Haywood News 1 8/7/15 17:14 Page 1 The SUMMER 2015 Students excited about the City Learning Trust’s Awards’ Evening at the Victoria Hall. VIPs celebrate amazing ROLE MODELS THE City Learning Trust’s very first Stoke-on-Trent North MP Joan Walley Awards’ Evening which welcomed VIPs, and inspiring campaigner Dame Julia students, parents and staff from across Cleverdon who were all astounded by the five schools, took place at the historic successes of our young people. Victoria Hall. Chief Executive, Carl Ward commented The evening celebrated the that the students were “fantastic role achievements and successes of over 200 models and should be very proud of young people and shared stories of themselves”. He said he hoped the awards personal triumph and exceptional talent. evening inspired students to “strive for Joining the celebrations were Port Vale success, seize the opportunities they are FC Chairman Norman Smurthwaite, former offered, and achieve their dreams”. Tel: 01782 853535 www.haywoodacademy.coop Haywood News 2 8/7/15 17:16 Page 1 Intrepid ski stars beat icy slopes INTREPID Haywood students travelled to Montgenevre in France for a ski trip at Easter. The band of 40 were a credit to the school throughout the seven day trip where they battled heavy fog, snow blizzards and icy conditions on a daily THE Leavers Celebration was a basis. Students soon mastered parallel great end to a fantastic year for our turns whilst traversing and by the end of Prom is year 11s. After months of hard work the visit students were attempting blue they let their hair down and partied runs, with some groups even completing hailed hard into the night at Keele Hall. red and black runs to a high standard. A big thank you to all the staff All had a great time and will no doubt as ‘best and students for making it our most remember this visit for a long time. Thank successful event to date. More you to all who attended for making the ski photos on the school website. trip so memorable. ever’ High flyers try Spelling out their hands at solving tough SUCCESS maths testers MATHS teacher Mr HAYWOOD Academy’s all female team ‘Spell Scribe’ Paterson took a group of have spent the last nine months developing a product students to a Mathematics to help literacy in Schools. lecture at Staffordshire They designed a pen that uses micro processors University. and kinetic sensors to correct misspelt words, telling This involved solving users via sound and vibration. complex mathematical OLEDs are then used to tell the user of the correct problems and calculations spelling. involving projectiles. This won the KMF Young Engineer Best Gadget Students worked on the Award. mathematics behind Talented trio off The award, held at the Britannia Stadium, was throwing a javelin and how chosen and presented by Jason Bradbury from the scientists were able to land to visit top Uni Channel Five Gadget Show. a probe on a comet. Our picture shows Hosna Shams, Emma Year 10 students were THREE Able and Talented students from Cummings and Rebecca Pennell, all from Year 10. able to participate in Haywood Academy had the opportunity to degree level mathematical experience a day at Warwick University. Year problems and impressed 9 students Will Bentley, Georgia Louisa and lecturers with their hard Milly Robinson participated (photographed work and enthusiasm. above). They experienced lectures from a University Professor, experienced a business tutorial and had a full Campus tour. Evan scoops Students enjoyed the experience and it will help them when considering University learner award choices in the future. EVAN Pettitt in Year 8 was Mr Bailee arranged the trip as part of the the most improved reader Able and Talented programme and a DFE in his form last half term. University awareness initiative. He has shown a Mr Hargreaves, the Academy Careers considerable improvement Development Advisor, gave a glowing report in his desire to read and on the visit and how well the students has now read nearly 90000 contributed on the day. words. Well done Evan. 2 THE HAYWOOD NEWS Haywood News 3 8/7/15 17:19 Page 1 Abby Gaitley pictured with her winning design. Abby’s idea blossoms into garden brand ROOT ’n’ Fruit is a community allotment project which links up businesses and people from the community to help them learn about, grow and use fruit and veg. Study groups enjoy They also donate the produce free of charge to people in the local community who would benefit from receiving it. At the start of the school year LITERARY WALK Haywood Academy students were asked to design a logo and a ON the 19th & 20th May, Year 7 students competition was run with year nine from Haywood Academy and Year 5 and GCSE art students. The winning Year 6 pupils from Mill Hill Academy took design would be made into