LONGSANDS STUDENT BULLETIN for Monday 26 April 2021 What is The Big Ask? It’s a BIG and exciting chance to have your say! The Big Ask is the largest ever survey of young people in England. It’s being run by The Children’s Commissioner whose role it is to speak up for all children across the country and get their views heard. What are your dreams and ambitions? What would you change if you could? What do you want for your future? And what is holding you back? The last year has been really tough for young people, and you deserve a say in what happens next. The Big Ask will be used to show the people who make important decisions what children really think. THE BIG ASK We're hosting The Big Ask Assembly to help explain a bit more about it and how it aims to help shape your future. And we’re not the only ones who think taking part is important… so keep your eyes peeled for a very special guest! Log onto Doddle this week to access the assembly and The Big Ask Survey. Once you've completed it, please fill in the Microsoft Form to say you've done it and earn a House Point! CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK’S WINNING HOUSE, HAWKING, WITH 215 HOUSE POINTS IN THE LAST WEEK! AUSTEN 145 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8774 IN TOTAL DARWIN 182 POINTS LAST WEEK, 9591 IN TOTAL HAWKING 215 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8365 IN TOTAL SEACOLE 176 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8821 IN TOTAL TURING 169 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8574 IN TOTAL The race to the top has begun! You can see the running total pictured above. HOUSE POINTS HOUSE Which House will be victorious in this inaugural year of our new House System? Remember, every House Point counts! HOUSE POINTS – STUDENTS OF THE WEEK We are delighted to celebrate our Students of the Week who were awarded the most House points in their Year groups. Congratulations to all of these students on your hard work, resilience and achievements! Austen Darwin Hawking Seacole Turing Year 7 Lucas G Chloe B William L Oliver H Steven S Year 8 Jaxon B Oscan K Joshua M Jake B Marie Q Year 9 Freddie B Ella R Martyna B Amanpreet K Ryan H Year 10 Maddison G Harry G Ellie M Jade E Aiden S Year 11 Aaron B Alexander C Harrison P Emma S Rory O HOUSE POINTS HOUSE Are you taking part in Captain Tom 100? Captain Sir Tom Moore’s simple message of hope – “tomorrow will be a good day” – has inspired and brought comfort to millions of people during the pandemic. Last year, Captain Tom set out round his garden to thank our NHS heroes and, one hundred laps later, he’d raised an incredible £38.9 million for the NHS Covid-19 appeal. Friday 30 April would have been Captain Tom’s 101st birthday and to celebrate his life, the hope and joy he brought to millions, and his sense of fun, The Captain Tom Foundation is inviting everyone, of all ages and abilities, to take part in the Captain Tom 100. To find out more and inspire your school to take part, take a look at the Captain Tom 100 video here, which includes lots of famous faces! The idea is simple. Take on a challenge based around the number 100. Just decide on your 100 challenge and complete it on Friday 30 April or continue the challenge at home right through to Monday 3 May. It could be to read 100 pages in a book, give 100 compliments, run 100 metres, learn to count to 100 or solve maths problems to do with the number 100. Raise money for The Captain Tom Foundation or your chosen good cause, or just do your Captain Tom 100 challenge for CAPTAIN TOM 100 fun! Whatever you choose to do, don’t forget to share your 100 challenge on social media using #CaptainTom100. Thank you The Captain Tom Foundation Longsands stands up to racism If you experience or witness racism, please talk to any member of our Academy community for support. Racism will never be tolerated in our community and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that we can stamp it out. STAND UP TO RACISM For further advice or information click here. New Helpline ‘Everyone’s Invited’ We are sure that many of you will be aware of the media attention surrounding allegations of sexual abuse and violence in schools and colleges highlighted by the ‘Everyone’s invited’ website. Sadly, there have now been over 12,000 testimonials added to this site. Whilst we hope that if any of you have experienced anything of this nature on our school site that you would come forward and talk to us in order for us to support you, we recognise that sometimes young people find talking about such sensitive issues very difficult. Therefore we would like to highlight to you a new service provided by the NSPCC. The NSPCC announced that they were launching a new helpline ‘Report Abuse in Education’, in conjunction with the Department for Education, which went live on 1st April. The dedicated helpline will offer support to all children and young people making current and non-recent disclosures of sexual harassment and abuse on school grounds within school time, and incidents linked to school in any capacity. They are also happy to hear from children or young people who want to talk about being involved or witnessing any incidents. Anyone making contact with the helpline will also be signposted to other relevant support services available, including Childline – which provides ongoing support and counselling to children and young people. EVERYONE’S INVITED EVERYONE’S The helpline can be contacted on 0800 136 663 or email [email protected]. The telephone service is available from Monday – Friday, 8am – 10pm and Saturday and Sunday, 9am – 6pm. Further information about the service can be found at https://www.nspcc.org.uk/about-us/news-opinion/2021/sexual-abuse-victims-schools-helpline/ Personal Development: First Aid In Year 8, one of the Health and Wellbeing modules for PD is on First Aid. There are many reasons why having some basic First Aid knowledge is beneficial. Here are some reasons why:. It does more than help save lives. It’s true that having first aid training undoubtedly helps save lives. That’s not all though; giving appropriate first aid immediately can help to reduce a person’s recovery time and make the difference between the patient having a temporary or long term disability. You’ll learn how to remain calm in emergency situations and you’ll learn simple acronyms to help you recall the steps you need to take. First aid training will make you confident and comfortable and therefore more effective and in control when you need to be. It gives you tools to prevent the situation from becoming worse. In some situations if a patient doesn’t receive basic first aid care immediately their situation will deteriorate – often rapidly. By being able to provide basic care you can stabilise a patient until emergency medical services arrives. It creates the confidence to care. Having a basic first aid knowledge means that you’ll be confident in your skills and abilities in relation to first aid administration. By taking first aid training, it helps you to reflect on yourself and how you and others react in certain situations. Having this understanding will boost your confidence in a wide range of non-medical day to day situations. It encourages healthy and safe living. One of the first things you will learn during your first aid training is that you must look after yourself and ensure your own PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTPERSONAL safety as a priority. It’s not being selfish, it’s being practical. Keeping yourself safe means you are in a position to help others rather than needing help yourself. You will also learn about the importance of healthy living and how lifestyle habits and choices can increase or decrease your risks of developing problems such as coronary heart disease. Having this knowledge makes you more aware of your own health and alert to potential hazards posed by your surroundings. Top 3 Classes Well done to all of these students who have collected the most coins in the last week and earned themselves a House Point! 10 Rock Stars YEAR 7 YEAR 8 Evie B 4,756 Samuel F 3,190 Grace M 3,041 Lewis F 2,980 Ethan I 1,950 Cole S 1,810 Chloe K 1,790 Devyn K 1,490 TT ROCK STARS ROCK TT Ian L 1,735 Oliver H 1,460 Well done to all of you who have been using GCSE Pod. ‘Top Podders’ for 12-18 April are: Year 10 top users (top forms CLA, KMA, PRR) Isabella F, Callum J, Callum M Year 11 top users (top forms FKM, ACK, AFI) Abbey B, Sam G, Harry J Pod Usage by House – Congratulations Hawking House Austen: 135 Darwin: 143 GCSEPod Hawking: 203 Seacole: 84 Turing: 190 If you have any issues with your GCSEPod login, please follow this link https://members.gcsepod.com/login This week in the news: The Caterpillar Cake Wars! Marks and Spencer have taken legal action against national supermarket chain Aldi over an alleged trade mark violation. Colin the Caterpillar has been on the shelves of M & S food for over 20 years, Aldi had launched rival product Cuthbert the Caterpillar which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Colin.