Friday 9th February 2018 RUSHEY MEAD ACADEMY Newsleer ISSUE NUMBER 9 Art & Design degree taster day On Monday 15 th January, eight students went to DeMontfort University for an Art & Design Degree Taster day to experience first-hand what taking an Art degree could be like. The students experienced different creative activities in Graphics, Theatre production and Fine Art and got to meet a range of students and tutors from Loughborough, DeMontfort and Leicester Universities. The students enjoyed it, learned about why University courses are beneficial and found it a valuable experience. Here is Vidhi’s account of the day: When I went to De Montfort University we did a lot of activities. My favourite one was fine art and graphics. It is my favourite because we used many things and it was fun to learn new things. Most things we did were in groups and some things were individual. We went to the university to experience how it is to go there and how life at university is. We also met real students who go there and they told us many things about themselves and about how it feels. For me it was really fun and challenging. I felt so glad and excited as we stepped out of the bus. It was so nice to be there. I enjoyed the day so much and I really hope I get another chance to go with everyone and have some more fun and learn more new things. Vidhi 8RUM Top A2L and most Improved students Congratulations to the following students who have the best overall Attitude to Learning scores and also to the students with the top Most Improved Attitude to Learning scores. TOP A2L MOST IMPROVED Dhanak Deeya 7RUR Ajmayeen Amaani 8CHM Haresh Dhara 7CHS Hussein Wijdan 8MEM Pandey Shreya 7MER Vaja Aarya 8BOR Odedra Rahul 7CHS Badyal Dylan 8BOR Thanki Rani 7MER Bentara Henage Dheumi 8RUM Vachhani Nimisha 7BOR Bagvati Vrunda 8BOR Jethwa Naailah 7BOS Adatia Anjali 8BER Amrut Axit 7CHS Mohammed Abdullah 8MER Jagatia Grace 7BOR Anantlal Vrishti 8BER Fareed Hasham 7BER Pal Akriti 8CHR Atwal Tianna 7BOR Lathia Priyanka 8BOM Kachela Nandani 7RUM Samgi Siya 8BER Dusara Disha 7MER Limbachiya Nisha 8RUS Kara Karishma 7BOR Godhania Komal 8BER Giga Vishni Anju 7BEM Isvar Heer 8BOR Shah Harsh 7MEM Khistariya Nimesh 8BOR Khan Leah 7CHR Kaur Khushpreet 8HAS Ayyub Aliyah 7RUR Shah Bhakti 8MER Khunti Tulsi 7BOS Kaur Pahulpreet 8BEM Bhat Arya 7BOM Weston Curtis 8BER Maan Diya 7BOS Maturandasse Priya 8BER Dines Dhruv 7CHS Patel Hiya 7MEM Pancholi Shivani 8RUM Ghauri Sahil 7CHM Sharma Riya 7MEM Ibrahim Aasiyah 7RUR Thakor Priya 7CHR Malhi Simrandeep 7CHS
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Friday 9th February 2018
RUSHEY
MEAD
ACADEMY
Newsletter
ISSUE NUMBER 9
Art & Design degree taster day
On Monday 15th January, eight students went to DeMontfort University for an Art & Design Degree Taster day to experience first-hand what taking an Art degree could be like. The students experienced different creative activities in Graphics, Theatre production and Fine Art and got to meet a range of students and tutors from Loughborough, DeMontfort and Leicester
Universities.
The students enjoyed it, learned about why University courses are beneficial and found it a
valuable experience. Here is Vidhi’s account of the day:
When I went to De Montfort University we did a lot of activities. My favourite one was fine art and graphics. It is my favourite because we used many things and it was fun to learn new things. Most things we did were in groups and some things were individual. We went to the university to experience how it is to go there and how life at university is. We also met real students who go there and they told us many things about themselves and about how it feels. For me it was really
fun and challenging. I felt so glad and excited as we stepped out of the bus.
It was so nice to be there. I enjoyed the day so much and I really hope I get another chance to go
with everyone and have some more fun and learn more new things. Vidhi 8RUM
Top A2L and most Improved students
Congratulations to the following students who have the best overall Attitude to
Learning scores and also to the students with the top Most Improved Attitude to Learning scores.
