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THE WORD the Word Summer 2016 THE WORD The Word Summer 2016 The literacy garden Northenden Cenotaph Wythenshawe Hall Poetry Together This is a goo“d school E R V E N N T T I O I N G N G I R Ofsted may 2015 Y O ” L L U U P B V V 3 A 1 W - 2 A 1 R 0 D 2 E D G N F I O Y R L L E U X B C E G L I N L E G N C E N E I N C H A L L THE WORD CONTENTS SUMMER 2016 4 Students Learn Resuscitation Welcome Moor Road, Wythenshawe, 4 Anna Chats Health Manchester, M23 9BP 5 Run For Life Mr D Owen Telephone: 0161 998 3992 Principal Fax: 0161 998 5144 5 War Memorial Listings Email: admin @manchesterhealthacademy.org.uk 6 Poetry Together ACADEMY SPONSOR 8 The Literacy Garden Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 9 Premier League Reading Stars CO-SPONSOR 10 Where are they Now? Manchester City Council 10 Jodie’s Israel Adventure Welcome to the last edition of The Word for been our pleasure to join with local primary PARTNERS 11 Rocket Seeds Countdown this academic year! schools to raise funds to help with the re-build. Manchester United Foundation Button Lane Primary School 11 Students Learn to Fly High And what a brilliant year it has been so far! I love the innovative idea of using football as Northenden Community Primary School 11 Parents Forum Cooks I’m always amazed at just how much a theme to build literacy, the Premier Rack House Primary School our students have achieved and how League Reading Stars project has Sandilands Primary School 14 Sixth Form Football Victory many diverse projects they get been a great success and I’d like to involved with! I never thank Manchester United St Wilfrid’s Church of England Primary School Foundation for all their support 2 14 Students Meet United Stars cease to be 3 I was especially proud to learn “ with it. ACADEMY TRUST BOARD 16 Sport that a group of students have impressed by Chairman of Academy Trust – David Cain become the first in the North Manchester Health Academy West of England to successfully the generosity Sixth Form has an ethos of SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM apply for their local war memorial of our offering opportunity and to be added to the National broadening horizons, and Jodie Principal – Damian Owen Heritage List for England – what a students Holt’s visit to Israel is a great Vice Principal – Kevin Green fantastic demonstration of their example of this. It has been lovely to Strategic Director of Finance Dates for the Diary commitment to their local community ” see Jodie’s confidence grow during her and Corporate Services – Louise Staunton and interest in local history. As we go to time at the Academy and I wish her all the Assistant Principal – Julie Hawkins July press, we have just received the news that the best for University next year, I’m sure she will Assistant Principal – Peter Jones Wednesday 6th Prom Night Academy has been shortlisted for a shine there. Manchester Evening News Schools Award Assistant Principal – Dan Kiddier Thursday 7th Year 6 Transition Day and relating to this, which is fantastic. The work around our health specialism Assistant Principal – Lucy Neukom Open Evening (by invitation) Another project that I’ve found fascinating is continues, with Year 10 students all having the Associate Assistant Principal / Tuesday 12th Academy Performance Rocket Science, the International Space opportunity to learn life saving techniques with Director of Specialism – Helen Walker “Annie Jr” 7pm Station seeds scheme. From initially receiving colleagues from our sponsor Central Wednesday 13th Academy Performance the seeds and planting them, monitoring them Manchester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. “Annie Jr” 7pm regularly and making a final report, the students It was great to see School Nurse Anna Davies have been engaged, enthusiastic and have being recognised for her work on the Friday 15th Sports Day really thought about the potential effects of ChatHealth project – the ability to access Wednesday 20th Academy Health Walk taking seeds into space. health advice at any time and anonymously is Thursday 21st Last Day of Term a great benefit to students, giving them I never cease to be impressed by the additional health-related support and guidance. August generosity of our students, families and staff Thursday 25th GCSE Results Day with their ongoing charity fundraising efforts. I I’m looking forward to the last half term, and was saddened to hear of the devastating fire at then to meeting our new Year 7 students in neighbouring Wythenshawe Hall, and it has September. Have a great summer break! September Monday 5th First Day of the New Academic Year Thursday 22nd Academy Open Evening 6pm – 8pm (including Sixth Form) THE WORD SUMMER 2016 STUDENTS