22nd November Nl

22 November 2019
Inside this Issue:
Important Year 11
Dates
Tweets of the week
Fixtures
Mock exam dates
Operation Christmas
Child Outcome
Christmas Carol
Next issue: 6th December 2019

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CONTENTS
Important Year 11 Dates Page 3
Tweets of the Week Page 4-5
Sport Fixtures Page 6 -7
Recommended Reads Page 8-9
Frankenstein Theatre Trip Page 10
Operation Christmas Child Page 11
Christmas Drama Production Page 12
Christmas Carol Page 13
Year 11 & 13Mock Exams Page 14-15
Learning cycle in character Page 16-17
Online Safety Poster Page 18-19
Term Date Calendar Page 20
Sports Fixtures
Christmas Carol and drama
production
Mock Exams

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Important Year 11
Dates!!
Year 11 Leavers’ CLASS 2019 GCSE Awards evening
Wednesday 27th November 2019.
Year 11 Class 2020 Prom date: Thursday 25th June
2020 at Statham lodge Hotel, letters will be provided
soon to parents with more details.

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Monday 25th November Y9 Badminton
at Cardinal Newman (3pm)
Tuesday 26th November Y7 rugby at
home to Moorside (3:15pm Kick off)
Wednesday 27th November Y7 Netball
tournament @ Boteler/G Sankey SB
and Y11 Football vs Bury College
Wednesday 4th December Y8 Girls
football tournament @ Culcheth

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Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl is
the real diary of a teenage girl that begins
on Anne’s 13th birthday (12 June 1942)
when she gets a diary. It tells the story of
her family who live in Frankfurt, Germany
and suddenly have to go into hiding as a
result of Hitler and the Nazi Party’s
treatment of Jews in Europe during the
second world war. They escape to
Amsterdam where they go into hiding
with other Jews. The diary ends suddenly
on 1 August 1944.
There are many important messages in
this book, but the most important
message is that all people have the right
to live in freedom. Anne’s story shows us
that just because people may be a
different religion or race, doesn’t mean
that they should be treated differently.
The terrible treatment of Jewish people
during the war has shown this. Her diary
shows us things that people don’t think
about now, for example how every day the
people in hiding worried about maybe
being found and punished.

In her recent book of essays, Negotiating
with the Dead, Margaret Atwood analyses the
unique power of the fictional terrain where
voice is still heard beyond death. Using Alice
Through the Looking Glass as one of her
analogies, she says: "The act of writing takes
place at the moment when Alice passes
through the mirror. At this one instant... Alice
is neither here nor there, neither art nor life,
neither the one thing nor the other, though at
the same time she is all of these at once. At
that moment time itself stops, and also
stretches out, and both writer and reader
have all the time not in the world."
"My name was Salmon, like the fish, first
name Susie," it disarmingly begins. "I was 14
when I was murdered on December 6, 1973..
It was still back when people believed things
like that didn't happen." Susie Salmon,
whose bones are shut in an old safe and
sunk in quicksand by her neighbour Mr Harvey,
spends the book watching and narrating,
from her perfect adolescent heaven, the
tale of her loss and the rupture her murder
brings about in the lives of her family, her
killer and her friends. They are characters
from an above-average TV movie inhabiting
this new "ground zero" - the sharp-witted sister,
the distracted mother, the too-hurt father,
the ethnic boy, the life-is-tough adolescent
girl, the oddball murderer, the tipsy tooebullient
grandmother and the crumpled,
touched-by-tragedy detective.

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On Thursday 14th November our wonderful Year 10 and Year
11 drama students attended a performance of 'Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein' at the Liverpool Playhouse Theatre. The
performance was fantastic and really encapsulated the horror
of gothic literature and dramatic performance! All of our
students thoroughly enjoyed the performance and were very
brave during the scary moments (unlike Mr Bowden, Mrs
Randle and Mr Blythe who were very very scared!)
This performance will benefit our students as they progress in
their BTECs as it has given them some unique and creative
ideas for their devised performances as well as being a strong
resource to reflect upon in their written coursework.
All students were praised by the Playhouse Theatre staff after
the performance for their outstanding professionalism and
focus during the show!
Yet another example of our wonderful students doing us
proud in the community and beyond!

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Between us all, we handed in 124 shoeboxes that have been collected
this morning! Well done and a huge thank you to everyone who helped
by donating empty boxes, items to be put in the boxes or indeed full
shoeboxes! These are now already on their way to various places
around the world and will be making a huge difference to lots of children
who do not have anywhere near as much as we do!
We also raised a total of £172.16 through our bake sale last week
which has gone towards the cost of transporting these shoeboxes
abroad so again, thanks to those who supported that!
Thanks to every form who worked together to hand in lots of completed
shoeboxes, though there can be only one winner of the £30 pizza hut
voucher... even working it out proportionally to take into consideration
smaller forms in upper school, the winning form with a massive 27
boxes is 9 Tudor!!! Miss Logan will be treating you to pizza in the near
future! Well done!!!!

