Although the winners for this year’s Carnegie/Greenaway Awards have been announced, KSA students can still vote for their favourite titles from this year’s nominees.
Work on our new Sixth Form centre is progressing well, with the build team making great progress despite strategic complications caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
KSA switches to government FSM voucher scheme
Last week we started ‘Feel Good Friday’ at KSA. As part of this event we will be creating a ‘Happiness Wall’! Each week will have a different focus for example last week focused on staff recognising students work/effort/achievement throughout lock down so far. In future it might consist of photos recreating a piece of art or book cover or movie etc /virtual sing along / feel good playlists / as well as some more outstanding pieces of work etc, etc,
This aims to create a feel good factor and community feeling, which can only make us smile, stop and appreciate good things that are happening.
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Our ‘Extreme Reading’ challenge produced some very interesting results! Use the link below to see just how extreme our KSA readers have been.
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Although as a country we did not celebrate VE Day the way we had perhaps intended, with full blown street parties, social gatherings and parades; regardless there was an overwhelming feeling of pulling together and recognising the sacrifices made by the war time generation. Vera Lynne’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ certainly resonates with us today, which made it even more poignant.
At KSA we too wanted to we fully embraced VE Day and clearly the staff were ‘In the Mood’ to entertain you all. It may not come close to the Red Arrows fly by, or the Spitfire’s flying past the White Cliffs of Dover or as stirring as listening to Winston Churchill’s, but it certainly made us smile. Please enjoy this montage…
To see a gallery of photographs from the day please click here
Please see the effort members of our KSA Community went to when dancing to ‘In the Mood’ for VE Day.
Once again we wanted to celebrate the excellent work of our students
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Please see our KSA Acts of Kindness – alongside some fantastic work from students.
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Environmental week pictures taken by students and staff in and outside of school. As ever we have showcase some of the excellent work our students are completing.
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Made with classic art recreations and awesome work by students. Warning, this is highly entertaining!
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A hugely PE focused Happiness Wall this week! Taking part in the 25 push-ups challenge to highlight PTSD a really good effort from staff and students. Also a massive well done for being awarded the School Games Recognition Certificate – this is really awesome and our students have been doing some amazing stuff.
Students at Kettering Science Academy have produced a magazine about activities at the school, which has been distributed to year groups and staff.
We are delighted that RM Education has been appointed as Managed IT Services provider across the whole of the Brooke Weston Trust.
We are committed to keeping you informed of our commitment to educate your child in as safe an environment as possible and to advise you of our current proposals for the summer term.
Due to a full electrical power down the academy will be closed on Tuesday 26th May.
Here is an overview of how KSA celebrated VE Day
Dear Parents and Carers,
Following the Prime Minister’s message last night about some changes to current lockdown rules, I would like to take this opportunity to to emphasise that,as yet, nothing has changed about who can and cannot attend school.