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SPRING TERM EDITION 2019
Dear Parents, Carers and Please make sure that all students are wearing the right shoes, Students black polishable, and black or white socks. If in doubt over uniform standards, please contact any of our Heads of Year, I would like to start my who will be happy to support and advise. newsletter update with a massive thank you to all Furthermore, please note that all Year 9 students will have parents and carers for your their final options for GCSE by the end of Term 5. We are kind comments and support committed in offering all students their first choice; however, after the announcement of in some cases, such as insufficient numbers for a course to my permanent appointment run, we will apply their reserve options. Please liaise with as Principal at PCSA. My Mr. Uffendell if you have any enquiries regarding the options commitment is to create an system. academic environment that Please be aware that we have decided that from September students will thrive in terms of their personal development 2019 all of our publications, including the newsletter and the and academic success. Everyone’s positivity and kindness has students’ reports, will be sent electronically to parents and been overwhelming, THANK YOU. carers. Please make sure that the school has accurate details, As I am writing these lines, we are in full preparation for our especially an email address, as this will be vital for this type Year 11 exams. Here at PCSA, we have left “no stone of communication. If you do not have an email address please unturned” in order to ensure that all of our Year 11 students do let us know. In addition to this, we will reduce reports to are ready for this challenging period. We have provided three times per year. Finally, this will be the last year, where academic and mental support through various workshops and parents/carers will receive a written tutor report. We believe revision classes for all of our students. By the time you will that the introduction of Class Charts has made be reading this update, exams will be but a couple of weeks communication much easier on a daily basis. In combination away. We believe in our Year 11 students, they have worked with our annual Target Setting Day, email communication and very hard and they will do great. Please keep being positive telephone calls, Parents’ Evenings and Curriculum Evenings, with them and encourage them to work hard until the end. we believe there are plenty of opportunities for constructive They are nearly there. communication between the academy and parents/carers. Furthermore, I want to thank all parents and carers for your A key event in Term 6 will be our Transition Day on support with our homework system. Latest figures have Tuesday 2 July. We are all very excited to meet our new Year shown that 99% of our students are now doing regular 7 students and their parents/carers. Miss Dodson, Head of homework, which is great. We are constantly trying to Year 7, will be visiting the students in their primary school improve our practice so homework is enriching students’ environment to answer their questions before the “big day.” learning and progress. Research has shown, Education In the past, we have had excellent feedback. Endowment Foundation, that purposeful and regular As always, thanks for your help and support with helping us homework can add up to 5 months to students’ attainment make PCSA an amazing place for our young people. and creates a culture of independent learning, which is invaluable for their GCSE and A Level success. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or enquiries. I am more than happy to meet you in Equally important, I would like to extend my gratitude for person if you wish, or talk to you on the phone. I am always your support in terms of uniform standards. Going into available on email any day of the week. lessons, assemblies or just standing by the gate in the mornings and afternoons, it is clear that the great majority of Best wishes our students are in the right uniform, looking very smart. Angelos Markoutsas, Principal [email protected]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Executive Principal’s Message ...... 2 Revision Strategies ...... 12 Year Group News ...... 5-9 Ski Trip ...... 13 Class Charts ...... 10 Subject News ...... 17-30 Homework ...... 11 Exam Timetable ...... 36
@PCSA SPRING EDITION 2019 EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
UPDATE FROM MR. COLES
Thank you to all parents, carers and students for your great much to each and every student. I love the idea of the new support during this first half of the academic year – please Scout troop at King Alfred’s (the only secondary school in the do keep in touch through e-mail or Twitter if you so wish - UK with a troop – The First King Alfred’s Scouts - it has 60 @nevillecoles or [email protected]. I am very happy members) and the way in which the Duke of Edinburgh award to assist at any time –staff are always very grateful for any has developed. Priory are now offering Silver and King Alfred’s, feedback, and especially, I am always very happy to pass on because of Post 16 provision can offer Gold. praise and success stories. I am very, very pleased with the way all our academies are developing and the way they look and feel. We now have 6 OUR TRUST WILL ALWAYS academies within the Trust. From April 1st we welcomed BE MORE THAN EXAM RESULTS. Pawlett Primary School Academy. We now educate around 5,000 children within TPLT. Over the last year we have developed a very clear approach to teaching and learning Although, I do need to say that our 2018 Grade 5 results (old which is always evolving – ‘LEARN’ happens in all classrooms ‘B’ grade and now a ‘good’ pass) in both English and maths – Link Engage Achieve Review Next Steps. Furthermore, were very strong. In fact, we were 10% ahead in the English anyone who visits one of our academies will, I hope, see a and Maths ‘G5 basics’ from the next Weston-Super-Mare deliberate attention to detail and a certain feel with signage, academy outside of the Trust. This fact can be lost in new buildings and site – more capital developments will follow in league tables which use the new term of ‘Progress 8’. English the coming months. Our children and staff deserve the best and maths outcomes are so important and we are delighted facilities we can manage. The £1.2million + roofing project is with the 2018 results and those expected in 2019. We will well ahead of schedule at TKASA (Highbridge) and the new focus on English and maths outcomes in the context of a toilets are now complete at WCSA – Worle Water World! We broad and balanced curriculum offer – rich with the creative also have placed a further ten bids for capital improvements arts. We will not be chasing spurious qualifications that - for example, new flooring in the sports hall at WCSA. So, ‘count’ in ‘progress league tables’. once again across all academies we will learn in early May if In our primary phase, I am always very happy to go to EYFS we have been successful with the next stage of capital bidding classes - it amazes me the quality of provision for our very – the total amount bid for is around £2.5million. We are youngest children – this provision is really strong across all hopeful and have been very successful in the past. three primary academies with some fantastic work with play, Staff in all our academies have been working really hard on outdoor learning and our early years education. It is a really many aspects of schooling. For example, we have some lovely solid foundation for the future. If you know of local people creative arts events at several academies – Priory produced who need nursery places please be aware, we have Little ‘Whistle Down The Wind’ and Worle are in rehearsals for Learners at St Anne’s and Priory Pre-School at PCSA. Please Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ whilst King Alfred’s had some do contact us for places and for further information – please great ‘Battle of the Bands’ evenings. As you may know, I have see page 3 for the addresses and email details of our Heads / a particular passion about ‘additionality’ through sport and Principals who will be more than happy to contact you with the creative arts – music, drama and the wider arts give so further information.
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EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE If you’re interested in joining, or merging with a Multi A
Angelos Markoutsas If you’re interestedL in joining, or merging with a Multi Principal PCSA A m [email protected]
WORLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Student numbers for 2019 entry in our Weston-Super-Mare 11+ academies An Academy are very strong. Again, thank you for your support. PCSA were delighted to Jacqui Scott
Principal WCSA receive 357 first choices and they have accepted 330. The Local Authority asked PCSA to go to 330 (+30) given the extra building work that has m [email protected] occurred. We were very happy to provide more first choice places at PCSA. We were also delighted to see 277 entering WCSA – this is significantly up on last year at this time and we think we will have 300 Year 7s by September. This is important Trust-wide as student numbers drive income.
On a similar note Mr. Jenkins at TKASA and all his staff have been driving up Post 16 numbers – SIXTH FORM.
