Former Student Returns to Tell of How He Exceeded His Potential
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The official newspaper of The Axholme Academy. Produced in partnership with the Lincoln School of Journalism and Mortons Print, Lincolnshire’s only independent newspaper printer. January 2016 NEWS The official newspaper of The Axholme Academy. Produced in partnership with the Lincoln School of Journalism and AXMortons Print, Lincolnshire’s only independent newspaper printer. February 2015 Mr Fisher’s success story Former student By Eve Jones returns to tell of the past he has turned down businesses because the peo- ple who were running them weren’t reaching their full potential. how he exceeded Graham did an assembly for KS3 in the morning; I asked two Y9 students what their thoughts were about him after the assembly. Megan Hornsby said “He seemed his potential like a very inspirational man who has clearly achieved a lot Former student Graham Fisher came back to the in his life and it’s nice to know he went to our school!” Then I asked Lewis Fowles about his views of Mr school to tell us about what he does now. Fisher and he said, “The assembly was an interesting eye Graham attended the school 40 years ago and since opener and the message that I got was that if you work leaving he has made himself very successful! His visit was hard at school you can do anything and it’s great to know part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week; this is held someone who attended our school was so successful!” from the 16-22 November and it aims to inspire people Whilst visiting the school he also said about what he does everywhere through local, national and global activities to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. in KS4 Complementary studies to Y10 and Y11. After completing school, Graham entered into a full Headteacher, Mr Sellars, told us he had invited Mr GEC Technical Apprenticeship, obtaining HND (A Higher Fisher along. National Diploma) in Electrical and Mechanical Engineer- When asked how the students will benefit from hear- ing. The apprenticeship involved Production, Technical, ing about Mr Fisher’s job? Mr Sellars said: “I hope they will Finance, Purchasing and Sales & Marketing. After leaving be inspired to consider just what you can achieve from this Apprenticeship he took role as junior buyer and then working hard and how you might start your own business eventually became corporate buyer within Monsanto and be hugely successful. To hear that someone who went Corporation. to your own school had become so successful must be Then he moved to the other side of the commercial very inspirational. fence as sales manager, eventually becoming group sales “He met staff and did a Key Stage 3 assembly then he director. He is now an Entrepreneur and the Chairman for spent the rest of the day meeting and working with key Investors in a number of businesses such as NB food, Ela drinks and stage 4 students.” Genie CCTV and an advisor to the board of a number of “He is a really pleasant, enthusiastic man. You can tell he other businesses including Power Snooker and The You is very ambitious and someone who believes that you can Pupils - and Club. achieve anything if you apply yourself. As he says, working Along with the desire to be in control of his own des- hard makes your own luck. He really enjoyed his day and the new form tiny, he wanted to become an Entrepreneur because he has offered to return and do some business activities with was excited to be involved with things and work with a group of students.” people that he thought were good workers which would He bases his work down in London, lives in Grantham leaders, see progress the business further. but regularly travels internationally. Graham said that he His speciality is helping companies optimise their po- was very fortunate that he can do what he wants when tential by modelling the businesses including, routes to he wants and not be on a strict schedule. He described pages 8&9 markets, processes, funding and helping to make them his job as exciting and fun and he wishes he had started choose the best solution within their target markets. In his job earlier. The Axholme Academy AX News Time for Super Summer School Third year for programme Summer School has been running successfully for three years and all the By Daniel Jackson Pupils prac- children who have attended have been very ticing circus satisfied. Summer School is a programme to skills ensure that kids have friends and confidence There were also visits to Lincoln Castle, Pleasure so that when they go to The Axholme Island, Yorkshire Wildlife Park and the Yorkshire Academy they will have a head start. Summer Sculpture Park. School takes place at The Axholme Academy at This is what some of the students had to say beginning of the 6 week summer holidays and about their time in summer school consists of visits out of school and fun activities Kian Entwistle Y7: ‘’ I loved making the pizzas in school. Only certain Year 6 students are invited because I had never made them before.’’ to attend Summer School as it helps them to Tyler Adams Y7: ‘’ I liked baking the muffins communicate with others more easily, learn new and it was pretty easy and only took 15 minutes skills and make friends more easily. to bake I would rate this ten out of ten. ‘’ Mrs Gwyther, Mrs Carter and Mrs Childs Jacob Clarkson Y8 ‘’When I went to summer organise Summer School and other teachers school I enjoyed going to Pleasure Island and I such as Mrs Parkinson, Mrs Wright, Miss Collins and Miss Whiting help throughout the event. think it was a ten out of ten and I didn’t dislike Each day there are a variety of activities such anything . ‘’ as Circus skills, sport activities, baking muffins Howard added that his three favourites were and cooking pizzas as well as many other fun ‘’ I like cooking pizza because it was cool and the activities such as oil painting and sculpturing. Sculpture and Wildlife park were awesome.” Brilliant Basketball Students strike lucky on bowling trip Team A consisted of Daniel Jackson, Jacob Clarkson, Brandon McClurey, William Kelly, By Bronwyn Hardcastle By Daniel Jackson Tobias Crow Kyle Chapman Team B consists of Oliver Smith Daniel On the 9th December, The Axholme Acad- Chapman Riley Southern Mitch bailey- Finnegan KS3 students took a trip to the bowling al- emy took part in a basketball tournament at Cameron Tuplin and Aaron Smith. ley in Scunthorpe for the end of term trip. Melior Community Academy. It started at 3:00 pm and we got back at The trip took place on 16th December and This was a pool tournament, with the top 6:30pm. Jacob said “It was good and everyone only 70 students from KS3 were able to go. two teams being invited to attend the finals night got on and I would like to go again”. So it was a race to get a spot for the trip. later in the year. The Axholme Academy played Miss Downs , Miss Harrison and Mrs Burdett Mr Wayte arranged the outing. Some teach- against The Vale Academy, Melior Community worked hard organising this event and it came ers also attended to keep a watch on the Academy and Winterton Community Academy. out as a total success although they only won 2 students. As a result of Axholme having a big team we matches between both teams they gave it their All of the 70 students who attended were ex- made 2 smaller teams, Axholme ‘A’ and Axholme best, with Axholme ‘A’ coming 4th and Axholme cited to go bowling and ready to have some fun ‘B’. ‘B’ coming 5th overall. with their friends. They were also ready to win Left - William Allen & Ashley Werrett some games. Bring on the competition! Once Above - Jessica Lazenby, Georgia at the bowling alley they separated into groups Richardson & Louisa Cross with their friends to play their games of bowl- Schools join together for ing. Mr Thompson played a game as well as the students. The other teachers that attended didn’t was when I was bowling and talking to friends play bowling. Drinks and food at the bowling al- Consortium newspaper ley proved to be very popular too! and also having a laugh with them.” At the end of the trip everyone went back to I also asked Todd and what he thought about The Consortium newspaper consisted the school where their parents would then pick the bowling trip and how it was. Todd said “I en- of seven schools that belong to the North By Daniel Jackson them up and take them home. If they lived some- joyed bowling because it was fun and I got to Lincolnshire Education Consortium (NLEC). where far away from school and their parents The schools which took part were The Axholme couldn’t pick them up the mini buses took them. hang out with my friends. What I enjoyed the Academy, North Lindsey College, Winterton Leggott College, Frederick Gough School, and I asked Ellie what she thought about the bowl- most was having fun bowling and talking to my Community Academy, Huntcliff School, John St Bedes’ Catholic Voluntary Academy. The ing trip and how it was. Ellie said “The best part friends.” NLEC offers an exciting programme of joint enrichment activity and inter school projects and the newspaper was one example of this. Eve Jones, Caitlyn Edwards, Daisy Butler, Megan Hornsby and Lewis Vipurs all in Year 9 prepared articles in advance such as Takeover Day, Dahlicious Day, Remembrance Day and many other exciting activities.