Dixons Kings Academy Appreciations!
Integrity, Diligence, Civility... 24 March 2017
100% EVERY DAY
The Climb... Events at DKA this week!
Leos helped to plant fruit trees at the Great Horton Memorial Ground with Councillor Dodds and staff from the council!
Language Leaders - leading a Spanish lesson!
WE Day
Feeding Britain's Future!
Year 9 pupils took part in a workshop run by "Feeding Britain's Future" this week in order to identify their skills, strengths and talents relating to future careers. They also learnt a lot about the food and grocery industry- 1 in 7 jobs are in this industry.
Comic Relief Bake Sale! Thank you Miss Irish for organising this and thank you to everyone who baked some delicious cakes! We raised £304.47 today - well done everybody!!
Student Leadership Team delivering an anti bullying presentation at assemblies this week! Integrity!
Family Members of the Week!
Year 7
Sahil Arif for displaying diligence and doing detailed and focused research for his STRETCH project. He has considered feedback carefully and improved his research and his presentation tremendously.
Ehsaan Shazad for always showing civility to members of the form. He has been an excellent member of the form behaviour panel and his conversations with his peers are always in line with academy expectations.
Year 8
Muhammad El Sayed 8.2 - Excellent effort in creating his stretch project! Always brilliant to see his creativity in what he designs.
Maneshia Khan 8.7 - For consistently displaying the 3 core values of the academy every day.
Year 9
Rehan Shahzad: Excellent contribution to the volunteer workshop.
Maryam Jamadar: Excellent contribution to the volunteer workshop.
Year 10
M Tauheed Hassan - - Diligence and integrity at all times
Aysha Kauser - Diligence and integrity at all times
FACULTY STARS OF THE WEEK!
Year 7 Student Appreciations!
1) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for learning hours on Hegarty Maths”
Year 7
Iqra IMRAN
Farah WALLACE
Amad HUSSAIN
Tyisha KHAN
Hanzala MINHAS
2) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for questions answered on Hegarty Maths”
Year 7
Mominah SHAH
Qais MUSTAFA
Hamza KABIR
Farah WALLACE
Ruqayyah KARA
Ehsaan Shazad, Mohammed Tayyib and Hajara Ali for always being extremely helpful around the classroom
Humairah Ali showed great diligence, civility & integrity at the WE DAY event
AHB – Adeela Ahmed (Y7) for her diligence in writing in Spanish and her enthusiasm in lessons.
Year 8 Student Appreciations!
ASM: Mohammed Abu-Faizan in Y8 has been exemplary in his attitude and behaviour and made many impressive contributions during RWC this week.
1) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for learning hours on Hegarty Maths”
Year 8
Uzair MAHMOOD
Umamah ALI
Shahzaib AHMAD
Aiman JAVED
Affan SOHAIL
2) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for questions answered on Hegarty Maths”
Year 8
Uzair MAHMOOD
Zara Nosheen MAHMOOD
Saffiyah MUSSA
Awais MUSTAFA
Zain-Ul ABIDIN
For an excellent stretch presentation – Iqra Razaq and Subhan Ahmad
Junaynah Hussain showed great diligence, civility & integrity at the WE DAY event
Thank you to Moosa and Hasnain for being good stretch partners
supporting other pupils in the form
Laibah Noor (Y8) for her civility in helping her Lexia partner catch up on Spanish.
Henna Adrahis - showing fantastic sports leadership in her PE lesson this week
Year 9 Student Appreciations!
JKN: Armaan Ali in Y9 for improved diligence and enthusiasm.
Emaan Khalid- working diligently in lesson and at break to catch up with missed work Faizaan Salim, Hamza Mahmood, Alishah Ahmed, Aleeza Riaz- excellent effort shown in homework and DIRT tasks
Year 10 Student Appreciations!
DCW: Ayesha Khan in Y10 for her dedication to her studies and always pushing herself inside and outside of the lesson.
1) Diligence – “Top 10 in the year for learning hours on Hegarty Maths”
Year 9
ZEB Adeen Ruhee
MAHMOOD Humaira
NAFEEL Ibrahim
AHMED Mohammed Rahim
RASHID Isa
Year 10
Mohammad Ali AKHTAR
Hafsa Aaminah SHAKOOR
Zain AHMAD
Henna KHAN
Aasiya MANSUR
2) Diligence – “Top 10 in the year for questions answered on Hegarty Maths”
Year 9
JAMADAR Maryam
HUSSAIN Haniya Noor
KHAN Aneesah
NAFEEL Ibrahim
ALI Fakhir
Year 10
Maryam KHAN
Minahil SARFRAZ
Henna KHAN
Mohammad Ali AKHTAR
Iqra MAHMOOD
For continued diligence in completing additional homework – Fakhir Ali
For excellent diligence with percentages – Aliyah Khan and Amirah Kara
All students who attended showed great diligence, civility & integrity
Sara Ali 10
Mariyum Patel 10
Hanna Hussain 10
Well done to all the students who have been working hard to top their class on Memrise- keep it up!
