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Recent News
Chesterton Cemetery
Following a report of an inappropriate game of football involving some of our pupils in Chesterton Cemetery on Monday 14 March we have carried out an investigation and shared the community’s concerns with all of our pupils through our assemblies this week and reminded them about being respectful and courteous.
Revision Tips
With only 8 weeks to go until Year 11 leave, lots of people will be giving lots of tips on how to revise. The most important tip is to do what works for you! Whatever you decide to do, stay active! Don't simply sit and read your notes again and again until your brain wants to explode. Get involved. Mix it up a bit. Try some new ideas. Do something with the information you are trying to remember.
Academy Status
Following careful consideration and a period of consultation and review we confirm that members of our governing body voted unanimously at their meeting on 2 March 2011 for the School to become an Academy under the new arrangements. We expect to convert on 1 April 2011.
Latest from YEP!
The latest news from YEP! (Young Energy People)
Lifestyle 4 Learning Day
The KS4 Team welcome Y11 pupils and parents to their Lifestyle 4 Learning Day on Tuesday 15 March. The focus is all about preparing for those final exams looking at Brain Care, Motivation, Revision Skills and Exam Technique. Parents are invited to join us at 18:45 in the main hall to hear how they can be a part of the final preparations for success. Please contact the school to let them know if you plan to attend!
Science Faculty in Focus
Humans have developed incredibly imaginative ways of communicating.
About 200 years ago, two new forms of communication were developed. One was entirely visual: semaphore. If you click on the link below you can see how complicated it is to learn. You might want to try the activity to work out how to send a message! The other method is entirely non-visual and is dependent only on touch. It was designed by Louie Braille as an alphabet for blind people and was based on raised dots. It is still used in books and other items today, including medicine boxes. The link below shows the Braille alphabet. As a challenge, you can try to read the Braille on a medicine box at home – it’s really difficult at first!
South America Trip
In the summer of 2012 a group of intrepid explorers from years eight to eleven will be putting on their back packs and leaving their hair straighteners at home and taking part in an expedition of a lifetime to South America.
The expedition, being organised by Cirencester Deer Park School and Outlook Expeditions gives young people the opportunity to find out more about the world, whilst at the same time developing essential skills and supporting local communities and environments. During the four week expedition the pupils will have the chance to experience many aspects of life in the South American countries of Argentina and Brazil. The pupils won't just spend four weeks on Copacabana beach though! Whilst there they will be working with local communities in some of the more disadvantaged areas of the cities and also support an environmental conservation project.
LIFT Programme
Our accelerated Literacy Programme LIFT (Learning in the Fast Track) is an access programme run in Year 7 for identified pupils with literacy difficulties.
These pupils meet any two of the following criteria - reading accuracy, reading comprehension and spelling ages of below 8.06 years - when assessed by the SENCO of Cirencester Deer Park School in May of their year of entry. The pupils should also be working at a low level 3 English National Curriculum level. There are currently 19 places available on the Programme each year.
KS3 Charities Week
Cirencester Deer Park pupils raised an amazing £2437 for charities during their first ever Key Stage 3 Charities’ Week. Organised by pupils from Years 7, 8 and 9, pupils across the school took part in a number of activities over five days of fun-filled fundraising.
Y5/6 Primary Activities
Cirencester Deer Park School is a Specialist School for Technology, the Arts and Applied Learning, and was judged to be ‘Outstanding’ following our Ofsted Inspection in May 2010. Following the successful launch in November 2009, and the re-launch in September 2010, we are delighted to again be able to offer a range of three after school activities for pupils in Years 5 and 6 at Primary School, running over 6 weeks (with the exception of Photography which runs for 5 weeks) in Term 4 starting during the week commencing Monday 28 February 2011.
