moseley park school key stage 3 newsletter
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Moseley Park School
Key Stage 3
Newsletter
Third Edition - Summer Term -
July 2021
Page 1
Drama
Page 2
English
Page 3
Geography
Page 4
History
Page 5
Maths
Page 6
Music
Page 7
Physical Education
Page 8
Science
Drama In September, Moseley Park
School will be offering Lamda
examinations!
Lamda examinations are rooted in
encouraging learners of all ages
to develop a love of literature,
poetry & drama and therefore
improve standards of
communication through the
spoken word.
Your self confidence will grow and
empower you to achieve their
goals.
Examinations are open to all. You
may be looking to gain
confidence in performance,
speech, or communicate better at
work or college – or simply
looking for a new challenge!
Exams can be completed in any
order, although it’s necessary to
ensure you are entered at the
correct level and scene selections
choices, when teaching children,
are age-appropriate.
Lamda is Ofqual recognised and
therefore is an actual
‘qualification’.
More information including how
to sign up in September!
Moseley Park
Drama Ambassadors
Thank you to everyone who applied for the opportunity to become a
Drama Ambassador.
Your new Drama Ambassadors are:
• Ethan Shaw & Ishita Thanki – Ambassadors for year 8
• Sharon Koussieu & Ta’Kyia Mackenzi – Ambasadors for year 7
Performing Arts Showcase
Over the Summer, try and prepare a performance to show Mrs
Creighton with your friends! This could be a great opportunity for you
to get involved in next year’s showcase – our first Performing Arts
public event since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key Stage three English have been travelling
back more than 400 years, to explore the
traditions and values of the Elizabethan era in
Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
The play begins when soldiers returning from the
Italian wars descend on the home of Leonato of
Messina. Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the
daughter of his host. Hero’s cousin Beatrice (a
confirmed spinster) and Benedick (an eternal
bachelor) are duped into believing the other is in
love with them.
Claudio is later deceived by a malicious plot and
denounces Hero as unchaste before they marry.
She faints and is believed dead, but recovers to be
proved innocent by a chance discovery
Benedick wins Beatrice’s love defending her
cousin’s honour, and to his surprise, Claudio is
reunited with Hero, who he believed dead.
The complicated plot of the play has challenged
students who have learned about the many twists
and turns of courtly love. They have developed
their vocabulary as they have studied the iambic
pentameter, soliloquies and malapropisms of the
play and developed their knowledge on the
context of Shakespeare’s England by focussing on
the role of women.
Students have also had a chance to study the
masquerade ball, a concept which will be
important to their study of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo
and Juliet’ in Key Stage 4.
Check out the amazing work of our Key Stage 3
students, below.
English
Year 7/8 Geography students have been exploring single-use plastics and waste this half term, and how it
causes serious social, environmental and economic problems all over the world!
Geography students have been fizzing with ideas as part of a creative take on solving the
plastic problem!
Students were given the task of
up-cycling a pop bottle to
prevent it from being sent to
landfill.
The aim of the task was to
create an awareness of the
damage caused by plastic
pollution in the
environment. Students use
their creativity for this task and
have produced some absolutely
fantastic pieces of work!
Students also were tasked to explore biodegradability by putting a wet-wipe and tissue in
two separate water bottles to see how long it takes for each to break down. Holly-May
Smith produced some fantastic work!
History
Amira Matloob has
produced this fantastic
resource on the Algonquin
people.
She received an award for
her hard work from Mr
Morgan and is becoming a
fantastic historian!
Well done Amira – keep it
up!
Maths around the world: The Euros!
Recently, everybody has been keeping up with the football,
but maths has played a big part in that tournament, too!
Using statistics and data, researchers have found that a
goalkeeper is more likely to dive to the right during
penalties under pressure. It’s also been found that, when
players throw the ball in, it’s best to do it at a 30-degree
angle. They only found this out by exploring the maths
behind an object travelling the furthest distance possible.
That includes formulas like ‘distance, speed, time’ (which
many of you already know!), and trigonometry
(SOHCAHTOA)!
Maybe you could use some mathematical facts to win at
Sports Day or a big tournament one day!
Student of the Term: Simran Paul
Mr Sarai: Well done for your excellent work,
and always having a go at the extension
questions!
Did you solve last edition’s
puzzle?
Pupils from Year 7 to Year 9 had a
go at making the numbers around
the outside! The highest amount
was 15/18 numbers!
Did you beat that score? Which
ones were hardest to work out?
Can you work out the value of each summer item?
The numbers along the top multiply with numbers
along the side!
Music
A huge well done to everyone who took part in the talent show this year, the standard was amazing from
everyone. The judges, ‘Miss Spencer Wood, Mr O’Keefe, Mrs Gore and Mr Mincher’ certainly had their work
cut out when judging the entries.
First place was awarded to Thomas Underhill, year 11 for his excellent piano version of I’m a believer by
Imagine dragons.
Second Place to Ethan Shaw in year 8 for his outstanding vocals on ‘You’ll be back’ from the musical
‘Hamilton’.
Third Place to Alfie Cherrington year 11 for his fantastic acoustic guitar solo
Fourth Place to Penney Wilkes year 7 – to her vocal solo by Imagine Dragons
Fifth Place to Lauren Ward and Joseph Munroe Dinham for their steel pan and drum duet on ‘Under the sea’
It was fabulous to see so many entries from KS3 pupils this year, especially some of the costumes, we even
had a 6ft dinosaur enter!
