At Dixons Kings, we live by our core values. Integrity is always doing the right thing and keeping true to your moral principles. Diligence is the necessity of giving attention to detail in order to avoid error and overcome obstacles. Finally, Civility is about showing everyone consideration and respect. Our appreciations newsletter celebrates the members of our academy family who exhibit these values and climb the mountain to success. We also champion the family members who, during their climb, have shown themselves to be unique, ambitious and creative.

The 55 pupils who came on the cycle 1 rewards trip to the pantomime were impeccably behaved. The staff at the Alhambra stopped us on the way out to say how impressed they had been with their behaviour. Mrs Lang and I were really proud of you and happy so many of you appreciated the reward that you deserved.

Key Stage 4 students and staff enjoyed a belated festive theatre trip this week to see their English Literature GCSE text 'A Christmas Carol' live on stage at Leeds Playhouse. The production told the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation from miser to joyful philanthropist, with songs and dances aplenty. Everyone really enjoyed the production with plenty of giggles throughout and it was lovely to see students reciting quotations from the text as the actors spoke them on stage. Well done to all students who attended for their exemplary behaviour and enthusiasm for the trip.

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Miss Hickey

There were lots of students that got the answer correct, however only the ones with the best explanation was chosen. The answer was Alex is a girl. This week’s winner was Sundus Hussain in 7.6 and she will receive 10 positives.

Miss Stamford

All of 7E for their continued enthusiasm in all lessons, they are a joy to teach and their positive attitudes brighten my day

Miss Gayle

Everyone in the new Blog enrichment groups for their fantastic start and extremely diligent writing! Well done.

Mr Smith

The following students in 7A/En1 for excellent diligence and initiative using Seneca:

Salahuddin, Ayesha, Kashma, Qaasim Bismillah, Rida, Fatema Koja

Also, Hannah not only for her Seneca work but her perceptive, high level contributions in class.

Miss Dykxhoorn

7E English for their brilliant work with non-fiction texts this week! They have come back from break ready to learn and are consistently showing civility!

Miss Binnersley

All of 7b3 for amazing effort and diligence in lessons.

Miss Herbert

Alisha Ali for showing civility in family dining and around school this week, keep it up!

Miss Lawrence

Alex and Afeefa for always being really lovely.

Yusuf and Sobaan for always being really civil and kind

Mr Wysocki

All my year 7 students (I teach 5 classes so quite a few!), it was a pleasure seeing all their hard work and enthusiasm in the first week back after the break.

Miss Peake

Ali Omar for always helping other students with work and showing civility within my classroom.

Miss Knowles

Maaria Aziz and Zaina Zamir in 7BEn1 for producing some lovely creative writing for the Canterbury Tales writing competition.

Miss Mahmood (ICT)

All my students in 7A,7B/IT3 and 7E for their diligence in ICT lessons this week when planning for their movie on endangered animals.

Miss Jennings

Rumaysah Noor for scoring full marks in our science vocabulary test and Hafsa, Harris, Ilma, Esa Rashid and Abeera for scoring well. Hassan for fantastic contributions and always being diligent.

The whole class have given me 100 percent effort this week and for showed fantastic maturity in the lab.

Mr Duggan

The sign language enrichment club. I called into the lesson by accident on Monday and the skills the students are learning will help them and others to communicate – a key life skill. It was wonderful.

All of my Year 7 classes for the diligence shown in the DO Now quizzes. They are beginning to know more about Norman England the reign of King John and the Magna Carta than me!

Miss Peake

My 7B/DR1 class for their diligence within lessons. They are truly a pleasure to teach.

Mrs Bowley

My 7Bsp3 class for their fantastic written work in Spanish yesterday. Hopefully 7Asp1 will write something equally fantastic today!

Mr Harrap

Fazan Hafiz for showing curiosity and asking excellent questions.

Miss Labella

All of 7Asp3 Musquaan, Abeera and Hafsa for not only diligence in their own work but supporting their peers during quiet partner activities. Also Alaina Khan for her diligence and motivation in catching up with her learning.

Mr Ashraf

All of 7.7 for being a lovely form and making form times interesting and enjoyable

Miss Ball

Rumasa Khan for all her hard efforts every day this week.

Miss Walton

The form with top attendance which this week was 7.4 who had a fantastic 100%

Ms Hickey

Please can you announce the winner of the brainteaser competition:

The answer was: They see (it was an anagram)

The winners in year 8 this week: Shehzad Khan 8.6, Safwan Choudry 8.1 and Iqra Awas in 8.4.

All of these student have received 10 positives.

Ms Herbert

8B3 for their fabulous debate on Graffiti, in particular Muhsin for his confidence and enthusiasm.

Ms K Jennings

My year 9 chemistry class for their consistent hard work and high standards during lessons.

