3 December 2021

Maths Student of the Week

Rinaz 7R - for working brilliantly in her maths lesson – she always tries her best and participates well in class answering questions.  Keep up the great work!

Well Done!

ICT News

Bebras Competition

Each year students participate in the Bebras Challenge during November, this is done as an extracurricular activity and is open to all students across the school.

The Bebras Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking to students. It is organised in over 50 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. Each participant answers questions that focus on computational and logical thinking.

  • Best in school - Mia Rose - Year 10

  • Special congratulations to Meghan in year 7 who got the gold award which is given to the top 10% in the Country

Clubs

  • Code Club - Y7 to 9, Tuesday lunchtimes in room 2.12 from 12.50 to 1.30
  • GCSE Computer science club - Y10 and Y11, Monday before school at 8am in room 2.12
  • AWS - Y8 only, Thursday lunchtime 1pm in room 2.12


Jenny Man
ICT & PP Co-ordinator + Mathematics Teacher

DT STEM Xmas Enterprise


Year 9 DT STEM club have been working really hard on their Christmas Enterprise.

They have recycled bottle tops collected by the school community and processed them into new material producing these fantastic Christmas decorations, keyrings and jewellery items, to be sold at the Winter Concert.

 

Proceeds will go towards equipment to promote design, engineering and STEM projects in the school.

Leanne Ronayne
Head of DT

Jack Petchey Awards

The Jack Petchey awards are designed to support community activities, acts of kindness and generosity and inclusive provision for all; the awards take place twice a year, in June & November. These attributes very much reflect the ethos of Camden School for Girls.

Our winners are:

Waye 8T
Coping with adversity, she started this year at CSG, settled in very well to the form group and to the school generally.  Waye tries her best and is collaborative and kind to her peers, always on task and following instructions, she did a poster for Black History Month which impressed the History Department

Malaika 9C
Malaika is an engaged member of the school community, a dedicated representative for her Form group, always keen to help others and attends lots of clubs.  She helped raise awareness for the Climate Crisis by being a member of the Save the Planet Club. Plays football outside of school and is a trained referee

Charlotte 10R
Charlotte is a member of the Head Girl Team, a kind and supportive role model.  She has helped with the New Year 7s transition to secondary school, running lunch time clubs for the younger students.  She also motivates students to take part in the schools fundraising events ie: Pink Day, Macmillan Coffee Morning.

The prize money awarded to these students will go towards a new laminator, mental health workshops for students and new lockers for students. We are very proud of their achievement.

They will be presented with their certificates during their year assemblies this week.

Sarah Clark
Administration Co-ordinator

Photography

Another Year 12 photography trip took place last week, we went to two exhibitions to look at works that linked to our current brief ‘Places: Strange and Quiet’.

First we went to the Science Museum to see the ‘Amazônia’ photography exhibition by Sebastião Salgado. He takes beautiful images of the Amazon rainforest from an aerial view but also from the land and the perspective of the people living there. These two different perspectives allow for two different types of images with different highlights. The aerial photographs were incredible for looking at the varsity and the patterns within the rainforest, this contrasted with the photographs from land which reflected on the finer details of the rainforest as well as the lives of the people. We thought that the use of extremely fast shutter speeds to freeze the motion of the clouds, water and rain was particularly powerful due to the immense detail captured in these. Additionally, Salgado’s portraiture used intense lighting and strong contrast to create captivating images of the people living in the rainforest.

The second exhibition at the V&A showed varied responses by different photographers to the theme ‘Known and Strange’; The theme was interesting as it showcased more relatable scenes and images than the previous exhibition, which some students preferred. The use of different techniques - for example tearing film or sewing into photographs - was especially interesting to us as it showed the opportunity for experimentation using film. Some of us were particularly interested in the images relating to electricity and welding, due to “the unique capturing of light”.

We will take inspiration from these exhibitions as we proceed with our own individual projects in the last few weeks of term.

Liberty and Sam
Photography Ambassadors

ARTiculation Running Order Programme 2021