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Thank you from the Principal - Mulberry UTC
Issue #6  Friday 17th July 2020

                                                                                       SCIENCE
                                                                                       News in brief

 Thank you from the Principal                                                      Science students have
                                                                                   continued to work hard right
 At the end of this academic year, I       those who will be receiving their       until the end of term.
 would like to say a huge thank you        exam results this summer, please        Their resilience and drive
 to all our students and staff for their   find details of exam results days and   over the lockdown period has
 hard work, dedication, positive           Sixth Form enrolment overleaf.          been admirable and has made
 attitudes and commitment. I am            I hope you all have a restful and       their teachers proud.
 extremely grateful for the way in         peaceful summer – thank you again       Online lessons have
 which our entire school community         for all your support for the school.    continued and teachers have
 has supported our students during                                                 tried quiz tools such as
 this academic year and especially                                                 Kahoot within these lessons
 during the lockdown period.                                                       to add some fun and friendly
 Please continue to regularly check                                                competition.
 our website and look out for text                                                 Biology book club has
 messages regarding our plans for                                                  continued to be a success
 reopening the school to all students                                              and we hope students
 in September 2020. We are very                                                    continue to read and expand
 much looking forward to seeing all of                                             their knowledge over the
 our continuing students then. For                                                 summer.

     CREATIVE MEDIA

Year 10 create storyboards for crime drama setting
Year 10 students demonstrated shots/establishing shots to
their creativity during their    establish location and character
Media lessons recently.          representation while setting up
Students examined a variety of conflict via binary oppositions.
film and television drama        For home learning students will
opening scenes before            either shoot and edit their
beginning to plan and            opening extract or write their
storyboard their own opening     opening as a screenplay
scene to a new crime drama.      extract. We look forward to
                                 students sharing their creations
In developing their own concept
                                 in their next Media lesson at
students were focusing
                                 Mulberry UTC.
specifically on director’s
technical choices involving wide
shots and extreme wide
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MATHS                                                                HUMANITIES &
                                                                           SOCIAL SCIENCES
Year 10 live tutorials                                               Update – Year 13
with Dr Frost Maths                                                  sociologists

                                                                     Well done to all             solutions to crime.
In the last few        else seeing, and       they are able to       Sociology students who       Students have learnt
weeks of term, Year    thus able to support   consolidate their      have engaged with some       about the Broken
10 students trialled   individuals when       learning go over any   challenging Year 13          Window theory (a very
Dr Frost Maths         needed.                misconceptions.        concepts as part of their    interesting read!) and the
whiteboard for live  Students who have        It has been a huge     home learning.               impact that this has on
Maths tutorials.     not been attending       success so far and     Since June, students         combatting crime,
Students have been the face-to-face           a few examples of      have been studying           resulting in some very
really engaged and session at school,         the students’ work     Crime and Deviance.          impressive exam answer
keen to attend the   have found this          on simultaneous        Most recently, our           and critical thinking.
sessions. This has   extremely helpful as     equations are          sociologists have been
been a very useful   the teacher can          above.                 analysing and evaluating
tool as teachers     support them with                               the contribution of right
have been able to    any new topics that                             and left realist views and
see what individual they missed.
students are writing Student have said
on their board       they found the                                        STAFF NEWS
without everyone     sessions useful as
                                                                     Farewell and
                                                                     thank you
                                                                     We would like to say a       (Humanities teacher).
                                                                     particular thank you to      All of them have shown
                                                                     the four members of staff    remarkable dedication,
                                                                     who are leaving at the       passion and commitment
                                                                     end of this academic         during their time at the
                                                                     year: Rachelle Pennock       school and they will be
                                                                     (Head of Humanities),        very much missed. We
                                                                     Rachel McAuley (Head         wish them the best of
                                                                     of Science), Jason           luck in their new roles
                                                                     O’Malley (English and        and for the future!
                                                                     Media teacher) and
                                                                     Henry Dobson
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HEALTH                                                                                 IMPORTANT NEWS

