Greenacre Academy 2017

GREENACREACADEMY

NEWSLETTER

Thisissue:

Students parꢀcipaꢀng in Science STEM Acꢀviꢀes - See Page 7

Messagefrom
MrsBridger&
MrReese

Kent School Games Winners!

Science STEM Acꢁviꢁes Genius Squad

There is always an excitement on returning to school in the New Year. Resoluꢀons were sꢀll intact on January 3rd and there was much to look forward to. Year 8 have started the year with their Opꢀons Evening; Many thanks to the parents who took ꢀme to comment kindly on the posiꢀve experience they and their children had at the Opꢀons Evening.

Rowing Team Going to the Naꢁonals

During this term, Year 11 have had their Sixth form interviews and know exactly what they need to do to secure a place on their chosen course; it has been fantasꢀc to see record numbers applying for our sixth form. Next term will be very busy with our Year 11 preparing for their final GCSE exams and making decisions about their future. Students will need to be more focussed and resilient than ever, showing real determinaꢀon to achieve their goals. Year 11 parent/carers and students have now been noꢀfied of their bespoke daily aﬅer school intervenꢀon sessions which start next term; it is VITAL that students aꢁend these sessions as it will make a real difference to their GCSE outcomes in August. I would urge all parents and carers of year 11 to fully support this strategy; aﬅer all, we are all working towards the same outcome – a

‘Skills for Life’ Manager

Get live updates on what is happening at the Academy follow us on twiꢀer at:

brilliant set of results for every one of our Year 11’s which will of course improve

@GreenacreAcad

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Spring Term 2017

GREENACREACADEMYNEWSLETTER

Messagefrom
MrsBridger&

Maths
GCSERevision books

MrReese

their future life opportuniꢀes.

The maths department have purchased a supply of GCSE

mathemaꢀcs revision guides which are available for year 11 students to buy at the cost price of £4.50. Year 11 students can also buy the same type of calculator that will be used in the exam, again at cost price of £6.50. Both of these will be invaluable when preparing for the
Year 10 are also thinking of the future and their work experience in the final summer term. We held successful assemblies to students which introduced the process. All students should be aꢁending school every day and a drop in aꢁendance can significantly reduce their final summer GCSE mathemaꢀcs exams. GCSE grades. This is an important Skill for Life to imbed in our future generaꢀon of workers; therefore we would very much appreciate the support of our parents in ensuring your son/ward is at school every day and on ꢀme.

PIXLMaths APP

Next term we welcome back Mrs Edge who will be returning as our Head of School following her maternity leave. Mrs Edge has been into the Academy during this term and has been impressed with the conduct of our students.
Don’t forget that all students have access to the PIXL Maths APP which is a fantasꢀc resource where they can revise maths on a computer or their phone. Students can get their login details from their teacher and we would like them to use it regularly so that they can become independent learners.
Daylight is lengthening as we look forward to all the

challenges and opportuniꢀes of the spring term at Greenacre Academy, achieving excellence for all in an ever changing world. We wish you all an enjoyable and producꢀve half-term holiday. For Years 11, 12 and 13 in parꢀcular, this is a crucial period as they begin to prepare in earnest for their summer examinaꢀons.
Find the PIXL Mats APP at: hꢁp://mathsapp.pixl.org.uk/
We look forward to welcoming students back on Monday 20th February in full school uniform with full equipment.

Corbettmaths

Another excellent resource for revision and pracꢀce materials is corbeꢁmaths.com where you can ﬁnd videos, worksheets and pracꢀce papers suitable for year 7 through to sixth form.

Mr Reece
CEO, Greenacre Academy Trust
Mrs Bridger Acꢀng Head of School

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Spring Term 2017

MarloweHouse

Churchill House

already..! Where did that term go?

The end of term

3

Well done Marlowe House on yet another successful term!

Individually it has been a great term for many of you – I was very pleased to see so many of Churchill boys building upon successes from earlier this year and it was brilliant to see so many more of you invited to either of the Zero point parꢀes too. I am also proud to see how well many of you are performing on a weekly basis – with 7 of the last week’s top 10 Housepoint earners being from Churchill house-enjoy your passes lads! Those of you who work hard consistently and always do the basic are the cornerstone of Churchill house and I thank each one of you; I hope those of you who could contribute more would try to emulate some of the great role models that we have amongst us.

