DTA Newsletter

Theme of the Week:

Advent Friday 8th December 2016

Pupils arriving for their MUFC Christmas Party! IN THIS ISSUE

Dear Parents and Carers,

It’s been ‘heads down’ for the school this week as all pupils sat their Year 7 News first End of Term Tests of this year.

Year 7 and 8 pupils had the opportunity to experience GCSE style Year 8 News tests in our new school hall. We look forward to the result! Parents and Carers will also receive their child’s first Autumn School Report soon, and we look forward to some pleasing comments and grades A Boy Called Christmas from staff. Harry Potter Studio Tour We are delighted that our next door neighbours St Luke’s Primary School are using our hall for their Christmas play next week. School Council Please note that the school will close at 12pm on Friday 23rd December and reopen on Monday 9th January. Debate Club Until the end of term school work continues as normal, as we allow no slippage before the end of term. Inclusion Team Enjoy our packed newsletter

Yours sincerely, EAL

Science

Art Headteacher

Technology

w: www.deantrustardwick.co.uk/ Believe Achieve Succeed

Year 7 News

On Wednesday afternoon eight Year 7 pupils attended the Manchester United Christmas party at Old Trafford. These pupils were selected at random from the form group with the overall best attendance from October half term. This form was 7D Deansgate! All of the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the themselves! They participated in competitions, dancing and even a photo opportunity with Fred the Red! These pupils also received gifts from Manchester United for their outstanding behaviour whilst at the Christmas party. These pupils are a credit to our school.

Year 8 News

The Reach Out programme is successfully continuing with some of our Year 8 pupils this week. As part of this great mentoring scheme aimed at improving literacy and numeracy skills as well as confidence and character building, 13 Year 8 girls have the opportunity to tour the BBC at Media City. The girls will have a fantastic opportunity to see what it is like to broadcast a radio show with 5Live! Watch this space next week for updates and pictures from this event!

345 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4DY t: 0161 972 2988 e: [email protected] w: www.deantrustardwick.co.uk/ Believe Achieve Succeed

A Boy Called Christmas

This week in English, Year 8 pupils have been reading ‘A Boy Called Christmas’, a magical novel by Matt Haig. It is a fantastic adventure tale, which tells the secret story of Father Christmas. It is exciting, emotional, and very funny, and our pupils have been having a wonderful time! Tanya Yasmin, in 8T1, says, “I am really enjoying reading this book. It is very imaginative and gripping! I love the moral: ‘Always believe in yourself and keep on trying.’ It is very inspirational!”

Harry Potter Studio Tour

On Friday 2nd December, 50 of our pupils in Year 7 and Year 8 were lucky enough to spend the day at the Harry Potter Studios in London. It was a magical day for pupils and staff, and the pupils were wonderful ambassadors for our school. Kiera Lennon, in 7D Rylands, said: “I had an amazing day, because we all explored the actual sets used in the Harry Potter films. There was so much interesting stuff – and we even got to try some magic ourselves!” Alyamama Issa, in 7D Whitworth, said: “I enjoyed the trip so much because it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and the excitement was unbelievable! It was a day that I will never forget.”

345 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4DY t: 0161 972 2988 e: [email protected] w: www.deantrustardwick.co.uk/ Believe Achieve Succeed

School Council

The School Council are hard at work making plans for the Christmas party. A committee has been selected to finalise the details, using ideas from across the school, and will present their plan to staff next week.

Debate Club

Appropriately enough for Test Week, the motion in Debate Club this week was: “This house believes that exams are a bad idea”. Surprisingly, most pupils were keen to argue against the motion! We had a lively and positive debate, with some interesting ideas and theories put forward. In the end, the opposition won the day!

Inclusion Team

‘Well done Cameron Whaite! Cameron has worked really well on his spellings with Miss Whittaker the past two weeks.’

EAL

At Dean Trust Ardwick we have started our very first English lessons for parents and carers who are new to English. The first session was on Wednesday and was a huge success. We had very positive feedback from the parent/carers that attended. We anticipate that more parent/carers will come along next week so please come and join us. Sessions run on Wednesdays from 4pm – 5pm.

