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Upcoming Events:
Monday 13th May
Summer series public exams commence
Thursday 23rd May
Year 7 Parents
Evening
4-7pm
Our calendar for events is online:
Term dates for 2018/19 can be found on our website
Dear Parents and carers,
Another fantastic week; there was a day this week when I had only one student
that was not in uniform, but then the rain hit and the excuses came in the next
day "my shoes were wet, so I am in my trainers". Radiators, newspaper and
airing cupboards are all available to solve this issue. I have a no excuses poli-
cy. We will get and maintain 100% high expectations at all times.
I continue to be so very proud of the majority of students that look smart and
are clearly taking pride in their uniform.
It was a pleasure to meet so many Year 10 parents this week, these evenings
are so important as they enable us to work together to support the needs of
our children.
Year 9 Engineers had an amazing trip to RAF Marham on Thursday, a great
opportunity to see engineering in practice. They came back inspired and raring
to go.
Exam period is nearly upon us, I wish all our Year 11 and 13 students the very
best of luck. Remember, in the words of Alex Ferguson, "Hard work will al-
ways overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard". You
have got this!
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Kind regards,
Sarah Hartshorn
Principal
10th May 2019
Year 6 — Mr Robinson
ARE YOU READY TO LEARN?
Being ready to learn is vitally important at all times as a high school student. Having the right equipment, ready to hand helps with this. One of the things that new Year 7 students tend to find difficult is self-organisation. A few simple tips and steps can help;
Always pack your bag the night before. Make sure you have all your equipment with you. A pencil case should have at least 2 pens and pencils, a rubber, a ruler and a highlighter. It is very useful to have a set of mathematical instruments and a calculator – your Maths
teachers will let you know which ones are the most suitable. Ensure that you have packed a reading book so you are ready to partake in our Drop
Everything and Read programme. Double check your timetable to see if you have PE or Food Technology. Always lay your uniform out the night before. Always check and see that you have completed and packed your homework.
We will provide a full list of uniform, PE kit and school equipment in our transition pack which will be published shortly.
WHAT ARE YOU READING AT THE MOMENT?
SATS can be a busy time. Sometimes it means that we forget to do some of the important things we need to. But do remember to keep reading. Choose something that will take your mind off your studies and immerse yourself in the wonderful world of reading for at least 15 minutes a day. It will give you a much needed break and help you to relax!
WEBSITE
Do keep a careful eye on the following section of our website http://kesacademy.co.uk/prospective-parents-carers/transition/ It will be the portal that I will share all the relevant transition information.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
You might find the following part of our website useful http://kesacademy.co.uk/current-parents-carers/faq/ . It contains a bank of frequently asked questions about daily life at the Academy.
STUDY TIP OF THE WEEK
“You’ll study better if you take care of yourself. Make sure you eat well and get enough sleep and physical exercise”.
Mr Gay – Science and PE Teacher SOCIAL MEDIA
The Academy has an active twitter account. If you are a twitter user and would like to receive updates on events, then please sign up.
Enjoy your week
Mr Robinson
ATTENDANCE 7A
7E
7N
REWARDS
Egor Zaleskis
Lily-Mae Doherty
Precious Mintah-
Baah Nikola Makow-
ska Diana Droppova
Matas Riabovas
Layla Lockwood
Olivia Taylor James Snowden
Charlotte Clark
Year 7—Mr Gay
GOOD NEWS Short week in the academy but a very effective one.
Can I start by thanking you all for the support regarding uniforms, I have spoken to a few parents and their support with the new policy has been great. As I said back in July at Year 6 evening, we need your support in certain instances and this helps.
A really proud story for me was that last week Miss Locke took our two anti-bullying ambassadors on their course in Norwich, both JJ and Re-bekah both rose to the challenge and have passed the course with flying colours. Whilst reading the local paper, I also read about another stu-dent in our year (Liam Wood) passing his black belt, when I quizzed him on the matter on Tuesday his smile told the whole story. Can I just remind students that if you are successful in anything outside of the academy, Mrs Dixon, Mrs Gedge and I would love to know about it.
Finally, parents evening is nearly up-on us. (Thursday 23rd May—4- 7:00pm). This will give you the best opportunity for you to discuss with teachers your child’s progress and attainment in a subject. I would love to see you all there as I know many have been waiting since our Book Trawl to discuss any issues. Appoint-ments can be made online when bookings go live early next week—you will receive a text message to let you know when you can do this—and you will then receive an email with the link to the booking system.
UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday 23rd May- Parents Evening (4-7:00pm) Monday- Cricket Training
Tuesday – Rounder’s/ Tennis vs Litcham Wednesday- Mixed House Rounder’s
Friday – House Tennis
ASSEMBLY THEME FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kind-ness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely!”
Pick up and read more.
