase and once again, as per the letter we released earlier this year, those above mentioned outlets are selling perfectly suitable pairs for between £15-£20. What we have noticed as well, is that for those students that do have a pair of football boots, their trainers remain clean for indoor sports such as Badminton, Basketball or Circuit Training, etc. We feel that understanding the difference between types of footwear used for both indoor and outdoor activities, is an important part of the way we prepare our PE students for leading healthy, active lifestyles after life at Collingwood. We do appreciate that equipping students for school can be an expensive undertaking.

Mr Beer - Head of PE Department

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News & Views Issue 22 11 March 2020 - Collingwood College · Issue 22 - 11 March 2020 Friday 13 March: Non-uniform Day in Support of Sport Relief Monday 16 March: College Production