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Ridgeway Academy Newsletter

04th October 2017

High Expectations at Ridgeway Academy

Dear parents/carer,

Your child may have been coming home and talking about achieving their ‘champion points’

in their lessons. We would like to share with you our expectation of all pupils at Ridgeway

Academy. The pupils collect their points and have weekly discussions with their teachers

about their continued success. Pupils with high points have the opportunity to take part in an

end of term treat. We really value those pupils who always follow our school expectations

and ‘do the right thing’ on a daily basis.

Mr M Bennett


04th October 2017

Year 8 Blackwell Court Trip

On Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th September, Year 8 were invited to attend a team building session that was

aimed to support them with the softer skills of GCSEs such as 'resilience', 'independence', 'working as a team'

and 'perseverance' amongst other attributes.

Pupils had to challenge themselves - could they jump off the Fan Descender, could they climb the Giants Ladder

or climb the Rock Climbing Wall. All of these activities required the pupils to use individual strength and

resilience but also, they were supported by their colleagues, either holding on to the guide ropes or just be

cheering each other on.

There were also less hazardous tasks, such as pitching a tent to ensure they stayed dry and making their own

sandwiches for the day on Tuesday.

GCSE preparation starts now

Ridgeway’s Year 9 student will be enjoying a week next week team building in

Llanrug.


04th October 2017

Our Growing Collection of Animals for our Children to look after:

The rabbits arrived!

Donated by Kira Gibson (year 6) and her mum

(pictured).

Kira Gibson, year 6 settling in the new baby rabbits.

They are called Smudge and Scruff and are 10 weeks

old.

Some pupils helped to make an extra layer of

wire protection around the rabbits – the sheep

were rubbing against the cage and moving it!


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Forest School:


04th October 2017

Show my Homework:

A way to record, track and monitor homework at

Ridgeway Academy.

We are excited to use Show My Homework, an online tool to help you keep track of your

child’s homework. Show My Homework will allow you to see the details of the tasks

your child has been set, as well as their submission status and grades.

You will have been provided with login details to your personal account, ready-linked to

your child’s homework calendar. These logins were issued to Year 5 at the beginning of

September and to other pupils last year, but don’t worry if you haven’t received the

details, you will still be able to view all homework.

To view all homework set without login details please visit https://ridgeway.academy/ the

link for Show My Homework is on our Pupils/Homework page. You will also be able

to login by following this link and clicking the top right ‘Login’ button.

24/7 access

View quality and quantity of homework

Translation into over 50 languages

Free apps available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices

Receive automated notifications before homework is due

We hope that this service will provide parents with a deeper insight into the homework

your child receives. More importantly, we hope that it will improve your child’s

organisation, time-management and help them to keep on top of their workload.

If you or your child have any questions about the service, please don’t hesitate to get in

touch with the team at Show My Homework, who are always happy to help. Just email

[email protected] or call 0207 197 9550.

If you’d like to get in touch with the school or provide feedback, please contact Mrs

Skinner. If you haven’t yet received your log-in details then please contact the school

office.

Thank you once again for your support.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Bennett

Headteacher

https://ridgeway.academy/

mailto:[email protected]


04th October 2017

Homework should never be too onerous nor should it ever create stress within the pupil’s family. If

parents have any concerns they should not hesitate to contact the school. Normally, more than one

day will be allowed for the completion of a homework task, except where daily practice is to be

encouraged e.g. reading, spellings and times tables.

The following are school recommendations as appropriate time allocations for homework activities:

Years 5 and 6 – 30 minutes per day

Years 7 and 8 – 1 hour per day

Year 9 – 1 hour per subject

If a child has spent sufficient time working directly on a piece of homework and it is still

incomplete, parents/carers should make a brief note in the school planner to make the teacher aware

of this. This will prevent the child having any sanctions, whilst also informing the teacher that this

may be an area of difficulty for the child or the task was not suitable.

Role of Parents/Carers

• To support the school by ensuring that their child attempts the homework.

• To provide a suitable place for their child to carry out their homework.

• To encourage and praise their child when they have completed their homework.

• To become actively involved and support their child with homework activities.

• To make it clear that they value homework and they support the school by explaining how it can

help learning.

At Ridgeway Academy we are very keen for parents to support and help their children with

homework. We take the view that children are likely to get more out of an activity if parents get

involved as long as they do not take over too much. However, there are times when we will want to

see what children can do on their own. It is particularly important, as they get older, for children to

become increasingly independent in their learning.

If a parent is unsure about what their role should be, they should discuss it with their child's

teacher. If a child is absent for a length of time e.g. with a broken leg, the teacher and the parent

will agree what should be done, how it should be marked and what sort of help needs to be given.

Please log in the Show my Homework to gain a live version as to

what homework your child is set and when it is due in.


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Year 9 homework should take 1 hour per subject.

Media homework will be set whenever necessary based on the lesson planning.


04th October 2017

Yr 7 boys come runners-up in the district tournament, great final

against Walkwood.

Yr 7 girls football team come runners-up in district tournament and

gained silver medals.

Yr 8 girls netball team beat Woodrush 5-1

Yr 9 girls netball beat Saint Augustine's and draw with North

Bromsgrove.


04th October 2017

Steps To Sport:

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