Week 5, Friday 5th Feb 2021

Head Teacher updates

This week has seen many of our families and students undertaking a variety of activities on Wednesday to support 'Children's Mental Health' week. It has been such a delight to see the work, PowerPoints and photos, it has really provided a positive boost for everyone. I have seen 6ft homemade squids, tasty meals and fabulous cakes, amongst marathon running, model building and so much more, it's been fabulous. Thank you all for your kind words of support regarding this event, it is so useful to know what we are trying to do together is having a positive impact.

Our Keyworker students in school completed an array of activities including valentine crafts, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory production, cake making, sports and costume making but to name a few. Student feedback has been exceptionally positive about the day's event, which is pleasing and important. A group of students also undertook the National Maths challenge this week, well done!

We welcome the Chief Medical Officer’s announcement that we are past the peak of the latest wave of the pandemic. Of course, such confirmation is accompanied by the sadness for those whose lives the pandemic has claimed – including Captain Sir Tom Moore – and those it will inevitably claim in the coming weeks. But there is some comfort to be taken that the tide appears to be turning. Indeed, we passed the milestone this week of 10 million people having received the vaccination.

The TKS Test Centre on site continues to support our fight against Covid-19. Our Test Centre is open for staff and Keyworker students between 8am and 10am during the weekdays. We have successfully conducted over 500 tests to date! Once again thank you to those families who have consented to their child being tested, this will help us protect them as best we can and each other. If you have not completed the consent form to date and wish for your child to be part of our 'Lateral Flow Testing' when they return to school, please click on this link and complete the consent form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=KEh- bFMBcE6Bitwi0TNN2oXGNPdUf8xHpMt0qeUlkaNUMFhJMkVVNDg3TVZKOENRQzNLQkxaWFBCMi4u

During the past few weeks, as difficult as it has been, our students, your children for the vast majority are still engaged and making progress. This shows what a strong partnership and community we have and continue to become. There will be days we all find hard, however please be reassured we are here to support you and your children as best we can. Any questions or support please do contact us, we value your support and communication.

Thank you for your continued effort and ongoing kindness.

Stay safe, stay healthy, stay positive.

Very best wishes

Mrs Emma Merry

Remote Learning

C.Tucker [email protected] I.Harcombe [email protected]

Thanks to parents, children and staff for another great week of online learning. Your positive feedback is greatly appreciated, it gives us a great lift when Mrs Merry shares it with us. We understand how difficult it must be for our students to learn in this way and we miss them greatly. We thank you so much for the checking, cajoling and motivating, which is keeping students attending their live lessons.

We are developing more extra-curricular activities to share with students. Next week there will be a literary festival; GCSE Pod webinars; and Safer Internet Day activities throughout the day on Tuesday. Following the success of Digital Detox Day, we are developing greater variety to support our young people's mental health. We will keep you informed of all our activities via the newsletter so you can stay up to date with our remote learning opportunities.

Safer Internet Day -Tuesday 9th February:

Tuesday next week is Safer Internet Day 2021, with a focus this year of building an internet we can trust. Each lesson on Tuesday, will look at a “big question” from the theme of “together for a better internet”. So, we may think about how to do fact-checking online, or whether we should acknowledge how many takes did it take to get “the perfect” shot for Instagram and TikTok.

Safer internet day is a global day, trying to ensure that all the stakeholders of the internet can be informed on their online choices. If you would like to know more please visit this site: Home - Safer Internet Day

GCSEpod Motivational Seminars (updated)

Over the coming weeks, GCSEpod are running some student-focused webinar events with Cameron Parker, a renowned motivational speaker for schools and colleges, looking at “motivation, managing stress, avoiding burnout and staying focused.” GCSEpod have informed us that some of the registration links weren’t quite correct, so the updated links are given below:

Stress to Success - Tuesday 23 February, 6.00pm to 7.00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D7YDLM5EQ--jRCN0J6K47w

Student Event - Wednesday 3 March, 5.00pm to 6.00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tbTvNA0PS1a0FxKCTtYvPg

GCSEpod are keen to point out that students can remain anonymous and parents can watch with them as “Cameron makes goal setting, coping strategies and building confidence seem easily attainable” but also that the webinars are popular and that places are limited.

Xbox and PlayStation access to Teams:

As a reminder, it has been pointed out that it is possible to use your home consoles to launch Teams. While we cannot directly support problems with these, to use an Xbox or PlayStation to connect you would need to:  Attach a keyboard to a spare USB port on the console (for easier typing)  Launch the browser on that console

o Microsoft Edge on the Xbox (found under “My Games and Apps”)

o Internet Browser on the PlayStation  When the browser has loaded, search for “Teams” and select the search result that allows you to “Login Microsoft Teams”  Enter your school email address (that ends with @thekibworthschool.org) and then your password, then click “Sign in”  You should then be able to find your classes and join live lessons from your console.

If you require any help or assistance with remote learning please do not hesitate to get in touch with either Miss Tucker, Mr Harcombe or your child's form tutor.

Art & Design

@tks_artdept

Teaching and Learning Updates: Year Topics covered this week Links to supporting resources 7 During this unit of remote learning students https://www.youtube.com/watch/CGzKnyhYDQI will be exploring the work of Vincent Van Loving Vincent – Hand painted animated film (12) Gogh. The work has been put together as a booklet that is attached to student folder. Task 1- Creating tone through mark making Task 2- Putting mark making techniques to the test Task 3 – Letter to Theo Task 4 – Vincent's Bedroom 8 During this unit of remote study students https://www.studentartguide.com/articles/one- will be exploring the theme of Architecture. point-perspective-drawing The work for this half term is attached to student folder. Task 1- Creating tone through mark making Task 2- An introduction to one point perspective Task 3- Challenge yourself further in perspective drawing Task 4 – Art Deco 9 During this unit of remote learning students https://www.studentartguide.com/articles/realistic- will be improving their observational observational-drawings drawing skills and applying their knowledge of the formal elements. Task 1- Creating tone through mark making Task 2- Putting mark making techniques to the test Task 3- Mark making with colour Task 4 – Applying Colour 10 Our GCSE Art students are exploring the https://www.studentartguide.com/ theme of portraits. They have been provided with work booklets to print at home, if you require the booklet to be posted home please email your Art Teacher. The live lessons will support the development of the work each week. 11 OCR GCSE Art and textiles students are https://www.studentartguide.com/ completing their coursework portfolio. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6hs34j

Celebrating online learning:

Hattie H 7.5

Millie T 7.5 Millie T 7.5

Shamel P 10.3

Shamel P 10.3

Kayleigh H 10.2

Matilda K 7.5

Ria T 8.5 Evie G 10.6

Evie P 9.3

Kayleigh C 10.1 Eloise C 7.6

Abi C 7.1 Daniel C 8.1

Jesse C 10.6

Molly S 7.6 Louis B 8.4

Mya K 8.1

Mateo S 8.5

Erin T Robson B 8.5

Department Challenge

Business, Economics & Enterprise @kib_bus_ec @TKS_Business_Studies

Mrs Wilford [email protected] Mrs Rees [email protected] Mrs Jones [email protected]

The Team

Mrs Wilford Mrs Rees Miss Jones Mr Harcombe

Teaching and Learning Updates: Year Topics covered this week Links to supporting resources

7 Careers Lesson 1 – This week we will be Start Profile introducing students to our online careers platform Start and looking at their qualities. 8 Marketing Lesson 4 Promotion: Students moved onto the fourth of the 4ps – promotion. They will now start to think how they can make potential customers aware of their products. 9 Marketing Lesson 5 Assessment: Students were revising the topic and then completed an online assessment, testing them on everything they have learnt in marketing. 10 Business – Students this week have been https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z72nt39/revision/1 learning about the types of business growth and working in teams to find real world success stories and failures https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/progressive- proportional-and-regressive-taxes Economics – Year 10 continued looking at 2.1 Introduction to the National Economy learning about

taxation and government spending as well as interest rates. 11 Business – This week the year 11s begin https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z6v847h/revision/1 their final sub-unit in business, 2.5 Managing Human Resources, where we https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zd987ty/revision/3 have firstly explored organisational structures in businesses and started looking into recruitment.

Economics – Year 11 are doing revision on 2.2 Government Objectives, there are 4 of them and completing short answer questions after each one.

Celebrating learning:

Amrit W Year 8

Business & Economic news:  Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon chief executive, click here for news story

 There are no black people in the top three jobs at an GTSE 100 firm, research shows. Click here for news story.  GameStop: Meet the amateur traders fighting Wall Street. Click here for news story.

 Click here for news story

Teacher Updates:

Mrs Rees has been playing a lot of games with her children this week, ‘we especially like Harry Potter Cluedo, Speed Cups and Uno. We have also been going for some lovely walks across fields with our wellies on. Here is a pic of Dan and me on a bike ride.’

Department Challenge

Find your favourite example of ambient advertising. Post your entry onto our Business Twitter account @TKS_Business_Studies or alternatively put it on your Teams page in the chat so we can see it. The best ones will be put on here next week.

Here is our favourite ------> https://twitter.com/TKS_Business/status/1346848501255299076

Careers @TKS_Careers

Mrs K Rees [email protected] Cheryl McCarthy [email protected]

What is happening this week: Year Year 7-9 Starting Careers unit in Enterprise. Year 7 have started this week. Years 8 and 9 will start next. 9 Cheryl is contacting some of you this week to arrange a time to have a discussion with you regarding careers and your options 10 There are some virtual tours of post 16 providers online that are useful to start having a look at. You will have had a letter regarding ‘What careers Live’ 11 Keep checking your PS16 account and emails for messages from the post 16 providers that you have applied to.

Help Needed: Due to home learning and not allowing visitors in school, I am asking people to film themselves talking about their career. Please can you help? This can then be shown to students in tutor time as part of our career program. It would need to be a max of 2 minutes and cover the following:  What career/job you do  What you like about it  What are the downsides  What are the financial benefits – starting salary, for example If you feel you can help, record you video and then email it to [email protected].

Year 11 Updates: You will start to be contacted by the post 16 providers and some will start arranging online or telephone interviews. These are just usually informal chats so please don’t worry about them. Any questions email Mrs Rees.

Cheryl is emailing you if there is an issue with your applications, so please check your school emails and sort out anything that she tells you, for help, email her back.

Start - My profile (startprofile.com) – use this website to help with your career research.

What Careers Live All Year 10 students are invited to attend ‘What Careers Live on 19th March at 12.10-3pm. This is a great opportunity to meet universities and employers live. Please see the email sent to all parents on Friday 29th January. 210129_Careers_Day_- _19_March.pdf (thekibworthschool.org)

National Apprenticeship week 8th- 14th February

There is lots on offer – to register with any of these events, just click on the link

Apprenticeship Awareness for Parents Registration, Mon 8 Feb 2021 at 18:00 | Eventbrite Delivered on behalf of the National Apprenticeship Service and the Department for Education, parents can expect an in-depth insight into the world of apprenticeships. We will debunk myths and break down stigma surrounding apprenticeships so that attendees leave with a true picture of what apprenticeships actually are and how they can support their son or daughter through the application process.

Designing and Selling Online: Apprenticeships with Autify Digital Registration, Tue 9 Feb 2021 at 15:00 | Eventbrite Do you want a career in E-Commerce or Web Design? If the answer is YES, join us in this seminar with Autify Digital as they discuss the various apprenticeships they have available, to help you get your foot in the door. There will also be insights from guest speaker Amad Tababa, who will talk about his experience employing apprentices and what you need to think about when applying.

