Weekly Newsletters

This half term we have been listening to students’ opinions on the quality of the catering and through their suggestions we are looking to make some changes. We will be working through a list of up to 10 new ideas- to vary what is on offer, including a Post16 dedicated coffee and snack bar which would serve food throughout the school day.  Some of the excellent food provision currently on offer at both break 1 and break 2 can be seen below.

The student well-being group has shared with me their ideas to help promote support for anxiety and well-being of students. 

Feedback from the Parents’ Forum indicated that not all parents /carers are aware of our online payment system, Parent Pay.  All payments can be made via electronic transfer through this system for items such as trips, revision booklets, etc.  It also showed that some of you may not be aware of the ability to download Microsoft Office free of charge.

In response to these two aspects, here are links to help you register for Parent Pay (if you have not already done this) and for Microsoft Office.

To register for parent pay, please email your details to parentpay [at] kscs.org.uk

For microsoft office, log in here (Sign in with your school log in, and click download office 365).

Next half term the Student Council will meet and I look forward to listening and putting into action anything that will help the school and the students.  Finally, on Tuesday 17 October, I look forward to seeing many of the Year 11 parents/carers at their first subject evening of the year.  Once again it was feedback from parent/carers, who asked for an additional subject evening, that led to the implementation of this for the majority of year groups. If you have not already made your appointments then please use this link to sign up as demand has been high.

Bryan Erwin
Principal

I am a new French and Italian teacher here at Ken Stimpson.  One reason I was drawn to the school was that the department teaches Italian which is very rare.  I felt it would be a waste not to pursue this language and I really wanted to make a difference here.

I am a language enthusiast and have always been really keen to share my passion with others.  I have really enjoyed my first few weeks at KSCS and have met some great students and budding linguists.

I hope to get involved with some trips during the year and to help my students to grow as young people and to improve their language skills.

Miss Beckingham
Teacher of French and Italian

The game did not start particularly well as the lads found themselves 1 – 0 down after the opening few minutes of the game. The lads calmed themselves down started to get possession of the ball and scored the equalising goal through Riley Green. Then straight from the kick off the boys lost their concentration and Arthur Mellows number 9 helped himself to, two quick successive goals. If it was not for the brilliance of Taylor Knight in goal, the score line could have been worse going into half time.

At half time there were a few tactical changes from the management staff to the back 4 and the boys held their own in the first 20 minutes of the second half creating some decent openings. Then on the 20-minute mark Riley went on a Messi like run through the Arthur Mellows back four only to be denied by a great save from the keeper. Arthur Mellows made a few tactical changes bringing back on their star man who helped himself to, two more goals that lead the team to a 5-1 defeat.

Man of the match: Taylor Knight for his De Gea like performance in goal.

I would also like to thank our match officials for the game Marc Humphrey’s in the middle and expertly assisted on the line by Jake Crowson and Aston Whybrow.

Mr Gray & Mr Neilly
Football Coaches

• All students have access to www.hegartymaths.com and if they haven't previously logged on there is a step by step guide under student login on the website. This website is particularly useful for GCSE.
• Year 7 and 8 students can practice their times tables using www.ttrockstars.com
• All students will also have access to www.mymaths.co.uk which ranges from level 1 maths all the way through to 'A' level. The schools user name is: kscs and the password is: shapes
• Students have individual logins for ttrockstars and mymaths ,which if they are unsure of they can ask their maths teacher. With both of these, you, them and their teacher can see their progress.
• Sam Learning  (www.samlearning.com) can also be used not just to focus on maths but all subjects. The centre id is: PE4KS user id: six digit date of birth and initials and the password is the same as their user id. e.g 170475LD
• Furthermore Numeracy Ninjas will continue to be used by year 7 -10 in tutor time to improve their numeracy skills.

We look forward to working with you and your child through this journey at school.

Mr Donnelly
Second in Mathematics/Numeracy across the curriculum Coordinator

Aspire stay in the lead this week, but the other Houses are getting very close to catching them. Only a few weeks to go until October half term, so let us all work together to make a good impact on our attendance.