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Issue 26 - 15 May 2019 News & Views

YEAR 13 ACHIEVEMENTS CELEBRATED AT ANNUAL AWARDS EVENT

Congratulations to all the Year 7 students who received an achievement certificate for the Spring Term.

Miss Robinson - Year Manager

(Year 7)/PE Department

Last week we celebrated the success of our upper sixth students at the annual Year 13 Achievement Awards. The Ellie Colby Award was presented to Nabeel Zafar who was nominated by the Personal Tutor team for his commitment, resilience and determination to succeed. Nabeel also received two of his three subject awards highlighting the exceptional progress he has made over the two years at Collingwood. The subject awards were presented by the Personal Tutor team with many students receiving recognition for their hard work and consistent effort.

YEAR 7 ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES FOR SPRING TERM

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Friday 24 May: End of Half-term Monday 3 June: Start of term for all students Tuesday 11 June: DofE Silver Expedition Projects Presentation Evening, 6.30pm until

8.00pm, Sixth Form Common Room Wednesday 13 June: Sports Day, 5.30pm until 8.30pm, Bracknell Athletics Track

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - DON’T MISS OUT!

JCQ have specifically set aside a contingency period should a sustained national or local disruption arise during the June 2019 examination series. If disruption happens, the GCSE and/or GCE (A Level) examinations will be rescheduled on any day up to Wednesday 26 June 2019. All students entered for an examination in the Summer 2019 series are expected to be available on and up to Wednesday 26 June 2019.

EXAMS CONTINGENCY PERIOD SUMMER 2019

PARENTS’ SURVEY 2019 - RESPONSES AS AT TUESDAY 14 MAY

Please see to the right the Parent Survey responses so far. It is extremely valuable to us to receive your views and the more responses we obtain the clearer the insight into how parents feel. Please respond to the survey by Friday 24 May. The link to the survey can be found on the top left hand side of the home page of the Parent Portal. Many thanks for your co-operation in this matter.

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YEAR 13 ACHIEVEMENTS CELEBRATED AT ANNUAL AWARDS EVENT

The Special Awards followed with Ramin Gurung and Chris Gurd who were the worthy winners of the Collingwood Believe Succeed Award. This year there were four Community Awards presented to Alex Foreman and Shaun Vesey for their contribution to the Collingwood Community in assisting the Drama department and

the school production of We Will Rock You, Ben Wright for his contribution to the Green Power Racing Team and Ivana Koynarova for her commitment to the Collingwood Debating Team. The Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to James Keymer. James has exceeded beyond his role as Head Boy. His commitment to the Collingwood community, especially when working with the younger years and in his role as Musical Director for We Will Rock You is commendable. James’ ‘can do’ attitude combined with a humble and

selfless persona are qualities that will stand him in good stead for the future. We would like to wish our Year 13 students all the very best for the summer exams and we look forward to celebrating their achievements in the summer. Please click here to view the full list of awardees and a photo gallery of our awardees will be uploaded to the website in due course.

Mrs Boon - Personal Tutor / Sixth Form Student Services

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Subject Surname First Name Citation

Art Freeman Emma Consistent hard work and inspirational Art student

Biology Warrington Tom For consistent hard work and effort throughout the course - "Well done"

BTEC Business Freeman Emma Consistent hard work and tenacity throughout the course

BTEC Business Khatib Leen Hard work, effort and improvement throughout Year 13

BTEC Health Gurung Prajwal For producing a high standard of work and always being enthusiastic and co-operative

BTEC Health Vaseekaran Gaurija A charming young lady who after a rocky start has applied herself to all aspects of the subject to achieve a high grade

BTEC Media Production Wilde Lauren For an outstanding attitude towards BTEC Media, leading to consistently high results

BTEC Science Gurung Prajwal Excellent tenacity to make the best assignment he can

BTEC Sport Stedman Emily Being a model student striving for top grades. Always a smiley and bubbly character and a pleasure to teach

Business Graham-Scott Imogen A fantastic work attitude towards business and always strived to learn more

Chemistry Gurung Chandra For consistently good effort with Chemistry

Computing Wright Benjamin Methodical approach to his studies and willingness to share his knowledge with others

Economics Heard Scott An excellent attitude and incite towards Economics, with evident passion for the subject

English Combined Durrant Lauren Working exceptionally hard and really improving throughout the term. Her coursework was fantastic highlighting a flair for creative writing

English Combined Hope-Ross Eleanor Improving significantly throughout the year turning into a very sophisticated writer. Eleanor has a flair for English

English Literature Ayres Poppy Working exceptionally hard and putting in maximum effort into everything she produces and has a real passion for the subject

English Literature Wells Jacob Having a very natural flair for English Lit and this is always proven in the work he produces - excellent coursework

Film Shaw Sammi For working very hard and being an excellent film student who continues to produce both creative and interesting work

Geography Fleming Sherre Outstanding progress and effort to reach her full potential in this subject

History Doyle Laura Resilient all year and worked really hard at getting to grips with the course

