Haughton News
April 2017
Academy start ,me
Everyday starts at 8.50am prompt. At this :me, pupils are expected to be in their tutor base or assembly. Pupils arriving aYer this :me will be marked as late.
Uniform at Haughton
Pupils are expected to wear black trousers or one of the two approved skirts, along with their black blazer, white shirt, :e (clip on for Years 7 to 10 and tradi:onal for Year 11) and black leather school shoes. Thank you for your con:nued support.
A6er Easter Break
Haughton Academy re-­‐opens aYer the Easter break on Monday 24 April 2017.
Year 8 Op,ons Form
The deadline for Year 8 Op:ons forms for their Key Stage 4 choices is Monday 24 April 2017.
Year 10 Parents Evening
The Year 10 Parents Evening will be held on Wednesday 7 June 2017. Your child’s report will also be available for collec:on on this date.
Year 9 Parents Evening
The Year 9 Parents Evening will be held on Wednesday 21 June 2017. Your child’s report will also be available for collec:on on this date.
Staff Training
Haughton Academy will be closed to pupils on Friday 7 July 2017 for staff training.
Dear Parents, Carers & Friends of Haughton Academy,
As you read through this edi:on of the Haughton News, you will see that this half term has been packed with many fantas:c opportuni:es and experiences for our pupils. We encourage all our pupils to par:cipate in a wide variety of opportuni:es, events and extra-­‐curricular ac:vites in both the academy and the wider community.
The summer term sees the start of the all-­‐important examina:on period. Staff and pupils have been working extremely hard over the past few months in par:cular to ensure that each pupil is fully prepared and ready to gain the qualifica:ons necessary to progress to college, appren:ceships and the work place. Year 11 should now have received revision packs, which contain guides and strategies to maximise the effec:veness of revision for each subject they study.
I hope you have a relaxing Easter holiday, and look forward to seeing pur pupils back at the academy on Monday 24 April, refreshed and ready to begin learning.
Very best wishes,
Jonathan Lumb
Principal of Haughton Academy
Well done Chloe!
Chloe has done it again, reading another million words since our last newsleber and bringing her total up to 3,397,047 words read since September!
World Book Day saw a range of ac:vi:es taking place in Haughton Academy. Staff were on the look out for pupils to award golden :ckets to, for reading outside of lesson :me. The :ckets could then be exchanged for a prize. Pupils and s t a ff w e r e encouraged to come up with the most o r i g i n a l ‘ D e s e r t Island Read’ and also to guess the b o o k c h a r a c t e r s silhouebes. Almost 1 0 0 £ 1 b o o k vouchers were given out and we hope to see lots of reading going on in the near future!
Red Nose Day
Friday 24 March 2017 was Red Nose Day and Haughton Academy joined the na:on to help raise money for Comic Relief. The academy organised week long ac:vi:es that included guess the staff baby pictures where the winning form received a pizza lunch. Pupils paid £1 to wear their own clothes and staff dressed up to help get into the spirit of the event. These ac:vi:es, along with a cake sale, have raised funds and awareness of chari:es both in the UK and Africa that receive money from Comic Relief.
Do you need to change?
Humanutopia (represented by Steve and Chris) visited Haughton Academy on Tuesday 21 March 2017 and this was the ques:on they asked our Year 10 pupils -­‐ “Do you need to change?”
The response throughout the day was overwhelming. The Year 10s were a credit to our school. Steve said, ‘the pupils took a very honest and mature approach to all the challenges the team set them.’
The day took the Year 10s on a rollercoaster journey looking at the key topic of hope, confidence, happiness, rela:onships and employability. The team challenged the pupils to think about their past and whether they had ‘filled anyone else’s bin’ with nega:vity in the form of name-­‐calling, isola:ng people etc. Pupils were very honest and courageous; they stood up and shared with the rest of the group how the name-­‐calling made them feel. This was met with some pupils adminng to saying huroul things and apologising to those around them. The whole process was extremely emo:onal. The aYernoon session involved the pupils working with other pupils they would not normally interact with par:cipa:ng in team building skills. They also started to share their hopes and dreams with each other.
