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Dates for your Diary:

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

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

Saturday 24th February – Dof E Bronze navigation exercise

Monday 26th February – Y11 mock 2 commence

Tuesday 27th February – Y8/9 girls injections

Thursday 1st March – World Book Day. Year 9 Parents Evening 4-7pm

Sunday 4th March – KESAF indoor car boot

Wednesday 7th March – Berlin Trip meeting 6.30pm

Saturday 10th March – DofE Silver training morning

Parent Bulletin Friday 23rd February 2018

MFL News Well done to this week's Stars of the Week in MFL! Year 7 – Matthew Lake 7R

Year 8 – Max Lonsdale 8E

Year 9 – Tiegan Moore 9D

Year 10 – Lauren Southwell 10R

Year 11 – Ryan Maia 11N

Keep up with the good work!

Y11 French and Spanish Speaking - Any Y11 students who want support with their Spanish and/or French speaking, come to D9 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 4!

Y7 French Spelling Bee Regional Final will take place in Comberton Village College on Wednesday 21st March - practice every Wednesday at break time in D10.

Mandarin Club on 19th February will be celebrating the Lantern Festival so come along for fun and games - 3-4pm in D12

Reminder: Uniform Can we please remind parents of the importance of wearing the correct uniform. Full details can be found on our website: http://kesacademy.co.uk/prospective-parents-carers/uniform/

Mock Exams The full timetable for the 2nd series of Mock Exams, starting on Monday 26th February, can be found on our website: http://kesacademy.co.uk/current-students/examination-information/

House Events / PSHE / SMSC

PSHE

Students have all had the launch of their new topics this week. These are:

Year 7 Growth mind-set a d a do attitude

Year 8 Mindfulness

Year 9 Assertive not aggressive

Year 10 Emotional Intelligence

Year 11 Relaxation and stress management

Work in seminar groups this term will focus on these topics

SMSC

Assemblies next week will focus on 'celebrating difference'. You may want to discuss this topic with your child

House events

27th Feb - Junior & Inters Netball Mixed

28th Feb - Spelling Bee - venue TBC

2nd March - House Cooking

9th March - Junior and Inter Boys Football ( No A team players )

14th March - Junior and Inter Girls Football

16th March - Junior and Inter Mixed Handball

Wendy McLean

Assistant Principal (Acting)

Bletchley Park Trip

On Monday 19th February, 40 students in Year 7 and 8 had an opportunity of exploring the history of Bletchley

Park.

Our students were exemplary representatives of KES Academy and showed brilliant resilience and problem solving

skills. The activities on the day consisted of code breaking, site tour and a little history of Bletchley and its

importance during Second World War.

It was an amazing experience and students involved really appreciated the place, the history and the activities

planned. Well done to everyone taking part!

Year 7 – Mrs Wright

I hope you all had a lovely half term.

Well done goes to the following students gained the most achievement points in the week before half term:-

Violeta Olehnovica 7W 130

Kristina Troka 7W 110

Daisy Catton 7N 105

Bradley Bailey 7A 105

Lexi Billington 7D 105

Kiara Goodson 7X 100

Rhys Wymer 7W 100

Niesha Clarke 7W 95

Kian Preston 7W 90

Conor Bruce 7Z 85

Shanteal Thompson 7X 85

Callum Godfrey 7G 85

Elliott Berycz 7G 80

Brandon Payne 7D 80

Stephanie Rodrigues 7R 80

Joseph Russell 7R 80

Violeta Olehnovica has amazingly achieved 2000 points since she began here in September. She has the most

achievement points this year than any other student in school. Violeta was presented with her certificate today by

Mr Brown. My congratulation goes to Violeta.

The Science department stars of the week go to Monika Rosca and Lily Ashton. Well done.

Mr Ibbitson drew the prizes for last half terms attendance. All students in Year 7 who gained 100% were placed in

the draw. Paulina Sanduta and Skye Curr both won £10 cinema vouchers and popcorn. Hannah Bradley won the £25

restaurant voucher. The next draw will take place after Easter holidays.

This eek s PE sta s of the eek go to Lexi Billington and Daryl Melton. Well done to both of them.

Matthe Lake is this eek s Mode Foreign language star of the week, excellent work.

Our assembly this week was taken by Mrs Watson and Mr Head. The topic being discussed was Growth mindset.

This will be repeated in PSHE lessons with year 7 students but in more depth.

I would like to wish you all a lovely weekend.

Mrs B Wright – Head of Year 7

Year 8 – Mrs Stonach

Our year 8 attendance has slightly improved again this week which is great news, thanks to parents and pupils for

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

order to win awards and qualify for prize drawers – every lesson really does matter. Some pupils have met with me

to discuss their attendance this week; we will be meeting every 2 weeks to identify any barriers and offering

support in order to improve their attendance within school.

