Weekly Newsletter Week 11, Friday 10th July 2020

We would love to hear from teachers, parents, students and the local community so if you have something to share in any of the sections for next week, please can you email newsletter@thekibworthschool.org. Include images where you can, and state if you are happy for your name to be used. Students - we will use

your first name and first initial of last name unless you request that your contribution is anonymous.

Ordinarily, we would now be reporting on expected GCSE grades for our Year 11s, and celebrating all the successes of the academic year with a whole school assembly; however, I want to celebrate the way in which our school and its community has, and continues, to deal with the COVID crisis. “Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to our eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.” Brooke Foss Westcott. It was only in June 2018 that we were inspected and received a ‘Requires Improvement’ judgement. I honestly believe that whilst we cannot judge what we have done over the past few months using the OFSTED framework, I truly believe this crisis has galvanised our school and community to become even better and stronger. We are a ‘Good school with Outstanding features’; the ‘features’ being our staff, students and families. Regrettably, I cannot list every act of kindness or moment in time when people have gone above and beyond, both physically and emotionally; The Governors understand and recognise the efforts of all of our staff, students and families, and would like to thank you. Even with the news of the extended lockdown, the Premises, SEND and Admin teams remained the bedrock for our school to continue to operate successfully. The new adventure of live learning, whilst coming in to teach Year 10 and Keyworker children, redesigning curriculums, etc., has been lead with confidence by our SLT, who I would also like to thank for their support, kindness and belief. Our teaching staff have risen to every challenge, both professionally and personally, and have supported our parents and students with courage and determination, even when they didn’t always know the answers, or know what guidance would change next. Having experienced the past few months working with such wonderful people and community, I feel confident and proud to take on the challenge of when we re-open. No doubt there will be learning points along the way, but we will face these together, as we have done since the start of the COVID crisis. I wish everyone a happy and restful summer – you deserve it! Stay safe, stay healthy, stay positive. Yours faithfully

Mrs Emma Merry

Headteacher

Dear Students, Parents and Carers, We have come to the end of our remote teaching and learning journey...for the time being. We will be open again for the Autumn term for all students, but the 'new normal' will mean significant changes and adaptations for us all. We are committed to getting this right for our students and staff, with safety being paramount. However, school isn't going to be as it was and it is important students are prepared for this. We will do lots of work to help everyone through the changes. There may well be a return to live lessons for some. We are well equipped to do this now and our teachers have really enjoyed it. It was a huge learning curve, but the journey we have all been on will allow us to continue with this in some capacity if a 'Plan B' is required. Can I say a huge thanks to all of the parents who have worked so hard over the past weeks. With a 6 year old and a 15 year old at home, I fully understand how difficult it is to try and work and teach your own children. I have inundated you with emails and texts and tried to smooth the remote learning path, though at times I have done the reverse! I appreciate your communications and the support and kindness I have been shown. I have an increased respect for primary teachers: surprisingly, I do not have the patience to teach how to tell the time at all! I have suffered the ignominy of receiving the dreaded email from my teenager's school informing me she hasn't done her work - it turns out constantly looking in the food cupboard with a pen in your mouth does not help you complete an essay! I have an increased respect for school meals. My shopping bill has gone through the roof trying to keep something in the cupboard and adequately answer the continuous question "What can I have to eat?". I have a new respect for work. I have missed the routine of school life and so enjoy the days I am in school; the thud of the car door and the silent journey; having conversations and people asking me grown-up questions. I have a new respect for our students. I have been overwhelmed with the efforts of our children; those who have continued to complete their remote learning; emailing me their finished work and showing such resilience. On the days I have taught Year 10 in school, I am reminded why I do this job. I have loved being in the classroom with them. They are keen to learn and interested in life; but at the same time, funny and silly! Whether I will feel this appreciative of my job come October I am not sure, but for now I am excited to return after the holidays and get back to the 'new normal' and the job I love. I wish you happy holidays. Staff will set independent work on Student Folder and some parents and students will welcome this; others will need a break. The work is there if your child needs something to keep their mind occupied; whilst, of course, I would suggest plenty of reading.

Enjoy the summer, hopefully we will get some sun and I hope you get the opportunity to rest. Many thanks Claire Tucker Assistant Head Teacher

GCSE Pod and online learning

Online learning has been a great support to a lot of students and staff this year, especially through the lockdown

period. As a school we have done amazingly well to keep going and keep learning, so hats off to you all!

On GCSE Pod we have accessed an amazing 15,157 pods this academic year, compared to 8,445 last year.

A total of 10,259 pods have been accessed by our students since the lockdown began.

Key Statistics regarding this academic year:

Total Subject Usage. It is interesting to note that there was a wide variety of subjects used, with the greatest usage

appearing for Geography (2214 total streams and downloads). Chemistry and Biology were also heavily used during

this period, with a usage of 1929 and 1763 respectively.

It is no surprise that of the Top 20 most used pods, 6 were from Geography.

GCSEPod usage has been increasing over this academic year, not surprisingly there was a significant upturn in March

and peaking in June.

The top performing student was Bella M in Year 10, who accessed an outstanding-289 pods, with Josh W Year 9

having second highest usage of 263. The 20 highest users (ranging from 131-289 streams and downloads) used

GCSEPod very efficiently during this period.

Interestingly (or not), GCSEPod is being used most on a Tuesday, with an obvious dip on Saturday as a possible rest

from work.

Well done everyone. You have worked hard this year.

Enjoy a wonderful summer.

Miss Edgeworth

@tks_artdept

We have received hundreds of paintings, drawings and photographs responding to work set on Student Folder, and many more from students producing their own personal work. Receiving work has been the highlight of our days, and has keep our inboxes alive with imagery. A massive thank you to the Art team, Miss Freeman and Mrs Gardner, who have provided dedicated support to all students working at home and in school; they have delivered live lessons, produced resources, been adaptable, enthusiastic, professional, and creative throughout these exceptional times. To our Year 11 students, we have missed you! Looking forward to sharing your work when the exam board permits and hearing about how you get on in the future. We hope that you all enjoy a fantastic summer and look forward to continuing our creative journey together in September. Ms Crellin - acrellin@thekibworthschool.org

Couch to Artist https://www.artpedagogy.com/couch-to-artist.html Apologies, the title might be unfair. For art students everywhere this year has been totally disrupted. 'Lockdown' has been a significant challenge for many. Precious studio time has been stolen and squeezed. So what's with 'Couch to Artist? ' Well, let's be honest still, some students (not you, obviously) have openly admitted to 10 hours-a-day binge-watching Netflix and trawling Tik Tok, and it turns out this doesn't get the doodling done. Home-learning might not be ideal, but whether you are approaching Year 11 or 13, there's something to be said for short-term goals and timely deadlines. And if I've learnt anything from Joe Wicks over lockdown, it's the appeal of a structured work-out. So, for art students everywhere - and hopefully of benefit for teachers too - what follows is a 9-step programme to help you get positively ripped for Art lessons to come.