This term has seen several Marlowe students selected for ‘Student of the Term.’ This is a fantasꢀc achievement as it means those who have been awarded this ꢀtle have been singled out as being outstanding learners in that specific subject! The Marlowe students who have obtained this great accolade are: Hashim Farid – has been idenꢀfied as a budding mathemaꢀcian, George Larman – has shown a real flair for Media Studies, Jake Cooksley has shown an excellent work ethic in Design and Technology, and Ethan Wadmore has made a valuable contribuꢀon to the school’s vocal group - well done, boys!

Sadly we currently sit boꢁom of the pile in terms of housepoints with the same theme reoccurring: once again managing to earn a vast amount of housepoints but losing substanꢀally more through receiving detenꢀons and someꢀmes leꢃng them escalate. If you are one of those who does earn a few detenꢀons, you know you will have a detenꢀon – it is your job to ﬁnd out when and where and get it done at the ﬁrst opportunity; don’t let it escalate and cost the house even more housepoints than it already has – we are a team and in this together!

This term has seen Marlowe forms aꢁempt to improve their overall aꢁendance, well done to all who have made

a

concerted eﬀort to improve aꢁendance and

punctuality. In addiꢀon to this, forms have also been focusing on raising their housepoint totals – form CP have excelled at this and Hashim Farid and Louie Devonport have consistently been in the top ten housepoint earners – well done!

Please remember to do the basics, be organised and plan ahead. Sort out your uniform, equipment and PE (if you need it) the night before, as this will set you up for a posiꢀve day and take the stress out of your morning rouꢀne! What are the basics? Wear full school uniform to line-up (including your shoes and ꢀe) and have your planner and basic equipment ready for the day ahead. Be proud that you are a student of Greenacre Academy; and parꢀcularly proud that you are part of the greatest house - Churchill house!

Please make sure you return to school in term four with all of your basic equipment and wearing correct uniform – let’s start the new term as we mean to go on!

Finally, I’d like to wish all Marlowe students, Mrs Ward, Mrs Hill and our hardworking form tutors a resꢂul half term and thank you for all your hard work during term three.

Well done to those of you in the Churchill Championship top 30; you are doing yourselves and the house proud!

Ms. Wall

Have a great half-term!!

Mr Roberts, Mrs Cowburn and Mrs Hill.

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Spring Term 2017

DickensHouse

Chaucer House

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all Dickens Well done Chaucer House on another successful term! students on an excellent third term! It has been a
This term has seen several Chaucer students selected for pleasure to see every one of you conꢀnue to display our
‘Student of the Term.’ This is an outstanding
Skills for Life principles both in lessons and around the achievement and shows the hard work and dedicaꢀon of
Academy. students in the house. The Chaucer students who have

A massive well done to Joshua Marꢀn (Y8) and Robert obtained this great accolade are: Lewis Goold-Davies for Wood (Y8) who have managed to get into the Top 10 Art, Benjamin Harding for Modern Foreign Languages Housepoint earners for the enꢀre school two weeks in a and Cassidy Leishman for PE - well done, boys, this is a row! The two boys along with some other Dickens boys fantasꢀc achievement! received a week long queue jump pass for the canteen,
This term has seen Chaucer forms aꢁempt to improve keep it up! their overall aꢁendance, and almost all students are

Congratulaꢀons to form HW who won the ﬁrst ever making a conscienꢀous eﬀort to ensure they are in full Form Challenge which was awarded for the fewest school uniform. It is important as a House we conꢀnue negaꢀve incidents over a week long period. You have to represent ourselves in the best possible light. demonstrated the behaviour expected of Dickens
As a house we conꢀnue to lead the way with house students on a consistent basis, enjoy the Sports hall! points by 1600 which again shows the high levels of

Dickens house was once again strongly represented in commitment displayed by you all. the ‘Student of The Term’ awards. This is a great
Please make sure you return to school in term four with achievement as the recipient has been recognised for all of your basic equipment and wearing correct uniform their outstanding work and eﬀort in a speciﬁc subject.
– let’s start the new term as we mean to go on!
The Dickens students who won the awards are:

Jarreꢁ Mears – Photography Samuel Ballington – Business Lewis Byrne - History
Finally, I’d like to wish all Chaucer students, Mrs Wall and our hardworking form tutors a resꢂul half term, and thank you for all your hard work during term three.

