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Issue 36 - 20 July 2016 News & Views

THE RED CARPET IS ROLLED OUT TWICE IN ONE WEEK We were pleased to celebrate students’ achievements twice in one week, on Tuesday 12 July and Thursday 14 July. The first Red Carpet event was to celebrate our Years 8 and 10 rugby teams’ achievements in the Surrey Plate competition whereby the Under 15s (Years 9 and 10) reached the final and the Under 13s (Year 8) won (as seen in last week’s newsletter article). All students

received 25 praise points for the Co-Principals’ special award. On Thursday 14 July the Co-Principals were again delighted to present their award to numerous students for their achievements within College and for success in other activities outside of College. A full list of the students and the reason why they received the Co-Principals’ Award can be found on Pages 5 and 6.

On Tuesday 12 July we were pleased to welcome a group of Chinese students and teachers from our link school in Shanghai. Over the last 6 years we have developed a close bond of friendship with Jiangning School in the Putuo District of Shanghai. 40 Collingwood students and staff are due to pay a return visit in October this year. We are excited to visit Jiangning School again and take part in a homestay experience with some of the Chinese families.

CHINESE STUDENTS VISIT COLLINGWOOD

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FROM THE CO-PRINCIPALS Staff Leavers We would like to thank all those staff leaving Collingwood for their hard work, commitment and support and wish them well in the next steps of their career or retirement. We would like to pay a special tribute to Jan Eaton, who many of you will know has been a teacher at Collingwood for a magnificent 38 years. This was her first teaching appointment back in September 1978 and she only intended staying for 3 years! Generations of students and staff have benefitted from her teaching, Senior Leadership team responsibilities and, of course, organising all of the College’s special events over the years such as the London Olympic 2012 event, the World War 1 Commemorative Day and the recent Somme event. Her contribution to Collingwood has been immense! Jan has had an extremely successful career with us and we are pleased to say that parents will still see her in Collingwood on occasions next year as she is going on to work with us and other local schools as a specialist educational consultant. We wish Jan all the very best for the future and thank her for her commitment to Collingwood over the past 38 years.

We are pleased to inform parents that despite the serious teacher shortage we have successfully recruited a number of high quality staff and that we are fully staffed for September. CONTINUE ON PAGE 3

Teaching Staff Leavers – Summer Term

Miss A Parker PE Harris Academy, Norwood

Mrs A Goddard English Retirement

Mr C Diver Technology Overseas teaching position

Mrs C Shah MFL The Grove Primary School

Miss E Waters Maths KS3 Coordinator, Beechwood School Slough

Mrs H Carter English Head of English, Heath End School, Farnham

Miss J Eaton SLT Consultancy

Mrs J Lilleyman TVIBE Break from teaching

Miss J Morgan History Moving out of area

Mr J Hooper TVIBE Head of Computing, Wellington College

Mrs K Witt Head of Art Retirement

Miss K Faulkner MFL Masters in TESOL

Miss L Baynes N-gage Folkestone Academy, Kent

Miss L Bartropp Science Mary Hare School, Newbury

Mrs M Raine SHAPE Retirement

Miss R Douglas Science End of contract

Mr J Gudino-Resendiz Drama End of maternity leave contract

Mr G Phillips Business & Economics Retirement

Mr J Naicker Technology End of fixed term contract

Support Staff Leavers

Mrs S Reid Learning Resources Mrs A Johnston HR

Mrs A Szumlanska Lab Tech Mrs S Maynard PT 6th Form

Mr P Gurung Site Team Mrs N Hamilton YM Sixth Form

Mrs K Prescod SEN Admin Mrs K Currier ICT

Mrs J Wright HR Admin Mr A Middleton AV Tech

Mr J Hacker Cover Supervisor Miss C Burnett Cover Supervisor

Mrs R Adams HR Admin Ms J Smith HLTA/PP

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Restructuring

As you will no doubt be aware schools are under extreme financial pressure at the moment due to a series of cuts in the public sector and considerable increases in staff costs. We have taken strong proactive measures to ensure a balanced budget for next year. We have made savings through a management restructure across the College but this has unfortunately necessitated the removal of some support staff posts. This has not been an easy process but we are confident that the College will continue to move forward under the new structure. Natural turnover from teaching staff has meant that there are no teaching staff redundancies. The management restructure has merged the Heads of Faculty positions with the Senior Leadership Team. The role of Sixth Form Year Manager has been replaced by a KS5 Curriculum Leader. There have also been a number of departmental changes which will be detailed early next term. Whilst we have succeeded in balancing the books for 2016/2017, we are concerned that the financial situation for all schools will be even more challenging whilst we wait for the outcome of the National Funding Formula. Senior Leadership Team