GCSE Drama Date
The GCSE Drama exam is on Friday 28 April 2017.
Important Dates For Your Diary
English Language & English Literature Revision: Tuesday 11 April 2017 9.00-­‐12.00
English Literature GCSE Component 1: Monday 22 May 2017
English Literature GCSE Component 2: Friday 26 May 2017
English Language GCSE Component 1: Tuesday 6 June 2017
English Language GCSE Component 2: Monday 12 June 2017
Please make sure your child is revising! All pupils have been given revision guides on each of the Literature set texts and on the Language GCSE. Also look out for the exci:ng new Literature App that is on it’s way!
Crea,ve Pupils at Whinfield Primary School Win Book Vouchers
Pupils in our Year 8, set 1 English class so enjoyed their homework task of rewri:ng the final chapter of one of their favourite stories that they decided to launch a compe::on in our feeder primary schools. We took Year 8 pupils to their former primary schools to explain the compe::on to the Year 5 and Year 6 children and also to read out their alterna:ve endings. The following pupils went along to their former primary schools where they thoroughly enjoyed mee:ng up with their previous teachers:
• Springfield: Jack Walker and Jacob Edgerton
• Whinfield: Ka:e Gale, Emily Guy and Gemma Read
• Redhall: Abbie Keneford
• Gurney Pease: Grace Mansfield and Bethany Wanless
We decided that we would aim the compe::on at the MAT (more able and talented) pupils and what able and talented Year 5 and 6 pupils they turned out to be! Year 8, set 1 English thoroughly enjoyed judging the gripping entries. Deciding on the winners was a difficult task as there was so much imagina:on and crea:vity to choose from, but the very deserved overall Darlington winner was Isabelle Raw from Whinfield Primary School. Isabelle won a £20 WH Smith voucher. You can enjoy her story on the page opposite.
Other winners from Whinfield were:
School Winner (£10 voucher for WH Smiths): Liam McAllister
Runners Up (£5 voucher for WH Smiths): Eloise Knights, Zara Lowe, Ben Gray, Jake Armstrong & Freya Hollinshed.
Springfield winners:
School Winner (£10 voucher for WH Smiths): Freya Currie
Runners Up (£5 voucher for WH Smiths): Emily Lomas, Lola Robinson, Anna Simpson, Brooke Leonard & Elise Ward.
We’ll publish some of the other winning entries for you to enjoy in future newslebers.
Heroes of Olympus: The Blood of Olympus
by Isabelle Raw, Whinfield Primary School, Year 6
Leo was dead. He couldn’t see, hear or even smell anything. All he could do was feel pain. It felt as if he kept dying and dying, over and over again. Then somebody put jumper cables on his brain and restarted his life.
At first all he could see was a blur of sky blue, then some white blobs faded in. He looked down and saw the golden scales of Festus. “Man, dying sucked. But that physician’s cure is way worse!” Leo groaned. Festus clicked in morse code.
“I’m joking man I’m glad to be alive. And yeah I love you too.”
Leo checked for damages. Strangely (even though he’d just been blown up) the only damage was to the end of his tail which didn’t really exist anymore.
Leo couldn’t really remember what had happened. All he remembered was a blinding flash then BOOM he was dead. He just hoped that Jason and Piper had made it out alive and that the camp was okay. He hoped that Harley and all of his brothers and sisters were okay.
He no:ced that the naviga:on system was all messed up. “Hey buddy guess what! Your naviga:on system’s broken! I have no idea where we are. Then Leo had a sudden urge to whoop, “OH YEAH! WHO DIED? WHO CAME BACK TO LIFE? LEO BADBOY SUPREME THAT’S WHO!” People probably heard him in China. Festus creaked. “Oh ha ha very funny.” Said Leo.
