Issue 11 November 2014
African work experience for OSA students
Football is a common
denominator for children of all
ages. On their amazing African
Adventures trip to Kenya over the
half term, 17 of our students
played football with local children
on a number of occasions as they
travelled round. Sam Ashby,
year 11, donated a set of
Colchester United kit to the
children they met in Nkuru, at the
two centres where our students
worked. Following a chance game
of football on the way to the
Menengai crater (see above) one
of our students said ‘it was the
best game of football I’ve ever
played.’ Our students also
challenged another school from
Ely in Cambridgeshire, who were
also helping at the centre, to a
game and it ended in an
honourable one all draw!
Hopefully new relationships have
been built, both here and in
Kenya, with the people they met
on the trip.
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Helping to teach the children
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On a more serious note, our
students worked for five days on a
number of projects at Ronaken
School or Destiny Children’s Centre.
during their 10 day trip to Africa.
Tonia Lawes, said “we had a go at
cooking, cementing a floor and
teaching the children. The children
we met were delightful and loved to
play games and sing songs with us.”
House Manager, Mr King, who
accompanied the students with Miss
Barnes– Smith, explained that the
work was fun, breaking up a mud
floor to flatten it and prepare for
concreting. Classroom work
involved teaching children English
and maths. Ability was varied
because of the mixed age of the
class, between 3 and 8 years old, but
their behaviour was excellent and
they were very keen to learn.
Equipment in class was very basic
and school stationery, lime pens and
pencils, were at a premium,
explained Mr King.
Food was very basic, breakfast
consisted of porridge, while stew
was very much the staple meal for
the remainder of the day. Thirty
seven students is the maximum
intake for the project because of
financial and space constraints.
A visit to the homes of two of the
children was a sobering experience.
As a group we had clubbed together
to pay for a food parcel that we
delivered to each family. The
houses were one room, dark and
cluttered and housed 5 to 6 people.
“On the final day at the project,”
Tonia said, “ we brought in balloons,
bubble wrap and bubbles and the
children’s faces lit up like Christmas
trees!” Tonia said the experience
was truly memorable.
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Message from the Principal
Owl necklace thrills Jemimah
We have begun our third year and
seventh term as Ormiston Sudbury
Academy. This term we welcomed
more year 7s to us after their very
successful taster week at the end of
the last academic year; it is
wonderful to see everyone working
together from year 7 through to
year 13 in a fully inclusive way.
Our Open Evening was a
tremendous success with more
parents than ever looking at our
students showcasing their learning.
We welcomed two groups of
students from India at the
beginning of the term and only
recently, 17 of our own students
returned from a volunteering trip
to Kenya.
We have engaged with several
charity events including supporting
The Royal British Legion at our
Remembrance Service, Macmillan
and recently, Children in Need.
I am proud of the commitment and
generosity our staff, students and
parents offer to all our charity
ventures.
OSA Today
Local jeweller, Philip Zelley of
Stag & Doe jewellers,
presented Jemimah Hoque in
year 9 with her winning
design, made up into an
actual piece of jewellery.
Jemimah’s design was based
on an owl and made into a
necklace - handmade in silver
and embellished with blue
and yellow topaz and pink
tourmaline stones.
Second in the Creative Design Faculty, Miss
O’Donnell got more than 40 entries from year
8 andyear 9 students to enter the design
competition. Mr Zelley explained that the owl
design took about a day to make and had been
on display in their shop in Sudbury. He plans
to make a simpler version to sell through the
shop.
ROAD SAFETY FOR ALL
We urge all drivers to DRIVE SLOWLY on the roads approaching the Academy
and neighbouring Tudor Primary School. There is a 20mph speed limit in the
area and there are large numbers of children, young people and parents
walking on the pavements and crossing the road, particularly on the ZEBRA
CROSSING by the primary school.
Young children can be unpredictable and drivers need to be extremely vigilant
of youngsters stepping into the road and, particularly, using the zebra crossing;
we would expect all our parents and drivers to STOP AND GIVE WAY to
pedestrians on this crossing, irrespective of the urgency with which the car
journey is being taken.
