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Tuesday 18th July 2017<br />
Oxford Residential Page 29<br />
Belgium Music Tour Page 4<br />
Romeo & Juliet Trip Pg 2<br />
Terry Caffrey Visit Pg 3<br />
Belgium Music Tour Pg 4 - 7<br />
Rewards Trips Pg 8 - 9<br />
Journalism Club Pg 10 - 12<br />
Liverpool University Trip Pg 13<br />
Year 11 Prom Pg 14 - 15<br />
Planting Ideas Pg 16- 17<br />
Big Bang Trip Pg 18- 19<br />
CCF Dining In Awards Pg 20<br />
Duke of Edinburgh Pg 21<br />
Year Pages Pg 22 - 26<br />
Warrington Youth Service Pg 27- 28<br />
King’s goes Cultural! Pg 29 - 30<br />
Woolston CE Primary Visit Pg 31<br />
Lacrosse World Cup Pg 32<br />
Useful Links/Calendar Pg 33<br />
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On Wednesday 21 st June 100 students from<br />
Year 9 and 10 travelled to the Everyman<br />
theatre in Liverpool to experience Romeo and<br />
Juliet on stage as part of their GCSE English<br />
studies.<br />
The production was a modern retelling of<br />
Shakespeare’s classic tragedy; traditional<br />
language coupled with modern styling meant<br />
the students could see the narrative in a way<br />
that made it relevant and exciting, more than<br />
400 year after it was first performed. With only inches between the stage and the front row, the<br />
performance grabbed hold of the audience and refused to let go.<br />
Aggression, romance, family feuds and comedy fuelled the story of the two star crossed lovers,<br />
their family and friends over the course of two hours. The students had the opportunity to view<br />
the play as it should be; felt and experienced instead of merely read in a classroom. Although<br />
the story was adapted to revolve around a homosexual relationship, it didn’t feel like a gimmick<br />
or a bolt-on; it helped students understand the rejection of Rosaline and Paris as soon as they<br />
set eyes on each other – no one else was destined to be with them than each other. As fate is a<br />
key theme in the story, the gay retelling<br />
fitted perfectly with ideas of love, romance,<br />
loss, rejection and conflict.<br />
Mercutio was a personal favourite – he was<br />
played with such life and passion that<br />
students now understand the relevance of<br />
his character and the role he played in<br />
Romeo and Juliet with extra colour and<br />
flamboyance. A particular highlight involved<br />
a broken prop and a particularly impressive<br />
piece of improvisation!<br />
All in all a memorable evening was had by both staff and students!
Terry Caffrey at King’s Leadership Academy<br />
Year 7 students had the pleasure of meeting and working with local poet Terry<br />
Caffrey on Monday 26 th June, as part of the Great Schools Trust Poetry<br />
initiative. Terry brought light and inspiration to an area of English that can<br />
often be overlooked, and brought poetry to life in an assembly to year seven<br />
and eight students, in which he recited some of his own work alongside<br />
students (and staff!)<br />
Next, students enjoyed workshops<br />
throughout the day with their English<br />
teachers and Terry in order to produce a<br />
piece of poetry about their local area. Some<br />
students even had one to one sessions with<br />
Terry focussing on their poetry writing and<br />
performance poetry.<br />
Finally, students performed their work to the class before<br />
voting for an overall winner, who would go on to<br />
compete in the final with the chance to win the title of<br />
King’s Poetry Day Champion! Abbey Grainger (7ARI),<br />
Jack Robinson (7EUC), Luke Jones (7HIP), Ellie Hughes<br />
(7ARC), Olivia Ratcliffe, Sophie Jones, Ashleigh Haslam<br />
and Grace Colopy of (7HER) competed for the<br />
prestigious title, but with an outstanding poem about the<br />
Warrington bombings Jack Robinson was our overall<br />
student winner! Congratulations Jack!<br />
Throughout the day students were inspired by tasks including how to perform<br />
poetry to a group and use all their senses to create interesting and imaginative<br />
haikus, ballads, sonnets, dramatic monologues, limericks and more!<br />
Terry was blown away by the quality of work produced by our students, with particular mention to the most<br />
imaginative poem of the day by Amelia McGerty of 7ARC, who’s poem “What?” captured all our imaginations, with<br />
descriptions of a “Sellotape sea” in her dream world.<br />
Huge thanks to all<br />
students and staff<br />
for supporting<br />
what was an<br />
extremely inspiring<br />
and interesting day<br />
for all of Year 7,<br />
and well done to<br />
all our winners!
