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Term 6 Ends Friday 19th July 2019 1.35pm Term 1 Wednesday 4th September—Year 7 & 11. Thursday 5th Septemer—All year groups INTERIM PRINCIPAL

Dear Parent or Carer, I can’t believe it’s summer time already, the six week holiday is just around the corner and I’ve come to the end of my 21st year in teaching! As with every year in education, there are highs and lows, but it is always the students who put a smile on your face, say something you’re not expecting or show you just how hard they have been working. Over the year we have collectively shown, through many challenges, the resilience and determination to move the academy forward in our journey to remove ourselves from special measures. Many of the students have applied themselves well, attended each day and shown an excellent attitude in all they have done. The staff at have worked tirelessly to ensure we have the facilities each day to learn in; lessons that challenge our young people and activities where by students can experience new opportunities. There is still much to do and I am confident that our collaborative approach will continue to enhance the next steps of the academy. I would also like to thank the many parents/ carers who have supported the academy over the year. Without your commitment to us, we would not be able to achieve the things we can with your son/ daughter.

As you will already know, Mr Paul Holroyd will be the permanent Principal of Gloucester Academy from September as I step down from being the Interim Principal. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in this position, but will venture onto new pastures myself from September. I will be leaving Gloucester Academy and returning to working in special schools, something very close to my heart and is a real passion of mine.

Mr Holroyd will write to you in September to set out his vision for the academy.

To end, I hope you all have a fantastic summer, enjoying the time with friends and family. I wish everyone all the very best for the future.

Many Thanks

Andy Vinton Interim Principal MathsMaths

A huge well done to the many students that have worked with Miss Kawecka this year; we hope you’ve enjoyed working on your numeracy skills and are seeing the benefits in all your lessons - the number of black belts has been amazing!

Well done to our first Numeracy Ambassadors Nicolas Horvat, Brian Kutnar, Adam Ferenc and Veronika Szeifova. The effort and dedication you have been putting in to the after school sessions with Mrs Veness and Mr Maguire, and also to promote numeracy with your peers has been incredible – keep up the great work!

Congratulations to Julia Dabrowska, Lauren Walmsley, Jenson Griffiths and Imran Ali who all achieved a Bronze certificate in the Junior Maths Challenge – what a fantastic achievement! We can’t wait to see how you and your peers do next year!

The maths department have been running a weekly Magic Maths Star award relating to the positive points students have been awarded during their maths lessons. To reward students for their hard work and dedication in lessons the maths department took 30 students to Chepstow Racecourse on a race day! The students learnt a lot about the race horse industry and the maths involved. We hope to be taking another group next year so watch this space!

YEAR 9

Year 9s had the opportunity to attend the University of for an all-day ‘taster’ event, during the day they had the chance to take part in a variety of university style lectures and seminars on their chosen subjects. The taster sessions included seminars on computer science, game design, photography, inclusive sport and even criminology! The students were a credit to the academy and it was fantastic to see our young people thrive and become inspired to strive forward into year 10 and plan their futures. Congratulations to Hermione Tinton, Harrison Jones and Kyle Mills who graduated from their steps to success programme whereby they have completed individual projects with University PHD students. I’m excited to see what year 10 brings for us as a year group, super proud! Miss Exton

LANGUAGES

Students in Year 7 have been asked this term to choose which language, French or Spanish, that they wish to study until the end of Year 9. After their end of year exams, students in KS3 are enjoying researching about French or Spanish speaking countries. We look forward to their presentations!

A group of year 9 students recently spent the day practising their Spanish language skills with around 60 other students from local schools. The event, hosted by for Girls, started with a guest speaker from Bristol University to talk about language degree options and the career choices available to students who study languages. Students were excited to find out that those who graduate with a degree in a language are more likely to be employed and more likely to earn a higher salary after university. There were also engaging activities and competitions based around Spanish films and Spanish music, giving students the opportunity to learn more about the language and culture they have been studying.

