23rd November 2018

23rd November 2018
ASPIRE
“Last years total of 157
boxes was absolutely
exceeded, so everyone
should be extremely
proud of themselves!”

YOUNG CHARITY CHAMPION
2018
CONTENTS
Year 7 pupil is Young Charity
Champion 2018 for her
fundraising efforts.
GCSE Awards Ceremony Page 02
Operation Christmas Child Page 03
Young Charity Champion Page 04
Your School Health Team Page 05
King’s Drop-in Support Page 06
King’s Christmas Fayre Page 07
King’s Gardening Club Page 08
This LC in Character Page 09
KING’S GARDENING CLUB
105 new trees are planted on
the school’s grounds by King’s
Gardening Club.
Parliament Day Page 10
Christmas Decoration Fundraiser Page 11
Christmas Tree Competition Page 12
King’s Twitter Page 13-14
Revision Techniques Pages 15-16
Interview with the King’s Team Pages 17-18
Calendar and Mock Exams Pages 19-20
PARLIAMENT DAY
Pupils celebrate Parliament
Day and hold their own Student
Referendum.
ON THE COVER
Over 200 filled shoeboxes are
donated to Operation
Christmas Child.
REVISION TECHNIQUES
Revision strategies based on
research by the Learning
Scientists.

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GCSE Class of 2018
You’re Invited
On Wednesday 28th November King’s Warrington are excited to be holding our second annual GCSE Awards Ceremony to
celebrate the outstanding achievements of our class of 2018 cohort.
All of last years Year 11 students have been invited back, along with their parents and carers to celebrate with us. Current Year 11
students who sat their Statistics exam last year have also been invited. You will receive your official GCSE certificates at the event
and we will also be awarding some special prizes.
Please email awardsceremony2018@kingswarrington.com to reserve your seats.
The dress code for the event is smart and professional.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Taylor and Miss Aldridge

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THE SHOEBOXES ARE ALL IN!
The staff and students of King’s all did an amazing job of
putting together shoeboxes full of toys, toiletries,
stationary and clothes which have now been collected
and are on their way to children less fortunate than
ourselves all around the world. This is part of Operation
Christmas Child, an initiative run by the charity
Samaritan’s Purse.
In total, we all put together 239 boxes and raised
£188.68 to contribute towards their postage which is an
incredible achievement from everyone!
Last years total of 157 boxes was absolutely exceeded,
so everyone should be extremely proud of themselves!
As a thank you and well done, we had a £20 pizza hut
voucher on offer to the form who put together the most
shoeboxes.. This prize will be split between 9 Tudor and
10 Tudor who both handed in 28 boxes! We also had a
£10 pizza hut voucher for Sixth Form, which was won
by Year 13 who handed in a similar amount of boxes.
Chloe Howard from Year 13 deserves a huge thanks in
particular as this is her last year in school and she has
taken a leading role in making this happen for the last
three years!
If you contributed any empty boxes, items to go in the
boxes or even completed shoeboxes then you have
made a massive difference to many children’s lives this
Christmas, and I hope it’s given me time to pause and
think about just how much we have in this country and
how much such a few small things really do mean to
those who receive them.
Let’s look forward to beating this number of boxes next
year so we can change even more lives for the better!
Mr Walker

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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO RUBY PETERS,
YOUNG CHARITY CHAMPION 2018
The Guardian was inundated with nominations for this year’s
winner after she raised thousands of pounds for Alder Hey
Hospital where she has been treated since the age of two.
As a way of saying thank you to the staff who treated her, the
11-year-old asked her head teacher at Woolston Primary if
she could organise a sponsored run.
It became the school’s biggest fundraiser, with more than
£3,000 collected …but her fundraising didn’t stop there.
She has also drawn pictures to sell at school, sold her own
toys at fairs and collected Easter eggs to donate to sick
children at the hospital.
Those who nominated her say she is only happy when she is
giving pleasure to other people and that she never lets her
own disability hold her back.
A little girl with a huge heart and her family could not be
more proud of her.
OUR 2018 YOUNG CHARITY CHAMPION IS RUBY PETERS

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King’s Drop In Support
If you want to chat about how you’re feeling, friendship issues, low mood or anything else., please come
by and drop in for support. You don’t need to make an appointment, just drop by.
Year Leader Drop in
Name: Miss Aldridge
Days: Monday/ Friday
Time: Lunch time
Location: Brunel (MFL corridor)
Year 12 Aspire Coach Drop-in!
Niamh & Katie our year 12 Aspire Coaches!
They are here to help and support you individually or as a group
Friendship issues- support and guidance to solve those
problems with your friends
Academic support- help with homework.
Organisation- how can you improve your organisation,
using your planner.
Revision support- advice on revision and tips.
Where: The library
When: Wednesday Lunch times

