ISSUE 10! 3rd February 2017! - BBG Academy
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ISSUE 10! 3rd February 2017! This week a group of our Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 dance students took part in the largest national dance competition open exclusively to schools. The vision of the competition is to create an exciting competition bringing together children of all ages and abilities where the emphasis is on having a good time. Well, our girls certainly did that. BBG Academy’s KS3 entry was a contemporary piece which was choreographed for a performance evening about war and peace. The dance idea comes from the current issues of child refugees in Syria and focused on communicating different relationships. BBG Academy’s KS4 entry was another contemporary piece that was collaboratively choreographed by the students and teacher. The dance idea was based around negative body image with movement material inspired by the lyrics from the song ‘Body Love’ by Mary Lambert. The Key Stage 4 piece was a very moving tribute to Ellie Bramham. The girls were a credit to the academy. Well done to all students involved, a fantastic achievement: Year 7 - Ellie Needham, Aime Hall, Rebecca Wood, Olivia Jones, Summer Hayes, Ellie Ball, Zoe Cole, Jena Clough, Emma Maleham, Ella Fahy, Evie Morley, Alarna Hamilton, Ebony Ramm Year 8 - Paige Evans, Brooke Shaw Year 9 - Georgia Quinlan, Beth Maleham, Ruby Fletcher, Melissa Gray, Amelia Scully Year 10 - Elizabeth Pickett, Ellie Tutt, Gabi Hanson, Charlotte Palmer, Ella Mackowski
subject news!
RESILIENCE!
Here are some examples of Superheroes
designed by Year 7 in Resilience.
Charlie Woodward
7ZSE. “This is Super
Dad, he can teleport
and fly. His fists turn to
metal and when he
presses his SD badge,
he has night vision”
Florence Duggan. - 7ZSE “Frozen Girl can
freeze people but not fire. She can freeze
enemies with her stare. She can climb up
tall buildings”
The imagination displayed by Year 7 has been fabulous to
see. They have really embraced the challenge of creating a
resilient superhero. Next step is to develop their literacy skills
by creating a story about their characters.
Kamani St Hilaire – “This is Super K who can fly, has both x- ray
and night vision. He has flashing lights to show danger. He has
super strength, speed and is flexible. He helps other
superheroes and saves anyone who needs his help”.
subject news!
MFL NEWS!
A masterclass in top quality German writing.
One of our Year 10 students, Marcus Hanson has written such an amazing piece of homework that it is like a
masterclass in how to write top quality language in German. Mrs. Deighton was so impressed that she has
used it to create a display to show the other students what is possible with a little hard work and determination.
Tolle Arbeit Marcus, weiter so! J
Take the Mrs Deighton challenge
Mrs Deighton has the following sign on her door. If you can
work out what it says it you will receive a Head of Faculty
stamp (worth 10!)
School Book Fair
Our School ‘Book Fair’
will take place 6 – 8 February, in the LRC.
Students can call in before school or after
school, from 2:30 onwards, on Wednesday
and Thursday. Your support would be
greatly appreciated; for every book sold at
the Fair, the school earns commission,
which enables us to add new books to our
school library. Last year, the school was
able to obtain books to the value of £300.
There will be a wide
range of books
available
to choose from.
Thank you
Mrs McKirgan
(LRC Manager)
subject news!
Year 10 become the teacher.
SCIENCE! Student enjoyed being taught by their peers.
Friction in Year 8. Maybe we have some future teachers amongst us?
Year 8 carried out an investigation to see what
factors affect frictional forces. They went on to
discuss balanced and unbalanced forces following in
the footsteps of Sir Isaac Newton.
ENGLISH!
Year 11 students have continued to prepare for their
Year 9 investigate solar cells. mock and impending external examinations, by
Asking the question ‘Could we live on the moon?’, developing their knowledge of the anthology and
we investigated how much current solar cells could unseen poems. Lessons have been creative in order
produce in varying light intensities. to try and encourage students to link key poems
alongside their rationale as to why they would
compare them, as well as remembering key quotes
and language devices used within the poems that
would support them in an examination.
Mrs Dyson’s class completed a ‘quote quest’ where
the students had to find key quotations, hidden
around the room and then decide which poem they
were from, before comparing them to other poems
from the anthology. In a competitive ‘race against
the clock’ Ethan Cockerill became the winner! Well
done Year 11.
Year 10 become the teacher.
Year 10 students explained to the class the factors
affecting the stopping distance of a car. This
included the idea of reaction time and braking
distance.
subject news! Year 9 have been taking part in assessed performances in music and drama this week. In music the students have been working on chords and riffs, and performed Five Years Time by Noah and the Whale. In drama the students have been learning about Theatre in Education, which is a method of teaching using performance which was developed in the 1960s at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. Their performances were aimed at educating an audience of 10 and 11 year olds about being safe on the roads.
subject news!
MATHS!
We are pleased to announce that almost 100 students from the top maths sets in Years 9, 10 and 11 have all
experienced exciting maths with the UK Mathematics Trust Intermediate Maths Challenge. They sat the
challenge on Thursday 2 February 2017 and will find out their results in a few weeks’ time.
The UKMT Individual Maths Challenges are lively, intriguing multiple choice question papers, which are
designed to stimulate interest in maths in large numbers of students. The three levels cover the secondary
school range 11-18 and together they attract over 600,000 entries from over 4,000 schools and colleges.
The papers contain 25 multiple choice questions. Of these, the first 15 are more accessible, whilst the final
10 will provide more food for thought. Gold, silver and bronze certificates are awarded to 40% of participants
nationally in the Junior and Intermediate Challenges, and 60% of participants nationally in the Senior
Challenge. The most successful participants at each level are invited to enter follow-on rounds; Kangaroos
(multiple choice questions) or Olympiads requiring full written answers.
