Dates for your Diary:

Sunday 19th March – Craft & Gift Fair

Monday 20th March – Arts week

Tuesday 21st March – Francophonie week. Free French Breakfast (Break time)

Thursday 23rd March – Music/Drama/Dance & Poetry Showcase for Arts Week 7pm

Friday 24th March – Curriculum Day (non uniform day) & House Talent Show 3.15pm, Red Nose Day

Sunday 26th March – KESA Friends indoor car boot

Friday 31st March – NSPCC Big Board Game Day, 6.30pm KESA Friends Bingo, End of Spring Term

Tuesday 18th April – Summer term begins, KESA Friends meeting 4.30pm

Thursday 27th April – Year 7 Parents evening

Parent Bulletin Friday, 17th March 2017

MFL Stars

This week's MFL Stars of the Week are:

Year 7 - Callum Howe 7G and Carlo Micu 7K Year 8 - Libby Howe 8A Year 9 - Rebekah Lee 9R Year 10 -Cara Alsop 10R Year 11 - Karolina Rimkute 11G

Well done to you on an excellent week!

Chinese club this Monday will take place in G Block rather than D10 as usual, still at the same time of 3-

4pm. The reason for this is that we will be making Chinese dumplings and tasting our efforts! So, if you

would like to come along, please note there are only 20 spaces available and they will be allocated on a

first come, first served basis. If you have any food allergies, please come along and see us for a list of the

ingredients to see if they will be suitable for you.

Monday, March 20th is International Francophone day where we celebrate all the things French that we

hold dear! The Languages department will be holding a variety of after school events all week; Tuesday

come along and explore French music, Wednesday we will be writing to our partner school in France,

Thursday discovering French comic books. All of these events take place in the MFL department rooms,

from 3-4.15pm.

We will also be hosting a giant French breakfast at break time on Tuesday (21st) - come along to the main

hall at break, answer a (very easy) multiple choice quiz on French food and receive a croissant and juice!

Look forward to seeing many people there!!!

Ofsted Parent View We would like to advise you that you are able to give your views on the Academy to Ofsted via their

parentview questionnaire, at any time – not just during inspections.

We would encourage you to do this at: www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk

Literacy: Language for Learning

The Queen Mother’s Handwriting Awards

This competition has been running since 1977. It was during a visit to the East of England Show in 1976

that The Queen Mother expressed an interest in children’s handwriting saying ‘clear handwriting is an essential element of communication and self-expression.’

When selecting the winning entries the judges look in detail for correct copying of the poem, the formation

of letters and words, correct positioning of punctuation and the overall presentation.

Further details: http://www.eastofengland.org.uk/the-queen-mothers-handwriting-awards/

Or please see Miss Ritson (F1) for a copy of the poem and further informtion.

Descriptosaurus Time Machine Writing competition

The Literacy Trust are challenging students to produce 350 words of descriptive writing set in a specific

time period.

Go to Show My Homework or See Miss Ritson or Mr Barker for further details

Lots of prizes £50 vouchers, eReader and more.

Closing date 17th April

Further information: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/schools_teaching/competitions/descriptosaurus-time-

machine

CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION FOR 11-18 YEAR-OLDS

Welcome to Wonderland!

Challenge yourself to create a fictional world before writing a mini saga, a story in just 100 words, inspired

by your world. Will you create a parallel universe, re-write history, opt for sci-fi or fantasy realms, or

perhaps a post-apocalyptic world will spark your creativity?

Further details: https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/wonderland/

Or See Miss Ritson (F1)

Closing Date: Friday 7th of April 2017

Year 7 – Mrs Stonach

Attendance improved last week for year 7 pupils which is great to see. The form with the best attendance

was 7K with a total attendance of 97.9% - that’s a really difficult target for everyone else to beat next week!

MFL star of the week last week was awarded to Azoulas Liubachonskis – well done you!

The sporting stars of the week were awarded to Madison Kitson and Luke Walker, great stuff you two.

This week in assembly, I awarded the PRIDE awards, the lucky winners were,

P –Eleanor Godfrey

R – Tatiana Gomes

I – Rafe Manning

D –Jason Walmsley

E –Abbie Upton

Year 7 reports were issued on Wednesday 8th March, if you have not yet received your child’s report, please ask them to check their bag and a reminder that year 7 parents evening will take place on

Thursday 27th April, letters will be sent out next week.

