newsletter - easter 2017 - north ridge high...
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Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Newsletter - Easter 2017
Welcome to our Easter 2017 newsletter! I hope you enjoy
reading about the work our staff and pupils have been doing this
term.
Staff: Miss Fitzgerald left school last week. We wish her the very best
of luck in her new job. Miss Opoku leaves at the end of the week and we
wish her the very best of luck.
Congratulations to Miss Bradford who is getting married this week.
We have 3 new teaching assistants starting after the Easter Break; Mrs
Boniface and Mrs Graham will be in class Scott and Miss Fraser will be in
class Tenzing.
Pupil activity: I hope you enjoy reading about the many varied activities
your children have been involved in this term. A big thank you to Mr
Mullineux for organising Comic relief with the Duke of Edinburgh group.
Please remember to check out our school website for up to date
information about school.
Don’t forget to visit our café and shop on the Abraham Moss site. This
enterprise is run by our sixth form students. I think it’s better than
some very well-known coffee shops!!
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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School Developments
Some pupils will be attending our Easter play scheme for the first
week of the holiday. Thank you to Gareth Hall and team for
organising all the fun activities.
Our focus this term has been to develop reading, Film it and Cook
it. Hopefully you have enjoyed the lovely food pupils have been
taking home!
We plan to hold a Big Tea Party for parents, pupils and staff on
Friday 12th May at 1.30pm.
The school calendar for 2016/17 has now been agreed by Governors
and is published on the school website
REMINDER OF SCHOOL PROCEDURES
We ask that all drivers co-operate and drive at a safe slow speed when
dropping off or picking up from school. We also ask that drivers are
mindful where they park so that pupils are safe when they are dropped
off.
A MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL BE PRESENT TO
GUIDE YOU WHEN PARKING PLEASE CO-OPERATE AT ALL TIMES.
Pupils are required to wear full school uniform - please ensure that
your child is dressed appropriately when they come to school.
Please keep your children safe during holiday time by monitoring their
use of mobile phones, tablets and use of the internet. We will be
holding a workshop the first week back on Thursday 27th April at
9.15am to discuss our sex relationship education sessions with
parents to help support learning.
Easter assembly is on Friday 7th April 2017 at 1.30pm. School will
close after the assembly and reopen on Monday 24th April 2017.
Thank you for your continued support. On behalf of the staff I wish
all pupils and their families a very happy Easter break.
Bernice Kostick
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Bernice Kostick
Happy Easter, From Class Nightingale
Class Nightingale had a very productive term. Students in their
new placements at North Manchester General Hospital have learnt
the new roles and built great relationships with the NHS staff.
Not only have they continued to shine in their individual work
placements, they have worked very hard towards their ASDAN
award.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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This half term, Class Henson have been learning about where we live. We have
been exploring different types of building materials for houses.
In maths the children have been learning about and exploring different shapes.
During this term we joined in the fun and dressed up for World
Book Day. We enjoyed lots of fun activities and shared our
favourite stories.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Since returning to school from the Christmas
holidays our students have been working incredibly
hard in our shop, 2nd Handmade. They have created a
range of quality Valentines and Easter gifts. Our
young people take great pride in their work and get
an immense sense of satisfaction seeing a product
they have made chosen for purchase by a customer.
The input they have given into gift ideas and production has been
fantastic and it has been empowering for all the students to contribute
and sell the wonderful items they have created.
We hope you can come down and look around for yourselves and to see
the student’s enjoy responsibility, whilst developing the skill to adapt to
real life social interactions and gain invaluable work experience. You will
without a doubt pick up some great bargains at our shop and a wonderful
customer service from school and its students.
From all the staff & students at 2nd Handmade have a great Easter!
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Soft Play With Maths This half term, Class MacArthur has accessed soft play
as part of Maths. We have been busy looking at patterns and learning all about
position and direction. Blue and Green Group have been using the balls and ball
pool. They have made patterns using two, three or four different colours. Red
group have been learning about position and direction.