Our trip to Belgium was absolutely amazing! Firstly, who'd have thought driving for 12 hours on a coach<br />
with 39 other people would be so much fun! I talked to so many people I never thought I would and I made<br />
so many new friends. Actually being in Belgium was so exciting, away from home, in a completely different<br />
country; I felt so independent. I enjoyed the food, the different towns, the chocolate factory, the canal<br />
cruise, the concerts, the shops, the go - karts, the beach, being in our rooms, the evenings out and the list<br />
goes on..... If I could summarise our trip in one word it would be "fun!" I was so carefree and found myself<br />
smiling and laughing all of the time! One of my favourite memories was the canal cruise in Bruges; it was<br />
stunning to see all of the buildings, churches and greenery as it was a beautiful place to be in. And also<br />
Miss Alderson-Robb dancing on the coach on the way back - it was too funny! So overall, I'm sure you can<br />
tell we had a blast in Belgium and I would do it all again tomorrow if I could! By Shannon van Schoor
DAY 1<br />
It was an early start on the first day and we arrived in<br />
school from 6:15am! After packing the bus we started<br />
the long bus journey to Belgium. It was the first time<br />
that some of our students had been on a ferry and some<br />
students came up on deck with Mrs Cook to see the<br />
white cliffs of Dover and the coast of Calais.<br />
We arrived in Belgium in time for our evening meal<br />
before going into rehearsals. Unfortunately, the<br />
heavens opened as we were unpacking the coach and<br />
the British weather that had followed us drenched the<br />
team as we unloaded. The band were able to draw a<br />
fan club during their<br />
rehearsal who bopped<br />
along to their tunes. The<br />
choir drew another couple<br />
of visitors from their rooms<br />
who came and sat on the<br />
staircase to listen before<br />
we all went to bed after a<br />
very long day.
DAY 2<br />
After an early breakfast, we made our way into<br />
Bruges (a beautiful and quaint city) for a tour of a<br />
handmade chocolate shop. The smell that hit you<br />
was absolutely amazing and the creations were<br />
works of art! The owners admitted that they still eat<br />
chocolate every day. Our students bought an<br />
amazing amount of chocolate. We then made our<br />
way onto a boat cruise in the beautiful weather<br />
around the city seeing the most unusual sculptures and individual buildings. We then had free time to<br />
explore and try the tasty Belgian waffles. After lunch, we visited a residential home for our first concert.<br />
An Englishman happened to be a resident in the home (we found out that he was a war hero who had<br />
loved Belgium so much that he had never gone home) and introduced us in both English and Flemish<br />
to our audience. It was a great concert with many of our students performing in public for the first time<br />
and conquering their nerves (well done!). We made our way to the beach that evening where some<br />
students played tennis, sat and talked, or tripped over when paddling and got soaked! No trip to the<br />
beach would be complete without ice-cream and many of us sampled the various flavours on offer.<br />
DAY 3<br />
A morning on the Gino carts (go-karts with pedals) kept our students entertained up and down the pier<br />
in Ostend (when they weren't jumping off to buy another ice cream!). We walked along into the centre<br />
of the town later before setting up on the central bandstand surrounded by cafes and passers by. Our<br />
performance made people stop and listen. The coach driver Steve said it was amazing to watch people<br />
stop in their tracks listening to Safira Lima sing, or to watch the crowd form to see Benjamin Draycott<br />
perform his guitar solo in addition to the applause the band and choir both had. The evening remained<br />
busy, with examination candidates (Joshua Bowden, Hannah Dobson, Leah Maher and Matilda Bluck)<br />
all rehearsing for their instrumental examinations and Jazmine Norris and Shannon Van Schoor<br />
rehearsing for the Aladdin Pantomime.
DAY 4<br />
We left early with the teachers hoping that the students would be just as tired as them...this was a silly<br />
assumption. The students sang all the way back from Belgium to Warrington! We managed yet another<br />
stop off at a chocolate factory for last minute gifts/supplies. The atmosphere on the coach was such a<br />
happy one, it was a lovely journey back. We were even congratulated at passport control for being the<br />
best behaved school group they had ever had through.<br />
It was such a busy and enriching musical experience. A massive thank you to all of our students who put<br />
in the hard work in attending rehearsals and putting on excellent performances whilst we were away. We<br />
hope that you have life long memories and happy stories to tell for quite some time. Thank you for your<br />
musical company (especially on the coach journey home!), Mr Bowden, Mrs Hambleton, Mrs Alderson-<br />
Robb and Mrs Cook. Now to start thinking about the next trip!
Rewards Trips<br />
A sunny day at the Pleasure Beach!<br />
On Wednesday 5th July year 9 and 10 had a fun packed day out at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. We<br />
were all extremely happy and fortunate that the predicted thunder storms and showers never came<br />
and instead we had a gloriously sunny hot day.<br />
Apart from one ride having a minor stall on its climb leaving the pupils' feet dangling from the<br />
Infusion ride, the day went smoothly and not a traffic jam in sight. A few soggy seats on the coach on<br />
our return were evidence of everyone getting soaked on Valhalla at the end of the day!<br />
The pupils were amazing, standards were high, expectations were met and most of all, they were all<br />
punctual! We were rally proud of them and the staff all enjoyed the day as much as the pupils.<br />
Here's to next years summer trip to the rides.
