Comberton Village College students present "Most Beautiful,
Most Wonderful" - The life and work of Charles Darwin.
Poster (.pdf)
The
production is on Tuesday 8 July at 7.30pm in the Performance
Hall at Comberton Leisure.
Tickets
are £3.00 adult and £2.00 student/concessions. Family
Tickets are £8.00 and £6.00 concessions. **
Tickets
are available from the Community Education Office (located in
the main reception area of Comberton Village College).
The
play is being performed by Year 9 and 10 students and explores
the extraordinary life and ideas of Charles Darwin, one of the
greatest scientists the world has ever known. The play covers
Darwin’s 5 years on the Beagle, his marriage to his cousin Emma,
the death of his beloved daughter Annie and of course the development
of what has come to be known as the theory of evolution. Much
of the play’s content was generated through improvisation and
workshops with a professional playwright (Mike Levy), who then
produced the final version.
The
Youth Service at Comberton successfully bid to the Heritage
Lottery fund (Young Roots) at the end of last year for a project
to explore Darwin’s heritage. Over the last 6 months 40 participants
have explored the life and work of Charles Darwin. This has
included visiting Down House (Darwin’s family home for 40 years
in Kent), taking part in workshops and visits to the Zoology
and Sedgwick Museums in Cambridge and going down to the Natural
History Museum in London for their Great Debate Darwin workshop.
Other activities have included weekly both Art workshops and
Science sessions in which students have developed their own
materials to go in loan boxes for use in primary schools.
This original
production is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (Young Roots)
Enquiries to 01223 264721 or
.
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Tickets are free to CVC staff and students.
Everyone welcome!
Amended Monday 7 July 2008
Cancer
Research Appeal - "Race for Life"
There
is a team of twelve members of staff from the Centre taking
part in the Cambridge 'Race
for Life' on 6 July 2008 to raise money for cancer research
and we would really welcome your support to help raise our target
of £500.00.
Some of us are running, and some
of us are walking, but we would like to raise money together
as a team for Cancer Research UK.
All donations are secure and sent
electronically to Cancer Research UK. You can make an online
donation via JustGiving (click on the orange Donate! button)
who automatically add 25% Gift Aid (UK taxpayers only) to your
donation at no cost to you. Most credit and debit cards are
accepted.
Jo and the Team The Centre, Comberton Village College
Posted Tuesday 16 June 2008
"Summer Time" - A Concert for Summer
You are invited to join us for “Summer Time”, a selection
of music for those lazy hazy crazy days. Poster.
The concert
is on Wednesday 2 July at 7.30pm in the Performance Hall
at Comberton Leisure. Tickets are £6.00 adult and £3.50
student/concessions.
The programme
is still being assembled, but the following artistes will be
appearing:
The Year 7 Saxophone Group playing "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Saxophone Ensemble – "Myopic Mice" by Cowles.
Woodwind Ensemble – "Danse de Mirlitons" from The
Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.
Choir – "Goodbye Mr A" by the Hoosiers, and
"The Logical Song" by Supertramp.
Anna Carter (flute solo) – "Concerto for Flute" by
Chaminade.
The Jazz Band, String Ensemble, and Brass Ensemble will also
be contributing. Other groups and soloists to be confirmed.
Arms are being twisted!
In a break
from our normal presentations, the audience for "Summer
Time" will be sitting 'cafe style' around tables (with
nibbles and drinks) and various ensembles and a number of soloists
and duettists will be performing around the Hall during the
course of the evening.
Refreshments will be available.
Booking
Form(.pdf). Tickets available from the Finance Office
at CVC.
Everyone welcome!
Posted Wednesday 11 June 2008
Non-Uniform
Day on 27 June
Dear Parents and Carers,
We would like to inform you that a non-school
uniform day will be held later this term on Friday 27 June.
The theme of the day will be Sports and participants are encouraged
to wear their favourite sports wear to mark the day. All money
raised will go to help provide sporting equipment for partner
schools abroad in South Africa and Mozambique, and to help raise
funding for the Year 6 Athletics Festival.