World Book Day 2017
We celebrated World Book Day on Friday 10th March 2017. In Class
MacArthur we read a book called ‘I don’t want curly hair’. We made curly hair
pictures using wool and ribbon. Class MacArthur dressed up as characters from
their favourite story. We had lots of fun as you can see from our photographs!!
Percy the Pug
We really enjoyed a visit from ‘Percy the Pug’. We got to stroke
Percy and have our picture taken with him. Percy’s owner told us
all about what Percy likes to eat and how he likes to be stroked
gently on his head.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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This term our topic has been
‘Where We Live’. We have been
learning about different kinds of
homes all around the world. We
have been finding out what our
homes look like and where our
families come from.
As part of the topic we
invited families into school to
cook some family foods with
us. We have made pizza,
tarte-de-nata, cheese salad
wraps, biriyani and curry.
We had lots of fun cooking with
families in school. We explored
lots of different smells and
tastes and we practised our
cooking skills.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Busy hands make light work and it is a big job preparing
the ground for this year’s planting. Classes have begun
the weeding process and planting seeds. It won’t be long
until we see shoots for vegetables to nurture over the
summer term. In the meantime we can enjoy seeing last
year’s hard work bulb planting with these gorgeous
flowers like crocuses and tulips in our playground.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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This term in English we have been doing lots of
guided reading, sentence building and phonics
work. Our topics for this term have been Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory, and information
texts.
This half term pupils have been
practicing their life skills by
making healthy snacks. Pupils have
learned how to chop safely and
follow a recipe with step by step
instructions.
The class favourite was fruit
smoothies made in our new Nutri
Bullet’s!
We hope you have a great Easter!
From class Tenzing
We took part in internet
safety day. We learned
about what is safe to look
at on the internet. We
completed a quiz using the
iPad to test our knowledge!
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Class Ross have had a fantastic Spring term. All of the pupils have
worked really hard. Here are two of our favourite activities from this
half term.
Science
In science, we have been learning all about plants. We have enjoyed
dissecting plants and labelling the different parts. We investigated what
plants need to live and how to help them grow.
Maths
In maths we have been developing our skills in measurement. We have
taken part in lots of practical activities to investigate and compare
weight, capacity and size.
Class Ross pupils and staff wish you a fun and relaxing Easter break!
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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DR ABC
In our PHSCE lessons we have
been learning about personal
safety. We learnt basic first
aid by using DR ABC. We were
all really good at this and hope
that we would be able to help in
a real life emergency with our
new skills.
Vocational
On Thursdays all Key
Stage 4 students take
part in a range of
vocational activities. The
activities include:
Grow it
Cook it
Work experience
Museum trips
Life skills
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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In maths this term we have been learning about division. We have been
practicing sharing and dividing into equal groups and then writing our
number sums
This term in History our topic has been ‘The Ancient Egyptians’. We’ve learned
how important the River Nile was to the Ancient Egyptians and we’ve also been
learning about mummification - even finding out how to do it ourselves! We
made some papyrus paper and painted Tutankhamun’s death mask on it.
In Carousel and in DT we have been getting plenty of cooking practice. We’ve
made delicious pizzas, pasta and cakes.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Class Mallory
Class Mallory have had a fantastic Spring Term. We have all worked very hard and produced
some lovely work. We have been doing some fantastic reading and answering questions about
the stories we have read.
In Ask It we have been looking at different stimuli and learning how to ask and answer
questions relating to it. We have explored different pieces of equipment to help us with
our work. We have enjoyed taking part in these sessions.
In Life Skills one of our topics this term has been Skills for Work. We explored
hygienic and practical skills around the home. We have been developing these skills in
the school bungalow every week.
In RE we have been looking at celebrations. We have covered the importance of festivals in
the Jewish and Christian community. We explored Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year
festival. We ate a slice of apple dipped in honey. Jewish people do this to express their
hopes for a sweet and fruitful year.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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World Book Day
For World Book Day Class
Flinders read the story
Grandad’s Island. It was a
brilliant story that we all
enjoyed listening to and
talking about.
Grow It
Class Flinders have been working hard in both
Science and Carousel to learn all about plants and
how they grow. We have been growing lots of
different plants in our classroom and planted some
outside in the school allotment!
