Venture Students and So Much More! World Records... Battlefield Visit
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Edition 26: Winter 2019 The Little Shop World of Horrors Show Records... Venture performs and brings the house down Battlefield Visit An adventure through past wars and so Venture Students much more! Return from the voyage of a lifetime www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk Venture Voice is printed on 100% recycled paper | Design, print and artwork by www.fusional.co.uk - Tw: @Fusionators | Fbk: @FusionalDesign www.ormiston.org What’s going on at Venture Academy for 2019 Welcome back from Principal Gilbert – Barnham P3 100th Anniversary Poppy Commemorations P14 On behalf of the local governing body P4 Careers Fair '18 P15 Gresham's Scholar Update P4 Author's visit: Alex Scorrow P16 Christmas Fayre P5 Shoebox Appeal & In the Spotlight P17 CiN'18 & Macmillion cake sale P6 The Little Shop of Horrors P18 - 19 68th Festival of Carols P7 Tallships - Lifetime sailing trip P20 - 21 Graduation Evening P8 - 9 Venture Netball Team Success P22 Battlefield trip review 2018 P10-11 Venture Sports round-up and Diary Dates P23 - 24 Three minutes, 231 double hi-fives and... P12 - 13 Keep up-to-date and follow us @OrmistonVenture from twitter.com Welcome to 2019! Its the last year of the decade so let's make it something special! It all depends on perspective. The way we see it at Venture is this is an opportunity to do something extraordinary. This is our 10th year and when you look around you can see the belief and confidence of so many young people in themselves and our academy. We have seen students excel in so many ways, look through the pages of this Venture Voice and it is easy to see. We are proud of our community and love the opportunity to help so many on to exciting futures. Our challenge, and we are committed to making it happen, is to continue to make Venture a better place every year. The journey doesn't stop. The ride keeps getting ever more exciting. And our focus on ensuring the best for every child remains our key priority. I want to thank everyone in our community and beyond who have helped make Venture the place it is today. Get ready for another exciting year and you can keep keep up to date with everything happening at Venture throughout 2019 and beyond on our brand new website! Launching very soon Simon Gilbert-Barnham - Principal www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk @OrmistonVenture 3 Students had been busy selling raffle tickets with top prizes including a Play Station 4 (kindly donated by CEX On behalf of our local governing body, Christmas Fayre – Complete Entertainment Exchange) and an Echo dot. The beginning of a new year is always a good time to reflect, They decorated stalls, made sweet treats and prepped The Union of Venture Students (UVS) donned hot chocolates ready for the rest of the Academy and and as we start 2019 I’ve been looking at all the remarkable elf, reindeer and even a Santa costume today the community. The community really did snap up the successes of Venture since I first became a governor in 2011. tombola prizes and commented on how colourful and all in aid of the Christmas fayre. dynamic the UVS students were. In that time, some of the highlights for me have been: As a governor, I sometimes • achieving an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating struggle to keep up-to- The sweet treats, mock tails and Christmas themed date on the countless games went down a storm as students got their faces • becoming a teaching school activities, initiatives and painted and sung along to Christmas favourites belted • opening some fantastic new buildings other ‘ventures’ taking out by the student-led radio station – Venture Vibe. • seeing the Union of Venture Students grow to take on place at Venture. This Vinny unsurprisingly, was the most popular person an important role in Academy leadership; and is testament to the staff for festive photographs once again! • the class of 2018 achieving the 3rd highest progress and students at Venture The choir and orchestra (The Venture Vivace) amazed amongst all secondary schools in Norfolk. who are always seeking to the audiences with their festive renditions led by improve and eager to innovate, These are just a few of Venture’s achievements in the awesome pair - Mrs Clayton and find new and better ways to achieve more. that time – a comprehensive list would fill several Mrs Ditcham. editions of the Venture Voice. As we look to 2019 (and beyond), governors are The fayre was jointly organized by the looking forward to seeing the list of Venture’s year 9 GCSE Events Operations group and Gwen Gillett – Governor successes grow even further both in the classroom the UVS with some help from the Parents