Miss Lockwood

I’m sure you will all join me in thanking Ms Boynton and all Dickens Form Tutors for their hard work and commitment during Term 3. Have a great break!

Mr Franklin

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Year 3 & 4

Greenacre

Sports HallAthletics Kent SchoolGames
Winners!

On Thursday 26th January, the year 3&4 Primary School Games Sports Hall Athleꢀcs compeꢀꢀon took place at
Following the Secondary School Games Handball
Medway Park. There were two sessions, one in
Compeꢀꢀon, which was the largest event in the UK of its the morning and one in the aﬅernoon involving 29 kind and Greenacre winning the U13 trophy, today primary schools, 14 of which are from the Greenacre
Greenacre have become the County Champions and will

be represenꢀng Kent at the Naꢀonal Finals in May!!
Sports Partnership. Well done to Swingate Primary School for winning and being the highest placed GSP school and who will now through to the Kent School Games Finals.

The 8 pupils were:

Conner Wasway Conner Dale Luke Tuꢁ Jack Coopes
Enrico Ituama Harrison Negus Hashim Farid
Please ﬁnd the following results:

1^st2^nd3^rd4^th5^th6^th7^th8^th9^th10^th

Swingate Primary¹Warren Wood Burnt Oak²Featherby Juniors St. Margaret’s Junior Balfour Juniors Academy of Woodlands Fairview Park Wood Juniors New Horizons Children’s Academy Delce Bligh Juniors St. Michaels St. Thomas More Cedar Saxon Way Horsted Hoo St. Werburgh Thames View St. William of Perth All Faiths Cliﬀe Woods Maundene Miers Court
1188 1168 1080 1066 1042
986 978 926 876 858 816 816 814 812 812 790 774 774 766 726 680 672 652 574 572 546 512

Cassidy Leishman

Game 1: St Georges vs Greenacre: we won 2 - 1 Game 2: Herne Bay vs Greenacre: we won 2 - 1 Game 3: Harvey Grammar vs Greenacre: we lost 2 - 0

We then went through to the semi ﬁnals again Dover

Grammar and beat them 3 - 2.

Eq. 11^th

13^th

We went through to the ﬁnals which was against Harvey Grammar who we had lost to in the earlier rounds. Aﬅer

an intense game we beat them 1 - 0 and became Kent School Games U13 Handball Champions!

Eq. 14^th

16^th17^th18^th19^th20^th21^st22^nd23^rd24^th25^th26^th27^th

This means we will be represenꢀng Kent at the Naꢁonal

Finals in May!

If you see the team please congratulate them.

Meredale Wayﬁeld Kingﬁsher Fair Play Award AM – Horsted Fair Play Award PM – All Faiths

1. Highest placed Greenacre SP School, invited to the Kent SG ﬁnals.

2. Highest placed Howard SSP School, invited to Kent SG ﬁnals.

In addiꢀon, congratulaꢀons to Horsted Juniors for winning the Fair play award!!

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Key Stage 5
KS3Computing
IT and Business

Over the past term students in KS3 have been looking at hardware and soﬅware. They have been exploring the inner parts of a computer, idenꢀfying what their role is and how they work. For example we have explored how certain internal parts of a computer work in a similar way to organs in the human body.
Our 72 new IT and Business students started the New