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Are you feeling festive?....What better way to get into the
Christmas spirit than to see the most famous Christmas tale
ever told performed right here at Kings!
Our very talented Year 9 BTEC students are putting together
their own special take on the Charles Dicken’s classic and they
would love you to come along.
Adding their own creative spin on the story, our students are
working extremely hard to create a magical, heart warming and
dynamic adaptation of A Christmas Carol.
So please come along and support this event. As well as being
thoroughly entertained by our talented bunch of students, you
will also be spoilt with some Christmas treats at the end!
Performances are on 10th and 11th December at 6pm and
tickets are just £7 each (this includes your performance ticket
and treats at the end of the show!) Tickets are now on sale at
reception and student services!
We all look forward to seeing you there!

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At King’s we place our ASPIRE values at the heart of everything we do. This Learning Cycle
we will focus on our value of SELF AWARENESS.
We will discuss what it means to be self aware with our actions, motives and beliefs. We will
relate this to our strengths and weaknesses alongside looking at how the outside world functions
in comparison to our world. We will encourage students to be self aware about their
feelings and mental health. We will also look at pressures and how to be aware of influence.
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 – Being self aware of how I can be influenced; Understanding different faiths and radicalisation.
Online safety and fake news.
Year 8 – Being self aware of the impact of my choices; The rule of law and risky behaviours.
Year 9 – Being self aware of my mental health; knowing and understanding who I am, gender
stereotypes, looking after my health/thoughts and resilience.
Year 10 – Being self aware of my wellbeing; sexual health and intimacy, anxiety and stress.
Year 11 – Being self aware of my overall health; cancer, NHS services, drugs and legal highs.
Year 12&13 – Being self aware in the outside world; Social action, feminism and tolerance.
Topics we will also discuss in assemblies include;
1) Mutual Respect and Remembrance
2) Self Aware with others; Anti Bullying Month.
3) World Religions
4) Being aware of my future; What is my flight path?

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.
ff 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
Our Character curriculum can be found on our website but if you would like to see more of
our teaching resources please contact r.hannah@kingswarrington.com

The Internet can be wonderful for students They can use it to research school reports, communicate with
teachers and other students, and play interactive games.
However, online access also comes with risks, like inappropriate content, cyberbullying, and people they meet
online who may not be genuine. Using apps and websites where students interact, these people may pose as
a child or teen looking to make a new friend. They might prod the child to exchange personal information, such
as address and phone number, or encourage students to call them, seeing their phone number via caller ID.
Parents should be aware of what their kids see and hear on the Internet, who they meet, and what they share about themselves. Talk with your
kids, use tools to protect them, and keep an eye on their activities
Online Protection Tools
Online tools let you control student access to adult material and help protect them from Internet predators. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) provide
parent-control options. You can also get software that helps block access to sites and restricts personal information from being sent online. Other programs
can monitor and track online activity.
Getting Involved in Students Online Activities
More important than blocking objectionable material is teaching our students safe and responsible online behaviour, and keeping an eye on their Internet use.
The school covers topics like this throughout the ASPIRE curriculum, often during the times when students are not in school issues can arise.
Basic guidelines to share with your child for safe online use:
Follow the family rules, and those set by the Internet service provider.
Never post or trade personal pictures.
Never reveal personal information, such as address, phone number, or school name or location.
Use only a screen name and don't share passwords (other than with parents).
Never agree to get together in person with anyone met online without parent approval and/or supervision.
Never respond to a threatening email, message, post, or text.
Always tell a parent or other trusted adult about any communication or conversation that was scary or hurtful.
As students get older, it gets a little trickier to monitor their time spent online. They may carry a smartphone with them at all times. They probably want — and
need some privacy. This is healthy and normal, as they're becoming more independent from their parents. The Internet can provide a safe "virtual"
environment for exploring some newfound freedom if precautions are taken. Talking about the sites and apps teens use and their online experiences will raise
awareness. Discuss the dangers of interacting with strangers online and remind them that people online don't always tell the truth. Explain that passwords are
there to protect against things like identity theft. They should never share them with anyone, even a boyfriend, girlfriend, or best friend.
Taking an active role in your kids' Internet activities helps ensure that they benefit from them without being exposed to the potential dangers.

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King’s Term Time Calendar
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November 2019
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
4 Term begins 5 6 7Y11&Y13 Consultation
evening
8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 1
December 2019
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Year 11&13
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Mock exams
start
Christmas
Christmas Carol
Mock
9 10 Carol drama
11 drama
12 13 14 15
Performance
Performance 6pm
6pm
Exams end
16 17 18 19 20 Term Ends 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31 1 2 3 4 5