Cedar Mount Academy Weekly Bulletin

Gorton Education Village
Cedar Mount
Academy
Weekly Bulletin
Autumn Term
Editor- Z Patrick
Hard Work Respect Aspiration
It’s National
Christmas Jumper
Day!
Have you donated
to
#savethechildren
& the CMA Trip
fund yet?
Please don’t
forget!
C E D A R M O U N T A C A D E M Y , G O R T O N E D U C A T I O N V I L L A G E , 50
W E M B L E Y R O A D , G O R T O N , M A N C H E S T E R M 1 8 7 D T

Points of Interest
Last Day Arrangements
As we draw near to the end of term I wanted to take this opportunity to
thank you for your support. The academy has made progress in many
areas and we continue to improve and build on our successes,
improving the quality of teaching and learning to ensure the best
outcomes for our students. There has been a lot to celebrate since
September and the students have been a credit to you and our
academy.
Following staff and student consultation the academy will move to a
single lunch time in January 2017. Whole-school lunchtime will give
students the opportunity to attend a range of lunchtime activities.
We will finish for the Christmas holiday at 12:30pm on Thursday 22 nd
December. Students who are entitled to a Free School Meal and those
students who would like to pre order a meal can collect a grab bag
from the catering team at 12:30pm on their way out of the academy.
The yellow school bus has been advised of the academy finish time and
will depart promptly at 12:40pm.
The academy will reopen on 9 th January 2017. Students are expected to
be in the academy by 8:40am however they are welcome to arrive
from 8:00am to take advantage of the breakfast club. Students are
expected to be in form by 8:45am.
Once again thank you for your support and I wish you a very happy
Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.
Yours sincerely
Mr P Mellen
Executive Principal

Attendance Award
Message from SLE;
Please congratulate 100% attenders for December in your tutor groups.
December Attendance Challenge prize update;
1 st Prize: Mountain Bike
Then the following prizes will be given:
‣ £25.00 Decathlon voucher
‣ £20.00 Nandos Vouchers (should cover 2 meals)
‣ £20.00 Showcase Cinemas vouchers (enough for 2 tickets)
‣ £20.00 Jump Nation vouchers (includes 2 pairs of socks for using on the trampoline)
‣ £10.00 Primark
‣ £10.00 Sports Direct
‣ £10.00 H & M
‣ £5.00 x 2 Superdrug
As a reminder, students who have had 100% attendance from September until the last day of
term – names will be entered into the draw twice.
Students who have100% attendance for December (including the last day of term) – names will
be entered into the draw once. Currently, this is 460 students!!
Thank you!

A Level Drama Performance at Connell College
Message from LLS;
On Tuesday I took my Year 11 drama group on a trip to Connell College, to watch an A
Level performance called ‘Women through the Ages’. The piece challenged
preconceptions of the female stereotype. The students involved had a fantastic time and
are looking forward to starting their final pieces for their GCSE in January.

Humanities News
Students have been creating their own political parties in Citizenship class #voteforme
The success continues…
Great team work by year 8 this week during the Trade Game
lesson.
The competition was extremely close!
Check out @CMAHumanities
on Twitter for more info!

“Brad it Board”
Message from KAU;
“Big well done to all students’ who’ve got their work on
the Brag It Board this week!”
Great work in Religious Studies and Citizenship by;
Yasmin: Year 7
Samuel: Year 7
Saad: Year 7
Keren: Year 8
Hamza: Year 9
Holly: Year 9

Reminder for Year 11
Period 6 will go ahead as normal on the Monday 19 th Dec.
Leadership News
Year 8 leadership- in the rain! No complaint from our students! Miss Gill was still moaning
though!

Christmas Showcase
On Thursday the cast of the Christmas Showcase took part in the Tech rehearsal ready for next
Tuesday performances. Check out our Creative Arts Twitter page and photos below for more info
@CedarCPA
You can buy tickets from reception or student services
at break and lunch times.
Adults £3 and Concessions £2
We want to wish everyone involved the best of luck!