Mr Duggan

My Year 9 classes. They have completed a formative this week on the Civil Rights movement and it was a pleasure to mark. They are all using the correct structure for a 12 mark question.

Miss Khan

Ensam Troug for buying me chocolate to cheer me up . One of the kindest actions a student has done for me!

Ms Peake

I would like to appreciate the following students in my Drama class for their excellent effort in writing tasks and their diligence in lessons and after school intervention.

Amila Kauser

Aleena Wajid

Subhan Ahmed

Maneshia Khan

Amina Siddat

Sara Butt

Ms Knowles

10AEn1 for their diligence in class yesterday, producing some excellent pieces of writing. Also, Aqsa Ahmed for a huge improvement in her literature assessment.

Ms Hickey

Please can you announce the winner of the brainteaser competition:

The answer was: They see (it was an anagram)

The winner in year 10 this week was Shahzaib Ahmed 10.6

He has received 10 positives.

Miss Mahmood (Business)

Imran Abbas for being a happy individual and always saying hello around school.

Ms K Jennings

My year 10 science class for showing excellent focus and maturity in the lab this week and last. In particular, Aisha, Samirah, Ismail, Umar, Adnan, Subhan and Hamzah Waheed have shown excellent effort and good progress this week.

Mr Duggan

Absar, Bilal and Amelia in Year 10 for an excellent piece of work on the Pilgrimage of Grace.

Ms Knowles

All of Year 11 for their diligence during the English exams, especially the 2 hour and 15 minute literature exam last Friday. I'm certain this will pay off and they will achieve some excellent results.

Miss Mahmood (Finance)

I would like to appreciate my finance class for their hard work so far and for the positive atmosphere in lesson yesterday. Keep it up!

Miss Peake

May I appreciate three students from my Drama class for showing perseverance and civility in my lesson yesterday.

Zohaib Hussain

Iqra Nisar

Ashab Imran

Miss Khan

11c4- worked diligently on the first day back after the holidays. After a full day of exams, they worked very well to complete DIRT in the 20 minutes they had remaining of RE

Awais Aslam- impressive diligence shown by looking at the examiner report for RE after completing the Paper 2 exam to see what he could learn from the previous cohort

Aleeza Riaz- always gives 100% and this is reflected in her mock exams, well done

Miss Lawrence

Tanzeela, Nida and Ateeqa for always being very diligent and getting on quiet

Abdul for making improvements in his revision

Umar for always following my techniques in exams

Harris and Hamaad for always being brilliant

Ms C Sutton, Miss F Hafesji, Miss S Aurangzeb and Mrs R Khan for always showing great team work and working together to get jobs done and always doing so with a smile on their faces.

Mrs R Raziq for lending a helping hand when needed.

Ms S Bland and Mr T Rossell for their continued support over the last few months. It has been extremely comforting to know I have such a helpful faculty.

Ms S Bell for always willing to lend a hand to help when asked especially with first aid cover.

Mr C Harrap and Ms J Stephens for driving the minibus for the theatre trip on Tuesday, as well as all English staff who attended and supported.

Ms A Dykxhoorn for always being a source of support.

Ms R Parker for marking extra papers in her year 11 time.

Ms C Lopez for covering my invigilation duty.

Mr S Gayle for helping me with my mobility issues.

Mr E Laughlin for his time training me to drive the school minibus.

Ms S Bell for her continued support in the classroom

Ms A Dykxhoorn for her unwavering support and assistance with planning and marking.

Mr Younis for his support and making extra calls to Year 7 parents this week-it has been much appreciated!

All staff who have helped with cover this week and invigilating the mop up exams. Much appreciated.

Ms L Mellson and Ms K Ball for their support with a certain difficult situation and also just holding the fort while I have other students who need me.

Ms Walton for her continued support with students and their attendance, she is faultless at communicating with me about issues that are arising and keeping me in the know.

Ms Binnersley for inviting me on the Christmas Carol trip and for her kindness.

Mrs Bowley for sharing her sweets with myself and Ms Lawrence.

Mr Dar for the treats he brought to our faculty meeting.

Mr Wilson for rescuing myself, Ms Binnersly and Mr Harrap when we got locked on Tuesday night.

All the cover supervisors for helping to mop up the year 11 exams

Please note that it is parental responsibility to inform the Academy of changes to addresses or telephone numbers so that we can keep our records up to date, however the Academy cannot put any of the changes onto your Parent Pay accounts, this has to be done by you as the account holder. It is important that you do this immediately as your details change so that you can receive important text messages and letters sent to you via Parent Pay.

We are very proud that our year 7 and 8 students dine together every day. Family dining gives students a chance to demonstrate integrity, diligence and civility while eating together with their tutors. They serve each other; clean up together and get a chance to talk about their journey up the mountain of success!

To show our appreciation, we give our family members 'two claps on three'. Here are year 7 demonstrating it!

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