Then he realised a small island with a long beach. On that beach was a very familar person. “Go down,” demanded Leo. Festus swooped down and landed on the beach right next to the very familiar girl. “You took your :me.” Exclaimed Calypso.
“How long was I gone?” asked Leo.
“I’m not sure,” she said nervously, “Time is different here on Ogigya.”
“You look like you’re packed for a long trip,” said Leo.
“I was expec:ng someone.” Calypso admibed. Leo’s face went green.
“wh-­‐who?” Leo stammered.
“YOU, DUMMY.” Calypso cried.
“o-­‐o-­‐oh.” Blushed Leo. “Where’d you wanna go?” he said, helping Calypso (and her bags) onto Festus.
“Nowhere in par:cular.” Calypso giggled
“Okay then. Festus, set course to nowhere in par:cular.” Leo demanded.
Then the two of them (kissing of course) set off into the sunset to nowhere in par:cular.
GCSE Maths Exams
The GCSE Maths exam for Year 11 pupils will be held on:
• Thursday 25 May 2017
• Thursday 8 June 2017
• Tuesday 13 June 2017
Puzzle of the Month
Be the first to solve this puzzle of the month and give your answer to Mrs Swann in M3 to receive three reward points.
In January of the year 2000, I was one more than eleven :mes as old as my son William. In January of 2009, I was seven more than three :mes as old as him. How old was my son in January of 2000?
UKMT Maths Challenge
On Thursday 2 February 2017 selected pupils from Year 9 and Year 10 took part in the United Kingdom Mathema:cs Trust (UKMT) Intermediate Challenge.
UKMT is a registered charity whose aim is to advance the educa:on of children and young people in mathema:cs. The UKMT organises na:onal mathema:cs compe::ons and other mathema:cal enrichment ac:vi:es for 11-­‐18 year old UK school pupils. It was established in 1996 and last academic year over 600, 000 pupils from 4, 000 schools toon part in the three individual challenges, the UK’s biggest na:onal maths compe:tons. Each challenge leads into a follow-­‐on Olympiad round and UKMT runs mentoring schemes and summer schools for high performing pupils as well as training the team of six to represent the UK in the Interna:onal Mathema:cal Olympiad.
The papers contain 25 mul:ple choice ques:ons. Of these, the first 15 are more accessible whilst the final 10 will provide more food for thought. Gold, silver and bronze cer:ficates are awarded to 40% of par:cipants na:onally in the Junior and Intermediate Challenges, and 60% of par:cipants na:onally in the Senior Challenge. The most successful par:cipants at each level are invited to enter follow-­‐on rounds; Kangaroos (mul:ple choice ques:ons) or Olympiads requiring full wriben answers.
The results are due shortly and the Maths Department look forward to presen:ng pupils with Bronze, Silver, Gold and Best in School awards.
Good luck to all those involved!
If you would like to test your mathema:cal logic, example ques:ons can be found on www.ukmt.org.uk
Year 6 Maths Day
Haughton Academy and teachers from Durham SCITT ran a Maths ac:vity day for our feeder primary schools. Pupils from Springfield, Whinfield and Redhall visited The Work Place in Heighington. There they carouseled around a range of ac:vi:es designed to support them in developing their mathema:cal problem solving and reasoning skills in preparing for their KS2 SATs. Ac:vi:es included designing a garden, finding and selling an:ques from the anc, pain:ng a living room and cooking in a kitchen. Pupils and teachers had great fun!
