UNCOLLECTED CERTIFICATES - please pick up from Exams Office

Year 12

HARRISON, Roseanne		12-Tu1
IQBAL, Sanna		12-Tu5
MOHAMMED, Tawheed		12-Tu3
RAMACHANDRAN, Thilak		12-Tu6
SALUSBURY, Elizabeth		12-Tu6

Year 13

ALLINGTON, Sophie	13-Tu6
ALLISON-DRAKE, Rowan	13-Tu1
CARANZO, April	13-Tu3
CROWDER, Rachel	13-Tu3
EL-JAOUNI, Dania	13-Tu3
EZEOKE, Alexandra	13-Tu2
FOWLER, Henry	13-Tu6
GARDEN, Catherine	13-Tu2
GARDEN, Joel	13-Tu5
GASMIDO, Mariellie	13-Tu4
HAMO, Dara	13-Tu3
HENEGHAN, Lara	13-Tu4
HOLLIDAY, Thomas	13-Tu5
HOLLOWAY, Rhys	13-Tu5
HOWARD, Rohaan	13-Tu3
KARAPHANNIT, Tirapohn	13-Tu3
KASSI, Elisabeth	13-Tu2
KOZLECKA, Magda	13-Tu3
LAERKE-HALL, Magnus	13-Tu6
LE CORRE, Justin	13-Tu2
MCKIRDY, Fergus	13-Tu1
NOORI, Homayon	13-Tu5
NUZI, Elorida	13-Tu5
ORGEE, Holly	13-Tu5
O'SULLIVAN, Brogan	13-Tu4
RAHMAN, Ridwan	13-Tu6
REHMAN, Habib	13-Tu3
SADIQI, Musa	13-Tu4
SALUM, Mohammed	13-Tu5
SARWAR, Zain	13-Tu3
SHAMAMBA, Jelan	13-Tu5
SIMMONS, Joshua	13-Tu3
SHERRINGTON SMITH, Ruby	13-Tu3
STANKUS, MADARA	13-Tu2
SUDI, Reyani	13-Tu5
TABOROSI, Jakob	13-Tu4
THORENWAITE, Alfrida	13-Tu4
VICKERS, Peter	13-Tu2
WOMACK, Sean	13-Tu1

Please pick up from the exams office.

Mentor needed for Year 10 student

Would you like to be a mentor? If so, please come and see me in the office and we can see if it's right for you.

What's a mentor?
Someone who can help advise and support another person, when they are going through life and/or work issues.

Cambridge Prize Essay Competitions

These prize essay competitions are intended to stretch and challenge the most ambitious students.  If you are interested in any of the titles you could perhaps pick one for your EPQ.  

For the Vellacott History Prize, please click here:

https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.pet.cam.ac.uk/files/vellacott_18.pdf

For the Kelvin Science Prize, please click here:

https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.pet.cam.ac.uk/files/kelvin_18.pdf

Finally, for the Thomas Campion English Essay Prize, please click here:

https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.pet.cam.ac.uk/files/campion_18_0.pdf 

Mrs Kirkby's group - meet in BR30

... not BR03

SDSA - One last message - don't forget to eat!

Please get something to eat at break - and eat it before getting on the coaches!

TODAY! - Safe Drive Stay Alive - more trip info!

The school mobile number we are using today is 07732 042901.

Tutor Groups Tu1/Tu2/Tu3 will be on Coach 1, registering with Ms Warbrick/Ms Mortimer

Tutor Groups Tu4/Tu5/Tu6 will be on Coach 2, registering with Ms Elias/Mr Ballister

PLEASE BE IN GYPSY LANE CARPARK AT 12.20 so we can get you registered and onto the coaches.

We will all come back to Cheney after the event.

Haiku Competition

Cheney's Japanese teacher, Nao-sensei, is going to send in entries for 15th World Haiku Contest on the theme of 'Living Things'.  She is also going to hold Cheney's very own haiku competition, with Japanese-style prizes.  

