Welcome to our School News page. Here you can keep up-to-date with everything that has been taking place at Carshalton Girls.
Last term, our Year 9 AP group worked on skills linked to teamwork and had to build and decorate a gingerbread house together. They did a great job, with the finished result looking both beautiful and delicious.
Sixth Form Dance Students had an exciting couple of days as they travelled to Sadler's Wells to see Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty and even got to meet Matthew himself!
They then had the honour of welcoming Bourne's principal dancers Glenn Graham and Cordelia Braithwaite in to CHSG to deliver an inspiring Sleeping Beauty Workshop. Students worked extremely hard despite being slightly star struck!
Year 13 can now start ordering LEAVERS HOODIES. Here's the link to the online shop: https://www.hoodiehut.co.uk/leavers-hoodies/chsfg1323/
The online shop will close at 1pm on Wednesday 7th December 2022.
On Wednesday 16th November the whole school help a Personal Development Day.
During the day, students received Personal Development lessons focusing on the theme of Relationships. Across the school all students from years 7-11 studied a range of different topics to include positive friendships, anti-bullying, body image, developing self-esteem and resilience, money management, and revision techniques and stress management, so students understand how to support themselves in the lead up to assessments and exams. Lessons were carefully planned to ensure they were appropriate to specific year groups on this day.
From Monday 14th November to Friday 18th November we joined students across the country to celebrate anti-bullying week. This year’s theme was Reach Out!
This theme came out of teachers and children wanting a theme that empowered them to do something positive to counter the harm and hurt that bullying causes. It also reminds everyone - in school, at home, in the community or online, to Reach Out and give each other the support we need.
The week included wearing bright mismatched socks on Monday to promote diversity and that we have the right to be ourselves free from bullying. Students from across all years proudly took part and wore their odd socks alongside CHSG anti-bullying stickers.
During the week, anti-bullying conversations were incorporated into lessons and students were given the opportunity to show kindness to each other and towards staff by writing and giving of kindness notes.
CHSG is a caring and friendly school. We are building and continue to encourage a kindness culture amongst out students. We want everyone to feel safe and happy to be here.
Students were given a card that they can place in their lanyard plastic wallets. The card have a QR code which directs them to our website, where there will be information on how to access support and to confidentially report incidents of bullying.
On Friday 21st October we were supporting Breast Cancer Now's Wear it Pink campaign by wearing a pink top or accessories. Anyone who choose to take part was asked to donate £1 to this worthy cause. It is a house competition so the more students who took part the better for their houses.
The Sixth Form also held a bake sale outside the Sixth Form block.
Thank you to everyone involved in the Wear it Pink fundraiser before half-term for Breast Cancer.
A huge thank you to Sue and the House Team for organising the day, it was a great success and real #teamCHSG effort.
The House results are as follows!
1st Green - £254.04
2nd Red - £184.63
3rd Blue - £181.19
4th Yellow - £159.84
Staff and students raised an amazing £779.70!
Monday 10th October 2022 is World Mental Health Day. This year we started the day with assemblies on loneliness and connectedness, students were all given an A-Z of mental health flyer and a green mental health awareness ribbon.
During periods 1, 3 and 5 we took a collective 5 minutes of each lesson to focus on three areas of the A-Z, including mindful breathing, gratitude and connection.
The Wellbeing room was open throughout lunchtimes and breaktime for drop in sessions with Sixth Form Wellbeing Ambassadors. A mindfulness session for all students was held in the wellbeing room after-school.
As part of our programme to mark Black History Month, the History Department offered students the opportunity to attend a livestream question and answer session with Alex Scott MBE. Alex is an award-winning broadcaster and former professional footballer who will be discussing mental health, vulnerability and resilience, the theme of her new book 'How (Not) To Be Strong'.
The talk took place on Wednesday 5 October in the Careers Centre and was very well attended.
Carshalton High School for Girls has been joining the nation in mourning the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
