Dear Families, Friends, Students and Staff.
Today has been one of those days which reminds me why Canbury is such an amazing school in which to work, and how we do make a difference.
The YES bus came to school, and the resounding answer from students was a great big "yes please, we'd like more of that". Details of what it entailed are further down in the Newsletter, but in essence a huge "Youth Enquiry Service" vehicle parked up outside the back gates and students were able to hop on board.
We're fully back in the swing of things, from Y10 student Morgan spray-painting in the Art Room and BTEC sports students going off site to record timed sprints, to lunch time cricket in the playground and excellent work from the Drama GCSE students.
We are not quite into the exam season, but getting close. Do please remember - everything in moderation - so revise and rest, in equal measure.
Mrs Rich – Head.
Upcoming dates for your diary.
Monday 6th May: Bank Holiday Monday - SCHOOL CLOSED.
Thursday 9th May: Leavers Breakfast in school.
Friday 29th May: Whole School Sponsored Walk.
Monday 27th - Friday 31st May: Half-term break.
Students of the week.
Year 7
Lexi, Sofia B, Tristan and Oliver for their great work in Drama.
Sofia B for showing resilience this week.
Eloise for focused work and great attitude in a number of lessons and 1:1 sessions. Well done, say Ms Chorazyczewska and Mr Hogan.
Great creativity from Layla on the creation of her sprite in Coding club.
Olivia for creating a beautiful poster in Spanish of Bilbao - see below.
Alex for focus in Religious Studies and producing a challenging word search.
Archie for excellent work on the Black Death.
Year 8
Remi for running the quickest 100m time in the year group.
Remi for a thorough reflection and independent thinking in the group with Ms Chorazyczewska.
Lee and Isabella for showing enthusiasm and stepping outside their comfort zone in the group with Ms Chorazyczewska.
Year 9
Even though Rory has been absent for the past fortnight, he has been working very hard throughout this time. When he has not been asking staff for the classwork, he has been completing work at home. What a great attitude to have and way to go, Rory!
Mani for running an excellent 100m in Games this week.
Sophie for the furthest long jump out of all the girls in KS3.
Well done to Lloyd for your helpfulness and consideration of others this week.
Excellent understanding of the different Trigonometric Ratios from Sam, Layla, Mani, Theo, Evan, Sophie, Bethany and Lloyd this week in Mathematics.
Excellent decomposition homework from Layla and Sam in ICT. Well done!
Mature discussions from Bethany, Evan and Lloyd in PSHE this week - great stuff.
Year 10
Hugo for winning the orienteering warm-up challenge in PE.
Sam for his enthusiastic participation in Spanish speaking activities.
Morgan for the longest javelin throw in KS4.
Eliot for a great 100m time in Games.
Well done to Archie, Hugo and Sam for finishing in first, second and third in the school on Dr Frost Maths this week.
Matt and Brendan have worked hard and completed their first full set of past exam papers in preparation for sitting the GCSE Statistics in June. Keep up the excellent work.
Excellent, very professional presentations in Business on the F1 Williams case study from Matt, Hugo and Josh. Well done. Very impressive!
Well done Logan for listening to advice on javelin technique and following instructions to improve his performance.
Super work by William in History on interpretations of the Cold War.
Year 11
Excellent focus in Mathematics from Thomas whilst rationalising the denominator.
Congratulations to Angus, Louis, Katya and Thomas for the mature approach they have shown to their Physics revision as they work hard towards their up coming exams.
Well done to Layla for excellent preparation for her Spanish speaking exam. Keep up the good work!
A huge bravo to Layla, Katya, Chloe and Angus for producing their best ever performance of Metamorphosis during their Drama GCSE exam this week!
Well done to Louis for resilience with working through break-even analysis tasks in Business.
Sixth Form
Well done Matthew for completing his History A Level coursework.
Ellie for her commendable work ethic this week in preparation for her theory ICT IGCSE examination.
Mrs Rich was so impressed by Annie and Flora's level of organisation and work ethic in English.
Litter pickers sweep the park.
BIG shout out to our Eco Team of Alannah, Phoebe and Matthew who took to Richmond Park this morning to pick up litter. It was a glorious day for making a tiny speck of our beautiful world a cleaner place, and we are grateful to our Sixth Formers who set to work with our newly purchased litter pickers. Mrs Lansdell and Mrs Strawbridge got stuck in too, and within an hour they had gathered some rubbish which was disposed of where it should have been disposed of in the first place! Brilliant work team, you conducted yourselves as well as any Womble......(look it up youngsters!).
Do you want sensible, factual, solid information? Then hop on board the YES bus.
Students were fully engaged today with a visit from youth workers Matt and Dan who parked up their YES (Youth Enquiry Service) bus outside Canbury - it was all systems go! We are hugely grateful to Achieving for Children, whose YES bus presents young people with information about all areas of life. From relationships and education, to finding employment, advice on healthy living, navigating peer pressure or how to say a resounding 'no' to drugs, Matt and Dan had an answer, or a signpost, to each question.
Whilst Year 10 students had the first of a two part workshop on how to avoid risky behaviours (such as drug taking, alcohol abuse or getting involved in crime), it was 'Open House' for the rest of the school at lunchtime where groups of up to eight students at a time could get involved.
Matt explained once students are familiar with the bus and have been on it, they are more likely to use it if they see it parked around locally and know it is a safe place from which to seek information.
"It's been a great day," he said. "We've enjoyed coming in and meeting your students." Well Matt and Dan, we enjoyed having you. We know our students did too. Thank you for coming - and Canbury students - use the bus! You can find them on Instagram: Afc_kingstonyouthservice, Afc_Dickerage or Afc_kingsnympton and on TikTok: Afc_youthservice.
Canbury Mini Marathon- next week!
In celebration of the London Marathon last Sunday, we will be holding our own mini marathon next Thursday 2nd May during period 4, writes Mr Barnes. During this lesson we will be heading over to Richmond Park to complete a 2.6 mile run.
This is an optional event with normal lessons still running for those who do not wish to take part.
Students need to register their interest by completing the Google Form that was sent to them today, and wear PE kit on the day (if they do not have PE or Games already).
Unfortunately, due to the proximity of their exams, Year 11 cannot participate in this event.
On your marks, get set, GO!
Good luck to our Canbury swimming fan Olivia who will be swimming 5km between her and her friend Charlotte on Sunday to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Olivia's mum says: "They have both had family members who have been affected by cancer. They both love swimming and wanted to challenge themselves."
If you would like to support them, here is the link to their JustGiving page. Well done Olivia, we're sure you'll be great!
What's Science done to help you, then?
Shout out to the Year 10s who led a great assembly with Ms Anjum. They got us thinking all about Science, and what it's done for us in the past, as well as what it might do for us in the future. If you get a chance, ask your young person what they thought, and what message they came away with, from this Friday afternoon presentation.
Brilliant work from Olivia. Absolutely brilliant!
Señora Porter was blown away by work done by Year 7 student Olivia. In fact she was so impressed she asked if Olivia would mind if we shared it in the Newslwetter. Wow Olivia, that's praise indeed from an expert in the field! Well done that student!