Kingsway News - Feb 16

Kingsway NewsNewsletter | February 2016

A Message from the HeadteacherDear parents, carers and families,Welcome to our new-look Spring term newsletter which, once you have mastered thefolding, I hope you will enjoy.Our students have been working hard over the past few months, showing us how ourschool ethos of Opportunity, Achievement and Respect has developed them as Kingswaylearners.They have embraced a range of opportunities including: • Year 9 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Day which was a real hands-on day, working as a team, solving engineering problems. • Our Year 7 students took part in a showcase of musical talent back in November, and the choir, band and ensembles have performed beautifully at a variety of events over the Christmas period. • All students took part in our Christmas Fayre which raised a record breaking total for our charities.We are also proud of the achievements of many of our students including: • Year 11 who have really buckled down to focussing on their GCSEs and performed well in their mocks with many of them meeting or exceeding targets in their subjects. However there is still hard work to go and with less than 60 days to go after half term we are expecting that revision is now a key feature of most evenings in the home of our Year 11 cohort. • Our Resource Base students who at long last won the Stockport Boccia Competition in November and followed this up with a gold at the Multisports Competition at Aquinas college in December. • The monthly merit winners who by working hard, with a positive attitude and going above and beyond in school have deservedly been awarded with merit shields and stars to wear with pride (you can see a list of our merit winners’ names later in this newsletter).And of course, we continue to be impressed by the vast majority of our students who are polite, well-mannered, responsible and above all respectful members of our school and local community. It is thesestudents who make our job a pleasure.We thank parents and families for their continued support and will be developing ways in which you cancommunicate your views with the school. We want to hear your opinion – the good and the views that you mayhave which tell us that we can improve. We will use this information to celebrate what we do well and also tofeed in to our school improvement plan for the coming months. More information to follow.Finally, we are still awaiting confirmation from the DfE on the date of our Academy conversion. We areconfident it will take place this half term, and will inform parents once we have news.Wishing you a safe and warm winter and a bright and light Spring.Mrs J Lowe, Headteacher Unfold Our New-Look Newsletter!Keep in Touch!Don’t forget to follow us for the latest school updates:@KW_SCH /thekingswayschoolFurthermore, the Parental Engagement Portal allows you to access attendance, assessment, meritand timetable data about your child/children.Don’t forget you can log in by clicking on the Parental Engagement Portal section on the homepageof Kingsway Online: www.kingsway.stockport.sch.uk

Class of 2015 – Presentation Evening – K. GuessThere was a huge turnout of ex-students, parents, friends, teaching staff and governors for this year’sPresentation Evening. Everyone was present to celebrate the success of the class of 2015 and see them receivetheir GCSE certificates.Mr Paul Argyle, who is the Deputy Chief Fire Officer for GreaterManchester, gave a speech about Resilience and also handed outover 50 department awards for effort and attainment in each GCSEsubject. The audience also listened to an entertaining speech fromTom Plant and Lizzie Attfield who were last year’s Head Boy and Girl.Former students Sophie Matthews and Mohammed Ali gainedthe highest points total in last year’s GCSE results. They receivedengraved glass trophies from Mrs. Lowe in recognition of their outstanding achievements.Annabel Hastrup and Ben Attfield, who are currently in Year 11, entertained everyone with a performance ofEd Sheeran’s song ‘Photograph’.The Kingsway School wishes the class of 2015 the very best for the future.Y11 Mock GCSE Exams Results Day – T. RogersOn Thursday 7th January Y11 students received the results of theirmock exams, taken just before Christmas.We take this day very seriously; students are taken off timetableand each student receives their results from a senior memberof staff. Discussion takes place as to whether students have hittarget grades, whether the grades will allow them to take up theirpreferred College places, and if revision techniques have beensuccessful. Students also undertook a survey about their revisionand study habits, their reaction to their results and their intendedapproach to make the most of the final weeks of Y11.International School Award – L. Balfe We are delighted that The Kingsway School has been re-accredited with the International School Award 2015-2018. The award recognises the broad, and developing, range of work we have undertaken with our sister schools in Kenya: Kolweny High School and Kolweny Primary School and the very positive impact this has on Kingsway’s curriculum and ethos. Our status as an International School Award-holder also recognises the work undertaken as a member of a European ‘Comenius’ Partnership from 2013-2015. As well as taking delegations of Kingsway students to visit schools in Turkey, Hungary and Poland, wehosted students from those countries and from Spain here at Kingsway.The British Council, responsible for making the award, commented: “It is testament to your whole schoolcommitment to embedding a rich and creative range of international work, and it’s important that youroutstanding achievement in the International School Award is shared and celebrated widely.”The Kingsway AssociationWe are the school’s Parent Teacher association, meeting informally once per term. Here we: • Decide on bids from the school • Hear the latest school news • Have a Q&A session with the HeadteacherFor more information about our work and to find out when our next meeting will be, please visit:www.kingsway.stockport.sch.uk/tka

