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Dates for your Diary:

Our calendar for parents events is now online: http://kesacademy.co.uk/calendar/dates-for-your-diary/

Term dates for 2017/18 & 2018/19 can be found on our website click here to view

Friday 17th November – Kenya trip fundraising quiz 7pm

Tuesday 21st November – Diploma Day

Saturday 25th November – DofE Bronze training morning 2

Thursday 30th November – Parents’ Forum 6pm

Sunday 3rd December – KESAF Christmas Extravaganza

Wednesday 6th December – Christmas Concert 6.30pm

Thursday 7th December – Y7 Theatre trip – Annie

Wednesday 13th December – Christmas Lunch

Parent Bulletin

Friday 17th November 2017

MFL News Last week's Stars of the Week in MFL are as follows - well done to you all!

Year 7 - Erin Morphus 7R

Year 8 - Callum Jones 8N

Year 9 - Olivia Sharp 9R

Year 10 - Alice Riches 10A

Year 11 - Erin Taylor 11D

Mandarin Club this week is on Monday 20th November and is based on Thanksgiving. Come along and

make some clay turkeys in celebration of the event! Monday 20th, 3-4pm in D12

KESA Friends

KESAF are holding a Christmas Extravaganza on 3rd December (see information at the end of this

bulletin). We are looking for students to be Santa's Elves for a couple of hours during the day. Please see

Miss Anton in D10 at break times only to sign up!

Literacy: Language for Learning

ROTARY YOUTH SPEAKS - Tuesday 28 November 2017

KESA will be hosting the opening rounds for the Rotary Youth Speaks competition. There will be a junior

and senior team – all welcome!

Further information here: http://www.rotaryclubnorwich.co.uk/youth-competitions.html

Captain underpants - competition Winners!

KESA Literacy has been running a competition for a chance to win free tickets to see the film Captain

Underpants. Congratulations to the winners!

First Name Last Name Form

Maddie Dear 7A

Alex Kirby 7R

Matthew White 7R

Dylan Hardy 7A

Ava Heron 7D

Saimonas Pupeikis 7G

Oliwier Oles 7A Akvile Jakaitute 7X

Levi Hayden 7E

Adam Barker 7A

AJ Grant 7K

Violeta Olehnovica 7W

William Hindmarsh 7R

Jay Auker 7G

Lexi Billington 7D

Tia Palmer 7W

Chelsea Meikle-Kilford 7G

Maddie Galley 7D

Kenzie Payne 7K

Martina Kantanaviciute 7Z

Dayna-May Claxton 7R

Students must collect a letter from either the library or Miss Ritson (F1) for parental permission to attend

the event.

A History of Magic - Cunning Folk and Witches

On Monday 14th November twenty year 10 students were able to go to King’s Lynn Library as part of the

“A History of Magic” with Mrs Faulkner and listen to Dr Beth Southard from the UEA.

This was a touring display as part of the exhibition being held at the British Library. Students listened to a

talk on “Cunning Folk and Witches” and heard about popular ideas of magic and the real history of

Witches including how they were identified, charms, spells medicine and more.

The library staff were so impressed with our year 10 students that they’ve been invited back to the library

to use their facilities in the future! Well done to all involved.

Year 7 – Mrs Wright

My congratulations goes to the following 10 students who achieved the most achievement points last

week. Well done.

Violeta Olehnovica 7W 180

Akvile Jakaityte 7X 145

Brandon Payne 7D 135

Kian Preston 7W 130

Shannon McArdle 7W 120

Finlay Minns 7R 120

Ruby Goodchild 7W 120

Stephanie Rodrigues 7R 120

Yara Dias 7Z 119

Kristina Troka 7W 115

In our assembly this week Ruby Goodchild and Joseph Russell received £5 gift vouchers. They received

these for continued consistent and motivated hard work.

