Intrepidus Autumn 2019

THE OFFICIAL KENSINGTON ALDRIDGE ACADEMY MAGAZINE

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Our founder students celebrate KAA’s first set of GCSE results

KAA’S SIXTH YEAR BEGINS

KAA founder students start their A level studies

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In this issue of

CONTENTS

Principal’s Welcome

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A Level results day

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GCSE results day

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Founder students join KAA6

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Performing & Creative Arts Choir opens TEDx Ladbroke Grove Largest Christmas concert to date KAA’s Got Talent 2019

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House Competitions Honeyball win House Music 9-10 Interim house competitions 11 Over £1,200 raised for House Charity 11 Pankhurst win House Art & Design 12 Entrepreneurship New businesses in the Creates Hub Entrepreneurship Week

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Tilly the School Dog

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Mock General Election 2019

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Student Council Elections

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KAA News debut episode

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Christmas Stretch Project

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Parent Calendar

Back page

Dear Parents & Carers, It is with pleasure I welcome you to the first Intrepidus magazine of the 2019-2020 academic year. It has, as ever, been a busy term at KAA. A particular highlight has been the enthusiasm with which students have participated in all of the additional school events alongside their academic studies, including the student council election, our mock General Election, the Christmas concert and an array of house competitions as usual. Details (and photographs!) of all these follow in the pages of this issue.

It was wonderful to see the year 7 students getting stuck into the Performing Arts culture with their performances at the Christmas concert in the last week of term. Thank you to all of the parents and other family members who made it out to support the students.

I can’t welcome you to this edition without remarking upon the special moment we had this term as many members our founder 2014 year group have begun their A levels alongside our new Year 12s from other schools. It has been a pleasure to watch them embark upon their Sixth Form study and welcome their fellow students to KAA. You’ll also see in the pages that follow how brilliantly our sixth formers have been involved in house competitions and other extra curricular activities across the school this term as well.

Finally, the current standings in the competition for this year’s house cup are below. Strong performances in the interim competitions and lots of commendations have put Franklin into the lead. With House Dance and a range of interim competitions next term there are still lots of opportunities for Honeyball, Pankhurst and Angelou to catch up.

Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas break.

David Benson Principal

A n o t h e r s t r o n g s e t o f A l e ve l r e s u l t s On Thursday 15th August our Year 13 students arrived at KAA to collect their A level results.

We are delighted to announce another strong set of A level results this year: 49% of all results were top grades A* to B, 75% were graded A* to C and 100% A* to E. Mr Benson, said “We are again very proud of what our students have achieved. It has not been the easiest two years for them, and their success is a huge credit to their resilience and ambition, as well as the talent and hard work of their teachers.”

Our provisional KS5 Progress score, which shows how students perform compared with their peers in other schools, is again above national average at 0.11. Most importantly, our students have achieved the grades they need to secure places at top universities and apprenticeships. 91% of this year’s cohort have gone on to university, with 40% of these securing places at Russell Group universities. Other top destinations included a prestigious apprenticeship at the Bank of England.

A number of students achieved fantastic results, including Hadel, who achieved 2 A*s, an A and a B in Religious Education, Politics, English and History and was accepted at King’s College London to study Politics. INTREPIDUS got in touch with Hadel to find out about how she is getting on at King’s. Hadel said “My first term has been challenging and rewarding as I have managed to prove some of my initial concerns wrong. Before coming to university I was worried about not meeting the standards required or effectively integrating but I've been able to overcome this. As all the modules I do are essay based, the teaching at KAA really helped get my academic writing to the standard required for my degree. Further to this my Politics and R.E A-level have prepared me for the course where I have been able to study similar ideas and philosophies. The hard work was definitely worth it and I am looking forward to seeing where this degree will take me.”

Another student who received fantastic results was Taylor, who is now studying Classical Archaeology & Ancient History at Oxford University after achieving A, A, B in History, RE and English.

Taylor has now finished his first semester at Oxford and said “Oxford was always my lifelong dream, since I knew what university, or further education was, and I cannot express enough how important it is to chase those dreams – when you get to a position when you actually achieve something after a life of work and dedication, it is incomprehensible.”

Well done to all of our Year 13 leavers, we look forward to keeping in touch and finding out all the wonderful things this cohort goes on to achieve at university, at apprenticeships, and beyond.