NHS Apprenticeships - Hosted by Royal Wolverhampton Trust Registration, Wed 10 Feb 2021 at 15:00 | Eventbrite This session covers an introduction from Daniel Birch, an ASK ambassador at Workpays, on the NHS. Followed by a video provided by the RWT (Royal Wolverhampton Trust) showcasing what it’s like to be an Allied Health Professional in the NHS and the different roles within the trust.

Presentation & Registration/ Employability Skills Workshop with Donna Dean Registration, Sat 13 Feb 2021 at 09:30 | Eventbrite Delivered on behalf of the National Apprenticeship Service and the Department for Education. An introduction to the apprenticeship route covering different levels, qualifications & range of industries. Followed by some hints & tips you can use to support your child as they start the research & application process. We will also give you a check list of extra steps to boost skills, knowledge & experiences to help make your CV stand out.

Presentation & Registration/ Employability Skills Workshop with Nav Kaur Registration, Sat 13 Feb 2021 at 12:30 | Eventbrite Delivered on behalf of the National Apprenticeship Service and the Department for Education. An introduction to the apprenticeship route covering different levels, qualifications & range of industries. Followed by some hints & tips you can use to support your child as they start the research & application process. We will also give you a check list of extra steps to boost skills, knowledge & experiences to help make your CV stand out.

Presentation & Registration/ Employability Skills Workshop with Tina Patel Registration, Sat 13 Feb 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite Delivered on behalf of the National Apprenticeship Service and the Department for Education. An introduction to the apprenticeship route covering different levels, qualifications & range of industries. Followed by some hints & tips you can use to support your child as they start the research & application

process. We will also give you a check list of extra steps to boost skills, knowledge & experiences to help make your CV stand out.

Year 10 or 11s - Webinar Details:  Monday 8th February, 3pm - 5pm  12 Different Apprentice highlight journeys  Open to all year groups in Y10, Y11, Y12 & Y13  Opportunity to ask questions and find out about other young people's career journeys  Learn about different types of apprenticeships, some myth busting and a few prizes along the way!  Free event for all students, teachers and parents

If you are interested in learning more about a potential career path through an apprenticeship! Registration Link: https://www.research.net/r/NAW2021

Graitec is bringing back by popular demand Online Schooling. We will be running 1-hour session every day, starting 15th February at 1.30pm for children to learn a new skill. The sessions are aimed at children aged 8 years old and up, focusing on 2 Autodesk products and will be split into bitesize sessions.

Fusion360

Fusion 360 software is a manufacturing based modelling package that is cloud-based. The sessions will be focusing on modelling a Desk Lamp over three sessions.

FormIT

FormIT software is an architecturally based concept modelling tool. The sessions will be focusing on modelling a Magical Castle over two sessions. Parents – remember this isn't for you! This is for your kids, to make our next generation of Engineers and Architects. We do have limited places, do not delay and sign up straight away. Click here to register

Career of the week: CAD Technician, Architecture What's It All About?

Computer Aided Design (CAD) technicians, sometimes known as CAD draughtspeople, use their technical skills to produce plans and technical drawings for a wide range of products and parts, from buildings to photocopiers!

The drawings produced by CAD technicians have a range of uses including providing a virtual tour of a building, showing how the parts in a piece of machinery work together, or producing engineering or architectural drawings that are used for construction.

In construction, Building Information Modelling (BIM) describes the process of designing and delivering a building collaboratively using a coherent system of 3D computer models.

This role could be part of an exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) career. CAD technicians have to be good at design and technology. This is because they create plans and technical drawings for all sorts of things, from buildings to trainers.

Design and technology develops skills and understanding of economic, industrial and environmental issues.

Computer Science and ICT @TKS_ CS

Mr Harcombe - [email protected] Miss Jones - [email protected]

The Team

Miss Jones Mr Harcombe Mrs Wilford Mrs Rees

Teaching and Learning Updates:

Year Topics covered this week Links to supporting resources 7 Effects of Cyberbullying; and collaborative Anti-Bullying Alliance web-site working online BullyingUK web-site Ditch The Label web-site 8 Iteration in Python Turtle snowflakes (Raspberry Pi Projects) 9 We have looked into the ways of What is user authentication? - Definition from protecting ourselves and our data WhatIs.com (techtarget.com) online, using firewalls, anti-malware software and user authentication. 10 CS Networks – LANs, WANS and internet This Code.org YouTube playlist looking at how the communications internet works. 11 CS Systems software SmartRevise revision site 10 iMedia This week we have been looking at periodic-table-of-games-screen-2500.png (2500×3333) the client requirements of the scenario for (gameindustrycareerguide.com) 11 iMedia the coursework. We have been outlining what a focus group entails and collecting data for the coursework

Design Miss Singleton [email protected] Miss Barratt [email protected]

Student Work: It’s great to see all the work that you have been doing at home, whether that is the set task or opportunities that have come your way to get involved in. Here are some of the things I have been sent this week.

Amanvir L Year 10 – Company Research Shay J Year 10 – Salt Dough Model

Isabelle M Year 9 - Bionic Hand Corey F Year 9 – Deployable Flower

Ria-Remai T Year 8 Sophie C Year 8

DESIGN CHALLENGE Smashed Tomato STEM Challenge

Can you Design and make a Model to transport tomatoes down a mountainside in Nepal?

The problem: In Nepal many farmers living on the mountainside grow fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes. To earn a living, they need to sell these at the local market. The problem is getting to market involves a long, dangerous walk down the mountain side and over a river, at the end of which the tomatoes may well be a bit squashed.

The challenge: To design, build and test a way of moving tomatoes that won't squash them!

Many people around the world face issues leading to being trapped into poverty. In 2015 the United Nations (UN) called a meeting with leaders from over 30 countries to work out how best to work together to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.

They identified 17 goals to end poverty in the world by 2030.

They called them: The Sustainable Development Goals

Challenge: Imagine you are a group of engineers working together on Global Goal 11. You need to find a way to help farmers in Nepal transport their tomatoes down the mountain to market.

Rules:

The tomatoes must be transported a minimum of one metre, not touching the ground. The tomatoes cannot be touched whilst they are moving, catapulted or ‘flown’ in any way! They must be moved in a controlled way

Design, make and test a model of a system that can transport tomatoes in a way that won't squash them!

Deadline for submission is Friday 12th February Photograph or film your project and send submissions to [email protected] [email protected]

Gold, Silver and Bronze Prizes will be won Merits will be given for students who enter

English Mrs Boxall – Head of English: [email protected] Mr Collier: [email protected] Miss Harrington: [email protected] Miss Hill: [email protected] Miss Melling: [email protected] Miss Taylor: [email protected] Miss Tucker: [email protected] Mrs Turvey: [email protected] Mrs Watts: [email protected]

Teaching and Learning Updates: Year Group: Topics covered this week: 7 This week, Year 7 have been analysing the character of Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 8 Year 8 are beginning to study Animal Farm this week in their continuation of the topic ‘Freedom and Conflict’. 9 Year 9 have been learning about the heroes and heroines of Gothic literature. They have had interesting debates about the gender stereotypes found in the novels. 10 Our Year 10 students are learning how to respond to the questions on the first paper of their English Language GCSE. This week they are continuing to develop their writing skills. 11 Our Year 11 pupils are continuing to focus on how to respond to the questions on the second paper of their English Language GCSE. This week they are continuing to develop their writing skills.

Celebrating Online Learning: Jacob H in Year 7 has shown expert learning, creativity, curiosity and patience during his lesson. He has performed a piece he composed on his keyboard; inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream which enabled his peers to escape into an enchanted realm. His historical and contextual knowledge during the Shakespearean times has also inspired others to do their own research. We are so proud of you and I am sure we have a budding novelist in the making...!

Miss Tucker’s Year 11 all need a trophy. They are working so hard and are so patient and good humoured

Mottie M in Year 9 is working exceptionally well during remote lessons. She always has thoughtful ideas in response to questions and activities and she has shown a real engagement with the topic of Gothic literature. I am looking forward to reading her frightening Gothic character description next week!

Isobelle Mr and Malachi H for their excellent contributions in English. (Year 9 CET) Freddie F in Year 8 has been working exceptionally hard in English lately. He answers every question, asks for help when he needs it and perseveres with his writing until he is happy with it. Well done Freddie, keep it up!

Award winning work:

Year 8, step by step narratives titled ‘The Farm:’

It was early in the morning and the sun was peering over the horizon, sending a ruby red glow across the land. It climbed higher and higher acting as an alarm for the plants and animals on the hillside. It smiled down with rosy light, painting the once starry night, red, signaling a new day. The sun climbed higher still revealing the once hidden mountains, covered in luscious green grass. The plants turned their heads welcoming the ball of flames like an old friend coming to visit. Although nothing lasts forever, and it was only a matter of time until it had to leave again plunging the land into unyielding darkness.

Down the mountain, a few miles south, stands an old farm. Normal folks like you and me would never be able to tell where the mountains end and old Mountaintop Farm begins. In fact, no-one but the farm animals could tell. Except Hannah Teman. Hannah Teman was the farmer of the small settlement and her family had surveyed the land for centuries - it would be embarrassing if after all those years she did not. Anyways, enough about her. The animals knew because past the rolling fields of the farm, was the mountains. However, the mountains were not seen by the animals the same as us humans. No, the mountains were dangerous places for common farm animals like them. But that did not matter because they had Farmer Teman and their lovely farm.

Their farm had pigs, ducks, sheep, horses, and every luxury a simple animal could want. There were trees with blood red apples hanging, a warm barn with a hay supply to last for months and clover covered fields that stretched out as far as the eye could see. Poppy

The sun was slowly starting to rise above the large manor farm. It was a gorgeous shade of burnt orange and felt like a warm summer’s breeze. It was like a beacon of hope to the animals watching as it rose above them, like a big ball of joy gifting them with happiness.

As the fluffy clouds disappeared like a curtain being drawn, the emerald, green hills came into sight. They were tall and leafy, like a farmland mountain. The sun shone through them shining a beaming golden light onto the farm.

As the daytime came the sky turned a bright shade of blue. The sound of the chirping birds was becoming louder as the cockerel woke up the rest of the farm. The farmer was awoken and started to walk around the grassy fields.

The large red barn house was starting to be filled up by the farmer and his family. The sun inspiring them to work hard. Today was going to be a day where they worked hard.

The pink pigs were rolling around in the brown chocolatey-coloured mud, grazing in the sunny golden light. Eleanor P

The bright, shining sun is preparing to light up the world. It is as bright as a candle but 1,000,000 times bigger. The sun was getting ready to spread joy around the world making people want to smile and be happy. Although the sun is covered by the clouds it still is the heart of the galaxy. The big and wide valley filled with life is awakening and the birds, foxes and other animals will wake and start a new day. The valley is as green as a Brussel sprout. The valley is like a giant field of broccoli. The sun reflecting off the mountain and onto the green, luscious forest.

Out of the valley the long green field has emerged with grass and tiny hills. It is as wide as I can see and has a few bushes. The sky was bluer than blue and had white marshmallow clouds. There is a farm with a red barn with a windmill at the side. A field full of wheat. There are bright pink pigs slurping away at the mud eating and eating away. Krish

Year 11 have been working hard, practising their English Language, Paper 2 and widening their vocabulary, researching Ancient Greek and Egyptian etymology. Tip: Investigate the word ‘clew...’ Miss Melling

Ross M (Year 9) Gothic Homework (I look forward to these every week!)

