Dixons Kings Academy Appreciations!
Integrity, Diligence, Civility... 11 November 2016
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The Climb... Events at DKA this week!
Meet one of our new student librarians!
Year 8 Business Studies students meeting with staff from Morrisons, to explore career options in retail.
Students meet with staff from Bradford College to learn about different career options. Students shared their future career aspirations with each other. Amongst us we have future Accountants, Heart Surgeons and Mechanics!
Rewards trip for our Apprentice students
Our former Head Girl working in her free time!
A student from our class of 2016 has made a great start to his hairdressing course at Bradford College. He did an extremely professional job on Miss Clynes's hair this week.
Congratulations to these three students for winning the annual Year 7 E-Safety Competition
Family Members of the Week!
Hussain Ahmed for being a superb team captain in PE, for putting forth his best efforts in English and being extremely helpful at Family Dining.
Saanya Iqbal is an excellent member of the form group. She is a great role model due to her consistently high standards. always ready to help wherever she can, Saanya is an excellent student.
Year 8
Murtaza Khan 8.1 - Improved behaviour and attitude since returning to school.
Saarah Ali 8.4 - For excellent leadership in family dining in Miss Sangha’s absence.
Year 9
Aiza Mahmood 9Ox1 – Great growth in confidence this year and pride taken in everything she does
Halima Mahmood 9Cam1 – Excellent start to the year striving to receive as many positives as possible
Year 10
Hasan and Hussain Sidat – always showing diligence and making great choices.
Year 11
Student Leaders for supporting the Year 11 Parents Revision Evening
Staff who have been appreciated by students or their colleagues
Mr M Hussain for organising the Y11 Parents Revision Assembly
Mr Priestley for doing a fantastic job with helping out with the display boards around the Academy
Ms Gill for helping me on SimsMr Kirby for his support with my broken laptop
Miss Khanam for her excellent organisation and running of the Year 6 Assessment Day
As the first snow fall of the season has come upon us, I would like to appreciate the Site staff Alan and Roman for their efforts in clearing the snow and keeping the pathways clear for everyone to arrive safely into the Academy
Mr Jeram for sorting out my new laptop
Ms Kauser for supporting year 7 form tutors.
Mrs Knowles, Miss Shah and Miss Evans for excellent mentoring of staff.
Miss Clynes for her work on resources to support year 11.
Mr. Carr donating his equipment and time to help Year 11 students record a CD!
Miss Gordon-Jarrett for her generosity in the CDC
thanks to IT for always being on hand to help repro out when in need. They’ve been a huge help since I started in August always helping no matter how simple something was
Miss Hickey for supporting Y7 line up speeches by organising the speaker for all students to hear messages clearly.
Miss Cronin for handing out registers to all P1 teachers in Y7 when SIMS was down.
Mrs Clynes- thank you for being extremely kind and sharing
Mr Harrap- thank you for being so kind to get me a hot drink and go out of your way very late after school to do this
Miss Rhodes- thank you for all your extra support with a year 11 students to help him succeed in his GCSEs
Miss Evans- thank you for sharing good practice that benefits many colleagues
Mr Carr- thank you for all your support with ensuring year 8 students are organised and making the best possible progress
Mr Gayle- thank you for all your effort in creating brilliant resources in RE
Mr Ellis- thank you for all your hard work in inviting visitors so year 9 students are guided, supported and inspired when considering their GCSE options and future careers
Miss Ashraf for diligence in running the Language Leader session for out Trailblazer students
Miss Evans for diligence shown in marking Y11 speaking controlled assessments.
Ms Jones – assisting teachers with marking of exam papers
Ms Rasib and Miss Mahmood – being very diligent and meeting deadlines well in advance
Mr Farooq – helping teachers with understanding of the physics SOW
Mr Ishfaq – working hard on providing exciting opportunities for our G&T
Year 7 Friday Morning Appreciations!
Miss Irish - for coming into school with her broken finger
Miss Thompson - for helping me prepare for the English exams
Miss Crawford - for not giving me a detention
FACULTY STARS OF THE WEEK!
Year 11 Stars of the Week!
Thank you to the following students for showing exceptional civility and integrity when helping out with the year 6 assessment day:
Aisha Sharif
Maleeha Khan
Sulaiman Salim
Tahleel Hussain
Zain Ahmed
MFL Stars of the Week!
Abdul Khan (Y7) – for showing civility in Spanish lessons towards me, the classroom and other students. - Miss Hickey
Israa Abdalla (Y10) – outstanding diligence in lessons and taking in pride in her work to have a well presented book - Miss Evans
Haneefa Muhammed (Y9) – diligence shown in Cycle 1 assessments leading to fantastic attainment and progress - Miss Bowley
Salman Mahmood (Y8) – enthusiasm and diligence shown in Cycle 1 assessments leading to excellent attainment and progress Miss Boutonnet
Salihah Ali (Y9) – diligence and enthusiasm shown in Spanish lessons - Miss R Ashraf
Science Stars of the Week!
