Super Curriculum Update

The Super Curriculum groups have been thoroughly enjoying their Wednesday afternoon sessions each week, and have made some fantastic progress on various projects and have learnt lots of new skills. 

• The STEM group have been building chairs out of cardboard with the challenge of making a chair strong enough for Mr. Harvey!
• This week, the Chess group were playing Fisher Random chess.
• Production have been working on activities based on The Wizard of Oz, from directing scenes to set design.

Food Tech

Year 10 Food Tech made some delicious quiches this week. 

Lost and Found

In reception, we currently have :

• 2 pairs of trousers,
• 2 school jumpers with logos
• 3 PE tops,
• 1 pair of PE joggers
• various hats and scarves and 13 assorted coats.

(None of these have names)

Please name your children's clothing, even using a ballpoint which will at least last a short while.  Thank you for your assistance with this.

Tree Planting at Laughton Greenwood

Our change ambassadors visited Laughton Greenwood in the summer. They had a lovely time exploring the forest and engaging in activities and absorbing themselves in nature! 

The Woods are holding a community tree planting day on Sunday 1st December. They would like to invite members of our school community to join in with their family tree planting event. They would love anyone from the school community to visit. 

This is a free event but does require booking at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/laughton-greenwood. There are a limited amount of spaces available. It is likely to be muddy, so appropriate clothing would need to be worn - but is a GREAT opportunity to get outside for a couple of hours and give something back to the planet. 

More information about the woodland space and how to get there can be found on their website.https://www.laughtongreenwood.co.uk

Job Vacancy

KING’S ACADEMY RINGMER
ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT

22.2 hours per week. Required to start ASAP. Permanent, Term-time only

Salary – KGA Pay Scale, Band 4, Points 4 to 6
Ie: £23130pa to £24362 to be pro-rated as part-time and term-time only – pay award pending

Duties will include:

• To assist the Careers Lead and Learning Resources Assistant to support students to prepare for further/higher education, training and employment, to administer Year 10 Work Experience placements and administration, to undertake general clerical and administration duties including administering a whole school library service, providing a reprographic and printing service to all staff and students.   
• Cover staff absences and to also assist colleagues as and when required.
• To organise and plan the Whole School Photo day in October with the PA to the Principal
• To assist the DofE Lead as the DofE Verifier for the school 
• To assist the Assistant Principal with the administration for Enrichment Week 
• To assistant the PA to the Principal to provide administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team

Hours of work - 7.4 hours per day for 3 days a week.  Work pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate.  

King's Academy Ringmer is a rural comprehensive with an ethos of "Kindness, Ambition, Resilience ". We have a simple but bold ambition, to be the best school in Sussex. We consider this to be our ‘journey to excellence’. We are on a positive trajectory towards this goal, with outcomes a third of a grade above national average. We have a strong reputation for our inclusion, pastoral care and a rapidly improving trend of results in terms of student attainment and progress. The Academy is part of King's Group Academies whose mission is to equip all students with the confidence, knowledge, skills and values that will enable them to thrive in the modern world.  We anticipate exciting developments ahead working together with students, parents/carers and the wider community to build upon our strengths and make this an outstanding school.

What can we offer you?

• • A chance to be at the forefront of educational development. 
• • An Academy with a positive ethos, motivated students and focus upon learning
• • Excellent induction, support and staff development opportunities
• • A beautiful, rural environment situated approximately 12 miles from the coastal city of Brighton and Hove

For full details and an application form can be download directly from our website: https://www.kgaringmer.uk/news/?pid=6&nid=2&storyid=4 or contact Amanda French on either 01273 815463 or amanda.french@kingsacademies.uk quoting job reference P/487.  We offer a first class working environment with supportive colleagues and opportunities for career development.

King’s Academy Ringmer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts within our Multi Academy trust are exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants will be required to declare spent and unspent convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as spent and complete an Enhanced Criminal Records Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Closing date for applications is Monday 2 December 2024 at 8.30am with the interview date on Thursday 5 December 2024.