'On Wednesday 5th July, 175 of King’s Year 7 & 8 students were rewarded with a trip to Alton Towers<br />
for achieving 97% and above attendance throughout the academic year. This is a huge achievement<br />
for all students! Amazingly, over 80 of our students endeavored to achieve 100% attendance<br />
throughout the school year and were rewarded with a Fast Track pass each!<br />
Our adrenaline junkie students took the plunge on rides such as Rita, Oblivion, Nemesis, Thirteen etc.<br />
Thankfully, it was a hot blistering day, so staff and pupils took the opportunity to cool down on the<br />
River Rapids!<br />
A big thank you to all the students who demonstrated professionalism and excellent behaviour for the<br />
duration of the trip. It was a fun-filled, action packed and white knuckled day had by all! Please<br />
continue to strive to aim for high attendance throughout the school year from September to bag<br />
yourself a place on next year’s attendance rewards trips!
King’s<br />
Kings Terrific Theatre Trip!<br />
On the 22nd June King’s Year 9 and 10 students went to see Romeo and Juliet with English.<br />
The main teacher who organised the trip was Miss Purchon. When asked Miss said that, "When she<br />
booked the play found out it was the gay version but it was not an issue. As a teacher after seeing the<br />
play, she said that she had a better understanding and can now help the kids more when teaching." The<br />
price £18.70 was reasonable for what they saw and everyone had a good time.<br />
When we interviewed the students who went on the trip they all said that they had a better<br />
understanding of what happens in each act, and it will help with their exams when referring to the plot.<br />
Students said the price was good because they got transport and watched a play. Joshua Bowden said, " it<br />
was funny and a good experience."<br />
Mrs Sharp also went on the trip and she was happy other staff were able to take kids who haven’t been to<br />
the theatre before . Also a character broke the board and carried on which shown good endeavour which<br />
is one of the King’s values. While being interviewed she said that Mr Garrity and Mr Reid said that they<br />
had a good time and really enjoyed it.<br />
Hannah Smith said her favourite part was when Mercurio and Tybalt had a fight because it was interesting<br />
to watch and she can help her in her exam. This will help her learning because she has a better<br />
understanding of the fights in the play which is what the end of her Learning Cycle five exam is on.<br />
By Mia Wakefield, Charlotte Ruddock, Emma Warmington
Children's Charity Campaign!<br />
Excitement was around the school as Year 8 planned a marvellous charity event. We interviewed<br />
several students when they heard about this event. Students were excited to spend their money<br />
on the pick and mix store, bake sale and tombola. We interviewed Miss Culshaw and she was<br />
excited about the event. There were posters and emails that went around the school to introduce<br />
this fun event. Money raised will be going towards Transformation for Veterans and several more<br />
local charities. We interviewed Lauren Deakin and she is a member of the charity committee and<br />
baked the cakes for the event. She baked layered cookie cakes and helped around several stalls<br />
that raised money for hard working and appreciating charities.<br />
This event was held on Wednesday 12th July 2pm till 7pm.
I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!<br />
On Monday the 26th June, King’s had a real treat when poet Terry Caffrey came into our school.<br />
The year 7s enjoyed a full day of English, they wrote poems and learnt many new techniques to<br />
help them with their poetry and creative skills. At the end of the day each class nominated their<br />
best poet and the winners competed in the hall and read their poems out to the rest of year 7.<br />
The overall winner was Jack Robinson. We were lucky enough to interview him on his opinions.<br />
Jack said ''It was a change from normal lessons and I enjoyed it as it gave me the chance to do<br />
something else. I learned that I had a hidden talent that if I did not do this, then I would not know I<br />
had. No I've never really liked poetry."<br />
We also interviewed Miss Nophakhun, Jack's English teacher who stated that she was so proud of<br />
him and all of 7EUC who endeavoured to produce excellent pieces of poetry! Also we interviewed<br />
Miss Moss who stated " he was quite a character and funny. The day was beneficial for year 7s<br />
as it was a whole day of poetry which is not what they usually do. As an teacher I learnt things<br />
like how to overcome blanc page syndrome. I already read poetry and I will consider trying to write<br />
some of my own ". In our opinion we thought it was a fun experience and it was definitely a nice<br />
change to what we usually do. Terry was a very funny and skilful poet as he taught us many good<br />
tips and skills.<br />
Lucas Drake , Billy Slater ,<br />
Thomas Madden , Benjamin<br />
Owen
Computer Science visits The University of Liverpool<br />
Year 10 students were welcomed to the University of Liverpool and treated to a day of code breaking and<br />
programming that supported their studies and also gave them a taste of life at a Russell Group University.<br />
The Computer Science faculty, led by Dr. Davide Grossi,<br />
prepared a variety of sessions that tested the logical<br />
thinking and creativity of our students. The four sessions<br />
covered:<br />
Session 1: Programming 'Angry Birds'<br />
Session 2: Encryption & Code Breaking<br />
Session 3: Logical thinking & problem solving<br />
Session 4: Programming LegoNXT robots using Python<br />
All of the sessions were excellent but it was the final<br />
session that really harnessed the competitive nature of<br />
the students with groups competing to successfully<br />
program their robots to navigate through a maze with<br />
the assistance of a variety of sensors. The teamwork<br />
and professionalism of the students was exemplary<br />
even if the maze challenge was completed with<br />
varying degrees of success!<br />
The visit was a great success with all students<br />
gaining a taste of what is needed to be successful in<br />
the world of Computer Science.<br />
We look forward to visiting again in future years and if you would like to see more details of the event<br />
please visit the following twitter feeds @LivUni_CompSci @KingsWoolston @KLAScience
Well it finally arrived, the first ever King's year 11 Prom. The pupils arrived to the Fir Grove Hotel in<br />
style in all manor of limousines and cars and dressed to impress!<br />
The girls all looked beautiful in an impressive array of gowns in every colour. They simply sparkled<br />
and shone and seemed ever so grown up. The boys all came looking incredibly smart in tailored<br />
suits, smart shirts and ties, even polished shoes! It was a wonderful sight to see the whole year<br />
group ready to celebrate the end of one part of their lives, ready to move into the next. The staff also<br />
turned up in their finest, ready to dine and dance.
