Longsands Academy Student Bulletin...2020/06/15 · tics New puzzles: deadline Wednesday 17 June...
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Transcript of Longsands Academy Student Bulletin...2020/06/15 · tics New puzzles: deadline Wednesday 17 June...
Dear Students
Thank you for your feedback and suggestions regarding our House name competition.If you have an idea for the names of the Houses, please email Mr Lesurf [email protected]. We will then compile the best of these names andask our staff, students and parents/carers to narrow these down via a vote.
In the next academic year the school will be marking its 60th anniversary – please lookout for the Design & Technology challenge on the next page and participate if you areable to.
Take care and keep safe.
Best wishesMr Owen
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KS3 History Superstars…
Well done to the following students. Your teachers have commented that you have produced excellent work during the past week during your remote studies.
Keep up the good work!Mr Wayman
STEMTASTIC LIVE!Saturday 11 July 2020 Science, Engineering and Innovation for the next generation! This year, the exciting celebration of STEM will be held ONLINE as their first STEMtastic LIVE!
Register here: https://stem.wsc.ac.uk/stemtastic/
STEM CHALLENGE COMPETITION:
‘Make a Model of a Molecule’ Background: The world is full of amazing molecules. Some that you
taste and smell every day, others that make you better when you are
feeling ill. From simple water molecules all around us to more complex
structures like Aspirin, molecules are all around us. Which molecule do
you find amazing? Is there a chemical that you think should have
superhero status?
About the Competition: We would like you to make a model of your
favourite molecule and explain what makes this chemical so fantastic.
You can use any materials that you have in your house to make this
model. Be creative and bold! There are 3 age categories to enter: Up to
and including Year 6, Year 7 – 10 and Year 11 – 13.
Judging: The entries will be judged on a photo of your model and
the explanation of why you think your molecule is so amazing.
Prizes: We have some amazing prizes on offer for 1st,2nd and 3rd
places!
How to enter: Email your photo and explanation (either in written or
video form) to [email protected] by July 6th 2020.
Winners will be announced live on July 11th at the STEMtastic
LIVE! event.
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- Competition 2020
https://www.rgs.org/schools/competitions/young-geographer-of-the-year/2020-competition/
This year’s Young Geographer of the Year competition gives young people the
chance to explore the potential that geography holds. Although we might all be
confined to our homes, and doing #geographyathome, we are asking young
people to explore their wider geographical horizons by providing entries to our
Young Geographer of the Year competition and explore the geography of:
'The world beyond my window'
• Key Stage 3 (pupils aged 11-14)
• Key Stage 4 or GCSE (pupils aged 14-16)
• Key Stage 5 or A Level (pupils aged 16-18)
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The final deadline for the Royal Geographical Society is Tuesday 30 June at 5.00pm
If you are need any ideas or support with your entry, then please contact Mr Dickerson ([email protected]) – always happy to help!
All entries should address this year’s theme and must meet the following criteria:
• Excellent attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar• Use of accurate geographical terminology• Clearly labelled and appropriately acknowledged sources, including diagrams, charts, maps or images• Accurate use of symbols, scales and keys• Original and independently produced—class sets of identical entries will not be accepted or entries which have
copied information from other sources, such as the internet• If produced electronically, please use a minimum font size of point 10
Students will produce an A3 size entry. This can be hand-made (then sent in electronically via a scanned copy or photograph) or using PowerPoint, word, publisher or PDF, etc.
Key Stage 3 criteria:Describe two or more geographical ideasUse at least two annotated images diagrams, charts or mapsKey Stage 4 criteria:Describe three or more geographical ideasUse at least three annotated images, diagrams, charts or mapsKey Stage 5 criteria:Describe and discuss multiple geographical ideasDemonstrate a strong use of annotated images, diagrams, charts or maps.
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‘The world beyond my window’
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gyWell done to all Year 7 students that entered the recent competition to create a afact file documenting the ‘Beast from the East’ extreme weather event we experienced in the in the winter of 2018. There were over a 100 entries, and therefore making it very difficult to pick a winner! In the end, Mrs Khoo managed to narrow it down to 5 winners. Congratulations to the following students, you will receive your Amazon gift vouchers by the end of this term.
