Weekly Message 292 – 6 February 2026
6th February 2026
This week has been a true celebration of courage, commitment, and community, as our pupils and staff delivered the most brilliant performances of Billy Elliot. After weeks of hard work, dedication, and perseverance, the production was a huge success, and we could not be prouder of everyone involved.
On Friday we invited pupils to wear non-school uniform in support of two charities the school supports – Sophie’s Legacy and African Adventures. We welcome financial charitable contributions, and this can be done on Arbor and we are grateful to our community your support.
‘Arbor’ – ‘School shop’ – ‘Non uniform day contribution’
We would also like to remind parents and carers of Year 11 pupils that the Pupil Progress Evening is taking place on Tuesday 10 February 2026. This is a valuable opportunity to meet with your child’s subject teachers, especially with Spring exams fast approaching, to discuss how you can support your child’s preparation at home and how they can make the very best use of the time they have left in school and the subject specialists in the classroom.
As we head towards the half-term break, we would like to remind parents and carers to ensure children continue to wear the correct school uniform each day. We have recently noticed that some pupils are wearing incorrect footwear when they come to school in PE kit ready for PE, and we kindly ask for your support in making sure the correct kit is worn as per the school’s uniform policy.
Thank you, as always, for your continued cooperation and support.
We remind pupils, parents and carers that the school is closed to pupils on Friday 13 February as it is an INSET Day.
School Production – Billy Elliot
In 1984, while the miners’ strike rages, Billy Elliot is a young boy living in a small County Durham town, who discovers he has a talent for ballet, much to the upset of his widowed father Jackie, leaving him torn between his dreams and the only life he’s ever known.
It is fair to say that the school production is a huge community event each year. The production team, alongside teachers, work together to give the pupils this valuable experience. Each time, we challenge ourselves a little more with the scale of the production and this year is no exception with the famous ‘Billy Elliot’ which is possibly the grittiest musical we have put on to date. Ballet hasn’t come naturally to some of our pupils, but the work they have put in to get the performance to an excellent standard has been faultless. After a heated discussion regarding the definition of ‘solidarity’, this musical experience has certainly exposed our pupils to a range of life’s challenges.
The young people in the production have their own commitments and challenges outside of the school production but never failed to turn up each week and work together as part of this wonderful show family. We hope our pupils continue to ‘express themselves’ long beyond their journey at Cams Hill School.
A huge congratulations for everyone involved. We are incredibly proud of you all.
Careers – New Library Display
There are a variety of different options pupils can consider studying post-16. Making the decision about which to choose can sometimes be a daunting and confusing experience. Miss Vadis (Careers Coordinator) has created a new display in the library to highlight all post-16 pathways. Our website has further information Post-16 Options – Cams Hill School | State Comprehensive Secondary School in Fareham.
National Apprenticeship Week
Next week is National Apprenticeship week and pupils will be watching a video in tutor time to give them information about this post-16 pathway. There are many myths about apprenticeships, therefore, we have created a PDF to give pupils and parents/carers up to date information. If you have any questions about this pathway or would like further information, please email careers@camshill.com.
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
The Walk Wheel Trust will be visiting school again on 23 February 2026 delivering bicycle maintenance and engineering sessions.
To find out more about the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, please click the link to their most recent newsletter.
Bike It Hampshire January 2026 Newsletter
Menu w/c 9 February 2026
Menu Week 3 25,26 NO food friday (inset day)
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.
Non-School Uniform Day Friday 6 February 2026 – sent 29/1/26 1514
Upcoming Gas Works – sent 21/1/26 1014
Sports Results
Year 7 boys’ football won against Fareham Academy 2-1
Senior girls’ football won against Crofton 1-0
Senior boys’ basketball won against Brune Park 55-5
Senior girls’ netball won against Henry Cort 35-5
Statistics
Positive Behaviour Points Averages per Pupil for This Week
Year 7 – 6.4 points
Year 8 – 4.9 points
Year 9 – 3.9 points
Year 10 – 3.2 points
Year 11 – 2.1 points
Attendance
This week – 92.7%
Same week last year – 93.7%
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 83%
Year 8 Testing Week, Sparx revision
Year 9 Testing Week, Sparx revision
Year 10 51%
Over 75% in Maths Homework
Year 7 82%
Year 8 Testing Week, Sparx revision
Year 9 Testing Week, Sparx revision
Year 10 44%
100% in Maths Homework
Year 7 78% *
Year 8 Testing Week, Sparx revision
Year 9 Testing Week, Sparx revision
Year 10 27%
*For example, this figure means 78% of Year 7 got 100% in their homework tasks.
Figures in green indicate maintaining or an increase from last time.
Year 11 are working independently with revision homework.
Maths Homework Support is open to all Years on Wednesdays in ICT2 until 4pm.
Next In-Class Assessment
Year 7 – w/c 9 February 2026 – 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 19 questions
Year 8 21 questions
Year 9 39 questions
Year 10 50 questions
Year 11 71 questions
Highest number of questions answered by one pupil this week
Year 7 256 questions
Year 8 161 questions
Year 9 244 questions
Year 10 291 questions
Year 11 482 questions