After the 3 course meal, Sir Iain Hall gave a short speech and said congrats and farewell to the<br />
pupils who began the whole journey of King's Leadership Academy in September 2012. It was the<br />
emotional part of the evening, but followed quickly by photos, dancing, candy floss and lots of fun<br />
in the fancy dress photo booth! It's hard to tell who enjoyed the candy floss and booth more, as<br />
there seem to be a lot of photos of staff being rather giddy with the fancy dress items.<br />
The pupils partied into the evening and it was very happy occasion for all involved. Here's to the<br />
end of this chapter in your lives year 11, we wish you all the very best for your future. See you all<br />
on results day, hopefully with happy faces again.<br />
Mrs Coase and Mrs Sharp
Planting Ideas!<br />
The Gardening Club had their final week of gardening of this learning cycle and<br />
we decided to end with a bang! Pupils finished digging the foundations for our<br />
new shed and greenhouse and then spent their time re-potting plants that they<br />
had grown in previous weeks ready to sell at the Beautiful Work evening that is<br />
coming up soon. Our students were delighted to see how much some of the<br />
plants had grown in such a short space of time and were excited that parents and other<br />
pupils would shortly be buying what they have been working on for weeks. We decided<br />
on the price for each plant and put together an information leaflet to make sure that whoever<br />
bought each plant would know exactly what to do with it to help it survive and thrive.
The students have also come up with some other ideas to raise<br />
money for the garden and were keen to help in any way<br />
they could. We are very proud of the way they have all<br />
thrown themselves into the gardening each week and into the efforts to<br />
provide more funding for the future work of the garden and it has been<br />
lovely working alongside them to not only develop their gardening skills but<br />
also to get them thinking about several financial aspects of life from the cost of<br />
everyday items and entire projects to ways that they have take responsibility<br />
for funding something they enjoy. With this in mind, the students who attend have<br />
been carrying out their own individual fundraising projects from sponsored silences<br />
and bike rides to selling cakes and lemonade to other students. We also all worked<br />
together to turn the Learning Plaza into a games room for one lunchtime where<br />
staff and students could pay £1 to come in and enjoy mariokart, dance mats and a whole<br />
range of board games and other fun ways to pass their lunchtime! The event was so successful<br />
we are already looking at how we can provide more lunchtimes of games for students in the future!<br />
All the pupils involved in the Gardening Club this learning cycle deserve a massive well done and a pat on<br />
the back for their enthusiasm, their professionalism and their endeavour throughout these enrichment<br />
sessions and even giving up their own time to get involved in what we've been doing! We gave each one a<br />
Gardening Club certificate to recognise how well we feel they have done and we were pleased to see that<br />
many of them were quite rightly very proud of what they had achieved!<br />
We look forward to more gardening in the next academic year!
