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Head Teacher’s Message
This week, for the first time and from this point forward, we have decided to send each Keep Intouch (KIT)
publication to our students through their Chenderit email accounts. Until now, we have sent KIT to parents and
carers only and have hoped that our students’ achievements and other key messages have been shared.
Students will now receive their own copies electronically and whilst we hope these will be seen as uplifting,
celebratory and motivational by our student body, we hope that parents will continue to discuss the content of
each issue at home. Of course, students, if you discover your name or examples of your work in KIT, why not
keep that issue for posterity yourselves!
In the past few days, we have heard the very sad news of the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore, a hero who
became a multimillion-pound fundraiser for the NHS and who gave us all hope. There is much we can all learn
from how this stoic, unruffled, frank Yorkshireman conducted himself during the course of his lifetime however,
perhaps it was his quiet fortitude at a time of a national lockdown emergency that really enthralled us.
Our students regularly show us that they too have tremendous courage, optimism, strength, determination and
character, qualities that, at any age, are surely an asset. Each day, I see the students who are currently working
in school striving to be the very best they can be and I know that those who are working from home are also
focusing and engaging well – we track student engagement with online learning closely and feel uplifted by how
seriously our students have been taking their learning this term. Once again, this week’s KIT celebrates a tiny
percentage of all the fantastic achievements we see during the course of a week - I hope you enjoy this issue.
We recognise that for some students, a little more support is sometimes needed and this week we have shone a
light on #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek. We hope you have seen our posts about this and other matters on social
media (https://www.facebook.com/chenderit/ and https://twitter.com/realchenderit) and will take the time to read
pages 11 and 12 in this edition of KIT. Nonetheless, survey findings published to mark Children’s Mental Health
Week reveal a third of parents do not know who is in charge of mental health and wellbeing at their children’s
school. If you have concerns about your child’s mental health, please visit http://www.chenderit.northants.sch.uk/
well-being.asp where you will be able to see a poster of key staff who will listen, such as heads of learning and
the inclusion team. You will also be able to find links to useful service and resources.
Finally for this week, I shall leave you with the thought that we may not all have a powerboat for the
Northamptonshire fire and rescue service named in our honour as Captain Tom did, but we can all hope that
what he said last year will eventually come true:
‘We will get through it in the end but it might take time… the sun will shine on you again and the clouds
will go away.’
Captain Sir Tom Moore
30 April 1920 - 2 February 2021
Safer Internet Day 9/2/21
On Tuesday we will be having Safer Internet Day 2021. At this time of the year the students in all year
groups are doing some work on cyberbullying and hate speech during Personal Development - tutor time,
with each year building on previous work with these topics: Bystanders and Allies, Responding to Hate
Speech, What you said in that moment, Countering Hate Speech online, Online Disinhibition and
Consequences of Hate Speech. This year, with children exposed to more internet use whilst in lockdown,
we need to be thinking even more about physical welfare and the mental health impacts of time spent
online. Inhibitions are broken down and consequences less considered as we become more isolated from
the hurly burly of school and each other. Consequently, it becomes harder to interact kindly with each
other and we read in black and white more than the intent of the original post.
Keith Smith
e-Safety Lead.
ARE YOU AWARE???
!!! IMPORTANT BUS INFORMATION !!!
Stagecoach 500 Brackley/Banbury
As of 31st January 2021 the Stagecoach 500 bus route has changed
and are now running their Saturday service on all week days
(Monday - Friday).
Please be aware that the bus is now only running hourly. Your child will
need to ensure they catch the 8am bus from Banbury or the 7.35am
bus from Brackley in the morning to arrive at school on time and the
3.07pm bus to Banbury and the 3.15pm bus to Brackley in the
afternoon, otherwise they will have to wait another hour for the next
bus.