TOP A2L
MOST IMPROVED
Dhanak Deeya 7RUR Ajmayeen Amaani 8CHM Haresh Dhara 7CHS Hussein Wijdan 8MEM
Pandey Shreya 7MER Vaja Aarya 8BOR Odedra Rahul 7CHS Badyal Dylan 8BOR
Thanki Rani 7MER Bentara Henage Dheumi 8RUM Vachhani Nimisha 7BOR Bagvati Vrunda 8BOR
Jethwa Naailah 7BOS Adatia Anjali 8BER Amrut Axit 7CHS Mohammed Abdullah 8MER
Jagatia Grace 7BOR Anantlal Vrishti 8BER Fareed Hasham 7BER Pal Akriti 8CHR
Atwal Tianna 7BOR Lathia Priyanka 8BOM Kachela Nandani 7RUM Samgi Siya 8BER
Dusara Disha 7MER Limbachiya Nisha 8RUS Kara Karishma 7BOR Godhania Komal 8BER Giga Vishni Anju 7BEM Isvar Heer 8BOR Shah Harsh 7MEM Khistariya Nimesh 8BOR
Khan Leah 7CHR Kaur Khushpreet 8HAS Ayyub Aliyah 7RUR Shah Bhakti 8MER Khunti Tulsi 7BOS Kaur Pahulpreet 8BEM Bhat Arya 7BOM Weston Curtis 8BER Maan Diya 7BOS Maturandasse Priya 8BER Dines Dhruv 7CHS
Patel Hiya 7MEM Pancholi Shivani 8RUM Ghauri Sahil 7CHM
Sharma Riya 7MEM Ibrahim Aasiyah 7RUR
Thakor Priya 7CHR Malhi Simrandeep 7CHS
Homework
A large proportion of the homework that is set at Rushey Mead Academy will be work that is aimed at making students learn material by heart. This is essential
now that most GCSE subjects have exams at the end of the year 11, rather than controlled assessments during the course.
The best way to make sure that students do well in their exams, is to help them to learn material well as they go through the school, revisiting it regularly and checking that it is still secure in their memories. Every key piece of learning that they cover during their courses will need to be retained in their memories until the end of year 11. In most subjects this is true of material covered from
year 7 onwards.
5 Key Positive Learning Homework Habits
Learn material WELL when you first study it - so that you really understand it, and can remember it, not just so that you can
scrape through the test. This provides a strong basis for future revision.
The best way to learn material by heart is to split it up, and return to it, various times over a period of time - e.g. 3x 10
minutes spread over a week will be much more effective than 1 x 30 minutes.
The best method of learning involves testing yourself over and over again. - Do NOT just read, highlight or copy out material
- this is really not effective.
Make cue-cards as you go through the year, either paper or electronic (such as on Quizlet) - don't put off the chore for the end
of the year or the end of the course. Stay in control by doing it regularly in small chunks.
Return to old topics regularly and quickly test yourself to see how much you can remember. The act of re-visiting and re-testing
both identifies material that you need to work on AND pushes the material that you could remember even more securely into
your memory.
The more time you invest during the course, the better prepared you will be in the run-up to the exams - when you can concentrate on USING the material you have already learned to do past paper questions. Research has shown that the number of past
papers completed before an exam is a better indicator of their level of success than a student's IQ.
Careers News
Year 9 Options Evening – Tuesday 6th February
The Year 9 Options Evening was extremely well attended by Year 9 students and their parents. The main questions were about how GCSE choices will relate to college and career choices in the future. The options faculties were very well represented and there were some exciting displays offered by Art, Product Design, Photography and many others. In total, around 16 of the GCSE options were represented at the event and the faculty staff were on hand to inform and advise students and their parents to
enable them to make informed GCSE choices.
Mrs Conneally and the Careers team supported the faculty staff and provided information on BTEC Health & Social Care as well as colleges, courses and career information. The event went really well and the feedback of many who attended was that they felt
better informed about the choices that the students needed to make.
Year 11 Mock Interviews – Wednesday 7th February
The annual Year 11 mock interview event at Rushey Mead involved around 300 students getting the opportunity to experience an interview situation as near as possible to the type of interview that they will receive at the colleges.
Around 24 employers/business people gave up their valuable time to volunteer to interview Rushey Mead students and each student will receive written feedback to help them to further improve their performance at college interviews. Many students were extremely nervous and the Careers team was on hand to help them to calm their nerves. The feedback from students has been very positive and many of them now feel much more confident about
their upcoming college interviews.
Thank you to Gail at Leicestershire Cares for organising the volunteers on the day and to the volunteers for giving their time up to
support Rushey Mead students in this way.
Free enrichment opportunities & lunch menus
We have included in this newsletter a list of free clubs offered at Rushey Mead Academy. Please encourage your child to attend.
The list will be updated on a termly basis.
