TERM 4 2018 Bexhill The magazine keeping students, staff, parents and carers, and the widerBeacon community updated on events at Bexhill Academy.

Jacob Betts: Former Student and Head Boy. Reflecting on his time at Bexhill Academy, and achieving his dream of going to.....

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Cricket and Rugby.... Philosophy for More Sporting Success Children Student Art 1066 Book Awards Careers Update A Day at the BBC HOUSE Reports Bexhill Beacon 2 3 Bexhill Beacon

WAS IT REAL OR WAS IT FAKE? On Wednesday 14 March 2018, four very excitable Year 7 pupils attended the 1066 Book Awards at in .

Now to the main purpose of the visit: the workshop. Firstly they were welcomed by the Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, who said how much they ‘enjoy opening their doors to the journalists of the future’ on School Report Day. There then followed a 45 minute t was real! Bexhill Academy’s News Team workshop which involved was invited by the BBC to attend a workshop I the students in thinking about a news story and on being able to identify fake news from the tracing back through sources to try to identify ‘real real thing: a very important skill in our media from fake’. It was quite an eye opener! uring the evening they saturated world today! Dhad the opportunity to Lastly, the team were able to try a brand new meet an established author interactive online game launched by the BBC that and 2009 Book Award winner, The group took the train to London and stopped off day, ‘BBC ireporter’. They were some of the first Kate O’Hearn, who hosted at the British Film Institute first for a stroll around people ever to play the game, the point of which the events. Our pupils were the library and gift shop there, before walking across is to make the players trace the sources of a news recognised for their reading Waterloo Bridge towards Covent Garden. story to identify its authenticity. This is actually a talents and participated game which teaches them something useful. by reading excerpts of the On the bridge, they encountered a protest by finalist novels in the award university lectures who were striking, not over to the awaiting audience and money but on a matter of principle, about their were rewarded with £5 prize students being viewed as ‘customers’ not students. book tokens! The ever ready team took the opportunity of interviewing them on camera and asked intelligent, Accompanying the pupils thoughtful questions without having the time to were, English Teacher prepare. Miss Skidmore and Bexhill Academy’s Librarian, Mrs From there, they moved on to BBC Centre in Great Josephine Stanley who were Portland Street. After airport style security checks, very proud of the pupils the news team moved into an area that is familiar Our aspiring future journalists enjoyed a great day performances on the night. to anyone who watches the news on the BBC: the out that provided them with real skills plus a great BBC News room. They were able to observe the experience. A very well done to all. Look out for the film footage on the website soon! enormous news gathering team at work and to see where the News Show is filmed. Bexhill Beacon 4 5 Bexhill Beacon Bexhill Academy Student Gains a Place at It has been so difficult not to mention every teacher in one capacity or another, but it would be remiss of me not St Hilda’s College, to mention the PE department who as a whole at one time or another constantly encouraged and cajoled me to achieve the best. Jacob Betts, a former student and Head Boy, reflects on his time at Bexhill Academy and how the school helped him I currently attend Bexhill 6th Form College, where I am taking A-Levels in Biology, Chemistry and Maths. Recently I’ve achieve his dream of going to Oxford University. invited back to receive an award for my achievements whilst at Bexhill Academy. This award has added enormously to my motivation. In fact during my entire time at the school, the staff always made a big deal of recognising the Dear Ms Brown, attainments of students from all different levels of academic and vocational abilities and this really made every student feel valued. Furthermore after leaving, I have continued to receive support from staff members, specifically Thank you for the invitation for me to share with you my education experiences to date, particularly my time at Dr Hutchinson. Whilst applying for university, he played a fundamental part in helping me write my personal Bexhill Academy. statement and I have since gone on to receive an offer from Oxford University to read Biomedical Sciences.