GCSE Science Exams
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B1: Tuesday 16 May 2017 PM
B2: Friday 9 June 2017 AM
C1: Thursday 18 May 2017 AM
C2/C3: Wednesday 14 June 2017 AM
P1: Wednesday 24 May 2017 PM
P2/P3: Friday 16 June 2016 AM
Year 9 visit Hartlepool Power Sta,on
On 7 March 2017, nine Year 9 pupils were selected to abend Hartlepool Power Sta:on to have a guided tour around the power sta:on and to take part in team building actvi:es with other schools. The aim of the day was to promote an awareness of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) careers among Haughton Academy pupils, to provide inspira:on and to embed their learning of the curriculum t h r o u g h r e a l w o r l d o f w o r k e x p e r i e n c e s . T h e e v e n t w a s extremely successful and two of our p u p i l s ( N e a v e C r a w f o r d a n d Annalise Page) even won prizes for delivering an excellent presenta:on detailing their team building ac:vity of making twirling birds, with three pupils from a different school.
Bri,sh Science Week
On the week commencing Monday 13 March 2017, both Year 7 and Year 8 pupils had the opportunity to take part in Bri:sh Science Week. The theme for the week this year was ‘Change’. Pupils engaged in a range of prac:cal ac:vi:es which included: making snow from nappies, making clouds, ‘catching rainbows’, copper pla:ng various metal objects and m a k i n g s l i m e . T h e sessions were enjoyed by pupils and it gave them the opportunity to do prac:cal work t h a t t h e y w o u l d n ’ t necessarily have the chance to do through the curriculum. One class even had so much fun they managed to fl o o d o n e o f t h e laboratories!
GCSE Exam Dates
• DT Food Unit 1: Monday 5 June 2017 PM
• DT Resistant Materials: Friday 16 June 2017 PM
Make sure you are revising throughly from all your resources.
Year 8 Rise To The Challenge!
Yerar 8 pupils have recently rotated around the DT subjects and Mrs Wabs’ new pupils were challenged to inves:gate raising agents and which could produce the most perfectly risen cake. For some pupils it was the first :me they had been in the food room since 2015 so this was the perfect opportunity to reacquaint themselves with the rules and rou:nes of the room. Mr Romeanes came to visit and was very impressed with the focus, antude to learning and independence they were all showing. A great start to the rota:on!
Food & Nutri,on Work With Science!
In conjunc:on with the Science Department, as part of Science week, pupils in Year 7 completed an experiment looking at the v a r i a b l e s i n standard recipes and what would h a p p e n i f a v a r i a b l e w a s changed. Four batches of cakes were made and the results a s s e s s e d -­‐ prac:cal science w h i c h t a s t e s good!
History: Department Prepare for Visit to Baile Sites
The History Department will be running our annual visit to the 3 bablesites of 1066 in the Summer Term. This visit tours the country, stopping in York, Cambridge and Has:ngs, Brighton and London. This year we are increasing the visit to 4 days to allow our new GCSE topic of Crime & Punishment to be incorporated into the trip. This will involve a visit to the Na:onal Police Museum at Scotland Yard and a Jack the Ripper tour. The department is also working very closely and building links with Beamish Museum to develop their Crime & Punishment tasks. This will culminate in a whole Year 10 cohort visit next year, which we hope will also become an annual visit.
The GCSE exams will soon be upon us and the important dates for all Year 11 historians out there are Monday 5 June 2017 @ 9am and Wednesday 14 June 2017 @ 1pm. Good luck and get revising!
RE and PSHE: Pupils Enjoy Educa,onal Visits
This half term has been a busy one. Pupils in Year 9 have calculated the devasta:ng effects of nuclear weapons using the egg experiment and GCSE pupils have had a visit from Abdul Hadi who works for the government under the PREVENT agenda. Pupils explored stereotyping, misinforma:on and discrimina:on in Islam and had the opportunity to talk with an Imam from South Shield’s Mosque.
Cloud Singh, a representa:ve of the Sikh community, will be coming in to t a k e p a r t i n workshops with the Year 7 pupils who are looking at religious and n o n -­‐ r e l i g i o u s leaders. Pupils in Year 11 PSHE are currently studying the criminal law system. AYer looking at the Bri:sh law system and the types of punishment and their purpose, we have discussed whether the law is effec:ve in deterring criminals. We are currently deba:ng the posi:on of Capital Punishment, also known as the Death Penalty, within the Bri:sh Law System.
