KEVI Newsletter 11th November 2022

Values

Aspiration

At KEVI we have an aspiration to be the very best at everything we do. It has been lovely to see our four houses rowing together for our whole community in Rowvember. There is such determination that we will win the overall DRET rowing competition this month. We know that as a small school, the odds are not in our favour but the extent of our aspirations knows no limits. Aspiration means that we aim to be the very best in everything we do. We know that if we end each day and each week having done our absolute best that we will feel good about ourselves and our work. As Year 11 and Year 13 start a crucial fortnight of exams this message about aspiring to do the very best could not be more apt.

Keeping our children safe

A large concern for parents in todays society is the risk that gang culture can bring to our children and the possibility of them being groomed and exploited into criminality. The phrase we use id Child criminal exploitation or CCE.

Knowing the signs of child criminal exploitation (CCE) can help give a voice to children. A child is unlikely to know they are being groomed or exploited and might not speak out. Any child can be groomed into exploitation, though some children may be more at risk. Children who are more vulnerable, for example children in care and children with disabilities, may be more heavily targeted by groomers who want the child to become dependent on them.

Any sudden changes in a young person’s lifestyle should be discussed with them. It is important to remember that warning signs will be presented differently for each child or young person being exploited. Teens might also behave in a way that could be seen as ‘normal teenage behaviour’, masking the exploitation.

Signs that a child or young person is being groomed or exploited into criminal activity or county lines include:

• Persistently going missing from school or home and/or being found out-of-area
• Unexplained acquisition of money, clothes, jewellery, or mobile phones
• Excessive receipt of texts or phone calls
• Spending more time online or on their devices
• Using more than one phone
• Suddenly acquiring expensive gifts such as mobile phones, jewellery – even drugs – and not being able to explain how they came by them
• Having hotel cards or keys to unknown places
• Being secretive about who they are talking to and where they are going
• Relationships with controlling older individuals or groups
• Leaving home/care without explanation
• Unexplained absences from school, college, training, or work
• Returning home unusually late or staying out all night
• Coming home looking disheveled
• Suspicion of physical assault or unexplained injuries
• Carrying weapons
• Starting or increasing drug use, or being found to have large amounts of drugs on them
• Starting or increasing alcohol use
• Loss of interest in school and significant decline in performance
• Using sexual, gang, drug-related or violent language you wouldn’t expect them to know
• Meeting with unfamiliar people or associating with a gang
• Becoming isolated from peers or social networks
• Self-harm
• Significant changes in emotional well-being
• Sudden changes in lifestyle
• Increasingly disruptive or violent behaviour
• Getting into trouble with the police

These indicators do not necessarily indicate that a child is involved in CCE, but hopefully they can lead to you being able to start a conversation with your child giving them the opportunity to open up with you.

More details can be found at Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) - BHSCP

Homework

This week the new KEVI homework policy was launched and it was brilliant to see so many pupils already forming the habits needed for successful self-quizzing. The habits they build now will really help students when they reach their GCSE and A-Level exams.

Information was sent out last week but below you will find the key information:

Pupils have been given the knowledge organisers, but they can also be found on the website:

https://www.kingedwardacademy.co.uk/Homework/

Knowledge Organiser Self-Quizzing

Students complete Knowledge Organiser Self-Quizzing for each subject allocated on that day.

One subject’s self-quizzing task is broken down into three 2-minute activities:

• 2 minutes for students to read the subject Knowledge Organiser (or section of a Knowledge Organiser)
• 2 minutes of a brain dump
• 2 minutes of self-assessing and correcting using a purple pen

Students should spend 30 minutes an evening on self-quizzing.

A visual example and explanation of self-quizzing is provided on the website:

https://www.kingedwardacademy.co.uk/Homework/

Completion of self-quizzing will be checked by form tutors each morning. Anyone who has not completed self-quizzing to a satisfactory standard will be issued with a 15-minute pastoral detention at lunchtime.

Key Stage Four

Students in KS4 will receive an additional total of 30 minutes of homework per subject, per week. Homework will be set by teachers as chunked, explicit and manageable tasks and recorded on Bromcom. Subject teachers will also point students in the direction of relevant reading material.

Maths Homework

For both Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four Maths homework will be set on Sparx and pupils should spend 60 minutes completing this. It will be checked by their Maths teacher.

Mrs K Milligan - Assistant Principal

Thinking Ahead – My Future, My Choice

Attention Year 8 & Year 9!

• What are your future plans & career possibilities?
• What plans to do you have after you have completed your GCSEs?
• Do you plan to go on to further/higher education? If so what courses might you study?
• What career ideas do you have for the future at the moment?

