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2017

Cedar Mount

Academy

Weekly Bulletin Half Term 6

Gorton Education Village

A reminder that our

Year 11 prom is next

Thursday 13th July @ The

Village Hotel, Ashton.

Our Prom shop is now

open and has many

fabulous dresses, suits

and accessories for you

take a look at.

Please call school to

make an appointment

to attend!

Hard Work Respect Aspiration

Points of Interest

Message from the Principal Thank you to all parents who completed the 'Parentview' online

questionnaire as part of the Ofsted Inspection this week. The Inspection has

gone very well but we cannot share the official outcome until the report is

published (in about 2 weeks’ time). Well done to all staff and students who

did brilliantly throughout the Ofsted visit. Don't forget that term will end at

lunchtime on Thursday 20th July after our end of year assembly.

Thanks as always for your support

Mr Mellen

Amsterdam Trip

Have you been keeping up to date with how our young adventurers are getting on in

Amsterdam this week?!

Don’t forget you can track the groups’ progress

via this link https://locatemytrip.uk/map/interval

and check in with their day to day activities via

our twitter handles below;

@CMAHumanities and

@CedarMountHigh

Free Saturday 15th July

Entry 11-3pm

RUSHBROOKS 1ST

BIRTHDAY BASH Opening Ceremony at 11am with performances from

RPA’s Samba band, RPA children and CMA students

performing songs from Hairspray the Musical!

Crafts * Raffle * Tombola * Stalls

Free Activities * Glitter Tattoos

Bring a picnic * BBQ food for sale

Penalty Shoot Out

We need your donations please!

Gift sets * sweets * tombola/raffle items are all much appreciated. If you can help in any way, please see Becky at Reception

Science Trip Message from DJO;

Over the last few months a

group of year 9 pupils have

been involved with an

engineering competition run by Siemens, where they had to design and build their own

rollercoaster. This competition saw CMA pitted against 24 other schools from Greater Manchester.

Through the process the pupils had to be innovative, creative and show flair as well as being

solution driven as the building

of the rollercoaster often

threw up problems. The

project has provided the

pupils with an insight into the

possible design and

engineering jobs in the future

that they may well choose to

pursue.

This week saw the final of the

competition. The event was

held at the Etihad

Manchester City Academy

Training facility as part of The

Great Science Share, where

pupils from across Greater

Manchester demonstrated

science projects that they have been working on. The

Rollercoaster Competition was very close with some

outstanding designs on display. The judging panel gave

our team a good grilling, but were also very

complementary of the design, especially the thrill factor.

Following all the positive comments from the judges and pupils from other schools our team left

with their heads held high. They have each received an Industrial Cadets Bronze award which will

allow them links to the engineering industry for years to come.

Well done Team!

Farewell from City Year UK Message from Miss Walsh;

Well, as the year comes to an end, it’s

will soon be time to say goodbye to Unity

Team.

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to

have served at Cedar Mount Academy.

Thank you to all staff for making us feel so

welcome and a part of the CMA

community. Thank you for your faith,

patience - and all the laughs!

Thank you to all of the students for

sharing with us your ups, downs and

everything in between and allowing to

us to support you.

Miss Walsh will finish on July 6th and the

team will finish on the last day of term -

make the most of the last

bit of time with the team!

Have a lovely summer, be

safe and be ready to get

your heads down again in

September. All of you are

capable of achieving

your dreams.

Wishing all of the staff &

students all the very best

for the future,

Miss Walsh &

Unity Team

EURO 2017: Reading for Pleasure and Summer Reading Challenge

Message from Miss Molloy

Sunday 16th July – Sunday 6th August 2017

Holland (7 towns and cities)

The biggest football tournament this summer is the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 in Holland. The

England Women’s football team (also known as the Lionesses) will take on 15 other great

footballing nations to find out who is the best national team in Europe. The tournament presents a

great opportunity for our students to read for pleasure.

“Literacy with the Lionesses creates opportunities for boys and girls to get behind the England

Women’s team, who, as one of the top four teams in the world, have a great chance of reaching

the final and winning the tournament.” (Tom Palmer and NLT)

The ‘live’ Euro 2017 story, Dutch Diaries: a nine- part cliffhanging story, Dutch Diaries, which will be

written live, responding to events on and off the pitch at Euro 2017.

