Kingsbury Newsletter July 2014

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Message from the Head Teacher At the end of a very busy year we have much to celebrate and work to plan for next academic

year. We have said goodbye to our Cohort 2014 students and wish them well for results day

in August and beyond. Our improvement journey to outstanding continues with staff involved

in intensive training this half term on aspects of teaching and learning that will accelerate

student progress. Behaviour has improved and the new House System is in place. There is

more to be done. September will see a focus on making even more rapid improvement and

the development of revised approaches to communication. Thank you for your support of

Kingsbury. Best wishes to those celebrating Eid and other religious festivals during the

holidays. Ms C O’Driscoll, Head Teacher Goodbye to the following members of staff who are leaving us

this term: We wish them all the very best for the future.

Mr N Choudhury Mathematics TeacherMrs V Smith Teaching AssistantMiss C Jefferson English TeacherMrs C Sterne Curriculum Leader: DramaMr N Majid Mathematics TeacherMrs A Tranter Curriculum Leader: GeographyMiss Prothero English TeacherMrs M Withington Drama Teacher

Miss A Mullin MFL TeacherMrs Jo Nelson Mathematics Teacher Mrs Akhtar

July 2014

Success through Challenge, Support and Partnership

Kingsbury School and Sports College, Kingsbury Road, Erdington,

Birmingham, B24 8RE

Phone: 0121 373 1080 Fax: 0121 306 4878

Web: www.kingsbury.bham.sch.uk E-mail: [email protected] t: @KingsburySSC

Dates for your diary

Friday 18th July 1.25pm Start of Summer holiday Monday 1st Sept Staff Training Day Tuesday 2nd Sept Yr 7 & Yr 11 Students only 8.40amstart

Wednesday 3rd Sept All students to return, 8.40am start Monday 22nd Sept Enrichment Day

A fantastic time was had by students and staff at the Year 11 Prom on 26th

June at Lea Marston Hotel. Photographscourtesy of Tyburn Mail. Miss Bolton

Year 11 Prom

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Success through Challenge, Support and Partnership Kingsbury Sports Partnership celebrates Commonwealth Games in style On 23 June, 700 primary school pupils took part in aspecial event at Kingsbury to celebrate the GlasgowGames and National School Sport Week. Supported by100 secondary school leaders from Kingsbury and

across the Partnership, the pupils took part in anOpening Ceremony before competing in a range ofsports including handball, fencing, seated volleyball,decathlon and Tri Golf.

Medals were given out by Ms O’Driscoll and Councillor Anita Ward before the day concluded with aspectacular Closing Ceremony.

Kingsbury School reporters turned the tables byinterviewing crews from BBC Midlands Today andNewsround who were there to film the event!

Olympic silver medalist and Youth Sport Trust Ambassador GailEmms, and Commonwealth gold medalist Kelly Sotherton wereamong the sporting stars at the event and offered support tothose taking part in the day.

The Commonwealth theme continued with a three day batonrelay between the 20 participating schools. Abbey Catholic,Marsh Hill and Court Farm Primary schools were supported bySustrans to do theirleg of the relay bypedal power – thePartnership arekeen to promote

cycling. AbbeyHeadteacher MrsTallon summed up the event:“It was a superbly well organised event involving children fromacross the local community. Abbey Catholic Primary School feltvery proud to be working alongside all the other schools in theKingsbury School Sports Partnership. The range of sportingactivities was fantastic and the secondary students leading theactivities were not only a credit to their schools and families butexcellent role models to their primary school partners.”

The event was the culmination of many months’ work but the young people taking part were the real stars ofthe show with some outstanding performances. It has been a pleasure to be involved with the event and

National School Sport Week; if a big event like this helps to inspire youngpeople it makes all the hard work worthwhile! Miss Mapp

Duke of Edinburgh Award After working hard to complete volunteering opportunities, gain new skillsand trying new sports, our departing Year 11 students completed theirpractice expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award at Beaudesertrecently. All participants had a great time, learning skills in map reading,camp craft and navigating terrain. They will be completing their assessedexpedition this month. If you're ambitious, committed, self -driven and wantto try something different then see Miss Masters or have a look at the DofEdisplay near room 16 for more information.