Christmas Charity Day – K. GuessThe Kingsway’s students and staff worked amazingly hard to transform the sport hall into a Christmas Fayre onthe last day of term. The money raised from the fayre plus the non-school uniform day came to £3799.45!The student House Captains were then given a shopping list and were able tochoose how they wanted to spent the money that their House had raised. Ourfundraising will clearly make a difference to the students and staff at our sisterschool, Kolweny Kingsway School in Kenya, as the money will be spent on: • 68 students will have pumps to wear • 26 students will have a new school uniform • 8 classrooms will be painted • 10 widows will be given a water filter • 23 families will be given a goat • 44 girls will be given reusable sanitary protection • A teacher will have their wages paid by our students for 14 months • 6 students will be sponsored and be able to go to school for a year • The science department will have £250 of new equipmentIn addition to other items, Lowry raised enough money to build a completenew latrine block costing £500!The B11 stall and extra donations totalled £31.30.The fayre on the last day of term was a House competition and theresults are:6th Turing £321.39 5th Gaskell £577.864th Rylands £638.49 3rd Whitworth £672.612nd Pankhurst £728.57 1st Lowry £829.23Congratulations to Lowry House, who won the ‘Kolweny Cup’ for the second year running!The School That Just Keeps Giving... – V. Houlden & L. BalfeThe following Year 9 students all worked together to raise over £150 for Children in Needon Thursday 12th and Friday 13th November 2015:From 9A: Rebekah Doosydar-Smith, Gabbi Bernal Bemabe; Irene Bernal Bemabe; SophieClayton; Abe Saad; Jack Walker; Rebekah Higginbotham; Izzy Rothwell; Beth Edleston and Megan Stealey.Also Iyza Butt (9S); Leah Worswick (9S); Millie Clement (9S); Alice Poole (9Y); Daisie Moylan (9Y); Angel (9Y);Emily Buxton (9Y); Molly Thompson (9Y); Ben Metcalfe (9Y); Joe McTeggart (9Y); Oliver Bluff (9Y); Owen Adams(9Y); Izzy Fraser (9Y) and Mia Slater (9Y) – Well done to all of you!Kingsway students also raised £660 for Save the Children’s ‘Child Refugee Crisis Appeal’, whichwill be spent directly on improving the lives of children and young people who have been forcedto leave their homes because of war.Well done, in particular, to 7G (in Turing House) who raised £125 and to 8H (in Whitworth House) who raised £100.Cycle Safety – N. HammersleyWe are receiving far too many complaints from the public with regards to Kingsway students cycling to and fromschool. Complaints vary from: no lights, cycling on pavements, a lack of signals, intimidation of pedestrians androad users, a lack of care and attention and a general ignorance or disregard for the Highway Code.Such conduct is totally unacceptable and we are appealing to parents and carers to set high expectations in placefor their children’s safety and conduct to and from school.As our new on site cycle facilities near completion we will be looking to reward those students who are cyclingresponsibly. We would also like to advise parents that we reserve the right to pass matters directly over to thepolice in instances where injury to public or damage to vehicles has taken place.

