🎉 ISSUE 400! 🎉
Head's Welcome
Dear Families, Even though it has been a shorter week than usual thanks to the bank holiday, we have certainly been busy! Before we dive into our weekly news, we have a very exciting milestone to share. This is officially our 400th weekly newsletter! Reaching 400 editions is a wonderful reminder of just how much we have shared over the years with our community. Here’s to the next 100! Firstly, our Year 11 students have begun their first formal public exams this week. We are immensely proud of the mature, focused, and calm approach they have shown. Additionally, all our Year 11 and 12 leavers were treated to a celebration afternoon tea this afternoon; there was plenty of shirt signing, cake eating and photos taken for memories. Our assembly today was another highlight of the week. Our 6th Form students took the lead and delivered a deeply thoughtful and important presentation on what Victory in Europe (VE) Day means. Their teamwork, confidence, and presentation skills were brilliant. Huge well done to everyone involved for starting our weekend on such a reflective and inspiring note. Lastly, communication is so important in our small school community, and we want to make sure you never miss a thing. Please take a moment to join our digital communication groups via the QR codes below this message.
- Whole School: Please sign up for the Canbury School WhatsApp Announcement group to receive all our key notices and weekly updates.
- Year 11 Families: We highly recommend joining our Exams-Specific WhatsApp group. Miss Buchanan will be using this space to send out timely reminders, schedules, and vital information to support both you and your child throughout this exam season.
I hope you all have a restful, happy, and sunny weekend ahead. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday.
Mrs Rich - Head
In this week's newsletter
Head's Welcome Students of the Week Dates for the Diary What we've been up to Student Corner SEND in the news Other news and updates, including lost property
Students of the Week
Silver Award These students have now received 75 house points so far this academic year
- Layla Y9
- Arya
Gold Award These students have now received 100 house points so far this academic year
- Hattie
Headteachers Award These students have now received 150 house points so far this academic year
- Benjamin Yr7
Year 7
- Excellent participation from Daisy in Spanish this week. Muy bien, Margarita!
- Good work in the cover lesson of English from everyone!
- Super start to learning the grid drawing method in Art this week!
- Exellent work from Daisy, Pavel, Henry and Logan in ICT Impressive work on reading comprehension from Year 7 in our lesson this week - well done, everyone!
Year 8
- Excellent participation from Nina in Spanish this week
- Excellent work from Belle on her work in ICT on Society this week.
- Lovely contributions in English this week from Soren, Brooke, Noah and Ollie - excellent stuff.
- A huge welcome to Rufus!
Year 9
- Excellent work from Tristan and Hugo on immersive technologies in ICT.
- Great contributions in English from Elizabeth, Sofia, Layla and Oliver this week!
Year 10
- Excellent work from Ryan, Marley & Harry on databases in ICT.
- Excellent work from Lysander and Alfie in preparing their F1 Williams presentation in Business.
- Really focused work from all of Year 10 on non-fiction writing in English this week - well done!
Year 11
- Well done to Mani, Francesca and Lloyd for successfully completing their Spanish GCSE Speaking exam. A great start to their exams so fingers crossed they all go as well as this one did!
- Excellent work from Sam on Network topologies in ICT.
- Well done to all the Year 11s for all the hard work they have been putting in recently - revision, independent work, past exam papers. Good luck to you all in your exams - no matter which ones you are taking!
- Great exam preparation in English from Year 11 this week. You have all worked so hard - well done!
- Excellent source work on Henry VIII by Francesca - very well done!
- Excellent work from the Yr 11's preparing for their first exam Business paper 1 next week.
Sixth Form
- Excellent work on preparing their VE day presentation assembly.
- Reenie and Judah for their independent working skills in Mrs Rich's class this week
Dates for the Diary
- Monday 11th May/Next Week: Informal form photos for Yearbook
- Tuesday 12th May:Â Year 8 HPV Vaccinations
- Tuesday 12th May: KS3 Wisley Trip
- Wednesday 13th May: Year 10 Art/Photography Trip
- Thursday 21st May: Y11 study leave begins
- Friday 22nd May: Whole School Sponsored Walk
- W/C 25th May: Half Term
- Wednesday 10th June - 5-6pm: Post 16 information evening (online)
- Thursday 25th June - 5-7pm: Summer Garden Party
What we've been up to
Athletics
We have been enjoying more athletics practise at Kingsmeadow recently! We really love using these facilities to learn new skills and expand on others. Well done everyone!
Y9 Assembly
Well done to Lexi, Sofia and Elizabeth who hosted our assembly last week and taught us about the dog meat trade. They explained the scale of this practice, the misunderstood believes behind it and the charities that are working to help. These charities inlcude: No to Dog Meat Trade, Humane Society International, SOI Dog Foundation and Four Paws. There were also some questions asked, with answers below:
- What was the British Got Talent year from the video shown? The show was from 2020 (video link below)
- There are other meat trades that we should be aware of, can you tell us more about them? Four Paws has an excellent website hihglighting the other meat trades that are a cause of concern (see link below)
Calm Zone
This week we launched Thursday lunchtimes as a Calm Zone in Wellbeing. This means the room will be a place for calm, quiet and maybe some chilled out tunes. We hope everyone enjoyed their time and look forward to this weekly session.
SEND in the News
Each week we will be shining a spotlight on a different area of SEND that has features in the news. This week, we have found a wonderful news story on a young man who has used his creative skills to help open a shop. See the link below:
Other News & Updates
WEBINAR: Supporting Neurodivergent Friendships
Free webinar, Wednesday 20th May, 4-5pm BST, live on Zoom by Pooky Knightsmith Many neurodivergent children want friends but can find the unwritten rules confusing, exhausting, or unpredictable in ways their peers don't seem to experience. So I'm running one of my free 7 Quick Wins sessions focused on practical, immediately usable ideas for supporting neurodivergent children's friendships. Ian Hunkin will be joining me too. I'll lead the session and Ian will come in for the questions (or ideas along the way). A big part of what we'll explore is how neurodivergent friendship is often misunderstood. It can look quite different from the neurotypical version, and that's part of why it's so easily missed or judged. We'll think about: What neurodivergent friendship actually looks like in practice How to recognise the friendships that are working, even when they don't look conventional How to support and encourage friendship without trying to make it conform to neurotypical ideals Practical adjustments that reduce the social load at school, at home, and in other settings It's free to attend, and suitable for anyone working with, caring for, or supporting neurodivergent children and young people. Recording goes to everyone who registers, so please book even if you can't make it live.
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