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The Cherwell School
A Centre of Opportunity
Week Beginning 13th October 2014 - Assemblies NS & SS
From Mr Strickland:
Monday 13th October:
Geography Trip
English - Institute of Education
Creative writers:
Tuesday 14th October:
Yr 12 Business Field trip
Yr 3/4 football tournament
Now is a chance for students to explore any form of
creative writing (poetry, fiction, songs, screenplays,
etc.) in their own club. The Cherwell Creative
Writing Club is for all ages, and meets every
Thursday at 3:20 in room 6. Come join us!
Wednesday 15th October:
PR1 Grades entered
Yr 10 Physics ISA day
6th form science talk - 14:00
Thursday 16th October:
Chicken Project – HM Treasury Visit
Science BTEC – Cotswold Wildlife Park
Ukulele Group
Friday 17th October:
Art Field Trip – Frieze London
Maths of Juggling
Monday after school - 3:15 to 4:00 in room 67. All year
groups welcome. Beginners welcome too.
Gospel Choir
All Students
From Ms Paling:
Mindfulness
Stressed? Worried about coming back? Come and learn
techniques to keep you calm – Come and find out how
Mindfulness can help you.
Music 2, 3.20 - Monday
WEEK 1
15th
September
From Mrs White:
Meet Thursday lunchtime, 12.20 in room 68. If you enjoy
singing upbeat and happy music come along – all
abilities and ages welcome. As well as singing in the
choir there are opportunities for solo singers too.
Bike Club
Cycling Club
New time – Thursday 3.30pm-5pm meet outside T1
Cycling skills, track, bike polo, and multi-gym bike
training sessions.
Book Club
Book club meets every Friday lunchtime in South site
library. Limited spaces available.
From KBt – Year 11 BTEC Science Cotswold Wildlife
Park trip – Thursday 16th – please return slips and
payment to the red box outside the Finance Office by
Tuesday. If you need another letter please come to the
Chemistry prep room on Monday.
Learn To Lead
A great start to the new school year – boundless energy and
some great ideas coming from students on both sites.
This week:
Tuesday room 2 – CSU – Lunch
Tuesday room 19 – Amnesty – After school – new members
welcome Tuesday room 1 – Young Enterprise – After school
Wednesday room 1 – Chicken Project – all members - Lunch
Wednesday room 81 – Dr Who – KS3 - Lunch Wednesday
room 19 – Cherwell Earth - Lunch Wednesday room 55 Mythical Art - Lunch - first meeting this week Thursday room
64 – Year 9 Debate club – to be led by Dominic James Y12 Lunch Thursday – peer mentors – Miss Bragg – Lunch
Thursday room 55 - Comic Drawing - Lunch - first meeting
this week Friday room 55 - Coding - Lunch - first meeting this
week
Thursday Room 4 - AS Further Maths Study Group
Remember to speak to your Year Rep for council matters on
South Site Yrs 7, 8, 9 or contact the CSU on North Site Yr
10, 11 – suggestion boxes on both sites will go up soon.
If you're interested in books, reading or writing, then every
Monday after school at 3.15 in room 82, there will be an
English club where you can come and discuss books, do
some creative writing and much more! The first session will
also be dedicated to creating a more interesting name!
Maddy & Gwen (Year 13)
Money Run
By Jack Heath
What would you do for $200 million? Would you break
into a billionaire businessman's top-security
skyscraper? Would you drive a priceless sports car off
the roof? Would you fly a helicopter with only a
handbook to guide you? And would you take on an
unstoppable hitman intent on your destruction? For
teen thieves Ash and Benjamin, it's a nobrainer...Money Run is a high-octane thriller, starring
two unlikely heroes with a dangerous appetite for
adventure...and big stacks of cash.
Key Stage 3
KS3 Cheerleading:
Cheerleading is back on Thursdays from this week.
New and Old members welcome!
Thursdays 3:10 – 4:30 in Gym1
We will teach you:
Cheer dances, stunting, how to throw people in the air,
jumps, and we will practice tumbling.
MYTHICAL DRAWING CLUB
Every Wednesday Lunchtime – Room 55
You will learn to draw mythical beasts and other
mythical things.
Open to Year 7 and 8, and will start at 12:20 to
give you time to eat your lunch.
If you would like to join, please just turn up!
First session will be on the 8th October.
KS3 Science Club:
From Mr Gray:
Business News
Paper Planes
The world record for the longest flight of a paper plane is
over 69 meters!! See if you can beat the record at science
club this Monday. We will test out different materials,
different shapes, and different masses. Will yours go the
furthest?
