At one point during the residential, we went to a footbridge and used sandpaper to scrub swastikas off the walls, we had
Issue 34 - June 18
Message from Mr Mellen Although people can find out some information about Cedar Mount by reading Ofsted Reports, looking at exam results or studying exam results, I believe that they find our much more about us as a school by meeting our students and staff. That is why I am always pleased and proud when people who are nothing to do with our school tell me how great our students are. This happened this Fundraiser week with the Year 9s who went on residential to the Peace Foundation in Warrington who were a great credit Cricket to Cedar in all they did, including giving up spare time to clean graffiti off a local bridge - well done to all of you. I Debate Mate was also delighted to visit two venues for work experience yesterday and hear how four of our Year 10 students Work Experience were working hard and being a real credit to our school - wonderful to see and hear. We also had our Enterprise Transition Day and Evening when some of our student leaders did a fantastic job of showing new students and Residential families round. SO many things to be proud of, so many students doing so well. There are more chances to shine Summer Invite next week at Sports Day and I look forward to seeing you all competing well there and supporting your house teams. Have a great weekend.
@ CedarMountHigh
Charity Cricket Fundraiser Last Thursday Cedar hosted a cricket tournament to celebrate the end of EID and raise money for Islamic Relief. Throughout the day, members of staff took part in a sponsored fast – a difficult task considering most of them can’t contemplate being without food or water for one hour let alone all day! By 4:00 pm there were smiles on everyone’s faces as families gathered in the bistro with parcels of homemade curries and other delicacies to share with visitors and staff. A special thank you to Reena and her family from MCS and our amazing parents for the lovely food they brought to the academy – IT WAS DELICIOUS! The cricket tournament was well attended with over 30 students taking part and CMA staff took on a parent and student team. The staff team batted first and scored 52 runs from 5 overs whilst the parent team were blessed by some ‘indifferent bowling’ from Mr Zaidi. Abubaker hit the winning runs from the bowling of Mr Williams in the final ball of the team to seal a memorable win for the parent side! Thanks to everyone for their kind donations and to members of staff who took part in the sponsored fast, we managed to raise £156 and will definitely take part in the charity game again next year.
And whilst we're on the subject..... The Year 9 cricket team have reached the final of the Manchester Cup for the second year running. On Thursday the team beat Parrs Wood High School by eight wickets – the team that we lost to last year in the final at Manchester Grammar School! Parrs Wood posted a score of 79 from 16 overs, Tawrat took the all-important wicket of the Parrs Wood captain knocking his stumps out of the ground with the first ball of his spell. Tawrat finished his 3 over spell with 3 wickets. The boys then knocked the runs off comfortably with captain Abubaker scoring an unbeaten 28. The final will take place next Friday on the 6th July at Manchester Grammar School, against Manchester Grammar School. Keep an eye on our social media pages to updates during the fame next week.
Year 10 Work Experience With the departure of Year 11 this week, the academy has felt eerily quiet as Year 10 embarked on work experience. This is a time when students gain a new perspective of the ‘working world’ and start something completely new. Many students worry they won’t fit in and are fearful at not being up to the job. No so with our Year 10’s who proved to be a hit, both Miss Harrison and Miss Watson have received glowing reports back from companies such as The Premier Inn, Manchester University, Barnodos and TTM Healthcare. We’d like to say ‘thanks’ to all the organisations who placed students this week and for looking after them - we can’t wait to catch up and hear about what they've been up to when they return to school on Monday.
Enterprise - Year 9 Trip to MMU This week twenty Year 9 business students visited MMU for an enterprise day, In small teams students had to brand, develop and pitch their own airline. Students had to work out the cost of the planes, travel time, in-flight meals, entertainment and staff uniform. Students then put their idea to a panel of judges and competed against two other schools, not only did we leave with a third place prize but our girl team ( Tegan, Sacha, Abbey A, Abbie W, Saliem, Sehar) won the entire competition with their airline, Over Seas. A lovely day out and all students worked exceptionally hard. Great stuff Well done Mr Mellen
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Year 9 Residential at the Peace Foundation Year 9 completed a leadership residential at the Peace Centre this week, the course is designed to equip young people with the skills to manage and resolve conflict peacefully, whether that be personal or within their community. Techniques learned are designed to stay with you for life and force pupils to look at the choices they make how they handle them - it all sounds very ‘full on’ but the Peace Centre have a unique way of turning things on their head and making a hard hitting topic fun. Here’s what Chloe from Year 9 had to say about her time on the residential…. At the Peace Centre we did many different activities that helped us to have trust, patience, confidence and impulse control with one another. All of us took part in an exercise where two equal lines of students faced each other, and held hands. John the course leader then flipped a coin and if it landed on ‘heads’ you had to begin a pulse down the line, once it reached the last person they had to run and grab a cloth off a chair in a race against the other team. The game taught us patience and to have trust in our team as well as testing our observation skills. At one point the other team started the ‘pulse’ when the coin landed on ‘tails’ meaning the team lost a crucial point. At one point during the residential, we went to a footbridge and used sandpaper to scrub swastikas off the walls, we had the opportunity to take a break but this felt like a worthwhile cause and all of us wanted to help remove the graffiti, it just goes to show the impact of the work the Peace Foundation is doing. Personally I’ve come away from the residential more confident, I feel I am able to suggest ideas and voice my opinions on conflict without worrying what other people think. I loved my time at the Peace Centre, the surroundings were beautiful and everyone is accepting which made me feel comfortable and secure.
End of year Summer BBQ - Thursday 5th July Throughout the year, Mr Williams has been working closely with parents and set up a successful ‘Friends of Cedar’ group. They regularly meet and hold coffee morning to discuss fundraising opportunities and school related matters. As a thank you to everyone involved we would like to invite ALL parents/carers and members of the local community along to our end of year summer BBQ on Thursday 5th July. The fun starts at 3:30 pm and we look forward to seeing everyone.