If you want to take part in either contest, please submit your haiku to me on paper or by e-mail by the end of this term.  The World Haiku Contest is for under-16s, but students of any age can enter the Cheney contest.  Please see http://www.jal-foundation.or.jp/contest-e.html for details of the World Competition - the Cheney contest will follow the same rules.  

BURSARY books available in the Sixth Form Office

Please can you come and see if any of your orders have come in? I've got a stash of books in the Sixth Form Office.

THURSDAY 30 November - Sixth Form Student Panel with Mrs Kirkby - final list of names

Year 12

Elizabeth Mohamed (12Tu2)

Awais Ahmed (12Tu6)

Shania Marcelle (12Tu4)

Joshua Mateeba (12Tu2)

Prince-Lord Adjiri (12Tu6)

Oliver Anwyl Davies (12Tu6)

Joseph Cossins-Smith (12Tu5)

Year 13

Anne-Marie Trafford (13Tu5)

Hayden Busby (13Tu1)

Lara Heneghan (13Tu4)

Cormac McCarthy (13Tu4)

Rumbidzai Mucheke (13Tu6)

Shama Erben (13Tu2)

John Kafke (13Tu1)

Chad Uy (13Tu1)

Sean Womack (13Tu1)

Calum Pinches (13Tu2)

Please go along to BR03 at 2.00pm.

Thanks!

SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE TRIP - WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER - STUDENT LIST & BRIEFING

Safe Drive Stay Alive

Here's the final list of students who will be going on the trip tomorrow (WEDNESDAY).

Name	Tutor Group
AHMED, Aaliyah	12-Tu1
BURRELL, Jennifer	12-Tu1
CHOUDHARY, Ishmam	12-Tu1
CHOUHAN, Raj	12-Tu1
CLAYTON, Ella	12-Tu1
COLE, Peter	12-Tu1
CUDD, Tia	12-Tu1
DOGAR, Amaan	12-Tu1
DUNCAN, Niamh	12-Tu1
FREEMAN, Dexter	12-Tu1
MORRIS, Zach	12-Tu1
OMER, Muneeb	12-Tu1
SHAH, Afzal	12-Tu1
WITHROW, Lola	12-Tu1
ZIADA, Dany	12-Tu1
BROWN, Marie-Therese	12-Tu2
HILES, Lukas	12-Tu2
MATEEBA, Joshua	12-Tu2
NORRIS, Cian	12-Tu2
OCAN, Edward	12-Tu2
OXLEY, Nadia	12-Tu2
RAI, Shakin	12-Tu2
RODERICK, Liliana	12-Tu2
SIDDIQUE KHAN, Humna	12-Tu2
SMITH, Gabriel	12-Tu2
VARGHESE, Blessen	12-Tu2
WALTON, Harvey	12-Tu2
BEGUM-ALI, Taklima	12-Tu3
HANN, Jessica	12-Tu3
LINDSEY-COOK, Poppy	12-Tu3
MAHMUD, Nailah	12-Tu3
MANN, Ella	12-Tu3
MASIH, Lauren	12-Tu3
MOHAMMED, Saleh	12-Tu3
MOTTRAM, Oliver	12-Tu3
OTTINO, Talia	12-Tu3
SALUM, Hamed	12-Tu3
SIDDIQUE, Bismah	12-Tu3
AHMAD, Shaguftah	12-Tu4
AHMED, Khadijah	12-Tu4
ALI, Hussain	12-Tu4
BATES, Nye	12-Tu4
EVANS, Barnaby	12-Tu4
FERNANDES, Daniel	12-Tu4
GARRY, Jamie	12-Tu4
GILBERT, Owen	12-Tu4
HAYNES, Ashwin	12-Tu4
HUSSAIN, Shabaz	12-Tu4
JAMAC, Lujayna	12-Tu4
KAZI, Anysha	12-Tu4
LIMBU, Samir	12-Tu4
MARCELLE, Shania	12-Tu4
MULLEN, Daisy	12-Tu4
SAUNDERS, Aiden	12-Tu4
BEGUM, Abida	12-Tu5
BEGUM, Mohema	12-Tu5
BINGHAM-HALL, Thomas	12-Tu5
CORY, Barney	12-Tu5
DAVIS, Adam	12-Tu5
GARRARD, Maritere	12-Tu5
GIMSON, Ruth	12-Tu5
IQBAL, Sanna	12-Tu5
JORDAN, Luke	12-Tu5
LYGO, Sam	12-Tu5
MUTEBI, Sofia	12-Tu5
NAVEED, Ikrah	12-Tu5
PAGNIER, Lana	12-Tu5
QUISHPE GUALANCANAY, Kenya	12-Tu5
SHERWOOD, Sophia	12-Tu5
SMART, Ellen	12-Tu5
VARUGHESE-KAKKUNNATH, Brighty	12-Tu5
AKHTAR, Aneesah	12-Tu6
FITZ-GIBBON, Esme	12-Tu6
PJECI, Elkvio	12-Tu6
RACE, Rani	12-Tu6
SALUSBURY, Lizzie	12-Tu6
STAMPER, Alex	12-Tu6
TADESSE, Emily	12-Tu6
USMAN, Fajar	12-Tu6
WOODWARD, Shannon	12-Tu6

