Weekly Message 233 – 12 July 2024

12th July 2024

As we edge ever closer to the end of this academic year, we move into the part of the summer term where, as a school community, we celebrate and reward success.

Coming up over the next two weeks is the House and Rewards Celebration Day – the specific arrangements for the day and the criteria to take part have already been shared with pupils, parents, and carers, and every year group will take part in a Celebration Assembly led by their Head of Year.

So many of our pupils strive to be the best they can be, and we truly value the opportunity to acknowledge their achievements, hard work, and dedication to learning as well as their kindness, compassion, and commitment to the community.

Year 6 Transition Day

On Monday and Tuesday this week we welcomed the Year 6 pupils for their transition days, ahead of their arrival in September. Over the course of the two days the pupils attended a wide variety of lessons and activities, including creative writing in English, exploring different cultures in RS, and the ever-popular rainbow-making in science. New friendships were made and the teambuilding in tutor groups was a joy to see.

Although the weather was not kind, the pupils did not let that dampen their spirits, and we were blown away by their enthusiasm and willingness to join in with everything. We said goodbye to some very tired Year 6 pupils but are already looking forward to seeing them again in September, as our Class of 2029!

Please be advised that the transition24@camshill.com inbox will close at the end of the school day on Monday 22 July 2024. Should parent/carers have any queries beyond this date, please use office@camshill.com

Year 8 Geography Trips to the Witterings

The days that Year 8 and staff went to the Witterings near Chichester to investigate physical and human geography couldn’t have been more contrasted: Tuesday was cool, blowy, and wet; Thursday was warm, dry, and sunny. The staff who went on both days got soaked one day and sun-kissed the next.

The pupils acquitted themselves wonderfully, especially the C-side who went in the bad weather. Indeed, the Year 8s and staff received several enquiries as to which school the pupils attended, and compliments for their conduct, from local residents. Ice cream was eaten, memories were made, experiences forged, learning acquired, and the spell of East Head Spit and the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was cast. Mr G Blackman’s thanks go to all the staff for giving their time to support this activity.

Year 10 Visit to University of Southampton

On Thursday, a group of Year 10 pupils spent the day at the University of Southampton. They attended workshops on “What makes you employable” and “How to Budget Effectively” which both involved teamwork activities to really get them thinking about their futures.

Pupils were also given a tour of the campus and had a Question-and-Answer session with student ambassadors. We hope this experience was insightful and has helped pupils feel informed about university life.

We Will Rock You Auditions

Wow! Auditions never fail to make the production team smile. It is such a wonderful afternoon to watch the talent that our young people have. It is always such a difficult decision when casting the production and we really do wish we could please everyone.

Thank you to all the pupils who auditioned and if you haven’t quite got what you want this year, then please do see us in September for backstage responsibilities. We Will Rock You!

UCL Beacon School for Holocaust Education

Cams Hill School has been accepted to become a UCL Beacon School for Holocaust education in the academic year 2024-25. This is a great opportunity for the school to become leading experts nationally in Holocaust education.

Barton Peveril Sixth Form College – Schools’ Art Competition

Barton Peveril Sixth Form College were delighted to receive 130 entries from 28 local schools for their schools’ art competition, responding to the theme of ‘Metamorphosis’

Our very own K Barron, Year 7, saw the competition advertised, entered, and can now see her work displayed on their online exhibition page https://sites.google.com/barton.ac.uk/artcompetition2024

Please keep an eye out on our Camscreative Instagram page for more exciting competitions for our young people to enter.

Sports Results

Hampshire Athletics Final

We would like to say a huge congratulations to everyone who participated in the athletics on Wednesday for the effort they put into the event they took part in; everybody tried their hardest.

They should be supper proud of themselves for representing the district.

House Challenge Results

Drama House Challenge – Theatre Evaluation

Winner 100 house points – J Moorhouse

Runner Up 75 house points – F Page-Waite

Third 50 house points – Z Ali

English Emoji House Challenge

R Salt
T Glithro
M Rowe

Maths House Challenge

J Moorhouse – Warrior – 100 points

J Hall – Warrior – 100 points

H Kirkham – Warrior -100 points

Art Department – Team Spirit House

Invincible – 170 points

Endeavour – 140 points

Illustrious 120 points

Warrior – 200 points

Victory – 130 points

Bookmark House Challenge Results

Year 7

I Hutchings – Victory – Winner

I Martin – Victory – honourable mention

L Wood- Invincible – honourable mention

D Brugsch – Victory – honourable mention

Year 8

C Cundall – Victory – Winner

K Neptune – Warrior – HM

N Juniper – Invincible – HM

Year 9

G Wood – Illustrious – Winner

Year 10

R Ali – Invincible – Winner

C Stanning – Warrior – honourable mention

N Jones – Victory – honourable mention

A Faram – Warrior – honourable mention

Whole School Letters Published This Half Term

Below is a list of letters emailed to all parents/carers this half term together with the date and time they were sent. If you are unable to find any of the communications, please email office@camshill.com and we can send you a further copy.

Canteen Price Increases – 5/7/24 1701

Detection Dog Visit – 1/7/24 1601

Sports Day – 21/6/24 1503

Summer Concert – 21/6/24 1101

Communication with Parents and Carers – 14/6/24 0925

Punctuality to School – 12/6/24 1703

Informing the School of a Pupil Absence – 12/6/24 1201

House and Rewards Celebration Day – 6/6/24 1009

Uniform Expectations – 24/5/24 1601

A27 Cams Hill Improvement Scheme – 10/5/24 1702

Moving for Mental Health

What Parents/Carers Need to Know about Sharing Intimate Images

Below is a link from the National College concerning What Parents Need to Know About Sharing Intimate Images.

sharing intimate images

Statistics

House Points Averages per Pupil for This Week

Year 7 5.01 points

Year 8 3.90 points

Year 9 3.28 points

Year 10 3.53 points

Attendance

Dates	Total attendance
This week	91.2%
Same week last year	90.6%

MathsWatch and Educake

These are two online resources that we expect pupils to be accessing routinely with homework set by teachers and independently to support their progress in Maths, Science and other subjects. We ask parents to check in with their child to see whether they are accessing these resources routinely and to encourage best use of them.

MathsWatch

Average number of questions answered per pupil this week

Year 7 2.4 questions

Year 8 6.7 questions

Year 9 4.0 questions

Year 10 11.2 questions

Highest number of questions answered by one pupil this week

Year 7 70 questions

Year 8 28 questions

Year 9 26 questions

Year 10 66 questions

Not all Maths homework is set on MathsWatch, which is likely to affect the averages.

Educake – Science

Average number of questions answered per pupil this week

Year 7 22.21 questions

Year 8 18.56 questions

Year 9 32.19 questions

Year 10 46.79 questions