It has been a superb start to the year for Year 9 students as they have begun their GCSEs. Staff around the school have commented on the maturity of students and how hardworking they have been so far. It has been really impressive to hear and see pupils’ work in subjects that they are experiencing for the first time, such as Photography, Textiles, Art, Business Studies, as well as their efforts in English, Maths, Science and RE.

     

  

Rewards

Whilst pupils are now in Year group tutor groups, there is still an emphasis on competition between students and their colleges. The tables and graphs below show you the current standings (at the time of writing -15^th October 2021).

Year 9 Reward Points

Rank	Name	Tutor Group	Reward Points
1	Abbie L	09PK01	88
2	Ewan D	09BD01	71
3	Jakub S	09BW01	69
=	Luke S	09BW01	69
5	Ethan H	09BW01	68
6	Avneet R	09BW01	65
7	Scarlett B	09BW01	61
8	Freya D	09BD01	60
9	Elissa W	09CT01	59
10	Nirthy N	09BW02	57
=	Hannah S	09PK01	57
=	Lola S	09BW01	57

 

Year 9 College Reward Points

Student Leadership

In Year 9, students have the opportunity to take on a number of leadership roles which will require them to represent their college across the whole school, working in conjunction with our sixth form leaders. By registering an interest and explaining why they felt they would be an excellent candidate, I am pleased to report that the following students have been appointed

College	Charity and Community	Marketing
Binswood	Ila L	Jakub S
	Henry J	Luke S
	Luke B
Blackdown	Emily B	Freya D
	Lucy P	Sadie S
		Ila S
Croft	Elissa W	Alfie S
		Lola R
Manor	Rylee B	Charlie P
	Laurie F	Edgar B
		Dhruv M
Park	Emilia H	Charlie J
	Lauren D	Kabir M

Charity and Community Leaders will be required to:

• Support with all charity and community events in the school
• Develop links with the local community to raise the profile of the school
• Promote and organise Coffee Mornings, Care Home Visits, College Charity events, whole school events (Children in Need, Race for Life etc.)

Marketing Leaders will be required to:

• Update College/Year group noticeboards around school
• Judge competitions
• Share information across tutor groups
• Promote whole school events
• Support with College/Year group newsletters

 

Ben Butler

Head of Year 9