Joyful and Triumphant!
On Wednesday 8th December, we completed our very first virtual concert by recording each piece to put together into a video for all to see. Due to COVID it seemed an unnecessary risk to invite a hall full of people to the school and so we went about our Christmas concert in a new way. […]
Anti-bullying week at CNS
From the 15th -19th November we celebrated Anti-Bullying week at Chipping Norton School. The theme for the week was ‘One Kind Word’ and our whole school assembly focused on this theme. We had a fantastic team of students who committed to selling our ‘One Kind Word’ wristbands all week. A special thanks goes to Tillie, […]
Sixth Form Open Evening
We were delighted to welcome over 100 students and their parents to our Sixth Form Open Evening on 11 November. This was our first ‘live’ Sixth Form Open Evening for two years due to Covid restrictions and it was wonderful to be able to show off our recently refurbished Sixth Form Centre to prospective sixth […]
Remembrance Day Assembly
To mark Armistice Day this year we broadcast a live assembly to students, parents and some local care homes. Students representing our four houses read a selection of poetry from Siegfried Sassoon and Dylan Thomas, and extracts from ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ (Anne Frank) and Private Edward Stewart’s letter home from 1916. The […]
£739 donation to Thrive
We recently held a non-uniform day and raised £739.95 for local charity, Thrive. Students and staff were asked to come to school dressed in their house colours and to make a donation to the charity. Thrive provide practical support to children of struggling families in this region. Thrive were very grateful for this donation and […]
Autumn Rugby International at Twickenham
On Saturday November 6th, 5 teachers and 50 very excited students made the long awaited return to Twickenham to watch the England v Tonga Autumn International Rugby match. It was a welcome return to international rugby for spectators with England scoring 11 tries to win comfortably by 69 points to 3. It was an excellent […]
Four students are awarded The Arts Society Cotwolds Bursaries
The Arts Society Cotswolds has worked closely with Chipping Norton School Art department for over 5 years and TASC has very kindly awarded a Bursary to one A level art student each year who are going onto higher education in the Arts. The process is very rigorous and includes looking through all their work and […]
CNS Summer School
During the summer break, CNS hosted its first ever Summer School to support the Year 6’s with their transition from primary to secondary school. Wow what a week! With over 125 students attending daily, the week was buzzing with energy and enthusiasm. The activities of Summer School were based on the CNS core values of […]
Year 7 ‘Play in a Day’ performance
Banbury’s youth-focused Cherwell Theatre Company invited students at Chipping Norton School to stage a ‘Play in a Day’. The play, ‘The Changing Room’ by Chris Bush, was rehearsed over a school day with students working in collaboration with professional theatre-makers, then performed at The Theatre, Chipping Norton. Set in and around a swimming pool, ‘The […]
’19 ways to capture life after lockdown, Photography competition
Last term the Art Department launched a photography competition across the school to promote wellbeing and the end of lockdown. This has been a very difficult year and we wanted to focus on some positivity. The response was fantastic and we were very impressed with the standard of the photos submitted. We were very lucky […]