HIGHLIGHTS

SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD It was fantastic today to see so many students and staff wearing red as part of the national anti-racism day run by the Show Racism The Red Card charity.  It is hugely important that the message is heard very clearly that racism of any kind has no place at Charters or in wider society. 

SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS Forty-nine of our A-Level Maths students took part in the Senior Maths Challenge in September with thirty-five gaining a Bronze, Silver or Gold award.   Five of the competitors have qualified for the next round which will take place on 15 November.  To gain a certificate is a remarkable achievement and to get through to the next round is fantastic, so well done to Ben, Lauren, Evan, Shriya and Sam who will be representing the school at the Andrew Jobbing Senior Kangaroo competition.

SPANISH VISIT At the end of last week, our ‘A’ Level Spanish students visited the local care home who were running a Spanish Day.  They spent their time talking to the residents in Spanish and about their experiences in Spain.   They even took some Spanish Omelette and other Spanish dishes they had cooked in school.  A wonderful example of our students supporting the local community and developing their own confidence as well.  Thank you to the  Spanish department and to Arun, James, Sara, Mirella, Maria, Heidi and Matilde.

CHAMBER CONCERT This week saw the first School Chamber Concert of the year, it was wonderful to see and hear the students play, some performing in front of an audience for the first time.  Well done to all who took part.

SCHOOL COUNCIL The School Council met last week and had some very interesting discussions around important aspects of school life; communication, the way individuals talk to each other and the celebration of diversity.  We look forward to developing proposals with the group to deliver on their ideas.

I would like to wish you all a restful half-term break.

 

UPCOMING CAREERS OPPORTUNITIES

All students have Personal Development lessons, part of which includes careers advice. Please click the image above to take you to the Upcoming Opportunities page which is updated regularly with information and advice. 

NEWS ROUND-UP

Take a look through our social media using the buttons above and check out this week's news stories below.

SPORTING RESULTS UPDATE  SUMMARY

U18 Boys Football National Cup RD2: Charters 4 - 1 ACS International

Year 11 Boys Football National Cup RD2: Charters 3 - 2 Emmbrook

U13 Girls Football National Cup RD2: Charters 2 - 6 Salesians

Year 7 Girls Netball: Marist A-D beat Charters A-D

Cross Country Cup:

JB - 3rd (Q)
JG - 7th
IB - 5th 
IG - 9th

Read our news stories this week by clicking the links below:

GIVE RACISM THE RED CARD

PRE-LOVED UNIFORM SALE

GRACE RAISES MONEY FOR BABY BANK

NOTICES

SCHOOL TRIPS

Thank you to all the staff who take trips during the half term, we have Year 8 travelling to France to experience French culture and Sixth Form going to Iceland as an enrichment trip for their A-Level Geography.

YEAR 7 CHRISTMAS CARDS

A reminder from the Art Department to check your Year 7 bags please! This week students brought home an A5 order form which illustrates their fantastic, festive designs. The form also has a school code and a reference number  - unique to your child, along with full instructions on how to place an order for items including; Christmas cards, postcards, fridge magnets, gift wrap, chocolate bars and keyrings - all of which are ideal gifts for friends and family. In addition, all orders placed will also generate funds for the Art Department which your child will directly benefit from.

Please note the short deadline of Sunday 29 October, all orders must be placed by this time. Many thanks, The Art Department.

REMEMBRANCE POPPIES

Poppies can be purchased from Student Services, Reception, Sixth Form Common Room and the Durning room during the first week after half term. There is no set price but donations of £2 or more are recommended for the basic plastic-free paper poppy.

FIREWORKS 

Use Code CHARSCHOOL to get cheaper tickets to this year's RoundTable fireworks display which will be held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 4 November.

Using the code also means that Charters School will receive 25% of the ticket sale if you purchase raceday tickets, or 15% of the ticket sale if you purchase firework tickets!

More information can be found here.

Secure your tickets today for this annual spectacular.

 

VACANCIES

For information on all current and to apply, please visit the vacancies page of our school website here.

HALLOWEEN – A REQUEST FROM THAMES VALLEY POLICE

Please find below a message and poster that have recently been provided by Thames Valley Police. They both centre around responsible behaviour around the Halloween period, which is over the half term break. Please could we ask for your support in reiterating the messages on the posters to our young people. Thank you.

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