Longfield Academy Newsleer Diary Thursday 23rd Feb KS4 Opons and Informaon Evening Monday 27th Feb - 3rd March P16 Slapton Leigh trip Thursday 2nd March - 5th March Madrid trip Wednesday 8th March Literacy tea party Thursday 9th March 4pm-7pm Year 10 Consultaon Evening Friday 17th March Year 9 trip to Ypres Wednesday 22nd March Year 8 Denmark trip Thursday 23rd March 7pm-9:30pm School Producon Friday 24th March 7pm-9:30pm School Producon Friday 31st March End of Term The term immediately following Christmas is always a time when we look forward to new things. With the onset of spring, all the new bulbs start to push through to flower and the Academy is bright with daffodils. It is also a time for resolutions to be upheld and fresh starts. I know that our year 11 students have come back with a purposeful and focussed approach to learning in preparation for the important exams ahead. We are confident that despite all the changes that have been put in place to courses and examinations, Longfield will once again help to develop confident, successful and resilient young adults. This has never been demonstrated more so than the excellent news that we received earlier this month regarding the Post 16 perfor- mance. I am immensely proud to announce that we have been identi- fied in the top 10 schools in Kent as making the most progress at A Level. This includes all the grammar and private schools in Kent. I am sure you will agree this is an excellent achievement and reflects not just the hard work undertaken at Post 16 level, but the work that starts as soon as students join us in Year 7. We have, as always welcomed a number of visitors to the Academy. The Telescope remains as popular as ever, with many visitors com- ing to enjoy the fantastic food and see Longfield life go on around them. I often have comments from guests talking about the calm and quiet atmosphere. This was also supported when we welcomed Bill Stoneham, a former Ofsted inspector, who undertook a review of be- haviour and safety at the Academy. The following quote sums up his visit: "A striking feature of the Academy is how quiet it is...there is a very high standard of behaviour in all year groups. Considerable work has been undertaken on establishing high expectations & standards". Safeguarding is always of the highest priority at Longfield, and we were pleased to welcome Helen Windiate, formerly a member of the Safeguarding Team at KCC. Again, her feedback was extremely positive and we were pleased with the final report. It remains for me to wish you a restful half term. I know that many year 11 students will be using their break to attend additional sessions to boost and secure their learning as the exam season approaches. "The highest possible priority is given to the wellbeing of students, the Principal and senior team are fully committed to maintaining a caring, safe, respectful and positive learning environment". (Helen Windiate, Safeguarding review. January 2017) Principal, Alex O’Donnell
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Longfield Academy Newsletter
Diary
Thursday 23rd Feb
KS4 Options and Information Evening
Monday 27th Feb - 3rd March
P16 Slapton Leigh trip
Thursday 2nd March - 5th March
Madrid trip
Wednesday 8th March
Literacy tea party
Thursday 9th March 4pm-7pm
Year 10 Consultation Evening
Friday 17th March
Year 9 trip to Ypres
Wednesday 22nd March
Year 8 Denmark trip
Thursday 23rd March 7pm-9:30pm
School Production
Friday 24th March 7pm-9:30pm
School Production
Friday 31st March
End of Term
The term immediately following Christmas is always a time when we look forward to new things. With the onset of spring, all the new bulbs start to push through to flower and the Academy is bright with daffodils. It is also a time for resolutions to be upheld and fresh starts. I know that our year 11 students have come back with a purposeful and focussed approach to learning in preparation for the important exams ahead. We are confident that despite all the changes that have been put in place to courses and examinations, Longfield will once again help to develop confident, successful and resilient young adults. This has never been demonstrated more so than the excellent news that we received earlier this month regarding the Post 16 perfor-mance. I am immensely proud to announce that we have been identi-fied in the top 10 schools in Kent as making the most progress at A Level. This includes all the grammar and private schools in Kent. I am sure you will agree this is an excellent achievement and reflects not just the hard work undertaken at Post 16 level, but the work that starts as soon as students join us in Year 7. We have, as always welcomed a number of visitors to the Academy. The Telescope remains as popular as ever, with many visitors com-ing to enjoy the fantastic food and see Longfield life go on around them. I often have comments from guests talking about the calm and quiet atmosphere. This was also supported when we welcomed Bill Stoneham, a former Ofsted inspector, who undertook a review of be-haviour and safety at the Academy. The following quote sums up his visit: "A striking feature of the Academy is how quiet it is...there is a very high standard of behaviour in all year groups. Considerable work has been undertaken on establishing high expectations & standards". Safeguarding is always of the highest priority at Longfield, and we were pleased to welcome Helen Windiate, formerly a member of the Safeguarding Team at KCC. Again, her feedback was extremely positive and we were pleased with the final report. It remains for me to wish you a restful half term. I know that many year 11 students will be using their break to attend additional sessions to boost and secure their learning as the exam season approaches. "The highest possible priority is given to the wellbeing of students, the Principal and senior team are fully committed to maintaining a caring, safe, respectful and positive learning environment". (Helen Windiate, Safeguarding review. January 2017) Principal, Alex O’Donnell
Att
end
ance
Attendance results
January 2017
Anderson 94.01
Galileo 93.2
Matisse 94.02
The college winner for January is
MATISSE!
