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Friday 23 May 2014
Medical Information
Asthma
Can parents/carers of asthmatic children please ensure that their child has an inhaler with them in school at all times. In addition,
can a spare inhaler be brought to visitor reception for safe keeping as soon as possible.
Prescribed Medication
Can all parents/carers please be aware that any prescribed medication needs to be handed into Visitor Reception and a form
completed. Students should not carry prescribed medicines around with them in school as they need to be stored centrally.
Please notify reception if your child requires an epi-pen or Buccal Midazolam to be stored at reception.
Important dates for your diary
Term 5 ends on
Friday 23 May 2014 at 3.15pm
We are collecting Sainsbury’s Active
Kids vouchers at Main Reception.
GCSE Certificates 2013 Leavers
Term 6 starts on
Monday 2 June 2014 at 8.40am
Term 6 ends on
Friday 18 July 2014 at 1.25pm (Monday 21 July and Tuesday 22
July in-service days)
GCSE Certificates can be collected from Main Reception between 9.00am-3.45pm. If someone is collecting
your certificates on your behalf please can you ensure
they have written permission from you.
Year 11 – What are you going to do with
your uniform?
Rather than throwing out your old uniform, bring it to Student
Services once your exams are over.
We can Recycle ties and blazers as spare uniform
for other students at our Academy.
Many thanks
The Student Services Team
How to contact the Academy…
Phone: 0117 9864791 E-mail: contactus@broadlandsacademy.org
BROADLANDS ACADEMY TERM DATES 2014-15
TERM 1
Start:
Tuesday 2 September 2014 (Monday 1 September 2014 – staff training day)
Finish:
Thursday 23 October 2014 (Friday 24 October 2014 – staff training day)
TERM 2
Start:
Tuesday 4 November 2014 (Monday 3 November 2014 – staff training day)
Finish:
Friday 19 December 2014
TERM 3
Start:
Monday 5 January 2015
Finish:
Thursday 12 February 2015 (Friday 13 February 2015 – staff training day)
TERM 4
Start:
Monday 23 February 2015
Finish:
Friday 27 March 2015
TERM 5
Start:
Monday 13 April 2015
Finish:
Friday 22 May 2015
TERM 6
Start:
Monday 1 June 2015
Finish:
Friday 17 July 2015 (Monday 20 July 2015 – staff training day)
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
25 December 2014 – Christmas Day
26 December 2014 – Boxing Day
1 January 2015 – New Year’s Holiday
3 April 2015 – Good Friday
6 April 2015 – Easter Monday
4 May 2015 – May Day Bank Holiday
25 May 2015 – Spring Bank Holiday
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
25 December 2014 – Christmas Day
26 December 2014 – Boxing Day
1 January 2015 – New Year’s Holiday
3 April 2015 – Good Friday
6 April 2015 – Easter Monday
4 May 2015 – May Day Bank Holiday
25 May 2015 – Spring Bank Holiday
Submit your answer by Wednesday to Ms Bridge in the Mathematics
Department for your chance to enter the prize draw – All correct answers also earn you a P4.
Last week’s winner was:
Tia Burrows
Congratulations! Come to the Maths Department to collect your prize
GEOGRAPHY NEWS
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The Year 11s have been working very hard revising for their exams. We wish them every success and hope they get the grades they
deserve.
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Year 10s have begun their Controlled Assessment. They are looking at factors affecting coastal landforms and have chosen a study
area of the Jurassic coastline in Dorset. On the 10th June all 50 students will be going on a trip to Lulworth Cove to experience the
area for themselves and to collect data on the beach. Watch out in Term 6 for our review and photos!
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Year 9s have been studying Population Dynamics looking at different population structures. Test yourself with the examples below.
Match the graph to the country; Afghanistan, Qatar, UK
HISTORY NEWS
As part of our commemoration of the anniversary of the start of World War One, Year 8 students have been producing
leaflets on three different topics: How have the soldiers who fought for us have been remembered? Why did Poppy Day
start? Or how did World War One end? The quality of the work they have produced has been excellent and shows good
progress in their learning.
Year 7 students have been having fun this term designing their own medieval theme park. Some excellent ideas have
been “The Deserted Castle” featuring furniture from the Middle Ages, “The Punisher” showing how people were tortured
and executed and “Bubonic Bus” with diseases and their treatments on a roller coaster ride.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish year 11 Historians the best of luck in their final exam which takes place on
Friday 23rd May. There is a lot to learn in History and it has been really good to see some very positive attitudes. Many of
the students have worked really hard to ensure they achieve the best possible result and we have every confidence that
this hard work will pay off. Well done year 11 and Good Luck.
The Humanities students have more time to revise and we look forward to seeing them in half term (on Tuesday 27th May)
for Geography and History revision in preparation for these two exams on Thursday 5th June.
