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Edition 18: Summer 2016 Scholarship Apprenticeship Success Success Success In & Out of the Academy We celebrate our students - in the spotlight Aspire to be… College feature Staff Award Spotlight Investors in People Award Success Board Elect Students' Election www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk Venture Voice is printed on 100% woodfree recycled paper | Design by www.fusional.co.uk - @Fusionators Advertisment www.ormiston.org What’s going on at Venture Academy… Welcome back from Executive Principal McCartney College Feature: Aspire P12-13 and Principal Gilbert – Barnham P3 Meet Our Governors P14 Gresham's Award: 7th Annual Scholarship P4 Two Night Residential at Cambridge University P15 Norfolk Skills and Careers Festival P5 Union of Venture Students' (UVS) Board Elected P16 We are a Teaching School Alliance of Investors in People - Gold Award P6 Literacy Project P17 cross-phase schools based in Gorleston, SE Simmons Edeco Apprenticeship P7 School's in for Summer - 2016 dates P18 Norfolk but with partners across the Lip Sync Battle P8 A Flourishing Partnership (NCFC) P18 East of England and the country. Venture Vivace Debut Concert P9 Karate Champion P19 NEW: In the Spotlight - Students' Achievement's P10-11 Venture Sports NEWS Round-up P20 Let us Ignite your Teaching Future Newly Qualified Ignite is an NQT awarding body who support your NQTs in launching their careers in the best [NQT] Teacher Induction possible way. The package we offer is fully inclusive of accreditation, first class training and Programme support that enables your NQTs to rapidly develop into outstanding teachers. The Outstanding Our OTP programme is open to teachers with the potential and capacity to Nicole McCartney - Executive Principal Simon Gilbert-Barnham - Principal [OTP] Teacher deliver consistently outstanding lessons. Programme The Improving The ITP provides teachers rated as ‘requires improvement’ with a set of skills and strategies [ ] Teaching which enables them to become consistently good. It is open to teachers from all phases who Welcome back… ITP demonstrate the potential to deliver consistently good lessons. Programme Reading through this edition of This is always an exciting time for us National Professional The National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership (NPQML) is Venture Voice, I am as always blown at Venture. We gear up to welcome [ ] Qualification for Middle a new qualification that provides national recognition of your leadership NPQML development and professional achievement as a senior leader. away by the talents and enthusiasm RXUQHZ<HDUVZLWKWKHƩQDO Leadership of our students. planning of Summer School and at National Professional The National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL) is a Their willingness to get involved and embrace new the same time prepare to say good new qualification that provides national recognition of your leadership [ ] Qualification for Senior things is truly inspiring. NPQSL development and professional achievement as a senior leader. bye to our fantastic Senior Year as Leadership Our students really do achieve, aspire, create and they complete their last exams innovate in everything that they do. From winning and get ready for Prom. top scholarships to excelling in sporting events at @Ignite_TSA both local and national levels Venture students All the Venture Team are very proud of the young adults continue to pave the way for others to follow. that the class of 2016 have grown into and we wish every single one of them the very best for the future. If you would like to discuss the We can’t wait to see how well they will do in August! It is also an opportune moment to thank all of the programme more please get in touch via parents and carers that play such a pivotal role in [email protected] supporting our students and the Academy. Thank you all for being a part of the Venture community! For more information please contact: Ormiston Venture Academy, Gorleston, Norfolk. NR31 7JJ Phone: 01493 662 966 | Fax: 01493 660 329 | Email: [email protected] www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk | @OrmistonVenture 3 Gresham’s Award Norfolk Skills & Careers Festival On Wednesday 9th March all of Year 10 Thank you to all exhibitors for providing our students with information advice and guidance regarding visited the Norfolk Skills and Careers potential careers. Festival at the Norfolk Showground. Also a big thank you to Norfolk County Council, Royal Venture students had the chance to speak to a range Norfolk Agricultural Association, Easton and Otley NECHƤDQDMSDLOKNXDQR SQ@HMHMFOQNUHCDQR@MCBNKKDFDR College, City College Norwich, Norfolk Chamber of regarding opportunities for their futures. Commerce, New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership The event was highly interactive with demonstrations and Norwich School for organising… 7th Annual Scholarship of cookery, cake decorating, bricklaying, plastering and even a digger simulator! to Ormiston Venture Academy pupil The aim of the event was for students to discover the huge range of opportunities available to them across Left to Right: Simon Gilbert-Barnham, Principal, Lucy – Rose Baar, Daniella Penedo, Lucy’s Mother and Douglas Robb, Greshams’ Headmaster the country and to motivate, inspire and to take further steps towards students’ future career plans. There was Lucy-Rose Baar, from Ormiston Venture Simon Gilbert-Barnham, Ormiston Venture Academy’s @VHCDQ@MFDNEDWGHAHSNQREQNL@KKCHƤDQDMSB@QDDQ Principal, said: sectors such as energy, manufacturing, engineering, Academy in Gorleston, is celebrating ("3 ƥM@MBD @FQHBTKSTQD @QLDCENQBDR GD@KSG@MC after being awarded a full scholarship “ We are extremely proud of everyone social care, construction, leisure, tourism and higher to study at Gresham’s School. who has been involved in the process education. +TBX 1NRDV@RRDKDBSDCENQSGD@V@QCEQNL@ƥDKC for this long-standing partnership with of four Ormiston Venture Academy pupils, with each Gresham’s. It has shown true character …such a one impressing the awarding panel with their skills, and showcased each individual’s BNMƥCDMBD@MCCDSDQLHM@SHNM +TBX 1NRDVHKKINHM^ beneficial and Gresham’s Sixth Form in September 2016 to study the potential. Lucy-Rose is a deserving fantastic event! well-respected International Baccalaureate (IB). scholar, an inspiration and on a path Lucy-Rose, who hopes to go on to study medicine at to an exceptional future.” Cambridge University, is also an aspiring actress with Douglas Robb, Headmaster at Gresham’s, said: @KNUDNE2G@JDROD@QD ^2GDQDBDMSKX@OOD@QDCHMSGD On Thursday 3rd March, Ormiston Venture Academy’s students lead role of Dorothy in a school production of The “ Gresham’s is delighted to welcome Wizard of Oz. the seventh Ormiston scholar to study DQGVWDƨFHOHEUDWHGERRNVDQGWKHHQMR\PHQWRIUHDGLQJRQ On receiving the news of her KHUHʙ/XF\5RVHZLOOEHDJUHDWDVVHW World Book Day. scholarship, Lucy-Rose said: to our Sixth Form and we are looking Exciting events and competitions were held throughout the day for students to get involved in, “ I am really happy but EQNL2G@JDROD@QDSNVNQCR@F@R 2S@ƤRG@QDCVHSGRSTCDMSRSGDHQE@UNTQHSDKHSDQ@QXBG@Q@BSDQR forward to supporting her as she by getting festive and dressing up. it almost doesn't seem pursues her ambitions and enjoys real and it's really Students in Performing Arts got a whirlwind introduction to Shakespeare by taking part in WHOOSH performances. some of the many opportunities WHOOSH aims to bring stories alive by creating an interactive storytelling technique. Venture’s Performing Arts teacher, overwhelming, that will be open to her to help her Sarah Simm, became the storyteller whilst the students became characters, objects, places or events within the story. in a good way! Lucy - Rose Baar prepare for a rewarding personal Year 9 students were able to perform Romeo and Juliet with no rehearsals and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. In Languages, students were able to re-write traditional fairytales into Spanish. Competitions throughout the day included “ I believe that this is and professional life.” Book Spine Poetry, 5 word stories and designing book tokens. To create Book Spine Poetry students were able to select going open so many doors for me and Gresham’s has previously awarded six scholarships ADSVDDM@MCANNJREQNLSGD+1" NE@MXFDMQDƥBSHNMNQMNM ƥBSHNM .MBDSGDXG@CRDKDBSDCSGDHQANNJR SGDX HQDEOHPHWRʙDFKLHYHHYHU\WKLQJ,ZDQW SNRSTCDMSR@S^.QLHRSNM5DMSTQD B@CDLXVGNG@UD laid them on their side and used the titles on the spine of the books to create a short poem. Students were able to be gone on to study for a range of exciting careers at creative and design tokens which could be used next World Book Day. The winning design would be used nationally and WRGRZLWKP\OLIHʙ0\IDPLO\DUHUHDOO\ universities in the UK and overseas. the top prize is £250 of National Book Tokens for the student’s school. Overall, it was a great day which students and proud of me and thankful.” RS@Ƥ@KHJDDMINXDC 4 @OrmistonVenture | www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk | @OrmistonVenture 5 ^ latest Ormiston Venture Academy apprentice This years’ successful Simmons Edeco apprenticeship winner is Darion Searby. The three candidates that made it to WKHƩQDOVWDJHRIWKHSURFHVVFRQGXFWHG themselves admirably, but the managers at Simmons Edeco felt Darion had the edge in order to gain the role. Ormiston Venture Academy achieves prestigious Investors in People Gold award. $b*UHDW<DUPRXWKEDVHG$FDGHP\LVGHOLJKWHGWRDQQRXQFHLWVDFKLHYHPHQWRI the National Investors in People (IIP) Gold standard. Ormiston