The Festival has been a very successful event
for a number of years now, and has become an important part
of the transition from primary to secondary school for our pupils.
June 27th is the day when the current Year 6 will come to the
college for their Festival so we are pleased that the rest of
the school will be able to share the sporting theme with Year
6.
As a school we have developed many international
links, and we are pleased that a proportion of the money raised
will also
go to help provide sports equipment
for some of these schools.
We are asking for a donation of
£1.00 per pupil to help us with the day and anything that is
sports related may be worn. We hope that the day itself will
be enjoyable and we thank you very much for your support.
Yours sincerely,
The Festival Management Team
Posted Tuesday 3 June 2008
Annual
Governors' Meeting with Parents
Dear Parents,
Although the government has removed
the statutory requirement for schools to hold an Annual Governors'
Meeting with parents, here at Comberton Village College
we feel that it is important to continue to provide this opportunity
for parents to discuss any issues concerning the school with
representatives of the governing body and senior staff. The
meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 May at 7.30pm in the School
Hall. If you are able to attend we would be grateful if you
would use the reply slip linked below as soon as possible.
We are constantly striving to improve
the quality of education at Comberton and we value parents'
comments. This usually happens on a day to day basis which helps
us to respond immediately. As you will understand, it is not
appropriate to discuss individual pupils or staff matters at
this meeting. However, if you have a question of a general nature
for the governors would you please include it on your reply
slip with a brief explanation.
Responses can be sent to the college
by
.
We look forward to seeing you at
the meeting on Tuesday 13 May.
Yours sincerely
Carol Handley Chair of Governors
Stephen Munday Principal
Posted Tuesday 6 May 2008
80's
Music Night at Comberton Leisure
This is
not a school disco!
Year 7 parents have organised and
present an Evening of 80's Music with 'The Lovecats',
in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust (Year 7's chosen charity)
and the CVC Trust Fund. [poster]
The Date?: Saturday 10 May
2008 from 7.30 to 11.00pm.
The Place?: Performance
Hall, Comberton Leisure.
The Cost?: Tickets £5.00
in advance from CB3 Reception or use the ticket sales hotline
on 01223 264444. Priced £7.50 on the door.
So come and rock along to the eighties!
Expect songs from Blondie, Eurythmics, Police, Queen, The Cure,
Jam, Madonna, Ian Drury, Bowie, Elton John, Guns and Roses,
Bon Jovi, Billy Idol, Bryan Ferry, The Weather Girls, UB40,
Madness and many more.
There will be licensed bar and
refreshments will be available.
Donations of Raffle prizes will
be greatly appreciated. These could be left at the College Reception
marked for the attention of CVC Trust Fund.
If you would like to get involved
in helping with this event please feel free to contact the Trustees
by email: trustfund@comberton.cambs.sch.uk
Catherine Huntington (on behalf of Year 7 parents)
Vijju Churchman (on behalf of The CVC Trust Fund)
Posted Friday 2 May 2008
Parent
Governor Election (Stage 2)
Dear Parents/Guardians
Election of Parent Governor
Following our recent communication regarding
the above, I am pleased to advise that I have received four
nominations for the vacancy for Parent Governor. We shall, therefore,
hold an election and the procedure for this is set out below.
All the candidates have produced a statement and copies of these
are given below in order to help you make your decision. The
four nominees are as follows:
Voting will begin at 8.30am on Monday 28 April
2008 and will close at 12.00 noon on Thursday 8 May 2008.
Who can Vote
Any parent, foster parent, guardian or acting
parent, who has a child registered at the school on the 8 May,
may vote. Each person eligible to vote can vote only once irrespective
of the number of children he or she may have at the College.
You can download a Ballot
Sheet here. Each ballot sheet has two Ballot Papers, one
for each parent/guardian. On each Ballot Paper the names of
the candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Each voter
should decide which candidate he or she wishes to vote for and
place a cross next to the name of the candidate chosen.