The Academy occasionally receives reports and complaints from members of
the public about 'narrow escapes' as cars and vans fail to stop at the crossing
and drive too fast towards, or away from, the Academy. ALL drivers bringing
students to the Academy will be aware of their own child's difficulties in
crossing roads when they were younger; PLEASE remember this and consider
the next 'generation' of toddlers and young children now experiencing those
same difficulties.
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Mental Health … House News ...TG report
Look after your mental
Achievement Points 05/09/2014—24/10/2014
health
Mental health is as important as
physical health, explained Jeremy
Thomas to OSA sixth formers. Mr
Thomas is an author, speaker and
award-winning TV producer who,
as a result of overcoming his own
battle with bipolar disorder, cowrote 'You Don’t Have to Be
Famous to Have Manic Depression
– An A-Z Guide to Good Mental
Health' and co-produced the Emmy
Award winning documentary
'Stephen Fry, The Secret Life of a
Manic Depressive’.
“All through life, mental health
issues can crop up— exams,
divorce, sudden bereavement and
much, much more,” said Mr
Thomas as he highlighted some of
the ways students could recognise
and cope with stress and learn how
to be up front with other people, if
they were having problems.
In his top 20 tips for coping with
stress, Mr Thomas said that physical
activity is a terrific outlet and his
advice is to avoid self medication
with nicotine, too much alcohol,
coffee or tranquillisers, which he
had learnt to his cost.
Getting enough quality sleep to
recharge your batteries and keeping
all your phones and things out of
the bedroom are other ways to help.
Manage your time better and plan
ahead. By saying ‘NO’ you may
prevent too much pressure piling up
in the future and if you realise you
are ill don’t try and carry on as if
you are not.
Talk about it. There is no need to
have embarrassment or a sense of
shame about mental health issues.
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Thomas Gainsborough 6473
Rosa Parks 5694
Emily Bronte 5349
John Harrison 4451
One way year 7 and 8 students collect Achievement Points is by taking
part in the Accelerated Reader programme. Students read books and then
do quizzes on the computer to see that they have understood the books they
are reading. A student gets two Achievement points for 100% success in
their book quiz while those who gain 80% or 90% get one Achievement
point. They also get more points if they quiz out of lesson time.
So far (to 24 October 2014) 109 students have got 100% in their quizzes.
Students have read 439 books and 2,506,000 words.
Thomas Gainsborough
House report
Hello everyone,
My name is Tonia and I am the
House Captain for Thomas
Gainsborough House. I am the
group leader for a team of talented
individuals who make up the
House Council, for Thomas
Gainsborough House. Our role is
to act as a bridge between
students and teachers; organise
events, charity work and trips
within the House and to
communicate with large numbers
of students in House assemblies.
Myself, Caitlin and Nief (the two
Deputy House Captains) are in
year 11, however the rest of the
House Council are from all the
year groups, giving us a wide
canvas of opinions and views on
the Academy. As a group we can
always be found in:

L17 during Wednesday
registration for House
Council meetings,

In the Student Piazza during
Thursday lunch, where we
are planning a new
‘Thomas Gainsborough
House meeting area’ to
allow students to discuss
any issues, ideas or
improvements you feel
should be acted upon.
Any students or parent wishing to
discuss anything with us by email
can contact us via our Head of
House, Miss K Webster at
[email protected]
This term the House Council are
recruiting new year 7 members,
setting up our new Thomas
Gainsborough House website link
on the OSA website and planning
our Autumn term trip. We are also
starting our charity work for
Cancer Research, as we hope to
beat our last academic year’s total
of over £400!
The Thomas Gainsborough
website page will start in
December and will be updated
every month, so please keep an
eye out for our page for more fun
and exciting news!
Tonia Lawes,
Thomas Gainsborough House
Captain
OSA Today
Clowning … Festival of Remembrance
‘Clowning Showcase’
Year 11 BTEC Acting students took
to the stage to showcase their
comic talents back in October.
The evening comprised of five
performances; each performance
consisting of a separate cast, made
up of between 4-6 individuals.
The first performance was entitled:
‘Peculiar Party’; this was followed
by: ‘Movie Madness’, ‘Romance
Restaurant, ‘Seaside Silliness’,
‘Fairground Fanatics’ and ‘Mexican
Mayhem’. Each piece proved to be
hilariously engaging, demonstrating
the students’ understanding of the
Italian style of theatre, ‘Commedia
dell’Arte, which they had been
studying.