Head of Learning for Year 7 We have all now settled into remote working and learning. All students in Year 7 are to be congratulated. It is great to see so many examples of good work from different subject areas in this edition of KIT. Students are continuing to show resilience, good humour and a desire to help each other (and their teachers!) The students are now experts at checking Satchel in the morning and logging into all their live lessons on Google classroom. It is great to see so many students using the “chat” facility to communicate with their teachers. However, please remind the students that the topics should be subject based only and not just general chit chat! They should also be encouraged not to use capital letters. Please do contact you child’s tutor or myself should you have any concerns about access to lessons, IT issues or anxiety. If you have any concerns that are subject specific please contact your child’s teacher in the first instance. I hope you and your families are all well. R Hoose (rhoose@chenderit.net) YEAR 11 PRE-PUBLIC EXAMS Sixth form students have recently completed their PPEs online, and staff have been very pleased by the engagement and commitment shown. Work has been marked and teachers have given feedback to students in lessons. Clearly these exams have been done at home, and do not have the high level of control we get with papers sat in school, so staff will use the results alongside evidence of work produced in class when we are asked to submit our suggested grades to exam boards later in the year. The national picture may change, but at the moment it seems likely that we will be able to return to face-to-face teaching in some form, probably from 8th March onwards. Our plan is that year 11 students will sit their PPEs in English, maths, science and geography, from Tuesday 9 th – Friday 12th March. Obviously we will review these dates in the light of government guidance. Students will undertake assessments in class for other subjects in the following weeks. These will provide the evidence staff need to help staff make judgements on what students know, understand and can do in each area, which, we have been advised, should form the basis of the grades we submit to exam boards. We are anticipating further information from Ofqual, possibly in the week beginning 22nd February. We expect guidance on the assessments we should carry out with students, and once we know more, we will let you know the details.
Year 7 Textiles
Year 7 Textiles students have responded really well to the on-line tasks that they have been set and we
have very much enjoyed seeing the fruits of their labours!
Task 1 was to make some paper bunting
In these uncertain times it feels important that we do all we can to make sure that we are HAPPY and to stay
happy it is good to do things that make us HAPPY! As a result students were asked to reflect on what makes
either themselves or someone else HAPPY and then plan, design and make some paper bunting for their target
audience. Once completed the target audience would then be able to look at the bunting to cheer themselves
up!
Task 2 challenged students to have a go at paper weaving to tie in with our work on woven fibres.
For Task 3 students were asked to try their hand at making their own paper yarn to hang their bunting from.
This involved twisting and turning long strips of paper joined together around a pencil. It is much more
complicated than it sounds and the paper was prone to breaking if you twisted it too hard!
Task 4 took their paper skills to the next level and they were tasked with learning and practising the
ancient Japanese art of Origami!
Emma Hayward
Bailey Godleman Ella Netten-McCall Alex Handley
Chelsea-Rose Pratt
Lloyd Smith Anoushey Rizvi Jessica North
Reggie Cullen Henry Baker
Niamh Carvosso Lochlan Gough
Kyla Cooknell
Grace Lilley Lauren Bowles Holly Hall
Finley Robeson
Sophia Sneath Isabella Gilchrist Rose Hassall
Lochlan G - Textiles star of the week!
Chenderit Sixth Form
Sixth Form Weekly Bulletin
Week Beginning: 1st February 2021
Weekly Message: Tutor Time Overview:
Dear parents and carers The key theme this week continues to be ‘Fighting
Next week on the 9th February, you will receive your for what is right’.
child’s next report detailing their progress in each of Our Year 12 tutor groups have spent time looking
their subjects since the start of the academic year. This at the impacts of driver awareness and
is an important time for reflection for each of our accountability. This builds upon our key theme of
students and we will be using the information for accountability from last week and will allow our
target setting in tutor time. As a Sixth Form Team, we students to appreciate the impacts that their own
will also be using the information to identify students decisions and the decisions of others can have
who are meeting and exceeding their target grades, and whilst driving.
also those who may require additional support. Please We are continuing to prepare our Year 13 students
do encourage your child to share their targets and for their next steps after they have completed their
actions from this process with you. examinations in the summer by looking at the
Over the past week, we have been working with our skills they will need at university or when they
students to ensure that they are fully supported in are in employment and have moved away from
managing their mental wellbeing during the current home. This work will include key information on
lockdown. All students have spent time looking at budgeting, cooking, coping with stress and
strategies in tutor time, and additional resources and promoting positive mental health.
contacts have been given to students too. If you have
any questions or concerns about your child’s
wellbeing, please contact us and we will support. Year 13 Student Finance Evening:
- Mr. B. Belstone.