During the early years at Bexhill Academy it was like nothing I had come across before. I had jumped from small I shall never forget my time at Bexhill Academy and although we were in Special Measures at the start and it was intimate classes of thirty at my primary school to huge classes of ninety children and three members of staff. For me tough, with the school’s constant support, advice encouragement and solid teaching I have managed to so far this was quite bewildering as it was such an alien environment to be learning in, and all of my friends from primary achieve a place at St Hilda’s College, Oxford University, and I shall for ever be grateful to you and your staff team for school had been split into different classes. However, I found it easy to make friends and although this was a different helping me on my way! layout to the one I was used to, my teachers at the time were excellent in helping the transition from primary to secondary school. Jacob Betts

At the school I had a wide range of opportunities within lessons where I was challenged and pushed and then pushed a bit more! Two of the most notable and demanding experiences both personally and educationally were being able Philosophy for Children are well on the way to being resilient individuals who to apply for the position of Head Boy and our trip to Malaysia. As you will recall, the application process for Head Boy will be able to make a significant contribution to required me to carry out a campaign and deliver presentations to the whole school, as well as prospective year seven society. They are able to form their own opinions and students. Whilst this process was well out of my comfort zone I was encouraged by teachers and others including my discuss them fairly with others who hold a different n January two English classes (10Y1 and 7Y4) took parents and my step into this arena resulted in a fantastic experience as I gained more confidence for public speaking perspective. What better skill to come out of school part in a Philosophy for Children lesson with an and a host of other skills at the same time. Again you will recall my interview with members of the leadership team, with. outside visitor; Sue Beaney. Sue, a psychotherapist this was also invaluable as I had never interviewed before and this experience has gone on to help me in subsequent and local politician, came to the school to see how interviews I have had, in particular and most recently the four board interviews I had with the professors at Oxford! The The younger group really surprised me with their the English department are using philosophical trip to Malaysia was my most special experience whilst at the school. A group of nine of us went with an organisation maturity and ability to engage with the openness questionsI and enquiries to develop pupils’ critical called World Challenge and part of our trip involved working at an orphanage. This developed my communication of the debate. The process enables this with its clear thinking skills. Both classes were exemplary and skills and really made us all appreciate what we have. The teachers that came with us were Mr Steward and Miss instructions and fair methods. No one is shamed for were discussing very deep, thoughtful topics such O’Callaghan, they were great and we all had a very enjoyable time together. not contributing or for saying something a little off as violence, war and freedom of choice. the wall.” Throughout my entire time at Bexhill Academy I received continual support from all members of staff in my GCSE Philosophy for Children is a lesson in which subject areas. This, along with encouragement from my parents, enabled me to have a wonderful time at the school students are invited to discuss topics and challenge and achieve great things. In particular, Dr Hutchinson my English teacher was vital to my success. English had always each other’s viewpoints and perspectives. It A big thank you goes out to the students of 10Y/ been a subject that I had struggled with and I found it hard to get to grips with different techniques used by authors/ involves group discussion, time for reflection, En1 and 7Y/En4 for their engagement, their poets and the effect they had on the reader. Dr Hutchinson made concepts such as these easy to understand and asking questions, and sharing a final viewpoint. It contribution and their maturity. They were so he was very engaging with all members of the class. My science teachers including Mr Guest and Mr Gordon were challenges the students to think critically, argue and impressive, that Sue Beaney left the school feeling also fantastic. I can think of a prime example where Mr Guest was willing to go that extra mile for myself and other challenge effectively and non-confrontationally, and that “this has to be the way forward for education.” students, where he put in after school hours to help us with our controlled assessments. Other teachers that had a encourage one another to share their own beliefs. These students demonstrated resilience, equality significant impact include Dr Cowley, my maths teacher who also went that step further to help me achieve an A*. Mrs and independence. Well done to each of you. Torode was a very influential teacher and I had her the entirety of my time at Bexhill Academy. Over the five years, I Zoe Willard Sue Beaney states: and other students had built up good relationships with members of staff; it was these relationships that enabled so “The depth of discussion in the older group was heart- many of us to succeed. warming and would suggest that these young people Bexhill Beacon 6 7 Bexhill Beacon • Finalist in any of the Boy’s County Cup outdoor competitions Academy Sports • Girls to compete in every County Cup competition in both U13s and U15s. exhill Cricket Academy has had a lot of Phase 2 of the Academy consisted of an upgrade • Open Holiday Camps for both primary and great news recently with Phase 1 of the of our non-existing cricket facilities with the kind B secondary pupils ran by our Sussex coaches Academy complete and Phase 2 well on the generosity of The Attwood Trust providing the • 2 Cricket Academy Awards at our Awards way to completion. support for this to happen. With state of the art evening in July – presented by a Sussex first indoor nets and bowling machines (donated by team player Our first aim was to set up a successful link with Bexhill Cricket Club) and a new high specification • Set up a cricket tour for 2019 season Sussex Cricket and fulfil our 4 main aims: artificial pitch which will all be fitted over the Easter U14 County Cup quarter finalists • Official opening of the indoor facilities by • Pushing elite players to their full break will see this Cricket Academy develop further. members of the Sussex men’s and women’s potential. This phase of the Academy also had a variety of clubs teams As you can see we have a lot of ambition for this • Cricket for all. set up and ran by Sussex Cricket including: • Opening of the new Cricket Academy Cricket Academy. It offers a lot to those pupils • Developing primary school players. website involved and is growing increasingly fast showing a • Developing Girl’s Cricket. • Elite Club – our aim is to push our elite • Set up a cricket scholarship programme lot of success. We are always looking for sponsors players to their full potential. for either September 2018 or 2019 providing and club links, so if you are interested then please With all of these objectives on the way, we had a lot • Girl’s Club – Introducing girls to Cricket and one to one coaching for scholarship pupils contact Mr Whiteman at: of success in our first year of being open. In the 2017 ensuring they are entered in every County • A new kit sponsor [email protected]. season our teams managed: Cup competition. One of our players • To go and spectate a Sussex Mens first Also if you would like to hire our facilities then please already represents the Sussex team for her team match contact the same address. Indoors age group which is a massive achievement. • U13s team successfully defended their • Primary club – ran on Fridays after school district title (third consecutive year). with the aim to provide quality coaching and U13 District Indoor Cricket Champions • U15s team successfully defended their accessible facilities for younger players. district title. The U13 cricket team retained their indoor title for the 4th year running. They played some tough competition With this is in place, our under 13’s girl’s team has but came away undefeated again. The team showed great resilience by fighting back in their first game to Outdoors had some success finishing in third place in the East claim a deserved draw against St Leonards. After this the boys took their performance to new levels with • Year 7 team finished runners up in the Sussex indoor competition. impressive and comfortable wins against both Battle Abbey and William Parker. District street 20 competition. • U14s – County Cup semi finalist. Aims for the 2018 season The second round of games saw the team in full flow • U15s – County Cup Quarter finalist. beating every team by at least 40 runs and some cases We always look to improve and develop and this by 100 runs. Some impressive fielding and sensible season we have set some challenging but achievable batting showed the other district schools how the targets. These include: game should be played. The boys will now be going to the County finals in Brighton • Complete phase 2 of our Cricket Academy on Thursday full of project – this includes installation of indoor confidence. cricket nets and building a new outdoor cricket pitch. • Defending our U13 and U15 indoor titles • Reach the County finals in either of the U13 or U15 indoor competition U13 District Indoor Champions U12 Team • Win the Year 7 Street 20 competition qualifying for the County competition Bexhill Beacon 8 9 Bexhill Beacon exhill Academy Rugby maintained their Btop spot in the district overall with Year Year 10 - Fourth Successive District Championships! 7s 1st, 8s 2nd, 9s 1st, 10 (play next week), 11s 2nd. exhill Academy’s Year 10 team rounded Boff an extremely successful season for The Rugby 7s season began with the Year 9 rugby team who were the competition winners. They played our rugby squads by winning every game Claverham, Ark William Parker and St Leonards. on the way to a fourth successive district Bexhill 50 – 0 Claverham Bexhill 45 – 0 Ark William Parker championship. The Year 10 side, captained Bexhill 50 – 0 St Leonards Year 7 Rugby 7s by Nathan Amess won each of their pool In addition, the Year 9 team were invited to the games against William Parker 1-0 and St Sussex 7s tournament which included the best rugby Year 10 Rugby 7s schools in sussex. A real step up in level, against the Leonards Academy 8-1 before facing local very best rugby players in our county. They finished 3rd overall. A tremendous achievement.

