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WINTER 2014

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HAYWOOD Academy once againopened its doors to students inthe Class of 2014 to celebratetheir outstanding achievements.

Thanks to their hard work,dedication and commitment toprogress, we are the highestperforming non-selective school inStoke-on-Trent and we markedthis success with a bang!

The Awards Evening wasattended by more than 300people consisting of our studentalumni, their parents and a host of

dignitaries who all help to makeHaywood Academy such aspecial place. Kevin Oakes, ChiefExecutive of Steelite International,presented awards to studentswho achieved incredible results,underwent remarkable personaljourneys and who consistentlywent above and beyond in thepursuit of excellence.

It was a wonderful evening,ending with a fireworks display – a spectacular show to sendthem on their way.

SIXTH FORMPLANS SPARKEXCITEMENT

MORE than 350 visitorsattended an open eveningto find out about HaywoodAcademy’s ambitious SixthForm development plansand to discover what sort ofopportunities will be on offer.

For the full story, picturesand amazing interactiveaugmented reality content,see centre pages.

Spectacular fireworks honour the Class of 2014Steelite Chief Executive

presents awards to someof the Class of 2014.

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Avoid congestion bywalking to school

EACH term our students get the chance toaccess a Commitment to Progress reward.

Last year we had a Winter Wonderland,Inflatable Extravaganza and a daytrip toAlton Towers. This year we have givenstudents the opportunity to choose theirreward from a number of options that theytold us they wanted.

We will be taking 300 people ice-skating,100 to Waterworld, 100 ten-pin bowling anda further 100 to the cinema.

Ice-skating on list of student rewards

Taking samples fromthe surface of theMoon during the 1972Apollo 17 mission.

Traffic congestion outsidethe students’ entrance.

A CELEBRATIONOF CHRISTMAS

Thanks for your help

HAYWOOD’S Christmas concert “What isChristmas?” was a collaboration of music,dance and drama which explored howChristmas is celebrated in different parts ofthe world.

It focused on the journey of a family whoseek to find the meaning of Christmas.Smallthorne and Mill Hill Primary Schoolswere also involved in the show which wasstaged on 16 and 17 December.

THE Friends of Haywood appreciate thesupport of National Schoolwear Centresand Plink Fizz towardstheir Christmas celebrationwhich took place onSunday 7 December 2014at the academy.

WHEN Haywood reopens after the Christmasand New Year break the ExcellenceAcademy will be studying astronomy in amodule titled ‘Space: The Final Frontier’.

As part of this Haywood will be privilegedto play host to a number of samples of lunarmaterial collected on the NASA missions ofthe 1960s and 1970s.

On 24 February 2015 there will be theopportunity for parents and visitors to comein and handle these samples.

Further details will be announced at thestart of next term. Come along andexperience material that is out of this world!

A chance to handle a piece of the moon

DURING the autumn term the Academy tookpart in a walk to school campaign toencourage students to think about how theyget to and from school.

Now we’re asking parents and carers whodrop-off children at the start and end of theday to be aware that there are marked ‘NoParking’ areas close to the school gate.

It is dangerous to wait in these areas andcould lead to accidents. In addition, pleasedo not block residents’ driveways – or thehospital entrances.

If your child has a long journey and needsyour help in getting to school, please makeyour drop-off and collection point furtheraway from the school – a short walk isalways beneficial and will help ensure thatyour child is fully awake and ready to startthe school day.

LAST MINUTEREHEARSAL... Capoeiradancers Maddi Amison,

top left, Charmaine Jones,top right, Chelsea Bloor

bottom left and KaraHulme, bottom right.

ChristmasElf Katie Galvin

and Santa,played by

Darren Carter.


Abby provesshe’s no mug

HAYWOOD Academy held a Bake-Offcompetition in November for staff andstudents.

The event was organised by FoodTechnology teacher Mrs Whiston, whowas inspired by the recent televisionseries as a way of making money forChildren in Need.The categories were:� Best batch of cakes� Best beginner’s cake� Best large cake� Best male staff cake.

