Mount Copland Challenge - the Saga continues

Preparations for the Mount Copland Challenge 2013 continue without pause. The gentlemen have finished most of their exams and are beginning the countdown to Mount Kilimanjaro.

During half term, they completed a 40km hike over the weekend in the Peak District, Derbyshire. See picture ---------->

More images can be found on the Transformation Trust FB page - click on the link and like - http://www.facebook.com/TTKilimanjaroTrek

For more entertainment, WATCH the following YouTube video - Part 2 of our epic trek - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcwC1Fwy0Ks&feature=youtu.be

And as always, please give generously - http://www.justgiving.com/mountcoplandchallenge 

Oh yes, I nearly forgot - we've got Mount Copland Challenge Team T-shirts!!!!!!!

Thanks for your support.

Mr Draper

Free tickets to Rock Assembly 2013

Become a BT Digital Champion and get free tickets to Rock Assembly 2013 at Wembley Arena on Wednesday 10th July.

Log-on to btdigitalchampions.com

Click on Sign-up

Select Student Sign-up

Enter our school code - DC01950

Enter your full name: Samuel Draper

Enter your year: Year 11

Enter your email address: mrdraper@mailymail.co.uk

Enter password: password

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Click 'Sign-up'

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Complete 'Date of Training' - 'Hours of Training' - 'How many people did you train?' - 'Who did you train?' - 'Where did you train?' - 'Tell us how you think it went'

Click 'Add'

Now you are registered and have a ticket to the Rock Assembly 2013 on Wednesday 10th July at Wembley Arena.

Thanks for registering.

Mr Draper

Goodbye to 11DP

Time to say goodbye to my year 11 tutor group and wish them well for the future.

Year 11 Leavers' Assembly Message

Mount Copland Challenge

We're making headlines - against the current publicity for the school. Positive news!
Visit - http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/students_from_secondary_school_in_wembley_win_a_trip_to_mount_kilimanjaro_1_2177706

Please visit http://www.justgiving.com/mountcoplandchallenge to donate. Or simply TEXT: COPL99 to 70070 and donate as much or as little as you can.

We're off to get our kit on Thursday.

Summer Term - time to shine

You see what I did there.... the joke... about sunshine... excellent.

The Summer Term is the best time to make improvements / changes / leaps forward.

Year 9 - take on Richard III by William Shakespeare.

Year 10 - take on the GCSE English Language Unit 1 exam - Understanding and Producing Non-fiction texts & iGCSE English (for Study Plus)

Year 11 - this is it - GCSE English Language & GCSE English Literature (and iGCSE English for some)

Year 12 - AS Literature - Aspects of Narrative exam

Year 13 - A2 Literature - Gothic

Revision, revision, revision - every lunchtime in C10 and most days after school - if you need my help, come and ask. 

It's your time to shine (and I do mean that!)

Mr D

Easter Revision Sessions

It's Easter - time to revise for all your exams.

I will be in Copland during the holidays on the following dates from 10am until 4pm in C10.
 

Tues 2nd April - Year 11 GCSE CAs in C10

Weds 3rd April - Year 11 and Year 12 GCSE CAs

Mon 8th April - DP - Year 11 - iGCSE

Tues 9th - DP - Year 12 GCSE & Year 12 AS Lit

Weds 10th - DP - Year 11 iGCSE

You need to turn up, be prepared, and get some serious revision / work completed.

This is an opportunity that you must take.

See you there. Mr D

Copland's BBC News School Report

BBC News School Report in which Khadija follows up her amazing demands on the Prime Minister to rebuild our school. Impressive stuff. Over to you Mr Cameron.

World Book Day - the Aftermath

Watch this space for more pictures, videos and feedback from the celebration of World Book Day at Copland Community School on Friday 1st March.

World Book Day at Copland

On Friday 1st March, Copland Community School will celebrate World Book Day in style:

* Fabulous author/ screenwriter / playwright - William Boyd - will be returning to speak with our students. Follow the link - http://www.williamboyd.co.uk/

* Absolutely amazing Cornish storyteller Will Coleman - click on the video - will spend the day, well.. storytelling.

What can you do?

* Bring a book
* Read in Morning Registration
* Read at Break time
* Read at Lunch time
* Read in Afternoon Registration
* Just Drop Everything and Read!

Enter our Drop Everything and Read video competition to earn £50 Amazon Vouchers! http://mrdraperenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/drop-everything-and-read.html

Join in and celebrate.

Mr Draper

Spring Half Term

Year 11 English  Half Term Activities

Monday - Of Mice and Men - Watch the movie - analyze the text - 10 til 4pm in C10. Bring your exercise book, your copy of the Steinbeck text, and the inquiring minds.

Tuesday - CA Day - 10 til 4pm in C10. Bring all materials for either Creative Writing / Spoken Language Study or Of Mice and Men.

Wednesday - Last Chance CA - 10 til 1pm in C10. The last chance for your to complete CAs.

Take the opportunity to develop your English skills and improve your grade.

Drop Everything and Read Competition - £50 Amazon Voucher Prize - http://mrdraperenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/drop-everything-and-read.html

AS Lit - History Boys Essay Question

Essay Question - "The comedy in The History Boys by Alan Bennett centres around the opposition created between the two teachers Irwin and Hector." What use does Bennett make of this opposition?