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King’s Christmas Fayre
By Jack Robinson
At King’s, we believe that Christmas is all about giving back to
each other and appreciating what others have done for us. It
is important that we give back to each other during this
festive time, as a way of saying thank you and coming
together. We also believe that Christmas is focused on
enjoying the time around us. Because of this, the volunteering
enrichment has planned to organise and host a Christmas
Fayre! We believe that a Christmas Fayre is a great way to
bring the school together and celebrate this exciting time of
the year.
Students have been creating a variety of ideas for their stalls
which will be open on the day. Food and drink will be
available and Christmas gifts and crafts will be sold too, which
you can give to your friends and family to make somebody's
Christmas. With your money, you can buy tokens to purchase
these items or use your tokens to play fun games. All money
paid will be going to charity, so you can have fun whilst
helping others.
“At King’s, we believe that
Christmas is all about giving
back to each other and
appreciating what others have
done for us”.
Morgan Leigh, from Year 9 Tudor, is helping to organise the
event and says, "The Christmas Fayre will be really fun and
get the school together for a good cause." Students have
chosen which charities to fundraise for”.
The event will be held on Wednesday 5th December 2-4pm
and students, Sixth Form and staff will have the opportunity
to visit during enrichment.
We hope to see you there with your Christmas spirit!
Please note that due to GCSE mock examinations, unfortunately
this event is now only open to King’s pupils and staff.

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THE GARDENING CLUB IS BRANCHING OUT!
The Year 8 pupils who are currently part of Gardening Club for their Wednesday afternoon enrichment sessions had the
privilege of planting 105 trees on the schools grounds last week! These trees were donated by the Woodland Trust,
though they are currently very small indeed, in a few years time they will be producing fruit that we will the use in the
school kitchen. Pupils learnt how to plant a tree and found out about a few species of edible fruit most had never heard of
before.
Here’s a little about the trees you will see growing in the grounds:
Rowan– this produces berries which are suitable for cooking and putting in jellies for flavouring.
Elder– elderberries are used for making wine, crumbles, jellies and pies and the elderflower is used for wines and
cordials.
Crab apple– the apples from this tree are usually cooked first and then added to anything which needs an apple
flavouring.
Blackthorn– this tree produces fruit called sloes which are used to make jams or gin.
Dog rose– this produces rose hips which are used for jellies, jam, bread and wines.
Cherry– this one is a little more familiar as we’ve all had many things flavoured by juicy cherries!
Thanks also to Mrs. Bowden, one of our parent volunteers, and a few extra very keen pupils, who, in their own time,
have helped us get a lot of these trees into the ground before they dried out!
We are looking forward to tasting the fruits of our labour (literally) in the future!
Mr. Walker

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At King’s we place our ASPIRE values at the heart of everything we do.
This Learning Cycle we focus on our value of SELF AWARENESS.
We will discuss self awareness every day and we endeavour to make this
relevant to our students by relating the values to issues that are affecting
our young people.
Every year group has a lesson a week in Character – here we look at
Personal, Social, Moral and Economic (PSHE) areas. For example, the
topics covered this Learning Cycle include;
Year 7 - Fact vs Fantasy (radicalisation and staying safe online).
Year 8 – Making wise and healthy choices (peer pressure, smoking and the
law around anti social behaviour).
Year 9 – My mental health and identity (gender stereotypes, self harm and
worries, resilience online and face to face).
Year 10 – My community and British Values (democracy, migration,
religion in Britain and human rights).
Year 11 – Self aware of my health (drugs, legal highs, alcohol and stress).
Topics we will also discuss in assemblies include;
1) British Values and my country- Parliament Week
2) Am I kind and self aware? Anti-bullying Week
3) Awareness on the roads in Winter - Road Safety Week
4) Am I aware of those around me? Understanding spirituality and religion
5) Aware of my future- King’s Sixth Form
How can people support our
Character focus?
Discuss the topics above around the dinner
table. What do you all know? Don't hesitate
to ask in school if you want to know more!
Encourage each other to show the values – for
students that could mean completing your
Character Passport (Y7/8) or Duke of
Edinburgh Awards.
If any parents have a field of expertise, through
your job or studies, and you would like to
support Character at King’s, please contact
n.burrows@kingswarrington.com
Pictured left:
Sixth Form
Pupil and
ASPIRE Coach
Katey,
discussing
cyber-bullying
with pupils
during
anti-bullying
week.