Headteacher Mr Carl Ward, along withother staff, entered the competition andactually baked his cake in school. Thecompetition was judged by twomembers of the SeniorLeadership Team and thecakes were later sold toraise money for Childrenin Need.

Male staff championwas Mr Ashton whileHeather Watkins wonthe category for the

best batch of cakes, Adam Durber forbest beginner and Matthew Castlefor best large cake.

Congratulations to everyonewho took part.

STEELITE Internationalsponsored a competition to create artwork and a logoconveying messages aboutfun gardening projects andpromoting healthy living and exercise.

There was a particularlyhigh standard of entries andAbby Gaitley – pictured abovewith her artwork – was chosenas the winner.

Her design will be madeinto a logo by Steelite’sdesigners and this will beused on mugs, letterheads,posters and other items.

For her prize, Abby will tourthe factory, meet the designerand see her design appear ona run of mugs.

Through the Looking GlassSTEELITE International, sponsor of our SixthForm Academy, held their annual charity ball inthe Haywood Sports Centre this year.

The theme was from Alice in Wonderland –Through the Looking Glass – and for one night,the area was transformed into a spectacular

take on the story, complete with Alice, theMad Hatter and a tea-up theme on every table.

A charity auction ensured that lots of moneywas raised for good causes local to this area.

Alice is pictured helping to set the scenebefore the charity ball got under way.

Yes, you can have your cake and eat it...Yes, you can have your cake and eat it...

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TASTY TREATS:Best Beginner Adam

Durber (far left), MatthewCastle’s Best Large Cake(bottom left) and the Best

Batch of Cakes byHeather Watkins

(below).



WOULD all parents/carers please note thatthe school will be closed to students, forstaff training, on Friday 19 June andMonday 22 June 2015.

EXTRA TRAINING DAYS

Prefects get to tuck in

Reading at a record rate

Mr Ward helps servebreakfast to the prefects.

AS A thank you for all theirhard work insupporting theschool so far thisyear, the prefectswere treated to aBig Breakfast inearly November.

Mr Ward wantedto show hisappreciationpersonally andhelped serve upthe breakfastswhich wereprepared by ourcatering team.

HAYWOOD Academy runs an AcceleratedReading Programme for all our studentswhich enables them to choose a book, read it and then take a quiz to reflect their understanding of the content.

It also demonstrates how many words each student has read.

During the autumn term – from Septemberto October – there was a competition to seewhich Forms and Houses could read themost.

Data from the quiz showed an increase of 3,652 per cent and one class in particular,ARU, reached a million words in record time!

PHSE day took place on the 12 November when all studentswere involved in a variety ofreward activities related tohealthy lifestyles andrelationships, careers, anti-bullying and enterprise.

A number of externalagencies helped with thedelivery of the day.

One of the most memorableevents for many Y8 and Y9students was Chelsea’s ChoiceTheatre Productions.

This performance was aimedat protecting students fromunsafe relationships which canlead to sexual exploitation.

STAFF and students attended theRemembrance Day Parade at BurslemCenotaph on 11 November.

To commemorate the centenary ofthe start of the First World War, 100students walked to Burslem torepresent the school. They laid apoppy wreath and observed the twominutes’ silence in honour of allfallen soldiers since 1914.

At the school, students and staffstopped what they were doing andalso observed the two minutes’silence. Year 11 student ChristianBailey played The Last Post on hisbugle while standing in the schoolquadrangle.

We will remember them...

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To access bonus content inthis issue follow theseinstructions:

• Download the Haywood ARapp from the App Store (Apple)or Google Play (Android).

• Open the app and point yourdevice at the photos whereyou see the AR content iconpictured above – and wait forthe surprise.

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HAYWOOD’S ambitious plans to create aSixth Form Centre at the Old Town Hall inBurslem went on show when dozens ofbusinesses, universities and trainingproviders attended an open evening at the school.

More than 350 Y11 students and parentsalso came along to see the plans and to findout about the many fantastic opportunitiesthe new facility will be able to offer.

Senior Assistant Head Teacher MikeWhittingham, who is leading the developmentof the new Sixth form, said: “It was a hugelysuccessful evening with over 350 visitorsattending to view the opportunities availablein the Sixth Form.