and in the community. For example, the #iWill and Friends Association (a special On behalf of all students, staff and project will see Venture build even stronger links mention of thanks extends to governors we would like to express with the local community while building on the many Mrs Green and Mrs Coleman for their our thanks to Gwen Gillett. charitable activities Venture is already involved in. support and work with the tombola She has been a true champion of and raffle!) our values and helped our academy I look forward become an integral part of the local community. It is with the greatest of to seeing what thanks that we wish her all the very best. 2019 holds, Joe Vice-chairParrot of governors Her ambition now: Warfare Scholar update Officer - controlling offensive & I had a very interesting meeting with Tiah-Paige yesterday, defensive action on-board. whose future is now becoming much clearer. Tiah-P went She is, also, of course, on a record number of CCF courses over the summer: a Petty Officer. 1. Diving. With 3 weeks left of the term I was told, by a At the moment she's on a B in very worried, Navy Commander (Staff) that he didn't English (but lost her holiday Venture's To really embrace this time of year, think TP would get her 200m swimming qualification 3000 word essay when she students were encouraged to wear - a requirement for the course - & wanted me to get failed to back it up. their Christmas themed tops for a small her to withdraw. Apparently, one morning, she went Un-recoverable but she's writing FESTIVE donation of tinned and packaged foods, to her swim training session & she just could swim! a better one, bit at a time) which is ear marked for 2 local food She loved the course, Portsmouth, & has a Navy Diving C in Chem & D in Maths. banks – just another example of the qualification in Ocean diving to 20m. Much happier in Maths now, Helpers students at Venture supporting those understands UVI work but still 2. Round Scotland sailing. 7 cadets & 2 instructors less fortunate than themselves. sailed round Scotland. TP now has a Competent Crew struggling with LVI work. Assistant Principal Mr McInally qualification. In the middle of House Music commented that: 3. Band Camp. Dartmouth this time. Very disciplined but rehearsals, which is crazy. TP loved it. In charge of the cymbals. is in all 3 elements: Part-song, “ The students have worked Instrumental & Unison (which is On these trips she quizzed the baby personnel & went collaboratively and enthusiastically an ABBA song & she's already to the Services Careers Office in Norwich & she's joining got her costume! to bring this fayre to life. I can’t the Navy. Officer level, 70 UCAS points (I've told her I'll thank the community enough for batter her if she doesn't get more than that - she will). TP is still loving her time there but is having a 'down week'.Can't praise the Gresham's support systems enough, their support and kind donations They've suggested a Gap Year, working with charitable towards the food banks and or humanitarian projects. Gresham's will help her source though. She also has friends that she goes to for a hug. those but she's considering contacting the Tall Ships Trust She's keeping an eye on Tyler, but she's never seen her also the Academy. to see if they'll take her on. without a smile on her face, so reckons she's getting on well. We are already looking forwards www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk www.ormistonventureacademy.co.uk to topping this next year!” 4 @OrmistonVenture @OrmistonVenture 5 Ormiston Venture Academy, in Gorleston, Festival were delighted to celebrate the BBC’s th Children in Need appeal on of Carols CiN/'18Friday 16 November. 68 Students donned non-uniform for the day at the The GYSMA 68th Festival of Carols took academy, which is sponsored by Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT). With the corridors adorned with the place on 4th and 5th December at Great appeal’s vibrant colours, students were invited to Yarmouth Minster. The change of venue donate towards the charity, which supports over 2,400 this year allowed perfect acoustics in projects for children facing a range of disadvantages including poverty, abuse or disability. order to showcase the talents of Whose idea Venture students. was this? A Pie the Teacher ‘popularity’ contest drew hundreds of students to watch eventual ‘winner’ Mr Scotney get Maxwell Pring, Year 7, was given the honour of pied in the playground, whilst the Year 11 basketball opening the concerts with a solo verse in ‘Once team also took on staff members in a match which in Royal David’s City.’ Head Boy, Harry Young did ended in a closely contested draw - with students an amazing job in accompanying the junior choir Aref and Olly scoring most of the points.