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4th May 2018
An article by Daisy Lamb: “On Monday Year 10 students Daisy Lamb, Georgia Thomas, Natasha Hussain and Molly Handley visited Dudley College to take part in a rebranding session for our school. We were joined by four students from each school in the Dudley Academy Trust. We discussed whether we wanted new school names, new logos and attributed ideas for a change in school uniform. There isn't a final decision yet as there will be more meetings to come.”
Mr Nation, Teacher of Mathematics: On Monday, twenty Year 11 students joined around eight hundred students from other schools for the PiXL (Partners in Excellence) conference at Resorts World, Birmingham. Here they attended fast paced sessions which challenged their maths knowledge and were also given some exam hints and tips. Sanam Naghman said “I found the whole trip worthwhile. The pace was rapid but with motivation high I was able to keep up. I really enjoyed listening to Junior, the speaker entertain us with his motivational speech at the end!”
This will form part of the new uniform, which we expect to implement for September 2018. With this in mind, please do not make any purchases of new uniform at this time. We are currently in negotiations to provide all students with a blazer and tie free of charge.
An article by Natasha Hussain (10GSP): On Thursday nine Year 10 students went to Oxford University. We left at 7:30am and reached Oxford at 10:15am. We met with students from other schools at Wadham College where we were given the itinerary for our day along with fun facts and statistics about studying at university. Then we went to St Anne’s College where we had a tour. Afterwards, we took part in a carousel of activities with student ambassadors where we learnt about life at Oxford University. At the end of the day we returned to the Wadham lecture hall where we were given three taster lectures. We really enjoyed the first lecture given about language and its power in society. Here’s what some of the students said about the day: Danyal Khan - “It was an enjoyable day. We got to learn about what life is like at university and how to manage any problems that we may encounter. I am happy that it didn’t rain.” Molly Handley - “The visit to Oxford has taught me that university life is fun, and you get to try lots of new things such as joining many societies.” Amman Ahmed - “I loved visiting Oxford, it is a very picturesque place and I have learnt valuable information about studying at university.”
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Have a go at Mr Nation’s maths puzzle. Hand your answer to Mr Nation by the end of Tuesday. All entries will be entered into a prize draw. The winner, drawn from all of the correct entries, will receive a W H Smith gift voucher. Try this one, just for fun. Liverpool reached their 7th European cup/UEFA Champions League final earlier this week and will play Real Madrid in the final on 26th May. Here's a thought for you Liverpool fans and football fans alike. The golden ratio epitomises perfection. Where else does this appear naturally in the world around us?
Mrs Lee, Assistant Principal: You may recall that in November/December 2017, some of our students took part in the Takeover Challenge. In the challenge, young people were invited into organisation’s to take over adult roles - including Mayor for the day! Thirtysix professionals took part from political figures to members of the Fire Service. This week we received a report on the experience. 80% of participants thought it was excellent or very good. Students said they enjoyed talking to different people about subjects that affect young people. Professionals said that they enjoyed meeting such energised and interesting young people who are keen to get involved. Well done to the students who took part: Ezha Jahangir, Natasha Hussain, Amman Ahmed and Morgan Martin. The challenge is expected to be even bigger and better this year and we look forward to taking part again.
Health Survey This year in PSHE lessons and Enrichment Days Year 10 have received information on mental and emotional health. Our survey results show that 72% of Year 10 boys and 70% of year 10 girls have found this useful.
Remember that we have a Student Leader ’Wellbeing’ team in school. This team focuses on all aspects of healthy bodies and minds. Should you wish to join the team or would like to discuss any wellbeing matters with them contact either Miss Williams, Mrs Milovsorov or the team leader - Sahil Gupta.
Each week, achievement points are added together and the highest scoring forms are posted onto our ‘High Flyers’ notice board. Here are the top forms in each year group. 8DHE 328pts
7WOR 167pts
9SIM 90pts
10ADM 129pts
11HAL 48pts
Here are the forms with the highest attendance for week ending 27th April 2018.