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Healthy Eating
This half term the pupils have learnt how to prepare and cook different
meals in Cook It. They have all enjoyed preparing and cooking a variety of
dishes.
E Safety Role Plays
Class Fiennes planned and created some role plays about the importance of
keeping safe online. The pupils showed excellent team work as they
developed their role plays and their message is very important.
Never accept messages from strangers online.
Aboriginal Art
We have been inspired by Aboriginal art this half term. The pupils have
created mixed media compositions, choosing from a variety of materials
including paint, pastels, felt tips and tissue paper.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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English
In our English lessons we have been learning
about The Jungle Book. We learnt about
Mowgli, the man cub who was raised by the
wolves. We have been using adjectives to
describe the characters and what was
happening in the story. We have been
starting to write our own adventure stories.
Science
In Science we have been looking at how oil
viscosity affects the speed of a car. We
completed an experiment where we used a
toy race car to go down a race track which
had different types of oil on it to see how
this affected the speed.
Work Experience
On Thursdays, some pupils go to the
Beefeater, Heaton Park for their work
experience placement. They work very hard
completing various jobs! These include:
setting the tables, washing pots, greeting
customers and taking orders.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Class Armstrong
really enjoyed
taking part in
Comic Relief.
Students came
dressed to
impressed with
red items of
clothing which
they paid 50p to
wear in school.
All proceeds were
donated to comic
relief.
Students from class
Armstrong also took
part in a radio
karaoke session.
Students were able
to pick their
favourite song to
sing along to whilst
it was broadcasted
to the rest of the
school.
A good day was had
by all and lots of
money raised for a
good cause.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Class baker has been learning about healthy life styles. We have made smoothies and we did
lots of exercise in the gym.
We have been making Easter arts and craft in religious education. We ripped some
tissue paper up and stuck it down on different images.
In English we have been learning about the London Blitz during World War 2. We have
explored facts and different objects reference that relate to the London blitz.
In maths we have been learning about money and exploring the different types of coins.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Our students have been getting out and
about for their ASDAN work in Sixth Form
this term. This has included trips to the
local library, local shops and Sure Start
Centre.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Attendance
This term pupils have been working hard to come into school on time,
every day. Pupils who have reached 100% attendance received an
individual attendance certificate, a whole class attendance certificate
and will take part in a special treat when they return to school after the
Easter holidays.
This Spring term, a big well done for those pupils who attended every
sensibly and achieved all their lunchtime club
behaviour targets.
These pupils have received a certificate and will attend a special
celebration morning after the Easter holidays with treats!!
Pupils who achieved 100% attendance since the start of this
academic year are going to be placed into the big prize draw at
the end of this year for a special prize!!
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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As part of this year’s Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award program the
pupils organised and ran this year’s Comic Relief Fun Day.
The events took four forms:
Wear something red
Sponsored Sing-a-thon
North Ridge Bake Off
Pie the Teacher
Singathon
Starting at 9am, pupils took over the school radio room and sang live on
air throughout the day. The best of Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Drake
and many others rang out across the airways as the pupil’s voices echoed
around school.
North Ridge Bake Off
Pupils and staff got their aprons on and baked their prize cakes to be
judged by our expert team. Once the winner had been decided the cakes
went on sale in our pop up shop, ran by the DofE pupils, much to the
enjoyment of everyone.
Head Teacher Bernice Kostick / Deputy Head Teacher Gill Foord
http://www.northridge.manchester.sch.uk
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Pie the Teacher
This was the event that appeared to attract the most interest from the
pupils and staff. Four unlucky members of staff; Mr Mullineux, Mr
Errock, Miss Pumphrey & Mr Smith where voted by the school to face
the challenge. Pupils bought raffle tickets and had their chance to “pie
the teachers”! They didn’t let their school friends down, making sure
each of the four teachers were well and truly covered.
The day was a great success and great fun, ending with a
grand total of £370 being raised.
A big thank for your support on the day and a big thank you
to all who organised and ran the event!