A Year 12 student’s relaxation                                                          Exam results
reflections…
By Yasin Kuddus              induce calmness and           the tension within an
                                                                                        and Enrolment
                             tranquillity within an        individual’s mind and        Arrangements for Exam Results Days
For this assignment in
                             individual's mind and         body. This will make         and Sixth Form Enrolment
Promoting Health and
                             body. This will help          them feel lighter and will
Wellbeing, students
                             remove the stress and         give them a sense of
looked at various health
                             negativity from the           enjoyment. It will make
                                                                                              Year 11, 12 & 13
routines such as general                                                                 EXAM COLLECTION DATES
                             individual.                   them feel better and can
hygiene, relaxation and
                            Relaxation has many            reduce stress and anger.
working practice.                                                                        Date:    Thursday 13 August
                            benefits such as: lower        Although, one reason          Time:    9.00am
Here, Yasin has provided
                            blood pressure, slower         why relaxation is not a
a description of what                                                                    Who:     Year 13
                            breathing rate and             key routine to support an
relaxation is and why it is                                                              Event:   Students collect
                            reduces muscle tension.        individual’s health and
important for people to                                                                           their A-level and
                            Another benefit is that it     wellbeing, is because
incorporate relaxation                                                                            Technical/Vocational
                            promotes blood flow to         they may not have the
into their daily routines.
                            the body. Relaxation can       time. Whilst relaxation                results
He explains the different lead to an individual            can be done anywhere,                  ► Click here for more details
types of relaxation and     becoming tranquil.             the individual may not
what benefits it has for                                   have the time needed to       Date:    Thursday 20 August
                            For some, relaxation can
you, both physically and                                   carry out the different
                            lead to enlightenment                                        Time:    9.00am
mentally                                                   forms of relaxation.
                            where individuals                                            Who:     Year 11 & Year 12
Relaxing can help an        become spiritually aware.      They may be too busy          Event:   Year 11 and Year 12
individual alleviate the    As a result, it may mean       with work, family or other             Level 2 students collect
stress and tension they     they are in a constant         pressing matters and as
have in their mind and                                                                            their GCSE results
                            state of happiness. Also,      a result, they cannot                  ► Click here for more details
body. There are many        one of the many benefits       relax. This may further
forms of relaxing. They     of relaxation is that it can   increase stress and
include; yoga, massages be done anywhere.                  tension upon the
and meditation.                                                                                   SIXTH FORM
                            whether it is yoga,            individual.
Whilst there may be         Pilates, reading a book or
                                                                                                  ENROLMENT
                                                           For example, a doctor
many forms of relaxation, other forms of relaxation.       who is working overtime
it all ultimately depends   It can be done at home,                                      Sixth Form enrolment will
                                                           everyday due to an
on the individual. For      in a park and other            infectious outbreak may       start at 12pm on Thursday
example, some people        places.                        not find the time to relax    20 August.
may read books to relax This means that an                 as they will be working.
themselves, whilst others individual can ease their                                      Students will be allotted
                                                           This will make them more
may go to the gym or go stress at work by reading
for a run to help clear     a book for example. One
                                                           stressed as they have no      time slots to attend
                                                           free time to relax.
their mind.                 reason why relaxation is                                     meetings. More
Relaxation is uniquely     an important routine to                                       information about the
tailored to every          support health and
individual. Relaxation can wellbeing is that it eases
                                                                                         arrangements can be
                                                                                         found here:
                                                                                         ► Enrolment details
      BUSINESS
      News in brief
                                The students were            professionals –
                                offered a place on the       developing key
                                Aspire work experience       employability skills and            ►ONLINE
                                programme.                   learning more about
Well done to the Y12
                                                             the industry.
                                                                                           APPLICATION FORM
Business students Joynab        During their
Uddin, Ayesha Begum,            placements at the                                             Students can also
Yousra El-Meeyuf and            accountancy firm,                                            complete our online
Taseen Ahmed for their          students were able to                                       application form here
successful applications to      put themselves in the
Deloitte.                       shoes of Deloitte
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