On Wednesday 29 November, you need to muster in the Gypsy Lane car park at 12.15 – exit through gate between R Block and J Block. Gather in your tutor groups, so that we can register you before you get on the coach. Coaches leave at 12.30 on the dot. Students should wear their lanyards at all times.

We will be back in school about 3.00pm. You will need to return to school on the coaches after the event.

Students who are not on the trip need to attend lessons and Tutor Group as normal.

Please can students in the following tutor groups register with the following teachers:

12Tu3 – please register with 12Tu5 Ms Cox

12Tu4 – please register with 13Tu6 Dr Rayment

12Tu6 – please register with 12Tu2 Dr Casson

Tuesday ASSEMBLY ... in the CANTEEN!

.... is in the canteen, as there are exams in the Hall. Leave lessons at 2pm; Year 13s, come in and sit in labelled tutor areas and Year 12s line up outside in tutor groups then we'll bring you in. 2.10 start.

Exam re-take forms ready to pick up

Please pick up exam re-take forms from outside the Sixth Form Office. They are in the cages on the back of the door.

Lost your pen drive?

Green pen drive found in Sixth Form Area - it's in the Sixth Form Office until 3pm. Then I'll put it in Lost Property.

What's going on this week?

All week: 

Clean-up Crew: 12TU6 (Mr Balster)

Tuesday:

Y12/13 assembly on Student Finance. Same arrangements as last week. Students come out of lessons at 2.00pm. Year 13s, straight in and sit at the back in their named tutor rows. Y12 line up on tennis courts in their tutor rows and then brought in. Prompt 2.10 start.

Wednesday:

Safe Drive/Stay Alive trip: I’ll send out separate briefing for this.

Thursday:

Student panel with Jolie Kirkby: 2.00 pm BR30 - PLEASE SIGN-UP in the Sixth Form Office

Y12 Parents Evening (5-7pm)

THANKS!

... for being such great listeners in the Polly Toynbee Assembly last week.  She was very impressed by your concentration and the great thoughtful questions. It's really good for us, as she'll be likely to recommend us as a place to come and speak.

Thanks!

Law Talk

Ruchika Ganesh, who has recently started a Law degree at Oxford, will be visiting Cheney at lunchtime on Friday 1st December.  Please come to L14 with your lunch at 1pm if you are interested in studying Law in the future.

LET'S SHOW THE SIXTH FORM AREA SOME TLC!

Owing to the shocking state of the Sixth Form Area, we are introducing a cleaning rota. So each tutor group will do tidy up duties for a week. I will have a look over the area at the end of each day and give it a mark out of 10. I’ll keep a tally for each tutor group. There will be prizes for the most pristeen weeks.

