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Student Achievement Celebrated at Awards Evening See Page 9 Bedford Highlights Academy News and Views from Bedford Academy Winter 2015 Student Achievement Celebrated at Awards Evening See page 9 Inside this issue: • Students Rise to the Challenge • Glittering Awards Evening Celebrates • You Said - We Did! on Outward Bound Trip Student Achievement Welcome A message from Bedford Academy Principal, Mrs Smith. Students and staff are looking forward to a well-deserved rest during the festive period. You can read in this Newsletter about some of the varied and interesting activities students have had the opportunity to take part in during the last few months, including a report on an exciting, albeit a rather wet and windy, Outward Bound trip to Aberdovey in Wales. Just before the October half-term break, the school was visited by Ofsted and I am pleased to be able to confirm that Bedford Academy remains a good school. Some of the key strengths identified by the inspectors were that pupils in all year groups are making better than expected progress in many subjects; the Academy’s ethos, which aims to develop character in all pupils, is at the heart of its success; and that the Academy provides a high quality and well maintained learning environment for pupils. A copy of the full report is available online via the Academy’s website. I would like to thank you for all your on-going support as we progress on our journey to be outstanding. Students have also been working very hard in preparing for our whole school performance of Grease the Musical. All students, both on stage and behind the scenes, deserve a huge round of applause for all their hard work and commitment. We will include a full report of the performance in out next Newsletter. Happy holiday wishes to you all. Mrs Smith, Principal. Family Support Season’s Greetings… Christmas is finally here! It’s the one For free support please contact: parent coffee mornings and socials, look time of year we all tend to gather with Over 18 out for more information. If you would our loved ones and unwind. With all the Cruse Bereavement Care Bedfordshire like to volunteer to help run these events, festivities, it is easy to forget those we www.crusebedfordshire.org.uk/ just want to attend or have any ideas you have lost along the way, for some it will or call on 01525 841415 would like to share, please feel free to give be relatives, friends, pets or people we me a call to discuss. 13-25 years didn’t even know who were taken from Michelle Williamson, Bedford Open Door the world in terror attacks or world Family Support Manager www.bedfordopendoor.org.uk/ or call disasters. We will remember all of these Tel: 01234 301 500 ext 703 / on 01234 360388/07922 105200 people in different ways and each of them 07749 454 479 or email: will have a different impact on what we Take care this Christmas and New Year, [email protected] now call Christmas but when you look be safe and look after each other. Enjoy around the dinner table, remember what the festive season and I look forward to you still have and the memories those no our return to school in the New Year. Follow @BA_Families longer here have left. Next term, I will be seeking to reinstate 02 Highlights - Winter 2015 News Parent Survey Feedback – Autumn 2015 ‘You Said – We Did’ Thank you to everyone who completed the survey on Target Setting Day; we had over 450 returns. Things you say we are doing well: to ensure that we are gathering as much add homework to the system for the entire information about how we can improve our year at the very start of the year so that 3 98% said their child was happy at performance as possible. parents can see the tasks set. school 3 99% said their child feels safe at You asked us to work on two areas: Low Level Disruption: school Homework: 92% of parents felt that there is a good 3 97% feel their child is making good 91% of parents felt that their child did standard of behaviour at this school and this progress receive appropriate homework for their figure continues to grow each year. Again, we 3 99% believe their child is well age and this figure shows improvement would like this figure to be higher still and we looked after at this school over the last two years. We also recognise are continuing to work hard in this area. 3 98% said their child is well taught at that this is an area where parents do have We work with all students to develop their this school very differing views on what an appropriate understanding of character (grit, zest, social 3 95% agreed that the school deals amount of homework is but we would like intelligence, gratitude, optimism, curiosity and effectively with bullying this percentage to be higher. self-control) and how developing this can support them to be successful students and 3 98% believe the school is well led Last year we introduced Show My Homework be successful in their adult lives. and managed which enables parents to see and track their child’s homework directly online, without 3 96% said that the school responds We regularly provide training for staff on relying on the homework diary. We will be well to concerns that I raise building positive relationships with students, providing further support and training for staff developing structures to lessons and to 3 96% said they receive valuable to ensure they are using the system properly. improve the quality of their teaching. information from the school about In addition, we will be providing hand-outs their child’s progress We have very high expectations of all our for parents explaining how to use Show My students with regard to the work they 3 98% were happy with the Transition Homework and recirculating these. produce and the way they conduct themselves Process for Year 7 Subject Leaders have been asked to review in lessons and around the building. We actively In this survey you asked us to improve: the type and quality of homework that seek the support of parents and families to Any parent that completed a questionnaire is being set in each subject. Once they impress on students the importance of good providing their name or their child’s name have looked at this information, they will behaviour and have invested further in our and ticked a box that showed that they had a be making necessary improvements. For support structures to provide support for concern, will be receiving a personal call back example, the maths team have decided to students who find this difficult. Successful Ofsted Visit On the 22nd and 23rd October 2015, Ofsted inspectors visited the Academy. They spent the two days visiting lessons, talking to students and staff and seeing in close detail the achievements of Bedford Academy. As a result the inspectors officially recognised that Bedford Academy continues to be a Good school with outstanding leadership. The full report was published by Ofsted on the 13th November 2015 and is available to download from the Bedford Academy website. Bedford Academy have a new website! We have recently launched a brand new website. Visit www.bedfordacademy.co.uk and take a look! Highlights - Winter 2015 03 Humanities Chelsea’s Choice comes Geography Field Trip to Bedford Academy On Wednesday the 4th of November the On Monday November 30th Bedford Academy was lucky GCSE geographers embarked on their GCSE enough to have the drama group AlterEgo’s come in to deliver Geography controlled assessment fieldtrip. The aim of the fieldtrip was to investigate the production ‘Chelsea’s Choice’, highlighting the very serious different functional parts of a settlement; and emotional issue of child sexual exploitation. we decided to go to Hitchin. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t on our side, as it did not The play told the story of a group of three In conjunction with Bedford Borough this stop raining the whole time we were there, students who discover the diary of a girl innovative and powerful message was however that didn’t stop the spirits of our called Chelsea. Chelsea was a young girl who, delivered to our Year 9 and 10 students, dedicated geographers. In true geography having fallen out with her friends and family, where a member of Bedfordshire Police style we just got on with the task in hand, was approached by a man called Gary. Gary Sexual Exploitation Abuse Unit was on hand no matter how wet and soggy our booklets was older, owned a car, had a flat and treated to answer any questions from them and got. Considering the amount of hair being her like an adult. Unfortunately Gary was point out the variety of places available for ruined, soggy shoes and items of clothing, not what he seemed to be! Chelsea’s story advice and help. The production unpacked, I was really impressed with the mature was played out and examined by the three analysed and then served to illustrate the attitude and grit our students showed. They students who, along with their teacher, attempt many forms that exploitation can have and knew they had a job to do and just got on to understand what happened to Chelsea and highlighted the devious nature in a way that with it, so credit to them. I would also like to how it could have been prevented. students were engaged and concerned with. take this opportunity to thank the four other members of staff who supervised, as well as my 5 dedicated 6th formers, who without them this trip wouldn’t have gone ahead so smoothly.
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