GCSE Geography Pupil Alert!
With Easter fast approaching, I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to our Year 11 GCSE Geography pupils! By now, you all should be well under way with your revision, remembering key terms and tes:ng your case study knowledge. There are plenty of ways to revise without wri:ng pages and pages:
• Haughton Academy’s VLE Geography folder has all the revision resources uploaded onto it.
• You all have a GCSEPods account; why not watch the video clips on there?
• GCSE Bitesize has lots of anima:ons, video clips and tests.
• You have all been given a CCP revision guide.
• You should be working through the 31 days, 31 ques:ons resource, which allows you to do small tasks every day in the lead up to the exam.
Finally, just so you don’t forget the GCSE Geography exams are: • Paper 1: Monday 22 May 2017 @ 1pm.
• Paper 2: Tuesday 6 June 2017 @ 1pm.
Good luck!
Media: BBC School News Day
Year 9 Media pupils took part in BBC School News Day on Thursday 16 March 2017. This was a day of gathering news, repor:ng on local issues and prac:sing their filming and editoring skills. Pupils got a real scoop when Mrs Gill agreed to be interviewed about the ‘borrowing’ of a pupil’s bike! It was a great day for pupils to see how fast paced the world of news is as well as understanding the produc:on processes involved.
Year 10 Media pupils have completed their first unit of coursework which is worth 25% of their grade. Lebers have been sent home to inform parents/carers of any pupils who did not meet this deadline. Lesson 6 for all Year 10 pupils is Thursday Week B and takes the place of weekly homework so pupils are expected to abend. The Media exam, which is worth 25% of pupils final grade is on Tuesday 16 May 2017 and all pupils have a revision guide which they should be using in addi:on to any exam prac:se in lesson.
Year 11 Media have a final deadline for all coursework to be completed by Monday 15 May 2017. There are currently no sessions being offered during the Easter holidays but all lesson 6s must be abended and pupils are able to stay back any night they don’t have lesson commitments elsewhere.
KS3 Compu,ng
This term, Year 7 and 8 have been modelling the Cha Cha Slide in Compu:ng. The topic has been about anima:on using computers where pupils have designed and created code on Scratch to model the Cha Cha Slide. To do this, pupils have been looking at algorithms, coding and anima:on skills to create their final piece of work.
KS4 Compu,ng and ICT
Exam season is fast approaching. Revision for all Year 11 in GCSE ICT and Compu:ng is available on the VLE from both the department page and the Revision page on the subject sec:on.
Exam dates:
• GCSE ICT: Wednesday 17 May 2017
• GCSE Compu,ng: Wednesday 7 June 2017
MFL: GCSE Exam Dates
The GCSE examina:on dates for MFL are:
• French reading and listening exam: Tuesday 16 May 2017.
• Spanish reading and listening exam: Friday 19 May 2017.
We wish the pupils every success with their exams.
Music: Spring Concert Success
The Haughton Spring Concert was a fanas:c success on Tuesday 28 March 2017 with many pupils performing on a variety of instruments, pieces from classical style through to The Beatles and current Chart Hits. The singing group performed Pompeii in 4-­‐part harmony and the new school band performed ABBA’s Money Money Money. Congratula:ons should go to all the performers involved as well as all the pupils who helped out back stage. DVDs of the evening are available for £3 from Mrs Armstrong. The Summer Concert will take place on Tuesday 11 July 2017 with :ckets available nearer to the event.
GCSE Music Exam: Tuesday 9 June 2017
Good luck to all our GCSE Music pupils.
Art: Excellent Work From This Term!
Below are some examples of some excellent work produced so far this term in our Art Department.
GCSE Art Exam: Wednesday 10 May 2017 and Thursday 11 May 2017
Good luck to the GCSE Art pupils.
