Weekly Message 259 – 21 March 2025
21st March 2025
Jazz Café at Waypoint Church
We are rapidly approaching yet another end of term. Between now and then, the second Year 11 Parents’ Subject Evening of the year is taking place on Tuesday 1 April 2025 in school, with appointment booking opening at 1800 on 21 March 2025. Please refer to the letter sent to parents/carers for specific details.
We remind pupils, parents and carers that there is a non-school uniform day taking place on Friday 28 March 2025 and school closes to pupils on Friday 4 April 2025 for the Easter holiday at 1450.
Year 11 Intended Destination Data
Year 11 are at an exciting time in their Cams Hill School journey as they continue to prepare for their final exams.
We are in the process of collating information regarding where they are up to with their planning on where they wish to progress to, for the next academic year – pupils have been emailed a link to a form to complete, and this can also be found on their ClassCharts.
As a school we must report this data to Hampshire, as our local authority, so would be grateful if the forms could be completed as soon as possible.
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Last weekend saw our Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award pupils experience their first, rather chilly training camp. They have been learning how to cook on open stoves, read maps and write route cards, and put up their tents. This was a great preparation for their assessed expedition in May, although we hope it will be much warmer for the real thing.
Jazz Café
Yesterday we held our annual Jazz Café event at a new venue: Waypoint Church. This provided pupils with an opportunity to perform on a large stage, with excellent sound and light facilities. The auditorium also accommodated our traditional casual seating and audience members enjoying food and drink throughout the evening. The evening included performances of jazz and soul inspired pieces and arrangements.
The solo performers were accompanied by our ‘pit band’ made up of pupils and staff as we continue to ensure that all the music heard was performed live.
The standard of the performers was incredibly high, and we are grateful to them for all their hard work preparing for the evening. Our thanks also go to all the staff working behind the scenes to make the evening such a huge success.
Soul Band at Wicor Primary School
A Year 10 line-up of our Soul Band visited Wicor Primary School last week and performed to their pupils and staff. They were warmly received as ever, with lots of clapping along and brilliant comments from both pupils and staff.
Non-Uniform Day – Friday 28 March 2025
Pi Day Bake-Off Winners
Winchester School of Art – Free Easter Courses
The Winchester School of Art is running free Art & Design and Fashion & Textile courses this Easter. For 14-18-year-olds; no previous experience in the subject is required.
Exam Self-Care – Young Minds
We all know that exams are extremely challenging, not only because of what we must learn, but also because they can affect our mental health. We’re told to take regular breaks, but some find it hard to know how best to use them. Exam pressure is a rich topic for which there is plenty of advice. However, much of this advice focuses on study techniques to memorise exam topics. The reality is that much of the most vital revision is executed when not revising. Sometimes this aspect of revision can be more important than the active element. If interested in finding some top tier self-care tips, please follow the link below:
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/blog/exam-self-care/
Maths Countdown
Sports Results
Year 8 Netball won against Bay House 21-16
Year 9 Football won against Bay House 4-1
Year 10 Football lost to Bay House 3-2
Year 9 Netball drew with Henry Cort 20-20
Year 7 Netball won against Portchester 20-0
Menu w/c 24 March 2025
We will be featuring an old favourite Chefs Pod, Chicken Flatbread with Salad and Garlic Mayo.
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.
Non-School Uniform, 28 March – sent Wednesday 19/3/25 1322
Update on Drama lesson footwear policy – sent Tuesday 18/3/25 1024
Meeting concerning relocation of Henry Cort Community College – sent 1415 Thursday 13 March 2025 – (we were asked by Hampshire County Council to send this message to all parents/carers)
Road Safety – sent 1515 Monday 10/3/25
Statistics
Positive Behaviour Points Averages per Pupil for This Week
Year 7 6.24 points
Year 8 4.47 points
Year 9 3.87 points
Year 10 3.47 points
Year 11 1.50 points
Attendance
This week – 93.6%
Same week last year – 91.7%
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 8.5 questions
Year 8 13.9 questions
Year 9 13.7 questions
Year 10 17.3 questions
Year 11 7.9 questions
Highest Number of questions answered by one pupil this week
Year 7 141 questions
Year 8 68 questions
Year 9 119 questions
Year 10 102 questions
Year 11 48 questions
Over 50% in Maths Homework
Year 7 55%
Year 8 57%
Year 9 44%
Year 10 44%
Year 11 22%
Over 75% in Maths Homework
Year 7 49%
Year 8 44%
Year 9 32%
Year 10 27%
Year 11 10%
100% in Maths Homework
Year 7 28%*
Year 8 22%
Year 9 9%
Year 10 9%
Year 11 2%
*For example, this figure means 28% 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 Spring Term
w/b 24 March – Year 9 – calculator paper
w/b 31 March – Year 8 – calculator paper
w/b 31 March – Year 7 – Non-calculator paper (tbc)
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.
Date for the diary: Pi Day bake-off (Friday 14 March)
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
Educake – Science
Average number of questions answered per pupil this week
Year 7 30 questions
Year 8 22 questions
Year 9 89 questions
Year 10 70 questions
Year 11 51 questions
Highest number of questions answered by one pupil this week
Year 7 270 questions
Year 8 352 questions
Year 9 1130 questions
Year 10 434 questions
Year 11 374 questions