“There were 50 stands with a range ofuniversities, training providers and localbusinesses available to support students onour unique work-based learning programme– apprenticeships as well as the academicroute. Parents and students took theopportunity to distil the information requiredfor the next steps in their journey toemployment or university.”

Mr Carl Ward, Executive Head Teacher,said it was particularly good to see so manyparents and students offering their support.

He added: “It was also fantastic to see justhow many local businesses are involved insupporting our community.”

Careers Development Adviser StephenHargreaves added that the open eveninghad resulted in a wealth of useful feedback.

He said: “Applications for the Sixth FormAcademy are now open and I am lookingforward to reviewing applications andhelping to match students to the

appropriate A Level/BTEC subjects or toone of our available Work-Based LearningPlacements.”

You can follow the development ofHaywood Academy’s new Sixth Form byvisiting: www.haywoodacademy.coop/about/sixth-form

Pictured are scenes fromthe very successful SixthForm Open evening which

was attended by more than350 students and parents

who were able to visit around50 stands manned by

representatives from local firms,training providers and universtities.


A SELECTION of writing byHaywood students has been

published in a book called ‘MiniMonologues – England’.

Holly-Mae Goodwin wrote‘The Final Thoughts of AyrtonSenna’ and Amelia Robinsonwrote ‘Tom the Cat’ and bothmonologues appear in thebook. These two studentswere among others who took

part in a Young Writerscompetition.

Prizes will beawarded at a laterdate, but both girls,pictured left, havealready receivedtheir own copiesof the book.

Mini-monologuespublished

Keeping safe

SIXTH FORM PLANS STEAM AHEAD

Haywood News 4-5 10/12/14 16:59 Page 1


WOULD all parents/carers please note thatthe school will be closed to students, forstaff training, on Friday 19 June andMonday 22 June 2015.

EXTRA TRAINING DAYS

Prefects get to tuck in

Reading at a record rate

Mr Ward helps servebreakfast to the prefects.

AS A thank you for all theirhard work insupporting theschool so far thisyear, the prefectswere treated to aBig Breakfast inearly November.

Mr Ward wantedto show hisappreciationpersonally andhelped serve upthe breakfastswhich wereprepared by ourcatering team.

HAYWOOD Academy runs an AcceleratedReading Programme for all our studentswhich enables them to choose a book, read it and then take a quiz to reflect their understanding of the content.

It also demonstrates how many words each student has read.

During the autumn term – from Septemberto October – there was a competition to seewhich Forms and Houses could read themost.

Data from the quiz showed an increase of 3,652 per cent and one class in particular,ARU, reached a million words in record time!

PHSE day took place on the 12 November when all studentswere involved in a variety ofreward activities related tohealthy lifestyles andrelationships, careers, anti-bullying and enterprise.

A number of externalagencies helped with thedelivery of the day.

One of the most memorableevents for many Y8 and Y9students was Chelsea’s ChoiceTheatre Productions.

This performance was aimedat protecting students fromunsafe relationships which canlead to sexual exploitation.

STAFF and students attended theRemembrance Day Parade at BurslemCenotaph on 11 November.

To commemorate the centenary ofthe start of the First World War, 100students walked to Burslem torepresent the school. They laid apoppy wreath and observed the twominutes’ silence in honour of allfallen soldiers since 1914.

At the school, students and staffstopped what they were doing andalso observed the two minutes’silence. Year 11 student ChristianBailey played The Last Post on hisbugle while standing in the schoolquadrangle.

We will remember them...

Welcome toHaywood ARDownload our free app to yoursmartphone or tablet andbring Haywood Academypublications to life using thepower of a new technologycalled Augmented Reality (AR).

To access bonus content inthis issue follow theseinstructions:

• Download the Haywood ARapp from the App Store (Apple)or Google Play (Android).

• Open the app and point yourdevice at the photos whereyou see the AR content iconpictured above – and wait forthe surprise.

• Double tap for full-screen.