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GCSE RESULTS DAY 2019 3

Fo u nd e r s t u d e n t s co l l e c t t h ei r G C S E r e s u l t s On Thursday 22nd August our founder cohort of students came to pick up their GCSE results. It was a proud moment for students, parents and staff alike and a historic moment in KAA’s history.

Departments with particularly strong results included:  English - 70% of results grade 5 and above, 83% graded 4 and above  Religious Education - 86% of results grade 5 and above, 93% grade 4 and above  Statistics - 79% of results grade 5 or above, 65% grade 4 or above  Music - 58% of results grade 5 or above, 75% of results grade GCSE at grade 4 or above  German - 47% of results grade 5 or above, 86% grade 4 or above A number of students have achieved fantastic results, including Leila, who achieved five 9s, three 8s and two 6s at GCSE, with 9s in English Language, English Literature, History, Maths, and Biology.

Elijah achieved two 9s, four 8s and four 7s, and said he is happy to be going on to study Maths, Physics, Computer Science and History at KAA Sixth Form. Parmida, also continuing her studies this year at KAA, achieved four 9s in Science, English Language, English Literature, and Geography, with 8 in Maths, 7 in Drama and 6s in Textiles and German.

Ahmed achieved five 9s in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Statistics, four 8s in Computer Science, English Literature, Geography and German, and a 6 in English Language. He is now studying A level Geography, Physics, Biology, Chemistry and English at KAA. Everyone at KAA is so proud of our first year group for the focus and resilience they’ve shown over the past two years whilst studying for their GCSEs. All of these results are testament to the hard work and dedication of all students and staff and to the support of their parents and friends, and we would like to thank them for all their hard work.

On Thursday 5th September our new Year 7s and our brand new year 12 sixth form cohort entered the building for their induction day. For the first time in KAA’s history, this was not a brand new experience for all of our Year 12s as many of our 2014 founder Year 7s now joined the KAA Sixth Form to begin their A level studies.

This meant the Year 12s could buddy up with new students moving to KAA from neighbouring schools to show them the ropes. It was fantastic to see our founder students welcoming the new sixth formers and showing them around the academy on the first day. These new friendships were further cemented at the Year 12 Oxford residential trip later in September.

The KAA6 annual residential trip to Oxford University took place this year at Lady Margaret Hall from Saturday 28th to Monday 30th September. This weekend residential is a chance for our new sixth formers to bond with their new class mates and start thinking about their post-18 progression after A levels.

SIXTH FORM

O u r Fo u n d e r s t u d e n t s j o i n t h e S i x t h For m

The weekend includes seminar-style lessons with their KAA teachers and a chance to explore one of the oldest and most prestigious university towns in the UK. The trip helps highlight to students the shift towards independent study and get them thinking about what they want to do after their A levels. This year’s trip was an opportunity for our founder students now beginning their A levels to get to know the new students joining KAA6 from other schools.

The trip has inspired many past sixth formers to be about their destinations after school, giving them the confidence to apply to some of the top universities in the UK. Last year Taylor secured a place at Oxford University. INTREPIDUS magazine caught up with Taylor after his first term at Oxford, he told us: “Oxford might seem elusive, and very prestigious to anyone who doesn’t go, but after my first term I can assure you it is anything but. The university isn’t as enigmatic, and elitist as suggested; it’s full of people with a passion for learning, and their course, other people who happened to just be good at what they do – no one is cut out for Oxford, you have to learn and adapt to your surroundings, it may be a matter of great trepidation, but honestly, nothing gets done in life without risks.

“University, particularly Oxford, is a place for you to truly discover yourself and figure out what you really find exciting.”

Our new Year 12s have been going from strength to strength, and you can see what else they have been up to this term - including election debates, talents shows and more - in the pages that follow.

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PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS

The KAA choir had the honour of opening the first TEDx Ladbroke Grove community event at the Tabernacle on Friday 15th November. The event aimed to celebrate the diversity and strength of community, challenge the status quo through new ideas, and look ahead to explore the power of humanity, technology and innovation as a means to effect positive social change.

Our very own sixth former Maisie (12 Fry pictured with the TEDx speakers top right) was the compere for the night and did a fantastic job.

Speakers included Lee Lawrence, Joe Delaney and Celia Francis, as well as year 8 KAA students Gabriel (8 Pinter) and Irene (8 Gupta), who spoke about the power of music in their experience.

The choir opened the show with a rendition of Season of Love from the musical Rent, with solos from Irene (8 Gupta) and Eniola (12 Tubman).