Nobody’s Fools! – L. BalfeOur students are nobody’s fools – they can raise money for good causes like no one else!And they are about to prove it yet again with our 12th biennial CHARITY SPONSORED WALKon Friday 1st April.The walk is in aid of Kolweny School and the three charities chosen by our students:Manchester Dogs’ Home, The Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Red Cross Ebola Crisis. In addition,some of the money raised will be donated to specific charities in memory of two of ourstudents.Our first sponsored walk took place way back in 1994, since when we have raised almosthalf a million pounds for dozens of local, national and international charities. The schoolwas able to distribute nearly £30,000 to our chosen charities in 2014 and we hope to at leastmatch that amount this year.Our Sponsored Walk is a fun, worthwhile and very inclusive event. All of our studentsand staff take part, along with volunteers from families and the local community. It is ahighlight of our school calendar. We will walk 12 miles, starting and finishing at school.Our route takes us through Bruntwood Park, Handforth and the Bollin Valley to Carrs Parkin Wilmslow. After a short lunch stop we will return to school via Quarry Bank Mill, StyalVillage and Heald Green, finishing at Foxland Campus.Why not join us and be part of the fun?To ensure we have 1 adult to every 10 students, we are appealing for friends of the school,parents or other family members either to walk OR work as marshals, alongside school staff. If you would like to volunteer to help on the day, please contact your child’s tutor or email Mrs Balfe at: [email protected]. We will be in touch with further details. We greatly appreciate the incredible support we receive from families and our local community, without which our sponsored walk and charity work would not be possible!Merit Shield Winners – K. GuessThe Kingsway School is always keen to celebrate success and in order torecognise our highest achievers we have introduced a new reward: the studentwith the highest merit total in each House at the end of the month will beawarded a Merit Badge to wear on their blazer. In addition to this, they will alsoreceive a gold star pin badge for each month that they hold on to the top spot.From February we will also be recognising the second and third highestachievers in each House. They will receive Silver and Bronze Merit Certificates.The award started in October 2015 and the winners for the last 4 months were:Month/House Pankhurst Whitworth Rylands Lowry Gaskell Turing October Eleanor White, Naimh Estefany Fuguett Noah Beynon, Sophie Leuty, Blanca Corbelli, November 8E O’Shaughnessy, 10I Gutierrez, 9T 8Y 10N 10G December January Eleanor White, Naimh Amy Berry, Angel Bawuah, Sophie Leuty, Blanca Corbelli, 8E O’Shaughnessy, 10I 7K 9Y 10N 10G Eleanor White, Naimh Estefany Fuguett Izzy Cooke, Hannah Bailey, Blanca Corbelli, 8E O’Shaughnessy, 10I Gutierrez, 9T 7Y 10W 10G Eleanor White, Naimh Estefany Fuguett Izzy Cooke, Sophie Leuty, Blanca Corbelli, 8E O’Shaughnessy, 10I Gutierrez, 9T 7Y 10N 10G

Library News – Y. LomasThe library has recently had a full makeoverto encourage students to come and use thefacility during their own time (see our Beforeand After photos!). The library has now got arelaxed atmosphere, allowing students fromYears 7-11 to complete work and revise in asupportive environment.After-school, staff are available to help andsupport students with any homework whichthey need to complete in the library. DuringTuesday and Thursday’s homework club, amember of staff who is assigned to Mathsdepartment helps students and answers anymaths-related questions.The library also hosts a range of activities,from library sessions to the 2016 Book Award.The library is open during the followingtimes, Monday-Friday:Before school: 8:15-8:30Break 1 / Break 2After School: 3:00-4:00 (Friday: 3:00-3:45)Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award – S. CooperYear 11Last academic year an impressive 38 Year 11 students enrolled in the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. Forthis, they have to spend a minimum of 3 months partaking in a physical activity, volunteering for a charitableon non-profit organisation, and learning or developing a new skill – from the ukulele to clay target shootingand then computer coding! Not only that, they then spend 2 weeks hiking, navigating maps, cooking and thencamping overnight. Currently, we have 28 students who have completed this award, which is a significantaccomplishment and all students should be proud of what they have achieved. These students will be invited toa Presentation Evening on Tuesday 15th March at Stockport Town Hall to celebrate their success.Year 10Following on from last year’s success, we currently have 40 Year 10 students beginning their Bronze Award.Students have started working towards completing their 3 sections (physical, volunteering, and skill) and areuploading evidence onto their eDofE account regularly. Let’s hope we can even beat last year’s cohort and aimfor 40 Kingsway students achieving their Bronze Awards in 2017! “If Kingsway had not done DofE, Lucy would never have joined St John (skills requirement for DofE). It made her push herself and has really helped her confidence. She was so well supported andenjoyed the whole DofE process so much - I wanted to say thank you again, to everyone. Sometimes in the sheer hard work of day-to-day teaching it can beforgotten that you have a huge and positive impact on your students. Lucy will go forward from the award of District Cadet of the Year to the Nationals in April 2016. It matters not whether she wins – the really good self esteem stuff has already happened. Would this have happened without your input? No.” DofE Feedback from parent, Caroline Booth