The quality of performance was
exceptional. Notable
performances were given by Sian
Lawson and Jane Perryman - who,
in my opinion, both displayed an
exceptional ability to adopt and
maintain complex and distinct
characters for a lengthy period of
time – something which, from past
experience, I know is very
challenging!
This event was a huge success,
with endless laughter, and looks of
sheer amazement from the
audience. The performance was
very well received and everyone
appeared to enjoy themselves
tremendously. I cannot wait to see
further performances from this
talented group of individuals.
Darrell Barnard-Jones, year 12
Arts Council Leader for John
Harrison House
Festival of Remembrance
Every year in October, Ormiston Sudbury Academy and the local branch of
the British Legion get together to conduct their own Festival of Remembrance.
The first half of the evening featured performances by some of our performing
arts students as well as readings by members of the Sudbury branch of the
Royal British Legion.
Performances included: a year 11 BTEC Dance performance in the style of
‘Lindy Hop’, a vocal performance of ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ presented
by the year 10 Musical Theatre group and a version of ‘Pack up to Tipperary’
performed by the year 11 Musical Theatre students, which cleverly combined
two songs together. Year 13 student, Jody Brown, and I read two letters from
soldiers who fought in WW1 which had been collated by the Sudbury
Museum Trust. This outlined how World War One affected Sudbury in
particular. Towards the end of this first half, the Year 12 ‘Close Harmony
Group’ performed ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and members of Space Dance Company
performed a piece choreographed by Mr Ashworth to ‘Don’t Sit Under the
Apple Tree’ by The Andrews Sisters.
Our deputy head boy, Jacob Dickinson, and deputy head girl, Holly Moore,
closed the first half, thanking members of the Royal British Legion for coming
along to support this fundraising event.
The second half commenced with head boy, Ben Armstrong, presenting the
‘Book of Remembrance’ to Mr Len Manning, RBL president, to place on the
Drumhead. The audience then prayed together, before listening to the
Reverend who gave a thought-provoking speech about the wars that are still
continuing today, before handing the Book of Remembrance back.
After the ‘Last Post’, there was a minute of silence for us to all take a moment
to remember all the brave soldiers who fought, and continue to fight for us
today. The event raised £248 and in total the Academy raised more than £500
with the sale of poppies. Some money was also donated to the Poppy Appeal.
Lila Robirosa, Arts Council
OSA Today
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Performing Arts News
News in short
Arts Award Good Practice Centre
Darrell Barnard–Jones, year 12,
has been chosen as an Arts
Activist for the eastern region for
the Arts Award Youth Network.
In his role, Darrell will have to
run live events, speak at
conferences and undertake
exciting projects. There are only
10 in the whole country and this
is a tremendous achievement.
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Former Ormiston Sudbury
Academy student, Hannah Dodd
is the new face of Burberry,
starring in their Christmas TV ad
with Romeo Beckham! Hannah,
who left in 2013, has already
been featured in Primark
advertising. In the Burberry ad,
Hannah was able to use her
acting and dancing skills honed
here at the Academy .
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Another former Ormiston Sudbury
Academy student, Laura Barnard,
played the female lead in the
National Youth Musical Theatre
production of ‘Brass’ in the
summer last year. She has now
won a UK Theatre Award when
‘Brass’ was awarded a gong for
‘The Best Musical production’.
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Yet another former student, Grace
Chapman, is playing a Johanna
in Tooting Arts Club’s production
of Sweeny Todd and received a
number of excellent reviews.
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Ryan Bailey-Knox, year 10, has
been selected for the Dance East
Centre for Advanced Training.
This is a non-residential dance
programme for promising
students in the eastern region.
Ormiston Sudbury Academy has been awarded an Arts Award’s Good
Practice Centre for 2014-2015. This is in recognition of all the work which
has been carried out by the performing arts department in establishing the
Award as a very worthwhile extra–curricular activity. At OSA students can
work for bronze, silver and gold awards.
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OSA has been recognised as having a creative and innovative approach to
delivering Arts Award; offering progression for young people through different
levels; having strong links with the community.
Three of our students, Darrell Barnard –Jones (see left) as an Arts Award Youth
Activist and Ella Rides (see ’Gold Arts Award project’ on the opposite page)
and Holly Moore (see below) have been prominent in taking parts in the
Award scheme.
