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Dates for your Diary:
Thursday 19th January – Y13 Parents evening
Sunday 22nd January – KESAF Indoor Car Boot
Tuesday 24th January – Parents’ Forum 6.30pm (please note change of date from 19th Jan to 24thJan)
Thursday 26th January – Y8 Parents Evening
Tuesday 31st January – Curriculum Day
Thursday 2nd February – Options Evening
Parent Bulletin Friday, 13th January 2017
Ofsted Parent View
As you know, we are very keen to hear your views on KES and we collect your thoughts in a variety of
ways, including at Parents' Evenings. We would like to ask you to give your feedback on KES using the
Ofsted Parent View website at https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
Ofsted collect views on Parent View anonymously and it helps us as well as Ofsted to see what parents
think about key issues. At Parents' Evenings, we use the Ofsted Parent View questionnaire and we are
very pleased with the results from those evenings. However, it would be even more helpful if parents
could log onto the Parent View website, register and complete the feedback there.
Safer Schools
The Safer Schools Partnership would like to make parents and carers aware of a recent spate of bike
thefts local to the King's Lynn area.
Many youngsters may have been bought new bikes for Christmas or may have been given vouchers and
money and have since bought their own.
Please make sure that your child has a decent lock for their bike and uses it at all times, even if they
believe their bike to be in a secure bike shed.
Unfortunately there are people out there who know there will be a number of new expensive bikes out
there and the temptation to steal it will be too great. If you've spent a considerable amount of money on a
new bike then make sure you get a decent lock too. There are number of lock styles and retailers
available and a secure lock that keeps your child's bike safe and left alone isn’t necessarily hugely
expensive to buy. If your child's bike is locked up then hopefully the chances of it being stolen will be
reduced.
Many thanks.
Pc John Bolderstone & Pcso Jon Cockerill
NCS – Year 11
This month your son or daughter will be given the opportunity to sign-up to the NCS programme for
Summer 2017. At NCS we take students aged 16-17 on 2 week long residential trips throughout the
summer. Our main 4 aims for each participant is to enable them to mix with other young people from the
area and make new friends; to increase their confidence through challenging themselves; to gain
something fantastic to put on any CV or personal statement; and ultimately to have a great time in the
summer.
Our trips include 1 week at an outdoor activity centre, 1 week at a university centre and a 30 hour
volunteering project afterwards, dedicated to a cause of the participants choosing. Although the value of
this course is over £1,250 per participant, due to the government subsidizing payments, it is available to
your son or daughter for a maximum of £50. There are also early-bird discounts and free places available
to qualifying students to make the course as accessible as possible.
We will be coming into KES on 26th January to present this opportunity to year 11s, in the meantime
please take a look at the attached NCS newsletter for more details. For any questions feel free to contact
me, Matthew, either via email at [email protected] or phone 01553 815209.
Literacy: Language for Learning
January Awareness days
Want to earn extra achievement points/certificates...maybe even win prizes? Then select one of the
following awareness dates and create a literacy based activity such as; a poster (artwork), information
booklet or create a presentation power-point to raise awareness. Submit entries to the subject teacher on
Show My Homework, or Miss Ritson (F1).
Chinese New Year 2017 (see SMH from Mrs Hawkins, Languages)
Martin Luther King Day (see SMH from Dr Tadikonda, RE)
Guess the book!
Go to the new Language for learning noticeboard outside C1, and match the English teacher with the
following book 'blurb' – ask your form tutor to email your answer to Miss Ritson, or pop into F1 with your
entry for achievement points!
A boy, lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has already survived murderous attacks on more than
one occasion. But his hopes for quiet are dashed when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes prison. It's
assumed that he’s safe. Is it a coincidence that he can feel eyes watching him in the dark, and should he
be taking ghoulish predictions seriously?
Reading Book Challenge!
Join others in reading 12 books a year! You can choose from fiction, non-fiction to poetry, or how about
listen to an audio book on your way into school?
See Miss Ritson (F1) for a reading log.
Competition
Calling all writers, readers and art, media, and drama students: Help your school receive up to £750 to
fund your idea to get young people reading.
The Reading Agency are offering up to £750 to develop an idea or project that will get young people
reading for pleasure. The Reading Hack Call for Ideas is open! We're looking for six groups of young
people (aged 13-24) to come up with a project or idea that will encourage other young people to read
more.
Year 7 – Mrs Stonach Happy new year to you all and welcome back to all students.
