Heads Welcome
Dear Families,
Welcome to the latest edition of the Canbury newsletter! Despite it being a shorter week, we certainly packed in a fantastic array of activities and achievements.
I was particularly moved by the thoughtful and insightful assembly presented by our Year 8 students today. They filled us all in on why we commemorate VE Day and showed us a clip of someone who was actually at a VE day party in 1945. Their understanding and delivery was absolutely fantastic, well done Year 8.
We also held our first silent disco this week. It was wonderful to see so many students (and staff) letting loose and having fun together – a truly memorable event. Watch out for round 2 at the summer party!
Lastly, a big shout-out to our Year 11, 12 and 13 students who are powering through their public exam studies this week. It's fantastic to hear them feeling positive and knowing they've given it their absolute best after their exams.
Wishing you all a restful weekend.
Mrs Rich - Head
Students of the week
Year 7
Great work on spreadsheets in ICT this week from Ella and Noah. Well done!
Year 8
Excellent work on algorithms in ICT this week from Alex, Tristan and Sofia.
Well done to Danai, Alex and Archie for amazing work done in Science this week.
Alex and Sofia M, for excellent work on assertiveness in Social Group.
Great job Layla for persisting on her personal goals, particularly her packing up checklist!
Year 9
Excellent small group work on resolving conflict in Social Group this week.
Great contribution to the class discussions on social media networking from Benjamin and Lysander in ICT.
Outstanding presentation by Issy, Harry, Rosie, Marley and Lee about the digestive system and how enzymes work.
Year 10
Good work from Alfie on organisational structures in Business.
Great work from Sam and Layla in ICT demonstrating their understanding of entity relationship diagrams and query design.
Well done to Sam and Sophie for their work on parallel lines in Maths this week.
Congratulations to Evan and Theo for presenting their BTEC Sport assessment with confidence and with excellent content.
Year 11
Big well done to all Year 11 Art and Photography students on smashing their GCSE exams! You have all worked so hard, hope you’re all feeling proud of what you have achieved!
Excellent work from Judah in English Literature this week in preparation for Monday’s exam!
Excellent work from Hugo, Josh and Matt in Business this week. Demonstrating their solid understanding of how to tackle 9 & 12 mark evaluation questions.
6th Form
Great work in Yr13 PSHE from Flora this week.
Excellent contribution to the class discussion in Yr 12 PSHE this week from Frankie and Layla.
Dates for the diary
Blended study leave week for Yr11 and 13 - 12 – 16 May 2025 and 19 – 23 May 2025
Whole School Sponsored Walk - Friday, 23 May (details to follow)
Half Term - 26 – 30 May 2025
Whole School Sponsored Walk - Friday, 23 May (details to follow)
Half Term - 26 – 30 May 2025
Study leave: Year 11 and 13 - 2 June – 4 July 2025
Year 7, 8 and 9 Movie Night - Wednesday 4th June (more information to follow)
Year 7, 8 and 9 Internal School Assessments 9 – 13 June 2025 (more information to follow via email)
Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 Movie Night - Monday 16th June (more information to follow)
Yr10 Internal School Assessments - 18 – 25 June 2025 (more information to follow via email)
Year 11 and 13 Leavers Evening - Thursday, 19 June
Summer Garden Party - Wednesday, 25th June (more information to follow but save the date!)
Sports Day - Thursday, 26th June
Whole school activity day - Tuesday, 1 July
Term Ends - Friday, 4 July at 12:00pm
If you would like to 'add' the school event calendar and never miss an up-coming event, please follow this link
Farewell Feast for Our Fantastic 2025 Leavers!
This morning was all about saying a goodbye to our amazing Year 11s and 6th Form students. We laid on a buffet breakfast for them to tuck into during the first hour of the day – a chance to fuel up before hitting the books for their exams later today. There was shirt-signing, celebratory music and snaps being taken with friends and teachers. Wishing all our 2025 leavers the absolute best as they embark on their study leave soon and smash those exams!
