20th December 2019.New

20th December 2019
Inside this Issue:
• Revision Tips
• Recommended reads
• Christmas Tree
Competition
• Tweets of the week
• Year 10 and 12
Consultation evening
• 12 Social Media
Online tips.
Next issue: 17th January 2019

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CONTENTS
Year 10 and 12 Consultation evening Page 3
Festive week at King’s Page 4-5
Tweets of the week Page 6-7
Revision ideas Page 8-9
Recommended reads Page 10-11
Christmas Fayre Page 12-13
King’s Christmas tree competition Page 14-15
Learning cycle in character Page 16-17
E-safety posters Page 18-19
Term Calendar Page 29
ON THE COVER
• Ian McEwan—Machines like me
book
• Revision Tips
• Department Christmas Tree
Competition

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Important ear 11
Dates!!
Year 11 Leaver’s 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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On Tuesday the 17th of December Mr Ierston received
a festive letter from Parents alongside a gift of baubles
which state the 6 family values that they follow at
home, inspired by King’s aspire code.
They believe that the 6 following values are key to the
family’s everyday life!
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Fun– Creates a positive setting.
Ask– Don’t refrain from asking if you’re worrying.
M Making memories– They stay with you forever!
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L
Y
Influence– To always be positive.
Laughter– Always be happy!
Yourself– Always be true to yourself.

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Important ear 11
Dates!!
Year 11 Leaver’s 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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The prize-winning author of Behind the Scenes at the
Museum, Life After Life and most
recently Transcription also publishes crime novels
featuring Jackson Brodie, a retired copper who works as
a private investigator. Big Sky is the fifth of these.
It reintroduces several characters from previous
outings: here’s young Reggie Chase from book three,
for instance, all grown up and working as a police
officer; here, too, is the slinky Russian honeytrap
Tatiana; and here’s Brodie’s glum, on-again-but-mostlyoff-again
girlfriend Julia. But the book works fine on its
own, as all good crime series novels must.
There’s an excellently sinister opening – in a sort of precredits
sequence, eastern European sisters Nadja and
Katja are Skyping with the representative of an
employment agency called Anderson Price Associates,
who is arranging to fly them to the UK to take up jobs in
high-end hospitality. Sure enough, with the Skype
connection severed, we learn that the swanky offices
they can see behind “Mr Price” are a stage set.
The opening chapters are full of little feints and teases.
There’s the leisurely way in which the fates of Nadja and
Katja are left undiscussed. Brodie sees a young girl
climbing into a strange car and being driven off. There’s
a near-drowning. A trophy wife gets the feeling that
someone is following her. And yet, at least to start with,
we’re firmly in the ordinary world of suburban golf
bores, seaside attractions in one-horse northern towns
and a disaffected private detective, dog and sullen
teenage son in tow. In a way, this is one of the novel’s
most serious jokes. Atkinson roasts the old chestnut of
“the banality of evil” by introducing us to evildoers in
the round: their small vanities, their pragmatism, their
affection for their families and loyalty to their friends.

Machines Like Me, Ian McEwan’s new novel, also turns
in part on the Falklands conflict, eternalising a version
of that year’s events, though in the book’s fictional
world things have turned out rather differently.
In the 1982 of the novel, the British navy sails from
Portsmouth with calamitous results. A devastating
Argentinian attack ends the war abruptly and the
Falklands become Las Malvinas. The humiliation of
defeat forces Margaret Thatcher from office, brings a
very different politician to power, and triggers the
country’s unexpected departure from Europe. This
political and social upheaval feels like both
reminiscence and prophecy. The counterfactual 1982
of the novel plays variations on our historical record
and contains clear allusions to the present. “Only the
Third Reich and other tyrannies decided policies by
plebiscites and generally no good came from them,”
the narrator reminds the inhabitants of postreferendum
Britain.
More pertinently for the plot, another marked
difference from history is that the United Kingdom of
this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of
having been hounded to death for his homosexuality,
the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded. His
pioneering work in artificial intelligence has led to a
series of technological breakthroughs: the result is
that the latest and most expensive device in consumer
electronics is “a manufactured human with plausible
intelligence and looks, believable motion and shifts of
expression”. One of the first people to part with
£86,000 is the novel’s narrator, self-confessed AI nerd
Charlie Friend: “Robots, androids, replicates were my
passion.”

On Wednesday, the King's sports hall became the
venue for the Christmas Fair! This was run jointly
by the gardening and volunteering enrichment
groups who worked for weeks on making crafts,
organising stalls and planning how we could
make money for charity. It was attended by
various staff and all pupils from across the
school who were able to enjoy a selection of
games and raffles, buy plants, wreaths, food and
drinks and even decorate their own Christmas
cards. Lots of money was raised for Operation
Christmas Child (to allow the shoeboxes we put
together over the last few months to be sent
abroad) and also for the King's garden so we can
continue what we are doing throughout the year
outside. Thank you to everyone who attended
and especially to those who worked hard to make
each and every stall a success! We're already
looking ahead to the Summer Fair and the
exciting things we will be doing as part of that!
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Various departments around school have been getting very festive over the last few week’s as the
departmental Christmas tree competition entered full flow. We had quite a few entries which are all
shown below along with an interesting selection of names that were submitted alongside the photos.
The staff and pupils were all able to vote on which they liked the best and I have great pleasure in
announcing the winning tree for Christmas 2019 is The Lava Tree. Well done to the Geography
department and we look forward to seeing who is going to win next year!
The Data Tree
Miss Vernon’s Tree
The Electricitree
The Arty Art Tree

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The Lava-Tree
(Geogratree)
The Maintenance
Tree
Miss Hannah’s Tree
The Tree of Code

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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December 2019
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 Christmas Carol 11 Christmas Carol 12 13 Mock 14 15
drama
drama
Performance 6pm Performance 6pm
Exams end
16 17 18 19
Term Ends
20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
December January 2020 2019
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
26 37 48 59 610 711 812
Term Begins
913 10 14 11 15 12 16 13 17 14 18 15 19
Y10 and y12
16 20 17 21 18 22 19 23 20 24 21 25 22 26
Consultation
day
23 27 24 28 25 29 26 30 27 31 28 29
30 31