Mariyum Patel- coming to collect missed work before she missed the lesson as she knew she would be out on a trip- very good diligence and integrity shown!
Mujahid- working very well in lessons
EHI – Rahid Khan (Y10) for his diligence in producing an excellent piece of Spanish writing.
Year 11 Student Appreciations!
SCL: Farhaan Tariq in Y11 for making huge improvements in literature.
LGA: Abbas Sajid in Y11 for excellent effort in literature.
DCR: Ismail Nazir in Y11 for improving his Literature raw score by 35 marks.
MML: Hassan Shah- He has made huge improvements in both English Language and Literature.
1) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for learning hours on Hegarty Maths”
Year 11
Samiya AKHTAR
Saif JAVED
Harris AFZAL
Yousaf IQBAL
Ayesha IQBAL
2) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for questions answered on Hegarty Maths”
Year 11
Hassan SHAH
Saif JAVED
Hayqa SAEED
Yousaf IQBAL
Samiya AKHTAR
1) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for learning hours on Hegarty Maths”
Year 11
Samiya AKHTAR
Saif JAVED
Harris AFZAL
Yousaf IQBAL
Ayesha IQBAL
2) Diligence – “Top 5 in the year for questions answered on Hegarty Maths”
Year 11
Hassan SHAH
Saif JAVED
Hayqa SAEED
Yousaf IQBAL
Samiya AKHTAR
All students who attended showed great diligence, civility & integrity
Maleeha Khan 11
Aroosa Ahmed 11
Kafayat Azeez 11
Mariyah Naz 11
Rhea Rafaqat 11
Kaif Mahmood 11
Bilal Seedat 11
Excellent work form all of 11oRe3 in their RE formative assessment this week. No one got less than a B in the exam and there were many A grades and quite a few A* grades. Keep it up!
11oRe4- well done to all students for their hard work which has meant every student improved in their recent assessment- keep improving!
Suhayb Hussain and Mariyah Naz- getting 100% twice in the two recent formative assessments sat. Well done!
Aisha Sharif- thank you for all your help this week
AEV – Safaa Ali (Y11) for her diligence in applying exam strategies in preparation for reading and listening exams.
All GCSE PE students who worked incredibly hard during their practical assessments yesterday. They have now completed 60% of their overall assessment and need to continue with their diligence in order to get a high grade in the exam.
Ra'Is Aslam - For his continued diligence with the Year 7 Homework Club which is led by Student Leaders! Ra'ls went over and above to help a student complete his homework during detention!
Staff Appreciations!
Mrs Gordon-Jarrett for bringing me tasty food and always being a joyful presence
Ms Wharton – for being extremely diligent with all meeting room requests, callbacks and inputting positives for the Maths leader board – thank you
Miss Ahmed – for always offering support and guidance with Year 11 whenever I need it thank you
Mr Bartman and cleaning staff – for responding so quickly and meticulously when a student was ill in my classroom – thank you.
All the English teachers who gave up their time on Tuesday to attend additional CPD at Dixons City.
Mr Horrocks for helping me with a flat tyre.
Miss Mahmood and Ms Rasib for allowing the English department to borrow their extremely well-marked books.
Mr Wilson for giving up his time to help and support me.
Mr Carr for being Mr Carr.
Ms Cheetham for volunteering to help support the Y7 CHSC.
Mr Farooq for sharing his Physics knowledge to non-specialists.
Mr Rafiq for supporting Y7’s by organising laptops for the Y7 CHSC when no ICT rooms are available. He brings them to the required room and takes them back at the end of the session.
The admin team for help in organising the WE Day team
Miss Shah for being an amazing helper on the WE Day trip
Miss Sangha- thank you for organising the Maths competition for year 7 and 8
Mr Nixon- creating interesting poems for year 9 and 10
Mrs J Stables- a huge thank you for all the time you have spent creating display resources for the Humanities department
Miss M Jennings- never saying no and always completing my long list of Repro jobs with a smile
Miss Irish for her civility in organising the Comic Relief Bake Sale.
Miss Irish for helping with the preparation of student resources for the Business/Finance department.
Mr Gough & Miss Stevens – Supporting the PE faculty on GCSE PE moderation day, leading sessions and moderating activities. This led to a very productive and successful day.
Miss Jennings, Mrs Wharton, Miss Laidman, Miss Hussain and Mrs Khan for helping in reception whilst Mrs Sutton is absent.
Mr Wilson and Mrs Miah for accompanying us to the memorial garden to help with planting trees. - from the Leo Club
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