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CASTLE HALL ACADEMY MAGAZINE

SUMMER 2020

YOUTH HUB

YEAR 6 QUIZ

LOCKDOWN ART

HOME LEARNING

RETURN TO SCHOOL


Dear parents/carers

I don't think Castle Hall has ever before had to face a crisis

like Coronavirus. We have all had to adapt very quickly

and find a way through these challenging times.

Governors have continued to meet via Zoom video

conferencing and I have been in regular contact with the

headteacher, Paul Brook. I know you have been updated

in newsletters and that there has also been a lot of

communication with parents and children to make sure

that home learning is carrying on and that parent's feel

well supported when they or their children have

particular needs. The academy has recently welcomed

back the children of key workers and vulnerable children,

where parents decide to take up these places, and providing a day each week of face to face

learning for Year 10 students. This has been working very well and the number of students

coming to these sessions has been steadily increasing as parents/carers become more

confident that is safe to do so and can see the value to their children of coming into school.

As governors, we want to express our sincere thanks to the headteacher, senior leadership

team and staff of the academy for working so hard to help children to continue their learning

and also to help families overcome the

hardships that this virus has inflicted on so

many of them. At this time of crisis the

academy has shown that it really cares for its

students and is going the extra mile. There

are more challenges ahead, including

reopening the school to all year groups.

Foremost in our mind is to reassure parents

that their children will be safe and will be

helped to make up any lost ground,

particularly those students embarking on their final year before sitting external examinations.

I want to thank you for your continuing support in getting through this crisis and hopefully we

will be enjoying better times in the coming year.

Yours sincerely,

Philip Shire - Chair of Governors

A MESSAGE FROM CHAIR OF GOVERNORS


WELCOME BACK YEAR 10

This term we welcomed back year 10 to school after the lockdown

period. The site team were busy and prepared the school with 2m

distancing lines, new sanitising stations and signs and information to

keep staff and students safe.

Students were superb and followed social distancing rules around the

Academy. We look forward to welcoming back all students in

September.


ARTIST INSPIRED PHOTOGRAPHY

Students created and photographed scenes inspired by the artist Slinkachu as part of their Art and Design home learning.

Photograph by Conor

Photograph by Harry

Photograph by Harry


NEW DIGITAL YOUTH HUB

Kirklees Council along with other partners have developed a new online platform to support young people aged 12-19 in partnership with Conscious Youth and Kirklees Youth Alliance. It’s a brilliant platform for advice

and there will be live, interactive sessions and Blogs too which will be great for young people to access and also more importantly will be a place they can get help if they need it - particularly with their emotional and mental health. Here are the details of the website for you to have a look and for you to share - www.youthcentral.co.uk/

https://www.youthcentral.co.uk/


ARTISTIC CREATIVITY AT HOME There has been lots of great Art work submitted by students working from home

during the lockdown. These images were made by Julia and Esha using tea and coffee

stain techniques. Well done and keep up the good work everyone.


WELCOME TO OUR NEW ACADEMIES

We would like to welcome to the Impact family two new Academies that have

become part of the multi-academy trust. Old Bank Academy in Mirfield and Hill

View Academy in Huddersfield. We look forward to working alongside these

Academies in the coming months.

HILL VIEW ACADEMY

Primary age youngsters in the Almondbury area of

Huddersfield can look forward to joining the new

Academy in September when they become a part of

the Impact MAT

OLD BANK ACADEMY

Old Bank Academy is an inclusive community academy

in Mirfield that wants all children to feel welcomed,

happy and fulfilled. The academy has high expectations

of teaching and learning within a safe environment.

Headteacher: Judy Wood

Website: https://www.oldbankschool.co.uk/

https://www.oldbankschool.co.uk/


Year 6 have been working at home on a Geography Flag Challenge. Lily used three colours - blue for determination; yellow for energy and happiness and the white in the middle for peace and harmony.

Leo created this Red lion flag. Red is fiery, blue is calm, white is peace and yellow is courage. Well done everyone on your hard work at home.