Augmented Reality services by

HAYWOOD’S ambitious plans to create aSixth Form Centre at the Old Town Hall inBurslem went on show when dozens ofbusinesses, universities and trainingproviders attended an open evening at the school.

More than 350 Y11 students and parentsalso came along to see the plans and to findout about the many fantastic opportunitiesthe new facility will be able to offer.

Senior Assistant Head Teacher MikeWhittingham, who is leading the developmentof the new Sixth form, said: “It was a hugelysuccessful evening with over 350 visitorsattending to view the opportunities availablein the Sixth Form.

“There were 50 stands with a range ofuniversities, training providers and localbusinesses available to support students onour unique work-based learning programme– apprenticeships as well as the academicroute. Parents and students took theopportunity to distil the information requiredfor the next steps in their journey toemployment or university.”

Mr Carl Ward, Executive Head Teacher,said it was particularly good to see so manyparents and students offering their support.

He added: “It was also fantastic to see justhow many local businesses are involved insupporting our community.”

Careers Development Adviser StephenHargreaves added that the open eveninghad resulted in a wealth of useful feedback.

He said: “Applications for the Sixth FormAcademy are now open and I am lookingforward to reviewing applications andhelping to match students to the

appropriate A Level/BTEC subjects or toone of our available Work-Based LearningPlacements.”

You can follow the development ofHaywood Academy’s new Sixth Form byvisiting: www.haywoodacademy.coop/about/sixth-form

Pictured are scenes fromthe very successful SixthForm Open evening which

was attended by more than350 students and parents

who were able to visit around50 stands manned by

representatives from local firms,training providers and universtities.


A SELECTION of writing byHaywood students has been

published in a book called ‘MiniMonologues – England’.

Holly-Mae Goodwin wrote‘The Final Thoughts of AyrtonSenna’ and Amelia Robinsonwrote ‘Tom the Cat’ and bothmonologues appear in thebook. These two studentswere among others who took

part in a Young Writerscompetition.

Prizes will beawarded at a laterdate, but both girls,pictured left, havealready receivedtheir own copiesof the book.

Mini-monologuespublished

Keeping safe

SIXTH FORM PLANS STEAM AHEAD

Haywood News 4-5 10/12/14 16:59 Page 1


THE Academy has already had anopportunity to welcome children fromNorton-le-Moors Primary, New FordPrimary, Burnwood Primary, Sneyd GreenPrimary, Whitfield Valley Primary,Smallthorne Primary and MoorparkJunior school.

Y1 children from Burnwood came touse our 4D Cinema to support their workon Jonah and the Whale. Burnwood staffadded their own drama and musicactivities. Saxon purses and fabricprinting captured the imagination of Y4children from Norton. They made theirown Saxon purses and used the fabricprinting equipment in the Textile Studioon their recent visit.

The Great Space Biscuit Bake-Off(pictured above) saw Sneyd Green Y5pupils baking and decorating spacethemed biscuits using lots of icing,sprinkles and chocolate stars.

All the sessions are tailored to meetcurriculum needs and also includedRoman coins, rockets, spooky stories,micro-organisms, chocolate, and kingsand queens.

Exciting timesfor primaryschool pupils

FIVE high-achieving Y9 students spent a day atthe University of Warwick last term as part ofthe Future Scholars initiative, which helpsstudents from areas such as Stoke-on-Trent toexperience what it would be like to study at aRussell Group university.

The Russell Group is a collection of 24universities from across the UK that are deemedto be the best in the country and some of thebest in the world. The list includes institutionssuch as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham,Manchester and Warwick.

Part of the day was spent in university-stylelectures and seminars, where the studentsjoined fellow Y9s from all over the countrylooking at challenging subjects such aspsychology and computer science.

Rebekah Mohring and Aimee Clayton saidafter their English session that they had found“discovering the thought and logic behind horrorfilms fascinating”, while Kacper Puk looked atthe enigmatic neutrino and through that “thefundamental ideas of Physics were reallyinteresting and inspiring.”

The University of Warwick is a campusuniversity – meaning that every facility and

amenity the students may need is on the site –and this impressed our young learners.

