Cloughwood Academy...1 september 2017 - 31 august 2018 date of closing date of opening autumn term...
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Cloughwood AcademyApril Newsletter 2017
Dear Parent/Carer
Welcome to our Easter 2017 newsletter. Once again I hope it
gives you a flavour of some of the exciting things our boys have
been experiencing since the beginning of the year. As ever, there
have been lots of successes and achievements to celebrate and
news to keep you informed of our plans for the future.
So, as the Summer Term approaches, with examinations for Year 11 pupils just around
the corner, I’m sure you will join me in wishing our school leavers every success in
getting the best grades possible and securing themselves a really good college or
work-based destination next year.
Wishing you a peaceful and relaxing Easter break,
Adrian Larkin
Principal
Friday 31st March - Break up for Easter
Monday 3rd - Friday 7th April - Easter
‘Coast to Coast’ cycle
Monday 17th April - Easter Monday Bank
Holiday
Tuesday 18th April - INSET day
Wednesday 19th April - Return to school
Monday 1st May - May Bank Holiday
Wednesday 17th May - Year 11 GCSE
examinations begin
Friday 26th May - Break up for half term
Monday 5th June - Return to school
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Residential
Dear Parents/Carers
During the Spring Term the directorshave been busy fulfilling theirstrategic role, we have reviewed theStrategic Plan - the current planidentifies goals in the areas ofGovernance, Pupil Outcomes, AssetManagement and Development,Human Resources and FinancialViability. I am pleased to report thatwe are on course to achieve amajority of the goals set out in thatplan.We have also ratified a number of theAcademy’s policies. Two of the mostimportant ones being the Teachingand Learning Policy, which outlinesthe way in which we want our
teachers to teach and our pupils tolearn at Cloughwood. The second isthe Rewards and ConsequencesPolicy, which has been updated toinclude the Primary Department.These and many other policies areavailable to read on the Academywebsite, under the ‘About Us’ tab.The directors have also made anumber of visits both to classes and tothe Residential Provision over theterm. It is always a pleasure to see thepupils hard at work, or enjoying one ofthe activities such as the recent ArtDay with students from LiverpoolHope University. After Easter, we arerunning the ‘Triple P’ Parenting courseagain – this was received very well byparents who attended the last course
so please get in touch with the schoolif you are interested.Finally we say a fond farewell to ourVice Principal (BusinessManagement), Mrs Jenny Whiston,as she moves to a new role at aSecondary School in Crewe after theEaster break. We would like to thankher for her dedication and hard workover the past four years and wishher all the best at her new school.As we now look forward to a busy butenjoyable summer term I would liketo wish you all a Happy Easter.
Hannah MadeleyChair of Board of Directors
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“I like dorm because they take us out and Pete takes usout to football and we lean to cook. We do ICT andsometimes we go to the park and I talk to staff aboutstuff.” Jamie
“I like Resi because we go swimming and to thepark and I.T. and carvery and football matches.” Zac
“I like Resi because we go out swimming orfootball with Peter and carvery and Val teachesme to cook and make omelettes.” Olli
“I like Resi because we go swimming and to the park.We also went to Urban Air. I love the I.T. suite themost. I like the food we eat at Resi, sometimes we goto the carvery or McDonalds.” Callum
Primary updateIt has been a very busy half term for our KS2 bunch!
Both primary classes have been working with
Georgio and Mr Ravenscroft to develop their self
defence skills through Judo. Mr Ravenscroft is a
Commonwealth Gold medal holder and Georgio is
native to Romania, a country renowned for their
Judo skills.
There has also been weekly trips to John Dean’s
swimming pool where they have been working on
their swimming strokes; a number of children have
gained progress certificates in distances.
In more sporty news, Year 6 spent three days with a
team of trainers from the ‘Bikeability’ group and
worked on Bike Handling (Level 1) and Road
Awareness (Level 2). The majority of children passed
Level 2 and have been awarded badges and
certificates. Please ensure they wear a helmet and
stay safe on the roads at home.
In the classroom, both classes have been reading a
book called ‘The Shadow Forest’ by author Matt
Haig. Mr Snowden’s class have sent book reviews
and thank you messages via email to Matt.