HUMANITIES

Humanities has had a fantastic year and would like to take this time to congratulate all those who sat their Geography, History and Business Studies GCSE's this year. We are looking forward to working closely with next years Year 11 to empower them to reach their full potential. We have finished the year on an all time high, with a successful trip to Lulworth Cove and two further trips to Warwick Castle and Alton Towers. We wish all GA students a lovely summer and look forward to seeing everyone back after a restful summer. Mrs Crotty (Head of Humanities)

ADU

It has been a very busy year for ADU students. The Prince’s Trust groups have finished their portfolios which have now been entered for qualifications, they packed in a lot of good life skills, cooking, keeping safe, teambuilding, communication, First Aid, self esteem, building resilience, and clay modelling.. Also the garden club worked with the Wildlife Trust and have entered their portfolios too. The garden is looking fabulous and we hope to work on it more next year and involve the community.

We finished off the year with a reward trip to Mr Mulligans World of Golf in Cheltenham. They all had a great time and were a credit to our school.

D&T

Well done to the two groups of year 10 students that participated in the Rotary Club Engineering competition in June. Both groups did extremely well, with one group getting a special mention for the quality of their portfolio. LIBRARY

‘On the 10th of July a group of students visited Waterstones Bookshop as a reward for being placed in the top 10 of most words read in the Accelerated Reader scheme we implement in Gloucester Academy. Students were awarded vouchers and a certificate to celebrate this success. This year has been spectacularly amazing with 4 students reaching the Accelerated Reader Millionaires Club. The top ten were Erin Jordan 7,017,084, Faith Jordan 3,873,988, Leigh Gwilliam 2, 729,777, Aaqib Mulla 2,477,812, Fatima Kholwadia 818,373, Paige Bond 712,231, Taylor Powell 704,260, Ayesha-Maria Patel 646,769, Dylan Griffiths 610,741, and Luke Birt 485, 234 words read. A special congratulations to each and every one to reach these amazing totals.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS

On a warm day in June, 72 athletes represented GA for the Gloucester District Athletics event at Prince of Wales stadium in Cheltenham. There were notable performances on both the track and in the field events. Karl Tchibe in year 7 came 2nd in the boys 100m and will go to County trials next June for U13 representation. Chenai Watts also ran a great race in the 100m and came 3rd in the Shot Putt. All athletes were a credit to GA. LIBRARYSPORTS DAY

Sports Day 2019

Pegasus had won Sports Day for the past 4 years so this year the 3 other house – Phoenix, Centaurus and Aquila had a point to prove. In several events including the new addition of Boccia, pupils set out in good team spirit and competiveness overseen by the sports captains who had completed a wonderful job over the previous three weeks of assembling the teams. The morning events went well with notable performances in the Javelin – Demba Sabally and the ever competitive year 10 boys – Paul, Tyrike and Jurrell. The newly named game of Welsh Rounders in honour of Mr Prout saw some excellent fielding and some cut throat umpiring decisions. The morning activities finished and the event turned to the track for the sprints in the afternoon. Scores tight, it meant the houses needed a runner in every event and to be on top form. It went all the way down to the relays, but over the day one house had performed consistently, and there was to be a new name on the shield – Aquila. Well done to all the athletes for taking part and having fun on the day. Looking forward to future house matches in this spirit.

EAL As-salamu alaykum Hello Ciao Ola! Ahoj Dzien Dobry Bonjour

We’re very lucky to have over 30 languages spoken by students and parents who come from 47 different countries worldwide. We’re very proud of the diversity and richness so many cultures and languages bring. This year we have seen a number of new international arrivals from Spain, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Nigeria, Poland, India, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Portugal, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Brazil (can you match countries to their flags?). ‘Teachers are helpful. I have nice friends. My English is better.’ Khadima Year 7 ‘This school is very supportive.’ Sharon Year 8 I really enjoy this school. It’s big and beautiful. I’ve got lots of friends. The teachers are really helpful.’ Rumen Year 7 ‘Gloucester Academy is a nice school. They help me with my English.’ Sasho Year 8

SCIENCE FESTIVAL

This term, selected year 10 students were given the opportunity to take part in the KS4 'Create your Future' event at Cheltenham Science Festival. On a very soggy day, students started with a series of short talks from scientists about the path they took into their present careers. Most memorable was Dr Ronx (from Operation Ouch) talking about her journey from a foster kid in a London high rise, to ER doctor and TV personality. Memorable for different reasons was Stefan Gates (Gastronaut) demonstrating some extracts from his new book Fartology, which included a giant whoopee cushion on the stage!

