Talk: Toil and Trouble - Magic in Roman Britain, 9th June, 5 - 5.40pm

On Thursday 9th June, from 5 - 6pm, we are very pleased to welcome Adam Parker, Roman archaeologist and the Assistant Curator of Archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum, to deliver a community talk.

He will be speaking about the archaeology of magic in Roman Britain. His presentation will introduce how people protected themselves from bad luck, demons and the Evil Eye by using magical objects, lucky jewellery, spells, chants, and sexual imagery in the first to fourth centuries AD.

The talk is of particular interest to students of Classics, History and anyone with an interest in Archaeology, but all are very welcome. The talk will last for 30 minutes and be followed by drinks and questions.

To book, please speak to myself or Mr Gimson, or email info@irisproject.org.uk

The talk will take place in the Classics Centre (L14). 

Year 12 UCAS Predictor Exams

Year 12

Please see below the timetable for your UCAS Predictor exams.
The venue for your exams will follow soon! There are hard copies of the timetable available outside of my office, a copy has also been emailed home,

Monday 27th June
8:30am	Economics 1	90 min
	Psychology 1	90 min
11am	History 1	90min
		90 min
1:30 pm	Biology 1	90 min
	Business Studies 1	90 min

Tuesday 28th June
8:30am	Economics 2	90 min
	Psychology 2	90 min
11am	Classic Civilisations	90min
	Core Maths	90 min
		90 min
1:30 pm	Chemistry 1	75 min
	English 1	135 min

Wednesday 29th June
8:30am	Physics 1	90 min
	Sociology 1	120 min
1pm	Chemistry 2	105 min
	English 2	135 min

Thursday 30th  June
8:30am	History 2	60 min
11am	Biology 2	90 min
1:30 pm	Physics 2	90 min
	Sociology 2	90 min

ROUTES!!!

The following people have failed to get their routes into me and they must be done as a matter of emergency!

Asams Group:
Day 3 &1 Missing

Jeevan's Group:
Day 2 Missing

Christopher Headland's Group
ALL DAYS MISSING

Tilly's Group:
Day 2 Missing

Tom Downes Group:
Day 2 (need to do your way points) &3

Zita's Group
Day 4 (no way points)
Day 1&2

This needs to be done as a matter of urgency as they need to be sent off for authorisation!

I will expect them emailed to me by the end of the day!
Miss Bristow

Sixth Form Access to School During Half Term

Dear Sixth Form

The premises team at Cheney are organising some serious work to some of the school buildings during half term.  If  you would like to come into school, their message is:

No problem to Sixth Form students coming in over the half-term break. 

All we kindly ask is:

·         Students come in via main reception
·         Students Go to and use Lane building only
·         Come in at 9 am and leave by 2 pm

Yr 13 ID Card Reactivation

To Year 13 Students that had card deactivated,

Your ID cards have now been reactivated. Please make sure you see Mrs Beesley in the finance office as they need to be scanned in order to complete the reactivation.

Thank you

Managing Stress - FREE HELP

http://www.oxfordshiremind.org.uk/courses/

All our courses are open to anyone over the age of 16, are free of charge and run in the daytime, at evenings and weekends. There is a particularly interesting course in Cowley from 11am-1pm on Thursdays until 23 June on Managing Stress.

Route Plans reminder

To All DofE Participants,

You have until P5 to send me your route cards. If you fail to do so it could question your place on the expedition and in turn whether you pass the award. Please get them sent to me by P5.

Thank you,
Miss Bristow

Summer STEM Taster sessions

 Abingdon College has teamed up with some great employers to offer taster sessions into Science, Technology, Engineering and MAths (STEM) jobs.

RAF STEM taster day at RAF Brize Norton

Tuesday 5^th July, 9.45am – 3.30pm
The session will be fun and interactive with several activities to get you involved on the day.

 

·         ICT Tech/Cyberspace specialist activity.
·         Meet aircraft RAF engineers on the A400M aircraft including fault finding activity (subject to availability).
·         View RAF facilities (accommodation and gym)
·         Discuss the next steps

Location: RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, OXON, OX18 3LX

To book, please email Russell.paul@abingdon-witney.ac.uk or call 07920 710665 or 01235 216302

 

Abingdon and Witney College
1^st August, 8^th August and 15^th August, 9am -5pm Special lunch activity with the Royal Navy on 15^th August. Lunch is provided.

