
CTS Snapshot
16.02.2018
Welcome to our CTS Snapshot - a weekly celebration update. We are delighted to share with parents and carers the launch of #AmbitionForAll. Throughout February we will be highlighting the achievements of our students. We will also have exciting events going on in school. We will keep you up to date with these events through the Snapshot, the school website and Twitter.
#AmbitionForAll
Below are pictures and details of some of the exciting events that have taken place this week.
Mental Health Awareness Day
We celebrated Northamptonshire Mental Health Awareness Day by hosting a range of activities to promote the message ‘stamp out stigma’. Students and staff revisited the pledges they made last year to look after their mental health.
Guest Speakers - Hattie and Flora
A massive thank you to Harriet and Jodie from Hattie & Flora who came to guest speak in an assembly. The talk was about their wondrous events company. It gave our students an insight into what ambition, hard work and loving what you do can achieve.
Year 12 Workshop with CAN
Lawrence from CAN held an advisory workshop on alcohol and drugs with our Year 12 students. Students found it very informative, learnt a lot about the side effects of drugs and appreciated the neutral insight that they received from Lawrence that afternoon.
Lesson Stars:
The following students have been nominated this week #AmbitionForAll:
- Brandon 7ST
- Oscar 7TA
- Abbie 8T
- Tamsyn 8S
- Abigail 9C
- Dominika 9S
- Lewis 10C
- Amber 10C
- Charlie 11T
- Evelyn 11C
- Jordan 12H
Stars of the Week:
Students:
- Mrs Wright has nominated the following Year 10 CCF students who achieved their First Aid certificate this week, Owen, Bailey, Megan and Daniils.
- Congratulations to 8C for winning the 'Attendance of the Week' trophy last week.
- Mr Cox would like to thank everyone involved in the preparation of the Drama Production next week for their support and dedication.
- Miss Ferns has nominated Year 11 Mathematicians Leoni, William and Fitzgerald for fantastic mock exam results.
- Miss Watt would like to say well done to Emma and Oscar in 7TA for their excellent work in Computing and German this week.
- Miss Connellan has said well done to Year 11 and Year 10 for their hard work and positive attitude to learning in the English mock exams this week.
- Mrs Prior would like to nominate 9A2 for their role as poets this week and the ambitious and creative work they produced.
- Mr Harley would like to nominate Aiden in 10C for his planning and independence during practical work in Design & Technology.
- Mrs Ferns would like to say well done to Aidan, Kacper and Tamara in 8A2 Maths - congratulations on fantastic term 3 assessment results and exceeding their end of year targets.
- Miss Fenner has nominated Malika and Kara in Year 12 for their progress and effort in AS English Language.
- Miss Fenner has also nominated Tamsyn and Sophie in 8A1 for their exceptional work in analysing Shakespeare and 9A1 for their creativity with poetry this week.
- Mr Godfrey would like to nominate Scott in Year 12 for showing resilience which has significantly improved his performance in A-level Physics these last few weeks.
- Mr Bidwell has said well done to Holly in 7CO for excellent effort in History and Geography.
- Mrs Prior has also nominated James and Aaron in 11A1 for their diligent preparation for their English Language in completing an extra paper for addition feedback before the exam - "I hope your hard work pays off boys!" (Mrs Prior).
Staff:
- Mrs Arnold has nominated all staff who were brave enough to take the Maths mock exam this week along with the Year 11 students.
Celebration of Student Work:
Year 11 Study Skills session
Year 11 had a Study Skills assembly highlighting various ways to revise ahead of their GCSE exams.
Malika - Year 12
Following a work scrutiny this week Malika was nominated for the excellent presentation of her work . Well Done Malika!
Well-Being Assembly
Sian and Helen, our School Nurses presented an amazing assembly to Year 7, 8 and 9 on Well Being and positive changes.
Attendance Matters
Every single day a student is absent from school equates to a day lost of learning. At Corby Technical School we pride ourselves in maintaining excellent attendance. Our target is to achieve and maintain a whole school attendance of above 96.5%. We will be giving you weekly updates on our whole school attendance, the tutor group and house who achieved the highest attendance this week.
Whole School Attendance
This week's attendance is 93.3%. This is a slight improvement on last week but much lower than our expectation of 96.5%.
10T wins this week
10T are this week's attendance winners with 98.80% taking the trophy from last week's winners 8C. *UPDATED* This was an error, 10T received 100% attendance this week. Well done to 10T!
C House are the winners!
C House have the best attendance at 96.17% for this week, well done to Cayley and Coleman!
Reminders:
- Tickets are still available for the Drama production of Oliver next week. These are available at reception and are £2 per adult and £1.50 per child.
- We would like to remind all parents/carers to please participate in our survey. Click here to access the survey to submit your thoughts to the school.
Corby Technical School
Email: enquiries@corbytechnicalschool.org
Website: www.corbytechnicalschool.org
Location: Cottingham Road, Corby, United Kingdom
Phone: 01536 213100
Twitter: @CTSCorby