Dracula- I am misunderstood People of Whitby, I the dark lord proclaim that for all the blood I have sucked and all the people I have murdered/ maimed / terrified etc. I am truly a good person inside. I have pledged to plant a tree for every person that I mortally injure in their memory and to combat climate change, and looking on the bright side, everyone I kill contributes less and less to climate change every year. I have agreed to end all uses of single use plastic in my humble abode, and anyone using single use plastics can expect to have their blood drained in an effort to save the turtles. I hope you no longer hate me and next time you try to kill me with a wooden stake, think of the tree that had to be chopped down to make that, am I the monster or are you?

Get Caught Reading! What are you reading? Where are you reading it? Send your English teacher a picture of you getting caught reading and be featured in the newsletter next week! Below is Miss Taylor. She loves to read so much that sometimes it stops her from getting her day-to-day jobs done! Thank goodness she has this book to help her...

Film Studies

Mrs Hill: [email protected] Mr Collier: [email protected] Mr Wright: [email protected]

Year 10: As usual Year 10 are doing an amazing job of planning their coursework. There are a variety of different ideas being mentioned. I’m looking forward to reading the scripts.

Year 11: We are very proud of our Year 11s, they are striving to complete their coursework. Keep going, you can do this.

Staff film choices:

So, you’ve seen a few staff picks for a favourite film, here are some more. Have you heard of all these films?

Mrs Watts – Pride and Prejudice Mr Harcombe – Big Hero 6 Miss Murley – Matilda

Miss Donlan – Pearl Harbour Mr Woodward – Kelly’s Heroes Ms Drummond – Moana

Mr Taylor – Gladiator Miss Melling – Ponyo

Miss Basra – The Breakfast Club Mrs Wilford – Forrest Gump

Miss Edgeworth – La Vita e Bella/ Life is Beautiful

Food KS3 – Cooking & Nutrition KS4 – GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition

Miss Jarvis: [email protected] Miss Freeman: [email protected] Miss Singleton: [email protected]

Teaching and Learning Updates: Year Topics covered this week Links to supporting resources

7 Year 7 have started their new project, World Food! They Please refer to student folder for will be looking in to import & export and the implications. the PowerPoint used in this week’s lesson. Students will be experimenting with flavours to create a range of food based on dishes from around the World. 8 Year 8 are creating takeaway foods from home. They can The recipe for this week’s dish is on control the ingredients, adapt to suit likes, dislikes and student folder – I can’t wait to see the allergies and make them a healthier version of a pictures. takeaway. Their first ‘fakeaway’ dish is dough balls and homemade garlic butter. 9 Cross curricular food & art project: Students are starting Please see student folder for the to sketch ingredients on different paper this week in guidance PowerPoint which supports the preparation for illustrating their final piece. lesson. 10 Year 10 are starting to learn about why we cook food and Online GCSE textbook - Login Screen how heat is transferred through convection, conduction & (illuminate.digital) radiation. This week’s lesson is practical based where they will be testing one ingredient cooked in a variety of ways and analysing the results. 11 Students have been asked to cook one of their trail dishes Online GCSE textbook - Login Screen for their NEA 2 assessment – make sure those skills are (illuminate.digital) evidenced through photographs!

Mock exam revision will be a regular feature in the next Seneca - Learn 2x Faster few weeks! (senecalearning.com)

Celebrating online learning: Shout Outs! -merits for all students with a shout out! Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Jasper N Luke Y Isabelle M Maddy S Max D Darcy P Mya K Maeve D Kyle C Ellis H Tyler B Eleanor G Jack L Isabel T Erin T Cody W

Some Year 8 students have been cooking this week, outside of food lessons.

Year 9 are progressing well with their food art!

Year 10 have been experimenting with cooking methods and heat transfer this week! How does the method of cooking an ingredient affect the end result? Which is preferred? Why?

Humanities @TKSHumanities

Teaching and Learning Updates: History  Year 7 have been studying the MURDER of Thomas Becket- WACKO!  Year 8 have been looking deeper into the Heroes of Public Health in Industrial Britain- HIGH- FIVE!  Year 9 have been introducing themselves to the rise of the Fascist Dictators in 20th Century Europe- WIZARD!  Year 10 have finished their assessments on the Rise of the Nazi Party- GROOVY TUNES!  Year 11 have been continuing with Kenilworth Castle- AND THAT’S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES! [email protected] Teaching and Learning Updates: Geography  Year 7 have been debating whether a supermarket should be built in the fictional town of Grantborough. Well done to all those who have delivered their speeches so far- TUBULAR!  Meanwhile, in Year 8 pupils have been investigating why the desert in such a difficult place to survive in.  Meanwhile, in Year 9 pupils have looking at the environmental impacts of economic development- WICKED!  Meanwhile, in Year 10 pupils are coming to the end of their unit of work on resource management and are preparing for their end of unit assessment next week. Happy revising everybody- RADICAL!  Meanwhile, in Year 11 pupils have started the last unit of the course about Economic Change. Well done everybody for their end of unit exam!!!! [email protected] Teaching and Learning Updates: RE This week we mark February 8th, Nirvana or Nibbana Day. Buddhists celebrate the Buddha achieving enlightenment and remember his death at the age of 80. Most Buddhists commemorate this next week but that’s Half Term. Here’s a photo I managed to snap of celebrations in a temple in Phnom Penh.  Year 7s have continued to focus on Islam. They have found out more about the life of the Prophet Muhammad, including the Night Journey. They have also compared Muhammad and Jesus- AWESOME SAUCE!  Year 8s have found out about and reflected on the Five Precepts, moral rules ordinary Buddhists are expected to follow- FUNKY!  Year 9s continue their focus on Religion, Human Rights and Social Justice. Depending on where they have got to that means focus on the causes and effects of poverty, on Christian and Muslim beliefs about wealth and poverty or on consideration of what individuals and governments should do to deal with extremes of wealth and poverty- NEAT!  GCSE students have revised for and completed an end of topic assessment on Religion, Peace and Conflict. They are moving on to revise beliefs, teachings and practices in Islam- SWELL! [email protected]

Teaching and Learning Updates: Citizenship  Year 10 have been completing an assessment- Now that’s the BEE’S KNEE’S!  Year 11 – COOL BEANS! [email protected] How we are keeping busy:

Miss Mathers: Time for real talk- Harry Potter talk! Miss Mathers has been hosting a world class Harry Potter Podcast over the last few weeks. Talking about everything Potter from: who would most likely be a future Hogwarts Head teacher to who would be most likely to fart in assembly!

She has also had many famous faces appear on the Podcast such as: Christian Slater, Jarvis Cocker, Andrew Marr, Kate Garraway, Lizzy Caplan and Hayley Williams! Take a look at the latest episode featuring Robert Pattinson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Maths Department

HOD – Mr R.Taylor [email protected] Mr W.Iliffe [email protected] Mr N.Hanson [email protected] Mrs F.Kokoi [email protected] Mrs H.Stockwell [email protected] Ms T.Malek [email protected] Mrs N.Bale [email protected]

We want to thank all of our students for attending lessons with us online. We know it is not easy and we are very proud of you for perseverance!

Last week’s word puzzle was:

The answer is: The letter ‘Y’

This week’s word puzzle is:

Keep an eye out for next week’s newsletter for the answer!

Modern Foreign Languages @MFLKibworth

Mrs D Harris [email protected] Miss S Bolivar-Medina [email protected] Miss E Butler [email protected] Mrs K Harrison [email protected] Mrs C Morton [email protected]

Teaching and Learning Updates: As well as learning new vocabulary and grammatical structures each week, all of our students review and reinforce previous learning.

Year Topics covered this week Links to supporting resources 7 French and Spanish – Year 7 students have continued with the topic  Year 7 French - ‘Mon of ‘My Family’ (Mi familia/Ma famille) monde perso’ K/O 3 In French adjectives to describe a person’s personality have been added to students’ vocabulary and Mrs Harris has revisited the use of adjectives. Where do they go in a sentence? How do you make them agree with the noun? Mrs Harrison - We have practised the verb “être” with the 3rd person singular and have continued to work on agreements - feminine, masculine, singular and plural- whilst of course reinforcing our learning on the awesome booklet games! Spanish with Miss Bolivar - This week our Year 7 linguists have been learning about physical descriptions, masculine/feminine/singular/plural adjectives, and the verb SER in present tense. Ask our Year 7 Spanish students to explain this joke for you: "what if...soy milk is just regular milk introducing itself in Spanish?" Also, Y7a/Sp1 Spanish have enjoyed Miss Bolivar-Medina singing at the beginning of their lessons.

8 French and Spanish - Year 8 students have begun the topic of  Year 8 French - ‘Mon ‘Where I live’. This topic will allow them to talk/write about where quartier’ K/O 1 they live in detail and to give their opinion about their town/village. French – Miss Butler’s students have begun to learn the French for places in a town so that they can give more information about where they live. Mrs Harris has been working with her group on the conjugation of - er, -ir and -re verbs in the present tense. Year 8 Spanish - Miss Bolivar - We are getting to know our verb table a bit more and frankly we really, really love grammar lessons and conjugating verbs. Also, Miss Bolivar-Medina's students have also been able to enjoy her singing. They secretly think that she should go on X Factor. Mrs Harrison - We are still learning about the area where we live in, with lots of adjectives, opinions’ and justifications. Again, we have

spent a small part of our lessons reinforcing this learning on booklet. 9 French – Year 9 students are continuing their journey towards the  Year 9 French - Theme 1 GCSE examinations by learning vocabulary and phrases which will Unit 1 ‘Moi, enable them to talk/write about what they are going to/would like ma famille et mes amis’ K/O to do in the future. 1b Mrs Harris’ group are beginning to use their knowledge of the near future tense to talk about marriage, future family life and plans. Mrs Harrison - Still learning lots on technology, apps, social networks, and opinions. This is an ongoing topic, which is being topped up by Blooket at the end of each lesson too. Spanish – Who does not love learning about reading techniques, spotting positive/negative opinions, and learning new tenses? Our current topic of "La tecnología" offers students the opportunity to develop so many skills! 10 French – Year 10 students are continuing to explore the topic of  Year 10 French – Theme ‘Leisure’. They have learned the vocabulary for a variety of leisure 1 Unit 3 ‘Free time/Leisure activities and have revisited the verbs ‘jouer’ (to play) and ‘faire’ (to activities/Hobbies’ do), using them in the present tense. They have been exploring more complex justifications so that they can include them in their writing and speaking and add variety to their work. Mrs Harrison - Sports, opinions, and super complex justifications. And of course, we Blooket it at the end of the lesson! Spanish – It's all about local costumes and Spanish traditions, linguists! Ask our Year 10 Spanish students to tell you all about "El Colacho", "Las torres humanas", "San Fermín" or "Los moros y cristianos". ¿Qué festival español prefieres? 11 French – Year 11 students have continued to study the topic of  Year 11 French – Themes ‘Social issues’, focusing on the areas of homelessness and 2/3 ‘Les poverty. As well as continuing to develop reading and listening skills associations caritatives et they have been working on the photo card element of the writing les inégalités’ and speaking examination. Spanish – We have had some cross curricular lessons this week where we have learned more things about Spanish Geography. Gibraltar es una ciudad inglesa en el sur de España y Ceuta y Melilla son ciudades españolas que están situadas en el norte de África. ¿Dónde está Barcelona?