a logo part in a literary event, organised by Mrs by Steelite’s designers – to make it O’Dea, Head of English at Haywood. useable on mugs, letterheads, Mrs O’Dea worked alongside the posters and Facebook. Arnold Bennett Society and Steelite International would also representatives from the Art School in create a limited run of mugs with Burslem to put on a carousel of activities the winning logo on them, which including a walking tour of the Bursley would be sold to raise proceeds for Trail, a literary treasure hunt and an art the Root ’N’ Fruit Project. activity. The students completed their day Abby Gaitley’s eye catching with a creative design was chosen as the winner. writing lesson. The prize included a guided tour of Some of the the Steelite International factory creative writing and a visit to their design studio. articles Abby saw each stage of the produced were displayed at the production process and met the ‘Hot Air Literary Festival’ at the designer who transferred her Emma Bridgewater factory on the design onto the mug. Finally, Abby 12th June, where the winners was presented with the framed were presented with awards by artwork of her original design and Emma Bridgewater herself and her mug. famous author Andy McNab. Welcome to Haywood Academy Augmented Reality (AR) 1 2 3 Download our free app to your smartphone or tablet and bring Point your device at Haywood Academy publications the photos where you to life using the power of a new see the AR content technology called Augmented logo pictured Reality (AR). above – and wait Open the app with for the To access bonus content in a simple tap. surprise. this issue follow these Download the Haywood AR app Double tap for instructions: from the App Store (Apple) or a full-screen. Google Play (Android). Augmented Reality services by THE HAYWOOD NEWS 3 Haywood News 4-5 8/7/15 17:39 Page 1 Fun day for our leavers School A lively Leavers’ Assembly was hosted bids fond in the Hall by Progress Leader Miss Billington. Students were reminded of past accolades and events within their farewell to five years as part of Haywood Academy and enjoyed a presentation favourites of photographs depicting their lives over the past five years. WE say farewell to: Students were given humorous Gill Bentley: Gill has awards and every form tutor recorded worked at the school for a a farewell video message. total of 36 years, joining as It was a wonderful a newly qualified English celebration of their teacher, becoming a efforts so far and we look valuable member of a team forward to seeing them in which she eventually, jointly September at our Sixth Form! led, as Head of Department. During that time countless students have benefited from her talents as an excellent practitioner. During Success with her teaching career she taught Drama, some History employers as well as English and was also Head of Year. DURING this term, many of our Gill took a break from Year 11 students met teaching but soon returned employers for interviews for to Haywood in the guise of work-based learning Mentor which in turn placements and experienced a developed into English job interview. Local youngsters given a Mentor. Her skills in teaching The students performed well, reading and literacy have representing the Academy, and helped many Year 7 this culminated in excellent students. We wish her a feedback from the companies happy and enjoyable involved: retirement. ■ Chris Lawley from the NHS TASTE OF ‘BIG SCHOOL’ said that students were really Val Dundas also enthusiastic and worked well INCE the start of the summer Later in the term Year 5 will be run wild when retires this term, from on team building. term, Haywood has welcomed studying Shakespeare and Year 4 will be selecting names her post as Learning ■ Alex Hope, Director of Schildren from Smallthorne, Mill Hill, making an American themed video as for their Support Manager. Stoke-on-Trent-based Jackfield Infants, Moorpark Junior, part of their Dare to Dream Topic. characters. Val has worked at training and recruitment Holden Lane, Sneyd Green and Smallthorne have once again been June was a Haywood for 16 years specialist Qommunicate said Newford. Sessions on offer, ensures taking advantage of the Science facilities busy month at and during that time built their student was really there is something for everyone. here at Haywood. Year 4 have been Haywood. Year 6 a strong dedicated team confident and well prepared. Year 1 children from Holden Lane working on their Electricity Topic. Later in children from several of people with a mission to Most students have now made gingerbread cookies based on the summer term, Year 3 will have a primary schools put achievement at the secured work-based learning their Hansel and Gretel Topic, where they chocolate experience.