City of Norwich School Weekly Newsletter
Friday 5th January 2001 - No. 16.15
| GUIDANCE DAY 19
DECEMBER
A positive and determined attitude by Year 8 and 9 students on Challenge Day made for a most successful day. Activities undertaken developed team building and decision making skills as well as providing some important Health Education. Meanwhile, older students and their parents met with Academic Tutors to review progress and to clarify 'subject next steps'. Now is the time for steps agreed to be taken. For students in Year 11, in particular, urgent action is needed now in order that you achieve the best results that you're capable of achieving. YEAR 8 PARENTS' EVENING This takes place next Thursday 11th January and will give parents and teachers a chance to discuss each student's progress after completion of the first term at CNS. MOCK EXAMS Mock exams for students in Years 11 and 13 take place between 5th and 16th February. Timetables are displayed on the examinations notice board. Following the exams, there will be parent-teacher consultation meetings for both year groups, for Year 13 on Thursday 8th March and for Year 11 on Thursday 29th March. BADMINTON Congratulations to Charity Barnes of 10Bs, who represented the English Schools' U15 Badminton team at a tournament in Hoensbroek during the holidays. JUMBLE SALE The School Association Jumble Sale will take place on 20 January. More details in next week's Echo. |
CNS : A SPECIALIST
SCHOOL?
The Government's 'Specialist Schools' initiative enables successful schools like CNS to develop their learning programmes and so raise standards further. 'Specialist Schools' provide a focus for good educational practice in their communities - for other schools and colleges and for local business. Becoming a 'Specialist School' would be a major benefit to CNS and would be an important step in our history. It would allow us to enrich our curriculum and to develop some of our facilities. After careful consideration, CNS Governors have decided that we should make a bid to become a specialist technology school. This would allow us to build upon our expertise in science, mathematics and design technology and to invest further in information technology. There is no sense that becoming a specialist technology school will in any way dilute our expertise in the full range of subjects. In a technologically sophisticated society, however, achieving 'technology status' would be highly desirable. Making a bid is complex and success is not guaranteed. Sponsorship needs to be raised locally - to the tune of £50,000 through pledges of money, equipment or services - but each £1 raised locally will be matched by £12 (£600,000 over four years) from the Government. Bidding is competitive and our work needs to be complete by the end of February. More information about our bid will be provided in forthcoming Assemblies and in the next few issues of 'The Echo'. This is an exciting opportunity for our school that would be a major benefit for students now and in the future. |
| EXIT | *HAPPY NEW YEAR* *NEXT WEEK IS WEEK 2* EARLY LUNCH: Y10, Y11; LATE LUNCH:Y8, Y9; |
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