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KINGSMEAD BAKE OFF TRIUMPH

As we approach the Easter

break it is good to be able to

reflect on the activities and

achievements of our students

during the last term. A

highlight for me was the

brilliant K-Fest event

organised by our sixth form

students. It always makes me

very proud to see our

students displaying their

talents and this event was no

exception. The performers

represented all ages from

Year 7 to Year 13. They were

confident and the audience

received them with well-

deserved applause in an

uplifting evening of music. I

would like to offer my

congratulations to all of our

performers and my thanks to

Miss Grice and Mrs Williams

for all the time and effort they

give to supporting them.

April

School finishes at 3.00pm—

Easter Holidays

April School opens at 9.50am

April

Y11 Media students—trip to

London

April Y8 Choices deadline

May Bank Holiday—School closed

May Y8 immunisations

May Y13 leavers photographs

May

w/c 15th external exams

commence

May Y13 leavers assembly

Dates for your diary

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Headteacher’s Foreword

Two winners of earlier rounds from each

house went through to a live final held after

school on the 8th of March in the food

technology rooms. The category chosen

was sponge cakes and the finalists had 2

hours to bake and decorate their master

piece. The cakes included victoria

sponges, chocolate cakes, caramel fudge

cake and a piñata cake. Despite a

fantastic standard there had to be an

overall winner! The three well qualified

judges were Gill and Kirsty from the

kitchen and Josh Teirnan who won the

Bake off 2 years ago. The winners

were………

1st Mia Taylor- Coppice

2nd Aine Bromley- Littleton

2nd Jeeven Bahia- Wimblebury

2nd Millie Long- Valley

3rd Josh Milakovic- Wimblebury

Well done to all the finalists and entrants of

earlier rounds.

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The SMILE team at Kingsmead successfully achieved 'The BIG Award'

from the Bullying Intervention Group in recognition of their effective

promotion of anti-bullying throughout the school. The school has

demonstrated 'best practice' in all areas explored and this a credit to the

work of our SMILE student mentors and the wider school community. A

special thanks to Miss Bayley, Mr Farrell, Miss Goodwin and Mr Truby.

Plenty to smile about...

Key Feature A Kingsmead Learner … shows creativity

Y7 English Project

The English Department have recently run a Y7 homework

project to create a game aimed at 11-12 year olds. Students

carried out market research questionnaires; potential game

ideas; design their toy; produce two adverts and evaluate

their product. There was a high standard of entries across

the year and a winner selected from each class. Special

congratulations go to

Jessica Gough who was

named overall winner for

her original project

‘shopping round the

pitch’.

K-Fest

Valley donates to Katharine House

Students in Valley House

have continued their

support of Katharine House

Hospice by becoming the

first high school students to

take part in the Hospice’s

£50 accumulator challenge.

Students were given £50 by the Hospice and had 50 days

to raise as much money as possible. The total raised was

£295.43. Students raised the money by selling ‘house’

coloured keyrings knitted by Mrs Williams.

The second annual K-Fest was held on March 14th.. This

wonderful event was planned and run entirely by Year 12

BTEC Music group. The evening saw performances from

students in all years of the school, including a fantastic

vocal & guitar performance by Rafferty Winnall, a

haunting dance piece by Ellie MacDonald and an

unforgettable rendition of ‘Anything You Can Do, I Can Do

Better’ by Portia Mills and Luke Pilsbury. Year 13 gave a

heartfelt version of ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ by Crowded

House to signify their final performance as a class.

The Year 12 Performing Arts Enrichment Group gave

their debut performance in February. The group work

together every Wednesday afternoon and had planned a

show which took the audience on a tour from the 1950s to

the present day. The evening saw a wide variety of

performances from ballads to heavy metal and tap

dancing to musical theatre! Watch this space for details of

their next exciting performance!

Through the ages

Orchestra for all

On 13th March a group of talented Kingsmead Musicians

travelled to Warwick Arts Centre, for the National

Orchestras for All project. This is an exciting scheme

involving students from all over the UK working with

professional conductors and composers. The aim is to

give musicians of all backgrounds and experience level

the chance to perform in a symphony orchestra.

43 students from Year 7-10 visited the Science Big Bang

Fair at the NEC in Birmingham. They took part in science

experiments and lectures from a range of companies

including Shell, the BBC, JCB, the Royal Entomological

Society and many more.

Big Bang Theory

A new twist on Shakespeare

Y11 Performing Arts students have found a new way of

remembering and performing tricky monologues from

Shakespeare. The students now use raps and rhythms

as a way to get the lines to sink in! This has ben highly

effective and students have been able to deliver their

lines fluently. Students are also performing with a

greater understanding. This has also been supported by

our English department.

Sixth Form Business

students had a treat

as local sole trader

Hayley Causier

came in to talk about

her business, The

Bake Pod, which

sells high end,

luxury cakes. As well as sampling some of her work, the students

gained an invaluable insight into the complexity of starting your own

business. From marketing to production, many areas of the subject

were covered giving students of real taste of what it’s like to be an

entrepreneur.

