This issue: Best of Teaching | Summer Shading | 96% GCSE Success | Triathlon Success July 2011 Vol 1 No 5 Director of Academies Visit Planting Victory Oak Exclusive Hollywood Interview Costessey Actor Stars in Blockbuster Victory Meets Gok Wan Students In New TV Show www.ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk July 2011 Victory Flag: Vol 1 No. 5 Principal Points P3 News in Brief P4 Local Round Up P5 Beauty @ Victory Director of Academies Visit P6 - 7 Achievement Awards P8 - 9 Five Star Success P10 The first beauty salon within an Academy Game Governors Triathlon report P12 - 13 The Best Of Teaching State of the art facilities, latest technologies Interview with Ben Rogers P14 - 15 Open Thursday 1pm-4pm and Friday 9.30am – 2.30pm Exclusive Interview with Sam Claflin P16 - 17 We offer a full range of beauty treatments Power Of Drama P18 Full price list available Tributes to Sam Watford P19 Ring for appointments on 01603 742310 ex 3312 Hooray For Horatios P20 Ormiston Victory Academy, Middleton Crescent, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0PX. Water Win P21 STAR ISSUE STAR Buiding Future With NNUH P22 As you can see from elsewhere in the Research Visit P24 Principal Points Flag, all our efforts are working. The Crime Scene Science P25 English Department has now achieved Long Run People from all over Norfolk a massive 96% A*-C, an outstanding Vicky LeFur Paris Marathon P26 have rallied to the cause achievement. Other departments are Victory @ Summer P27 showing impressive results too. Victory @ Gok P28 - 29 of supporting our students My staff and I are absolutely GOLD Rock On P30 - 31 achieve the best GCSE results committed to transforming education Brownie Updates P32 - 33 at the Academy. All our students are Victory in Europe P35 possible. capable of achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs. I do not want any student falling Town & Gown P35 Senior staff from Price Waterhouse behind on my watch. Model World P38 in Norwich, Marsh Insurance Green Academy - Update P40 - 44 and Norfolk County Council have I know I speak for the whole Sweet Taste Of Success volunteered their time to give extra Eco Assemblies & Victory Family tuition and mentor our students. Our Academy community in Green Britian Day Recycling In Action teachers are working all hours. One of thanking everybody who has Victory & Lions Club our governors and our support staff, Victory Sports Round-up P45 - 48 including my PA, have volunteered helped our students achieve From Shakespeare To Snow their time. A brilliant effort. IN YOUR YOUR IN Fishing Win & Run For Life what they deserve to achieve. Football Stars Our Victory families have also Bowling For Gold been magnificent, supporting and Diary Dates P48 encouraging our students and making sure they do the necessary work. 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Printed by Full report pages 12-13. 2 www.ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk www.ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk 3 July 2011 Victory Flag: Vol 1 No. 5 NEWS IN BRIEF COSTESSEY NEWS Taking Keep in Touch STOP Keep Fit To The Follow the Principal’s Blog on www.ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Club is holding two Monday sessions at the and our Twitter account at http://twitter.com/#!/victoryoak PRESS Costessey Centre, 9.45am-11am and 11.15am to 11.45am. Call Sarah on and Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Victory-Oak 01508 531 893. Fun in the Sun at the Airwaves Cluster Summer Camp 2011, being held Congratulations at the Academy July 25-29, 8.30am-3pm. Friendship Group A group of our media Hannah Beavis has been awarded a Nuffield Bursary, one of 12 in the region. A jampacked week of activities including Drop In Coffee Morning meets at the Methodist Church Hall on the first and students took over a radio She will be working at the Genome Analysing Centre at the John Innes Centre rocket building, hockey coaching, kite third Wednesdays of each month, 10am-12.30pm. Call Doug Scales during the summer. Thanks to Maxine Rushton for her support. making and lots more fun activities. 