For more details about specific grammar and vocabulary please visit https://www.thekibworthschool.org/Curriculum/Subjects-MFL/index.asp

Spanish Community Learning:

Year 10 Spanish: Well done to Isabella, Olivia, Alex, Arthur and Taara-Rebecca for your efforts this week. Great listening skills, linguists.

Favourite lock down past times:

Mrs Harris – My favourite day this week was the Digital Detox Day! I must admit that, at first, I felt a little twitchy not opening up my lap top, but I soon found other things to do to improve my wellbeing. I picked up a pen, wrote a letter to a friend and posted it and I found time to start my new book.

In the afternoon I borrowed my son’s dog, Stringer, and went for a walk around the village. The beautiful Snowdrops I saw in the wood reminded me that spring is on its way!

Mrs Harrison - This week was my birthday, and I was lucky enough to get spoiled by my family! After opening my cards and presents, I spent the majority of the day catching up with my parents and friends on video calls. Even though it was a lock down birthday, I did enjoy every minute of it. Other than this, I have been busy preparing and teaching my lessons of course! I have also tried to be creative with some vegetarian cooking!

Mrs Morton – I celebrated La Chandeleur (Candlemas, originally a religious festival to celebrate baby Jesus' first visit to the Temple, but now just an excuse to eat pancakes) by making and eating Breton savoury buckwheat pancakes called "galettes" for main and crèpes for dessert. Cider is the go-to drink with this!

Miss Butler - I have been busy helping my own 2 children with their home learning when I’ve not been teaching online lessons myself. We have been learning about the Anglo-Saxons, reading The Borrowers for English & working on Area in maths. My daughter and I have also been busy painting some stones which we left on some of her friends’ doorsteps as a surprise.

On the digital detox day, myself & Mr Stanton went on a socially distanced 9 mile walk (!!) around our local area. I have to admit, the hot chocolate on the way back was well deserved & my legs were sufficiently aching afterwards! It was lovely to get some exercise and fresh air though.

What is your favourite thing about learning languages?

Miss Butler When I was young, my parents often took me camping during the summer to France. I loved travelling on the ferry, arriving at a campsite situated under the pine trees somewhere on the Atlantic coast & then spending time exploring the local area. I had a beginners’ French book and cassette tape (yes, I am that old!) and I loved trying to learn the vocabulary & phrases from them. During my final two years at primary school, we exchanged letters with children in a French school and our teachers took us to France for a week to meet up with them. I thought that it was absolutely brilliant to visit a school & meet people in another country! My love for learning a language was truly ignited and I continued to work hard in my French lessons throughout secondary school. More trips to France followed & I also went to stay with a French family during my final year of taking A-level French. Whilst it was a bit daunting, my host family were so welcoming, and I had no choice but to speak in French to them as their use of English was very limited. I was far from fluent, but I knew enough to make myself understood and get by. They gave me the most delicious food, showed me the local area and it gave me a real insight into how a French family lives. It was confirmed - I was hooked on French culture & learning French! At university, I took up Spanish as well as studying French. I found that my knowledge of French grammar helped me to pick it up reasonably quickly. Spending a year abroad as an English language assistant in a French secondary school really allowed me to improve my language skills to a fluent level. I made many French friends, took the train & travelled to different French cities & ate crusty bread, smelly cheese & beautiful cakes from the pâtisserie until my heart’s content. I then went to a language school in Granada, Spain for a month to improve my Spanish. I discovered a beautiful city and some Spanish culture first-hand - tapas, siestas, flamenco dancing, the stunning Alhambra palace, and a sizzling hot summer! That year spent living abroad was the most incredible experience & I will forever look back on it fondly. So to sum up, what I’m saying is this: Learning a language is challenging, but the opportunities that it brings to meet new people, discover new cultures and to travel truly means that the world is your oyster.

Mrs Harrison From a personal point of view, I possibly cannot find anything I dislike about learning languages. Everything attracts me in a language, from the beginning of a learning journey, to getting into the pure linguistics of it. Languages expand your mind and really make you see and understand different cultures. It means the world has no limits if you enable yourself to communicate with other people.

PE Department @kibworthPE

Miss Murley [email protected] Mr Stanton [email protected] Mr Blampied [email protected] Miss East [email protected]

Teaching and Learning Updates:

Year Topics covered this week Links to supporting resources 7 PE ‘At Home’ activity ideas from this week: Live Core PE Lesson focus: Legs, bums and

tums! Teen yoga for stress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f8nfwlcK-g 8 This week students engaged in a live workout

focussing on legs, bums and tums. As you can Learn to Juggle guess from the name, this is where exercises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4h9J6pXE8A were focussing on the quadriceps, hamstrings 9 and calves as well as their abdominals 25 Minute full body pilates beginners and gluteals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyP_waVgL1w

10 GCSE – This week students have completed GCSE Bitesize – OCR PE Sport psychology - GCSE their Sport Psychology end of topic test and Physical Education Revision - OCR - BBC Bitesize reflected upon their learning. Microsoft TEAMS – lesson content and revision CNAT – This week students continued to resources are always added to consolidate their knowledge learnt so far in your Teams channel. Sport and the Media. 11 GCSE – Y11 have spent digital detox day GCSE Bitesize – OCR PE GCSE Physical Education - practicing the physical, social, and emotional OCR - BBC Bitesize benefits of exercise. On Thursday, we Seneca - Learn 2x Faster (senecalearning.com) reviewed students’ extended writing assessment & discussed revision strategies GCSE PE – Always remember to use your revision for their pre-mock assessments. study booklets! CNAT – This week students continued to consolidate their knowledge learnt so far Microsoft TEAMS – lesson content and revision in Developing Sports Skills. resources are always added to your Teams channel

Celebrating online learning:

Gabriel H 7.4 - Gabriel has sent Mr Stanton pictures of an amazing workout he has created to keep himself fit during lockdown. The workout is a clever combination of football and rugby activities that target specific fitness and skills improvements in these two sports. Superb Gabriel, keep up the great work.

Ruth O 7.5 - Ruth has engaged brilliantly with PE remote learning this term. Ruth shows excellent dedication by always completing her PE tasks, and takes the time to email Mr Stanton with her scores and her pictures of own creative tasks. Thank you, Ruth, we really appreciate your effort and hard work.

Mr Stanton’s Y11 GCSE PE Class – Mr Stanton is extremely proud of all the students in his GCSE PE class. Despite the challenges of remote learning, and the disruption to their exams, they have showed amazing resilience and commitment to showing up to live lessons and completing the online work. Thank you Y11, this hard work will pay off!!!

Mollie S, Ben B, Eloise C, Jasmine D (7.6) for always engaging fully in their live workouts and directed PE tasks. They always produce exceptionally high-quality pieces of work and share photos and videos of their home workouts/tasks. Keep up the great work!

Mr Blampied’s Year 10 CNAT PE Class – Samuel W, Joshua W, Samuel D, Harry M and Rhys T for their continued engagement and high-quality assessments last week. Keep up the great work guys!

Teacher Update

Mr Stanton – This lockdown has been very different to the first, with the beautiful British winter putting some restrictions on the opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. However, when the snow arrived last week, my family spent hours out the front of our house playing and enjoying the snow (see picture of my son Oscar!)

I have also enjoyed heading out for a run (see picture), and it has been very uplifting to hear from students who have also been committed to regular exercise during lockdown. I already knew that PE was the most important subject for students, however the lockdown has really emphasised the importance of looking after our physical health! Live lessons for us PE teachers have been very tiring, but great fun! Joe Wicks has huge competition from the Kibworth PE team. I have been very proud of the engagement and commitment shown by our students during this difficult time and I really look forward to seeing everyone again once it is safe to return to school. Special mention to my form, 10.2, who look favourites to win the Y10 awards this term. I am sure they would tell you how much they have enjoyed my wake-up music during morning registration! Finally, the Y9 cohort, who I am very honoured to lead, have demonstrated world class commitment to attending live lessons.

PE Department Challenge

Take time out of your day to complete this home workout.

When you do, email Miss East to let her know how you got on!

If you have any pictures or videos of you completing your PE lesson at home, we would love to see them. Send them to Miss East ([email protected]) and they may make it onto our twitter page!

Couch to 5K challenge for Libby Chanel G is taking on the couch to 5k challenge to raise money for her friend Libby. Please find more information below.

‘I have decided to face my challenge and complete the couch to 5k running app. I’m doing this to raise money for a 12 year old girl called Libby. Libby has a life threatening illness and at the moment is relying on blood transfusions to keep her alive, though it’s only a matter of time before these don’t work for her anymore.

Her only cure is a bone marrow transplant. More and more people are applying to be Libby’s donor however, to see if they are eligible to do so, they must get tested using a special testing kit to see if they’re a match. The tests cost £40 each, so it’s difficult for Libby’s family and the hospital to be able to afford these.

This is where we can help. By donating using the link below, you’re sponsoring me to run the 5K, completing the Couch to 5K app. Then, once I have completed this, all money will be donated to Libby’s charity. If we reach the goal or £400, that’s 10 extra kits to find Libby’s donor. If we raise £800, that’s 20 extra kits and so on.

Please try and help this little girl have a normal life by donating. If you can’t donate, please share the message so more and more people are aware, and we can give Libby the life she deserves. No child should have to go through this. Let’s help Libby find her life saving donor.’ Chanel G 11.1

If you would like to donate, then please find the link below. https://gofund.me/b531da6b

The Kibworth School to Tokyo Competition!

Links: Year 7- https://www.strava.com/clubs/tksyear7 Year 8 - https://www.strava.com/clubs/tksyear8 Year 9 - https://www.strava.com/clubs/tksyear9 Year 10 - https://www.strava.com/clubs/tksyear10 Year 11 - https://www.strava.com/clubs/tksyear11 Teachers- https://www.strava.com/clubs/tksteachers

The challenge is in full flow! We have got a total of 42 students taking part so far, with many more interested. Make sure you get involved if you haven’t already! Follow the steps shown and walk, run or cycle your way to Tokyo!

*IMPORTANT* LOG YOUR ACTIVITY AS A ‘RUN’ whether you are walking, running or cycling

We have found that if we want Strava to focus on ‘distance’ and not ‘time taken’ we need everyone to log their activity as a ‘run’. If you do not, it will not show on the leader board and will not count towards the figures. This week we have looked at all types of exercise and added up the distances, but not all are showing on the leader boards.

TKS to Tokyo Leader Board (from 1st Feb)

How many have joined How far the year has walked, run Person that has gone the so far or cycled (km) furthest this week Year 7 12 38.46 Neo G Year 8 6 50.2 Harrison B Year 9 6 94.1 Finlay B Year 10 4 0 - Year 11 3 24 Henry W TKS Teachers 11 85.13 Dr Blas

Aim - TKS to Tokyo Completed so far 9485km 291.89km

(Last updated 4/2/21)

Keep up the good work everyone!

The Kibworth PE Team

Performing Arts: Music, Dance, Drama

@TKSPerformArts

Mr. Wright: [email protected] Mr. Jones: [email protected] Miss Donlan: [email protected]

Performing Arts News:

Week 4 of online learning has been another successful week! All of our key stage three classes have been completing their end of rotation assessments in preparation for swapping onto the new lessons on the carousel. We’ve had so many brilliant pieces of work sent to us we’re struggling to fit it all on the newsletter and we’ve even had a video of bagpipe playing for Burn’s Night!!

