Grange Academy Performance at Head Teachers’ Conference 14th June 2019 A group of 9 Grange Academy students have been creating their own music and practising over many weeks with Ben and Chris who have been visiting Grange for several weeks to support our students with their performance. The students have been making their own rhythms on ipads and instruments. This has been leading to a performance at Sharnbrook Hotel on Thursday 6th June at a Head Teachers’ Conference. Our own Miss Assink was there for the performance and commented afterwards, ‘That was brilliant it left me very emotional.’ Miss Leach has been supporting the group throughout the weeks and commented, ‘I was extremely proud of what they have achieved. They were absolutely fabulous.’ We will give you a further update after their performance at the Bedford Corn Exchange on Thursday 13th June. Jessica: I felt very nervous when playing in front of all the head teachers. When it was over I felt better. Skye: I felt scared, my heart was pounding but I really enjoyed it. I am looking forward to doing it again at the Bedford Corn Exchange. Kelsey: My nerves were bad at the start, but as I started playing my nerves went and I felt happy and proud. I saw my old head teacher. Ben: I was really excited and buzzing to do my performance. When I was a the front doing my rapping my mouth went dry. TJ: I felt nervous before we performed at Sharnbrook Hotel. My heart felt like a drum. I felt more relaxed once we started. Rio: I was shy at the beginning. Once I started to play I was fine and I enjoyed it. Patryk: I enjoyed playing good music, playing the drums. I am very happy. Chloe: I was not nervous or scared. I wanted to start playing to see what people thought. Howard Class have been working towards the reward of an Olympic games session. Ewan: We used the crossbow. I did my best to shoot the bunnies on the water bottles. They were so cool because the cross bows came in different colours. Halfway through, the pink one broke, but then it got fixed. Nathan: The shooting part was really hard because every time we tried to get it on the target, we kept missing it! The arrows went missing and we had to find them. Kade: We have done a cross bow, we used them to shoot bunnies. Me and my friend Armaan hit the bunnies but not everyone was able to hit the bunnies. It was fun to do it! You should try it! Daniela: We learning about the bunny hunters, but it made me scared! Bunny speak to me! Armaan: We threw the javelin and I threw the javelin further than Nathan who held the record! Harry: We had to run to the hoop and get the balls and get them back. We won by getting all the balls before the other team did. Allen: It was so tricky to shoot the bunny! I had to use one arrow at a time to aim for the bunny…but I missed it! Howard Class News Maple class have been learning their number bonds. We used a variety of different manipulatives to find numbers that add to 10, 20 and 100. Some of us found addition and subtraction facts. Alexis: I found number bonds to 20 a bit hard. I used Numicon to help me. Ibrahim: I made 10 using Numicon. 9 and 1 makes 10. Steven: I put spots on the ladybird to make 10. Kailey: I liked learning number bonds to 20 but it was very tricky. Jasmine: I am learning number bonds up to 20. I tried very hard to learn them. I am very proud of myself. Allan: I did number bonds to 100. I worked in multiples of 10 and with other numbers. It was easyish! Oskar: It was fun doing number bonds up to 20. I used Numicon to help me. Callum: I liked learning about number bonds. I did a ladybird picture with number bonds. Kieran: I can add two numbers to make 100 and subtract from 100. Ashantey: I am good at number bonds. If you ask me a number bond I will get it right. Maple Class News
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Grange Academy Performance at Head Teachers’ Conference
14th June 2019
A group of 9 Grange Academy students have been creating their own music and practising over many weeks with Ben and Chris who have been visiting Grange for several weeks to support our students with their performance. The students have been making their own rhythms on ipads and instruments. This has been leading to a performance at Sharnbrook Hotel on Thursday 6th June at a Head Teachers’ Conference. Our own Miss Assink was there for the performance and commented afterwards, ‘That was brilliant it left me very emotional.’ Miss Leach has been supporting the group throughout the weeks and commented, ‘I was extremely proud of what they have achieved. They were absolutely fabulous.’ We will give you a further update after their performance at the Bedford Corn Exchange on Thursday 13th June. Jessica: I felt very nervous when playing in front of
all the head teachers. When it was over I felt better. Skye: I felt scared, my heart was pounding but I really enjoyed it. I am looking forward to doing it again at the Bedford Corn Exchange. Kelsey: My nerves were bad at the start, but as I started playing my nerves went and I felt happy and proud. I saw my old head teacher. Ben: I was really excited and buzzing to do my performance. When I was a the front doing my rapping my mouth went dry. TJ: I felt nervous before we performed at Sharnbrook Hotel. My heart felt like a drum. I felt more relaxed once we started. Rio: I was shy at the beginning. Once I started to play I was fine and I enjoyed it. Patryk: I enjoyed playing good music, playing the drums. I am very happy. Chloe: I was not nervous or scared. I wanted to start playing to see what people thought.