Brighton College 15 – 10 Bexhill Academy Hurstpierpoint 10 – 5 Bexhill Academy Cardinal NewmanB 5 – 25 Bexhill Academy Cardinal NewmanA 20 - 5 Bexhill Academy

Year 8s Bexhill 10 – 5 St Richards Year 8 Rugby 7s Bexhill 5 – 15 Claverham Bexhill 15 – 0 St Leonards Bexhill 25 – 5 Battle Abbey

Year 11s Bexhill 15 – 10 Ark William Parker Bexhill 15 – 20 St Leonards rivals St Richards in the final. Tries from Bexhill 20 – 0 Claverham Cain Teague 2, Harley Ransom and George Year 7s Rayner gave the team a comprehensive Bexhill 15 – 5 Battle Abbey Bexhill 20 – 0 Ark William Parker 4-1 victory in the final against a strong St Bexhill 25 – 10 Claverham Year 9 Rugby 7s Bexhill 30 – 0 St Richards Richards team that at one point looked like they might cause an upset. Try scorers on the day included Dan Muhilathithan 2, Logan Boxall, Cain Teague 5, Harley Ransom 3 and George Rayner 2. The Year 10 team’s success finished off what has been a fantastic season of rugby at the academy with three district titles and two Year 11 Rugby 7s district runners up prizes. Bexhill Beacon 10 11 Bexhill Beacon

tudents in year 7 have been working hard to tudents in year 8 have been working to learn and understand learn and understand the proportions of the S the proportions of the face to create an exciting, accurate face to create an exciting, accurate portrait using S pencil. Well done Team. Miss Baker portrait in the style of pop art. Well done Team. Miss Baker Year 9, 10 and 11 students have been working all of term two on creating an exciting skilful A2 sheet of observational drawings. Their topic was Natural Form and they have learnt new skills each week to create a range of different skills. They have also annotated and explained their processes and techniques. I am so proud of all of their hard work - well done. Miss Baker Bexhill Beacon 14 15 Bexhill Beacon

ear 10 have been working on their exam title ‘Fragments’ with Miss Baker. ear 9 have been working with Miss Baker on Identity YWe have been studying and drawing real fragments of fruit and then using Gaudi to create and be inspired by fruit in the mosaic style. Here are some Yfor the topic this term. Students have spent three examples of some A2 sheets that we have been working on since January. A wide hours on a tonal self-portrait, focussing on the correct range of materials and techniques have been explored. An incredible effort by all of the students. I am a super proud teacher. Well done Team Art Year 10 proportions. We have also created a collage of an eye using torn up magazine bits to create an effective and skilful outcome-Well done year 9. Bexhill Beacon 16 17 Bexhill Beacon CAMBRIDGE HOUSE ‘Pride, Strength and Courage’ HARVARD HOUSE ‘Perseverance for Success’ STUDENT OF THE TERM STUDENT/S OF THE WEEK STUDENT OF THE TERM STUDENT/S OF THE WEEK Year 7 Lara Streets Week 1 Joe Carter Year 7 Alex Chapman Week 1 Danny Mcmahon Year 8 Ben Gurney Week 2 Ben Gurney Year 8 Chloe Beeching Week 2 Ellie Edwards Week 3 Ollie Wilder Week 3 Daisy Van Bergen Year 9 Jessica Excell Year 9 Ellen Betts Week 4 Niamh Kennedy Week 4 Sam Cross Year 10 Niamh Kennedy TERM Week 5 Casey Joe Bell Year 10 Rosy Grimley TERM Week 5 Alex Popescu Year 11 Luke Brundle 4 Week 6 Oliver Brookes Year 11 Jack Lucas 4 Week 6 NEWS UPDATE NEWS UPDATE Another exceptionally busy term with Parents’ Evenings for Year 8 and Year 9 as well as Year 11’s last ever There have been a number of students who have represented us across a range of activities (sporting and Parent Consultation Evening. We take this opportunity to wish them every success in the upcoming exams. academic). There are a few who need a special mention.

Students have been busy raising money for our House Charity with C9 holding not one but two Tutor Fairs Well done to Louis Haffenden who performed exceptionally well in a recent cricket fixture, as a result he and raising almost £80 in the process! Congratulations to them and Mr Ibbotson. will be receiving a Be Remarkable badge.

