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Dates for your Diary:

26th January Y8 Options Evening

28th January Men C Injections for Y10 & Y11

29th January Y9 Reports home

31st January PTA Indoor Car Boot. Stalls still available!

2nd February Y9 Parents Eve

6th February Bronze DofE training day

8th February Y12 Geography field trip

11th February Battlefields Trip departs

12th February Y11 & Y13 Group photos, Y10 Reports home, end of half term

Show My Homework: We are very excited to launch Show My Homework today!

http://kesacademy.co.uk/show-my-homework-launch/ Letters have been sent home with students today with student and parent PIN numbers for initial login. We would encourage you to download the Show My Homework App (free for android and apple devices), to keep updated on homework set and due. More information can be found on our website: click the link above. A Parent guide can be found there. Parent information about Show My Homework can be found at the end of this bulletin.

Y13 Theatre Studies:

Year 13 Theatre Studies students are performing their devised piece on Wednesday 27th of January in A4 at 16:45. GCSE Drama and AS Level Theatre Studies students are invited to attend.

Parent Bulletin Friday, 22nd January 2016

http://kesacademy.co.uk/show-my-homework-launch/

Battlefields Trip:

There is a parents meeting for the Battlefields Trip next Thursday - 28th January - at 6.30pm in the main hall.

MFL Star of the Week:

Star of the week in MFL this week: year 7 - Andrey Vasilev LS2 year 8 - Sian Szulc EY5 year 9 - Caitlin Lord LS5 year 10 - Anzelika Milevskaja EY9 year 11 - Chloe Watson LS7 KS5 - Andrea Chua 12GAC

French Spelling Bee:

Last week all Y7 students participated in the first round of French Spelling Bee. They had one minute to translate into French and then spell, in French alphabet, as many words as possible from a list of 50 words. The following students are the winners of the first round: Emilia Bastian LS3 Luke Widdowson KT2 Robert Addis EY6 Nell Ashworth KT1 Karolis Tauckela EY10 Emilis Laibinis EY9 Thomas Lawlor EY1 Emma Negus KT8 Ewa Pieczykolan LS1 Jake Berycz LS8 Jessica Rutter EY1 Vladislava Prieskina EY5 Tinishia Carter LS11 Libby Howe Ey3 Tyler Boswell LS11 Emilis Banys GW2 Kiya Dye KT5 Andrey Vasilev LS2 Hope Lake EY8

They will be competing among in the second round of this competition with 50 more words to prepare!

This will take place at KES Academy on Wednesday 10th February. The three winners of this round will attend the Regional Final in Peterborough, with a great chance to progress further to the National Final.

Well done to all the Year 7 students and good luck to the winners!

News from the English Department: We recently ran a short story writing competition. Well done to all our amazing competition winners who now all have the chance to have their work published in an anthology of 'Spine Chillers'. A big congratulations to: Shelby Caroll Katie Bunting Lauren Yates Ruby Dixon Ellie Bower Mia King Katelyn hall Olivia Sharp Samanta Strauta Briony Benjamin joseph Clunan Morgan Chipperfield Sinead murray-Woods Kristine Lebedeva Harry Chandler Lucy Schofield Katrina Borovika Alice Middleton Jones Gabriel Deacon. Speaking and listening exams got underway this week and the year 11s have been impressing us with their talks and role plays. These will continue for the next two weeks so please continue to practise with your child. Year 11 parents will also shortly be receiving the latest tracking information for English Language GCSE. This reflects the mock exam results as well as any recent improvements to coursework. On the back, your child and their teacher have set targets for further improvement. Please could you discuss these with your child and contact us if you have any concerns. Just a reminder that the English department is open every Tuesday after school for coursework help and support. We will be switching to a more structured revision program after the February half term. Thanks as always for your support. Mrs Holland and the English team.