Howard Class have been working towards the reward of an Olympic games session. Ewan: We used the crossbow. I did my best to shoot the bunnies on the water bottles. They were so cool because the cross bows came in different colours. Halfway through, the pink one broke, but then it got fixed. Nathan: The shooting part was really hard because every time we tried to get it on the target, we kept missing it! The arrows went missing and we had to find them. Kade: We have done a cross bow, we used them to shoot bunnies. Me and my friend Armaan hit the bunnies but not everyone was able to hit the bunnies. It was fun to do it! You should try it! Daniela: We learning about the bunny hunters, but it made me scared! Bunny speak to me!
Armaan: We threw the javelin and I threw the javelin further than Nathan who held the record! Harry: We had to run to the hoop and get the balls and get them back. We won by getting all the balls before the other team did. Allen: It was so tricky to shoot the bunny! I had to use one arrow at a time to aim for the bunny…but I missed it!
Howard Class News
Maple class have been learning their number bonds. We used a variety of different manipulatives to find numbers that add to 10, 20 and 100. Some of us found addition and subtraction facts. Alexis: I found number bonds to 20 a bit hard. I used Numicon to help me. Ibrahim: I made 10 using
Numicon. 9 and 1 makes 10. Steven: I put spots on the ladybird to make 10. Kailey: I liked learning number bonds to 20 but it was very tricky. Jasmine: I am learning number bonds up to 20. I tried very hard to learn them. I am very proud of myself.
Allan: I did number bonds to 100. I worked in multiples of 10 and with other numbers. It was easyish! Oskar: It was fun doing number bonds up to 20. I used Numicon to help me. Callum: I liked learning about number bonds. I did a ladybird picture with number bonds. Kieran: I can add two numbers to make 100 and subtract from 100. Ashantey: I am good at number bonds. If you ask me a number bond I will get it right.
Maple Class News
Oak Class News
S3 News
S1B News
S1A News
This week S1A celebrated the end of exams with a meal out at the Pilgrim’s Progress in Bedford. Jamie: we all walked there, we were following the path by the river. We saw ducks, swans and cygnets and some rowers. Tanvir: I learned that when I finished my meal I put the knife and fork together in a straight line instead of across my plate to show the waiter I have finished with the meal. K’Leeer: I tried a new dessert. It
was a chocolate brownie and it was nice, especially with the ice cream! Robert: This was the first time I took my time eating a meal! I didn’t finish first! Tiffany: We looked at the menu first. I chose sausages, chips and beans. Tyla: I went to the bar with Mrs Coles and ordered my own drink. George and I had the ‘Ultimate’ burger and then we had the same dessert: chocolate fudge cake. We waited until everyone was served before eating, it was really hard! Ms Charnock: I thought everyone was very well behaved, it was a lot of fun and it was a lovely way to celebrate the end of the exams.
S1B had a great time on Tuesday preparing food for a picnic in the park towards a qualification in Food Technology. Unfortunately, the weather was against us but we had a great time making sandwiches and drinks, and displaying snacks. Our picnic was still held but in the school hall. All in all, a good time was had by the class. Jazmin: I liked sharing the snacks with my friends. It was nice being with my group and chatting. Brooke: I liked the picnic, we all ate food in the hall as a class. I made a cheese sandwich. Zack: I like the picnic, it was really cool. I made
a ham and cheese sandwich and brought in some chocolate cakes and strawberries to share with my friends. Natasha: I enjoyed the food. I ate strawberries after I had my tuna and mayonnaise sandwich. Finley: I made a sandwich of cheese and ham. I ate a packet of Skips and a chocolate cake with strawberries. I had a drink of juice too. Tino: I made a tuna and cheese sandwich. We shared our food with the class. We had a mat on the floor in the hall to put our food and drink on. Jo: We had a picnic in the hall because it was raining. I liked the strawberries. It was good fun.
