Dates for your diary: Monday 27th January –Year 9 girls HPV vaccinations

Wednesday 29th January – Art Controlled Assessment

Thursday 30th January – Art Controlled Assessment

Thursday 30th January – Year 7 – 10 mid-year exams finish

Thursday 30th January – Year 9 Options evening

Friday 31st January – DT, Art and Performing Arts Primary Workshop

Tuesday 4th February – Year 7 trip to Lynn Museum and Stories of Lynn Museum

Monday 10th February – NCFE Assessment

Tuesday 11th February – NCFE Assessment

Thursday 13th February – Year 11 Parents evening

Thursday 13th February – Year 11 An Inspector Calls performance

Friday 14th February – Last day

Monday 17th February until Friday 21st February – Half term

Monday 24th February - Back to school

Parentview: We would like to advise you that you are able to give your views on the Academy to Ofsted via their parentview questionnaire, at any time – not just during inspections. We value your opinion and would encourage you to do this at:

www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk

Parent Bulletin Friday, 24th January 2020

Attendance: Whole school attendance at present is 93%

YEAR 7 95% YEAR 8 94% YEAR 9 93% YEAR 10 92% YEAR 11 93%

Please remember to contact me on 01553 779635 OR email me lorraine.roberts@kla.eastern-mat.co.uk if your child is going to be absent or late to school. If no contact is made you may receive a text message informing you that your child has not registered for school. Please remember to call every day your child is absent as we cannot assume that they are still unfit for school. Thank you for sending in proof of medical appointments, past and present. These days can now be authorised. During the next few weeks some families will be invited to attend fast track to prosecution attendance meetings. These are set up to support families and look deeper into why students are not attending. A supportive action plan is put in place for the following 6 weeks, with achievable targets. If targets are not met or plans not followed there is a very high risk of court action by the Norfolk County Council attendance team. Good attendance is a huge part of your child's education. Please support us in improving our whole school attendance and your child's future grades. Have a lovely weekend.

Library: At present we have a long list of library books that are overdue. Students are asked to return or renew their books, but often forget to do so. It is disappointing for students who have requested a book to find another student holding on to it beyond their allotted time. Books are generally issued for three weeks and can be renewed easily upon request. Please support us by asking your child to renew or return their library books so that our information remains current and the encouragement to ‘read for pleasure’ may be supported.

Swimarathon: The Priory Rotary Club are hosting a swimarathon on Saturday 8th February from 12pm until 8pm at Alive St. James pool. There is no entry fee and all sponsorship raised is in aid of Mind, Lavender Hill Mob and other local charities. Teams of six swim lengths of the pool in relays for 55minutes. Open to all ages and abilities. Visit prioryrotary.org.uk to register your team or contact Jonathan Holmes on 07944 036673 or jjcmholmes@gmail.com

Year 7 – 10 Mid-Year Exams:

8.45AM 11.05AM 13.45PM

Tuesday 28th January Y10 PE GCSE Practical – all day

Y10 PE GCSE Practical – all day

Y10 PE GCSE Practical – all day

Wednesday 29th January

Y10 Art exam all day – counts towards final grade

Y10 Art exam all day – counts towards final grade

Y10 Art exam all day – counts towards final grade

Thursday 30th January Y10 Art exam all day – counts towards final grade

Y10 Art exam all day – counts towards final grade

Y10 Art exam all day – counts towards final grade

Student Commissioners: After suggesting the idea before Christmas, Finley Grief, Charlie Thompson and Ben Barrett, planned a trip to visit Woodlands Residential Home on Monday as part of Blue Monday. They were joined by Fern Barnett, Saffron Krill, Jack Reddington, Kacey Bell and Theo Marsh (all Year 9) and spent the afternoon playing scrabble and cards, painting, colouring in and generally making conversation with the residents. I cannot express enough how proud I was to watch them do this and take it all in their stride. You may also have heard/seen that they were on KLFM on Monday between 4 and 7pm promoting the work that they have been doing. https://www.klfm967.co.uk/news/klfm-news/3028059/three-young-teens-visit-care-home-to-tackle-blue-monday/ Mrs Prevett

Clubs and Revision Sessions:

Day Time Club RoomMonday

13:05-13:40 YouTube club CG515:00-16:00 Year 11 History Booster S615:15-16:15 Year 11 French N8/915:00-15:30 Geography S8

Tuesday 13:05-13:40 Musical Theatre Film club S213:05-13:40 Year 11 Listening Skills N713:05-13:40 Basketball15:00-16:00 Year 11 Science Revision S1615:00-16:00 Year 11 Food and Nutrition N2115:00-16:30 Boys Football training 15:00-16:30 Netball training Sports Hall