Ideas for keeping busy: www.darrellwakelam.com

Celebrating Independent learning: The following students have been nominated for this week for Headteacher’s Award in Art

• Year 8 – Isla M, Callum D, Rebecca A

• Year 9 – Olivia N

The following students have been super engaged #futureartists

• Year 7 – Ffion L, Mya K, Poppy L, Thomas S, Fin B, Erin T, Mya K, Alexander C, Dane B, Ria-Remai T, Iona T, Sally R, Scott B, Jacob G, Bailey K, Jack K, Charlotte K, Francesca K, Deen S, Ryan H L, Rebecca T, Daniella T

• Year 8 – Rebecca A, Evie P Lily-May K, Isla N, Isla M, Finlay SW

• Year 9 – Daisy F, Oscar B, Lauren E, Anya Grace N, Emily C, Olivia N, Annie R

• Year 10 – Hazel M, Maddy W, Ellie H, Issy A

Student Work: Fin B, Year 7:

Ellen F, Year 8:

Poppy L, Year 7:

Isabel F, Year 8:

Finlay W, Year 7:

Jake S, Year 7:

Emily C, Year 9: Student, Year 8:

Ria-Remai T, Year 7:

Amrit K, Year 7:

Louis B, Year 7:

Callum D, Year 8:

Oscar B, Year 9:

Rebecca A, Year 8:

Krish M, Year 7:

Poppy L, Year 7:

Mia W, Year 7:

@kib_bus_ec – Economics @TKS_business

Teaching and Learning Updates:

If you are behind on your work, please do not panic. You are all at different stages, all have different computer access and facing different circumstances. We are here to support you.

ALL WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS NOW SET THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS:

A lot of you have managed to get on to these Teams lessons resources already and have had a go at the self-marking task, exam questions, video links etc. WELL DONE!! If you have not managed to access these lessons yet then there are some links that may help you in the sections below:

• Enteprise Year 7 LINK TO TEAM & Year 8 LINK TO TEAM: your lesson was set on Teams this week. This

week we wanted to see a picture/video to sum up all or part of a topic you have covered in Enterprise this year.

Then the online lesson was a kahoots quiz to recap all the topics you have covered.

• Year 9 GCSE Economics LINK TO TEAM: The task this week was to research the CMA looking at competition

and how it is managed.

• Year 10 GCSE Economics LINK TO TEAM: Ensuring that all 3 policies are learnt and then being creative with

revision this week. • Year 9 GCSE Business LINK TO TEAM: Students were asked to create 2 pieces of creative work this week

looking at legal ownership

• Year 10 GCSE Business LINK TO TEAM: Students were asked to create 2 pieces of creative work this week

looking at the Design Mix and Product Life Cycle.

Mrs Wilford lwilford@thekibworthschool.org Mrs Rees krees@thekibworthschool.org

How we are keeping busy: Mrs Rees: This last week of term has been a crazy one, I have taught 13 classes on live lessons and 3 in school. Have

really enjoyed it. I have also be cross stitching!

Mrs Wilford:

Ideas for keeping busy:

Enterprise project/competition – Adding Value: In Enterprise and Business, we teach you about adding value, “the difference between the price of the finished product/service and the costs involved in making it.” The more ‘value’ you can add to your product, the more people are willing to pay for it. For example: I could take a basic phone case which cost me £3, bling it up and offer a service to personalise it with £4 worth of decorations and sell it on for £10. My selling price is £10, my costs are £7, I make £3 profit.

Your challenge. o Find something in your house (gain permission from the adults!) o Think of a way you can add value to this item o Find a buyer for your product (friend, neighbour, family member); you can deliver the item to them after isolation is over. o Share a photo of your project and your finances with our Twitter account @TKS_Business and/or email your project to lwilford@thekibworthschool.org or krees@thekibworthschool.org o This is an ongoing project, we will choose a weekly winner and announce on Twitter and in this newsletter

Celebrating online learning: There has been some amazing learning happening over the last 13 weeks. Students who have really stood out are:

Enterprise Year 7 Enterprise Year 8

Alex B Jess B Isaac B Zak B Louis B Dane B Sophie C Tia C

Fran C Evie C Amelie E Henrietta G Jacob G Jacob G Ryan H Liam H

Amrit K Charlotte K Bailey K Mya K Mateja K William L Poppy L Krish M Cian M

Eleanor P Sam P Matilda R Mateo S Chloe T Erin T Ria T Tom V Fin W

Dulcie B Aimee B Maeve D Isabelle E Ellen F Isabel F Liam J Chloe L Ross M Isabelle M

Isla M Isla N Chelsea N Spiros P Otis P George S Sam S Ruby T Sam W

Celebrating work:

Business Economics

Year 9

Fred A Jake B Aedan B Kayleigh C Kyle C Sam D Jasmine E

Lauren E Daisy F Emily G Daniel G Adam H Thomas K Aleks K Matthew L

Anya-Grace N Killen O Alfie S Grace W Josh W Sam W

Oscar B Jake B Myles D Shaan G Thomas Knight Killen O Shamel P

Alex R Max T Molly W

Year 10

Isobel A Sam B Poppy B Tom B Amy F

Morgan G Abigail H Ellie H Freya H Millie H Laurie K

Nila M Bella M Archie P Lucy P Gracie P Ruben P

Sam B Tom B Kieran B Emily C Elsie F Morgan G Jess G Luke H Laurie K

Lily M Harry Q Henry W Josh S Molly S Lewis S Emma T Cody W Henry W

A rai stone, what was used as currency. Krish M Year 7 Ryan L 7.4

Aimee B

Kahoots Celebrations

In 7.4’s class 1st place – Dani T 2nd place – Ruby S 3rd place – Enoch B

Careers:

@TKS_careers Mrs Rees: Krees@thekibworthschool.org Cheryl McCarthy cmcarthy@thekibworthschool.org

What's It All About? Care Assistants help people with difficulties to carry out a range of daily activities. They can work with clients in their own homes, in sheltered housing, in day centres or in residential settings, such as nursing homes.

Teaching and Learning Updates: Year 7, Year 8 and 9 – Continue with Start https://www.startprofile.com/ Year 10 – continue with the pack that was sent to you. Link to Letter for parents, link to help for Year 10s powerpoint, Link to careers Booklet Year 11 – do any summer work that has been sent to you by your post 16 provider. Continue to look at your emails, even in your junk emails to ensure you haven’t missed anything. Look out for any virtual open days too – they are great.

Meet the inspirational scientists, healthcare professionals, engineers, technicians and students doing incredible things during lockdown. Big Bang Digital 2020 – science, engineering & Covid-19 is a free, online event on Tuesday 14 July that celebrates the amazing work of scientists and engineers in a pandemic. The 1-day event celebrates their achievements, hears about challenges, innovation and collaboration, and explores some upsides to lockdown. Aimed at students aged 11+ #BigBangDigital gives young people a front row view of the incredible contribution of people working in science and engineering.

