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Version 5

Week beginning 25th May 2020

Welcome to the fifth edition of our weekly student newsletter. Although the lockdown been eased, it still remains in place for the safety of everyone. My thanks goes to all of the parents and carers

who have called and emailed with kind words, cards and acknowledgements for the efforts that Cecil staff have been making towards the continuing education of our school community on Google Classroom and the website. You may have seen that Southend made the news recently with the change in weather, it is on this note, that I urge you to be mindful when out and about, the water can be unpredictable.

We urge you to stay alert and maintain social distancing. To date, we have made well over 2300 face shields for local care homes, pharmacies and doctors, Cecil Jones continues to make a real

difference in the community we serve. We have now delivered well over 2000 face shields. Without the support of our parents and carers, the enforced online learning would not have been the success that it has been, I now urge

you to give the laptop, tablet and mobiles a break and pick up a book for a well deserved break.

LOCKDOWN WITH

THE JONESES

When you see litter on the streets And the air smells of pollution

When you feel like its pilling up Remember there is always a solu-

tion

There’s something each of us can do

To keep the rivers clean To keep fresh the air we breathe

And keep the forests green

Help clean a beach Or recycle bottles and cans

Learn about the problems we face And help others understand

It doesn't have to be a lot If we each do our share

So take time out on earth day To show the earth you care

Malachi Lockhart, Year 7

A sample of Jack Murray’s

excellent Maths work

Joshua Randall Yr7 English exemplary work

Thump! Suddenly I woke up. I looked around at my surroundings, puzzled, the room seemed transparent like an invisible bor-

der. Past the wall, there was an infinite void but I noticed a worn down door sitting upon the wall. In desperation I ran to-

wards the door and opened it.

Instantly, I was sucked inside it like if it was a black hole, I clawed the floor so much that my fingernails started to come off, I

shrieked in horror as the next second the door slammed, trapping me inside its fiery vortex. Eyes wide open I gazed around

the vortex, unfortunately only seeing a large amount of patterns which burned my eyes when I looked at them directly.

The torture was over as I was blasted downwards into a patch of grassland. I stood up brushing off the grass which stained my

clothes, I studied what's around me, I saw mushroom trees, a giant forest ecosystem, 40ft monsters who roamed the prov-

ince of a giant pink castle. Finally, there ought to be humans at the castle, I am going to be safe. So I started my conquest to

the castle.

This week the year 12 Psychology students have been considering debates

on freewill vs determinism.

Georgia Murray

In Art, year 12s have been continuing re-

search into different artists for inspiration.

Karol Piechowicz has been researching the

artist Rene Magritte a Belgian Surrealist. We

can see from his work that Karol has an eye

for detail!

Cecil Jones Academy, Eastern Avenue, Southend on Sea. Essex SS2 4BU

Tel:01702 440000 www.ceciljonesacademy.net

Year 10 Billy Holmes- Poetry Comparison PECK Paragraphs.

One comparison in the two poems is the bravery of the soldiers. In Exposure ”Dawn massing in the east her melancholy arm attacks

once more in ranks on shivering ranks of grey” and in Bayonet Charge “He plunged past with his bayonet toward the green hedge,

King, honour, human dignity, etcetera.” In exposure they attack the opposing side and when they say “once more” meaning they

have already done the same attack more than once. And in Bayonet Charge they are not only fighting because they wanted to go

they only went to protect their family and the others in their country.

Another comparison is the description of the fields and conditions there fighting in, in Bayonet Charge “stumbling across a field of

clods towards a green hedge” and in Exposure “Tonight, this frost will fasten on this mud and us, shriveling many hands” in Bayonet

Charge they are they are running in terrible condition tripping an falling over the hedges and in exposure the freezing condition will

not only make them cold but in a certain amount of time of in the cold they will start to hurt from the coldness.

Year 9 Alicia Rout- Research on Wilfred Owen

Is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest war poets. Writing from the perspective of his intense personal experience of the

front line Owen’s aim was to tell the truth about what he called ‘the pity of War’.