This exciting day starts with a welcome, introduction and tour of our brand new, state of the art facilities.  You will have a chance to do two activities during the day. 

 

1.      Computer Aided Design (CAD) project - using our high spec IT equipment, you will design your product and turn your plans into real life by building your design on our 3D printers.   
2.      Manufacturing engineering project - put your engineering hand skills to the test in our new workshop.  Learn engineering hand skills and produce a product by milling and turning using our state of the art machinery.
Location:         Abingdon and Witney College, Wootton Road, Abingdon, OX14 1GG
To book, please email Russell.paul@abingdon-witney.ac.uk or call 07920 710665 or 01235 216302
 

SS TUBE Technology taster day

Wednesday 3^rd August 20163.30p.m – 6 pm

The session will include:

 

-       a presentation and tour
-       observations of Computer Aided Design (CAD), laser cutting (watch a keyring, of your initials, being cut), tube bending, CNC machining
-       activities in the insulation department, spot welding using PPE, and TIG welding (melting metal together using electrical impulses).

You will also get a chance to talk to a current SS TUBE Technology apprentice.

Location:         SS Tube Technology, Station Point, Old Station Way, Eynsham, OX29 4TL.
To book, please email Russell.paul@abingdon-witney.ac.uk or call 07920 710665 or 01235 216302

 

 

Route Reminder

To All DofE Students,

A quick reminder that the route are due in Thursday Morning at the latest. I really do not want to be chasing you so can you please make sure they are sent to me by then.

Thank you,
Miss Bristow

eDofE

To all DofE Students,

I have had a good look at your logged hours and sections on the login. I have sent messages to the following students who need to do some updating:

Muhammad Ali
Atef
Kamaal
Asam
James
Joanna
Jodie
Holly Napier
Emily Wilcox

Can you all have a look at your messages and update as suggested.

Secondly, you all need to start booking and organising residential for the summer holidays, remember it must be 5 days and 4 nights. You can find free residential on line just google DofE residential and there is a list. Or get hold of schools and outdoor centers, maybe Christchurch meadows would want a volunteer for a week and you could stay in uni halls? 11 of you have already done your residential and this is fantastic. I need to know what you are doing by MONDAY 6TH JUNE.

Miss B

Sociology Lessons Next Week

Dear Year 12 and Year 13

There have been some changes to the sociology lessons next week. Please note:

MONDAY
Year 12 - no lesson
Year 13 - lesson with Mrs Mak

WEDNESDAY
Year 12 - lesson with Mrs Mak
Year 13 - lesson with Miss Doherty

Year 12 - I will set you some work for Monday's double - please check Edmodo for this.

Best wishes,
Miss Doherty and Miss Mak

Sixth Form library ban until 6 June 2016

Year 12 and Year 13: No entry to the Library at any time until 6 June 2016.

 

This is due to:

•      rudeness

•      eating

•      listening to music

•      ignoring some members of staff

•      playing football inside

•      talking loudly

•      putting feet on chairs/tables

•       

Please respect this decision and we look forward to welcoming you back into the library on 6 June 2016. This is not a pleasant side of the job but we cannot continue to allow the library to be abused and for staff to be treated with disrespect without any consequences.

 

Sixth Formers found in the library will be reported to us.

 

Thank you!

Miss Doherty and Mrs Marsh.

Lost Phone

A Space Grey iPhone 6 has been lost. I found please hand it in to the Sixth Form Office.

Thank you

Returning Library Books

Please could all Year 12 and 13 students look for any library books they have on loan from Cheney Library – shiny covers, Cheney School Library stamped all over them, barcodes on the back, you know the sort of thing!  Just drop them into the RED box on the library counter – no fines, no questions asked, we just want the books back, however long you’ve had them, even from Year 7!