Gabriel and Irene then spoke about the inspiring opportunities the choir enjoyed last year and the healing power of music for the school community.

They then sang Cloudbusting by Kate Bush before finishing with a cover of Stop Crying Your Heart Out

by Oasis, solos by Gabriel and Casper (8 Wertenbaker).

The show was performed in front of a live audience at the Tabernacle and live streamed online for the rest of the community to tune in. You can watch the full show on You Tube at https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DXeEVje3lY. Well done to the whole choir for another fantastic performance, and our thanks to Mr Rigby and Miss Cockell for their time rehearsing, conducting and accompanying on piano.

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“Music is… the key to a door which encouraged me and others to gain the confidence to perform and to be ourselves.” - Irene (8 Gupta)

PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS

There were 205 students involved in this year’s Christmas Concert on Thursday 19th December, including 170 year 7s singing Christmas songs they had been rehearsing during music lessons in the Autumn 2 term.

The theatre was packed with parents, teachers and students to enjoy the show.

Our Year 7 cohort sang three numbers, All I Want for Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Do They Know It’s Christmas as the finale to the show. In addition to the Year 7s singing a number of Christmas tunes, the evening included performances from the KAA choir, the Honeyball House Choir, the Upper Voices enrichment choir and House Music choir.

As well as the array of different musical numbers for the various choirs, the A level band performed Santa Claus is Coming To Town and the Year 7 enrichment band played Stand By Me. The show didn’t stop at musical offerings, the audience were also treated to grade 7 LAMDA Shakespeare speeches by Maisie (12 Fry), Emelia (12 Attlee), Rene (12 Sirleaf) and Chelsie (12 Ibrahim), as well as a grade 3 LAMDA speech from Darcy (7 Fermat).

Dance student Lirio (9 Hume), Kayla (10 Moore) and Ana (9 Truth) performed a piece they devised themselves to the song Carol of the Bells and A level dancers Emelia (12 Atlee), Emily (12 Ibrahim) and Miriam (13 Tutu) performed their latest piece.

Our thanks to everyone who made it out to see the show, as well as every single one of the 205 students who participated and gave KAA a festive send off at the end of term.

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PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS

Our sixth annual KAA’s Got Talent show saw students celebrate the talent and diversity at KAA as the highlight of Anti-Bullying Week.

The competition took place in front of a packed crowd on Thursday 28th November with the £1 ticket sales going to the Ben Cohen Stand Up Foundation, a foundation dedicated to raising awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying by connecting communities and raising funds to support those doing real-world work to eradicate bullying.

The acts included stand up comedy from Charlie (8 Wertenbaker), ribbon from Gabrielle (7 Fibonacci), and a range of dance acts including solos pieces from Reece (11 Baker) and Aslan (9 Truth), duets from Yusuf (8 Stoppard) and Kyryll (8 Stoppard) as well as Lirio (9 Hume) and Ana (9 Truth). There was also a number of singing acts, including the Upper Voices Choir with Anna (7 Mirzakhani), Fatmata (7 Mirzakhani), Indigo (7 Euler), Tyler-Rose (7 Fibonacci), Elena (7 Gauss), Irene (8 Gupta), Aaliyah (9 Hume) and Crystal (9 Crystal). The Year 11 band saw Adea (11 Baker) on piano and Musa (11 Lennon) on guitar accompanying vocals by Lyric (11 Chaplin). Sixth formers Eniola (12 Tubman) and Neon (12 Wilberforce) also performed a solo. Every single performer showed incredible Intrepidus by taking part and performing in front of their peers - a huge well done and thank you to all involved.

Third place went to the Year 11 band, second place to Eniola and Neon and first place to Year 9’s Lirio and Ana for their dance duet. Congratulations to Lirio and Ana! Special thanks to Miss Gurnell for organising and presenting the entire show. We can’t wait for KAA’s Got Talent 2020!

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PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS

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The 2019-2020 house cup tournament kicked off in Autumn 1 with House Music 2019. The competition coincided with Black History Month so the music department set a suitable theme - each house was asked to cover a song made famous by a black artist.

After a busy term rehearsing during tutor time twice a week, on Thursday 17th October students performed twice to Year 8 and Year 9 audiences, and finally to a packed theatre of Year 7s and the judging panel.

Angelou performed first covering One Night Only from the musical Dreamgirls, accompanied by Ezekiel on bass guitar and with beautiful solos by Eliana (9 Yousafzai), Thaiony (8 Graham), and Tyler -Rose (7 Fibonacci).

