Kings Priory School News Friday 14 February 2020
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KINGS PRIORY SCHOOL NEWS FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2020 FROM THE PRINCIPAL We have reached the end of the first half-term back in the You will be able to read more extensively of our additional New Year and new decade. We once again started the term activities that have taken place this half term but, in with staff training with a significant amount of time given summary, there have been visits to: Laing Art Gallery, over to various specialist training and Department-specific Newcastle University Business School, Pizza Express, workshops with a crisp focus on teaching and learning and Beamish, Tynemouth Village Library, Great North Museum, specific needs. All staff engaged with this with great Theatre Royal Drama Workshops, Proctor and Gamble and positivity, enthusiasm and professionalism. Holy Saviours’ Church. We have also held: Maths Days, Raising the Bar Careers talks, PHSE talks on underage We are very proud of all of our Upper Sixth: all who are drinking, Gifted and Talented singing events, Oxford applying to university have done so and once again, over Outreach for universities and Building my Skills events. We 90% have already received offers. This is splendid and a have also hosted Operation Encompass the Next Steps milestone achievement in many of our Upper Sixth’s drop in sessions for pupils and adults. The list is so education to date. I am also delighted to be able to share extremely varied and seems almost endless. with you some Senior School news: in Year 13, Josh Hare has been offered a place at Garnville and Caius College, Our intrepid Iceland Geographers embark on their ‘Awe Cambridge to read Law and Izzie Thorneycroft has been and Wonder’ visit on Monday. We wish everyone a very offered a place at Hertford College, Oxford and The Royal safe and enjoyable visit. Meetings in preparation for our Academy of Music to read Music. This is an incredible Battlefields, and Skiing visits which are going out this achievement for both students, through a very demanding half-term and at Easter have also taken place. processes. Our PTA organised a very successful Valentine Disco Mock Results mornings for our Year 11 and 13 students, evening for our Reception classes and Years 1, 2 3, and 4. after their recent examinations, have been held where Our grateful thanks to everyone who has supported the pupils received their grades and marks. Whilst for some PTA events. Please keep on supporting. this is a positive reassuring boost, for some it can be a stark reality check. All our pupils need to act on their Nasal flu vaccinations for our younger pupils took place on results and the advice they received from staff but, our return from the Christmas break and our Reception ultimately, take responsibility for their own learning in the and Year 6 pupils were weighed and measured. In line with months to come. From the school’s side, many revision Department for Children’s Public Health Services, after sessions are in place during lunchtimes, registration and half-term Year 9 DTP MenACWY immunisations will take Chapter Time. I expect all of our pupils to take advantage place. of these many invaluable opportunities. Some are non-negotiable and compulsory, others are not. Pupils Do you know someone who is interested in joining our know the deal here. Sixth Form in September? There are places still available so please do pass the word around. Contact details are To assist with revision and examination preparation for our available on our website and we are always delighted to Year 11 pupils, they have had the opportunity again for meet young adults and their families who believe what this year group, to receive careers advice from Carol Myers Kings Priory School’s Sixth From has to offer is a good from Connexions. This has been very well received and place for them to thrive in. informative. That is all for now. I wish pupils, families and friends of the During this half term we hosted Parents’ Evenings for Year school a very pleasant half-term and look forward to 11 and 13. Year 8 pupils and parents attended our GCSE seeing you back in a week’s time. Options Evening where our pupils’ future study opportunities were presented. All Options Forms should Best wishes, have now been returned to the Administration Office. Philip Sanderson As this academic year rushes on, I had best mention, that Year 10 examinations will take place after half-term and Year 9 pupils will sit their examinations after Easter. Join in the conversation at @KingsPriory /KingsPriory kingsprioryschool.co.uk FIRST SCHOOL UPDATE MR ROBERTSON The Valentines disco was a wonderful way to finish of a very busy and productive term. Pupils showing love and respect to each other is common place, but non-more so than this week as we celebrated acts of kindness to one another under the guise of Love. Thank you for your support of the discos this, amongst the many ventures that the PTA plan, continue to help provide all of our pupils with further opportunities of enrichment throughout the school year. At the start of January pupils joined in and had fun with our second annual Numeracy day, throughout which pupils had fun tackling Problem Solving workshops or looked at ways of getting value for money in conjunction with NatWest Bank. An important day that brought real life numeracy to the forefront of our pupils’ minds and help bridge the understanding of why we deliver what we do inside the classroom. Alongside this, The Talk for Writing workshop that we provided this week was well attended and hopefully gave you an insight in to why and how we follow that programme to support Literacy within the curriculum. With that in mind it has been an absolute pleasure to see these ideas, techniques and strategies coming to life in exciting and stimulating lessons across all phases. We have also welcomed visitors from Woodard Academies Trust, the Academy Council and other schools. On every occasion the pupils and staff have done us proud in welcoming and celebrating their achievements with these visitors. Well done everyone! Class assemblies continue to be a success, another opportunity for our wonderful pupils in Year 1 to share what they have been doing with friends and families and have some fun whilst doing it. Visits continue to go ahead and I know this term the ventures to Pizza Express and the local library have been well received, thank you once more if you have volunteered for this which enables these events to happen. Excitingly meetings have been held around the forest school area, as we look to develop this area more over the next coming months. Mrs Hall is very grateful, as are we, for any donations that have come in to support us on this journey, more news will follow. Lots coming up including, Chapter mornings for parents of our Reception pupils, visits from the Queen of Hearts and the White Rabbit for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party as part of World Book Day, Reading Workshops for parents to help support your child’s reading to name but a few. As a result of all of these things, this part of the Spring Term seems to have flown by. It doesn’t seem like a moment ago I was speaking to the pupils about seizing the New Year and putting our best foot forward. I reminded pupils this week of the importance of rest over this coming break but also in getting prepared in the quick turnaround for all that we have ahead of us. It is with this in mind that I would like to ask that you read the letter sent out with regards to uniform reminders to make sure we have the smoothest possible return to school for all of our pupils. I would also like to wish you and your family a very restful and blessed break. Mr Paul Robertson. Join in the conversation at @KingsPriory /KingsPriory kingsprioryschool.co.uk FIRST SCHOOL | PAGE 3 Firstly, I would like to congratulate Barfleur for winning the Chapter Token Competition this half-term. Chapter tokens have been awarded to pupils for ‘Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive’ and ‘Being Committed to Learning by Working Hard and Joining in at Every Chance You Get.’ Barfleur won with a total of 350 tokens! They have enjoyed a non-uniform day today. Our next behaviour focus is, ‘Treating Others with Kindness and Respect.’ I am sure Hotspur, Provost and Dunelm will try really hard to earn lots of tokens for their Chapter so they can enjoy a non-uniform day too! First School have been taking part in a whole school Chapter Moring today. Pupils from Reception to Year 4 have been working in Chapter Groups to promote ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ with each child making a ‘pledge’ to make our school, home or community a better place. We have also been learning more about the local charity CHUFF, (Children’s Heart Unit Fund) who’s mission is to make life better for children and young people who are born with or who develop heart conditions by providing lifelong support to them and their families. CHUF was one of our runner-up charities this year. Pupils have been raising money for the charity purchasing branded items such as wrist bands and pens. Thank you to everyone who purchased items to raise funds for this worthy cause. The total amount raised will be shared via Parent Mail. Thank you so much for your continued support Mrs Collier First School Eco Warriors Mrs Spencer and her eco group met on 3 February with Mrs Jessup (Head of Catering) to discuss ideas towards making an action plan to make our school more eco -friendly.