6th Form Business Students get a taste of luxury

Our popular Aim Higher Evening helped to inform Year 10 students

about the learning options available to them post 16.

A wide range of workshops were available for both the

apprenticeship and university pathways. These included how to

make successful applications and find local apprenticeships as well

as how to apply for Russell Group universities. Another highlight

for parents and students was the chance to learn about financing at

university.

At the end of the evening there was the chance to quiz current

apprentices and students who are going through the UCAS

university selection process. This gave a real flavour of what

students could do now and how they could best prepare for Year

11.

Huge congratulations

are in order for Y7

student Tessa Budworth

-Rogers. Tess has been

swimming since 2013. She gained her honours

swimming badge. She had to complete 8 front

crawl, 8 back stroke, 2 butterfly, 2 head first

surface dives, 2 feet first surface dives plus 16

lengths of any stroke...all in 20 minutes!

And the winners are...

1st Prize Gift Voucher

Marshall Stanton

2nd Prize Winners Cinema Tickets

Will Thacker & Erin Williams

Chloe Redding & Harriet Fellowes

Cameron Sproson

3rd Prize Winners Subway Voucher

Owen Baker & Liam Thomas

Sophie Holyhead & Maisie Allen

Kieron Timmins & Jack Harley

Arran Baldwin & Carter Lycett

Kynan Weaver & Kimberley Brindley

Swimming honours for Tess

Over 40 exhibitors came and spoke to parents and students at the

recent Futures Fayre. Over 400 visitors got to see a wide range of

providers and find out more about career routes. Big local

businesses like JCB, Perkins, Bri-Stor, Francesco’s, IMI-Precision

and Central Construction plus a number of universities. Feedback

from students and providers was hugely positive and a number of

companies have signed up to meet our students again later in the

year. If you are a student at Kingsmead and want impartial,

independent advice about what to do when you leave school

please contact Mrs Butler: j.butler@kingsmeadschool.net.

7b1 were shocked to find Queen

Matilda visited them recently.

They found her not only elegant

but also quite demanding! We

learnt a lot about her husband

William the Conqueror. We really

enjoyed this History lesson.

Queen Matilda visits Kingsmead

Kingsmead is going

cashless. From 24th April

all payments should be

made via ParentPay this includes trips,

ties, planners and stationery. The only

exception to this is for any trips where

there is an ongoing payment plan which

started prior to the 24th April. If you have

not activated your ParentPay account a

letter will be sent home with your log on

details. In preparation for this

changeover new items will start

appearing on your ParentPay account

under your payment items. At present

you do not need to do anything with

these items unless you are wishing to

make payment for them. Any queries

please contact Mrs Benton in the office.

Kingsmead going Cashless...

Going in to April 2017 Coppice House still remain the front runners with an impressive score of 11137, however, its now

Littleton House that have taken second place with 10137 points, overtaking Valley House in the process. There’s not that

much in it and plenty of time for things to change. Come on Kingsmead, show us that fighting spirit!

Coppice = 11137 Hayes = 8462 Uxbridge = 7251 Valley = 8919 Wimblebury = 9235

Current House Leader Board

This Valentines Day, Wimblebury

organised a love and gratitude

activity. Students from all houses

were able to purchase a heart or

leaf template in tutor time and write

a message of love or gratitude to a

friend, a relative or even a teacher!

All monies raised went to the house

charity fund.

Sporting Achievements

Over the last few weeks, we have had a fantastic array of primary liaison

events at Kingsmead, giving primary students a taste of high school life

and getting to experience new and fascinating subjects and topics!

Year 4s and 5s from St. Peters learnt how to use coding in computer

programming. We have also had Pye Green Academy visit for a ‘French

Foods’ whole day event, learning French words through poems and songs

and baking their own patch of cupcakes. We look forward to many more

events during the Summer term, including fusing Music and Geography

together for ‘places in the world’ and exploring the story of ‘Warhorse’ in

English and History!

Primary Links

Littleton = 10137

Wimblebury give back!

On the evening of Thursday 23rd March,

lots of our Y7 partied the night away at

the Y7 reward disco. This event was one

of the rewards for all Y7 students who

demonstrated that they were excellent

Kingsmead Learners and completed the

reward card challenge. From conga

lines, limbo dancing and disco moves,

our fantastic Y7 proved they know how

to have a good time!

Y7 Reward Disco

Year 9’s netballers came 3rd in the

District netball tournament.

Narrowly missing out in the final on

goal difference.

6th Form netballers beat Stafford

College, City of Stoke and TCAT in

their first ever season entering the

association of Colleges League

District trampoline—competition

Intermediate trampolind team won

gold, beginner team wone gold,

beginner B team won silver.

U15 Boys handballers—are now

through to the regional

championships after beating

Cardinal Griffin 20-8