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GLOUCESTER WINDSOR NEWS:

Group %

Attend

GW1 98.1

GW2 96

GW3 95.7

GW4 94.1

GW5 90

GW6 96.3

GW7 92

GW8 97.5

GW9 93.3

GW10 93

GW11 91.8

House attendance:-

94.3%

Student Receptionists:-

Monday 18th January

Thomas Rasberry

Oliver Turnbull

These two boys did a wonderful job – Well Done!!

Students of the week:-

Ieva Beleckyte – For being an excellent House Office monitor

Dylan Fenn – for effort and politeness

Daniel Pereira – Politeness and effort with the Student Council

Pippa Allan Barber – All round effort and politeness

Good Work Board:-

Kirsty Saunderson

Agnieszka Maciak

Amy Yau

GLOUCESTER WINDSOR OP 10 VIVO’S:

Name Year Total

Simper, Chelsea Year 8 75

Zigunova, Laura Year 8 60

Lai, Hollis Year 7 60

Aviss, Dan Year 9 55

Butler, Aaron Year 10 45

Bell, Liam Year 10 42

Durrant, Caitlin Year 8 40

Melton, Jenifer Year 9 37

Vasilevska, Emily Year 7 35

Lipodatenko, Robert Year 7 35

EDINBURGH YORK NEWS:

Form Attendance:-

EY1 95.2

EY2 98.2

EY3 88.8

EY4 88.3

EY5 88.0

EY6 92.7

EY7 86.7

EY8 99.2

EY9 96.4

EY10 95.0

EY11 91.7

House Attendance:-

92.8%

Student Receptionists:- Very positive comments about you from our visitors today, well done.

Thomas Boer

Jack Manning

Students of the Week:-

Samantha Quinn – Good citizen

Rebecca Miller – Good citizen

Chelsea Everitt – Works well with others

Morgan Flett – Helpful in Form Time

Good Work Board:-

Aoife McGovern – All round excellent effort

Marcus Rasberry – Consistency in all areas of school life

Chester Davies – Consistency in all areas of school life

Vivos – Top Ten:

KEENE THORESBY NEWS:

Group % Attend

KT1 79.6

KT2 87.7

KT3 92.2

KT4 88.8

KT5 94.8

KT6 89.2

KT7 95.7

KT8 90.9

KT9 88.8

KT10 93.2

KT11 93.3

A huge WELL DONE to Mr Hall and all the students in KT 7 who were the first winners of our KT House

trophy for best attendance. I owe them a box of chocolates to go with that.

Our overall house attendance figure is very slowly going up but is still some way shy of the school target,

so as parents, do please continue to encourage your children to be here in school

Can I just remind you that if your child is off school for whatever reason, it is really important that you

supply them with a note otherwise it will count against their personal attendance target of 95%

Vivos

Our top vivo students last week were;

Well done, keep up the good work!

LANCASTER SCHOOL NEWS:

Group % Attend

LS1 96.3

LS2 92.5

LS3 93.6

LS4 85.7

LS5 96.1

LS6 96.1

LS7 90.0

LS8 95.7

LS9 90.4

LS10 84.6

LS11 91.7

Totals 92.0

Well done LS1 – the stars of the week! LS5 and 6 were fractionally behind. Remember to arrive on time to

ALL lessons to be in with a chance of winning next week.

Student receptionists this week were Millie Simmonds and Millie Wells – well done girls you did a great

job.

I am so pleased to have had students visiting me this week to share their good work and successes,

please keep that up.

Top Ten Vivo students:

Sports Results:

Girls Results

U18 A Netball Greshams Won 19-17

U18 B Netball Greshams Won 18-16

U14 Badminton West Norfolk Schools

2nd

Boys Results

U14 Basketball Springwood Lost 48 -41

U12B Football KLA Won 3-1

U14 Badminton West Norfolk Schools

5th

U16 Rugby CNS Lost 64-0

Girls Badminton Boys Badminton

U12 B Football Team

Sporting Fixtures:

Up and coming sporting fixtures week beginning 25th January 2016:

Monday 25th

Jan U12 Football Sprowston (H)