Science

The Harry Potter Science club have been dissecting hearts this week and they all thoroughly enjoyed getting their hands dirty (with gloves on of course) and examining the chambers of the heart.

345 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4DY

t: 0161 972 2988 e: [email protected] w: www.deantrustardwick.co.uk/ Believe Achieve Succeed

MFL

Enhorabuena ! - Congratulations! The MFL Department would like to congratulate the following pupils going that extra mile in MFL lessons.

San Faiq 8D Lowry Ilyaas Warsame 8D Rylands Matthew Shadracks 8T Bridgewater Malikah Shahbaz 8T Bridgewater

Zaynob Khan 7D Deansgate Camari Saunders 7D Rylands Mohammed Takroori 7T Bridgewater Khian Duffy 7T Piccadilly

Film Club with Miss Connaughton.

In the last few weeks of film club we have watched “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and “Ghostbusters”. Both films were very popular with pupils. A special mention to Abigail Rayavarapu (8T Bridgewater) for her insightful and detailed film review of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Next showing is the sci-fi drama “Gravity” with Spanish subtitles from the Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3pm – 4:30pm.

Room G74.

Italian with Mr Diaz.

We have had two weeks of basic Italian being shared in our exciting new club, a special mention to Rebecca Caminito (8D Whitworth), she demands high level of work and commitment from all attendees!

Wednesdays, lunch time from 12:35pm.

Room 106.

Linguascope Club with Mr Taylor-Johnson.

Open to both Year 7 and Year 8. We play games related to what we are doing in our Spanish lessons so come to revise, get help or simply compete! If you beat Mr. Taylor-Johnson at any Spanish language game you will earn a merit!

Wednesdays, lunch time from 12:45pm.

Room G70.

Arabic with Mr Stroud

345 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4DY Arabic has a brand new group of attendees! Mr Stroud t: 0161 972 2988 is looking for more attendees, join in the fun! e: [email protected] Fridays, from 3pm – 4pm.

w: www.deantrustardwick.co.uk/ Room 104. Believe Achieve Succeed

Art Art Lessons - This week in art we have been learning to use oil pastels in the style of Lucian Freud, with some brilliant results! Art Club- We have been working on an exciting project for the local police station. We have been coming up with ways to represent our community in Lonsight and Ardwick and the wider community of Manchester. This week we have been drawing out a huge picture ready to be painted. Set Design- We have started on the grave yard for Romeo and Juliet. This included lots of papier mache, cardboard forms and wonderful creative mess.

Design and Technology

Another busy week has flown by in Technology where pupils have been sitting the end of unit tests and shaping their acrylic on the Strip Heaters, pupils have been using their creativity to create unique storage areas using the coloured plastic. Next week pupils will move onto decorating their Desk Tidy’s using paint.

STEM Club Pupils are working very hard during their lunch and after schools to complete the Ultimate STEM Challenge (pictured). Both groups have completed cutting out their MDF hydraulic arm parts and are working on the shape accuracy. Next week pupils will be moving onto the assembly and initial testing of their prototypes. 345 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4DY t: 0161 972 2988 e: [email protected] w: www.deantrustardwick.co.uk/ Believe Achieve Succeed

Year 7 Awards

BfL Grade 1 Form of the Week

Last week’s BfL Form of the Week Winners:

Gaskell – 98 Grade 1s

Weekly Form Attendance

Last week form attendance winners in order are: 1. Piccadilly, Victoria and Whitworth – 98.2%

2. Bridgewater and Rylands – 98% 3. Lowry – 96.9% Year 8 Awards

Well done to all! BfL Grade 1 Top Five Pupils

Last week’s BfL Grade 1 winners are: Back next week!

BfL Grade 1 Form of the Week

Last week’s BfL grade 1 winners in order are:

1. Whitworth – 139 grade 1 marks 2. Rylands – 136 grade 1 marks 3. Lowry – 114 grade 1 marks 4. Bridgewater and Piccadilly - 96 grade 1 marks 5. Victoria – 71 grade 1 marks

Whole School Attendance

This week’s full school attendance is

345 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4DY 96.9% t: 0161 972 2988 e: [email protected] w: www.deantrustardwick.co.uk/ Believe Achieve Succeed