The year 7 PRIDE awards were given as follows:-

WE THINK AND ACT POSITIVELY AKVILE JAKAITYTE

WE RESPECT ONE ANOTHER IN EVERYTHING WE DO JACK KNIGHTS

WE STIVE TO IMPROVE OLIVER SCOTT

WE ALL CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN GABIJA JANKAUSKAITE

WE WORK WELL TOGETHER ERIN MORPHUS

Well done to those 5 students who are now on their way to gaining all five PRIDE awards.

Congratulations to the Year 7 boy’s football team. They beat Neale Wade school, March 5-1. A resounding

win with goals from Paulius Falco, Max Bland, Oli Scott x 2 and Nojus Ivananauskas. The team have

reached the last 64 in the National Cup. This is amazing that given 10 weeks ago these boys did not even

know each other. Well done, you did your school and yourselves proud.

All forms were asked to think of idea of how they can raise money for Children in Need. All forms this

week have come up with some fabulous idea’s such as ‘How many gummy bears in the jar’, ‘Guess the

weight of the cake’ (kindly baked by Miss Bates) and ‘guess the bear’s name’. These took place today in

the main hall at break time and I am hoping that once the money is counted we will have raised a

considerably amount for this very worthy cause.

I wish you a very pleasant weekend.

Mrs B Wright Head of Year 7

Year 8 – Mrs Stonach

Our Year 8 attendance has slightly improved again this week, thanks to parents and pupils for coming in

despite the coughs and splutters. Many students are really keen to keep their attendance above 95% in

order to win awards. This week we will be starting a new initiative. Heads of Year and members of the

attendance team will be visiting all pupils with an attendance between 90-96%, each day that they are in

school they will receive a sticker, if they are in everyday for 4 weeks they will receive a treat. The students

that have been selected to do this are aware and have been given the information that they need.

Well done to tutor group 8A who had an attendance last week of 98.6%

A big well done to Christian Tansey who was recognised for his outstanding work in MFL, Pep Mintah-

Baah and Millie Milnes for their efforts in English and Alice Biran and Max Smith have been recognised for

their hard work in PE.

Well done to the students who were awarded the PRIDE awards this week, they were;

P – Kit Howlett

R – Janis Dukats

I – Madisyn Williamson

D – Bethany Dowe

E – Erin McDonald and Millie Laws

Just a reminder – trainers are not allowed to be worn in school (except of course for PE!), shoes must be

formal – please see the picture for an example. Also, trousers must not be skinny style, they must hang

not stick to the child’s leg like leggings.

On Tuesday we were lucky enough to be treated to an afternoon drama production which was delivered

by a theatre company Alter Ego. The drama production "County Lines" looked at tackling the subject of

drugs and the criminal world. It was very hard hitting and a big hit with the year 8 students. We also had a

question and answer session with them and were joined by the Assistant Chief Constable of Norfolk police

as well as various media representatives.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s tutor in the first instance, email

information for them can be found on the school website.

Year 9 – Mrs Lees

P R I D E

We think and act

positively

We respect one another in

everything we do

We strive to

improve

We all create a

great place to

learn

We work well

together

P – Aiden Cummins R – Henry Newman I - Charlie Steeles D – Gabija Suruda E – Rio Smith

GOOD NEWS FRIDAY!

Congratulations to the following students met with Mr Brown to celebrate a successful week –

Aivaras Pulmanas & Courtney Bussey

TOP ACHIEVEMENT POINTS THIS WEEK

Aleksejs Kravcenko 9D 90

Emilia Bastian 9R 85

Poppy Tunmore 9R 80

Rebecca Bush 9E 80

Lilija Rogova 9W 70

Louise Woods 9R 70

Gwen Newbury 9H 65

Darcy Grant 9E 60

Ruby Kirby 9A 60

GOOD WORK BOARD

Miss Vaughan has nominated Ella Gordon this week, her book work is excellent - she has explained

in detail and added a good point that nobody else in the class had written! Her book is also very neat

and well presented :-)

Miss Lewis - Adomas Abrutis worked really well in English today!