As well as the libraries and academicresources, current Warwick students revealedthat university life is also about making friendsand enjoying the experience of studying in aworld-class institution, providing the opportunityto meet many people of many nationalities andfrom many different backgrounds.

Our students were also told about the manysocieties and clubs on offer and were left in nodoubt about the rewards of choosing a topuniversity.

Bright sparks reelOUT THE HOSESHaywood Fire Cadets at their passing out parade which tookplace in August. All these students gained a BTEC qualification.

Aim high and reap rewards

A GROUP of Y10 studentsvisited Birmingham for anevent where they joinedstudents from across theMidlands to learn more abouttheir university choices.

Peter Rawling gave anentertaining introduction to theseemingly daunting prospect

of selecting universities toapply to and the criteria thatneed to be considered – suchas distance from home, theopportunities available, coursecontent and reputation.

He also showed that thedecision can be guided andassisted by parents and staff,

but pointed out that in the endis up to the student to decide.

This was followed by a talkfrom the admissions tutor ofBrasenose College, Oxford, inwhich he dispelled many of themyths concerning theaccessibility of places atuniversities like Oxford and

Cambridge. These were bothshown to be viable destinationsfor our students.

Our 14 students came awaywith a greater understandingof the steps they can taketowards applying to universityand with many ideas of waysthey can begin to prepare.

Oxbridge places ‘not beyond your reach’ students told


HAYWOOD Academy studentsput their science, technology,engineering and maths (STEM)skills to the test in a one-daychallenge set by educationalcharity, The Smallpiece Trust.

The 60 students, aged 13and 14, were challenged todesign and construct a modelairplane, with the aim oftravelling the greatest distance.

During the project studentswere tasked withconstructing thefuselage, calculating thewing load, building thepropeller and exploringaspects of thrust, drag,lift and weight.

Students were thenjudged on the ability oftheir model plane totravel in the air, theirteamwork, marketing,and the aesthetics oftheir design andengineering.

The project wasgeared to complementthe National Curriculumwhile encouragingstudents to consideradditional study and/ora career in STEM.

Dylan Cozens, Education Officer forThe Smallpiece Trust, said: “It iswonderful to see just how muchstudents get from taking part in a STEMDay as they develop their lateralthinking and problem-solving skills. Wehope these students will now beinspired to consider engineering whenlooking to choose future study options.”

Mr Downes, from the school’s Mathsdepartment, said: “This STEM Day hasencouraged our students to link theclassroom elements of science, designand technology to what happens inengineering in the real world.

“By taking part in this STEM Day, wehave found that many of our studentshave been inspired to push themselvesharder in STEM subjects to achievetheir future goals.”


FLYING HIGH:some of thestudentswho tookpart in theSTEMsessionpictured withtheir modelairplanes.

More than justa flight of fancy

EACH year Stoke-on-Trent City Council runsa ‘Design a ChristmasCard Competition’ opento all the primary andsecondary

schools across the city.This year HaywoodAcademy studentshave been verysuccessful. In the 8-11

age category KaitlynWebb came first,Chelsea Mayersecond and TiaWatkin third.

In the 12-16 agecategory MadisonAmison came firstand Chloe Deakincame third.

The CouncilLeader and theChief Executiveused Kaitlyn’sand Madison’sdesigns fortheir officialChristmas cards.All of the prizewinners and their

familieswere invitedto the Lord

Mayor’sParlour for

afternoon tea andan awards ceremony tocollect their prizes.

Wall gets a makeoverSMALLTHORNE Primaryasked HaywoodAcademy to help withdecorating a blank,outside wall.

Art students JasmineJablonski, Caitlin Oakesand Nazli Rice visited the

primary school with MissCann, the school’s ArtTechnician, to paint amural of a beautifulgardening scenecomplete with flowers,a vegetable patch anda giant rabbit!

Artists triumph in card contest

Kaitlyn’sdesign for the

Council Leader’sChristmas

card.

Madison’sdesign for theCouncil ChiefExecutive’s

card.

Exploring through paintIN November New FordPrimary launched their‘Explorers andAdventurers’ event.

