ThisWeek@SAN - Friday 21st February 2020

Message from the Head of School:

I would like to say a final thank you of the term to parents, carers and families of Sirius Academy North students. In particular to those who have attended the Year 11 and Year 9 parents' evenings.

Thank you for helping us meet our "no limits" principle in supporting student’s attendance as well as your support for our uniform/jewellery standards and our new policy around mobile phones. The little things matter.

As we return, the mornings and evenings will become lighter and hopefully the temperatures will increase. Our Year 11s will be on countdown to their final exams.

We will be working hard to meet our curriculum principles of;

No limits
Respect
Support
Broadening horizons
Community

Mr Ravenscroft

Curriculum Area students of the week:

PE:	Kieran Jackson for outstanding effort in KS4 core PE. Tommy Uscroft and Maddi Wilson for continued hard work and high effort levels in BTEC Sport. Shivan Khosnaw- Most improved in BTEC Sport.
CAPA	Drama: Jasmine Corbett and Archie Glover for some fantastic character work. Dance: Y11 for much improved attitudes and some fantastic exploration of ideas and creativity for their exams Music: Tegan Watson-Freeman for having a 'no limits' approach to her music coursework and completing it to a high standard. Art: Anya Lambert and Xander Wilson for fantastic effort and commitment Photography: Xander Wilson- fantastic effort and exam preparation as homework.
English	Claudia Okafor – fantastic attitude – well done! Jessica Boddy – a fantastic An Inspector Calls analysis – well done!
MFL	Abigail Birnie and Great Davids for a word perfect translation into French – excellent work!
Humanities	Alex Edwards – really positive attitude demonstrated during History lessons. Keep this up. Olivia Fowler – huge level of recent improvement and renewed self-belief in History. Well done.
Science	Rowan Greenwood – Excellent level of maturity during science lessons, asking difficult questions. Travis Harrison – Good levels of positivity during science lessons, understanding the importance of exam technique. Ben Murrell – Being mature during our cancer debates, asking excellent questions and helping to tackle misconceptions
Technology ICT	Hospitality and Catering: Leonardo Lima for a fantastic attitude to the subject Food: Amie Jones for consistently making sure everything is clean and tidy after her class has completed a practical. Thoriq Farras and Mario Zaharia, excellent scores in their mock exams. Camron Dore and Lilly-Mae Lawson – excellent attitude and effort in lessons 100% of the time.

Head of House Award	ElIiot Scott
Challenger 1 tutor Award	Alex Chapman
Challenger 2 tutor Award	Artis Kostjukevics
Challenger 3 tutor Award	Rakam Ahmad
Challenger 4 tutor Award	Emma Sansam
Challenger 5 tutor Award	Oliwia Parda
Challenger 6 tutor Award	Asante Banda
Challenger 7 tutor Award	Tom Shields
Challenger 8 tutor Award	Yasmin Scholte

Head of House Award	Emilia Fish
Discovery 1 tutor Award	Nathaniel Penkella
Discovery 2 tutor Award	Edmmond Mpawenimana
Discovery 3 tutor Award	Ellis Norris
Discovery 4 tutor Award	Lacey May Kerrison
Discovery 5 tutor Award	Emilia Fish
Discovery 6 tutor Award	Jaheim Williams
Discovery 7 tutor Award	Miracle Obasi
Discovery 8 tutor Award	Mario Zaharia

Head of House Award	Julia Grzeskowiak
Enterprise 1 tutor Award	Great Davids
Enterprise 2 tutor Award	Thomas Butler - Gibson
Enterprise 3 tutor Award	Ryan Newman
Enterprise 4 tutor Award	Charlie Smith
Enterprise 5 tutor Award	Aivaras Jankauskas
Enterprise 6 tutor Award	Phoebe Watson
Enterprise 7 tutor Award	Lennie McKeating
Enterprise 8 tutor Award	Oliver Lawson

Head of House Award	William Webb
Pioneer 1 tutor Award	Yu-Yan Shi
Pioneer 2 tutor Award	Clio Mercer
Pioneer 3 tutor Award	Finley Jackson
Pioneer 4 tutor Award	Scarlett Pacey
Pioneer 5 tutor Award	Jersey-Rae Hall-Barwick
Pioneer 6 tutor Award	Archie Glover
Pioneer 7 tutor Award	Florin Mirzac
Pioneer 8 tutor Award	Raivis Billands

Head of House Award	Amie Jones
Voyager 1 tutor Award	Caitlin Brook
Voyager 2 tutor Award	Kira Cross
Voyager 3 tutor Award	Joshua Cunningham
Voyager 4 tutor Award	Lennon Jennison
Voyager 5 tutor Award	Jessica Majewska
Voyager 6 tutor Award	Louise Brook
Voyager 7 tutor Award	Kacper Krol
Voyager 8 tutor Award	Joshua Wosu

House Cup Positions

Top Reward Points in Each House

Noticeable Achievements:

This week saw different house tutor groups plan a charity event. Four different charity events took place, created and developed by our students.