For more details and the latest confirmed line-up visit the website

Announced line-up • The worldwide race to develop a vaccine (GSK) • The environmental impact of staying at home (Plastic Oceans) • Keeping the water flowing (Thames Water) • Designing a social distancing lanyard (RS Components) • Feeding the nation (Harper Adams)

An inspiring day of upbeat sessions, Big Bang Digital 2020 suits students with an interest in the people, or the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) behind the news stories. Get involved with interactive polls, live Q&A sessions, and Big Bang activities – there’s also a follow-up competition for summer inspiration. Whether it’s through a live stream at school/college or on a tablet at home, join online for an uplifting look at the essential role of science and engineering.

For more details and the latest confirmed line-up visit the website

Computer Science and IT

@TKS_Computing

Teaching and Learning Updates:

• Year 7 and Year 8: students have been having online lessons, as well as completing more HTML tags to work on their websites formatting. • Year 9 CS – Students have been continuing their journey into programming, but this week we were looking at why and how we test software. • Year 9 IT - Students have been working on extending thier knowledge about pre-production materials, and then applying this to exam-based questions. • Year 10 IT – Students have been working on how connection types and device type affect the layout of a web page. • Year 10 CS – Students have been having live lessons on why and how we test software.

 cjones@thekibworthschool.org and iharcombe@thekibworthschool.org

How we are keeping busy:

Miss Jones: So, while the weather has been not the best for walking, I have been reliving my youth by playing through some old PlayStation 1 games. I have a random collection, but I love playing Crash Bandicoot. They seem a lot easier now I am a bit older but there are still some levels that are a bit tricky. Aside from that I have helped to

remake the bed in my camper van, ready for our holidays; roll on a road tour! I hope you all have an amazing summer and are able to have some excellent down time. See you all in the

new academic year – Miss

Mr Harcombe: Sadly, we finished just outside the prizes with the programming competition (33rd out of 250+ entries, but only the top 20 got a T-shirt or better) - but there’s always next year! Still, that hasn’t stopped us, so we’re both continuing to develop the app and polish it up with a view to releasing it on the Google Play store in the near future. Other than that, I’m looking forward to a relaxing summer, spending as much time as I can with my family, away in the caravan. See

you all in September

Ideas for keeping busy: Speedy Alphabet typing: use https://www.speedtypingonline.com/games/type-the-alphabet.php and learn to type the alphabet in stages:

Easy – type it forwards Medium – type it backwards Hard – randomly assigned letters

Send any screen shots of the HARD challenge to Miss Jones (cjones@thekibworthschool.org) and we can have a weekly top 5! Image editing creation: If you have the PC capacity AND permission from a parent/guardian – you could download GIMP image editing software and skill yourself up in making or editing graphics/pictures. https://www.gimp.org/

Idea award: there are many students completing different badges, why not try your hand at something different! www.idea.org.uk CyberDiscovery: students can join the government-sponsored “CyberDiscovery” club which will start next (school) year. See this page for further details. Operation Bletchley: For this month (July) only, Bletchley Park are running a virtual codebreaking challenge that is also linked to personal fitness. There is a £10 joining fee, full details are available from this web page.

Celebrating Online learning: List of students’ names to recognise: (this may differ from dept to dept):

Idea award – Latest bronze badge winner Jacob, Year 7 Huge congratulations to Ross, Year 8 for completing his silver award! What an achievement!

Student Work:

Tom D, Year 10: Took on feedback and re-submitted his assignment to be even better!

Raimi AH, Year 10: His take on the guessing game, also works nicely.

Teaching and Learning Updates: Live lessons have gone really well this week, with lots of you getting involved. The learning was linked to the online learning and centred around textile material properties. It was great to see you

all, and it was fun to deliver knowledge and understanding using your school shirt! I was

especially happy to see students using the knowledge learnt to complete and further the work cover in the live lesson. Miss Singleton rsingleton@thekibworthschool.org Miss Barratt rbarratt @thekibworthschool.org

Student Work: Students have been keeping busy by completing the work set both on-line and in live lessons, and it’s great to see it. Here is work that has been sent in this week.

Saphee G Year 7: Honeydukes sweets packaging design, well thought through handle design and great use of colour.

Aedan B Year 9: An expert maze game

Lilli R Year 7: Cross curricular activity, Honeydukes sweets and packaging. Looks very professional.

Charlie M Year 7: Online lesson work, with completed T- Shirt task using knowledge gained

– great work

Poppy L Year 7: Online lesson work, with completed T- Shirt task using knowledge gained

from the lesson– great work

Ryan H-L Year 7 : Fantastic response to feedback via email from Ryan.

@TKSEnglish

Teaching and Learning Updates:

• Year 7 have been working hard creating newspaper articles this week, about the grisly murder of Nancy. They have done fantastic work this term and we are so proud of the way they have approached their first year of English at TKS, even though it has been a very strange year!

• Year 8 have had their third live lesson on travel writing this week. We loved their descriptions of the Lake District, and we are so pleased with the excellent work they have done during lockdown.

• Year 9 students have continued to practice their GCSE English Language skills in their live lessons this week. We discussed the short story ‘The Lottery’ and why it important to consider the reasoning behind traditions and rituals. We have been very impressed with the way Year 9 have approached their work independently during lockdown.

• Year 10 have focused on the character of Mrs Birling from An Inspector Calls this week. The whole year group has responded really well to revising this play, and have also practiced their essay-writing skills. Well done year 10 for all of your hard work!

Head of Department: Mrs Boxall - sboxall@thekibworthschool.org

How we are keeping busy: Mrs Turvey: I thought Year 7 might like to see how much the recently trimmed Sophie-pup has been enjoying reading all the wonderful reviews you have been sending me. I think she found this one particularly funny!

Miss Taylor: I have taken up cross stitching! I think it must be the least relaxing hobby available, I spend hours and hours unpicking and re-stitching and then helpfully stabbing myself over and over again! However, I do love how they look when they are finished. This is my most recent, it’s a quote from Michelle Obama’s 2016 speech at the Democratic National Convention and I think it’s great!

Mrs Boxall: I have slowly started to find places for my old furniture in my new house. None of it seems to look right so I am looking forward to lockdown ending so that I can go shopping for new things! Here is a picture of me when I should have been unpacking, sneaking off for a little nap under the window … this room is very empty at the moment!

Ideas for keeping busy: How could you use your English skills during lockdown to keep busy? Reading: How many books have you read during lockdown? Start a new one this week that will challenge you, or push you out of your comfort zone. Writing: A perfect way to express yourself during this interesting time. Write a diary about your time in lockdown, write a story of life in the future or describe the view from your window. Researching: Research topics you are interested in, or find out about something you want to learn more about – a sport, fashion, cooking, travel, another culture... the possibilities are endless!

Celebrating Online learning:

• GCSE Pod: Congratulations to Fin B in Year 8, for watching an incredible 12 English GCSE Pod videos this week!