On the following slide there are some pictures of the winning entries!
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sNew puzzles: deadline Wednesday 17 June 2020
The two puzzles are designed for anyone in the specified year group (or younger year groups) who would like to try them. The second puzzle is designed to be a tougher challenge than the first one. Feel free to do multiple puzzles. Answers must be submitted from a school email address.
Y7 Problem Set 9:Email answers by Weds 17 June to [email protected]
Y7 Puzzle 1: Nine bus stops are equally spaced along a bus route. The distance from the first to the third is 600m.
How far is it from the first to the last? (UKMT)
Y7 Puzzle 2: The sum of three numbers is 2009. The sum of the first two numbers is 1004, and the sum of the last two is 1005.
What is the product of all three numbers? (UKMT)
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sNew puzzles: deadline Wednesday 17 June 2020
The two puzzles are designed for anyone in the specified year group (or younger year groups) who would like to try them. The second puzzle is designed to be a tougher challenge than the first one. Feel free to do multiple puzzles. Answers must be submitted from a school email address.
Y8/9 Problem Set 9:Email answers by Weds 17 June to [email protected]
Y8/9 Puzzle 1 (Core)Aaron says his age is 50 years, 50 months, 50 weeks and 50 days.How many years old will he be on his next birthday?(UKMT)
Y8/9 Puzzle 1 (Challenge)
Sixty 20p coins are placed side by side in a row.Every second 20p coin is then replaced by a 10p coin. Then every third coin in the resulting row is replaced by a 5p coin. Then every fourth coin is replaced by a 2p coin. Finally every fifth coin is replaced by a 1p coin.What is the final value of the row?(UKMT)
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sNew puzzles: deadline Wednesday 17 June 2020
The two puzzles are designed for anyone in the specified year group (or younger year groups) who would like to try them. The second puzzle is designed to be a tougher challenge than the first one. Feel free to do multiple puzzles. Answers must be submitted from a school email address.
Y10/11 Problem Set 9:Email answers by Weds 17 June to [email protected]
Y10/11 Puzzle 1 (Core)
A solid wooden cube is painted blue on the outside. The cube is then cut into 27 smaller cubes of equal size.What fraction of the total surface area of these new cubes is blue?(UKMT)
Y10/11 Puzzle 2 (Challenge)
The first two terms of a sequence are 23and 45. Each term after the second term is the average of the two previous terms.What is the fifth term in the sequence?(UKMT)
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sNew puzzles: deadline Wednesday 17 June 2020
The two puzzles are designed for anyone in the specified year group (or younger year groups) who would like to try them. The second puzzle is designed to be a tougher challenge than the first one. Feel free to do multiple puzzles. Answers must be submitted from a school email address.
Y12/13 Problem Set 9:Email answers by Weds 17 June to [email protected]
Y12/13 Puzzle 1Six students who share a house all speak exactly two languages. Helga speaks only English and German; Ina speaks only German and Spanish; Jean-Pierre speaks only French and Spanish; Karim speaks only German and French; Lionel speaks only French and English whilst Mary speaks only Spanish and English. If two of the students are chosen at random, what is the probability that they speak a common language?(UKMT)
Y12/13 Puzzle 2The ratio of two positive numbers equals the ratio of their sum to their difference.What is this ratio?(UKMT)
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sWinners of last week’s maths puzzle competitions
It is excellent to see our students retaining their enjoyment, curiosity and love of maths even whilst working from home. Don’t forget: students are welcome to try the puzzles for an older year group as well if they fancy some extra challenge! Ms Royal, Mrs Philpott, Miss Sharratt and Ms Bell, the puzzle setters.
In Y7, the answers were 13 and 6. We received some really clearly-explained solutions, and everyone who submitted an answer will be getting an achievement point. The winning entry was Matylda P.
In Y8 and 9, the answers were 4.5 cm2 and £4.96. The solutions received were brilliantly explained and showed some imaginative methods for problem 2. Everyone who submitted an answer will be getting an achievement point. The winning entries were Amelia F and Isaac T.
In Y10 and 11, the answers were 410 (Core) and £13.70 (Extended). We received some very good solutions including some from year 9 students, and everyone who submitted an answer will be getting an achievement point. The winning entries were Isabella F (year 9) and Ava M (year 11).