Thanks

Ms Cook

Route Planning

To All DofE Participants,

Unfortunately due to the system being down on Monday we were unable to have one of our lessons route planning. Could you please meet in my room during lunch time today and tomorrow and I will give your your routes and guidelines so that you can go and make a start on these over the weekend. You will be pleased to know that you can now do the edofe mapping in google chrome, this is something you can access anywhere in school.

The deadline for these maps for next Thursday 26th of May.

Thank you,
Miss Bristow

Maintenance Engineering for a World Leading Energy Recover Company

ICA Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship
(Near Bicester)
 

Company: Viridor Waste Management (Ardley, OX27 7PH)

 

Viridor is one of the UK’s leading recycling renewable energy and resource management companies and wishes to recruit and train an apprentice to become a highly skilled Instrumentation Control and Automation (ICA) Maintenance Technician/Engineer who will maintain the state of the art electro/mechanical control systems utilised in their world leading Energy Recover Facilities.

Weekly wage: £230.00

Apprenticeship duration: 4 Years

Possible start date: 22 Aug 2016

Entry Requirements: A minimum of 5 GCSE’s or equivalent at grades A-C. This must include at least a GCSE Grade B in Maths and Science (or equivalent qualifications).

 

Closing date: 31 May 2016

How to apply: https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/738894

Sixth Form Summer Prom!

Sixth Form

You Student Leadership Team have organised a Summer Prom as a farewell to the Year 13's but also to celebrate the past year of Sixth Form.

The Prom is taking place on Tuesday 5th July and tickets will be on sale from the School Shop. Tickets cost £20.

Before you go to buy your ticket you need to collect a letter (that has all the details) and return the permission slip (signed by your parents) to the School Shop (when you purchase your ticket).

If you do not hand in a permission slip you will not be able to buy a ticket and therefore won't be able to attend Prom.

The letter has been sent home but will also be available shortly from outside the Sixth Form Office.


Thank you

Medicine and Nursing Opportunities

There is an opportunity to find out more about Medicine on Saturday 2nd July - please see me if you would like more information;  there is also a celebration of 125 years of nursing education in Oxford at the Warneford on the same day, and it might be possible for interested students to go.  Please let me know if you are interested in either opportunity.  

DGi

Interesting Opportunity for potential Oxbridge/Russell group applicants

Students in Years 10-12 and their families are warmly invited to visit either Merton or St Peter’s Colleges during half term to find out more about the Oxford application process, meet a current undergraduate student and look around the college. Each event will last approximately 1½ hours.

Mon 30 May 1.30pm St Peter’s College

Tues 31 May 10.30am St Peter’s College

Wed 1 June 1.30pmMerton College

Friday 3 June 1.30pmMerton College

Booking is recommended but is not essential.

http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/visiting-and-outreach/outreach-events

External Exams

Sixth Form, as you are all aware external exams have begun and at the same time you have lessons to attend.

Therefore:

- If you have a morning exam we will authorise you to miss any lessons you have in the afternoon of the day before to allow you to revise.

- If you have  an exam in the afternoon we will authorise you to miss any lessons you have on that morning in order to finish off your revision.

In order to make this work smoothly please email me, Miss Stratford (csr@cheney.oxon.ech.uk) if you are missing lessons to revise.

This way I know what to mark your attendance as and no messages will be sent home alerting them to your absence.

Thank you

League Tables

I am somewhat sceptical about League Tables but they can provide a useful starting point.  I think that the following website is quite useful in helping you to look at, but not rely too heavily up, this kind of data:  http://university.which.co.uk/advice/choosing-a-course/what-do-university-league-tables-really-tell-you

Summer STEM Taster Sessions

Summer STEM Taster Sessions...

Abingdon and Witney College are organising a number of taster sessions, aimed at year 11, 12 and 13 students, designed to inspire and raise awareness about apprenticeships in STEM. These will build on the work already carried out by colleges and the Oxfordshire Apprenticeships Launch Pad.

These sessions will be focussed on practical and exciting activities that will demonstrate the potential for high impact, long-lasting careers in a thriving local and regional growth area.  The sessions will also provide high quality, independent advice and guidance about apprenticeships and careers so that we ensure that young people are clear about all the options that they have.

