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📚✨ World Book Day✨📚
Today our students and staff came together to celebrate World Book Day - a wonderful reminder of the magic that lives inside every book. From character costumes and shared stories to reading challenges and classroom activities, it has been a whole week filled with imagination, curiosity and joy.
At our school, reading sits at the heart of everything we do. We believe that books open doors: to new worlds, new ideas and new possibilities. Seeing our community embrace that spirit today was truly inspiring.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part and helped bring stories to life. Here’s to fostering a love of reading - today and every day! 📖💛
#WorldBookDay #LoveReading #SchoolCommunity #Readabook
Welcome from the Headteacher
Caterham High has been at the heart of the local community for over 60 years providing an excellent education for all young people that join our thriving institution. We are ambitious for our students, setting high aspirations in all that they do. We aim to ensure that they achieve the best exam results possible, have opportunities to develop their talents and aptit...
Belinda Chapple - Headteacher
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CHS Adaptive Judo Team heading to the National School Finals! 🏆💪
Join us in wishing our amazing team the very best of luck as they head into this weekend’s National School Finals! 🏆💪
We are also thrilled to share that Antares Global Limited has become an official sponsor of the CHS Adaptive Judo Team, in partnership with TKJ Judo Club.
Thanks to their incredible generosity, Antares have funded brand new tracksuits for every member of our adaptive team. 🙌🥋
Last Friday, representatives from Antares visited CHS to meet our inspiring athletes in person and present them with their new tracksuits. It was a fantastic moment that truly celebrated inclusion, determination and community spirit.
A huge thank you to Antares for their support - it means the world to our students and our programme. 💙
Let’s go, CHS! 👏🔥@Caterham.High.School
Tomorrow is World Book Day, and it’s the perfect chance to spark a love of reading in every child. Stories don’t just build literacy skills, they inspire curiosity, boost confidence and open doors to new worlds.
This week’s #WakeUpWednesday highlights simple, practical ways families can make reading part of everyday life. From creating cosy reading spaces to showing children that reading is fun, small habits can make a big impact.
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🛡️ Safeguarding Matters 🛡️
Our latest Safeguarding Newsletter is now available! 📄✨
It is packed with useful tips, updates, and resources to help keep our children safe.
📎 Check it out: https://www.ecaterham.net/1566/safeguarding-newsletter
🔍 Learn more: https://www.ecaterham.net/1430/safeguarding-at-caterham
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Redbridge Council are looking for foster carers to offer a loving home to some of our most vulnerable children. If you would like to find out more about fostering for Redbridge Council, please call us on 020 8708 6068. Alternatively, join their next information session. Visit https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/fosteringschools to book a place.@Caterham.High.School
🚨 Attendance is not optional - It is the difference between falling behind and moving ahead.
When students miss school, they do not just miss lessons - they miss learning. Even a few days off quickly add up, and the impact is real:
📉 Students with poor attendance are far more likely to drop a grade - or several at GCSE and Sixth Form.
📈 Students who attend regularly achieve higher results, stronger progress and leave with more choices for their future.
👨👩👧 Parents & Carers: Every absence matters. Strong attendance now protects your child’s long term success - their grades, their confidence and their future pathways.
🎒 Students: Your future is being built right now. Every lesson you attend moves you closer to your goals. Every lesson you miss puts obstacles in your way.
Show up. Stay focused. Protect your chances.
Excellent attendance is the expectation, not the exception.
Your grades. Your future. Your move.
#AttendanceMatters #EveryDayCounts #GCSESuccess #FutureReady@Caterham.High.School
This week, Elisabella proudly represented Caterham High School at the Redbridge Regional Final of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge. The event brought together talented young speakers from across the borough, each delivering powerful and thought provoking speeches to a packed audience.
Elisabella impressed both judges and spectators with a confident, engaging delivery and a message that resonated with fellow students. Taking to the stage in such a high profile competition is an achievement in itself, and we are incredibly proud of the dedication, courage and hard work that Elisabella displayed.
The Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge is the largest speaking competition for young people in the UK, designed to help students develop their confidence, communication skills and belief in their own voice. To reach the regional final is a significant accomplishment and a testament to Elisabella’s commitment to speaking up and speaking out.
#SpeakOutChallenge
#JackPetcheyAwards
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#StudentSuccess
#YoungSpeakers
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🥋 Half-Term Judo Week at Caterham High School! 🥋
During the half term break, Mr Kiani hosted a fantastic week of judo right here at Caterham High School.
👧👦 Monday–Wednesday:
We welcomed primary school pupils from across our local community for engaging judo sessions as part of our transition programme. Brilliant energy, great teamwork and lots of new skills learned!
🏫 Thursday:
Our CHS Year 7 and Year 8 students took to the mats alongside guests from a couple of local judo clubs. A great opportunity for our learners to train, connect and be inspired.
🌟 Friday:
We were proud to host a London Area Adaptive Judo Day, supported by London Area Judo. An inclusive, inspiring session celebrating skill, resilience and community.
A huge thank you to everyone involved for making this such a successful and memorable week! 🥋✨@Caterham.High.School
🚨National statistics shows that attendance impacts on the grades a child achieves.
🚨 Attendance is not optional - It is the difference between falling behind and moving ahead.
When students miss school, they do not just miss lessons - they miss learning. Even a few days off quickly add up, and the impact is real:
📉 Students with poor attendance are far more likely to drop a grade - or several at GCSE and Sixth Form.
📈 Students who attend regularly achieve higher results, stronger progress and leave with more choices for their future.
👨👩👧 Parents & Carers: Every absence matters. Strong attendance now protects your child’s long term success - their grades, their confidence and their future pathways.
🎒 Students: Your future is being built right now. Every lesson you attend moves you closer to your goals. Every lesson you miss puts obstacles in your way.
Show up. Stay focused. Protect your chances.
Excellent attendance is the expectation, not the exception.
Your grades. Your future. Your move.
#AttendanceMatters #EveryDayCounts #GCSESuccess #FutureReady@Caterham.High.School
With its end-to-end encryption and huge popularity, WhatsApp is often seen as a private and secure way to stay in touch; however, that same privacy can make it harder for trusted adults to see when things go wrong.
This week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide explains how features like group chats, disappearing messages, ‘Channels’ and location sharing can expose young users to pressure, unwanted contact and inappropriate content.
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