Multicultural Awareness Week – L. LavaniniAround the world in 5 days!We hosted a fantastic Multicultural week (19-23rd October, 2015), givingstudents the opportunity to experience different cultures. Each year group wasassigned a different guest speaker as diverse as: a Polish dancer, a ChineseTai Chi practitioner, a Japanese dancer, an African drummer and the Mayor ofStockport.We held quizzes to test the knowledge of different cultures and on each day the canteen provided students with a dish of the day from that culture – all dishes went down a treat! On the Friday some of our Anti Bullying Ambassadors invited the Mayor to tea, scones and a chat. The students represented our school amazingly well. We hope next year will be another success and different year groups will also get to experience a different culture.FutureChef, Local Heats – C. Clarke Springboard’s FutureChef is a 4-stage UK culinary competition, inspiring 12-16 year- olds to explore food & cooking as a life skill. The Kingsway School had two entrants in the local heats – Zoe Parry (10A) and Keira Golds (10E). The task was to produce a two course meal in one and a half hours for under £7. They did this in a professional catering kitchen at Trafford College under the watchful eye of industry chefs from The Lowry and Pinewood at Wilmslow. Although they did not progress into the next final both girls produced excellent dishes and a special mention was given to Zoe for her dishes as ‘highly commended’ by the judging chefs. Well done to both girls and good luck in their GCSE practicals in the futureRotary Young Chef Mentoring Session – C. ClarkeI had the delightful job of accompanying Rachael Tibbitts (10S) to the Marriott HotelManchester Airport to a mentoring session run by the executive sous chef and themanager. They discussed the requirements for a winning menu, menu planning, balance,choice of dishes, presentation techniques & garnishing as well as table settings.In the next round Rachael will face 9 other district finalists to compete to go ontorepresent the region and the chance of making the National Final. Rachael will need toproduce a three course meal for two in two hours as well as place settings to industrystandard.The final will take place in February. We wish her the best of luck in the competition andher GCSE food course! Drama – More Fool You – I. Teague#Shakespeare400 2016 is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Celebrating this, Year 10 GCSE students have put together a medley of his plays, which The Kingsway School will be performed this summer. Drama Department Present: More Fool You Malvolio: Twelfth Night Banquo: Macbeth Caliban: The Tempest

