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THE Edition Twenty 2012 ACADEMY TIMES NORTH LIVERPOOL ACADEMY Happy New Year to all our readers North Liverpool Academy, Heyworth Street, Liverpool L5 0SQ www.northliverpoolacademy.co.uk Principal: Kay Askew p3 p6 p8 Perfect panto Busy bees at college Girls’ glorious goals Ready, Steady, Read! Haneen’s Luke is elected VIP event Young Lord Mayor We are very proud of Year 9 student, Luke Hargreaves, who has been elected Young Lord Mayor. NLA student, Haneen Luke is one of only eleven students, chosen NLA students are burying themselves in books Awwad, has addressed from all Liverpool schools, to be Young Lord Mayor for this year. His new, prestigious role following a big push to get them reading more. over 300 people at an brings with it great responsibility. Over the event held at the Students in Years 7-8 have been divided into small groups and assigned coming months Luke will have a very full a Learning Support Assistant. They are set fixed reading times Academy. diary; he will be representing North Liverpool throughout the week which means they can get over 4 hours more Academy when attending local council The audience, from the local area and reading time, on top of their RAP (English) lessons. wider afield, were attending a meetings, Liverpool’s School Parliament and thought-provoking evening hosted by other council functions. Parents came on board with the scheme after a successful coffee Liverpool University’s Policy morning in November. Home reading has also been encouraged and, at Provocations. These are a series of Another aspect of being Young Lord Mayor is the a recent review day, parental feedback was very positive. Students discussions which bring together leading honour of wearing the Young Lord Mayor’s chains participate in the intense reading programme for four weeks and, if they figures with international, national and whilst conducting his duties. Well done Luke and pass a final test, they are rewarded and steered onto a more civic perspectives, in order to tackle big good luck over the year! independent reading programme. policy issues. Entitled Inequality: the enemy between us? the event was developed in partnership with NLA and Professor Peter Kinderman, Head of the Academy Come and join us! University’s Institute of Psychology, Health and Society. The evening centred on a talk given by Professor expands Richard Wilkinson, co-founder of the Equality Trust, which presented compelling evidence that more equal FREE COURSE societies do better. The keynote speech was followed by a Please come along and join Question and Answer session at which Haneen spoke very eloquently and forcefully about the role North Liverpool BASIC ENGLISH Academy has played in her life. The audience were also treated to a fantastic and IT musical performance from local group ‘In Harmony’ which includes several North Liverpool Academy Trust is NLA students. On Mondays New reporters have joined our team but any student delighted to announce that they can still be involved in writing for The Academy Times. Pictured is the audience and Haneen with her family. 6.00pm to 8.30pm have been given approval to open Come along to our meetings and you could have your articles read by thousands of a Studio School in September. The people, both in the newspaper and online. New reporters don’t have to be a regular Other courses are available. Please Academy has also been given member of the team - just submit your news stories when you want to contribute. phone for details. approval to open its own Life Sciences University Technical Don’t forget, every time you feature in The Academy Times, your form tutor records this success in your personal file. If any Sixth Formers are looking for a career in College (UTC). journalism then working for your school newspaper is a must! Please see page 6 for more details. Please see Ms Conboy or Ms Barker for full details. p2 THE ACADEMY TIMES A warm welcome NLA’s Open Evening Visitors were introduced to the wide range of educational opportunities The evening was a huge success and gave potential students and that NLA has to offer at Level 3. These include vocational placements, parents the opportunity to look around the Academy at the wonderful applied learning, and traditional academic subjects. Led by student facilities available. Visitors were able to explore the whole school and volunteers, visitors were given tasters of over 35 courses on offer, were treated to a science demonstration, art exhibitions and they could showing that the Academy’s Sixth Form really is ‘a place for everyone’. also watch students working in the film studio. Everyone was extremely impressed with what the Academy and its staff had to offer. An interesting addition this year was a stall with information on the International Baccalaureate, a prestigious education programme that If you missed out on the Open Evening and would like a look around the the Academy hopes to run from September. The ‘IB’ Diploma is a Academy, please contact reception and they will arrange a time for you. well-rounded education programme for 16-19 year olds, a complete alternative to A Levels. Students study six subjects, including English, Maths and a foreign language, in addition to completing community Sixth Form Open Evening work. The programme will add to the vast range of educational The event showcased the talents of North Liverpool Academy’s Sixth opportunities available at NLA. Formers to prospective students and the local community. From dance performances to crime scene investigations, from film editing to Our next Sixth Form Open Evening is on Thursday 23rd February. jamming sessions, our Sixth Formers really showed off the variety of Come along and have a look at what we’ve got to offer! things they could do. Getting to know you! The first day of high school can be a spirits remained high on the long journey. It was definitely a first day daunting prospect for most Year 7s, but to remember. not at North Liverpool Academy. Throughout the residential at Caythorpe Court, the Year 7s took part in a variety of activities. The Centre is close to Sherwood Forest and Their first day involved a trip away! The 250 students and 30 staff set in 65 acres of grounds, with classrooms, a sports hall, playing set out on a journey to Shropshire. However, due to unforeseen fields and a man-made lake. The NLA students enjoyed climbing, circumstances we could not stay at the adventure centre. It had rifling, archery and raft building. The evening disco was also a huge experienced an outbreak of a virus overnight. So, off to Lincoln we hit. Most importantly, they got to know each other as well as all the travelled to an alternative centre. The Year 7s were amazing and staff and many new friendships were formed. Every minute HELP! We want owners counts….. of lost property! Being late and playing truant from =N=JQ school reduces a student’s chances of EAFML= success. ;GMFLK A group of NLA students visited the Justice Centre in Liverpool to see for themselves the effects of >dE^^с>K^d>ZE/E'͊ truancy. 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Items stored for a long worthwhile and an time will be given to charity or used in next year’s Pink and Powerful event as part of a ‘junk to funk’ display where ALÌKFGL;GGDLG:= enlightening experience recycled items are used as part of the fashion event. for the group. It is hoped D9L=>GJK;@GGD that the students will If your child has lost any item, please ask them to check at the student services desk and also to check any pass on the experience classrooms they have used, including PE. With your help we should be able to reduce the amount of unclaimed lost to their peers. property. THE ACADEMY TIMES p3 Real reindeers rush to Academy Santa has visited NLA, arriving with his reindeers in a flurry of snow. It was all part of the Christmas celebrations in the last two days of term. Students were able to earn points in the House competition which pitied McGough, Russell, Patten and Redmond against each other. Activities included a fancy dress Panto Parade challenge and a reindeer hunt throughout the school grounds. It was a chance to get those last few gifts at the Christmas stalls and see the reindeers - a particular highlight of the day. There was a carol concert, with the extremely talented NLA choir getting everyone in the swing of Christmas. Each House also performed Nativity plays which were judged for an overall winner. It was a great end to the term and got the students and staff really excited for Christmas.