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Spring / Summer 2017 Mission Statement “To make the Academies within the Greenacre Academy Trust the first choice for parents wishing their children to learn greenacreacademytrust.co.uk vocational and personal skills for a productive and successful life. To make our Greenacre Academy Trust Academy Greenacre secondary academies the first choice for employers when looking for apprentices and trainees.” Greenacre Academy Trust Welcome from the CEO: Mr Andrew Reese I am delighted to introduce to all Trust staff, school, our children will also be taught life governors and parents of children in the Trust, skills such as cooking, speaking in public, the first Greenacre Academy Trust newsletter. answering the telephone etc. which will help It is envisaged that two newsletters each year them to stand out and ultimately become will be published in order for you to keep pace more confident adults when that time comes. with latest developments and plans for the To further help them in their journey to future. adulthood, the children are regularly exposed As you are probably aware, there is currently to careers assemblies so that at an early one secondary school – Greenacre Academy – stage, they are able to see what future in the Trust, two primaries – Warren Wood opportunities are out there for them. Primary Academy and Chantry Community Finally, I would like to thank all members of Academy - and a private kindergarten – staff, governors and parents for your support. Kloisters Kindergarten - which is situated next The Trust was founded in February 2014 but to Warren Wood. We intend to expand already so much has been achieved with your gradually though in order that both the help and hard work. I hope you enjoy reading children and staff have greater opportunities this first edition and any thoughts will be which come with top quality teachers working gratefully received. with children in more than one school. We Mr Andrew Reese have spoken to the Department of Education CEO, Greenacre concerning our intentions and have received Academy Trust positive feedback. Currently, many teachers both secondary and primary are supporting in one of the other two schools which is progressing school improvement at a much quicker rate. The tremendous OFSTED inspection outcome recently at Chantry for example which improved to GOOD, demonstrated how effective support where needed can make a difference. We intend for this model of school improvement to be firmly embedded. We have a vision that children in our academies will learn ‘skills for life’ which is Greenacre Academy Trust Academy Greenacre our vision for the future of the Trust. By this we mean that in addition to being taught everything which children need to learn in Spring / Summer 2017 Skills for Life Chair of Greenacre Academy Trust: Nikki King OBE Academy Trust. This was quickly followed by a request for Nikki to sit on the Head Teacher Board which serves the South East and London advising Government on academies and free schools. This is a group made up mostly of elected Head Teachers who support the Regional Schools Commissioner in the South East and London in taking decisions concerning all schools in this area. Nikki is one of 7 Academy Ambassadors who report directly to Lord Nash. This role Nikki started work as an admin manager at a is to encourage business to become more Ford dealership from where she was offered closely involved with education and Nikki is a job in fleet sales. Within seven years she passionate about this. It was this passion had made her way up to managing director. that inspired the development of our ‘Skills From there Nikki was head-hunted to a for Life’ ethos. large company and then in 1996 was tasked As Chair of the Trust, Nikki has helped with setting up the UK arm of Isuzu. She develop six central services which support effected an MBO In 2002 and took the all of the academies. These are Finance, business from zero to a £48m turnover in 10 Human Resources, Administration, Data, ICT years. Nikki was awarded an OBE for network and Skills for Life. Each is led by a services to the road travel industry. manager who visits all of the academies In 2014, the opportunity to become an each week. Amongst a variety of benefits of active grandmother led to her selling the having such services, is it allows the Heads company back to Isuzu Japan at which point and their staff to concentrate almost solely she became the Chair of the Greenacre on the education of the children. Follow us on Twitter: Forthcoming Events @GreenacreAcad 16 June 2017: @WWoodAcademy Greenacre Academy Trust day at Chantry. @ChantryAcademy All academies will be closed to the children @KloistersKinder and the day at Chantry will be attended by all staff. Greenacre Academy Trust ‘Skills for Life’ ‘Skills for Life’ is at the heart of all we do within Greenacre Academy Trust both within the curriculum and in extracurricular activities. We encourage our young students to reach their full potential both in their academic and personal progress throughout their time at school. We are so committed to our Skills for Life mission that we have invested in our own Skills for Life Manager who will ensure this is driven forward and embedded in to daily school life. We understand the need and importance of connecting education with the business world which will ensure our young people develop the personal and business skills that will fully equip them for the world of work or further education. We want all our students to have the essential skills for their future whatever they decide to do: Confident and equipped with soft skills Equipped with life skills so they can be independent Understand their role in the community and wider society Primary children to be fully equipped and ready to get the best out of their secondary education Secondary students to be the first choice for employers To be aware of the world and different cultures Have a good knowledge of the workplace and how to behave We are passionate about inspiring our students to be the best they can be and to ‘reach for the stars’ in their future career choice. It is our aim to provide them with the best careers advice they deserve and need. This will be delivered in many ways; Regular careers assemblies will be held by a number of different businesses so that our young people can be inspired by a myriad of career opportunities Business mentors will be allocated to help with workplace skills, CV’s and job interviews Work experience organised within a chosen industry Extracurricular clubs which encourage life skills Through our DT Department, we will be offering a wide variety of trades to NVQ Level 2 and apprenticeships. Courses on Sales and Customer Service We have high expectations of all members of Greenacre Academy Trust and will be rigorous in Greenacre Academy Trust Academy Greenacre offering each one significant opportunity in partnership with the local and wider business community so that their unique talent can be recognised and progressed. Spring / Summer 2017 Skills for Life Recent News Chantry Community Academy is now a ‘GOOD’ school Following an OFSTED inspection on 6/7 December 2016, Chantry has been rated as a GOOD school. This follows the previous inspection in May 2015 when the school was “A strong and part of another Trust, where at that time it committed team” was deemed to have ‘serious weaknesses’. The inspectors were clear that the ‘determined and unwavering’ approach to teaching and learning and pupil progress taken by the head teacher, ably supported by her deputy, was instrumental in the rapid improvement. She has worked very well with all stakeholders to develop a strong and committed team. An experienced “determined and governing body has helped enormously and unwavering approach” the teaching staff are revitalised to an impressive extent. The children were praised for being polite and behaving so well. Greenacre Academy Trust Recent News Red Nose Day: Warren Wood Crazy Hair Champions! The lengths some people will go for charity is amazing and the Aunties at Kloisters Kindergarten and lots of the children in our care on Friday 24th March 2017, certainly did just that!! In just one morning’s session at Kloisters, with encouraging a ‘Crazy Hair Day’ we have already raised over £100 for Charity! The children have had lots of fun with Red Nose Day activities to keep them engaged. Medway Schools Handball - First Place! MYG Table Tennis - Second Place! Greenacre Academy Trust Academy Greenacre Primary School Games Infant Agility - First Place! Spring / Summer 2017 Skills for Life Genius Squad “The world they create is the world we all deserve to live in.” vision and unwavering belief that change is possible. On Thursday 19th January, we were honoured The world they create is the world we all to welcome influential international deserve to live in. educationalist, Angela Maiers and Lord Jim Knight to Greenacre Academy to develop our Acting Deputy Headteacher, Mr Wise is excited Genius Squad. by the potential of this new group, "We have been searching for more independence from Angela is growth mind-set specialist who our boys' to prepare them for their place in spent two hours with students from all year the world. We want them to know that they groups to help them find their inner genius. are able to make amazing things happen and With over 1,000,000 children around the we are confident that our own Genius Squad world involved in her Choose 2 Matter will inspire their peers. In fact, their next steps campaign, we were keen to tap into the will be to train our teachers in funding their power of positive thinking.