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IES Gazette March 2017

Why don't you take a minute to browse through this months’ activities. While you're at it - try to find the following in this edition:

1. Pet Quiz 5. This month’s cooking recipe 2. Students getting to know bugs. 6. New parent page 3. World Book Day 7. New SENDIES page 4. Egg day 8. Students out and about

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Featuring: Students out and about. Featuring: Competition Time! With £10 voucher prize Featuring: 'Get to know the IES team' interview with Catherine

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Middle Leadership Team Editorial

Welcome to our March 2017 edition of our IES gazette. Firstly I would like to introduce myself with this being my first IES newsletter edition. My name is Alex and I am the trainee SENCo here at IES, so you may have already met me during reviews and if not then you may do so in the future. On top of that, I also have the role as management to conduct the whole school and individual timetables and manage miscellaneous curriculum areas. To finish off I am also the lead Art & Design teacher here at IES.

So enough about me! Spring is in the air, the weather is warming and there have been smiles all around here at IES. As usual all pupils have been getting up to a whole bunch of things. From the Big Bang and photography show at the NEC, a visit in school from Zoo Lab and an ‘egg-cellent’ morning spent learning all about eggs (children’s request). On top of that all have been working super hard in their lessons as we are heading towards exam season.

As I already mentioned, some students participated within an egg-filled morning where they got to try eggs cooked in various different ways, join in with competitions and debate; what came first, the chicken or the egg? So in a nutshell (or an eggshell, if you like), two birds that weren't really chickens created a chicken egg, and hence, we have an answer: The egg came first, and then it hatched a chicken.

As Art and Design lead I would personally like to wish all of my GCSE Art students the best of luck as they approach the final steps towards their 10 hour long exam. Yes really 10 hours! Their efforts have not gone unnoticed and may success be with them always. Picasso said “every child is an artist” and all at IES prove that daily.

Talking about creativity, more students have been getting involved this month with the photography/media workshop on a Monday with guest Coventry University Media student Alex. GCSE students have taken this opportunity to build upon their Art course taking photos of local architecture and landscapes. Abigail also got involved and created a fantastic ‘Pop Art’ style image using photography and Photoshop together of a can. Very Andy Warhol-esque! To finish off I couldn’t leave without mentioning the fantastic World Book Day we had here at IES. Staff and students all had a super time, dressing up as their favourite book characters and spending the morning creating their own story and acting this out afterwards. We definitely have some drama superstars here at IES!

Thank you.

Alex Hyland Trainee SENCo, Timetable and Miscellaneous Manager, and Associate Teacher.

In March IES had an Ofsted inspection. The outcome was ‘good with

many out,standing features’. Our Ofsted report will now be online to view. Well done to the team!

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The 'Get to know the IES Team' feature is where each month a different member of the IES team will be interviewed for you to find out more about them. This month we interviewed Catherine.

Q: So, how long have you been working at IES for, and who are you key worker for?

A: I started just after Christmas in January and I am key worker for Destiny Walker.

Q: What's the best thing about working at IES?

A: The laughter! No matter what type of day you’re having, someone will always be there to make you laugh.

Q: Who is your hero?

A: Both my mum and dad are my heroes. They have taught me that I can do anything I put my mind to and have supported me in everything I do. They’ve always taught me that being happy is the most important thing in life.

Q: What do you do to relax?

A: I love to read and go for a run or do some yoga when I get the chance.

Q: If you were an animal for a day what animal would you choose, and why?

A: I’d be my partner’s dog! All he does is sleep all day and wake up when its dinner time... Heaven!!

Q: Name 3 things you couldn't live without.

A: Food, family and laugher!

Q: What song best sums you up?

A: I don’t think one song covers me! I’m an eclectic mix! Haha

Q: What is one thing you are looking forward to?

A: Buying a house with my partner in the next couple of years and lots of sunny holidays

Lewis: If you were a tree & you had to be chopped down & made into paper, which book would you like to be?

A: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Q: Final question, what's your funniest/best moment at IES?