Thank you to all parents, carers and students who
attended our Student Finance Evening last week. If
Promoting positive mental health: you or your child were unable to attend then the
booklet provided on the evening has been emailed
As a nation, we are seeing that more young people are to you all directly. The booklet contains advice
now suffering from mental health issues during the and guidance on all aspects of the student finance
lockdown period. We are taking an active approach to application process, including what the difference
this within the Sixth Form, and the wider school is between tuition fee loans and maintenance
community, to ensure that each of our students are loans, how to apply for student finance, what
able to manage their mental health effectively and grants and scholarships are available and also
access support when they need it. We have spent time how payment amounts are calculated and the
in tutor time and assemblies talking to student about impacts on repayments after graduation.
strategies, and some of our top tips are outlined Student Finance England have now announced
below. Please do promote these with your child and let that applications will open in early March so keep
us know if you need any further support: an eye out for this by following them on social
Don’t just lay in bed – stick to routines and media.
have a set place to complete work There is also information and support available at
Stick to a daily routine as if you were in school the following places: https://www.gov.uk/student-
Eat a balanced diet finance https://www.ucas.com/sfe https://
Set short term goals to keep a sense of studentfinance.campaign.gov.uk/
achievement https://www.savethestudent.org/studentfinance/
Dress properly and stick to grooming habits the-big-fat-guide-to-student-finance2012.html
Take a few steps every 30 minutes – get a break
from the laptop screen!
What have we been up to this week? Student Voice
Article by Keir Stopps (y11)
As we are all continuing to work at home you
may have some challenges to overcome.
Maddy Hoy in year 10 has had a furry friend to
help with her online learning which is amazing
to see.
Maddy’s brainy bunny
From learning at home to teaching at home.
Mr Williamson has employed an assistant to
help with his online German teaching, I’m
sure students will enjoy seeing such an
adorable assistant during their lessons.
Mr Williamson’s new assistant
Whilst Maddy and Mr Williamson have had
their 4-legged companions to help with their
work, Charles Pearson in year 7, has been
hard at work making a fantastic bird feeder as
part of a technology project.
Charles’s bird feeder
Ashton S’s dog, Harley, doesn’t seem to be too keen
on learning, but she does like the extra company!
Ashton said, ‘My dog Harley likes to be as close to me
as she can, she has started laying behind my chair
everyday while I'm working.’ Keep up the moral
support Harley!
Thank you to everyone that has contributed this week,
and we cannot wait to see what you get up to next
week!
For a chance to appear in next week’s edition, please
email Miss Sackman (rsackman@chenderit.net) with
your contributions.
Ashton and Harley
See you all next week
Grace Rutland year 11
This week students have been
working on a variety of design
tasks. Year 11 are working on
individual project concepts. Year
10 are creating an educational
Grace Rutland Year 11
products. Year 9 have been
coming up with corporate
packaging for fragrance and
creating promotional designs for
fruit drinks.
Isabel Tims Year 9
William Edwards Year 10
Alfie Smith Year 9
Lilli Thomas Year 9Mental Health Awareness Day 2021
This week is child mental health awareness week:
https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/
At Chenderit we are also linking in with the Northamptonshire Mental Health Awareness
day on Friday, 12th February by engaging students in discussion about mental health issues
in their Personal Development sessions next week (in PSHE and Tutorials).Each day next week we are asking students to follow a daily mental health focus, in order to remind themselves and others how important it is for us all to talk through these issues. We are asking students to send comments and photos about what they are doing throughout the week. Please send to gyoung@chenderit.net
Hi-Tech Club We have started creating a community of students and staff who like a bit of electronics, computing, robotics and such like. There is a cheap kit from Amazon where you can buy an Arduino microprocessor and loads of things to attach to it. We will be writing code, making electronics and making things happen. Come along for the ride - even if you don’t get a kit yourself you can watch and learn as we go. The software if free so you could still have a try. By the time you read this we should have filmed our first video with Mr LeRoy and we are likely to be editing it ready for distribution. A number of you may have got Arduino Kits already. If you missed out on the information last week, don’t worry, it isn’t too late - just Email myself and we will add you to the group: kcsmith@chenderit.net
Well done to all of our students for engaging with their online learning. We are very proud of you. We are
particularly impressed with how Year 7 are tackling Julius Caesar! World Book Day 2021 is approaching -
read how we will be celebrating our love of reading virtually this year.
