Student Zone

Safer Internet Day 7 February 2012

Monday, 30 January 2012 00:00

Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised by Insafe each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.

On Safer Internet Day, Tuesday 7 February, CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) are broadcasting the ‘The Parents’ and Carers’ Guide to the Internet’; an entertaining, light-hearted look at what it takes to be an online parent.  It will be available from 7am on thinkuknow.co.uk/parents and youtube.com/ceop.  With interviews from experts including Dr Tanya Byron and Dr Linda Papadopoulos, industry players like Facebook and Moshi Monsters and, most importantly, children themselves this TV-style show aims to answer all of the tricky questions parents may be afraid to ask.

Also the CEOP team will be taking questions from parents between 18:00 - 21:00 via our social media platforms.  Join the conversation at #parentsguide or respond to them on Facebook - facebook.com/clickceop.

Emma Shepheard
ICT Coordinator

Telephone Careers Helpline for Students

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:08

The Department for Business Innovation & Skills has launched a telephone careers helpline for students as part of the National Careers Service.  Support is available from trained advisers who will talk through issues, offering confidential advice and practical help.  Advisers are available from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week, telephone 0800 100 900, or for text messages on 0776 641 3219

School Photographs: payment deadline

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 10:07

Please can we remind parents, carers and guardians that the final day for excepting payments for student photographs at the school is Thursday 17 November.  After this date, payments will need to be made direct to Van Cols, the photographer. 

Behaviour & Safety Student Feedback Presentation available to download

Monday, 14 November 2011 00:00

The Behaviour & Safety Student Feedback presentation is now available to download.  Please note that the presentation is available in the following formats:

• Download a copy of the Behaviour & Safety Student Feedback presentation in PDF format (pdf, 592Kb)
• Download a copy of the Behaviour & Safety Student Feedback presentation (original Powerpoint presentation, 72Kb)

Collapsed Curriculum Day

Monday, 17 October 2011 00:00

Sprowston Community High School celebrated its first Collapsed Curriculum Day on Wednesday 12 October.

• Year 7 worked on a 'Sheep project' with PSHE and the Arts which contributed to 99 sheep being displayed at the Cathedral as part of the Leaders and Followers project.
• Year 8 celebrated Europe through a European Awareness Day where they worked in teams to create a board game.
• Year 9 used their scientific and design skills to take part in the 'Mission to Mars' project.
• Year 10 completed their Speaking and Listening coursework in English and worked on controlled assessment and additional learning opportunities in Humanities.
• Year 11 benefited from additional time in ICT and Maths to develop their wider key skills in preparation for their exams.

Many thanks are extended to all staff who contributed to making Collapsed Curriculum Day a great success.

Helen Watts
Deputy Head (Teaching and Learning)

School Photography Proofs

Wednesday, 12 October 2011 10:34

The money for the school photographer proofs will be collected by the school photographer, Van Cols, on Thursday 20 October.  Please pay your money by this date to make sure your pictures are received quickly.  If you have any problems with your proofs please contact Van Cols on 01206 273711, quoting your ID number from your proof.   Many thanks

Get Active with Sportivate

Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:00

Are you aged 14 - 25 years old?  Do you fancy trying something new?  Sportivate sessions in Norfolk are offering you the opportunity to enjoy taster sessions in a range of activities, such as, Street Dance, Football, Windsurfing, Golf, Horse Riding and many more!  No experience required.

For further information visit the Sportivate - Active Norfolk website.

Sprowston Students receive Awards from Football Stars

Tuesday, 27 September 2011 09:24

15 Sprowston students were amongst dozens of schoolchildren who received awards from Norwich City’s Premier League football stars after completing a soccer-themed educational course.  The students completed al course called the ‘Double Club’ which aimed to improve literacy and maths skills as well as football skills on the field. 

Jenni Dixon, NCFC Double Club tutor said “Last term, all my Double Club students worked really hard in producing their own football-themed superhero stories and studying different ways of using and applying maths to league tables, ticket prices, match statistics and training activities.”

John Ward, Norfolk County Councillor Sprowston, who attended the awards ceremony for the pupils who had completed the course, made a special mention in a letter he wrote to the EDP congratulating the 15 students from Sprowston.

Congratulations to all the students who completed the course.

{Source: Dan Grimmer, Norwich Evening News, Wednesday 14 September 2011}

View the original article on the Norwich Evening News website

School Photographer Visiting

Thursday, 15 September 2011 00:00

The school photographers, Van Cols will be visiting us on Friday 23 September and Friday 30 September to take pictures of all our students.

Students will be informed of the times to attend before the 23 September via their form tutors.  Any students who miss this session are invited to attend on the afternoon of Friday 30 September when we will be also able to take sibling photographs.  If you have any questions about these sessions please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Mr A & Mr C in the O2 Learn £100,000 National Final!

Wednesday, 07 September 2011 11:23

Pictured from left Mr John Cordeaux
and Mr John Allerhand

We are on the brink of a very exciting opportunity at the school and we need your help. Two of our teachers, Mr John Allerhand and Mr John Cordeaux entered a national educational video competition organised by O2 Learn. Mr A and Mr C, won two of the fortnightly prizes with “Reincarnation” and “Matters of Life and Death” and so found themselves amongst eighteen schools in the semi-final. This was largely due to voting support from the students at the school.

Over the summer holiday a panel of educational experts examined the eighteen videos and reduced them to a final eight.  Both of the videos were chosen to be in the final eight. We are the only school in the country with two videos in the final.  We want to put Sprowston on the national educational map and we want to win the first prize of £100 000 for the school to build a multi-media O2 complex for the school and support the foundation of a new Sixth Form Centre at Sprowston.

How Can You Help?  Each of the films will be awarded points from the panel of experts according to the educational value of the film.  These points will then be added to points gained from a public vote for the two weeks starting Wednesday September 14 and ending on Tuesday September 27 2011. This is where you come in. O2 have clearly stated that each voter has only one vote and we want you to make it count.

To do this you will need to go on to the O2 Learn home page on or after the 14 September and follow the new voting instructions. Register with O2 Learn; “verify” as instructed; and then please vote for “THE REINCARNATION SONG”. This is the video that we believe can win. Watch it again and sing along! Please try not to vote for the other video “Matters of ...” because it will split the vote.

1.  We need all students and staff to vote.
2.  We need all parents and guardians to vote.
3.  We need you to spread the word so that we can maximise the Sprowston voting potential.

Results will be announced by O2 Learn on Friday October 14 2011.

COME ON SPROWSTON!

Many thanks

Mr A & Mr C