Dixons Kings Academy Appreciations!
Integrity, Diligence, Civility... 7 October 2016
100% EVERY DAY
The Climb... Events at DKA this week!
Literacy Champions
Meet our Staff Literacy Champions
Staff visit each others lessons to share best practice! Diligence!
DKA Photographers in the making!
Mr Duggan embraces the new PA system, so all our Year 7 students can hear the Friday morning appreciations nice and clear!
Poetry Competition Winner - Congratulations to Mr Farooq for his winning entry!
An excellent example of Pathfinder, Explorer and Trailblazer by Mr Barnard!
Preparations for assessments ahead of time - Diligence!
Well done to Bilal Seedat in Year 11 for creating brilliant revision cards to help him succeed in his Cycle 1 assessments.
Family Members of the Week!
Please see the picture on the right for our Year 7 Students of the Week!
Year 8
Eesa Mahmood 8.2 - Excellent effort in all form activities and very helpful with completing attendance tracker every week.
Amila Kauser 8.5 - Outstanding organisation and support during tutor time.
Year 9
Zaina Raja - trying hard every single lesson and her positives can speak for themselves.
She is also very, very helpful during tutor time.
Usman Akhtar – Showing integrity and helping a new student settle quickly in to a new school.
Year 10
Adam Samad for making better choices and showing diligence
Ismail Hussain for showing integrity in lessons
Year 11
Nabila Tariq – Integrity
Adam Ahmed - Diligence
Staff who have been appreciated by students or their colleagues
Miss A Rasib - Diligently providing feedback in order to improve student attainment
Mr Ishaq – Engaging students and providing assistance out of lesson time
Miss Jennings- thank you for completing my requests so quickly, and for taking time out during your lunch break to help distribute revision guides.
Mr Gayle- thank you for producing an excellent revision guide for year 10!
Mr Laughlin- thank you for always being so helpful and carrying my books into school in the morning
Miss Knighton- thank you for supporting year 7 and 8 form teachers during Friday tutor time
Mr McCall- thank you for addressing behaviour concerns in year 9 so quickly so that students are focused in lessons and make progress
Miss Shah- thank you for organising the coffee morning for both staff and students to raise money for cancer research
Miss Summers for her support with the interview process
Mr Laughlin, Ms Gill, Miss Jennings, Miss Summers, Miss Laidman, Miss Khanam, Miss K Kaur, Miss Hockney, Miss S Hussain, Mr T Kirby for listening to students read on a 1:1 basis.
Ms Gill for creating a new marksheet on Sims to simplify stretch assessment
A huge thank you to Ms Shah for her support, advice and guidance!
Miss Evans for successfully completing the Dixons Middle Leadership Programme
Mr Rossell for stepping in at the last minute to do a line up speech to year 7
Mr Alam for showing great integrity and civility in helping students be equipped and organised in lessons.
Miss Amin for showing integrity in helping out very last minute during line up, ensuring it runs smoothly.
Mr Sakab, Mr Carr and Miss Knighton for simply being there and helping out when needed.
Mrs Walton & Miss S Hussain – for always making sure that registers are done and working diligently in making sure students attend school
Miss Shah – for being a very positive person and giving helpful advice in teaching & learning
Mrs Mir – for being an excellent line manger. Always giving helpful advice in leadership capacity.
Mr Laughlin – for always willing to listen and help out with site issues/risk assessment
Mr H Khan for organising the raising of money for orphans so quickly.
Miss Summers – for being so organised in dealing with cover and helpful.
FACULTY STARS OF THE WEEK!
Year 7
Hannah Razaq - Showing civility at all times - Miss Sangha
Year 8
Sarah Ali - Supportive belay partner - Miss Sangha
Year 9
Hamza Shaukat - Excellent focus in maths - Miss Sangha
9ox2 in RE for hard work shown in my absence - Miss T Khan
Year 9 Finance:
Furqan Mahmood 9OX3 – Excellent start to Finance; fabulous responses in class when discussing political parties and Arman Khan 9CAM1 – Excellent start to the finance course. Really enthused and engaged in lessons and a fabulous piece of homework on how to become a British citizen.
Mohammed Danyal Nazam 9CAM2 – Great start to the finance course; always willing to participate in group discussions with valid and thought out contributions.
Year 9 Business Studies:
Batul Ali - exceptional effort in Business lessons - already gone out and purchased a revision guide without being asked! Sheer diligence!
Year 10
Shayan Latif - Diligence in Spanish writing exam
Safaan Raja, Qasim Waheed and Awais Iqbal for excellent animal farm work - Miss Clynes
Zidan Hoang, Qusay al Maedani, Haleema Sadia Yasin, Tayyaba Khan for volunteering to go into the Y9 assembly and talk about their experiences with mosaic...
Year 11
Aroosa Ahmed for always showing civility
Adam Mahmood for excellent effort in language exam - Miss Gayle
RE Stars of the Week - Miss Khan
Year 8:
Eesaa Mahmood- thank you for all your help with admin tasks during form time
Year 9:
Well done to all of Year 9 Oxford set 1 for working diligently in my absence.
Year 10:
Well done to Year 10 Cambridge set 3 for improving your effort and focus in lessons.
Awais Iqbal- thank you for showing civility in lessons by helping the teacher and supporting students
Year 11:
Well done to Rhea, Aroosa, Ismail and Daim for achieving an A* in your Cycle 1 assessment!
Tayyabah Naz and Rameeshah Ali- well done for taking time out after school to complete work voluntarily.
MFL Stars of the Week!
Taaiba Azhar (Y11) for diligence shown in revision for her Spanish listening exam. - Miss Hickey
Kajal Parekh (Y10) for enthusiasm shown in in Spanish lessons - Miss Evans
Aneeq Butt (Y10) for improved civility shown in lessons - Miss Bowley
Huzayfah Ali year 7 for his integrity displayed in Spanish and his enthusiasm for speaking in the target language. He has researched phrases and practised them in class! - Miss Boutonnet
PE Stars of the Week!
Salihah Mahmood in year 10. She showed excellent diligence in circuits this week - Miss Stephens
Sawera Rizwan in year 7. She showed excellent diligence and civility, helping others in netball - Mrs Jerram
Parents Information
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Two Claps on Three!
Dixons Kings Academy
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Location: Northside Road, Bradford, United Kingdom
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