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:

Eleanor 7TA and Nadia 7CA.

Year 8:

Tawana 8ST, Jorja 8CU, Levente 8TE, Sonia 8CA, Ryan 8ST, Lewis 8Ca and Aurelia 8TU.

Year 9:

Jayden 9SW, Nikola 9TA, Seb 9ST and Leyron 9TA.

Year 10:

Gretil 10TA, Ryan 10SW, Dominika 10CA, Patrikas 10TE, Bianca 10TE and Olivia 10TE.

Year 11:

Ksenija 11CA, Sophie 11CA, Rhia 11TE, Jaasau 11CA, Jazmine 11CA and Kia 11TE.

Maths:

Mr Lee has nominated Year 11 students Bo, Rhia and Eva for their continued dedication towards their maths revision by attending an additional intervention session each week! Also nominated are Year 9 students Sophie and Faith for their hard work and attention to detail in our representing data unit. They have produced some excellent box plots and cumulative frequency diagrams.

Mrs van der Lith has nominated Year 9 student Ivan who has gone above and beyond in the maths class during lessons and his hard work paid off when he got full marks for his Find the Gap test.

Mr Jackson has nominated Year 11 students Silviu and Hollie for their excellent effort in Maths over the last few weeks, which has led to both achieving a Grade 4 in their most recent mock examinations.

Music:

Miss Patrick has made the following nominations this week:

Year 7 :

Year 7 have been developing their ensemble skills this term, working on a whole class musical performance. Miss Patrick was particularly impressed with 7CO this week, students were really supportive of one another and this led to a great performance at the end of the lesson. A special mention to Shontelle and Cora for their ability to stay in time with a challenging section of music, and also to Lucas for showing resilience and acing the performance at the end of the lesson - well done!

Year 8:

This week Year 8 have been adding a chord sequence to their dance tracks. Miss Patrick would like to celebrate 8CU this week who demonstrated their active listening skills and determination to complete a challenging task. A special mention to Emie, Witek, Christopher and James for their brilliant attitude to learning this week!

Year 9:

Year 9 have been starting to compose their very own samba inspired piece of music, based on what we have learnt so far this term! A special mention for 9TA this week, who perfected their call and response sections. Miss Patrick was most impressed with the way students were listening to the leader and responding in time as a group - brilliant work!

English:

Mrs Brown would like to celebrate a successful Year 13 assessment for English. 100% of students achieved a grade A or B. Keep up the good work for the final exams! Congratulations also to Sacro for nearly finishing their coursework for English. An excellent study based on linguistic analysis of The Picture of Dorian Gray compared to extracts from the TV series BoJack Horseman.

Mr Toye has nominated Year 10 student Nicolas V for presenting Shakespearian characters with flare!

Humanities:

Mr Goddard has nominated Year 9 student Iosif whose homework is completed to exceptional quality.

Miss Forbes has nominated Year 9 students Jamie S and Hayden for excellent work and concentration in History. Also nominated are Year 12 student Jasmine for her continued hard work at A level and Year 11 student Sarah for the extra work she completed over the Easter bank holiday

Mr Foreman has nominated Year 10 students Luke B, Harry Craig, Kyle Ritchie and Veronica RE, for always completing excellent History homework. Also nominated are Year 11 students Theo, Dexter, Jonathan, Shammah and Sania for excellent homework.

PE:

Mr Clamp has nominated Year 8 students James for excellent leadership skills in Handball, Year 8 student Max for being an outstanding team player in Handball and Year 10 student Weronika for continued outstanding effort in Sports Science.

Mr Rogers has nominated his Year 12 Sports Science students for their hard work on the coursework.

Miss Williams has nominated the students who take part in Netball club and the students who attend Badminton. They have developed their tactics and a result game play has improved.

Science:

Mr Godfrey has nominated Year 12 students Rowan, James, Jason and Holly for supporting Year 11 students in Physics.

Mr Abnett would like to say well done to 11BP1 for their excellent efforts with Chemistry revision this week.

On Wednesday 29th March, Year 12 students were visited by Dr Alix Hibble who gave a lecture-style talk on how to revise effectively and how revision can lead to exam success in the future. Their company “Exam Study Expert” offers a range of support such as workshops, 1:1 coaching, podcasts, blogs, and books. Overall, the whole session covered topics on: exam technique, having a positive mindset, smart revision techniques and subject content. Statistics show that students who take part in retrieval practice are said to get better results than those who only re-read their notes. The main message from the session is that revising earlier leads to less stress and better grades!

By Oscar S (Student Leader for Communication).

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