Miss Howes - Good form time contribution from Lily-May McKiever, Callum Tuck, Beryl Ngome,

Ellie-Louise Ely and Eden Barker.

Mr Denton - Joey Ellis and Poppy Tunmore have both been really good in PE theory. Joey is

particularly impressing me at the moment.

Emilis Laibinis has been working really hard in maths this week with Fractions. As well as most other

students in the group. Mr James.

Caitlin McCallum has worked fantastically this week, she is so conscientious and should be really

proud of herself. I also want to commend Urte Kukauskaite, Rachel Dixon, Vesta Teiskersyte, Fern

Croft, Karolina and Robert Lipodatenka, for their work in geography this week. They have worked

fantastically and produced some really good work.

Miss Hourigan - Anton Baskaran, Ewa Pieczykolan, Morgan Wilkin, Samuel Shipp, Ema Tomkova,

and Emily Vasilevska should be congratulated for their excellent marks on their sociology test!

Year 11 – Mr Waring Our Year 11 mock examinations are now well underway. Please find below a table showing what exams are taking place in the week commencing 20th November. Remember, a good balance of revision and rest along with good preparation can aid success

Date: Exam: Location Start Time End Time

Mon 20 Nov English Literature 1 SPH/Gym 9am 10.30am

Mon 20 Nov Maths 2 SPH/Gym 1.30pm 3pm

Tue 21 Nov RS Component 1 SPH/Gym 9am 11am

Tue 21 Nov Ancient History SPH/Gym 9am 10.30am

Tue 21 Nov PE 1 SPH/Gym 1.30pm 2.30pm

Tue 21 Nov OCR Sports Science SPH/Gym 1.30pm 2.30pm

Wed 22 Nov English Language 2 SPH/Gym 9am 10.45am

Wed 22 Nov History 2 SPH/Gym 1.30pm 2.30pm

Thu 23 Nov Maths 3 SPH/Gym 9am 10.30am

Thu 23 Nov French Reading SPH/Gym 1.30pm 2.30pm

Thu 23 Nov Business Paper 2 SPH/Gym 1.30pm 3pm

Fri 24 Nov Music Music Rooms 9am 10.45am

Fri 24 Nov Food & Nutrition SPH/Gym 9am 10.45am

Fri 24 Nov Graphics SPH/Gym 9am 10.30am

Fri 24 Nov Spanish Writing SPH/Gym 1.30pm 2.50pm

Year 11 Stars of the Week Awards Our language star of the week award goes to Ruby Dixon Two English department awards this week and they go to Ishmael Shah & Jade Wilding Female sports star award went to Lucy Koenigsberger Male sports star award went to Scott Moore Whilst the sports theory award went to Eivydas Kriunas Once again it is forms 11G and 11R who are showing the rest of the year group how it is done when it comes to attendance. Both form classes once again achieved 100% attendance. Congratulations to both forms and their form tutors. 11E picked up second place with a sterling effort, achieving and achieved 98.6%. Congratulations to all 3 form classes and your respective form tutors. Well done to the list of student below who all were top achievers of the week.

Year 10 – Mrs Cole

Due to staff illness there is no report from Year 10 this week, apologies.

Sixth Form News:

The 6th form students were a real credit to us last night as we hosted a very busy taste evening for

prospective students. As always our students, both year 12 and 13, were amazing ambassadors for the

school, giving up their free time to share their passion for KES 6th form. We thank them all very much.

Year 13 are busy completing mock exams. Can we remind you that normal lessons (and studies) are

taking place if students are not in exams. We will not authorise study leave or unexplained absence during

this time. If students are waiting for their results before submitting UCAS applications, they need to ensure

these are all ready to submit. Mock results day is 15th December.

Tuesday 21st is a diploma day. Year 12 students will be completing a variety of work shops to prepare

them for life after 6th form (including an online driving school) and need to be in school all day.

