The Corbet School will be holding a Christmas Carol Concert at All Saint’s Church Baschurch on Monday 12th December at 6.30 pm followed by refreshments. Please do come and join us!

On Friday 16th December 2016 the school day will finish at 1.30pm for the Christmas holidays. Pupils who travel on school transport will be collected at 1.30pm. We would kindly ask other parents and pupils to make necessary arrangements to be collected at 1.30pm. There will be no transport provision at the normal finish time of 3.20pm.
Please note that there will be no lunchtime canteen service on this day, although there will be the usual morning break service. Pupils entitled to free school meals will be able to use their provision at morning break.
Pupils return to school next term on Wednesday 4th January 2017; Tuesday 3rd January is a PD day.

Please can we remind parents that they should not be parking on the school bus turn whilst waiting to collect pupils from after school clubs.

Thank you for your cooperation

Two nominations have been received for the two vacancies for Parent Governors, I
therefore declare that the candidates below are appointed to serve as Parent Governors
from today, for a period of four years; to be endorsed by the Governing Body on 12th
December 2016.

• Lindsay Jenno
• Julie Squire

Profile statement from Julie Squire:
“As mum to a son in Year 8 and a daughter due to start the Corbet in September 2017, I
feel that I can offer commitment to the role of parent governor.
I am passionate about education and, having worked in secondary schools for over twenty
years, I have many ideas to share with the governing body.
As a governor, I would help to maintain the excellent reputation and successes of the
Corbet School, ensuring its continued development.”

 

In 2017 The Corbet School will be celebrating its 60th year with a Diamond Anniversary Festival which will be held at school on Saturday 20th May. The festival is part of a yearlong celebration which will include a variety of events and activities. As well as celebrating our past we aim to raise funds to allow us to refurbish the science laboratories to make them suitable for modern science lessons.
Our vision is for the Festival day itself to span the afternoon and evening (hopefully outside!), with a programme of performances on the stage, sporting activities, competitions, craft and commercial stalls, reunion events, food, bar and much more! We are at the exciting stage of planning and are looking for contributions and ideas from our students, staff, parents, local groups, primary schools and businesses. Our theme is ‘Through the Decades’ to add to the fun!
In addition to the Anniversary Festival we will be encouraging our students to focus their fundraising activities in 2017 towards this goal. It will not detract from their activities in raising money for the charities they wish to support but proceeds may be shared, with the exception of Children in Need and Comic Relief where they will receive all that is raised. One of the planned activities is to hold a grand prize draw throughout the year.
We are very aware that The Corbet School is part of the local community and that many parents, children; primary schools, businesses and local organisations have all been a part of our history. We hope that you are able to support us with this exciting year ahead.