Teaching and Learning Updates:

Year Music Drama Dance Links to useful resources: 7 Musical Charlie & The Chocolate Music - https://musi Atmospheres: Year 7 Factory: Year 7 have clab.chromeexperim have been completing been completing their ents.com/ their final online final online assessments assessments on on Microsoft Forms and Drama – Charlie & Microsoft Forms and creating amazing The Chocolate continuing to create Character Profiles for Factory Set Design some amazing music CATCF! Video using ChromeLab Song maker. 8 The Blues: Year 8 have Shrek The Music - Is the Blues been completing their Musical: Year 8 have the mother of all final online assessments been completing their music? on Microsoft Forms and final online assessments continuing to learn all on Microsoft Virtual Piano about the 12 bar blues Forms writing live on instruments of the theatre reviews of Shrek Drama - Shrek The virtual piano. The Musical. Musical - Full Show 9 Making Wonder.Land: Music – Online Arrangements: Year 9 h Year 9 have been Software edu.bandla ave been completing completing their final b.com their final online online assessments on Introduction assessments on Microsoft Forms to Bandlab - Video Microsoft Forms and and writing live theatre continuing to reviews Drama -Drama create remixes of Wonder.Land. Online Library using Bandlab and Username: 1Nk/2Lf* learning about different Password: 9Cd%0Ib( roles in the Music Industry.

10 The Concerto Through Performance Skills: GCSE DANCE: Music - What is Time: Year 10 are Year 10 are continuing Yr 10 Concerto? continuing their journey to work through Unit 1 They have continued to study through the OCR GCSE of the NCFE choreographer Itzik Galili and Drama - Key Music listening course Performance Skills are analysing the dance work Performance Skills by learning about the course exploring key A Linha Curva, performed by Concerto Through performance skills and Rambert Dance Company. It Time. industry terms. is one of the 6 Anthology pieces for GCSE Dance. It is full of life! A fusion of Contemporary dance, Samba and Capoeria. They are appraising the production elements of the dance, watching and learning about the Brazilian Culture and Carnival!! 11 Listening Review: Understanding Drama GCSE DANCE: Music - Bitesize Year 11 have been Review: Yr 11 analysing music of their Year 11 have selected After a group general dance Drama - Bitesize choice for homework their monologues for quiz, (filling in the gaps in our using the Component 3: knowledge) was completed D.R.P.A.T.S.M.I.T.H. This Performing Drama non- successfully last week, we week they will be examined assessment. have also studied the many exploring the longer structural devices there can answer questions in the They have been working be in dance. We have been listening papers! through their relating these two works they Monologues workbook have already studied and They should also be researching and referring to how this may help preparing and preparing the with our new rehearsing a solo information on their choreographies. performance ready for characters to help recording in the first create a convincing This week all of the dancers week after the February performance. will be working hard on their Half Term. solo choreographies. Choices They have also been made, research complete, exploring Konstantin they are now embarking on Stanislavski’s system to their practical dance work as help them create their part of the Non Exam Based character’s emotional Assessment. So incredibly journey within their proud of them chosen monologues. and cannot wait to see and share what they produce!!!!! Next week we will explore the Component 2: Devising Drama Logbooks in more detail.

Mr Wright’s Live Lesson Background:

Throughout this week Mr. Wright’s live lesson background has been from Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’. Have a listen to this track from that album: ‘Karma Police’ by Radiohead

Will you be able to guess Mr Wright’s Classic Album background next week?

Leicestershire Music Education Hub Free Afterschool Lockdown Activities:

Inspired by Joe Wicks, Leicestershire Schools Music Service (LSMS) is really excited to announce FREE daily music making sessions aimed at young people. Unless stated otherwise, these will take place on our YouTube Channel beginning at 3:30pm each weekday during the lockdown.

Monday Mondays will see two sessions with Mr Thurlow - 3:30pm Ukulele and 4:00pm Guitar. Both sessions are aimed at beginners but assume some experience. As these videos are also being used in schools, they will be available from the beginning of the relevant week and available to watch straightaway. Further Guitar resources and Ukulele resources can be found on our website. Wednesday On Wednesdays, our Music Leader Andres Barrero will lead you through weekly Homemade Percussion sessions. These will involve creating instruments out of household objects and learning new rhythms. Thursday Thursdays feature a weekly Beatboxing class from our resident expert Music Leader Shay Sharma. Check in at 3:30pm and let Mr Shay lead you through Boots’n’Cats and beyond. You’ll be levelled up before you know it! Friday On Fridays, join Abanazar the Musical Wizard for a weekly Body Percussion session, where you'll be invited to create music alongside Abanazar! You won't need any instruments, in fact - that's where the magic comes in - you'll be creating music from nothing! Tune in on Fridays at 3:30pm for a magical, musical and rhythmical afternoon!

Free Lessons from The Curve Theatre with Curve Classroom: Curve theatre is also offering a range of free online classes. Lessons will include English language and literature, analytical thinking, music, character work and choreography workshops, as well as puppetry, disability awareness and LGBTQ+ history. Whatever your interests, age or ability, we hope you’ll enjoy and be inspired by these sessions delivered by our fantastic tutors!

Lessons and more information can be found here: www.curveonline.co.uk/curveclassroom

Or on their YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1CU_dYGkefFUP5zS8XYNwlF3tYCuViDt

Celebrating Student Work: The following students have an honourable mention for their fantastic effort in online lessons this week: Year 7 Mia A, Ryan B, Kieran B, Diana B, Emma D, Logan E, Jake E, Jacob H, Matt O, Ava P, Tyler B, Liam B, Freddie D, Eva E, Jonathon H, William H, Leo H, Nathan M, Caleb M, Jasper N, Josh P, Aditi S, Melanie W, Lilly W. Year 8 Logan B, Daniel C, Lara D, Charlie G, Elliot H, Liam H, Mya K, Francesca K, Charlie M, Ryan R, Erin T, Finlay W. Tobias C Year 9 Ella M, Lily P, Maisy P, Sienna S, Max C, Amy, Corey F, Myles C, Will V, Maeve D, Alicia S, Matilda F, Spiros P, Cameron R, Jack W, Annie N, Chelsea N, Annabelle S, Annika R, Isobel R, Tom S, Aaryan, Oliver T, Jake C, Oliver S, Lottie M, Kate S, Harry K. Year 10 Laurance N, Shaan G, Alex R, Emily G, Regan C, Martha B, Oliver K. Year 11 Imogen T, Izzy W, Hannah S, Maddy W, Edward P, Mille-Mae O, Charlie T, Patrick D, Poppy B, Izzy, Isobel A, Raimi AH, Anna B, Amalie F, Isaac H, Bridie M, Lily M, Gracie P, Isla S,

Outstanding Student Work:

Year 7 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Set-Designs

Elanor C – 7.6 – The

Chocolate Factory

Jack S 7.4 – The Chocolate Factory. Logan C – 7.4 – Charlie’s House

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How we’re getting on:

WELLBEING CENTRE

During Children's Mental Health week it is important that we are mindful that the impact that Covid 19 has on our young people. With that in mind we are encouraging our students to step away from their devices and develop new skills. Josh B 8.4 although an avid gamer is currently enjoying time away from his X-Box and developing his drawing skills. Well done Josh your drawing is amazing.

STAFF - Miss Garland In school I am being kept busy looking after the lovely Year 9s. Apart from doing lessons, they have enjoyed a day of sports, with another one this week. They have had a look around the school garden and they enjoy walking Mrs Merry’s gorgeous dog.

At home I am enjoying lots of walking. I loved the snowy weather as it is quite rare nowadays and looks really beautiful. I have Rock Choir weekly and spend time practising the songs (good for the old grey cells!). This week we are learning a Queen Song – we are all familiar with Queen so it’s not too bad difficult to learn! LSAs Mrs Dance: [email protected]

Head of Department Miss Donlan: [email protected] Mrs Hill: [email protected]

Miss Ferguson: [email protected] PP/SEN Learning Mentor

Mrs Marriott: [email protected] Miss Garland: [email protected]

ELSA Mentor Mrs Hatfield: [email protected] Mrs Wright: [email protected]

Mrs Hecks: [email protected]

Mrs Lowe: [email protected]

Mr Thomas: [email protected]

Miss Whatton: [email protected]

Science Miss Thurlow – Head of Science: [email protected] Miss Bennion – Assistant Head of Science: [email protected] Dr Blas: [email protected] Mrs Francis: [email protected] Mr Inchley: [email protected] Dr Saadat: [email protected] Mr Woodward: [email protected] Mr Allard: [email protected]

Teaching and Learning Updates: Topics are taught on a rota basis so vary between classes within the same year group. Year Group: Topics covered this term: 7 Enzymes and Digestion Atomic Interactions Electricity and Magnetism 8 Human Biology Earth Waves 9 Cells Atoms and Periodic Table Bonding Energy 10 Bioenergetics Rates of Reaction Quantitative Chemistry Forces 11 Inheritance, Genetics and Evolution Ecology Electromagnetism Chemistry in the Atmosphere

Science Stars

Luke H in Year 8 (82B) for always being willing to participate, answer and ask questions. Elander HB in Year 9 (92B) for continuing to work hard and producing a fantastic piece of work in Physics. Ben N in Year 7 (71A) for always ready to answer questions in lessons. Freddie F in Year 8 (81A) for working so hard in Science lessons to improve his knowledge. Mason T in Year 7 (71A) for an outstanding effort in Science lessons. Joe L in Year 9 (9.2) for being so organised and sending me his notes after every lesson.

What have we been doing….

Year 8 - PEAR E-PHONE 82B have been looking at the Electromagnetic Spectrum and were tasked with designing a phone for the phone company “Pear” which uses different Electromagnetic Waves. They had to give details on the types of waves and their dangers.

Miss Thurlow was blown away by what the group produced and worked with Mrs Wilford to select two winners. Prizes will be posted out next week. Well done everyone! Other groups will also be undertaking this task in the coming weeks – we look forward to seeing what they produce.

Mateo

Tia

Bailey

Madison

Jake Iona

Amelie

Year 9 – The Kibworth School Energy Generation 92B have been looking at renewable energy sources and were tasked with selecting a renewable energy source which could be used by the school. They had to research the different types of renewable energy and then chose the most appropriate for the school. They then had to pitch their ideas in order to win the bid. There was some fantastic ideas and detail in their pitches. Many students had included maps to show where to place the renewable energy source. Well done all!

Year 8 – Waves 81A have just started the wave topic and we used online whiteboards to have a go at drawing waves with different amplitudes, wavelengths and frequencies. Thank you to Liam for his work.

Pastoral

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The Team Assistant Director of Learning Progress Leader Year 7 Mrs Mozley (Senior Progress Leader) Year 8 Mr Holmes Mrs Mozley Year 9 Mr Stanton Mrs Mozley Year 10 Mr Blampied Mrs Weller Year 11 Mrs Rees Mrs Goring

Please can all students be on time when attending form time with their tutors. Mrs Merry has an assembly each morning with a year group otherwise you are looking at The Day, careers information, and a current affairs quiz.

This week has been Children’s Mental Health Week, so we have had an assembly on that, thank you to Mr Holmes for that. We have also had the Digital Detox Day. If you haven’t completed the form to say what you were up to, please can you do that. The links have been emailed to you and are on student folder or your form teams group. Any problems, just email your form tutor.