GCSE PE Studies Exam Date
The GCSE PE Studies exam date is:
• Friday 19 May 2017
Good luck and don’t forget to keep abending Lesson 6.
KS3 Sports Leadership Day
On Thursday 9 March 2017, 12 pupils; Adam Garneb, David Beane, Liam Berry, Thomas Walsh, Andrew Emerson, Harvey Bains, Hallie Dixon, Kerys Robson, Chloe Ward, Sophie Hunter, Kerrie Browning and Demi-­‐Leigh Whi:ng were selected to represent Haughton Academy on a Key Stage 3 Sports Leadership Day at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre with other schools from County Durham also in abendance. Throughout the day the pupils took part in workshops to develop their understanding of how to organise and officiate a spor:ng event or tournament aimed at increasing par:cipa:on in sport amongst young people. The 6 boys selected and the 6 girls selected were placed into different groups for the workshops and their antude and engagement towards the lessons was fantas:c. The pupils were first introduced to the different roles required to organise a tournament, for example; an equipment manager, who would be responsible for arranging all the equipment needed for the event. The pupils were also introduced to arranging fixtures, recording of results and what format an event can take place in.
During the aYernoon workshop both groups of pupils had to create, organise, manage and offiiciate a small spor:ng event for the pupils from other schools, within their workshop group. Unsurprisingly both the boys and girls groups from Haughton Academy decided to deliver a small Dodgeball event. Both groups delivered their events fantas:cally and all the other pupils l o v e d t h e g a m e o f Dodgeball.
As a result of the Sports Leadership Day, one of the targets they were set was to arrange an event within their school. The 12 young sports leaders will now be organising a Y e a r 7 D o d g e b a l l tournament.
PE Clubs for Spring 2016-­‐17
The Spring term extra curricular programme is listed below.
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Boys Rugby, Swimming, Netball, Table Tennis and Girls Rugby
Trampolining, Volleyball & Boys Football (Year 7 and Years 8 & 9)
Dance & Volleyball Coaching
Badminton and Year 11 Weights
Dodgeball Club
Girls Ac,ve
A group of Year 7 girls have been working on the Girls Achieve Programme where they are crea:ng a ‘This Girl Can’ advert to raise awareness of the benfits of sport a n d p h y i c a l a c : v i t y . T h i s programme also aims to break down the barriers to girls and young people par:cipa:ng in sport.
The GLAMS joined Northfield School from Billingham to abend a Girls Ac:ve leadership workshop at Teesside University where they developed their communica:on and planning skills. The aim of the day was to start and develop a sports day for the Year 6 girls who will be abending Haughton Academy from September 2017.
Tees Valley University -­‐ Choose Your Future
On Wednesday 15 March 2017, Mr Hinnigan and 27 pupils visited Teesside University to take part in the Choose your future event where the pupils were able to take part in two sessions based around compu:ng career paths.
One group of pupils took part in the “Next Big Thing” session, working in groups to try to predict the next genera:on of technology by exploring equipment such as Occulus RiY, Google Glass, Leap mo:on controllers, and Mindflex.
Careers Week
Haughton pupils have been i n v o l v e d i n v a r i o u s ac:vi:es during Careers Week to give them the opportunity to look at different career paths and poten:al future work.
The second group took part in “Computer Games Design”, where they looked at key aspects of designing a computer game to look at the basics of game design and simple methods to help improve their abili:es as both a designer and a crea:ve problem solver.
The day was enjoyed by the pupils, some of which had a beber understanding of the paths they now wish to follow.
Cummins -­‐ Year 8 and Year 9 Enjoy Lego Day
Our Year 8 and 9 More Able and Talented pupils recently had the opportunity to work with 10 Cummins Engineers during Na:onal Careers Week. The Engineers gave up their :me to come into the Academy to play Lego! Not just any Lego, the lego pieces when built were of the new Cummins engines that have recently been created. Pupils, spent two hours understanding how engines are built and had numerous conversa:ons about poten:al careers opportuni:es at Cummins.