In year 7, 8 and 9 you will be learning new skills and knowledge that will give you the confidence to help you plan your next steps. This process starts with your careers education in school which will encourage you to think about your strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes. You will also start to make some important decisions that could influence your future career path as you will be choosing your subjects to study for GCSE. This process will begin for all Year 9 students early next year.

Each week we will show you examples of the various careers linked to the subject you are studying. This week’s career idea is ........

KEVI Careers Support

Table Talk

Mr A Carrington - Vice Principal

Colin Luther Powell (April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State. He served as the 15th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.

He was not born into privilege but was born in New York City in 1937 to parents who had immigrated from Jamaica. He was raised in the South Bronx and educated in the New York City public schools, receiving a bachelor's degree in geology from the City College of New York. I believe he demonstrated one of KEVIs values of ambition and no doubt resilience along the way. He had an ambition but realised that it wasn’t going to him easily. It would take hard work, resilience, sweat and determination. Please use this quote to form a discussion with your children around what ambitions they may have and how they expect to achieve them, maybe share some of yours you had as a teenager and reasons you did or maybe did not achieve them.

Gino's Update

Price List – November 2022

Breakfast

• Bacon roll 95p
• Sausage bap (Wed only) 95p
• Large bacon roll £1.35
• Fruit – piece or small pot 40p
• Toasted teacake 50p
• Yogurt 45p

Break

• Bacon roll 95p
• Sausage bap 95p
• Large bacon roll £1.35
• Pizza slice 95p
• Toasted sandwich £1.35
• Cheese & ham bagel £1.35
• Toasted crumpet 40p
• Toasted teacake 50p

Break & Lunch

• Salad box £1.80
• Baguettes (small) £1.20
• Baguettes (large) £1.70
• Sandwiches £1.35
• Large roll £1.35
• Small roll 95p
• Tortilla wrap £1.60
• Crusty bread roll 30p
• Fruit – piece or small pot 40p
• Yogurt 45p
• Condiment sachet 10p

Lunch

• Main meal with 2 sides £2.10
• Vegetarian main meal with 2 sides £2.10
• Meal deal (meal, cake/dessert or small drink) £2.40
• Pasta pot £1.65
• Stir fry pots £1.65
• Curry, rice & naan bread pot £2.10
• Panini £1.40
• Pizza 95p
• Jacket potato with filling £1.70
• Cake/Cookie 60p
• Hot pudding 65p

Drinks (Breakfast, Break & Lunch)

• Fruit juice carton 65p
• Flavoured milk carton 65p
• Semi skimmed milk carton 65p
• Radnors fizz bottles 70p
• Large bottles water 80p
• Large bottles flavoured water 90p
• Yazoo milkshake £1.00

Angela Clark - Catering Manageress

Word of the Week

Mode

Mode: abstract noun – the manner in which something is done.

Origin: -modus (Latin: manner, method).

• Because he knew the city traffic would be busy, he switched his mode of transport to the train.
• Realising that her test scores were not high enough to get on the college course she wanted, she changed her mode of revision to include more quizzing.

Modus operandi: (Latin) a particular way of operating.

• Taking the register at the start of every lesson is the modus operandi.

Mode: abstract noun – the dominant fashion at a given moment.

• The current mode of ultra baggy denim and leather jackets doesn’t suit me well.

Linked words: model, modern, modernity.

Mode: noun – the most frequently occurring number in a group of numbers.

The mode of 8,7,7,7,2 is the number 7.

Accelerated Reader

KEVI20 WC 14th November lesson 5

The first tutor group to complete reading their KEVI Reads text this academic year is 7 Arete! Their tutor, Miss Cook, commented that students thoroughly enjoyed ‘Asha and the Spirit’ Bird by Jasbinda Bilan and that it illustrated another culture to her tutees, giving them viewpoints different to their own to consider. 7 Arete had this to say about the novel:

“The novel is about an exciting journey that Asha takes in her quest to find her father. Asha faces many new challenges along the way, such as facing a ferocious tiger and the difficult environment in the scrap yard where she is forced to work. When finding her Papa, the reader cannot help but to feel a sense of overwhelming relief and joy for Asha whilst still wondering if she will make it back in time for Diwali. This is an inspiring book for all who wish to experience different cultures, different emotions and be part of Asha’s adventurous story.”

7 Arete continue their KEVI Reads with a version ‘The Odyssey and The Iliad’ by Gillian Cross; enjoy your epic journey!

Our new Librarian, Miss Villiers, has had many student visitors to the Library this week which is open at 8:30 am, breaktime and lunchtime every day. It is the responsibility of students to use those times to exchange their independent reading books when they are completed. Miss Villiers has the reading ages of all Key Stage 3 students and guides them to make choices which support fluency and progression.

Ms K Davis - Head of English Department