Haughton News Summer 2018 Academy start ,me Dear Parents, Carers & Friends of Haughton Academy, Everyday starts at 8.50am prompt. At As we approach the end of this academic year, we bid farewell to our Year this Ame, pupils are expected to be in 11 pupils who are progressing to study at college, have gained their tutor base or assembly. Pupils apprenAceships or have secured jobs in their chosen field. Our Year 11 arriving aer this Ame will be marked pupils have worked extremely hard this year and I hope that they achieve as late. the grades they deserve. Uniform at Haughton Academy GCSE results day is Thursday 23 August - Year 11 can collect their results from 10.00am and Year 10 from 10.30am. Pupils are expected to wear black It has been a very busy last half term with many opportuniAes for pupils to trousers or one of the two approved take part in visits, concerts and events in the academy. This half term has skirts, along with their black blazer, also seen a record number of pupils being rewarded for following white shirt, Ae (clip on for Years 7 to Haughton Academy’s on-Ame, on-side and on-task. These have included 10 and tradiAonal for Year 11) and trips to Alton Towers, Flamingo Land, pizza lunches and weekly prizes. black leather school shoes. Thank you During 2018/19 we will be expanding our work even further to ensure we for your conAnued support. are recognising the pupils who are constantly giving 100% effort to be the very best they can be during school life. Start of the 2018-2019 Academic Year We held our second annual Celebraon Evenings - Year 7 & 8 on Haughton Academy re-opens for the Wednesday 4 July and Years 9 & 10 on Thursday 12 July. It was a great 2018-19 acdemic year on Wednesday pleasure to see so many parents/carers there to support and celebrate the 5 September 2018. successes of, not only their own children, but all our pupils. Our guest speaker, Chris Cook, Olympic swimmer and moAvaonal speaker and Ian Year 6 Open Evening Rose, Paralympic Judo athlete delivered inspiraonal and amusing talks on how they made it at the Olympic Games. The Year 6 Open Evening for prospecve Year 7 pupils for Haughton Academy strives constantly to deliver the best possible September 2019 entry will be held on transiAon for Year 6 pupils and we have run a number of programmes and Monday 17 September 2018. acAviAes both here at the academy and in primary schools. I thoroughly enjoyed the transiAon week for those Year 6 pupils joining us in HPV Vaccinaons September. The week was a huge success and I personally enjoyed teaching every new pupils a basic, introductory table tennis lesson in the The HPV vaccinaons for Year 8 girls Sports Hall (see photo below). will be held on Friday 21 September 2018. At Haughton Academy, we take great pride in how we present ourselves around the site and in the wider community, including uniform. Can I Year 7 Coffee & Cake Evening please ask that you take the opportunity over the summer holiday to purchase any new items of uniform or equipment your child may need. The Year 7 Coffee & Cake Evening will I hope you have a relaxing summer, and I look forward to seeing our pupils be held on Tuesday 2 October 2018. return to the Academy on Wednesday 5 September 2018, refreshed and The Ame and date will be confirmed in ready to learn. September 2018. Very best wishes Year 11 Coffee & Cake Evening Jonathan Lumb The Year 11 Coffee & Cake Evening will be held on Wednesday 17 October Principal of Haughton Academy 2018. The me and date will be confirmed in September 2018. Remembrance Day Parade The annual Remembrance Day Parade will be held on Friday 9 November 2018. Haughton Academy on social media Haughton Academy is on FaceBook so why not use social media to keep yourself regularly updated with our exciAng, educaonal opportunAes. Our website (www.educaonvillage.org.uk) and the Haughton Academy app is also crammed full of informaon about life at Haughton Academy so why not have a look today? London Marathon On Sunday 24 April 2018, Señor Hornsby took part in the Elite Championship Race at the 2018 London Marathon, alongside the likes of Mo Farah. On the hogest London Marathon day on record, with temperatures at 23C, Señor Hornsby finished the 26.2 mile course in 273rd place in 2 hours 44 minutes. Señor Hornsby said aerwards ‘I was just pleased to complete the distance, which I had never run before. I was already suffering badly at the half way mark and had developed painful blisters on the soles of both feet. However, I just told myself to keep pung one foot in front of the other and tried to block out the pain. The marathon is a real test of your physical and mental resilience, a bit like the new GCSE exams! I would strongly urge pupils at Haughton Academy to enter the London Marathon in the future as it is a very rewarding experience.’ Señor Hornsby has again qualified for the race in London in 2019 and has his sights set on a top 50 finish. Purple Summer On Friday 15 June 2018 staff and pupils from across Haughton Academy took part in Darlington Borough Council’s ‘Purple Summer Day’, with the aim to raise awareness of Child Sexual Exploitaon (CSE) and child abuse. All pupils were shown a CSE presentaon in tutor groups of what CSE means, what signs to look out for and how to keep themselves safe. There are key staff members in school for pupils to report any concerns; Mrs Gill, Mrs Gregg and Laura Wilson (Counsellor). All pupils were encouraged to bring an extra purple item to school and staff were asked to wear purple. All pupils contributed towards our ‘Stop CSE’ campaign where pupils were encouraged to write down the signs of CSE and what to do if they suspect themselves or others to be a vicAm of CSE. We have proudly displayed these in the Village Street. Thank you to each pupil and member of staff who got involved. Bullying Mentors A group of 15 Haughton Academy pupils ranging from Year 7 to 10 aended the Diana Award AnA-Bullying Ambassador training at Whickham School on Wednesday 2 May 2018. These pupils now have the skills and knowledge to effecAvely tackle bullying off and on-line and will build a successful anA- bullying campaign within school. They have already met on three occasions and will conAnue to deliver drop-in sessions over lunchAmes and ‘mentor’ idenAfied pupils. North East Book Awards Year 7 pupils from Haughton Academy have been busy reading and judging the shortlisted books for this year’s north East Book Award, which is now in its 13th year. More than 25 schools from across the whole of the north East region regularly sign up to read, discuss, debate and ulAmately vote for their winner. Each year the shortlist is carefully chosen by a team of school librarians and past student judges to offer something for everyone and to help pupils to break out of their reading comfort zone and try somethimg new. The highlight of each year’s award process is the announcement event at the Centre for Life in newcastle when all the young people gather together to meet the shortlisted authors and to hear first-hand about their ideas, inspiraon and wriAng experience. The Haughton judges aended the announcement event on the evening of Monday 18 June 2018 and ‘A Place Called Perfect’ by Helena Duggan was pronounced the winner of this year’s award. Two of our pupils, Gagandeep Bura and Aimee Cassidy, were thrilled to be chosen to introduce one of the shortlisted authors, Emma Carroll, at the event. Liz Million Visits Haughton Academy Pupils from Year 7 and 8 were nominated by their teachers to aend a reward session, with illustrator, Liz Million on Monday 18 June 2018. Pupils were chosen for their effort and hard work in English and Accelerated Reader during this school year and spent a lovely aernoon gaining some great sketching ps and learning how to draw cartoon characters. The Big Stch On admiring the Art displays around school, I thought it would be nice to have something in the Science corridor and came up with the idea of a sAtched Periodic Table. To do this myself would take months so aer Easter I asked for volunteers. To my great appreciaon, people from the whole Haughton community came forward to help with the project and I am pleased to say it will be finished this term. Stascs There are 110 squares each consisAng of 400 sAtches! Each square took on average an hour and a half to sAtch then the element details were sAtched on. Including the Atles there are approximately 54 641 sAtches! Quotes from the S,tchers “I find it very relaxing.” “It’s so frustrang especially when it knots.” “It’s addicAve.” “I did some while my hair was being coloured.” “I do it while watching telly.” “I sAtch in the garden.” “I do it in bed.” “I do it while my children have swimming lessons.” I’d also like to say a big thank you to the following people for their Ame and effort, I’m sure you’ll agree it was all worth it when you see the final product. Pupils: Lewis Bogomley, Lewis Bradley, Carys Davies, Charlie Dobbing, Ka,e KaeWbuakan (major sAtcher), Elisha McVay, Allana McKenzie, Maddie Morse, Megan Woods and Paige Young.