Well done to the year 8 half term high achievers (see right hand list) These pupils gained the highest number of

achievement points over the previous half term.

Well done to the following pupils for working hard and being

recognised by the following departments –

Mitchell Stokes – MFL

Mitchell Stokes and Fergus Martin-Lewis – Science

Amy Hails and Rafe Manning – PE

On Monday, I travelled with 30 Year 7 and 8 pupils to Bletchley Park to take part in some code breaking. If you

ha e t ee , it is defi itely well worth the trip. Not only can you take part in coding activities, you can wander

around the manor house which housed some of the most important and talented code breakers of WW2 and see

what life was like for them. A big thank you to Miss Heizig who organised the trip – I know that the pupils (and I)

had a great day.

Year 8 options. Options sheets have now all been given out and most have been returned along with the college

applications too. If your child has not returned their form, or you have any questions or concerns, it is really

i po ta t that you o ta t Miss Ba kha ASAP. If you hild s fo is ot etu ed, e a ot gua a tee that they will be given their options choices. Miss Backham can be contacted on the email address and phone number below.

Barbara.backham@kesacademy.co.uk 01553 773606 ext 305

As al ays, if you ha e a y ge e al uestio s o o e s, please o ta t you hild s tuto i the fi st i sta e.

6th Form News

All year 12 students should have brought home progress reports. If you haven't received yours then please let the

6th form office know and we will send another copy home. Parents' evening is on 22nd May but if you have any

concerns before this time please contact Mr White (assistant director of 6th form) in the first instance.

On Monday we held our first 6th from wellbeing evening. This was really useful evening and the feedback was

excellent. Unfortunately we didn't have a huge turn out so we hopefully be repeating this event nearer to the

summer exams for those who were unable to make it this time.

We would like to wish all the year 13 students about to embark on their mock exams the very best of luck and to

remind you that timetabled lessons continue as normal during the mock period. If an exam is missed due to illness

students must ring into school and we will rearrange for them to sit the exam on the first available slot on their

return.

Mrs Mclean and the 6th form team.

Year 9 – Mrs Lees

P R I D E

We think and

act positively

We respect one another in everything we

do

We strive to

improve

We all create a

great place to

learn

We work well

together

P – Talisha Cooper R – Keane Bloom I – Jonathan Correia D – Urte kukauskaite E – Hollis Lai

GOOD NEWS FRIDAY!

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

Danny Dolman 9G & Kiya Dye 9Y

TOP ACHIEVEMENT POINTS THIS WEEK – Year 9 have achieved a total of 2290 points this week

Deimante Slezaite 9K 50

Ellen Skerritt 9K 50

Fern Crofts 9G 45

Gabija Suruda 9A 45

Samuel Newcombe 9A 45

Aivaras Pulmanas 9D 40

Dylan Berycz 9W 40

Egle Bucute 9K 40

Emma Negus 9G 40

GOOD WORK BOARD

Mrs Watson, RE - Ema Tomkova for amazing, detailed homework.

Mr Robinson, Ancient History - Rebecca Bush and Kieran Wymer.

Mrs Howe, Geography - Frankie Heron, Alfie Goodchild, Lucas Greetus Cebrian, Dylan Berycz and Harry

Lonsdale brought up some excellent topics of discussion in class today.

Miss Ainsworth, Art – the class have been finishing off their final pieces from their first project, with

excellent work from Daisy Davies, Emilia Bastian, Vesta Teiserskyte, Abby Watson and Luc Widdowson.

Mr Dixon, Photography – outstanding, high standard of still life work from Dzestina Pauliukonyte, Urte

Kukauskaite, Vladislava Pri4eskina and Ruby Kirby.

Year 10 – Mrs Cole

Attendance:-

Well done to 10H with 100%.

Absences - Please remember to call our student absence line on 01553 773606 by 8.35am if possible on the

morning of every day of absence.

Uniform:-

Please e su e you hild s u ifo o fo s to our uniform policy (see website) should they not be dressed

correctly please send a signed note into school, explaining the issue and when it will be resolved.

School Contact:-

Should you have any concerns regarding your child please contact their Form Tutor in the first instance as they see

your child every day. Their email addresses can be found on the KES Academy site.

Achievement Certificates:- Last week

P – Edward Bird - We think and act positively.

R – Louie Crown - We respect one another in everything we do.

I – Ritchie Garnett – We strive to improve.

D – Bryan Henry – We all create a great place to learn

E – Shanel Upton – We work well together.

