Academy News TYTHERINGTON SCHOOL TERMLY NEWSLETTER TERM 4 - MAR 2016 A Word from the Headteacher Dear Families, Another brilliant term at • We also took our first steps to purchasing our first Tytherington! minibus in several years. This will mean that we can take part in more extra-curricular activities. Despite being the shortest term, it • It has also been another term of sporting excellence. feels as though we have packed more into this term than The highlight being the National Cup run of our Year 9 any other. Here’s a flavour of some of the things we have Boys football team who were cruelly knocked out on been up to this term: sudden death penalties last Thursday. • Well over 50 students have been to see me for a • If you get a chance, do come and have a look at our Celebration Breakfast. This means that over 20% of revamped reception area which features new pictures the main school have been nominated for an of the students at our school. exceptional contribution to the school. • We received official recognition for being in the top 10% of 6th Forms in the country. • The Year 8s involved in the Gardening Project have been making garden furniture and planting fruit and vegetables. • We celebrated World Book Day • The Advanced Learners Programme continues to go from strength to strength. Our Year 7s were delighted to have edited this months edition of Bollington Live. We have also launched the Tenner Challenge. • Nearly 100 students auditioned for this year’s production which will be Back to the 80s. We are also pleased to be supporting the 401 challenge. • A huge thank you to the music department for a Ben Smith is a runner who is undertaking the challenge of wonderful Spring Concert earlier this week which was running 401 marathons on consecutive days to raise attended by both the Mayor of Cheshire East and the money and awareness for Kidscape and Stonewall. He Mayor of Macclesfield. My next Headteacher’s Notes will be visiting Tytherington School on Monday 11th April will feature an article on the Spring Concert. and we will be raising money and supporting him. • We welcomed our local primary schools to a range of transition events including a CSI style Science We hope you enjoy this edition of the Academy News. Investigation Day, The Great British Bake Off and our Little Champions Event. Please do visit our new website. • We have raised thousands of pounds for local charities. We were delighted to have representatives You can also keep up-to-date with everything that is from The Christies and East Cheshire Hospice happening at the school by visiting our twitter account. collecting cheques from our school community. • We launched of the Leadership Ladder which aims to I am delighted to be Headteacher. We truly are a school recognise and promote leadership opportunities for which is ambitious and at the heart of the community. students in key stage 3. • Several students took part in the Macclesfield Rotary Yours sincerely, Club’s swimmathon and the “Clean for the queen” initiative. Mr Botwe Headteacher - - Contents Page A Word from the Headteacher Front cover Tytherington School Celebrates World Book Day 3 Tytherington students takeover Bollington Live! 4 Advanced Learners Update - Events to date 5 Upcoming Events 6 PE Update - Boys Football 6 - 7 Girls Football 7 Primary School Sports Festival 7 Rugby 8 - 9 PE - Student of the Month 9 Art Update 10 Science Week comes to Tytherington School 11 Update on your Governors 12 The Students at Tytherington 6th Form are Career Ready 12 Feedback from Parents 13 Where are we now? End of Term 4 13 Year 12 Geography Trips 14 Spotlight on Will Chester (Year 11) National Trust Volunteer 15 Blood Brothers Review 15 Term Dates 2015 - 2016 Academic Year Back cover Contact Us Back cover - 2 - Tytherington School celebrates World Book Day Tytherington School celebrated World Book Day in style as staff and students came dressed as their favourite fictional characters. Students and staff made a donation to the school library. Students and staff dressed as a range of characters including Harry Potter, Mathilda and Willy Wonka. Liz Healey, Assistant Headteacher, said: “This is going to be an annual event which encourages students to reflect on the books they read.” Staff also made a video for students talking about their favourite books and the importance of reading. Manny Botwe, Headteacher, added: “What a fantastic day. We had a range of activities happening across the day including poetry recitals, creative writing workshops and book swaps. The day was a great way to highlight the importance of a good book. It was also a fantastic community event.” - 3 - Tytherington students takeover Bollington Live! Over the past few weeks’ students at Tytherington School to see how the articles are made into a magazine