This term Year 8 are creating a diversity anthem song, working in groups they are singing, rapping and
exploring their skills on guitars, drum kits and keyboards in bands. Their lyrical skills have shown a great
awareness to accepting everyone and for being proud of who they are, WELL DONE YEAR 8.
Here are some lyrical ideas a group have started on from Nikita Bangerh, Manveer Singh, Manleen Kaur and
Cleopatra Aborayya.
Be proud of who you are, as deep
down you’re a super star.
We all want to feel were free, so
treat us all …equally.
Our differences don’t change us,
so please embrace us
We can sparkle in the spot light,
deep down you know I’m right
Their final sogs will be
recorded and prizes for the
top 3 best sogs at the end
of this term. Good Luck
year 8!
They have also explored
garage band and Sibelius
Music programmed where
they have learnt how to
notate and record loops
Physical Education KS3 PE Students of the half term
A huge congratulations to the following students,
who have been nominated for the PE award, for
student of the half term.
Year 7
1. Daniel Taiwo 2. Zac Tobin 3. Diana Putane
Year 8
1. Callum Hall 2. Maci Lisseman 3. Yasmine Vanes 4. Farah Ahmedi
Moseley Run away with City Athletics
COVID restrictions have meant that this year’s Wolverhampton City athletics competition was a
virtual event. Students competed at their home schools, with times being recorded and sent off. The
best times across the city would achieve medals.
Below is a list of some of the incredible achievements from our students
Gold medal athletes
• Jayden Dearn Yr 7 boys 100m, 200m, javelin
• Jaydon Kaila Yr 7 boys 400m
• Mason Eldon Yr 7 boys long jump
• Desiree Bilika Yr 7 girls 100m
• Jayden Gooden Yr 7 girls 400m
• Diana Putane Yr 7 girls 800m
• Kaidon Robinson Yr 8 boys 100m, 200m
• Yasmine Vanes Yr 8 girls 100m
• Georgia Ryder Yr 8 girls 400m
• Sophie Arrowsmith Yr 8 girls javelin
Sports day
On one of the hottest days of the year, our KS3 students took to the field, representing their forms,
in a range of athletics events, in the hope of them becoming sports day champions. I would firstly
like to say a huge congratulations to the PE staff for organising and running the day and finally to
all the students who competed in what was, extremely difficult conditions.
Bored over summer?
Scan the QR below and there are over a hundred
experiments and demonstrations for you to do
at home (with adult supervision).
Take pictures or videos of your experiments and
email them to [email protected] .
There will be a prize for:
• Best video
• Best picture
• Most entries
This month STEAM Club has been chopping,
poking and prodding all sorts!
Fish heads, lungs, eyes and hearts have all been
expertly dissected by our wonderful Moseley Park
Scientists.
Kyle Barton as pictured to the right said
“The experience was very good! I never knew there
was so much in the eye. It was incredibly fun! I highly
recommend everyone do it!”
For Pride Month, our scientists learnt about 10 different
scientists from 10 different walks of life who all belong to
the LGBTQ+ community.
They were just 10 of over 1500 scientists sharing their
story.
To find out more information visit
500queerscientists.com
Who are you?
Hi guys, I’m Miss Humpage, one of the new teachers in the
science department! I’ve lived in Bilston all my life and even came
to school here at Moseley! I studied Biomedical Science at the
University of Birmingham. Happy to be back!
What were you like in school?
You’ll have to ask some of the teachers about that one! I was head
girl though so not too bad I suppose!
What do you wish you could tell your 11-year-old self?
I wish I could tell my 11 year old self to just be herself more. I kept
a lot of my interests and passions to myself in school out of fear
being judged. It was an absolute waste of time. Finding yourself is
part of being in school, so embrace it!
Who would win in a fight, a gorilla or a bear?
Gorilla or bear, seriously? K.O. by the bear all day!
Who are you?
I am Mr Mcneil, I am a science teacher. I am from Wolverhampton
and grew up in Fordhouses. I went to school in
Wolverhampton, then went on to study Biomedical Science at
University in Liverpool What were you like in school?
At school I was quite quiet. I enjoyed History, maths and science.
My teachers say I was terrible at art, but I think art is subjective
What do you wish you could tell your 11-year-old self?
If I could speak to my 11 year old self, I would tell them to bet on
Leicester to win the league in 2016.
Who would win in a fight, a gorilla or a bear?
Obvious answer is the bear, no competition, King Kong ain’t got
nothing on Yogi
Who are you?
I am Miss Plant, a new science teacher at Moseley Park School. I
am from Kingswinford and went to Coventry University to study
Biomedical Science.
What were you like in school?
I was very chatty and loved to get involved. I loved football,
netball, rounders and basketball.
What do you wish you could tell your 11-year-old self?
Be yourself, do what makes you happy and do not try to fit in. If
you can’t love yourself, how in the world can you love somebody
else?
Who would win in a fight, a gorilla or a bear?
A gorilla because they are dominant fighters. They can run, jump,
swing, bite, retreat and move back. They have a longer arm reach
and high manoeuvrability.