Dixons Kings Academy Appreciations!
Integrity, Diligence, Civility... 17 November 2017
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The Climb... Events at DKA this week!
Family Members of the Week!
Year 7
Namira Haque – civility
Yusuf Khan – diligence
Year 8
Aaliyah Maroof and Mominah Shah for showing civility and doing a random act of kindness towards their HOY. Miss Labella would like to say thank you.
Samee Khan for welcoming our new student to the school and demonstrating all of our values.
Trinity Nicholson for showing civility the past 2 weeks.
Year 9
Ismail Ahmed 9.1 - Always diligent in all that he does and 100% attendance - well done!
Laiba Mughal 9.5 - For consistently displaying the core values, 100% attendance, no behaviour logs and a fantastic attitude!
Year 10
Integrity: Desmond Okungbowa for refusal to allow his injured foot to get in the way of his learning.
Diligence: Furqan Mahmood for being on both leaderboards for Hegarty Maths
Year 11
Safaan Raja and Amhar Ali for increased effort
An example of good work showing a great deal of effort made by Humayrah Ali, Year 9. A revision poster made over the holidays to help her revise key quotes for the exam.
Diligent Year 11 students attend after school maths lessons!
GCSE Drama Trip!
The GCSE Drama students went to see the West End production of The Play That Goes Wrong, to expand their experience of live theatre, allowing them to improve their understanding of theatre and how to perform successfully. The trip will also enable them to complete their component three written exam.
Student Leaders met with Mr Wilson our Catering Manger this week to represent student voice.
It was great to see Class of 2017 again at the Certificate Collection Evening! We wish you all the best for the future!
Year 7 Student Appreciations!
CFL to her tutor group 7.7 for achieving the most positives in year 7 4 weeks in a row
CFL Faiqa Mirza Great spelling abilities and good results in vocab tests
Ms Dykxhorn
The whole of 7E and 7A/En4 English groups for working extremely hard to exceed their targets in their cycle one exams! Specifically: Ashba Ali, Haider Ali, Neelum Khan and Faisal Khan for displaying consistent diligence in their lessons.
Ikra Awas fo rmakin her smile and doing great work
Mr Rossell - Zeeshan Ramzan and Hasmath Ali for excellent extra curricular work on drumkit
Ms Hickey - Usman Sheik for always smiling at her and brighting up her day
Mr Duggan - Ryan Imran for being a great William Duke of Normandy and Hamza MAhmood for his excellent knowledge on Norman England
Year 8 Student Appreciations!
Miss Khan:
Farah Wallace, Faiza Kauser, Amad Hussain, Abid Hamad, Siraj Ali, Rayyan Raja- very good Cycle 1 assessment result, well done. A special mention to Farah who was two marks off full marks, excellent effort!
Year 9 Student Appreciations!
Umamah Ali- brilliant knowledge shown in recent lessons due to effort put in to revise content
Humayrah Ali- excellent effort shown completing her homework
Rayees Adam- creating very good revision notes
Miss Parmar:
Year 9 Business:
Sara Butt 9.7, Momina Fatima 9.1, Zahra Mahmood 9.4, Laiba Mughal 9.5 and Seher Sheikh 9.3 – all for doing exceptionally well in their cycle 1 assessment! Well done and keep it up!
Year 9 Finance:
The whole class for doing exceptionally well in the first half term and for being really engaged in lessons – well done!
Shazaib Ahmad for always catching up work and showing eagerness to learn in and out of lessons
Miss Riley - Year 9:
Mohammad Shamir for his diligence and excellent use of super 7 phrases
Momina Fatima for her greatly improved attitude to lessons and homework
Zara Mahmood for her constant quiet diligence and fantastic progress.
I would also like to thank Zak Mayat, Haris Ali and Faizaan Salim for their excellent work in producing Spanish podcasts for the school radio.
HKH - Y9 - Fareed Ali – for his focus and fantastic contributions during lessons
Y9 - Akbar Khan – for integrity in lessons
All of 10bIT1 and 10aIT2 students for working diligently in preparation for the GSCE exam in January
Adnan Mahmood for showing civility and asking how I am when walking into lessons
Year 10 Student Appreciations!
Rose Patel and Awais Aslam- thank you for the morning treats- it was a very nice random act of kindness!
Aliza Saeed and Qasim Iqbal- an excellent start made to GCSE RE. They have started at DKA this year and demonstrate the core values of the school every lesson, keep it up!
Miss Parmar:
Year 10 Business:
Samrah Mirza – for doing exceptionally well in her cycle 1 assessment scoring a grade 8 – well done! A phenomenal and very well deserved result!
Haseeb Ahmed and Alisha Sharif – for also doing very well in their cycle 1 assessment scoring a grade 7! Well done – keep it up!
Year 10 Finance:
The whole class for always being engaged in lessons, and doing extremely well in their unit 1 finance exam. Keep up the revision for next week. It is a pleasure to teach you all!
Miss Dykxhorn
In 9E English Lessons:
Subhan Ibrar, Hamza Shabir and Samirah Shabir for diligence in lessons.
Zoya Mahmood, Faizan Abu-Faizan, Mohammed Farah and Akbar Khan for great teamwork and civility.
Miss Lawrence - Could I please appreciate the following students in Y9 for their exceptional civility always shown in English:
Anees Rehman
Murtaza Khan
Humayrah Ali
Moosa Pandor
Adnan Usman
Could I please appreciate the following students in Y10 for exceptional diligence always shown:
Fahima Data
Sumrin Malik
Nida Yaseen
Umar Sadiq
Mohammed Karim
Mr Rossel - Year 10 - Hamza Shaukat - teaching Year 7 students to play the drums in his own time
CHA Y10
Awais Aslam – (I think this was last week) Coming into school despite feeling ill.
Desmond Okungbowa – Showing a great attitude despite having an injury; only wearing trainers while absolutely necessary and not asking to leave lessons early.
My 10C/Ge1 class for a very good start to the term.
All drama students
All students who attended the trip for their exceptional behaviour throughout.
SCL - Please could I appreciate Aleeza Riaz and Adeen Zeb for demonstrating excellent essay writing skills and Shaheer Muhammed and Hassan Ayub for their insightful interpretations of A Christmas Carol.
Mr Younis I would like to appreciate Adnan Mahmood and Arman Khan both from 10Cam3 for their diligence in maths and a very well done for achieving 100% in the Volume mini-test.
Year 11 Student Appreciations!
Mujahid Shahzad- much better effort shown in recent lessons, keep improving!
Sarah Ahmed- a model student when it comes to responding to DIRT showing she really wants to improve and make progress
Mariyum Patel- extremely kind as always that it is always worth an appreciation!
Miss Parmar
Year 11 Business Studies
Khadijah Ahmed – for taking time out this week to begin mentoring a year 9 student!
Fayzan Hasnain – for always entering the classroom and handing out folders for all students!
Maadiya Shah – for willing to help and support another student this week in lessons.
Amaad Ali – for being extremely engaged in Thursday’s lesson this week answering specific financial questions - well done!
Laila Iqbal – for always asking insightful questions to further her own understanding of the subject – well done!
Staff Appreciations!
Carolyn Shaw for sharing her reading expertise and recommendations.
Mr Gayle and Miss Tahir- always going above and beyond to prepare the best resources for students
Mrs Gill- always very pleasant and helpful
Mr Crossland- thank you for completing my requests so quickly!
Pip Parmar for the lovely flowers she game me before half term.
Janet Redshaw for all of her support in PE this week.
Parent Notices
The Academy will re-open on Monday 6 November following the half term break.
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.
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