The ECHO

This Week on the Field

City of Norwich School Weekly Newsletter
Friday 14th September 2001 - No. 17.02

The thoughts of students and staff at CNS are inevitably with the families and friends of the victims of the terrorist outrages in New York and Washington D.C.


PHOTOGRAPHS
All students were photographed last Thursday. Pictures of sports teams and some family groups were also taken. Copies will be available for purchase later this term.

BASELINE TESTS
Also last Thursday, students in Year 8 and Year 10 undertook some tests that will help to indicate each individual's potential in the public tests or examinations at the end of the Key Stage. Information on these 'minimum target levels' (for Year 8) or 'minimum target levels' (for Year 10) will be available to students later this term.

SCHOOL PHONES
Some much needed improvements are being carried out on our school phone system. More lines will soon be available into school which will avoid the long queues that have sometimes built up when existing lines are busy. For those with touchtone telephones, it will be possible to make direct contact with certain offices in the school.
Extension numbers of these will soon be published. In addition, there will be a dedicated line for reporting absences. This will much improve our monitoring of students' attendance. The number of the 'Absence Line' will also be published shortly. We apologise for the occasional technical problems that some callers are experiencing while the work is being undertaken.

WEBSITE Read The Echo online at www.cns.norfolk.sch.uk 		YEAR 8 TUTOR EVENING
A meeting for parents of Year 8 students with Form Tutors will take place on the evening of Thursday 27th September. A letter from Mrs Taylor, giving detailed arrangements for the meeting, has already been issued.

LIBRARY NEWS
All new staff and students are especially welcome to use the school library. Joining is simply a matter of completing a membership form. We hope to support all your study and leisure needs.

SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
The Annual General Meeting of CNS Association takes place on Wednesday 3 October at 7.30pm. All parents and staff are invited to attend the meeting at which highlights ad achievements of 2000/1 will be shared and a new committee elected. New parents will be particularly welcome. The evening will include a presentation on current education issues with an emphasis on the Government's recent white paper 'Schools Achieving Success'.

PET SHOW
Next Friday 21 September, you are invited to attend CNSA's Pet Show that will take place in The Barn at 6pm. Small animals, fish, reptiles - suitably housed and well behaved - are welcome to come along with their owners. But no dogs, please. Prizes and other attractions! See overleaf for more details.

MIDDAY SUPERVISORS
We are seeking additional supervisors to work during term time between 12.25 and 1.15 each day. Please contact Mrs Seddon for more details.
EXIT * NEXT WEEK IS WEEK 1 *
LUNCH at 12.25 : Y8, Y9;  LUNCH at 12.40: Y10, Y11; 		BACK ISSUES