Young Enterprise
Tuesday 3.30pm – Room 1
Economics Club
Monday 13th October – 3:15 – room 42
Monday 3.30pm – Room 1
Share trading competition, debates and
speakers.
COMIC BOOK CLUB
JOIN THE COMIC BOOK CLUB EVERY
FRIDAY IN ROOM 55, YEARS 7 AND 8’S
WELCOME!
South Site Chess Club
Takes place Tuesday lunchtime in the
South Site Library.
All keen chess players in Years 7,
8 and 9 are very welcome.
Mr Dyer
ROBOT CLUB –
Takes place Tuesday in Room 34 (SS) 3:15 - 4:15 - Students
from Years 8, 9 and 10 who came last year are all welcome.
We still have just one spare Robot Kit left – so if any Y8 or Y9
would like to join us please come and see Mrs Gregory or Miss
Breedon – or sign the list on the SS Prep Room door. Make sure
you put your tutor group so that we can contact you.
Mrs Gregory and Miss Breedon
Year 7 Art Club
Thursday - 3.15pm in room 30
New and old members welcome!
Last chance to audition for the Drama and
Dance show. Come along this Monday to room
60. 3-15-4.15 – all of KS3 welcome.
See any of your drama teachers for more
details - Ms Wigham
Key Stage 4/5
Wellbeing opportunity - Tai
Chi class at Cherwell
A Chen style Tai Chi class run by Douglas from Oxford's Chen
Academy will be starting again today in the north site hall at 7pm.
All welcome.
This is a fantastic wellbeing opportunity for promoting mental and
physical wellbeing, including help deal with stress, physical
balance and regulating blood pressure.
This is an ancient Chinese exercise system that involves
coordinating slow gentle movement with your breathing. Saying
this, you know you have done a total work out by the end of the
hour.
Every Wednesday at 7-8pm in the Cherwell
North Site Hall
Key Stage 4 Library is OPEN!
Situated in L1 and L2, the library is open from 8.00am
until registration, break time, lunch time and after school.
Come and read a book or magazine or catch up on some
homework. Chess sets also available at lunch time.
Suggestions for new books/magazines welcome.
Christian Union
North Site Years 10 to 13 meets every Tuesday Room 19
South Site Years 7 to 9 meets every Wednesday
Room 64
Any queries to either Ms R Ott or Mrs J Tonks
Year 10 & 11 come to Mrs
Banfield’s Homework Club
N 3 Monday – Thursday
3.15 – 4.10
Refreshments & entry to a draw for
exciting prizes!
Home Work
Club for KS4
Scholars
Quick update, homework club for KS4 Scholars will
now be taking place in SR3 rather than N5 in order
to be closer to Ruth’s session and detentions. As
before, they will still be taking place 3.10 – 4.00
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Bar Mock Trials: Open to
Year 10 and
Year 11.
Friday Lunchtime Room 22
Bring your lunch
Ms Codrington
Extended Project meeting for year 13 once a fortnight
(week 2) after school 3.20 in L1 and L2 first meeting 7th
October – come and find out who your supervisor is.
Are you....?
Motivated? A team player? Committed? Up for a challenge? Skilled?
The Duke of Edinburgh could be for
YOU!
To find out more come to this meeting:
On TUESDAY 14th October in North site hall at 3.20pm with Miss
Shakespeare & Mrs MacKay (and the rest of the DofE team!)
Brrr- weather is getting colder! Get your
jumpers on and treat yourself to a hot drink
from our Costa cafe in 6th form.
The drinks are cheaper than the high street
and has also just been awarded with the
Costa Audit 100% excellence award
for the second time in a row! Well done, Lucy!
We are a confidential service here to help
Young People make SAFER choices!