1st 10ADM 98.7%
2nd 7HRS 98.6% Page 2
3rd 7WAD 98.4%
To celebrate gaining the highest number of achievement points in April, the following students are the highest performing boy and girl in their year group and are our Students of the Month for April. Congratulations to them all. YEAR 7 Muskaan Khan (7SSH): “I feel happy and I am proud of myself for achieving this award. I can’t wait to tell my parents about this. They will be proud of me.” Rhys Edmonds (7SSH): “I am surprised that I am Student of the Month. I have worked hard during my lessons and I feel really happy that I was chosen.” YEAR 8 Armeliah Akhtar (8ALM): ”I am really happy and I am proud that I am Student of the Month. I am really surprised that I got it for getting the most achievement points.” Evans Manase (8DHE): “I am really thankful and I am honoured to be Student of the Month. Hopefully, I will keep on getting awards just like this.” YEAR 9 Megan Parker (9BID): “I am very happy that I got this award. I have worked really hard in all of my lessons.” Sahil Gupta (9BID): “I am happy to be receiving Student of the Month and hope that I keep achieving goals just like this.”
YEAR 10 Shannon Hollis (10ADM): “I am very proud to be Student of the Month for April. I will continue to do my best in lessons.” Spencer Guy (10MIL): “I am very pleased with my achievement. I will keep on trying and earning achievement points.”
YEAR 11 Jessica Bullock (11CLK): “I am very happy with my reward. It has shown that my hard work has paid off. I will carry on trying my best throughout all of my lessons in my final weeks.” Vincent Adah (11NAT): “Thank you for the award to be Student of the Month! I am very happy.” Well done to the following students who were close runners up in the achievement points table. Year 7 Morrison Andrade Fizan Azam Seta Jafari-Tadi Lilly McNaney-Mills
Year 8 Evelina Arnasiute Katie Cartwright Joseph McLeod Callum Parsons
Year 9 Daniel Bullock Honie Fleming Fabio Godla Charley Wills Page 3
Year 10 Alexander Billingsley Joseph Bowater Alina Hussian Linsey Marsh
Year 11 Bradlee Bullock Charlotte Floyd Nathanael Kondo Abbey Tromans
You may recall that staff took part in the ‘distance travelled’ challenge for Sport Relief in March. Our aim was to travel the distance from DY1 to Inverness - 430 miles!
Come and give girls rugby a go on Wednesday 9th May with Adam Blackford (RFU coach) and Matt Cowdrey (Dudley Kingswinford RFC coach). The session will run from 3.10pm until 4.30pm. Learn some new skills, and a chance to represent the Academy at the Black Country School Games in June. For more information speak to Mr Biddlecombe.
We rose to the challenge, logging all of our walks, jogs and runs. With sponsorship we managed to raise £168. Thank you to everyone who took part and made donations.
Mrs Lee, Assistant Principal: All Year 8 and 9 options forms should now have been returned to form tutors. Mrs Lee and Mrs Turton will be arranging individual Year 8 interviews starting next week. Confirmation of choices will be sent out before half-term.
REMINDER: Breakfast club takes place every morning from 8.00am until 8.40am in T2. All Year 11 students can come along to gain support in the run up to their exams. Come along and take advantage of the facilities and FREE BREAKFAST on offer.
On Wednesday, due to poor weather, PE ran an interform athletics tournament. The students enjoyed competing against each other. Here are the results: Girls 5th - 9MKE (56 points) 4th - 9WES (66 points) 3rd - 9JAB (68 points) 2nd - 9BID (75 points) 1st - 9SIM (92 points)
The overall results were: 5th - 9WES (118), 4th - 9MKE (121), 3rd - 9BID (142), 2nd - 9JAB (161) and 1st - 9SIM (164).
Remember we are now serving Halal options daily in Scotty G’s. Monday BANK HOLIDAY ACADEMY CLOSED
7th May 8th May 8th May 25th May 2nd & 3rd July 2nd & 3rd July 5th July 10th July 19th July
Bank Holiday Academy re-opens GCSE Examinations Begin Break Up for Half term Enrichment Days Year 6 Induction Days Year 11 Prom Academy Awards Break up for the Summer Holiday
Boys 5th - 9WES (52 points) 4th - 9MKE (65 points) 3rd - 9BID (67 points) 2nd - 9SIM (72 points) 1st - 9JAB (93 points)
Wednesday Assorted Homemade Pizza (H) Jacket Potato with a choice of fillings
Tuesday Roast Turkey with Sage & Onion Stuffing Cheese & Vegetable Filled Filo Parcels Jacket Potato with a choice of fillings Thursday Assorted Burritos Jacket Potato with a choice of fillings
Friday Breaded Cod & Tartar Sauce Homemade Assorted Quiche Jacket Potato with a choice of fillings Assorted chicken (H) wraps available daily Page 4