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This year the UK celebrated the 100 year anniversary of women
successfully securing the vote. To mark this great occasion and
to educate our pupils about Parliament today we hosted
Parliament Day on Thursday.
All staff were asked to attend school in purple, green or white on
Thursday as a mark of respect to the Suffragette cause. This led
to animated conversation amongst pupils and teachers about the
history of the Suffragette party and current women's rights
around the world. The kitchen's also marked the occasion by
creating a special purple, green and white lunch.
7 Normandy blazed the trail ahead by organising a student
referendum open to the entire school. To keep it topical, the key
question posed to pupils and staff was 'Should Britain leave the
EU?'. Needless to say that this topic caused a lot of excitement
and ignited conversation around the school for the week. As the
topic has been widely covered by the press lately, it was a
brilliant topic for our students to research and form their own
informed opinion on.
To make the voting experience as authentic as possible we
replicated the real ballot card which was used in the public in
2016. 7 Normandy also erected a registration desk and voting
booths to ensure that each pupil had one vote (and one vote
only) and could vote privately. All 116 votes were also diligently
counted by 7 Normandy.
The final results were:
88 votes to remain in the EU
28 votes to leave the EU
This was an eye opening experience to all pupils who got to
experience a real vote before they reach 18 and prompted greater
interest in politics and world events around the school. Who
knows, perhaps we have a future Prime Minister in the making!
Ms. Hannah

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Spread your Christmas sparkle inter-house competition
Help us to raise money for our chosen charity, Brainwave, by designing and creating your own Christmas Decoration. You can use
a variety of materials including clay, paper, paint, glitter, and be sure to make them as festive as possible! The competition is £1
per entry and will go towards Brainwave Charity.
The deadline for entries is Monday 3rd December and the prize will be a chocolate hamper and 650 monarchs!
You also get 100 monarchs just for entering!
We chose Brainwave charity because we believe that everyone deserves a warm, fun-filled Christmas time. Unfortunately, some
children aren’t lucky enough to have a Christmas like we do. We also chose Brainwave because we want to help children with
disabilities have a great Christmas like we do.
For more information, please speak to Katie Johnson, Grace Collopy or Miss Taylor.
We can’t wait to see your entries!

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It's that time of year again when staff compete to win
the departmental Christmas Tree competition! Every
department has the opportunity to create a Christmas
tree which reflects the department who made it and
then the entries will be displayed around school and
pupils will vote on which one they like the best! We had
several great entries last year and the Chemistree (from
the science department) won the vote! I wonder who is
going to win this year... can anyone knock science from
the top spot? We will find out in a few weeks time just
before the end of term so keep reading the newsletter
for this year's entries!
Here’s a reminder of some of last years entries!
Mr. Walker

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King’s
Tweets

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Revision Guest Article by Mr Barker
Over the next six weeks, we will be featuring an infographic from the Learning Scientists. So who are they?
The Learning Scientists are cognitive psychological scientists interested in research on education. Their main research
focus is on the science of learning and how we can help pass this message onto pupils as well as parents.
Their vision is to make scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers, and other educators.
Following a highly successful year 11 & 13 consultation evening, we wanted to share their great work and hopefully,
you can move away from poor revision strategies (reading, highlighting and copying out) and closer towards
those that have been scientifically proven to you learn.
Here is their blog for parents:
http://www.learningscientists.org/blog?category=For+Parents
Here is their blog for pupils:
http://www.learningscientists.org/blog?category=For+Students
Here is there blog for teachers:
http://www.learningscientists.org/blog?category=For+Teachers