Week	Tutor Group
27 November – 1 December	12Tu6 Mr Balster
4  December – 8 December	13Tu6 Dr Rayment
11 December – 15 December	12Tu5 Ms Cox/Ms Figuieredo
3 January – 5 January	13Tu5 Ms Jackson
8 January – 12 January	12Tu4 Ms Elias
15 January – 19 January	13Tu4 Ms Reynes/Mr Bowman
22 January – 26 January	12Tu3 Ms Mortimer
29 January – 2 February	13Tu3 Ms King
5 February – 9 February	12Tu2 Dr Casson/Ms Pether
19 February – 23 February	13Tu2 Mr Gimson
26 February – 2 March	12Tu1 Ms Gleen
5 March – 9 March	13Tu1 Mr Etheridge

There will be a stash of clean up materials to use. I’ll keep these in a cupboard in the Sixth Form Office.

Your tutors will brief you on Monday Tutor Time.

·         Tidy up chairs

·         Litter pick

·         Spray and wipe

I have a box of Celebrations, so you can have a choccie each time you clean.

Key found in sixth form area

It's got a cute key ring. I've got it in the Sixth Form office. Pick up after Assembly. If not picked up by 4pm, I'll put it into lost property.

Ms Elias absent on Friday

I'm on a training course on Friday, so won't be in. If I teach you please check SMHW for the exam questions I have set as cover. If you're in my tutor group please go to assembly at 1400 and sit in the correct row so you can be marked in. If you have any pressing 6th form issues please speak to Ms Warbrick. Remember - keep the common room tidy, wear your lanyard and don't sit on the tables! See you all on Monday. 👍

HAVE YOUR SAY!

Ms Kirkby would like to know your views and opinions about Sixth Form! Don't miss this opportunity to have your say. Sign up sheet in the Sixth Form Office.

The meeting will be:

2.00-2.50pm

Thursday 30 November

Thanks!

Year 12/13 ASSEMBLY - FRIDAY 24 November

There is a Year 12/13 Assembly starting at 2.10pm in the Assembly Hall. If you have a lesson in P5, you will be excused at 2.00pm, and brought over to the Hall.

Year 13s - go straight in and sit in your labelled rows at the back of the Hall.

Year 12s - line up in your tutor groups on the tennis courts with Ms Seller. She will then bring you into the Hall, where you will sit in your labelled rows.

Please be orderly and quiet! We have an external speaker - Polly Toynbee - coming to talk. Let's make sure she leaves knowing how great you are.

Thanks!

HTC Phone - is it yours?

HTC mobile found in Sixth  Form Area. Please come and pick it up from Sixth Form Office if before 3pm. Go to reception if after 3pm.
Thanks!

RECYCLING IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET!

Here is a list of mixed waste items that should go in your green container. NO FOOD WASTE IN THE GREEN BINS!

LANYARDS

It is a big security risk to have unidentified people around the school.

You must wear your lanyards/ID cards round your neck at all times. If you do not have it, you will be sent home to get it. If you have lost it, a replacement card can be purchased from Finance for £10. Lanyards are £1. If you don’t have £10, then you will be sent home and you need to bring in your money the next day to purchase a card. We cannot have any students in school not wearing a lanyard.

Tutor Group 13Tu5 - Ms Jackson's Group

Please register with Ms Warbrick in the Sixth Form Office for Tutor Time - 2.30 pm this afternoon (WEDS).
Thanks!

Model UN 23rd-25th February, Magdalen College School

I need to register a Cheney team or teams soon.  Please send me an e-mail this week if you would like to take part.  We can enter teams of five or six, and also send some individuals.

Debating on Thursday

Senior Debating will be taking place as normal on Thursday - please come to L14 right after Period Five - please let me know if you can't attend.  

Many thanks

DGi

Y12 Work Experience at NDORMS

NDORMS, or the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, is a medical department within the University of Oxford which brings together researchers, statisticians, engineers, imaging specialists, clinicians and patients. Their work experience week aims to give a flavour of the depth and breadth of the work carried out in the department by allowing students to experience a wide range of different activities throughout the week.  These include talks, work shadowing and workshops.