Co-Principals Mrs K Griffiths and Mr E Tanner Vice Principal Mrs W Crocker Senior Assistant Principals Miss K Watling, Mr C Webster Assistant Principals Mr J Cleary, Mrs E Wright, Mrs Akbar-Phillips, Mrs L Wiles,

Mrs N Everson, Mr A Chauhan Progress Leaders Mr R San-Emeterio, Mrs L Edwards KS5 Curriculum Leader Mr O Woods Pastoral Team

Year 7 Manager Mrs S Goggin Year 8 Manager Mr M Ruffles Year 9 Manager Mr R Gregory Year 10 Manager Miss S Gulliford Year 11 Manager Mr P Andrews Future Fundraising Options

Since the demise of the Collingwood College Association (CCA), we have looked at various ways we could replace the valuable support that a parents’ association can provide to Collingwood. We are very conscious that parents have less time available to attend and support traditional fundraising activities once their children reach secondary school. In order to continue to provide a rich and broad range of extended educational activities it is essential to enlist the financial support of parents. This support is increasingly needed to support curriculum activities which can no longer be afforded from our diminishing income as well to enhance a wide range of enriching experiences. Parents will remember that we had to replace one of our ageing minibuses this year. The minibus is constantly used by a wide range of departments to take students to competitions, activities, sports fixtures etc. In discussions with parents, it has been suggested that we should ask for regular contributions to the College Fund rather than making an annual request. We know that some parents are unable to make significant contributions but if we can encourage everyone to contribute at an appropriate level, we can enrich the education available for all students. Our initial thoughts were to ask parents to set up a termly standing order rather than a one off payment in the Autumn term. We are happy to receive feedback on this issue but it is our opinion that most parents would prefer this option to alternative fundraising events. Unfortunately, in future, there may also be a small charge to cover the costs of activities that have previously been freely available. Thank you

We would like to thank all parents and carers for their continued support throughout this academic year and trust that you all have a healthy, enjoyable and sun-filled summer break!

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CHINESE STUDENTS VISIT COLLINGWOOD

During their visit on Tuesday the students of Jiangning School were paired up with students from Collingwood and were able to take part in a Food Technology lesson where they baked cupcakes. We are very grateful to Mrs Marshall who worked tirelessly to ensure all the students understood how to make them. This was no easy task as many did not possess the English skills to understand some of the more technical terms, but with the help of Mrs Marshall, their teachers and their Collingwood partners they were able to take away some amazing cakes! The Jiangning students also had a tour of Collingwood and were particularly impressed by all our facilities, especially in the Technology Department, where they were able to view the latest Status Racing car.

The staff and students were also impressed by the way Collingwood students learn and take a lead role in their learning, during the lessons seen. Having experienced lessons in Chinese schools this is a very different approach to what they are used to.

In the next Countdown to China meeting we will be looking at some of the differences between Chinese life and education, which will help us retain our International Schools Award. Collingwood College has developed close links with our Chinese friends at Jiangning School over the last 6 years. We look forward to our visit to Jiangning in October 2016. During our previous visits we have experienced Chinese cooking, Maths lessons, calligraphy, tea making and origami lessons so are excited to see what new skills we can learn on our next visit! We are grateful to the following students who met and played hosts to the students from Jiangning while they were with us:

Francesca Abeelack, Grace Austin, Aimee Conway, Imogen Cook, Sally Jardine, Mia Jones, Jessica Long, Semima Nembang, Neha Rai, Rebecca Stevens, Madeline Stevens, Lily Thornhill, Jamie To, Charlotte Turland and Matthew Collard. I am also grateful to Mrs Jones and Mrs Marshall without whom the visit would not have been such a success. Many friendships were formed on Tuesday, despite the language barrier. We look forward to continuing our bond of friendship with the staff and students at Jiangning School in October 2016, and over future visits to China.