We have 120+ applications at time of writing. I would still encourage Year If you’re interested in joining,Nathan or Jenkins merging with a Multi Principal TKASA 11s at WCSA and PCSA to seriously considerA the academic Sixth at TKASA. m [email protected] It is a first-class and distinct school-based provision. Students travelling from Weston-super-Mare do get a travel bursary. A laptop is also provided for all post 16 students. We’d like a thriving SIXTH FORM of 150 as part of TPLT. I know, for many years, parents have asked me about opening a SIXTH FORM and whilst this provision is not within Weston-super-Mare this is the SIXTH FORM for our academies – PCSA, WCSA and TKASA. I am really pleased to see that our student attendance figures are up in all our academies – I hope this is partly because of the wide range of courses and events that are available – you will see many of these great activities Lisa Dadds - Headteacher St Anne's Chur ch Academy within the next few pages. So, again, thank you for all your support and we m [email protected] are always happy to receive feedback and encouragement. Please see here key contacts for each academy – it is the Principal / Head / Senior Teacher. LE BA We pride ourselves on speed of reply so please do come back to me directly ST TC A H
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Neville Coles Executive Principal The Priory Learning Trust THE PRIORY m [email protected] Deb Haspell - Senior Teacher LEARNING TRUST 07821 529027 O Pawlett Primary School Academy m [email protected]
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SIXTH FORM at The King Alfred School - An Academy
Belong - Believe - Be Proud
WWW.TKASA.ORG.UK YEAR 7 - Miss Dodson
Year 7 have continued with their positive attitude towards their school and personal life, making the right choices, for a successful future. As a year group they have accumulated over 370,500 achievement points across all subjects, both academic and creative, in and out of school, making us the highest scoring year group. I have been pleased to receive numerous nominations for Students of the Week, informing me of the continued kindness and thoughtfulness%%%% of students % % towards staff and peers, and their conduct in the wider community. I had the pleasure of watching Joshua Harding (pictured) in the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at The Playhouse alongside other Priory During the school year I have continued to be impressed with students, and also some Year the number of students seeking to broaden their horizons by 7s in the school production attending Period 6 and clubs outside of school. We have of Whistle Down the Wind. cheerleaders, gymnasts, footballers, futsal players and They all performed with musicians to name but a few. Many of these represent Priory, courage and got into North Somerset, Bristol City and are on trial to represent character with ease. Britain. 22 students put their names I continue to be overwhelmed by the support and forward to interview guests determination my year group have demonstrated, during national careers week overcoming obstacles and cementing friendships. and were a credit to the Miss Dodson – Head of Year 7 school for their impressive [email protected] conduct towards our visitors.
Be the change you wish to see in the world
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS There are many students in the year group who are heavily involved in activities outside of school and tutors regularly email me with yet another achievement from one of their tutees. Nothing like a bit of healthy competition! It is often all too easy to think that our students don’t have time for anything else outside of school but they are clearly finding it. Their accolades make up an astonishing list: County netball champion, Swimming Gala champion, Grade 6 pianist, budding journalists, county footballers and Martial Arts Champion to name but a few. We even have a student who is playing hockey for a senior women’s hockey team! Just the other day a student came up to me and rather nonchalantly said that I write this having been Head of Year for just they had trials for the girls U15 England rugby team! She and the others 4 weeks but I already have so much to say about above are great examples of what happens when you have a goal, set this incredible group of students we have in Year targets to get yourself there and show the determination to achieve them. 8! Every day is different in my role but I walk out knowing that this group of students are trying their best every day and it just makes me want to LONDON TRIP 2019 do even more to help them achieve their We are well on our way to the annual Rewards trip for Year 8 with 96 potential. students being offered a place on a 3-day excursion to our capital city. The excitement is building for what promises to be another excellent trip full of memories and experiences that will stay with our students for some IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS time to come. Students in Upper School still talk about their trip to London Attendance is the bedrock upon which success is in glowing terms. built in school and special mention must go to the 75 students who have maintained 100% attendance so far this year. To see students LOOKING AHEAD smiling and ready to learn every day in tutor time My message to the year group has been, and will continue to be, that I makes the job worthwhile for myself and tutors. want to see ‘progress, not perfection’ from all students. At a time in their When you add excellent conduct to outstanding lives where they are learning who they are and what they want from life, attendance you begin to see students flourish in it is impossible to expect every student to get it right every time. But we all sorts of ways. Particular recognition must go can encourage our students to keep moving forward and setting goals. We to the following students for their hard work in have one aim in mind: that they will realise their full potential and flourish this area: here at PCSA and beyond. Thank you for your support in achieving this 1. Olivia Tucker (8A4) 1745 positives aim and I look forward to celebrating many more successes during the rest 2. Kiera Wilton (8B3) 1653 positives of the year. 3. Charlie Tedder (8A4) 1631 positives Mr. Howard - Head of Year 8 [email protected] 4. Keira Adamson (8A3) 1622 positives 5. Leeroy March (8A2) 1552 positives The school production of ‘Whistle down the Wind’ saw many Year 8 students participate and excel in their roles. I attended one of the performances and was thoroughly impressed to see our students performing so professionally and competently. A very proud evening indeed. A number of Year 8 students are actively engaged in the school newspaper as part of the Jill Dando News project. During an excellent Careers Week in March two of our students, Lacey and Abi, interviewed all of our visiting employers, colleges and university representatives and previous students with humour, maturity and professionalism. They were a credit to the school. Future journalists and news readers they most certainly are! I look forward to reading all about it.
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Year 9 have continued to have a very successful academic year with the majority of students accumulating a considerable amount of achievement points. This EXTRA-CURRICULAR demonstrates the continued effort made by Year 9 students of maintaining high OPPORTUNITIES standards in their behaviour and taking pride in their learning. The following The past couple of terms have not been students have been recognised for their achievements during the last two terms, all academic though. Year 9 students %% %% all%% of which%% are excelling at PCSA: have been getting involved in extra- %% %% ! !% % %%% % %%%%%%%%%% % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%curricular opportunities and activities in ! % % %%%%THE TOP% ACHIEVERS%%%%%%%%% FOR YEAR 9 ARE: their droves, contributing to the wider ! % % % %%%%% % % %%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%% % % %%% %%% %%school community. There have been %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % %%% %%% %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%• Lucy Jones (9B5) inter-house matches of netball and %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% %%rugby, a number of Year 9 students have %%%%%%%%%%%• Tom Harding (9A1) % %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % %% participated in the school production of %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%• Anna Sadler (9B1) Whistle Down the Wind and some ! ! %%%%%% students were lucky enough to go on ! %%%• Ellie Macdonald (9B2) ! !! %%%%%%%%% this year’s ski trip. This has truly been a ! %%% busy time for all and as Head of Year 9, !! % %%%% %%•%% Keira Bradley (9A2) ! I am very proud to hear of all that the ! % % %%%% ! !! %%%%%% year group have accomplished over the ! %%% ! !! %%%%%%Students%%% attended Target Setting Day which was helpful to all students to set last few months. ! ! %%%targets%%% for the rest of the year and to discuss their GCSE options. It was lovely to %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%see so many of Year 9 students and their families attend our Options% Evening% %%% last%%% %%%%%%%%%%%% % %%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%month. We are very proud% % at% PCSA% that%%R,%5#1%3*("30%,*%1""%1*%4#+0%*2%!"#$%&% we%%R,%5#1%3*("30%,*%1""%1*%4#+0%*2%!"#$%&% can provide numerous% subjects%%% for %%%%%%% % % %%R,%5#1%3*("30%,*%1""%1*%4#+0%*2%!"#$%&% 1 1 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%students to choose from.% The evening% was%%R,%5#1%3*("30%,*%1""%1*%4#+0%*2%!"#$%&% a great success% %%%%%%% and%%%%%% having spoken to 1 %%%%%%%%% % %%%%%% 1% %%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%many students and parents% they%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%are looking forward to %making%%%%%% their options and % %%%%to begin studying their chosen %subjects.%%%%%%%%%% %% %%%%%% % % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% % % % %%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % I am also% very%%%%%%%%%%%% proud to hear from across several different faculties the high %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%standard of homework that is being produced by Year 9 students. This demonstrates % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%to me that students are completing work to high standards outside of school. Here % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%are a few examples% that%%%% have%%% been sent to% me:%% % %%%%%%%%%%Finally, we have been really lucky to have %%%%%%%% % %%%%%%% % % % % %%%%%%%%%% %%%% % % % %% % %%%%%% % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%Ann-Kathrin or “Anky” start at PCSA, %%%% % %% % % % %%%%%% % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%joining 9B3 tutor group. She is with us % %%% %%%% %% % % %%%% %% %% for Terms 4 and 5, visiting from % % Germany. Whilst she is in the UK she is % % staying with an English family. This is % % % what she had to say about our school % and what her peers think. % % % % Ann-Kathrin: “In Germany we don’t have % %% tutor time, but I like it, because our tutor % group is really nice and the others at my % % table play hockey. We (Sophie, Eva, Tianna, % % Emily, Chloe and Chloe) all play in the school % %% % hockey team and that’s really cool. In my school in Germany we haven’t got any % %% % hockey teams or our own coach; here at % %% Priory you have your own gym and so many % sports fields. I’m really happy to be with % %% these nice people at this nice school” % Eva: “I like having Anky here because she is a % %% % really nice girl and we have all learnt things % %% from her. It is also really nice having her on % the hockey team, she is really talented” % %% Tianna: “Ann-Kathrin is a very kind and % talented girl, she gets on with everyone and % %% % it’s really nice having her here.” % %% Miss Rees - Head of Year 9 % [email protected] % %% % @PCSA Spring Edition 2019 7 %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% % % %% %% %%%%%%%%%%%% %% %
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I want to start with a huge thank you to Year 11 for being so wonderful to me since starting the role of Head of Year 11 in January. The majority of the students have known me in some capacity in other roles over the last 5 years. They really are a lovely year group and all working really hard in their final few months. I have had the pleasure of starting them off on the first step of the Year 11 journey by handing out their hoodies. They are all wearing them with pride knowing they are so close to the end of their time at PCSA. We had a Success and Information Evening on Wednesday 27th February which was very well attended. On the evening we handed out a variety of booklets on supporting students through their exams. If you were unable to attend the evening please do send your children to find me and I will ensure they bring them home. In addition to the booklets, we have this year created a section on the Priory Community School website for revision. You can find this by looking on the drop- down tab under ‘students’. This has lots of information on methods for revision and where to find them. Each subject has a tab which gives the key links and the most useful places for students to look.