Well done to all students for your efforts.
Winning Tutor Groups of the Month
G03/SKE 100 Galileo
S01/CBA 97.81 Spectrum
M01/KSU 97.25 Matisse
A11/FFE 96.37 Anderson
A big congratulations to G03/SKE tutor group for obtaining 100%
attendance this term!
Att
end
ance
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.
Please leave a message stating your child’s full name, year group, reason for absence, nature of illness and expected return date.
Press 1 for Anderson students
Press 2 for Matisse students
Press 3 for Galileo students
Press 4 for Post 16 students
Medical or dental appointments
We appreciate how hard it can often be to make medical appointments at suitable times for your child, and ask you to make them out of school hours. Where this is not possible, e.g. hospital, ortho-dontist and x-rays, the pupil should only be out of school for the minimum amount of time necessary for the appointment. A medical or dental appointment is counted as an authorised absence. If your child does not return to school this can impact on his/ her attendance figure.
Registration via the biometric/barrier system
Over the last term it has been noted that many students are not following the correct registration procedures. When entering the academy in the morning, all students need to register their finger correctly, with the biometric/barrier system otherwise the following may occur:
Parents/carers receive a call
Student not listed on the fire drill
By not registering correctly this may result in an unauthorised absence
Request of term time leave of absence
All request should be made in writing to [email protected]. Please note term time leave is NOT authorised, however if there are special mitigating circumstances, some leave maybe authorised. Each case is examined and attendance percentages present and previous are taken into account before a decisions is made.
Reporting your child's absence
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0%
Att
end
ers All students below achieved 100% attendance for term 3.
Anderson
Anderson, Joseph
Balogova, Renee
Barnes, Matthew
Beaver, Ray
Davenport, Elise
Donegan, Samuel
Donovan, Rose
Dyett, Olivia
Ellis, Leo
Forbes, Chloe
Frazier, Charlotte
Friend, John
Gappa, Nathan
Greenidge, Kieran
Hendley, Josh
Humphreys, Sasha
King, Joshua
King, Morgan
Lane, Molly
Lawrence, Abbie
Lee, Zoe
Lewis, Alfie
Lissenden, Abbey
Loveridge, George
Markey, Jamie
Meager, Abby
Meehan, Harley
Mills, Sarah
Morgan, Kate
Morgan, Maisie
Nicholls, Alfie
Noordally, Noah
Norris, Charlie
Outram, Ellie
Parker, Andrew
Pomphrett, Connor
Poulter, Mia
Quinn, Iwan
Reeve, Jacob
Rose, Luke
Ross, Amy
Sands, Adam
Seal, Ava-Samantha
Sengupta, Maya
Still, Charlotte
Titterrell, Andrew
Tremain, Tommy
Walker, George
White, Samuel
Adams, Mia
Appleton, Josh
Apps, Jackson
Atkins, Bradley
Blanchard-Gale, Morgan
Brook-Sutton, Holly
Broomfield, Samuel
Campbell, Emma
Casey, Claudia
Chambers, Billy
Chapman, Ella
Clarke, Nathan
Clarke, Sophie
Cross, Amelia
Davenport, Mia
Demetriades, Conor
Desforges, Cerys
Donno, Ellie-May
Fasham, Daniel
Fidler, Lorcan
Furminger, Morgan
Gillingham, Dane
Gladdish, Callum
Green, Morgan