The boys were very excited for ‘tortoise week’ when
Mr Burton’s mum brought in her 100 year old
tortoise called ‘Tortie’, Cameron brought in his
tortorise ‘Tessa’ and Kieran brought in his tortoise
‘Dora’. The boys learnt all about tortoises,
evolutions and habitats and adaptation to
environment. They also painted some beautiful
watercolour pictures of the special guests.
Finally, Dee, a volunteer from St Peters church,
came in to facilitate an Art Day with the pupils - they
looked at anger and frustration and painted
portraits in the style of Edvard Munch - The Scream.
The portraits will be displayed in a gallery at the
church next term for all to see!
Motivational and Outdoor LearningEnrichment on Mondays and Tuesdays for years 7 and 8 is time spent
exploring the local woodland, and watching the seasonal changes. This will
go toward the John Muir award which will presented to the successful and
enthusiastic before May half term.
We are also busy preparing for Easter camp, which will be a cross country
cycle tour starting from Whitehaven and finishing in Tynemouth. We will
start with our back tyres in the Irish sea and finish 140 miles later with our
front tyres in the North sea!
This term’s DofE has seen us complete bushcraft and survival skills in
Delamere Forest including map reading, fire lighting and cooking on an
open fire. For the voluntary phase we are now working around
Cloughwood for forestry work and Lostock Lodge a care home where we
take the guests out walking and for day trips to local areas such as Marbury
Park and Tattenhall.
On Thursday 9th April students from Liverpool Hope
University joined pupils in KS3 and KS4 for our annual Art
Day.
Year 7 looked at Japanese Noh masks and created several
designs based on the main types of Noh masks whilst
exploring links with contemporary culture.
Years 8 and 9 worked on the theme of Islamic art and
explored such themes as calligraphy and geometric
patterns. Year 10 explored the theme of ‘assembled’
where they researched the artist Joseph Cornell and
produced wax entrapment collages and assemblages in
the style of the artist.
Year 11 participated in a range of small group workshops
in pairs and in threes; the architecture group learnt about
classical architecture and brutalism whilst the music in art
group researched Kandinsky and produced experimental
drawings to different styles of music. They also
experimented with a range of paint textures to represent
these styles of music.
Focus on Art
Focus on MathematicsYear 7 have been focusing on
sequences and ‘nth’ terms, as
well as factors, lowest common
multiples and highest common
factors.
Year 8 have gradually worked
through ways in which you can
manipulate fractions into
decimals and percentages and
applying these to real life
situations. They have also been
covering prime numbers,
square numbers and ‘like’
terms in algebra.
Year 9 have wrangled with laws
of indices, averages, area and
surface area and have been
adding and subtracting
integers, as well at conquering
BODMAS.
Year 10 have worked on
Pythagoras, interior angles of a
polygon and trigonometry.
In the lead up to GCSEs and
mock exams, year 10’s and
11’s have focused on problem
solving activities.
Year 11 have been doing well
on their GCSE preparation and
have been applying Pythagoras
to a 3D shape, trigonometry
and quadratic equations.
Photos
Happy Easter!
Primary get ‘hands on’ with Tortoises
Year 10 tackle Warrington Escape Rooms
Primary learning about the Easter story at StPeter’s Church
More work from the Art Day
Going wild at Chester Zoo!
HOLIDAY DATESCLOUGHWOOD ACADEMY
1 SEPTEMBER 2017 - 31 AUGUST 2018
DATE OF CLOSING DATE OF OPENING
AUTUMN TERM 2017 TUE. 5 SEPTEMBER 2017
AUTUMN HALF TERM FRI. 27 OCTOBER 2017 MON. 6 NOVEMBER 2017
CHRISTMAS FRI. 22 DECEMBER 2017
SPRING TERM 2018 TUES. 9 JANUARY 2018
SPRING HALF TERM FRI. 16 FEBRUARY 2018 MON. 26 FEBRUARY 2018
SPRING BREAK THUR. 29 MARCH 2018
SUMMER TERM 2018 TUES.17 APRIL 2018
MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY MON. 7 MAY 2018
SUMMER HALF TERM FRI. 25 MAY 2018 MON. 4 JUNE 2018
SUMMER 2017 FRI. 20 JULY 2018
STAFF INSET
MON. 4 SEPT 2017
MON. 8 JAN 2018
MON. 16 APRIL 2018
MON. 23 JULY 2018
TUE. 24 JULY 2018