Further details can be found here

ID Cards in External Exams

Reminder:

Whenever you have an exam you need to make sure that you have your ID Card with you. Your ID Card is used as your formal identification for external exams and is a requirement.

Thank you

Exam Certificates

If you name is listed below you need to go to the Exams Office (next to the canteen) to pick up some Exam Certificates:

Martha Jones
Natalie Kamande
Robert Salusbury
Siwan Davies Busby
David Vickers
Alice Roberts
Lisah Chalinga
Harris Grant Foster
Alex Hamdi
Jo-Ann Mundell Perkins
Rosie Bingham Hall
Jess Draisey
Emly Freeman
Marion Oke
Karl Martensson
Christina Limbu
April Caranzo

Thank you

Classical Civilisation lesson this Wednesday

This Wednesday (11th), I'm out of school on a trip with Year 10s. I am not sure what time I'll get back to school at the moment, so I think the safest thing is to set some work for the lesson, which is as follows:

On Wednesday at 2pm, please come to L14 where you will be able to collect a script of Euripides' play Bacchae which I have printed out for each of you. Alongside Sophocles' Oedipus, which you should now all have read and which we looked at in more detail last week, this will be the other play you'll need to know for the examination.

Please can you all read through the play, and create a storyboard displaying the main plot elements. For those of you who missed last week's lesson, you should hopefully know that creating a storyboard of Oedipus was last week's homework as well.

I'd like both of these storyboards to be handed in to me by the end of Friday. You will need to know the plots of both plays really well for the exam at the end of June, so this is one way to help you learn and remember them!

I'll see you as normal for the following week's lesson (Wednesday 18th). If you missed the Oedipus lesson last week, please come and find me to go over what you missed.

Thanks very much,

Dr R. 

Lots of other Apprenticeship Opportunities at Oxford City Council

These include;

• Apprentice Building Control Surveyor
• Democratic Service Apprentice
• Benefit Support Apprentices
• youth Work Apprentice
• ICT Operation Apprentice
• Business Support Apprentice
• Financial Service Apprentice

For further details and how to apply;
https://oxfccli.webitrent.com/oxfccli_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC106GF.display_srch_all?WVID=4121641WJu

Interested in Criminology and Law - (Intelligence Support Appentice)

·         Region: Oxford

·         Salary: £10,544 to £12,694 per annum in Year 1 / Potential for £15,675 per annum in Year 2

·         Job reference: 000901

·         Application closing date: 30/06/2016

·         Package: 28 days holiday, local government pension scheme, subsidised leisure membership, flex scheme (where appropriate), employer benefits scheme. Please Note: All vacancies close at midnight on the stated closing date.

·          The team analyses data received from a number of sources and investigates incidences of suspected Fraud.

·         You will be supported by an award winning and highly successful team, who will assist you in developing skills and abilities to research, analyse and interrogate data with a view to assisting in Fraud investigations.

·         Interested in Criminology and Law

·         Entry Requirements: 5 of GCSEs including English, Maths (minimum Grade C or equilvent)

 

To look at Job Description and apply:

https://oxfccli.webitrent.com/oxfccli_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC106GF.display_srch_all?WVID=4121641WJu

Trainee Estimator/ Quantity Surveyor

• Region: Oxford - Horspath Road

• Salary: Year 1 salary = £18,038 Year 2 salary = £18,213 rising to £18,894 by end of trainee programme

• Duration: Fixed Term for 2 years (Hours: 37 per week)

• Application closing date: 17/06/2016

• Package: 28 days holiday, local government pension scheme, subsidised leisure membership, flex scheme (where appropriate), employer benefits scheme. Please Note: All vacancies close at midnight on the stated closing date.

Entry Requirements: Educated to a minimum of two passes at A-Level (Maths, Science, Art and/or English, grade A to C) plus 5 passes at GCSE to include Mathematics, English and Science (grade A to C) or equivalent

In addition, you will study for a Construction and Built Environment Higher National Certificate (HNC) at Reading College, Kings Road, Reading which will involve Day Release study and we will provide full support to help you succeed.

Job Description and how to apply:

https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/file/2433/direct_services_trainee_estimator_quantity_surveyor_apprenticeship_role_description