CTS Snapshot

Welcome to our CTS Snapshot - a weekly celebration update. We are delighted to share with parents and carers alike student triumphs at Corby Technical School. We are proud of every student and every success they have - please feel free to share with us any achievements they might have.

Students receive lesson stars where a teacher feels a student has made an excellent contribution in their lesson. Some students receive multiple lesson stars across the week, below are the students who have received the most stars for each year group this week:

Year 7:

Joel 7TA, Jessica 7ST, Hannah 7TA, Sophia 7ST, Rehan 7SW, Dusan 7CA and Ross 7ST.

Year 8:

Uros 8TE, Cameron 8CA, Brendan 8TE, Keyshia 8SW, Maia 8ST and Mia 8ST.

Year 9:

Amber 9CU, Harry 9SI, Makyla 9TE, Eryk 9TU, Bradley 9SI, Aoife 9ST and Connor 9CA.

Year 10:

Kasper 10CA, Tanya 10SI, Orla 10ST, Finley 10TE and Miller 10TU.

Year 11:

Paula 11CO, Louisa 11TA, Luke 11TE, Nana 11TA, Rhys 11TE, Bailey 11TA, Rene 11CA, Daniel 11CA, Arina 11TA and Dominik 11CO.

Year 12:

Dexter 12B.

Each week will focus on a department within the school and share their nominations with you. This week our English team will be sharing their nominations with you.

Mr Kernaghan has made the following nominations this week:

Year 13 student Finlay for excellent answers, Year 11 student Zsofia for her sustained effort in lessons and the rapid progress she is making in her written responses, Year 10 students Nicole K whose ideas are always so through and detailed and Mariana for her focus on 'A Christmas Carol'. Also nominated are 12D, the whole class have been fantastic throughout the term. Their commitment to their studies is exceptional and their engagement and contributions in lessons are always thoughtful and detailed.

Finally Year 8 student Kai for consistent effort and Year 7 student Rose for her thoughtful responses to questions and detailed contributions to whole class discussions.

Miss Magnay would like to congratulate Year 10 students Ellie, Alexis, Amelia, Carmen, Dawid, Vadims, Kyle, Rupa and Toby for their excellent focus and engagement with 'A Christmas Carol'. Also nominated are Year 9 students Harley, Rhys, Jack, Riley, Gabriela, Wiktoria, Darius and Laura for their fantastic contributions to class discussions on the theme of love in Romeo and Juliet. Also a special mention to Jack for his outstanding reading of Shakespeare when he has been assigned a role to play! Also nominated are 7AB2 for their brilliant discussions surrounding the dystopian literature we are currently looking at. They are able to articulate their ideas and knowledge about lots of complex concepts.

Mr Mupingo has nominated Year 9AB3 for being awesome readers and getting on to their work diligently and prompt,. Special mention to Jessica R, Saketh and Nicola S. Also nominated are 7AB3 for their awesome engagement and participation especially Max B. Year 8 students Nadia and Analeigh for being exemplary at all times and Adam K for his amazing reading capabilities. Finally Year 10 students Evie, Sebastien and Kevin for their participation in class and Year 9 students Olivia, Mirren and Alexei for their consistency.

Miss Vye would like to say well done to Luke and Rene (11AZ) who have both written excellent narrative pieces this week. Miss Vye has been very impressed by 10C1's attitude to learning and their knowledge of a new text ('A Christmas Carol') in particular: Georgia, Lubo, Beatrice, Oliwia G, Jasmine and Alicja have been very focused.

Mr Toye has nominated Year 7 student Danny who has shown how incredibly resilient he is; even when learning gets difficult, or strange (especially in dystopian fiction), he always perseveres. Also nominated is Year 7 student Maja who always tried her best, she applies previous learning wherever she can and is constantly trying to make connections in her learning - fabulous effort, keep it up! and Year 8 student Brendan who has shown mature considerations into very sensitive subjects and no matter how difficult the task is, he will try to apply himself and achieve the best he can.

Mr Adedoyin has nominated Year 8 students Sebi, Patrick, Max and Ruby, Year 8 students Lucas and Bradley and Year 7 students Aisha and Amelia H for their hard work.