English Department NewsSpelling Bee – J. Norton This month we see the second Primary Spelling Bee take place at Kingsway. On January 27th, pupils from across our feeder primary schools will be pitted against each other in an intense spelling competition which will challenge even the sparkliest spelling specialists. Teams of three will go head-to-head to tackle fastest finger spelling, rapid relay spelling and an intensive individual spelling spotlight round. Last year our worthy winners took home a spelling bee champions trophy and all finalists took away a badge, certificate and mini dictionary.We fully anticipate that this year’s event will be as big a success as last year when all participants said they hadenjoyed the event and the level of challenge.Inklings Society – N. DeanThe Inklings Society have started this year with bang, having already entered 3 writing competitions for shortstories, poetry, and mini monologues.Congratulations to Rhiannon Dickenson and Alisha Read-Walker who are being published in ’25 years of YoungWriters’, having submitted mini-monologues for the Young Writers competition.Inklings runs every Tuesday from 3.00 – 4.00pm in F25 for all years.Key Stage 3 English Homework – S. CooperBeginning in September 2014, the English department launched a new style of homework project afterevaluating student voice questionnaires.Classes are now given the opportunity to have more choice with their homework: the tasks are explained butstudents often get to present the homework in any format they choose. This is to develop consolidation oftheir learning out of lessons – the creativity and thought applied ensures that students have a fundamentalgrasp of either the text or task. In addition, it is improving students’ effort levels, enjoyment of the subject, andindependent learning; all of which will be preparing them for the level of work required in and out of schoolwhen transitioning to GCSE level.The range of homework and the effort level this year has been staggering: we’ve had canvas paintingsalongside the written task; beautiful scrapbooks, YouTube videos, film trailers and posters, revision boardgames, and many more! View a gallery of the students’ work here: http://goo.gl/dI6098Special mention must go to: Amber Wilson, Lucy Kerr, Molly Preston and Ruby Conroy (Year 7); Isha Anwar,Hazal Ridley, Matthew Briggs, Nicole Harper, Abbey Shaw, and Gemma Dugdale (Year 8); Cameron Corless,Amy Bradley, Lauren Bond, Scarlett Dean, Nazneen Aslam, Nuha Tabassum, (Year 9) and all of 9X2 for theirRomanticism projects.KS3 English Assessment Framework – S. CooperAs many of you may be aware, last year the government removed the APP assessment framework thathad been used throughout Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 3 for several years with no replacement assessmentframework put into place.English departments within the Stockport local authority have liaised to create a new English KS3 assessmentframework that has utilised the new GCSE criteria and mapped these down to Years 7, 8 and 9. This will ensurethat fundamental skills required for the new style of exams are embedded as soon as students begin theirpathway at The Kingsway School and students and parents/carers can track their progress towards achievingtheir target grades. There are frameworks for both Reading and Writing that are broken down into thenecessary key skills; these can be found within the English page on the school’s website for you to familiariseyourself with.English Skills Breakfast Club – J. HeilYear 7 students have been starting bright and early this half term at our English intervention Breakfast Club.Students have taken the opportunity to sharpen their English skills with a range of activities to boost theirconfidence in writing and reading. They have taken part in grammar games and creative writing tasks,comprehension activities, spelling and vocabulary challenges - all whilst enjoying a light breakfast to help gettheir brains in gear!Well done to our regular Breakfast Club members: Kofi Sapong, Laura Turner, George Spavin, Abdul Riaz, AwsAl-Jedai, Madison Allcock, Tyler White, Dala Guei and Cameron Sperring.

Year 10 GCSE English – New Initiatives to Support Academic Progression – N. DeanWith the changes and demands of the new GCSE specification, the English department have new initiativesthat have been put in place to support students’ learning and progression across both English Literature andEnglish Language. These consist of: • Breakfast Booster Club – designed to provide intervention sessions to boost core skills • Intervention monitoring to provide specific students with academic support • Intervention work booklets designed to help students boost core skills at home • Success on Cloud 9: Achieving top grades in English GCSE – designed to provide enrichment opportunitiesfor our most ableYear 10 GCSE English – Celebrating Outstanding Attitude – N. DeanI would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the following students for their consistently outstandingattitude towards classwork and homework in English:Isabel Ashmore, Tybah Aslam, Hannah Bailey, Shanaz Baksh, Rhiannon Dickenson, Michael Evans, EmilyForrest, Abigail Hughes, Belinda Ikin, Niamh O’Shaughnessy, Maddy Prescott, Daisy Smith, Edward Wakefieldand Emily Winn – Keep up the good work!‘Between the Trees’ Installation – C. RowleyMrs Shepherd and Mrs Rowley led a group of students from Years 7 to 10in an English/Art project with The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.Their artwork has been used as part of an installation promoting thetheatre’s Christmas production of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods’.Artist Johnny Woodham visited school to deliver a workshop which inspiredstudents to create some fabulous collages combining a ‘mash-up’ of fairytales. Natalie Diddams, the Royal Exchange’s Schools’ Programme leaderwas hugely impressed by the work created and the students’ commitmentto the project.Reading at Home – J. HeilDid you know that students who read for just 20 minutes a day at home, on average score in the top 90%on standardised tests? Reading is an important skill in itself but it also boosts proficiency in other areas ofliteracy, directly supporting progress in all subject areas. It is important that students are reading at home, aswell as in school, in order to make the most of developing these skills.Top Tips for Supporting Reading at Home: • Read together – this is great opportunity to see your child’s progress and spend some time together. • Any reading is good reading – if books don’t capture your child’s attention, then try reading magazines, newspapers, blogs or non-fiction. • Discuss what you are reading and what you think of it – talking about what you’ve read is a great way to reinforce the importance of reading and to check if your child is reading something that suits them. • Check your child’s comprehension with these quick and easy questions: What’s happened? Who’s involved? What do you think might happen next? If they’re reading non-fiction try: What have you learnt? What would you like to know more about?Dates for the diary:Saturday 30th January-Saturday 6th February is National Story Telling Week.Visit www.sfs.org.uk for more information and events. Help us celebrate bytweeting us, @KW_writers, with your favourite story!