I would like to mention a few achievements within Year 11. Firstly, I would like to congratulate Liam Orme on his recent boxing successes. Liam competed in the 2019 England Boxing National Youth Cadet Championships where he got through to the finals. Liam won a silver medal losing in the finals to a very experienced boxer. Liam is now ranked 2nd in the country for his age and weight. An outstanding achievement! A second ‘congratulations’ goes to Lucie who has been selected to assist with the coaching and running of the Extended Learning Academies Gymnastic Inter School competition. And thirdly to Alicia who got outstanding achievement with full marks for her OCR Sports exam. Well done all. Keep working hard Year 11. You are so close to the end of your time at PCSA. However, there is still time for the final push and reaching for your target grades and more. Take advantage of your teachers and all they have to offer such as P0, P6 and Easter School. We believe in you, you now need to believe in yourselves. Mrs. Sandy-Carman Head of Year 11 [email protected]
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Throughout the past term, we have been further embedding It has been a real pleasure meeting our students with the the use of Class Charts into the day-to-day running of PCSA highest achievement points tallies and I have been absolutely and having you, as parents and carers, able to access your bowled over by the hard work and effort they have displayed child’s account has been a real positive for us. By logging into to get to that stage. Daisy in Year 9 commented that it has your child’s%%%%%% account, you can track their progress throughout really made her feel “like doing everything I am expected to %the day. You can celebrate the achievement points they do is being recognised.” As we progress throughout the year, receive (they can gain 3 Ready to Learn points at the we will be looking at unlocking more features within the Class beginning of each lesson by being prompt, fully equipped and Charts interface and will be keep you updated with any and quick to begin the starter activity) but also you can see if they all changes we make. have made any wrong decisions and gained a negative point. You will also be able to see any detentions your child is being Miss Aaron required to attend (on the same day if a student has been Assistant Principal and Head of Upper School parked, the following day if they have missed a homework deadline).
Our top achievement collectors in each year. L – R Gemma (Y10), Harry (Y11), Evie (Y7), Olivia (Y8) and Tom (Y9)
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HOMEWORK – WHY DO WE DO IT? The evidence shows that the impact of homework, on average, is five months' additional progress per year per student. Homework teaches students valuable lifelong lessons as well as further developing and reinforcing the learning from school. $ What is absolutely essential is that, as a school, we need your help as a parent to support your children with homework$ and the $ reasons we use homework to aide learning.$
THE BENEFITS OF HOMEWORK $$ $ $ Researchers have examined the homework habits of nearly 8,000 students. They found that: • Students who get set regular homework by their teacher performed $ significantly better than those who only set it occasionally. • Students who spent 90 minutes a day doing homework got the highest school grades. • However, the researchers actually found that although 90 minutes was the most effective, it was not the most efficient, as the extra time spent after 1 hour led to such minimal gains that it did not justify the extra time. • Students who did their homework by themselves ended up doing around 10%
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IS IT QUANTITY, QUALITY, OR BOTH? Students in China seem to be set the most, with the average student being set 14 hours per week (in the UK, the average amount is about 5 hours). Our students will compete with others for the jobs and roles they want and this is another reason why completion of homework within deadlines is so essential to your child’s progress and attainment. PUTTING THE 'HOME' IN 'HOMEWORK' It is importance to emphasise the ‘home’ aspect of ‘homework’. Evidence suggest that parents having clear homework rules for their children is one of the most powerful things they can do to assist their child’s academic development.. Explaining why these rules are in place can help pupils eventually make better decisions regarding their independent study time later in their school career. FINAL THOUGHT The debate about how much homework should be set will continue to rage for many years. Unfortunately, this argument is often framed around time. What is undeniable is that as students progress through education, homework becomes more important. As well as setting the right amount (probably between an hour and 90 minutes a night), teachers should be encouraged to set homework that is both a) regular and b) high in quality. Parents can help by setting clear homework rules and encouraging students to do it themselves, so as to enhance their understanding, learning and resilience. Mr. Uffendell – Vice Principal
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REVISION STRATEGIES THAT WORK
Year after the year, the same pressures come with exam revision material, whilst being metacognitive about what is the revision. Every year, teachers try the old favourites, alongside most prominent information they need to remember. a few new revision strategies to keep our students interested. Happily, we now have a wealth of evidence to support some FLASHCARDS revision strategies over others as we approach the revision Flashcards are a very familiar stretch. tool used by students. Crucially, too many students fail to use We know that students are not the most reliable when it them for effective self-testing. comes to judging their own learning, with regular self-testing A good technique is pictured proving the most effective antidote. We know that some here from InnerDrive strategies, like re-reading and using highlighters, are ineffective, whereas as quizzing does the trick. We know that a little ‘deliberate difficulty‘ may well prove a good thing for GRAPHIC revision, and that ‘cramming‘ is inferior to ‘distributed ORGANISERS Students need to be active in practice‘ (or spreading revision out over time), when it comes to remembering. revision, not just reading their
notes and doing some colouring A successful approach to revision needs to be deeply rooted in with a rainbow of in subject knowledge, and sustained over a period of time. highlighters. Graphic organisers
Subject teachers need to explicitly teach the strategy, model are a handy vehicle to get it, and offer guided practice before we expect our students students reconstructing their to use them effectively. This is done in our lessons and during revision topics, making P6. meaningful links and connections. Mind maps and brain dumps are a good way of doing this. QUIZZING Good old fashioned quizzing is an ideal vehicle to get CORNELL NOTE-TAKING students self-testing, which is proven to be a robust revision This strategy gets strategy, so that students can calibrate their knowledge and students thinking remembering. There are various types of quizzes, of course, metacognitively, such as short answer quizzing, multiple choice or a hybrid of asking questions, the two, with different question types suiting different noting key terms, purposes. and summarising ‘JUST A MINUTE’ the content being revised. Turn your Put simply, students have to talk for a minute on the given notes in to Cornell term/topic – no pauses, no hesitations. Slips or repetitions or notes for active revision. micro pauses lose a ‘life’ – three strikes and you’re out. This strategy harnesses the ‘self explanation effect‘. In short, if you TOPIC RANKING can elaborate on a topic and explain it well, you have Remember that students are often not the best judge of their retrieved it from memory – a good revision act – as well as own revision and how effective it may or may not be. By likely consolidating it too. Record yourself on your phone for getting students to rank their own knowledge of their topics a minute to see how much you know, or need to work on! being revised, as we do in lessons, they deploy the important metacognitive strategy of evaluating their learning. Though ‘PREPARE TO TEACH’. they will likely be inaccurate in their judgments of their Similar to ‘Just a Minute‘, the ‘Prepare to teach‘ strategy knowledge and learning, it still helps students better regulate involves the common idea of getting students to teach a peer their revision and monitor their ongoing progress. a topic from their revision. It gets students to elaborate on their knowledge. Even expecting to teach appears to have a PAST QUESTIONS positive impact on students learning material, so this No rewards here for creativity: students need to practice seemingly inconsequential tweak can have very beneficial examination questions, over and over, well spaced over time. effects. The effect of exploring worked examples or exam answers, as well as writing their own, helps students process, practise and ‘SELECT, ELECT’ refine their revision to meet the factors of exam success. Another revision strategy that gets students thinking hard about their revision is ‘Select, Elect‘. In simple terms, you get Please check out the revision section of the website for our students to ‘select’ the most significant facts, ideas, concepts, students. or terms, from a given revision topic, before then asking them to ‘elect’ what they deem the most significant knowledge or Adapted from Alex Quigley, The Confident Teacher blog idea/concept that they need to understand for their Mr. Uffendell – Vice Principal examination. This gets students actively engaging with their
