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Easter 2020

As you know, we try very hard to keep you updated with all that’s happening in school - both in terms of your child and also the wider community - and hopefully this newsletter will add to that.

A big theme in this newsletter is Careers Education. It is important to realise how important our role as school and parents is in preparing students for their future lives. There is also an important section about the developments in our 6th form and the new Relationships and Sex education programme.

To finish on some fantastic news as we have 270 new Year 7 starters next year; we look forward to meeting them all over the next few months. This is a great reflection on how well the school is valued in the local community.

Best wishes,

Mr K Sexton Headteacher

Dear Parents and CarersI re-wrote this introduction to our newsletter yesterday, as most of what I’d written had little connection with what is happening in our world at the moment.

Our year 11 and 13 students have left us with little or no celebrations (as of yet!) due to the Covid 19 health crisis. They wait for information from the exam boards and the Department for Education of how they will be awarded grades this summer. We wish them every success and we will do all we can to ensure that they will be successful in the next stage of their educational journey.

The rest of the school community is at home with home-learning tasks to be completed, eagerly waiting to see when we return to school. As a school we thank you for your continued support during this really difficult time. It really is appreciated. Please read carefully the section on staying safe on-line, as we know many students will be accessing online platforms for a far greater number of hours over the next few weeks.

Keeping Safe OnlineIt’s important that if you’re using the internet, you know how to stay safe. You should never give out any personal information when you’re online, no matter who you think you’re talking to. This information applies to all users, including children.

There are some important things that you need to keep in mind when you’re on your computer at home or at school:Staying Safe

in Chatrooms

To stay safe, make sure that when you’re using a chat room or posting on a message board, you never give out any personal information like your address or your phone number. You should always use a nickname, so no-one can look you up in a telephone directory and get your home phone number.

It’s usually not a good idea to arrange to meet up with someone that you’ve been chatting to online. Remember that you can never be sure that they’re telling the truth about their age or their interests and you could be putting yourself in danger.

If you do want to meet up with someone you’ve met online, make sure that you discuss it with your parents beforehand. If they do agree, make sure that you arrange a meeting in a public place and that you take an adult with you.

Remember

Shop Safely Online

• Never give out identifying information such as, name, address, school name or telephone numbers in a public message such as a chat room or a bulletin board

• Never send a person a picture without first checking with your parent or guardian

• Never respond to messages or bulletin board items that are suggestive, threatening, obscene or generally make you feel uncomfortable

• Get to know your ‘online friends’ just as you get to know all of your other friends

• Never arrange a face to face meeting without telling your parent or guardian. If your parent or guardian agrees to the meeting, make sure you meet in a public place and have a parent or guardian with you

• Be careful when someone offers you something for nothing, such as gifts and money, be very careful about any offers that involve you coming to a meeting or having someone visit your house

• Be sure that you are dealing with someone that your parents know and trust before giving out any personal information about yourself via e-mail.

• Remember that people online may not be who they seem. Because you can’t see or even hear the person it would be easy for someone to misrepresent him or herself. Therefore someone indicating that ‘she’ is a ‘12 year old girl’ could be an older man

• Tell your parent or guardian right away if you come across any information that makes you feel uncomfortable.

Many people are still reluctant to shop on the internet because they believe that their bank details are not safe. Luckily, shopping on the web is now just as safe as ordering goods over the telephone, as long as you follow a few common sense rules.

Make sure that if you do order goods over the internet, the company that you’re buying from uses a secure shopping server.

You’ll know if it is a secure site if a padlock icon appears at the bottom of your browser window, or the web address begins with ‘https:’.

If it’s a company that you’ve never heard of before, search their site for any contact numbers and postal addresses. If they’re a respectable company, they won’t mind you giving them a quick call to ask them a few questions.

Also, make sure that you never send your bank details to anyone in an email. Legitimate banks and online stores will never ask you to do this as it is not a secure way of sending information.

If you do receive an official-looking email that asks you to send your financial details, you should never reply as you could become a victim of identity fraud.

The Gatsby BenchmarkWhat is Gatsby Benchmark 1?

A stable careers programme

• Every school and college should have a stable, structured careers programme that has the explicit backing of the senior management team.

• There should be an identified and appropriately trained person esponsible for it.

