Weekly Message 283 – 21 November 2025
21st November 2025
We remind parents and carers that the school is closed to pupils next week on Wednesday 26 November as it is an INSET Day.
We have also invited Year 8 pupils, parents and carers to the Year 8 Power to Progress evening which takes place on Tuesday 1600 – 1900. Specific details have been sent directly to parents and carers with bookings closing at midday on Monday 24 November 2025.
Year 10 Work Experience – Can You Offer a Placement to a Pupil?
Year 10 pupils will be required to undertake a week of work experience from 9 March to 13 March 2026. They attended an assembly this week to inform them about how this will work and the best way to find a placement. Paperwork has been sent home to provide parents/carers with further information. If you are an employer and would like to offer a pupil work experience, please do get in touch by emailing careers@camshill.com.
Admissions Consultation for 2027-2028 Onwards
We are seeking to make changes to our admission arrangements for 2027-2028 onwards. The changes proposed are specifically linked to the oversubscription criteria and include a change to the catchment area. This consultation is open from Friday 7 November to Friday 19 December 2025. Please follow the link below for further information.
Islamophobia Awareness Month – November 2025
Islamophobia Awareness Month is an annual campaign held in November to raise awareness about Islamophobia, which includes prejudice, discrimination, and hatred against Muslims and Islam.
Its goals are to challenge stereotypes, highlight the positive contributions of Muslims to society, and provide a platform to discuss and combat anti-Muslim sentiment and hate crimes.
Pupils have been watching a video in tutor times to raise awareness of prejudice and discrimination against Muslims but also highlighting the importance of standing up against unkindness and discrimination against all people, regardless of their religion, culture, or identity. This is a key British Value of Mutual Respect and Tolerance.
Maths Week England 2025
This week is Maths Week England 2025, and we have had a puzzle a day. Winners will be announced next week.
Sports Results
Huge congratulations to the Years 10/11 boys’ basketball who came out victorious against Bridgemary. In their first game of the year, they won by 42 – 40.
Years 8/9 girls’ basketball won against Bridgemary School 32-12
Year 8/9 boys’ basketball lost to Bridgemary School 21-12
Year 10 boys’ football lost 4-2 to The Costello School in the Hampshire cup
Year 8/9 girls’ football lost 6-2 to Robert May’s in the Hampshire Cup
Roblox Pop-Ups
We have been made aware of a pop-up that is appearing on Roblox, encouraging children to download an app called pollybuzz (or pollyfuzz in some spelling cases). The app seems quite simple where children are asked questions, and it generates an Artificial Intelligence ‘friend’ – this starts off quite innocently but then begins to show extreme content (including suicide, self-harm and pornography). It may be helpful to remind children about not clicking on pop-ups in games and to report anything that is worrying or inappropriate to a trusted adult. Roblox has parental controls and instructions on how to implement these can be accessed via this link:
Parental Controls Overview – Roblox Support
Please be advised that parental controls will not stop all pop ups.
Menu w/c 24 November 2025
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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.
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 – 4.8 points
Year 8 – 3.6 points
Year 9 – 2.8 points
Year 10 – 2.8 points
Year 11 – 1.1 points (Autumn exams)
Attendance
This week – 93.0%
Same week last year – 92.9%
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 90%
Year 8 75%
Year 9 76%
Year 10 Independent learning for assessment
Over 75% in Maths Homework
Year 8 88%
Year 9 72%
Year 10 72%
Year 10 Independent learning for assessment
100% in Maths Homework
Year 7 84% *
Year 8 60%
Year 9 50%
Year 10 Independent learning for assessment
*For example, this figure means 84% 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 for their mock exams.
Maths Homework Support is open to all Years on Wednesdays in ICT2 until 4pm.
Next In-Class Assessment
Year 10 – w/c 24 November – two papers, non-calculator and calculator
Year 9 – w/c 1 December – tbc
Year 8 – w/c 15 December – tbc
Year 7 – w/c 8 December – tbc
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 27 questions
Year 8 19 questions
Year 9 38 questions
Year 10 38 questions
Year 11 12 questions
Highest number of questions answered by one pupil this week
Year 7 124 questions
Year 8 420 questions
Year 9 278 questions
Year 10 297 questions
Year 11 131 questions