PEER Pressure SEXUAL Health Pregnancy Testing Emergency CONTRACEPTION
Self HARM Get free CONDOMS and learn HOW to use them Depression
S-CARD
Scheme
Bullying DRUGS Advice Healthy lifestyle Get Information on other STIs
Smoking BODY Image STRESS and Anxiety Choices and Decisions about starting to
have SEX ALCOHOL Advice LOW Self Esteem Family Issues testing for CHLAMYDIA
(6th form only) Relationships
Exam Stress Bereavement
Signposting to
Services Safer CHOICES
Wednesdays from 12.15 – 1pm
North Site Room 20
(For North Site students only)
Who are the Chat Team? Lisa Lane School Counsellor
Kevin Jackson an Early Intervention Worker
Laura Winter-Kirkham a Drug and Alcohol worker from CANS
Mim Oldershaw the School Nurse
Program for Chat from
September 2014
24th Sept - Lisa, Kevin and Mim
S-card Scheme
1st Oct - Lisa, Kevin and Mim
STI’s, and your Sexual Health - An interactive talk by Mim using the Sexual Health box
8th Oct - Lisa, Kevin, Laura and Mim
S-card Scheme
15th Oct - Lisa, Kevin and Laura
The Effects of Alcohol – An interactive talk by Laura using the Beer goggle box
(day/night time, tape, motion sensor, breathalyser)
22nd Oct– Lisa, Kevin and Mim
S-card Scheme
5th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Laura
So called ‘Legal Highs’ what’s it all about? An interactive talk by Kevin
12th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Mim
S-card Scheme
19th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Laura
Mental Health issues around Anorexia and Bulimia - An interactive talk by Lisa using film
26th Nov – Lisa, Kevin and Mim
S-card Scheme
3rd Dec – Lisa, Kevin and Laura
Different Drugs and there Effects - An interactive talk using the Drugs box
10th Dec – Lisa, Kevin and Mim
S-card Scheme
17th Dec - Lisa, Kevin and Laura
Alcohol and the Effects on the Teenage Brain -Risks and consequences associated with alcohol - An
interactive talk using power point
Who are the Chat Team? Lisa Lane School Counsellor, Kevin Jackson an
Early Intervention Worker, Laura Winter-Kirkham a Drug and Alcohol
worker, Mim Oldershaw the School Nurse
We are a confidential service here to help
Young People make SAFER choices!
The Effects of Alcohol
An interactive talk by Laura using the Beer
goggle box!
Wednesday 15th Oct from 12.15 – 1pm
North Site Room 20
(For North Site students only)
Who are the Chat Team? Lisa Lane School Counsellor
Kevin Jackson an Early Intervention Worker
Laura Winter-Kirkham a Drug and Alcohol worker from CANS
Mim Oldershaw the School Nurse
PE Newsletter
& Events
News & Events
Sainsbury’s School Games Level 1 Cross Country – Within all PE lessons next week
(Year 7-11) we will be holding cross country running trials for the level 2 school games
event on the 23rd October, to be held at Oxford Spires Academy.
Sixth Form boys and girls trials will be held on Wednesday lunchtime at the south
site rugby club.
Oxford Schools Football Association Competition – Year 9 boy’s football tournament
13/10/2014 2pm – 4pm
School Sport Organising Committee (Sports Council) – The deadline for applications
for the school sport organising committee is Friday 17th October. Please pick up a form
from either PE office or your PE teacher.
Upcoming Fixtures
Date
Team
Staff
Opposition/ Venue
Start
13/10/2014
Year 7 Boys Rugby
SJR
Cheney (A)
13/10/2014
Year 9 Boys Football
CW/KC
Tournament
2pm – 4pm
14/10/2014
Year 8 Boys Rugby
SJR
15/10/2014
Year 9 Boys Rugby
SJR
15/10/2014
Year 11 Girls Football
CTy
Wheatley Park School
(H)
Marlborough (A)
15:45
16/10/2014
Year 9 Boys Rugby
SJR
Marlborough (H)
16/10/2014
Year 11 Girls Football
CTy
Little Heath (H)
16:00
Results
Fixture
Team
Result
06/10/2014
Year 8 Girls Football V Marlborough
6-0 (L)
07/10/2014
Year 10 Boys Rugby V Wheatley Park
School
Year 8 Boys Football V Batholomew
3-2 (w)
08/10/2014
Year 8 Girls Netball V Doverbroecks
Top Scorers
Hamish
Harrison
Cushing
Leila AlHassan
Elodie Durand
Jibril MaoMahad, Rafi
King & Tommy Bleakly
Sixth Form Rugby V Bloxham
36-1
(W)
23-0
(W)
0-30 (L)
Year 7 Boys Football V Marlborough
3-0 (w)
Gavin Dykes
Year 8 Boys Rugby V Cheney
35-15
(W)
Daniel Owen
Year 9 Girls Netball V Doverbroecks
09/10/2014
Player of the
Match
Molly Taylor
Kia Jones
CANCELLED
Year 7 Boys Rugby V Marlborough
Year 10 Boys Football V Little Heath
Year 9 Boys Football V John Mason
Laoisa Carroll
Niamh Carroll
Luke Crisp
Gavin Dykes