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Newsflash Edition 21: Friday 15th February 2019
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Character Awards Evening
This week we held our Character Awards Evening where students in
Years 7 and 8 were acknowledged for achieving against one or more of
our four ‘Character Pillars’, Learn, Lead, Serve and Participate. These
four Character Pillars are fundamental to our school and students have
been encouraged to record evidence of how they have demonstrated
these strong character traits through our Character Development
Programme.
Students have gathered evidence in a number of different ways. For instance, a student may have
shown service by helping others in an organised community event or they may have participated in a
school production or sporting fixture. Likewise, a student may have demonstrated great learning by
making strong academic progress in a range of subjects, or they may have shown leadership by
organising and leading other students in an activity.
Successful completion of activities related to any of the four Character Pillars earns points towards a
prestigious enamel badge which students may wear on their blazer in recognition of their
achievements. There are three levels of award for each of the Character Pillars, Apprentice,
Graduate and Master, with each one having gradually more challenging success criteria to meet.
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Well done to the following students who all achieved at Apprentice Level against one or more of the
four Character Pillars.
Daniel Ihejirika Rory Hand Sophie Conlon Amelia Best-Hogan Amy Oates Calex Yeung
Favour Otabor Joyce Kiwa Lexie Whittaker Melissa Gavan Riley Joyce Samuel Yeboah
Thomas Wilson Chloe Rowland Toyin Peter Hannah Sykes Matthew Walker Agape Esayas
Ikram Gudeta Katie Siddall Milly Madden Philip Anyan Zariah Hodgson Alfie Haggerty
Emma Thomas Hannah Revell Kenzi-Rell Rowden-Coley Marcel Zdunski Ben Shepherd
Diya Jairath-Fernandez Oluwafunbi Oseni Ruby Johnson Sophie Davenport Aleena Iqbal
Charlotte Whitham-Smith Evan Hughes Isabelle Whitehead Jessica Fulton Katy Taylor
Meerab Nasir Deonne O’Connor Han Yun Yu Amaara Naveed Areeka Sheikh Frank Kariuki
Hafsa Waziri Ruby Woods Abi Voss Devanshi Shah Abraham Joel Katelyn Worrall Morsal Amiri
Neve Connolly Oluwatoyosi Junaid Ellie Mae McCarney Pippa Teeling Rukshar Ahmed
Erin-Leigh Clarke Nabiha Jannat Talukdar Emily Houghton Maci-Leigh Todd Cameron Thompson
Louis Clarke Shannon Corbett Dzhan Sali Diya Mistry Rosie Mccormick Ella Darbyshire
Izzy Phillips Jenan Alkhatib Joel Egyiri Marshall Brotherdale Ryan Wilson Eryn Rowan
Melissa Daniels Festus Chale Michael Boateng-Junior Rhiann Dyke Molly Legg Malakai Garner
Isaac Lewis Joshua Wilson Max Ward Adam Ali-Brown Jackie Tran Iqra Zaman Lewis Mercer
Sarah Bockova Dzhan Sali Leah Ashton Hamza Cheema Lucy Alderson
Congratulations to the following students who all achieved at ‘Graduate
Level’ or ‘Master Level’ against one or more of the four pillars:
Han Yun Yu, Hafsa Waziri, Olivia Loftus, Erin Leigh Clarke, Abi Voss, Adeena
Rehman, Demi-Leigh Street, Matthew Neglia, Mohammed Badje Sane,
Muskhan Khan, Lauren Nield, Margaret Adekoya, Zaynab Khan, Adam Ali-
Brown, Dzhan Sali, Ellie Brophy, Lily McKenna, Lucy Alderson and Nancy
Armoh were all awarded badges for Learning at Graduate Level.
Diya Mistry, Daniel Galateanu and Molly Legg were awarded badges for
Service at Graduate Level.
Jenna Anderson and Malakai Garner were both awarded badges for
Leadership at Graduate Level.
Ellie Smith and Mia Walker were both awarded badges for Participation at
Graduate Level.
Deonne O’Connor was awarded badges for Learning and Service at
Graduate Level.
Iqra Zaman was awarded badges for Participation and Service at Graduate
Level.
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Hamza Cheema was awarded badges for Leadership and Service at Graduate Level.
Rosie McCormick and Abigail Dalton were awarded badges for Leadership and
Participation at Graduate Level.
Nabiha Jannat Talukdar was awarded badges for Learning, Participation and Service
at Graduate Level.