Ormiston Sudbury Academy has also been awarded Artsmark Gold which is a
nationally recognised mark for outstanding contribution to the arts and
cultural education. (More details later)
West End Summer School
During this year’s Musical Theatre Residential, FIVE of our Sixth Form BTEC
performing arts students: Salima Bryce, Darrell Barnard-Jones, Holly Moore,
Sadie Napier and Ryan Parsonson, were 'spotted' by the Creative Learning
Manager of the Ambassadors Theatre Group, and invited to take part in a
‘Performing Arts’ Summer School with the opportunity to perform in front
of West End casting directors!
This four-day intensive performance course took place at the Trafalgar Studios,
a West End Theatre, and recently home to a production of Richard III, starring
Martin Freeman! During the course of the week, students worked with a
professional director and musical director, with material from the First World
War, to devise a piece of theatre inspired by the writing and music of the era.
The work created incorporated both acting and singing, and was performed on
the stage at the Trafalgar Studios on the afternoon of Friday 8 August in front of
an invited audience.
Holly, a year 13 student, made use of this experience to fulfil the requirements
of the Gold Arts Award qualification which she is currently in the process of
completing.
The Gold Arts Award is a national qualification accredited by Trinity College,
London. There are currently around 30,000 young people taking part in Arts
Award around the UK.
Arts Award is aimed at anyone aged 11-25 who wants to develop
their creative, communication and leadership skills, and is particularly suited
to students who are considering pursuing a career in the creative or performing
arts industries. The Gold Arts Award is a Level 3 qualification, worth 35 points
on the UCAS Tariff.
OSA Today
Performing Arts News
Gold Arts Award Project
As part of my Gold Arts Award
qualification, I am about to begin
work on a project involving
students in years 10 and 11, who I
will direct in a brand new play as
part of ‘Connections’ - an annual
youth theatre festival organised by
the National Theatre, writes Ella
Rides.
I selected the play ‘Hood’ by
Katherine Chandler. ‘Hood’ is a
modern day tale about family and
food! Hood’s mum has run off
with a bacon licking vegetarian
and her dad spends his days and
nights lost in a chair, feeding his
addiction to ‘The Waterboys’.
There’s no money left, there’s five
struggling kids to feed and
interfering Father Tuck just won’t
let them be. But our modern day
hero, Robyn Hood ,is determined
to keep her family together,
whatever it takes.
Our production of ‘Hood’ will be
staged in The Curve on the
evening of Friday 6 March 2015.
In preparation, I recently attended
a ‘Directors’ Weekend’ in London
at the beginning of October.
During my day I explored the
themes of the play and came to
understand the reasons why the
play was written in the way it was.
I also met the producer at our
partner theatre, The Garage in
Norwich, which was a great
opportunity to get to know the
people we'll be working with over
the course of the coming months.
During the weekend, I also took
part in a series of ‘skills’
workshops led by theatre
professionals. My first workshop
OSA Today
The Arts Council 2014-2015
Leader - Emily Witt (13)
EMILY BRONTE Leader, Holly Moore (13), Deputy Ella Osborn (13), Jessica
Farrow-Leonard (8), Sam Fellingham (12), Limon Hoque (7), Shannon Shaw
(8)
JOHN HARRISON Leader Chloe Ames (13), ,Deputy Lila Robirosa 12), Danny Cunningham (10), Harrison Pars (9), Jody Brown (13), Poppi Ennis Hadley
(7).
GAINSBOROUGH Leader Tom Scroggs-Paris (11), Jasmine Hodgson (12),
Georgia Spurling (13), Amy Sawyer (11), Josie Hibble (10), Tanisha Kent (7).
ROSA PARKS Leader Darrell Barnard-Jones (12), Ella Rides (13), Lily Atkinson (12), Samantha Howard (8), Tilly Wilson (7).