12 @PCSA Spring Edition 2019 ! TPLT SKI TRIP 2019 - ARTESINA
This is the second year we have run a Trust ski trip and the The students had 6 days of ski tuition and they skied 5 hours first with our friends from TKASA. PCSA ended up taking 60 a day. The progress that the students made was simply students on the trip which is fantastic. This is the first year incredible. We always advise some dry ski slope lessons before we opted to fly and this appeared to make the trip more we travel but even the students that didn’t have lessons popular with our students. The students travelled from beforehand were skiing down difficult red runs by the end of Heathrow to Milan and then had a 3.5 hour transfer to the the trip. hotel. As well as skiing the students also enjoyed various apres ski activities such as bum-boarding, snow tubing, hot chocolate! evening, a disco a quiz and a film night. The students were ! able to socialise with students from our Trust schools and the behaviour and maturity from our students was exemplary. Although we had a some issues on our return journey with flights being cancelled last minute and having to rearrange flights for 100 students, the students again made all the staff extremely proud with their positivity, maturity and resilience. It was an absolute pleasure to take this group of students away, they have made lifelong memories and many are keen to go again, either at school or with friends and families. They are extremely lucky that they were given this opportunity and I am sure that it gave them a fantastic experience and taught them lots in the process. We are just in the final stages of negotiating next year’s ski trip and we will be releasing information in assemblies and on the ski twitter page @PcsAski. If anyone has any questions regarding the ski trips please feel free to contact me on email [email protected]. Finally, I would like to thank the parents and carers for their amazing support and messages throughout the trip and also for giving their children a wonderful experience. Mr. Coombs, Head of Boys’ PE
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BUDDING PCSA JOURNALISTS WORK WITH BBC This April will mark twenty years since we lost the '''''' extraordinary BBC presenter, Jill Dando. Having studied at ' Worle School, Dando is a huge local success story. Students %%%%%%%%%% %%%% %% < %%%%%% % %%% % %%A.?5/0.$%B(3+%C7A&%D% from PCSA - along with those across five other schools in The , %%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Priory Learning Trust – have taken inspiration from her positive %% % %%%%%%%%%% %%H=/(1% *% %% %% %%%%%%% % %%% journalistic work and created a legacy in her home town. %% %%% % % %% %%% %%M0)#-/%$3% Every week budding journalists meet at the Jill Dando News + %%%%%%%%%%%% % %% %% % Centre in the heart of school to interview, write, photograph, %% %%%% % %% % %%% film and edit the latest ‘hot off the press’ news. Unlike so %%%%%%%% %%O,."/(%.",0%B32?$%30%."/%.(,>/518%*/% , %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%% much of today’s press, they follow one rule: every story must % be a positive, inspiring one. %%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% %%Q?(%13?0>%0/*$%./,+$% Unsurprisingly, this development has not gone unnoticed by # %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % %%% %%% local and national news teams who are keen to remember the % talented Jill Dando. Rather than focus on the tragedy, we %% % %% % %% % %%%% % % %%%%%%%% %%!"/%./,+%,)$3%)33-%B3(*,(5%.3% allow the BBC to document her legacy as it matures through I %% % % %% % %% %%%%%%%% the eyes of school children. %%% %%%%% %% % Experienced BBC Journalist Matthew Pick has been the latest professional to visit PCSA and WCSA to share knowledge and % % opportunity with the students. Our young news teams % impressed him so much that he has invited us to pitch our top % stories at the BBC headquarters in Bristol on 26th March. Following this, journalists will be developing short film pieces for Priory TV and cutting-edge local stories to prick the ears of BBC news professionals. The team also look forward to being part of the launch of the Donald Brown Suite at Worle Community School on 26th April where we will commemorate Jill Dando through live journalism!
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:%%%%:%%%% %% %% %%%% %% %%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% %% %%%%%% %% %%%% %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% %%%% STUDENT VOICE LL%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%% %% %%%% %%%%%%%%%% %%%% AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM What an amazing group of students we have at PCSA! The Student Council have met a few times already so far and have been busy obtaining the views of the student body on a number of themes. The first topic that the Student Voice have been responsible for considering is ‘Homework’. As you will be aware, the Learning Cycle booklets are now well established and all students are aware of the new detention policy. We asked all tutor representatives to survey their fellow tutees on a number of questions, %% including how well homework linked to lesson content; how long homework took to complete; their views of the detention policy and the organisation of homework. As a result of their feedback we have now provided students with homework record booklets – so that they can use these to record what homework they have and when it is due. The Student Council have also organised a brand-new noticeboard in the library where any student can voice their opinion. These might be school led themes, topical discussion points or suggestions as to what they would like to discuss in the future.
The Student Council have also been %% working closely with our caterers, %% Pabulum, and tasting the new vegetarian food menu for the restaurant. A surprise winner this time around was a jackfruit and sweet chilli sauce bap!
If any student has anything they would like us to consider as a Student Council then please do speak to your tutor rep, your year rep, Miss Coleman or Mr. Howard.
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ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY
YEAR 8 - 3D LANDSCAPE HOMEWORK PROJECT Our Year 8 students have produced some very creative pieces of artwork as part of their homework project using some imaginative resources such as driftwood and layered mod roc to create a 3D effect.
YEAR 10 - GIGER PROJECT Our GCSE students have been embarking on a 3D relief project which is inspired by H.R. Giger. The theme is linked to fantasy and science fiction. We want our students to explore a variety of 3D materials and experiment with relevant skills and techniques. Furthermore, they are annotating their ideas and outcomes as they progress. We are really pleased with the work they have already produced.
Seasons Greetings
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DRAMA AND MUSIC
The whole of the Creative Department thoroughly enjoyed participating in this years whole school production of “Whistle down the wind”. Our 50 strong cast of upper and lower school students showed amazing resilience, professionalism and dedication, not to mention talent! The students performed over three evenings to rapturous applause and rave reviews from the audience. Enjoy the selection of photographs below. We would also like to congratulate our lead male, Ben Fryer, who has been offered a coveted place at the Boomsatsuma theatre school in September.
Mr. Stanley - Central Leader for Creative [email protected]
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INTRODUCTION UPPER SCHOOL As ever, we’ve had a busy few months in the English faculty, Over the past two Cycles, Upper School English has been all including dressing up, reading classic literature and learning about Literature. and both Years 9 and 10 have been bitten by about poetry. It was great to spend World Book Day dressed the Bard. Year 9 have been studying 'the Scottish play", as some of our favourite literary characters and we had an exploring how Lady Macbeth manages how to convince overwhelming response to our short story competition. Year Macbeth to kill for the crown, whilst Year 10 have continued 11 are now squarely within the revision zone of the year and their GCSE studies with Romeo and Juliet. Both years are now we are seeing a huge level of commitment, dedication and focusing on poetry and how writers explore the world around motivation from the whole year group. Keep up the good them through their poems. We've covered topics as diverse as: work, guys! 9/11, PTSD, patriotism, the changing face of London, the nature of bravery and the ethics of war photography. We've been hugely impressed with students' maturity and curiosity LOWER SCHOOL as they explore these topics. We've also been focusing on During Cycle 2, Year 7 read and responded to some of the revision skills at the start of Upper School to help students most celebrated and well-known poetry in the English answer the perennial question: "But Miss, how can you even language: the poetry of World War One. Students read and revise for English?" Students have been creating knowledge explored the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, organisers and trialling varied revision techniques so they're developing their knowledge of the Great War as a foundation well versed in this by the time they get to Year 11. to this. Students showed an impressive ability to put themselves in the shoes of the soldiers on the front line, and were also able to appreciate the ideas and feelings that the poets of the trenches were expressing. At the end of the unit, students expressed themselves by writing their own poetry.
