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.
Jim
Nixon
Half term
Yr 7 Geography fieldwork
Tuesday 4th 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 5th 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 6th June
School council meeting (PD room)
After school clubs
SEND students (room 48)
Friday 7th June
Important dates
coming up
Wednesday 12th
JuneParents ‘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.
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 3rd. 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
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 minibusGames are 20/20 (time and weather permitting)
We are also trying to arrange friendly fixtures against other schools
Date Team Venue
20th
May Thorpe Lost
by 35 runsWeek of 3rd June North Walsham Away
20th June Sewell Park Home
Week of 1st 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 13th is now available on the CNS website. You can find it under the parents section.
