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LGA NEWS Aspire, Learn, Achieve LGA NEWS Aspire, Learn, Achieve 5 April - Edition 14 Message from the Principal In this final newsletter of the spring term you will see that there has been much to celebrate! It is lovely to see Lord Grey learners achieving success in such a wide range of activities - they really live up to our Lord Grey Can! ethos and we are proud of them all. Students are now starting a well deserved two week break and for our Year 11 and Year 13 students this is a really important time as we approach the examination season. It is 2019 essential that time is spent revising during the holiday and students should be completing revision every day. Mr Killen and other members of staff have given out lots of tips and advice about how to revise but if you need further information please look at the section on 5 April 2019 revision under the students tab of the Lord Grey Academy website. Last Day of Term I am delighted to have presented two more Gold Star Principal awards this week bringing 23 April 2019 the total to three this year. Students have been doing so well that I have needed to add a Staff Training Day new group of star badges (emerald, ruby and amethyst) to the system so that students can Closed to students be rewarded for achieving 30, 40 and 50 Principal Awards. 24 April 2019 Students and staff I hope that you enjoy the break. We look forward to seeing the students back in school at return after the holidays 8.45am on Wednesday 24 April. 26 April 2019 Jim Parker, Principal Year 9 Careers Day Year 11 Dance Exam 29 April-3 May 2019 Year 7 Internal Exams CASHLESS Free IT Workshop for Year 10 and Year 11 CATERING 6 May 2019 Bank Holiday Do you want to design your own mobile app? School closed When students return after the Easter holidays You have heard of VR but not sure how to the ‘top up’ machines will be removed from use, start your design? 10 May 2019 therefore all dinner money ‘top ups’ will need to go through ParentMail. If you have not yet You might have a love for programming or a Year 10 STEM Afternoon flair for digital design. Maybe you just want to activated your account, can we please ask you to make time as soon as possible, as it will assist do something different the holidays? you in the future. Whatever the reason, you can join MK College Below is a ParentMail Help Sheet if you require at their FREE Easter Hackathon. any assistance. Tuesday 16th April: 10am-1pm ParentMail Help Sheet Thursday 18th April: 1pm-4pm. Debbie Hawkins, Business Manager INTERESTED? Please register at https://tinyurl.com/ yyn9y9fn 1 Helping the Environment MK STEAM WINNERS Lord Grey students with the assistance of Mr Page, Miss Phipps and Mr King were setting down roots earlier this week planting various trees and shrubs in our wildlife area; The Rotary Club of Milton Keynes held the annual STEAM helping the future of our competition on 20 March at Ousedale School. Students from across planet. #Lordgreycan! Milton Keynes put their skills and ingenuity to the test. The brief for the teams: to attend to a hazardous spill, manoeuvre their models to the site going under a bridge, lower and hook on a magnet to the barrel, lift it vertically up and back (without touching the bridge) and return the barrel back to the start. Many congratulations to our winning team: James, Ubayedul, Izzy and Daniel. The prizes included a personal invitation to visit the Aston Martin Factory and a cheque for £200 which will go towards a desktop 3D printer for the academy. A fantastic achievement and we are all very proud. #lordgreycan! Karate Competition in Tipton, West Midlands Many congratulations to Lakeasha, Turing 01 who won silver in CONTINUOUS and gold in POINTS FIGHTING. An amazing achievement, Lakeasha, you may be small but you are mighty! We are very proud. 2 Colossus News A great action shot of Owen playing for the Buckinghamshire Darts Team against a tough opponent from Hertfordshire. The final score was 8-6 to Buckinghamshire. Owen said; “The experience was amazing, the support was great and I played really well.” Owen is so pleased to be given the opportunity and his next game will be against Leicestershire. Wishing you good luck for your next game! International Go Kart Racing Thomas, C07 has a vast collection of Red Noses Kyle will be racing and training over in Italy during that he has been buying over the years! This is the Easter break. What a fantastic experience, such a great way to contribute to a worthy cause! good luck Kyle! Well done Thomas! Keep up the charitable work! An