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:

Myles 7TA, Nojus 7CA, Ross 7ST and Karis-Lily 7TA.

Year 8:

Kai 8ST, Brendan 8TE and Szebasztian 8TA.

Year 9:

Mirren 9TE, Luke 9TA, Dera 9SI, Giulia 9ST, Isabelle 9TU, Rhys 9SW, Lucas 9SI, Robert 9CU, Martyna 9CA, Riley 9SW, Connor 9CA, Sonia 9SW, Josh 9SW, Kuzi 9CA, Ryan 9ST and Aurelia 9TU.

Year 10:

Layla 10TA, Johann 10CU, Kailyn 10TA, Aleksandra A 10TA, Iosif 10TU and Dominik 10TA.

Year 11:

Dominik 11CO, Robert 11CO, Nana 11TA, Ruby 11SW and Urszula 11TA.

Year 12:

Viktoria 12B.

Each week will focus on a department within the school and share their nominations with you. This week it is Science.

Miss Coulson has made the following nominations this week:

Year 11 students Dominic, Cole and Gretil for their unwavering motivation to develop their chemistry knowledge. All three students have independently asked me for extra help/work to complete in their own time and Miss Coulson is continually impressed by their dedication to their studies!

Year 10 students Iosid and Charlie J who have been able to answer some very high level chemistry questions this week straight after the 2 week break! Finally, Year 7 student Aisha has made an incredible “Science facts” booklet in her own time that she shared this week. Miss Coulson is exceedingly impressed by her dedication and love for science – Keep it up!

Ms Jaiyeola has nominated the following students:

Year 7 students Myles, Nyah, Rose and Lucie for superb work and excellent contributions during science lessons.

Year 8 students Alisha, Victoria and Adam for their diligence and consistent hard work in Science.

Year 9 students Natalia, Nikolas, Alan, and Ruby for exemplary effort and positive attitude and Year 10 students Charlie, who is always helpful and kind and Sarah, Filip and Wiktoria for their hard work and dedication in all Science lessons.

Mr Godfrey would like to congratulate Sixth Form students Melissa and Ewan for their superb approach to independent study and attainment so far in A-level physics. Also nominated are Year 11 students Cole, Kitty and Dominic O for their preparation for the upcoming assessments and Year 7 students Francesca and Antonina for their contributions to Science lessons.

Miss Kritzinger has nominated Year 8 students Melande and Melissa in 8TE for fantastic work. Also nominated are Year 11 students Zsofia, Holly, Toby, Joshua, Ava and Stan who have shown great dedication in lessons and Naythen for giving very good verbal contributions in lesson.

Mr Anglim has nominated Year 7 students Katie, Sophie and Blazej for having an excellent start to Science and putting in a lot of effort. Also nominated are Year 8 students Kaiden, Eleanor and Matylda for maintaining a great attitude to learning in Science this year.

Miss Rasmussen has nominated 10BC2 who have completed fantastic work on history of the atom this week and made it very difficult to select just one lesson star. Also nominated are Year 9 students Riley, Nicola, Josh, Laura and Nicola for consistently fantastic work every lesson and Year 11 students Blessing, Luke, Harry, Matthew, Dominika, Mihai, Marian, Rene, Ava, Arina, Kara, Veronika and Lexi for great work and a brilliant attitude to learning.

Each week we will share with you what our Year 7, 8 and 9 students are learning in our focus departments this term, below you will find the topics for Maths with some questions you can ask your child about the topics:

Year 7:

This term, year 7 will discover unit Algebra and develop their skills to use and interpret algebraic notations, collect like terms and substitute into algebraic expressions. Students will have a chance to mastering their knowledge about inverse operations by using the different function machines and solve equations by applying the brick wall method and others. In addition to this, our lessons will guide students in developing their vocabulary as they explore Algebra first time and they will apply their skill in solving problems in different context.

Questions:

1. What does word “term” mean in maths?

2. What is a difference between terms, expressions, and equations?

3. How do you substitute in Maths?

Year 8:

This term, Year 8 students will be exploring unit Algebra in depth and develop their skills in expanding single and double brackets and simplify their answers. Their knowledge will stretch by factorising linear expressions into one bracket and double brackets in advanced sets. Lessons will be encouraged students to develop their proficiency in solving equations with x’s on both sides and connect their knowledge to by plotting a graph from a table of values and find the gradient of a straight line.

Questions:

1. What is a difference about expanding and factorising?

2. What is a Cartesian Graph?

3. What is a gradient of a straight line?

Year 9:

This term, Year 9 students will be mastering their knowledge in unit Algebra. In addition, to Year 7 and 8 knowledge students will stretch their knowledge about representing, solving inequalities on number lines, plot them and shade a region. Students will explore the connections between expanding and factoring expressions, solving linear and quadratics equations, and plotting them on Cartesian graphs. Further to it they will need to label the roots, intercept and turning point of a quadratic graph, solve simultaneous equations by elimination and graphically and apply their algebraic skills to change the subject of a formula.

Questions:

1. What does “simultaneous equations” mean?

2. What is turning point of a quadratic graphs?

3. How can you find a root of quadratic equations?

This week we celebrated the success of our amazing students with an evening of awards. Over 120 students were nominated for their hard work and dedication to their studies. Special awards were also give to students including Citizenship which was awarded to Thomas L, Technical Award to Fraser, Contribution Award to Saketh, Outstanding Sports to Ruben, Resilience to Nana, Creative to Veronika and Innovation to Melissa. Student of the Year awards were also given to Alfred (Year 7), Nicola S (Year 8), Aleksandra A (Year 9), Rene (Year 10) and Oscar (Year 12).

The evening was a great success and below are pictured a selection of the students with their awards.

Year 10 students Cullen and James also performed during the evening, Cullen on the piano and James on his guitar.

Thank you to all the parents/carers and students who attended, it was lovely to see you all and celebrate these successes with you.

The Geographical Association has granted Corby Technical School's geography department the prestigious Secondary Geography Quality Mark (SGQM).

The department has been recognised for its hard work and dedication and this award demonstrates the department's steadfast dedication to offering top-notch geography instruction.

The department has been working very hard over the last 12 months to satisfy the high requirements that the Geographical Association has set. The evaluation procedure confirmed their exceptional contributions to geographical education and included a detailed review of the department's leadership and teaching quality.

Being awarded the SGQM is a significant accomplishment that highlights the department's unwavering dedication to offering the highest calibre of education.

This accomplishment benefits the students greatly as well as the department, as they gain much from their commitment and enthusiasm. It shows that students are getting an excellent geography education, developing a more comprehensive awareness of the world around them, and setting themselves up for success in the future.

The highly coveted SGQM award, given by the Geographical Association, recognises and honours excellence in geographical education. The CTS Geography Department's achievement of this award is evidence of their dedication to providing high-quality education and their influence on students' futures.

Mrs Reynolds, Principal added, "I am so appreciative to have such a fantastic geography team supporting our students."

Lewis Clarke from Lincoln University visited recently to speak to our Sixth Form students about how to make the most of their time at Sixth Form and ways to hone and develop their personal statements in preparation for University applications.

This week Dale Willis from MyFirstJob led a workshop for our Year 13 students on how to build a CV, this event was sponsored by Aspire Higher. Students found this event extremely beneficial in helping their plans to apply for degree apprenticeships.

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