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1st April 2022

Live music returned to CCHS this week with our Spring Concerts. The standard of playing, the variety of the programme, the joy in the performances, and the appreciation from the audiences – the concerts were a triumph! Thank you to all our brilliant student musicians and our wonderful Music Department.  

31st March 2022

  To conclude our Women’s History Month commemorations we would like to celebrate all the women in our school community past, present and future. As a school we are extremely proud of our commitment to girls’ education and of our incredible students, colleagues and their families. It is fitting that this week we are also…

31st March 2022

  Thank you to Jake and Jacob for organising a very busy and productive morning @Leonardo_UK for our students. They had a fantastic time learning more about the company and working on their Industrial Cadet Bronze Project.

30th March 2022

Today our History Department are celebrating the work of Florence Howes. Born in Brooklyn in 1929, Howe was introduced to feminism when she participated in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s. During that time she taught at a Freedom School in Mississippi as part of an effort to close the educational opportunity…

23rd March 2022

Today we are celebrating the incredible work of CCHS Aluma Sian Cleaver. Sian currently works for Airbus in Bremen, Germany, where she designs satellites and vehicles for space exploration. Sian has appeared on Blue Peter to showcase the Airbus Mars Rover and is passionate about widening understanding of and participation in science.

18th March 2022

Tonight our Muslim community with observe Laylat al-Bara’ah ‘the night of forgiveness’. It is regarded as a night when the fortunes of individuals for the coming year are decided and when Allah may forgive sinners. In many regions, this is also a night when prayers are arranged for forgiveness from Allah for one’s deceased ancestors.

18th March 2022

  Commencing today our Sikh students will be celebrating Hola Mohalla, a three-day long festival where displays of fighting prowess and bravery are performed. Music, poetry and communal meals are also enjoyed. On the final day there is a military style procession through the streets.

18th March 2022

  Happy Holi to our Hindu students! The festival celebrates the eternal and divine love of Radha Krishna and the arrival of spring. It is a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. It’s a colourful festival, with dancing, singing and throwing of powder paint and coloured water.

18th March 2022

  This year for International Women’s History Month our Historians are celebrating the first woman in England & Wales to become a barrister and be allowed to argue in court. This made Dr Ivy Williams an important role model for future women. For 600 years women had not been allowed to become barristers until 1922…

17th March 2022

  Today we are celebrating the incredible life and work of CCHS Aluma Dame Margaret Anstee who has been an inspiration to students past and present for her international impact in her role at the United Nations. Not only was she the first woman to reach the rank of Under Secretary General at the UN…