Newsletter - April 2021

VOL. 6
APRIL 2021
KING'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY,
WARRINGTON
Monthly Newsletter of King's Leadership Academy, Warrington
NEWS &
FEATURES
#IfChloeCan
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Super Leaning
Afternoons
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Ground breaking
research
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Leadershiop Days
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Oracy
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Springing into Spring 2021
SUPER LEARNING AFTERNOONS IN 2021
As spring awakens, so does our sense of
adventure here at Kings. Throughout
March we have packed our curriculum
full of activity and adventure. From
super learning days to leadership days
our pupils have been running at full
pace, reflecting our ASPIRE values to the
core.
This month we have featured many of
our budding pupil writers as feature
editors to share their own experiences
this term.

#IfChloeCan
"Developing
skills such as
problem
solving, goal
setting and
self
exploration."
BY NATASHA BOYER
We have been lucky enough to be selected to
work with the charity If Chloe Can - which
helps to prepare girls for the challenges of
life. If Chloe Can is a workshop where we
can talk to MP's on a zoom call On the zoom
calls MP's tell you tips on how to boost your
confidence and you learn about successful
people who have reached their goals. This
experience helped me consider my
aspiration and achievements.
Founded in 2013, If Chloe Can has been
working successfully with secondary schools
across the country supporting young girls by
offering them advice on career planning,
workshops to develop skills in problem
solving, goal setting, self-exploration, and
creative thinking along with the
collaborative working and networking
skills that will be so crucial in all aspects of
our future life and work.
KING'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

#IfChloeCan continued
"Showcasing
successful
female role
models for
the next
generation".
BY NATASHA BOYER
The charity was created by the founder,
Esther McVey, with the aim of working with
young women who wished to have access to
successful female role models which has
been an issue throughout history. Today, the
task is spread the success of empowered
women and inspire the next generation of
young female role models in powerful
positions across almost all walks of life.
Specifically tailored to the needs of girls in
Years 8 and 9 our Confidence, Assertiveness
& Resilience workshop training helps to
develop critical personal skills.
We have guest speakers each week including
one of the Doctors who helped to created
the Covid vaccine at Oxford University!
KING'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Super Learning Afternoons
Y7-10
Y7 SLA- By Shay Worrall
On Super Learning Afternoon we met
Terry Caffrey, a performance poet,
and it was a exciting experience. We
made poems and participated in his
performances. We learnt on that day
that poetry is not boring and can be
very fun and interesting . The King’s
value I think we showed the most was
endeavour because we really did put
all we had into the poems we created.
"An exciting
experience..
.poetry can
be very fun
and
interesting"
Y8 SLA - By Charlie Philips
During Super Learning Afternoon, we
had a zoom meeting with the MP for
Warrington, where she told us what
happens during her time at
parliament. After learning about
debating in parliament, we made our
own in our forms. As a form we
assigned roles that would be found
inside the Houses of Parliament.
Overall, it was a good afternoon about
learning how MPs in the UK debate
concerns.
KING'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Y9 Super Learning Afternoon
Year 9 took part in Call Push Rescue training as part
of our Super Learning Afternoon last week. There
were some fantastic contributions to all of the
sessions and our students are now equipped with the
skills to support anyone in cardiac arrest. Well done
Year 9!
"By
completing
Bootcamp we
can learn
how to reach
even further
than we have
already".
Y10 Super Learning Afternoon On the super learning
afternoon the past week we had the opportunity to
have an assembly with the former 8x memory world
champion Dominic O’Brien. He went through many
tasks to show us how our memory works, for
example we made a ‘story’ including specific words
which almost acted like trigger words for our brain
to remember something else like the start of all the
elements in the periodic table. But before he showed
us the ‘trick’ of placing what we are trying to
remember in a story or trying to associate what you
are trying to remember with a familiar place we had
the chance to attempt to do it ourselves. Without a
doubt, the improvements were very clear. This links
to when he showed us the meaning of working
memory and long term memory - how fast you are to
retrieve it but also how likely you are to forget. The
main takeaway which was apparent is that when
trying to remember you have to use your
imagination so that your brain detects the oddity
and wants to remember it.
KING'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