Student Work: Isla N, Year 8: Students completed a piece of travel writing, after reading Bill Bryson’s work:

SEASCALE We had arrived! The car pulled up outside a row of cottages along the seafront, each painted a creamy white with a wooden bench in the front garden (a stretch of grass). As I unlocked the door, I read the plaque by the bell: ‘Shingle Cottage’. We were at our home for the next week. Running upstairs, I looked out the window to see the body of water stretching out as far as the eye can see and that evening I sat there again and watched as the sun set on the horizon and the small area of Seascale was plunged into darkness. The next day, me, my brother, mum and dad got in the car. This time we went to ‘England’s deepest lake’ near England’s tallest mountain, Scaffell Pike. Once there, we sat by the water and spent the afternoon watching our dog Ozzy bounding through the freezing waters. Once home, Ozzy was acting strange. He kept his tail between his legs and wouldn’t move. Upon further research, we found that because he spent a while in the cold waters he had what’s called limber tail. This is where his tail had gone completely numb! For the next two days, he had to sit on a hot water bottle to warm his bum. Around midweek, me and my brother were really excited to go to Whitehaven. There is a trail we would walk along a cliff top – fully fenced and safe of course – and along the way you can make it onto some beaches where around 30,000 birds were nesting. Although the birds were only seagulls, 30,000 that come every year is a mind-boggling number! When we finally set off me and my brother were practically buzzing: our parents had to silence us with a few sweets on the drive there. When we got there our moods had dampened with the weather as it had just started to drizzle. My mum (afraid of heights) wouldn’t go on the cliff walk so took the dog elsewhere but with the promise of nesting birds, the rest of us wouldn’t be deterred so we set off. After an hour, my brother and I started to get restless. We’d hardly seen any birds but finally we found a beach to go down. This raised our spirits a tad – finally a whole flock of 30,000 seagulls nesting on the cliffs. We ran out onto the beach looking this way and that for birds… there was nothing there. All this for nothing. 30,000 birds was more like 30 and me and my brother sat miserably as our dad thoughtfully took in the scene of ‘loads’ of seagulls...

Jess S, Year 8: Students were asked to complete a piece of travel writing:

Telford

Telford is where Britain’s industrial revolution

started. This area is well-known for the Iron Bridge

which stands elegantly over the River Severn.

When I travelled there, we went to Darby Houses

where the family who built the bridge lived. Their

religion was Quaker which means they were part of

a Christian movement found by George Fox in

1650. They wore plain clothes and dull colours and

did not have expensive belongings.

The whole area of Coalbrookdale is of great

significance in iron ore smelting and it is where

Abraham Darby first successfully smelted iron ore

using coke. We visited some of the many kilns in

the area where they smelted iron ore.

Whilst we were there, we visited the Victorian

village museum of Blist Hill. Here visitors can

experience what life was like in the area during

Victorian times. We visited a chemist shop, a bank,

a dressmaker, a doctors, a blacksmith and a

school. We saw how candles were made of tallow

and even got a chance to make some of our own.

For lunch we had traditional fish and chips by the

canal and in the afternoon we went into the

Victorian pub for a drink and a singalong.

Telford has the River Severn running through it.

There are lots forests and it is full of nature like

squirrels, foxes, hedgehogs and many types of

birds. We went on a number of walks along the

river and spotted much of this wildlife for ourselves.

It was a wonderful trip full of history and wildlife. I

would recommend the area to others especially if

you like visiting museums.

Food Preparation & Nutrition

Twitter@FPN_GCSE Instagram:@sjarvistks Miss Jarvis sjarvis@thekibworthschool.org Miss Freeman kfreeman@thekibworthschool.org Miss Singleton rsingleton@thekibworthschool.org

Teaching and Learning Updates: Year 7 home study task – French Toast Year 8 home study task – Deli project including seasonal foods Year 9 home study task – Dietary Needs Quiz & Energy project Year 10 home study task – Enzymic Browning Investigation

How we are keeping busy

This week we went to our local pick your own farm where I spent a fortune! But, I am happy to support local businesses and eat fresh seasonal foods. I felt the creativity flowing so decided to make blackcurrant cordial, scones with strawberry jam & raspberry crostata! I will be going back for more and the redcurrants will be ready to pick soon! What are you going to make over the summer holidays? Are there any pick your own farms local to you that you could visit? Have a great summer holiday!

Ideas for keeping busy:

Student Work: I have been so impressed with the quality of the work you have all been producing. Just look at the wonderful and creative foods you have all been making. It has been so enjoyable opening my inbox to these fabulous pictures every morning. Well done!

Spiros P, Year 8: Seasonal food at it’s best!

Saphee G, Year 7: Perfect Pizza!

Connie Tomson, Year 7: Pepperoni & cheese French toast

Amrit K, Year 7: Masala French toast!

Lilli R, Year 7: Honeydukes no melt ice cream!

Grace W, Year 9: Breakfast pancakes suitable for coeliacs & people with a lactose intolerance.

Poppy L, Year 7: Two French toast flavours and evaluation of the skills she used – Brilliant!

Jess S, Year 8: Delicious Moussaka served with a mixed salad. A perfect balanced meal.

Evie M, Year 9: Researching dietary illnesses and attempting an exam question.

Isla M, Year 8: Perfect pesto pasta with asparagus and

bacon along with a great star profile evaluation.

Iona T, Year 7: Avocado & Tomato French toast great for a lunchtime meal.

Jack K, Year 7: Homemade nuggets, fries and super-fast salad! A delicious fake-away indeed.

Finlay SW, Year 8: I would definitely order this from the local Deli – Pesto fusilli & herby garlic bread!

Jacob G, Year 7: Seasonal cherry French bread.

Mark S, Year 10: NEA 1 – Enzymic browning investigation

Isabel T, Year 10: NEA 1 – Enzymic browning analysis

Sophie C, Year 7: Autumnal French toast – apple, honey & spices

Stanley H, Year 7: Look at this amazing banana loaf!

Lilli R, Year 7: Egg fried rice with sweet and sour sauce – delicious fakeaway.

Fin & Louis B, Year 7: Currently available at Honeydukes: Witches Brew, Toads Fingers, Bloody Swirls, Phoenix Eyeballs and Spider Eggs

@TKSHumanities

Teaching and Learning Updates: History • Year 7 are continuing their work on the Tudors and now focusing on

the reign of Elizabeth I. This week we are focusing on the impact of the Renaissance period on art, culture, religion and exploration.

• Year 8 are continuing with their Personal History Projects.

• Year 9 are moving onto the last section of Conflict and Tension, looking at Hitler’s Actions and how these led to the outbreak of WW2.

• Year 10 are starting work on Elizabethan Society, specifically the structure of the gentry and what life was like for the poor.

• HOD NAME cedgeworth@thekibworthschool.org

Teaching and Learning Updates: Geography

This week in Geography we have mostly been:

• Year 7s are considering the expansion of Heathrow airport • Meanwhile, Year 8s have been researching sustainable urban transport • Meanwhile, Year 9s have been studying coastal management • Meanwhile, Year 10s are finishing looking at rainforest. Yes.