Lily

Leo

FLAG CHALLENGE


YEAR 6 NEWS

Well done to clever

Year 6 students who

achieved 10/10 on

the Transition Quiz .

Postcards were sent

home to students.

The Year 6 transition newsletter is now available for students, parents and carers to

find out useful information about Academy life in September. Have a look on the

Castle Hall Website for your copy. www.castlehall.com/year-6-transition/

https://www.castlehall.com/year-6-transition/


When you join us, you will be learning Spanish in Year 7. We are really

looking forward to meeting you all and hearing your amazing Spanish.

Some of you already joined the Memrise site and have completed some

great work on the website.

If you have not already done so, please set up a “Memrise” account and

start earning some points. Mrs Spiers and Miss Orchard will be able to see how much you are

learning and have now added the first 4 units you will be studying at Castle Hall.

Buena suerte!

Please open an online “Memrise”

account. Please use an email address

you can access from home, in case

you forget your password and need to

ask for a reminder. Please also include

your name in the username, so that

your teacher can tell you have

completed the work.

Leave your new Memrise account logged

in and open a new tab. Enter the

following: https://www.memrise.com/

group/399847/

This should allow you to join the “Year 7

Spanish Castle Hall” group.

You then need to go to the “Viva 1, Unidad

1” course and you need to work through

the vocabulary lists. If you finish this

course, have a go at the other units.

If you fully complete each topic (the flower symbol will be fully coloured in) move on to the

next number.

Many Thanks - Mrs Spiers and Miss Orchard

YEAR 6 SPANISH INTRODUCTION

https://www.memrise.com/group/399847/

https://www.memrise.com/group/399847/


Year 6 students were invited to the Academy to enjoy a socially distanced Picnic on the Academy

field in July. This was an opportunity for students to meet staff and other students before

starting life at the Academy in September.

Students sat on hay bales, met some of our staff and enjoyed a picnic from our catering team.

The face to face event was safe and a real success. Thank you to parents for entrusting us with

their wonderful children - a brilliant day for students and staff .

YEAR 6 TRANSITION PICNIC


Year 6 students were invited to the Academy to enjoy a socially distanced Picnic on the Academy


We would like to thank our

catering department at Castle

Hall Academy. They made

over 3000 packed lunches for

our schools and vulnerable

neighbours during the

lockdown period and

provided a fantastic picnic for

year 6 students visiting the

Academy.

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR

ACADEMY CATERING TEAM!


TOP TIPS - READING AT HOME


SIMS PARENT APP

The new SIMS Parent APP provides easy access to important school information

We have a convenient new way to share information with you about your child’s school life. You can access

the system from a smartphone, tablet or PC – anytime, anywhere.

What will you find in the SIMS Parent App:

Important information such as attendance, behaviour and achievement

School term, inset dates and contact details available at the click of a button

Access your child’s school report

Receive notifications to remind you about important information such as key dates for your diary

Access to update your contact details, so we always have the most up-to-date information in case of

emergency

If you have more than one child at school, you’ll have access to information for all your children, from the

same app.

The information that you receive through the app will help you to stay up-to-date with your child’s school

life as well as support your child’s development and progress.

Getting started with the SIMS Parent app

We will resend you an activation email, which you can request via [email protected] simply click on

the emailed link from your tablet, PC or smartphone to activate your account.

You can then login using your normal Facebook, Twitter, Google or Microsoft username and password.

From your smartphone or tablet, download the app from the Google Play or Apple App store - search for

SIMS Parent.

From a PC or Windows phone, login online at www.sims-parent.co.uk


MP VISITS CASTLE HALL ACADEMY

Paul Brook, Headteacher and Mick Kay, CEO OF IMPACT extended a warm welcome to Mark

Eastwood MP in July when he visited the Academy.

A stop off at the Y6 picnic, supportive discussions with students about funding for a Sports

Hall and an invitation to the Houses of Parliament rounded off a fantastic day!