S3 started their final PSE Entry level unit of the year this week, it is Emotional Wellbeing. They have already successfully completed 3 Entry level units so far. James: We looked at
how to recognise emotions. I drew things that are happy experiences for me – doing word searches, football and watching tree movies. Kelsey: We looked at what are sad experiences, I drew about being bullied because that would make me sad. Ben: We had to think about who could help us in emotional times. I wrote about if you were lost who could help. I came up with – using your phone to call for help, asking someone for help or if you were with a friend you could stay together and try to walk back the way you came. I was told it was important to ask for help from a policeman or a shopkeeper as it’s safer. Joshua: I wrote about who could help if someone died, I thought about who was out there that you could talk to, I came up with – getting mental help like from a doctor, an expert or talk to your friends. Skye: What would make me sad is to have no friends and being shouted at. You would feel very lonely. Camron: We had to choose jobs for people on a sheet from a list. We all chose a woman being a nurse, a woman being a dancer and a man being a builder. We were all wrong, we all just guessed because that’s what it’s usually like but people can be what they want to be.
Willow Class News This week Willow class have been learning about washing with a flannel in space! Tristan: We saw a man with a compressed towel. Kaiden: The man put water on the towel. The water floated. Max: There was no gravity. Ruby: We had a bowl of water and put a compressed flannel in the water.
Toby: The flannel got bigger. Keith: We squeezed it to get the water out. The water dropped into the bowl. Ryan: The astronauts water went up and on his hands. Hannah: My hands got wet but the water dripped back into the bowl. Kajetan: I squeezed a flannel to see where the water went. Ashmit: Water went into the bowl.
Despite our initial sadness over the weather stopping us from going to Wicksteed Park, we enjoyed Team Oak Party Day! Miss Sheehan made us a cake! We attempted to make slime which was really fun, but it was too sticky. We were glad to still go horse riding! Amy was lucky to be chosen to melt the chocolate and ice the cake
at the end of the day. Chibunna: We make our party crowns! It looks so good - gems and glitter! Jake: Making Pokemon cards out of paper and we had logos to stick on the back. I made Meowth, Cubone and Eevee. Kaleem: Balloons, kick like football. Aishah: Wicksteed Park has closed but I want to go to Oak class party. I make Pikachu card. Max: We ate popcorn and I did dancing.
S5 News
S4 News
Dove class have been looking at taking care of their teeth. Oliver: If you don’t brush your teeth both day and night other people won’t like the way your teeth will look when they start going rotten. Alex W: I think looking after your teeth is very important because if you don’t look after them you could end up with holes called ‘cavities’. You
should brush your teeth every morning and every night to avoid cavities. Jamie: Sometimes you get food stuck in your teeth so you should always floss your teeth after brushing them. Alex R: You should not eat sugary foods because
the sugar rots your teeth and makes you fat. You should eat healthy foods. Irfanul: You must brush your teeth or your breath will smell. Toothpaste makes your breath smell nice and protects your teeth. Sam: I have a soft toothbrush and it is blue. You must brush the front and the back teeth because they will get rotten. Joshua: You must brush your teeth for 2 minutes because that’s what it says on the video! Ethan: Brush your teeth it’s good to keep them clean.
Dove Class News
The school had a treat day on Wednesday due to the school trips being cancelled, we had a lovely day in our form groups chilling out and socialising: Chloe: I have enjoyed
today because I got to sit with my friends and watch movies. Mrs Porter and Mr Eden brought in some lovely snacks for us to have as well. Pietro: Today was a treat day because the zoo trip had been cancelled, we all had a nice, lovely day together chilling out and watched The Hunger Games. Rio: Today we watched 2 films, Infinity War was the best, I have had a nice day chatting with my friends. We had a day off from lessons today because we should have been on the trip. Leon: It was a good day, we had no lessons because all the trips had been cancelled, we should have been at the zoo but I had a nice day with my friends instead. Alfie: have watched movies and eaten snacks today, we were supposed to be going to the zoo, I was disappointed that we didn’t go but enjoyed the films. Andreeas: I liked watching the film and eating the snacks, it was good. Tommy: I’ve enjoyed today but I’m disappointed that the trip to Whipsnade Zoo has been cancelled, so instead of the trip I read a book and helped Mr Eden in the kitchen to prepare some snacks. I brought in a couple of films for my friends to choose from. Jaiden: Today we had day off lessons, we watched films and ate sweets and popcorn.
S2 News This week as part of their PE lesson S4 have been continuing to work on their fitness programme, this week they have been doing a circuit challenge which involved using different muscles in their bodies. Some of the exercises they did
were star jumps, press ups, mountain climbers and the plank. Students worked in pairs and counted how many reps their partner did in 1 minute. In two weeks time they will do the same exercises to see if they can better their scores. Katie: some of the exercises were hard but I tried to have a go at doing all of them. Patryk: I did lots of exercises with Daniel. Lex: I enjoyed the exercises I have done a lot of them before.