After a quick sandwich in the rain, our students were given the opportunity to visit the exhibits and try some hands on science. Our year 10’s demonstrated their competitiveness when they were horse racing on the Hartpury exhibit, and beating the edf engineers at their own kit car pit stop! Overall, the day was a very pleasant experience, filled with science fun and freebies. Well done to the year 10 students for representing GA so well and maintaining positive attitudes and enthusiasm throughout, despite the weather. Thanks to GROWS for organising the tickets and transport.

ATTENDANCE

Dear Parents/Carers

Firstly I would like to thank all of the students and families for the warm welcome I have received through joining Gloucester academy. It is a delight to see the passion the children have for the school and community that they work in. My highlights so far have been the community day event, having the opportunity to join in with cooking, music and getting to the know some of the children’s family’s here at Gloucester Academy. Being a competitive person myself I have enjoyed helping to provide incentives and rewards for those with good attendance and those who are striving to improve overall attendance. I congratulate and thank the many parents and carers who make sure that their children get the most out of their education by attending every day and arriving on time.

The following students have had 100% attendance this academic year and have all been put forward to the attendance raffle.

Name Reg Name Reg Name Reg Aguiar Reis, Telma 7C Cordrey, Molly 8B Enon, Joshua 9D Cole, Bradley 7B Edogiewere, Favour 8D Etheridge, Lacey 9E Edogiewere, Gift 7E Etheridge, Blake 8E Flynn, Katie 9D Hancox, Macie 7A Etheridge, Joshua 8C Junior, Claudio 9A Perkins, Lana 7A Griffiths, Jenson 8B Reid, Chloe 7E Knight, Callum 9E Kamara, Rey 8C Robinson, Sapphire 7A Matthews, Keely 9A Morgan, Clive 8A Rodrigues Malho, Elton 7C Osabuohien Osemwengie, Mutty, Emily 9E 8C Sitek, Jessica 7D Pedro O'Dwyer, Lyndsey 9C Tchibe, Karl 7E Staples, Alexander 8C Okonkwo, Chuka 9D Tizini, Ahmad 7B Stewart, Toby 8B Osabuohien Osemwengie, Billy 9D Wallace, Jayden 7B Turtakova, Vanesa 8A Reis, Claudia 9D Wichowska, Julia 7C Wildsmith, Alfie 7C Ridler, Sophie 9C Williams, Liam 7A Stewart, Conner 9A Stewart, Daniel 9D Name Reg Tethington, Keith 9B Burzawa, Krystian 10B Haskins, Mya NA Hatten, Alex 10C Noble, Ben 10D Patel, Yahya 10E Yordanov, Georgi 10B On a last note, we do understand it can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child off school when they are unwell and want to ensure you that the attendance team are here to support you to ensure that your child is accessing education on a regular basis. Therefore please ensure you are fully aware of the Attendance Policy which is available on our school website and if required a printed copy can be requested. Have a fantastic summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September. Mrs Stokes – Attendance Manager YEAR 6

The year 6’s had two brilliant transition days, they had an experience of many different areas of the curriculum and left smiling and with new knowledge in their heads. I’m looking forward to seeing them all in September.

YEAR 7

To pupils and parents of Year 7. The trials of yesterday are now behind us. A new school year dawns, and with it comes endless possibilities. Chances for success, empathy, and discovery are abundant. Inspiration is everywhere we look. We have had a challenging year but the year 7 cohort have remained resilient and strong. As head of year, I look forward to taking such an amazing year group into Year 8.