Hards, Lewis
Hassall, Christopher
Hawkes, Renee
Head, Samuel
Hill, Joshua
Hope, Dylan
Hope, Ryan
Hughes, Mia
James, Jude
Kapsalis, Elleanor
Keaveney, Molly
Kenwood, Nicole
Lee, Bradley
Lee, Tommy
Letchford, Reece
Lissenden, Sophie
Maronda, Jean
McCorkell, Abbie
McDermott, Joseph
Moore, Jaydan
Morgan, Connor
Morgan, Eddie
Outram, Shaun
Pantovich, Alexandra
Pires De Miranda, Amelia
Samson, Lucy
Shaibu, Abdullah
Silverton, Lucy
Simpson, Madeleine
Skeiky, Louis
Slater, Ryan
Smith, Bradley
Speaight, Bethan
Titterrell, Robert
Toyeme, Seyon
Tremain, Miles
Vaughan, Alexandria
Wake, Samuel
Walby, Taya
Walker, Thomas
Warnock, Hope
White, Michael
Yearsley, Kacy
10
0%
Att
end
ers Galileo
Andreou, Lenny
Archibald, Samuel
Banks, Conor
Baughen, Teddy
Behr, Sean
Bevan, Mason
Boxall, Jessica
Brightwell, Ryan
Burnside, Amy
Button, Brandon
Cherry, Austin
Chinhoi, Tanaka
Chivers, Chloe
Collinson, Marshall
Cribb, Kiara
Crowhurst, Lewis
Davey, Jack
Dennis, Ryan
Evans, Alexander
Flewin, Charlie
Funnell, Olivia
Gibson-Priest, Freddie
Gilham, Leo
Gorton, Joshua
Hamilton, Raphael
Harris, Isaac
Harrison, Isobel
Hills, Louise
Hoang, Lianne
Holmes, Louis
Jenner, Megan
Johnson, Keira
Juby, Leah
Lawrence, Aiden
Lee, Billy
Levey, Katelyn
Lewis, Alexandra
Lokat, Riaz
Maher, Jake
Pearson, Alfie-Lee
Pearson, Olivia
Porter, Callum
Ramus, Anna
Reeves, Sian
Savill, Lucas
Scott, Morgan
Sebastian, Anu
Shelton-Hunt, Freya
Soper, Owen
Sparrowe, Kieran
Temple, Zak
Walter, Emma
Adams, Matthew
Atkins, Thomas
Baillie, Deon
Bevan, Joshua
Bradley, Kallum
Brightwell, James
Bush, Frederick
Campbell, Megan
Castle, Harry
Chapman, Harry
Dawes, Kieran
Dowling, Georgia
Edusei, Pearl
Emery, James
Fairman, Jasmine
Fitzgerald-Canning, Cam-eron
Gardner, Angus
Gillingham, Courtney
Hall, Sophie
Hambrook, Harry
Harle, Luke
Harris, Micah
Hill, Amber
Hills, Danielle
Howes, Libby
Howick, Lilly-Jay
Johnson, Hannah
Johnson, Mary
Jordan, Scott
Kent, Levi
King, Elliot
Liadi, Tolani
Lingham, Sam
Lissenden, Meagan
Little, Abigail
Maher, Shannen
Manwaring, Max
Marshall, George
Mayo, Ashlynn
Moran, Jessica
Morgan, Spencer
Murfin, Georgina
Oxby, Mason
Panton, Megan
Poupart, George
Raffa, Max
Raffiquddeen, Jassim
Reeves, Kye
Rose, Rebecca
Seare, Alisha
Service, Shannon
Sooknanan, Marcus
Sooknanan, Megan
Sutton, Isabella
Sweeney, Courtney
Thorne, Jade
Trice, Ruby
Warren, Leo
Watson, Lewis
White, Scott
Wood, Emma
10
0%
Att
end
ers Matisse
Ansell, Brooke
Bainbridge, Rebecca
Bishop, Thomas
Bonner, Harrison
Catley, Dylan
Chandler, Sophie
Chapelhow, Benjamin
Chester, Zack
Clark, George
Cooney, Faith
Crawford, Max
Crickett, Noa-Joy
Dalton, Reece
Dhoul, Barinderpal
Flannery, Alana
Fry, Jack
Furlong, Reece
Glazebrook, Daisy
Guselli, Alfie
Guselli, Francesco
Hanson, Molly
Hoare, Adam
Hope, Oliver
Howlett, Daniel
James, Riley
Jones, Dylan
Kent, Jack
Keogh, Freya
Mackway-Jones, Ryan
McBrearty, Harrison
Morgan, Emily
New, Xander
Newman, Dalton
Norman, Scarlett
O'Brien, James
Openshaw, Lyla-Rose
Ottley, Connor
Patel, Mahi
Patterson, Fraser
Redding, Jay
Shaxted, Frankie
Shooter, Owen
Smith, James
Smith, Lily
Stasko, Wiktor
Taylor, Amelia
Taylor, Lilli-May
Wales, Tyler
Watts, Ewan-Cole
Wemyss, Tia