A: One of my best moments has been teaching GCSE statistics and watching the students get to grips with some fairly tough topics. My funniest moment was on the circus bike (see April newsletter for pictures). If you would like to suggest questions for next month, write down your question and put it in the suggestion box at school, or, tell your key worker who can pass it on to the Magazine Team.

Get to know the IES team...

In March IES had an Ofsted inspection. The outcome was ‘good with many outstanding features’. Our Ofsted report will now be online to view.

Well done to the team!


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Welcome to one of the newest features in the Gazette, simply titled 'Kitchen'. This is where you can read about the latest dish being cooked up at IES. You can find the recipe, pictures, and reviews below - giving you a great insight into the culinary skills at school. In this edition, Whitney made a sponge cake with butter-cream icing.

Ingredients Cake

225g (8 oz) self-raising flour 225g (8 oz) butter, at room temperature 225g (8 oz) caster sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder

Butter Cream 140g/5oz butter, softened 280g/10oz icing sugar 1-2 tbsp milk

Method 1.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C / gas mark 4. Measure all the ingredients into a large bowl. Mix all of the ingredients using a electric whisk. Pour the mixture into 2 non-stick 7 inch (18cm) tins. Place them in the oven till golden brown 15-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack before serving.

1. Beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Add half of the icing 2. sugar and beat until smooth. 3. Add the remaining icing sugar and one tablespoon of the milk 4. and beat the mixture until creamy and smooth. Beat in the milk, 5. if necessary, to loosen the mixture. 2. Spread over cake and allow to cool.


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The IES Eggs-perience. Some of our students had mentioned that they have not tried all different types of eggs, so we put on a morning dedicated to tasting them! Students got to taste hard boiled, scrambled and poached eggs as well as an omelette. These were enjoyed by all. There were other activities including a debate as to who came first: The chicken or the egg? It was decided that the egg came first after a very good point raised from Whitney. Pupils then decorated a hardboiled egg and had an egg rolling competition. Whitney was the winner as her egg was the least broken. Some lovely egg designs were created by Rhylee, Kaine, Abigail and Charlotte – but not all of these eggs survived the roll!

The last activity involved students protecting a raw egg with materials they found in the class room. They wrapped the egg in their chosen material and then Natalie dropped them out of the Maths room window. All of the eggs were intact – can you believe it!!

Here’s what some of our students have


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Kaine showing off his artistic talents.

Charlotte preparing parachutes to test the best protection for flying eggs!

The winning egg-roll champion!

Students predicting the winning eggs pre-roll

Abigail believes welly wanging can protect an egg.

Whitney viewing the freefalling eggs.

Rhylee showing us his design.

been up to in their lessons this month


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Students at IES enjoyed a visit from Rebecca at ZooLab who brought in her menagerie of animals. Students were keen to see what creatures she had brought along and asked lots of questions. We all learned some very interesting facts, for example did you know that cockroaches have two brains, one in their head and one in their bottom? Some of our students were very brave and even touched and held some of the animals, including a snail, cockroach, millipede, snakes, mice and even a rat! Huge thanks to Rebecca who was extremely knowledgeable and lovely.

Lorna (above) making friends with a hissing cockroach.

Destiny (right) wondered if kissing a snake would turn him into a prince!

Charlie, Abigail and Kaine sit with Rebecca (above) learning about a Giant African Land Snail.

Whitney (left) cuddles Rio the rat during his visit to IES.


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Abbie has been enjoying her recycling lessons every week on a Friday. She has been busy collecting lots of cans around the Nuneaton area. When Abbie gets enough cans she takes them to a recycling centre in Tamworth where she can weigh them in for money which she donates to SENDIES.

Here is a picture of Abbie at the recycling centre trying out the centre’s equipment.

Destiny has been busy doing the therapeutic work for her Equine Studies, here she is grooming Jay ready for someone to ride.


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Natalie our Centre Manager and Whitney didn't need an excuse to wear a princess dress. Here they both are on World Book Day in their favourite characters’ attire.

Here is Michael doing music with Dylan our music teacher. Michael is playing GreenDay on the guitar, he's a music superstar he's doing so well.