Pankhurst were up next with Feeling Good made famous Nina Simone. There were spectacular vocal solos from Tamara (13 Gladstone), Fatima (12 Tutu), Gabriel (8 Pinter) and Rolyn (10 Lewis), accompanied by Rene (12 Sirleaf) on sax.

Third on stage were Honeyball performing a cover of Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys with Neon (12 Wilberforce) on piano and stunning vocal solos from Elena (7 Gauss), Ana (9 Truth), Irene (8 Gupta), Agape (9 Bonhoeffer), Eniola (12 Tubman) and Neon (12 Wilberforce).

The final performance by Franklin saw students cover Crown by Stormzy, with vocal solos from Keishin (7 Fermat), Darcy (7 Fermat). Sina (8 Hansberry), Aaliyah (9 Hume), Lirio (9 Hume) and Hannah (10 Moore), including some impressive raps. They were accompanied by students playing guitar, sax, drums and percussion.

The judges’ final verdict was announced during the end of half term celebrations on Friday 18th October – with Honeyball crowned winners, and Franklin and Pankhurst sharing second place. Well done to every student involved for a great performance by all four houses and thank you to Miss Cockell for organising the competition!

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Elliot Warren, Olivia Brady, Nicola Alexis and Natalie Jennings gave detailed feedback and comments to each house.

Subscribe to KAA Video on YouTube to catch the latest house competition news. Full videos of all four performances are available now!

HOUSE COMPETITIONS

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Competition

Winner

Netball

FRANKLIN

Football (Boys)

PANKHURST

Football (Girls)

HONEYBALL

Basketball

FRANKLIN

Swimming

FRANKLIN

Geography Competition

HONEYBALL

MFL Christmas Cards

FRANKLIN

Spelling Bee

HONEYBALL

Coding Competition

ANGELOU

Gelosia Competition

PANKHURST

As well as the major house competition each half term, students can compete and earn house points in a range of interim competitions throughout the year. This term competitions have included Spelling, Languages, Coding, Maths Gelosia, Geography, Netball, Football, Basketball and Swimming.

With 5,000 house points for the winner of each competition, 3,750 for second place, 2,500 for third and 1,250 for fourth place, each competition sees our students competing with pride for their house.

With Franklin winning first place in four out of ten interim competitions across the autumn term they have boosted their points total significantly.

Coming up in the Spring term are interim competitions for psychology, creative writing, design, rowing and Timetables Rockstars. Form tutors will advertise competitions in the tutor time updates so students can register their interest.

Pictured left: Contestants in the Gelosia competition in the Autumn 2 term, hosted by the Maths department.

Charity Week sees our students fundraise for the charity selected by their Head of House for a week of activities in the Autumn 2 term.

There are no house points fixed to Charity Week as students focus on citizenship and helping others.

This year, there were bakes sales, sponsored silences, sponsored runs, cinema enrichments and more to raise money for the selected charities.

Pankhurst collected £256.92 for World Land Trust, a charity which funds organisations around the world to create wildlife reserves and protect natural habitats. Honeyball raised £295.52 for Breaking Barriers, a charity supporting refugees in London.

Angelou raised £297.82 for Pancreatic Cancer UK to help those diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, and Franklin collected a staggering £421.06 for Mind to help provide people with mental health support. In total students raised £1,271.32 for the four charities in the space of one week!

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Well done to the students and teachers for their hard work fundraising for these four fantastic charities. Thank you also to our parents and carers who supported our students in their fundraising for Charity Week this year.

HOUSE COMPETITIONS

For the Autumn 2 term the major house competition saw the Art department challenging students to create a 3D sculpture of a rainforest animal using recycled items.

The process started with students researching endangered animals and the role the rainforests have in global climate change as a result of deforestation. This research was reflected most prominently in the winning sculpture - Pankhurst’s trio of recycled orangutans covered with factual information about the species and its endangered habitat.

The Pankhurst sculpture was created by Robel (7 Reason) Pol (7 Reason), Selma (7 Mirzakhani), Rihana (7 Reason), Sarah (7 Reason), Zackie (9 Carter), Abigail (9 Carter), Talle Leigh (10 Hamilton), Khayra (8 Pinter), Saoirse (8 Pinter), Kesh'ra (8 Pinter), Leena (8 Pinter), Alisha (8 Pinter), Gabriel (8 Pinter), Hamda (9 Carter), Sabah (7 Mirzakhani), Alice (7 Mirzakhani), Selma (7 Mirzakhani), Ali El-Chehimi (7 Mirzakhani), Ella (7 Mirzakhani), and Paige (8 Beckett). Their sculpture won them 20,000 house points for Pankhurst!