Whiteaker, Laura
Whiteaker, Lucy
Whittam, Michael
Aslet-Clark, Harry
Bridle, Poppy
Brown, Charles
Carruthers, Madeline
Champion, Isobelle
Chapelhow, Joseph
Clarkson, Anthony
Clinch, Maximus
Collett, Zach
Constant, Lucy
Cooney, Destiny
Cooper, Bradley
Cox, Lewis
Cox, Shania
Drayson, Megan
Ellard-Brown, Finlay
Evans, Amber
Freeman, Liam
Glazebrook, Alfie
Gordon, Maizie
Gregory, Lauren
Gregory, Liam
Hackworth, Danielle
Harris, Luke
Holland, Drew
Holmes, Abigail
Hunt, Lauren
Jackson, Benjamin
Jollie, Sophie
Jones, Tobey
Kennedy, Haydn
Keogh, Jessica
Lee, Charlie
Lewis, Courtney
Lewis-Southcott, Hermione
Love, Jack
Love, Tom
Mabruki, Joshua
Marshall, Jessica
Miah, Fahim
Mills, Kayleigh
Mordue, Emily
Morgan, Lauren
Murphy, Joe
New, Willow
Norman, Alfie
Norman, Haydn
Osborne, George
Osmond, Thomas
Paramithiotis, Christianna
Patterson, Ethan
Quinn, Martin
Rossiter, Guy
Sawyer, Ellie
Sedgwick, Ellie
Shaxted, Travis
Shooter, Reece
Sibthorpe, Joshua
Smith, Tamsin
Stead, Alex
Stephenson, Nathan
Stephenson, Rebecca
Storey, Patrick
Stuart, Eleanor
Thomas, Charlie
Thomas, Leah-Grace
Thurgood, Lucy
Vaughan, Jessica
Veness, Maisie
Waterman, Emily
Wilkinson, Jack
Wilkinson, Thomas
Williams, Olivia
Wilson, Alexander
Woodbridge, Frankie
Wormleighton, Rhys
Young, Joshua
An
ti B
ullyin
g
Anti Bullying Poster
In September 2016, Longfield Academy began
to “raise awareness” with its students in re-
gards to our anti bulling policy in school.
We strive to inspire a supportive, caring safe
environment, where students are encouraged
to celebrate their differences in school. With
this approach in mind it ensures the schools
attendance will be outstanding due to
students feeling safe.
Students are actively involved in assemblies,
tutor activities and class projects in relation to
this subject to promote knowledge, under-
standing and trigger debate.
Part of raising awareness about bullying that occurs in schools we held a poster competi-tion. Students were asked to design a poster with an anti bullying message.
The winners for Key Stage 3 are as follows:
Olivia Funnell - Year 7 Galileo
Elise Davenport - Year 7 Anderson
The winners for Key Stage 4 are as follows:
Fituri Abdulgialil - Year 9
Angus Gardener - Year 9
All students received a framed copy of their poster and a Bluewater voucher.
A special mention to Sam Head and Hope Nordally for their entries.
Well done!
Rodin Club
Ro
din
Clu
b
The Rodin Club had its inaugural meeting on Thursday 26th January for invited year 7 and 8 students. The aim of this club is to provide students with opportunities to
access topics, knowledge and skills that challenge them further outside of the curriculum.
A programme of events held after school has been organised, facilitators are both
academy staff and external agencies.
The first session led by Mrs Mulheran, teacher of Post 16 A level Sociology was on
the topic, ‘Nature or Nurture’. The 61 students who attended were provided with sociological theories on Nature and Nurture including feral children. It was an
exciting session which provoked much discussion amongst the students which we hope they took home to share with their families!
