Weekly Message 285 – 5 December 2025
5th December 2025
Our Christmas Lunch was a wonderful success, with the catering team delivering a phenomenal meal ensuring every plate was served with care. The pupil leadership team and members of school staff offered exceptional support, helping the event run smoothly. Great teamwork ensured the quick turnaround between each sitting. It is always a fabulous occasion bringing the school community together.
Prepared for Wet Weather
We ask parents and carers for their support in ensuring pupils come to school dressed appropriately for wet weather. A number of pupils continue to arrive without a coat or using their blazers as hoods instead of proper waterproof clothing.
Please make sure your child leaves home with a suitable coat each morning, especially on days when rain is forecast. Your support with this helps us keep pupils comfortable, focused, and ready to learn as soon as they arrive. Thank you for working with us to maintain a smooth and positive start to the school day for everyone.
Lost Property
We currently have a large amount of lost property in Reception, including coats, blazers and other items. Please remind your children to check for anything they may have misplaced, or feel free to come and look through the items yourself.
We have reunited with their owners, what we can, but many belongings remain unclaimed. To help avoid this in future, please ensure all items are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
Any property left at the end of term will be donated to charity.
Thank you for your support.
Art Club’s Christmas Trees
The last few weeks have seen Art Club getting into the Christmas spirit by creating some festive trees to help decorate the Cams Food Court for the Whole School Christmas Lunch.
Each Art Club member was given a cardboard tree to paint and decorate with catering-related items; paper straws and dip pots, wooden forks and spoons, paper cups and plates … the list goes on! They were tasked to turn the items into decorative elements, and they did an amazing job. We had robins made from forks, holly berries made from cake cases, and candy canes made from paper straws.
The Food Court was made beautifully festive thanks to these trees, and their owners will be able to take them home to show their friends and family soon.
For the remaining two weeks, Art Club will be creating some needle-felted robins to take home in time for Christmas.
Art Club is in Art2 on Wednesdays from 1500 to 1545.
Red Barn Primary School Visit
Pupils from Red Barn Primary School visited us this week to experience our food and nutrition provision. During their session, they explored the full process of making pizza from scratch. They learned how to work with dough, practising techniques such as mixing, kneading and shaping before preparing it for baking. The pupils then enjoyed customising their pizzas with a variety of toppings, allowing them to be creative. Once baked, they were able to taste and evaluate their final dishes, rounding off a fun, hands-on learning experience.
Sports Results
Congratulations to the Year 7 girls’ basketball team who won against Bridgemary 12-2
Year 8/9 boys’ basketball lost to Fareham Academy 50-14
Year 8/9 girls’ basketball lost to Fareham Academy 36-16
Netball – Cup Final
The Year 8 A squad won against Perins School A team 16-0! Such an incredible match. The girls were awesome. Thoroughly well deserved.
Netball – Area Plate Tournament
The Year 8 B squad won against Perins School in the area plate tournament 13-7. Huge congratulations to the team; they played so well.
District Cross Country
Our pupils have been competing in the district cross country over the past three weeks. Below are their outstanding results:
Year 7 girls placed first
Year 7 boys placed second
Yea 8 girls placed first
Year 8 boys placed first
Year 9 girls placed third
Year 9 boys placed fourth
Huge congratulations to all who took part.
Menu w/c 8 December 2025
Whole School Letters Published This Half Term
Below is a list of letters emailed to all parents/carers this half term together with the date and time they were sent. If you are unable to find any of the communications, please email office@camshill.com and we can send you a further copy.
12 Days of Christmas Attendance – 5/12/25 1514
Santa Run – sent 1/12/25 1324
Christmas Lunch – Final Booking Opportunity – sent 1/12/25 1137
Christmas Jumper Day – sent 28/11/25 1440
Punctuality to School – sent 24/11/25 1518
Christmas Concert – sent 18/11/25 1701
Uniform – sent 14/11/25 1501
Pop Up and Drop Off Shop – sent 12/11/25 1602
Consultation on Admissions Arrangements for 2027-28 – sent 7/11/25 1702
Remembrance Day – send 7/11/25 1502
Christmas Lunch – Thursday 4 December – sent 6/11 1801
Statistics
Positive Behaviour Points Averages per Pupil for This Week
Year 7 – 3.55 points
Year 8 – 3.79 points
Year 9 – 2.69 points
Year 10 – 1.96 points
Year 11 – 1.36 points
Attendance
This week – 92.4%
Same week last year – 94.1%
Sparx and Educake
These are two online resources that we expect pupils to be accessing routinely with homework set by teachers and independently to support their progress in Maths, Science, and other subjects. We ask parents/carers to check in with their child to see whether they are accessing these resources routinely and to encourage the best use of them.
Sparx – Maths
Over 50% in Maths Homework
Year 7 81%
Year 8 65%
Year 9 Independent learning for assessment
Year 10 Homework not due until 8/12/25 following test
Over 75% in Maths Homework
Year 7 79%
Year 8 62%
Year 9 Independent learning for assessment
Year 10 Homework not due until 8/12/25 following test
100% in Maths Homework
Year 7 74% *
Year 8 54%
Year 9 Independent learning for assessment
Year 10 Homework not due until 8/12/25 following test
*For example, this figure means 74% of Year 7 got 100% in their homework tasks.
Figures in green indicate maintaining or an increase from last week.
Year 11 are currently working independently with revision homework.
Maths Homework Support is open to all Years on Wednesdays in ICT2 until 4pm.
Next In-Class Assessment
Year 8 – from 10 December – calculator test
Calculators and other equipment for sale
Casio fx-83GT scientific calculators can be bought via Arbor and collected from the Finance Office. Prices of these and other items for sale are shown below:
Casio fx-83GT scientific calculator- £9.00
Pre-packed pencil case – £2.50
Pair of compasses – 29p
Protractor – 9p
100 blank flashcards – £1.00
A range of GCSE Maths revision materials for KS4 use – See Arbor for details
Educake – Science
Average number of questions answered per pupil this week
Year 7 39 questions
Year 8 18 questions
Year 9 39 questions
Year 10 50 questions
Year 11 51 questions
Highest number of questions answered by one pupil this week
Year 7 199 questions
Year 8 176 questions
Year 9 224 questions
Year 10 232 questions
Year 11 668 questions