Longfield Academy Newsletter

Dear parents/carers, Diary

We live in challenging times and the recent events in Manchester  Monday 5th June are an example of this. Such indiscriminate violence that targeted so many young people, presents particular challenges for schools Danish students visit Longfield communities.  Wednesday 14th June

What we need to remember and focus on, are the acts of heroism New intake evening and kindness that were as a result of what happened and help us remember what makes us human.  Wednesday 21st June

Sports day I see these acts of kindness every day with our students, caring for friends, opening doors, helping to carry equipment for staff or a  Tuesday 27th June smile with a simple "Good Morning" - these do not go unnoticed and I am always proud of our students, their understanding of Year 12 Debt Free Degree Event different communities and tolerance of the views of others. As an academy and as a community we will always build on values  Friday 30th June that support this. Post 16 prom

The exam season has truly started with our Year 11 and Post 16  Wednesday 5th July students sitting crucial life changing exams. Their focus and determination to do well is admirable and I am looking forward to Art Exhibition 6pm-8pm sharing their joy on results days in the summer.  Thursday 6th July

As always there are some nerves and anticipation around this time, Year 6 taster day and our fantastic staff, having done the academic hard work with the students, continue to show their empathy and care to support all  Thursday 13th July our students in this stressful time. I am sure as parents you will Careers Convention for Year 10 want to thank them for all they have done and continue to do.  Monday 17th July—Friday 21st I hope you enjoy the newsletter and reading about the exciting events of the term. Year 10 Work Experience

 Monday 17th July—Friday 21st

Downe trip Alex O’Donnell Principal  Friday 21st July End of module 6

Attendance results

The college trophy winner of April goes to GALILEO!

April

Anderson 94.37

Galileo 94.79 Matisse 94.67

Winning Tutor Groups of the Month Attendance

M01/DMA 96.92 Matisse S01/JHT 97.92 Spectrum A11/FFE 96.68 Anderson G03/SKE 100 Galileo

Reporting your child’s absence

The parents / carers of any children who are absent must notify the Academy before 9am by calling 01474 700700 and choosing: Option 1: Student absence.

Press 1 for Anderson students Press 2 for Matisse students Press 3 for Galileo students Press 4 for Post 16 students

Please leave a message stating your child’s full name, year group, reason for absence, nature of illness and expected return date.

You can email: [email protected] Punctuality

Punctuality at School at Punctuality

pay within 42 days. pay within 42 on the penalty notices are £60 for those who pay within 28 days; and £120 for those within who andfor £120 28 who days; for thosepay £60 notices are onthe penalty section 444A of the Education Act 1996 or section 103 of the or 103EducationInspections section Act sectionthe Education of 444A Act the and1996 of stated amounts The KentCounty notice with Council. penaltyby a 2006 served be and can for an unauthorised family holiday. By doing so, parents commit an offence either under either offence an commit parents doing holiday. By so, family unauthorised for an Academy power to issue penalty notices to those parents who take their childof outtheir school who parentspenaltyto take those Academy notices to power issue We would like to remind all parents that The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Notices) Educationthat (Penalty all The toparents We would like remind the 2012 gives on September 1st force into came (Amendment) which 2012 Regulations

chances. community. Research has found that students who miss just 17 sessions (either am or am (either just sessions who17 miss found students that has community. Research theirlife future affect could turn in which their in grade exams, drop willa in pm) year a likely to achieve well and more likely to take part in healthy, enjoyable activities the in enjoyable likelyhealthy, in part take to more likelywell and achieve to Good school attendance shows potential employers that a young person is reliable, more isperson reliable, young a employers that potential shows Good school attendance

those who frequently miss school or who miss school for an extended period fall behind behind fall period extended for an school who or miss whoschool thosefrequently miss well examinations. in less do inwork and their Evidence shows that students who attend school regularly achieve well. Not surprisingly, surprisingly, Not well. achieve regularly school who attend students that Evidence shows detention on the day of lateness. day ondetention of the Any student arriving after 9am or are regularly late after 8:40 will be given time a break be given 8:40 will after or late after 9am regularly Anyarriving are student plenty of time. Students should be in school for lesson 1 that starts atthat 8:40am. 1 starts lesson infor shouldbe school plenty Students of time. Please help your child to be on time by setting the alarm earlier they in ensure and leave the earlier alarm be by setting to Pleasehelpon time child your this is likely to happen to us all but all to often the same students are late onregular students latebasis. a are to sameoften the all to usbut all to happen thislikely is These are just some of the reasons students provide for their lateness. Every nowthen and Every their provide lateness. for of the Thesesome arereasons students just Running late...alarm didn’t go off….my sister made me late...stuck behind traffic…. late...stuck made sister me off….my Runninggo didn’t late...alarm Trips

