Friday 12th June 2026
Super Science Investigations
In Year 8 science lessons this week, Year 8 students conducted a practical where they extracted DNA from strawberries; almost all of them managed to extract some DNA showing fantastic teamwork, however the top DNA scientist of the class was by far Jood who not only worked solo but also extracted the most DNA! We are so fortunate to be able to include so many practical lessons in our science teaching as this helps us to bring science to life for our students and shows them how the subject connects with the real world.
National Thank a Teacher Day Wednesday 17th June
Wednesday 17th June is ‘National Thank a Teacher Day’, which is designed to celebrate teachers, school leaders and all support staff in schools, highlighting their dedication, care and commitment. To recognise the hard work of our school staff, we wanted to provide an opportunity for any of our stakeholders, including parents, carers and the students themselves, to share a written thank you or special message to members of our KNSB team that they think deserve this. This could be any member of staff, including support staff, admin staff, teachers, leaders, site team, canteen staff, governors, anyone that is a member of our school community that you would like to share some positive words with. Comments are not limited to one member of staff, and you can share as many as you wish. Obviously, there is absolutely no pressure to do so but any kind words will be really gratefully received.
Click here to leave your message: Thank A Teacher – Fill in form
June Safeguarding Newsletter
Our June edition of the Safeguarding Newsletter is now available, with information on the topics of Looksmaxxing and Attendance. Click here to read more:
Sports Day Thursday 18th June
Weather permitting (!), our annual Sports Day will take place on Thursday next week. Students who are participating in events on that day can wear their PE kit to school for the day. All other students will need to wear their normal school uniform.
Early Finish for Statutory Medical Needs CPD 8th July
Last week we informed you that school will finish earlier than normal for students on Wednesday 8th July to allow us to undertake important statutory medical needs CPD. The time of the early closure is 1pm for all students. Please make a note of this in your diary.
Year 10 Pre Public Exams (PPEs)
On Tuesday this week, we did a ‘walking talking’ run through of lining up in front of the exam venues, ensuring that students knew where to put their belongings, reminding students what they can and can’t take to their exam desks and making sure they knew where their exam seat was (this seat will remain the same for all the whole exam period).
On Thursday, we also held an assembly to ensure that Year 10 students understood the rules and regulations for their PPEs. You can find a more detailed version of the assembly here. Whilst this document is designed to give you information regarding the real GCSEs, the vast majority of the information held within it still applies to the upcoming exams.
Year 10 PPEs begin on Monday. A reminder of the PPE timetable can be found here . We want to wish good luck to our musicians for Monday, our artists for Tuesday and then all students for Wednesday as they begin their examination journey with English Literature.
Dates for your diary:
Wednesday 8th July – Early closure staff CPD
Wednesday 8th, 9th & 10th July – Planned network outage
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