A huge well done to the follow students for their excellent effort
over the last fortnight:
Year 7- Daniel Sm ith, K ian M arzin, Hollie Hughes, Finley R obeson ,
Lily Edwards. Isabella Gilchrist has been steadily improving on her revision
questions at the start of each lesson.
Year 8- R oseanna Hale and W ill Bouvier got 43 out of 44 on their
knowledge assessments.
Year 9- M ason P itch, M yron Barnett, Anna W ilk ins are
commended for their clear, considered, thoughtful hard work. Lola
Rodhouse, for sharing an excellent piece of work on The Great Gatsby, simply because she was very proud of it,
even when Mr Lindsay didn’t ask for it. Millie Smith has been making excellent contributions. Florence Garnett, Harry
Simpkins , Ruby Milsom and Jack Goodman.
Year 10- M atthew Sung and Annie Stuart - for some brilliant contributions to tricky poetry. Lara Radcliffe
and Abbie-Jo Sutton have been contributing a lot in online lessons. Mimi Guinness, Emily Campion, Gabby Illman,
William Edwards and Chloe Smart.
Year 11- Jak e R eynolds, Chloe How e, Bronny Sm ith, P hoebe P ope, Tassos Tzanos, P oppy W illiam s,
Liberty Smith
Year 12- I m ogen P ope, Suzi Teal, Frank ie Horrock s, Charlotte B ow m an
Year 13- Celeste Herriotts, Ella M anning, Holly Cam pbell, Vick y Strong
Examples of student work Year 11 question 4 responsesSophie Whittern-Locke’s beautiful revision
Persuasive writing from Y11
Asjad Bahar- Do you want our children to miss out on education? Of course not, because we are all intelligent
people and we want our children to be intelligent as well so keep them in school. Why do parents think it’s
acceptable to take their children on holiday during school time? Our children will be the future of this world and we
need them to be intelligent.
Callum Mundy Statistics show that the higher a student’s academic attendance the higher possibility of getting a
better GCSE in the years to come. And if you are taking your child on holiday who is in their last year, this is
absolutely barbaric - this is your children's future we are talking about!
Lewis Walker The United Kingdom is currently in a crisis with Covid-19. Our economy has shut down, our pubs are
going out of business and people won't listen to the government - so do you want to get ill or not? Stay at home or
risk getting Covid-19. In the UK people are dying in mass numbers everyday and we are at risk of losing our
overwhelmed, underfunded NHS. My home has become my prison. I'm stuck here 24 hours a day doing whilst you
are going around your own business going out inviting friends in without a face mask.
English courses via Unifrog
Want to learn more? Become well read? Boost your C.V? Have a look at
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Access to free novels online
Internet classroom Oak National Academy created the library after
schools moved to remote learning for the majority of pupils until
February half-term.
Formed with The National Literacy Trust, the library will provide a
book a week from its author of the week. Visit:
https://library.thenational.academy/
‘Theatre’ experience
Although we can’t visit a theatre in person, Y10 and Y11 students
were able to watch Michael Morpurgo’s retelling of ‘Romeo and Juliet’
on Friday 22nd January. Students said: “It was a great recap” and “I
like how it mixed up our lessons. It was good doing something
different.”
Y9 will be watching Macbeth today!
Amanda Gorman has
become the youngest
poet ever to perform at
a presidential
inauguration, calling
for "unity and
togetherness" in her
self-penned poem.
The 22-year-old delivered
her work The Hill We
Climb to both the
dignitaries present in
Washington DC and a
watching global audience.
"When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?" her
five-minute poem began. She went on to reference the storming of the Capitol earlier this month:
"We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it
meant delaying democracy," she declared.
"And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never
be permanently defeated."