If you have any concerns or comments about your child’s academic progress, please make an

appointment to speak with Mrs Randall, our Year 7 standards leader, she will be pleased to help.

Year 8 – Mrs Lees Reports - Please do let me know if your son/daughter has not yet shared their recent school report with you, or if you have concerns you would like to discuss. I can be contacted at emma.lees@kesacademy.co.uk or 01553 773606 ext 240. Attendance - Mr Ibbitson delivered our assembly this week and shared some powerful statistics around attendance and the impact it has on grades and achievement over time. Year 8 attendance is slowly improving but we need to continue to work hard on addressing absence. Students who end this term with 100% attendance will be entered into a draw for a chance to win £15 Nandos voucher! 100 students are currently on target for this, a great way to end the term, Please be reminded that a telephone call to school should be made for each day of absence, and a written note from parents/carers sent in on return to school.

P – Shakira Newson 8E R – Lucas Greetus Cebrian 8G I – Tayah Farnham 8A D – Dylan Berycz 8K E – Fern Crofts 8D TOP ACHIEVERS THIS WEEK Congratulations to - Vladislava Prieskina 8R Callum Nicol 8G Dylan Berycz 8K Ema Tomkova 8A Louise Woods 8D Kaci Hitchcock 8K Hollis Lai 8G Nell Ashworth 8R Abby Watson 8R Enrikas Prusaitis 8K Egle Bucute 8K

Year 9 – Mrs Cole

Attendance:-

Well done to 9R for achieving 98.3% last week, a great effort.

Mr Ibbitson led our assembly this week and spoke about the correlation between attendance and

achievement; I hope all of our students took this on board. Punctuality in Year 9 is showing a huge

improvement; please ensure your child is in school by 8.35am at the latest every day.

There is the chance to win a £25 Nandos voucher, all that is required is 100% attendance for this half term

and your name will be entered into the draw. UPDATE – There are currently 133 students in the running

for the Year 9 draw.

Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio Vaccination and Meningitis ACWY Vaccination Forms – for 22 March

2017 - Parental Consent:-

We still have a few forms outstanding, they can be brought in on the day, but if we have them earlier it

allows the nurses to get through the paperwork beforehand. Completed forms should be handed directly to

Mrs Copeman in the attendance office.

Achievement Certificates:-

P – Victoria Caldwell – We think and act positively.

R – Jade Smalley - We respect one another in everything we do.

I – Rebekah Lee – We strive to improve.

D – Amy Cook – We all create a great place to learn.

E – Liam Hails – We work well together.

Top 10 Achievers – 6.3.17 – 10.3.17

Good Work Board:- Well done to everybody listed below:-

Hannah Denney Sophie Ayley Dylan Grant

Chloe Pearman Erica Martins-Cande Oliwia Otulak

Elliot Prentice Zoe Alsop Bradie Baker

Tilly Banson Jasmine Bentley Curtis Browne

Holly Delph Morgan Flett Hally Grimshaw

Phoebe Hobbs-Dyer Alina Orlova

Year 10 – Mr Waring

I want to start with a HUGE congratulations to our year 10 rugby team and their training staff who pulled off a fantastic win in their rugby county cup final. I witnessed what can only be described as an amazing match. At half time KES were winning 21 points to 5. However, the opposition rallied and stormed back into the lead 22 to 21 with just 5 minutes left on the clock. When Artur Kornafel picks the ball up on the left, but instead of running straight at the touch line, he runs across the width of the pitch as spectators looked at each other baffled at what he was doing. Then in the blink of an eye and a swift change of speed, he darts forward, just avoiding being brought down by six of their players to score a try, a try that any 6 nations side would have been proud of. Once Sam Landles converted the kick, it was all over winning 28 to 21. Behind every successful student, not only are there supportive families but also very hard working and supportive school staff. They often give up their own free time, coaching, encouraging and motivating students to success, not only in year 10 but across the whole school and all year groups. On this occasion, the accolades go to Mr McNeil, Mr Denton and Mr Teanby for all they have done in taking a very diverse group of students, and producing CHAMPIONS. Thank you. Attendance continues to improve in year 10. Top form class this week once again goes to 10R however, this week even they have surpassed all their previous attendance figures. As every student in 10R attended every school day last week and so finished top on 100%, whilst second place went to 10W with 98.4%. A total of 179 year 10 students attended school every day last week, beating the previous weeks figure yet again. The number of positive achievements for year 10 students slipped slightly this week to a very credible total of 5915 positives. Well done to all who gained and keep pushing for more, you all deserve them for the amazing work you do I am sure. Top positive achieving student this week goes to Mia King with no fewer than 115 positive points whilst second place goes to Cara Alsop and Katelyn Hall with 70 points, fantastic achievement ladies well done. But where are the top male achievers? Come on lads, surely we can be just as positive and break this run the girls are on. Once again 10R came out on top with 1065 positive achievement points and so once again makes them top form class. Other form results listed below. But well done to all who contributed so positively, keep up the good work year 10. 10A 725 10D 775 10E 425 10G 725 10K 625 10N 705 10R 1065 10W 870 Year 10 language stars this week are Cara Alsop and Lucy Schofield with this week’s sports star awards going to Dan Aviss and Izzy Overton, well done all of you.

