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Message from the Principal
As we head into winter with dark mornings and nights, I wish to take the opportunity to remind everyone to ensure that bicycles have lights that are in working order.
With the recent drop in temperature and downpours of rain, I urge all students to bring a dark coloured coat to school to avoid starting the day cold, wet and not in an appropriate condition to learn. We open the canteen from 8 am and they serve hot drinks and breakfast food until 8.35 am. To clarify our uniform position, students must arrive and leave the school in full uniform. It is not acceptable to remove ties or to get changed into non uniform without permission to do so. This is so that students can be easily identified should there be a need to do so. I must congratulate the vast majority of students that travel to and from school in this way. They set an excellent standard and reputation for the school. However, where it is a disappointment is when I receive a few comments where the students let themselves down and at the same time tarnish the very good reputation of the school. The Education Act does allow the school to sanction for events out of school in these circumstances; I wish to make both parents/carers and students aware that if their actions are poor we will apply sanctions where necessary and appropriate for behaviours that are reported to us. Well done to the students in maintaining the high standard of uniform and to you as parents/carers for checking and ensuring your child/ren arrive at school safely, and with the necessary elements to make their day successful.
Bryan Erwin Year 10 Progress Evening
Just a reminder that Year 10 Progress Evening is on 26th & 27th of November - For more details click the image below Curriculum Day
Building on the success of September's curriculum day, Tuesday will see the second of our curriculum enrichment days. These days are designed to further enrich and develop our 'normal' school curriculum. The timings and expectations of the day remain the same as any other school day, the only significant difference is that the students do not attend their Tuesday timetabled lessons, instead they will work through a range of different activities.
Please look out for photo updates via social media throughout the day on Tuesday. Mr D Whales Ken Stimpson choral spectacular. A ‘grand’ success for charity.
Back in March it was a privilege for us to host the first 'Ken Stimpson Choral Spectacular'. In this performance six different choirs from around Peterborough and Cambridgeshire presented a short programme, before joining together for a 'massed choir' of over 150 at the end. This was a fantastic event and one that we look forward to repeating in March 2020. The whole evening was in support of Cancer Research UK and this week it was a pleasure to welcome their representative into school to receive a cheque for £1000, the amount raised. A huge thank you to all that were involved in the event, giving their time up for a wonderful cause and having a wonderful evening in the process.
Mr. Norman, Science rewards
Over the last half term students have been awarded raffle tickets in class for consistently producing good work, trying hard or even answering questions. Students have responded fantastically well and we have handed out over 10,000 tickets in one 1/2 term alone!
The winners for Autumn term one are: Y11 Krisha Kukaneswaran The reward raffle starts anew this half term, so start answering questions and trying hard and you may well be the next winner. Mr Mantell Year 9 Boys Football - Match Report
On Wednesday 6 November year 9 boys travelled to Jack Hunt for another game. Here we took part in a minutes silence to mark our respects before the game kicked off. Yet again the boys performed extremely well, going 1 - 0 up after about 10 minutes with a lovely strike from Colbey. A dominant display saw our boys take full control with a second goal just after half time. A good period of passing saw the ball worked out wide, meaning Oliver Chapman put in a great cross which came off a defender and landed in the net. ![]() Mr R Lomas Science News
The new half term is well under way and everybody has never seemed busier! Students are still enjoying the extra-curricular activities in Lego League and Science Club. Y7s are getting into their new topics and are applying the skills they learned last term and Y9s have begun their GCSE lessons after the success of their zoo project. Y11 are working towards achieving their best in the upcoming PPEs after an evening of considering their future qualifications and potential careers. GCSE Revision Guides Y11 Science PPEs - Tuesday 19 November The Triple Science PPEs are being held in class time in the run-up to the PPE weeks. 11A1 need to revise everything from Y10. 11A4 need to revise all the Biology they have learned so far. All other groups are sitting the Combined Science paper, either higher or foundation. If you are unsure of the tier you have been entered for please ask your teacher. These are your main areas for revision: ![]() Please remember to attend the revision sessions after school every other Monday, for exam tips and focused revision. With good preparation you don't need good luck. Mrs K Young Year 7 - Student of the week