See them around in their red A-team shirts at all OSA events!
was led by Kay Welch, a voice and
accent coach, who teaches at some
of the most prestigious Drama
Schools in the country, including
Rose Bruford College. This
workshop offered an insight into the
anatomy behind our voice and we
also completed lots of exercises
centred around enhancing an actor’s
voice. I also attended a set design
workshop which offered some
incredibly interesting ideas about
how to create a captivating set for
your play on a low budget, learning
the tricks of the trade from a
designer who has been part of the
theatre design world for over 5
years. The last workshop I took
part in was a ‘Lighting and Sound’
workshop in which I picked up
some useful tips about how to
create a sound-scape to bring to
life the playwright’s intentions The
weekend was a great starting
block for the whole rehearsal
period leading up to performing
our play.
Rehearsals for ‘Hood’ are now
underway in the Curve.
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Book Buzz … App winners … Review
Review of ‘The Hare and
the Tortoise’
Before half term, three actors from
the Mercury Theatre in Colchester
presented a version of ‘The Hare
and The Tortoise’ to over 100
children from Tudor primary
school.
They told the tale of Hare waiting
to race with Tortoise. Tortoise,
makes Hare wait through spring,
summer and autumn. Along the
way Tortoise helps the Hare
develop a broader understanding
of the world as well as teaching
her the true meaning of friendship
and trust.
Children arrived with excitement
on their faces. They were
enthralled by the little surprises
that the performance had in store,
like the butterflies, which the
performers held in their hands and
the flowers that appear to grow out
of the set.
Year 7 students had great fun choosing which book they wanted as a free gift
from BookTrust. Students had to choose from one of 16 books and then order
it on a special bookmark. It is intended that the books will arrive before
Christmas as an early Christmas present. There were books to suit a range of
abilities and interests.
The children were completely
involved, laughing along but also
shouting and chanting for Hare to
wake up when Tortoise was
winning the race.
The simplicity of the set and the
creative ways the set was able to
be changed was very imaginative
and unique. In addition, the music
that was played and sung
throughout the performance really
engaged the children and helped
set the mood.
Overall this performance was
thoroughly enjoyed by the
children who attended.
Lily Atkinson, year 12 Arts
Council
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Three Ormiston Sudbury Academy year 10 students recently won a ‘Design a
new app’ competition for smartphone and tablet. The students, Ned
Nettleton, Gemma Marsh and Alfie Sagon (left to right above) were delighted
with their win. The app aims to provide information on first aid for
teenagers. It won, because their research had identified a gap in the market
and the competition’s sponsor, GAIA Technologies, saw a lot of market
potential in the idea.
OSA Today
Indian visitors
An Indian Experience
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
students waved goodbye to sixteen
Indian students from Innisfree
House School in Bangalore at the
end of a fantastic two weeks of
study at the Academy in
September. The visit ended
with an English style picnic in the
autumn sunshine.
Innisfree House headteacher,
Sheela Bolar said “It has been a
wonderful for our students to
experience life in England and we
will go away with many memories
and look forward to welcoming
students to Bangalore one day.”
OSA vice principal, Sally
Scott,commented that the students,
both those from Innisfree House
School and our own students, who
acted as ‘buddies, had gained in
confidence tremendously over the
two weeks. In a series of final
assemblies to the whole
academy ,OSA students learned
about school life in India,
listened to traditional Indian songs
and saw dances performed in
colourful traditional dress (see top
right).
The visiting students
attended lessons each morning
and joined in classes across the
entire curriculum (see centre
right) In Food they made some of
their own traditional dishes
including Carrot/Bean Poriyal,
Ghee Rice and Spinach Dal for our
students to taste!
Anther group of Indian students
joined for a day (see bottom right)
from the Helen O’Grady
International School to look at
the performing arts.
OSA Today
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What next? … Suffolk Skills Fair
What next?
Year 11 students are starting to
think about their choices when
they leave the Academy.
At this time of year we encourage
our students to have a good look
round at the choices they have in
front of them and attend the open
days. A full list has already been
handed out.
Students are reminded that the
earlier they get their applications
in the better, especially to popular
courses like plumbing,
construction and hair and beauty
at institutions like, West Suffolk
College or Colchester Institute.
While it will be possible to get a
place after Christmas, we suggest
applications are submitted by the
end of December. All these
applications are obviously
dependent on exam results next
year but it is essential to have a
first and second choice, in case
your results don’t come up to
scratch.
Students interested in
apprenticeships don’t usually start
looking until next term and we
will be inviting representatives in
to talk to students who have an
apprenticeship in mind.