Further sessions led by Christchurch University ( a degree in a day), University of
Kent, an Engineer and an Artist/ Designer take place in modules 4 and 5.
Lynne Walker Head of Anderson College
’The Thinker’ Sculpture by Auguste Rodin
JAMIE - THE WINNER
You
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hef C
om
peti
tio
n
Jamie Monaghan from Dartford, a student at Longfield Academy, has won the Young
Chef Competition organised by
Rotary District 1120, Kent, East Sussex and South London.
Presentation of the Winner’s certificate and prize by The District Governor Peter West
The competition involved planning a 3 course meal for 2 persons and preparing,
cooking and presenting it within 2 hours. Jamie was cool and confident amongst his
young challengers.
Jamie’s table ready for the judges
Jamie now goes onto the Regional Finals on 25 March at Licensed Victuallers
The performance will be held in the theatre at 7:30pm
Refreshments will be supplied.
This term, the students and Expressive Arts department are working hard on putting
together what is set to be another fantastic show. ‘Footloose’ tells the story of Ren
McCormack, a teenage boy who is uprooted from his home in Chicago and sent to live in
Bomont - an end-of-the-line town where singing and dancing has been banned.
Featuring 80’s classics such as ‘Let’s Hear it for the Boy.’ ‘Holding Out for a Hero,’
‘Almost Paradise’ and, of course ‘Footloose,’ this all-singing, all-dancing show is set to
be an absolute spectacle.
Refe
rendu
m
Whilst researching referendums and voting trends the AS Citizenship group found that 16 year olds had been able to vote in the Scottish referendum but not in the EU referendum. This lead to the group wondering whether the system was fair for young people and should there be a change in the laws to allow younger people to vote.
Permission was granted and a whole school referendum was held on 31st January 2017. The AS group supported the election with assemblies, tutor time activities and posters - campaigning for both sides of the vote. All students were supplied with a voting slip which could be exchanged for a ballot paper at the voting boxes, in order to make the system as realistic as possible. Many young people might suggest that they should be heard, but the result shows a strong ‘NO’ - 56%. The biggest winner on the day, however, was the ‘apathy’ vote as only 30.8% of the students actually voted, a disappointing turnout. The students are now going to follow up their campaign with a letter to the local MP, Mr Gareth Johnson.
‘Should 16 Year Olds be allowed to vote in UK Elections’
Longfield Students say ‘NO!’
2017 Longfield Academy
Referendum
Read
ing C
hallen
ge
Michael Morpurgo was born on 5th October 1943 in Hertfordshire. He lived with his mother and older brother Pieter but his father was away at the war, in Baghdad. He was evacuated to Northumberland. After the war his mother met and married Jack Morpurgo. Michael then went into the army, at Sandhurst, where officers are trained. He liked the uniforms and the good food, but hated being shouted at. So he left the army and then met a girl called Clare, got married and had 3 children really young. Then he went off to university at King’s College, London to start all over again. He got a degree and decided to be a teacher. He said: “he loved reading stories to them and that they seemed to like it too.” He taught in a little village primary school in Kent, at Wickhambreaux, where he ran out of other writers’ stories to read, so started making up some of his own. Michael and his wife thought that what children needed most were wonderful and memora-ble experiences. So they set up a charity called Farms for City Children, moved to Iddesleigh, bought a big house called Nethercott where the children could stay, made a partnership with a farming family that they had got to know and invited their first city children down to the farm. The charity has been running for forty years or so now. During this time he was writing away, becoming a writer, a storyteller. Whilst in Devon he wrote almost 130 books from War Horse, Private Peaceful, Why the Whales Came, The Butterfly Lion to Kensuke’s Kingdom. If you want to find out more, then read Maggie Fergusson’s biography of Michael, called War Child to War Horse.
During Module 3 all students in the school were invited to take part in a Michael Morpurgo Reading Challenge. For each book read, they received a ticket to go into a draw in order to win a goodie bag. The draw will take place over half term and the winner will be an-nounced at the start of Module 4.
Some students did really well, reading as many as 9 books in the term! It was good to see the students read and enjoy books that they maybe wouldn’t have normally chosen. One student in year 7 was surprised at how much she enjoyed Michael Morpurgo’s books as she would never have picked them before. Some comments made by students who took part in the challenge:-