Wia insight newsletter term 6

Term 6

8th August – 19th August: Summer school 14th August: Lifeguard course commences 18th August: AS and A2 results 25th August: GCSE results & Sixth Form enrolment 1st and 2nd September: Inset day 5th September: Term 1 starts 6th October: Opening evening for prospective students 21st October: End of Term 1

Principal’s welcome message Dear Parents/Carers The end of the Academy year is upon us at last, and what a year it has been! In the recent Year 6 Parents’ Induction Evening, I was reflecting on the events of the last year and thanking the prospective Year 7 parents for realising that, despite Wintebourne being in a transitional phase, the Academy would be a fantastic place for their child to attend.

Principal’s welcome message continued…

What a difference a year makes! We are now in a completely different place as an Academy. We have a dynamic new Chief Executive Principal, the anticipated examination results look healthy and the new lesson score system is showing us that 96% of students are having good or outstanding lessons. The Academy also continues to have many excellent team and individual sporting successes and we have had a term packed full of excellent enrichment activities including foreign and local trips, fieldwork visits, concerts, drama and dance performances, the residency of the English Touring Opera, the Year 5 open Evening, the Year 11 and 13 Proms and not to forget a superb Sports Day. I personally would like to pay tribute to the students, staff and parents who have contributed to this unstoppable momentum.

The Summer Term is always a time for moving on and I am thinking particularly of our cherished year 11 and 13. The year 11 and 13 graduations always bring a mixture of joy and sadness. This year was no exception. At a time when departing students up and down the country are wreaking havoc in schools with “muck up days”, our students conducted themselves with pride, respect and dignity. The various final assemblies, barbeques, shirt signing and proms were events which showed the loyalty and maturity of our students and the genuine affection and esteem staff held for them. Many tears were shed on both sides as we said our final goodbyes. I would like to wish our departing students every success for their future. I am so glad that many Year 11 students are staying on to 6th form and I look forward to welcoming them back in September.

I want say farewell to other students throughout the school who are moving on this year, particularly those in year 9 who are moving on to college: I want you to know that you are always welcome back to Winterbourne!

Also, thank you to all those colleagues who are leaving us this week; you have served the students at Winterbourne International Academy with distinction and we shall miss you.

On the subject of moving on, I am sure that by now you would all have heard my own news that I have gladly agreed to remain in post until my successor is appointed. It is a pleasure to continue to serve Winterbourne International Academy and its wonderful students and staff. In the meantime, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all students, parents and colleagues a splendid summer vacation and I look forward to seeing you all at the start of the new academic year in September.

Mr Richard Haupt, Academy Principal

CEP Video blog and tweets

Drop in session with the nurse

Staying safe online

To view our latest videos visit vimeo.com/ridingsfederation or follow our CEP’s twitter page: @AdamWilliamsRFA

Our school nurse comes into school every Thursday lunchtime and runs a drop-in session.

Student e feel free to drop in and pay the nurse a visit to discuss any of your worries or health issues.

Many concerns have been raised over the safety of online games such as PokemonGo. We have included a parents guide on our website:www.trfwia.org.uk/news/p okemon-go-a-parents-guide-fromthe-nspcc/

Guild news Total Achievement Points during 2015/16 Griffin 33524 Lion 31742 Aquila 31556 Phoenix 31406 Pegasus 29339 Griffin Guild News – by Miss Makepeace We are almost at the end of a very successful year for Griffin. Our top three tutor groups are: 1st 3W/G4 – 2885 positives 2nd 3W/G2 – 2262 positives 3rd 3W/G6 – 2162 positives We have 146 students in Griffin who have achieved over 100 positives and 22 who have gained over 200! A fantastic achievement! Our top positives scorers this year are: 1st Ruby Bailey-Proe – 337 positives!!!

2nd Millie Nunn – 289 positives 3rd Alex Moulsdale – 281 positives

Griffin Guild News There are also 92 students in Griffin who have not had a single negative this year. Thank you for representing your Guild so well! .

