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ZZZRUPLVWRQYLFWRU\DFDGHP\FRXN| Follow us @ VictoryAcad 3 July 2014 Victory Flag: Summer Costessey Fete Green Flag Award On 21st May 2014, achieved the Green Flag status by Eco Schoolss for the second time. This was DQDZDUGWRUHÀHFWWKHHQWLUH Academy's work throughout the last two years in which every student has played a part.

On bank holiday Monday, 26th May, myself and Mrs Curson On the day our assessor visited, she was VictorVictoryy Academy has taken part and planned various events to SDUWLFXODUO\LPSUHVVHGZLWKKRZHPEHGGHGRXUZRUNKDV achieve this status; this includes the Fit For Your Future / Climate took ten of our newly appointed Student Ambassadors to help EHFRPHPRVWRIRXUDFWLRQSODQKDVFRPHIURPZRUNRXWVLGH 5XQ$SSOH'D\DQG(DUWK+RXU:HKDYHDOVRLQWURGXFHGDQHZ at the Costessey Parish Fete. RIWKH(FR&RXQFLO recycling centre near the student entrance where students are 7KHDVVHVVRUHQMR\HGWKHWRXURIWKH$FDGHP\HVSHFLDOO\YLHZLQJ DEOHWRUHF\FOHDQ\WKLQJIURPSDSHUWRSHQV:HDOVRSUHVHQWHG the wildlife garden and our new orchard! On the day she also our form litter picking rota, where one form goes out every week All of our students were keen to support their local community 2XUQHZ$PEDVVDGRUVGH¿QLWHO\HDUQHGWKHLUVWULSHVDQG got to see one of the Performing Arts exams, which had a nature WRSLFNXSDVPXFKOLWWHUDVSRVVLEOHLQWKHDWWHPSWWREHWKHEHVW DQGIXOO\WKUHZWKHPVHOYHVLQWRDQ\WDVNWKDWWKH\ZHUHJLYHQ DOWKRXJKWKH\ZRUNHGKDUGWKH\DOOHQMR\HGWKHPVHOYHVWRR7KH WKHPH:HDOVRJRWWRVKRZKHURQHRIWKHPDLQSURMHFWVRYHUWKH IRUPDWWKHHQGRI\HDU7KHDVVHVVRUZDVVRSOHDVHGWRVHHKRZ 'HVSLWHWKHKRWZHDWKHUWKH\DOOZRUNHGLQFUHGLEO\KDUGVHWWLQJ Victory spirit was clearly evident throughout the event, even when ODVWWZR\HDUVWKH&RPHQLXV3URMHFW VWXGHQWOHGWKH(FR&RXQFLOKDVEHFRPHHVSHFLDOO\ZLWKDODUJH RXWFKDLUVWLUHOHVVO\VHUYLQJWHDDQGFR̆HHLQDVZHOWHULQJNLWFKHQ arms got tired from hours of waving cars past and pouring tea! 7KLVZDVDWZR\HDULQWHUQDWLRQDOVFKRROSURMHFWOLQNLQJXVWR QXPEHURIVWXGHQWVSRVWLQJWKHLULGHDVLQWKHVXJJHVWLRQER[ DQGGLUHFWLQJWUḊFLQDQGRXWRIWKHFDUSDUNV UHJXODUO\ 7KHIHWHZDVEULOOLDQWO\ZHOORUJDQLVHGE\WKHSDULVKFRXQFLO VFKRROVLQ)UDQFH*HUPDQ\,WDO\DQG6SDLQ7KHSURMHFWZDV It was also fantastic to see so many of our other students helping DQGDOOWKHYROXQWHHUVDQGZDVUHDOO\ZHOODWWHQGHG2XUVWXGHQWV OHGE\0UV%XUQVDQG0UV*DUGLQHUZLWKWKHKHOSRISUHYLRXV In the future, the Eco-Council plans on concentrating on out on various stalls and with competitions for other organisations ZHUHDQDEVROXWHFUHGLWWRERWKWKHPVHOYHVDQGWKH$FDGHP\DQG Year 10 - 13 students researching how eco-friendly we are 7UDQVSRUWDQG:DWHUVHFWLRQVRIWKHDVVHVVPHQWRXUDVVHVVRU WKDWWKH\DUHLQYROYHGZLWKLQWKHZLGHUFRPPXQLW\ we would like to thank them for so generously giving up their time LQWKHZRUNSODFH gave us a range of contacts to support in creating even more links WRSOD\VXFKDJUHDWSDUWLQWKHLUORFDOFRPPXQLW\%\'U$OOHQ EHWZHHQWKH$FDGHP\DQGORFDOEXVLQHVVHV:HORRNIRUZDUGWR À\LQJRXU*UHHQ)ODJIRUHYHUE\-DPLH7KRPSVRQ