* YEAR 9 KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS: * * ****************** **Year* 11** have* now**=-1.-*,--"*,%7-*)7;$-,,).-*$-,':#,*6$%7*,%7-*,#'&-"#,*)"*#2-*JJ8,/*3,*0-::* completed both sets of their PPE exams, 3 **meaning the* next**L%0*),*#2-*#)7-*#%*7%.-*%"*3"&*:-3$"*2%0*#%*)7;$%.-*%"*#2-,-*3"&*73?-* time they are in the exam hall, it will be the , ****real thing. We’ve**M%*2-:;*#2),*23;;-"/*0-*23.-*3*02%:-*$36#*%6*$-,%'$(-,*3.3):34:-*#%*,#'&-"#,<** seen some impressive results from some M **************** students** in the* PPEs,************* as well as some disappointing ones. Now * * **is the time**R%,#*%6*#2-*%":)"-*$-,%'$(-,*(3"*4-*3((-,,-&*#2$%'92*#2-*"-0*$-.),)%"*,-(#)%"*%6*#2-* to move on and learn how to improve on these , and*** make sure* ***** we get the grades. To help**A-3$*BBS*)#*),*0)#2)"*5%'$*9$3,;/*,%*#3?-*)#F* this happen, we have a whole raft of resources available to students. These include P6i sessions, the PiXLit app, the revision Google classroom, a revision Quizlet group, the weekly assembly work Year 8 have also broadened their horizons through the and our Twitter feed, which will be sharing top revision tips medium of poetry during this Cycle 2. By studying poems and key content over the coming months. Most of the online from other cultures, students learned about life in a diverse resources can be accessed through the new revision section range of cultural and political settings. Students were also of the school website, which is a real treasure trove of given time to reflect and consider what 'identity' means to information. Year 11: it is within your grasp, so take it! them, and how different cultures and customs can be captured Mr. Dodd, Central Leader for English in the written word. At the end of a challenging unit, students had their first experience of a GCSE style English Literature [email protected] question, a challenge in which they distinguished themselves well. Follow the English Team on Twitter: @pdoddpcsa and @EnglishPCSA
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!! ! !!! Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 have been making great progress so far this year, they have been !!! !! practising their speaking and listening skills as these are the most difficult ! skills to develop. Students have also been learning about food in Spanish %% speaking countries, making sure they always have an opinion as well as % perfecting their past and future tenses. Recently, Year 10 have been learning % about different types of Spanish fiestas and designing their ideal festival – una fiesta de patatas anyone?!
P6 SPANISH This term we have been delighted to welcome A fantastic 46 students came to our Miss Pooley-Cooper from Bath-Spa University on a Year 11 Spanish speaking evening – long-term placement. She is a Spanish specialist absolutely amazing! It was lovely to see and has settled in really well within the team. All so many of you being so enthusiastic students have continued to make progress and we about practicing your speaking and I have been particularly impressed with so many know that this definitely improved your students embracing the demands of the speaking performance in your mock speaking exams, both in Year 9 and Year 11. We continue to exams. Lots of you are using your encourage students to work on vocabulary learning revision guides and have also purchased and to aim for "5 a day", as a "little and often" Spanish! revision workbooks which is trusted$ way to retain knowledge of key words. only going to help your revision – you ! As we approach the exam season, we wish all our Year 11 students the best of luck can make sure you are doing extra work for the 2019 exams and hope that the hard work will come through in the summer on those topics that you find hard. results.! ! !! !!! ! ! Please!!!!!! do keep signing up to your !!!!! ! ! Mrs.! Parsons! revision!! sessions!! with Miss Coleman! ! as !!?00! this is your opportunity% to get some %!YEAR 7 - !!!!9 SPANISH ! !!!!!!!!!individual tutoring on whatever Spanish ! % !! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!subject you need. There is always Period For a languages! teacher, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Learning Cycle 3 for KS3 Spanish is akin to a rare planetary 0 on a Tuesday too if you prefer working! !! alignment where enormous yet disparate%%% galactic forces come into line for a brief in a%%%% group. I know you’re working hard, period !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!of time. Imagine that instead of planets, you have Years 7, 8 and 9 arriving but please do keep going – it will be ! from!! their various orbits! !!!to a single linguistic!!!!!!!!!!!!!! topic (holidays & hobbies) and the worth it in the end! ¡Buena suerte! analogy might become! clearer. This alignment is not perfect, however, as each year Miss Coleman !!!group will have slight but significant!! variations to contend with. For Year 7, this ! means the introduction of new vocabulary;%% for Year 8, $ revisiting $ $ $ $ vocabulary but using the past tense; and % for Year 9, revisiting $the vocabulary and % tenses of Year 8, but adding the complexity of the conditional!!! tense. The !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! end result? Confident communicators in an alien tongue, who will sort out a !! ! !! ! ! ! !!!!!! ! !! balcony with a sea view without speaking a word of English! I'd !!!!!!!!!!!!!! be particularly ! !!!! interested to see how much more fluent the Year 9 students going to Granada will!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!! be when they come back. Al infinito y más allá. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mr. Hardie ! ! ! !!!!!!!!! ! !!! 22 @PCSA Spring Edition 2019 !!!!% ! !!!!!!!! ! !! ! % %%% %%%% ! $ $ $ $ $ $ !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !! ! !! ! ! ! !!!!!! ! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!! !! ! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!! ! !!! !!!! ! !!!!!!!! ! !! ! ! !!"#'!'./!('%@0&W!92.;$/'.&!32))@.$3+&2(%!$.!+.!+0$'.!&2.1@'C!*#2!*$00!%2(&!2@&!+! - ! ! !!!!!! ! !! ! !! ! !!! !!!!!!!!!!! ! !! ! !!!! !! % $ %%
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!!!!!!!! !!!!!! !! YEAR 7 - 9 FRENCH P6 FRENCH !!!!! This term in P6 French our students have continued practising a variety of exam skills: translations both ways, ! reading and listening. They have also revised some grammar points, mainly tenses and how to use verbs accurately. Each week I challenge them with Foundation and Higher tasks and I %%%am happy! to say they are making good 4 $ $ progress. I also love the cooperation between! students, helping each other !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and discussing answers as a group. P6 ! ! !!always! !feels positive!!!! and the students ! !!!!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!find it helpful. I was particularly Year 7 are now settled into their language routine. They are having fun in their!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lessons impressed this week when we tackled a and value the Home Learning booklets as they use them to check key words in class! ! challenging! ! ! higher!!!!!!!!! translation into ! !! ! and at home. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!French and the students decided to stay Storm wrote: “I am enjoying French lessons as it keeps us entertained but informed.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!past! 4pm to complete it; there was no Our French homework gives us a variety to learn but also gives us fun at the same!!!!!way we were leaving! before!!!!!! having !! time.” cracked! it! Well done and bring on the “The homework booklets are helpful in lessons. The mini-tests we have 4every! week !!last stretch! really help me learn the words.” Emily J. Miss Bourgois ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Students are getting to grips with milestones and have produced some amazing ! ! learning aids during Super-teaching Week. Year 8 have been exploring Paris and its sites and have been learning about the past ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! tense. Year 9 have worked hard to practise their listening and speaking skills which will go ! ! ! towards their FCSE qualification at the end of the year. This is the first time in the ! ! ! ! ! ! ! history of the school that every student studying a language will receive a formal ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! qualification at the end of Year 9, regardless of whether or not they decide to ! ! ! ! ! continue with languages into KS4. ! ! ! ! Mrs. Boll ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! % %% KS4 FRENCH Year 10 French students have been focusing on speaking skills and particularly on role-play practice which is one of the three elements of the speaking exam they will have to complete next year. Students now know how to book a train ticket and a table at the restaurant. Students are feeling much more confident !!in building conversations: “I now feel that I can ask questions better” and “it has been really helpful to do a lot of pair work and work with our friends and speak a lot of French in lessons”. Students have all had the opportunity to do a photo card task with their teacher%% in mid-term assessment and practise role-plays in class so we are well on the way to being familiar with the requirements of the speaking exam. Keep up the %% great work Year 10s!!! Miss Douesnard
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Our Year 7 and 8 students have been extremely engaged in their latest Kodu and Scratch units. They have been learning to think creatively by designing games on the computer using a simple programming language. The results of some of the games we are seeing are fantastic.
NEW DISPLAYS New displays have been created across the ICT department. Our very own Computer Science periodic table is on display in IT4 and IT3. Our IT2 students are being greeted by Sir Tim Berners-Lee who invented the World Wide Web 30 years ago.
