Dates for your Diary:

Sunday 27th November –Christmas Craft & Gift Fair

Thursday 1st December – Parents’ Forum 6.30pm

Thursday 8th December – Christmas Charity Concert 6pm

Friday 9th December – KESA Friends Bingo night

Thursday 15th December – Celebration Evening

Parent Bulletin Friday, 25th November 2016

Attendance

As you know the school has an automatic school gate that closes at 8.35am. The automatic gates are

there to keep our students safe. Students are expected to be on the school premises before the school

gate closes and they expected to be lined up outside their lesson one room just before 8.45am.

The vast majority of our students are punctual and this is, in part, due to the support we receive from

parents/carers. A small number of students have been arriving late, which means they are joining lesson

one late and interrupting the learning of others.

As a school we are determined that teaching and learning goes on without unnecessary interruptions. We

also believe that been punctual to school is an important life lesson, which we endeavour to instil in our

students.

There are many reasons why students have been late to school. The most frequent reasons given by

students for been late to school include :-

Over slept

Dropping off younger siblings

Having breakfast at subway or going to Tesco’s

Traffic

Whatever the reason for been late the consequence, for the student, is that they miss out on learning and

by joining a class late interrupt the learning of others, which is not acceptable. Fortunately this is the

minority of students at KESA. However, we are determined to have NO lates and no interruptions and I

therefore ask all Parents/Carers to support us in our efforts.

Thank you,

Shaun Ibbitson

Attendance Lead

Love your Library

The Christmas Mini-Challenge!

This year there’s an extra-special competition running over the winter holidays

Easy peasy right?!

All students have to do is read any three books you like between now and 9 January 2017, right a review

for each book and hand them to Mrs Potter (Librarian) by Friday 13 January 2017. Each entrant will

receive a draw ticket which will be drawn on Friday 20 January.

Prize will be a book of their choice.

Accelerated Reader

As Christmas is approaching, you may want to buy your son/daughter books. http://www.arbookfind.co.uk

can help you choose books that will improve their reading levels. They will be able to take a quiz on each

book which will go on to their record at school.

New books:

MY Yr 7+ A Horse called Hero by Sam Angus UY Yr 9+ Marly’s Ghost by David Levithan

To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix Other Girl by Nichole Burstein

Paper Weight by Meg Haston Breakdown by Sarah Mussi

And many more…

Opening Times: 8:15 am – 4:00 pm

Leading the way with Literacy

ART Literacy Star of the week:

The Art department have nominated the following students for outstanding literacy skills – well

done! Names will be put forward for prizes!

Writing: Megan Adair Speaking / Listening: Tyler Boswell Reading: Rhiannon Emblem

2017 Costa Children’s Book Award:

Costa have announced the shortlist for the 2017 Costa Children’s Book Award. From over one hundred

books submitted, four books have made it onto the shortlist. Alongside multi-million selling author

Francesca Simon are Brian Conaghan, and debut authors Patrice Lawrence and Ross Welford. This

year’s judges are author Cressida Cowell, writer and journalist Anna James, and Steven Pryse of Pickled

Pepper Books.

November Awareness days:

Want to earn extra achievement points/certificates...maybe even win prizes? Then select one of the

following November awareness dates and create a literacy based activity such as; a poster (artwork),

information booklet or create a presentation power-point to raise awareness. Submit entries to Miss

Ritson (F1) or the library.

•Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night) •World Science Day For Peace & Development •World Kindness Day •Remembrance Sunday

•Anti-Bullying Week •International Education Week, British Council •World Philosophy Day •Carers Rights Day •World Vegan Day

CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION FOR 11-18 YEAR-OLDS:

Become engaged, enthused and inspired to write, no matter your age or ability, with Welcome to

Wonderland! Create a fictional world before writing a mini saga, a story in just 100 words, inspired by your

world. Will you create a parallel universe, re-write history, opt for sci-fi or fantasy realms, or perhaps a

post-apocalyptic world will spark your creativity? Speculative fiction is a portal to wherever students'

imaginations take them…..https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/wonderland/

Year 7 – Mrs Stonach

Attendance form of the week last week goes to 7W for a fantastic attendance of 99.2% - well done them!

On the whole however, attendance for year 7 has fallen this week and I am keen to stress the importance

of pupils being in as much as possible. I understand that there are a few bugs going around at the

moment, but most pupils are fine to stay in school with the odd cough or sniffle.

