Issue 12 KJ King James I Academy... LINKED Keeping our community connected elcome to Issue 12 of KJ Linked, RSE Day: Books I Love About Love Wour Academy newsletter RSE Day on 25th June is a celebration of excellent designed to keep us connected ‘Relationships and Sex Education’ that raises whilst restrictions continue. awareness and educates young people about healthy relationships and positive sexual health. RSE Last week we were delighted to Day encourages schools and the wider community reopen our doors to students in Years to consider their role in promoting healthy 10 and 12, and see them enjoying relationships. Visit www.sexeducationforum.org. lessons once more. We were proud uk and see our feature on pages 3 and 4. to see our students adapting quickly to the strategies in place to keep everyone safe. One-way systems National Writing Day and socially distanced classroom ‘National Writing Day 2020’ from the National layouts worked extremely well, and Literacy Trust is on Wednesday 24th June. The students made excellent progress event celebrates the power of writing creatively in their allocated sessions. Teaching and aims to inspire people of all ages and abilities resources from all lessons are to try writing for fun and self-expression. There available on Class Charts for students are lots of writing activities to help you celebrate who were unable to attend school. at home at https://literacytrust.org.uk/about- us/national-writing-day-24-june-2020/ Soon we will be launching Google Meet online lessons to provide an even better learning experience for National Cream Tea Day our students. You can read more about this in Mr Grieveson’s update The Cream Tea Society is inviting everyone to enjoy a cream tea from the comfort of their own home this on page 2. National Cream Tea Day on 26th June. From sharing a scone in the garden with your family, to organising This week you could celebrate a facetime bake-a-long with friends, there are lots ‘National Cream Tea Day’ with our of ways you can join in. Visit www.creamteasociety. perfect scone recipe, write a comedy co.uk/national-cream-tea-day to download a free masterpiece with free resources from pack and get the perfect scone recipe. the BBC or put on your trainers and compete in the latest events for our ‘Virtual Sports Day’. There’s plenty of other activities too. Children’s Hospice Week Children’s Hospice Week from 22nd-28th June is Don’t forget to share your stories and designed to raise awareness and funds for children’s photographs by emailing them to hospice and palliative care services across the UK, [email protected] with consent but they need your support to continue. Here’s from a parent or carer to publish. your chance to do something amazing and take Until next week, stay productive and on a personal fundraising challenge from the stay positive! Children’s Hospice Week Wheel of Fortune at www. togetherforshortlives.org.uk/get-involved Latest news from Mr Grieveson Dear students, parents and carers, Interactivity - Connected Learning “We are currently preparing for our “Once inside the virtual classroom, success. Students were able to most interactive online learning students will be able to see their see a powerpoint presentation week ever. Starting on Monday teachers, ask questions and get and discuss their ideas with Miss 29th June, we will be launching instant feedback. They will also be Reynolds direct. They could also our ‘Interactivity Week’; a week in able to see and communicate with ask and answer questions as if they which teachers will be supporting their peers; this will help to restore a were in school, and all were very engaging learning through a little normality and structure to our happy to be reunited with their greater emphasis on virtual, face- students’ lives.” classmates.” to-face learning. We want all of our students to take part and to provide “Our teachers will make use of “Mrs Aitkin and Miss Davies have us with some feedback. “ Google Meet to support lesson also held some Google Meetings delivery and this will work perfectly with Sixth Form students in Art and “Every day, students in all year on the Google Chromebook Media and these were also well groups will be able to access at computers that we have provided received.” least one real-time online lesson, to the majority of our Year 7 to Year taught by one of their brilliant King 10 students.” “As our Interactivity Week gets James teachers. They will be able underway, we would like you to to log in to a live video conference “Last week, Miss Reynolds trialled let your teachers know if this way call from home and use a code the concept with her Year 8 English of supporting learning is effective. provided by their teacher to enter class, pictured below, with great If it works well, we will add more a virtual ‘waiting room’. This code interactive lessons over the will ensure a high level of security, following weeks.” as teachers will only grant access to the ‘classroom’ to authorised Mr Grieveson, participants.” Headteacher Interactivity Week starts Monday 29th June Miss Short loves ‘The Sun BOOKS I LOVE Does Shine’ by Anthony Ray Hinton “This book is about the ABOUT LOVE relationship RSE Day on 25th June is a celebration of excellent ‘Relationships and Sex between a man Education’. This year the theme is ‘Books I Love About Love’. and his family, and the strength The staff at King James have been telling us about the books that they love and they have to why they enjoy reading them. We’d like to hear from you about the books that never give up you love too, so please send your book title and mini review of why you have on each other, whilst he spends selected the book to Miss Wilkinson at [email protected]. time in jail due to a wrongful With your permission we would then like to create a display in school about all conviction.” of the books we love. Love within your book could take many different forms. It could be the love for family, friends, a pet or even a hobby; the list goes on. We all “Born in Alabama in 1957, love different things in our life. Anthony Ray Hinton was 28 years old when he was wrongly convicted of the murders of two Mrs Stead loves ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee restaurant managers. Held on death row for nearly 30 years, he “My choice of book for RSE day has to be To Kill A was finally released in 2015 after Mockingbird. It relays a series of events through the eyes his appeal was heard by the US of a young girl, Scout. She lives in a small community in Supreme Court, which ruled that Alabama, where racial inequality presides. It is set in the his case should be retried. Since Great Depression of the 1930s and life is hard.” his release, he’s become a popular and powerful speaker, planning “The novel shows the strong relationship Scout has to devote the rest of his life to with her unusual father, Atticus and looks at friendship, help counter discrimination, respect and bravery where you would least expect it. It bolster justice and share his also shows the battle Scout has with herself as she manages the situations message of hope and forgiveness. that happen around her, and tries to get to grips with her emotions as she He has visited London twice to grows up. It has one of the wisest lines in literature in my opinion, one that speak on behalf of Lifelines, the teaches you tolerance and understanding whatever the situation you are charity that offers support and in: Atticus explains to a very frustrated Scout, ‘You never really understand friendship to prisoners on death a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb in row, and to have a private tour his skin and walk around in it.’ On top of all this, it is just a great read, full of of Buckingham Palace. This is childish adventures, spooky mysteries, mad dogs and old ladies!” explained in The Sun Does Shine.” Mrs Collinson loves ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins “I loved reading the Hunger Games series for the dystopian perspective of the books. The idea of the ‘Hunger Games’, where contestants fight to the death, seems cruel and barbaric but it reminds me of the idea of Gladiator fighting, which makes it feel more realistic.” “I think love is an overriding element throughout this book series, starting with Katniss volunteering to replace her sister Primrose when she gets called to participate in the Hunger Games because she wants to protect her. There are lots of other examples of love throughout the book in various forms but you’ll have to read them to find out for yourself!” Mrs Brown loves ‘Charlotte’s Web’ by E.B. White Mrs Lamb loves ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ by W. Bruce “This is the tale of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig Wilbur from the Cameron usual fate of nice fat little pigs! But it’s so much more than that. It’s about the friendship and love between “I absolutely the three of them, which is totally unconditional, and it love this book shows that when you do love someone, or something (and film) totally, you will sacrifice anything, and sometimes as it’s about everything, for them.” unconditional love.