In Y12 and 13, the answers were 1 and 73. We received some very good solutions, and everyone who submitted an answer will be getting an achievement point. It was great to have entries from y11 and y12 as well as y13 this week. Keep them coming! The winning entries were from Evan M and Zoe Q.
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Very well done to everyone who has been working hard on Hegarty Maths!
Top tutor groups, by year, last week were: 7HJL, 8JJB, 9BJD, 10AFI, 11IMB
Top individuals last week were:
Hegarty Maths
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Y 7 M a k s y m M 4 H o l l y S 2 0 4
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S u m m e r B 2 .7 O m e rh a n A 1 0 4
Y 8 A k s h i t B 5 E v i e D 1 4 3
R u b y A 4 .4 F re y a E 8 7
K y l e C 4 .1 M i a G 8 6
Y 9 I s a b e l l a F 6 .6 G e o rg i e T 3 6 9
Lu cy J 6 .5 I s a b e l l a F 3 5 4
S a m i r S 6 .2 M i l l i e H 2 6 0
Y 1 0 A l e x J 5 .8 M a d e l e i n e L 1 7 0
S ca r l e t t L 5 .1 J a ck R 1 3 2
B e n H 4 .9 M o l l y B 1 2 4
Y 1 1 A l i c e C , K a te B 7 A l i ce C 4 1 3
B e n M 3 .7 M a i s i e H 3 4 8
K a y l e y P 2 .8 B e n j a m i n W 2 3 3
Take Away TasksWith your favourite restaurants and take-away re-opening this week ,your PE challenges are all about Nando’s take away tasks!
How spicy can you make yours? This week there are active challenges and knowledge challenges to complete.Use the grids and follow the instructions to see how many you can complete by Friday. Please send all entries and photos of complete tasks to your PE teachers Have a great week and stay active. Let’s go Longsands!
Virtual work experience programme
Year 10 - Don’t worry if you were not able to complete the ‘My Week of Work’ virtual work experience programme, many of the live sessions are still available to view at your convenience here: https://learnliveuk.com/Please select the sessions you are interested in, there are several live videos covering different sectors- engineering, manufacturing, construction, careers in the NHS, digital/creative and health and social care. You may be asked to register for these free sessions, if so, use your school email address.
You may also be able to access some of the virtual work experience lessons from The Oak National Academy here -https://classroom.thenational.academy/year-groups/year-10/work-experience/
All students – As well as the above, here are a few other links that you may wish to look at:
Ted Talk: ‘Fake it till you make it’
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/improve-mental- wellbeing/
https://icould.com/buzz-quiz/
Careers @ Home
YEAR 12 – Personal Statement Support
On your Unifrog account find the following guide to help you further with your Personal Statement:https://www.unifrog.org/student/know-how/favourites/writing-like-a-boss-the-personal-statementTitle: Writing like a boss, the Personal StatementHere you’ll find helpful tips and a video guide to support you with your statements. Remember Mr Walker has emailed you with a copy of “A Guide to Writing Personal Statements” which can also be found in the locker section of your Unifrog account.
Unifrog Target TimelinesBy May Half Term (Friday 22nd May) Made contact with tutor regarding application plans Completed final shortlists for destinations Began a detailed draft/plan for their personal
statementBy mid-June (Friday 19th June) Completed section 1 of personal statement Tutors to have marked and signed this off on Unifrog
YEAR 11 – Sixth Form Transition Work
Transition work for all subjects will be on our website www.astreasixthformstneots.org under ‘Our courses’ from Monday 1st June.
These resources provide an excellent opportunity to get prepared for A level and BtecLevel 3 study from September. Each subject has ensured that there will be a range of activities and tasks for students to complete and bring with them to their first lessons in the new academic year.
Although this is a vehicle for promoting independence and good learning habits, it is fine for students to contact the head of department for advice or support if necessary.
Each image will link through to a website providing full details about the service and how to use it.
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Log into office 365 by going to: www.office.comLog in with your Academy email address (i.e. [email protected])Once logged in, select ‘Install Office’
Finally, when the box is expanded, select ‘Office 365 Apps’
You should then get a download box pop up, and you should be good to go!