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Organiser of the concert, Mrs Curson said: “A fantastic evening was had by all and a total of £364.00 was raised towards the Kenya Fund and a bucket collection raised £95.15 towards Niamh’s fund. I would like to say a massive thank you to Taverham Band and to our performances and to the audience that supported them.”

Other singing performers from Victory included: Chloe Watret, Emma Greenwood, Tia Carey-Smith, Katherine Mussett, Brooke Martin, Jorgie Giddings, Amelia Singing & Performing Together /DQGOHV(ULFND

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The changing of the PDWKHPDWLFV)URPDVWDWLVWLFDOSRLQWRI +DOIWHUPVDZDQXPEHURIVWXGHQWVIURP view, this will mean raising the percentage GL̆HUHQW\HDUJURXSVDWWHQGLQJVFKRROWR academic year will of students gaining Cs and As at GCSE WDNHSDUWLQYDULRXVUHYLVLRQVHVVLRQV Victory's see the beginning and increasing the proportion of students We also welcomed Pet-Xi, a specialist making three and four levels of progress of a new era within educational company who ran a four day IURP.H\6WDJH)URPDVWXGHQW¶V intensive mathematics course, centered SHUVSHFWLYHLWLVDERXWUHFHLYLQJLQWHQVLYH Artistic Ormiston Victory RQWKHXSFRPLQJH[DPLQDWLRQV7ZHQW\ Academy’s Mathematics support; accessing an extended curriculum one students took advantage of this DW.H\6WDJHWKDWHQDEOHVWKHPWRJDLQ opportunity, working hard and applying Department. DGGLWLRQDOUHOHYDQWTXDOL¿FDWLRQVDVZHOODV themselves to a week of fast paced, focused Talent GCSE mathematics; through to enrichment By Mr Driver - Vice Principal UHYLVLRQ7KH3HW;LWHDPZHUHKXJHO\ for the most gifted mathematicians and LPSUHVVHGE\WKHDWWLWXGHDQGFRPPLWPHQW At the end of June, we RIDOOWKRVHLQYROYHG7KDQN\RXWRWKHP Victory Mathematics DQGZHOOGRQHWRDOOWKRVHVWXGHQWV were delighted to host 6LQFH(DVWHUWKH$FDGHP\KDVEHHQRSHQ Victory’s annual Art RQ6DWXUGD\VERWKIRUVWD̆OHGUHYLVLRQ RSSRUWXQLWLHVWRJRWRWKHEHVWXQLYHUVLWLHV VHVVLRQVDQGDVDTXLHWSODFHIRUVWXGHQWVWR Exhibition in the hall. Given the transformation of the Academy’s FRPHDQGVWXG\2QWKHWK-XQH