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NEW TO THE TEAM MATHS INTERVENTION OPPORTUNITIES I have the pleasure in welcoming The following events are available to all of our maths students across all years Phil Marsh and Stephanie Reeves to the and we encourage students to drop in when they need help. maths team this year. Phil joins us after YEAR 7 AND 8 MATHS CLINIC – TUESDAY returning to Priory from%% working abroad%%%%% and brings with him a wealth of The Tuesday clinic for Year 7 and 8 students has become increasingly popular experience. Stephanie$ is $ beginning $ $ her and will soon spread to additional rooms to accommodate all the students career as a teacher.% coming. It is an ideal opportunity for students to get help with homework and % %%% % classwork.%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Students are encouraged to help each other and investigate MR. MARSH %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%alternate ways of learning, which usually involves students using the teacher I have been a maths %%%%%%whiteboard for their workings. teacher for 27 years% and YEAR 9 AND 10 REVISION – THURSDAY during that time % became Head of Maths and To ensure our Year 9 and 10 students start the process of revision early, $ Thursday 3pm – 4pm is their opportunity. These sessions enable students to Assistant Vice Principal.% Outside of PCSA I enjoy playing golf and get homework help and to revisit topics learnt in lessons. In addition, Year 9 %% %%%%% % spending time with my family. and 10 students have begun using Method Maths to ensure they have every $ $ $ $ opportunity to practice GCSE questions. % % %%% % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%MISS REEVES UK INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE 2018$ $ After successfully completing my PGCE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%It has been a busy year this year with regards$ to Year 9 and Year 10 %%%%%% course I initially joined PCSA as a cover mathematics. We have had the opportunity to enter 80 students into this year’s supervisor and then decided that I wanted $ % UK Intermediate Maths Challenge where we had success$ with many students. to pursue a career as a Congratulations to all students who took part in this event. In particular, special $ % secondary maths teacher mention goes to Holly McLaughlin in Year 10 who was acclaimed best in year, and am now completing$ and Jack Isgrove in Year 9 who obtained not only best in year but also best in $ $ $ $ % my NQT year. Outside of school and qualified for the next round on the 21st March 2019. We wish him PCSA I enjoy dancing, % luck! The atmosphere during the challenge was intense, with every student singing and theatre. striving to achieve their best and decipher the questions. This required immense concentration and superior logic skills to analyse the questions and filter out solutions, thus avoiding the usual multiple-choice entrapments. From question YEAR 11 UPDATE $ 16 onwards, the challenge became even more demanding with marks being Year 11 students are taking$ every challenge deducted for incorrect answers. The behaviour of all participants was that we throw at them and have stepped outstanding and you could have heard a pin drop during the competition. up to the challenge $as we count down to All answer papers are marked electronically, by computer at the University of their GCSEs. We have$ been running the Leeds, who set the challenge. Our students’ results are ranked alongside all Wednesday intervention$ sessions since other schools who took part, with the highest scoring students in the country Term 1 and have$ introduced other receiving certificates. I look forward to including$ a photo of PCSA’s students intervention sessions before and after who gain a certificate in the next newsletter.$ $ school. In addition, we will be introducing $ $ $ $ tutor time sessions for students that need YEAR 10 AND 11 INSPIRATIONAL EVENT $ extra support. As well as intervention at We were also able to take a small group of students to a recent mathematical $ school we have also set up additional inspiration event in Bath to see how maths can be applied away from the $ support using Hegarty Maths and Method classroom and inspire students to study maths at a higher level. We hope to be Maths. I encourage students to embrace able to provide more events like this in the$ future this support and use them as part of their $ revision schedule. We$ will be continuing to MATHS EVENT: support students over$ the next few$ We hope$ that young minds in the faculty will enter a new competition that months, in particular% keep an eye out for Priory Community School have been invited to take part in this year by Leeds holiday school during%%% the Summer half %%University.%%%%%%%%%% This year’s theme is Mathematics in Sport. The%% students will create % term. In addition, please%%%%%%% encourage your a short video explaining the mathematics involved. We will be entering the son/daughter to use% the PiXL maths app most creative video by the end of April! Fingers crossed we will be successful which provides an opportunity to practice with the competition! $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ grade specific topics.% The following students were nominated by their teachers as $ %%%%% % %%%%%%%Student of the Cycle. 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Year 11 Netball Year 10 Netball
It has been a tough season for The Yr10s have our Yr11 netballers as their committed to both a commitments to other P6 and Tuesday P6 and a
P0 sessions have taken priority Friday P0 since due to the importance of %%% January and their examinations in May. progress has been %%% However, when there has been evident through their results at an opportunity to attend they have tried to. They have had fixtures within the opportunity to attend P0 on a Friday and P6 on a Tuesday. North Somerset. Despite the exam pressures, the Yr11s fielded a team against They are a lovely bunch of girls that always want to progress each school on fixtures night and played well in each game. and ‘do well’. The squad consists of Lucy James, Abby The squad this year has consisted of Ashleigh Garfield, Grace Flourentzou, Tara Young, Holly McLaughlin, Davina Xanh, Hannah Stott, Freya Adams, Bobbi-Lee Kingston, Stephanie Clifford, Missy Gainey, Ellie Maher, Charlotte Wigley, Alicia Swinney, Fibi Crane and Hannah Wilson. Brooks, Megan Stringer and Mia Smith.
Opposition Score POTM Opposition Score POTM !! T Gordano Won Fibi Crane Gordano Won Holly McLaughlin Worle Lost Fibi Crane Worle Lost Abby Flourentzou Hans Price Won Missy Gainey Hans Price Won Lucy James Sidcot Won Fibi Crane Sidcot Won Abby Flourentzou
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Year 11 Boys’ Football Year 10 Boys’ Football Our Yr11 team closed off their school cup campaign with a The Yr10 football team travelled to Bishop Foxes in the convincing defeat at the hands of Preston school. The boys Somerset Cup. We had a depleted squad with a few key were fantastic throughout the game and fought to the very players missing. The team dominated the early stages and end. However, Preston had 3 or 4 fantastic academy players were rewarded with a goal for their constant pressure coming that showed their ability. Priory created many chances early from striker Jack Buckland. Charlie Gibson was great in goal on but good goalkeeping and some missed chances prevented and marshalling the defence throughout the game. Priory the boys competing. Preston took their chances very well and extended their lead and early into the second half went 5 – 1 were relentless throughout the game. This year the group have up with Buckland completing his hat-trick in the process. been a pleasure to teach and take to P6 fixtures during their A special mention goes to Callum Black who controlled time here. They have developed into very polite, well- proceedings from start to finish with his work rate and mannered creativity. Callum Moore and Kallum Bobbin were both individuals with exceptional many of them throughout as well as
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quarter-final. Thursday. We have Despite their best over 30 students efforts in a tough attending regularly game, they lost which has made
2 – 0 to a well-drilled and organised Millfield. With many competition for places high! This has transferred to fixtures and a festival coming up this term, they have every performances on the pitch, having played 2 games so far, the prospect of being successful as a team. A special mention to boys have won both and finished 3rd in their festival. They Tommy Skidmore, Jack Budd and Ryan Ealden who have all are a very talented squad and I very much look forward to been training with North Somerset Schools. taking them through school. Well done to Reece Parsons and Cohen Grant who have been named joint captains this year.
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The Yr8 football team have had another great start to the year! with some %%%% fantastic performances against Hans Price, Broadoak and Backwell. Although ! %%%% I am not sure about the amount of them wearing gloves… they are a %% fantastic group of players with plenty of potential. They have a fantastic
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unfortunately came to an end in the semi-final when they year groups mix and build friendships with hockey as their faced a strong Clevedon side. The teams gave everything they common interest. had but nevertheless the score ended 32 – 5. The rugby season A special mention to Callum Black (Yr10) who has worked this year for these boys has been nothing but positive with so closely and coached this%% group since the beginning of term 3. many players being key role models within the team. A big His knowledge for the game is exceptional and the younger thanks to Jack Gadd and his team of coaches from Weston boys gain plenty from his experience. College who have worked with all of our lower school rugby teams. The future for PCSA rugby looks strong! Well done Good luck for the games and keep enjoying your hockey. boys.