This week C8 is running a range of activities and straight after the break (when we hope that it will be Another student we want to recognise for his continued success in table tennis is Ryan Mcmahon who has warmer), we have an inter-form Football tournament which is being organised by Adam Reilly in C5. Mr now officially attained a National Ranking. Brazier too, made the ultimate sacrifice and shaved off his beard after raising a magnificent£100 pounds for this worthy cause. Please continue your magnificent support of the students in their efforts as we We have welcomed a lot of new students into the house and are really pleased with the way they have enter the busiest term of the year. settled in, so well done to Roza, Dijle, Sophie, Peter, Rebecca and Mhalenhle.

Top Ten Students – Carrots Points Form Attendance Top Ten Students – Carrots Points Form Attendance Ollie Wilder C6 320 Megan Mitchell C4 140 C1 95.8% C6 93.3% Abigail Link-Smith H2 290 Danny Mcmahon H4 220 H1 93.2% H6 96.7% Megan McGeorge C7 205 Jamelia Amir C5 140 C2 89.4% C7 89.4% Ellie Edwards H4 280 Harriette Watts H5 195 H2 94.1% H7 92.9% Tamara Excell C5 200 Chloe Sharp C5 135 C3 91.0% C8 93.2% Samantha Cross H6 245 Alex Chapman H3 190 H3 92.4% H8 91.9% Archie Ball C1 180 Robert Reynolds C8 130 C4 89.1% C9 91.6% Eleanor Smith H5 235 Max Hart H9 185 H4 94.9% H9 94.7% Ben Gurney C9 165 Giada Fenu C5 130 C5 85.5% Josephine Chambers H8 220 Scarlett Harmer H1 175 H5 96.1%

HOUSE ACHIEVEMENT HOUSE ACHIEVEMENT Cambridge House is very proud of all our Year 9s who have just completed the “Be the Change” programme run We are really pleased to say that we are, yet again, the best attended house in the school. Our attendance for by Hastings Direct; the students feel that it has inspired, and given them extra confidence. the academic year so far is in excess of 95%. Well done Harvard.

Ollie Wilder in Year 7 deserves a special mention after coming 3rd in the regional Writers’ Competition run by We are also really pleased with our Year 11 students in Harvard, there has been a big Battle Rotary and Writers group. Ollie beat off competition from a number of local schools and was the only shift for a number of students which is down to a lot of hard work on their part. We student in his category brave enough to read out his submission at the public final which was held at the Academy were the most improved house from the first set of mocks to the second and now also last week, a fantastic achievement. boast the best progress 8 score in the school- well done to all the Year 11 students who have made significant progress over the last few months- keep up the hard work! Cambridge House also won this term’s inter-house poster competition, and is top for numbers of students with zero behaviour points, again. Well done Cambridge students !

The house team wish you a happy and restful Easter break. Bexhill Beacon 18 19 Bexhill Beacon IMPERIAL HOUSE ‘Every Student Matters, Every Moment OXFORD HOUSE ‘Dream, Believe, Succeed’ Counts, Your Future Begins Here’ STUDENT OF THE TERM STUDENT/S OF THE WEEK STUDENT OF THE TERM STUDENT/S OF THE WEEK Year 7 Oscar Pepper Week 1 Evie Remnant Year 7 Alisha Keeley Week 1 Ella Simpson Year 8 Libby Hollidge Week 2 Mya Saul Hunt Year 8 Kiana Sadler Week 2 Sophia Freeman Week 3 Tyler Jade Page Week 3 Barney Charker Year 9 Elwin Scogings Year 9 Ben Gower Week 4 Sam Mitchell Week 4 Jack Doorey-Palmer/ Year 10 Ellie Mcdonald TERM Week 5 Nathan Parris Year 10 Shannon Bidmead TERM Elise Sage Year 11 Ellie Turner 4 Week 6 Year 11 Molly Jeffery 4 Week 5 NEWS UPDATE NEWS UPDATE Imperial has had another great term keeping up their 100% record of winning the termly House Cup this Oxford has had another successful term, keeping our momentum from terms 1-3 and still competing for year. There has been many individual success: the top spot. There have been many individual successes: Key Stage 3 Key Stage 3 Progress: Tyler Hunt – For increasing his reading age by 5 years. Progress: Marcus Locking Achievement: Cruz Porthouse – For captaining the Year 8 Football team to an undefeated league Achievement: Oliver Hobson – For captaining the Year 8 rugby team to a well-deserved silver medal title and taking them to the Cup final. position in the district cup. Engagement: Lilly Denman – For outstanding engagement in all of her subjects. Engagement: Ella Simpson – For outstanding engagement in all of her subjects Community: D’shaun Allen Reid – For being a part of the Year 8 Basketball team who won the league Community: Oliver Blatcher – For being a leading captain of the Year 9 football team who won the as well as a member of the U13 Indoor Cricket team undefeated district champions. district B league and who will participate in the district cup competition in term 5.