The placement weeks are 9-13 July and 16-20 July 2018. To apply, students should complete the application form which can be found on this page: https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/get-involved/work-experience  and return to communications@ndorms.ox.ac.uk before January 31^st 2018.

If you are accepted you will then need to provide details to the 6th form office to ensure you absence is authorised. Any questions - come and speak to me.

Extended Assembly for Year Twelve and Thirteen Friday 24th November from 2pm

The Guardian columnist, Polly Toynbee, will be talking to all Year Twelves and Thirteens from 2.10pm this coming Friday 24th November, in the Assembly Hall, about her recent book (co-authored with David Walker) 

Dismembered: How the Conservative Attack on the State Harms Us All.  

All Year Twelve and Thirteen classes should come to the Assembly Hall at 2pm on Friday - apologies for taking the second half of Period Five.  If you are interested in meeting Polly Toynbee afterwards, please see me.  Polly will be having tea with students in L14 after the talk and then judging a debate on the motion 'This House would re-build the British state' with Year Ten and Year Twelve debaters from 3.30 onwards.  

Take the catering survey!

The catering team would appreciate your input. Please take the 5 minute survey! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsMA7SVgOi4Mr9J8T_DnSwYCa_TlqUWFet5tfEY8xBTb7byQ/viewform

GCSE/GCE/A LEVEL CERTIFICATES - PICK UP TODAY/TOMORROW

 Certificate pick-up day!

Day	Date	Time	Location	Year group
Monday	20 November	13:00- 13:30	Sixth Form Foyer	12 12
		14:30-15:00
Tuesday	21 November	13:00-13:30		13
		14:30-15:00		12 and 13

Year Twelve Aspirant Medics

There is going to be an introduction to Medicine day for local students with strong GCSE grades in February at St Gregs. Please e-mail me if you are interested with a copy of your CV, and I will send you more details once they become available.

The day will consist of talks from: junior doctors, Oxford and Bristol on their admission policies, the interview etc and workshops on suturing and basic life support – with the help from the resuscitation training team at Oxford University Hospitals.

Chemistry Olympiad

Can I reschedule Chemistry Olympiad preparation to Tuesday after school, at 3.30pm? I think I need to be in a meeting on Monday.

Sorry for the change! Let me know in lesson or by email.

Yours
Ms Elias

Why is Ms Elias in the 6th form office?

Dear 6th form,

Mrs Hackett is going to be off school for a couple of weeks. You don't need to be worried; she will be OK and she will be back with us as soon as she can be. The rest of the 6th form team remain unchanged but I will be stepping in to help out. You will be able to find me in the 6th form office during my frees, at lunchtime and after school or in my classroom (BR02) at other times.

Come by and say hello!

Ms Elias

You are great!

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Sixth Form Open Evening last night. It went really well, and I have had lots of feedback about how charming and helpful you all were.

It's much appreciated!

Apprenticeships with KPMG

KPMG is a huge financial services company. They offer an apprenticeship programme that's really worth having a look at. There's a few different options: 2-year or 4-year programmes. Here's the weblink:

https://www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/apprenticeships/apprenticeship-programmes

Earn while you learn!

FRIDAY AFTERNOON - Floor repairs

There will be some noisy work on Friday afternoon to repair the floor in L2 by the photocopier. We'll need to clear the area so that they can get access. Hopefully it will be late in the day, so won't interrupt your work too much.

Thanks!

Children in Need Volunteers - FRIDAY P1

If you have volunteered to collect money for non-uniform day tomorrow, please report to Ms Smith's office in P1 tomorrow.

Thanks!

TONIGHT! - Volunteers for Sixth Form Open Evening - meet at 5.45pm

Hi, if you have volunteered for helping out at the Open Evening, please meet at 5.45 in L6 - just outside the Sixth Form Office.

Thanks!

Opportunity for aspirant medics - please let me know if interested

I am writing in good time to alert appropriate members of your sixth form to the next St Hilda’s College Oxford Medical Society Conference on Saturday 3rd March 2018. This conference will cover mental health topics and will require no medical knowledge but could be of interest to those looking towards a degree in medicine or related subjects. Attendance would be a good discussion topic during an interview and/or inclusion in a UCAS statement. Our medical tutors and current students are on hand over lunch to answer any questions about courses.

