Weekly Message 241 – 18 October 2024
18th October 2024
Needle Felting in KS3 Art Club
We remind parents/carers that the school is closed to pupils next Friday, 25 October 2024 as it is an INSET Day.
Thank you to all Year 7 parents and carers who were able to join us for the Year 7 Settling-in Evening to hear about how their child has settled into the new routines of a secondary school and Year 10 parents and carers for the Year 10 Tutor Evening. Thank you also for the feedback we have received on the questionnaire; this has been positive and helpful.
After the half-term holiday, Year 11 pupils will be sitting their mock examinations, Monday 4 November to Tuesday 12 November 2024. A letter with the timetable and associated arrangements has been sent to parents/carers and we ask pupils, parents, and carers to take time to read and digest this information.
Pupils taking either Spanish and/or French will be having their speaking mocks week beginning 21 October 2024.
We encourage pupils to prepare for all these exams by making use of the materials provided by their teachers and other revision resources available. The Tutors, Head of Year and Assistant Head of Year are on hand to answer any questions and address any concerns that may exist, appreciating that this can be a demanding time. We wish Year 11 all the very best with these exams and their preparation for them.
Cams Hill School Helps Support Rowans Hospice
Our lettings continue to be popular, and we are particularly proud when the hiring of our facilities also helps others in the community. Stubbington Green Runners hosted a sponsored run using the school track in August and this week they were able to present a cheque for £500 to Rowans Hospice.
Please see our website if you would like further information on hiring our facilities.
Needle Felting in KS3 Art Club
This week Art Club started a new mini project, with Halloween as our inspiration. We are using roving wool and felting needles to create our own spooky and gory needle felted eyeballs. Needle felting is a simple and fun way to create easy 3D forms by combining fibres. It takes time to grasp the technique to create an effective outcome, but after making our eyeballs, next week we will create miniature pumpkins.
Maths Countdown Quiz
Please continue to support your child’s punctuality to school
A letter was sent to all parents/carers on 4 September about the importance we place on punctuality, our expectations, and our consequences for arriving late. To foster good habits and maximise learning time, we expect all pupils to be on time every day. Allowing time for unexpected issues is also important. The impact for pupils when late to school includes:
- Missing the beginning of lessons
- Feeling unprepared for the day
- Missing important instructions and messages
- Learning bad habits which could affect their employability in the future
The expectations for all pupils are the same, regardless of how far from the school they live, and we remain consistent in our approach. As per our letter of 18 October 2025, traffic problems, unless they are severe and affecting a large number of pupils, will no longer be accepted as a reason for arriving late to school.
Vacancies at Cams Hill School
A reminder that our vacancies are listed on our website as per the link below – we are currently looking to appoint a Teacher of English
https://www.camshill.com/information/staff-vacancies/
Sports Results
Year 7 boys’ football won against Brune Park 4-3
Year 7/8 girls’ football won against Henry Cort 4-2
Year 8 boys’ football won against Brune Park 3-0
Years 10/11 Netball lost to Bay House 16-27
Our Year 8 Boys’ football team had a very hard fought victory in the Hampshire cup on Monday against Trafalgar School. The game ended 1-1 and went to a penalty shootout. 19 penalties later we ended winning 10-9! The team also won at Brune Park on Wednesday – well done to all who took part.
Menu w/c 21 October 2024
NEW menu Week 2 (inset Friday)
Next week we will be featuring the following:
Chef’s Pod will be Fully Loaded Nachos including Beef Chilli, Cheese, Sour Cream, Guacamole, Salsa, and Crispy Onions
Luxury Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows- served form the Kiosk during lunch break (for drinking outside only)
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.
Digital Theatre – 4/10/24 0906
Late Start for Pupils on 27 September – 25/9/24 1101
We Will Rock You – 24/9/24 1016
School attendance – 18/9/24 1801
First completed week back – 17/9 1330
Proposal to build secondary school in Whiteley – 6/9/24 1136
Photo permissions – 5/9/24 1042
Punctuality to school – 4/9/24 1306
Uniform for Thursday 5 September – 3/9/24 1101
Start of Autumn Term – 30/8/24 1031
Summer mailing – 28/8/24 – 1354
Statistics
House Points Averages per Pupil for This Week
Year 7 8.75 points
Year 8 6.72 points
Year 9 8.04 points
Year 10 7.55 points
Year 11 6.32 points
Attendance
This week – 93.6%
Same week last year – 93.2%
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/carers to check in with their child to see whether they are accessing these resources routinely and to encourage the best use of them.
If there are issues with access, please bring this to the school’s attention as soon as possible so that we can help.
MathsWatch
Average number of questions answered per pupil this week
Year 7 11.6 questions
Year 8 24.0 questions
Year 9 5.6 questions
Year 10 8.8 questions
Year 11 16.6 questions
Highest Number of questions answered by one pupil this week
| Year 7 | 187 questions |
| Year 8 | 269 questions |
| Year 9 | 98 questions |
| Year 10 | 55 questions |
| Year 11 | 197 questions |
Over 50% in Maths Homework
| Year 7 | 58% |
| Year 8 | 74% |
| Year 9 | 44% |
| Year 10 | 46% |
| Year 11 | 49% |
Over 75% in Maths Homework
| Year 7 | 53% |
| Year 8 | 55% |
| Year 9 | 32% |
| Year 10 | 30% |
| Year 11 | 33% |
100% in Maths Homework
| Year 7 | 40%* |
| Year 8 | 24% |
| Year 9 | 20% |
| Year 10 | 7% |
| Year 11 | 11 % |
*For example, this figure means 40% of Year 7 got 100% in their homework tasks.
Not all Maths homework is set on MathsWatch, which is likely to affect the averages.
Maths Homework Club is open to all Years on Wednesdays in ICT2 until 4pm.
Year 11 Maths Revision on Mondays – see schedule in Maths classrooms for details.
Maths Assessment dates for Autumn term
w/b 21 October – Year 7 – non-calculator paper
4 November – 15 November – Year 11 – three mock papers, one non-calculator
w/b 2 December – Year 10 – 2 papers, one using a calculator
w/b 9 December – Year 9 – calculator paper
w/b 16 December Year 8 – calculator paper
w/b 16 December – Year 7 – calculator paper
A revision list will be published a week before the assessment to support with homework preparation for the test.
Assessments will be marked by the class teacher and then feedback will be given in class along with a pupil feedback sheet to support future learning.
Calculators and other equipment for sale
Casio fx-83GT scientific calculators can be bought via Scopay and collected from the Finance Office. Prices of these and other items for sale are shown below:
Casio fx-83GT scientific calculator- £9.00
Pre-packed pencil case – £2.50
Pair of compasses – 29p
Protractor – 9p
100 blank flashcards – £1.00
A range of GCSE Maths revision materials for KS4 use – See Scopay for details
Please note that pupils in Years 9 and 10, who are currently in middle sets for Maths are covering the Higher tier syllabus. This will be shown as Intermediate on the assessment feedback sheet that gets emailed home.
Educake – Science
Average number of questions answered per pupil this week
Year 7 29.10 questions
Year 8 37.50 questions
Year 9 55.96 questions
Year 10 84.81 questions
Year 11 101.18 questions
Highest number of questions answered by one pupil this week
Year 7 191 questions
Year 8 230 questions
Year 9 252 questions
Year 10 284 questions
Year 11 517 questions