Celebrating online learning: Year 7 Student Form Merits Say-a G 7.4 41 Millie T 7.5 35 Joseph E 7.4 34 Joe P 7.4 34 Kenna B 7.4 32 Jack S 7.4 31 Bo F 7.4 31 Logan C 7.4 30 Bella F 7.6 30 Gabriel H 7.4 30 William D 7.6 30

Form Merits 7.4 644 7.6 508 7.5 176 7.1 135 7.3 81 7.2 32

Total 1576 Year 8 Last Week's Merit Totals by Year Year Group Merit points Year 8 1697 Year 7 1576 Year 9 889 Year 10 327 Year 11 272

It was a close one this week but well done again Year 8! Last Week's Merit Totals by Form Form Group Merit points 83 367 86 346 82 296 84 279 85 246 81 163

Well Done 8.6! Top Merit Totals Last Week

Full Name Tutor Group Merit points Alexander B 82 33 Tobias C 83 30 Deen S 82 30 Owen H 82 28 Reece B 86 28 Zak B 82 26 Scarlett W 83 26

Year 9 Name Form Merits George S 93 23 Kian F 96 21 Amy C 96 19 Ellen F 93 18 Motinzwa M 96 17 Joe L 92 17 Samuel W 94 16 Jacob H 95 16 Oliver T 93 15 Nico R 93 14 Drahm P 92 14 Aaryan K 93 14

Form Merits Demerits 93 225 -1 96 180 0 95 141 0 92 136 0 94 112 -1 91 95 0

Year 10

Full Name Tutor Group Merit points Amanvir L 10.3 12 Daisy F 10.2 12 Annie R 10.3 11 Dharam D 10.2 11 Isobelle W 10.6 10 Amelie L 10.2 10 Flynn S 10.5 9 Rhys T 10.5 9 Molly W 10.5 9 Martha B 10.2 8

Group Merit points 10.2 139 10.5 110 10.6 86 10.3 86 10.1 66 10.4 43

Year 11 Full Name TutorGroup Merit points Jamie B 11.6 9 Hazel McD 11.5 8 Aishya P 11.5 7 Josh C 11.6 6 Mark S 11.2 6 Harry C 11.6 5 Amber H 11.3 5

Form Merits Demerits 11.6 47 0 11.5 44 0 11.2 35 0 11.3 33 0 11.1 28 0 11.4 27 0

Quiz Every week, all tutor groups take part in the weekly ‘remote learning quiz’. Two quizzes have been completed, and merits have been awarded to all pupils taking part, with extra merits awarded to the top results in every form. Here are the leading results for every year group:

Year 7: Year 8: Year 9: Mel S (7.4) - 20 Deen S (8.2) - 13 Lily-May K (9.4) - 16 Ben S (7.4) - 20 Matilda R (8.2) - 13 Myles C (9.5) - 16 Neo G (7.5) - 19 Josie O (8.5) - 13 Chelsea N (9.5) - 15 Lily B (7.5) - 17 Amelie E (8.5) - 13 Freddie B (9.4) - 14 Jessica W (7.5) - 17 Zach D (8.2) - 12 Gurleen H (9.2) - 14 Year 10: Year 11: Phoebe L (10.4) - 19 Ollie P (11.2) - 15 Good luck to everyone taking part Ashton G (10.4) - 18 Evie P (11.2) - 14 in the quiz this week. Taraa-Rebecca H (10.1) - 17 Isobel A (11.6) - 13 Quiz well :) Sam C-R (10.4) - 15 Amalie F (11.6) - 13 Sally S (10.2) - 14 Emma T (11.6) - 13

Teacher Updates:

Mrs Rees - I have enjoyed teaching my lessons this week online, I have been thinking about mental health this week and so I have played a lot of board games with my children; we like Harry Potter Cluedo. Plus, I have been doing some karate with my 9-year-old and playing speed cups with my 7-year-old. We have gone on a lot of long walks after signing off lessons to keep active and decreasing screen time.

TKS SUPPORTED READING FOR PLEASURE AND PROGRESS AT HOME

Firstly, please may I introduce myself to you; my name is Ms Clarke and I am the Librarian at TKS. I came to TKS late February 2020, and soon after, due to Covid 19, library days became very different, so I may not have had the chance to meet with everyone.

Me attempting to read my latest book, with my dog Reg!!

However, at TKS we are keen to support our students and families with ideas and resources to encourage reading during lockdown and thanks to the hard work of colleagues, both at college and across the country, we have compiled a range of resources designed to support families. We hope that many of the links and resources may also be useful for younger children.

 Public libraries are closed for browsing – but you can click & collect from many local libraries or borrow eBooks or audiobooks free of charge. The link to the Leicestershire libraries is here: https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/libraries ; and you can click and collect through this page: https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/libraries/click-and- collect-service . eBooks, Audiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers’ are available here: https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/libraries/digital-library-services/what- you-will-need .

 If you don’t yet have a library card, it is possible to join online via this link: https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/libraries/join-the-library

 All years should have received our TKS Recommended Reading List, but if you have not then please email me at [email protected] stating students name and year and I will happily mail you one. The lists have a range of different books from Thrillers to Dystopian to Tough Situations.

 Once you have chosen a book, and while you are waiting for your click and collect book, why not head over to TKS Library Audiobooks to listen to a chosen book https://thekibworthschool.rmunify.com/sso and click on:

 Authorfy has interactive resources, videos and activities to support children’s reading and writing https://authorfy.com/about/ These 10 minute videos with challenges by acclaimed children’s authors are brilliant https://authorfy.com/10minutechallenges/, as are these Masterclasses (you can filter by age): https://authorfy.com/masterclasses/

 The World Book Day site has an ‘Author and Illustrator Academy’ with videos, resources and book extracts for all ages and stages. https://www.worldbookday.com/online-masterclasses/ . You might enjoy the talk by, Malorie Blackman & Patrice Lawrence (Noughts and Crosses & Orangeboy). If you enjoy art, then Sophie Henn has a video to teach students how to create their own comic book characters. The World Book Day site has also just started a ‘Book Ideas Hub’ with links and resources to encourage children (of all ages) to read, write and draw for pleasure. https://www.worldbookday.com/2020/03/book-ideas-hub-brilliant-stay-at-home-ideas-free- resources/

 Recently the Northern YA Literary Festival took place; young people can watch the recordings of interviews with fabulous authors for free: https://nyalitfest.wordpress.com/programme/ . Sessions with YA authors include ‘How to Get Published’, ‘Women at War’, ‘Myths, Magic & Legends’, ‘Last One to Die’ (horror/supernatural).

 There are several authors reading aloud their books on a daily basis (with recordings on YouTube) or providing free videos/books/resources: o If you have younger children in the house, Cressida Cowell (Children’s Laureate) has recorded a series of videos where she reads her books aloud; these include including How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizard of Once. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe01xn13M8q2dsIw0mvW9lg o Another great resource for younger readers are the Piers Torday videos: he is reading aloud The Dark Wild, which is the story about a virus which has hit the animal world, and a vaccine that has just been developed... https://www.youtube.com/c/piersftorday/featured Tom Palmer, known for his hugely popular football fiction (sometimes linked to war) has multiple free reads on his site https://tompalmer.co.uk/free-reads/

 The Oak National Academy has just started giving free access to a children’s book each week. Here is the link: https://library.thenational.academy/ So far, The Story of Tracey Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson and The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook (fabulous!) are available free; until th February 5 you can listen to The Girl Who Stole an Elephant being read aloud while you follow along! https://library.thenational.academy/steal-an-elephant-with-nizrana-farook/

 On 2 February we welcomed The Festival Of Literature, hosted by Bishop Stortford College into TKS. This is live and interactive from 2nd to 12th Feb and an exciting opportunity for our students to connect with authors. We are looking to support many more of these activities for our students.

Available to watch live or on catch up, the digitally devised Festival programme is intended to bring authors straight from their homes into your classrooms and even to our pupils learning from home.

These hand-picked, of the moment authors, were chosen to engage and enthuse your pupils no matter their age group. From Primary to Sixth Form, each key stage package is sure to excite and connect with your class, inspiring them to read more and find joy in the written and spoken word.

Each event will include teaching materials, to help support and encourage further learning.

. Let me know what you are reading, send me a picture if you want to!

TKS RECOMMENDED READING LIST - Year 7 (age 11-12)

If your child is a competent reader or has read all these titles then try the books from the year above your child’s year. Alternatively, if these books are a little challenging try books from the Year below your child’s year list.

Adventure, Mystery & Thrillers Dystopian & Science Fiction  Anila’s Journey by Mary Finn  The Infinite by Patience Agbabi  Storm Catchers by Tim Bowler Bodyguard  Ink (& sequels) by Alice Broadway  Gamer (& sequels) by Chris Bradford*  Where the River Runs Gold by Sita  Father Brown Stories G. K. Chesterton Brahmachari  Alone by DJ Brazier  Gone or BRZK (& sequels) by  The Disconnect by Keren David (!) Michael Grant  Mortal Chaos or Lie, Kill, Walk Away by M Dickinson  The Giver and Gathering Blue by (!) Lois Lowry (!)  The Dog Runner by Bren  Watership Down by Richard Adams Macdibble (!)  Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times L. Brittney  Killer T by Robert Muchamore  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by  Crusade by Elizabeth Laird Robert Louis Stevenson  The Knife of Never Letting Go (&  Set in Stone by Linda Newbery sequels) by P Ness (!)  The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by C. Edge (!)  Railhead & Mortal Engines (&  The Girl Who Stole An Elephant by Nizrana Farook sequels) by P Reeve (!)  The Boy Who Flew by Fleur Hitchcock  Scythe, Unwind, Dry (& sequels)  High Rise Mystery & Mic Drop by Sharna Jackson by N Shusterman (!)  Girl Missing (& sequels) by Sophie McKenzie  Destination Earth by Ali Sparkes  The Recruit (& sequels) by Robert Muchamore*  Contagion or Slated (& sequels) by  Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman Teri Terry  Wolf Wilder or The Explorer by Katherine Rundell  The 5th Wave (& sequels) by Rick  Murder Most Unladylike (& sequels) by R Stevens Yancey (!)  Lost (Choose Your Own Adventure) by T Turner.*  Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz  My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell  Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson

Humorous books Fantasy, Magic Realism, Horror & Ghost  Little Badman &[…]  The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien  Killer Aunties by Humza Arshad (!)  Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi  Millions, Cosmic or Broccoli Boy by Frank C  The House With Chicken Legs (&Girl/Bear)by S. Boyce Anderson  The Last Kids on Earth (& sequels) by Max  Asha & The Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan Brallier*  Mind Writer by Steve Cole*  Fenway and Hattie by Victoria Cole*  Artemis Fowl (& sequels) by Eoin Colfer  Adventures of a Wimpy Vampire (&more)  Rumblestar by Abi Elphinstone by T.Collins*  Who Let the Gods Out (& sequels) by Maz Evans  The 13-Storey Treehouse (& series) by A  Ranger’s Apprentice or Brotherband by J Flanagan Griffiths*  Inkheart (& sequels) by Cornelia Funke (!)  Cookie & the Most Annoying Boy… by  The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (!) Konnie Huq*  Blackberry Blue by Jamila Gavin (!)  Enginerds (& sequels) by Jarrett Lerner*  Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure by Vashti Hardy  Disaster Diaries: Zombies (&sequels) by R  Peter Pan by JM Barrie McGeddon*  Skulduggery Pleasant (& sequels) by Derek Landy  The Accidental Billionaire series by T  Tales of Terror, Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley McLaughlin  Northern Lights (& sequels) by Phillip Pullman (!)  The World of Norm series by Jonathon  Goth Girl (& sequels) by Chris Riddell* Meres*  Mrs Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by  Accidental Trouble: Planet Omar by Zanib Riggs Mian  Zom-B or Cirque du Freak (& sequels) by D. Shan*  How to Rob a Bank by Tom Mitchell (!)  Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard (!)  Middle School series by James Patterson*  Black Panther the Young Prince by Roland L Smith  Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon (dyslexia-  The Edge Chronicles by P Stewart and C Riddell friendly)*  The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by  Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce* Terry Pratchett  Killer Animals series by Tracey Turner

Sports  Booked, Crossover or Rebound by K. Alexander* (!)  Stat Man by Alan Durant *  Man of the Match (& series) by Dan Freedman  The Number 7 Shirt or The Lion Roars by A Gibbons*  Kick by Mitch Johnson  The Fix by Sophie McKenzie*  The Greatest: Muhammed Ali by Walter D Myers*  Ultimate Football Heroes Collection by M&T Oldfield*  Football Academy or Foul Play series by Tom Palmer*  Soccer Squad, Dream On (& series) by Bali Rai*  Outcasts United (young people edition) by W. St John  The Football Boy Wonder (& sequels) by Martin Smith*  Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary Schmidt* (!)

