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Achieving Personal Best Best Personal Achieving KHS Update Volume 2, Issue 1 4th - 20th September 2019 Day Ten: Head’s message Achieving Personal Best Achieving Personal KHS Update Volume 2, Issue 1 4th - 20th September 2019 Day Ten: Head’s message Head ’s message Dear Parents/Carers, It’s the end of the third week back and the year has got off to a flying start! We welcomed nearly 200 year 7 students to Kineton High School on the 4th September and we are so impressed with the way in which they have settled into life here. Our new year 12 are getting to grips admirably with the high expectations we have for our sixth formers. There have been many changes to the site over the summer; the ‘facelifts’ that many areas have been given were extremely positively received, particularly the foyer area, which we are grateful to Stowe Valley Trust for funding. More exciting plans are afoot for this academic year with regard to updating the site and making it an excellent learning environment. As you may know, Kineton High School opened as a new academy on September 1st. We have joined the family of schools that comprises The Stowe Valley Trust. This will mean that we can work collaboratively with the other schools across the Trust in the interests of ensuring all our children are ‘responsible, capable and confident citizens’ that leave school with excellent outcomes and life chances. Mr Ranjit Samra, CEO of the Trust and Head of Southam College dropped in this week and spoke to students about our new ‘corridor card’ system. This has been introduced to support students being respectful towards others and wearing their uniform with pride. I must say a big well done to our student body for making such an effort and embracing the change. The message is loud and clear and uniform looks fantastic. Achieving Personal Best Achieving Personal Another well done goes to all our students who came to support our Open Evening on Thursday 19th. I felt very proud to be part of such a wonderful community; so many parents and visitors commented on the friendliness and helpfulness of the students here. Ms Bridge KHS Update Volume 2, Issue 1 4th - 20th September 2019 Day Ten: Head’s message Year 13 Art The Art department is very proud of the Year 13 paintings produced in the first two weeks of term. It was an exciting brief completed in conjunction with the music department. It has enabled the students to work in an expressive manner and be influenced by their own choice of critical studies. We look forward to their next large scale painting which is an Expressive Self Portrait. Ms Evans and the Art Department These are by Zoe, Freya ,Lucy, Millie, Abby and Amy. Achieving Personal Best Achieving Personal KHS Update Volume 2, Issue 1 4th - 20th September 2019 Day Ten: Head’s message Achieving Personal Best Achieving Personal KHS Update Volume 2, Issue 1 4th - 20th September 2019 Day Ten: Head’s message Sports News Football On Tuesday 10th September our Year 10 football team played against St Benedicts High School. It was a tough match with them winning 5-0 but lots of positives for us to take from the second half. Man of the match: Brayden and Jack. Wednesday 18th September saw our Sixth Form team take part in the Southam Sevens tournament. They gave a solid performance across the 5 matches and congratulations go to Dion scoring a hat trick. Results; won 1, drew 3 and lost 1. Our Year 8 team also played on Wednesday, taking on Alcester Academy and winning 4-2. It was a closely contested game, played in excellent spirits by both teams with lots of skill and tenacity. Goals: Ben (2) and Joe (2). After School Activities It has been a great first week for our after school activities with over 175 children taking part in various sports and fixtures. Please see below for what’s on offer this half term. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Achieving Personal Best Achieving Personal Football (Years 7 & 8) Football (Years 9 & 10) Rugby (Years 7 to 10) Girls Football (All Years) Table Tennis (All Years) Netball (Years 7 to 9) GCSE Trampolining & Dance Netball (Years 10 & 11) Girls Rugby (All Years) (Invited students only) Hockey (all Years) KHS Update Volume 2, Issue 1 4th - 20th September 2019 Day Ten: Head’s message Notices Well Done Congratulations to Will, Noah (Year 11) and Josh (Year 10) in Redgrave who represented GB with Banbury & District Canoe Club at the Belgium National Kayaking competition. Will and Noah both won bronze for coming 3rd place in the K4 1000m. Congratulations to Emily in Year 8 who is in the final 6 of the Betjeman Poetry Competition and goes to London to collect her prize from Wendy Cope OBE, contemporary British Poet. Young Carers Boomerang and Lunch Club Young Carers are launching two new clubs