History Wells Jacob Outstanding academic achievement which has been consistent for the last two years

Law Koynarova Ivana For consistent hard work and will to improve

Maths Gurd Chris For excellent work in class and at home

Maths Jones Mia For determination and perseverance with her exam preparation

Maths Zafar Nabeel For determination and perseverance with his exam preparation

Media A Level Rousou Matthew For an outstanding attitude towards studying the Media, leading to consistently excellent results

Media A Level Keeper Charlotte For excellence in A Level Media Studies

PE Juneja Dev Is a hard working student, always comes well prepared. His work ethic is of a high standard and he is admired for his sense of humour

Physics Zafar Nabeel Consistent hard work and dedication

Product Design Wright Benjamin For excellent independence and perseverance in developing his NEA Project

Psychology Stevens Maddie For consistent hard work and academic excellence

Psychology Willing Tate For consistent hard work and academic excellence

Sociology Gurung Chandra For consistent hard work and academic excellence

Sociology Gurung Ramin For consistent hard work and academic excellence

Achievement Foreman Alex Community Award - Outstanding contribution to the Collingwood Community

Vesey Shaun Community Award - Outstanding contribution to the Collingwood Community

Wright Benjamin Community Award - Outstanding contribution to The Green Power Racing Team

Koynarova Ivana Community Award - Outstanding contribution to the Collingwood Debating Team

Gurung Ramin Believe Succeed - For consistent academic excellence throughout two years of A Level study

Gurd Chris Believe Succeed

Keymer James Outstanding Achievement

YEAR 13 AWARDEES 2019

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LIBRARY NEWS ... Ukulele Jam Offered Us a Free Concert

On Thursday 2 May, Ukulele Jam came into the

Library and gave their first mini concert. For 15 minutes the students were treated to the soothing and gentle sound of Ukulele. A little crowd gathered at the front and enjoyed being played to. The music immersed the library in a very calm and relaxing ambiance. Some of the students actually commented “This really helped me focus on my work!” and another one mentioned: “it was lovely to read while listening to them”. An experience we will certainly repeat in the future, maybe towards the end of the term.

Book Swap (From Monday 20 May 2019 until Friday 21 June 2019

2 easy steps:

1. Between Monday 20 May 2019 and Friday 7

June

2019, bring any of your unwanted books to the Library in exchange for a raffle ticket.

2. Between Monday 10 June and Friday 21 June 2019, swap your raffle tickets for one of our selected books.

Overdue Library Books If you receive letters, emails or phone calls about overdue library books, or even if you notice that your son/daughter has an overdue library book(s), then please encourage them to return them to either the Library or one of the receptions marking it for the attention of Ms S Blay, Library Co-Manager. If the book(s) has/have been lost then payment must be made via ParentPay under Replacement Library Book as soon as possible. Many thanks for your co-operation in this matter.

Mrs Teissonniere and Ms Blay - Library Co-Managers

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This is Esme. Esme is 2 years and 7 months old. She loves lions, narwhales and playing hide and seek outside. Right now we have no guarantees she will see her third birthday... In June 2018 Esme at just 22 months old was diagnosed with high risk acute myeloid leukaemia whilst on holiday. She spent five months as an in-patient at the Royal Marsden, Sutton and received a stem cell transplant in September after three rounds of intense chemotherapy. After six months of steady recovery, in April we heard the news we've dreaded; the leukaemia has returned to Esme's bone marrow. We have sought the advice of several leading, global consultants that specialise within high risk AML. They have emphasised heavily that Esme's best chance of cure is a second transplant ASAP.

We are now fundraising to afford this treatment as in all likelihood it will not be available on the NHS. NHS policy is typically not to offer second transplants to patients who relapse within 12 months, but due to the aggressive nature of her disease, Esme simply may not have that long... In the US and other private centres, second transplants are offered within one year. For her second transplant the plan would be to use an adult (rather than original umbilical cord) donor and manipulate more 'graft versus host effect' to eradicate the leukaemia - so there is every hope for a permanent cure. Esme's parents, Will and Rebecca, are desperate to save Esme's life. She is their only child and Rebecca suffered 4 miscarriages (and 3 operations, one which nearly killed her) to bring Esme into the world. Throughout all her treatment Esme has been the epitome of resilience, positivity and cheekiness, and deserves a shot at a permanent cure for life.

Whilst the £500k target is our best understanding, we are still unsure of the exact figure as we're still in negotiation with a number of different hospitals (within the UK and abroad). However, we need to start now rather than wait until we have all the details - as by then it may be too late.

Unless you wish to specify a donation is solely made for Esme’s benefit, any monies unspent will be donated to The Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group. If you make a donation specifically for Esme's benefit and for whatever reason we don't require private funds, we will reimburse via the platform.

For larger fundraising ideas/ enquiries please contact info@esmelionheart.org

Or you can donate at https://www.gofundme.com/help-2-year-old-esme-cure-her-leukaemia

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