YEAR 11

Firstly thank you to every year11 parent/carer who has supported their child this year. That support has been invaluable for them to be able to work to the best of their ability. Prom was amazing, all the students looked incredible and appeared to have a great time. I hope that the memories they made stay with them for ever. I wish them every success in the future and look forward to seeing them all in August.

YEAR 10

This year in Drama . . . We have had another fantastic year in drama with a huge range of opportunities offered to students including trips, workshops and performances. We have seen shows at the , the Bristol Old Vic and the Cheltenham Everyman to see a whole range of performances including Noughts and Crosses, Touching the Void and Isla. We have also had some fantastic performances of the play Face from Year 9 students at the end of this year. We are about to begin rehearsal for our winter production, Aladdin, which we are all very much looking forward to. Information regarding tickets will be available in September. Our trip to the Bristol Hippodrome to see The Lion King will also take place in September – and I don’t know who is more excited, me and Mr Foster or the students!!! To keep up to date with all the latest from the drama department please follow us on Twitter @CrockerdramaGA

YEAR 8

Year 8’s have embarked on important individual journeys this year and it’s been a pleasure to see them grow. To celebrate their contributions to the tutor group this year each tutor nominated students for recognition, and the two students who reached the highest number of achievement points across the year were awarded prizes. Congratulations to all winners and well done to all those who have put in lots of effort this year. Year 9 will be an important year of choices and changes, so I hope they relax and enjoy the summer before returning prepared for action! 8B: Mr Maguire Top achievement points: 8A: Miss Lines Most enthusiastic: Cadan Boys: Toby Stewart (1271 points) Most enthusiastic: Callum Hemming Haskins Girls: Aimee Broady (1146 points) Most helpful: Lakeisha Hawkins Most helpful: Elli-Mai Southern 8C: Mrs Haddon Most reliable: Bobbie-Jo Spencer and Tiana Lodge Most enthusiastic: Martin Mua Most improved: Logan Mabbett Most reliable: Toby Stewart Most helpful: Samuel Badzo Most improved: Atlantis Croker Most reliable: Julia Dabrowska 8D: Mr Dart Most enthusiastic – Ikram Most improved: Caleb Palmer 8F: Miss Jackson Farooq Most Enthusiastic: Bae West Star student: Matthew Hall Most helpful – Naomi Most Helpful: Elijah Gardner 8E: Mr Wheatley Iroboinose Most Reliable: Taylor Brammer Most enthusiastic: Anita Most reliable – Favour Most Improved: Alfie Young Gurgulova Edogiewere Most helpful: Mason Star Student: Diana Mesbahi Amarasinghe Most Improved – Antwan Smith Most reliable: Stanislav Yordinov Star Student – Tyler Major Most improved: Jake Jefferies Star student: Aimee Broady Reminder: End of Term Friday 19th July 2019 Start of Term Wednesday 4th September—Year 7 & 11 Thursday 5th September—All year groups Term Dates 2019 Term Start Finish 1 Wednesday 4th Sept 2019 Friday 25th Oct 2019

2 Monday 4th Nov 2019 Friday 20th December 2019

Uniform Expectations

Boys Girls Black blazer with School Logo Black blazer with School Logo Black jumper with red trim (optional) Black cardigan with red trim or black jumper Plain white shirt with red trim (optional) Tie (clip on or normal) Plain white blouse Trousers– black Trousers – black or grey Shoes – black (no trainers, daps, boots or Skirts – knee length, black or grey pleated alternative footwear) Tie (clip on or normal) Socks/tights – should be worn in keeping with the uniform  Hair – no extreme hairstyles (final decision by Gloucester Academy)

Equipment: Please arrive ready to start your lesson no later than 8.40am, with full equipment. New School timings for September 2019 8.45. – 9.10.am Tutor 9.10. – 10.05.am Lesson 1 10.05 – 11.00.am Lesson 2 11.00 – 11.20.am Break 11.20. – 12.15.pm Lesson 3 12.15. – 1.10.pm Lesson 4 1.10. – 1.45.pm Lunch 1.45 – 2.05.pm Read 2.05 – 3.05.pm Lesson 5