this term. Boomerang Club will start on Tuesday 24th September and take place every Tuesday after school (2.45pm-3.45pm). It aims to support children about emotions and to discover some tools that may help them to manage difficult emotions that we experience as part of everyday life, such as anger or stress. Young Carers Lunch Club will start on Tuesday 15th October in the Konnect centre and we hope to run this every fortnight Events Please see the posters below for information on events being held in Kineton; A MacMillan Coffee and Cake morning at Space-2 to raise funds for people living with cancer; a ‘Listening with your eyes’ workshop at Kineton Village Hall and a theatre production of ‘Grandma Remember Me’ being held in our school hall, both organised by Kineton Manor Nursing Home. Forthcoming events: Dates from calendar/trips: Achieving Personal Best Achieving Personal Year 7 Information Evening - Tuesday 1st October 6.30pm-7.30pm Granada Trip - Saturday 5th to Monday 7th October Flexible Learning Day - Wednesday 9th October Do follow us on Twitter where you can pick up ongoing news and information: @KinetonHighSch Leave of Absence During Term Time 2018-19 Medical/Dental Appointment http://kinetonhighschool.org.uk/information/attendance/ If a student will not be present during morning registration due to a medical/dental appointment, please provide Student Services with We greatly appreciate parental support to reduce the written notice of the appointment prior to the event. total amount of days lost due to holidays. We are committed to working in partnership with you to enable Authorised Absence your child to reach their academic targets and to support their social development. For this to happen we Child illness, family bereavement call 01926 645611 need to keep individual attendance as high as possible the Absence line, leave details and a note when child - we all need to play our part. returns for Attendance Officer. It is our policy: Student Absence Procedure If a student is absent, please call the 24 hour Absence Only in an exceptional circumstance will term time Line daily on 01926 645 611 and leave a brief message leave be allowed. Parents/Carers wishing to apply for stating their name, tutor group and reason. leave of absence need to fill in an application form well in advance and before booking tickets or making travel Failure to make an application for leave in advance can arrangements. also result in a Fixed Penalty Notice being issued to the If term time leave is taken without prior permission parent(s). from the school, the absence will be unauthorised and you may be liable for a fixed-penalty fine or other legal Unauthorised Absence action. There are times when children are absent for reasons, which are not permitted by law. Examples of Please remember that absence for whatever reason unauthorised absence are parental illness, term time disadvantages a child by creating gaps in his/her holidays or a family day out. Where there is no explanation for an absence or where the explanation or learning. A good understanding of the work and good reason for the absence is considered unsatisfactory progress can only take place when the child is in the absence will be recorded as ‘unauthorised’. classroom regularly and on time. Unauthorised Absences have to be reported to the Local Authority. The Attendance Compliance If you think you have exceptional circumstances please Enforcement Team may contact you where talk to us without delay and before arrangements are unauthorised absence continues to be a problem. entered into or money committed. If exceptional Unauthorised absence could result in a Fixed Penalty circumstances are accepted the Headteacher will determine how much absence will be authorised. Each Fine or other legal action. We are always concerned application for a leave of absence will be considered on about the amount of school time pupils miss as a result a case by case basis and on its own merits. of term time leave. There is no entitlement to time off during term time. Leave of absence is only granted in The full Attendance policy can be found under exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the http://kinetonhighschool.org.uk/information/school-policies/ Headteacher in accordance with the school policy as agreed by the governing body. Leave of Absence forms are available on our website Leave of Absence During Term Time 2018-19 The Supreme Court recently reached a decision in the school on the dates set out in the application. If the case of Platt v Isle of Wight Council which has clarified child is absent during that period, it will be recorded as the law on unauthorised leave, including holidays, an unauthorised absence, which may result in legal during term time.
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