Watch her inspirational poetry reading here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-
55738564February half term reading challenge
Half term is almost upon us. Spend the week with a good book or two.
February half term
Read to a family Read outside Read a book by a Read a non-fiction
member online YA author book
Read a book with
a great front cover Read poetry Read a book set in Listen to a book
the past online
Read a book recom- Read a book published Read in your Read a book set in the
mended by a friend in the last three years pyjamas future
Hello from Inclusion….
Firstly I would like to say to all of the parents, carers, grandparents, aunties,
uncles, neighbours and siblings who are doing such as an amazing job in supporting us while we
continue to deliver an education on line. These continue to be difficult circumstances and we
wouldn’t be able to do it as well as we are without you!
Secondly to all of the students who have shown us such high levels of commitment
and resilience, you truly are
There have been some real superstars recently and I would like recognise them for different reasons.
Vinny W, Oscar I, Kayne D B and Mollie M H – For always being in my lessons with such determination and enthusiasm. You
make teaching a pleasure despite everything.
Alex H, Harley S, Leah S, Ned E, Toby S, Zain H, Imogen J, Lilly E, Bailey G, Lillie L and Ewan H – You all started Chenderit during
a time none of us could have expected. You have overcome barriers to your learning in such a confident way it makes me very
proud. You may not have been able to be in every lesson for a huge amount of different reasons but you have always done
your best. Well done to all of you.
Watching TV this week and hearing the sad news about Sir Tom Moore and his passing it made me think about the world we
now live in. He said ‘Tomorrow is a good day’ let’s honour him and the amazing commitment he made by
continuing to work hard, stay resilient, ask for help if we need it and by being kind.
Well done to everyone, stay safe
Mrs Coleman and the Inclusion Team.Year Nine Chocolate Bars These drawings are making me hungry! Students in Year Nine have been using “the grid method” to create some super accurate drawings over the last few weeks. Drawing can come in all shapes and sizes and there are probably as many techniques as there are stars in the sky, but the grid method works brilliantly when you are working from a photograph, and aiming for as faithful a representation as possible. By concentrating on one square of the grid at a time, the artist can ensure shapes, tones and proportions are accurate. It’s a brilliant technique to help you really concentrate, and one that we often see students use to great effect. It’s not easy, and takes time and commitment, but the results can be stunning… as you can see from these examples from our Year Nine students… Hands Face Space. Find Your Place. It’s not often that a government health warning inspires an exhibition, but that’s exactly what’s happened at The Heseltine Gallery, and there is an opportunity for everyone to get involved. “Hands Face Space” is, of course, a mantra that we should all remember in our day to day lives to remind us of the need for good hygiene and effective social distancing during this pandemic. For artists though, it also seems to be a reminder of the elements required to create an effective portrait or self-portrait. This forthcoming exhibition aims to celebrate this idea and to document how many of us have used creativity to help us cope through these challenging and unsettling times. The exhibition aims to show how artists of all ages and abilities can express themselves through art, can let off some steam and can enjoy the therapy that art can bring. We hope that you can join in. Submissions for the exhibition are being accepted as you read this, and until the 18th of February. If you are interested in submitting some portrait work of your own, all you need to do is to email friends@theheseltinegallery.org.uk along with your name; the medium that your work was created in (eg is it a pencil drawing, a collage, a photograph or a painting) and a short description about the work and any comments you would like to make about the impact art has had on you or others. You can even include a price if you’re happy for your work to be sold (imagine that!). The exhibition is open for anyone to submit work to: students, parents and friends; professional artists, amateurs and students. Do please let others know if you can think of someone who might be interested in submitting some of their work! It would be great if we could get lots of support from this from the wonderful Chenderit community- both in terms of submitting work, but also in terms of visiting the exhibition when it goes live. If you are reading this: please get involved. This is a fabulous opportunity for budding artists to gain some recognition for all their hard work- what a brilliant thing to be able to write on a CV or application form, that your artwork has been included in an exhibition! The exhibition will go online from 22nd February until 10th April. We can’t wait to see all the artwork that will be created!