Frankie below is busy working on his maths test.

Abigail seems to be enjoying doing her weekly Yoga lesson for her P.E lesson with teacher Catherine.


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Here is some of the D&T work one of our students Leon has produced during his sign writing Design Technology lesson. He was so proud of what he had made that he wanted to put it on the staff’s car personally. Well Done Leon it looks great. Now kayleigh's car is powered by fairy dust.

Charlie has been making use of the interactive whiteboard and showing off her knowledge on adjectives. Charlie had to select the correct sentence to match the picture and get the mouse all the way to the top, great job Charlie!

Rhylee went to the Midland Air museum. We looked at all the different exhibits.

Rhylee got a lesson on flying a passenger airplane and sat in a jet fighter.

PE-Here Leon used a laptop to research two warm up stretches to do before exercising. Leon was able to perform the exercises safely and explain what part of his body they stretched.

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Leon had a college visit in Loughborough this month. It was first thing in the morning, leaving us with an afternoon to explore the area. Leon had been wanting to take staff around the local area and insisted on a visit to Beacon Hill, the second highest point in Leicestershire. The top has a monument placed by Ordinance Survey, which makes up part of the GPS network for the UK, we took the time afterwards to go for a look around a local National Forests area, where Leon found a very old tree that looked just amazing. He took the opportunity to stop for a quick pic!

Who couldn't resist a donkey cuddle? Lorna enjoying her Animal Studies. Did you know that donkeys are used in emotional and wellbeing therapy?

Michael looks forward to horse riding each week. Michael is learning to trot and control the horse.


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This new page is dedicated to the views and opinions of the parents and carers involved with IES. If you have any ideas or requests, please contact us using the details below and let us know your

thoughts. This could include:

Interesting articles Events near you

Ideas for activities or trips Anything you believe would benefit the school

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Birmingham Hippodrome Exclusive

At IES we have been working closely with Birmingham Hippodrome and learning all about their relaxed performances which enable the audiences to access the joy of theatre without feeling isolated or scared. Through this process, they have tailored the pantomimes especially for them and are now hoping to widen this for specific shows. On July 3rd, they are very excited to be showing a relaxed performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. The audience will be made up of young people and adults who perhaps have studied or are studying the book or simply enjoy theatre but just find that being in a large noisy place too confusing and frightening. Birmingham Hippodrome plan to help the audience in advance and will offer pre- show materials to help them familiarize themselves with Birmingham Hippodrome. At the actual performance Birmingham Hippodrome hope to offer a more relaxed atmosphere in the foyers, with lower frequency front of house calls and more activities to do in advance of the show. They will be opening the doors earlier than for a normal show, to give the audience time to get to know the theatre and just find their way around. There will be breakout rooms with a show relay running in case audience members just need to chill out for a while. The stage show will not be as loud and the house lights will not be totally turned off, so it will not be too dark in the auditorium. The auditorium doors will be left open and the audience members are free to come and go as they please. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time will be shown on Monday 3rd July 2017 @ 7.30pm and ticket costs will be £8 plus booking fee for this performance only. To book tickets call: 0844 338 5000 For more information on this wonderful show please contact: Liz Leck Creative Learning Manager - Birmingham Hippodrome 0121 689 3064


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Easter Closing Dates:

We close normal time 1pm on Friday 7th April 2017.

We open Monday 24th April 2017.

Have a safe break.

Dates for your diary:

Advanced notice:

Teacher training day 5th June 2017

School closed this day

(First Aid training for all staff)

Boots opticians will be coming out for a talk on healthy eyes on Tuesday 16th May.

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When the Critters came to School March 2017


Why don't you take a minute to browse through this months’ activities. While you're at it - try to find the following in this edition:

1. Pet Quiz 5. This month’s cooking recipe 2. Students getting to know bugs. 6. New parent page 3. World Book Day 7. New SENDIES page 4. Egg day 8. Students out and about

.

Featuring: Students out and about. Featuring: Competition Time! With £10 voucher prize Featuring: 'Get to know the IES team' interview with Catherine

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