Teacher’s Trip to Kenya For 16 years The Kingsway School has been supportingat the heart of its success. The link is coordinated by Rhusband Steve) who ensure every penny is spent wiselLast October, supported by British Council funding, Mrvisited the school in the rural west of Kenya to exchangand plan for the future. Here is a summary of some of“Our first few days were spent in the school distributinwere highly prized items with all the students. In additlessons were given to Year 8 students. It was great to sstrong; built to last! The money raised from previous Csuch good use with students receiving new uniforms, p“Working on the British Councils ‘Connecting Classroobuilding model cars based on the ‘Blood Hound’ land swith the Geography teachers to set up the school weatmore problem solving and creative elements to their cuarea of learning.”So what does the future hold? The school is finally beinwill open up a variety of opportunities for the students.where our donations, along with those of the Cheadle aequipment.We both found the trip to be both inspiring and very huand made us both very proud to represent the school. IHaving returned from Kenya for a number of weeks we Kings really schoo A hea our m events

– M. Hall and A. Burniston g our sister school in Kenya, with our student charity fundraising eventsRowley Projects (Angela Rowley, who is a former teacher here and her ly and gains the biggest impact. r Hall (Design and Technology) and Mr Burniston (Head of Geography) ge curriculum projects, distribute donations the many highlights of the visit:ng the donations of pens and toothbrushes, both of whichtion, numerous PE bags made by our students in Textilessee that previous bags donated last year were still goingChristmas fayres and the sponsored walks has been put to pumps and other vital school essentials. oms’ project allowed Mr Hall to teach a technology lesson speed record challenge. In contrast Mr Burniston worked ther station. The plan is for Kolweny Schools to introduce urriculum to enhance their student experience in this ng linked to a more reliable electricity supply which . The next step in the plan is to build an ICT classroom and Gatley Rotary club, will jointly fund an additional classroom and ICTumbling, the positive difference our contributions are making is astounding It will not surprise you that so much more work needs to be done. e have had time to reflect on what both schools have achieved and how thesway School has changed the lives of others thousands of miles away. Thisy is an amazing commitment from all students, staff and parents of ourol community. Long may it continue.artfelt thank you for supportingmany and varied fundraising s over the years.

Anti Bullying Week, 16-20 November, 2015 – Ms LavaniniThis year’s theme for anti bullying week was ‘Heroes vs.Villains’. We ran 2 competitions: one to write a poem/story/song (the winning poem is shown below) and the secondone to find the hero and villain. Staff dressed up as differentcharacters over the week so that students could find them,say who they were, decide if they were a hero or villain andwhat made them so. Staff and students had a great week.Some of our Anti BullyingAmbassadors also went outto primary schools to deliverassemblies, they all were a credit to our school and we had great feedback from all.Ambassadors also sold our anti bullying wristbands to raise money for anti bullyingprojects.On Friday the whole school took part in the 10 second stamp to stamp out bullying atthe Kingsway School. Thank you to everyone who helped support this week.If you are concerned about any issues on bullying please contact the school, via theusual contacts.Anti Bullying Week Competition Winner – Niamh O’Shaughnessy , Y10Look OverLook over there it’s the victim, Standing all alone,Biting their bottom lip, To suppress a single moan •Look over there it’s the victim, Staring at the ground, ThereHiding round the corner, Waiting to be found • Lookover there it’s the bully, Striding into school, Withtheir faithful gang, Thinking they’re all so cool •Look over there it’s the bully, Shouting, calling names,Making people miserable, They think it’s just a game• Look over there it’s the bystanders, Some look onwith glee, Others look unhappy, But all as silent as canbe • Look over there it’s the bystanders, Watching thescene with ease, Seemingly indifferent, To the punches,names and pleas • Look over there it’s a teacher, Or agrown up you can trust, Don’t be alone – you’re neveralone, Talk to a friend if you must • Only some peoplebully, They’re generally quite sad, But everyone canlisten, If it really gets that bad • Don’t be a victim,A bystander or a bully, Every pupil here has stamped,To finish bullying fully.