What is Gatsby Benchmark 2?

Learning from labour market information

• By the age of 14, all pupils should have accessed and used information about career paths and the labour market to inform their own decisions on study options.

• Parents should be encouraged to access and use information about labour markets and future study options to inform their support to their children.

What is Gatsby Benchmark 3?

Addressing the needs of each pupil

• Pupils have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support need to be tailored to the needs of each pupil. A school’s careers programme should embed equality and diversity considerations throughout.

What is Gatsby Benchmark 4?

Linking curriculum learning to careers

• By the age of 14, every pupil should have had the opportunity to learn how the different STEM subjects help people to gain entry to, and be more effective workers within, a wide range of careers.

Gatsby Benchmark 5?

Encounters with employers and employees

• Every pupil should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace.

• This can be achieved through a range of enrichment activities including visiting speakers, mentoring and enterprise schemes.

What is Gatsby Benchmark 6?

Experiences of workplaces

• By the age of 16, every pupil should have had at least one experience of a workplace, additional to any part-time jobs they may have.

• By the age of 18, every pupil should have had one further such experience, additional to any part-time jobs they may have.

What is Gatsby Benchmark 7?

Encounters with further and higher education

• By the age of 16, every pupil should have had a meaningful encounter* with providers of the full range of learning opportunities, including sixth forms, colleges, universities and apprenticeship providers. This should include the opportunity to meet both staff and pupils.

• By the age of 18, all pupils who are considering applying for university should have had at least two visits to universities to meet staff and pupils.

What is Gatsby Benchmark 8?

Personal Guidance

• Every pupil should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a Careers Adviser, provided they are trained to an appropriate level. These should be available whenever significant study or career choices are being made. They should be expected for all pupils but should be timed to meet their individual needs.

marketing and other key attributes for a successful business. At the end of the project, Mark along with his team spent all day in school on Saturday 29th February where they will be cooking and serving a 3 course meal. The £1600 proceeds are going to the students chosen charity.

On Tuesday 25th February, Chesterfield High School welcomed representatives from Careers Connect, Willmott Dixon, Crossfield, BCEGI, United Utilities, and the Royal Navy to provide an interactive and informative careers event for our Year 10 students. The event began with a presentation from Maria Martin (Employer Liaison and Enterprise Worker) about jobs, careers and the future. The year

group then followed a carousel of workshops with a variety of presentations and tasks that raised their awareness of career opportunities within each sector and selection processes. These workshops not only provided a valuable insight into individual career journeys but also advice and guidance for students on developing aspirations, career pathways and awareness of labour market trends.

Sixth Form students shine in the Community

The Connecting Communities project received a big thank you from one of its very happy participants this week. Connecting Communities is a project run on Tuesday mornings at Thornton Children’s Centre. It is a free playgroup for toddlers and babies from 9.30am until 10.30am. The Sixth formers volunteer and spend time playing with the toddlers, engaging them in physical literacy skills and helping them to socialise with other children. There is no need to book, just turn up on the day for a fun packed hour.

Y8 “Tenner Challenge”

Year 8 started the “Tenner Challenge” as part of Year 8 Enterprise Challenge. The aim of the challenge is to see how much money they can make from £10. Step 1: Start a team with 1-5 members with a unique product to sell Step 2: Receive a £10 business loan to create your product. Step 3: Re-invest your £10 to make as much money as possible. The team the made the most profit won a prize.

Year 12 visit to Edge Hill

Thank you to Miss Moore for arranging and taking her Sixth Form Applied Science Students to Edge Hill University yesterday for what sounds to have been an amazing day. The students attended a course which helped to develop their court room skills and educate them about law debating and improving their analytical expertise, which are core skills required for their Applied Science B Tech Qualification.We have had a special visitor to

school. Mark Lloyd, TV chef who has worked alongside some of the most famous chefs including Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey came to meet a group of Year 10 and 11 students to launch the School Diner Project. This project supports students in setting up their own business; teaching them about teamwork, organisational skills, leadership,

Careers Events

Celebrity Chef Mark Lloyd launches School Diner Project

Meet the Professionals

Year 13 visit from Anthony Osijo

“WORK HARD, ASK LOADS OF QUESTIONS AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKES”

Anthony Osijo, (MD of Fixed Income at Credit Agricole) travelled up from London and gave an incredibly inspiring and informative presentation, to our Year 13 students, on Investment Banking and many of the associated careers. The presentation was organised by Ms Bowers and Speakers for School.