Design a Concept Car, Win an I-Pad We have been very lucky to have been invited to take part in a competition organised by our friends at The Sytner Group. This is something that I am sure would really appeal to many of our students. The challenge is to design a concept car and then create a launch campaign. All the details are on their website https://careers.sytner.co.uk/news/drive-by-design It’s a big task, but could be a wonderful way to spend some creative time over the half term break- and what a great insight into the world of work! Good luck to all those students who might be interested. Mr Christy - Head of Art In just over a month we will be celebrating World Book Day 2021. Very different from other years, we will be celebrating virtually with a range of activities that students can take part in at home. We will start the day with a fun tutor time quiz before Years 7 to 10 will take part in a World Book Day inspired English lesson. On offer will also be a second quiz to take part in, the ‘First Page’ quiz where students will see the first page of a book and will have to work out the title and author. There is a first prize of a £10 Waterstones voucher and for 2 runners up, a £5 Waterstones voucher. This year we are taking part in #bookface, a fun trend that sees people taking a photo with a book, strategically lined up with their face or body to make it look like they are part of the cover. Some examples are: We would love to see everyone’s attempts so please do send them in to me at: gnthomas@chenderit.net Lastly we would like to remind students about the Million Word Challenge which encourages them to read one million words in an academic year. By attempting and completing this challenge, they will encounter many benefits from reading such as improving their stress levels and well-being and also increasing their vocabulary and comprehension. We hope to see as many students and staff take part as possible. Mrs Thomas - Learning Resource Co-ordinator
Science
Another week down for remote learning and in Science we are continuing to see such fantastic work,
effort and inquisitive thinking from our wonderful Chenderit students. So much so, we HAVE to
recognise this by bringing back our illustrious “Science Stars of the Week”.
Congratulations to the following students……
KS3
Consistent hard work and participation in class resulting in an excel-
Isabel Glover Year 7
lent end of module test result
Charlie Pearson Year 7 Excellent contributions in class
Sam Sellick Year 7 Excellent contributions in class
Huge improvement in engagement and as a result showing real prom-
Thomas Ellis Year 7
ise as a biologist!
An amazing open Question on the periodic table and always produc-
William Bouvier Year 8
ing top standard work
Maddy Brown Year 8 Motivated to learn and fully engaged in lessons
Excellent contribution in lessons, asking thought provoking scientific
Lucas Timms Year 8
questions.
KS4
Gaining full marks in a Chemistry End of Unit test on atomic struc-
Neave Hayn Year 9
ture
Gaining full marks in a Chemistry End of Unit test on atomic
Daisy Jones Year 9
structure
Charlie Mullins-
Year 9 Excellent work in Science, great contributions in class.
Blyth
Harry Swain Year 9 Excellent work in Science, great contributions in class.
Consistent hard work and participation in class resulting in an ex-
Louise Clarke Year 10
cellent end of module test result
Completing additional work alongside the classwork set. Excep-
Will Castle Year 10
tionally dedication
Completing additional work alongside the classwork set. Excep-
Declan Timms Year 10
tionally dedicationGaining full marks in a Biology End of Unit test on Disease and
Sam Cavanagh Year 10
Medicines
Sophie Whittern
Year 11 Outstanding revision resources made for topic CB9
-Locke
Chloe Howe Year 11 For doing the most outstanding revision we have seen!
Sixth Form
Jolly Lewis Year 12 Fantastic performance in recent PPEs
Are we doing a One of the many great and exciting things about
practical today!? Science is that students get to be hands on and do
PRACTICALS! Our Science team of teachers and
technicians have continued to work hard and be
inventive so students can still experience this
important part of science at home.
Here are just some of the practicals from the last
week…
Right: Miss. Maffey
showed her year 10
class the effectiveness
of different antibiotics
by measuring how they
inhibited E.Coli growth.
Left: Mr. Fowler
demo’ing how sound
and light waves
travel and getting
his year 7 students
to do it at home
with their own
slinkys!Maths
Lottie Davies Y10
Leah Jarrett Y11
Teacher nominations:
Mr Byford: Rebecca Marsh (Yr 9) Fantastic attitude in remote lessons, always answering
questions and will ask when unsure. Lottie Davis (Yr 10) Excellent work on quadratics,
great method shown and moved on to extension work. Danny Bean (Yr 10) Great effort
on inverse proportion, actively trying to work out the formula for each question, great
attempt well done. Freya Bowles (Yr 11) outstanding algebra work completed last week.
