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8th June 2018
Mr Landers, Principal: Due to a significant number of examinations now being complete, as of 3.00pm today Year 11 no longer have to attend school full time. Students will still be required to attend all remaining examinations and any relevant planned revision sessions. They may also be requested into school by staff to complete any incomplete work for practical subjects. For morning examinations pupils should ensure that they are on school site and in Scotty G’S by 8.45am where they will be registered. For afternoon examinations they should arrive on school site by 1.15pm. For both afternoon examinations and all revision sessions students will need to sign in at main reception before going to the relevant subject area. A copy of next week’s examination and revision session programme is below. Can I remind parents that during normal school hours and when they are not involved in exams or in school revision, students are required to complete individual revision at home using their revision guides or GCSEPod. They should not be out in the local area or undertaking any form of paid or unpaid employment until all of their exams are complete. Finally can I remind parents that we have two celebration events planned for Year 11 students, namely the Year 11 Prom on Thursday 5th July and Thorpe Park on Friday 29th June. We want as many invited students as possible to attend these events and request that all payments are made by Friday 15th June. Any payments received after this will not be accepted. Once again can I thank you for the support you have given both your child and the Academy throughout their time at Holly Hall and in particular during this stressful examination period.
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To celebrate gaining the highest number of achievement points in May, the following students are the highest performing boy and girl in their year group and are our Students of the Month for May. Congratulations to them all. YEAR 7
Kinga Tanska (7WAD): “I am very proud to be Student of the Month and this is one of my biggest achievements. I think my parents will be proud too.” Rhys Edmonds (7SSH): “I am proud to have achieved Student of the Month for May. I think that my parents will be happy. I have worked hard in my lessons.”
YEAR 8
Abigail Berry (8HMT): ”I am so proud that I have got this award. My family will also be proud of me.” Kenzie Phillips (8BRK): “I am so happy that I have this award. I can’t believe I have finally got this award. I want to thank my teachers and parents for helping me get this far.”
YEAR 9
Chelsea Butler (9JAB): “I am very proud of this award for being Student of the Month. This is the first time I have received it.” Dean Howell (9WES): “I am very pleased that I have achieved Student of the Month. I have never had this before.”
YEAR 10
Sharntae Davis (10ADM): “I wasn’t expecting this but I am really proud of my achievement. I will continue to work hard.” Morgan Martin (10MSI): “Getting Student of the Month was a very proud moment. I am happy to achieve this award.”
Well done to the following students who were close runners up in the achievement points table. Year 7 Areeb Ali Owais Iqbal Seta Jafari-Tadi Iqra Kauser
Year 8 David Griffin Paris Flatley Bethany Martin Daniel Taylor
Year 9 Jacky Emela Fabio Godla Jack Homer Ellie Round Page 2
Year 10 Amman Ahmed Molly Handley Nathan Maybury Tasharna Mighty
Mrs Turton, AIG Career & Aspiration Advisor: During last term Year 8
students took part in a postcard competition for Cambridge University. This is a continuation of the work that they did with the University in Year 7. Congratulations to the winner of the competition, Daniel Taylor who wrote about his aspirations for the future. Saarah Haseena was also highly commended for her entry. Well done to all the students who took part.
Health Survey The NHS recommend that we are active for at least 150 minutes each week. In our survey 50% of students were active for at least 3 hours a week. Well done to all of our active students. If you want to become more active the PE team run a variety of extra-curricular activities, these are displayed on the academy website, and on form notice boards.
Can we please remind students that the field at the side of PE is exclusively for Year 7, 8 and 9. Year 10 students have use of the big field. Year 10 students may face loss of lunchtime if they are found using the incorrect field..
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. 7ANS 155pts
8HMT 208pts
9WES 191pts
10ADM 183pts
Here are the forms with the highest attendance for week ending 25th May 2018.
1st 10MKL 100%
2nd 9WES 98.7% Page 3
3rd 7WOR 98.2%
Mrs Hammett, Head of PE: On Thursday the Year 9 girls team went to the Black Country Rounders Tournament at Hillcrest. Six other schools were competing with the hope of representing Dudley in the finals.
An article by Year 10 student Amman Ahmed: To get into the spirit of the World cup, why not have a go on our raffle? Tickets cost 10p each and the prize includes a World Cup mug.
This was the girls first match together. They really impressed me with how well they came together as a team and picked up on the rules. The girls worked hard but were unable to win against the more experienced teams. The team’s natural ability was so impressive that they were praised by other members of staff who could not believe this was the girls first game together. We have a promising team for next years Rounders league!
Tickets will be on sale in the Student Shop.
The team was: Cydney Sutton (Bowler), Charlotte Oakley (Backstop), Chelsea Butler (1st post), Amna Khan (2nd post), Blessing Cubes (3rd post), Sherrice Harris (4th post), Ellie Jarrett (deep fielder), Courtney Mallen (deep fielder), Donnae Fullerton (deep fielder), Yusrah Shokat (deep fielder).
The School nurse is available for help and advice on any health related issues. If you would like to make an appointment to see her, speak to Miss Woodall on Student Reception.
We are now in the middle of Ramadan so we asked Year 11 students Aadam Mahmood and Hamza Mahmood about their experience during Ramadan. Here’s what they said: “We have fasted for twenty-two days and we have not eaten or drank during sunlight. It has been a great mental and physical challenge as we are fasting during our GCSE examinations. During Ramadan we are obliged to only eat when there is no sunlight. The fast ends when the new moon is spotted. This will be on day thirty or day thirty-one. Following the fast, we celebrate with Eid where gifts are exchanged.”
Students are reminded that Scotty G's stops serving food at 1.10pm - students arriving after this time will not be served.
2nd & 3rd July 3rd July 5th July 10th July 19th July
Enrichment Days Year 6 Induction Day Year 11 Prom Academy Awards Break up for the Summer Holiday
Monday Assorted Homemade Pizza
Tuesday Roast Beef Quorn Cottage Pie
Wednesday Potato & Chickpea Curry
Thursday Beef/Chicken Burger Spicy Bean Burger
Friday Breaded Cod & Tartar Sauce Cheese Whirls Jacket Potato with a choice of fillings available daily Assorted chicken (H) wraps available daily Page 4