MILL CHASE ACADEMY
Parent Weekly Newsletter
Issue 28 22nd April 2016
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Message from the Principal
Dear Parents/Carers
It was wonderful to see so many Year 10 parents yesterday evening. As ever, there were
plenty of positive conversations about how well Year 10 are progressing on their GCSE
courses.
In assemblies this week, Mrs Moral has outlined all our student leadership opportunities to
Year 7 through to Year 10 and I do hope that the high levels of students keen to engage in
leading their school, continues for next year. An important part of this will be the
application and selection process for next year’s Head Boy and Head Girl, which takes
place later this term.
Yours sincerely
P Hemmings
Principal
Diary of Dates
APRIL
26th
HPV Immunisation for Year 8 Girls
MAY
2nd
Bank Holiday
5th
Year 7 Parents’ Evening
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reminders about upcoming events. Our Twitter name is @Mill_Chase.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARD GOES TO ………..
Charlie Insley B4. Nominated by Miss Scott for taking on board
feedback during the lesson and showing Growth Mindset.
Other nominations were ………………………………….
Ryley Green R3. Nominated by Mr Thompson for managing to be the only student to trick Mr
Thompson with a fake Geography fact.
Charlie Sinden B3. Nominated by Mr Bremner for consistent hard work in a Mathematics lesson,
always making it to the extension work and seeking out challenges.
Holly Wilmer Y1. Nominated by Mr Fisher for not giving up and taking time to formulate a killer full
sentence in History! Growth Mindset CHAMP!
Joshua Hatcher R6. Nominated by Mrs Toombs for taking the time to help other students play the
guitar.
Thomas Ward G1. Nominated by Mrs Wallond for outstanding effort and patience with his Growltiger
compostion.
Ben Clinkard G5. Nominated by Mrs Wallond for perseverance and patience with his Growltiger
compostion.
Ben Campbell R5. Nominated by Miss Scott for choosing challenge in English instead of the easy
option.
Charlie Anne Bownson G5. Nominated by Miss Scott for a thought-provoking piece of empathetic
writing as homework.
Ama’lie Hadfield Y5. Nominated by Mrs Beatty for achieving a perfect attitude to learning score of 1
for every single subject last term.
Thomas Ward G1. Nominated by Mrs Hartnell for being an amazing helper in Food Technology.
Leah Psaila B5. Nominated by Mr Bremner for hard work in Mathematics lessons and overcoming
challenges.
Holly Taylor Y2. Nominated by Mrs Wallond for a detailed and reflective mask evaluation using
excellent art vocabulary.
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MATHS PUZZLE OF THE WEEK
The puzzle is: I have two coins totalling 55 pence. One of the coins is not a 50p piece. What are the
two coins?
Students are to complete the puzzle on a piece of paper and they need to make sure that they have
also written their name and mentor group. They can then either give it to their maths teacher or
they can put it in the box, which will be in the maths office. There will be a prize for the first correct
answer picked out of the box.
The cut off date for entries is: Thursday 28th April
Last week’s answer: 9
The winner to last week’s puzzle is: Alana Hedger Y2
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Uniform Supplier Visits
Our uniform supplier, Tec Promotions will be in school to sell uniform at 2:45pm on the following
dates
26th April
7th June
10th May
21st June
24th May
30th June (New intake evening)
5th July
Rocket Seeds from Space!
This week students in Year 7 have started an experiment using seeds that have actually been into
space.
In September, 2kg of rocket seeds were flown to the International Space Station (ISS) on Soyuz 44S
where they spent several months in microgravity before returning to Earth. The seeds have been
distributed to schools across the country as part of Rocket Science, an educational project launched
by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and the UK Space Agency.
We have received a packet of 100 seeds from space, which we will grow alongside seeds that have
not been to space and measure the differences over seven weeks. At this stage, nobody in school
knows which seed packet contained which seeds. We have to wait until all results have been
collected by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and analysed by professional biostatisticians.
This nationwide science experiment will enable the children to think more about how we could
preserve human life on another planet in the future, what astronauts need to survive long-term
missions in space and the difficulties surrounding growing fresh food in challenging climates.
We are looking forward to seeing how they grow!
Mrs Pittaway
Curriculum Leader for Science
Languages Experience Day - Royal Holloway University
On Thursday 14th April, 10 Year 8 students travelled to the University of Royal Holloway with Miss
Lissoni and Miss Sibley for a Languages Experience Day where they were given the opportunity to
further their language skills. To begin with there was a French, Spanish, German and Italian quiz
which was challenging but we all learnt a great deal about the different countries. The morning
session was focussed on giving us a taster of a new language so we were able to try Italian and
German which was great fun. After our lunch break we were given a tour of the university which
impressed us greatly, especially the Founder’s Building which was the original building and was
incredibly beautiful and seeped in history.
Did you know that until the 1950s the university was only for ladies? We didn't until then! We were
astounded by the size of the university and had a tour of the gigantic library, lecture theatres and
even got to see some dorms!
In the afternoon we were set a task of a media mission to improve the language skills we already
had. This was really enjoyed by everyone. The day ended with a session by the university students
themselves where they talked about studying languages at university and we took part in a question
and answer session. It was very informative and we learnt a great deal about university life in general
and specifically where languages can take you in the future and how beneficial having languages can
be. All 10 students immensely enjoyed the day and we would like to share some of their thoughts:
'A**'
'An inspirational trip'
'It was a hugely enjoyable educational experience'
'I can't wait to go to university'
'It was an interesting and fun experience and we learnt a great deal!'
‘A different world and extraordinary experience’
'I would like to go back - can we go again?'
'We asked questions to the university students which allowed us to find out whether we would
consider studying a language at degree level. That answer is now definitely a yes!'
Well done to all the students who participated; they were a real credit to Mill Chase Academy. The
trip was a resounding success and the students were impressed by the university setting. As a result,
it is certainly a route that they would all like to pursue in the future.
Miss Lissoni
Head of Modern Foreign Languages
PCSO Ellis Parish will be in school
every 4th Monday for students to
‘drop in’ and discuss any issues or
worries.
Including: Anti-Social Behaviour,
Social Media, Cyber bullying and lots
more.
At lunchtime in the Pastoral Office
Monday
18th April
16th May
13th June
11th July
Bordon
Mondays
Years 10-11 | 6:30-8:30pm
(Invite only)
Tuesdays
We h a v e a w i d e v a r i e t y o f
ga m e s a n d a c t i v i t i e s. We
also of fer advice & guidance
around sexual health, drugs,
alcohol,
FREE first time and 75p af-
Years 7-9 | 6:308:30pm