Year 9 Reading Champions

For the past few weeks, the Year 9 Reading Champions have been presenting their favourite books in the year 7 and year 8 reading lessons. Highlighted books include The Divergent Series, His Dark Materials series, The Inheritance Games, and many more. Thank you to all of our Reading Champions for sharing their love of reading!

Charlene, Isra and Zaneta presenting their favourite dystopian books.

Year 12 Geography

On Monday 11 May, 14 Year 12 Geographers went to the UCL Schools and Colleges Climate Action and Sustainability Conference. The day began with a guided tour of the London Intersections exhibition, which explores how built environment research shapes the city and influences daily life in London, before listening to lectures from a range of different departments within the Bartlett Institute, including Earth Sciences, Energy System Modelling and Sustainable Urbanism. It was a fascinating insight into life at a multidisciplinary education hub and highlighted the critical role that higher education institutions play in tackling complex, modern problems. 

Ms Cracknell

Year 9 Speeches Competition 

This term, all year 9 students wrote and performed speeches on a topic of their choice. The teachers and students were incredibly impressed by the high standard, so the task of selecting 2–3 from each group to go through to the final was a challenge. On Wednesday, the 12 finalists gathered in the main hall to deliver their speeches in front of the whole year group and the judges, Ms Law and Ms Kranwinkle.

The brilliant speeches covered a wide range of fascinating topics and really were exceptional.

Category winners:

• Best delivery: Mariyah 9T
• Best content: Adrielle 9M
• Best overall winner: Juno 9T
• Audience choice: Daisy 9C

All the finalists and their speech topics:

• Umi 9C - Divorce
• Amahra 9M – The Importance of Music 
• Imogen 9C – Diet Culture and Social Media
• Clemmie 9M – The Dark Side of Family Vlogging
• Flora 9C - Young Women in Sport
• Isabella 9M - Music Therapy
• Daisy 9C - Reform UK
• Leonore 9C – What Happens to your Brain when you Lie?
• Mariyah 9T – Islamophobia
• Juno 9T – The Under-representation of the Deaf Community
• Ava 9M – Do Politicians really have our Best Interests at Heart?
• Adrielle 9M – How Colonisation affects Beauty Standards in Asia

Well done to all the finalists and to the winners of the four categories! 

Ms Trench

Maths Student of the Week

Iqra 8C – For quietly getting on with her work every lesson! Well done!

Year 9 Theatre Trip

On Wednesday afternoon, a large group of Year 9 students and some Year 12s went to the Old Vic Theatre to see an adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest'. The standing ovation given by CSG students and the rest of the audience was testament to their enjoyment of this powerful production. Here is Marianne 9M's review:

I really enjoyed the Year 9 trip to see One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Old Vic Theatre. It was an amazing experience and the production had an incredible cast, set and wonderful special effects. The production, set in 1960s America, told the story of Randle McMurphy, a rebellious patient and his interactions with other patients and was narrated by a supposedly deaf and mute patient, a Native American Chief Bromden. The play explored many intense themes but was told in an incredibly moving and dramatic way with captivating stage design. I definitely would recommend going and seeing it yourself if you can, and thank you to the English teachers who came with us, especially to Ms Trench who organised the trip!

Marianne 9M