IN ORDER FOR YOUR VOTE TO COUNT PLEASE READ
THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH CAREFULLY. FAILURE TO DO SO COULD MEAN
A RUINED VOTE.
The Education (No.2) Act of 1986 requires the
ballot to be secret but it is also necessary to avoid duplicate
voting and ensure that those ineligible to vote do not do so.
Therefore each ballot paper must be put in a separate envelope
which must be sealed. This envelope should then be enclosed
in another envelope signed over the seal by the voter. The name
of the voter and of his or her child(ren) and tutor group(s)
must be printed clearly on the outside of this envelope.
This information will be used to keep a record
of the return of ballot papers but anyone concerned in the collection
of ballot papers or attending the counting of the votes, will
maintain the secrecy of the ballot.
Ballot papers may be returned in person
or via pupils direct to the Clerk of Governors, Mrs Y. Corkin,
or through the post or, out of school hours, by placing envelopes
in the school letter box at the main door. We are afraid we
cannot be responsible for votes returned in any other way.
Counting the Votes
The votes will be counted at 3.00pm on Thursday
8 May 2008 at the school. All candidates are invited to be present
at the count. The candidate with the highest number of votes
will be declared elected and the result will be made known to
parents as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Munday [
] Principal
(E-mails will be received through the general
college address and should not be used to send confidential
or sensitive pupil information.)
Posted Thursday 24 April 2008
Parent
Governor Election
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Our Governing Body has seven elected Parent
Governors and we have always valued their involvement and support.
One of our parent governors will soon be completing their term
of office. There is now, therefore, a vacancy for a parent governor
until May 2012 and we would like to invite applications to fill
this post. (Nomination
Form). A proposed timetable for the election process is
set out in the table below.
Any parent who has a child registered at the
school is eligible to stand for election. Nominations must be
signed and dated by a proposer and a seconder as well as the
candidate. The proposer and seconder should also have a child
registered at school. Nominations should clearly state the name,
address and telephone number of the candidate and the name(s)
of their child(ren) registered at the school.
All nominations must be registered with the
Clerk to the Governors, Mrs Y. Corkin, by 12 noon on Wednesday
23 April 2008. Please clearly mark the envelope "Parent
Governor Nomination".
Each candidate is entitled to enclose with
his/her nomination, a brief statement which, if an election
is held subsequently, will be distributed to parents.
If more than one nomination is received, details
of the election and method of voting, with ballot papers and
copies of the candidates' statements, will be sent out to all
parents via pupils.
Any candidate for a school governor vacancy
will be asked to complete a Disclosure Application form to enable
a CRB check to be carried out and which will establish eligibility
to serve as a governor. These measures form part of the school's
routine procedures for ensuring the safety of pupils.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Munday [
] Principal
(E-mails will be received through the general
college address and should not be used to send confidential
or sensitive pupil information.)
Posted Tuesday 8 April 2008
Parent Governor Election
Process (Times laid out do not include weekends,
bank holidays or school holidays)
Wednesday 9 April 2008:
Letter to parents inviting nominations
Wednesday 23 April 2008 (by 12 noon):
Nominations returned to school together with Personal Statements.
If more than one nomination is received an election will take
place, as follows.
Monday 28 April 2008:
Notice of poll.
Issue of ballot papers to all parents/carers including the personal
statements.
Thursday 8 May 2008:
Voting closes at 12 noon. The votes will be counted at 3.00pm.
Nominees are invited to attend.
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Comberton Village College is registered
with "The
Basement", which enables CVC pupils and their parents
to purchase licensed Microsoft and Abobe software at substantial
savings. In return, the school accrues points which can be
'spent' on IT equipment.
[Please note this offer is for information only and there
is no requirement or expectation for pupils to have any specific
brand of software on their home computer]
This page was last updated on: Friday 18 July, 2008
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