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LONGSANDSSTUDENT BULLETIN
for Monday 26 April 2021
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What is The Big Ask? It’s a BIG and exciting chance to have your say!The Big Ask is the largest ever survey of young people in England. It’s being run by The Children’s Commissioner whose role it is to speak up for all children across the country and get their views heard.What are your dreams and ambitions? What would you change if you could? What do you want for your future? And what is holding you back?
The last year has been really tough for young people, and you deserve a say in what happens next. The Big Ask will be used to show the people who make important decisions what children really think.
We're hosting The Big Ask Assembly to help explain a bit more about it and how it aims to help shape your future. And we’re not the only ones who think taking part is important… so keep your eyes peeled for a very special guest!
Log onto Doddle this week to access the assembly and The Big Ask Survey. Once you've completed it, please fill in the Microsoft Form to say you've done it and earn a House Point!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK’S
WINNING HOUSE, HAWKING, WITH
215 HOUSE POINTS IN THE LAST WEEK!
The race to the top has begun! You can see the running total pictured above. Which House will be victorious in this inaugural year of our new House System?
Remember, every House Point counts!
AUSTEN 145 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8774 IN TOTAL
DARWIN 182 POINTS LAST WEEK, 9591 IN TOTAL
HAWKING 215 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8365 IN TOTAL
SEACOLE 176 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8821 IN TOTAL
TURING 169 POINTS LAST WEEK, 8574 IN TOTAL
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HOUSE POINTS – STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
We are delighted to celebrate our Students of the Week who were awarded the most House points in their Year groups. Congratulations to all of these students on your hard work, resilience and achievements!
Austen Darwin Hawking Seacole Turing
Year 7 Lucas G Chloe B William L Oliver H Steven S
Year 8 Jaxon B Oscan K Joshua M Jake B Marie Q
Year 9 Freddie B Ella R Martyna B Amanpreet K Ryan H
Year 10 Maddison G Harry G Ellie M Jade E Aiden S
Year 11 Aaron B Alexander C Harrison P Emma S Rory O
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Are you taking part in Captain Tom 100?
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s simple message of hope – “tomorrow will be a good day” – has inspired and brought comfort to millions of people during the pandemic. Last year, Captain Tom set out round his garden to thank our NHS heroes and, one hundred laps later, he’d raised an incredible £38.9 million for the NHS Covid-19 appeal.
Friday 30 April would have been Captain Tom’s 101st birthday and to celebrate his life, the hope and joy he brought to millions, and his sense of fun, The Captain Tom Foundation is inviting everyone, of all ages and abilities, to take part in the Captain Tom 100. To find out more and inspire your school to take part, take a look at the Captain Tom 100 video here, which includes lots of famous faces!
The idea is simple. Take on a challenge based around the number 100. Just decide on your 100 challenge and complete it on Friday 30 April or continue the challenge at home right through to Monday 3 May. It could be to read 100 pages in a book, give 100 compliments, run 100 metres, learn to count to 100 or solve maths problems to do with the number 100. Raise money for The Captain Tom Foundation or your chosen good cause, or just do your Captain Tom 100 challenge for fun!
Whatever you choose to do, don’t forget to share your 100 challenge on social media using #CaptainTom100.
Thank youThe Captain Tom Foundation
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Longsands stands up to racism
If you experience or witness racism, please talk to any member of our Academy community for support. Racism will never be tolerated in our community and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that we can stamp it out.
For further advice or information click here.
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New Helpline ‘Everyone’s Invited’
We are sure that many of you will be aware of the media attention surrounding allegations of sexual abuse and violence in schools and colleges highlighted by the ‘Everyone’s invited’ website. Sadly, there have now been over 12,000 testimonials added to this site.
Whilst we hope that if any of you have experienced anything of this nature on our school site that you would come forward andtalk to us in order for us to support you, we recognise that sometimes young people find talking about such sensitive issues very difficult. Therefore we would like to highlight to you a new service provided by the NSPCC.
The NSPCC announced that they were launching a new helpline ‘Report Abuse in Education’, in conjunction with the Department for Education, which went live on 1st April. The dedicated helpline will offer support to all children and young people making current and non-recent disclosures of sexual harassment and abuse on school grounds within school time, and incidents linked to school in any capacity. They are also happy to hear from children or young people who want to talk about being involved orwitnessing any incidents.
Anyone making contact with the helpline will also be signposted to other relevant support services available, including Childline – which provides ongoing support and counselling to children and young people.
The helpline can be contacted on 0800 136 663 or email [email protected]. The telephone service is available from Monday –Friday, 8am – 10pm and Saturday and Sunday, 9am – 6pm. Further information about the service can be found at https://www.nspcc.org.uk/about-us/news-opinion/2021/sexual-abuse-victims-schools-helpline/
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Personal Development: First AidIn Year 8, one of the Health and Wellbeing modules for PD is on First Aid.
There are many reasons why having some basic First Aid knowledge is beneficial. Here are some reasons why:.
It does more than help save lives.
It’s true that having first aid training undoubtedly helps save lives. That’s not all though; giving appropriate first aid
immediately can help to reduce a person’s recovery time and make the difference between the patient having a temporary
or long term disability. You’ll learn how to remain calm in emergency situations and you’ll learn simple acronyms to help
you recall the steps you need to take. First aid training will make you confident and comfortable and therefore more
effective and in control when you need to be.
It gives you tools to prevent the situation from becoming worse.
In some situations if a patient doesn’t receive basic first aid care immediately their situation will deteriorate – often rapidly.
By being able to provide basic care you can stabilise a patient until emergency medical services arrives.
It creates the confidence to care.
Having a basic first aid knowledge means that you’ll be confident in your skills and abilities in relation to first aid
administration. By taking first aid training, it helps you to reflect on yourself and how you and others react in certain
situations. Having this understanding will boost your confidence in a wide range of non-medical day to day situations.
It encourages healthy and safe living.
One of the first things you will learn during your first aid training is that you must look after yourself and ensure your own
safety as a priority. It’s not being selfish, it’s being practical. Keeping yourself safe means you are in a position to help
others rather than needing help yourself. You will also learn about the importance of healthy living and how lifestyle habits
and choices can increase or decrease your risks of developing problems such as coronary heart disease. Having this
knowledge makes you more aware of your own health and alert to potential hazards posed by your surroundings.
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Well done to all of these students who have collected the most coins in the last week and earned themselves a House Point!
10 Rock Stars
Top 3 Classes
YEAR 7Evie B 4,756 Grace M 3,041Ethan I 1,950Chloe K 1,790Ian L 1,735
YEAR 8Samuel F 3,190 Lewis F 2,980Cole S 1,810Devyn K 1,490Oliver H 1,460
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Well done to all of you who have been using GCSE Pod. ‘Top Podders’ for 12-18 April are:
Year 10 top users (top forms CLA, KMA, PRR)
Isabella F, Callum J, Callum M
Year 11 top users (top forms FKM, ACK, AFI)
Abbey B, Sam G, Harry J
Pod Usage by House – Congratulations Hawking House
Austen: 135
Darwin: 143
Hawking: 203
Seacole: 84
Turing: 190
If you have any issues with your GCSEPod login, please follow this linkhttps://members.gcsepod.com/login
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SThis week in the news: The Caterpillar Cake Wars!
Marks and Spencer have taken legal action against national supermarket chain Aldi
over an alleged trade mark violation. Colin the Caterpillar has been on the shelves of
M & S food for over 20 years, Aldi had launched rival product Cuthbert the Caterpillar
which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Colin. Both products are pictured below.
What do you think?
Do Marks & Spencer
have a right to be upset
or is all fair in
‘Love and Business’?
Business Quiz:
Below are 5 words or phrases which will lead you to the name of a leading British entrepreneur. Email the
business department with your answer to win House points for your team.
• “Mophead”
• Radio Aerials
• Amstrad
• Tottenham Hotspur
• You’re Fired
First 5 correct answers win one House point. Bonus House point if you can correctly link each of the 5 clues
to our famous face. Email answers to [email protected]
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YGeography enrichment How can your further your understanding of our planet?
Here are suggestions for further reading or watching in Geography. If you read of watch anything Geography related, that is not homework, share your thoughts by following this Microsoft Forms Link . Share what you’ve learnt outside the classroom and earn a House Point.
Prisoners of Geography:Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By Tim Marshall
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
By Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling,Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Live talks with NHM scientists | Nature Live Online - YouTube BBC iPlayer - Science & Nature Documentaries
The Restless Giants | Live talk with NHM scientist – YouTube
Corals and Climate Change | Live Talk with NHM Scientist - YouTube
How plastic is affecting animals that call the River Thames home | Live talk with NHM scientist - YouTube
Meteorites | Live Talk with NHM Scientist - YouTube
BBC iPlayer - A Perfect Planet - Series 1: 1. Volcano
BBC iPlayer - A Perfect Planet - Series 1: 2. The Sun
BBC iPlayer - A Perfect Planet - Series 1: 3. Weather
BBC iPlayer - A Perfect Planet - Series 1: 4. Oceans
BBC iPlayer - A Perfect Planet - Series 1: 5. Humans
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Celebrity in the SpotlightSophie, Mia and Grace – Year 10 Language Leaders
Pierre Boo Pierre is a French LGBTQ+ content creator on TikTok and YouTube. The 30 year old influencer was born and raised in Paris, France. He creates his content with his boyfriend Nicky Champa and they started their YouTube channel ‘Nicky and Pierre’ in August in 2017.
Emma WatsonEmma is a movie actress (although she recently ended her acting career). Emma was born on April 15th 1990 making her 31. She is well known for her role as Hermione in the Harry Potter movies. She was born in France and lived there for the first five years of her life. When she was five, she moved to England, just as her parents moved. She is also very well known for her stand against gender inequality and she started the ‘HeforShe’ initiative to get men and boys involved in creating equality for all genders.
Alex LangeFrench-South African actor popular on Instagram who has accumulated more than 1.9 million followers on his self-titled account. He lived in Paris, France before moving to Ealing, England for several years. He would then move to Los Angeles, California. He was also a member of the ultra popular web group Team 10 for nearly two years before announcing his departure in December 2017. He was cast in the TV series The Unsettling.
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SLongsands 60th AnniversaryMFL Poetry House Competition: Winning poemsCongratulations to Zara P 7ERM (Austen) and Chloe B 7EMS (Darwin) for winning the MFL poetry house competition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Longsands Academy. Well done! Your poems are really excellent!
Le collège de Longsands vit dans la joie
On va organiser une fête amusante!
Nous te souhations de déguster de bons
Gâteaux au chocolat
Souffle tes soixantes bougies!
Aussi profite de tes cadeaux et des jeux
Nous te souhaitons une joie constante!
Devenir soixantenaire est une chance très rare
Souris et surtout profite bien de ta journée!
By Zara P 7ERM (Austen)
Schönes Longsands
Oh, wie wunderbar du sein kannst
Jetzt ist Dein 60. Geburtstag!
Mach eine Party!
Toll wie weit du gekommen bist
Und dich entwickelt hast
Jetzt viel Spaß
Tanze und feiere mit allen Studenten!
Ein neues Kapitel hat begonnen
By Chloe B 7EMS (Darwin)
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Did you know…
April has been an interesting month across the decades for both technology and
computer science…
April 1981-Shuttle Launch Delayed: During preparations for the maiden voyage of the Columbia space shuttle,
NASA engineers were monitoring a glitch in the shuttle’s computer systems. Synchronization between the
main and backup AP-101 flight control computers was found to be the culprit behind the bug. Two gears were
discovered to be out-of-sync – and repair would take at least a day to resolve the problem. Lift-off was re-
scheduled for two days later, and countdown and launch on April 12 proceeded with no further setbacks.
April 1936-German Computer Designer Zuse Files for Patent
German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse files for a patent for the automatic execution
of calculations. He invents the process while working on what would become the Z-1,
Germany's first computer. In the patent application, Zuse offers the first discussion of
programmable memory, using the term "combination memory" to describe breaking
programs down into bit combinations for storage. This is the first device to calculate in
binary with translation to decimal. Zuse later goes on to build a series of computers.
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Did you know…
April 1981- HP-41 Calculator is Used in Space
The HP-41 calculator is used on board NASA's first space shuttle flight. The HP-41 allowed astronauts to
calculate the exact angle at which they needed to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
April 1995-Chinese Government Works to Purge its Agencies of Illegal Software
The Chinese government launches widespread efforts to purge governmental agencies of illegally copied
software, a practice that had been costing US software publishers millions of dollars. The plan calls for
allotting more money to purchase software while giving an enforcement agency the power to prosecute
anyone bootlegging software. The announcement follows a March meeting at which China had signed an
accord with the United States vowing to crackdown on piracy.
Other Interesting April events in 2021…
World Quantum Day https://worldquantumday.org/
The Future of Computing https://www.nisenet.org/catalog/future-computing
Shrinking Robots https://www.nisenet.org/catalog/shrinking-robots
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NWITH YOUR FORM, DESIGN A POSTER TO PROMOTE ATTENDANCE AND/OR PUNCTUALITY. THE WINNING POSTER WILL BE DISPLAYED AROUND SCHOOL AND THE FORM WILL RECEIVE A PRIZE PLUS HOUSE POINTS!
Some guidance, the attendance poster must:• Be A3 in size• Promote excellent Attendance and/or Punctuality• Must have Longsands logo• Must show we expect attendance to be 96% or higher
• Send your entries to Mrs Baker [email protected](or in the office next to reception)
• Closing date 17 May 2021
Only 1 entry per tutor group
Some examples
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Longsands Academy PE DepartmentExtra-Curricular Activities Timetable SUMMER 2021
(For clubs and fixtures running in the Summer Term starting 12 April 21)
*NO fixtures until further notice*