Forty students Ormiston Sudbury Academy, from year 9 and 11 from joined
more than 3,500 Suffolk students at the first ever Suffolk Skills Fair held at
Trinity Park in Ipswich. This event gave our students the opportunity to ‘ Have
a Go’ at all sorts of diverse careers and jobs.
All the Further Education colleges were well represented including West
Suffolk College, Suffolk New College and Suffolk One, as well as Easton and
Otley College, and they displayed the huge range of vocational courses
available at their colleges.
“ I found out how to start defusing a bomb with the army,” said one student.
Another learnt about an ‘oculus rift’ and how to use it. For those in the
know, it is an expensive piece of 3D gaming equipment!
“Plumbers earn between £25,000 and £50,000 annually!” commented a year
9 student.
If you want to start researching
now log on to
www.apprenticeships.org.uk or
www.thesource.me.uk to get a
good idea of local opportunities.
Also, a reminder to everyone. All
students leaving year 11 in 2015
must remain in some form of
Education or training until they are
18. For more information on all
this, please speak to Mrs Mackay.
in the Library.
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OSA Today
Main Academy 100% attendance - 24/10/14
Thomas
Gainsborough
Joanne Ablitt
Owen Adams
Aniya Al-Haq
Shahan Al-Haq
Bailey Andrews
Ayiesha Araquil
Jack Ayers
Cassie Ayling
Peter Barker
Zak Bloxam
Cody Boggis
Eleanor Bonner
Harrison Bonner
Nick Bragoli-Jones
Shannon Bristow
Jade Carter
Freddy Chandler
Will Craig
Jacques Cresswell
Ashley Dodd
Danny Emerton
Lois Foster
Tristam Gale
Tom Gallant
Oscar Gammon
Zak Goodchild
Lucy Harris
Josie Hibble
Georgia Hobson
Jasmine Hodgson
Kade Ivatt
Kirsha Ivatt
Sophie Jeffrey
Joshua Kease
Aidan Lawes
Ethan Leggett
Amy Martin
Connor Mcquie
Ella Mcquie
Tilly Morley
Lucy Newell
Elizabeth Penny
Grace Penny
Alisha Randles
Joshua Randles
Alistair Robertson
OSA Today
Anna Rutter
Alex Salter
Jerry Sam
Amy Sawyer
Tyler Schmidt
Tom Scroggs-Paris
Amanda Seaman
Kieran Searle
Felesia Shaji
Jake SimsLillingstone
Sophie Skipp
Georgia Studholme
Lauren TerrySchwager
James Turkentine
Ffion VaughanLangley
Leah Wallings
Shanielle Westwood
Tamzin Wortley
Hannah Young
John Harrison
Dean Ablitt
Heather Archer
Sam Ashby
Rhiannon Barrs
Chloe Britton
Olivia Burroughes
Rosie Byrom-Smith
Lauryn Coleman
Benjamin Cooper
Francesca Cooper
Danny Cunningham
Zack Domingo
Isabella Feagan
Joshua Frankum
Lauren Frankum
Sam Gibbs
Grace Goddard
Elliott Harling
Ruby Harling
Beck Harvey
Daniel Harvey
Thomas Harvey
Alexander Henry
Lauren Hicks
Joe Hinshelwood
Nandor Hollosi
Anna Holmes
Jessica Howe
Olivia King
Zak Lawson
Lillie Lea
Louise Mills
Harrison Nunn
Nathan Offen
Alf Powell
Nell Prior
Sophie Raymond
Bryony Reynolds
Ellison RichardsKemp
Hannah Risley
Joe Rose
Lottie Sangster
Evie Smith
Christopher Starkey
Ashleigh Stohr
Hannah Tatum
Jozef Wheatley
Joshua Wood
Alex Woodward
Megan Wright
Rosa Parks
Summer Adams
Sahib Al-Bashir
Mollie Andrews
Harry Bareham
Sam Bewley
Sapphire Biggadike
Chloe Brinkley
Eve Brooks-Parkin
Cameron Butcher
Jodie Chappell
Zach Domingo
Jamie Fisher
Molly Gentle
Megan HardingPayne
Ashleigh Harris
Tayler Harris
Saffron Hay
Alton Jay Huinda
Ben Irvine
Dylan Irvine
Isabelle Jones
Jason Jones
Hannah Kelly
Ellie King
Eloise King
Lucy King
Oliver King
Chelsea Lawson
Sian Lawson
Tia Mallows
Lauren Mann
Maddison Maskell
Mitchel Maskell
Tm Mayhew
Billy Millar
Ryan Pachoca
Kai Paya
Hannah Pearce
Ashleigh Pink
Karolina Potosiak
Ruth Roper
Alfie Sagon
Jasmine Sawyer
Charley Smith
Sophie Smith
Isabelle Vadilonga
Kieron White
Rebekah Wilhelm
Drew Williams