Year 8
Awais Mustafa: 8.5 (Diligence) Asks quality questions in the lessons, which reflects on good understanding of the topic.
Tayyibah Hafiz: 8.6 (Diligence) Completes all class tasks to a high standard.
Year 10
Nathan Patel: 10Ox3 (Integrity and Diligence) Works extremely hard every lesson and has achieved 95% in his Biology mock test paper. He has good manners and etiquettes which also contribute towards his success in his education.
Aliyah Rizwan: 10OX1 (Diligence) Excellent book presentation, she takes pride in the way the work is structured in her book and ultimately this has a positive impact in her test results.
Year 11
Hamza Khan: 11.6 (Diligence) works extremely hard in class and demonstrates good understanding as he is able to answer complex questions related to the lesson.
Bilal Usmani: 11.7 (Integrity and Diligence) Has made remarkable improvement in his work and his behaviour in class, this has lead to him improving his understanding and ultimately getting back on the track to success.
Josephine Kormoh for working really hard in Year 10 science.
Ramiz Azad for achieving a really good mark in cycle 1 assessment for science.
PE Stars of the Week!
Daanish Khan 8.2 - diligence and civility, despite having his arm in a sling Daanish cam to PE with a positive attitude to learning and he was keen to be involved in the lesson in whatever way he could be. He did a superb job of being a time keeper.
Humayrah Ali & Areeg Naseem – diligence during badminton lessons. Excellent attitude to try and improve further.
RE Stars of the Week - Miss Khan
Year 9:
Ramisha Ali- thank you for being very helpful after the lesson and tidying up without being asked to
Year 10:
Khadijah Ali, Aneeqah Hussain, Sumayyah Kara, Taybah Khan, Hamzah Mussa, Sara Ali, Kajal Parekh, Ruqayyah Rauf- excellent diligence demonstrated in recent exam result. Keep it up!
Qusay Almaedani- well done for making above expected progress in your recent assessment.
Year 11:
11oRe3- well done to all students for showing improved effort in your books- keep it up!
Ismail Nazir, Aliya Janjua, Maleeha Khan, Sana Ashfaq, Safaa Ali- thank you for all your help and support in the morning
Junaid Ilyas- excellent diligence shown when responding to marking in order to make improvements and demonstrate progress
English Stars of the Week!
Year 7 - Mohammed Amaan for always showing great civility. He is always the first to offer a spare pen to anyone who happens to have lost theirs.
year 8 - Hassan Khan for diligently working to develop his language analysis answers. I have seen a definite improvement.
Allia Khan's attitude to learning has improved recently and it can be seen in the quality of her work.
year 9 - Harris Choudry has been a trouper! Despite not being able to write due to a broken wrist, he has not once complained about not having a laptop in every lesson. He just gets on with everything he is asked to do.
Year 10 - Salihah Mahmood always puts 100% into her classwork and makes a conscious effort to improve every lesson.
Y11 : For diligence in their revision - Zakee Jamil and Nimra Ali
Business Studies Stars of the Week!
Year 11 Business Studies Appreciations:
Asiyah Javid – A much more focused and diligent attitude towards her learning this year! Well done!
Laraib Safdar – Excellent work ethic and diligence displayed since the start of this year – well done!
Shafiur Rahman, Bilal Seedat & Kaif Mahmood – Exceptional work ethic at all times in Business, excellent standard of work and 100% effort in all work set.
Sana Ashfaq – Excellent attitude towards learning; always willing to persevere in a bid to improve.
Abbas Sajid & Hamza Javed – Excellent attitude towards learning in intervention and well thought out responses to questions!
Year 10 Business Studies Appreciations:
The following students all scored an A* in their recent assessment in Business Studies:
Khadijah Ahmed A*
Maham Ashraf A*
Sara Ali A*
Juwariah Tariq A*
The following students all scored an A in their recent assessment in Business Studies:
Amina Begum A
Mehraan Hussain A
Laila Iqbal A
Huma Mahmood A
Abdul Moeez A
Aneeqah Hussain A
Kajal Parekh A
Well done to you all for your diligence in Business.
Year 9 Business Appreciations:
The following students all scored outstanding marks in their recent assessment in Business:
Shaheer Muhammad
Alisha Sharif
Batul Ali
Well done to you all for your excellent start to the course and for your diligence in the subject to date.
Parents Information
Year 11 Parents Revision Workshop
Parent Pay
Family Dining
Two Claps on Three!
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