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Follow the PE Team on Twitter: 2 %% @PCSASport ####### PE Enrichment trip - Kayaking Inter-house News
This year############ sees another lot of inter-house competitions including football, hockey, rugby,####### netball, rounders and cricket. The # houses are made up of four of the country’s best######## past and present athletes # # Beth Tweddle (green), Tom Daley (blue),
Sir Chris Hoy (red)# and Dame #### Kelly # ### Holmes (yellow). All students will be
involved in these competitions and so we ## # ### would like them to be wearing their house colours whilst participating in their inter-house matches# which happen #####at the end of Term 2, 4 and 6 during the school # # # ##### On the 22nd of January, we took a group of 30 students to South Cerney Outdoor %%%day. If students have a t-shirt that is the
Water Park to experience some kayaking. The purpose of these trips is to help colour of their house % % % ### ## develop essential skills that are needed to become a professional athlete. In freezing already then that’s great. Otherwise t- conditions the students showed an outstanding attitude and determination to shirts are available push themselves out of their comfort zone during the activities.
andJ ########### can be bought It is an absolute pleasure to look after so many aspiring athletes and we are already for £1.50 from the in the process of confirming our next trip, White Water Rafting, at Cardiff PE department. ######### International White Water. ######### ### Gymnastics Club Throwback photos for Year 11
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Clevedon Gymnastics Club and they have agreed to run a competition during school time for the students on the 21st June – parents are welcome to % % % % % %%%%% attend! This will involve them performing a floor routine to music as well as incorporating the vault and trampette. I know the students are working
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! ### # # # ## # ####### ### ########### # # ## # ##### ## PERIOD 6 INTERVENTION P SCIENCE######### CLUB/STEM NEWS# #### # ### Period 6 science intervention is still running on a Tuesday 3.00 ####### ## ##### ## ## – 4.00pm and is open to all students in both Years 10 and 11. SUPER SCIENTISTS IN THE MAKING! The aim of the sessions is to allow students to further develop # areas of weakness and solidify knowledge. A key focus of # ## exam technique and knowledge accumulation is now the main driving force in these sessions. Students will be encouraged to attend sessions which have been differentiated to cover the exam entry tier that they will be sitting and, therefore, help to better prepare them for the types of questions that they will encounter. This is an invaluable tool that will enable students to reach their potential and give them the confidence to strive to exceed their target grades!
KEY STAGE 4 Students in Year 11 have completed their second round of PPE papers which has highlighted some real success stories and is providing some promising indications for the GCSE examinations in May. It is imperative that for this success to continue, students proceed to work and revise hard, both within school time and at home. Revision guides are still available for Years 10 and 11 from the science prep room at a cost of £5.50 for the combined science guide (suitable for most students) or £8.25 for the three separate science guides (for triple science students only). In addition, all students have online access to the following resources: We have continued to see an impressive turnout at Science club. The students’ enthusiasm never ceases to amaze me. We www.doddlelearn.co.uk have built boats, made chromatography snowflakes, solved # # crimes and made rockets. If you are in Years 7 or 8 and would www.gscepod.com like to get a more hands on experience of science, come along and join in. Sign-up sheets are available at Tuesday break time Doddle has a wealth of revision material and quizzes to check and the club runs from 15.10pm – 16.10pm on Wednesdays. understanding when a topic has been covered and GCSE Pod has complete coverage of the course in short 3-5 minute We will soon be on the lookout for our next intake of STEM videos that explain key ideas and concepts. Evidence has Ambassadors as our current Year 9 students move into Year shown that students who are regular uses of GCSE Pod, on 10. average, achieve up to one grade higher than their target We have also been fortunate enough to work with the grade, therefore demonstrating its worth as a revision tool. students at St Georges School, completing lots of science If students are unsure of their login details for these, they experiments including walking water, egg landers and should ask their science teachers.
exploring the digestive system. Year 6 students also had a Students looking& to access additional exam practice material &&& taster science lesson on diffusion. can log in to Google# # # # ############ Drive and join the Classroom ‘1oira’. This ######### # ## #### ############ # ## # contains specimen## # #### papers #and########## bespoke topic by topic exam Following on from the success of the P6 science club for ################## # ############### questions for####### all students. Students can also find large lists of Castle Batch School, we will be launching this again in Term # #################################################################################################< # questions for# biology, chemistry and physics, allowing others 6 with the involvement of Year 6 students from several ########### ###### ############ # #### to quiz them################# on key knowledge at home. neighbouring Primary Schools. ############ #### # # ##?=#.*,-")*.#%1"#,).,1"#(=#*$"+1#3(:+)#-"*%+3.#=(1#*$"."9#*$";#.$(,3-#%.>#*$"+1#.'+")'"# * # Do not forget# that it is never too late to purchase a revision ################# Mrs. Bush ############### guide from us:###### Combined# # science# ###### £5.50 and Triple science ######### £2.75 each.# & &&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&& # EASTER SCHOOL # Easter school will be running again this year, with four tailored sessions being prepared and delivered by subject specialists to help eliminate any science misconceptions. This
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((( (( ! ''''''''' '''''''' ''''' ' '' STUDENT SERVICES – BIKEABILITY SESSIONS ''''MEET THE''' TEAM ''''' ' ''' Last term seventy Year 7 students took part in the level 3 Bikeability training that is Miss Roberts '''' ' ''''' run by Life Cycle UK and facilitated by the school. A number of students were then School Attendance Lead ''''''' invited to take part in BikeFix where they learnt the skills needed to maintain their '''''''''Mrs. Robertson bikes. We hope that this will encourage these students to take up cycling as a lifelong ' ' ''''Attendance and Student activity and to cycle to school as part the school travel plan to reduce our impact on '''''''''Services Manager the environment. ( ' '''''''' '''' ' ((((''''Mrs. Brown ' ((((( ''''''''Education Attendance Officer '''''''''' ((( (( '' ' ''''''' ' ''''''''' ! '''''''''Miss Hamlin '''''Student' Welfare'' Officer ''''' ''5'%;<:*-'+/' '''''''' '''''' 6 ' '''''''' Equates to 100% OUTSTANDING '''''Mrs. Ruddock' '' ' ' ''' ' '' ' '''''''''''' ''' Student Services Receptionist ' ''J*',+=*'(,"('(,$6'?$..'*%1+;-"&*' School days '''''' ' ''''''' ''' missed in VERY ( ''''''''' 4 an academic 98% GOOD ''''''''''''' ' Miss''''' Shattock year Student Services Apprentice '''''''''' '''''''''''''' School days '''''''' missed in ON '''''''''''''' ' ' ''' 5 an academic 97% TARGET '' year '''''''' ' ''''' ' ''''''''''' School days ( 7 missed in GOOD ' ''''''''ATTENDANCE – an academic 96% ' '''' year ' Miss'''' Roberts ' School days ((('''''''' '''''''''' missed in ALMOST 10 an academic 95% THERE '' ' ''''''' year ( Having taken on the role of ' ''''''''' '''''''''' '''' ''''' ''5'%;<:*-'+/' ( attendance lead at PCSA this year, I School days ''''''''''' 6 ' '''''''' missed in IMPROVEMENT 0 ( have been thoroughly impressed by 11 an academic 94% NEEDED '' ' ' ''' ' '' year ' ''''''''the students’ attitude in relation to '' ' '' ( their attendance and the great ' ''J*',+=*'(,"('(,$6'?$..'*%1+;-"&*' School days ' ' '''''' missed in CONCERNED ( '''''commitment they show day in and ( ''''''''' 20 an academic 90% ''''''''' MESSAGES TO year ''''day out to their academic 'progress. '''''''''' ( ''''''' STUDENTS ' ( ''''More and more we are learning' as a '''''''' School days '''' ' ' ' ''' missed in VERY ' society the impact attendance can '' 29 an academic 85% CONCERNED ''''''' ' ' We are happy(( to send ((messages to students year have on a child’s development and I Jfrom''''''''' parents via Student Services but we '' am proud to say our students share ((((( cannot''''''' guarantee that they will arrive to the this positive message that ' ''''''' ' ' student ''''''''' on the same day. We do get ‘attendance matters’ with us as a ''''''' ' ' extremely''' busy' in'''''' this department and school. Naturally, we accept that ' (((''''''''' safeguarding our students in school takes there will be those students where, '' '''' ATTENDANCE ( '''''''' priority' over' other''' tasks. After''5/(*-'61,++.' school ''''due to personal circumstances,'' their (''' ' '''''' arrangements with your child should be LADDER '''''attendance is not within their control " '''' ' '' 0 '''''( ''2.