Key Stage 4 Key Stage 4 Progress: Tyler Jade Page – For outstanding progress in her Health and Social Care course. Progress: Lucy Barker – For huge improvements for her GCSE mock results in the lead up to her Achievement: Annabelle Prince – For achieving amazing grades in her Health and Social Care course. final exams. Engagement: Mark Cooper – For outstanding engagement in all of his subjects. Achievement: Ben Mott - For his excellent result in his Travel and Tourism GCSE course Community: Kim O’Connor – For her commitment to staying after school and helping with evening Engagement: Lilli Roberts – Excellent engagement in revision and lessons events including Parents’ Evenings. Community: Jake Ashby – Student Leader commitments and role as an attendance ambassador.

Well done to everyone mentioned in some amazing achievements this term. Well done to everyone mentioned in some amazing achievements this term. Top Ten Students – Carrots Points Form Attendance Top Ten Students – Carrots Points Form Attendance Morgan Seal I2 300 Naomi Slade I4 235 I1 94.6% I6 91.7% William Judge O3 260 Allie Thomas O9 165 O1 89.0% O6 85. 0% Layla Wilson I8 295 Calum Grayling I4 220 I2 93.6% I7 96.4% Charlie Killick O5 245 Amy Rimmer O6 140 O2 91. 0% O7 92. 0% Joshua Rixon I9 270 Tina Liu I8 215 I3 94.1% I8 90.6% Ella Simpson O5 230 Kai Brown O1 125 O3 95. 0% O8 92. 0% Skye Taylor I8 265 Evie Remnant I5 205 I4 92.4% I9 96.1% Eiona Fulladosa-Hurtos O1 205 Ryan Miller O5 120 O4 95. 0% O9 94. 0% Breanne Croft I2 250 Luke Stretten I7 205 I5 91.7% Amie Hobson O4 170 Emily Strevens O9 115 O5 95. 0% HOUSE ACHIEVEMENT Imperial has had a massive success in the Carrot rewards this term and are way out in the lead. Morgan Seal is HOUSE ACHIEVEMENT leading the House with the Carrots. Key Stage 4 leaders are Charlotte Swatridge and Fliss Slade. Oxford has had steady success in the Carrot rewards this term. William Judge is leading the House with the Carrots. Key Stage 4 leader is Allie Thomas. Our ‘Be Remarkable’ awards went to 2 boys who achieved a lot this term. The Key Stage 3 award went to Leo Olujobi who started this term and has settled in to school life very positively, contributing to as many aspects of the school as he can. He has played for many sports teams in his first term as well as contributing to our House. Our ‘Be Remarkable’ awards went to a student who achieved remarkable levels of Well Done Leo. success this term. Our award went to Anvita Kopparthi who continues to wow us on the ‘Accelerated Reader’ programme. In November, Anvita was our first‘Millionnaire’ . This Our Key Stage 4 award went to Sam Mitchell, who achieved an amazing result in the Maths Challenge. He finished meant she had read a million words. However, she is now over 3 million words read this year. the highest in the school and went on to represent the school at County level. Well done Sam.