Exciting Opportunity, An Expedition to Borneo Want to find out more? It is very exciting to be giving our Year 9, Year 10, Year 11 and Year 12 students the opportunity to travel to Borneo with Camps International during the summer of 2020. Students will have the chance to work on a range of sustainable and meaningful community and conservation projects before being surrounded by marine life whilst completing their PADI Open Water Dive course. Parents and interested students are invited to attend a Presentation Evening to find out more. This will be taking place on Wednesday 8 May at 6:30pm in the Hall. Sporting Results Year 9 (girls) football team beat Ousedale 6-0 and are now the league winners. Year 7 netball team took part in the MK Tournament and won 5 out of 6 games. Well done girls you played amazing. On the following day our Year 7s beat Stantonbury 10-0, a great victory and a remarkable achievement! The U14s netball team won the league. Our Basketball team beat Hazeley Academy 32-15. 3 Principal Star Awards News from Turing As the end of spring term greets us, we look back and celebrate the success of Turing students over the last fourteen weeks. Turing have greeted many new challenges and not only overcome them, but smashed them and received the trophy. Madison and Rheanna have both received their Gold Principal Star Award from Mr Parker this term, in recognition of their A further two GOLD STAR BADGES have been continued hard work and resilience in and out of school. awarded to Rheanna, T10 and Nishika, L14 Well done ladies, we are extremely proud of you. many, many congratulations. You have both worked extremely hard to reach this target. Keep up the Freya, in Year 11, plays for Bletchley Ladies Rugby and they good work. #Lordgreycan! have been busy this season winning games and chasing the league title! A real determination and a lot of hard work More congratulations go to students who have been every week, which is now reaping rewards. awarded a Silver Star Badge from Mr Parker, Principal: Alex, L14 and Alfie, C08. Well done. #Lordgreycan! Tiffany and Divine took part with Alfie, E06; Hollie, E11; Mehrin, L15; Saffron, C13; two students from Lorenz in the Nicole, E02; Jack, C05; Isabelle, T17; Pacific, C16; recent Bletchley Park Maths Challenge and completed 23 Maida, E03; Evie, T11; Josh, L02 who have received sections and tasks successfully. their Bronze Star Badge. Well done all of you. Miss Brown and I went along but #Lordgreycan! we didn’t manage very well on our To gain these badges you MUST receive 5 Principal challenges. I think we may need Award cards = a bronze star badge, 10 Principal Award to go to Friday revision sessions! cards = a silver star badge and 20 Principle Award cards = a gold star badge. Keep up the good work, and we Debbie, in Turing 15, has joined the Police Cadets and has been taking to 'the Beat' in look forward to distributing many more badges in the training for her future as an officer in our forthcoming weeks. local constabulary. Well done Debbie, a true Turing Champion. News from the Wellbeing Faculty And finally, ourInter -House Trophy for the term... each week the Turing students go The Wellbeing Faculty have thought long and hard about the head to head to complete a selection of riddles ... hard work and excellence that students show in their wellbeing the champions this term are Turing 01 who got every question lessons. correct, every week. Amazing! Don't forget to display your trophy #Turingriddlechampions After the Easter holidays a new incentive will be in place - Have a fantastic holiday, get out enjoy the fresh air and make ‘PRAISE POSTCARDS’ will be sure you keep up our random acts of kindness. awarded to those students for excellence in performance, See you all on Wednesday 24th April 2019. behaviour, attitude to learning and going above and beyond the high expectations we hold. Mrs Wasway and Miss Brown Turing House Team Alongside the ‘PRAISE POSTCARD’ that will be sent home, students will be rewarded with House Points and the opportunity of earning a lucrative 'Centre:MK Gift Card' to spend. Look out for the new ‘PRAISE POSTCARDS’ and the possibility of spending a 'Centre:MK Gift Card' this summer! #lordgreycan! 4 Year 7 students have been learning some Chinese characters recently! Good work, well done to you all. Lots of revision sessions happening during the Easter holidays. Don’t forget to sign up. Lord Grey Academy, Rickley Lane, Bletchley, MK3 6EW T: 01908 6261105 E:[email protected] Twitter: @lordgreyacademy .
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