Mrs Tanser has nominated Year 10 students Alexsandra A and Ruby for always giving 100% in class, Year 9 student Tawana for some fabulous character reading in Romeo and Juliet and Year 7 students Charlie P and Ruby R for consistent and appropriate contributions to topical class discussions.

Each week we will share with you what our Year 7, 8 and 9, 10 and 11 students are learning in our focus departments this term, below you will find the topics for Maths:

Year 7 Term 3:

This term, Year 7 will develop Maths skills to apply their knowledge about metric units and learn imperial units in Geometry strand. Students will have a chance to master their skills in finding missing angles by applying their knowledge about angle facts. Our lessons will guide students in developing their knowledge of calculating interior and exterior angles in regular polygons, and they will apply their skills in solving problems to different context. On top of that, students will have a chance to participating in Maths Number Day cross- curriculum activities.

Questions:

1. How many centilitres into litres?

2. What does 2D mean in Geometry?

3. What is a polygon?

Year 8 Term 3:

Year 8 students will be exploring unit Geometry in depth and developing their skills in finding the area and perimeter of 2D shapes. Their knowledge will stretch by calculating surface area and volumes of 3D shapes. Maths lessons will be encouraging students to develop their proficiency in solving problems by applying Maths formulae to find a missing sides of 2D shapes and particularly volume of prisms. In addition, students will have a chance to participate in the Maths Number Day cross- curriculum activities.

Questions:

1. What does the term ‘a surface area‘ mean?

2. What is the formula to calculate the volume of cuboid?

3. What is a prism?

Year 9 Term 3:

This term, Year 9 students will be mastering their knowledge in the units of Algebra and Geometry. They will stretch their knowledge about solving quadratics using the quadratic formula and more complex factorising methods. Students will also explore the connections between solving simultaneous equations algebraically and graphically by plotting them on Cartesian graphs, then they will find solutions for them. Furthermore, they will be mastering applying Pythagoras’ Theorem in solving problems in different contexts. Also, students will have a chance to participating in the Maths Number Day cross- curriculum activities.

Questions:

1. What do “simultaneous equations” mean?

2. How do you solve simultaneous equations graphically?

3. What is the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations?

Year 10 Term 3:

Year 10 Core students will be consolidating their knowledge in units Algebra and Geometry. In addition to their KS3 knowledge, they will be mastering their skills in calculating the perimeter, area, surface area and volume in algebraic content and solving problems. Their knowledge will stretch by calculating angles in regular and irregular polygons and applying knowledge about Pythagoras’ Theorem in solving problems and exam style questions. Furthermore, year 10 Advanced will solve quadratic equations using factorising, quadratic formula, change the subject and discovering iterations. Students will explore the connections between two Maths strands and will apply their skills in solving exam style questions each lesson. Also, students are starting to prepare for their first mock exam by completing Past Papers in Maths lessons.

Questions:

1. What does “cross-section area” mean?

2. What is the formula to calculate the volume of prisms?

3. What is your favourite method for solving quadratics?

Year 11 Term 3:

Year 11 Core and Advanced students will be consolidating their knowledge in all units of Maths: Number, Algebra, Geometry, Ratio and Proportion, Probability and Statistic. They will start their Revision Cycle 1 following Question Analyses from the November Mock Exam. Maths teachers will plan bespoke lessons for their individual groups and will keep practising by completing exam questions. Students will have a chance to attend a series of interventions before and after school for mastering their skills and developing their exam techniques, to prepare them for the real exam.

Questions:

1. What are first five prime numbers?

2. What is the formula to calculate the area of a trapezium?

3. What is the exact value of sin 30?

Parent/Carer Consultation Evenings/School Events:

Tuesday 6th February – Sixth Form Open Evening – in school

Wednesday 6th March - Year 9 Parent/Carer Consultation Evening

Tuesday 12th March - Year 9 Options Evening

Thursday 7th March - SEND Information Evening - in school

Bank Holidays:

Friday 29th March 2024 – Good Friday

Monday 6th May 2023 – Early May Bank Holiday

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