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Newsletter 22 January — 26 January 2018

What’s On

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Dates for your Diary

Stem Café

PE News

Year 9 Vaccination Deadline

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Headteacher Surgery

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County Sportshall Athletics

Competition

Year 11 Hoodies

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Year 8 Parents’ Evening

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Careers Insight Options Morning

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Cox Green School Vacancy

Insight Portal

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Library News

Weekly Calendar

Monday 22nd Jan

Headteachers Surgery 4.30pm - 6.30pm

Year 10 boys football league plate game at Home Vs

Garth Hill KO 3:45pm

Tuesday 23rd Jan Year 7 Football Vs Park House at Home KO 3:45pm

County Cup Round 1

Wednesday 24th Jan Y12 Trip—intro to Critical Theory

Thursday 25th Jan Year 11 Auschwitz Trip—to Sun 28 Jan

Year 8 Options Evening 5.45pm - 8pm

Friday 26th Jan No Events

Committed to Achievement

Year 10 GCSE Art

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Dates for your Diary

Monday 29 January Year 8 Parents Evening 4.30pm - 7pm

Tuesday 30 January STEM Café 5pm-6pm

Wednesday 31 January Year 8 Options Choice Deadline

Year 9 Vaccinations

Monday 5 February

Year 7 Careers Interview Week

Year 8 Trip –STEM lectures, Disney Paris—to Wed 7 Feb

Year 10 Parents Evening 4.30pm – 7pm

Friday 9 February End of Term 3

Monday 12 February –Friday 16 February Half Term Holiday

6th Form Application Deadline

The deadline for applying to the Cox Green 6th

Form is Friday 26th January 2018.

Year 9 – Vaccinations

FINAL DEADLINE

If not already done so, please complete

vaccination consent form

and

return to Reception by

Monday 22 January 2018

(please do not give to form tutor)

A copy of the form is available on the school website

Thank you

PE News

Year 7 Football Vs Park House at Home

County Cup Round 1 on Tuesday 16th January 2018

Cox Green boys lost 1-0

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County Sportshall Athletics Competition

Olivia Phelps, Y10, came 4th out of 33 girls competing on Sunday 15th January at TVAC in the County

Sportshall Athletics competition in Eton.

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Careers -Insight Options Morning Thursday 18th January.

The year 8 options day kicked off to a great start with four guest speakers, aiming to bring four very

different career pathways to life.

Starting off the talks was Sarah Haigh who gave students the insight into life as a midwife, and the re-

warding experiences that it gives, including travelling, career progression and if you choose, a job for life.

Sarah Barry was our next speaker, Sarah is a pilot for TUI and navigates medium and short haul flights for

Thompson holidays. Sarah informed students of the pathway they could follow to becoming a pilot, and

gave us a snapshot of her experiences flying and the training pathways for the job role.

Next to present was Charlie Jerome, who is currently an apprentice at GSK in Cox Green, Charlie had cho-

sen to go into an apprenticeship from the age of 16 and is currently working towards his HND and is look-

ing to eventually complete his training up to degree level. We are fortunate enough as a school to have

GSK as our Careers Enterprise link, which allows us access to speakers from various departments within

GSK, speak with apprentices and ask for support with careers events, they also invite us for tours of the

site and mentoring sessions from senior members of the GSK team.

Finally Ashley Smith, Cox Green Sports Academy director, spoke about his playing and academic path-

way, which was extremely aspirational and a number of students have since spoken to Ashley about his

journey from playing competitively, coaching and onto setting up his own business.

Following on from the assembly, students then went into sessions that looked into university pathways,

employability skills and qualities, and Next Steps, which covered, apprenticeships, sixth form and local

colleges.

The afternoon was spent in GCSE taster lessons, feedback from which has been extremely positive.

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Cox Green School Vacancy

COVER SUPERVISOR

32.5 hours a week, Monday – Friday 8:15am-3:30pm, to include one Break Duty per day. Term-time plus

5 inset days. Scale 4 point 18-21. Actual Salary: £14,790 - £16,483 per annum.

We are seeking someone who is confident and comfortable in undertaking a pre-prepared lesson,

creating a purposeful and orderly environment in which students can complete the work set, when

teachers are unable to be present. You will also collect and return the work to the teacher and ensure the

classroom is left ready for the next lesson You may be required to accompany students on trips, support

the examinations officer and will be asked to undertake additional administrative duties, when you are

not teaching.

We offer excellent professional development opportunities and are keen to recruit staff who are

ambitious for our students to make excellent progress.

If you have GCSE in English and Maths at grade C or above, have experience of working with young

people of secondary school age and have a flexible, “can do” approach then we would like to hear from

you.

Full details and application packs for these posts can be downloaded from the school website:

www.coxgreen.com. Please email completed application forms to j.doarks@coxgreen.com

Closing date: 8am Wed 31 January 2018

Interview Date: Tues 6th February 2018

Insight Portal

Parents can use the Insight Portal to view their Childs attendance, behaviour/detentions, exams, progress

reports and parent evening bookings.

Simply log on to insight.coxgreen.com

Then click on what you choose to view

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Term Time—Library Opening Times

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8.30am to 3.30pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 7pm 8.30am to 5pm 8.30am to 5pm 10am to 1.30pm 11am to 2pm

Library News

Reading is good for your health Part 1

It has been proven that reading is good for your health and will help you in all aspects of life.

Mental Stimulation Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy, so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. Reading regularly can help keep your brain well exercised.

Stress Reduction. No matter how much stress you have in your daily life, it all just slips away when you lose your-self in a great story and will help distract you from mundane everyday things. Read regularly to reduce stress

Knowledge. Everything you read fills your head with new bits of information, and you never know when it might come in handy. The more knowledge you have, the better-equipped you are to tackle any challenge you’ll ever face.

Expanding your Vocabulary The more you read, the more words you gain exposure to, and they will make their way into your everyday vocabulary. Being articulate and well-spoken is of great help in any profession, and knowing that you can speak with self-confidence can be an enormous boost to your self-esteem and can only serve to help in all aspects of life.

Why not set yourself the challenge of reading every day. Try a new Author, a new genre- the possibilities are endless.

Enjoy reading it is good for your health and you it doesn’t cost anything to borrow a book from the library.