STUDY TIP OF THE WEEK
Read back through your work, the eas-
iest thing is to make mistakes. This gives you
chance to make changes
ATTENDANCE
8D
8W
8E
Year 8—Mrs Nicholls
UPCOMING EVENTS
We begin our focus on literacy and reading next week with the new “Drop Everything And Read” initiative. Please encourage your child to borrow a book from the library in school or the town libraries and bring it to school every day. There will be times in the school day where the emphasis will be placed on reading their book. Keep your eyes peeled for staff dropping everything and reading!
STUDY TIP OF THE WEEK
ASSEMBLY THEME FOR THE WEEK Mr Ward launched the “Drop Everything and Read” focus as well as look-ing at the importance of attendance, punctuality, uniform, concentrating during lessons and preventing bullying.
MFL Stars of the Week
A huge well done to the following students who have done really well in languages last week!!
Year 7 – Isabel Son-Crisan 7R
Year 8 – Cerys Bush 8D
Year 9 – Rafe Manning 9N
Year 10 – Josh Stannett 10E
Year 11 (Top 3) – Jessie Rawlings 11N, Ying Wong 11E, Jade Smalley 11R
Sixth Form – Katelyn Hall 12DS
Chinese Club: we are Celebrating travelling to China. Come along to try travel games with friends! Wednesday 15th May at LUNCH TIME in D8! Bring your Lunch!
REWARDS
Violeta Olehnovica
Nikitas Cobuscean
Paulina Sanduta
Erin Morphus
Nikolina Sladzevska
Joseph Bailey
Anastasija Kro-
viakova
Bradley Bailey
Kenzie Gittins
Phoebe Chamber-
lain
ATTENDANCE
9R
9D
9G
REWARDS
Holly Lloyd
Tyler Pegg
Simeon Vonk
Gabriele Andriuskaite
Maria Jedrychowska
Alex Withers
Benn Mann
Aaron Smith
Alfie-Jay Wadham
Millie Milnes
Aleksandrs Orlovs
James West
Liam Olley
Aaron Pugh
Max Dixon
Samanta Springe
Cherry Ahsan
Azoulas Liubachon-
skis
Egidijus Servutas
Erin McDonald
Harvey Long
Jamie Foster
Jessica Lloyd
Pep Mintah-Baah
Ryan Bunton
Savanna Whitehouse
Scarlett Martin
Year 9—Dr Tadikonda
The students who do Engineering had a wonderful trip to RAF Marham on the 9th of May.
This week’s assembly was on ‘On Line safety’- The Real World
Equipment Check
Again a reminder that pupils must come well prepared for lessons with all the correct equipment. Students should bring the following in a pen-cil case: two pens, a pencil, a ruler, a rubber, a pencil sharpener, a compass, a protractor, a calculator and coloured pencils
Uniform – Thank you for your support with ensuring that students come to school in correct uniform. Thank you also for continuing to support the school on the Mobile Policy—Mobile phones are not to be seen or heard. We are already beginning to see a huge positive impact of this in lessons.
With any issues related to your child’s welfare please contact Ms Sally Nurse the, Student Support Leader for Year 9 in the first instance. Her email details are [email protected].
Study Tips
Ask for help
If you're stuck on something, or something just doesn't seem to make sense, you can always ask for help. Talk to your teachers or parents about the things you don't understand. Talk to your friends and fellow students too.
Stay motivated
When you're studying it helps to keep in mind your reasons for doing all this hard work, like a course or career you're working towards. It can help to have something in your study space to remind you of your goals.
You could also decorate your study space with inspirational quotes or photos of people you admire and family members you want to make proud of you.
Upcoming Events
Year 10—Mr Chung
A message to students and parents
I write this after we have just had a brilliant parents evening– it was an important one. I want to put this in context as we haven’t got that long left before their first GCSE exam.
November 2019 -March 2020 they will start looking at Colleges or 6th Form courses.
April 2020 their first exam starts.
End of June 2020 all their exams will have been completed.
Mid August 2020 is their GCSE results day
September 2020 they start their new courses.
If you were unable to attend the parents evening, please contact me and I will do my best to give you an overview of their progress.
Also a special appreciation goes to Mary Booker for her hard work and achievement in her construction course.
NEXT WEEK’S ASSEMBLY
I also want to say a big thank you to all the Year 10’s that listened well in my last assembly. My next assembly is an inspirational talk on being pos-itive.
ATTENDANCE
10R
10W
10K
REWARDS
Haydn Lennox
Laurynas Potaski-nas
Olivia Sharp
Gwen Newbury
Josh Cropley
Tyler Boswell Bobby Brame
Darcy Grant Ella Gordon
Enrikas Prusaitis
Frankie Heron
Jacob Clark
Jasmin Blackburn-
Boote
Year 11—Mr Waring
By the time you are reading this, your child may well have already started their GCSE exams and so I suppose this is the last parent bulletin I will be writing for this year group.
