Welcome to our termly newsletter
Dear parents and carers
Diary Dates
Term 5 starts: Tuesday 16 April
Term 5 finishes: Friday 24 May
Term 6 starts: Monday 3 June
Term 6 finishes: Tuesday 23 July at 2pm
Term 1 starts: Weds 4 September
Last week a group of Year 7 and 8 pupils from our Canterbury Academy and SPIRES classes went away for 2 nights to the Kingswood Outdoor Activity Centre. For many young people, it was their first time staying away from their parents and certainly the first time going with their friends on holiday! I’m pleased to say that the trip was a great success and even the weather was (quite) kind to us. Over the page there are lots of photos of the trip for you to enjoy!
Towards the end of this term students in Key Stage 4 have been sitting their Entry Level exams in Maths and English. Lots of hard work has been put in to preparing for these exams, particularly around completing the questions independently and understanding the types of questions that are asked. I have attached a sample of an Entry Level 1 Maths paper, which is the first level of qualification that students undertake. It is never too early to think about what students are working towards doing independently as they progress through the school!
Best wishes
Dave Jenner
What is chromatography?
Chromatography is a process for separating components of a mixture. To get the process started, a mixture is dissolved in a substance, which carries it through a second substance.
S1B conducted an investigation into chromatography, they looked at the processes involved in the identification and separation of colours and compared the effects between skittles and smarties. They may have even had a few to eat afterwards!
Kingswood
Q4 A man wants to catch the next bus from the bus station. This is the bus timetable
Number 7 bus times
Bus station 2 o’clock
Bus station 4 o’clock
Bus station 6 o’clock
Bus station 8 o’clock
The man checks the time on his clock
What is the time of the next bus the man can catch?
Show how you got your answer.
2 marks
This map shows the bus station.
Use the map to finish this sentence.
The bus station is ……………………. the Pound shop.
1 mark
There are four bus stops at the bus station.
A supervisor counts the number of people waiting at each bus stop. This chart shows the number of people at each bus stop.
How many more people did the supervisor count at bus stop A than at bus stop D?
1
Q5 A woman parks her car in a car park at the airport.
The car park has four zones.
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4 Hi
The car is in the zone with a triangle.
She sends her husband a text message. a
Which zone did the woman park in?
Zone
1 mark
b
This list is in the lift.
offices are on Level 5
flight arrivals are on Level 4 check in is on Level 3
car park is on Level 2
shops are on Level 1
toilets are on Level 0
What level is the car park on?
The woman is in the car park. She wants to go to check in. The lift has two buttons.
Tick the correct words to finish the sentence.
c The woman needs to press the button on the left / right because she wants to go down / up .
1 mark
2 marks