Pupils can use TEAMS to check whether they have finished all work and also catch up on anything they have missed. Meanwhile, the end of the term is nigh and I, your deeply beloved Mr. McCann, would like to wish everyone a happy summer break. Also, I thank you in advance for all the presents, they are greatly appreciated. Those of you still thinking what to get me, well, I like chocolate and rare Bob Dylan vinyls (first presses only and make sure they are mint condition please.) HOD NAME emcann@thekibworthschool.org

Teaching and Learning Updates: RE • Last week the Year 7s focused on Christian ideas and practices regarding forgiveness. In their final

week of the year, they have been set to consider different Christian responses to war with an analysis of what constitutes Just War, and a comparison to pacifist ideas.

• Year 8s have been finishing their research on Hindu worship. They began by looking at worship in the mandir, moved on to worship in the home, and have finally looked at other forms of worship including yoga, meditation and pilgrimage. They have been asked to reflect on a range of similarities and differences.

• Year 9s looked at Christian and Muslim beliefs about death and the afterlife last week. They did some more work on that this week, and have compared beliefs with those in Judaism, Hinduism and Humanism.

• The Year 10s have pressed on with their work on Relationships and Families. This week their work has focused on Christian and Muslim ideas about the nature and purpose of marriage.

HOD NAME rprice@thekibworthschool.org

Teaching and Learning Updates: Citizenship

• Year 10 are studying the Public and Private Sectors; which services should be run by companies and which should be run by the Government.

 HOD NAME lholmes@thekibworthschool.org

How we are keeping busy: Miss Mathers: We have a new member of staff joining the Humanities Department in September, Miss Mathers. A short introduction to our new Geography teacher would be to find out what she has been doing to keep busy. POLO! An avid Horse-rider, Miss Mathers pushes her skills to the limit with the game of Polo. As one of the world’s oldest sports, and known as the ‘Sport of Kings’, Miss Mathers has been playing Polo regularly to keep fit and healthy. Miss Mathers has been enjoying a record-breaking stint as her League’s top scorer for 16 months! Be sure to congratulate her on this momentous achievement when you see her around school next year.

Ideas for keeping busy: Puzzles: Jigsaw puzzles are a great activity for both kids and adults, and various studies point to the benefits of puzzle-solving, including better spatial skills, memory retention, and cooperation with others. Whether you’re doing one by yourself or with another person, the feeling when you fit the last piece to complete the puzzle can't be beaten.

Celebrating Online learning: Well Done to all those that have joined online lessons in Humanities these past few weeks. This has been a daunting task for both staff and students, as we continue to adjust and adapt to the challenges of home learning. We in the Humanities department would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you that have made Online Lessons so enjoyable and stress-free. Your contributions and attitudes to learning have been a real testament to the school, and to you as individuals. Thank you!

Student Work: Joel B Year 7: Great piece of History work, a research task on Sir Walter Raleigh. Full to the brim with creativity and animations.

Shaan G, Year 9: Great piece of History Work!

Finlay W Year 7: A great piece of work Tudor Religion!

Ana M, Year 10: A great piece of Citizenship Work on Budgets!

Maths

@TKS_Maths

Teaching and Learning Updates:

The summer holidays are ahead of us, we hope you all have a good break and are looking forward to seeing you in August. UKMT news We have finally been instructed to post off the UKMT challenges that took place on the last day of school before lockdown. So I can’t wait to see how our students did. Summer work Remember that over the summer you can still be keeping that maths knowledge fresh and easier to recall by using Hegarty or corbett maths. Many of you have completed your analysis sheets from the assessment that will tell you Hegarty tasks will be useful to you. Using Hegarty to maximise your learning:

• Complete the Hegarty tasks your teachers are setting, these will be a mixture of revision work and new work. Remember to watch the videos if it is new work. • Complete MemRi tasks. These are bespoke tasks Hegarty makes for you, based on previous tasks you have completed.  • Complete Fix it 5 tasks. These are 5 questions based on mistakes you have made on other Hegarty tasks. Again, this is bespoke to you, as an individual.

Why use Corbett Maths 5 a day: It is a great way to keep Maths knowledge secure in your memory. The repetition of questions allows stronger links in the brain to be formed between short and long-term memory. It therefore enables you to access the information more quickly. It is also a really short activity, so fits into the day easily. https://corbettmaths.com/5-a-day/gcse/ Mrs H Stockwell Hstockwell@thekibworthschool.org

How we plan on keeping busy over the summer: Mrs Stockwell: I intend on finding a quiet spot in my garden, weather permitting, to read. The summer is when I like to get through a few good novels. With the change to lock down guidance I am hoping to see more of my extended family and friends. The most exciting activity at present though happens tomorrow......... I’m getting my haircut! Yes, it is very much needed. I’m also sure the Stockwell family will continue with some of our village activities, such as the quiz, that have been positives driven by the lockdown experience.

Ideas for keeping busy:

There are further ideas in the Maths guidance booklet, some include: https://www.artfulmaths.com/ If you enjoy Art and Maths, then this is a great website for you. It has lots of activities for mathematical drawings and origami, to name just a few.

https://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/chamberguide.html If you are into codes and secret messages, then this is a good place to start. It shows you lots of different codes and explains how they work. The author of the site, Simon Singh, has also written books on topics, including: code breaking, hidden maths in The Simpsons, The Big Bang, Fermat’s Last Theorem

https://www.ukmt.org.uk/ Just want some challenging Maths with a problem solving focus? Then this is the site for you. There are annual competitions, why not start your preparation now.

Celebrating Online learning: Rather than celebrating indiviudal success. This time let’s celebrate together with some crazy Hegarty maths facts. Since lockdown started as a school we have...........

• Answered 299, 836 Hegarty question • Answers 248,329 Hegarty questions correctly (82% success rate) • Watched 423 hours of Hegarty videos • Spent 5765 hours answering Hegarty questions

We are really proud of all of the work our students have put into their maths. One student in our school has personally answered 2561 Hegarty questions correctly. He has been mentioned nearly every week. Huge congratulations to Dharam D in Y9!

@MFLKibworth Teaching and Learning Updates: Spanish: This week, Year 9, and year 10 Spanish linguists have been given work based on the Kerboodle digital book. There were four self-assessed tasks and one optional task. If you decided to complete the optional task, please email your answers to Miss Bolivar Medina. Years 7 and 8 Spanish linguists have been very busy with their 2/3 hours of Spanish live lessons. Well done all of you!

French: Our topic of ‘Holidays’ has now come to an end, as have our live lessons. The focus for this week has been tenses, grammatical structures which require some teacher explanation.

Year 7 and 8 students have studied the present tense of regular -er verbs, and Year 9 have learned how to use the near future tense to write/talk about a future holiday. Year 10 students should now be able to introduce three tenses into their work, having studied the past (perfect tense), a required element of the GCSE.

Although some students were a little camera shy, all students attending the live lessons concentrated well and we would like to thank everyone for making our lessons so rewarding.