We are looking forward to taking Year
10 Historians to Cardiff Castle on Tuesday 3rd June where the education department will lead a workshop on medieval life in the castle. This is a new
coursework and something completely
different which we hope students will
enjoy.
GREETINGS FROM
BRAZIL
Year 7 Geographers have been
researching Brazil this term. They
have been finding out about Rio de
Janeiro ahead of the World Cup this
summer and the Olympics in 2016.
Students found out about the natural
and man-made tourist attractions in
Brazil, the differences between how
the wealthy and poorer people live
in Rio de Janeiro and Carnival.
Languages at Broadlands
KS3
Students will start in Year 7 with greetings, numbers and colours.
They will rapidly build up to studying topics such as family, school
and free time activities. In Year 8 students will consolidate this
work and focus on grammar to prepare for KS4.They will have regular assessments in the four skill areas (speaking, listening, reading
and writing).
KS4
The majority of students will study a language. They will be placed in sets according to ability. The exam
board currently used is Edexcel, but we are changing to AQA for next year. Students will be tested in Year 11
in the four skill areas. They will sit exams in listening and reading at the end of Year 11 and complete Controlled Assessments in speaking and writing during Years 10 and 11.
Each term pupils write a short paragraph about the topic we have learned during lessons.
Term 2
Mi nombre es Maddie Harris. Tengo un perro, se llama Oscar y tiene cinco anos. Tengo once
anos y mi cumpleanos es el 10 de Julio. Me encanta el dibujo y la música. Me gusta Broadlands Academy. Tengo un diccionario, un estuche, una mochila y una regla. Me gusta el espanol porque es divertido. Mi escuela tiene unas aulas, un despacho del director y un saloon
de actos. Mi madre se llama Leigh. Mi padre se llama Steve. Tengo una Hermana que se llama Ali. Tiene catorce anos. Mis ojos son azules. Mi pelo largo, castano y rizado. Soy baja. Mi
perro es blanco.
By Maddie Harris
Term 4
Hola me llamo Olivia. Yo vivo en una casa en la costa. En mi casa hay dos plantas. En la
planta baja hay un salón. En la primera planta hay una cocina, bano y escaleras. En la segunda planta hay un dormitorio. El salon es cómodo y grande. La cocina es moderan pero
el bano y las escaleras sona antiguas. El dormitorio es bonito, cómodo y grande. Me gusta
mi casa porque es cómoda pero no me gusta porque es feo y pequeno. En mi jardín hay
una piscine. La piscine es moderna y pequena pero el jardín es grande. Me encanta la piscine porque es divertida.
By Olivia Burton
GCSE AND BTEC EXAMINATION TIMETABLE
SUMMER 2014
MONDAY 02 JUNE
Board Level
Title
Code
duraStart on
Extra
Time
End @ 25% Room Year (s)
MORNING EXAM
OCR
GCSE
Music: Listening Test Wri'en
B354/01
09:00 01:30
10:3
0 10:52 HALL
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TUESDAY 03 JUNE
Board Level
Title
Code
Start
duraon End
Extra Roo
Year (s)
Time @ m
MORNING EXAM
WJEC GCSE
English Language Unit 1 Higher
4171/02
09:00 01:00 10:00
WJEC GCSE
English Language Unit 2 Higher*
4172/02
09:00 01:00 10:00
HALL+
MU
10:15 RMS
HALL+
MU
10:15 RMS
*IF SITTING MORE THAN ONE PAPER SCHEDULED FOR THE SAME DATE AND TIME, THE PAPERS WILL BE SAT SEQUENTIALLY SO
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WEDNESDAY 04 JUNE
Board Level
Title
Extra
Time @
25%
Room Year (s)
duraStart on End
Code
MORNING EXAM
MU
WJEC
GCSE
Hospitality & Catering Unit 2 Wri'en Paper
4732/01
09:00 01:1 10:15
10:33 RMS
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THURSDAY 05 JUNE
Board
Level
Title
duraStart on End
Code
Extra Time
Year
@ 25%
Room (s)
AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
START AT
WJEC
GCSE
Humanies Uni People/Environments
4321/01
13:00 01:00
14:00 12:30
WJEC
GCSE
Humanies Uni UK, 1939-1974*
4322/01
13:00 01:00
14:00 12:30
EDEX-
BTEC
Principles of Science
20460E
13:30 01:00
14:30
START AT
MU
RMS
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MU
RMS
11
MU
14:45 RMS
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*IF SITTING MORE THAN ONE PAPER SCHEDULED FOR THE SAME DATE AND TIME, THE PAPERS WILL BE SAT SEQUENTIALLY SO PLEASE
ADJUST THE END TIME TO YOUR OWN ENTRIES.