Christmas Jumper Day!
Don’t forget to pay your £1 and collect your sticker for wearing a
Christmas jumper! #NationalChristmasJumperDay
#SaveTheChildren

Music Intervention Day
Message from ZPA;
On Wednesday my year 11’s took part in a drop down Intervention Day in preparation for their
Music GCSE exam. Students had several hours of intensive music theory learning about the set
works that they need to study for their Unit 3 exam coming up in the summer. We were lucky to
have 2 PhD students from The University of Manchester visit us to deliver these lessons and I want to
take this opportunity to thank them for all their hard work and preparation. It was a fantastic
opportunity for students to meet pupils from higher education who have taken music further and
made a career out of it. We even had chance to enjoy our Christmas dinner with them too!

PE News
Message from AGI;
On Monday day 12th December the KS4 girls badminton team took part in the Manchester
Schools' final at Whalley Range. The girls played some amazing badminton, showing true grit and
determination through some tough matches. All 3 teams involved finished level on games won so
a count back of points scored was done to determine final results. Cedar Mount finished second
and bagged themselves fantastic silver medals. They are now the second best girls’ team in
Manchester!
Well done to the girls involved - Aaminah, Aliza, Jasmine and Iqra.

CMA Top Achievers!
Well done to the following students for gaining the highest amount of Cedar Points this
week.
Year 7
Achievement
Points
Year 8
Achievement
Points
Year 9
Achievement
Points
Year 10
Achievement
Points
Year 11
Achievement
Points
Syed
13
Zaeem
12
Kieran
11
Taha
11
Mikael
11
Ayan
11
Courage
11
Tawrat
10
Sidrah
9
Luis
9
Sohaib
9
Rachael
14
Ahad
13
Isaiah
12
Joud
11
Abdullah
10
Abdullah
11
Qurrat
11
Sania
11
Zahra
10
Leonardo
10
Nikola
10
Pei Yu
10
Subhan
11
Joshua
10
Syed
8
Zubair
7
Colin
7

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Weekly Timetable
FRIDAY 16 TH DECEMBER 2016
MONDAY-
AM-
Break -
KS3 Lunch-
KS4 Lunch-
PM-
TUESDAY-
AM-
Break
KS3 Lunch-
KS4 Lunch-
PM-
8.00 – 8.45-Quiet Reading
8.00 - 8.40- Volleyball- Sports Hall
8.00- 8.40- Safe Space Group- SEND BASE
11.00- 11.15- Break time reading- Library
11.00- 11.15- Homework Club- BU2
11.00- 11.15- Games Club and Independent
Learning Support- SEN Department
11.00- 11.15- Music Club- MU1
1.15- 1.40- KS3 Lunch time reading- Library
1.15- 1.40- Games Club and Independent
Learning Support- SEN Department
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Lunch time reading- Library
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Homework Club- BU2
1.40- 2.05- Games Club and Independent
Learning Support- SEN Department
3.05- 4.05- Badminton- Sport Hall
3.05- 4.05- Y7- Y11- After School Quiet
Reading and Homework Club - Library
3.15-4.05- Music Club with Mr Hawkins MU1
3.15- 4.15- Choir with Miss Patrick- MU1
Period 6 (Project 11)
8.00 – 8.45-Quiet reading- Library
8.00 - 8.45- Basketball- Sports Hall
8.00- 8.45- KS4 Spanish Revision/ KS4 EAL
Spanish with ARA- MFL2
8.00- 8.45- Safe Space Group- SEND
Department
11.00- 11.15- Break time reading- Library
11.00- 11.15- Homework Club- BU2
11.00- 11.15- Games Club and Independent
Learning Support- SEN Department
1.15- 1.40- KS3 Lunch time reading- Library
1.15- 1.40- Games Club and Independent
Learning Support- SEN Department
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Lunch time reading- Library
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Homework Club- BU2
1.40- 2.05- Games Club and Independent
Learning Support- SEN Department
3.05- 4.05- Rugby- Astro
3.05- 4.05- After School Quiet Reading and
Homework Club – Library
Period 6 (Project 11)
Assemblies (Reg Time)
Human Rights (Student Led)
‣ Monday- Year 11
‣ Tuesday- Year 10
‣ Wednesday- Year 9
‣ Thursday- Year 8
‣ Friday- Year 7
This week’s events
‣ Monday 12 th December
o Extended Leadership
Meeting
o Assessment Week begins
o Book Scrutiny Review
‣ Tuesday 13 th December
o CPD Feedback Meeting
o ALT Book Look (Science)
‣ Wednesday 14 th December
o ALT Meeting
‣ Thursday 15 th December
o Year 11 Mock Analysis
‣ Friday 16 th December
o Christmas Jumper Day
(Save the Children & CMA
trip fund)
www.cedarmount.manchester.
sch.uk/parents-carers/parentscarers-information/schoolcalendar/
CMA Attendance for week
commencing 5 th
December- 93.4%
Values
Hard Work
Respect
Aspiration

