After a tense first half which saw both teams miss good chances and Cockshut producing an offside goal it was 0-0! Cockshut Hill started the second half the stronger team having numerous attempts on goal but unable to get the ball in the back of the net. In the end a fair result for both teams as Cockshut and Coleshill had good opportunities to win. Both teams are a credit to their School and a toss of a coin meant Cockshut Hill took the Cup home. (Full match report available NOW). The Birmingham City Cup Final 2012 Villa Park

Sunday 6th May ACF (Army Cadet Force) West Midlands took on the 12 mile Dudley borough trail walk.  8 Cockshut Hill students who are part of the ACF raised £967.00 for FSID (Foundation for the study of infant death). Led by Corporal Mariska Hadley they joined over 200 people and completed the trail walk in 4 hours 45 minutes. Well done to Lance Corporal Styche, Cadets Hasson, Dyson, Byrne, Bunce, Harrison and McGovern. Fantastic ‘wider community’ ambassadors!

Two of our Year 8 students claimed second place in the WUMA Kickboxing Competition on Sunday 29th April. Tyreis and Jade who both attend MSOBB in Lea Village took part in the WUMA Tournament in Worcester for the Semi & Light-Contact, Forms / Kata & Grappling match. They have been training hard for over 6 months and their dedication and energy has paid off.  Tyreis who holds a green belt won 4/6 fights and Jade who holds a yellow belt won 5/6 fights, each of which beat a black belt opponent… Fantastic! Competitors from all over the country, Scotland and Ireland attended with ages ranging from 12-16yrs. Congratulation on this outstanding achievement!

Tyreis & Jade

Cockshut attended ASDA’s community launch this morning! 10 competitions winners from Year 7 joined the launch with other selected local schools. Students that submitted the best poster designs waited for the overall winner from Cockshut Hill to be announced. Congratulations went to ‘Junaid’ who was presented with a certificate and gift voucher for overall winner! All 10 students were fantastic ambassadors for the College, and we aim to have further links with ASDA Chelmsley Wood and look forward to future events and their support.

Year 7 students from Cockshut Hill were involved in their ‘Health’ PSHE event back in September 2011. The agency PAYP (Positive Activities for Young People), who work closely with crime Stoppers, created a fun, interactive and interesting day on drug awareness.

The students learnt new information, participated in group activities and developed new skills and strategies to use. They were able to perform what they had learnt in a variety of ways, including, singing, acting, dance, poetry, and posters.

We have continued to extend the students awareness by delivering PSHE events, posters around the school, a health information board and forthcoming coming events, e.g. a multi-agency health event in June and displaying students work from the past PSHE events.

Cockshut Hill would like to thank PAYP and Crime Stoppers and encourage other schools to use this excellent service. The evaluations from both staff and students are extremely positive and clearly showed that they had made an impact.

Students at Cockshut Hill attended the Young Person’s Health Celebration Event (Thursday 15th march). The event was held at the Vibe Youth Centre to celebrate the many projects and courses provided to young people; many of which our students have been involved in, such as Baby Think It Over, Sharp Project, Peer Education, Yardey’s Got Talent and After School and Holiday Provison.

It was a chance to show the positive impact achieved through this type of provison, recognition of the young people and to say ‘Thank You ‘ to all the students, staff and agencies involved. Our students represented the school well and were a pleasure to take out, well done to Carla who received her certificate and voucher. Thank you to all those who attended.