Students Go Out With a Big Bang!<br />
On Tuesday, fourteen pupils visited the North West heats of The Big<br />
Bang Fair held in The Exhibition Centre in Liverpool. The regional heats<br />
take place across the country and allow pupils from a variety of schools<br />
to display the projects that they have been working on for a number of<br />
months. The winners of these heats go on to the final which is held in<br />
Birmingham during March next year with the possibility that they will win<br />
some exciting prizes to reward their endeavour. This year, our pupils<br />
were just visiting the exhibition to enjoy what was on offer to see and experience though we hope to<br />
consider entering our own projects into the Big Bang competition in future years. The pupils found it<br />
inspiring to see just what can be achieved by<br />
people their own age if they take an interest in<br />
science, work hard and really put their minds to<br />
it!<br />
A second aspect to these Big Bang Fairs is for<br />
employers, universities and other organisations<br />
to come and present the latest scientific<br />
research, developments and inventions to the<br />
attendees. Our group split up into three smaller<br />
groups and spent the day moving around the exhibition<br />
centre and engaging with the vast number of amazing<br />
displays around the venue. There were stalls,<br />
demonstrations and workshops for the pupils to enjoy on<br />
every aspect of science from robotics and nuclear power to<br />
the science behind every day products such as shampoos,<br />
clothing and food. We were able to compare our running<br />
speed with that of Usain Bolt, find out how to make giant<br />
bubbles that will last for much longer and even try a range of<br />
protective and surveillance equipment used by the military.<br />
Don't just take my word for how good it was though - here's<br />
what Amber Ford, one our Y7 pupils who went on the trip,<br />
said about it: 'It was great, I loved the pig dissection and the<br />
virtual reality.'
As you can tell, we had a very successful trip and we all arrived back at school enthusiastic about<br />
science and pleased that we had the opportunity to experience such an enjoyable day that showed us<br />
what was going on, not only in schools nationwide, but in the cutting-edge world of science!<br />
Will we be going again? Based on the response of today, we all certainly hope so - and we may even be<br />
one of the school competitors next time!
Combined Cadet Force Dining In and Awards Afternoon<br />
Cadets celebrate their achievements at the CCF's Dining In and Awards Afternoon.<br />
Dining In is a military tradition where members of a unit come together to have a formal meal, these functions are<br />
held regularly still in the military and act as a way to strengthen bonds between Officers or Warrant Officers/NCOs<br />
respectively.<br />
We used our Dining-In to celebrate everything we have achieved and taken part in as a contingent since September<br />
which has included; 36 flying places, 4 advanced classifications, 16 intermediate classifications and 24 basic (part 1)<br />
classifications achieved by cadets, 24 Heartstart passes, 52 cadets completed the first part of Youth First Aid<br />
qualification, 23 cadets complete Blue Badge Leadership programme, visits to RAF Cosford, Inskip, Altcar and<br />
Cranwell, placing in the Air Squadron Trophy competition and achieving 1st place in the fitness competition.<br />
We also looked ahead at what the CCF has to offer next year including; Fieldcraft/shooting week at Nesscliff,<br />
Adventure Training week at Easter, and an expedition on the West Highlands Way next Summer in addition to RAF<br />
station visits, and an Annual Camp hosted by the RAF (dates to be confirmed).<br />
The Dining In was an opportunity for us to say goodbye to Wing Commander Archibald who has been with the CCF<br />
since it started almost 4 years ago and has been instrumental in shaping the unit to be as successful as it is today.<br />
We would like to say thank you and wish you the best of luck in your new endeavors.<br />
We also say goodbye and wish to thank Pilot Officer Coase who has also been with us from the start and delivered<br />
cadet syllabus qualifications and training since the CCF stepped up. Thank you, and best of luck in your new career.
Duke of Edinburgh<br />
Year 9 students have been working hard over the last few weeks to complete their Duke of Edinburgh's Award<br />
expedition.<br />
Located in and around Delamere Forest, the students completed a two day, one night expedition with aims<br />
including; exploring the differences in wildlife in the forest environment to the urban environment; the variety and<br />
types of tourism in the forest; and the impact of litter.<br />
Students had to be self-reliant and support one another as they worked through the expedition and whilst the<br />
experience may have been challenging, students are now more aware of their own ability to effect change and<br />
succeed through adversity.<br />
The next steps for most students is to complete their other sections, for most students this will mean uploading<br />
a report from their assessor summarising how they have achieved their goals.
Some students may have younger siblings that will be joining King's in September. It's really important<br />
that all students have a strong foundation for their time at King's by entering the school with the right<br />
mindset and ready to learn and do their best. Below is a list of the Year 7 team that will be working<br />
with the new students and helping them become amazing members of the King's family.<br />
Head of Achievement - Mrs Burrows<br />
Leader of Year 7 - Miss Goode<br />
House Tutor for 7 Hanover - Ms Vernon<br />
House Tutor for 7 Normandy - Mrs McIntyre with Miss Purchon<br />
House Tutor for 7 Tudor - Dr Rodriguez<br />
House Tutor for 7 Windsor - Miss Barlow<br />
House Tutor for 7 York - Mr Wilson<br />
Year 7 are going to be lead by Mrs Burrows and Miss Goode, Mrs Burrows is going to be responsible<br />
for overseeing the academic progress of our new pupils and Miss Goode will be overseeing<br />
attendance, well-being and any issues that might arise. Together with House Tutors, who are the first<br />
point of contact for home, the team will be working closely with parents and carers and academic<br />
tutors to make sure that every child fulfills their true potential during their first year with us and feel<br />
supported and confident in their school life.