The whole schoolwere off timetable forthe day to explore acountry and four of ourY9 Art leaders visitedthe school to help pupils

explore China. The four students

painted a scenefeaturing a Hong Kongharbour. Well done toMaise Shea, RosiemaeLangham, AshleighBaskeyfield and MeganShaw for sharing theirartistic expertise.

Stars shine at big charity eventDANCE and Music students performed at the Asian FireService Association Charity Dinner. The sparkling eventwas held at the Moat House Hotel on Festival Park andall students involved were a credit to the school.


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Haywood’s sportingACHIEVEMENTS

An emotionaland enrichingvisit to BerlinHAYWOOD students enjoyed asuccessful trip to Berlin in July. Here,Anna George of Y11 describes someof the things they saw and did:

“Going to Berlin in the summer of2014 was a remarkable experience –four full days of bringing my historylessons to life.

“We began by visiting the BerlinWall, which brought a mixture ofexcitement and sadness.

“There was something about beingable to actually touch the wall andknow that I was able to cross the linewhich 26 years ago would have beenunthinkable to do. It really made merealise how the things we learn aboutin history were tragic events andhave a great significance in theworld, even today.

The following days involved tripsto museums which loaded us withknowledge. My favourite part wasvisiting the German Parliamentbuilding – the Reichstag – whileentering the Sachsenhausenconcentration camp caused many of us to feel emotional.

“Walking the paths whichcountless numbers of victims hadcrossed and viewing the buildingsthat we knew had, just 70 years ago,contained people who were staringdeath in the face, gave a real feelingof despair. Despite these emotions, it was incredible to be a part of theknowledge-enriching experience.

“However, it was not only thehistory side of the trip that I enjoyed;the company and experience of awhole new place was brilliant.

“For me, it was definitely the mostinteresting experience that I havehad so far in my time at HaywoodAcademy.”

The Reichstag – home of the GermanParliament. Photo: Jürgen Matern.

HAYWOOD Academy’s sportsteams and individuals havebeen hard at workrepresenting the school atvarious events.

Congratulations to LaurenMoore (Y8), CourtneyMountford (Y10) and BethProcter (Y11) who have allqualified to represent Stokeat the Staffordshire CrossCountry Championships inJanuary.

Congratulations also to theY9 and Y11 girls netballteams who played Trenthamon 5 Nov. U14 won 4-3 andthe U16 won 14-8.

FORTY Haywood students will be heading to Risoul inFrance at Easter for an eight-day ski trip. They will havesix hours of skiing lessons over the eight days and willmaster the slopes in France during their visit.

Taking to the slopes...

A real credit at Y9 Partnership GamesSEVEN Haywood girls and six boys took partin the Y9 Partnership Games at FentonManor.

They competed in golf extreme, hockey,martial arts, sports hall athletics and cricket.All the students were great role models andon task throughout the day.

Best boy was Nathan Winkle and best girlwas Abby Gaitley. Pictured above areCharlotte Sumner, Megan Rose Hall, LaurenDean, Beth Harding, Leah Bateman, CaitlinOaks, Abby Gaitley, Luke Mollart, JoshWallace, Dylan Beardmore, Jarod Grocott,Matt Anderson and Harry Smedley.

OUR Green Power Team took theschool car to Aintree to competein the regional finals.

The Academy has beensupported by KMF Engineeringand Trumpf Engineering indeveloping an all-electric racingcar. The students entered tworaces at Aintree with their vehiclebeing the fastest kit car on thecircuit.

The students who built the carwere: Thomas Turner, MatthewCastle, Zac Lewis, Jake Lomas,

Chloe Webster, Ryan Lench,

Max Corden and James Cooper. Our team clocked the fastest

lap of any kit car and were RaceOne winners.

KMF supplied kits to 20 localschools in Stoke-on-Trent butHaywood’s car was the overallwinner at Aintree.

The team is already lookingforward to entering a number ofraces next season when we hopeto have two cars in the Haywoodteam. ● RIGHT: The Haywood Green Powerteam with the school’s racing car.

Pole position – Haywood kit car team triumphs at Aintree


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