Relationships & Tough Situations  Cyborg Cat (& sequels) by Ade Adepitan* (!)  Boy Underwater by Adam Baron (!)  Noughts and Crosses, Hacker, Boys Don’t Cry or PigHeart Boy by Malorie Blackman (!)  Blubber or anything by Judy Blume  Artichoke Hearts or Jasmine Skies by S. Brahmachari  A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby  New Kid or Class Act by Jerry Craft One, Apple &Rain,  Moonrise, Toffee by S Crossan (!)  Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis  Stella By Starlight or Blended by Sharon Draper  The Book of Everything by Guus Kuijer  Running on Empty by S.E. Durrant  Mind the Gap, Being Billy or Saving Daisy by P Earle*  The Many Worlds of Albie Bright by Chris Edge  Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (!)  Tulip Touch, Goggle Eyes or Flour Babies by A. Fine  Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee  Check Mates & The Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster  Playing with Fire by Henning Mankell  Unstoppable by Dan Freedman*  One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia  George by Alex Gino  Tall Story or Shine by Candy Gourlay  After the Fire by Will Hill (!)  Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen  A Different Dog by Paul Jennings*  Red Sky in the Morning by Elizabeth Laird (!)  Scarlet Ibis by Gill Lewis  Out of Heart by Irfan Master Lark (& series) by Anthony McGowan *(!)  A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (!)  No Fixed Address or Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen  Wonder by R.J. Palacio (!)  Pax or Here in the Real World by S Pennypacker (!)  Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick  Unboxed by Non Pratt *  A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee  Long Way Down, Look Both Ways, Ghost by Reynolds*(!)  Ghost Boys or Black Brother[…] by Jewell P Rhodes (!)  Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan  Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Scheerger  Can You See Me or Do You Know Me by Scott & Westcott  The Marvels or Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick*  The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla (!)  Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (!)  Clean Getaway by Nic Stone  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (!)  The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (!)  Goldfish Boy or The Day I was Erased by L. Thompson  The 1000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford (!)  A Boy Called Hope by Lara Williamson  Brown Girl Dreaming or Harbor Me by J Woodson (!)

History, War, Conflict & Refugee Experience  Soldier Dog or A Horse Called Hero by Sam Angus  The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by J Boyne (!)  Illegal by Eoin Colfer * (!)  Wolf Children, Red Shadow, Eleven Eleven -Dowswell Under a War-Torn Sky by L.M. Elliott Boy  87 by Ele Fountain  The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillion (!)

 Once (& sequels) by Morris Gleitzman * (!)

 Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay (!)

 Grenade by Alan Gratz

 Blade and Bones or Sawbones by Catherine Johnson (!)

 Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen (!)

 Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (!)

 Buffalo Soldier or Apache by Tanya Landman  Every Falling Star (North Korea) by Sungju Lee  Airman by Eoin Colfer  Dog Tags: Semper Fido or Strays by C A London*  Diver’s Daughter: A Tudor Story by P Lawrence  Shadow or In the Mouth of the Wolf by Michael Morpurgo  Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers*  A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielson  Armistice Runner or Over the Line by Tom Palmer*  A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue  Park The Red Pencil by Andrea David Pinkney  Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story by Bali Rai*  The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf (!)  Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (!)  Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe (!)  Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah  The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak!

TKS RECOMMENDED READING LIST - Dystopian & Science Fiction Year 8 (age 12-13)  The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins  Matched trilogy by Allie Condie Adventure, Mystery & Thrillers  The Maze Runner trilogy by James Dashner  The Body in the Library etc by  Lord of the Flies by William Golding Agatha Christie  The Knife of Never Letting Go trilogy by Patrick  The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Ness Pullman  Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth  Montmorency by Eleanor Updale  The Giver by Lois Lowry  The Curious Incident of the Dog in  The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau the Night time by Mark Haddon  Uglies by Scott Westerfield  Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks  The Declaration by Gemma Malley  Outwalkers by Fiona Shaw

 Animal Farm by George Orwell

Fantasy, Magic Realism, Horror & Ghost Humorous books  Wicca by Cate Tiernan  Angus thongs…Georgia Nicholson  The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding Series by Louise Rennison  The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan  Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce  Moon Riders by Teresa Tomlinson  Redwall Series by Brian Jacques  Cry of the Icemark or The Blade of Fire by Stuart Hill  Stravaganza Series by Mary Hoffman

 His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

 Inkheart by Cornelia Funke  The Edge Chronicles by Chris Stewart & Philip Riddell History, War, Conflict, Political &  The Goosegirl by Shannon Hale Refugee Experience  Eragon by Christopher Paolini  Private Peaceful by Michael  A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Morpurgo  Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor  Sweet Clarinet by James Riordan  Mr Monday; Sabriel by Garth Nix  Roman Mysteries by Caroline  The Super Naturalist by Eoin Colfer Lawrence  Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks

 Petals in the Ashes by Mary Hooper Relationships & Tough Situations  I Coriander by Sally Gardner  Girl Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan  No Shame, No Fear by Ann Sheldon Turnbull  Saffy’s Angel by Hilary Mckay  A Small Person Far Away, When  Mates, Dates…Series by Cathy Hopkins Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith  Skinny Melon and Me by Jean Ure Kerr  Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison  I am David by Anne Holm  What a Week to Make A Stand etc by Rosie Rushton

 Feeling Sorry for Celia; Finding Cassie Crazy by Jaclyn Moriarty  Bhangra Babes by Narinder Dhami  Freaky Friday by Mary Rogers  The Princess Diaries; Missing series; The Mediator series by Meg Cabot Classics  Noughts and Crosses by Marjorie Blackman  Swiss Family Robinson by J.D. Weiss  Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah  The Borrowers by Mary Norton  Boy by Roald Dahl  Five Children and It by E. Nesbit  A Child Called ‘It’ by Dave Pelzer  Anne of Green Gables by L.M.  Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird Montgomery

 Fire Eaters by David Almond

TKS RECOMMENDED READING LIST - Year 9 (age 13-14)

Adventure, Mystery and Thrillers Dystopian and Science Fiction  Alex Rider Novels (Stormbreaker etc) by  Useful Idiots by Jan Mark Anthony Horowitz  Brave New World by Aldous  Bridge to the Stars by Henning Mankell Huxley  Thief by Marjorie Blackman

 White Fang by Jack London Fantasy, Magic Realism, Horror and Ghost  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen  Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian  To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Hearn  City of Stars; City of Masks by Mary Hoffman  His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Relationships and Tough Situations  The Wee Free Men/Discworld by Terry  Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Pratchett Rennison  Sabriel by Garth Nix  Mates, Dates… -by Cathy Hopkins  Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora  Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson Pierce  Between You and Me by Julia  Tales of Shannara by Terry Brooks Clarke  I Robot by Isaac Asimov  Beauty by Robin McKinley  The Gift by Alison Croggons  The Mediator series by Meg Cabot  The Lord of the Rings Trilogy -byJRR  Junk by Melvin Burgess Tolkien  Looking for JJ - Anne Cassidy  Shadowmancer; Wormwood by G.P.  The Opposite of Chocolate by Julie Taylor Bertagna  Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells  Face by Benjamin Zephaniah  Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness  Rani & Sukh; (Un)arranged  Maladapted by Richard Kurti Marriage by Bali Rai  Dracula by Bram Stoker  Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger  Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

History, War Conflict, Political and Refugee Experience Classics  Remembrance by Theresa Breslin  Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen  Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus  Tess of the d’Urbervilles - Thomas Sedgwick Hardy

 Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

TKS RECOMMENDED READING LIST - Year 10 (age 14-15)

 The Fault in our stars by John Green Adventure, Mystery and Thrillers  We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen  The Hunt for Red October by T  Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield Clancy  Every Day by David Levithan  Genesis Alpha by R Michaels  Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro  The Blue Nowhere by J Deaver  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte  No Time For Goodbye by L Barclay  Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier  Child 44 by T R Smith  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey  Last Light by A Scarrow  Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castelucci  The Runaways by V Canning  American Gods by Neil Gaiman  Great Expectations by Charles Dickens  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck  Atonement by Ian McEwan Biography/Autobiography  It’s Not About the Bike by L

Armstrong  The Motorcycle Diaries by E Fantasy, Magic Realism, Horror and Guevara Ghost  Fever Pitch by N Hornby  Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge

(Carnegie Award Shortlist)

 Say her Name by James Dawson( Ashcroft Winner FAB Award 2015)  Let the Right One In by J A Linquist Dystopian and Science Fiction  Interview with Vampire by A Rice  Doctor Mirabilis by J Blish  The Reformed Vampire Support  The Player of Games by I M Banks Group by C Jinks  Frankenstein Unbound by B Aldiss

 Bloodtide and Bloodsong by M  Farseer Trilogy by R Hobb Burgess  Eye of the World by R Jordan  Black Magician Trilogy by T  The Declaration & The Resistance Canavan by G Malley  Pelinor Trilogy by A Croggan  One of Us by M M Smith  Glass Demon by H Grant  Prey by M Crichton

 The Long Walk by S King

History, War Conflict, Political and Refugee Experience  The Silver Pigs by L Davis Different Cultures  Ash on a Young Man’s Sleeve by D Abse  Burn my Heart by B Naidoo  Enigma by R Harris  When the Snow Fell by H Mankell  Nicholas Dane by M Burgess  Baby Father by J Kenrick  The Medici Seal by T Breslin  Newes from the Dead by M Hooper