*"6*'6;==+-(' made''' before the school' ''''' day, if these change ''and for these students we have a and you would like us to get a message to ; '''''dedicated' team'''' of staff here at PCSA '''''''''''' ( '' ' '' your child we will endeavour to do so. '' to ensure they too fulfil their true ''' '' ( ''''' potential as successful members of ( ( '''' ' A '''''''' our school community. SHOES AND LUNCH MONEY LOANING ( '''' ' ' ( We lend shoes and lunch money to Students in Student Services. ' I would like to take this opportunity (( (( to thank parents and carers for their We offer this service on the basis that the money or shoes will be Jreturned''''''''' in a timely manner. (((((support when students have been ''''''' '''''''absent from school, for your' words' of You may''''''''' receive a letter shortly asking for you to return one of encouragement to attend Period 6 ''''''' ' ' these''' items that' your'''''' child has borrowed from us. Please support classes. This has been a great support us with this so we can continue to offer this service. ' ''''''''' '' '''' and it is a welcomed sight to see the '''''''' ' ' ''' ''5/(*-'61,++.' high number of students accessing ''' ' '''''' this facility. " ''''Mrs. Robertson' '' - Attendance and Student Services Manager ''''' ''2.*"6*'6;==+-(' ''' ' ''''' ; ''''' ' '''' '''''''''''' '' ''' '' @PCSA Spring Edition 2019 31
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NEWS FROM THE SRB Hello! We have now reached an important and busy time of year for the SRB team. We are doing all we can to support our Year 11s as they approach their Year 11s are focussing on their GCSE exams. We will soon be visiting primary schools so that we can meet Year 6 students who are joining us in September in order to help them with their o transition. PStudents have been really busy learning new skills in Some students attend our intervention classes. In our Year 7 classes students hhave been working on mastering their Others phonics, which are here to get additional support with homework. Some they clearly really enjoy! Year 8 have been enjoying s“Fantastic Mr. Fox”, whilst Year 10 have been reviewing their knowledge of “Blood Brothers”. Year 11s are focussing on their own personal targets, in order to be completely confident in maths and English. Break times in the SRB can be very busy! Students see it as a safe space to meet with other students, meet Students see it as a their keyworkers, discuss any difficulties they have or to simply play games! I would like to take this opportunity to remind students that if they feel s anxious at break time then they can come to the SRB where a friendly face will welcome them and try to address the worries that they may have. Period 6 is also a time when lots of students access the SRB. Some students attend handwriting club. Others are here to get additional support with homework. Some students also come to our new “Superflex” social thinking group. I would Any students who would like to attend these should get in contact with me. l Miss Smith, Assistant Principal & SENCO Designated Safeguarding Lead
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! We currently have 132 members signed up to our junior gym membership for 2019 and it is fast becoming one our most popular junior gym years! We have !!!!!!!!!!!students from all year groups being active and! enjoying!!!!!! the use of the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!fantastic facility that the PRC offers. Year 7s and 8s are enjoying the use of !!!!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!the cardio equipment and are continuously improving their fitness levels. Then the Year 9s, 10s and 11s are being encouraged to use the resistance machines, !! ! !!! !!and weight inductions!!!!!! are consistently carried out by PRC staff to make !sure ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!that students are using the equipment to its full potential and in the safest possible way. Memberships are just £25 and they will last until December !!!!!!!!!!2019, this allows students to use the!!!!!!! gym in P6 Monday to Friday as well as ! ! !! !!!!10am to 12pm on Saturdays!!!!!!!!!! and Sundays. Junior gym members will also be !!!!!!!!!given exclusive !times to use!!!!!!!!!! the gym during the school holidays. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !
Mrs. Mawford, Head of the PRC
34 @PCSA Spring Edition 2019 UPCOMING EVENTS/ TERM DATES
APRIL Wednesday 24 April Weston-super-Mare Jobs Fair at the Winter Gardens Friday 26 April Big Bang Science Fair Tuesday 30 April Oxford University Trip for Year 11 MAY Thursday 9 May Year 9 Parents’ Evening Friday 17 May PGA Netball Tour for Years 7, 8 and 9 JUNE Monday 17 - Friday 21 June Year 10 Work Experience Week Thursday 20 June Year 11 Prom Friday 21 June Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly Monday 24 - Friday 28 June Year 10 PPE week Thursday 27 June Sports Awards Evening JULY Tuesday 2 July Transition Day for Year 7s joining in September Thursday 4 July Open Evening Monday 8 July Weston College Taster Day for Year 10 Friday 12 July Sports Day Monday 15 - Wednesday 17 July Year 7 Battlefields Trip Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 July Curriculum Enrichment Days Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July Year 8 Graduation Trip (London)
TERM DATES 2019-2020 Term 1 Starts Monday 2 September 2019 Monday 2 September is an INSET day. School will be closed to students with the exception of Year 7 who will come in for the morning from 8.40am – 11.30am (only). All students to return to school on Tuesday 3 September 2019 Ends Thursday 17 October 2019 Term 2 Starts Monday 4 November 2019 Ends Friday 20 December 2019 School day finishes at 12.25pm on Friday 20 December 2019 Term 3 Starts Monday 6 January 2020 Ends Friday 14 February 2020 Term 4 Starts Monday 24 February 2020 Ends Friday 3 April 2020 Term 5 Starts Monday 20 April 2020 Ends Friday 22 May 2020 Term 6 Starts Monday 1 June 2020 Ends Friday 17 July 2020 School day finishes at 12.25pm on Friday 17 July 2020 GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force on May hold about them. We comply with this right by providing ‘privacy notices’ 25th 2018. Priory Community School Academy (PCSA) and The Priory (sometimes called ‘fair processing notices’) to individuals where we are Learning Trust (TPLT) take the collective responsibility for the secure holding processing their personal data. and management of the personal data of Parents/Carers and Students held The TPLT Privacy Notices for Parents/Carers and Students are available to by us very seriously. view on the school website under the Key Information tab at the top of the Under data protection law and the new regulations, individuals have a right home page. They include the contact details of the Trust Data Protection to be informed about how the school/Trust uses any personal data that we Officer should you have any questions or queries in this regard.
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DATE MORNING 9.15am DURATION AFTERNOON 1.00pm DURATION 7/8/9/10 May Language Speaking Foundation / Higher Tiers Thurs 9 - Fri 10 May Photography All Day 10 hours total over 2 days Monday 13 May Language Speaking Religious Studies (Paper 1) 1h 45m Foundation / Higher Tiers Tuesday 14 May French Listening F 35m Combined Science (Biology) 1h 10m French Listening H 45m French Reading F 45m Triple Biology 1h 45m French Reading H 1h Wednesday 15 May Sports Studies 1h English Literature 1h 45m Sports Science 1h Language Speaking 1h Portuguese - Writing 1h Thursday 16 May Triple Chemistry 1h 45m Language Speaking Foundation / Higher Tiers Combined Science (Chemistry) 1h 10m Friday 17 May French Writing F 1h A/S Politics (Paper 1) 1h 45m French Writing H 1h 15m Monday 20 May Religious Studies 1h 45m Sociology (Paper 1) 1h 45m Portuguese – Listening 50m Tuesday 21 May Maths non calculator (Paper 1) 1h 30m Geography (Paper 1) 1h 30m A/S Politics (Paper 2) 1h 45m Wednesday 22 May Spanish Listening F 35m Combined Science (Physics) 1h 10m Spanish Listening H 45m Triple Physics 1h 45m Spanish Reading F 45m Spanish Reading H 1h Thursday 23 May English Literature (Paper 2) 2h 15m Friday 24 May Sociology (Paper 2) 1h 30m HALF TERM Monday 3 June History (Paper 1) 1h 15m Creative iMedia 1h 15m Tuesday 4 June English Language (Paper 1) 1h 45m Portuguese – Reading 1h Wednesday 5 June Spanish Writing F 1h Geography (Paper 2) 1h 30m Spanish Writing H 1h 15m Thursday 6 June Maths calculator (Paper 2 ) 1h 30m History (Paper 2) 1h 45m Friday 7 June English Language (Paper 2) 1h 45m Combined Science (Biology) 1h 10m Triple Biology 1h 45m Monday 10 June Russian Reading H 1h 05m Russian Listening H 45m Tuesday 11 June Maths calculator (Paper 3) 1h 30m History (Paper 3) 1h 20m Wednesday 12 June Combined Science (Chemistry) 1h 10m German Listening F 35m Triple Chemistry 1h 45m German Listening H 45m Jun German Reading F 45m German Reading H 1h Thursday 13 June Geography (Paper 3) 1h 15m Friday 14 June Combined Science (Physics) 1h10m Russian Writing H 1h 25m Triple Physics 1h 45m Monday 17 June German Writing F 1h German Writing H 1h 15m Tuesday 18 June Hospitality & Catering 1h 30m
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