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Mr McKay - Head of Vocational Education/China Trip Co-ordinator

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Samuel Attard 8A

Member of the rugby team who won the Surrey U12 Rugby Plate

Judd Dugdale 8B

Toby Nowell 8C

Connor Pearce 8C

Cameron Voss 8C

Luke Wiseman 8C

Daniel Glendinning 8E

Harry Johnson 8E

Christopher Lear 8E

Daniel Parry 8E

Finn Ward 8E

Jay Dhaliwal 8F

Josh Lovell-smith 8I

Imrule Munshi 8I

Jacob Hanney 8J

George Inoke 8K

Danny Watson 8K

Thomas Wyatt 8K

Tom Handley 9A

Member of the rugby team who were finalists in the Surrey U15 Rugby Plate

Alex Winfield 9F

Joshua Winton 9I

Devraj Juneja 10A

Subik Rai 10A

Rohit Thapa 10A

Josh Martin-Jones 10B

Matt Rousou 10B

Jacob Wells 10B

Calam Clifford 10C

Josh Davies 10E

Richard Lovell-Smith 10E

Harry Sawyer 10G

James Smith 10H

Euan Murray 10I

Cameron Reid 10J

Nicholas Atkinson 10K

Pranil Gurung 10K

Many congratulations to the following students who received the Co-Principals’ Award on Tuesday 12 July and Thursday 14 July 2016:

Cameron San Emeterio 8A

For professionalism as a Young Leader when officiating at the Primary School Cricket Tournament at Camberley Cricket Club on 25 May

Matthew Barnett 8D

Warwick Nesbit 9E

Zack Barkham 10A

Ben Dillamore 10A

Fazal Syed 10B

Ubaid-Ulla Kayani 10E

Adam Carter 10G

James Barnett 10H

Issie Davis 9A Played lead role as Glinda

Dominic Hall 10C Played lead role as Tin Man

Morgan Turner 10C Played lead role as Professor Marvel and the Wizard of Oz

Izzy Woolven 10F Played lead role as Aunt Em

Connor Pearson 10G Played lead role as the Lion

Kai Hobbs 7E Selected for the District Football Team squad following 2 trials (100 players)

Jacob Cowler 7G

Samuel Hillman 7G

Grace Cromwell 7B Awarded a Bronze medal in the British Gymnastics Acrobatic NDP Finals in May along with two team mates (from another school). Competed at Grade 6 and performed two routines – Dynamic and Balance. Grace is a member of L&G Acro Gymnastics Club

Jonny

Chapman 7E Selected for the District

Football Team squad following 2 trials (100 players)

Broke the 200m and

800m school records at Sports Day

Won the 200m, 800m and

Relay at District Athletics

Emily Dillamore 7E Broke the 200m and

300m school records at Sports Day

Won 100m, 200m and

Relay at District Sports

Jules Rabey 7E Broke the school 800m

record at Sports Day

Won the 800m and Relay

at District Athletics

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Maya James 7G Broke the school long jump record at Sports Day

Won the Long Jump, Javelin and Relay at District Athletics. Set a new District record of

31.56m in the Javelin!!

Grace Titheridge 7G Competed in Welsh National Trampoline Championships on 22 May and was awarded a Silver medal. Personal best time of flight of 13.5

Oliver Horne 7K Broke the 300m school record at Sports Day

Tom Handley 9A Broke the 200m school record at Sports Day

Won the 200m at District Athletics setting a new District record…23.15s

Luke Mann 9C Broke the school triple jump record at Sports Day

Won both the Triple Jump and High Jump at District Athletics

Sophie Wilkinson 9C Broke the school 300m record at Sports Day

Molly Hall 9D Winner of RHS National School’s Gardener of the Year KS3.

Charlotte Stevenson 9E Winner of 110m, 200m and 400m front crawl in South East Regionals. Has made the British Nationals (top 24 in the UK for her age group) in 100m, 200m and 400m front crawl and the English Nationals in 50 m butterfly.