Corey Willings
Tilly Wilson
Emily Bronte
Alice Ablitt
Jay Aby
Abigail Arrowsmith
Mollie Austin
Grace Bareham
Tia Bayly
Olivia Bixby
Louis Boggis
Katie Bond
Toby Bradley
Laura Brown
Kie Bryan
Callum Cansdale
Connor Cansdale
Lewis Chapple
Anna Chitty
Charlie Clark
Jack Cole
James Collins
James Cooper
Molly Cutmore
Yann Dreau
Natasha Durrant
Jessica FarrowLeonard
Florence Felton
Mitchell Gardiner
Josh Gibbons
Adam Harrington
Joshua Harrington
Daniel Hart
Karl Jaypee Ico
Karl Jayson Ico
Georgina Jackson
India Johnson
Shannon Margrie
Liam Mortin
Scott Morton
Joe Moye
Ruth O’Mara
Adam Perrens
Sam Phillips
Rebecca Piggott
Rhys Piggott
Megan Priest
Aston Ralph
Owen Reader
Adam Richards
Emily Rogers
Shannon Shaw
Eddie Smith
Jack Steel
Jonathan Summers
Ashleigh Tatum
Georgia Theobald
Dominic Thomas
Jessica Toms
Liam Tonkins
Sam Tonkins
Chloe Underwood
Megan Villars
Abigail Walton
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Quiet Zone … Charity work …Stonehenge
Quiet Zone
The Library is now a designated
‘Quiet Zone’ at lunchtimes. This is
to give those students who wish to
have a bit of peace and quiet to
read books and magazines or do
their homework as space in which
to do so. It will be a space where
they can come in and use the
resources on the computer or in
books or ask the Librarians to help
them with their work.
Students can also do Accelerated
Reader quizzes and access
programmes like MyMaths and
other revision websites.
The Stationery shop will also be
open to buy the large range of
stationery equipment and revision
guides.
When the Academy opened, a
couple of years ago, extra social
spaces were created where
students could spend their social
time but nowhere really met the
needs of those students who wish
to get on and work or sit quietly and
read.
In an absolutely brilliant piece of fund raising, Emily Bronte house students
raised £ 423.62 for Macmillan Cancer Support as part of the Macmillan
Coffee Morning. This included selling cakes and other goods to members of
the general public outside the town hall in Sudbury and students in the
Academy.
Sainsbury’s Active Kids
vouchers
Last year students collected 2915
Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers.
This year we bought the following
for the Food Technology department:10 juice squeezers
8 pairs kitchen scissors
20 measuring spoons
4 plastic funnels
A pastry cutter
5 pot brushes
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Archaeology students visited the
megalithic remains of Wiltshire
including Stonehenge and
Avebury.
grandeur of these enormous
prehistoric monuments (see
above). They also visited the
Stonehenge new visitor centre.
The trip gave students the chance
to appreciate first-hand the size,
significance and imposing
It was a long journey from
Sudbury to Wiltshire and back but
well worth it .
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Open Evening … Student Voice
Student Voice
The new academic year has begun
with a new Student Council. The
autumn term is always a busy one
with lots to set up and organise,
the highlight being the hugely
popular Open Evening where the
student council, along with house
council, members organised and
acted as tour guides for all the
visitors throughout the evening.
This involved 50 students andeven
then, at times we nearly ran out
due to how the evening was.
Open Day 2014
More parents and their children
than ever before, looked round
the Academy during the annual
Open Evening.
Humanities staged their very own
earthquake and its aftermath (see
above) while the Mathematics
Facultycreated this wonderful
design out of triangles.