Student of the week last week went to Max Dixon for collecting the most vivos. Well done to Max and

everyone on the top 10 list.

Form achievement of the week this week is awarded to 7A – well done everyone and keep up the hard

work.

Yesterday 95 yr7 pupils went on a trip to London to see the Railway Children at King’s Cross Theatre. It was a really good adaptation and the pupils really enjoyed themselves – well worth a visit for any fan.

College of West Anglia Praise

Molly Brown Level 2 Child Development Good contribution to lessons

Rebecca Denney Level 2 Child Development Top marks on last 2 assessments

Hannah Denney Level 2 Child Development Top marks on last 2 assessments

Alina Orlova Level 2 Child Development Top marks on last 2 assessments

Della Pratt Level 2 Child Development Top marks on last 2 assessments

Ilga Aleksejeva Level 2 Hair and Beauty For being such a good salon manager

Year 9 – Mrs Cole Last week's guest appearance is repeated again this week. It was great to see a larger than average attendance at parent's evening on Thursday night. There was a real buzz around the main hall. It is always heartening to see so such support from parents towards our young learners. If you were unable to make parents evening, and would like to see someone about your child's progress, then please e-mail Mrs Cole julie.cole@kesacademy.co.uk or Mr Barker Congratulations to this weeks achievement top 10. Keep up the good work! Charlie Brame 9N 95 Sara Polcz-Teglas 9A 90 Mollie Thorpe 9N 80 Inga Aleksejeva 9A 80 Laura Zigunova 9E 70 Tegan Chatland 9W 65 Jade Smalley 9A 65 Bailey Took 9W 60 Aiste Drablyte 9G 55 Harvey Greer 9W 55 Courtney Wheatley 9K 50

Have a good weekend.

Mr Robinson

Year 8 – Mrs Lees

We are at the mid point of this term already, and year 8 students are still displaying a solid work ethic and energy for their studies, which has really been reflected in their reports we sent home last week. Well done Year 8. Please do be in touch if you have any queries about reports. Emma.lees@kesacademy.co.uk or our Academic Standards Leader Mr Chung lang.chung@kesacademy.co.uk. ATTENDANCE “Attendance Matters, Every Day Counts” We really do need to strive for improvement with Year 8 attendance, which currently stands at 93.8% (School target is 96%). If you feel your child needs support we can arrange an Attendance Support Meeting to look at strategies.

TOP 10 VIVO AWARDS THIS WEEK

Year 10 – Mr Waring Our whole year group attendance figure dropped slightly last week achieving a figure of 95.5%. Our top performing form class managed to achieve an attendance figure of 98.3% and that was class 10E. However it was very close this week as 10G achieved a figure of 98.2%. Well done both classes.

With regards to behaviour, there is a lot more emphasis being paid towards those students who are doing the right things; working hard, politeness and making good decisions. I am pleased to say Year 10 students are excelling at this and there are very few negative behaviours that I need to deal with. However, there are two areas where as parents you can help with, namely homework and detentions.

Do ask your children about homework, check they have they completed it and put it in their bag so they don’t forget to hand it in on time. With your support and encouragement in this matter, together we can reduce the number of incidents by some 16% in this year group and that would be an amazing achievement, but we can only do it with your help please.

Failure to complete and hand in homework on time, can lead to detentions. But the issue is further exacerbated when students fail to turn up for detentions and will often come back with, “I was not told” or “nobody reminded me”. If a student receives a detention, you will be informed about it. Do please remind and insist your child attends all detentions, as your help in this matter can and will make our year group even better than it already is with fewer negative behaviour incidents being recorded.

Congratulations go to Erin Taylor, and Lily Smith received the languages stars of the week award. Whilst

Amy Thompson and Eivydas Kriunas were voted our star students in PE for last week, well done to each

of you.

What a fantastic week it has been as far as the collection of positive vivo points is concerned. A huge well done to Laura Brivkaine-Tamilova (affectionately known as Laura BT) for all the effort she has put in over the last few weeks and is rewarded with top spot by a clear 35 positive points you truly should be proud.

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Matthew Bowen

Angel Benefer

Alfie Crown

Ishmael Shah

Saffron Hudson

Daniel Medeiros

Paige Fenn

Laura Brivkalne-

Tamilova

Year 11 - Mr Ibbitson (standing in for Mrs Wright)

Year 11 students have been increasingly active in acquiring their Unique Pupil Numbers (UPN) and

logging on to “Help you choose” to complete the application process for their next steps after Year 11 i’e’ college or apprenticeship or sixth form. Most students are already doing this. Can I ask Parents/Carers to

check with your son/daughter that they are doing this as time is passing and it is vital that this is done to

be able to secure places in the future?I know that Mrs Spindler is helping some students in C10 to log on

and complete the process.