Other Achievements  We have raised an outstanding £415.30 for our Guild Charity – Teenage Cancer Trust.  Tutor group 3W/G2 are top of our weekly quiz leader board with 258 points. They have also won the first Griffin Guild rosette for being the tutor group to achieve the most 1s in lessons as part of our new behaviour system.  Molly Wilcox and Millie Wills have created an amazing periodic table out of cupcakes  Freya Haworth & Ava Mannings will be performing in 'Fiddler on the Roof' at The Bristol Hippodrome.

I would like to close by thanking the Guild Tutor Team and Deputy Head of Guild Mr Fudge for all of their efforts this year and to wish all Griffins a lovely summer break!

Pegasus Guild News – by Mrs Watkins Pegasus Guild have a lot to celebrate this term. The start of the CRISP tokens has such a positive influence on the guild and many students have really made an effort to collect the yellow tokens by showing Courtesy, Resilience, Integrity, Self-reflection and Purpose.

It’s been great to meet many of the Pegasus students on a one-to-one basis since taking over from Mrs Calver as Head of Guild. I was incredibly proud of our guild as they fought all day during sport day. We finished a very close 3rd, trailing 6 points from 2nd place and 12 from 1st. I feel that the Guild really came together and gave it their best.

In the music department, ‘Music from the Movies’ was a fantastic evening together with the Opera - it was a fantastic evening for Pegasus Guild; again you did us proud. Also many thanks to all those students who help out at the very successful Year 5 opening even – a real chance to show off the school!

Lastly some mentions of students who have received the most positives for the Guild: Ben Melton (339); Jack Baker (293); Isaac Briggs (261); Katie Thomas (255); Abby Buckingham (253); Mimi Longchamp (247); Billy McCarthy (246); Elena Mainstone (242). I look forward to celebrating with Pegasus students on the results days in August.

Aquila Guild News – by Miss Greaves and Miss Cubbin A massive well done and congratulations to the winning Guild for Sports Day 2016!

Thanks to all those that took part and helped to encourage your fellow Guild members to improve fantastically from coming in at last place in 2015 to 1st place in 2016. Now onwards to retain it in 2017. The atmosphere was amazing and the support for your team mates really helped push everyone to achieve their best, well done all! In particular well done to Louis Merrett, year 10, for Triple Gold in the 200m, 400m and Long Jump, Holly Reed, year 10, for Double Gold in the Javelin and 800m and Molly Orchard, year 9, for Double Gold in the 1500m and 800m.

In addition to our sporting success, Aquila have been raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support, our Guild Charity. Students in 3WA1 and 10WA2 raised a fantastic £135 through the £10 Challenge, filling old smarties tubes with 20p coins and guessing how many sweets fit in the jar - well done to all involved and keep up the charitable work into next year.

We look forward to your return in September ready to build on your successes this year, as well as welcoming a new Deputy Head of Guild as Miss Cubbin has her first child due in August. We wish all Aquila students a happy Summer Holiday; enjoy yourselves and have a well-earned break.

Lion Guild News – by our Key Stage 3 students, Holly Becker, Grace Flynn and Bryony Pym We would like to start by saying a huge thanks to everyone who has participated in an activity for charity, whether it was a sponsored silence, running a mile or our fantastic pop up orchestra it has all contributed to the grand total, raised by Lion of £426.69 so far this term. Alongside this fundraising the Guild also organised bag collection of unwanted clothes for the Jessie May Foundation, you may have seen the photo of the trolley full of bags collected.

Alongside Academy-based charity activities, Nell and Lily Waghorn deserve an extremely huge congratulations for organising and participating in a charity dog walk which raised £203.02 for the Jessie May Foundation.

To add to our Guild charity total Mrs Flynn will be participating in her first Ultramarathon next month, running 69 miles along Hadrian’s Wall. We will report on this in the next newsletter!

We would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the swimming gala, including: Jasmine Stone, Henry Bennet and Jack Smith, Sam Taylor, Ollie Harrison, Will Lewis and Cody Farrell. We would like to further celebrate the achievements of the students for winning medals: Georgie Locke (Silver), Jedd Woodruff (Gold breaststroke), Sam Lewis (Silver) and Sam Oxley (Silver). Furthermore, the boys won a record in freestyle relay and medley, and well done to the junior boys who won a record in medley relay.

New Behaviour Model

Our new behavior culture has now been implemented and has already been effective. More information about this behaviour model is available online at: http://www.trfwia.org.uk/news/new-behaviour-crisp-model/.