Also great commitment to Additional Maths every Tuesday after school, keep it up. Leah
Jarrett (Yr 11) Excellent work on solving equations, using a good method which clearly
identifies the steps required, well done
Mr Smith: Edie Murray (Yr 7) Great test score. Charlie Metcalfe (Yr 9) A big improvement.
Gurtej Gill (Yr 11) A very big improvement.
Ms Kennedy: Jake Rumbold (Yr 7) for frequently being first to complete the tasks and
showing real enthusiasm. Jake regularly volunteers to answer the questions and always
explains how to reach the answer. Well done Jake! Georgia Sherrin-Jones (Yr 7) for
excellent input to live lessons. Georgia is never afraid to ask if she doesn’t understand
and will persevere with the task ensuring she is able to successfully answer questions.
Tom Norton (Yr 8) for working hard in Maths always but with particular effort made on the
enlargements tasks, striving to get a deep understanding. Tom even told me what a fun
lesson it was! Lauren Coleman (Yr 8) for always volunteering answers by putting her hand
up, and thus showing that she is listening and fully focused in every live lesson, whilst
remaining courteous and waiting to be asked to answer the question. Alfie Smith (Yr 9)
for effort, enthusiasm and determination in every Maths lesson. Alfie strives to be the first
to finish any task, often succeeding. He follows the method meticulously and sets his
work out clearly, in so doing, Alfie has a high level of success.Fantastic as always Alfie, well done! Holly Neilly (Yr 10) for always responding in the chat when I ask the class questions. Explaining her working out in the chat so that the other students can see what she has done. Holly is showing real determination to improve her understanding of Maths, with full participation in every live lesson. Well done Holly, you are a star! Mrs McMahon: Alexander Clarke (Yr 7) - he has just moved up into my group and has achieved a fantastic result on the angles test. Amelia Moore (Yr 8) has worked so hard and has been moved up to the group above. Well done Amelia the effort you put in consistently has finally paid off. Kieren Young (Yr 10) - achieving great scores on the mathswatch tasks, on some challenging topics such as sine rule, cosine rule and area of a triangle. Nyla Meechan (Yr 10) - working well in lessons - always offering to answer questions, showing a great understanding of the work going on in the lessons. Aimee Deacon (Yr 11) - asking questions when stuck and really putting the effort into gaining a score that she is pleased with. Callum Mundy (Yr 11) - working hard in lessons and putting the effort into pushing his grade up. Mrs Cooper: Ishmael Oti Orji (Yr 11) for completing extra work outside the lesson, on top of working hard in class. Fantastic attitude towards his learning. Alfie Briggs (Yr 8) for always giving 100% in lessons and having such a positive attitude towards his work. Darcey Crowshaw (Yr 8) for working hard in class, having high standards and being resilient. Jack Bowen (Yr 9) Amazing effort in lessons and always completes work to a high standard. Caspar Clarke (Yr 11) for his attitude to learning and completing work to a high standard. Mrs Pennells: Kallim Janaid (Yr 11) for achieving a grade 5 on his MathsWatch exam paper this week. Elliot Davenport-Jarvis (Yr 10) for settling in really well to a new group. Fantastic effort and attitude every lesson. Kyran Warne (Yr 8) really impressive MathsWatch scores. Excellent effort in all lessons. Lacie Balloch (Yr 7) great attitude and effort. Always pushing herself to complete extension tasks. Contributing well in lessons. Mrs Bagga: Maddy Brown (Yr 8) Contributing to online lessons. Asking for help and completing extension work. Daisy Jones and Ava Antonovic (Yr9) Achieving 100% in revision Active Learn task Mr Dahal: Ella Netten-McCall (Yr 7) Fantastic scores on Maths Watch. Elliot Humphrey (Yr 7) Excellent contributions to live lessons. James Meacham (Yr 13) Producing outstanding work in differentiating a range of functions. Mr Thomas: Lucy Maierhofer (Yr 11) for her attitude, consistency and effort.
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