Remembrance Day, Oxbridge and Annie performance
Remembrance Day
This year has seen many challenges and a Virtual Remembrance was another first for the CCF cadets. There was a good turn out from the cadets who were proudly wearing their Blue uniform in public for the first time. They formed up in open order to maintain social distancing. The ceremony was beamed live to classrooms throughout the school and included a poem written by a 14 year old, the last post and a minute’s silence. I would like to thank all those who played their part in keeping the memories alive by putting this together, from the technical team to the trumpeter who played a moving last post in the atmospheric conditions.
We are currently recruiting the next generation of RAF cadets from Year 9. If you would like your son or daughter to be part of an organisation which offers amazing opportunities to grow as a young person and spectacular adventures then please contact jbrett@tqacademy.co.uk and we will get the details sent out to you. We are putting on a taster session on Wednesday 16th December and start from January keeping within the Year 9 bubble. We run the cadets to broaden the experiences of the cadets and not as a recruitment organisation.
Mr Whelan has led assemblies all week on the theme of remembrance. He has explained to students the conflicts that the UK has been involved in over the past century, what the different poppies mean and how the ceremony at the Cenotaph takes place in London.
Year 7 PAA
Our Year 7 PAA is literally bursting at the seams with talented Year 7 students! I don’t think we have ever had so many Year 7s in PAA before, in fact I know we haven’t. Being able to offer such an increase in places to each year group in PAA has definitely been the silver lining of having to divide PAA up into year group bubbles. Our year 7s have grabbed this opportunity with both hands, with 34 talented youngsters gaining places. So many that, for the first time ever, we are going to be putting on a Year 7 production. Over the last two weeks, the students have been put through their paces in acting, singing and dance auditions for Annie! Miss Pappin tells me that the casting of the production is proving to be quite challenging as there are just so many amazing students for each role! What a wonderful situation to be in, well done Year 7 PAA.
Oxbridge breakfast
Our eleven students who have applied for Oxford and Cambridge have now sat their tough entrance exams. To celebrate this we had breakfast together where we spoke about their experience of the exams and their preparation for it.
It is wonderful to hear the news of so many offers coming in for our Year 13 students who have applied for university places.
Lego Therapy
Creates Imagines, Remembers. This week students did a special challenge in year 7 lego therapy to represent Armistice day with Lego. The students worked on their own creations capturing an image to represent this important day. From left to right Toby Forrester-finney, Abigail Mealin, Ben Phillips, Darcy Reece, Tyler Hunter, Kyla Ridgewell.
Year 9 Fun Friday
Year 9 enjoyed having doughnuts served with a smile and featuring Mr Grinsill’s doughnut costume!
Year 7 Fun Friday
The Year 7s had a team skipping competition!
Extra Curricular Clubs
We are delighted to have been running our extra-curricular activities for students since September. As we move into the second cycle I thought I would share with you the activities currently on offer.
Year 9 Sports Science
This week, Mr Jones’ Sport Science class have been performing fitness tests. This was a practical application of what they have been learning this cycle about the musculoskeletal and cardio-respiratory systems.
Students of the Week
Year 7 – Noah Butler
Year 9 – Redd Benson
Year 10 – Dara Kennedy
Year 12 – Mateusz Baczynski
Year 13 – Alex Corbett
House Stars of the week
Year 7
Brunel –
Christie – Olivia Wilson
Darwin – William Denega
Fawcett – Daniel Eales
Harrison – Zac Evans
Kitson – Jessica Mitchell
Nearne – Jack Woolley
Pengelly – Ruby Donaldson
Year 8
Brunel – Ella McLachlan
Christie – Elise Pile
Darwin – Curtis Poynton
Fawcett – Maya Davies
Harrison – Lacie Benson
Kitson – Amalia Mihai
Nearne – MItchell Watkins
Pengelly – Isla Howarth
Year 9
Brunel – Harry Clarke
Christie –
Darwin – Ben German
Fawcett – Owen Woodcock
Harrison – Ella Breheny
Kitson – Anna Brailsford-Dunn
Nearne – Erin Pound
Pengelly – Shelby Astley-Rubin
Homework Stars of the Week
Year 7
Brunel –
Christie – Daisy Faulkner
Darwin – Lucas Berry
Fawcett – Isla Aldworth
Harrison – Leah Hope
Kitson – Emily Meloy
Nearne – Ben Phillips
Pengelly – Charlie Porter
Year 8
Brunel – Evie Reece
Christie – Rosie Mahoney-Billis
Darwin – Leah Scott
Fawcett – Alaric Wills
Harrison – Calen Thomas-Tyrer
Kitson – Elliot Mills
Nearne – Nikola Drygiel
Pengelly – Dylan Nock
Year 9
Brunel – Zac Rowland-Steele
Christie –
Darwin – Joseph Oborn
Fawcett – Kian Chadwick
Harrison –
Kitson – Milly Watt
Nearne – Hailie Windsor
Pengelly – Hannah Carr
SPARX Leader boards
Tassomai Leader boards
Over 300,000 questions answered by TA students this week – another fantastic achievement. Special mention to Lyra Bowstead in Y7 and Keryn Giffard in Y9 for appearing in the top 5 for questions completed and accuracy in their respective year groups.
Accelerated Reader Leader boards