House competition Congratulations to Ravenhill House who wonKingsbury's first ever House Competition: thePenalty Shoot Out! They pulled together anamazing team to win with 100 points. Second wereChamberlain with 80 Points, third: Burkitt (60),

fourth: Wilberforce (40) and in fifth place Tolkien(20). Well done to all the participants and thank youto the students and staff who came along to cheeron their House, and to the PE team for hosting theevent.

Miss Masters

Kingsbury students remember the fallen Students have been taking part in a range of activities to mark the Centenary of the

First World War. A visit to the national Memorial Arboretum on 23rd June wasthought provoking and emotional; in particular, the ‘Shot at Dawn’ memorial(pictured) had a great impact. 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers were shot fordesertion and cowardice during WW1 but today it is recognised that many wereunder age, and suffering from shellshock, now known as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Students gained a greater insight and understanding of theevents of the First World War, especially from theperspective of soldiers and their families. They learnt moreabout what the poppy symbolises and the meaning ofwearing it. The visit ended in a service of remembrance

where the students collectively read a poem and observeda minute’s silence for all the servicemen and women whohad lost their lives.

At school, students in Design and Technology lessonshave been taking part in a cross curricular project, fromexploring war time cookery and recipes, to making medals,poppies, wartime posters and leaflets. Miss Thom

History students have sown Flanders poppy seeds,donated by the Royal British Legion and Halls

Garden Centre in Sutton Coldfield. The seeds arepart of the British Legion’s campaign to ensure thatyoung people, irrespective of religious or politicalviews, can develop a greater understanding of theFirst World War and can actively participate inRemembrance activities and help shape a morepeaceful future. Although the 4th August 100thanniversary of the outbreak of the war is during theschool holidays, it is hoped that the poppies will bein bloom when students return to school inSeptember. Mr M Hussain.


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Learning from the real world Budding film makers at Kingsbury have been working with a local media expert to create their own videos.John Northam, owner of Dayoutphotography.co.uk provides a range of multimedia services including film,photography, website and design. He worked with Year 11 students studying Creative Media, supportingthem to complete their coursework to create a short promotional film for the school. This involved eachstudent taking part in filming and editing, interviewing members of staff and students, shooting cutaways to

bring into the edit, and learning how to edit the footage to get the best out of their filming.

“It’s been a challenging but fun experience” said John: “The students have been working hard in an areathat I believe has the potential to draw out a great amount of creativity from them. The project provides a

great teaching tool for team work and planning. I hope the students takesomething away with them that they canuse in a future course or career .”

We really appreciate John’s support; it’sbeen amazing to have someoneprepared to give their time todemonstrate how what students are

learning relates to the real world.

Miss Fisher

Kingsbury students demonstrate their business skills

The Teenpreneur Challenge on Saturday 28th June was a one day interactive event consisting ofworkshops designed to equip young people with the tools to build their confidence whilst developing their

self leadership, creative and innovative skills and abilities. Students from Kingsbury school and Sports

College were a part of the winning team.

After the event, host Errol Lawson from Emerge Leadership UK wrote to Ms O’Driscoll to praise ourstudents:

“The testimonies we have had back from the young people have been great. I would like tocongratulate the students from Kingsbury Schoolfor their outstanding contributions; we wereimpressed by their creativity, team working skillsand business savvy.

Thank you to Miss Fisher for organizing thestudents and enabling them to have theopportunity .”

School Uniform 10% online discount at Clive Marks Clive Marks are offering a discount of 10% for all online orders via our school website until 31/07/2014. The

discount will be automatically added if you follow the links to Clive Marks website via the Uniform page

under the Parents tab on our school website: www.kingsbury.bham.sch.uk Mrs Barnicle

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