Attendance - This week’s form attendance of the week is awarded to 7A with a group attendance of 98.6% which is outstanding – well done to them. As a year group however, year 7 attendance has been falling over the past few weeks, this is due to 2 main reasons; 1. There are many nasty bugs around at the moment and 2. Holidays in school time. Could I please politely ask that where possible pupils are in school? If they have the sniffles or a sore throat, I am more than happy to keep medication in my office for as and when they need it. On the subject of holidays, please keep them in the school holidays. If you wish your child to be considered for Leave of Absence, then please send a letter to the Executive Principal, Craig Morrison, outlining your reasons for the absence to be considered as exceptional.
Mobile phones – There are many pupils in year 7 with mobile phones, I understand that they are a great communication tool when they are travelling to and from school. There have been some incidents this week which have involved pupils being told off for using phones in class when they have received a text or call from home. Could I please insist that any messages are passed through reception or texts are sent at break or lunchtime to avoid this happening again. It does disrupt lessons and interfere with learning.
In our assembly this week we have been looking at the importance of looking smart and first impressions. Year 7 are generally a smart and tidy bunch, if you have any problems regarding your child’s uniform, please send a note in with your child explaining what the problem is and when it will be rectified.
This week the pupils have also been informed about a new rewards system that will be introduced in school, moving away from the vivos. More information will be given to you about this in the coming weeks.
MFL Stars
The MFL Stars of the Week from this week are:
Year 7 - Milly White 7R
Year 8 - Joey Ellis 8G
Year 9 - Cameron Backham 9A
Year 10 - Thea Howlett 10R
Year 11 - Maria Marques 11W
Well done to all of you on an excellent start to the term!
Chinese club on Monday 16th January will focus on the Spring Festival in the run up to Chinese New Year
- come and join us D10 at 3pm for fun and games based around this important celebration in the Chinese
calendar. Hope to see you there!
Year 8 – Mrs Lees Wishing all year 8 students a happy new year!
Letters have been sent home with student this week about our Year 8 Parents’ Evening on Thursday 26th January, 4pm – 7pm. Please ensure your child makes appointments for you to meet with their subject teachers. I appreciate It’s not always easy to come into school on a weekday evening, particularly in the winter, but this is an important part of the year 8’s journey as they are fast approaching their Options Evening next month and some very important decisions about their futures. ATTENDANCE Attendance this week sits at 92.2% and we need to work hard to improve this figure. SEMINAR STAR OF THE WEEK 8D Ellie-Louise Ely Excellent contribution to diploma work this week 8E Connor Ruane Consistently good attitude to school 8G Luke Kerrison Outstanding contribution to Year 8 football team MRS LEES’ STAR OF THE WEEK Acer Chapman-Day is my star of the week for his effort and determination to make a difference since the Christmas break. GOOD WORK BOARD ART Ellie Louise Ely, Georgina Kendle, Oliwier Wyszomirski, Corby Mason & Poppy Tunmore ENGLISH Jasmine Ayas, Poppy Tunmore, Daisy Davies ACHIEVEMENT POINTS THIS WEEK
Daisy Davies 8A 75
Hannah Stoutt 8R 70
Kaci Hitchcock 8K 65
Karolina Lipodatenko 8K 65
Eliya Ganea 8R 60
Abby Watson 8R 55
Dylan Berycz 8W 55
Robert Addis 8R 55
Tayah Farnham 8A 55
Year 9 – Mrs Cole Happy New Year to you all.
I am very pleased to report that I have seen some wonderful work going on in Year 9 lessons at the beginning of this term; I hope our students keep this up.
Uniform – please ensure your child is dressed in the correct uniform, if reminders are needed, please look on the KES Academy website. Should your child not be wearing the correct uniform, please send them in with a note explaining this. The note will be signed and validated for 2 days by a member of the Year Team.
Attendance – Every day counts
Absences – should your child be unwell please phone our student absence line every morning of the illness on 01553 773606. If you need to make a medical appointment for your child, please try to avoid school times where possible.
Punctuality – every time a student arrives to lesson late it disturbs the flow of the lesson and therefore the learning of other students. Please ensure all students are in school by NO LATER THAN 8.30am.
Attendance:- 9R – 99.2% - well done. Keep this up.