Ethan Millham 9I Winner of Whitfield Shield at the Surrey Golf Championships in April along with fellow students Adam Cowley 11J and Hayden Campling 11C Ethan also picked up a prize in the individual net handicap competition with a net score of 66

Daniel O’Regan 7A

For participating in the Somme event

Isobel Cox 7H

Lucy Fisher 7H

Charlotte Hardy 7H

Heidi Randell 7H

Lizzie Weinel 7H

Josh Milne 7J

Tristan Nowell 9G

James Alcock 7K For playing the Last Post at the Somme event

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CAPA AWARDS PRESENTED AT SPECIAL EVENING On Thursday 14 July the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Faculty held its annual Presentation Evening to celebrate student success and achievement. Family and friends joined Faculty staff in Kingston Theatre to acknowledge and celebrate the commitment and talent of the award winners. Special thanks to Mrs Fuller and Miss Roberts who led the organisation and planning of the event and to Mr Woods for organising the opening montage. Congratulations to all the award winners; these students all act as inspirational role models to their peers, often making a significant contribution to the extra-curricular life of the College – the College community is extremely proud of you. These are just a selection of our CAPA Award winners. More photographs will be available to view on our website in due course.

Mr Chauhan - Head of CAPA Faculty

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YEAR 6 PUPILS GET A FLAVOUR OF COLLINGWOOD The Year 6 pupils came to Collingwood for two very successful Induction Days on 5 and 6 July. There was much excitement and nervous anticipation on the first morning in Kingston Theatre but after putting the pupils into their new Tutor Groups there were lots of happy faces and smiles. Over the two days the Year 6 pupils had four lessons including an English, Maths and Science lesson, a tour of the College and a lesson with a Form Tutor getting to know each other in their new Tutor Groups. They quickly realised the benefits of coming to a bigger school when they got to experience "exciting things like making rainbows in Science." The Science labs were a real hit with the pupils who hadn't experienced practical Science lessons in a laboratory before, which made it more interesting and enjoyable for them.

Over the two days Year 6 began to realise the opportunities that coming to a big school like Collingwood can offer with all the trips and clubs on offer to them. In Geography, they got to learn about Wimbledon and why the top-seeded players come from the richer countries in the world. The students’ enthusiasm and knowledge of countries and their flags very much impressed the Geography teaching staff and Year 6 are very much looking forward to experiencing a "wider range of subjects being taught by nice and friendly teachers who challenge you", when they start in September.

One of the highlights of the two days is always lunchtime, where they choose what they want for lunch from a wide range of exciting foods and drinks on offer, and relax with new friends on the playground. By the end of the two days, Year 6 had made lots of new friends and enjoyed meeting other students from different schools in their new Tutor Groups. They really began to settle into life at Collingwood with the help and support of our enthusiastic Year 11 students who came back to support the students over the two days. The Year 6 pupils can't wait for September and wanted to make the Induction Days longer with a chance to experience more lessons.

Mrs Edwards - Progress Leader

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YEAR 12 STUDENT WINS ANIMATION AWARD

Since 2007, the University of Manchester has been running the annual UK Schools Computer Animation Competition. It is all about enthusing school children about Computer Science, and to use computers creatively. Students aged 7-19 at UK schools and colleges can enter, and entry is free. Entries can be from individuals or from small teams but all entrants are expected to create an original key-frame computer animation, up to one minute in length, using eligible software. We are very pleased that one of the school entrants this year, Year 12 student Malgorzata Skornia, won the Key Stage 5 Individual Award (Highly Commended), for her super film ‘Procrastination’. It is a fantastic achievement. The animation can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMGooBQ-rY This follows on from last year’s entry by Paul Finnis where he won Key Stage 5, Individual Runner up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3vmEQO51pE&list=PLa7KNPJTHIrXvI9Ujwxstx-WW3pGkFfC9

Mr Watkins - ICT Department

Congratulations to the following students who have made it onto the Modern Foreign

Languages Wall of Achievement for producing outstanding take away home learning.

