Dear Families, Friends, Students and Staff.
Today is ALL about our amazing, brilliant, resilient students who walked their socks off for an amazing and brilliant local charity! I am so proud of each and every one of you. Three cheers for us all. At the time of writing, we had raised an astonishing £2,363.75 for the 'Saying Goodbye' project, which funds free counselling for young people studying or living in Kingston who are living with the death of a parent - something no child should ever have to face.
Like Canbury, Kingston Bereavement Support is a tiny, local charity which supports young people - a perfect partnership! After half term we will bring you the final total and some more photos, but for now, feast yourselves upon the pictures below. There's also still time to donate if you wish, please just click here.
And thank you to all those who have contributed to this poignant, yet positive, cause.
We return to school on Monday 3rd June at 08.10am. Enjoy the half term break.
Enjoy the weekend.
Mrs Rich – Head.
Upcoming dates for your diary.
Monday 27th - Friday 31st May: Half-term break.
Thursday 13th - Friday 14th June - Duke of Edinburgh overnight expedition for Y10 students.
Thursday 20th June - Y11 and Y13 Leavers Dinner.
Friday 21st June - NCS Life Skills, part II, at Canbury for Y11, 12, 13.
Wednesday 26th June - Canbury Garden Party 5.30pm to 8.30pm. All welcome.
Monday 1st July - School Talent Show, in school in the morning.
Monday 1st July - Sports Day, 12 - 3pm, Kingsmeadow. All welcome.
Wednesday 3rd July - Whole School Activity Day - Choice of Thorpe Park or Richmond Park.
Friday 5th July - Prize Giving & break up for the summer holiday - 12 noon.
Students of the week.
Year 7
Great contributions from Olivia and Sofia B in PSHE this week - well done!
Excellent work from Lexi on her persuasive leaflet in English. Great job.
Lexi and Jerusha showed excellent teamwork in strategy games and puzzles club on Wednesday lunchtime.
Alex for taking three catches in one cricket match during PE this week.
Well done to Olivia for getting the top mark in the ICT half term test on spreadsheets.
Year 8
Well done to Paco, aka Nico, for his ability to provide several students with unknown Spanish vocabulary.
Carl for his focus and joining in with a class discussion in Wellbeing. Well done.
Rosie for a great catch in cricket during PE.
Ryan for fantastic fielding in cricket during PE.
Excellent contributions from Nico in PSHE this week - well done!
Excellent understanding of gradient and intercept by Nico, Lysander, Mason, Isla, Eric, Benjamin, Remi and Alfie in Maths this week.
Year 9
Well done to Sam for getting the top mark in the half term test in ICT on mobile app coding.
Well done to Bethany, Sophie, Lloyd and Sam who have worked hard this week to develop their understanding of fraction calculations to algebraic fractions in Maths.
Year 10
Great work from Judah when he suddenly became the only student in the Spanish class this week!
Fantastic effort and creativity from Reenie, Morgan, Sam, Katie, Eliot, Ethan and Brendan whilst on the Art and Photography trip in Brighton this week. Well done.
Excellent problem solving using Pythagoras and Trigonometry from Morgan, Josh, Brendan, Matt and William in Maths.
Excellent work from Judah in English Literature this week.
Hugo for running a lung busting 2:32m in the 800m this week.
Josh for finding all control points and winning the boys KS4 orienteering race in Morden Hall Park.
Year 11
Excellent focus from Thomas during the IGCSE Maths Revision sessions this week.
Sixth Form
Annie for being the quickest girl in our orienteering race in Morden Hall Park this week.
Canbury School sponsored walk - part 1, whereby no-one really wants their photo taken....
Talk about having it easy.
What's all this then? News has reached us from our spies in the Duke of Edinburgh Award camp that HOT CHOCOLATE was on the menu this week. Hot chocolate? We thought it was freeze-dried fish and water for all! Unbelievable.....
"This year’s DofE cohort undertook training this week to prepare them for their upcoming expedition after half term", writes Mr McGregor. "The campers covered a variety of skills, from route planning and navigation to what to do when (not if!) they get lost. Expeditioners also learnt how to put up tents and discussed what kit they would need.
Finally and most importantly - food! Walking for up to six hours a day for two consecutive days means you need some decent grub, and a hot meal in the evening. In an excuse for learning how to use a trangia (a camping stove) safely, we even just had time to make some hot chocolate, complete with authentic grass scrap garnish."
Remember - there are DofE kit lists on Google Classroom as well as a meal plan for ideas.
Expedition dates: Thursday 13th June - Friday 14th June. And remember - no brand new gear for the expedition - we don't want students trying to break in new walking boots en route. Now that is a recipe for disaster!
Canbury School sponsored walk part 2 - whereby we spot some wildlife along the way.....
Half term House competition opportunity!
Woo hoo. Just in time for the May half term break (which we are soooo excited about) here's a chance to get creative, have fun and get some House Points for your House. Read on to see how creative Mr Goodyear and Miss Starnowski are inviting you to be! What are you waiting for?!