Headteacher’s Blog – Week Commencing 11th of May 2020 I hope you are all well and keeping safe. I also hope you are following the advice from the government as we try our hardest to slow the spread of the coronavirus. This week we have started to develop initial plans looking at the possibility of CODA opening for Year 10 students. We still await full confirmation from the Department for Education and when we do know we will let you know. Although these are unprecedented times, CODA remains strong and I am proud with the amount of successes we have had whilst students learn at home. The Keeping in Touch phone calls and visits have been a huge success and it is lovely to see so many of our students trying to make the best of lockdown. All students mentioned will also receive an extra 20 points. These will be carried forward to next year’s Activity Day scoring as well. CODA CV 19 School. The work taking place in school keeps getting better and better. Not only are the students going to appear in other areas of my blog, they have been involved in a lot of learning across a wide range of skills. This has included working towards their Princes Trust Award, gardening, kite flying, cycling, Kings game, colour scavenger hunt, making a sensory display for Extended learning and making the school planters and raised beds which already have herbs and plants in. I want to thank all of the staff who are doing a fabulous job of providing so many memorable experiences. Really proud of everyone.

English Success Miss Goodman wants to say well done to Jasleen K whose fix it work was wonderful. Well done Jasleen we are all proud of you.

Mrs Goodman also wanted to say well done to Noor S who has produced a fantastic 200 word monologue. Well done Noor we are proud of you.

Mr Hall wants to praise and reward the following students for excellence in English. Mr Hall said ‘Please could you mention the following students in your blog when next possible. In Year 7 Orlando A and Taranvir S have produced some imaginative work on a creative writing project; in Year 9 Oliver N and Tyler G have done some great work on a Gothic Literature project; and in Year 10 Paris B has worked consistently well on the GCSE anthology poems. Well done to all of them.’ I agree Mr Hall, well done to everyone! Science Success Mrs Williams would like to say well done to Gagandeep k and luke NL. Mrs Williams said ‘Please could you mention Gagandeep K Year 10, in your blog. Every single week since the lock down started, she has completed all her biology work, marked it herself and then sent me the work, with highlights to show me the parts she doesn't understand. I'm sure you'll agree this consistent, thorough approach is excellent. If you can mention another from me, please mention Luke NL who is making great progress with his science revision’. Well done both we are proud of you. Mathematics Success Mrs Hussain wants to say well done to Ranveer S in year 7. She said ‘I've got a student in my 7A4 Class, Ranveer S, who has completed both of the CGP Catch-up workbooks 1 and 2. He uploaded a few of the last pages just to show me. It's quite an achievement I’m really pleased that he's done this’’. Well done Ranveer, great work. Mrs Hussian also wanted to say a huge well done to the following students who have been perfroming brilliantly with their maths wirk. Well done to Tyler G (Indices puzzle, which he completed in 2mins and 20 secs! Amazing!), Romeo A, Liam W, William M, Namneet G, Tyler D, Yara S, Sam H, Gurleen K, Isabell D, Ella D,

Dale M, Harkeerat H, Karanveer S (taught himself Radians for the topic of Finding areas/angles of sectors!), Jamie R (super polite and conscientiously completes his work, never late), Huzaifa K, Hira B and Moses A. Wow, well done everyone we are all proud of you! Mr Birkinsahw wanted to say well done to Alaynna D who has produced a great piece of work. Mr Birkinshaw said ‘Hi Alyanna, he time and effort you have taken to produce work that can be used in a display is amazing! I have copied in other teachers that will be especially interested to see your work. If possible, keep them for

when we return to school 👍’ Well done we are proud of you.

Mr Birkinshaw also wanted to say well done to Edgars U. Mr B said ‘Thank you for sending me your completed Mental Test and what a brilliant score! You have been very inventive with your feedback and the pdf editor is really useful to know about! Well done - I have put class charts points on for you!’ Well done Edgars you are a star! Technology Success This is a first! We have had a communication from a student who is the brother of one of our current students. Hopefully, Gabriel W will be joining us soon and he has been practicing his carpentry skills. He wanted to show off his ladder and sent Mr Scales a photo and video of which Mr Scales was very proud indeed. Well done Gabriel, when you come to CODA in the future your points will be waiting for you! History Challenge Mr Anderson would like to say a huge well done to Pawandeep S. He said ‘I hope you're well. I'd like to make you aware of the brilliant work that Pawandeep has put into his WW1 Project. He's been researching this for weeks, using his own personal books, the library and the internet has gained an in-depth understanding of the period. Following this, he's put together a 14-page guide to the First World War (including pictures and detailed notes), and also attached a powerpoint presentation on the Battle of the Somme. I can't say enough

how proud I am of him, and would be grateful if he could be mentioned in your next blog’. Well done Pawandeep we are proud of you. MFL Success Mr Day wanted to say ’Zoha A, is a superstar - always turns up for Teams sessions twice a week. She has done some great translations and has also sent pictures of a top she has made and a lovely drawing. If a picture of the top makes it to your blog please use the one where Zoha isn't wearing it - she's admirably demure. Half of the reason she's doing French is due to her interest in textiles and fashion, seeing it as a potential career. I've already awarded 20CC points.’ Well done Zoha we are proud of you.

Mr Milner would also like to say a huge well done to the following students. MFL news and success stories Mrs. Nielsen and Mr. Day would really like to praise Zoha A (Y10). She has designed and made a really nice piece of clothing, using her French language skills along the way. In addition to this, she has also been working well on her translations. Well done, Zoha! Mr. Milner and Mrs Nielsen would like to thank Oliver F (Y9) and Haydn F (y7) for their continued commitment to producing top quality language work from home, culminating in yesterday's great presentation about CODA in German. Also lovely work from Matilda B and Aya G (Y7). Finally, well done to Amit K and Muneeb H (Y10) for their presentations and test work. Great work everyone we are so proud. General Success Mrs Richardson wants to say a huge well done to Paramraj who has written a fabulous story. I cannot include all of it as it is so long. Well done Paramraj, we are so proud of you.

Miss Bulloch also wanted to say a huge well done to Jaswinder K’s time capsule work. Miss Bulloch said ‘Thought you might like to add about Jaswinder K's Time capsule work to your blog. She has done some fantastic work on this and it is very detailed and I’m extremely proud of her efforts’. Well done Jaswinder.

Mrs Bruce is sp proud of Jordan M, Samuel G, Charlie S, Bhawanjot S and Lemuella Z. This week they had their final reports from Rolls Royce and they were all glowing. We are all so proud of you all.

Mr Bult says a huge well done to Annie T. Mr Bult said ‘Pease see a collection of Power Points from Annie T who has been completing my weekly Year 7 Isolation Project and including her own blog.’. Well done Annie your work is fantastic, keep it up.

Miss Wilshaw, says well done to Harman K. Miss Wilshaw said ‘Please see my forwarded email from Harman K year 8 who has done some fantastic mythical creatures drawings and attached are her research pages on them. Really good effort and I lovely email from here.’ Well done Harman.

This week’s top scoring class charts students, who will be awarded 20 extra points are: - Year 10 Georgia G (160), Skye S (141), Jamie R (138) Year 9 Ella D (235), Yara S (218), Tyler G (213) Year 8 Joshua A (180), Pawandeep S (174), Harman K (172) Year 7 Quratulin T (370), Mehardeep S (215), Ranveer S (200) Overall

First Annie T (370) Second Ella D (235) Third Mehardeep S (215)