School news - weeks beginning 27th May, ending 7th June

CNS Summer fete

The dog show has now been postponed until the autumn term when we hope to incorporate it as a feature in our new, bigger fun pet show.  By popular request we will now be offering a car boot and tabletop sale area.  If you would like to book either a car boot pitch or a table at £5.00 each, please register your interest with the school office or by emailing cnsa@cnsmail.org.

If you are looking for things to do over half term, why not have a clear out of old uniform and books?  And if the weather improves enough to get into the garden, we are also looking for plant donations.  Please let us know if you are able to contribute to the fete in this way (contact details as above).

Alison Coyle

Message from Mr.Nixon

It is always an emotional day when year 11 and year 13 students leave the school and this year will be no different.  I was chatting to some year 11 students a few days ago who were saying how they loved CNS and didn't want to leave.   One thing that struck me was the way they talked about being cared for and how staff would do anything for them.  I thought that this was very special, particularly in these days when there is a huge amount of pressure on young people (all of us for that matter) to perform at the very highest standard.  It would be all too easy for that care and attention to be lost and it is important that never happens.  

 The students were all very keen to come back into the CNS sixth form, which again I was very pleased to hear; given the amount of choices they have.  This loyalty is built up over many years through experiencing the culture of our school, the pastoral care as well as the teaching and learning.  I enjoyed every second of the memorable conversation; it was a real pleasure and privilege to be able to have these discussions. 

 Shortly after half term we are holding an evening for the parents of current year 6 students who will be joining us in September.  This is the beginning of their association with CNS and our aim is that they will be saying the exact same thing in the future about CNS as the students were earlier this week. 

 I hope everyone has a good half term.  

Jim Nixon

 School dates

This week
Half term

 Next week – public exams all week

Monday 3^rd June
Yr 7 Geography fieldwork
Tuesday 4^th June
Yr 7 Geography fieldwork
Yr 9 Rounders (offsite 12-5)
Lunchtime clubs
KS3 MFL film making club (room 201)
After school clubs
Creative writing club (Learning centre)
Orchestra practice (Arc)
Yr 9 Cookery club (room 77)
Wednesday 5^th June
Yr 7 Geography fieldwork
Yr 7 trip to Harry Potter World
City Sports Day (all local high schools)
Lunchtime clubs
Christian Union meeting (room 113)
British sign language (room 2)
Debating society (room 20)
After school clubs
Computing club (room 25)
Orchestra practice (room 213)
Biopunks (room 104)
Garden club
Thursday 6^th June
School council meeting (PD room)
After school clubs
SEND students (room 48)
Friday 7^th June

Important dates coming up

Wednesday 12^th June
Parents ‘drop-in’ evening at CNS for those with questions about the school action plan and the recent Ofsted report, 5.30-7pm in the Study Hall, led by Headteacher Jim Nixon.

Y10 CNS Triple End of Year Tests

GCSE Biology, Chemistry, Physics B
Gateway Science Suite
OCR GCSE in Chemistry, J263, J264, J265
All triple Students will be assessed at the end of this year in the three disciplines Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Please pay close attention to the units assessed below, especially with Chemistry as the units taught are not sequential.

Subject and Teacher	Assessment	Date
Biology – Mrs Jarrold	End of Year Assessment of units B1, B2 and B3	Thurs 6th and Tues 11th June
Biology – Mrs Jarrold	CA CW on Biodiversity	Beginning w/b 8th July
Biology – Mrs Walker	End of Year Assessment of units B1, B2 and B3	Weds 12th and Thurs 13th June
Biology – Mrs Walker	CA CW on Biodiversity	Beginning w/b 8th July
Chemistry – Miss Spinks	End of Year Assessment of units C4, C3 and C2	Thursday 4th July
Chemistry – Miss Spinks	CA CW on Descaling Coffee Machines.	Finished by work experience
Chemistry – Ms Nichols	End of Year Assessment of units C4, C3 and C2	Thursday 4th July
Chemistry – Ms Nichols	CA CW on Descaling Coffee Machines.	Finished by work experience
Physics – Mr Brooks	End of Year Assessment of units P1, P2 and P3	Wednesday 19th June
Physics – Mr Brooks	CA CW on Helicopters	Finished by work experience
Physics – Mr Tooke	End of Year Assessment of units P1, P2 and P3	Tuesday 25th June
Physics – Mr Tooke	CA CW on Helicopters	Finished by work experience