Mrs Harris: dharris@thekibworthschool.org

How we are keeping busy: Miss Bolivar Medina: This week I have had more online live lessons and I have truly enjoyed them all. It has been so great to see you and to see how enthusiastic and committed you still are. It felt like I was in my classroom and everything was almost back to normal. I hope that you are getting excited about the summer holidays. For me, this summer will be very different to other summers, as I am staying in England. I have started re-decorating my flat and I hope this will keep me busy.

Here is a picture of my new curtains. I have shared this picture with my friends and family and, literally, nobody likes them. What do you think? Please be honest!

Madame Harrison: This week has been our last week at school, and I must say it feels really odd to realise we are now just about to start our summer holidays. As you have all been busy attending your online lessons, I have really enjoyed teaching my groups, which have been amazing, bearing in mind we have lost so much learning time during lock down. I think we can all agree that these lessons have been really productive and efficient. Apart from this, I met up with my friend one day, who has just had a baby girl -she is absolutely gorgeous! I am now planning to declutter my wardrobe, and either give it to charity or sell it online. Mademoiselle Butler: Wow, I cannot quite believe that it is the end of the school year. The weather also does not seem to think that it's actually now July, does it? Even if the rain hasn't

dampened my spirits too much this week, I do feel a bit sad about not being able to wish all of my classes a great summer, as they leave my classroom for the final French lesson of the year. Usually at this time, I know that some of you can't wait to get out of the room quick enough, but here's a confession - I'm usually not that far behind you as I look forward to whizzing off in the car to France! Despite the change in circumstances this year, I would still like to thank all the students who have made an effort to keep going with their French and to complete the home study tasks. This time away from school has definitely confirmed that I could not do a job which requires sitting down at a desk all day. However, receiving emails of your work and updates about how you have been getting on has certainly made teaching from a dining room table more bearable! Even more I would like to say a huge well done and a big thank you to the students who joined me for some online lessons. I am super proud of you for participating (even if you were mostly all camera shy!) and I ended all of those lessons feeling really happy to have taught you some French - It's what I love to do, and I can't wait to get back into a classroom to do it! I wish you all a wonderful summer holiday & hope you stay safe. Bonnes vacances et à bientôt. Madame Harris: No winding down towards the end of term for me! I have continued my live lessons and have been in school, teaching Year 10. On Thursday, I attended a First Aid course with other teachers and support staff. It was informative, useful and fun and I now feel confident that I could deal with an emergency if needed. It was great to catch up with people. I have really missed everybody. As I love jigsaws, I have quite enjoyed piecing together the timetable for next year’s language lessons. We now have a teacher for every group! Result! I am now looking forward to the summer holiday when, hopefully, I can spend time with family and friends.

Ideas for keeping busy: asn ih

Family Quiz Time Why not have a go at another French-speaking country knowledge quiz this week?

1. Where is Guadeloupe?

2. When was it discovered and who by?

3. What is a famous produce from Guadeloupe?

4. What country is Guadeloupe a department of?

5. What is the other department close to it and which is part of the same country?

6. What does Guadeloupe live on mainly? 7. Who was the first European to set foot on Guadeloupe?

8. What is the currency of Guadeloupe?

9. What is the administrative capital of Guadeloupe?

10. What is the name of the volcano on the island?

Celebrating Online learning: Well done to all students who have attended their live lessons this week. Special thanks to Amelia, Year 7 Spanish, Isla, Year 8 Spanish, and Oliver P, Year 9 Spanish for their contributions during the sessions. You have all been amazing! A message from Miss Bolivar Medina: I absolutely love it when students send me feedback and help me support them in their Spanish learning journey. Thanks to the students who have emailed me ideas, suggestions, and constructive feedback on the work set. Teacher-student communication is essential; please keep on talking to me if there is anything I can do to help you.

End of year messages from your MFL Teachers:

Miss Bolivar Medina There is it, our last week of this exceptional year, and what a year this has been! Years 7 and 8 made their language options, Year 9 started their GCSE course and Year 10 Spanish completed their first full mock speaking assessment. WOW. I love teaching and it is a privilege and a pleasure to be your teacher. Enjoy your well-deserved summer with your family and friends.

Please stay safe and be kind. I shall be looking forward to seeing you all in September. Adiós 🙂

Mrs Harris Well, what a year that was! School closure, working at home, weekly messages to my form, meetings on TEAMS, live lessons, hundreds of emails, too much eating and drinking coffee, my dining table covered with papers (actually that’s normal), a radio show and a newsletter. Who would have thought that our daily routine could have changed so quickly and so drastically? However, we are getting through it and I would like to say thank you and well done to all the TKS staff and students. Please have a great summer. Take care and stay well and let us look forward to a new school year that is as normal as it can possibly be. Madame Harrison This has been a very interesting year for me. I joined our school after Christmas, and only taught my groups up until mid-March. Although this has been a very short time, I have felt really welcome and comfortable at TKS. It is obvious that the majority of the students take their studies and learning very seriously, which makes it even more pleasant for us as teachers. Although I am going to enjoy my summer break with my family, I am really looking forward to being in the classroom again and starting to teach my new or current groups. I just hope you all have a lovely holiday with your families and that you enjoy being together, whether you stay at home or go away. Stay safe, look after each other and take care of yourselves.

Student Work: Celia K Year 10 French

Amelia E Year 10 Spanish An expert at completing her work.

Alex R Year 9 Spanish As always, he has completed all his work.

Isabel Tomson Year 10, French . Yet another great piece of work on holidays.

 HOD NAME Mhill@thekibworthschool.org

Summer Messages: Staff: Mrs Hatfield- zhatfield@thekibworthschool.org Mrs Hatfield wants to wish you all a very, very, Happy Summer break. It has been a strange, and sometimes difficult, year for us, but we have got there in true Kibworth style. Through sticking together and supporting each other. I want to wish you all a restful and safe summer break. I look forward to seeing you back in the new term. The Year 11 pupils, I wish them every success for their new ventures, and I am sure you will all achieve your goals. Staff: Mrs Garland- jgarland@thekibworthschool.org Hello from Ms Garland, It’s certainly been a challenging time recently. However, things I am looking forward to in the holidays, restrictions permitting: 1) Seeing my family at last in Scotland, hopefully sometime soon. 2) Getting my very overgrown hair cut! 3) Spending time with friends, socially distancing of course. 4) Getting out in my canoe. 5) Playing badminton, no idea when that will happen, however. 6) Rock Choir (without using Zoom). 7) Lots and lots of country walks. We have certainly had to adapt to new ways of working at school due to Covid-19. One advantage is that I have got to know the students in our area at school much better, due to the small groups. I am so proud that they have coped so well and are lovely young people. Well done to my key students this year, you know who you are; I look forward to seeing you all in the new school year. Thank you to my colleagues for all your support, we have a great SEND team! Lastly, all the very best to our Year 11 leavers, I hope you go on to great things. Also, I can’t wait to meet our new Year 7 students! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! Staff: Mr Thomas- dthomas@thekibworthschool.org What a bizarre way to end school and head into the summer, it’s not the way we wanted to go out but sometimes that’s life and you just “gotta” roll with it. Year 7 through to 10, I will see you guys next school year; I look forward to working with you all again. You guys have been amazing during this difficult time. I’d also like to thank my fantastic colleagues for all their support and, of course, shout out to the amazing SEND team that I’m privileged to be a part of. Year 7 boys football team; I, like you probably are, am sad that we never got to play our County Cup Final but hopefully, when it’s all safe and ready, I promise you we will mount another challenge for the Cup next season, and this time I’m certain we can finish what we started this year.