This experience has helped to enhance the student’s understanding of this sector and caught the imagination of 14

individuals who remained behind for over an hour to learn more about this industry. In particular 4 of our talented mathematicians then spent even more time working with Anthony on their Stocks and Shares Portfolio for the National Student Investor Challenge 2019/2020 and discovered some of the factors and the time scales that should be considered when investing. They benefitted from Mr. Osijo’s expertise and really honed their skills of reading and interpreting the various sets of data, graphs and charts.

“The students were amazing and your school should indeed be very proud of the cohort you have. They were intelligent, enquiring and bright. I found them very inspiring and

refreshing. I had only planned to spend an hour and it was testament to them that I had to drag myself away in the end. I also missed two other scheduled appointments as a result but it was worth it.”

Anthony Osijo

Students were also delighted to learn about Internship opportunities with many of them taking further information with the intention to pursue this opportunity further. Mr Osijo thoroughly enjoyed the visit and in his words he summed up the morning by saying

“Great school, great kids…wonderful morning, thank you for letting me be part of their journey.”

Careers Fair success at Chesterfield High

Students from Year 7 to Year 13 attended our Careers Fair. The students were very positive about their experience and the feedback from the employers and training providers was fabulous! Student behaviour was exemplary throughout the day, they all represented Chesterfield extremely well. There were over 35 exhibitors from employers, Universities and Higher Education providers providing some invaluable advice to the students.

Sixth Form SuccessSixth form students continue to display the qualities needed for successful progression to either higher education or employment/training. Students are working hard both in lessons and independent study time in order to achieve their best. In addition to the ‘taught curriculum’ that is offered we would like to celebrate with you the following:

• A successful introduction to the Extended Project for the vast majority of Year 12 students who are currently writing up their projects ready for submission in April. This qualification holds UCAS points and is equivalent to an AS examination. Projects range in subject areas from ‘Training sheep’, ‘Are rock climbers sensation seekers?’, ‘Organising a public event’ to ‘Creating a Mystic Rose (string pattern)’ and ‘What are the Most Efficient Algorithms for Calculating Pi?’ All, I am sure will make very interesting reading !

• The introduction of the Core Maths course this year has meant that a number of students are now continuing with their study of Mathematics in year 12 to achieve a qualification higher than GCSE. We wish them luck in their forthcoming examination.

• During Personal Learning Year 13 have enjoyed listening to and learning from a number of Guest Speakers. Former Student and Cambridge Undergraduate Stella Kirkpatrick returned to deliver a presentation on Personal Statements and life being a university student. Another former student Conor Williams who achieved a First Class Honours Degree from ALRA gave an engaging delivery on life after

• Students have also received career support by speaking to specialists at Career Fairs during the course of the year: UK University and Apprenticeship Search Fair, What Career Live and UCAS Higher Education Exhibition. Furthermore students have been provided with opportunities to attend experience days at Sovini, Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester.

• Year 13 have submitted their university applications through the UCAS application process and are now working hard to achieve the grades needed to satisfy the offers they have received. 78% of students this academic year have applied with applications to a wide range of institutions including The University of Cambridge, Lancaster University, St Andrews University, Leeds and Leeds Beckett University, Newcastle University, Manchester University and various institutions across Liverpool.

• Year 12 have been pivotal in organising a variety of charitable activities. They have lead and coordinated food donations at Christmas, sold the red ribbons for World Aids Day and Poppies for the British Legion. In addition to this as part of the Pixledge Graduate Programme, where students develop their employability skills, they are currently completing tasks which contribute to this award – events have included cake sales raising an impressive £180 for MacMillan Cancer Support Charity and further funds for the mental health charity Young Minds. The fund raising continues in the build up to Easter with a number of f events planned to raise money for The Brain Charity.

University and his decision to move away from his original plans of becoming an Actor to focusing on Casting. Other presentations have been delivered by Jordan Radford - CER Recruitment, Ellie Morrison – PWC, Lydia Robinson - Newcastle University, Stephanie Scales - Liverpool City Council and Chris Eriksen - Apprenticeship Hub.