Don’t forget, if you have any questions about your child’s GCSE exams, our exams department have a direct email address to contact them on. The ad-dress is [email protected] and you can always call school and ask for Mr Waring who is always happy to help wherever he can.
However, I just wish to remind all Year 11 students, they have not left KESA just yet and the high standards of punctuality, attendance and uni-form are to be maintained throughout the exam period please.
Like going for a job interview, it is always best to arrive at the location at least 10 minutes before, to give you time to prepare for the interview ahead. It is exactly the same for the GCSE exams. Arrive at least 10 minutes early, check where you need to be and where you are sitting and get yourself in the right frame of mind, maybe do some quick questions with a friend.
Exam Checklist: Does your child:
Have a clear pencil case containing all the necessary equipment?
Own a calculator that they know how to use?
Have a water bottle with no labels on?
Know where they are to be and for when? Have their own personal exam timetable?
As a parent, you can support your child by ensuring they get a good balance of revision and rest time, that they go to bed at a reasonable time so getting plenty of sleep, as well as providing a hearty healthy breakfast.
Leavers hoodies have now been ordered, so any mistakes in spellings, colours etc., are the total responsibility of students. Here is hoping they have all checked!
Prom tickets are now on sale from Mr Waring, at the great price of just £25. There are a limited number of tickets, so first come first served.
Exam Tip: Be well prepared, arrive early and be positive
That just leaves me to wish all our students the very best of luck with their exams. To the parents of our students, for all of your support to the school in getting to this point in time. And lastly, but certainly not last, a huge thank you to all KES staff, past and present, for all their help and sup-port over the years. Thank you all.
You Can Do It and You Will
ATTENDANCE
11B
11D
11G
REWARDS
Zoe Alsop
Jacob Benstead
Anya Biran
Thomas Boer Erica Martins Cor-
reia Cande
Chloe Pearman
Peter Rachkov
Alice Riches
Hannah Robins
Ying Wong
Upcoming Events
Year 13
Tickets are now on sale for the Year 13 Leavers' Dinner.
It is on Friday 5th July at the Duke's Head in King's Lynn 7pm to midnight, tickets are £25 for a 3 course meal (menu attached).
It would be lovely to see you there to wish Y13 well on the next chapter in their journey.
Tickets are available from VI Form Office.
Italy Trip October 2020
Following the meeting of interested parties on Wednesday 8th May we are pleased to announce the launch of the above trip.
As outlined at the meeting, the itinerary will include the following: centres of Rome and the Bay of Naples, plus visits to the Vatican, Pantheon, Tivoli, Herculaneum and Pompeii. The presen-tation from the evening can be found here: Rome presentation 2020
The cost of the tour is £904. If you would like your child to participate please return the slip supplied, along with a deposit for £125 payable via your child's online account.
I look forward to the deposits wending their way to KES and ultimately a rewarding education-al experience for all.
Mr Chappell
CAR BOOTS
Below are all the dates for our car boots in 2019: Sunday 19th
May
Sunday 23rd June
Sunday 14th July
Sunday 15th September
We would be very grateful if you could give us an hour or two of your time to help manning the day...
Also, the time has changed for our next meeting. It is still on Monday 13th May but at 3.30pm in the Centre. We would love to see as many parents and staff to give us more ideas on how to raise money and how to use the money already raised to make our Academy an even better place to be.
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Forthcoming Events
Monday 13th May
Junior House Cricket
Tuesday 14th May
Year 10 Cricket Litcham
Year 7,8,9 Rounders
Year 7-10 Tennis
Home
GCSE Revision
Wednesday 15th May
Mixed House Rounders
Year 7/8/9
Thursday 16th May
West Norfolk School Athletics
Lynnsport
Friday 17th May
House Tennis
PE THEORY
STARS OF THE WEEK
Leo Kew—Year 9
Hobie Riches—Year 10
Ruby Woodhouse—Year 11
KES Academy Friends need you!
Sunday 19th May is our next Car Boot!
We are raising money for the Academy and
we would love if you could join us by giving a
couple of hours of your time.
See Miss Anton in D10 for
more information.
VI Form Leavers’ Dinner
Friday 5th July 7pm-Midnight
Ticket £25.00
Duke’s Head Menu
Starter:
Roasted Tomato Soup with herb oil Bread Roll & Butter
Main Course:
Chicken Supreme, Boulangere Potatoes, Pea & Broccoli Fricassee with thyme jus Pea & Mint Risotto, Crispy Rocket with truffle oil (Vegetarian/Vegan option)
Dessert:
Baked Vanilla Cheesecake, Berry Compote, Meringue Fruit Salad (No Mango or Kiwi) – (Vegan option)