‘Faces in Windows’ photography exhibition

Our A Level Art students worked with professional photographer Andrew Ogilvy to produce a series of portraits to brighten up empty shop windows in Chipping Norton as part of the new Illuminate Chippy event. The students were inspired by award winning photographer Agnès Varda’s film ‘Face Places’, in which the photographer and muralist, JR, travel […]

Classrooms to Care Homes

This lovely initiative has been launched by the Times Educational Supplement and is happening in many schools across the country. It is a way for our students to connect with care home workers and residents this Christmas, to spread a bit of festive joy and cheer. We asked our students to write to care homes […]

Aspire Enterprise Challenge

Immediately before lockdown, the Year 9s were given £50 and challenged to come up with an enterprising idea to raise funds for Aspire. Although many students were unable to complete their projects, three teams were very quick off the mark and managed to raise £576.37 for the Aspire charity with activities such as cookie kits, […]

Christmas Shoebox Appeal for Aspire

Over the past few weeks, tutor groups have been filling up Christmas shoeboxes with gifts for homeless adults as part of Aspire’s ‘No one left behind this Christmas’ campaign. Mrs De Bruyn was delighted to fill up a school minibus with 226 shoeboxes and deliver them to the charity’s headquarters in Oxford. On the last […]

CNS Santa Fun Run

The PE Department challenged our students to take part in a series of Santa Fun Runs in aid of Katharine House Hospice. Students were asked to run between 3km and 5km around the school fields in one of their outdoor PE lessons. Every student was provided with their own Santa hat for £1 and families […]

Year 7 students collect food for local foodbank

The Year 7s decided earlier this term that they would like to organise a Christmas collection of essential food items for the North Oxfordshire Community Foodbank. The students brought in their donations in the last week of term and Mrs Budd, Family Liaison Officer, filling every inch of her car with bags and boxes, kindly […]