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Tim Coulson Fundraising Fun Bloodhound Edition 13: Autumn 2014 Tim Coulson Regional Commissioner Visits Venture Academy Fundraising Fun Thirty-Seven Teachers Take the Challenge Bloodhound SSC The World's Fastest Car Exhibition at Venture Academy w Venture Voice is printed on 100% woodfree recycled paper. Design by www.fusional.co.uk Advertisment www.ormiston.org What’s going on at Venture Academy… Let us Ignite your Welcome back from Executive Principal McCartney Venture Cooks P12 and Principal Gilbert – Barnham P3 Learning Community P13 Careers Fair & Senior Year Residential P4 Year 7 'Wicked' London Trip P13 Humanities KS4 London Trip P5 Venture's Got Talent P14 Teaching Future Record Breaking Fundraising Event P6 Mrs Smith Fundraising P15 Regional Commissioner Tim Coulson Visit P7 Senior Year Prom 2014 P16 & 17 We are a Teaching School Alliance of cross-phase schools Venture Open Evening 2014 P8 & 9 Venture Sports Results & News Update P18 & 19 based in Gorleston, Norfolk but with partners across Bloundhound SSC The World's Fastest Car P10 & 11 Superb Sam & Venture Games 2014 P20 the East of England and the country. Nicole McCartney - Executive Principal Simon Gilbert-Barnham - Principal WELCOME BACK… One of the best parts of my role at OAT It has been another action packed is being able to showcase the fantastic half term at Venture, as this edition ethos evident in everything that proves and I am delighted to see how happens at Venture. fantastically well our new Year 7 6GDM5DMSTQDRSTCDMSR@MCRS@ƤBNLLHSSNDWBDKKDMBD students have settled into the academy. (as they do every day) there really is no stopping them! I know that they will be contributing lots to future This was further demonstrated at a recent Macmillan editions as they continue to embrace life at the academy. fund raising event. Our wonderful Raising Achievement So far they have been thoroughly inducted to Venture mentor Francesca Tedstone helped to boost the funds through the launch of their 1:1 devices, Widget training, raised through the Ice Bucket challenge by volunteering inter college competitions, the Blood Hound challenge to have her head shaved. She even gave her pony tail and much more. to charity! This care and consideration for others is part Our older students have been excellent role models of what every day at Venture is about and further proof as prefects, Sports Leaders and active members of the of what can be achieved when every member of the Union of Venture Students. community works together. I am sure that you will agree as you read this that they This edition of the Venture Voice showcases the Venture provide inspiration for everyone as they continue to get For more information please contact: Way and I am sure you will be as proud of our students actively involved in charity work, sports competitions, Ormiston Venture Academy, Gorleston, Norfolk. NR31 7JJ 7RƲQGRXWPRUH as we all are. trips and much more. Phone: 01493 662 966 | Fax: 01493 660 329 | Email: [email protected] IROORZXV#,JQLWHB76$ www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk | @OrmistonVenture 3 Careers Fair Humanities On Thursday 16th October 2014, This was a fantastic opportunity for them to have taster sessions on individual subjects, discussions with the tutors Ormiston Venture Academy hosted of the colleges and get a general feel of what college is like. our annual careers fair with 26 local KS4London Trip businesses, training providers, colleges and universities in attendance. The Humanities faculty travelled to London in September with GCSE History, The Careers Fair was open to the whole community to DM@AKDO@QDMSR@MCRSTCDMSRSNƥMCNTS@ANTSETSTQD Geography and Leisure and Tourism students. careers, information, advice and guidance and the What a glorious day! We were lucky with the opportunities that are available for young people and ZHDWKHUEXWQRWVROXFN\ZLWKWKHWUDƫF O@QDMSRHM-NQENKJ@MC2TƤNKJ Feedback from the evening was overwhelmingly positive History students spent from visitors with the wide range of employers and further the morning at the Tower education providers proving popular. of London completing a specialist workshop On behalf of all at Venture Academy, we would like to thank designed for their Controlled all the exhibitors for their support and making the event Assessment task. Apart from such a huge success. some complaints about The senior year students have also been busy this term 3OHDVHFRQWDFW the number of stairs in the visiting East Norfolk Sixth Form College, Great Yarmouth tower, a good time was had College and Lowestoft Sixth Form College to enable them DELUFKDP#RUPLVWRQYHQWXUHDFDGHP\FRXN by all and the academy SNƥMCNTSLNQD@ANTSSGDPT@KHƥB@SHNMR@MCBNTQRDRSG@S LI\RXQHHGDQ\LQIRUPDWLRQRUDGYLFHDERXW would like to thank HMP for are available to them post 16. using students to trial a new SRVWRSWLRQV workshop and