Welcome to Coombe Girls’ School

Beating the heatwave in style, Year 11 returned to school for their fabulous prom recently. We were so thrilled to see you all and can't wait to see so many of you back again @coombesixthform in September! 💅💃🕺👗👔⠀ ⠀ Have a wonderful summer!⠀

Today, we welcome 200 ex students and staff back into Coombe Girls' for school tours, a student showcase and delicious refreshments to celebrate our 70th birthday! 🎂🎉7️⃣0️⃣ #CGSAlumni

Ms Rhodes: 🗣️Our wonderful Year 8 Modern Foreign Language Poetry Live finalists performed brilliantly in the competition at St Mary’s University on Wednesday 17th June. Mille and Jess recited impeccably by heart for French, Grace and Safia performed wonderfully for Spanish, June and Erin wowed the crowd for German. In the final, June won the Bronze award and Erin won Gold! Well done to all six finalists, we are immensely proud of you! #DiscoverCoombe #curious #creative #confident #CGSTeamMFL

Next Weds is our very first JULY OPEN EVENING! We'll be opening our doors to prospective families from 5pm and we can't wait to meet you. Book your tickets to our Talk & Tour or Tour Only sessions via Ticketsource or through the link on our website.⠀ ⠀ https://bit.ly/4ugMlWm ⠀ ⠀ Please note, our final Summer Term Morning Tour is fully booked tomorrow, 2nd July - if you would be interested in attending a September Morning Tour, please contact us through the school office or via [email protected] ⠀ ⠀ #DiscoverCoombe

This morning we opened the gates to our new Year 7s who will join Coombe Girls' from September! We hope they have a fantastic day, meeting their tutors, Head of Year, Y12 and current Y7 School Ambassadors and taking part in a range of fun lessons and activities. A huge welcome to all our new families - we're delighted to have you in our school #CoombeUnity! #curious #creative #confident #DiscoverCoombe

M Rhone: 🗣️Last week, over 200 of our Year 8 students were brought closer to nature when they travelled from school to @zsllondonzoo to explore the many conservation areas and zoo experiences. Despite the exceptionally hot temperatures, students showed remarkable resilience, embracing the heat while remaining focused, engaged and enthusiastic throughout the visit. The trip provided a wonderful opportunity for students to observe a wide range of animals from around the world, including lions, tigers, gorillas, penguins and reptiles, while learning more about conservation, habitats and animal behaviour. Students represented the school exceptionally well, demonstrating excellent conduct, maturity and respect for both members of the public and zoo staff. The visit was a fitting way to end the term on a positive note, and we are incredibly proud of how well Year 8 conducted themselves throughout the day. 🐅🐘🦒 #curious #creative #confident

⚠️Important Friday 26th June Update⚠️ The school finishes at 1.20pm again today (Thursday) and will also finish at 1.20pm tomorrow (Friday). The forecast temperatures mean we unfortunately have to cancel our sports day. Instead, students should come to school at the usual time on Friday morning. They will leave school at 1.20 on Friday. We know the cancellation is very disappointing but trust families will understand the decision, given the forecast. Arrangements for Friday will be the same as today, including for any Year 12 exams. If you wish your child to remain in school until 3pm on Friday, please complete the CGS Google Form sent home by 11am today, Thursday 25th June.

Congratulations to all our Y10 scientists who took the UK Biology Challenge awardees! 60 students took part and we were so impressed with their achievements. Our medalists include: 🥇Bianca, Jessica, Harini 🥈Madeleine, Thea, Liliana, Hermione, Alayna, Isumi, Ilze, Sekina, Zoe, Selena, Esther, Anaya 🥉Austine, Iris, Isabella, Gao, Alexa, Tsz, Tehya, Amy, Sara, Isla, Maya, Alexciah #UKBiologyChallenge #UKBC #CGSTeamScience

Miss Gilchrist recently organised a whole school Debate Competition. With just over 40 students competing & 12 fantastic groups, judges heard brilliant debates and some really insightful discussions. In the end though, there could only be one winning team. We're delighted to announceY8s Yasmin , Maria & Jess as winners who were successful in the "everyone should be vegetarian debate" Congratulations! Well done to runners up Hannah, Maya, Skyla & Safiia (Y9), Sophia & Hind (Y10), and June, Constance &Salma (Y8) and all our great debaters!⠀ ⠀ #curious #creative #confident #DiscoverCoombe

🚨Early school closure due to extreme high temperature warning 🚨 Please see our website or email sent home for more information including a google form if you would like your child to remain in school. After careful consideration of red warning from the Met Office and the conditions within the school environment, we are writing to inform you that in school learning will end at 1.20pm tomorrow (Wednesday 24th June) and Thursday 25th June. Lessons, activities and exams planned for the morning will continue. In order to maximise learning in school, lunchtime for all year groups will move to the end of learning at 1.20pm. Year 12 exams scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday afternoon will be moved to freed up air conditioned classrooms so will continue according to the exam timetable. We expect students to go straight home from school at 1.30pm. The decision to close early has been made to support student welfare and avoid travel at the hottest part of the day, currently forecast for 3pm. It is therefore essential that students travel straight home when they are dismissed. Teachers will set work for Period 5 on Google classroom and we expect students to complete this work from 1.55pm onwards in their own homes. We will review the situation for Friday, including Sports Day, on Thursday. At the moment, the CGS Yr 11 Prom and the Coombe Sixth Form Leavers’ Ball will continue as planned.