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This week we spoke to Miss Batley, Geography teacher at King’s…
Did you have a flight path?
I have always known I would like to have a career in education.
I have a passion for learning and knew I wanted to share that
passion with others. From a young age I aspired to be a primary
school teacher and took every opportunity I could to help me
achieve that goal, from workshops run by universities to
co-running catechism classes at my church and volunteering. I
volunteered in a school each summer from Year 10 onwards
and the skills and confidence gained were further embedded
through my part time job. During my GCSEs and A-levels I
was involved in my school charity (Afritwin) where part of the
experience included the opportunity to teach in South Africa.
The experience was invigorating and I began to consider
secondary education due to my passion for geography.
I undertook a geography degree at the University of Hull where
I continued volunteering. Following my degree I continued
with my ambition to become a high school teacher and gained
employment as a Teaching Assistant so I could gain more
secondary school experience and develop my knowledge and
skills for my future career. I became a geography teacher after
undertaking a PGCE at Liverpool Hope University; finally
achieving the dream I had been working towards. I can’t wait to
see what the future holds!
What inspires you?
Every day I am inspired by the pupils and other teachers. Their
aspiration for themselves and others drive the school and is
embedded in their ethos. As an individual it was my grandad
who inspired me the most. He loved the outdoors and
encouraged stretch, challenge and hard work. He taught me so
many things, with the most important being that you should
always look for the positives rather than concentrating on the
negatives. He encouraged me to be brave and strive for what I
want but he also taught me that it was ok to fail. Finally he
taught me the value of respect, integrity and giving back to my
community. Every day I strive to live by his example.
Are you involved in any extra-curricular activities?
I run the Duke of Edinburgh enrichment for Year 8 to prepare
them for Year 9 when they have the opportunity partake in it. I
think it is a great way for pupils to learn new skills, stay healthy
and give back to their community, all of which are valued by
employers. I enjoy walking and travelling. I have a long list of
places I aspire to visit and they are slowly being ticked off. I
have always enjoyed volunteering both in and out of school and
look forward to giving back to my community again soon.

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What drew you to King’s?
I was drawn to King’s by the fantastic reputation the school had in the area. After researching the school I was inspired by the
ASPIRE code and the goals that the school had for its pupils. Joining the school as a trainee teacher, I was blown away by the
endeavour and aspirations of the pupils. I knew the ASPIRE code spoke to me on many levels but what was amazing to see was
that all the pupils were invested in the code as well. The best thing about King’s is how dedicated it is in each pupil’s future
beyond what grade they will achieve at GCSE.
What is your greatest achievement?
My greatest achievement was qualifying as a teacher after all the hard work and effort I have invested over the years.
What is your favourite part of the King’s day?
My favourite part of the King’s day is time spent with my form. They are a fantastic group of people and I am so lucky to be
their Form Tutor. I love going to family dining and learning about their day and any interesting things they have been taught.
Family dining and form time is a great way to learn about students’ interests outside of school and see their passion for learning
even after they have left the classroom.
Have you learnt anything new since starting at King’s?
Every day I learn something new, that is the beauty of education. I am constantly amazed by how much I have continued to learn
since arriving at King’s, not just from other members of staff but also students. Through social media, pupils have access to a
whole other platform of skills and knowledge that they gain without realising and it is amazing when this information pops up in
discussions about current topics they are studying.
“Joining the school as a trainee
teacher, I was blown away by the
endeavour and aspirations of the
pupils.”

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King’s Term Time Calendar
GCSE Awards ceremony 28th November 2018
Year 11 & 13 Mock Examinations 3rd-13th December 2018
Wednesday 19th December End of Term– school closes for Christmas 12.30pm
Thursday 3rd January School Re-opens
YEAR 11 MOCK EXAMINATIONS TIMETABLE DECEMBER 2018
Date Session Subject
Monday 3 rd December
Tuesday 4 th December
Wednesday 5 th December
Thursday 6 th December
Friday 7 th December
Monday 10 th December
Tuesday 11 th December
Wednesday 12 th December
Thursday 13 th December
am
English Literature
pm History Paper 1
am Maths Paper 1
pm Chemistry Paper 1
am Geography Paper 1
pm Biology Paper 1
am Physics Paper 1
pm
am
pm
am
Creative Option
Spanish – Reading/Writing
GCSE PE
English Language
pm Geography Paper 2
am
French – Reading/Writing
pm Chemistry Paper 2
am Maths Paper 2
pm Biology Paper 2
am History Paper 2
pm Physics Paper 2

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YEAR 13 MOCK EXAMINATIONS TIMETABLE DECEMBER 2018
Date Session Subject
Monday 3 rd December
Tuesday 4 th December
Wednesday 5 th December
Thursday 6 th December
am
pm Maths Paper 1
am
pm
Computing & English Language
History Paper 1 & Music
Geography
am Drama & Chemistry Paper 1
pm Maths Paper 2
am
English Literature & PE
pm Biology Paper 1
Friday 7 th December am Physics Paper 1
Monday 10 th December
Tuesday 11 th December
am Chemistry Paper 2
pm
English Literature
am Physics Paper 2
pm Biology Paper 2
Wednesday 12 th December
am
History Paper 2
Arrangements for the last day of term
This year the Academy closes on Wednesday 19th December at 12pm and students will be allowed to leave the
premises at this time. If students need to stay on site for lunch, the refectory will be available until 12.30pm. After
this time, school will be closed for Christmas and will re-open on Thursday 3rd January.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support this year and wish you a very
Happy Christmas.
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