01603 743 967. station and broadcast their The camp, which costs £35 with lunch own soapie. and £25 packed lunch, is for Years 2-4 Fabulous Flowers Maths Challenge The eight students were invited to run and 5-8. Give It A Go sponsored places The Easter flower arrangement competition, organised by New Costessey Our Year 8 team came second in this year’s UEA Maths Challenge, pipped at Hospital Radio Norwich for an hour, are available. Evening Women’s Institute, was won by Christine Meek, second Jean Jonas the post by one point. and third Rosemary Lee-Bliss. broadcasting news and views, music Call 01603 742 310 or and the soapie. [email protected] Show VISIT COSTESSEY BOOkS Mrs Mullen, who accompanied the Copies of Costessey – A Look Into the Past and Costessey Hall, both by Earnest students, said: “The students created their John Purling, the Chief Executive of the Royal Norfolk Show, visited the Academy Gage are available at the Parish rooms, 01603 742958. own radio drama and it was brilliantly fun. recently. After talks with senior staff and the student leadership, he was escorted on Letters to the Editor They all got to perform and although it had a tour of the Academy by Mrs de Souza. Dear Friend NEW COMMISSIONER a bit of a random plot and some larger than I write to acknowledge receipt of life characters, it was really good fun. Costessey and Bowthorpe District Guides are looking for a new District Generous Gifts French books and atlases from your aid. Commissioner. Call Sue Rivett on 01603 747 733. “ We are hoping that this is something we I am very appreciative of the gesture could do again next year with the students Kettle Foods of Bowthorpe has kindly donated more than £1,000-worth of office and most grateful. This school is one and Hospital Radio Norwich and they are furniture to the Academy. Assistant Principal Dr Allen arranged for the donation of a FUND-RAISING of the biggest Upper Basic Schools in absolutely desperate to have another go.” piano to the Performing Arts Department. the region. By virtue of its location, it West Norwich Lions raised more than £740 for the Big C family support centre The students’ programme was organised attracts students from very far places at the NNUH with a chocolate Easter egg raffle. by Norwich Enterprise Centre and the and even across the border. Ant Farm radio station. I hope you will continue to remember FREE CHECk Generation Green, run by British Gas, has given our Eco-committee an ant farm Launched in 1974, the radio broadcasts and support the school in other areas. Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is offering a free Home Fire Safety Check and and some bicycle safety equipment. The French books will go a long way smoke detector fit. Call 0800 9178137. to the Norfolk and Norwich University in facilitating the teaching of French Hospital 24/7. in the school. YOUNG MUMS’ FELLOWSHIP To volunteer for the radio, Ofsted Success On behalf of the staff and students, visit www.hospitalradionorwich.co.uk Feeder schools Costessey Juniors and St Peter’s Easton have passed Ofsted Interim An ecumenical group meets at St Helen’s Hall on alternate Thursdays, 9.45am. I once again thank you very much Cal Sue Beevor on 01603 869 772. or call 01603 454585. Assessments. No further Ofsted inspections until summer 2012 at the earliest. for the gesture rendered. Yahya Njie The idea is that students from Musical Merit Principal, Farafenni Upper Basic School, Tom Middleton and a range of ages and abilities Our talented Year 8 Amelia Landles has passed her Grade 1 violin with merit. Upper Badibou District, Victory Student Voice Hannah Beavis North Bank Region, The Gambia will observe lessons in pairs, and after talking to each other Hair Cuts A pilot project has just begun and students in the lesson Eleanor King, Year 10, came first in the Prom does Zombies section at the John Oliver using students as critical friends, and finding out what they Academy Showcase. BAkE A PrizE thought of the lesson, feed The Food Technology Department has providing constructive feedback back to staff about the strong Dragon Wins won a prize in the Bake A Difference 2010. points of the lesson, suggesting Hundreds of schools across the country on lessons to staff who have Our two teams in the Eco Dragon contest held at The Forum, Norwich came improvements for next time. took part in the event which raises funds second and third. JTCF Eco – Jamie Thompson and Charlotte Foprshaw – won an volunteered to take part. The The student observers have opportunity to work with BBC Voice. Eco Busters – Dylan Whiley, Bella Warren and to alleviate international poverty. identified key factors that make Amber Waterfield – each won a solar-powered mobile charger.