WEDNESDAY-
AM-
Break-
KS3 Lunch-
KS4 Lunch-
PM-
THURSDAY-
AM-
Break-
KS3 Lunch-
KS4 Lunch-
PM-
FRIDAY-
AM-
Break-
KS3 Lunch-
KS4 Lunch-
PM-
8.00 – 8.45-Quiet reading- Library
8.00 - 8.45- GCSE History Revision with RAG (Week 1)
8.00- 8.45- Safe Space Group- SEND Department
11.00- 11.15-Break time reading- Library
11.00- 11.15- Homework Club- BU2
11.00- 11.15- Music Club- MU1
11.00- 11.15- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
1.15- 1.40- KS3 Lunch time reading- Library
1.15- 1.40- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Lunch time reading- Library
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Homework Club- BU2
1.40- 2.05- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
3.00-3.30- Amnesty International with LMO
3.05- 4.05- Mock Trial with RAG
3.05-4.05- Y7- Y9 Enrichment Art Club with TCH
3.05- 4.05- After School Quiet Reading and Homework Club – Library
3.05- 4.05- Dance with LLO- Drama Studio
3.05- 4.15- Boys Football- Astro
3.15-4.15- Netball- Sports Hall
3.05- 4.30- Y10 Young Enterprise with PWA
3.10- 4.30- All year groups- ESOL & Community Support with BNE
Period 6 (Project 11)
8.00 – 8.45-Quiet reading- Library
Safe Space Group- SEND Department
11.00- 11.15-Break time reading- Library
11.00- 11.15- Homework Club- BU2
11.00- 11.15- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
1.15- 1.40- KS3 Lunch time reading- Library
1.15- 1.40- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
1.15- 2.05- Leadership- Sports Hall
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Lunch time reading- Library
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Homework Club
1.40- 2.05- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
3.05- 4.00- GCSE RE Revision with LMO- RE room
3.05- 4.05- Football Fixtures- Astro
3.15-4.05- Y10- Y11- Studio time and Skills Workshop with TC- Art1
3.05- 4.05- After School Quiet Reading and Homework Club - Library
3.05- 4.30- Boys and Girls Football- PE
3.05- 4.30- Y7- Y8- Football with CWI and RAG
3.05-4.30- Y11- Business Studies Class with PWA
Period 6 (Project 11)
8.00 – 8.45-Quiet reading- Library
8.00- 8.40- GCSE History Revision with RAG (Week 2)
8.00- 8.40- Business Breakfast Club with PWA
Safe Space Group- SEND Department
11.00- 11.15-Break time reading- Library
11.00- 11.15- Homework Club- BU2
11.00- 11.15- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
1.15- 1.40- KS3 Lunch time reading- Library
1.15- 1.40- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
1.15- 2.05- Table Tennis- Sports Hall
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Lunch time reading- Library
1.40- 2.05- KS4 Homework Club- BU2
1.40- 2.05- Games Club and Independent Learning Support- SEN Department
3.05- 4.05- All Staff and Y10- Y11- Staff V Students Netball
3.05- 4.05- After School Quiet Reading and Homework Club – Library
Period 6 (Project 11) and Christmas Show Rehearsals 3.00- 4.00pm

Weekly Word Search
It’s that time of the week again! Let’s see how good you are at
solving this week’s word search. The first person from KS3 lunch and
the first person from KS4 lunch to take their completed word search
to Student Services will get a sweet treat! Good luck!