Simply the best!

Year 11 – Mrs Wright

Year 11 attendance has improved in the last two weeks with 148 students having a 100% attendance last

week and 183 students the week before. Well done Year 11 keep up the good work, it will pay off. Dr

Tadikonda’s form 11T had the highest form attendance last week with an amazing 97.7%.

It has been a stressful time for Year 11’s during the last 2 weeks revising and sitting their mock exams. I do hope that all their hard work and perseverance pays off.

This week is the final week that orders can be placed with Mrs Copeman for a copy of the Year 11 group

photograph.

This week’s top 10 achievers are:-

Luke Green

Agnieszka Maciak

Conor Clarke

Daniil Sulkovskis

Madog Hendey

Brandon Robinson

Morgan Smith

Armandas Ruginis

Liam McCallum

Rebecca Miller

Well done to those 10 students.

The winners of the £10 vouchers for achievement are:-

Luke Green

Rebecca Miller

Conor Clarke

This week’s PRIDE awards go to the following:-

P ‘WE ACT & THINK POSITIVELY’ Luke Green

R ‘WE RESPECT ONE ANOTHER IN EVERYTHING WE DO’ Armandas Ruginis

I ‘WE STRIVE TO IMPROVE’ Morgan Smith

D ’WE ALL CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN’ Agne Maciak

E ‘WE WORK WELL TOGETHER’ Daniil Sulkovskis

Congratulations to Molly Lee who made it to the final of the 50m breaststroke at the Edinburgh

International Swimming meet. Molly swam a personal best and has qualified for the British

Championships/Olympic trials in April. This is an amazing achievement. Well done Molly.

Enrichment programme

House news Coming events:

March

House Talent show – 24th March (see attached)

This is getting very close and we are all very excited! Spectators are welcome, including parents.

Scores

Scores LS EY KT GW

Overall autumn term 82 66.5 50 53.5

Achievement 3-3-17 4 3 1 2

Achievement 10-3-17 2 1 4 3

House chess 1 4 2 3

Countdown 4 1.5 1.5 3

Achievement 17-3 2 1 3 4

Total 125 94 84.5 98.5

PSHE Work continues on our topics. As a reminder these are: Year 7 - Emergency Aid Year 8 - Cigarettes and alcohol Year 9 - Assertive not agressive Year 10 - Power and abuse Year 11 - Sex and relationship education

Assembly theme (SMSC) Next week's assemblies will focus on issues of compassion, related to comic relief. You may want to discuss this topic further with your son and daughter.

Maths week update Maths week at KES kicked off with Pi Day on the 14th March, the date written in the american format of month first gives 3 14, the first 3 digits of the never ending constant called Pi.

In lessons students related the number to it's origins in relation to the diameter and circumference of a circle. Some classes linked it to music with the digits representing musical notes, some classes found their date of birth in the number, and some found how tall the accumulation of the first 30 trillion (30 followed by 12 zeros!) digits would be printed on standard A4 paper, font size 11. The answer was found to be approximately 750km, thanks to Mr Head's class for calculating the solution!

Year 7, 8, and 9 took part in a maths relay event at lunchtime in the hall with a number of problem solving activities. It was a joy to see such enthusiasm from the students with so many getting involved with the maths challenges. The Maths House Countdown event was hosted on Wednesday which was another opportunity for students to experience the challenge of the well known TV show.