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14 Follow us @ VictoryAcad | www.ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk www.ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk | Follow us @ VictoryAcad 15 July 2014 Victory Flag: Summer School Analyst Competition 2014 Working A team of Chemistry AS students 6HULRXVO\WKRXJKWKHVWXGHQWVDFTXLWWHGWKHPVHOYHVVXSHUEO\ Lunches 7KH\ZRUNHGVDIHO\DVDWHDPDQGZHUHIDVWLGLRXVDERXW recently attended the Royal Society doing the experiments correctly and answering the associated At Ormiston Victory TXHVWLRQVDQGFKHFNLQJHDFKRWKHU¶VZRUN7KH\GLGQ¶WFRPHLQ Academy we ensure our of Chemistry Schools Analyst WKH¿UVWWKUHHRIWKHFRPSHWLWLRQEXWLWGLGQ¶WPDWWHUEHFDXVH Competition at the University of they were winners in the true sense of the word, in that their careers information is practical and team working skills had improved immensely objective, relevant and East Anglia on the 29th April. E\0U9DQ5DDOWH IURPRQO\DFRXSOHRIPRQWKVHDUOLHULQWKH\HDU accessible. As part of a new 7KHFRPSHWLWLRQZDVIRUWKHZKROHRIWKH(DVWRI(QJODQG DQGLQFOXGHGDVWDWHVFKRROZKLFKUHJXODUO\KDV2[EULGJH So well done Matthew, Liam and initiative this year we have attendees from their Sixth Form and included many private Sam, you represented yourselves started running working VFKRROV2XUWHDPRI0DWWKHZ%DUWOH6DP+XQWHUDQG/LDP lunches. The programme 7XFNHUZHUHUHDG\DQGSUHSDUHGIRUWKHFKDOOHQJH,QGHHG and Ormiston Victory Academy 6DP+XQWHUKDGEHHQVODYLQJODWHDWQLJKWUHVHDUFKLQJVRPH is aimed to inspire and RIWKHFKHPLFDOWKHRUHWLFDOWHFKQLTXHVWREHXVHGLQWKH with pride. motivate students about FRPSHWLWLRQ7KHWHDPZHUH FKRPSLQJDWWKHELW RQWKHZD\ E\0UV%DOHQWLQH WRWKHFRPSHWLWLRQDQGUHDG\WRVROYHDQ\SUREOHP their future. 7KHVWXGHQWVNQHZLWZDVJRLQJWREHDJRRGGD\ A range of professionals from a wide variety of employment visit the Academy to talk to the students in an informal setting, whilst 2QFHWKHVWXGHQWVZHUHLQSRVLWLRQDWWKHEHQFKIRUWKH WKH\HDWWKHLUOXQFK6WXGHQWIHHGEDFNKDVEHHQH[WUHPHO\SRVLWLYH FRPSHWLWLRQWKH\ZHUHFRROFDOPDQGIRFXVHG7KH\KDG DVWKH\JHWWRDVNTXHVWLRQVWKDWFDQQRWEHUHVHDUFKHGHOVHZKHUH WKUHHH[SHULPHQWVWRGRFLWULFDFLGE\DFLGEDVHWLWUDWLRQ TXDQWLWDWLQJSDUDFHWDPROLQSDUDFHWDPROWDEOHWVXVLQJ89 6L[WK)RUP7DVWHUV YLVLEOHVSHFWURSKRWRPHWU\DQGFD̆HLQHTXDQWLWDWLRQLQ¿OWHU Sessions: FR̆HHE\+3/&DQDO\VLV7KHWLWOHVPD\KDYHSXWVRPHVWXGHQWV Year 11 students R̆EXWQRWRXUEDQGRIPHUU\PHQ7KH\RUJDQLVHGWKHPVHOYHV have enjoyed a showed great attention to detail and managed to complete all week of sessions at DQGOHVVRQVDW6L[WK)RUPLVOLNH6WXGHQWVWKRURXJKO\HQMR\HGWKH WKUHHH[SHULPHQWVLQWKHDOORWWHGWLPH7KHUHZDVQREUHDNDJHRI Ormiston Victory to experience, which helped them decide what they wanted to study glassware, yes Matthew was there, and their attention to Health demonstrate what life DQGWRFRQ¿UPWKDWWKH6L[WK)RUPLVWKHULJKWFKRLFHIRUWKHP DQG6DIHW\ZDVH[HPSODU\

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Miss Shorten, Mr Timm and Mr Crane took a group of talented athletes to the UEA for the Annual District Athletics earlier in the month.