Franklin placed second with a monkey sculpture, Angelou’s parrot earnt third place, and Honeyball’s fourth place sculpture was a colourful toucan. All of the sculptures are now on display around the school.

3rd place 10,000 points

2nd place 15,000 points

4th place 5,000 points

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

“The Bridging Project has enabled me to organise my priorities and helped me maintain financial stability.

The coaching sessions have enabled me to rationalise difficulties in my home life which were impacting my studies. This has hugely reduced the anxiety of transitioning from sixth form to university.”

Classical Studies Student - King’s College

“[The Bridging Project] has helped me academically, socially, and financially. [It has been] an indispensable source of support, encouraging you to do things that are necessary, but might make you slightly uncomfortable - for me it was organising meetings and making contact with pastoral support around my college.”

Archaeology & Ancient History Student University of Oxford

Kensington Creates worked with students during National Entrepreneurship Week to create a buzz about business.

Philip Udeh - founder of smoothie company BrainFud - worked with students to create business pitches on how to improve healthy living in the school and local community.

Students then presented their pitches as part of Aldridge Education’s National Entrepreneurship Week from the 25th to 29th November. Their designs will be used to begin campaigns in the New Year.

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One of the new businesses located in the Creates entrepreneurship hub at KAA - The Bridging Project - has been supporting KAA leavers as they embark on their university careers.

The programme mentors students as they make the transition from school to university and acts as an intermediary between students and universities, sign posting students to services for academic support, student services, housing support and funding opportunities. This term Miss Praill has been working with 13 KAA alumni at Oxford University, King's College London, Queen Marys, UCL & St Mary’s Twickenham.

We are delighted to announce that The Bridging Project has been awarded a Shackleton Leadership award which will allow them to expand the business and support even more students next year.

Tilly was chosen as her breed is hypoallergenic and has a good temperament for working with children.

KAA decided to get a school dog as there is a lot of research showing the mental health benefits of having a dog in school.

Spending time with Tilly is entirely optional for students. If parents have any questions about the school dog they can email Miss Turner at v.turner@kaa.org.uk.

Tilly joining morning reading

Students can visit Tilly before and after school or during break time. She has also started to join morning reading sessions by invitation and is really enjoying listening to students read!

Tilly has already been a huge hit with staff and students - some of her regular visitors told INTREPIDUS about this in their own words...

SCHOOL DOG

This term KAA welcomed our new therapy dog, a labradoodle named Tilly.

“I think Tilly is a great addition to our school. She is kind and fun for all the students and teachers... If you visit her she will brighten up your day.”

Saoirse (8 Pinter)

“Tilly is a friendly dog who likes to play with anyone who visits her and is really funny with her toys, for example her tennis ball.”

Casper (8 Wertenbaker)

Follow Tilly_KAA on Twitter and Instagram to see what Tilly has been up to!

“Tilly the school dog is a good and fun dog to play with and is so adorable … she can be used if you are feeling down.”

Teddy (8 Beckett)

“Tilly is a wonderful, playful and friendly dog. She brings joy to many people and many people love her.”

Isabelle (7 Reason)

Tilly’s first day at KAA

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MOCK GENERAL ELECTION

This term our A level politics students led a mock election mirroring the th December 12 General Election, including a live leaders’ debate broadcast to the whole school during PSHE. To replicate the first past the post electoral system, each form class represented one constituency in the vote and students learnt about how the UK Parliament and voting system works during tutor time sessions as well as watching the leaders’ debate.

Politics students in Year 12 and Year 13 put themselves forwards to stand on behalf of the main parties in the election. Ibrahim (13 Fry), Leah (12 Fry), Leo (12 Ibrahim), Ezekiel (12 Fry) and Ayah (13 Maathai) took on the roles of the party leaders and did a fantastic job in the live debate.

The party leaders and their teams drafted party manifestos replicating the actual manifestos as well as canvassing around the school by visiting form groups at tutor time, making posters and participating in a leaders debate on Thursday 28th November.

Voting took place at break and lunch on Thursday 12th December and the results were published the next morning. Leo, representing Labour, won the most seats and won KAA’s mock election. See below for KAA’s Mock Election results!

Our thanks to Miss Desmond and the politics teachers and students for organising the mock election.

