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.

Our students have made an excellent start to the new term and we have highlighted some these fantastic achievements below.

Year 7 Drama students have been working on characterisation in our Roald Dahl themed scheme. Their task was to create a new golden ticket winner for the Chocolate factory. Pictured below is a selection of their work.

Year 9 students have worked incredibly hard in their Drama lessons since their return to school this term. They have been learning how to use proxemics, which is where their position on stage indicates status.

Students from 8TE held an excellent assembly about laws and why they are important in any society. Well done for your fantastic research and presentation skills.

Five of our EPQ students attended a study skills workshop at the University of Northampton recently. The visit involved a comprehensive workshop on how to conduct effective research, along with advice on how to reference. Students also enjoyed a full tour of the university and a glimpse into university life.

Pictured below is work by Year 8 students Junior and Leighton V, who drew their interpretations of two characters from The Tempest for the class in their English lesson. Miss Duncan was extremely pleased with their hard work.

Congratulations and well done to the Year 8 Futsal team on winning the Corby Schools Tournament, they played fantastically well and showed great sportsmanship.

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:

Samuel 7TA, Amber 7CU, Peter 7CU, Riley 7SW, Jessica 7TU, Aurelia 7TU, Saketh 7ST, Danica 7CU, Alan 7TE and Harvey 7CO.

Year 8:

Alessandro 8TE, Aleksandra 8CU, Wiktoria 8CA, Johann 8CU, Pippa 8ST, Jennifer 8TE, Madison 8CA, Finn 8TE, Orla 8ST, Ole 8TU, Evie 8ST, Declan 8TE, Amelie 8CU and Anthony 8CU.

Year 9:

Kitty 9CO, Toby 9TA, Isabella 9CO, Maya 9TE, Ethan 9CO, Ruby 9ST, Kyle 9SW and Jake 9SW.

Year 10:

Myrtle 10TA, Maciej 10CO, Cameron 10CA, Ella 10SW, Danils 10CA, Melissa 10SW, Timotheos 10TE, Julia 10TE, Izabela 10CO, Mason 10TE and Adam 10CA.

Year 11:

Brandon 11CA, Rowan 11TE, Anya 11TE, David 11ST, Jasmine 11ST, Tye 11CA, Jayme-Lei 11SW and Josie 11CA.

Year 12:

Carmen 12A.

Maths:

Mr Lee has made the following nominations:

Kacper, Clayton and Kia, Year 10 Maths. They have tackled some very difficult extension problems over the past few weeks. Also nominated are Year 11 students George S, Katie, Klaudia, Tye, Shamiso, Dagan and Beth for exceptional problem solving with ratio and Mr Lee would also like to say well done to his Year 11 group for their collective hard work and enthusiasm with our unit of work on trigonometry.

Ms Adamska has nominated the following this week:

10B1 for their excellent contribution in their study on Pythagoras' Theorem and Trigonometry.

Year 7 students Connor, CJ and Aiden for an outstanding participation in the lessons this week. Year 9 students for their hard work on Pythagoras' Theorem this week. Finally,

Year 8 students Ryan, Amy, Grace, Andrea, Patryk, Ole, Amelie and Tara for their excellent participations in the lessons this week.

Miss Kaur has nominated the following students for their efforts in Maths lessons so far this term, Year 10 student Jess, Chloe (Year 9), Tyler and David (Year 8), and Year 7 students Saketh, Alan, Morgan, Natalia, Christopher and Carmen.

Drama:

Mrs Hallybone has nominated Year 8 students Dylan H and Kamran for creating an excellent rap battle using Shakespearean insults in Drama this week. It was very imaginative interpretation of the task.

Year 7 Drama students have been working on characterisation in our Roald Dahl themed scheme. Their task was to create a new golden ticket winner for the chocolate factory and practice hot seating in role. Well done also to Year 7 and Year 9 Drama students who have been working incredibly hard.

Humanities:

Mr Strumpher has made the following nominations this week:

11C Geography for working so hard this week and trying their best in class. This week they were busy studying Hard and Soft Engineering in Coastal Areas.

Also nominated are 7TU Geography class for doing their utmost best in class. They learned this week to draw Climate Graphs and to be able to read information from it. They worked so well in their groups to complete the work in class. Well done!

Mr Harris has nominated Bartosz in 8SW. He was excellent in History and has clearly been working exceptionally hard both in class and at home. Also nominated are Year 10 students Kent and Ella C for their work in Sociology. Both have shown a great understanding of research methods and have asked some excellent questions in class.

Music:

Miss Patrick has made the following nominations:

Year 7:

We would like to celebrate 7CA for brilliant ensemble work! Students had to listen and respond to other members of their group to perform traditional samba rhythms. Miss Patrick was particularly impressed with the way students approached this task and how supportive students were of one another – this led to strong performances, well done!

Also nominated is Harvey in 7CO. After joining ukulele club Harvey was brave enough to perform the chord pattern we learnt in front of his whole form – who were really impressed with his new skills – well done!

Year 8:

Miss Patrick has enjoyed listening to Year 8 create ensemble pieces for djembe. A special mention goes to Joel, Jack, David, Riley and Toby in 8ST for using signals effectively to indicate when the music needs to change. The finished piece sounded fabulous!

They have also been perfecting their djembe pieces ready for the final performance. A special mention goes to Dani in 8TA this week for her creative syncopated ostinato and for also helping a fellow student to create their own ostinato – excellent work!

Year 9:

Miss Patrick would like to celebrate 9TA for their superb approaches to their minimalist composition task. Students worked very responsibly in groups to compose a short ukulele piece inspired by Steve Reich. Miss Patrick is looking forward to hearing the finished articles next lesson!

Also nominated is Stanislaw in 9CA this week who successfully created a short piece of music using the minimalist technique of note addition, by working backwards. Miss Patrick was particularly impressed with the decisive approach Stanislaw took with his composition, meaning he was able to achieve more in a short amount of time – great work!

Sixth Form:

A massive well done to Ashton in Year 12 for creating our first sixth form newsletter. This is available on the school website.

This week Year 13 received a presentation from the University of Northampton on ‘student finance’ and ‘what to expect next in the application cycle. Lots of ‘top tips’ were shared on how to make the most of the bursaries and scholarships on offer, with ‘free money’ available at most universities.

On the topic of universities, all of our Year 13 students who want to go on and study at university have now submitted their UCAS application. Exciting times lie ahead as the offers start to come in.

Science:

Scientists of the Week for weeks 2 and 3 are:

Year 7 student Riley for consistently working hard and researching scientific topics outside of lessons and Carmen who is always willing to offer an answer and ask questions during Science lessons.

Year 8 student Ivan who is always willing to contribute to the class discussion and Radu for amazing contributions during lessons.

Year 9 student Jake for excellent effort within science. Putting himself forward to answer questions and Marian for excellent work while learning about nerve impulses in the brain.

Year 10 student Dexter for constant good work across all of Science and Ella who is always willing to ask questions and find out more within Science.

Year 11 student Josie for excellent effort and Octavian for excellent practical work in Physics.

English:

Mrs Brown is very pleased with her Year10 English class who have produced some excellent essays on An Inspector Calls with mention to:

Gabi C, Ella, Ana and Melissa for great results and for Thomas, Cjay, Ana, Alfie S and Gabi who all made two grades of progress from the last home-produced essay.

Mrs Rice has nominated Year 9 student Chloe H for excellent work on MacBeth.

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