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Finally the warm 7KLVHQULFKPHQWFOXEKDVSURYHGKXJHO\ weather has arrived successful with everyone involved and KDVEHHQDIDQWDVWLFRSSRUWXQLW\IRUWKH and the sun has Academies students, and something that is UDUHO\R̆HUHGLQVFKRROVSRUWV'XHWRWKH come out, and this KLJKGHPDQGWREHLQYROYHGLQWKHFOXEWKH has proved to be the PE department has organised a full day's ZDWHUVNLLQJRQ7KXUVGD\UG-XO\ZKLFK start of some exciting HQDEOHGSXSLOVZKRKDYHQ¶W\HWKDG WKHFKDQFHWRKDYHDJRJHWWKHLUFKDQFH new enrichment 'DWHVKDYHDOUHDG\EHHQERRNHGIRUWKH opportunities being QH[WDFDGHPLF\HDUVRWKDWWKLVFOXEFDQ FRQWLQXHORQJLQWRWKHIXWXUH R̆HUHGE\WKH9LFWRU\ PE Department. Every Monday afternoon the Academy By Miss Shorten KDVEHHQJLYLQJOXFN\SXSLOVWKHFKDQFH to try something new and exciting in the Swimming 7HDFKHURI6SRUWDQG+HDOWK form of water-ski lessons at Norwich The third block of swimming has :DWHUVNL&OXE MXVW¿QLVKHGZLWKVRPHDPD]LQJ :LWKFRDFKLQJEHLQJGHOLYHUHGE\WKH Academy’s two former water-skiing swimming performances. champions, the two Miss Shortens, the 7KHJLUOVDOOVZDPVRZHOOIRUWKHLUGLVWDQFHVZLP.DWLH'XQQLQJ VWXGHQWVKDYHEHHQDEOHWRPDNHKXJH VZDPDQLPSUHVVLYHPEHDULQJLQPLQGVKHKDVRQO\OHDUQW amounts of progress in a relatively WRVZLPSURSHUO\LQWKHODVWVL[ZHHNV:HKDYHQRZFRPSOHWHG VKRUWWLPH ZHHNVDWWKH8($6SRUWVSDUNDQG,KDYHVHHQVRPHKXJH 7KHVWXGHQWVEHJLQWKHLUOHVVRQVE\ LPSURYHPHQWVLQWKHVZLPPLQJDELOLW\RIDOOSXSLOVZKRKDYH OHDUQLQJWRVNLRQDERRPDWWDFKHGWRD WDNHQSDUW9LFWRU\VZLPPLQJKDVEHHQDKXJHVXFFHVV ERDWLQRUGHUWRKHOSWKHPOHDUQWKHEDVLFV ,I\RXZRXOGOLNHWRFRPHWRVZLPPLQJOHVVRQVLQ6HSWHPEHU DQGPDVWHUJHWWLQJXSRQWKHZDWHUEHIRUH SOHDVHVLJQXSZLWKWKH3('HSDUWPHQW Keep Swimming… PRYLQJWRWKHORQJOLQHR̆WKHEDFNRIWKH

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Queen's Hill Sports Day %\0U7LPP On Tuesday 13th May we took six students On Tuesday 10th June Mr Timm took ten students from Year 9 and 10 to WR%DUIRUG¿VKLQJODNHVWRWDNHSDUWLQ Fishing Queen's Hill Primary to help run their sports day. in the annual sports partnership angling %\0U7LPP ,QWKHPRUQLQJDOO.H\6WDJHSXSLOVWRRNSDUWLQWZHOYHGL̆HUHQWHYHQWV competition which involved 42 other VXFKDVSHQDOW\VKRRWRXWHJJDQGVSRRQDQGEHDQEDJWKURZDQGLWZDVRXU VWXGHQWVUROHWRVFRUHṘFLDWHDQGHQFRXUDJHVWXGHQWVRQDJLYHQHYHQWZKLFK SXSLOVIURPVHYHQGL̆HUHQWVFKRROV WKH\ZHUHYHU\JRRGDW