Forthcoming events
HALF TERM HOLIDAYS - Monday 12th February to Friday 16th February
Year 8 parents evening - Thursday 22nd February 2018. 4.30pm - 7.30pm
INCLUSION Homework Club Targeted Students 8.00-8.20am Teaching Assistants Inclusion Area
PE Badminton & Table Tennis All Years Lunch Time Ms Naismith Sports Hall
PE BTEC Dance Club Year 10,11 1.30-1.55pm Ms East Sports Hall
PE Basketball Club Year 7 3.00-4.30pm Mr Benham Sports Hall
PE Badminton Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Naismith Sports Hall
MUSIC Drum Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Challenger Music Dept
MUSIC Choir Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Jackson Music Dept
EAL EMA Study Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Limbachia A129
INCLUSION Homework Club Targeted Students 3.00-4.00pm Teaching Assistants A105
INCLUSION Homework Club All Years 8.00-8.20am Teaching Assistants Inclusion Area
PE Badminton & Table Tennis All Years Lunch Time Ms Naismith Sports Hall
MUSIC Guitar Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Thompson Music Dept
PE Basketball Club Year 9 & 11 3.00-4.00pm Ms Anthony Sports Hall
PE Basketball Club Year 9 3.00-4.00pm Mr Gardner Sports Hall
PE BTEC Catch up Year 10 & 11 3.00-4.00pm Mr Bardolia Sports Lab
PE Girls Football Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Naismith Muga
PE Boys & Girls Fitness Club Year 10 & 11 3.00-4.00pm Mr Acharya Fitness Suite
PE Dance Academy All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms East Theatre
PE Boyance Dance Club Year 7,8,9 3.00-4.00pm Ms Mayes Dance Studio
MATHS Maths Study Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Maths Staff C118SCIENCE Science Study Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Stopp D028
SCIENCE Triple Science Study Club KS4 3.00-4.00pm Ms Kholia D026
COMPUTING Computer Study Club KS4 3.00-4.00pm Mr Clampin/Mistry A118
MFL Gujarati Study Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Raniga/Limbachia B118
ART Art Catch Up All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms McAusland/Durham A110/A111/A114
INCLUSION Homework Club Targeted Students 3.00-4.00pm Teaching Assistants A105
LIBRARY Rushey Readers Book Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Walker Library
INCLUSION Homework Club All Years 8.00-8.20am Teaching Assistants Inclusion Area
MUSIC Tabla Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Parmar Music Dept
DRAMA Drama GCSE Catch Up Year 3.00-4.00pm Ms Hunter Theatre
PE Badminton & Table Tennis All Years Lunch Time Ms Naismith Sports Hall
PE GCSE Catch Up Year 11 3.00-4.00pm Mr Gardner Sports Lab
PE GCSE Catch Up Year 10 3.00-4.00pm Ms Domingo Sports Café
PE Girls Dance Club Year 7,8,9 3.00-4.00pm Ms Mayes Dance Studio
PE Girls Volleyball All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Anthony Sports Hall
PE Basketball Club Year 10 3.00-4.00pm Mr Bardolia Sports Hall
PE Boys Fitness Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Naismith Fitness Suite
ART Art Club SEN/EAL Students 3.00-4.00pm Ms Mistry A113
COMPUTING Computing Club Year 7,8 3.00-4.00pm Ms Whetton A118
ENGLISH Debate Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Bathia B016
ENGLISH English Homework Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Jex B044
SCIENCE Green Force/Student Council All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Kurth D014
HUMANITIES Humanities Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Robinson C019
HUMANITIES Geogumentary Club Year 7 3.00-4.00pm Mr Siddiq F105
INCLUSION Homework Club Targeted Students 3.00-4.00pm Teaching Assistants A105
INCLUSION Homework Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Teaching Assistants Inclusion Area
MUSIC Keyboard Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Price Music Dept
DRAMA Drama GCSE Catch Up Year 3.00-4.00pm Ms Hunter Theatre
PE Badminton & Table Tennis All Years Lunch Time Ms Naismith Sports Hall
PE BTEC Catch Up Year 11 3.00-4.00pm Ms Anthony Sports Lab
PE Girls Netball All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Domingo Muga
PE Girls Fitness Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Naismith Fitness Suite
PE Basketball Club Year 8 3.00-4.00pm Mr Acharya Sports Hall
PE Basketball Club Year 10 3.00-4.00pm Mr Bardolia Sports Hall
MATHS Maths Study Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Maths Staff C118
SCIENCE Triple Science Study Club KS4 3.00-4.00pm Ms Kholia D026
MFL Study Support All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Dean B132
MFL French Study Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Petty B136
EAL EMA Study Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Ms Limbachia A129
INCLUSION Homework Club Targeted Students 2.55-4.10pm Teaching Assistants A105
PE Boys Rugby Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Mr Gardner Fields
PE Girls Kickboxing Club All Years 3.00-4.00pm Natasha Mina Theatre
SCIENCE Friday Prayer Club All Years 12.10/1.10pm Mr Lohar D026
MATHS FSMQ Group Targeted Students 3.00-4.00pm Ms Barwell C107
INCLUSION Homework Club Targeted Students 3.00-3.30pm Teaching Assistants A105
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