TO THE FINAL EXAMS!

DAY 252
Issue 2

Dear Y11s , What a fantastic start you have had. We have been very impressed with the
mature and focused attitude that so many of you have shown at the start of this all im-
portant year.

In this edition, we would like to talk to you about breakfast. This may not immediately
seem a very important subject when discussing your progress and attainment in school
but in fact it is a essential ingredient for your success this year. Did you know that if
you do not eat breakfast in the morning, by 11 o‘clock your brain and reflexes are the
same as a seventy year old? Your body will slow itself down because it has not had the en-
ergy it needs to work properly so you will not be able to concentrate as well in your les-
sons. Not having breakfast is a major factor in pupils‘ underachievement in school.
Breakfast is an essential part of the learning process.

What do we mean by breakfast? Well it is not a fizzy drink or a packet of crisps on the
way to school. No, it is yogurt, toast, cereal (as long as it doesn‘t turn the milk choco-
latey). Sugary foods or those that contain a lot of caffeine actually make it harder to
concentrate in lessons. When you are in school, we want you to be getting the maximum
benefit out of all of your lessons and to do that your brain and body need to be function-
ing properly. So make sure you eat appropriately in the morning.

This week‘s role models

are…..

Fatheha Aktar
Danny Booth
Kyle Barlow
Alyson Lees

For their fantastic science

modular results, well done!
Coursework Catch-up club
Quote of the week
Don‘t get behind with your ―I find the harder I work
coursework. Come to R62 every
Wednesday for help and advice the more luck I seem to
to get up to date.
have‖
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American

Year 11 – Your English GCSE Is Almost Here!

Year 11, as you should all know by now, your English GCSE is in November (unless you
are in Ms Fletcher’s or Miss Kelly’s class).
We want you all to achieve fantastic grades this November and so many of you have made
a brilliant start to Year 11. I’m really impressed by the positive attitude so many of you
have shown so far.
The following information is to help you get organised and to be prepared:
 coursework must be completed – you are welcome to go to Mrs Davies’ sessions
after school every Wednesday, as well as the English Department’s ‘Going for
Gold’ sessions each Thursday. At these sessions, there are a number of English
teachers who will be available to help you to complete or improve coursework;
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 from Thursday 16 September, Ms Walsh will be delivering a programme of revi-
sion sessions after school;
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 your GCSE examinations take place on the 8 November and 10 November;
 don’t forget that you can use BBC Bitesize and SAM Learning to help you revise!

Work hard and you will achieve great results.

Good luck – Ms Walsh
Mr Brogan would like to praise Nikita Ainsworth –for an outstanding start to the year,
producing a very high quality mood light. Kathryn Randles for excellent GCSE project
work on track for a grade A. Robyn Westhead for a very difficult practical project, she
has worked very hard to produce an outstanding piece of coursework. Andrew Brown for
a very difficult and unusual practical project. Andrew has made an excellent start to the
year. Waheda Parveen for a her good GCSE coursework. She has worked hard to achieve
a very high quality outcome. Nathan Player because he has made a fantastic start to the
year with an excellent piece of practical work. Oliver Whittaker for his excellent practi-
cal work for his GCSE coursework.

Mr Radcliffe would like to praise the pupils below because they did extremely well in
their separate science modular exams:
Fatheha Akthar A* in Biology A in Physics
Danny Booth A* in Physics A in Biology
Kyle Barlow A in Physics A in Biology
Alyson Lees A* in Biology A in Physics

Miss Neill would like to praise the following students as they always work really hard in
Business studies lessons to make sure their work is completely up to date and handed in
on time. Amy McDermott, Charlie Lewis Dobson, Hannah Hulbert, Nilima Begum, Tom
McCabe, Misbah Ahmed, Jamie Grayson, Waheda Parveen, Thanzila Ferdous, Zahira Bibi,
and Connor Woodhead.

Mrs Voss would like to praise Sarah Bell, Ryan Denton, Megan Walker, Piyana Begum,
Jessica Kay, Jahed Mubin, Reaj Miah, Abdul Rahman, Jodie Beaton, Tahera Begum, Ryan
Parker, Robert Lee, Leah Scholes, Jonathan Slinn, Shuab Miah and Danielle Hough be-
cause they have worked hard and done well in their GCSE modular exams.

Mrs. Davies would like to praise Fatheha Akther, Shahera Khatun-Ali, Mumina Khatun,
Sarah Owen, Robyn Westhead, Ashfak Ahmed and Zahira Bibi for getting an A or A* in
their RE GCSE.

Mr. Speakes—would like to praise Tom Radley, Lucy Walker, Josh Cropper and Mizanur
Rahman for all getting Cs in their Maths exam - well done!

Mr Crewe would like to praise Leonnie Bradshaw, Josh Cropper, Fiona Hilton, Tom Radley
and Leah Scholes because they are all completely up-to-date with their BTEC portfolios
of evidence. Well done! Also Eckrun Rawlinson deserves special praise for working so
hard to sort out all his portfolio evidence from last year – a big achievement. Keep up the
good work! .
Mr Kendal would like to praise Luke Freeman excellent progress with coursework.

Ms Bentley would like to say a massive well done to Amina Begum, Farzana Begum, Thasneem Begum,
Monique Fowles, Jamie Grayson, Chantelle Hughes, James Lee and Honor Wild. They all got their chal-
lenging target or better on the Germany history exam.