An example of a question: Why not give it a go?
Find out more at www.ukmt.org.uk
ART!
A water colour artist study (below)
from Ella Runton’s art GCSE
sketch book, year 10. Also an
exciting Pop Art study from the
same project (left).
Polly Murphy, art GCSE Year 10 , has added a Pop Art
edge to her Wizard of Oz “Dorothy” shoe drawing.
creativity corner!
Year 8 have just finished a bookend project in workshop. I think you'll agree, they are really professional.
The art department are going from strength to strength with
some superb pieces from students in all age groups. Below
is Aiden Statham’s Engine drawing for his art GCSE.
This detail above is from a Gouache painting
based on the theme of ‘Africa’, by Lucy
Ormondroyd in Year 11 for her Art GCSE
parent information!
YOU SAID, WE DID POLITE REQUEST
At our recent Year 9 parents evening you kindly
gave us feedback. Thank you for both the positive
comments and the improvements you would like to
see. As a result of your feedback we are in the
process of making some changes.
ü Some of you were worried that homework was
not given every day in every subject – we are
researching the effects of homework before
issuing, however we will provide you with the
programme of study titles so you can study at
home with your child if you chose to.
ü Some of you would like our PD system to be
relaxed. Apologies but the PD system is built
upon traditional values of discipline, behaviour
and respect and is sacrosanct. We will continue
to apply it consistently so your children can learn
in the very best climate for learning.
ü Some of you were concerned about staff
absence in English. Staff sickness, unfortunately, We have had an email from a local resident who is
is unavoidable. Please be assured that a short very concerned about the number of cars turning into
term and long term solution has been found and the Academy, causing a tail back, and other cars
will be in place shortly. parking illegally blocking other cars from travelling
ü Some of you were concerned about SEND and along Bradford Road. Please could we ask that you
requested more information. This has been put in park and drive considerately in the area and with due
place with immediate effect. regard for the safety of other drivers and pedestrians.
ü Some of you felt communication was not as Due to a lack of space, and safety of our students
good as it could be. This year we have please do not drive into the Academy grounds unless
introduced Twitter, a weekly Bulletin and a you have a child who has additional mobility needs.
commitment to respond to parental Many thanks.
communication within 24 hours; if you do not
have access to any of the above please let us
know and we will try to support in other ways.
ü You wanted holiday fines to be removed. We
remain committed to your children's education
and therefore do not intend to relax the
expectations around attendance. Please be
assured teachers are not permitted to take
holidays in term time either.
ü We fielded many conversations on the evening
around assessment and the increased
expectation due to the national curriculum
reform. Further information will be given at
options evening on Wednesday 15 February
2017.
• Thursday 9 January – Exam Preparation Evening
Year 11 Parents only.
• Monday 13 February Year 7 and 8 NFER test
• Tuesday 14 February Year 7 and 8 NFER test
• Wednesday 15 February Year 8/9 options evening
• 21-24 February Performing arts trip – London
• 25 February Netball trip - Birmingham
attendance matters!
Attend & Achieve
Research suggests that missing 17 school days a year results in 1 GCSE grade drop.
A#endance in one school Number of lessons missed per Number of weeks missed Number of years missed over
year year per year 5 years
100%
0 0 0
95%
50 lessons 2 weeks ¼ Year
90%
100 lessons 4 weeks ½ Year
85%
150 lessons 6 weeks ¾ Year
80%
200 lessons 8 weeks 1 Year
70%
300 lessons 12 weeks 1½ Years
60%
400 lessons 16 weeks 2 Years
50%
500 lessons 20 weeks 2½ Years
This weeks attendance leaders.
Year Form Attendance
7 7RFS 98.3%
8 8SSG 97.9%
9 9AC 96.6%
96.3%
10 10LTR 98.4%
11 11NPG 98.4%
Uniform Recycling
Parent appeal for help. We would be Attendance Fact: Please think! There are only 40 teaching
really grateful if you would be weeks in the school year. Missing six days every term of every
prepared to donate your old uniform year is the same as missing one whole school year. 95%
so we are in a position to help other attendance sounds good, but means that you are taking one day
families replace old or lost uniform. off a month. Would you think it was acceptable if your teacher
All donations can be dropped off at did not come to school to teach you for a week because she had
main reception. We will remove gone on holiday in term time?
names and wash and iron if
necessary.
Thank you in advance for your help.
@BBGAcademy
@BBGAcademyPE
NETBALL
Another success for BBG Netball this week with two wins for the Year 7 A and B teams against
Heckmondwike. The A played the first match and got off to a flying start with a 5 goal lead. Heckmondwike
managed to come back with a couple of goals before half time, but despite countless interceptions from
centre, Summer Haynes kept them at bay. The second half got off to a slower start but with a second wind
BBG finished in style 11-4. The second game was a close match between BBG B team and Heckmondwike,
with only one goal scored throughout. It was an evenly matched game with the girls working tirelessly to
keep the opposition from scoring and relentlessly transitioning from attack to defence. The girls showed
great resilience by maintaining their 1-0 lead in the second half. Well done and keep up the hard work!
REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS
We are delighted to share the fantastic news that seven of our students have been selected to represent
District teams in Netball. Well done girls, this is a fabulous achievement.
Laura Sweeney (who has been selected for the Kiklees District after only
6 months of playing club netball!)
Charlotte Smith Chloe Wood Rebekah Light Harriet Cross Alya Abdennour Aniyah Longstaff
The girls above have all been selected to represent the Spen Valley District Netball ‘A’ Team and have their
first tournament on Saturday at Bradford College. Good luck girls.You can also read