Next year Miss Cawley will take on the role of Year Leader for Year 8 but will<br />
remain with York house for inter-house competitions.<br />
The following members of staff will make up the Year 8 team:<br />
Head of Achievement – Mr U Hussain<br />
Leader of Year 8 – Miss L Cawley<br />
8 Normandy – Mr S Drake<br />
8 Tudor – Mr A Kitching<br />
8 Windsor – Miss S Allen<br />
8 York – Miss N Johnston<br />
8 Hanover – Mr K Ferguson<br />
Year 8 are led by Mr Hussain (Head of Achievement) and Miss Cawley (Leader of<br />
Year 8).<br />
Mr Hussain is responsible for overseeing the academic progress of Year 8,<br />
ensuring each student fulfils their potential with support from staff and parents.<br />
Miss Cawley oversees behaviour, attendance, wellbeing and any safeguarding<br />
issues that may arise.<br />
Mr Hussain and Miss Cawley will work with the team of Academic Tutors outlined<br />
above.<br />
Your child’s Tutor is the first point of contact for parents, and will liaise with Mr<br />
Hussain, Miss Cawley and other relevant staff to ensure students are well<br />
supported.
The Year 9 team is made up of the members of staff listed below.<br />
Year 9 is a pivotal year as students embark on their GCSE option<br />
subjects, setting a positive foundation for their studies throughout<br />
Years 10 and 11.<br />
Year 9 Head of Achievement – Mr Graham<br />
Leader of Year 9 – Mrs Lawrence<br />
9 Normandy – Miss Dugmore<br />
9 Tudor – Miss Nophakhun<br />
9 Windsor – Miss Alexander<br />
9 York – Mr Robinson<br />
9 Hanover – Miss Hilton<br />
Year 9 are led by Mr Graham (Head of Achievement) and Mrs Lawrence (Leader of Year 9).<br />
Mr Graham is responsible for overseeing the academic progress of Year 9, ensuring each<br />
student fulfils their potential with support from staff and parents. Mrs Lawrence oversees<br />
behaviour, attendance, wellbeing and any safeguarding issues that may arise.<br />
Mr Graham and Mrs Lawrence work with a team of Academic Tutors who are each responsible<br />
for their house group. Your child’s Tutor is the first point of contact for parents, and will liaise<br />
with Mr Graham, Mrs Lawrence and other relevant staff to ensure students are well supported.<br />
The Year 9 team are excited to work with such wonderful students and we are confident that<br />
they will exceed our expectations with their achievements this year. All that remains now is for<br />
our students and their families to have a fun and restful summer ready to embark on the<br />
adventures that Year 9 will bring in September!<br />
Best wishes,<br />
Mrs Lawrence & the Year 9 Team
The Year 10 team is made up of the members of staff listed below. Year 10 is crucial year<br />
towards students GCSEs.<br />
Head of Achievement – Miss Foskett<br />
Leader of Year 10 – Miss Aldridge<br />
10 Normandy – Miss Ashley<br />
10 Tudor – Mr Birchall<br />
10 Windsor – Miss France<br />
10 York – Mr Bowden<br />
10 Hanover – Miss Easterby<br />
Year 10 are led by Miss Foskett (Head of Achievement) and Miss Aldridge (Leader of Year<br />
10). Miss Foskett is responsible for overseeing the academic progress of Year 10, ensuring<br />
each student fulfils their potential with support from staff and parents. Miss Aldridge oversees<br />
behaviour, attendance, wellbeing and any safeguarding issues that may arise.<br />
Miss Foskett and Miss Aldridge work with a team of Academic Tutors who are each<br />
responsible for their house group. Your child’s Tutor is the first point of contact for parents,<br />
and will liaise with Miss Foskett and Miss Aldridge and other relevant staff to ensure students<br />
are well supported.
I am delighted to announce our new team for next year. We have introduced some new roles<br />
to ensure that our year 11s receive the best possible support throughout the year, as they<br />
tackle their GCSEs!<br />
Head of Achievement – Miss Taylor<br />
Miss Taylor is responsible for overseeing the academic progress of Year 11.<br />
Year Leader – Mr Heavey<br />
Mr Heavey is responsible for overseeing the pastoral support for Year 11.<br />
This includes student behaviour, wellbeing and safeguarding issues.<br />
Tutors:<br />
Hanover: Miss Conway<br />
Normandy: Miss Moores<br />
Tudor: Miss Black<br />
Windsor: Mr Garrity<br />
York: Miss Loft<br />
Academic Tutors are the first point of contact if you have any queries or concerns regarding<br />
your child. Your child will see their Tutor every morning, and during family dining. Tutors will<br />
liaise with Year Leaders and Heads of Achievement when necessary to ensure students are<br />
well supported.