We have given year 13 this day off school to help with their revision.

Congratulations to Chloe Watson who has received invitation to interview from two universities to

study medicine

Mrs Mclean and the 6th form team.

PSHE/SMSC News

House News

We have had a number of well attended events lately. Below is a picture of house table tennis which was

a great event!

Upcoming House Events:

21st November Junior Netball

24th November Junior Rugby

PSHE/SMSC News continued

Children in Need

We think and act positively

We held a non uniform day to raise money for Children in Need. Year 7 and 8 held a variety of stalls at break time, ranging from guess the location of Pudsey to cake raffles. There were also plenty of cakes on sale! Watch this space for confirmation of how much money was raised!

PSHE/SMSC

Work is underway on our new PSHE topics. As a reminder these are:

Year 7 What makes a good employee Year 8 Courses and options Year 9 Aptitude tests and career research Year 10 Choices at 16 Year 11 Sex and relationships

Sports Results & Fixtures

Forthcoming fixtures:

Date Sport Opposition

Tuesday 21st November Y8 Rugby – Home Boys Hockey Junior Netball

Dereham 2.30 k.o Terrington 3-5 @Lynnsport House Event MUGA 3-4.15

Wednesday 22nd

November Y7 Boys Rugby Y7 & 8 Girls Rugby Y11 Girls Hockey

West Norfolk Schools @ West Norfolk RFC 2 – 4.30pm Marshland @ Lynnsport 3 – 5pm

Thursday 23rd November

Y7 Football Taverham – Away (county cup)

Friday 24th

November Y7 & 8 Junior House Rugby House event

Sunday 26th

November Norfolk Schools Table Tennis

U13 Boys Norfolk Schools U18 Boys Norfolk Schools

Results:

Age Group Sport Opposition Result

U14 Rugby Fram Earl Win 29-15

U16 Hockey Swaffham Lost 1-2

U16 Basketball WN Schools Winners

U16 Basketball 2 WN Schools 4th

U15 Basketball WN Schools 2nd

U15 Basketball 2 WN Schools 3rd

U14 Girls Football St Ivo Lost

U12-13 Football Y7vY8 Development

Sports Results & Fixtures

Y9 Rugby team played 3 games in the Norfolk Schools Cup & won 3 games. Latest victory again Framingham Earl 29-14. Alfie Royal, Danny Dollman, Hobie Ritches ,Charlie Steeles and Aivara Pulmaras scored the tries! Well done to the whole squad. Hard work in training is paying off.

Special mention to captain Hobie Ritches who has been selected for Leicester Tigers PDC!

We are very proud of all the squad for their fantastic commitment and performances - keep it going!

Y11 Basketball WN Schools Winners 2017 #Winning

Year 10 Basketball WN Schools 2nd & 3rd. Great effort fellas #2nd&3rd

Inga & Igla AleksejevaErin Taylor

Akville Jakaityte Ella GordonMillie White

Elliot Prentice

Samer Rhama

Danny DollmanThomas Withers Alex Withers

Freddie Laws

Mia King

Poppy Tunmoore

Science Department

Stars of the week

Year 7Violeta

Olehnovica

Year 8Liam

Martin

Year 9Ema

Tomkova

Year 10Mason

Tran Year 11Charlee

Adair

Download and give it a go!

The School login is KE1854, followed by surname and first initial.

This weeks NEW Maths App Top Ten Users! – Great Effort

Can you be in the top ten?

Have you tried the ‘therapy videos’ or

‘walking talking marks’?

LAST WEEK! THIS WEEK!

Please remember to bring a calculator to every lesson!

It is crucial that all students, in every year group, bring a calculator to every lesson.

Vast majority of scientific calculators are fine. It is incredibly important students know how to use their own calculator!

The easiest to understand, most accessible, and best value is the Casio fx-83GT PLUS.

Any questions, please ask