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Please ask Miss Charles or Mr Gevaert for more more information. for Mr Gevaert or Charles Miss ask Please In September 2017, we will also launch a new trip to Normandy for KS3 and KS4 French students. students. French KS4 and KS3 for Normandy to trip a new also launch will we 2017, September In

college to pick up a letter. up pick to college 2017). If you would like more information on the trip, please speak to Miss Charles in Galileo Galileo in Charles Miss to please speak trip, the on more information like would you 2017). If The trip is being offered to our Year 9 and 10 students who have chosen Spanish (from September September (from Spanish chosen who have students 10 9 and Year to our offered being is The trip We are organising a language and culture trip to Barcelona, Spain at the beginning of March 2018. 2018. March of beginning the at Spain Barcelona, to trip culture and a language organising We are air.’ ‘I liked seeing the cars as they weird and energy saving meaning saving nopollution and weird inenergy the as they ‘I liked the seeing cars ‘I also enjoyed watching energy efficienttrack.’ speed racethe energy across cars ‘I also watching enjoyed

can make energy by doing friends. every things like walking and playing games with ‘I enjoyed it because me and my friends learnt a lot of cool stuff such as, that we Here is what our students had to say about the trip: the about Here say our is what had to students

interventions that could change the way live forbetter. we the way the change could interventions that Students Students were able to see where the world’s energy comes from and some bright ideas that could take us to a lower

Students spent the day at low the Olympic Park looking at how we can make a

USA Skiing Trip

Killington Trip Killington

out the trip. out the All of the students were a credit to their parents and Longfield Academy through-Academy Longfield parents their and a to ofAll credit the students were Statue of Liberty and strolled through central park. and central through Statue strolled Liberty of the top of the Empire State building, jumped on the city line the to cruise the city boat on building, Empire Statejumped theof the top After 5 days we left Killington for New York, whilst there we took in the views from took the views whilst for we left York, there in KillingtonAfter we days New 5 and trails that Killington had to offer. had to that andtrails Killington had left the beginners slopes and were making their way around the many around runs their way the making slopesand beginnershad were the left apart from their dry slope lessons here in Kent. Within students allthe of days 2 slope Kent. in here lessons dry theirapartfrom We had with us a very much beginners group with 39 that had never skied before, skied before, 39 had never that with group beginners much us a very with Wehad Academy to USA to take on the beast of the east skiing in Killington. east inof Killington. the beast take on the skiing to to Academy USA During the Easter half term we took a group of 47 students from Longfield Longfield from 47 of a took the students group term we During Easter half Poetry

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Poetry Day Day Poetry

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with the students who were great Ambassadors for Longfield Academy. for Longfield Ambassadors great were who students the with Miss Williams (Head of Literacy) and Mrs Desforges (LRC Manager) were very impressed very were Manager) (LRC Desforges Mrs and WilliamsLiteracy) of (Head Miss be full of fun and not dull and boring as it is sometimes perceived. sometimes it is as boring and dull not fun and full of be you can write poetry about absolutely anything from ‘Ketchup’ to ‘Dads’ and that poetry can can that poetry and ‘Dads’ to from ‘Ketchup’ anything absolutely about poetry can write you participation. audience lots of with of poems his several performed Neal Porcupine’ and have had it signed. had have and Porcupine’ a Sit on to Not Fine ‘It’s book latest Neal’s purchase to chose the students Some of excellent attitude and performance in their English lessons and work. and lessons their English in performance and attitude excellent behaviour, good their for reward a as teachers their English by chosen were students The Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Wilmington Academy, Dartford Grammar School for School Grammar Dartford Academy, Wilmington for Boys, School Grammar Wilmington Academy. Strood and School forHolmesdale Boys, School Grammar Dartford Girls, We were lucky to share this experience with Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, Girls, for School Wilmington Grammar with experience this share to lucky We were poet Neal Zetter. poet Neal opportunity to go to Wilmington Grammar School for Girls to see a performance from the from the performance a to see Girls for School Wilmington Grammar to go to opportunity On Tuesday 16th May 2017, 13 of our hardest working Year 7 students were given the the given were 7 students Year working hardest our of 2017, 13 May 16th Tuesday On

Google Virtual Reality

A few weeks ago, Years 7 and 8 along with some Year 9 and 10 students received the opportunity to experience a Google virtual reality expedition. Each year group looked at content related to their current humanities and geography course as well as other exciting places.