Well done to all Imperial students this term. It has been our strongest yet. Keep up the good work. Well done to all Oxford students this term. We will strive to win the house cup this year, keep up the good work. Bexhill Beacon 20 21 Bexhill Beacon ‘Yale, The Golden Key To Success’ higher education. They will be attending school events YALE HOUSE Careers Update or you can contact them by emailing Cheryl.Smith@ Parent Ambassadors STUDENT OF THE TERM STUDENT/S OF THE WEEK bexhillacademy.org and putting into the subject line. Year 7 Claire Lear Week 1 Mya Kwong Year 8 Charlie Francis Week 2 Phoebe Goldsmith Thank you very much to all those parents who The school marked National Week 3 Mckenzie Kerr completed the questionnaire looking at Attitudes Careers Week 2018 with Year 9 Callum Gordon towards Higher Education. It has been really useful lots of different activities Week 4 Lilyana Kapllani Year 10 Emma Skilton data to collect which we will be looking at over the taking place throughout TERM Week 5 Oliver Brookes coming months. We also received a really positive the school. We were really Year 11 Langa Mpofu Week 6 response from many ex-students who have progressed pleased to welcome four 4 into higher education, who shared information members of our alumni to NEWS UPDATE about what had motivated them to decide to go to speak in house assemblies. It’s been a busy term for our Year 8 and Year 9 students who have gone through the options process for university. Thank you to, Malcom Brookes, Emma Brockhurst, next year. Both sets of students have shown a high level of maturity in making those important decisions. Sean Dennis and Joel Kemp for giving up their time to The school has made sure that students were in a fantastic position to make those choices by holding very As part of the NCOP programme we have produced come and talk to students about their time at school successful options evenings and a drop down day, all designed to give the students the knowledge and skills to make the right choice for them, as individuals. a booklet called ‘Raising Aspirations, A Guide to and career path since leaving. They were all really Engaging with Universities and Higher Education inspring and thought provoking talks. Our two ‘Be Remarkable’ awards were given to two very deserving students: in Key Stage 3 it was awarded Opportunities’. It is available on the school website to Codruta Casapu for becoming a millionaire in our Accelerated Reader programme. Codruta has now read (NCOP tab). If you are interested in finding out about During the week students in Year 7, 8 and 9 had a over one and a half million words this academic year. Well done! In Key Stage 4 it was awarded to Toby Warden in Year 11 for his incredible performance in the second set university summer schools, higher level or degree lesson or starter focusing on careers or employability of mocks. He has made fantastic progress and huge improvements across all subjects; Toby has shown apprenticeships and school leaver schemes please skills associated to that subject. In Maths lessons determination and dedication to his revision, this hard work has paid off. Keep up the good work, oby.T take some time to look at the information contained some students learnt about the harsh reality of all the in the guide. outgoings that have to come out of your pay packet, Top Ten Students – Carrots Points Form Attendance and in computing they worked on developing their Bradley Yates Y4 435 Cody Gilbert Y9 140 Y1 90.7% Y6 88.3% skill at using a spread sheet to calculate how much Lilyana Kapllani Y6 250 Catrin Deacon Y2 135 Y2 89.8% Y7 87.2% they would have left at the end of the month once all Amber Haley Y8 180 Ellie Bull-Skippings Y3 125 Y3 86.1% Y8 86.4% those deductions have been spent. Ava Plant Y2 150 Harvey Jack Y4 110 Y4 95.8% Y9 91.3% Aimee Wilson Y9 145 Ryan Mills-Page Y5 90.4% Mr Anstey’s Year 9 History students looked the role of historical advisers in the TV and Film industry. HOUSE ACHIEVEMENT Not many students realised that this job role even The combined Year 7 and Year 8 School Indoor Cricket team won the district competition and now have qualified for the county final. Some excellent performances by Yale students including Harvey Jack, Charlie Francis and existed but what a great way to use your historical Haiden Harris, all helped the team to an unbeaten run to glory. knowledge. You will also find ‘Informed Choices’ which is produced The Year 8 basketball team came second in the district competition; this success was helped by the performances by the Russell Group of universities and gives guidance PE organised a range of activities with Year 7 working of two Yale students: Charlie Southgate and Charlie Francis. about A’ level choices depending on what you might on their team work skills, Year 8 students taking on want to study at university. different job roles within the sports industry from The Year 9 basketball team showed an excellent account of themselves at a very tough district competition. The Sports Journalist and Event Organiser to Referee team was made up of a high number of Yale students including Sam Gillam, Dylan-Jon Lands, Finlay Jack and Callum Gordon. As part of the NCOP programme The Sussex Learning and Team Manager. Year 9 looked at developing Network have appointed two Higher Education Parent transferable skills in Decision Making, Problem Solving Callum Gordon captained the Year 9 rugby team in the Sussex 7s. The team qualified for this event by winning their Ambassadors. We are delighted to welcome Linda and Creative Thinking. own District 7s competition and played some excellent rugby against some of the best sides in the county. Finlay Wilson and Jo Price to the role. As parents who have Jack also played a prominent role in the team. children currently at university, their role is to provide a In tutor time students looked at identifying different friendly face for parents who have any questions about job roles within different industry areas and the skills Well done to all those Yale students this term. university and the process of getting your children into needed. Bexhill Beacon 22 23 Bexhill Beacon subjects can potentially offer them, whilst Year 8 had a session on Skills, Qualities & Attitudes looking at what Our Alumni is growing fast and we have welcomed another twenty employers are looking for and Year 9 learnt how to use the internet to research career ideas and looked at what five members this month. If you are an ex-student of the school please influences the decisions that we make. sign up, and if you have friends or other family members who used to come here, please encourage them to do so. There is no obligation to take part in any activities but it is a As part of their day, Year 10 students had visitors from our alumni talking to them about their time in school, great opportunity for us to keep everyone up to date with what’s going on and if there are any activities that decisions that they made and their career paths. Students then set themselves some goals for their remaining you are willing and able to take part in, that is a bonus. time in school.

