King James I Academy News

All the latest news from King James I Academy

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Ruby on the way to National Equestrian Championship

May 2021

Talented equestrian rider, Ruby S has qualified for the National Equestrian Championship, which will take place at the end of May in Hickstead, following her recent success in the National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) Competition.

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Sixth Form catch-up sessions

March 2021

Sixth Form teachers have arranged a timetable of Easter holiday sessions to help students in Years 12 and 13 revise for forthcoming exams, catch up on coursework and gather quality evidence which will be used for teacher assessed grades.

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Coming soon: Prize Evening!

March 2021

Our Annual Prize Evening is one of the highlights of our school calendar, attended by hundreds of students and their proud families. This year will be very different as we will be streaming the event!

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Smooth and efficient lateral flow testing

March 2021

Sixth Form students have received their third lateral flow test today in school and will now move onto home testing kits, which will be provided by us. Other year groups will follow shortly.

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Celebrating World Book Day

March 2021

Each year, World Book Day celebrates the power of storytelling and the pleasure that reading brings us by giving young people the opportunity to access a book for free. This year World Book Day is on Thursday 4th March.

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Year 9s organise their own Bake Off!

March 2021

During the half-term holiday, a group of Year 9 students organised their own baking competition inspired by the popular TV show 'The Great British Bake Off'.

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Creating landmarks from plastic

March 2021

Our wonderful Key Stage 3 Geography students have been spending time in creative catch-up week completing an artistic challenge.

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Walking to benefit physical and mental health

March 2021

During the half-term holiday students and staff took part in a walking initiative which was the concept of our Head Boy and Head Girl, Adam and Freya; both are in Year 12.

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Duolingo competition results

March 2021

After a week working through the many sets on the Duolingo competition, our languages teachers are proud to announce the winners.

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Key worker students design and create 3D boats

February 2021

Key worker students in Year 7 have been working on an exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) project in school with Mr Wheatley.