Wednesday 13:05-13:40 Musical Theatre Film club S213:05-13:40 Debating club Library13:05-13:40 Year 11 Art Booster13:05-13:40 YouTube club CG515:00-16:00 Photography N115:00-15:50 Year 11 Maths Foundation Intervention CF4, CF6 & CF915:00-16:00 Creative iMedia revision club CG215:05-17:00 Cookery Club N2115:00-16:30 Rugby15:00-16:30 Girls Basketball

Thursday 15:00-16:00 Homework Club N615:00-16:00 Year 11 English Intervention CF815:00-16:00 Art Club N115:00-16:30 Year 11 Art Booster N115:00-16:00 Year 11 History Booster S515:00-16:30 Girls Football training 15:00-16:30 Badminton

Friday 13:05-13:40 Basketball15:00-16:30 Boys Basketball

Guitar Lessons:

St Faith’s Church Bake Off:

St Faith’s Church, Gaywood are holding their first Bake Off.

We are hoping this might be of interest to students, and

there are 3 categories especially for children.

Please find the application form as an attachment.

Family Voice Norfolk Annual SEND Conference:

Year 7 Round Up – Compiled by Mrs Germaney: Year 7 main exams started this week. I have had lots of feedback from the invigilators, they have reported the students have been absolutely amazing. They have listened to the rules and procedures, followed them perfectly and generally been outstanding. I have also been in with them and completely agree, it makes me feel so proud!

Attendance is improving but we still need to be pushing for the best. Please support us and your child by encouraging them to come in even when they feel a little off, it is surprising how many students feel better with a normal routine.

Please ensure you send back your permission slips for the History trip. We still have around 30-40 that have not been handed in and we cannot take students with us unless we have the paperwork. Thank you.

Year 7 Student of the Week nominations are:

7AGA Alfie Waite Giving up his own time to help pick up litter.

7SHR Lillie-Mae Locker Lillie-Mae is always respectful and sensibly behaved. She has been turning in her homework like a saint and works very hard in English.

7SMI Holly McDowell For her consistently good behaviour and positive attitude to learning. Holly is determined in her lessons and has shown this in Art as she always tries her best.

7AHI Seth Stockmeier Seth has been a consistently good student since his start in September. He has received lots of achievement points and no behaviour points which is a difficult task and something to be proud of. He is a very helpful member of the form group, always gets involved in the activities, and is extremely polite and friendly to everyone. We are proud to have him as part of 7AHI.

7RCL Sadie Simms For the positive comments I have received from fellow members of staff about her helpfulness in lessons and her positive attitude.

7TWR Shakarna-Mae Self For consistently volunteering to help in form.

7ELA Kim-Jean Carroll-Lewis For doing her best and working hard at school every day. Well done Kim!

7CRO Sophie Morey For her excellent improvement in her attendance.

Well done to you all for your nominations, keep up the good work!

Have a great weekend!

Year 8 Round Up – Compiled by Mrs Doughty: This week the Year 8’s have been working hard on their in class assessments and Maths and Science exams in the main hall. I have been so impressed by their maturity both in their classes and in the hall, they have shown that they are preparing well for what’s ahead, we have a very promising year group in the making.

We have a group of Year 8 historians out today watching a play at the Assembly Rooms telling some of the history of King’s Lynn. The play titled ‘A Scroll through Lynn’ will give the opportunity for our students to learn more about the history of our town and inspire them to find out more about the history on their doorstep. There will also be a chance for them to ask questions at the end. I’m looking forward to hearing more about the visit as we are very fortunate to live in a town entrenched in so much history.

Just a reminder as we head into the weekend, we still have some library books that need to be returned. It would be appreciated if the students could have a look at home to ensure they don’t have one that they have read and forgotten about. Thank you.

Students of the Week

8JWA Courtney Taylor For her good attitude whilst persevering in a very good science group. It is nice to see the tutees in their studying environment and it was pleasing that she is doing so well.

8WGO Kayla Rix For working and trying hard in all lessons. Supporting others through sport and being a good team player.

8MST Matthew James Matthew is in the top three for achievement points in form, keep it up Matthew.

8CBR Amelia Lockwood For trying hard despite significant challenges.

8AFO TJ Shackcloth For his excellent work in CUB and making positive choices.

8MFL Lauren Grimes Great attitude to learning and overall a great student achieving great results in her learning.

8GCO Freddie Todd-Ward For always being so enthusiastic and constantly smiling. He always brightens my day.

Well done to all nominated, our student of the week is Freddie Todd-Ward.

Year 9 Round Up – Compiled by Miss Crowe:

The Year 9 exams have finished! What a relief! Well done to you all for working through your exams so well. I hope you all take a well-deserved break this weekend.

Lots has been going on for the Year 9’s in classes too this week. On Monday, Miss Brinkman’s Science class were learning about Hooke’s Law. To the left we have a photo of Robert Joy (9NBO) working on the spring weight experiment, during this lesson. Students have also been very busy in their technology lessons, too. Miss Langley’s Technology class were filing, sanding and sawing and there was lots of lovely baking and cooking in Food Technology. Grace Jarvis (9JEM) made some fantastic profiteroles, thank you for sharing these Grace! Delicious!

