#ThisWeekatSAW – 29th September 2023

[29 Sep 2023]

Message from the Head of School:

 

Another fantastic week at Sirius Academy West. Our new Four Seasons expert learner space is open for our students to enjoy on a break and lunch time and is working well.

Our enrichment opportunities are now published as well as our sporting trails and fixtures. The Academy had a great win against St Mary’s College this week and the next match for the Year 10 boys is Kingswood at home on Thursday 12th October and if successful they could be in the play offs for the Yorkshire Cup.  We wish them all well. Please continue to check our Facebook and Twitter socials for an up-to-date view of all Academy events.

Another reminder that our Showcase Shed and Personal Development Pledges have also been launched in assemblies last week. Please encourage your child to visit the shed at lunch times and engage with the Sirius Pledge program.

Please encourage your child to continue working on their homework and remind them of the facilities available in our Learning Resource Centre: before school, breaks, lunch times and after school to support them in completing this.

Attendance remains a significant priority for the academy for all students. Please continue to ensure your child is attending the Academy every day to ensure no learning is missed. Please ensure your child is bringing their water bottle to school every day as we no longer sell water bottles to attempt to reduce our use of single use plastics. Fountains are available to fill up bottles with water at breaks and lunch times.

Thank you again for your continued support,

Gemma Ransom (Head of School)

 

 

RESPECT for Community- General Academy news

 

Enrichment Timetable

We have had some small alterations to the enrichment timetable for this term. Please see below:

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Bus Loop

Please can we ask that parents and carers do not park in the bus loop area where our school buses collect from. We have had occasions this year when the bus cannot get parked in this area due to parked cars.

 

Homework

Please check your MyEd letters for further information regarding homework. The homework platforms are SPARX for Maths and SENECA for all other core subjects. Homework tasks are set to a manageable amount and will be checked weekly. All students have had multiple opportunities to write usernames for their platforms.

 

Each year group will have its own check day, and any students who have not completed their homework by this day will be placed into a homework detention on that evening. The year group check days are:

 

Year 7- Thursday

Year 8- Monday

Year 9- Tuesday

Year 10- Wednesday

Year 11- Friday

 

Please ensure you try to support your child in setting effective routines in when to complete homework. ICT access is available before, during and after school in the Learning Resource Centre. There is a space at the front of the student planner for students to write usernames for log-in.

 

Rugby Information for the upcoming week

Wednesday 4^th October – Year 7 Boys at home v South Hunsley, 4pm KO

Thursday 5^th October – Year 9 Boys at home v Kingswood, 4pm KO

 

KS3 Girls Football Success

Our KS3 Girls Football team got their seasons off to a flying start with a 3-0 win over Kingswood in the ESFA National Cup. We had several of our new Year 7s making their debuts for the Academy and all were fantastic. Well done all!

 

RESPECT FOR Education- Lesson 1 Content

 

This week the students have completed the following tasks in their Lesson 1 lessons. Please discuss with them as we continue to develop the knowledge of our students:

 

Culture Task

This week students looked at George Washington, the first President of the United States of America, to tie in with the theme of the International Day of Democracy.

 

Votes for Schools Topic (Key Stage 3 students only- This is a debate topic with pre-prepared materials)

This week the students discussed the topic of ‘Should supermarkets warn us about shrinkflation?’

 

Character Education

Character Education is a time-tabled lesson within our Lesson 1 curriculum in which students focus on skills and traits which will allow them to be successful in not only their academic studies but also in other aspects of their life.

Year 7 have explored the seven habits of successful people and how they allow success to happen. These are:

1. Get expert advice.
2. Listen to advice.
3. Take notes when needed.
4. Use initiative.
5. Think differently.
6. Ignore negative people.
7. Set goals.

Year 8 have begun to explore physical health and fun goals to allow them to complete their goal-setting grid.

Year 9 have looked at goal elimination and ensuring they focus their goals. They explored the process of achieving a goal.

Year 11 have began completing their goal-setting grids for Term 1.

 

 

RESPECT for Education- Curriculum Area ‘Students of the Week’

 

RESPECT Nominations from Class Teachers

 

Final thought

“Success is not the absence of failure; it is the persistence through failure”

The next parental bulletin will go live on Friday 6^th October 2023; enjoy the week ahead!

Mr A Kay (Assistant Head Teacher- Pastoral and Attitudes to Learning)