Carys Burrows 8A Toby Wright 8C Rabia Hussain 8I

Sammy Dugan 8A Hannah Boast 8D Rachael Ruske 8I

Kyle Fergusson 8A Shene Fergusson 8D Emma Russell 8I

Keeley Duke 8C Leo Attree 8E Sanjidah Hussain 8J

Holly Hearn 8C Chelsea Purbrick 8E Luke Bennett 8K

Cameron Voss 8C Jack Hudson 8I

MFL WALL OF ACHIEVEMENT

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YEAR 10 ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS VISIT SCULPTURE PARK

For the recent Enterprise Days we took the Year 10 Art and Photography students to The Sculpture Park in the pretty village of Churt, near Farnham. There are 700 works of varying themes and construction, nestled within ten acres of beautiful Surrey woodland.

Our students spent two glorious days taking outstanding photos and sketching. They were amazed by the imaginative sculptures that fill this stunning site their favourite sculptures. The Year 10 GCSE students conduct was superb and they thoroughly enjoyed the day. The department was delighted by the way the students recorded the sculptures through some fantastic photographs and sketches. Everyone agreed that this was an inspirational trip and we hope to return again next year. We also recommend this fantastic sculpture park to anyone who wants a great day out.

Mrs Witt - Head of Art Department

The Sculpture Park trip was useful for our structure project in Art. It was great to take interesting photos and do drawing in different styles. It inspired us to use more techniques and improved our sketchbooks. Emma Freeman

The trip allowed us to collect lots of photos which will enable us to study structures for our new project. In addition it was a nice day out with friends. Kitty McKee

The trip was actually alright, I loved the dragon which was made out of wood. It’s given me lots of ideas for my new project. Jordan Coles

It was a pleasure to assist the Year 10’s at the Sculpture Park. They were incredibly well behaved, respectful and did the College proud. Overall, a great opportunity to view and study some amazing sculptures within the most tranquil setting. Miss Day (LSA)

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If you are moving house during the Summer break, please do not forget to let the College know so that our database of contact information can be updated.

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SUCCESS AT THE KEY STAGE 3 SHAPE SPELLING BEE

On Thursday 14 July Collingwood’s Year 7 Spelling Team: Owen Moore, Sam Scruby, Lana Willing, Emily Welsh, Megan Jones and Kathryn Rea succeeded in winning the SHAPE Spelling Bee Trophy! They beat Years 7 and 8 teams from King's International and Tomlinscote in order to secure their victory. Their achievement is vast as the other teams were amazingly prepared and talented with their spelling. Just a sample of some of the words tested on - phenomenon, loquacious, terrestrial, intangible! A special mention goes to Owen Moore who was the last Year 7 standing out of all teams during the main spelling event and only narrowly missed out on being the last competitor in this event too. I am also exceptionally proud of the Year 8 team: Lauren Coles, Hannah Boast, Luke Bennett and Daniel Williams; who despite only having four members made an exceptional effort and managed to hold their ground against some rather fierce competition. It seems we'll be hosting the event next year and I am hopeful we'll be able to keep this hard-won trophy just a little longer! Thank you to all the members of staff who supported and assisted the two teams at this event.

Miss Jenner - English Department

Thursday 21 July: Early Closure, finishing at 12.20pm - END OF TERM

Friday 22 July: INSET DAY Tuesday 6 September: Start of Term for Years 7-11 students Wednesday 7 September: Year 13 lessons commence Thursday 8 September: Year 12 lessons commence

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - DON’T MISS OUT!

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YEAR 12 ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2016

We celebrated the achievements of our Year 12 students on Wednesday 13 July in a special seminar. Students were nominated by their subject teachers and the Personal Tutor Team for a range of awards

from academic excellence to the prestigious Believe & Succeed Award. Awards and certificates were presented by Mr Webster, Mrs Griffiths and Personal Tutors. The annual Eddie Crick Award for the ‘Most Promising Economist’ was presented to Oliver Baker-Smith by Mrs Lilleyman on behalf of Mrs Crick.

Lawrence Cox was the recipient for the Believe & Succeed Award, a student who embodies all of the attributes desired of a successful student and whose can-do attitude has truly inspired the Sixth Form Personal Tutor Team over the past year. Students and staff enjoyed this celebration of student achievement and look forward to continued success next academic year.

Mrs Boon - Sixth Form Team

More photos from this special occasion

have been added to the ‘Recognition of

Achievement’ section on our website.