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) Curriculum

Over the last term we have completed an audit of our Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum to ensure we are fully compliant with the DFE’s revised guidance, which becomes compulsory from September 2020.

We are developing our RSE’s curriculum to ensure relationship and sex education topics are carefully integrated throughout years 7-13 to build on and complement the KS2 RSE curriculum. We feel strongly that our RSE curriculum should allow children and young people;

• know how to be safe and healthy, and how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way.

• To feel supported and prepared to deal with the challenges in our complex world, both online and offline.

RSE is covered within years 7 – 13 through a range of means from personal learning lessons; intensive Boot-camp PSHE sessions; from external organisation’s workshops; within form time activities; assemblies and within Science lessons.

Tables showing where each of the RSE topics are covered throughout year 7 – 13 can be found on our website.

We are aware that teaching about mental wellbeing is central to our RSE curriculum and ensuring that children and young people are happy and safe is our priority. The challenges and risks that children and young people are facing are constantly changing and as a result we are constantly looking at how we can develop and improve our RSE curriculum to best support our students’ needs to give them the knowledge and capability to take care of themselves and receive support if problems arise.

• Year 13 are now working through the first part of the 100 Day Plan, a structured diet of subject specific topics students should be revising in preparation for their exams this summer. In addition to this students also have received a copy of the Intervention opportunities available in each subject. It is hoped that through this additional support and the focused Personal Learning Sessions that students will take control of their preparation and be motivated to put in the additional hours needed to succeed.

• Two Year 13 students, Sara Bradshaw and Ben Towell were successful in their applications and were selected by the school to take part in the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz Project in November. The students attended training lead by the Trust and visited Auschwitz. Sara and Ben were both pivotal in presenting the Year Group assemblies each morning to coincide with the Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 at the end of January.

• Such has been the success of the Year 12 Paired Reading the programme has rolled out to include Science and Mathematics, where sixth form students support pupils from Key Stage 4 with specific skills. Year 12 Students have also demonstrated their leadership skills by spending their time running the lower school Art Club at lunchtimes; an activity that both sets of students thoroughly enjoy.

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Sports ReliefChesterfield have supported Sport Relief since it started in 2001 and this year was no exception. Students and staff were involved in activities throughout the week, keeping active and buying wristbands to support the charity.

On Friday 13th March ALL students took part in the traditional Sport relief mile and then had a choice of a number of activities to take part in including boxing, football, netball, Royal Navy Assault Course and Dance Fit. At lunchtime over 200 students also got active by joining in with the Chesterfield Just Dance Extravaganza. Our total raised over the week was £981.94. A fantastic amount and well done to all who got involved.

Year 10 Netball team are Sefton League Winners!

The Year 10 netballers finished what has been an unbelievable season by being crowned Sefton league winners and by going the whole season winning every match they played. The girls have scored by far the most goals out of all the teams in the league and conceded the fewest also. Their last game of the season was against Holy Family, knowing that whoever won that game would be crowned the league winner. Their phenomenal hard work and dedication that they have showed all season, was clear to see in the second half, with turn over after turn over, only conceding 1 goal all of the 2nd half and running away with a 17-6 victory.

Chesterfield Sports NewsEmily shines for the Lionesses

Huge congratulations to Emily Brough from Y11 who spent half term week with the England UEFA Development Tournament at St George’s Park. Emily, along with the rest of the squad, enjoyed a memorable afternoon where they participated in a Q&A session with Wayne Rooney. Their first game against Denmark resulted in a 2-0 victory for England, following which they were introduced to Phil Neville who spoke to them about the match and the prospect that the players were only a few years away from senior football. The following two games both ended in defeat for the team, but Emily scored the only goal against the USA and was voted Players Player in the match against Spain. Well done Emily, we are all incredibly proud of your ongoing achievements.

All students also attended an assembly promoting Sport Relief 2020 and the charities in the UK and abroad that it supports.

This year’s message encouraged students to consider four themes which money will be used to support from the events.

The money you have raised will improve the lives of people in the UK and around the world. It will be used to help organisations taking on the issues of mental health, child poverty, domestic abuse and helping peope to have a safe place to live.