covering the cost of entry for this. Geography students spent the morning at the Science ESDQRNLDSQ@ƧBOQNAKDLR VD@KKDUDMST@KKXL@CDHS museum, exploring the energy hall and atmosphere to the London Dungeons for a gory and humorous end Senior Year room, and then having free time to see the other to our day. Miss Nicholls spent some of the trip locked exhibitions on display. in a cage and Miss Wilkinson was put on trial for being a pirate. We all made it out unscathed and had a laugh Residential Leisure and Tourism students learnt more about at Mr Ives after seeing his photo from the Gallows transport in London looking at the London Underground Drop ride. I think I speak for everyone when I say I am Fast becoming a Venture tradition, the and went on a famous “Duck Tour”. looking forward to doing it all again next year! Class of 2015 has just completed their ƩUVW6HQLRU<HDU5HVLGHQWLDO Students arrived at the academy on a Friday with sleeping bags and left Sunday lunchtime, tired but full Keep up to date with all that is going of success, having completed a massive amount of work on a Ormiston Venture Academy at: SNV@QCRSGDHQ#HFHS@K,DCH@PT@KHƥB@SHNM ZZZRUPLVWRQYHQWXUHDFDGHP\FRXN In addition to lots of hard work there was masses of fun. Students enjoyed movie nights, time in the Games Here you can read about all that is available Room, Bungee Runs and It’s a Knock out as well as to the students and the community. Sumo Suits. Lets get social on Twitter: #2UPLVWRQ9HQWXUH On behalf of the Senior Year we extend a huge thank you to all And... lets us Ignite your teaching future on the staff involved who stayed and Twitter: #,JQLWHB76$ worked with the students, proving that Venture has the best staff and students going! 4 @OrmistonVenture | www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk | @OrmistonVenture 5 he said. “There’s been a lot of criticism for education in Regional schools this region but we want people to look at the region as Record Breaking a place to really envy education." commissioner “ Rather than saying an academy is the Fundraising Event preferred option for every school it Tim Coulson has to be the right choice. We want every child in this region to go to a visits Norfolk… really, really good school.” DQGYRZVWRSXWLWVHGXFDWLRQEDFNRQWKHPDS “ There is no magic but what will make you a good school is if the school knows why it wants to change to an academy.” He added that he řV@RBKNRDŚSNƥMHRGHMF appointing the people EQNL-NQENKJNQ2TƤNKJ to sit on his head teachers board. Thirty-seven teachers at Ormiston The event was a huge success that raised a phenomenal Dr Coulson is Venture Academy – including the amount of money for charity. The Union of Venture the previous Students want to thank everyone who helped donate, set headteacher of principal - had buckets of ice water up, volunteer or promote the event and are so proud to William Tyndale poured over them for charity. be able to send this money to such a worthy cause. Plus School in we have raised more in one event than was raised in the (ESGHRV@RMSDMNTFGSNDMBNTQ@FDRSTCDMSR@MCRS@Ƥ Islington and was whole of last year! SNCNM@SDSN@VNQSGXB@TRDRNMDLDLADQNERS@Ƥ ,HRR 1RUIRONśVƩUVWUHJLRQDOVFKRROV M@LDCSGDƥQRS 3DCRSNMD@KRNG@C@KKGDQG@HQRG@UDCNƤʖ Miss Tedstone also wants to say a special thanks for the regional schools support she received which was overwhelming. As well commissioner for the east was commissioner for The spectacle, to raise money for MacMillan, took @RRONQSHMF@MDVKNNJGDQONMXS@HKV@RBTSNƤ@GD@CNE welcomed by a handful of the county’s the North-East place on Friday 3 October at 2.45pm at the front of the the shaving so she has donated the hair London and East Academy. The Union of Venture Students who devised academies during a visit to the area as to the Little Princess region after a new position was created to monitor the SGDBG@KKDMFDG@CRDS@S@QFDSNEaATSSGDXG@UD^ Trust for young girls part of his latest plans to put Norfolk performance of academies. in fact more than doubled it and the amount raised with cancer. She back on the map for education. BTQQDMSKXRS@MCR@Sa His role primarily involves wants to support Tim Coulson spent the day visiting Ormiston Venture overseeing academies Venture head boy Mackenzie Lodge said: “We always both charities due Academy and Ormiston Herman Academy in Gorleston and free schools and choose Macmillan as one of the charities we focus on to family links, every year as it is a cause close to so many people's before travelling to Norwich to Ormiston Victory challenge those that are GD@QSR 6DG@UD@OOQN@BGDCLDLADQRNERS@ƤVGN ” Macmillan Academy and the City of Norwich School (CNS) failing. He will work with - an Ormiston Academy. new national schools were willing to have a bucket of water and ice thrown nurses have over them.” commissioner, Frank Green, and education Emily George, Venture head girl explained.
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