Year 7 and 8 got to experience Brazil, The Galapagos Islands, Volcanoes, outer space and Underwater ecosystems. The students in Year 10 used the VR equipment to look at pictures of Rio. That has allowed them to get a more in depth and detailed look at the different zones of Rio and how their differ; crafting a better GoogleTrip Field understanding of the issues that they were studying.

The students in Year 9 looked at different aspects of physical geography such as: volcanoes, rivers and space. This allowed them to learn different structures and

facts in an enjoyable and creative way.

The experience was a success and students enjoyed themselves throughout! Parent Voice us/ -

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parents The information can be found on the website:found on the be The can information your son/daughter at home theiryourat with studies. son/daughter each subject. We have also added some resources that you may find helpful of supporting of supporting thathelpful may find you resources added some eachalso have subject. We please to provide parents/carers with Key Stage 3 (Years 7 & 8) Programmes of Study for for Programmes of Study (Years& 8) 3 7 Key Stage with parents/carers pleaseto provide As a result of parent voice feedback at the Year 8 consultation event in Module 4, we are 4, we in consultationModule event the at8 Year feedback As of parent voice a result further improve what we doat Academy. further Longfield we improve what Working with the parents and carers of our students enables us to seek solutions to to us to seek solutions ofour students and parents enables carers Workingthe with If your child has lost any items over the last few terms, can you please get get please you can terms, few last the over items any lost has child your If cloakroom. the in Connolly see Mrs and go to them your child has their name in their clothing so we can return it to them. them. to it return can sowe clothing their in name their has child your students are forgetting to collect their belongings. Please can you make sure sure make you can Please belongings. their collect to forgetting are students We have an increasing amount of lost property held in the cloakroom, cloakroom, the in held property oflost amount increasing an have We Matisse Fundraising Day

Our charity day this year was in aid of Kent Search and Rescue, the team who helped to find Jack Morrisson, a student of ours who unfortunately passed away last December. KSAR respond regularly to call-outs throughout the year, and are run solely by volunteers.

Students were incredibly enthusiastic on the day of the fundraising. Not only did we have a non-uniform day, but KS3 tutor groups also ran stalls: a very wide range! From ‘Chill-out rooms,’ to Sweet Stalls, from Tombola to Beat the Keeper, an enormous amount of money was raised at break and lunchtime.

On the Thursday, our Post 16 music students put on a performance in the Matisse Gallery, raising over £32 in donations.

The total amount raised for Kent Search and Rescue is £800, as well as £93

donation for the whole team to come and eat in the Telescope Bistro in June.

Charity Charity Day

Alumni

We are looking for any ex–students that came to Longfield Upper, Axton

Chase or Longfield Academy. We currently have an Alumni of 400 people who attended one of the above schools and are hoping to increase our members further.

If you, or anybody you know, came to the schools please visit the website below to register.

To sign-up please visit: latalumni.org.uk

For more information please contact: [email protected] Rodin Club

Engineering

Watch out for the process on our Twitter feed, @iLongfield.feed, the onour process Twitter Watch for out own projects with Mr Speake and Mr Lyons to present to to Phil. to present and Lyons Mr Mr own Speake projects with The programme continues next module when these budding engineers will their develop engineersbudding these when module The next programme continues both as individuals and working teams.inworking and both as individuals our members to solve real design problems, to ‘think out of the box’ and be competitive box’be of the and out competitive to ‘think design problems, real our to solve members Phil has provided students with a multitude of stimuli to be creative thinkers, inspiring inspiring thinkers, of to be creative providedstimuli a Phil haswith multitude students understanding of understanding of engineering. Engineer Phil Moffitt and Longfield science staff to develop their knowledge and and knowledge develop their scienceand to staff Moffitt Engineer Longfield Phil The Rodin club focus this module has been on science and technology, working with with technology, working and been has moduleon science The focus this club Rodin Can you read a Million Words?

Our Year 7 students can! So far this year 14 of them have. In fact, 3 of them have read over 2 million words!