Year 9 – STEM Activity Day – N. HammersleyOn Friday 18th January, Year 9 attended a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineeringand Maths) activity day. The day was aimed at giving students a far greater insightinto STEM careers and opportunities, in light of their forthcoming Options choices.The day was practical based with hands-on activities including making a rubberband powered vehicle, a wind-powered energy source and a roller coaster.Throughout the day students worked as partof a small team to problem solve, designand engineer and construct their way out ofproblems, towards the best solutions.Students found the day very enjoyable andworthwhile with the day being a brilliantopportunity to put into practice the school’s4 R’s of Resilience, Resourcefulness,Reflectiveness and Reciprocity.Year 9 – Careers Evening – S. FloodThe Kingsway School proudly hosted their second ‘Speed Dating’ Careers Evening on the 26th November 2015.The objective of this event was to assist our Year 9 students in choosing the subjects they wish to study at GCSE. Over 30 employers volunteered to help us with this exciting event. They talked to students and parents about future opportunities post-16. Our employers all got into the spirit of the night and wore red carnations in line with the ‘Speed Dating’ theme. We had a great turnout of students and their families at this event. The presentations were short but comprehensive and provided students with valuable advice for that area of work. Later, the students were invited to go back to the areas of work that particularly interested them to ask further questions. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive fromstudents, parents and the employers. There was a real ‘buzz’ to the proceedings and some parents offered theirservices to be involved in future career events!A huge thank you to the employers who gave up their time in order to help our Year 9 students with theirforthcoming GCSE decisions.Boccia and Kurling Champions! – M. BurgessKingsway students became double champions by winning the Stockport BocciaChampionship and the Stockport Kurling Championship.The Kingsway Boccia team of Zayyan Helal, Katrina Wood, Howard Liu, Jordan Staddon,Lulu Khetab, Amaan Abbas and Chloe Andrew came top out of 24 teams. They now goforward to represent Stockport in the Greater Manchester Championship.Jack Cuthbertson, Chloe Andrew, Laura Wood and Georgia Graham claimed the Kurling Crown at Stockport School ,They go on to Represent Stockport at the Greater Manchester School Games in March. In addition to this, in early December Zayyan Helal, Taymur Roshan, Ummar Hussain, Jorden Lomas, Katrina Wood and Carl Kershaw won a multi sports challenge event at Aquinas College.