To Year 11, I simply wish you all the best with your future endeavours; I’m rather sad that I won’t get the opportunity to say goodbye properly to you guys, but I know you’ll do us proud. To the Year 11 boys who represented the school football team, thank you for having me as your Coach; it was a privilege and an honour. It was a massive learning curve for myself, and I certainly learnt a lot about myself as a Coach through coaching you guys, so thanks again. Best wishes to everyone and have a nice summer break, you deserve it. Staff: Mrs Lowe- wlowe@thekibworthschool.org I have been working as an LSA since January, and although it has been very strange times I have enjoyed every moment, and worked with some amazing students and really enjoyed getting to know them. Have a great summer and I look forward to seeing you all next term. Good luck to our Year 11 students I wish you every success for the future. Staff: Miss Dance- kdance@thekibworthschool.org Well it's been a strange old year hasn't it? But I just want to say ‘well done’ to everyone for doing the best they can to cope with the situation. To Yr 11, it's been a pleasure to know and work with you, I wish you well in your future, and if you ever see me when you're out and about, make sure you say hi! We'll miss you! To those of you who will be back in the Autumn term, I look forward to seeing you all, have a wonderful summer! Take care, and have fun, Miss Dance. Staff: Mrs Marriott- jmarriot@thekibworthschool.org & Mrs Wright- jwright@thekibworthschool.org Hello everyone from Mrs Marriott and Mrs Wright in the Wellbeing Centre. Over the last few weeks we have been busy welcoming a number of students back into school. It has been great to have the opportunity to spend time supporting these students with their learning and wellbeing. We look forward to seeing you all when you return to school, and we hope you all have a wonderful summer break. Very best wishes Mrs Marriott & Mrs Wright Staff: Mrs Hecks- ahecks@thekibworthschool.org During the last few weeks I have been working full time with the Year 10's in the Maths block. They have been amazing and seem to really appreciate being back at school. I think they had actually been missing us! I really hope that you all have an amazing summer with lots of rest - you deserve it See you next term. Staff: Miss Whatton- rwhatton@thekibworthschool.org Hi all, hope you are well. Well done for completing another school year. We are all so proud of you and cannot wait to see you in the new term. I hope you have a lovely well-deserved summer holidays and look after yourselves. Staff: Miss Ferguson- aferguson@thekibworthschool.org It has been a difficult and strange time but you should all to be proud of yourselves. I wish you all the best, and I hope everyone has a well-deserved summer break!

I will look forward to seeing you all in September. Miss Ferguson 😄

Staff: Mrs Hill- mhill@thekibworthschool.org Well, what a year. We have had ups and downs, but we've success. I am proud of each and every one of you. I'm looking forward to seeing you next year. Have a fab summer and I'll see you soon.

Take care, Mrs Hill.

@TKSScience

Teaching and Learning Updates: We’ve all thoroughly enjoyed our online Teams lessons over the last few weeks. Thank you to those who have been able to join us. It has been really lovely seeing faces and hearing voices again. This week, as part of their remote learning experience, pupils were given the opportunity to complete some practical Physics challenges at home. They were given lots of different challenges to try, including modelling the Big Bang, making a cartesian diver using a sauce sachet & making a static UFO. As always, we have loved seeing all the photos & videos of their work. HOD NAME lthurlow@thekibworthschool.org

Messages from us all: Well, what an academic year that has been. We’re sure it was only March last week! Here are a few little messages from us all, to you. See you all on the other side of the summer!

Hi everyone,

A very big thank you from me for making me feel so welcome when I arrived this year. It's

not quite how I thought my time at Kibworth would have gone, but I have very much

enjoyed teaching you all and seeing the fantastic work you have produced in lockdown.

I hope you all have a brilliant summer and I look forward to hearing all about it when we

come back. Take care of yourselves and have fun.

See you soon, Mrs O'Connell

Thank you to all the students who have been submitting work and joining me in my live

lessons. It has been a funny old term in many ways and sadly, after a long time, it is my

last here at Kibworth. I’ve had a brilliant time and will miss the students and all my great

colleagues, but it’s time for me to try something new. Have a great summer everyone.

Mrs Shewring

Hello!

Well, that has been just the strangest school year ever! Never thought I’d say it, but I’ve

really missed each and every one of you. You don’t realise how much this job makes

you laugh and smile until you don’t get to do it, as you normally would, on a day-to-day

basis. Wishing you all a safe and relaxed summer break and I look forward to seeing

you all in autumn term! Mrs Francis

So, we have finally finished the most unusual school year I have ever witnessed in my

teaching career. Who would have believed it? It’s weird not going through the final weeks

of GCSE exams with Year 11, and being able to say goodbye to them. Lessons on

‘Teams’ are totally new, but hopefully useful.

For Years 7-10, we will eventually return to some sort of normality at school. I look

forward to seeing you again and I wish the Year 11 students all the best for the future

and everyone a good summer. Mr Woodward

Well it’s been a very unprecedented year. Nobody would have thought that the whole

world would be put on pause; but it was. However, from looking at the scientific data

about COVID-19, it looks like we are over the worst of it and the world is starting to get

back to normal. Thank you for working so hard during the year, and thanks for all the

work you have been sending in. I’m sure you will all have a great summer and I’m

looking forward to teaching you all in September. Doctor Blas

Who could have predicted my time away from school would be like this. I hope you are

all keeping safe and I look forward to seeing you all in the new academic year.

To Year 11- it has been a pleasure teaching so many of you and I wish you the best of

luck in the future, whatever you may be doing! Miss Thurlow

Well ... my first year here at TKS has been out of the ordinary, but I couldn’t have

asked for a better group of students. You have all made me feel so welcome and

although we didn’t get the send-off we would have liked, we still have had a great

year. I cannot wait to start a new year with you all, so stay safe and have a great

summer. Mr Inchley

Thank you & goodbye: Today we say goodbye to two highly valued members of our team. Mrs Swan (one of our technicians) and the legend that is Mrs Shewring are both leaving for pastures new. We are struggling to imagine The Kibworth School without them. We will be giving them both a proper send off when we can, but for now, all of us in the Science department would like to say a huge ...

and

What can I say about 2020? It has certainly been an extraordinary year, matched

only by the extraordinary resilience and resourcefulness of both our staff and

students to continue to work so hard in new and challenging circumstances; and all

that with smiles on our faces! I want to offer a massive congratulations to all staff,

students and parents alike for all the hard work and effort that has contributed to

such a successful transition to home learning. Having said that, I’m also really

looking forward to the autumn term and teaching face to face, where I can see your

keen faces! Have a restful summer, you have earned it. Miss Bennion

You will both be greatly missed.