We Had a Wicket Good Time!
Our first Inter-house Cricket fixture took place on Wednesday. It was a fierce, yet friendly, competition as Johnson took on Noble, with Noble emerging victorious.
Special mention to Rory who proposed this event to raise awareness for Prader Willi Syndrome. More information on this condition can be found here: https://www.pwsa.co.uk/
AQA Unit Award Successes
Great news from the AQA Unit Award Scheme! A number of Canbury students have recently achieved success in a variety of engaging topics.
We've seen students master the intricacies of horse tack, gain valuable knowledge in healthy eating, develop important skills for maintaining good mental health, learn the basics of surfing, deepen their maths skills and explore the world of psychology. These achievements showcase the diverse interests of our students.
Congratulations to everyone who has earned their certificates. Mrs Lansdell says, "keep up the good work!"
Honing Javelin Skills
Our budding athletes have been showing off some serious throwing power, as these photos capture students honing their javelin skills with impressive focus and technique.
Updates from the Science Lab
We have been very busy in science the last two weeks, with the Year 9’s and 11s dissecting lamb hearts. Strawberries having their DNA extracted by the year 8s and the Y7’s burning magnesium in crucibles, realising that oxygen atoms in the air combine with magnesium to form magnesium powder, proven by the extra mass gained! Y10’s investigating the effects of Infra-red absorption and emission of various colours. Mr Mathy
Canbury Goes Quietly Wild at Our Fantastic Silent Disco!
This week, Canbury experienced a different kind of buzz – a silent one! Our highly anticipated school silent disco proved to be an absolute smash hit, transforming the hall into a vibrant, yet surprisingly hushed (apart from some cracking singing), dance floor.
Students donned individual wireless headphones, each glowing with a different colour corresponding to one of the two channels of music being simultaneously broadcast.
From the latest chart-toppers to classic anthems and even some surprise throwback tracks, there was something for everyone to enjoy. It was fantastic to see students from all year groups letting loose and having fun together in such an inclusive and energetic way.
A huge thank you to the student council for the idea and all the members of staff for their hard work in bringing this event to life.
Notices and Resources
Pedal Power for Charity! Support Mr. Hogan
Mr Hogan is doing London to Brighton in June for the British Heart Foundation. He is adding an incentive to dig deep by offering the three highest paying members of staff or students the opportunity to tip a HUGE bucket of ice water over him on the day of our sponsored walk!
Donate here and a massive thank you to those of you who have already donated!
Shining Bright for Charity
Soon, one of our Yr13 parents will be taking on the incredible challenge of the Moonwalk, a night-time walking marathon raising money for vital breast cancer charities. This inspiring event sees participants walking through the night in decorated bras to show their support.
If you'd like to sponsor their walk and help them reach their fundraising goal, you can donate via their page HERE
Mental Health Event
The NHS contracted Primary Care Network are hosting a Mental Health Matters event for the local community. This year they are holding the event on Wednesday 14th May, 4:30-7pm at The Malden Leisure Centre, KT3 4TA.
The event is very well attended as they have local support services, mental health practitioners and other clinicians, for all ages, to talk about how they support patients, they also have a drop-in clinic for people to reach out about their mental health.
This year they have the following services available for teenagers and adults:
Tellmi - Digital mental health support
Children and young people's mental health services - NHS
Papyrus UK Prevention of Young Suicide
Additionally, they will have free contraception, smoking advice & information on STI testing.
New Malden & Worcester Park Primary Care Network - swlicb.nmwp.pcn@nhs.net - 07788 245 036
Disability Cricket Comes to South West London
If this might be of interest to anyone you know please do pass this on so that we can keep a critical mass of young people enjoying our glorious game in the fabulous setting of Bushy Park, whatever their ability or experience (register here https://app.upshot.org.uk/signup/b8b9b2a2/abfc69ea72b45182/).