The tests will be 45 minutes long and will consist of structured questions and there is no choice of questions. Students should bring along a pen, pencil, calculator etc.
Students will not be externally examined until May/June 2014.  All students were provided with a revision guide and this covers the content of all six modules which make up the GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics course. The first three modules e.g. C1, C2 and C3 are examined in one and the second three modules e.g. C4, C5 and C6 are examined in one paper.   A teacher assessed piece of Controlled Coursework will make up the full assessment.
Below, you will find a list of the main topics that the students will be tested on and they should use their revision guides and exercise books to help them prepare.

Unit	Content
B1	a Fitness and health b Human health and diet c Staying healthy d The nervous system	e Drugs and you f Staying in balance g Controlling plant growth h Variation and inheritance
B2	a Classification b Energy flow c Recycling d Interdependence	e Adaptations f Natural selection g Population and pollution h Sustainability
B3	a Molecules of life b Proteins and mutations c Respiration d Cell division	e The circulatory system f Growth and development g New genes for old h Cloning
C4	a Atomic structure b Ionic bonding c The Periodic Table and covalent bonding d The Group 1 elements	e The Group 7 elements f Transition elements g Metal structure and properties h Purifying and testing water
C3	a Rate of reaction (1) b Rate of reaction (2) c Rate of reaction (3) d Reacting masses	e Percentage yield and atom economy f Energy g Batch or continuous? h Paints and pigments (this last topic is taken from C1)
C2	a The structure of the Earth b Construction materials c Metals and alloys d Making cars	e Manufacturing chemicals: making ammonia f Acids and bases g Fertilisers and crop yields h Chemicals from the sea: the chemistry of sodium chloride
P1	a Heating houses b Keeping homes warm c A spectrum of waves d Light and lasers	e Cooking and communicating using waves f Data transmission g Wireless signals h Stable Earth
P2	a Collecting energy from the Sun b Generating electricity c Global warming d Fuels for power	e Nuclear radiations f Exploring our Solar System g Threats to Earth h The Big Bang
P3	a Speed b Changing speed c Forces and motion d Work and power	e Energy on the move f Crumple zones g Falling safely h The energy of games and theme rides

Blakeney House Leader

May I take this opportunity to thank Tom Pinnington for the fantastic work and commitment he has given to all the students and their families in Blakeney House. Tom has achieved a well-deserved promotion to Assistant Headteacher at Broadland High School and begins his new role on June 3^rd. I am sure everyone will support me in saying that Tom will be greatly missed, not only in his role as House Leader but also as a brilliant teacher and we all wish Tom well in his exciting new role.

For the remainder of this term Sam Ray, currently Deputy House Leader, will be acting House Leader for Blakeney and Emma Blackburn, currently Head of Year 13, will be acting Deputy House Leader; Jane Allen will remain as Pastoral Manager. From today can any queries or concerns regarding Blakeney students please be referred to s.ray@cns-school.org or e.blackburn@cns-school.org as messages will not be received if sent to Mr Pinnington’s email. From September 2013 Mr Andrew Innes will be joining the school as House Leader for Blakeney and Sam Ray will return to her role as Deputy House Leader.

Jo Philpott

Cricket for Year 9 (years 7&8 also welcome)

We have a team in the U14 Norwich Schools Cricket League.  If your child is interested in attending practice, please could they confirm it by speaking to Mr Clarke (room 61) or Mr Hales (site office.) Please note the following:

The fixtures are to be confirmed

We will travel to away games (North Walsham and Sprowston) in the school minibus
Games are 20/20 (time and weather permitting)
We are also trying to arrange friendly fixtures against other schools

Date                                        Team                                                   Venue

20^th May                                  Thorpe                                                 Lost by 35 runs
Week of 3^rd June                     North Walsham                                   Away
20^th June                                  Sewell Park                                         Home
Week of 1^st July                       Sprowston                                           Away

Practice

Practice takes place on Tuesdays from 3.15-4.15, meet outside the changing rooms. Please bring your own kit if you have it, a drink/hat/sun-cream (if needed).

GSCE revision information
Please note that the information from the GSCE revision information evening, held at the school on May 13^th is now available on the CNS website. You can find it under the parents section.