Celebrating Online learning: Thank you to each and every one of you. You have all embraced remote & online learning over the last 3+ months. We have no doubt that it has not been easy at times, but you’ve all made it to the summer break. Enjoy your time off, relax, recuperate & we will see you all ready for a new academic year at the end of August!

Student Work:

Amy C Year 8 & Jonny C Year 11: Jonny and Amy worked together during lockdown to complete their Bronze CREST Award. They worked together to complete a project making their own fizzy drinks using yeast, and wrote up their findings. Brilliant work. Well done!

Rohan S Year 11: Inspired by Andy Warhol, Rohan has used a heart as the main imagery. Fantastic work!

Rebecca A Year 8: Independent research into different types of drugs

How many squares on the Lockdown Bingo grid can you complete this week?

There are some great ideas for looking after your well-being

Stay home, stay safe!

Think Positive!

Focus on the positives, relax, this will come to an end so try to enjoy the

here and now. There are a lot of positives,

try making a list.

Enjoy the outdoors

Natural light is good for you. Spend time in the garden or use

your 60 mins outdoors to take a

run

Spring Clean

Cleaning and tidying will help you to feel

organised. Psychological studies have found it helps to

relieve stress and anxiety

Photography

Smart phones have really amazing

cameras these days; maybe take some

photos. Forced perspective is

particularly fun... look it up

Alone Time

It is good for you to

have alone time, switch

your phone off and

relax. When did you

last just lie down, relax

and not chat to

someone, not look at

your phone, not read...

just unwind?

Be entrepreneurial

Business ideas are

solutions to problems.

What problems can

you think of that you

can invent business

solutions to?

Scrub up!

A morning wash

freshens you up for the day. It’s also

great for your self-esteem to feel clean

and fresh. Remember to keep washing your hands

too.

Discover

All those things you

never really

understood, read

about them. Keep a

list of all the things

you always wondered

about and the

answers you found

Skillz

Pick up some new skills; programming,

playing an instrument, learning a

language, magic tricks, sign language

or a sports trick

Live a healthy life

Eat your 5 a day Drink 1-2 litres of water

Get enough sleep Ensure you get daily

exercise.

#BeKind

A great way to lift

your mood is to do

something kind for

someone else.

Make them a photo

collage of happy

memories, call a

family member for a

chat

Tune in

Listening to music

can really lift your

mood. Find new

music and keep a

list of new artists

you have

discovered. Share

them with your

friends

Keep in touch

Make phone calls,

tweet, email, text...

keep in touch with

friends and family. It

will help you to keep a

sense of ‘normal’

Sleep

You should try and

get 8 hours of sleep

per day. Try and

keep your usual

sleep patterns. If you

develop a sleep

pattern of staying up

really late, and

waking up late, it can

Get gardening.

Helping your family in the garden can be

really rewarding; mow the lawn, pull the

weeds or try to grow something – it is good to be outdoors. Take

some before and after photos!

be really hard to

break the cycle.

Snail Mail

Do you have any

elderly relatives that

would love to receive

a letter through the

post from you?

Exercise

Try and exercise once per day. There

are a lot of online workouts you can follow. Share them

with friends, you can work out together,

virtually

Thankful Tree

Draw a tree. On the

branches write things

that you are thankful

for. It is easy to forget

how fortunate we are.

Cook up a storm!

What do you have in your cupboard, find a recipe online and try and cook something for yourself or your

family. I am sure Miss Jarvis would love to

see a photo!

Be present

Mindfulness is all about

being present in the

moment, enjoying what

is happening in the

here and now. Look up

videos and apps to

help you

Pen to paper Get creative; write a

song, a poem, a script, A MOVIE! You have time on your hands – use your imagination

Be thankful

Is there anyone that

you know of that

deserves a special

thank you?

Sometimes we are

so busy in life that

we do not stop to

think

Window Rainbows!

Rainbows are seen as a positive image; the sun emerging to produce a rainbow at

the end of a rainstorm. It is a reminder to us all to stay positive.

Be helpful

Can you help at home? Ask what jobs you can do to help.

Not only are you helping someone out

you will feel good about yourself.

Get reading!

Grab a book, put your

feet up and get lost in

the story. It is a great

way to escape... and

relax

If you have not already done so, you or your family members could set up a twitter account and follow any/ all of the schools Twitter accounts. It is another great way of us all keeping in touch.

Headteacher @TKSHeadteacher Maths @TKS_Maths

Art @tks_artdept Modern Languages @MFLKibworth

Business Studies @TKS_Business Music @TKS_Music_Dept

Economics @kib_bus_ec Physical Education @KibworthPE

Food Technology @FPN_GCSE Science @TKSScience

Geography @TKSGeography Humanities @TKSHumanities

The Tortoises @TKSTortoises English @TKSEnglish

Computer science

@TKSComputing DofE @TKSDofE

Careers @TKS_careers

TKS Kindness Calendar

Credit: The Kindness School Foundation

This week’s theme:

Animals

Day Theme Task

Monday Kind to

Me

Looking at the natural world can be good for our mental health. Watch live cameras of pandas

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm3bQVANtVo) or elephants (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4SiFUNYdTs)

and draw what you see. Send us your pictures on Twitter, using @KindnessSchools #TKSKindnessCalendar

Tuesday Kind to Others

If you are lucky enough to have a pet, spend 20 minutes playing together today. Try and teach your pet a new trick! If you do not have a pet, you can invite animals to your home by creating a

bird feeder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=7yV6V6rtpyc).

Wednesday Kind to

the World

Many animals are in danger of going extinct. Find out about them here: https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/morefind-out/special-events/endangered-animals/. Design a poster to inform people

about what they can do to protect and save endangered animals. Send us your pictures on Twitter at @TKSHumanities

Thursday Kind to

Me

Listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQgUEL7Jiqk by yourself or with your family… it’s a famous piece of music that is supposed to sound like a bumblebee flying. As you listen, write,

draw or paint what it makes you think about.

Friday Kind to Others

Spend some time together as a family taking this quiz: https://www.kidzworld.com/quiz/what-animalpersonality-are-you.

Tell us which animals you and your family are most like at #TKSKindnessCalendar.

Milo 15 weeks cockapoo

Stanley & Jasper H

Rebecca A, year 8

Pictures of Gizmo

Isla N, year 8

These are our guinea pigs.. the brown one is Brian, the black one is Rocket and the gingery, black one is

Gyzmo.

Elizabeth B, My pets: Bambi the calf and Lamby the sheep Tómas the cat, Sid the seagull we rescued

after my dad and I found him randomly in the middle of our yard. And Alfie our pony