Duck Day
Haughton Academy hosted a Duck Day event on Tuesday 14 March, where the pupils from five different primary schools abended. The event was run by Durham Educa:on Business Partnership, and the day entailed pupils making paper ducks which were then sold for a profit. The team with the most money at the end of the trading won!
One of the many aims of the day is to bring these pupils together in the secondary school atmosphere helping them relax and feel this is the school they would like to be educated in.
Mock Interviews for Year 8 and 9
A variety of local business employees and colleges gave their :me to come along to hold a ‘mock’ interview with our Year 8 and 9 pupils. This ini:a:ve encourages confidence in speaking to and addressing adults other than family members and teachers. Skills such as encouraging shaking hands and eye contact, inspiring pupils to achieve at school and talking about extracurricular ac:vi:es that would set them ahead of other pupils in the job market.
Year 8 went first and were introduced to their ‘interviewer’. The interviewer asked a range of ques:ons based on the pupil’s strengths and weaknesses, their career aspira:ons, what out of school ac:vi:es and socie:es they are involved in, skills and abributes they may have that an employer would be looking for.
Once the interview was over, a feedback sheet was completed and handed back to pupils during tutor :me. Feedback given to each pupil gives them an idea of how they could improve in an interview situa:on and whether they were along the right lines with their responses.
Any mock interview and feedback undertaken by a pupil will be recorded on their pupil profile.
Newcastle University -­‐ Student Suitcase
Emma Flint, Student Ambassador from Newcastle University came into Haughton Academy on Monday 6 March 2017, to run an Undergraduate Life workshop for Year 7. This workshop aims to give a flavour of life at University, raising aspira:ons, how to budget, what to expect in University Life and learning how to become independent.
GCSE Exam Dates
The GCSE examina:on dates for Year 10 and 11 pupils are:
•Year 11: Sociology Unit 1: Monday 15 May 2017
•Year 10: Digital Media Sectors and Audience: Tuesday 16 May 2017
•Year 10: Health & Social Care -­‐ Human Lifespan Development: Wednesday 17 May 2017
•Year 11: Sociology Unit 2: Thursday 18 May 2017
•Year 11: Business Studies Unit 1: Wednesday 24 May 2017
•Year 11: Business Studies Unit 2: Friday 9 June 2017
Careers Fayre
During Careers Week, Monday 13 to Friday 17 March 2017, Haughton Academy held its own Careers Fayre, invi:ng the whole academy, including Beaumont Hill, to abend.
All local colleges abended plus Navy, RAF, BL Hairdressing, and local businesses, Hydram and Carillion. Other suppor:ng teams were Department of Work and Pensions, Na:onal Ci:zen Service, Morrison Trust and North East Raising Aspira:ons Partnership.
Colleges brought interac:ve games and ac:vi:es, along with curriculum leads to discuss with pupils what courses each college has on offer. Hair and Beauty at Darlington College even offered a mechanical massage!
Darlington College had a stop frame lego display which pupils could interact with, moving the lego piece by piece, recording each step via a lego app which when complete would run through as a lego movie. They also brought a Chef who produced pancakes for everyone all day long with lots of various toppings. This kept pupils happy as they met with exhibitors and gathered informa:on on their futures!
Bishop Auckland College Hair and Beauty demonstrated hair plai:ng and designs. They also brought their own bricklaying ac:vity which proved popular with all pupils. They were shown how to mix cement, level it, place the brick on and slowly build a wall. Explaining to the pupils that this skill is in demand and available whether male or female!
Other ac:vi:es were Health & Social Care substance abuse examples, pulse reading and blood pressure taking. These gave an overview of what a student could learn on these courses. Year 8 parents and carers joined their child during the aYernoon to take up the opportunity to gather informa:on and talk to exhibitors in prepara:on for their upcoming op:on selec:on.