HITTING HIGH
NOTES IN THE
SCHOOL
MUSICAL
KINGS LEADING
THE WAY AGAIN!
Please help us stay open! Kings Leadership
Academy is taking part in the COVID-19
Schools Infection Survey (SIS), this is a
national study that aims to help experts
better understand the virus, and how it is
transmitted. By being a part of this vital
national study, your participation is not only
helping experts, but is also helping us to
protect school pupils, staff and their families.
This in turn, can help reduce school closures
and further lockdowns and help keep
everyone safe from the virus. The next round
of SIS testing of pupils and staff is happening
on 25th and 26th March, it’s not too late to
sign up, just follow this link:
https://www.ocmeridian.com/Desktop/Portal/signup?
id=cisschools&referalcode=138562
and enter this number 138562.
We are so proud to
be performing the
musical 'Annie' this
summer as our
school musical. Save
the dates of Thursday
8th and Friday 9th
July. We are
fortunate to be
showcasing talent all
the way through Y7
to Sixth Form. A real
full school
collaboration! All
rehearsals are going
very smoothly and all
cast are enjoying the
production and
cannot wait to
showcase their
talents to everyone in
July.
Please watch this
space form more
information of ticket
prices and sales!

Y7 & Y8 Leadership Days
During the past month, both Year 7 and
Year 8 have been participating in
activities in place of their usual
residential. Due to Covid, this couldn’t
go ahead as normal which was a shame
but as a school, we managed to pull off
a great couple of days challenging our
students leadership, teamwork and
communication skills.
This included Virtual Reality
Experiences, Team Challenge, MTa
tasks, Orienteering, Shelter Building,
Blind Trail and the Great Egg Drop.
There was fantastic input by all
students and they really showed the
Aspire values throughout! Well done!
Living
our
values:
each
day,
every
day.
KING'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

LEADERSHIP
ASSEMBLIES
B y D r R o d r i g u e z
This year our Year 7 & 8 students have been working
extremely hard on their public speaking skills in
PPE (Public speaking, philosophy and ethics). To
showcase their endeavour the PPE teachers have
nominated the best two groups from each year to
present their speeches in assembly. This learning
cycle the following students were chosen to
present their speeches on War (Year 7) and
Abortion (Year 8) :
Year 7
Eleanor Clare, Lydia Cox, Daniel McLaughlin,
Josh Richardson, Leo Rae, Harrison Penketh and
Bradley Kiernan.
Year 8
Mia Muller, Holly Rutter, Harry Capstick, Ella
Laughton, Sienna Truelove and Lily Roberts.
We are extremely proud of the students who have
taken part this learning cycle and there will now be
an opportunity each learning cycle for students to
show off their public speaking skills.
V O L 5

King's Golden Moments so
far in 2021.
2021 has hardly been a walk in the park for us
here at King's and yet we still have had a lot to
celebrate despite the obstacles in place. Our
stoic nature runs deep within every aspect of
our school community. Here are some of our
highlights of 2021: and it's not over yet!
Amazing attendance: We all know the
challenges of home learning. Moving from
classroom to cloud was a daunting prospect
however our pupils rose to the challenge. Our
attendance remained at our usual high
standards with pupils demonstrating the
disruption had been minimal - arguably
unnoticeable!
Over Learning Cycle 3 (an entire term spent
over zoom) our school attendance average never
dipped below 97.5%! Well done everyone!
Featuring
97.5%
attendance
during a
national
lockdown
100% positive
destinations
for graduates
We have also been taking more steps than ever
to protect and support our pupils. The success
of our supportive strategies can be measured
against our 0% NEETS for this academic year,
meaning we have successfully placed all
graduating pupils within full time education,
employment or training.
Pastoral Lead Ms Aldridge has also implemented
a subtle but quick way for pupils to access
support form staff faster by ensuring this smart
shortcut is placed within every classroom.
Pupils only need to use a device to scan the
barcode and they have access to supportive
content and a direct line of communication to
our pastoral leaders.
KING'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY