Moseley Park School

Key Stage 3

Newsletter

Third Edition - Summer Term -

July 2021

Page 1

Drama

Page 2

English

Page 3

Geography

Page 4

History

Page 5

Maths

Page 6

Music

Page 7

Physical Education

Page 8

Science

Drama In September, Moseley Park

School will be offering Lamda

examinations!

Lamda examinations are rooted in

encouraging learners of all ages

to develop a love of literature,

poetry & drama and therefore

improve standards of

communication through the

spoken word.

Your self confidence will grow and

empower you to achieve their

goals.

Examinations are open to all. You

may be looking to gain

confidence in performance,

speech, or communicate better at

work or college – or simply

looking for a new challenge!

Exams can be completed in any

order, although it’s necessary to

ensure you are entered at the

correct level and scene selections

choices, when teaching children,

are age-appropriate.

Lamda is Ofqual recognised and

therefore is an actual

‘qualification’.

More information including how

to sign up in September!

Moseley Park

Drama Ambassadors

Thank you to everyone who applied for the opportunity to become a

Drama Ambassador.

Your new Drama Ambassadors are:

• Ethan Shaw & Ishita Thanki – Ambassadors for year 8

• Sharon Koussieu & Ta’Kyia Mackenzi – Ambasadors for year 7

Performing Arts Showcase

Over the Summer, try and prepare a performance to show Mrs

Creighton with your friends! This could be a great opportunity for you

to get involved in next year’s showcase – our first Performing Arts

public event since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Stage three English have been travelling

back more than 400 years, to explore the

traditions and values of the Elizabethan era in

Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’

The play begins when soldiers returning from the

Italian wars descend on the home of Leonato of

Messina. Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the

daughter of his host. Hero’s cousin Beatrice (a

confirmed spinster) and Benedick (an eternal

bachelor) are duped into believing the other is in

love with them.

Claudio is later deceived by a malicious plot and

denounces Hero as unchaste before they marry.

She faints and is believed dead, but recovers to be

proved innocent by a chance discovery

Benedick wins Beatrice’s love defending her

cousin’s honour, and to his surprise, Claudio is

reunited with Hero, who he believed dead.

The complicated plot of the play has challenged

students who have learned about the many twists

and turns of courtly love. They have developed

their vocabulary as they have studied the iambic

pentameter, soliloquies and malapropisms of the

play and developed their knowledge on the

context of Shakespeare’s England by focussing on

the role of women.

Students have also had a chance to study the

masquerade ball, a concept which will be

important to their study of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo

and Juliet’ in Key Stage 4.

Check out the amazing work of our Key Stage 3

students, below.

English

Year 7/8 Geography students have been exploring single-use plastics and waste this half term, and how it

causes serious social, environmental and economic problems all over the world!

Geography students have been fizzing with ideas as part of a creative take on solving the

plastic problem!

Students were given the task of

up-cycling a pop bottle to

prevent it from being sent to

landfill.

The aim of the task was to

create an awareness of the

damage caused by plastic

pollution in the

environment. Students use

their creativity for this task and

have produced some absolutely

fantastic pieces of work!

Students also were tasked to explore biodegradability by putting a wet-wipe and tissue in

two separate water bottles to see how long it takes for each to break down. Holly-May

Smith produced some fantastic work!

History

Amira Matloob has

produced this fantastic

resource on the Algonquin

people.

She received an award for

her hard work from Mr

Morgan and is becoming a

fantastic historian!

Well done Amira – keep it

up!

Maths around the world: The Euros!

Recently, everybody has been keeping up with the football,

but maths has played a big part in that tournament, too!

Using statistics and data, researchers have found that a

goalkeeper is more likely to dive to the right during

penalties under pressure. It’s also been found that, when

players throw the ball in, it’s best to do it at a 30-degree

angle. They only found this out by exploring the maths

behind an object travelling the furthest distance possible.

That includes formulas like ‘distance, speed, time’ (which

many of you already know!), and trigonometry

(SOHCAHTOA)!

Maybe you could use some mathematical facts to win at

Sports Day or a big tournament one day!

Student of the Term: Simran Paul

Mr Sarai: Well done for your excellent work,

and always having a go at the extension

questions!

Did you solve last edition’s

puzzle?

Pupils from Year 7 to Year 9 had a

go at making the numbers around

the outside! The highest amount

was 15/18 numbers!

Did you beat that score? Which

ones were hardest to work out?

Can you work out the value of each summer item?

The numbers along the top multiply with numbers

along the side!

Music

A huge well done to everyone who took part in the talent show this year, the standard was amazing from

everyone. The judges, ‘Miss Spencer Wood, Mr O’Keefe, Mrs Gore and Mr Mincher’ certainly had their work

cut out when judging the entries.

First place was awarded to Thomas Underhill, year 11 for his excellent piano version of I’m a believer by

Imagine dragons.

Second Place to Ethan Shaw in year 8 for his outstanding vocals on ‘You’ll be back’ from the musical

‘Hamilton’.

Third Place to Alfie Cherrington year 11 for his fantastic acoustic guitar solo

Fourth Place to Penney Wilkes year 7 – to her vocal solo by Imagine Dragons

Fifth Place to Lauren Ward and Joseph Munroe Dinham for their steel pan and drum duet on ‘Under the sea’

It was fabulous to see so many entries from KS3 pupils this year, especially some of the costumes, we even

had a 6ft dinosaur enter!

This term Year 8 are creating a diversity anthem song, working in groups they are singing, rapping and

exploring their skills on guitars, drum kits and keyboards in bands. Their lyrical skills have shown a great

awareness to accepting everyone and for being proud of who they are, WELL DONE YEAR 8.

Here are some lyrical ideas a group have started on from Nikita Bangerh, Manveer Singh, Manleen Kaur and

Cleopatra Aborayya.

Be proud of who you are, as deep

down you’re a super star.

We all want to feel were free, so

treat us all …equally.

Our differences don’t change us,

so please embrace us

We can sparkle in the spot light,

deep down you know I’m right

Their final sogs will be

recorded and prizes for the

top 3 best sogs at the end

of this term. Good Luck

year 8!

They have also explored

garage band and Sibelius

Music programmed where

they have learnt how to

notate and record loops

Physical Education KS3 PE Students of the half term

A huge congratulations to the following students,

who have been nominated for the PE award, for

student of the half term.

Year 7

1. Daniel Taiwo 2. Zac Tobin 3. Diana Putane

Year 8

1. Callum Hall 2. Maci Lisseman 3. Yasmine Vanes 4. Farah Ahmedi

Moseley Run away with City Athletics

COVID restrictions have meant that this year’s Wolverhampton City athletics competition was a

virtual event. Students competed at their home schools, with times being recorded and sent off. The

best times across the city would achieve medals.

Below is a list of some of the incredible achievements from our students

Gold medal athletes

• Jayden Dearn Yr 7 boys 100m, 200m, javelin

• Jaydon Kaila Yr 7 boys 400m

• Mason Eldon Yr 7 boys long jump

• Desiree Bilika Yr 7 girls 100m

• Jayden Gooden Yr 7 girls 400m

• Diana Putane Yr 7 girls 800m

• Kaidon Robinson Yr 8 boys 100m, 200m

• Yasmine Vanes Yr 8 girls 100m

• Georgia Ryder Yr 8 girls 400m

• Sophie Arrowsmith Yr 8 girls javelin

Sports day

On one of the hottest days of the year, our KS3 students took to the field, representing their forms,

in a range of athletics events, in the hope of them becoming sports day champions. I would firstly

like to say a huge congratulations to the PE staff for organising and running the day and finally to

all the students who competed in what was, extremely difficult conditions.

Bored over summer?

Scan the QR below and there are over a hundred

experiments and demonstrations for you to do

at home (with adult supervision).

Take pictures or videos of your experiments and

email them to jgoraya@moseleypark.org .

There will be a prize for:

• Best video

• Best picture

• Most entries

This month STEAM Club has been chopping,

poking and prodding all sorts!

Fish heads, lungs, eyes and hearts have all been

expertly dissected by our wonderful Moseley Park

Scientists.

Kyle Barton as pictured to the right said

“The experience was very good! I never knew there

was so much in the eye. It was incredibly fun! I highly

recommend everyone do it!”

For Pride Month, our scientists learnt about 10 different

scientists from 10 different walks of life who all belong to

the LGBTQ+ community.

They were just 10 of over 1500 scientists sharing their

story.

To find out more information visit

500queerscientists.com

Who are you?

Hi guys, I’m Miss Humpage, one of the new teachers in the

science department! I’ve lived in Bilston all my life and even came

to school here at Moseley! I studied Biomedical Science at the

University of Birmingham. Happy to be back!

What were you like in school?

You’ll have to ask some of the teachers about that one! I was head

girl though so not too bad I suppose!

What do you wish you could tell your 11-year-old self?

I wish I could tell my 11 year old self to just be herself more. I kept

a lot of my interests and passions to myself in school out of fear

being judged. It was an absolute waste of time. Finding yourself is

part of being in school, so embrace it!

Who would win in a fight, a gorilla or a bear?

Gorilla or bear, seriously? K.O. by the bear all day!

Who are you?

I am Mr Mcneil, I am a science teacher. I am from Wolverhampton

and grew up in Fordhouses. I went to school in

Wolverhampton, then went on to study Biomedical Science at

University in Liverpool What were you like in school?

At school I was quite quiet. I enjoyed History, maths and science.

My teachers say I was terrible at art, but I think art is subjective

What do you wish you could tell your 11-year-old self?

If I could speak to my 11 year old self, I would tell them to bet on

Leicester to win the league in 2016.

Who would win in a fight, a gorilla or a bear?

Obvious answer is the bear, no competition, King Kong ain’t got

nothing on Yogi

Who are you?

I am Miss Plant, a new science teacher at Moseley Park School. I

am from Kingswinford and went to Coventry University to study

Biomedical Science.

What were you like in school?

I was very chatty and loved to get involved. I loved football,

netball, rounders and basketball.

What do you wish you could tell your 11-year-old self?

Be yourself, do what makes you happy and do not try to fit in. If

you can’t love yourself, how in the world can you love somebody

else?

Who would win in a fight, a gorilla or a bear?

A gorilla because they are dominant fighters. They can run, jump,

swing, bite, retreat and move back. They have a longer arm reach

and high manoeuvrability.