Sixth Form Open Evening

Beauty and the Beast - School Production

Cockermouth School News cockermouthschool.org 22 January 2018

Issue 3

Headteacher:

Dr R P Petrie BSc PhD

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A Message from the Headteacher

Year 11 students have just completed their mock exams and I am pleased with the mature and responsible way they approached these. While some papers are still being marked, early indications give evidence that the majority of students have revised well for these important exams. We are working to ensure that students are supported well over the next few months to achieve the best results they can in order to prepare them for the next stage of their academic career. Our Year 9 Parents’ Evening was hugely successful earlier this month, and I would like to thank parents and carers for their show of support to their children. A highlight of the evening was the participation of our Digital Champions; these students chatted to parents and other students to demonstrate how they can improve online safety. Preparations for our annual School Production are continuing and I would encourage you to purchase your tickets. The cast of Beauty and the Beast are rehearsing daily and, having peeked into the school hall during some of these sessions, it is clear that we are in for a treat!

Forthcoming Events:

Y11 World of Work Morning :

30 January

Y9 Preferences Day :

31 January

Beyond 16 Careers Convention :

31 January

Intermediate Maths Challenge :

1 February

School Production :

1 - 3 February

Sixth Form Open Evening :

8 February

Half Term :

12 - 16 February

Rotary Cooking Competition :

20 February

Year 5 Curriculum Day :

21 February

Recitals Week :

26 February - 2 March

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It gives us great pleasure to introduce you to this year’s school show, Beauty and the Beast! An Enchantess (Frances Ulyatt Y13) disguised as a beggar-woman offered the Prince (Joe Cooke Y11) a rose in return for shelter – he refused and she has cursed him and his servants: he has been changed into a hideous Beast (Sam Weakley Y11) and his servants into household objects: a candelabra - Lumiere (Sam Moore Y11); a clock - Cogsworth (Joe Moore Y9); a teapot - Mrs Potts (Becky

Stevenson Y11); a teacup – Chip (Jenny Weakley Y9); a feather duster – Babette (Felicity Ashby Y13) and a wardrobe - Madame de le Grande Bouche (Sophie Madden Y11).The show will be performed in the School Hall on Thursday 1, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 February at 18:45. Refreshments will be

provided by the CSCA at each performance. Tickets are priced at £5 for children and concessions, and £8 for adults, available from the Finance Office and from Billy Bowman’s Music Shop. We do hope you can join us.

A warm welcome is extended to all potential students and their parents to join us at our Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday 8 February, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. You will have the opportunity to meet our inspirational staff and discover the range of opportunities available to our Sixth Form students.

Staff, Governors and Sixth Form students will be on hand to answer any questions you may have on the night. For further information or to view our Sixth Form Prospectus and subject information please visit the school website or contact the Sixth Form team on tel; 01900 898888.

North Lakes Foodbank - Christmas Jumper Day

As a school community, we value the importance of contributing to the wider

community. It was for this reason that the Student Leadership Team decided that they

would like to make a donation to the Cockermouth Foodbank through the form of a

Christmas-themed non-uniform day. On 11 December students were given the

opportunity to wear non-uniform, preferably Christmas jumpers, in exchange for them

bringing in an item of food. We were completely overwhelmed and humbled by the

response. We are extremely grateful to our students and their families for their

donations and would like to thank them for their generosity. Our Student Leadership

Team provided some extra assistance to the volunteers at the warehouse with date

labelling and sorting the donations. The volunteers at the Foodbank do an amazing job

and work tirelessly to help those in our local community.

MYRIAD - My resilience in adolescence

Aspire : direct one’s hopes or ambitions towards

achieving something or being successful.

Parent Governor

Thank you to our Poppy

sellers for 2017, Y13

students Billy and Issy, for

the most funds raised in

schools locally for the Royal

British Legion.

An interview with:

Mr Heather - Design and Technology

Australian Exchange Teacher

Rapid fire questions:

What are you afraid of - Not much, I am

prepared to tackle most things

What are you passionate about - Soccer

Favourite day of the week - Saturday

Favourite band - Big Audio Dynamite

Preferred social media platform - Facebook

Who is your hero - Steve Irwin

Favourite Mantra - Karma

How do you spend your free time - Looking

around England

Biggest regret - Not visiting the Galapagos

Islands when I had the chance

Childhood Memory - Catching snakes

Cockermouth School are inviting new Parent Governors to join the Governing Body. To continue our

drive to make Cockermouth School an outstanding academy and to support, challenge and

influence the future direction and performance of the school, the Governing Body are inviting

expressions of interest from any current parent of a child at Cockermouth School who would like to

join the Governing Body. This will be a significant but worthwhile commitment and more details of

the Governing Body structure, meetings and committees, along with biographies of the current

Governors can be found on the Governor section of the school website. If you believe you are able

to make a contribution and are interested in joining the Governing Body of Cockermouth School,

please complete the short Expression of Interest form (also available on Firefly (http://

firefly.cockermouthschool.org/governors-1) and return it to Mrs Valerie Bone, Clerk to Governors, at

bonev@cockermouthschool.org by 15:30 on Friday 26 January 2018. Mrs Bone can also answer

any queries you may have about the role. If there are more expressions of interest than vacancies,

an election will take place with all parents eligible to vote.

We are delighted to be working alongside the

University of Oxford taking part in their

MYRIAD research project on Mental and

Emotional Health. Students from Years 7 and

8 have completed online questionnaires on

how, we as a school, promote people’s

wellbeing and resilience. The project is

based on the knowledge that adolescence is

a vulnerable time for the onset of mental

illness. By promoting good mental health and

intervening early, we can help prevent

mental illness from developing and mitigate

its effects when it does.

Cockermouth School

& Community

Association

December 100 club winners -

1st Mr R Hopcraft £24

2nd Mr & Mrs G Hewer £18

3rd Mrs H Neen £12

For only £12 per year you too

can join the 100 Club Draw. If

you are interested in joining

please contact reception for a

subscription form.