We also had a number of student commissioners and Mrs Prevett visit the Woodlands Residential Home on “Blue Monday”, based on the idea presented by Finley Grief (9SGO/9GTE), Charlie Thompson (9NBO) and Benjamin

Barrett (9JEM) last term. From playing Scrabble to painting, the students certainly got involved. It was so heart-warming to hear of how well the day went and how much impact those Year 9’s would have had on the residents. I would just like to thank the following students for their generosity and kindness on this day; Finley Grief (9SGO/9GTE), Charlie Thompson (9NBO), Benjamin Barrett (9JEM), Fern Barnett (9JEM), Saffron Krill (9JEM), Jack Reddington (9NBO), Kacey Bell (9MJO) and Theo Marsh (9NBO). You all make me very proud to be your Head of Year.

Student of the Week Nominations

The following students received Student of the Week nominations from their form tutors:

9NBO Charlie Thompson For having the idea of visiting Woodlands Residential Home (alongside his peers).

9AWA Malakai Took For representing West Norfolk at the county cross country championships.

9MJO William Van Dyke For positive contributions in form this week.

9SGO/9GTE Finley Grief For his fantastic community service this week. We are proud to have him in our form!

9JEM Benjamin Barrett For helping to organise the trip to the care home this week. Fantastic work Ben!

9HAN Olivia Moore For having the highest number of achievement points in form.

Well done to all of the students who have been nominated for Student of the Week. Congratulations Finley! You are our Student of the Week!

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 10 Round Up – Compiled by Mrs Mann:

In assembly this week the students were praised for their behaviour during the exams by myself and senior members of staff. I am delighted to say that they have really turned it around and I was hearing glowing reports from the invigilators. Technology exam today and the students have been working well. Their work is amazing!

Our assembly this week was delivered by Mrs Westbury and Mr Bugg. They spoke about the importance of getting it right, making the right choices and generally being successful. It is such a crucial time for the Year 10’s now and I do keep reminding them that their GCSE’s are getting closer. The more effort they put in now, it will all be worthwhile when they leave. Mrs Westbury talked about having ‘characteristics’, something they have done or achieved to make them stand out. Mrs Westbury also talked about the students thinking about their future aspirations and where they want to go after school. The message was simple, be the best you can be!

Tutors have been nominating and here are our students of the week:

10CKW Tye O'Neill For always being a friendly member of the form.

10ATA Olivia Pulsford-Harris She works really hard in all lessons and is a great role model for all students.

10HLO Curtis Chilvers Curtis always works hard and tries his best. A lovely member of the form, keep up the great work!

10DSC/KGR Elise Clayton Elise has 273 positive points and always getting more. No behaviour points. Elise is always helpful and attentive in form. An all-round superstar!

10CMC Josh Harper Josh is always helpful in form.

10HRO Callum Palmer For doing well in French.

10RGI Kerry Johnson For having over 300 positive points!

MAC Fae Nicholls For continuing to work well in lessons.

Well done to everyone and a big congratulations to Curtis Chilvers, fantastic student who gives 100% daily!

Year 11 Round Up – Compiled by Miss McGivern:

Our whole school theme this week is ‘Owning my Decisions`.

I have not been on site for a few days, but have had nice reports in my absence, well done!

The results of the 20 students representing KLA in the College of West Anglia University Challenge was two KLA students came in third place and two came in second place. The day was an absolute blast, our students were exemplary. I was very proud.

Top achievement points this week goes to Lewis Gant with 399 points.

Year 11 Student of the Week nominations – from form tutors are:

11MDO Connor Leverett Always polite, cheerful and hard working.

11RES Leah-Molly Summers Leah is always positive and engaging during form time, joining in form activities with enthusiasm.

11SBA Kristiana Zibala For achieving the highest amount of achievement points in our form. Well done Kristiana!

11JPE Elise Leigh Bell For achieving over 300 achievement points.

11DTO Sophie Moyse The start of this term has been excellent for her. She has engaged with the challenges of Year 11 and is showing a great attitude towards school. Her attendance is improving every day and it is now a case of keeping this up to make sure that she is best prepared for the mock exams after the February half term. Well done with everything.

11HCO Callum Moore Frequent attendance at after school revision sessions to raise his grades.

11ACT Josh Andrews The most achievement points out of all of the boys in form. Well done Josh!

11JCR Daniel Grange A solid improvement in English and Science lessons and grades.

Well done to all students that were nominated and congratulations to Callum Moore. Well done Callum, such an improvement.

Again, could I please remind parents to regularly check students’ progress on Tassami, GCSE Pod, and Hegarty Maths.