Several sixth formers attended our conference in September 2016, the first time we have opened it up in this way. Feedback suggested that their attendance was mutually beneficial.

The cost of £12 per head for students covers lunch and other refreshments. No-one would be denied a place if unable to cover this fee.

CHROMEBOOKS - message from ICT

The chromebooks are now ready to use!

When you log in to a Cheney School PC, there is now a link on the desktop to request a Google account.  ICT will then create an account for you and you will be able to access the Chromebooks using your ID cards. The system is linked into the school library system so we know who has what and when.

Happy Chromebooking!

Sixth Form Open Evening - Thursday 16 November - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

URGENT - We need more volunteers to help out at the Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm. You can help in the subject rooms, guiding visitors, or meeting students and parents. Year 12 students short of volunteering hours could also help tidy up after school.

Please come and sign up on the sheet in the Sixth Form Office.

Year 13tu3 - Ms King's Tutor Group

Ms King will not be in today, so will not be in to register you this afternoon. Please come to the Sixth Form Student Office at 2.30pm and I'll register you instead.

EPQ meeting

Please can Year Thirteens completing their EPQs for Friday 1st December come to a meeting in L14 at lunchtime on Friday 17th November, to plan for final meetings and rehearsals.

GCSE/GCE/BTEC certificates

For Years 12 & 13

Certificates from last summer have arrived in school and are ready for collection on the following days/times:

Day	Date	Time	Location	Year group
Monday	20 November	13:00- 13:30	Sixth Form Foyer	12 12
		14:30-15:00
Tuesday	21 November	13:00-13:30		13
		14:30-15:00		12 and 13

Curate Workshops at the Museum of the History of Science

Posting an opportunity from the Museum of the History of Science :

Curate Workshops: unleash your inner curator!

The Museum of the History of Science are holding two consultation workshops – one on Saturday 4^th November 10.00-12.00, and the other on Saturday 2nd December, 10.00-12.00

Those taking part in the workshop will be encouraged to join small working groups of 4 or 5 per table. There will be various activities which we hope will be fun to take part in. These activities will provide supported opportunities to learn more about some of the types of objects on display; they will include some object handling, opportunities to post your comments and feedback on the current display, and an opportunity to create your own cut and paste display highlighting your ideas for themes and interpretation.

Please let us know if you would like to take part in one of the workshops on co-curate@mhs.ox.ac.uk

Astrophysics Study Day

The Museum of the History of Science is offering a FREE study day on Astrophysics to any of our students. Details of the programme can be found here. It's on Friday 24th November in town. If you are interested then please speak to Ms Elias or your Physics teacher before Thursday 16th November. You do not need to be accompanied by a member of staff but will require parental permission to miss a day of school.

Yours
Ms Elias

Late Entries for January BTEC retakes to improve on a pass grade

If you would like to retake any BTEC exams in January, which you have already passed, please come and speak to ERA after picking up a retake form from Mrs Fischer.

The cost is now approximately £75.  The Bursary can cover half of this cost.

You must speak to ERA before Tuesday 14th next week.

Please let me know this week if you are interested in this opportunity

Thank you for your reply to the early notification we emailed on 19th July about the Model United Nations (MUN) Conference that Magdalen College School in Oxford will be hosting on 23-25 February 2018.   The conference will run from 5.30pm on Friday 23rd February to 3.30pm on Sunday 25th February and your students in years 9-13 are warmly invited to attend.  Please note the information below about the possibility of financial support for your delegates.

The conference will be of particular interest to students studying politics and international relations or involved in debating and I would appreciate it if you could let them know about the invitation and also pass it to relevant members of your staff.

In past years, Magdalen’s MUN conference has been attended by more than 200 students from schools in Oxfordshire and elsewhere in the UK and has been both successful and lively. This year we will be debating issues ranging from the response to refugees and migrants, the rise of everywhere terror, the future for Syria and the plight of the Rohingya; it will also, no doubt, consider the potentially disastrous impact of fake news and the war of words in America and around the world.  