and have been involved in producing a double spread for they may even have delivered your copy! Bollington Live. With the help of the Bollington Live team, students were involved in planning and writing articles, If you would like to read the latest edition of Bollington learnt to copy edit and even made a mock-up of the Live, please click on the cover page image below. magazine. The students also visited Bollington Printshop - 4 - Advanced Learners Update Mrs Burke, Leader of Advanced Learners, has been very busy this year providing “stretch and challenge” for our most able learners. Here’s a brief overview of all the things which have been on offer so far this year: Events to date Bollington Live Project Rose Day News Challenge A group of Year 7 Advanced Learners worked with the editors of Bollington Live to produce a double page spread for the magazine. They wrote a series of different On our first Rose Day in October, two teams of Year 7 articles, interviewed staff and learnt all about the editing Advanced Learners competed in an Apprentice style and printing processes involved in creating a magazine. challenge to produce a newssheet covering all the events They also had the opportunity to visit the printshop to take of the day. part in the design process, and helped to deliver the magazine. Year 7 Secret Mission Challenge 1 “My Greatest Briton” War and Conscience: Then and Now Students were given the task of researching and Year 9 Advanced Learners took part in a project run by presenting a case for their greatest Briton. Prizes were Macclesfield Quaker Society and Macclesfield Library given out for the best responses entitled War and Conscience: Then and Now. They worked with the Cheshire Poet Laureate John Lindley to Headteacher’s Inaugural Short Story produce poems exploring the theme of conscientious Challenge objection. Their poems were displayed in Macclesfield Library in February. There is a possibility they may also Mr Botwe launched a Short Story Competition to write a be published in an anthology. 500 word story on the theme of Christmas. The winners read out their stories in assembly, and were awarded Poetry Trials book tokens. A selection of Advanced Learners from Years 7, 8 and 9 Jodrell Bank Trip also entered the national Poetry Trials competition for 11- 19 year olds. They wrote a variety of poems on the A group of year 7 students visited Jodrell Bank of themes of Emotions and The Future December 15th to witness the launch of Tim Peake into space to join the International Space Station, and to Tenner Challenge celebrate 70 years since the establishment of the Lovell telescope at Jodrell bank. Year 7 and 8 students are currently completing the Tenner Challenge run by Young Enterprise, in which they Bucket List Challenge are given £10 to start a business in groups. Students run the business for one month, to see how much profit they Year 7 students were given a Bucket List challenge to can make. The students have set up a range of complete over the Christmas period; it included a range of businesses, including a Hire a Help service for teachers, challenges including learning a song on an instrument, running a disco at a local primary school, a car washing offering practical help to a member of the community, service and a stationary shop in the refectory. cooking a two course meal and making a short film. Secret Missions Master Classes We have been running a series of Secret Missions for We have started to offer master classes on a range of Advanced Learners in Years 7, 8 and 9. These include: topics offered by members of staff. The first two were a class on IPA ( a method for planning longer written Design a Train Seat (Year 7) answers to exam questions called Ideas – Plan - Action) Create a Landmark (Year 8) and Politics and Ethics: Become Prime Minister for the Design a Toy (Year 9) Day run by Mr Botwe. We are also planning more of these next term, including a Mathematics master class All contributors receive certificates and winners receive and an Art History class. book tokens. Examples of their work can be seen on the website and in the entrance hall. - 5 - Advanced Learners Update (cont) Upcoming Events Heroes and Villains and Approaching Writing about Conflict Robin Atkin Advertising Session Ailsa Holland and Barbara Evans, parents of students at Robin Atkin, who has had a career of 55 years in the our school, will be coming in to complete two workshops. advertising industry and worked his way up from tea boy Barbara, who works in International Relations will be to Chairman in a London Advertising Agency, will be exploring some of the issues surrounding conflict in a coming in to talk to students about his experiences of workshop on this topic, and Ailsa, who is a poet, will be working in the adverting industry.