LEARN WAR MEMORIAL Raising the Roof for RESUSCITATION LISTING FIRST Wythenshawe Hall Manchester Health Putting our Health Specialism into practice – all our Academy joined with other Year 10 students had the opportunity to be trained in Year 8 students have helped to list schools in Wythenshawe to resuscitation and first aid recently. present a cheque for over their local war memorial, the £6,000 to the Friends of Our sponsor, Central Manchester Hospitals NHS Northenden Cenotaph. Wythenshawe Hall in Foundation Trust developed the ORCS project lives that are free from the effects of heart and circulatory support of their work in disease. (Opportunities for Resuscitation and Citizen Safety), Manchester Health Academy is one of 200 schools around restoring the 16th Century providing health education project which provides the the country involved in Historic England’s Heritage Schools Hall, which was badly Mrs Walker arranged for the specially trained ORCS staff opportunity for health & education to work in partnership Programme which has been set up to encourage school damaged in an arson to come into the Academy to help students to put theory with young people (14 to 19 year olds), actively children to develop an understanding of their local heritage attack in March. encouraging them to live longer, happier, healthier lives: into practice with ORCS’ equipment. and its significance. They are the first school group in the North of England to have helped to place a local war memorial Chair of the Friends group Richard on the National Heritage List for England. Jackson said “After the fire we were devastated, but to see schools and children working so hard to raise funds for us The students first came across their local war memorial while has given us a huge lift.” they learnt about the experiences of local soldiers who fought The Bitter ANNA CHATS and died in the First World War. With help from Heritage Headteacher of Sandilands Primary School, Joan Grant, who Schools, they discovered that the memorial was not listed and organised the cross-schools efforts, commented “I was decided to apply to ensure its protection in future years. amazed at the response I had when I contacted other Side of Sweet schools, there was a real eagerness to take part.” HEALTH! Lead by Miss Morris, the students I’d like to ask parents and carers to help their children, and to A total of 19 schools raised funds. students to help themselves, to get the most out of their time at visited the memorial, took the Academy by cutting down on sugary drinks and sweets as photographs and made detailed Members of Friends of Wythenshawe Hall dressed in Tudor much as possible. notes on its setting and design, as well as researching its history. costume to welcome pupils and staff from the schools at the It is often in the news that eating too much sugar has wide-ranging Courtyard Café in Wythenshawe Park, before performing a negative impacts on our health and well-being, and here at the A student involved in the project specially written poem. MP Mike Kane thanked the schools on behalf of the community, taking time to greet each school 4 Academy we see the effects of too much sugar reflected in our said: “I walk past the memorial 5 students’ ability to learn. almost every day but I never really child and mention their school. Mike reminisced about gave it much thought. This learning to play cricket in front of the Hall during his schools Popular sugary foods and drinks, such as Lucozade and other energy project helped me to realise why days and said “I am talking to the Council about making the drinks, and sweets such as Skittles, give a quick burst of energy by monuments like that are so Hall a great place for today’s children and future generations.” causing a sharp increase in blood sugar, but when levels fall this can important – I’ve thought about the cause moods to dip. This cycle can make us feel irritable, anxious people listed on it and Vice Chair of the Friends group Paul Selby, who was one of and tired, affecting concentration and behaviour. None of these is researched when it was built and the first at the scene of the fire, said “It is fantastic that the good for a student’s learning. why. It made me respect it more.” schools and children have become involved – Here is a great app that can help you to make “sugar smart” choices After an anxious wait, the we do what we do for available as a free download – have a go, it’s a real eye-opener! We are delighted to announce that Anna Davies, students finally found out that their application had been them and the community www.nhs.uk/change4life-beta/campaigns/sugar-smart/home our school nurse, won a prestigious Central successful on 10th May 2016.
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