Prizes will be awarded in assembly.A great week all round!

Enrichment programme cont….

Languages week

Journée de la Francophonie - lundi, le 20 mars

To celebrate all things French, we will be offering the following activities next week:

Tuesday 21st – D10 – French music workshop

Wednesday 22nd – D12 – write an email to our partner school in France

Thursday 23rd – D9 – A look at French comic books

All activities after school, from 3-4.15pm

In addition we will be giving away a free French breakfast to any students wishing to participate in a French quiz. Breaktime Tuesday 21st in the main hall.

Arts week

In celebration of KES arts week, we invite you to an evening of music, dance, poetry and art.

Thursday 23rd March 7.00PM, KES school hall.

Sports Results & Fixtures

Fixtures:

Date Sport Opposition

Tuesday 21st March U13 & U 15 Football ( H )

U12 & U13 Netball ( H )

Terrington 3.45pm

Thursday 23rd March U14 Rugby

County Plate Final @

West Norfolk Rugby Club

Downham Market

4.30pm Kick off

Thursday 23rd March U12 & U14 Football (A)

U14 & U16 Netball ( A )

Terrington 3.45pm

Results:

Age group Sport Opposition Result

U13 Football Springwood Lost 7-1

U15 Football Springwood Won 3-1

U14 Rugby Diss High Won 21-14

U15 County Rugby Final Framingham Earl Won 28-22

U14 Football Springwood Cancelled on day

U14 Hockey Sacred Heart Won 3-0

Standards in PE lessons

Please arrive on time & please bring the correct kit:

Red Tee Shirt, Black Shorts Red Socks Correct Footwear

Y9-10-11 Girls Plain Black Leggings

Warm clothes are acceptable in COLD conditions – Your teacher will advise you on this – hopefully it’s getting warmer now!

Also remember:

ALL students will take an active role in the lesson, even if injured, so ALL pupils must bring their kit to

every PE lesson.

Sports Results

Well done to the U14 Hockey team, who beat Sacred Heart School 3-0 . Mrs Bower is really proud of you all! Top effort girls!

Year 10 County Plate Rugby Winners: 28-22 v Framingham Earl

Well Done to all the squad!!

Hard Work Pays Off

Upcoming fixtures….

Good luck to the U14 Rugby squad who play their County Final on Thursday 23rd March at West Norfolk Rugby Club @ 4.30pm IF YOU WANT TO COME AND SUPPORT SEE MR GAY

Y11 BASKETBALL TEAM ARE IN THE LAST 32 OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COMPETITION AND ARE PLAYING NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL FOR BOYS IN THE NEXT ROUND AT

HOME ON THE 20TH MARCH.

PLEASE DO COME AND WATCH IF YOU CAN!

Holly Jillings

Summer

Jordan

Katie

Sharpe

Karolina

Lipodatenko

Lacey

Baker

Jude

Hawes-

Rutterford

The Y10

Rugby

Squad

Jack Cropley

Elliot

Prentice Henry

Overton

Opening Times:

Mon to Thu: 8:15 am – 4:00 pm

Fri: 8:15 am – 3:00 pm

The Library is not open after school on Fridays

Join our book review club after school on the 2nd Tues of each month and

Film Club on the 4th Tues of each month in the Library.

See Mrs Potter for more details.

Top Ten Books on Loan this Term Girl Online: 2

Girl Online

Tom Gates 9 - Top of the Class

Diary of A Wimpy Kid - Third Wheel - 7

Matilda

Awful Auntie

The Butterfly Club

In Search of the Greeks

One

Tom Gates: Super Good Skills (Almost...) 10

Top 10 Readers this Term Melissa Tham

Harry Cozens

Tinishia Carter

Ayden Turner

Alex Drummond

Catherine Milne

Benjamin Dack

Ben Wheeler

John Dukats

Archie Lee

Spring

Craft & Gift Fair

Sunday 19th March 2017

King Edward VII Academy

Gaywood Road

Kings Lynn, PE30 2QB

10am-2pm

All p o eeds to Musi a d D a a Depa t e ts

A pe fe t oppo tu ity to shop fo u i ue a d spe ial Mothe ’s Day a d Easte gifts. A ide sele tio of gifts a aila le f o

lo al afte s, f o akes to fu itu e, je elle y to a ds, s eets to eauty!

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