We have been so delighted by the response of alumni members to support activities in school and are very grateful to Elize Overfield, Chris Couldrick, Beckie Woolsgrove and Kelly Jones who supported our Year 10 students during their Goal Setting Session on our recent drop down day.

Please use the following link if you would like to join the alumni (and please feel free to share the link.)

https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/ Options Evenings for former-student/bexhillacademy Year 8 and Year 9 Did you attend On Wednesday March 14th and Career Insight Bexhill Academy? After Easter we are launching our Thursday 15th, parents and students Talks – The World of Work Bexhill Academy are looking for former students who can programme of from Year 8 and Year 9 were invited inspire and advise current pupils. If you are a former student, please sign up to our alumni community by following the on to attend Options Evening. This is simple steps below or use the following link: where students get the opportunity a Wednesday, which are aimed at https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/former-student/ bexhillacademy inspring and informing students to find out about the different GCSE I went to Bexhill High and now I about different career options that and qualification option choices work to improve cities all over the they may be interested in exploring. that are being offered, enabling world.” 1. Go to www.futurefirst.org.uk Talks will take place during the them to make an informed choice Mark 2. Scroll to the ‘Join Us’ section school day and will be open to about which subjects are right for 3. Click ‘Former Student’ different groups of students to sign them. Or, scan this QR code up to attend (depending on their We were delighted to welcome the with your phone... Year group, Subject Choices and Career Interests). local colleges to these events to help support students and parents A list of talks and dates will be posted outside the Welfare Office and to understand how option choices students can sign up if they are eligible to attend. might impact on future decisions for Further or Higher Education. If you work in a particular industry and would be interested in giving Thank you to Sussex Coast College, First Generation Scholar’s Scheme If you did not fill in a Parent Information [email protected] a talk to a group of students (maximum group size 30), please get in , , We are really excited to have joined the Form at the Year 9 options evening but touch with Cheryl Smith at Sussex Downs College, University of ’s First Generation would like your child to be considered Brighton and University of Sussex, Scholar’s Scheme which is designed for the scheme, please complete and So far confirmed on the programme we have Civil Engineering, and our HE Parent Ambassadors. to give students who would be in the first generation return the form - available on the NCOP tab of the ‘Girls into Engineering’ Careers in the Creative Sector and the Food & Drink Insutry. We are of their family to go to university, the opportunity to school website. currentlyDrop Down trying Day –to March organise 16th a talk. find out about whether university is the right pathway Drop Down Days are when all students are working off timetable focusing on different subjects. A lot of careers for them. Being part of the scheme will offer many If you have a degree but it was completed through content is delivered during these days so it is really important that all students attend. Our March DDD offers opportunities to engage with the University Of Sussex, distance learning such as OU, or in the workplace, students in Year 8 and Year 9 the opportunity to participate in taster sessions for GCSE and qualification subjects and in Year 9 the opportunity to build a cohort of your child may still be eligible so please complete a that they are interested in taking. It is a really important opportunity for students to get a better understanding First Generation Scholars to participate in targetted form. Any questions about this scheme, please contact about the course content and expectations. Both Year 8 and Year 9 had a session of what the different EBacc activities throughout Year 9, 10 and 11. [email protected]