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STUDENT LEADERSHIP

KAA’s Student Council meets once a week with a member of the Senior Leadership Team to discuss ideas for improving the academy and to represent the student voice.

Students interested in running for student council applied to their Directors of Learning in November.

After the campaign week which saw every candidate speak to their year group during an assembly, students took to the election booths on Friday 6th December to elect their student council for the 2019-20 academic year.

Congratulations to the elected students below who join our student leadership team and well done to every candidate for showing Intrepidus by running for student council. The Spring and Summer issues of INTREPIDUS magazine will update students and parents on the activities of our new student council.

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ENRICHMENT NEWS

The brand new KAA News team have been hard at work this term during enrichment and havecreated their first two episodes, available now on the KAA You Tube channel.

Episode one aired on Monday 9th December and featured special guest Patricia showing off her skills with a Rubik's cube, and Tilly the new KAA school dog. Miss Armitage and Miss Aldridge also visited the studio to talk about Charity Week.

The second episode of KAA News aired on the last day of the Autumn term and featured coverage of the student council election, the mock general election (including an exclusive exit poll) and the results of the interim house competitions.

The special star segment for this second episode featured Assistant Principal Mr Malik making a Christmas speech, reminiscing about the Autumn term and all of our students’ fantastic achievements.

Subscribe to KAA Video on YouTube to catch the latest KAA News episodes

You can submit news stories you’d like to see covered by emailing kaanews@kaa.org.uk.

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If you’d like to join the KAA News team, they write and record their shows during enrichment on Thursday afternoons and you can select it now by completing your Spring Term enrichment choices on KAA Online.

STRETCH PROJECT

Over the three major holidays (Christmas, Easter and Summer) students Key Stage 3 carry out ‘Stretch Projects’. Students in Key Stage 4 and 5 do not take part in the Stretch Project as they have revision and coursework to complete in the holiday.

These are independent projects drawing on a range of subject disciplines which students submit during tutor time the first week back after the holiday.

The stretch project for the Christmas break is “The Human Body” with a focus on science, drama, design technology and PE. Instructions below to help parents guide their child over the Christmas break are provided here.

Students in Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9) have discussed the stretch project with their tutor in the final form time on the last day of term. Students can work in a pair or a small group, but they must work with students in their form group so they can present their work together.

We look forward to seeing the imaginative projects students submit after the Christmas break!

Don’t forget to bring your project on Wednesday 8th January!

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Spring Term Parent Calendar Date Monday 6th January

Time All day

Tuesday 7th January

All day

Wednesday 8th January Wednesday 8th January to Friday 10th January Thursday 9th January Thursday 16th January Tuesday 21st January Tuesday 28th January Tuesday 4th February Thursday 6th February Thursday 13th February Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February Monday 24th February

8.30am All day

Tuesday 25th February Tuesday 3rd March Monday 16th March to Friday 20th March Monday 16th March to Friday 27th March Monday 23rd March to Friday 27th March Tuesday 31st March Wednesday 1st April Thursday 2nd April Friday 3rd April Monday 6th April to Friday 16th April Monday 20th April

6.30pm 5pm - 8pm 6.30pm 5pm - 8pm 6.30pm 5pm - 8pm All day All week

Event Staff Training Day (school closed to students unless invited for intervention classes) Staff Training Day (school closed to students unless invited for intervention classes) Spring 1 term begins for all students Y13 January Mock Exams

8.30am 5pm - 8pm All week

Y11 Mock Results Evening Y10 Progress Meetings Y9 GCSE Options Evening Y7 Progress Meetings Performing Arts Showcase Y11 Progress Meetings House Dance Finals Half term holiday (school closed to students unless invited to intervention) Staff Training Day (school closed to students unless invited to intervention) Spring 2 term begins for all students Y8 Progress Meetings Y13 March Mock Exams

All fortnight

Y11 March Mock Exams

All week

Y7-Y10 Spring Term Assessment Week

6.30pm 9am - 2pm 9am - 2pm 12.30pm All fortnight

Y11 “Crunch Time� Parent Evening Y7 UCL University Day Y8 UCL University Day End of Term - students off site at 12.30pm Easter holiday (school closed to students unless invited to intervention) Staff Training Day (school closed to students unless invited to intervention) Staff Training Day (school closed to students unless invited to intervention) Summer 1 term begins for all students

All day

All day

Tuesday 21st April

All day

Wednesday 22nd April

8.30am

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