Challenger was the first house to start, raising £209 for charity with their student auction.

Discovery then raised £96 through a raffle, whilst Voyager raised £46 through a cake sale and dodgeball.

Pioneer became the artistic house, raising £120 through a copper challenge as well a charity football match.

Well done to all four houses for some fantastic events and nearly £471 raised for charity.

Enrichment

House Cup Events Calendar

WC-24^TH February 2020	Fairytale competition	Reading Plus	Punctuality Cup
WC- 2^ND March 2020	Countdown Competition	Reading Plus	Punctuality Cup	World Book Day Competition
WC-9^TH March	History Day	Reading Plus	Punctuality Cup
WC- 16^TH March	Escape Room	Reading Plus	Punctuality Cup
WC- 23^rd March	Punctuality Cup Final	Reading Plus
WC- 30^th March	1 v 100 Competition	Reading Plus

CAPA - Extra-Curricular Activities (all to take place in 1R4):

Orchestra will be running on a Tuesday after school. All instrumentalists are invited to attend. This will run from 3.15-4.05pm.

Ukulele Club takes place on a Thursday after school from 3.15-4.05pm.

Vocalize also takes place on a Thursday after school from 3.15-4.05pm.

Dance club (OK2) Thursday after school 3:05-4:00pm

PE and Sport

Once again, myself and the Year 9 football team hit the road, hoping Storm Ciara wouldn't erupt and that we could secure all three points!

It was an evening poised with anticipation and the fixture did not disappoint the neutral, with a plethora of goals at either end!

The "Shootout" ended 6 -5 with SAN (arguably the better team) bagging all three points, making it a joyous journey home.

The boys as usual displayed our curriculum principles to the highest order, please congratulate the following on their wonderful team performance;

1 - Thomas Hawes
2 - Barndom Collins
3 - Calum Hepworth (C)
4 - Ellis Norris
5 - Alfie Thompson
6 - Ben Peterson
7 - Rio Gadd
8 - Nataniel Pankella
9 - Elliot Davies
10 - Ahmad Khidir

English

The First Story enrichment experience continues with our writer-in-residence, Russ Litten, each Tuesday in 1N11 with Mrs Mills.

This term:

Year 7s continue to read and analyse Shakespeare’s play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Year 8s continue to read and analyse a modern novel: Annabel Pitcher’s ‘My Sister Lives in the Mantelpiece’ or Michael Morpurgo’s ‘Shadow’, linking these novels to real life acts of terrorism that changed the world forever. Poetry from other cultures is being analysed and compared, linking to events and characters in the novels we are studying.

Year 9s continue to read and analyse Shakespeare’s play: Much Ado About Nothing. Love poetry is being analysed and compared, linking to the relationships of characters Benedick and Beatrice from the play we are studying.

Year 10s continue to read and analyse J B Priestley’s, An Inspector Calls in preparation for their English Literature GCSE and work on the skills needed to be able to access the English Language GCSE Paper 2.

Year 11s continue to work on exam skills for reading and writing for their GCSE Language Paper 1 in preparation for their mock examinations this week.

World Book Day is on its way. Look out for various events taking place throughout that week. There may be some surprises...

Reading Plus enrichment sessions are available before and after school in 1N11.

Reading Plus top students for most words read so far:

Y7 – Daniel Young (107, 613)
Y8 – Grace Walgate (153, 731)
Y9 – Jack Newman (110, 222)
Y10 – Scarlet Rowland (122, 949)
Y11 – EmmaJane Drant (28, 143)

Reading Plus top students for most combos so far:

James Wass – 35
Joshua Gray – 31
Isaac Gray – 28
Alan Kaniewski – 27
Grace Wilson – 26

Well done to 8M1 who are currently top of words read (1,317,586)

As an academy we have read 6,699,493 words.

Every student in Y7-Y10 (M pathway to S pathway should be accessing Reading Plus each week to complete their homework. If your child cannot access it or has forgotten their log in details they need to speak with their English teacher or Mrs Anderson asap.

Maths

HegartyMaths homework club on Monday morning from 8am in 0N1, and on Wednesday morning from 8am in 0N3. KS4 drop in maths session on Tuesday morning from 8am in 0N1.

Hospitality and Catering

Year 11 students have started their coursework. It is imperative that they are in lesson to complete. If they miss a lesson, they need to complete the missed time during intervention. The practical element of the coursework is going to be complete the week commencing the 9^th March 2020. Get practicing at home! Year 11 have half term intervention on Monday or Tuesday in the holidays between 10.00-14.00.

Upcoming events / activities

Final Thought

“Your greatness is not what you have, it’s what you give”

The next parental bulletin will go live on Friday 28^th February 2020; enjoy the week

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