Weekly Update –  27 June 2025

We held a Leavers’ Assembly for our Year 11 students last Friday, followed by their Prom at Warbrook House on Wednesday evening.  It was wonderful to see the students in beautiful dresses and smart suits!  We wish them all the best for their long summer holidays and look forward to seeing them at Results Day in August.

          
Photo credit: DMPhotography

Sports Day is next Wednesday.  To help prepare students for the upcoming Sports Day, the ELSA team have prepared a social story to share with students. Please see the link here.

Free trial lessons on Cello, Viola & Violin!  These will take place on Friday 4^th July. Please email Mrs Whittock for more information.

We are looking forward to our school show this year, 9-5 The Musical, taking place over five nights from Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 July.  You can see the promotion video here.  Tickets can be booked at this link.

Hampshire Careers Hub are hosting an online event for parents on Tuesday 1 July at 6pm, focussing on Apprenticeships and Technical Education and providing information for parents about post-16 and post-18 options.  See this link for details and to sign up.

Library: Click here for our usual Library news and Books of the Week.

Hampshire Book Awards: Thirteen Year 8 students had a fantastic time at the Hampshire Book Award voting day at Eggar’s School on Wednesday, engaging in lively discussions with peers from across the county. They impressed with their knowledge of the six shortlisted books and showed great enthusiasm throughout – we are always impressed by the high standard participation skills of our students in such events. Although only a limited number could attend the event, many other students contributed through reading and meetings, and their efforts are equally appreciated. Thank you to all the Year 8 students involved for the time and effort they gave to the HBA.

This year’s winning book was Smoke and Mirrors by Barry Jonesberg—a favourite among our group for its magic tricks and Grace’s inspiring journey. We’re now hoping Barry will travel from Australia to attend the ‘Meet the Author’ event in October.

SWI are currently offering a discount for uniform orders:

10% off all SWI orders
SWI are offering a 10% discount on all uniform orders, a perfect opportunity for parents to get ahead on back-to-school shopping with good savings
See this link for details.
Offer ends: Midnight on Tuesday 1 July
Extended Returns Period: To make things even easier, they are also extending their returns period until 12 September, giving parents extra flexibility

The PE department are looking for sponsorship for their 2025 Football Tour kit with the following packages on offer: £400 front of shirt sponsor, £300 Back of shirt sponsor, £200 Sleeve sponsor. If you have a business which would be keen to sponsor, please contact s.frizzell@cps.hants.sch.uk

Community Notices:

Fleet Phoenix – Nominations for the Hart Youth Achievement Awards are now open until 26 September – see this link for details.

Summer Workshop – Oliver

Hampshire Teen Project are running a programme here during the summer holidays for any students who receive free school meals – see this link for details.

See this link for activities for children in service families – Aldershot Summer Programme and a residential trip

Babysitting course for Y9/10 students in September – see this link September – see this link