Pastoral Support and Warrington Youth<br />
Service at King’s<br />
At King’s we want to fully support our student’s wellbeing and personal development and for the last<br />
4 months we have organised Warrington youth workers, police and other outside agencies to<br />
support our vision on students welfare and wellbeing.<br />
There has been an umbrella of information and awareness workshops highlighting specific areas<br />
which we have provided intervention and support for students. These areas include -<br />
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Risky behaviours<br />
Online safety<br />
Child sexual exploitation awareness<br />
Drugs and Alcohol awareness and effects<br />
Improving Self-esteem and confidence.<br />
Resilience training.<br />
Healthy relationships<br />
Healthy friendships<br />
Substance misuse<br />
All students’ feedback was positive and they fully enjoyed taking part in the workshops.<br />
The aim of the workshops was to highlight certain agenda’s and to provide students with knowledge<br />
about the specific areas.
The Warrington youth service bus made eight appearances at school, again providing students with<br />
support and knowledge of what is available out of school. Our youth workers Dianne, Kristine and<br />
Tracy have been exceptional and have fully enjoyed working with the students here at King’s.<br />
The youth service offer a range of activities to support the personal and social development of young<br />
people. Their projects are based on listening to young people and working with them so that they get<br />
the best from the activities.<br />
Venues have been dedicated across Warrington, including the town centre Youth Café, the Mobile<br />
Youth Base and Orford Youth Base. The youth workers are happy to talk to young people anywhere.<br />
You can contact them directly at Orford Youth Base: 01925 442440<br />
Families information service: 01925 443322<br />
Or go to the websites:<br />
www.warrington.gov.uk/youthservice<br />
www.warringtonyouth.org<br />
www.facebook.com/warringtonyouthservice.<br />
Twitter @warringtonYS
On 6th July the year 7 year group attended the annual Oxford trip. We were very lucky to have the sun<br />
shining on us for the whole 2 days, however, it was very warm and the pupils soon were wishing for shade.<br />
The journey down to Warwick castle was smooth and all pupils were punctual which meant we had lots of<br />
time to investigate the castle. Pupils saw the great hall and stately rooms, visited the time tower, walked<br />
along the walls and turrets and saw 2 shows. It is safe to say that the most impressive part of the day was<br />
the falconry show. Falcons and eagles flew gracefully through the sky, swooping through crowds and nearly<br />
knocking Mrs Coase over in the process. It was an incredibly impressive sight.<br />
The next leg of the trip was to visit the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon. We walked<br />
along the canal and through a beautiful park to the Church to see his grave. The church itself was very<br />
beautiful. We then had free time to relax before the evening meal at Pizza Express which was a roaring<br />
success. The pupils were polite and helpful and even gave some tips!
After a long day full of activity and walking in the heat we were all ready<br />
for some rest. It did take quite a long time to get checked in but we were<br />
so proud of the way in which the pupils acted, in a mature and<br />
professional way, when they were exhausted.<br />
The next day we all filled up on a buffet breakfast ready to head off to<br />
Oxford University. Again the weather was beautiful and the journey went<br />
smoothly.<br />
Pupils took part in a fun maths lecture with presentations, brain teasers and a lesson in how to win<br />
games. We had many volunteers and the pupils were incredibly enthusiastic and participated well.<br />
This was followed by a walk through the pretty city centre and<br />
tours around some of the inspiring Oxford colleges. The library and<br />
dining rooms were like something from Harry Potter. The buildings<br />
and student accommodation were simply stunning, as were the<br />
grounds and lecture rooms. The maths institute was a more<br />
modern, very mathematical building but no less impressive.<br />
We were very impressed over the 2 days with how the pupils<br />
conducted themselves, and even though the journey back was<br />
long, and Mr Graham got left at the services, the trip was a great<br />
success.<br />
It has been a pleasure planning these year 7 trips for the last 5<br />
years. Thank you King's pupils for making them special.
Woolston C of E Primary<br />
Gets a Feel for Science!<br />
As part of their Science Week, a class of Year 2 pupils from Woolston C of E Primary School visited King's<br />
for their very own tailor-made (or should that be technician-made?) science lesson on the theme of 'Change'.<br />
Mr. Barker led the session which allowed the pupils to watch some exciting demonstrations as well as take<br />
part in their own hands-on experiments. They learned how materials change when they mix together and can<br />
go from being solids and liquids to making a foam which shoots into the air due to the force of the reaction.<br />
They saw how skittles, when placed in water, will go colourless and cause the water around them to change<br />
to whatever colour the skittle was. The pupils then got messy as they made a substance with cornflour and<br />
water that has a rather unusual property: when you move it slowly it acts as a liquid but when it is moved<br />
quickly (or hit firmly with a hand!) it immediately acts like a solid and will not budge! This is called a non-<br />
Newtonian fluid though we decided not to tell this to the Year 2 pupils! Finally, the pupils saw how liquids can<br />
change colour and fizz when they mix because they form something completely new!<br />
We received very positive feedback from the school who told us that the pupils 'had a great time... the lesson<br />
was perfectly pitched and I know the children got a lot from the session.' It's always good to make links with<br />
the schools around us and the science department was very pleased to be able to enhance the learning experience<br />
the pupils gained from studying science in their own school Science Week!<br />
Interested in making your own non-Newtonian fluid at home?<br />
If you want to copy what the pupils made then you can safely and easily do this by pouring 100ml of water<br />
into a bowl or foil baking tray and then sprinkling in 120g of cornflour whilst mixing all the time with your fingers.<br />
The mixture will get firmer until you find you have made a non-Newtonian fluid! Tipping up the tray with<br />
cause the mixture to slowly run out but, if you firmly and quickly slap it with the palm of your hand, it will instantly<br />
act like a solid and remain exactly where it is for a few seconds! Enjoy!