In 1915, Owen enlisted in the army and in December 1916 was sent to France, joining the 2nd Manchester Regiment on the

Somme. He was killed by German machine gun fire just before the war ended. He had 3 siblings and came from a middle-class back-

ground

Owen was the eldest of three. His father, Tom Owen, was a railway clerk and his mother, Susan, was

from a fervently religious family.

Wilfred Owen has become best known for his angry poetry on the supposed nobility and glory of war. but while he was compas-

sionate to those around him, he was not self-pitying and earned the Military Cross for his bravery

Wilfred Owen suffered from shell shock (PTSD) after being blown into the air by a shell, Owen spent several days sheltering in a

hole near the corpse of a fellow officer.

In June 1917 he was sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital, near Edinburgh, where he spent four months under the care of the re-

nowned doctor, Captain Arthur Brock

Only five poems were published in his lifetime - three in the Nation and two that appeared anonymously in the Hydra, a journal he

edited in 1917 when he was a patient at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh.

He was born on the 18 March 1893, in Oswestry and died on the 4 November 1918, in Sambre-Oise Canal, France

Some of his most famous poems consist of, Dulce et Decorum Est, Anthem for Doomed Youth, Education: Wakeman School, Uni-

versity of London Some of his most famous quotes are:

“My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.”

“All a poet can do today is warn.”

“Red lips are not so red As the stained stones kissed by the English dead.”

Messages from the Year Care Team

As the Covid 19 Lockdown lingers on , the integral part that the Year Care Team at Cecil Jones Academy, has come to the fore.

The collaboration between pastoral and achievement reaffirms the dedication and relationship of CJA staff.

As always, I feel immensely proud of our 6th Form students. They continue to submit their work, albeit, not always on time! They read around their subject and many have signed up to virtual open days, in respect of University or College.

I have posted a range of events onto Google classroom; the topics covered have been educational, recreational as well as sup-portive websites such as Young minds & Kooth. The main focus this week has been “ Mental Health & Awareness” which is a na-tional programme centering on ‘Kindness’.

As we come to the end of this half term; students may be flagging, however, some have signed up to the Mytutor programmed, which links our students with current undergraduates, studying the same subject.

I look forward to continuing with my daily calls to parents and students after the half term break, whether it be, to offer support and guidance, or just for a chat! It is so important that we all keep up the momentum of our school and work days, to enable us to slip back into our normal or new normal lives!

As always, it has been a pleasure to support and work with our amazing 6th form students and staff.

Ms. Sear

Post 16

During lockdown, it’s important that our students and parents know that they are supported and in our thoughts. Google Class-

room is a terrific teaching platform but unsurprisingly, as the weeks have rolled on, there have been times when students’ motiva-

tion has flagged, especially if family circumstances make learning from home that bit more difficult. Consequently, I have been

making telephone calls home for those students whose attendance to these virtual lessons has slipped and encouraging them to

make the most of the learning opportunities on offer, as well as endeavoring to resolve any of their issues with uploading work. It

has been lovely to speak to so many of the students directly and hear what they have been up to and reassure them that they can

contact us at any time.

Our year 7 students have produced work of exceptional quality so I have been collating some of their best pieces and displaying

them on their year group window, so that they get recognition for their efforts and creativity and because we know that modelling

good work acts as an incentive to others. The afternoon tasks they particularly enjoyed included making their own time capsules,

learning about Earth Day, celebrating events such as Ramadan and VE day, as well as trying their hand at origami.

Finally, as the Academy has remained open for children of Key Workers, I have been in school supervising these students so that

their parents can continue their vital work.

Mrs Klein Year 7 Care Team

It is during times like these when consistency is ‘key’; I am not only pastoral; I am also a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen and a voice to offer guidance and of course a laugh. I believe that even though communication is through a laptop, my personality must still shine through in order to keep my year group upbeat, motivated and on track. I enjoy riddles; it gets the year group fired up and thinking first thing in the morning. My favorite riddle so far was;

Can you find out what is missing? 1 3 5 2 4 ?