FRIDAY 06 JUNE
Board Level
Title
Code
duraon End
Start
Extra Time
@ 25%
Room
Year
(s)
AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
HALL+ MU
AQA
GCSE
Biology Unit 1 Tier H
BL1HP
13:45 01:00
14:45
15:00 RMS
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FOR SPECIFIC ROOMING DETAILS, PLEASE SEE SEATING PLANS ON EXAMINATION BOARD.
REMEMBER ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT!
IMPORTANT! PLEASE REMEMBER:
ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST CHECK NOTICES.
MONDAY 09 JUNE
Board
Level
Title
Code Start
duraon End
Extra
Time @
25%
Room
Year (s)
MORNING EXAM
1MA0
HALL+ MU
EDEXCEL GCSE
Maths Non Calculator F/H
1F/1H
09:00
01:45
10:45
11:11 RMS
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AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
CHECK NOTICES.
EDEXCEL BTEC
Scienfic Skills
20474
13:30
01:15
14:45
15:03 MU RM
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TUESDAY 10 JUNE
Board Level
Title
duStart rao End
Code
Extra
No. of Year
Time @ Room Cands (s)
MORNING EXAM
HALL+
09:0 02:0
MU
AQA GCSE
D & T: Resistant Materials Tech Unit 1
45601
0
0 11:00 11:30 RMS
46 11
AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
CHECK NOTICES.
AQA
GCSE
Chemistry Unit 1 Tier H
13:4 01:0
5
0 14:45
CH1HP
HALL+
MU
15:00 RMS
65
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WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE
Boar
d
Level
Title
duraon End
Code Start
Extra Time
@ 25%
Room
Year
(s)
MORNING EXAM
HALL+ MU
AQA GCSE
Media Studies Unit 1
48101 09:00 01:30
10:30
10:52 RMS
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AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
START AT
AQA GCSE
D & T: Graphic Products Unit 1
45501 13:00 02:00
15:00 12:30
HALL+ MU
RMS
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THURSDAY 12 JUNE
Board
Level
Title
Code Start
MORNING EXAM
AQA
GCSE
Physics Unit 1 Tier H
duraon End
Extra
Time @ Room
01:00
10:15 RMS
Year (s)
HALL+ MU
PH1HP
09:00
10:00
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FRIDAY 13 JUNE
Board
Level
Title
duraExtra
Start on End Time @
Code
Room
Year
(s)
MORNING EXAM
EDEXCEL
HALL+ MU
GCSE
Maths Calculator F/H
1MA0 2F/1H 09:00 01:45 10:45
11:11 RMS
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AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
WJEC
GCSE
Humanies Uni Christ/Contemporary Life
45501 13:45 01:00 14:45
15:00 MU RMS
FOR SPECIFIC ROOMING DETAILS, PLEASE SEE SEATING PLANS ON EXAMINATION BOARD.
REMEMBER ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT!
IMPORTANT! PLEASE REMEMBER:
ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST CHECK NOTICES.
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WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE
Board Level
Title
duraStart on End
Code
Extra Time
Room
@ 25%
Year
(s)
MORNING EXAM
HALL+ MU
WJEC GCSE
Film Studies Paper 1
015501
09:00 01:30 10:30
10:52 RMS
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FOR SPECIFIC ROOMING DETAILS, PLEASE SEE SEATING PLANS ON EXAMINATION BOARD.
REMEMBER ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT!
MONDAY 23 JUNE
Board
Level
Title
duraStart on End
Code
Extra Time
Room
@ 25%
Year
(s)
AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
EDEXCEL
GCSE
Stascs Wri'en Paper (H)
5ST1H01
13:0
START AT
0 02:00 15:00 12:30
HALL+ MU
RMS
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TUESDAY 24 JUNE
Board Level
Title
Code
Start
duraon End
Extra Time
@ 25%
Room
Year
(s)
AFTERNOON EXAM - ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST
HALL+ MU
WJEC GCSE
Film Studies Paper 2
015502
13:45 01:00
14:45
15:00 RMS
FOR SPECIFIC ROOMING DETAILS, PLEASE SEE SEATING PLANS ON EXAMINATION BOARD.
REMEMBER ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT!
IMPORTANT! PLEASE REMEMBER:
ALL AFTERNOON EXAMS WILL REQUIRE AN EARLIER LUNCH. YOU MUST CHECK NOTICES.
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If any Parents/Carers have any concerns or questions
please contact Ms Blair, SENCO on 0117 9864791.
Bath University Tennis Coaching
Programme starts at SalHord
Tennis Club
SalHord Tennis Club are pleased
to announce that from 1st June
Bath
University will be running
their coaching programme for
all ages on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. The first 7 week course
will start on 4th June. For further details and booking form
visit the coaching page on
h'p://
www.salHordtennisclub.co.uk/.