Top Achievements – 5/6 January 2017:-
Jacob Benstead 9R 20
Hannah Robins 9R 20
Bruna Rodrigues 9R 20
Victoria Bramham 9R 20
Chloe Dida 9R 20
Hannah Denney 9R 20
Grace Vonk 9R 20
Della Pratt 9R 15
Tia Flores-Yallop 9R 15
Alice Riches 9R 15
Yana Rachkova 9R 15
Holly Delph 9R 15
Emma Bailey 9R 15
Anya Biran 9R 15
Rebecca Denney 9R 15
Rebekah Lee 9R 15
Hally Grimshaw 9R 15
Caitlin Durrant 9R 15
Peter Rachkov 9R 15
Pietro Polo 9E 15
Grace Howes 9R 15
Good Work Board:-
Grace Howes Bruna Rodrigues Jason Parker
Year 10 – Mr Waring
Let me start by wishing all our readers a happy and prosperous 2017 and hope you all had a fantastic and safe Christmas and New Year, though it seems such a long time ago now.
In the last week of last term, our best attending form, once again went to 10W with 96.5% whilst 2nd place went to 10D with 96.1% well done to both form classes. We also gave out this week no fewer than 81 certificates to students who had 100% attendance for the whole of last term - a fantastic achievement by them all.
As for the month of December as a whole, there was a slight improvement over the month of November as we have 54% of students on 96% or above, a drop in the number of amber (95.9 to 90%) students to 28%, though it would have been nice if some of them moved up to green rather than see some drop to red. The number of students in the red zone (below 90%) is 18% which is a small improvement on November, a step in the right direction nonetheless.
Assembly this week was a reminder on behaviour, punctuality and uniform expectations. A short reminder of what was shared with them in September. Uniform should be worn in line with the schools policy and no hoodies are allowed. If you have any questions on our uniform requirements, please contact me on the email below and I will be happy to discuss. Failure to conform can result in parents being asked to come in with uniform or students being sent home. A reminder that the less time a student is in class, the reduced chance of being successful in their GCSE’s was also given.
There have recently been a few incidents whereby parents have text or called students during the school day. May I please request parents DO NOT call students during the school day. Students are not to have phones on during lessons, so if you ring or text and the phone is heard, it is your child who will receive a consequence. If there is an URGENT requirement for you to call your child at any time other than break or lunchtime, you must call the school reception who will contact your child. Your assistance in this matter would be much appreciated.
Please be aware, there have been some changes to the staffing of form classes and year 10. The academy website page has been updated to reflect this along with form tutor email addresses.
Congratulations go to Thea Howlett and Mia King for being nominated languages stars of the week and well done to the both of you.
Advanced notice: The Year 10 parents evening takes place in the main hall on 23rd February. Please do make appointments with staff via the appointment log your child will have. This is your opportunity to discuss the academic progress of your child where their strengths and weaknesses are and how, as a parent you can help them achieve their GCSE goals. I will also be available to discuss your child’s attendance and behaviour and give you the opportunity to share any concerns or issues face to face. The year 10 team are really keen to see as many of you as possible, so please, put the date in your diary now and come and meet the team.
As always, you can contact me at the school on extension 239 or via email on [email protected]
Year 11 – Mrs Wright
As I am sure you are all aware Year 11 students have now had their mock exam results and just recently
their school reports. I hope that your child is pleased with their progress and will strive to continue with
working hard to attain their targets.
Year 11 students should have applied for their choice of further education on the Help you Choose
website. All students have been given passwords for this site and it is imperative that this is done as soon
as possible.
The Year 11 Prom is being organised by Mrs Stonach and Mr Waring. The date for this year’s Prom is
Friday 23rd June. Mrs Stonach and Mr Waring have organised a committee consisting of Year 11 students
who will be fundraising and making decisions regarding the Prom.
Attendance still remains an issue. The government has set a target that students should attend school
95% or above of the academic year. Unfortunately, we are not meeting that target. It has been proven that
the more students are in school the higher grade they achieve. It is very pleasing to note that 154 Year 11
students have 100% attendance this since our return in January.
There is some excellent work being produced by Year 11 and students are working with a continued
positive work ethic.
The Year 11 top 3 students producing good or outstanding work are
Holly Jillings
Agnieszka Maciak
Alex Stevenson
Well Done to them.
Enrichment programme
House News
Next events:
Junior Table Tennis – 13th January Inters Table Tennis – 20th January Senior Table Tennis – 27th January
Current scores
LS EY KT GW
Overall autumn term 82 66.5 50 53.5
PSHE
All year groups begin their new topics this half term and will have assemblies next week launching these. Topics for this half term are:
Year 7 - What makes a good employee?
Year 8 - Emergency Aid
Year 9 - Aptitude/careers
Year 10 - Drugs education
Year 11 - revision techniques
Maths – Top ten PiXL App Users
Congratulations to the top ten Year 11 users of the PiXL App!
(remember School login is KE1854, followed by surname and first initial)
Ncs: All you need to know
When and how much?
What is NCS? The impact of ncs
The ncs programme
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