ACADEMY IMPROVEMENTS

This academic year has seen many Academy improvements to girls' changing rooms, staff toilets, new offices, Art & Science block roof repairs and skylight replacement. - This month saw the announcement that Castle Hall will benefit from funding to upgrade facilities even further with new windows.

https://www.markeastwood.org.uk/news/local-schools-benefit-upgraded-facilities



CARING FOR YOURSELF

There are plenty of websites to help if you are struggling with your mental health.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

https://www.kooth.com/

https://youngminds.org.uk/

As always school staff are here to talk to you if you have any worries or concerns.


https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

https://www.kooth.com/

https://youngminds.org.uk/


Welcome to Teams at Castle Hall Academy

Teams - How to Login

You can download the Teams app on android and apple devices and

follow the instructions below or use the internet to access teams.

WORKING FROM HOME GUIDE

On any web browser, e.g.

Google Chrome, Internet

Explorer, Safari etc, go to

www.office.com

Click sign in and sign in with your full school

email address.

[email protected]

[email protected] (for example)

Enter your school

password

http://www.office.com

mailto:[email protected]


If you have forgotten your password please go to the school website www.castlehall.com and fill in the Pupil Password reset form

Click on the Teams icon

You should now see all the Teams (classes) that you have access to.

Teams – How to complete your work

There are two ways to find your work.

Click on Assignments, choose the subject – this will list all the work that you have been set

to complete

Or

Click on your Teams - choose the class that you want to complete

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Teams – Uploading an assignment

Your teacher can set assignments for you to complete. You can access this in two different

ways. You can click the assignments button in the left-hand menu to see all the different

assignments set by your teacher, or you can click into your class and click on the assignments

button circled in yellow.

Click on the assignment to access the task

To add your work, click on the add work. You can add a document that you have already

been working on (saved on your computer or one drive), or create a new one that you can

do your work on.

Read your teachers instructions carefully so that you know what to submit.


See the instructions below for creating a new file

Make sure that you

have your work

attached. Click the

hand in button. Your

teacher can now look

at your work and give

you feedback if

required

This piece of work has been

looked at by this student’s

teacher and been given some

feedback circled in red. You can

click on the file to open it and

act on the feedback given to

you by your teacher, before

handing it in again.


Teams – Creating a new file

Choose the type of file that you

want to create

Make sure that you give the file

an appropriate name

This will add the file to your work.

Click on the file to open it

Click on Edit document

Edit desktop app – will open the document on your computer (If you don’t have the

software you can download this using your school email address

[email protected] and your password, you can use this while you are a

student at Castle Hall Academy

Edit in Browser – will open the document on the web, you can work on the document

and it will automatically save.


Click close at the top and the document automatically saves for you.

When you have finished the work set click – Turn in

Teams – Receiving Feedback

Once your teacher has marked your work you will receive a notification (see below)

Click on Activity or Chat to see the feedback that you have received to your assignment.


IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Academy Calendar 2020-21

Thursday 03 September 2020

Friday 04 September 2020

03 – 04 December 2020

18 – 19 March 2021

20 – 21 July 2021

Monday 03 May 2021

Monday 7 September 2020 to Friday 23 October 2020

Holiday: Saturday 24 October 2020 to Sunday 01 November 2020

Monday 2 November 2020 to Friday 18 December 2020

Holiday: Saturday 19 December 2020 to Sunday 03 January 2021

Monday 4 January 2021 to Friday 12 February 2021

Holiday: Saturday 13 February 2021 to Sunday 21 February 2021

Monday 22 February 2021 to Friday 26 March 2021

Holiday: Saturday 27 March 2021 to Sunday 11 April 2021

Monday 12 April 2021 to Friday 28 May 2021

Holiday: Saturday 29 May 2021 to Sunday 06 June 2021

Monday 7 June 2021 to Friday 21 July 2021

Keep up to date with information on returning to school in

September — Visit our website www.castlehall.com

Year 7 7 September 2020






Year 7 14 January 2021

Year 8 11 February 2021

Year 9 28 January 2021

Year 10 22 April 2021

Year 11 10 December 2020

25 March 2021

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KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US

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