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Saints Advocate Advocate Vol 3 No 3 February 2012 AllAll Saints Advocate Advocate Vol 3 No 3 February 2012 ALL SAINTS ACADEMY FROM THE PRINCIPAL School Improvement Sixth Form Open Evening Last week saw the Government’s publication Our Sixth Form Open Evening on 25 January was of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 examination extremely well attended and we are looking forward to results for 2011 and I was delighted that our biggest Sixth Form since becoming an Academy. I our 37% EM shows a significant was really pleased with the standard of dress that the improvement on the previous year. Comparing All Sixth Form displayed at the Open Evening. As you Saints with other academies which opened at the same know, all our Sixth Form students are required to wear time, we are doing very well indeed. Visitors to the business dress and this is proving to be a positive move. Academy still remark how calm and friendly the Long may it continue. Thanks to all those who attended atmosphere is and Governors have reminded me that this the Open Evening and for all those involved in ensuring calmness comes from a complete belief on behalf of the the event was a success. I also appreciate the feedback staff in what we are trying to achieve at All Saints. We several parents have given me so far. We are looking know we are not the finished article but we will work forward to a smooth lead in to a September start. tirelessly to become Outstanding. For 2012 we are predicting a 5 A*-C EM figure of 51% and similarly a 5 A*- Climate for Learning C figure of 82%. These are indeed massive improvements I have been so impressed with students’ punctuality on the 22% and 29% respectively of the Predecessor recently. As you know, warning bells are sounded five School. minutes before the end of break and before the end of lunch so that students can arrive to lessons in good Since opening in September 2009 we have radically time. I have been amazed how students arrive at their changed the curriculum, improved the quality of Teaching next class/assembly on time and how calm and and Learning, and provided exciting opportunities for all purposeful they are in doing so. Attendance is at its our students. As you know, some staff have left and we highest level since opening and my frequent visits to have worked tirelessly to remove barriers to learning in classrooms show that your children are happy, hard the classroom. In addition to that, intervention has been working and engaged. If I had a criticism, it would be massive and where necessary we have changed courses that some students are late in the morning which completely or indeed introduced new courses. This has results in time lost sitting a detention. Whilst I am not been without its challenges but is proving very cautious about students leaving and arriving at the successful. Academy at the start and end of the school day, I am very pleased that the vast majority of our children travel Your children, our students, advise me that they feel safe to and from the Academy in good order and in a safe at the Academy, that they enjoy school, and that we fashion. As we head now into half-term, I should like to tackle bullying where it occurs seriously and without thank you our parents/carers for your contribution to hesitation. I am particularly impressed with Maths your children’s education. We are indeed writing results; already 49% of our Year 11s have a grade C in history and we are very excited about the future. Maths which is a big improvement on last year. I can’t wait to get the results in August! (Cont’d) www.allsaintsacademydunstable.org FROM THE PRINCIPAL (continued from front page) We have now completed tours of the new Academy building for Years 9, 10 and 11 and we are looking forward to taking our Sixth Form for a visit shortly after half-term. Almost without exception, students are amazed at the new facilities. The classrooms are large, there is a huge amount of natural light, and there is a lot of (unbreakable!) glass. No doubt the bills for the window cleaner will be high! A particular feature of the new building, apart from the large classrooms, is the space in the corridors and indeed the high ceilings. As you know, there will be seven ICT labs, a Media Studio with 15 MAC computers, a Music Workshop with 15 MAC computers, and magnificent rooms for Art, Textiles and Food Technology. On entry to the building, the spacious Hub, together with its futuristic, galleried stairway and landing, is a most impressive welcome to the new Academy. Directly opposite on arrival in the Hub is the Chaplaincy and the Garden of Reflection. Quite central to the Hub is a Drama Studio with a retractable wall and in close proximity a huge Dance Studio complete with mirrors and appropriate sound equipment. Students are pleased that the Dance Studio has its own changing facilities! The 8 Science labs are really impressive and the Maths Lecture Theatre is particularly unique. The LRC (Library) together with its 30 computers is in a prominent position and the Sixth Formers are looking forward to their own Common Room. The building whilst not complete already has the Wow factor and Year 11 students in particular are asking what the fees will be to use the fitness suite located on the ground floor. They will be even more amazed when they see the quality of the flood-lit all weather pitch. 11 - 18 Application Our application to become an 11-18 Academy is nearing its final stages and my understanding is that it has just been sent to the Secretary of State. I am confident, as much as I can be, that All Saints will have students from Years 7 and 8 in its building shortly, though I cannot yet suggest what the timescale might be. Having been to five Lower School open meetings concerning a wish to change their age range to Primary, I know there is support for Lower Schools keeping their children for an extra two years until the end of Year 6. In addition, at all of these meetings, it has been proposed that students then feed into All Saints in Year 7 aged 11. How wonderful this would be, to have the continuity of students for five years. In so doing we would completely re-write the curriculum for Years 7 and 8, we would be able to have early intervention across a number of subjects, and we could put even further emphasis on developing students’ literacy skills at an earlier age. More news as soon as I have it. Tom Waterworth Principal www.allsaintsacademydunstable.org NEWS FROM KS4 We have, once again, been very busy doing all we can in order to prepare our young people for the imminent GCSE exams. Our focus has been very much on Literacy and Exam Techniques. As the GCSE papers get harder and it is more difficult for our students to achieve Grade C and above, we have implemented Vocabulary Booklets which explain what an examiner is looking for if, for example, an exam question uses words like “explain” or “describe”. It is important that young people enjoy reading and with this in mind every student in Years 10 and 11 completed a questionnaire telling us what books they would like to read. Mrs Roberts, Curriculum Leader – Communications, then ordered the books they told us they wanted to read. We have introduced a new Reading Test and also have a Learning Mentor working solely on Literacy support. Many of the Year 11 students received their Maths GCSE results from November and we are pleased to say that the results are very encouraging. We are very excited about the August 2012 results and I am sure that this year there will be celebrations all round. All KS4 students continue working and improving on their Controlled Assessments in many subjects. However, as I’ve said before, our students not only work hard, but they play hard as well!! Most nights the Dance and Drama Studios are alive with noise as students prepare for our latest show, and if I look out onto the field or look into the Sports Hall balls are being kicked, thrown and batted as the students compete in a variety of Sports with our neighbouring schools. Finally, preparations for the Year 11 Prom are now in full swing and a record number of students are attending. So, here we are, the final few weeks for our Year 11 students as they prepare to embark on the next stage of their education. We very much look forward to welcoming them back into our Sixth Form in our new building, with all the high tech facilities it will bring. Alison Spicer Achievement Leader KS4 COACHING FOR SUCCESS Toe by Toe All students studying the Toe by Toe programme have shown measurable improvements on their personal literacy levels. The programme is intense but offers the opportunity for students to improve their literacy levels quickly due to the repetitive nature of the programme, so well done to all of those currently involved. A massive well done and thank you must also be given to the Sixth Form mentor volunteers who have enabled these students to achieve these results. Without their hard work and dedication the programme would not be able to run here at the Academy. Life Coach Mentoring Those Sixth Form students wanting to become mentors to students in lower years are currently undergoing training to become a mentor to those in the Academy who need a brother/sister type role model.
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