Lemuel Asamoah Tanner was awarded a badge for Leadership at Master Level.
Taylor Megram was awarded badges for Participation at Graduate Level and Service
at Master Level.
Sporting Success
Congratulations to the following teams on their recent successes in cup competitions and events
against other Tameside schools.
Congratulations to the Year 9 Boys Team on winning
the Silver Medal at the Tameside Sports Hall Athletics
Competition.
Josh Wilson
Lemuel Asamoah Tannor
Zak Albajouri
Josh Barton
Jack Beckett
Dalil Alhassan
Shemaiah Achempong
Luca Silvestri
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Congratulations to the Year 9 Girls Team who also
won Silver at the Tameside Sports Hall Athletics
Competition.
Emma Newsam
Chloe Lucas
Tinu Lawal
Zainab Ibraheem
Britney Akukwe
Mia Walker
Nancy Armoh
Taylor Megram
Congratulations to the KS4 Boys A Team who won
the Gold Medal at the Tameside Table Tennis
Championships.
Even Beccham
Daniel Galteanu
James Hunston
Alex Leonard-Walker
Congratulations to the KS4 Boys B Team who won
the Silver Medal at the Tameside Table Tennis
Championships.
Rio Harrison
Emmanuel Akubuo
Aaron Bile
Divine Egharevba Omoigiawi
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Congratulations to the KS4 Girls Team who came
fourth at the Tameside Table Tennis Championships.
Zaineb Ibraheem
Mia Phelan
Mia Walker
Taylor Megram
Congratulations to the Key Stage 4 Boys Basketball Team who won Bronze Medals after finishing in
third position at the Tameside School Games. The boys were unlucky to miss out on a place in the
final with only one narrow defeat, 4-2, throughout the competition. There was some excellent skill
on show and all of the boys were a credit to the Academy.
Emmanuel Akubuo
Aulon Behrami
Jefferey Lokolutu
Aaron Bile
Dean Charlton
Jessy Lukusu
Brandon Phirri
Michael Bawuah
Thomas Belfield
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GCSE Food and Nutition Year 10 GCSE Food and Nutrition students learn the skill of filleting and portioning fish.
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Year 11, there are only 12 school weeks left, just 60 days in school, until your first GCSE exam.
We hope that your Pre-Public Examinations have gone well and that you are now better prepared
for the summer.
Remember that there will be a programme of study sessions over the half term holiday as detailed
here. These sessions will be an important part of your preparation for your GCSE examinations.
Date Morning session
Afternoon session
Mon 18th Feb Geography (Mr Jackson)
French (Mrs Preston)
French (Mrs Preston)
Tue 19th Feb Further Maths (Mrs Lloyd)
Wed 20th Feb History (Mrs Bugler)
Clearly, it is absolutely crucial that Year 11 students attend every day between now and their
examinations so that they do not miss any of their exam preparation.
The book of the month, as chosen by the Year 7 Reading Group, is ‘The House With Chicken Legs’
written by Sophie Anderson. The group are currently in the process of making a trailer for the book
with the help of Mrs Godrich. They are creating a backdrop, writing some dialogue and building a
fence out of bones all in readiness to film their creation after half term. Once the trailer has been
edited it will be shared with other Year 7 students during Form Time and will be shared with Sophie
herself via her Facebook feed.
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GCSE COUNTDOWN
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The Book of the Week, ‘Hollow Pike’’ by Juno Dawson, is again taken from the
LGBT History Month reading list.
"She thought she'd be safe in the country, but you can't escape your own
nightmares and Lis London dreams repeatedly that someone is trying to kill
her. Lis thinks she is being paranoid - after all who would want to murder
her? She doesn't believe in the local legends of witchcraft. She doesn't
believe that anything bad will really happen to her. Ye never do, do you? Not
until you're alone in the woods, after dark - and a twig snaps..."
‘Kids Com’ Car Boot Sale in aid of Willow Wood Hospice
The Academy will open after the half term break on Monday 25th August. Students studying GCSE Drama will be visiting the Royal Exchange Theatre on Monday 25th August to watch a performance of ‘Mother Courage’. Year 10 Parent Teacher Consultation Evening will take place on Thursday 28th February. Parents/Carers of Year 10 students should already have received information about the evening. GCSE Geography residentials to the East Yorkshire Coast will take place over the weekends of 29th to 31st Match and 26th to 28th April. Year 11 Parent Teacher Consultation Evening will take place on Thursday 4th April. The Academy will break up for the Easter Holiday on Friday 5th April.
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