Mock exams are nearly complete. Students will get their results on the 13th December during period 6.

The current Yr 11 attendance figures show that 11A is top, at the moment, with 97.2%. In second place

with 96.1% is 11K and in third place with 95.5% is 11N. These are good figures and bode well with

students in those seminar groups more likely to fulfil their academic potential. I would encourage other

groups to catch up and, at least match, the current top three. We also have 60 students with 99% or

better attendance and 45 with 100%. These figures will look great on a CV.

The current achievement points totals are as follows:-

Madog Hendey 11A 332 points

Vincent Rees 11R 330

Agnieszka Maciak 11E 325

Jackson Booker 11N 287

Amy Yau 11R 285

Rebecca Miller 11K 280

Katie Bunting 11N 276

Louis Chong 11D 267

Naomi Tann 11R 260

Maria Marques 11N 255

The top three achieving Year 11 groups are:-

In 1st place with 5096 points is 11N

In 2nd place with 4066 points is 11A

In 3rd place with 3233 points is 11R

Shaun Ibbitson

MFL Stars Last week's MFL Stars of the Week were:

Year 7 - Louis Daisey 7N

Year 8 - Luc Widdowson 8A

Year 9 - Bryan Henry 9R

Year 10 - Erin Taylor

Year 11 - Tamsin Barnes 11A

Well done to all of you on some fantastic work!

Monday afternoon (November 28th) at Mandarin Club, the focus will be the colours - come along and join

us in D10 from 3-4pm

Year 11 - Tamsin Barnes 11A

Sports News

Upcoming fixtures:

Date Sport Opposition

Monday 28th November U14 Football Thetford (A)

Tuesday 29th November U16 Mixed Hockey West Norfolk Schools (A)

Wednesday 30th

November

U16 Boys Badminton

U18 Netball

West Norfolk Schools

Hamonds

Thursday 1st December U16 Girls Badminton

U14 Basketball

U12 Football

U14 Girls Football

West Norfolk Schools

West Norfolk Schools

Attleborough (H)

Hobart High (A)

Boys Results:

Age group

Sport Opposition Result

U15 Football Great Yarmouth Won 3-2

U14 Rugby Downham Lost 42-12

U16 Hockey Sacred Heart Won 7-2

U15 Rugby Aylsham Lost 52-0

Enrichment programme

House notices

Apologies for having to cancel house cookery. We would like to make this a really big event and have

decided to postpone this until after students have finished mock exams. Look out for a notice in the new

year. Next week sees our second house assemblies of the year were we will be sharing

house achievements as well as giving out house captain's badges.

Future events:

2nd December Inters netball

9th December Junior Rugby/Senior Netball

16th December - House achievement week.

It's not too late to get involved!

LS EY KT GW

Overall autumn term 1 35 32.5 21.5 21

Achievement 4-11 4 3 1 2

Junior Basketball 3 4 1.5 1.5

Achievement 11-11 4 1 2 3

Inters Basket ball 2 4 3 1

Achievement 18-11 4 1 2 3

Senior Football 4 3 1 2

Achievement 25-11 1 2 3 4

Total 57 50.5 35 37.5

PSHE

All year 11 students should now have received their UPN and the 'you choose' booklets. This will allow

them to log on and make applications for next year. Please can you encourage your son/daughter to do

this as soon as possible. Help is available during seminar time with Mrs Spindler and should be booked

through seminar tutors.

School Nurse

The school nurse is available every week for any health and welfare concerns students may have.

Students can find Mel Easter on Wednesday 4b lunch time in the Medical Room.

Diploma news

Students have been working hard on various charity appeals. This week there is no one student of the

week. Instead I would like to commend every student in year 7 and 8 who have given their time to helping

others. You are all amazing!

Thea HowlettVeronica Lapkovska

Aukse Juskyte Jessie RawlingsLouise Woods

Olly Turrell Danny Dolman

Scott Moore Kian Auker

Bradely Kearvell

Christ as Charity Co ert

Thursday 8th De e er

Mai Hall 6p

Ti kets o the door : £ adults £ stude ts Raffle a d Refresh e ts

All pro eeds to the Rudha Ward at the Quee Eliza eth Hospital