Our Hall of Fame for our millionaire readers is as follows:-

As at Position 23/05/17 College 1 Daisy Glazebrook 2,405,730 Matisse 2 Billy Lee 2,344,481 Galileo 3 Lianne Hoang 2,121,212 Galileo 4 Hollie Pendrigh 1,777,907 Galileo 5 Kiera Johnson 1,514,929 Galileo

6 Alfie Lynn 1,474,646 Anderson Readers 7 Isaac Harris 1,445,260 Galileo 8 Lewis Crowhurst 1,418,944 Galileo 9 Megan Wilkinson 1,128,544 Matisse 10 Jay Redding 1,126,776 Matisse 11 Mahi Patel 1,056,966 Matisse

12 Ryan Mackway Jones 1,043,825 Matisse

13 Eloise Penney 1,027,808 Anderson 14 Lucia Tourmentin 1,014,245 Matisse

The total numbers of words read for each college is as follows:-

Galileo 24,598,346 words

Matisse 20,853,133 words

Anderson 17,887,036 words

In the academic year 2014/15 we had 3 millionaire readers and in 2015/16 we had 7 millionaire readers, so our current Year 7s are doing amazingly well.

Well Done and Keep Reading. Mentors

Student Mentors Student

Student Support Student

Mrs Peters & Mrs Bannan Mrs & Peters Mrs

Kiera Johnson, Sian Reeves, Lewis Crowhurst & Billy Lee & Billy Crowhurst Lewis Reeves, Sian Johnson, Kiera Galileo

Daisy Glazebrook, Megan Wilkinson, Oliver Low & Archie Tee Archie & Low Oliver Wilkinson, Megan Glazebrook, Daisy Matisse

Bo Parsons, Abbie Lawrence, Alfie Lewis & Caylum Burgess Caylum & Lewis Alfie Lawrence, Abbie Bo Parsons, Anderson

Congratulations go to: go Congratulations

not only for Year 6 but also Longfield Academy. alsoLongfield but 6 Year for only not visits and taster day. We have confidence that they will be positive role models models role be positive will they that confidence have We day. taster visits and We will be putting them to work immediately to help with the Year 6 Transition Transition 6 Year the with help to immediately work to them putting will be We

enthusiastic group to work with. work to group enthusiastic been nominated by staff for this role and we are delighted to have such an an such to have delighted are we and role this for staff by nominated been to our ever growing team at Longfield Academy. The new Year 7 mentors have have mentors 7 Year new The Academy. Longfield at team growing ever our to We have recently recruited and trained a new group of student mentors to add add to mentors student of group a new trained and recruited recently have We PPG Event

to join our 400 strong member- toour join strong 400

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01474 700700 or01474

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ship. promote the network of ex students from Longfield High, Axton Chase and the studentsfromAxton Chase of Longfield High, ex promote network the and people new to Longfield seek new Academy 1970’s from Longfield Academy Business Manager, Lesley McIntosh. This to McIntosh. was Lesley BusinessAcademy Manager, from1970’s Longfield 1960’s and fromthe photographsaold of display school Also event the was at ing talks on this years topic, Medical Emergencies by thedoctors.practice by Emergencies talks Medical ing this topic, on years came.. all that enjoyed by successful was attended event that and well aIt very was tion Group from Kent House Surgery in Longfield. House Kent Surgery fromtion Group On Tuesday 16 May Longfield Academy hosted the AMG forPatient Participa- hosted the the AMG 16 Longfield Tuesday Academy On May # Shareaware

The NSPCC have launched a new campaign to make more young people # Shareaware. Their website is full of ideas to encourage discussion about what people choose to post or share online and gives helpful hints on how to start these discussions in the home. Go to their website at https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-

safe/share-aware/

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After School Clubs

Club Staff Day Time Year Group

Badminton Mr Powell Monday 3:20pm – 4:30pm All Years

Graphics Club Mr Bryan Tuesday 3:30pm-4:30pm All Years

Indoor Football Mr Powell Tuesday 3:20pm-4:30pm All Years

Football (Girls & Boys) Mrs Walden Tuesday 3:30pm-4:30pm All Years

Science Club/ Revision Class/Rodin Mr Lyons Tuesday 3:20pm 4:30pm All Years Club

Mrs Blowers/Mrs Success Lounge/ Homework Club Tuesday 3:20pm - 4:00pm By Invite only McKee

Cooking club (starting 14th June) for Mrs Blackwell Wednesday 2:00pm – 3:00pm Year 7 & 8 only 5 weeks

Mrs Blowers/Mrs Success Lounge/ Homework Club Wednesday 2:00pm- 4:00pm By Invite only McKee

Mrs Blowers/Mrs Success Lounge/ Homework Club Thursday 3:20pm - 4:00pm McKee By Invite only

Warhammer Club Mr Groth/Mr Plummer Thursday 3:30pm-4:45pm All Years

Basketball Mr Gevaert Friday 3:30pm – 4:20pm All Years