Weekly Bulletin
Module 5: Week 5 - 19th May 2023
Be Inquisitive - Be Resilient - Be Respectful - Be Kind
Principal's Message
Mr Jon Richardson - Principal
What a successful week within the academy. We've had our first week of external examinations taking place for our Year 11, Year 12 and Year 13 pupils, we've had Year 12 work experience taking place and this week also marks the first bricks to go into the ground for our brand new extension for our specialist resource provision which will be ready to use come mid September.
Our pupils continue to step up to our high expectations and have done so with ease. We are embracing and enjoying building strong relationships with all pupils and continue to challenge every pupil within all lessons. This week I've had the opportunity to visit many lessons, our pupils have been working especially hard and it's been excellent to see all so engaged within learning. I visited a Year 10 computer science lesson on Wednesday and the complexity of the work being completed was incredible and for pupils to articulate their learning journey and successes was excellent to be part of.
Next week we wish our Year 10 pupils well within their work experience, we hope that they maximise this opportunity and embrace the chance to build relationships within a different environment and enjoy the experience. Such a powerful and wonderful experience for all.
On Monday we return for our final week of term, we ask all pupils to keep up the excellent work they've demonstrated this term and complete module 5 in such brilliant fashion.
Have a restful and well deserved weekend,
Mr J Richardson
Principal
Sign up to the next Meet The SLT Event
We value the opinion of all our stakeholders and if you want your opinion heard please come in a meet the team.
At this meeting we will be looking at 'What is excellence at Strood Academy' as we start to look at the Strood 2028 vision document.
If you would like to join our next event please sign up using the link below.
Click here: Meet the SLT 20.06.23 (09.00-10.00)
Staff Shoutout!
Miss Bell and Miss Barlow for running Year 11 revision sessions for 120 students!
These staff went above and beyond to give students additional revision time.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to year 11.
Year 11
Please check your parent mail
Well done to year 11 who have completed their first full week of examinations. Students have continued to complete additional workshops with their subject specialist teachers within the finishing timetable.
Keep up the good work year 11!
For our year 11s, there is still time to submit an application to join the Strood Academy 6th Form, and receive a range of opportunities to help you in the next stage of your educational journey whether that is applying to university or an apprenticeship.
60%
of year 13's have applied for university in September.
Apply for our 6th form here
Attendence
Whole School
Congratulations to year 8 for having the highest attendance overall for this year so far and the highest attendance this term, keep it up and let's see if we can push this attendance up to 95% to achieve close to our target.
Congratulations to 7V2, 8T1, 9H3, 10H1, 11H2/11T2 for achieving the highest attendance in their respective year groups.
A special congratulations goes to 7V2 for achieving 98% and achieving the highest attendance in school so far this year.
College
Congratulations to Victory college for having the highest attendance this year so far, followed closely by Hercules and then Trafalgar.
Congratulations to year 7 Victory, year 8 Trafalgar and year 8 Hercules for achieving the highest attendance in their respective colleges
A special congratulations goes to year 8 Trafalgar for achieving the highest attendance within the colleges
May Intervention
We offer May half term examination support for all year 11 and year 13 pupils. We are asking that all pupils sign up to the intervention they would like to attend before Monday 22nd May.
Hercules
POINTS
5053
Attendance
90.3%
Trafalgar
POINTS
2308
Attendance
89.4%
Victory
POINTS
4919
Victory let's be Victorious
Attendance
90.4%
Work Experience
Year 10 Work Experience starts Monday 22nd May to Friday 26th May
Year 12 Work Experience
Year 12 have been at their work experience placements this week. We have had some terrific feedback from the employers, with
We look forward to welcoming back the year 12s on Monday 22nd May.
The Quills in Rochester writing:
'I met Gemma today and she was so lovely and helpful, [...]She was all good and calm.'
Key Stage 5 Update
Well done to the year 13s, and some of our year 12s, for completing exams this week. Students have completed exams for Photography, Criminology, Art, Sport, and Psychology. The students are working incredibly hard and the 6th form team are extremely proud of them all.
Mindfulness Mornings
Our wellbeing manager, Tash Thomas, is offering mindfulness every morning for our year 13s to help them focus for any upcoming exams.
Key dates
Week beginning 22nd May 2023 - Year 10 work experience
26th June 2023 - Meet the SLT
13th July - Sports Day
Strood Academy - Key Priorities
The academy have set the following key priorities for module 5 and 6. This is to allow a clear strategic planning and implementation on improvement throughout the academy. These key priorities will be used to measure the progress within the academy and allow all stakeholders to be aware of what is happening within the academy.
The key priorities are as follows;
To provide stability to all stakeholders during a transition in leadership
To enable Year 11 pupils and Year 13 students to achieve excellent examination results
For all stakeholders to be involved in creating a new 5 year vision for Strood Academy
Improve culture for learning throughout the Academy
To provide our pupils transitioning between key stages the support and experiences to succeed
To relaunch our College systems providing pupils pastoral care through revised structures
Technology in school
All mobile phones and headphones must not been seen on school ground , these must remain out of sight and switched off. This decision was taken for a number of well-considered and well-researched reasons:
To improve our children’s health and wellbeing from the impact of social media
To protect them from the negative impact of cyber-bullying whilst they are in school
To protect our school community from phone cameras being used within the school environment
To improve educational standards by removing the constant distractions that mobile phones pose
To ensure that students are not distracted from key examinations that shape their future
We at the academy appreciate that communication with your child is important and therefore please be assured if you need to contact them urgently you can do so via the school main reception on 01634 717121 and the message will be passed through the pastoral team to your child.
Below are the key processes that have been shared with all pupils about the expectation and the consequences in relation to the use of technology in school.
Phones/Headphones MUST NOT be seen in school.
If Phones/Headphones are seen in school, they will be confiscated.
30 minute same day detention for mobile Phones/Headphones.
Collection of Phones/Headphones from reception (once 30 minute detention has been completed)
Phones/Headphones must not be used on school grounds.
If Headphones are being used, we will confiscate Headphones and the mobile phone that they are connected to.
Any student that refuses to hand over their Phones/Headphones will be placed in the behaviour for learning room and parents will be invited in to collect phones.
Phones/Headphones must be switched off and in bags or lockers.