•N •O •T •I •C •E •B •O •A •R •D •Working in Partnership with Parents – L. BalfeIt was good to see so many of you at our Review Day, Year 9 Options Evening, Year 9 Parents’ Evening and atYear 11 Parents’ Evening. Thank you for all your feedback and comments. Your views are extremely helpful tous and give a clear insight into how we can continue to improve your child’s experience at Kingsway.Ofsted is similarly interested in knowing the views of parents, which it collects through ‘Parentview’.We would very much appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to log on to: www.parentview.ofsted.gov.ukand answer a few straightforward questions. Thank you!The ‘Prevent’ Duty – L. BalfeFrom June 2015, all schools must have “…due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn intoterrorism” – This duty is known as the Prevent duty. Schools are not alone in this – many organisations shareresponsibility. At Kingsway we work in particular with Greater Manchester Police, Cheadle Muslim Associationand the Stockport Safeguarding Children Board.Terrorism or “violent extremism” can be defined as: the use or threat of violence to achieve political ends. Thiscan be in the service of any ideology or belief and is not specific to any particular group. The definition hasrecently been widened to include incitement of others to perform violent actions.Protecting young people from the risk of radicalisation is part of our wider safeguarding duty. We know thatyoung people who do become radicalised are often “groomed” by extremist groups, particularly via socialmedia. As a school, we work in many ways to increase students’ awareness and increase their resilience toextremist propaganda of all kinds. We take very seriously our duty to all of our students and their families toensure that our school is a safe, welcoming and harmonious community, built on respect and trust.Year 11 – Reminders – K. GuessProm: This year’s Prom will be held at the Ballroom at Stockport Town Hall. It will beon Friday 24th June, 7-11pm and is by invitation only.Yearbooks: Year 11 students have received a letter about Yearbooks. The deadline forordering a 2016 Yearbook is 1st March.Hoodies: Leaver’s Hoodies are now available. They cost £15 - £19.50 and students areable to choose their own colour. They need to be purchased online before 1st April,using the following link: www.schoolleaverscompany.co.uk/shops/SL28114Year 11 – Post-16 Opportunities – S. FloodYear 11 students are being actively encouraged to keep checking their Message Board for opportunities post-16.This is a really important time in their lives and they need to take responsibility in actively planning their futuresand taking advantage of any opportunities the school offers them in order to make the their choices easier.Sgt. Alan Boyle visited us from the Army in January to meet with interested students and also explain moreabout what Army Life is all about. The Armed Forces are the biggest Apprenticeship Provider in the UK andthey offer Apprenticeships in a wide range of trades/professions e.g. Medical, Logistics, Carpentry, Electrical,Engineering, Business Administration.Students who are interested in possibly pursuing an Apprenticeship in Engineering were taken to Stagecoachin Manchester to look round the depot and hear more about the opportunities which exist there. Informationrelating to this year’s recruitment was also given out for those who wish to progress this further.Terence Paul Hair Design are visiting our school (date TBC) to meet with Year 11 students who might beinterested in pursuing a career in Hairdressing or Barbering. Terence Paul will be shortly starting this year’s >

Apprenticeship Recruitment process so this will also be an opportunity for interested students to start anapplication. Terence Paul and Flanagans (Barbering) are well respected within their field and their training isexcellent so this is a brilliant opportunity for the right students.The Skills Company will also be presenting (date TBC) to students interested in finding out more about a widerange of Apprenticeships available. The Skills Company take applications from students and then they try andfind them appropriate Apprenticeships. This would be of benefit to any student who think they may be interestedin an Apprenticeship as opposed to College, so it would be well worth them attending.Year 11 – National Citizen Service – S. Flood National Citizen Service (NCS) is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Year 11 students. It helps build skills for work and life, while taking on new challenges and meeting new people.The Challenge is the country’s largest provider of NCS, which runs during the summer andOctober half term. Teams of diverse young people will encounter activities such as rockclimbing, abseiling and canoeing in part one; independent living and professional industrycoaching in part two; whilst part three culminates in teams creating and delivering social action projects thatbenefit their local community.NCS with The Challenge came in to speak to the Year 11’s at the parent’s evening, and will be coming in for anassembly on the 2nd March to inform our students on how to get involved.To find out more, visit their website www.NCSTheChallenge.org or feel free to contact our school representative,Lucie Rymer, on: 07880 038 102 or at [email protected] 11 – College Applications – S. FloodAll Year 11 Students should now have applied for college places.Some colleges had deadlines for applications early January and late applications could result in a much-reduced choice of which College they go to and what courses will be available.Any student who needs more application forms or just additional Careers Advice should come and visit MrsFlood during break time in the Library.House Structure Turing Pankhurst Lowry Rylands Gaskell WhitworthTuring@kingsway Pankhurst@kingsway Lowry@kingsway. Rylands@kingsway Gaskell@kingsway Whitworth@kingsway .stockport.sch.uk .stockport.sch.uk stockport.sch.uk .stockport.sch.uk .stockport.sch.uk .stockport.sch.ukMiss V. Houlden Dr L. Holdsworth Mrs A. Marsh Mr P. Lawton Miss K. Cox-Brown Mr R. InsleyHOUSE LEADER HOUSE LEADER HOUSE LEADER HOUSE LEADER HOUSE LEADER HOUSE LEADERMs T. Watson Ms A. Ives Mr G. James Mrs J. Ward Mrs K. Edgson Miss C. Cropper PASTORAL PASTORAL PASTORAL PASTORAL PASTORAL PASTORALCO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR

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