Tuesday 26th

Jan U13 Girls Football tournament West Norfolk Schools (A)

U15 Basketball Downham (A)

U14 Girls Basketball West Norfolk Schools (A)

Wednesday 27th

Jan U12 A + B Netball Wisbech Grammar (H)

U13 A + B Netball Wisbech Grammar (H)

Cross Country Norfolk Qualifiers (A)

U13 Rugby Wayland (H)

Thursday 28th Jan

U14 Netball Swaffham Convent (H)

U13 Basketball Tournament West Norfolk Schools (A)

Friday 29th Jan U16 Girls Football Sprowston (A)

PE Dept Notice: Please ensure your son/daughter brings warm clothes for PE lessons: suitable for both indoor and outdoor lessons!

She also beat her

personal

best: 59.86

Bronze for

Belinda in

Under 20

400m race!

Morgan

Wilkin

Anya

Biran

Ellie

Buckley

Chloe

Plume

Erin

Brindle

Will

Stutchbury

Freddie

Laws

Adam Edris

Connor

Dumpleton

Jonathan

Amoaku

Show My Homework

Learn Together, Achieve Together

Show My Homework Launch

Show my Homework is coming to KES Academy!


Show My Homework

• This online homework system allows staff to post their homework

online so parents and students can log on and see what has been set,

when for and how long it should take to do – 100% homework

transparency!

• No more worrying about lost worksheets or not recording correct

information in planners.


Show My Homework

• Show My Ho ework deadli es are like your child’s ow perso al to-do list, ready to check off.

• Once you log on you will be able to see their homework calendar for that week.

• A parent information pack is available on the KES Academy website, you be amazed at how easy it is!

• Your child has been given a personalised letter with login details for yourself and your child.

• Show my Homework goes live on 22nd January 2016.


Learning Together,

Achieving Together


Numeracy News – Week 2

PUZZLE of the WEEK

The story is told of the enterprising young farmer who crossed a sheep with a frog.

Before long he had a sign outside the farm: "Woolly Jumpers For Sale". I digress.

Let's have some order round here!

Write out the numbers from 1 to 20 in words:

Now put them in ALPHABETICAL order. Which number stays where it is?

Powers or I di es

Whe a al ulatio i ol es a po er o alled i de , it represe ts the

u er of ti es e ultipl a u er itself

Exa ples

s ua ed o 3

= x

=

u ed o 3

= x x

=

This ontinues: 3 = x x x = 3 = x x x x =

Word of the Week

FACTOR

A fa tor of a u er fits i to that u er ith o re ai der e.g. is a fa tor of .

is a fa tor of e er u er, a d e er u er is a fa tor of itself so a d are

also fa tors of .

Pri e u ers ha e e a tl t o fa tors, the sel es a d o e, hi h is h is ot

pri e as it o l has o e fa tor.

Nu er of the Week

Is even

Is the only even prime number

Is a factor of every even number

(except 0)

Prefixes that suggest TWO are bi and

di e.g bicycle, diurnal

Has the unusual property that

2 x 2 = 4 and 2 + 2 = 4.

Are there any other numbers where:

? + ? = ? x ? (other than 0)?

2


Mathematician of the Week

EUCLID

A Greek mathematician, philosopher and inventor born around 2300 years ago.

He wrote important works on geometry, arithmetic and mechanics.

He defined levers and invented the Ar hi edes’ s rew: a way of moving water

‘Gi e e a pla e to sta d, and I will move the earth!


Week 10 Session 1

Key Skills Answers

Q Question Answer

1 (-4) − (-9) 5

2 Letter at (-2, -1) Q

3 What is 1/1 of 10? 10

4 4 × 607 2428

5 1270 − 914 356

6 3 × 2 6

7 93/100 = ☐% 93%

8 3.66 + 35.33 38.99

9 5 ÷ (-5) -1

10If a = 3 b = 1 and c = 6, what is the value of

a2b3 + 2c ?21

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