Top Achievers

Good Work Board:-

Jacob Benstead Sophie Ayley Lewis Good

Peter Rachkov Alice Riches Laura Zigunova

Shanel Upton

0 10 20 30 40 50

Mollie Thorpe 10N

Zack Reed 10N

Sophie Ayley 10E

Erdi Xhaferraj 10E

Leanne Brett 10E

Victoria Caldwell 10W

Seth Benefer 10K

Jason Parker 10N

Lukas Rozenbild 10K

Year 11 – Mr Waring

Well it s the last F iday efo e the se o d a d fi al set of o k exams and I can honestly say the school have done

some magnificent work in preparing our students for success.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all the staff who have been putting on extra after school lessons, to Mrs

McLean for her master classes and Mr McNeil for organising Action Jackson (a Mr Motivator type character) which

was a very enjoyable and worthwhile session that all our students got something really positive out of. I am sure

there are many other members of staff I have not mentioned who continue to drive our year 11 students towards

GCSE success.

As for the students themselves, all that is left to say is if you have attended, if you have listened, if you are armed

with all the necessary equipment, if you have questioned, revised and done your best; we are sure you will do your

teachers and parents proud and get exactly the success you deserve. On behalf of all school staff and parents, good

luck.

I have literally just had a year 11 student from 2016 come to visit me. Now when this student was here, his behaviour

and attendance could have been a lot better than it was. He has just said to me, he wishes he could come back and

do his time at KES all over again, he wishes he had listened and behaved better because if he had, maybe he would

not be struggling so much now. Do not be one of those students who a few years down the line, regrets their time

here and the opportunities it provides.

Attendance

As I mentioned in my last bulletin before the half term, there are far too many students taking singular days off for

the weakest of reasons and there are too many students taking the last day of a term off. As I have been saying all

year long, every day in school is an important one, they need to be here to learn in order to achieve success, as every

day does count.

Congratulations yet again to 11H who once again made it a perfect 100% attendance, with second place going to 11E

with a score of 97%. Well done to both form classes.

Year 11 Stars of the Week Awards

Top positive achievement awards for last term go to: Angel Benefer / Amber Scott / Matthew Bowen / Paige Fenn

and Aimee Cousins

Our language star of the week award goes to Ryan Maia

Science stars of the week go to Ryan Maia and Artur Kornafel

Sports star awards this week go to Mia King and Connor Dumpleton

Sports theory champion awards go Ellie Bower

Co g atulatio s to all this eek s sta a a d i e s

Prom tickets are now on sale. They cost £25 each and obtainable from Mr Waring

Important dates for your diary

26th to 14th March – Second and final set of GCSE Mock exams

14th May to 25th May – GCSE exams

4th to 22nd June GCSE exams

25th June – Last day in school for year 11 students

29th June - Year 11 School prom

Sports Results & Fixtures

Forthcoming fixtures:

Date Sport Opposition

Tuesday 27th

Feb U18 Football (h)

U13 Football (h)

U12-U13-U15 (h)

Langley

Smithdon

Netball

Wednesday 28th Feb U Rug y 7 s a

U14 Girls Hockey (h)

U12 & U14 Football (a)

Langley Norfolk Schools

Hammonds

Smithdon

Wednesday 28th

Feb House Spelling Competition

D block

Thursday 1st March

Alternative Sports Day @ Lynnsport

Friday 2nd March U16 boys basketball Parkside, Cambridge.

Results:

Age group Sport Opposition Result

U14 Girls Football Sprowston Lost 6-4 (AET)

U14 Hockey Swaffham Won 8-0

2018 BRITISH BASKETBALL - PLAY-OFF

FINALS

20 May 2018

@ The O2, London - £27

See Mr Gay for a letter – We need 35

people for the trip to happen!

Science Department

Stars of the week

Year 7

Amber Appleby

Kian Preston

Year 8

Bethany Dowe

Carlo Micu

Year 9

Henry Newman

Hayden Lennox

Year 10

Liam Hails

Chloe Pearman

Year 11

Ryan Hugo

Erin Taylor

Jasmine

BentleyIzzy Overton

Katie Sharp Libby Howe &

Hannah Stout

Saskia Johnson

& Chloe Ramsey

Joe Noble

Jacob

Lockhart

Jack Dida

Aivaras PulmarasArchie Neal

Alice Riches Thea Howlett

Charlie Steeles

Year 11

Come and join in with our Wellbeing and Healthy Minds

Group on Thursday lunchtimes

We will be in the Library

Every Thursday at 12.50pm - lunch break

We look forward to seeing you there!

Come along and have chat about anything that is worrying you

Feeling low and sad?

Feeling angry?

Feeling anxious?

Feeling out of control?

Feeling overwhelmed?

Feeling worried?

Feeling stressed?

Feeling alone?

Feeling scared?

Feeling hopeless?

Feeling bullied? Feeling confused?