General Classics  When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan (Carnegie Award  Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger Shortlist)  The Jeeves Stories by P G  The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks Wodehouse  The 10pm Question by K de Goldi  The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins  My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by A Pitcher  The Big Sleep by R Chandler  Brick Lane by M Ali  Pride and Prejudice by J Austen  The Lovely Bones by A Sebold  Jane Eyre by C Bronte  A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by J Barnes  Wuthering Heights by E Bronte  Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by L de Bernieres  The Great Gatsby by F Scott  Chocolat by J Harris Fitzgerald  The Darwin Wars by A Brown  Notes from a small island by B Bryson  Paddy Clarke Ha Ha by R Doyle  Sugar Rush by J Burchill  Gifted by N Lalwani  Under the Skin by M Faber  Black Rabbit Summer by K Brooks  The Knife that Killed Me by A McGowan  Red Rage by B Blobel  The Witness by J Jauncey  Boys Don’t Cry by M Blackman  Sarah’s Face by M Burgess  Slam by N Hornby  Angela’s Ashes by F McCourt  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by K Kesey

TKS RECOMMENDED READING LIST - Year 11 (age Adventure, Mystery and Thrillers 15-16)  Dangerous Deception by Kami Garcia  The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks  The Twelve by S Neville  Christine Falls by B Black

 Restless by W Boyd

 Looking for Alaska by John Green  Always Outnumbered Always Outgunned by W Mosely  Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan   The Time Machine by HG Wells The Big Sleep Farewell My Lovely by R Chandler  American Psycho by B E Ellis  The Maltese Falcon by D Hammett  The Name of the Rose by U Eco  Woman in White by W Collins  The Third Man/Brighton Rock by G Greene  The 39 Steps by J Buchan

Dystopian and Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic Realism, Horror and  The Passage by J Cronin Ghost  Brave New World by A Huxley  The Blessed by Tonya Hurley

 Golden Witchbreed by M Gentle  City of Ashes Series by Cassandra

 Left Hand of Darkness by U K Le Guin Clare

 The Drowned World by J G Ballard  Gormenghast Trilogy by M Peake

 Fahrenheit 451 by R Bradbury  Hush, Hush by B Fitzpatrick

 Neuromancer by W Gibson  Nightworld series by L.J. Smith

 Slaughterhouse Five by K Vonnegut  Evermore by A Noel

 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by P K Dick  House of Night series by P.C. and

 Kristin Cast The Day of the Triffids by J Wyndham  Fallen by L Kate  1984 by G Orwell  Tales of Mystery and Imagination  Consider Phlebus/Player of Games by I M Banks by E A Poe

Different Cultures General  And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini  Boys don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman  Terror Kid by Benjamin Zephaniah  Brick Lane by Monica Ali  Le Grand Meaulnes by A Fournier  The Remains of the Day by K Ishiguro  Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by G Courtemanche  When God was a Rabbit by S Winman  Bonjour Tristesse by F Sagan  Life of Pi by Y Martel

 White Teeth by Z Smith  The Poisonwood Bible by B Kingsolver

 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini  The Lacuna by B Kingsolver

 Chronicle of a Death Foretold by G Marquez  The Sea by J Banville

 Chavs - The Demonisation of the Working Class by O  The Handmaid’s Tale by M Atwood

Jones  Oryx and Crake by M Atwood

 Things Fall Apart by C Achebe  House of Spirits by I Allende

 That Thing Around Your Neck by C N Adichie  Twisted by L Halse Anderson  Tsotsi by A Fugard  Dear John by N Sparks  The Long Song by A Levy  Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre  The Bluest Eye by T Morrison  The Summer I Turned Pretty by J Han  Pigs in Heaven by B Kingsolver  The Sky is Everywhere by J Nelson  A Hundred Years of Solitude by G G Marquez  Secret Life of Bees by S Monk Kidd  Labyrinths by J L Borges  The Wasp Factory/The Crow Road by I  The Stranger by A Camus Banks  Madame Bovary by G Flaubert  The Bloody Chamber by A Carter  The Tin Drum by G Grass  Catch 22 by J Heller  Death in Venice by T Mann  Me Talk Pretty One Day by D Sedaris  Dr Zhivago by B Pasternak  Junk by M Burgess  Fathers and Sons by I Turgenev  The Secret History by D Tartt  We by Y Zamyatin  Wide Sargasso Sea by J Rhys  The Life and Times of Michael K by J M Coetzee  The Awakening by K Chopin  The Bride Price by B Emecheta  As I Lay Dying/The Sound and the Fury  Heat and Dust by R Prawer Jhabawala by W Faulkner  Midnight’s Children by S Rushdie

 The Colour Purple by A Walker

History, War Conflict, Political and Refugee Experience  The Secret Agent by J. Conrad  The Red Badge of Courage by S Crane

 Room by E Donaghue

 The Blasphemer by N Farndale

 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by L

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Note to parents: Some books from the lists are written for young adult readers; this means there may be occasional ‘gritty’ content. Generally by Key Stage 3 young people are ready for this, but parents know their children best; if you have queries about suitability, please check online reviews or ask your child’s teacher. * = Top picks for reluctant readers ! = TKS Teachers’ favourite reads HIGHLIGHTED = available in our library

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Closing date Thursday 25th February

Reading for pleasure!

During this lockdown why not take advantage of some extra time to get stuck into a new book? Library closed? Not a problem! Oak National Academy has a virtual library you can access!

This week the Design and technology department have enjoyed reading for pleasure! I am happy to share some photos of them in action.

If you also like Design and Technology, and would like some inspiration for some interesting reads, why not check out these subject themed titles below?

Interesting reads: Art  Introduction to mixed media - Michael Wright  Artists journals and sketch books - Lynne Perella  Pop Art: a continuing history - Marco Livingstone  The 20th Century Art Book – Phaidon press  50 British artists you should know- Lucinda Hawksley  A bigger message, conversations with David Hockney – Martin Gayford  Wall and Piece- Banksy

Interesting reads: Design and Technology  The elements of pop up, A popup book for aspiring paper engineers – James Diaz & David A Carter  Logo – Michael Evamy  Thinking objects- contemporary approaches to product design – Tim Parsons  Designing sustainable packaging – Scott Boylston  Steve Job – Walter Isaacon  Against all the odds – James Dyson

Interesting reads: Food Preparation and Technology  BOSH! Simple recipes. Unbelievable results. All Plants -Henry Firth  The Curry Guy: recreate over 100 of the best British Indian restaurant recipes at home - Dan Toombs  Good food for bad days: what to make when you are feeling blue – Jack Monroe  7 ways: Easy ideas for every day of the week – Jamie Oliver  Mary Berry’s Simple comforts- Mary Berry  Nadiya Bakes: includes all the delicious recipes from the BBC2 Series – Nadiya Hussain  30 day kick start plan: 100 delicious recipes with energy boosting workouts – Joe Wicks  East: 120 easy and delicious Asian inspired vegetarian and vegan recipes – Meera Sodha

Well-being resources:

Well-being resource list for parents/carers during lockdown

Resource Produced by Internet Link Practical guidance to https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/ NHS support own well being https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children- Supporting safe/coronavirus-advice-suppport-children-families- families during NSPCC parents/ lockdown

5 ways to https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrmhscw manage parents BBC well being Resources to https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkyr47h help parent well BBC Bitesize being Parent/carer self Anna Freud https://www.annafreud.org/parents-and-carers/self- help advice Centre care-for-parents-and-carers/ Top tips for https://www.annafreud.org/coronavirus- parent/carer Anna Freud support/support-for-parents-and-carers/ during Centre lockdown Parent/Carer support for https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh9v382 BBC pupils with SEND https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for- Parent survival Young minds parents/parents-survival-guide guide

Audible links:

Here is the link to the teenage section of the books that are available: https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery- 21122354011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-3

Here are some classic reads: https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery- 21122353011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-4

Or maybe you would like to reminisce, or share stories with younger people in your family: https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery- 21122358011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-0 https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery- 21122356011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-1 https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery- 21122355011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-2

Feedback ‘I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and your staff for getting the Teams lessons working so effectively during the lockdown. Of course the children would prefer to be at school but we understand that this is not possible and we appreciate how hard you have worked to get this running smoothly. Overall having the school timetable structure is working here and they seem engaged - we just wanted to feed that back to you. I know that as teenagers they more often than not refuse to put cameras on and for this I apologise but I can assure you and their teachers that they are working so that is the main thing! If there is anything more you think we can do to support your team please do not be afraid to ask. In the meantime sending you all best wishes and a hope for a swift and safe return to school soon.’ Parent

'I just wanted to email in to thank you so much for the digital detox day yesterday. It was a brilliant idea, very well needed and perfect timing as I think this month is probably the hardest for everybody.

My daughter certainly made use of the day without any screens which was great – although as I wouldn’t let her have her phone, she couldn’t take any pictures of what she got up to!

Really appreciate the effort that went into making it happen and I’m sure it made a massive difference to everybody involved' Anonymous

Digital Detox Day:

We’ve received some amazing work from our students for digital detox day. We thought we would share these with you! If anyone would like to add anything for next week’s newsletter please email [email protected]

‘I don’t remember my dream, but it was peaceful, the exact opposite of what was to follow. The first thing that my mind registered was the scream, the bloodcurdling, horrifying scream that sent shivers from your head to toes and back again.

I slipped out of my rough itchy bed and as my bare feet touch the wet and slippery floor, I heard the scream again.

I peeked out a crack in the door but before I could see anything, I ended up slipping on the ground beneath me and into the seemingly endless hallway stretching out into the darkness, dropping my lantern as it was swallowed by the night of the corridor.

The hallway was pitch black, but then the howling wind blew through one of the still open windows, swiping a curtain to the side and illuminating the hallway with a single beam of light from the moon high above. I got up and took a step on the hard wooden floor, my footsteps the only sound in the sudden eerie silence, echoing for what felt like hours down the shadowy hallway. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a grotesque hand reach out toward the window, then suddenly I couldn’t see anything again, but in the darkness, I could smell the mold growing in the corners, the wall chafing on my arm, and the hairs on my neck stood up in trepidation and my spine stiffened, alerting me of the presence creeping up behind me. There was nowhere to turn, nowhere to run, and when I felt a hand on my shoulder I screamed in consternation.

Turning around immediately to see who had snuck up on me, all I saw was emptiness, as if nobody had been there but I knew there was. A person does not feel a hand on them only for one never to be there. Shaking off the growing sense of dread I cautiously mad my way through the hallway, my feet rubbing against the ancient flooring. I finally reached the end, surprised I hadn’t turned back and opened the door absentmindedly. But when I flicked on the lanterns adorning either side of the doorway and peered inside the room, I was unable to move, my limbs frozen, like someone had just poured a bucket of ice on me.’ By G-S.Hayer (9.2)

Donate:

On Saturday 13th February one of our students is running a half marathon to raise money for Motor Neurone disease. If anyone would like to donate please click the link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lucinda- thompson?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=lucinda- thompson&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=531f9587dee34b0ba4c47e8c985f33b5.

Z.W got up to many things:

Leftover Chilli and cheese sandwiches

They managed to fit in an awful lot into the day:  Baking cupcakes & Cornish pasties I.T wrote some letters  Latch hook rug making,  Sewing  Board games  Lego building  Reading  Walked to see the local horses. We had a lovely day.  Making a giant squid

A.B built a model Plane

E.E - Macramé

M.T tried out Diamonds Art J.S

C.M baked a Red Velvet Rabbit Cake

A.S Cookery homework. Salt and pepper breadsticks. They tasted amazing B.S tidied his room, rode his bike and even had time to make this delicious cake

L.H & E.H did some baking

Cute Pets

Mrs Harris: Her son’s dog Stringer

Our favourite photo of the week: Jackson

C.D Grumpy Snowman from last week

Ms Garland: Myra the Kitten