Year 11 Art Trip
Exposing students to art outside of the classroom is an important tool to assist in creating exciting and thoughtful responses to art themes – and so every year we take the Year 11 Art students to the Tate Modern in London as the start of their exam unit (Reflections). This year we had a fantastic experience seeing […]
Year 7 Pantomime Workshop
On 11th of January 60 Year 7 students visited Chipping Norton Theatre to see their annual pantomime Aladdin. The students spent the morning taking part in 3 different workshops designed to help them understand the conventions of pantomime and the skills required from the performers. The day was wonderfully brought together with a matineé performance […]
Aspire Christmas Box Appeal
For the past term tutor groups have been donating essential items to fill Christmas boxes for local charity, Aspire. This charity supports homeless children, adults and families in Oxfordshire. Members of the Student Council worked tirelessly to wrap up the boxes and pack up the school minibus so that the boxes could be delivered to Oxford. […]
Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat
Thank you to all who came and supported the school musical Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was a huge success and the students performed fantastically, both those on the stage and those assisting back stage. There was a fantastic atmosphere of support and community from both the audience and the cast and we really […]
CNS win County U18 Vase Cup!
Congratulations to our Senior Rugby team who this afternoon defeated Burford in the County Vase final. Trailing 19 points to 10 going into the final stages, a fantastic try and penalty goal meant Chippy won 20- 19 on aggregate to end the season on a high!
Lest we forget
To mark the centenary of Armistice Day, hundreds of our students from Years 7 to 11 took part in the British Legion ‘Thank You’ campaign by writing letters of thanks to real people affected by World War One. In English lessons, pupils considered the huge sacrifices made, not only by the soldiers, but by a […]
CNS Sixth Form raise funds for Helen and Douglas House
During Active Tutor on Tuesday 20th November, all 7 Sixth Form tutor groups ‘snazzed up a Santa suit’ to raise money for Helen and Douglas House. Having been given an emotionally pertinent presentation by the charity, we decided to get into the Christmas spirit early by designing a fancy (or crazy) Santa suit to potentially […]
CNS triumph at Youth Speaks competition
Over the past four weeks, Ellie Lewis, Luke Barnes and Maddy Fisher have been working hard towards competing in the Youth Speaks public speaking competition, which was held on the 21st November at Bloxham School. Their speeches maturely discussed the broad array of subjects that stemmed from our main theme: the sexualisation of people in […]
Year 9 Fantastic Rugby Final
Congratulations to our Year 9 Rugby team who recently won the West Oxfordshire Rugby League. Following a round robin format the top two teams in the league play-off in a final which was held on Wednesday 14th November at Chipping Norton RFC against Burford School. In a tense and tight affair a fantastic defensive effort combined […]
Art trip to Florence
Very early on a Friday morning a group of 37 students and 4 adults met at CNS to embark on an art weekend to Florence, Italy. After a bumpy and windy flight we arrived in a sunny and warm Pisa. Once in Florence, the students got to experience the birthplace of Renascence and the wonders of […]