Students plan to develop a village in Ghana

'Village by Village'

This is a charity that works in Ghana to help and support communities to develop. It is involved in a range of programmes; building, teaching, business and sports leadership. They visit and support villages and travel around Ghana to offer support which will benefit a community. This is run by volunteers and they usually have 14 students from schools around England who spend a month supporting their great work.

Year 12 students

12 students from TCS have now enrolled to work on this project and are travelling to Ghana in June 2013. In order to do this, they have to fund themselves entirely - including travel, accommodation and food. In addition, each student has to raise £800 directly for resources for the charity. These students are: Francesca Montanino, Kirsty Mills, Giles Baldwin, Joe Hayes, Marcus Linfoot, Jack Rowland, Jack Stone, Charlie Paviour, Bethany Kyle, Jess Daulton, Ellen Willams and Georgia Marshall.

Fundraising

To raise the necessary funds, these students are embarking on a 12 month fund raising programmes. They are currently organising a range of events including; cake sales, a 24 hour trampolining event, and a sponsored cycle ride where they try to meet the mileage of the distance between GB & Ghana. All the proceeds from these events will go directly to support the charity work and to cover the volunteering initiatives.

'Shop to Fund Raise' initiative

Our students are also looking to link into this excellent idea. This is an initiative where the buyer does not pay more for the product but a percentage of their total spend goes directly towards the charity. Full details of how to use this will be issued shortly.

INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS AND FULL DETAILS OF FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES WILL BE PUBLICISED SHORTLY

CHILDREN IN NEED DAY

Children in Need

The Year 12 students approached this day with ingenuity and a sense of fun. Students appeared in assembly this morning dressed as animals, Super Mario, the Incredibles, a nurse, a shark, and some students were even sporting bubble wrap dresses. There a group of young men in 'all in one' outfits who were impossible to identify! They are currently collecting money and raising funds for 'children in need.' A great effort and photos are available for viewing.

Sixth Form Leadership Team

The process for applications and voting was outlined to the students this morning:

Monday 21st November

Students to register their interest / obtain job descriptions.

Thursday 1st December

Students deliver speeches to Year 12 students & staff on why they want to be in the leadership team. Votes will be counted and the 8 students with the most votes will be elected into the Sixth Form Leadership team

Wednesday 7th December

The elected 8 students will deliver a short presentation to Mr Baxter, Headteacher to outline why they should be chosen as Head boy / girl.

Friday 16th December

There will be a celebration Assembly to announce the results of the election.

Sixth Form Leadership Team

Sixth Form Leadership Team

The Year 12 students have now decided that it is time to create their own leadership team. They want to organise a small group of 10 - 12 students who will become the 'voice' of all Post 16 students. They are aiming to focus on the daily running of the facilities, as well as providing a route to ensure that Post 16 studies is continually forward thinking and progressive.

Head Girl / Head Boy

The students will also select a Head boy and Head girl who will become the most influential and significant students in this school. This will be a role of responsibility and will be awarded to the students who have the most leadership potential. These 2 students will represent all post 16 students on formal occasions. Consequently, this will be a very prestigious role.

Decision making process - The Vote!

The students are currently organising a list of individuals who would be interested in becoming part of the leadership group. We will then organise a session for speeches and hold a formal voting process so that year 12 students have a genuine say in who is selected to represent them. Staff will also be invited to cast their votes. In the event of a tie-break situation, the school leadership team will oversee the final decision making process.

This will clearly become a very influential group of students who will help to steer the learning and teaching at this school and I look forward to the next few weeks as we prepare to decide on our first ever Sixth Form leadership team.

Sixth Form Open evening

Impressive attendance

The Sixth form Open Evening was held in the Post 16 centre last night. The school was delighted to be overwhelmed by the numbers of prospective students and their parents. The doors opened at 6pm and the queue to sign in for the evening extended across the school. It took 15 minutes to get everybody through the door.

Departmental stands

Each department hosted a stand with information on available courses. The response of parents and students was very positive and comments were made frequently about the enthusiasm of the staff and the quality / range of the available courses.

Year 12 front the evening

The current Year 12 were impressive in their commitment and support of the school and each department had a group of students available to explain their experience of the subject, to outline both the challenges and the aspects that have interested and inspired them. The centre was full of activity, people, noise and conversation.

STOP PRESS....STOP PRESS...STOP PRESS....

More courses potentially available next year!!

There was much interest in our school offering the following subjects:

AS MEDIA STUDIES / AS TEXTILES / AS COMPUTING / AS GOVERNMENT & POLITICS / AS LAW....

Please indicate on the application form if you would like to study any of these courses as we are seriously considering extending our range of courses.