A fabulous well done to all students of the week. ![]() Mrs C Read Year 7 Cross Country
What else would you want to do on a wet Wednesday afternoon? Year 7 got their first experience of secondary school cross country this week and wow did they do well. With the odd moan as they walked into the changing rooms, all students walked out to the field ready for their course briefing with Mr Bradley with a smile on their face. Typically, as the briefing started, the rain poured and everyone was soaked before they had even started warming up. This didn’t stop all students from getting around the course though, and even when on lap two covered in mud and concentrating on staying upright, a lot of the students were still smiling. A massive well done to all who completed the course, you did so well in some tough conditions. Bring on next year! ![]() Miss Z Marley Ken Stimpson community cinema launches next week
As a school we are incredibly proud of the word ‘Community’ in our name and so are really pleased to be able to launch the ‘Ken Stimpson Community Cinema Project’ next week (Friday 15 November). The idea of the Community Cinema Project is to provide an opportunity for the people in the local area to experience great films on the big screen at a reasonable cost. The hope is that this project will bring together people of all ages in our community to enjoy films with family and friends. We start the project with the huge hit movie “The Greatest Showman” (singalong version), starring Hugh Jackman, amongst others, before moving onto Christmas favourites and other great titles. The dates and details we have so far are:- Friday 15 November : The Greatest Showman (sing-a-long version) The series will then continue into 2020 each month with some more recent films. For each showing the doors will open at 5.30pm with the film starting at 6.00pm. We really hope that you will be able to join us next week for this exciting community development.
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Mr R Norman Year 9 and 11 Netball
Both teams faced a tough game against Arthur Mellows Village College this week. We arrived at the fixture to be told we’d be playing outside (much to the girl’s surprise as they are used to the nice warm sports hall). Warm ups began promptly whilst eyeing up the opposition. The girls gave the game their all, showing nothing but resilience, determination and teamwork throughout. It wasn’t meant to be this time and now it’s time to refocus and get training ready for the next match!
![]() Miss Z Marley MFL Stars
We are very pleased to nominate Katie Pickell, Nikola Trybus, Lauren Agyeman and Cameron Gater-Condon as our stars for last half term in MFL. These students have stood out with their effort, attitude, kindness and progress. Their names our now on our MFL reward board and they have received letters and postcards home. Overall, we have had a great start to French and Italian this year and are especially happy with the new Year 7's eagerness to learn a foreign language at secondary school. We have had lots of fun activities and interesting discussions about links between languages that our students speak and Italian. One year 10 class trialled a new activity recently, making verb flowers. Here are some examples: ![]() Miss H Beckingham Student Council 2019/2020
It is with great pleasure that I introduce our new Student Council Team for 2019-2020. Students had to write an application as to why they wanted to apply for an Ambassador Role at Ken Stimpson. Roles ranged from Head Girl/Head Boy, English Ambassadors to Digital Leaders. All students attended a meeting with their Head of Year or Faculty and delivered a very well planned and rehearsed interview. Congratulations to all students, I am very much looking forward to working with the Student Council this year and seeing what new ideas our Ambassadors bring! ![]()
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![]() Mrs J Purdy Focus on attendance and punctuality
Attendance = Achievement (or in other words, Absence = Under Achievement) In order to support your child to achieve we ask that they attend school every day, unless there is an exceptional reason for needing to be absent. Some top tips our parents have found useful are to:
![]() This image and caption was tweeted by Richard Branson, one of the UK’s most successful and influential business people. He is pictured running to a meeting to ensure he is on time. Nothing annoys him more than poor punctuality.
Peterborough City Council require us to issue Penalty Notices for a variety of reasons, including “persistent late arrival at school after the register has closed contributing to a level of attendance of 90% or below”. The school will take account of individual circumstances in each case, however we wish to make it very clear that the following reasons are not valid reasons for being late to school:
Since September students have been having 30 minutes sanction after school on the same day of the late arrival. If students fail to arrive to this, then they will receive an IEU sanction the following day.
Mr K Abbott & Mrs S Blackledge |
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