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WheelchairArchery Basketball 4XHHQ V+LOO6SRUWV'D\ We are Sailing By Mr Bliss 6QRZ6NLLQJ Taster Day :DWHU6NL&OXE Monday the 28th April saw the second of July 2014 | Summer Victory Academy’s ‘Sports Taster Days’. Following on from the hugely successful %\0U7LPP Wheelchair Basketball Day which ran earlier Football Festival in the year, the PE department organised for the pupils to have a day of archery lessons. 7KHGD\ZDVGHOLYHUHGE\ 7KHVWXGHQWVORYHGWKHVHVVLRQVWKH\ZHUHLQYROYHGLQZLWK local archery coaches from PDQ\JLYLQJ5RELQ+RRGDQG:LOOLDP7HOODUXQIRUWKHLUPRQH\ ‘Feathers and Fletchings’ who SURYLQJWREHQDWXUDOVDWWKHVSRUW7KHVWXGHQWVZHUHHYHQ GHOLYHUHG¿YHKRXUVHVVLRQV WUHDWHGWRVRPH¿HUFHFRPSHWLWLRQEHWZHHQ0LVV3DOPHUDQG0U throughout the day to 'ULYHUZLWK0U'ULYHUUXQQLQJRXWYLFWRULRXV GL̆HUHQWJURXSVRIVWXGHQWV $VZLWKDOORIWKHDPD]LQJRSSRUWXQLWLHVEHLQJR̆HUHGE\WKH3( ZLWKLQWKHDFDGHP\7KLV 7KHJLUOVHVSHFLDOO\HQMR\HGSOD\LQJLQWKHLQÀDWDEOHSLWFKWKH\ department, this year the students were exceptional throughout On Wednesday 18th June 16 year was a fantastic opportunity competed against each other in a small game and were all very the day and proved, yet again, what a credit to the academy for the students to have a go 7-9 girls attended the FA Girls HQWKXVLDVWLF0DQ\RIWKHJLUOVKDGWKHLUKDLUEUDLGHGDQGIDFH WKH\DUH7KH3(GHSDUWPHQWKDYHDOUHDG\VWDUWHGSODQQLQJ at something that many of painted in the interactive indoor area; their faces were painted in some more exciting opportunities for next year and are looking Football Festival at the FDC. This them had only seen in the UHODWLRQWRDFRXQWU\LQWKH:RUOG&XS IRUZDUGWRVHHLQJZKDWRXUSXSLOVFDQWXUQWKHLUKDQGVWRQH[W 2O\PSLFV day was co-ordinated in order to $OVRLQWKLVDUHDWKHUHZHUHRSSRUWXQLWLHVWR¿QGRXWLQIRUPDWLRQ try and get more girls involved DERXWORFDOIRRWEDOOFOXEV:LWKLQWKH :HPEOH\ DUHDWKHUHZHUH target scoring and an activity that measured how fast you can This was a fantastic in football. NLFNDEDOOUHDFWLRQWLPHDFWLYLWLHVDQGDIUHHVW\OHUZKRVKRZHG WKHJLUOVKRZWRSHUIRUPWULFNVDQGVNLOOVZLWKDEDOO$OOWKHJLUOV 'L̆HUHQWDFWLYLWLHVZHUHVHWXSRYHUWKH)'&WKHVHLQFOXGHG opportunity for the students ZHUHYHU\NHHQWROHDUQQHZVNLOOVZLWKWKHEDOO IRRWEDOOVNLOOVIRRWEDOOPDVKXSUHIHUHHLQJIRRWEDOOLQDQ to have a go at something LQÀDWDEOHSLWFKDQGDQLQWHUDFWLYHDUHD7KHJLUOVVSHQWDURXQG 7KHUHZDVDOVRDQRSSRUWXQLW\IRUWKHJLUOVWRKDYHSLFWXUHV that many of them had only PLQXWHVRQHDFKDFWLYLW\ DQGKDYHSKRWRVVLJQHGE\WZRSURIHVVLRQDOIHPDOHIRRWEDOOHUV Overall it was a really good day that all the girls thoroughly ,QWKHIRRWEDOOVNLOOVDUHDWKHJLUOVZHUHFKDOOHQJHGZLWKPDNLQJ seen in the Olympics. HQMR\HG/XFNLO\WKHZHDWKHUVWD\HGGU\WKURXJKRXWWKHGD\ WKHLURZQJDPHVZLWKDOLPLWHGDPRXQWRIHTXLSPHQW,QWKH as well! IRRWEDOOPDVKXSDUHDWKHJLUOVSOD\HGDJDPHVLPLODUWRKDQGEDOO ZKLFKVORZO\LQFRUSRUDWHGIRRWEDOOVNLOOV,QWKLVDUHD.DWLH 'XQQLQJZRQDIRRWEDOOIRU ([FHOOHQW*DPH3OD\  7KHJLUOVOHDUQHGDERXWUHIHUHHLQJZKDWZDVFRQVLGHUHGR̆VLGH DQGZKDWZDVFRQVLGHUHGD\HOORZFDUGRUUHGFDUGR̆HQFH7KH\ received whistles to use when demonstrating to each other how WKH\ZRXOGVHQGDSOD\HUR̆WKLVHQGHGXSEHLQJYHU\ORXG

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