Each part is designed to be a 10-15min read and will be written by author Tom Palmer.

Chapter one was published online on July 3.

Subsequent chapters will be published before 8.00am on July 5, 7, 10, 12,

14, 17, 19 and 20.

It is ‘live’ in that it will be written as the tournament approaches and begins. It will be about the

Lionesses and their progress in EURO 2017, but it will also feature a story line related to Anne

Frank’s diary and the house in Holland where she and her family hid from the Nazis.

Dutch Diaries will be written in the style of Dork Diaries, a very popular children’s book series, and

will be from the point of view of a girl on a school trip to Holland to visit the Anne Frank House and

watch England’s opening match.

If you’re taking part in the Reading Ahead challenge these chapters would be a

quick read and would count as 1 of your 6 reads.

You can visit CMA library to read the chapters at Student Work/Sharing/Reading/Dutch Diaries

Before school/at break/at lunchtime or after school.

Or you can read the chapters at home on your mobile phone/tablet. http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/resources/practical_resources_info/7815_uefa_womens_euro_2017

Tom Palmer is also writing a EURO 2017 blog. It features stories about the Lionesses and his research

for Dutch Diaries, which includes a trip to the Anne Frank House with his wife and daughter.

You will be able to find it at www.tompalmer.co.uk/2017.

Aya Ahmad’s review of

‘Under Attack’ wins a

Portico Sadie Massey

Award!

The Portico Sadie Massey Awards for Young Readers and Writers are dedicated

to Sadie Massey who was truly concerned with giving opportunities to young

people from all backgrounds by encouraging a lifelong connection with books.

The Awards aim to complement the work done by teachers in schools across

Greater Manchester and to celebrate a love of reading and writing that will

continue to grow throughout a young person’s life.

Aya, who is in Y9 at Cedar Mount Academy, received her PSMA certificate

and gift bag containing a £20 book token; a copy of Time Travellers and the

Crystal Dome, in which her book review of ‘Under Attack’ is published, and

some Thorntons chocolates.

CMA also received a copy of Time Travellers and the Crystal Dome for the

library and we were lucky to meet 3 of the 4 authors who had written a story in

the book – the stories are based on historic figures that frequented the Portico Library during

the 19th Century. Aya’s final sentence in her winning book review is so

profound – ‘A book should not be judged by its size

but by its ideas and message.’

The Judges Martin Griffin Melvin Burgess Fiona Hadfield Paul Morris

Tony Walsh

Quote from Aya “It was a brilliant experience

and I was really joyful and proud to represent

Cedar Mount Academy.

I was so excited to meet the judges and it

was wonderful to see and hear Tony Walsh

(aka Longfella) perform his poetry!”

Well done to the following students for

gaining the highest amount of Cedar Points

this week!

Year 7 Achievement

Points

Year 8 Achievement

Points

Year 9 Achievement

Points

Year 10 Achievement

Points

Sean

10

Daramfon

9

Daniel

8

Moise

8

Kyren

8

Awaisul

7

Yaw

7

Chelsea

11

Maheen

10

Elsie

7

Seemab

6

Isatou

6

Sahara

6

Azanul

6

Seynabou

9

Aya

7

Esohe

6

Ifaz

5

Haris

5

Rahid

5

Trisan

5

Alex

10

Ibrihim

8

Dillan

8

Khaleda

8

Mohammed

7

Ali

7

Ryaan

6

What’s on @ CMA

Cedar-Mount-Academy

@CedarMountHigh

www.youtube.com/channel/Cedar-Mount-Academy

Values Hard Work Respect Aspiration

CMA Attendance for week commencing 26th June– 70.8% (Year 11 have left)

Monday 10th July

o The Jazz Ticket Rehearsal 3pm- 6pm in MU1

Tuesday 11th July

o Yr 7 Football Coaching 3:15pm- 4:15pm

Thursday 13th July

o CMA Sports Day- Longford Park

o The Jazz Ticket Event @ RNCM

o CMA Prom @ Village Hotel

Friday 14th July

o Hairspray All Day Rehearsal

Saturday 15th July

o Rushbrook’s Birthday Bash- Performances by CMA

Weekly Word Search

It’s that time of the week again! Let’s see how good you are at

solving this week’s word search. The first person from KS3 lunch and

the first person from KS4 lunch to take their completed word search

to Student Services will get a sweet treat! Good luck!