ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
The Weekly Word
Vol.1 no 19 Friday 3 March 2017
**** Please ensure contact is made by 9am ****
We require your child’s name, tutor group and reason for absence.
‘Hands On’ Banbury Aspirations Apprenticeships Event –
Please specify symptoms if your child is unwell.
5th April 2017, 19:00 – 21:30
Telephone: 01295 225225
Email: [email protected]
‘Hands On’ Banbury Aspirations Apprenticeships Event –
Save the Date!
Open to Year 10,11,12 and 13 students from Banbury Academy,
Space Studio Banbury and all local Banbury schools.
Our Banbury Aspirations event will open your eyes to all the
fantastic career opportunities, right on our doorstep, here in
Banbury.
Would you like a glimpse into the future and see what fantastic
opportunities await? This event will help you plan your career
choices, give you all the latest labour market information and show
you which sectors are growing in terms of job opportunities now
and in the future.
As well as talks on the employment landscape in our area, there
will be talks on Apprenticeships and the chance to meet lots of
employers and training organisations, who will give you the
opportunity to have a go at some activities and try jobs for size, as
well as answering all your questions.
There will be Aspiration Stations for some of the most popular and
growing sectors in our area. Have a go at bricklaying with Trade
School in the Construction Station and hear from Prodrive in the
Motorsport Station about routes into motorsport and what makes a
world class engineer!
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Save the date! 5 April 2017
Further details to follow
regarding this exciting event.
A note explaining the reason for absence should be sent in with your child on
the first day back. This may be written in the child’s planner and presented to
the Mentor.
Spanish play at Tudor Hall!
A group of students visited Tudor Hall last week to watch a
Spanish play called ¿Cuántos me gusta tienes? The play
was a comedy about a boy called Alejandro who finds
himself in hospital after a slight accident. As he’s not getting
much attention he starts to use Facebook to exaggerate his
condition, and suddenly he receives visits from concerned
school friends. One of the parts was improvised brilliantly by Jonathan,
who was asked to join the actors on stage. He was not at all daunted by
having to reply to the actors in Spanish! Charliewas also asked to go
on stage to speak Spanish and hold up a banner, and she spoke very clearly
and smiled the whole way
through!
The students really enjoyed
themselves and many understood
more than they thought they
would!
Profile
5th April 2017, 19:00 – 20:30
Chris Smith
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9th March– Crocus Concert
Lego League Championship
The Banbury Bots made it all the way to
the National Finals of the First Lego
League Championships held in Bristol
on Sunday 28th February. Banbury
Academy’s Team the “Banbury
Bots” had a fantastic day in Bristol and
appeared in the Live Broadcast on You
Tube.
DAB (Defend Against Bullying)
Vol.1 no 2 Friday 30 September 2016
Congratulations to EmmyJessica SulabLuke
Jamesand Anthony for reaching the UK Finals and
performing so well in the competition. We wish them
even more success next year!!
Poetry Live
Mrs Berry, Miss Irvine and Mrs Daisley took 36 students to Poetry
Live in Birmingham on Tuesday. We spent the day listening to poets
perform their poetry and talk about their process of writing. Students
also listened to sessions from a senior examiner who explained how
to tackle an unseen poem and how to
compare poems effectively. We all enjoyed
John Agard’s performance of ‘Checkin’ Out
Me History’ and ‘Half-Caste’.
Year 8 Parents’ Evening – Thursday 16 March 2016
We look forward to seeing you at our forthcoming Year 8 parents’ evening
on Thursday 16 March 4pm – 6.30pm in the Buttery/Library. As last year we
are continuing to operate a non-appointment system.
The Year 8 progress data will be distributed on your arrival, so you may like
to allow extra time to sit and read the report before you speak to the subject
teachers. Your child’s exercise books and folders will also be available for
you to look at and discuss with teachers.
First of all, we met everybody that was taking part, there were
students from 3 local schools who were training with us NOA, Warriner
and BGN. We did a few games at the start of the session to get to
know each other. We then got into the training and watched some
videos such as, a boy being bullied and how he overcame this. We
also had training on listening and how to give the right advice.
The purpose of the Defend Against Bullying (DAB) is to help people
who are being bullied and feel like no one is there. Some year 10’s
(Ellie– Mae, Ella, Jemma, Natalia and Sophie) have volunteered to run
this. This will be happening on the 3rd March during lunch time, in Mrs
Tribe’s room.(E5)
Report by Sophie Year 10 (SSKI)
Post 16 Round up….
What's going on this term….
Look at the term ahead for the exciting events taking place in the
Sixth form community.
Students will be taking part in world book week activities during the
week commencing 27th February. On World book day Thursday 2nd
March sixth formers will doing a sponsored non uniform day. Students
will dress up as book characters to raise money for prom and Ronald
MacDonald foundation.
Prom will take place at Aka (Also Known As) in Banbury in June.
More details will follow and tickets will be available to be purchased
soon.
On the 24th March students will be raising money for Red Nose Day.
Sixth formers will be wearing red, red noses and doing bake sales to
raise money for the cause.
Mini Bus driver required
We are seeking to appoint a Minibus Driver to transport
our students to and from Banbury train station on a daily basis
Monday to Thursday: 7:45am to 8:45am and 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Friday: 7:45am to 8:45am only
£9.25 per hour, term time only
The successful candidate will need to be over 21years old
with a full, clean driving licence
Minibus licence will be required (test will be paid for by the Academy)
If you are interested in this vacancy please contact Tracey Burns
via email at [email protected] in the first instance
“The Aspirations Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share
this commitment”
Exam mocks will commence on the 10th March. Students will receive
time tables of their examination times and places soon.
On the 28th February committee chairs Sophie Tustain, Will Pascoe
and Jay Carter from Charity and Community committee are invited to
the Katharine House Hospice Karcher headquarters for an award
ceremony for students who took part in the Karcher challenge. They
raised an impressive £365.
Musical Instrument Amnesty
Do you have a dusty, unloved, unplayed instrument
lurking in your house or maybe a family member’s
house?
Did you once have desires on becoming the next Evelyn
Glennie or Jimi Hendrix but instead you were drawn into
this crazy life called teaching? Don’t let that instrument’s
musical spirit die…
Lottery winner.
We are pleased to say that this Saturday’s (25th) Lottery winner for Banbury
Academy Lottery was the Principal, Miss Thomas.
Join in on the lottery https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/
banbury-academy
Let that instrument fulfil it’s musical destiny by finding it a forever home, here
at Banbury Academy’s Music Department.
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