Ash class have been learning about our teeth. We have been learning about why we need to clean them and how to brush them properly. Ben: We need our teeth to bite our food and for chewing. We need to brush them for 2 minutes if we don’t they will fall out.
Noah: We need them for mushing our food down and for speaking. Robert: We need to visit the dentist. Lolu: We use toothpaste. Lewis: We need to clean them. We put the toothpaste on the brush. It makes our gums healthy. Harry demonstrated how to brush his teeth. Aneyk: Brush. Josh D: We need to brush our teeth. I brush them in the sink in the bathroom. Josh S: Brush teeth.
Ash Class News
This week we helped to prepare and cook the food ready for our fajita feast. Callum: I liked the fajita, nachos and chicken. I helped warm up the meat and put the cheese on the nachos. I also enjoyed having extra time outside and playing chequers with TJ. TJ: I enjoyed challenging Callum to a game of chequers and playing
football and basketball. Hannah: I enjoyed trying the food, my favourite was the cheesy nachos and guacamole. Kieran: I enjoyed the fajita and ate the delicious cheesy nachos.
Bradley: I really enjoyed today because we got extra time outside and I got to try the food. Abiah: The cheesy nachos with dips were my favourite today but enjoyed everything. Josiah: I helped to cook the chicken and vegetables and then put the cheese on the nachos. I then had a fajita and nachos but wasn’t brave enough to have the dip. RJ: I’ve had a great day, it’s been lots of fun and I got to eat some good food. Darren: I enjoyed all of the food and then I did the washing up for the class.
UNICEF: Rights Respecting Schools Award Article of the Week
Grange Diary Dates
Please talk to your children about the articles each week.
Article 37 No one is allowed to punish you in a cruel or
harmful way.
Sign of the Week Grange Academy have introduced a British Sign
Language sign of the week. Please practice this with your
children. You will find this information on
our website www.grange.beds.sch.uk
follow the links Our School, British Sign Language. Each week there will be a new link for the sign and a image
and video on who to sign it. The sign for week w/c 17th June 2019 is: Pink
https://www.signbsl.com/sign/pink
Summer Games—Bedford Athletic Stadium Tuesday 25th June 2019
Bedfordshire FA Ability Counts League Friday 28th June 2019
Grange Academy Summer Fayre Saturday 29th June 2019 at 1.30—3.30 pm
ASC Picnic Friday 5th July—1.30—3.00 pm
Parents Evening Tuesday 9th July 2019
Summer Games—Bedford Athletic Stadium Thursday 11th July 2019
Sports Day Monday 15th July at 9 am
End of Summer Term Friday 19th July 2019
Each week a pupil at Grange Academy will give us their thoughts and comments on the Article of
the Week. Nathan (Howard)
They should not do this as it’s just not right. It is better to talk and sort things out.
We are holding our annual Summer fair on Saturday 29th June at 1.30pm – 3.30pm.
We are looking for stall holders who would like to come along and sell their goods at the fair. We
are looking for donations for the Nearly New and the White Elephant stalls. Please send in any
donations as soon as possible. We are also looking for volunteers to help on the
day between 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Please contact Natasha Cowell on
Well done to Ash, S1B and S4 for 100% attendance this week.
In Food Tech Sixth Form are working towards another unit called Picnics and Buffets. In order to achieve the unit they have been researching and planning the types of foods eaten on a picnic. Each student decided what they wanted to
eat, this week they prepared their food and had an indoor picnic. Thamid: In Food Tech we had a picnic, it is part of a unit award. I made my own sandwiches with cheese, I spread butter on the bread then I cut my sandwich into half, into 2 triangles. I also heated the pizza in the oven to eat at the picnic. I was helping my friend by opening the can of tuna with the can opener for them. Georgina: After we prepared all the picnic food we had
an indoor picnic as it was raining very heavily outdoors. I enjoyed the indoor picnic, it was still fun. We set the food out on the picnic blanket, then we all sat on the floor and ate our picnic. I made ham and cheese sandwiches, they were delicious. Jennifer: I made tuna and mayonnaise sandwiches for the picnic. We had lots of food; like grapes, strawberries, tomatoes, pineapple and salads to eat as well. The picnic was part of our learning for the unit award. I was excited about having a picnic. Ahlima: I enjoyed the picnic food, I made cheese sandwiches. I also made a salad with tomatoes which I cut myself. I helped set up the picnic placing all the food on the blanket. Kate: I was sharing my food with my friends. I had pizza, strawberries, crisps, salad and sandwiches to eat. I made tuna sandwiches, they were yummy.