Each school will represent a particular country in the United Nations and will use its place on the five main committees and / or Security Council to defend its country’s position on the issues being debated. Further details of the topics, debating procedure, timetable and local accommodation are available on our website at http://mun.mcsoxford.org . 

Attendees do not need previous experience of Model United Nations to participate in and enjoy the conference and we will provide guidance and support where it is needed. 

Festival of Imagined Worlds - props and decorations

Festival of Imagined Worlds props and artefacts

We are looking for any students who would be interested in making artefacts from the following Imagined Worlds as part of our Festival of Imagined Worlds in February! We will purchase any materials you need, and provide space and refreshments after school in the classics centre for working on these items!

We are particularly looking for a Tree of Gondor and Whomping Willow, the One Ring, large Alice in Wonderland playing cards, and a model of Minas Tirith, and very open to any other suggestions too! If you think you might be able to help make the Festival look extra-special and magical for students and visitors, please come and find me or email me on lorna@irisproject.org.uk

Thank you!

Takeover Day at Town Hall 17th November

Students who have been in the past have very much enjoyed this opportunity - please let me know if you are interested in taking part.  

Many thanks

DGi

Takeover Day on Friday 17 November.

 Your 6^th formers are invited to meet councillors and officers, find out about council services and spend the afternoon taking over from city councillors by debating key issues in the Council Chamber. 

The topics for the debate are: 

·       Social Housing

·       The Oxford Living Wage

·       City Council Support for Education

·       Environment Policy for Oxford

 Information about all of these can be found on our website, and staff and officers will be available in the morning of 17 November to talk about these issues and to answer questions before the debate. Takeover Council agendas will be provided in advance.

 The day will end with the opportunity to take a tour of the historic Victorian Town Hall.

Parliament Week Internet Freedom/Censorship Workshop and Debate 16th November

There is an excellent opportunity to attend a Parliament Week lecture and a debate about Internet freedom, involving three Cheney students and two MPs and two members of the House of Lords, ad the Bodleian Library on Thursday 16th November from 1-5.30pm. Please see me to pick up a letter - there are eight places available.

Chance to hear former Prime Minister Gordon Brown

If you are thinking of Politics, International Relations, Economics, Geography, History or Law - and you aren't going to the Avi Shlaim lecture at Oxford Brookes this Wednesday, you have a great chance to hear one of the most important economic and political leaders of this country in the last twenty years, when Gordon Brown speaks at the Town Hall at 7pm.  Please come to see Mr Gimson or e-mail him, and he can tell you how to get a free ticket.

Chance to meet Sheffield University student Wednesday 8th November morning break

If you are thinking of applying to Sheffield or reading English, please come to L14 during morning break this coming Wednesday 8th November, to meet Rosy Roche, who graduated from Sheffield last summer and is now working at the Houses of Parliament.

Could the following students please help with the Humanities review by taking part in the student panel tomorrow (Thursday) at 12pm - start of p4. Please go to BR31 - the meeting room upstairs in BR block.

EVANS, Barnaby

SIDDIQUE KHAN, Humna

FITZ-GIBBON, Esme

HAWKINS, Lydia

USMAN, Fajar

CHOUDHARY, Qasim

DE SOUSA, Andrew

KUDILIL BABY, Aswin

PJECI, Elkvio

MASIH, Lauren

WINTON, Marley

THOMAS, Joe

SHERWOOD, Sophia

Many thanks. 
Miss Gleen

Funding for EU students post-Brexit

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-confirms-funding-for-eu-students-for-2018-to-2019

I think that this is good news for Year Thirteen students from EU countries applying through UCAS for courses starting in 2018 - EU students will continue, as before, to be able to access the same financial support as UK students for courses starting next September, even if the UK has left the EU by the time they complete their course.  We don't yet know what the situation will be for courses starting in September 2019 - students with EU but not British passports may need to keep an eye on the news, and may even wish to represent their views to the UK government at an appropriate time.