It took them a few attempts but they understood it very quickly. Keeping the students focused makes me feel that I am still con-tinuing to keep them motivated but more importantly connections are still strong.

Keeping students focused on a day to day basis is challenging and I believe that you have to be really creative, which is good for me, but I have to continuously remind myself that it’s also really important to not let on to the students that you too are anxious, scared and worried about what is happening around us, to ourselves, our families and our friends; but in turn, this also makes me more determined to make sure that my connections with my year 9 students are just as strong as they were when we were last at school.

Mrs Leadbetter

Year 9 Care Team

Year 10 students have been astounded and amazed by the sheer variety of extra-curricular activities provided for them! Anything from anagrams to origami, recipes to riddles, crosswords to colouring sheets and sign language to sausage rolls.

Continuous online support starts with a ‘Fact of the Day’ and a theme follows throughout the day. We are currently exploring Mental Health Awareness week and have previously celebrated VE day, delved into Dracula, muddled through May the 4th and applauded our Nurses on International Nurses Day, to name but a few!

Providing support for our year 10 students it at the forefront of our minds, during this unprecedented time and I hope to see them again very soon.

As a finale, Year 10 students love a good joke;

‘The other day I bought a thesaurus, but when I got it home and opened it, all the pages were blank…

I can’t find the words to describe how angry I am.

Mrs Wardle Year 10 Care Team

Over the last 7 weeks our Year 11 students have had to come to terms with not taking their exams and starting a new chapter in their lives early. Ms. Powell and myself have still been busy by posting different activities on Google classroom and making many phone calls. Please see the list below of a few things we have been sharing with them:

Mindfulness Tip of the Day; Quiz - what's your job personality?; Careers; Five steps that we can all take to improve our mental wellbeing; Riddles ; Motivational quotes; Information on stressed or anxious; virtual tours of museum, galleries and popular tour-ist spots; Random Acts of Kindness; University of Essex Virtual Debate Club; Cake Pops

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our Year 11 students the best of luck with the future and we look forward to seeing so many of you return in September as a member of 6th form. Please remember to visit the new 6th form Google Class-room.

Mrs Presland

Year 11 Year Care Team

Cecil Jones Academy, Eastern Avenue, Southend on Sea. Essex SS2 4BU

Tel:01702 440000 www.ceciljonesacademy.net

Success for Jasmine Axcell Jasmine has received the 'Jack Petchey Foundation' Award for the month of May 2020.

Alongside her school work, Jasmine has also been helping with her two younger brothers and taken on the extra tasks through 'Girl Guides' independently and on her own initiative.

Some of challenges she undertook included learning Morse code, sign Language, Guiding history badge to include WW2 cooking and making a camp blanket.

Once Guiding can commence again, Jasmine and her unit have plans for a trip to London HQ and a special camp all complimentary to the award.

Congratulations Jasmine.

Students Of The Week

What can I do with all this free time?

Below are some great iplayer programs especially if you take or wish to

take history ay GCSE.

Michael Wood’s Story of England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00txydj/michael-woods-story-of-england

Pain Pus and Poison

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p01f51s5/pain-pus-and-poison-the-search-for-modern-medicines

David Olusoga’s documentary a house through time delves into the slave trade

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l64y9

Although Extension isn't needed in these strange times I have been busy making some of the visors and while on site, printed off word searches and quizzes for those students who are in each day, just to break up the day with light activities.

I have created quizzes, made suitable for our students. These question and an-swer sheets were emailed to ATLs for afternoon sessions. The quizzes included: General Knowledge, Harry Potter, Food, Movie quotes, Historical events, Disney and Netflix quizzes. These were also printed off and given to students on site.

Mrs Amar

Thought Of The Week “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani education activist

Did you see this stunning photo taken

by Mrs Amar?

Year 7 Adam Bailey

Year 8 Vlera Buja

Year 9 Jaiden Brown

and Jasmine

Axcell

Year 10 Izzy Green

Year 12 Shivona

Chellakootty