All the faculties were open to
display the wide range of
opportunities on offer.
The student council members have
been in to many of our feeder
Primary schools to deliver
assemblies as well as visiting other
secondary schools to share what
the OSA 6th form has to offer.
Charity events have been planned
for November and December
including Children in Need,
Christmas jumper day and 6th form
fancy dress.
The student council is the voice of
the students, along with house and
faculty councils. If you wish to
become involved please see Mr
Stokes.
Children In Need raised £596.10,
which included over £300 from
Gemma Marsh, who produced
hundred of cupcakes for sale to
students, staff and friends.
Students could ‘Guess the Name
of Pudsey’, buy Pudsey ears,
stickers and arm bands to raise
more money (see bottom left).
On the Children In Need Friday,
students could wear a different tie,
jumper or socks for a £1 donation
and wear nail varnish for the day
for a 50p donation.
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Football overview … Cross country
Cross country
14 pupils took part in the Western
area cross country championships at
Royal Hospital School. The pupils
aim was to finish in the top 50!
Successful athletes qualifying were:
Taylor Barnes 15th, Poppy Smith
16th and Gracie Taylor 34th in the
Junior girls and Katie Byford in the
Inter girls.
The first half term is always packed with football fixtures. With each of the year
7/8, 9, 10 and 11 football teams having to play four league fixtures in six
weeks. Year 7 and 8 training on a Tuesday evening has attracted over 50
students, with AS PE 6th formers Liam O’Mara and Tom Irwin leading warm
ups, coaching and helping to develop students skills. The year 7/8 team have
played three fixtures so far with the closest game being a 4-2 defeat to Stour
Valley, with Tom Winyard and Cory Willings scoring the goals. The year 9
team have a small squad of players and got a good draw against Mildenhall.
With the match due to start at 3.30, the Mildenhall bus got stuck in traffic and
many players had gone home, we eventually kicked off at 5 and played 10 a
side to get a game in, this epitomises the students’ great attitude and resulted
in a 1-1 draw, with Ollie Jacques scoring the OSA goal. After a tough first
game defeat, the year 10s played an excellent game against
Newmarket;despite a 2-1 defeat, the team had enough chances to score but
didn’t get the rub of the green, Kade Ivatt scoring the only goal. With more
games to play and a year 7 5-a-side tournament still to come, the football
season continues well into the second half of the term.
Good luck to those students taking
part in the next round at the end of
November.
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Year 9 netball ...Sky Sports … Footie trip
England 5 San Marino 0
A total of 45 students and 5
teachers enjoyed a fantastic trip to
watch England play European
minnows, San Marino, in their
qualification match for Euro 2016.
The year 9 netball team achieved an excellent result against Newmarket
before half term (see above). The girls were strong from the start. Evie Smith
and Lillie Lea were really strong as the shooters, converting the majority of
opportunities into goals. Lucy Pink was extremely organised in the centre,
dictating the centre court play. Karolina Potasiak played her first game for the
Academy and was excellent. The score was 10-1 at half-time, 18–1 at fulltime. All girls played extremely well - a brilliant team effort !!
Many of the students have
watched football at league level,
but few have had the chance to
visit Wembley to watch their
national team play. The buzz was
evident: on gaining a glimpse of
the famous stadium en-route,
walking Wembley Way, taking
photo’s alongside the huge statue
of Sir Bobby Moore and then
entering the 90,000 seat arena,
was great to see and provided
students with lasting memories
and a sense of national pride.
Our students were caught showing
their support on stadium cam,
entertaining the rest of us as we
stood confidently and correctly
predicting a big England victory.
Phil Jagielka, Wayne Rooney,
Danny Welbeck, Andros
Townsend and an own goal,
sealed a 5 nil win against initially
stubborn opposition.
All the students seemed to love the
occasion, with many asking “can
we come again?” at some point
during the evening.
Mr S Dodd, PE teacher
Library Books
All outstanding Library
Books should be
A selection of the more able year 8 pupils took part in a practical
BMX session with world champion BMX rider Mike Mullen. Pupils enjoyed
an 90 minute session, weaving in and out of cones and jumping over ramps.
Mike finished with a BMX stunt jumping over 6 pupils!
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returned as soon as
possible so they can be
used by other students.
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