Maths Student of the Week  

 

Manuela-Jane 7M - Manuela is a fantastic student, always focused and always working hard.  She obviously cares about the subject a great deal.  She is a real role model for the other students in the class!

Well Done!

Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge 

On 1 December 2022, Tina 10C and I attended the ‘Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge’ regional finals, a program which encourages students to improve their public speaking skills.   
After school, we travelled to Parliament Hill School, where we met the representatives from other Camden schools and completed a brief workshop designed to help us deliver our speech more clearly and confidently. 

After that, we had a quick rehearsal during which the Jack Petchey staff explained how the event was to be organised, and where we were supposed to go at what time. At 5:30 we were allowed a break to eat dinner and relax for a while before the event began, and at 6:15 we went back to the hall to perform our speeches.

Although it was quite a nerve-wracking experience, everyone managed their speeches very well; we heard some really interesting stories and were presented with fresh and varied perspectives on different topics. 

After the student speeches were over, we heard a speech from Nazma Rahman, the Deputy Mayor of Camden, and we all took a picture with her.

Once the judges had added up their scores, they announced the three winners that they had selected from across the schools. Incredibly, Tina won 3rd place for CSG! She was presented with an award and her speech (entitled ‘Yes, I bleed’) was posted on the Jack Petchey website.

Overall, the Jack Petchey regional finals was a fun and compelling experience which I feel helped to improve my confidence in public speaking. And, of course, our school got its moment in the limelight thanks to Tina’s powerful speech (see link below)

https://youtu.be/sWb_kkfCsiw

Assia 10M

Foodbank Collection

Before Christmas Caroline Black, 6^th Form Office Manager, arranged a whole school collection for the Camden Foodbank, liaising with the Support Manager, Jackie Pepper.

We have received a lovely message from Jackie below:

“It was a massive collection which I understand was carried out in the whole school.

Please thank Matthew and Don for loading all the food into the car for me and please thank all the food donators at your school who contributed to a really generous amount of targeted food for local people in food crisis, which I collected from your school and have taken to Camden Foodbank.

Targeted food collections are really important as we aim to give people in food hunger a variety of food, so your collection is extremely helpful.
We will be doing further food collections in 2023 which I hope you may be able to support”

We are planning to arrange another collection before Easter. Information will be shared with all parents and students once this is arranged via our daily BANDA.

Many thanks to all of those parents, students and staff members who contributed to our Christmas collection; we hope you many of you will feel able to contribute once again at Easter.

Y13 Trip to Barbican Hall

On Friday 16 December, Year 13 Music class headed to the Barbican Hall and were treated to a British Christmas fixture - a seasonal performance of Handel's great Choral retelling of the life of Christ - his masterpiece, 'Messiah'.

This piece is a landmark of European culture, performed annually at this time of year in a tradition dating back to the 18th century. Laurence Cummings directed the Academy of Ancient music at the harpsichord plus a cast headed by the outstanding American soprano Amanda Forsythe.

The AAM brought this great Oratorio to life in a historically- informed style and we were privileged to share it with a packed Barbican hall.

The students were also able to hear a pre-concert talk given by the director of the orchestra, the principal Oboe and the Contralto Jess Dandy which was extremely insightful and included demonstrations on period instruments. 

Good Work Camden 

Good Work Camden have been working closely with local employers to develop new opportunities in the year ahead. Please find below a programme of events for the New Year from January – March 2023:

Events Programme