Mrs Radcliffe would like to say well done to her Year 11 maths group: Aklaq, Misbah, Nahema, Nafisa,
Matthew, Nicole, Nathan, Abdul, Dannielle, Luke, Jamie, Ryan, Manwar, Fahmeda, Mumina, Ben, Charlie,
Rebecca, Elektra, Chris, Sommer, Juleyka and Honor for their brilliant statistics results!

Mrs Eyre would like to praise the following year 11 pupils did really well in their Spanish GCSE, which
they sat a year early: Megan Walker A*, Nishat Anjum C, Piyana Begum C - well done!

Miss Lynch would like to praise all of her year 11 Geography group because everyone of you has made a
great start to the second part of their coursework despite having to use your wet, soggy notes from
the fieldtrip. You‘re all doing great, keep it up!

Ms Walsh would like to thank Danielle Hough and Hanif Miah for returning to school with such a posi-
tive attitude. She would also like to thank Fiona Hilton, Aaron Owen, Amina Begum and Shamima Begum
for always doing their best.

Mr Parry would like to praise Sarah Owen because not only has she completed her ICT Unit 4 to Dis-
tinction level, she also has completed some additional work so that her portfolio could be used by all the
visiting Moderators for the OCR Nationals in ICT as an exemplar for the new specification for the unit.

Mr Parry would also like to praise Kane Wrigley for doing very well in ICT and has completed Unit 4 well
ahead of the rest of his ICT group and the work is of a very good standard.

Also Amy Casey and Leah Scholes – because they gave up a large part of their Easter holiday in Year 10
to film interviews with several ex-students and these were then made into a fantastic video by an ex-
student Jonathan Robinson and were shown in assembly last week.

Mrs Davies would like to praise Nishat Anjam, Nilima Begum, Reshma Begum, Megan Walker for their
Germany exam result and Manwar Hasan for his International Relations exam result. I would also like
to praise Zion Lawrence for a fantastic start to the year in History, well done.
Mrs Johnson would like to praise Sophie Orritt for achieving the highest mark in the
Health and Social Care modular exam.

Mr Eyre
The following students from 10AMA3 did particularly well in their Unit 1 Maths Modular
exam: Raihan Ahmed, Abu Bakar Ayub,, Ryan Caveney, Rahatul Islam, Aamnah Kamran and
Hanan Ahmed for achieving Grade B and Kirsty Warren for achieving an A.

Mrs Mitchell would like to thank Danielle Davies and Honor Wild for always working hard
and never moaning. Also Nathan Chadderton who has kept up his improved attitude to
work he is working really hard and achieving a lot more.

Mr Travers would like to praise Jack Strickland and Sarah Owen for getting full marks in
their Maths Module 1 exam. Also Chelsea Armstrong, Lauren Platt and Aimee Holland for
a great start to Year 11.

Dr Warhurst would like to praise the following students for their results in their summer
2010 science exams: Nilima Begum, Sarah Bell, Kayleigh Blyth, Andy Brown, Nabila
Choudhury, Matthew Gasse, Nicole Higgs, Chantelle Hughes, Masuma Khatun, Samantha
MacDonald, Whaeeda Parveen, Shannon Monks, Jahed Mubin, Laurence Mussett, and
Rheanna Sorby. Well done!

Mrs Waterhouse would like to praise Callum Marks, Elektra Politis, Ben Lancashire, Char-
lie Lewis Dobson, Nicole Higgs, Amy Casey, and Leah Scholes for all the work they put
into the Charity ball at the end of last term which made it such a success

Mrs Bowler would like to praise the fantastic achievement for Dannielle Bray, Amy Casey,
Kyle Fryer, Juleyka Uddin, Shahera Khatun-Ali, Ryan Connelly, Elektra Politis, Ben Lanca-
shire, and Charlie Lewis-Dobson in the summer Science exams.

Miss Howie would like to say Congratulations to Kyle Barlow who achieved an A in GCSE
Music in Year 10.

Mrs. Eastwood would like to thank her Year 11 French group for an outstanding start to
the year and their first assessment. Felicitations!!
So well done to Amina Begum, Kayleigh Blyth, Leonni Bradshaw, Steven Herod, Nicole
Higgs, Aidan McCarron, Laurence Mussett, Sarah Owen & Elektra Politis!

If you are not mentioned you have 2 weeks to work hard and make
sure you are nominated in issue 3.
Miss Howie— ‗She has helped me with extra music lessons and I got
an A.‘

Miss Kelly—‘She‘s willing to give up most of her free time to help us

and does her job well.‘

Mr Evans—‘He helped me finish my coursework.‘ ‗He found my memory

stick.‘

Mr Brogan—‘He has helped me throughout the week.‘

Miss Freeman—‗because she is very helpful with me.‘

Mr Petrucci — ‗He is the best form tutor and helps me solve my prob-
lems.‘

Mr Johnson— ‗He helped with my work on ICT, he is a very helpful

teacher‘

Mr Broomhead— ‗He helped me a lot last year with French and I had
just started it.‘

Mr Thompson—‘Because he is a good teacher.‘ ‗For being a cool

teacher and helping me learn.‘

Mr Speakes—‘He made me improve my Maths‘

Mr Palmer—‘For helping every week last year and this year with my
D&T project. Making sure I had all the equipment I needed, and help-
ing overcome problems with my project.‘

Mr Pringle— ‗He has supported me to get a good grade in Maths.‘