Please respond with your essay plans on this page. We will discuss the full essay this week in the lesson. Mr Draper.

Drop Everything and Read

Do you love books?

Do you love reading?

Can you persuade others to read?

If so, you could win £50 of Amazon vouchers by entering the Copland English Department - Drop Everything and Read Competition.

Simply create a short video (2 or 3 minutes maximum) persuading students, teachers and parents about the benefits of reading.

Submit the video or YouTube link to Mr Draper by Weds 27th February 2013

We'll celebrate World Book Day on March 1st 2013 with the premiere of your video across the school. Good luck. If you have any questions, just ask Mr Draper.

Copland's Entry to the Transformation Trust's Killimanjaro Challenge

Copland's Opportunity of a lifetime - see post below - has been won by Younes, Mohammed and Najeeb. They answered the question 'Why People Climb Mountains?' in 500 words each, and produced this video to accompany their team application to the competition with the Transformation Trust.

Congratulations to the winners. Fingers crossed. To those unlucky runners up, watch this space for more opportunities like this. Mr D

Year 11 Creative Writing - Film Inspiration

For your controlled assessment you are asked to produce a piece of writing inspired by a short segment of film. Try to find a narrative or piece of writing 'inspired' by these clips - do not just re-write the story of the film they belong to. Here are some suggestions - Enjoy. 

Bladerunner - sci-fi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaR5wVL9x2I

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3c2cXiEUHo

WALL-E - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx-4Hz_W-TY

City of God - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNATPsOsZk

The Truman Show - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZMZYrdXtP0

Back to the Future - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wcoUG5pkZ8

Schindler's List - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VL-y9JHuI

Apocalypse Now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9oBiD7-kAM

Shawshank Redemption - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=718RlaIYBlo

Please add your own suggestions to the comment box below.
 

 

Want tickets to Rock Assembly 2013? Register to become a BT Digital Champion today!

To get tickets to the largest free music event this Summer, and do a little good for your local community, just sign-up to become a BT Digital Champion.

Log-on to www.btdigitalchampions.com

Register as a Student with the school ID - DCO1950

Record the hours you've spent training members of the community and members of your family how to use ICT.

Keep registering your hours and get ready to receive a ticket to Rock Assembly 2013.

Ask Mr Draper for details.

Silent History

The strangest and most creative reading experience imaginable. http://www.thesilenthistory.com/

A downloadable app, which provides a glimpse into the weird way at traditional narratives can be told via a modern socially interactive medium.

I do not own a kindle, and will always own books, but this is the first online writing I will admit to being obsessed by. Enjoy. Mr D.

Creative Writing Assistance from Copland School English Blog

Copland School English Blog: Hitcher by Simon Armitage story suggestions: http://missirwin.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/hitcher-lesson.ppt Have a look at the above link for analysis help on the poem. Story su...

Opportunity of a lifetime

Do you have anything planned this summer (2013)?

Would you like to climb Mount Kilimanjaro?

If you would like to take part in this once in a lifetime 'free' opportunity, you have to complete a 500 word response to the following question: "Why do people climb mountains?" and submit it to Mr Draper in C10 by the end of the week - 25th Jan 2013.

We will then select the best 3 students and submit our application via video to the Transformation Trust.

www.transformationtrust.org.uk

Welcome to English with Mr Draper

It started with a snow day in January 2013, and should be the beginning of an online presence that is both useful and annoying to all of you taught English by Mr Draper.

Along with http://coplandenglish.blogspot.co.uk, this will be the most useful venue on the internet for English related assistance at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5.

Use it wisely, use it regularly, and most of all... use the information, help, resources, on this site to the best of your abilities.

Do not underachieve!

Copland School English Blog: Petition: David Cameron, rebuild Copland School by...

Sunday, 13 January 2013

Petition: David Cameron, rebuild Copland School by 2015

Hello!

7KR will be working on a "Project For Awesome" campaign in 2013 to activate the pupil body into campaigning for a new school building by 2015. They are kick starting with an online petition: "David Cameron, The Government: Rebuild Copland Community School now for the sake of 1300 pupils' education." and need your help to get it off the ground.

Will you take 30 seconds to sign it right now? Here's the link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/david-cameron-the-government-rebuild-copland-community-school-for-the-sake-of-1300-pupils-education

Put the school's postcode in where it asks for address: HA9 7DU

Here's why 7KR think it is important:

By denying the pupils at Copland School a safe and engaging environment within which to learn, the Government is doing a disservice to 1300 pupils in Wembley who deserve a building that allows them to learn. The pupils are not to blame for issues regarding money or recession but they are being victimised because of the failure of others. We must make a stand and insist that action is taken and a new building is agreed and foundations laid by the end of this year.

Please, please, please sign, encourage everyone you know to sign and get everyone in your community to sign. Please tweet this petition if you have an account or Facebook or Tumblr if you use these social mediums.

Remember, all of us at Copland need this new building. If you don't demand what you need, you won't get. 

Aim to dream it, work to achieve it.

http://www.change.org/petitions/david-cameron-the-government-rebuild-copland-community-school-for-the-sake-of-1300-pupils-education