Year by taking their ﬁrst exam for their Level

3

qualificaꢀons. Over 20 hours of aﬅer school sessions were made available to support all students in passing their first exam. Overall there were many posiꢀve comments from both IT and Business, so fingers crossed for them when their results arrive.
We have also looked at the possible devices that can be

connected to

a

computer system to improve

One exam down and the preparaꢀon starts again! Both

IT and Business have started their preparaꢀon for their next exam on Wednesday 17th May (IT) and Friday 26th May (Business). performance or to add new feature, such as webcam used to record what it sees and what it hears. Students have also explored the idea of "internal" and "external" hardware components to further their understanding of the enꢀre computer system.
IT is now looking at the uses of informaꢀon in the public domain, globally, in the cloud and across the internet, by individuals and organisaꢀons. They will discover that good management of both data and informaꢀon is essenꢀal, and that it can give any organisaꢀon a compeꢀꢀve edge.
More recently we have developed into soﬅware and it's diﬀerent forms. For example students have looked at soﬅware applicaꢀons and their many uses, operaꢀng systems and how they work within the computer system. Next term we will be moving into programming, where students will learn the basics of language, including how to design a program using ﬂowcharts.
Business is now looking at the skills and understanding

a

programming

needed to work eﬀecꢀvely within

a

business

environment. This includes arranging meeꢀngs, working with business documents, making payments, prioriꢀsing

Miss Whiteway

business

acꢀviꢀes

and

communicaꢀng

with

stakeholders.

Both new courses link with the Greenacre EMPLOY ME focus as all learners will develop transferable skills that are valued by higher educators and employers such as, communicaꢀon, planning, teamwork, research and resilience.

Mr J Eacoꢁ

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Spring Term 2017

Science:
STEM Activities

This term students from year 7 had the opportunity to take part in a morning of STEM acꢀviꢀes using popular ﬁlms to explore ideas from Science and Maths.

We have another STEM acꢀvity coming up at the start of next term for students in years 7 and 8. Students will have the chance to enter a compeꢀꢀon called ‘Soluꢀons for the Planet’ using their ideas from the day.

Remember STEM club is in room 001 every Thursday lunchꢀme for year 7 and 8 students. They are currently creaꢀng a futurisꢀc city!

Science:
Half term challenge

Remember Science experiments aren’t just for school – why not try an experiment in your kitchen at home? Acids and Alkalis are in many common household products, you could make your own Red Cabbage indicator to ﬁnd out about diﬀerent substances. Remember to work with an adult while doing any experiments and ensure you stay safe.

Want more ideas? Try the websites below

hꢁps://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/ hꢁps://www.scienceathome.org/

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Science:
Year 11 revision

As we all know exams are fast approaching and students should be doing regular revision at home. Some ideas to help you:

 Why not try making ﬂash cards of the key terms from Biology, Chemistry and Physics?

 Use post-its to display ideas from a topic around your bedroom.

 Use your revision guides – read a page, cover it, see what you can remember.

 Create mind maps on each topic of your exams.  Complete past exam papers – all your teachers will be happy to mark these for you!

Revision challenge for half term – a quesꢁon a day

Monday

Tuesday

Describe 7 forms of energy with examples
Wednesday
Explain the similariꢀes and diﬀerences between the two types of telescope
Thursday
Explain the features of the 5 explain the kingdoms using key terms
Friday
Describe and
Weekend
Explain how your body controls the amount of glucose in your blood
Describe decay and the carbon

cycle

process of

fracꢀonal disꢀllaꢀon

Year 11 Science exam dates :

Core Science

Biology: B1 Inﬂuences on life -

Tuesday 16th May

pm

Chemistry: C1 Chemistry in our World - Physics: P1 Universal Physics -
Thursday 18th May Wednesday 24th May am pm

Addiꢁonal Science

Biology: B2 Components of Life - Chemistry: C2 Discovering Chemistry - Physics: P2 Physics for your Future -
Friday 9th June Wednesday 14th June Friday 16th June am am am

Triple Science

Biology: B3 Using Biology - Chemistry: C3 Chemistry in acꢀon - Physics: P3 Applicaꢀons of Physics -
Monday 19th June Wednesday 21st June Friday 23rd June am am am

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Genius Squad

independence from our boys' to prepare them for their place in the world. We want them to know that they are able to make amazing things happen and we are conﬁdent that our own Genius Squad will inspire their peers. We are so pleased to have had the opportunity to work with Angela and Lord Jim Knight and can see a great future in supporꢀng our Skills for Life agenda"
On Thursday 19th January, we were honoured to welcome inﬂuenꢀal internaꢀonal educaꢀonalist, Angela Maiers and Lord Jim Knight to Greenacre Academy to develop our Genius Squad.