- 26/4/12 Year 11 and Year 13 School Photographs (Y11-8.30am, Y13-9.30am).
- 3/5/12 Year 7 Consultation Evening 17.30.
English
beyond the classroom
Screening
of The National Theatre’s ‘She Stoops to Conquer’
On the last
day of the Spring term Miss Blackburn organised an exciting opportunity for A
Level Literature students to watch a screening of The National Theatre’s
production of ‘She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The production is
sold out in London but fortunately Cinema City offered to screen a performance
exclusively for our students to watch.
Over 40
pupils attended and the quality of the performance was clear to everyone: ‘I
laughed so hard – what a great restoration comedy! I was really surprised by
how accessible the play still is hundreds of years after it was written’ one of
the Year 13 students remarked.
The focus
for Year 13’s exam study is ‘Love through the ages’; seeing this production was
an excellent way of viewing changing attitudes to love across the last 300 years.
Visiting
writer: HM Castor
On the last
day of term many of our Year 8 students were invited to hear the writer Harriet
Castor talk about her new book ‘VIII’ and discuss the process of writing
novels. She was keen for CNS pupils to ask questions throughout her talk and at
the end of the hour’s session commented on how impressive our Year 8’s
questions had been!
During the
hour’s talk we learnt how she finds inspiration for writing, how she spends her
time when writing and how long the process can take from pen to bookshop.
Harriet
kindly signed copies of her book at the end and gave some great advice to any
budding young writers; write, write and write! Her top tip was to make a start
straight away when you have an idea – starting is the hardest part but once you
begin the rest will follow.
Face Britain
“Wednesday
the 19th of March saw the official launch of Face Britain, a
groundbreaking collaborative art project from The Prince’s Foundation for
Children & the Arts. 68 students from Yr9 entered the competition to help
break the Guinness World Record for the number of artists collaborating on one
art project.
The images
were beamed onto Buckingham Palace as part of the celebrations surrounding the
Queens Jubilee”.
AN INVITATION TO RELAUNCH THE SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION
Please can
all parents, carers, staff and governors check their diaries and consider
coming to the re-launch of the CNSA next Thursday
26 April from 7.00 – 8.30pm at a complimentary cheese and wine event in the
Sixth Form Common Room.
This will be
an opportunity to talk informally about what we would like the association to
organise in the summer term for both students and their families, and to think
about how we would like to spend any funds raised. In line with the current constitution the
formal Annual General Meeting will be held in the first half of the autumn
term, so please take this opportunity to meet fellow CNSA members and to start
planning the future shape of our school association.
This event
will be free of charge, although any contributions to the evening will be most
welcome.
To help plan
catering could you please let us know if you are able to attend? Please contact Alison Coyle on 01603 250135 or
email alisoncoyle@btinternet.com by Tuesday 24 April.
Message from Mr Nixon
I have always been interested in
sport, especially team games. Sometimes
I look over my career and remember games that were won in the first 20 or 25
minutes or on other occasions where we sneaked a win in the dying seconds of
the game, much to the disappointment and annoyance of the opposition and much
to our enjoyment.
In sport, and especially in my
favourite game of rugby, 3 minutes is considered to be a very long time. We have just come back from the Easter
holidays and it is important that we hit the ground running. Every lesson will make a difference; an extra
10 minutes of revision will help, spending more time on homework or a past
paper will bring its rewards, spending that extra few minutes checking over
things you will get all the benefit from.
Of all the things that we can influence it is effort; sheer hard work
goes an awful long way towards success in whatever field you can think of.
The school itself is a large team comprising staff, students, governors and parents all working hard for the benefit of young people. For many young people at the start or middle of the game, hard work will pay dividends. Their rewards in terms of exam success will come later but the dividend at the moment is realising how well they are doing and enjoying that success. Those in the later stages of the game, who are doing exams, have much to gain and although there is not much time left, a great deal can be achieved in the last few weeks
of term.
