NEWS Sept Oct 2018

Year 12 PSHE Day
Gloucester, Oxstalls Campus
Year 12 were invited to Oxstalls Campus in Gloucester
where they had a tour of the campus followed by
different workshops and sessions.
The first was on ‘Presenting’ – talking about what made
a good/bad presentation. Then in groups they had to
give a presentation about the opening of a new theme
park. They were given ten images and had to talk for ten
seconds about each image – linking it to their theme
park.
The second session was on ‘Effective Note Taking’ – the
students were asked to watch clips from films, and to
make notes. Then followed a question forum, to see how
effective their note taking had been!
The final session was on “Time Management”, with the
main take home point on ‘be realistic about the time you
have’. The students were asked to account for a 24 hour
period: how much time they spent sleeping, looking on
social media, walking the dog, eating etc. They then
calculated how much time was left for study, and from
there what could help them to plan their time more
effectively, and whether it would be an electronic plan
or paper diary.
German Exchange
We welcomed students from Miesbach, Bavaria for
the week-long annual German exchange! As
pictured here, It was a windy finish to a another
successful visit, and a week-long trip full of trips,
visits and being part of a family from The Cotswold
School. This trip has been running for many years
now and is a great help to students from both
schools.
Language Quiz
At the start of the term and to get our brains in gear, some
brave teachers together with the students took part in a
House Language quiz at lunchtime. Taking place in the
School Hall, Dr Pearce, the new Head of Zeus was in fighting
form, leading us to victory! Well done.
Apollo was second, Artemis third with Poseidon fourth.
Although Poseidon have made a comeback, leading the
School Points score after this first half-term.
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