Our Lead Practitioner for PE Miss Brett will be taking part in the 2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse<br />
World Cup. This will be hosted at Surrey Sports Park between 12th and 22nd July.<br />
25 nations will compete for the title of World Lacrosse Champions. Pools of teams will be scheduled to<br />
play each other over the opening days of the event. During the knockout stages nations who performed<br />
well in the pool stages will progress to stay in the tournament during the quarter finals. All teams will play<br />
a final game to be awarded a final world position. This finishing position will be used to seed the nation for<br />
the World Cup in 2021.<br />
The opening ceremony is on Wednesday 12th July, with host nation England taking on Wales in the<br />
opening game directly after the ceremony. Pool stages will be played until Tuesday 18th July. Knock out<br />
stages will culminate with the Final of the 2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup on 22nd<br />
July.<br />
English Lacrosse is pleased to announce that the BBC has agreed to become a broadcast partner of the<br />
2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup in Guildford.<br />
The deal ensures that there will be live coverage of the tournament from the Quarter-Final stages<br />
onwards, culminating with the 2017 World Cup Final on Saturday 22 July.<br />
All the selected matches will be featured on the BBC Sport website.<br />
Full BBC broadcast schedule<br />
Wed 19 July – 15:00 – Quarter-Final<br />
Wed 19 July – 18:00 – Quarter-Final<br />
Thurs 20 July – 15:00 – Semi-Final<br />
Thurs 20 July – 18:00 – Semi-Final<br />
Fri 21 July – 15:00 – 7th/8th Play-off<br />
Fri 21 July – 18:00 – 5th/6th Play-off<br />
Sat 22 July – 12:00 – Bronze Medal Match<br />
Sat 22 July – 15:00 – Gold Medal Match<br />
A massive good luck to Miss Brett and the rest of the England Team!!
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Student Canteen Cashless Account<br />
At King's we operate a cashless canteen system, in which students use credit to make purchases at our Canteen.<br />
There are three ways in which their cashless accounts can be topped up:-<br />
Online - using Tucasi Please note payments via Tucasi take up to 24 hours to appear on your child's account in school.<br />
At any one of our two Top-Up Machines open daily from 8am till 2pm Payments via our top-up machines appear<br />
instantly on your child's account, enabling them to make payments immediately after topping up. Please note no change is<br />
given.<br />
At Student Services In the event that there are problems with either method described above, students are able to<br />
visit student services and have their accounts topped up there. Payments via student services will also appear instantly on<br />
your child's account. Please note no change is given.<br />
Each student at King's also has a £4.00 overdraft limit. This will ensure that your child will be able to make a total of at least<br />
2 dinner purchases (for example 2 x ham or cheese sandwiches), thus ensuring they do not go without a dinner if they<br />
happen to have no credit on their account. This has been put in place to ensure that our students have a chance to credit<br />
their accounts if they happen to forget to top up etc. Please note, that once this overdraft is maxed out, and no further<br />
payments into the system have been made, the student will not be able to make any further purchases until their account is<br />
suitably credited.<br />
Keeping the canteen account credited helps us in being able to serve our students much more efficiently and quickly.<br />
Therefore we please ask your cooperation in this matter.<br />
Our weekly menus are emailed to our students every Friday, and copies of our breakfast, cold counter and panini menus are<br />
also available around the canteen noticeboards, and upon request.<br />
ROAD SAFETY<br />
It has been brought to our attention that there<br />
has been double parking on Hillock Lane, which<br />
is making it dangerous for our students to cross<br />
the road. Can we please ask that all road users<br />
be considerate towards the safety of children/<br />
pedestrians and our local residents. The Parish<br />
Council car park is always available for you to<br />
use at the end of the school day.<br />
Many thanks for your cooperation in this<br />
important matter<br />
Summer Holidays - School opening hours<br />
The school will be closed from Thursday 20th July. It<br />
will reopen from Tuesday 29th August (9.00am -<br />
2.00pm) if you wish to start collecting any uniform<br />
orders. However please note, due to staff training<br />
there will be no one available on Friday 1st September.<br />
Thank you.