WIA Sixth Form Centre Sixth Form Prom Sixth Form students celebrated the end of their time at the Academy with a fantastic prom on Wednesday 29th June.

All students gathered at The Marriott, College Green to celebrate the end of an era. Despite the awful weather, students arrived in style looking more glamourous than ever. Year 13 joined their teachers for one last goodbye and a chance to remember all the good times they have had at Winterbourne International Academy.

The night involved the telling of many stories, memories all students will love to remember for years to come. It saw friendship groups come together and more importantly the year group shine as one.

Miss Jolosa said ‘As Head of Year it was a joy to see all the students laugh and share so many memories with each other, they presented themselves brilliantly and their behaviour was a compliment to themselves and the Academy’.

On behalf of all Sixth Form tutors and the staff at Winterbourne, we would like to wish all the Year 13 students the best of luck for the future, it has been a pleasure.

Year 11 to Year 12 summer work We recognise that after your GCSEs you have a lovely and well-deserved summer off, but ask that you engage with these tasks over the summer so that you enter Year 12 with an understanding of your courses and ready to learn.

Whilst we advise that you complete these tasks in time for the first day in September, there is a final deadline of 23rd September 2016 to allow students to complete the work where any course changes take place in the first few weeks of term.

Should you have any questions about the tasks, please email the specified teacher within the summer work pack.

Please follow the following link to access the work packs:

http://www.trfa.org.uk/sixthform/summer-learning-packs/

Training for work opportunities As you know, the swimming pool at Winterbourne is a wonderful benefit to our Academy. What you may not be aware of is that many of our own students work as lifeguards in the evenings and weekends as lifeguards at the pool. This provides a wonderful opportunity to learn a new skill, work in a safe environment, use it as a stepping stone into a job within the leisure industry or earn some money in preparation for University.

Check out the advert below:

Changes to the Academy Day – September 2016 1st September 2016 the Academy Day will be as follows: Pre 8:45am 8:45am -9:45am 9:45am-10:45am 10:45am-11:05am 11:05am-12:05pm 12:05pm-1:05pm 1:05pm-1:50pm 1:50pm-2:50pm 2:50pm-3:10pm 3:10pm

Students Arrive Period 1 Period 2 Break Period 3 Period4 Lunch Period 5 Tutor Time / Assemblies / Intervention Lessons Students Depart

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No change is being made to the start time of the Academy Day, but at 8:45am students will now start Period 1 and their formal learning (this lesson will include their morning registration mark).

Tutor time will take place at the end of the day, as this is a more effective means by which to conduct their weekly tutorial programme, assemblies, reviews of learning etc.

Break and Lunch take place 20 minutes earlier in the day.

The lunch break is being shortened by 5minutes to 45 minutes.

Students will depart the Academy 5 minutes earlier at 3:10pm each day.

Periods 1 and 3 will include a 5 minute ‘change-over time’ at the end of the lesson, during which time teachers may dismiss a class at a convenient moment before students make their way directly to the next lesson.

Bus timetable – September 2016 The bus timetable for the new academic year is available online. Please click the Bus Information tab on the Parent Handbook section of our website: http://www.trfwia.org.uk/online-parent-handbook/

Pupil premium review 2016 Following an invitation from CEP, Adam Williams, we participated in an external review of our Pupil Premium practice in late June. South Gloucestershire Advisor, Judith Mee, and Dr Peter Daw, from the Department for Education, spent the day at the Academy meeting staff, visiting lessons and interviewing students.

The reviewers identified many examples of good practice at the Academy and particularly commented on the good practice demonstrated in the Sixth Form, as well as the very obvious care and support WIA staff provide to students eligible for the Pupil Premium. Our wide and imaginative range of interventions was also identified as a positive strength of our work.

The review team also confirmed that our own self-evaluation is accurate and that we are focusing on the right areas to develop our work over the forthcoming academic year. We are particularly focused on developing classroom differentiation, marking and feedback and our use of data to inform intervention strategies.

Music from the movies concert On Monday 18th July students from across the Academy (and some primary students from Elm Park School) put on a fantastic 'Music from the Movies' Summer Concert. The audience was treated to music from a wide range of films including Star Wars, Happy Feet and even Wayne's World!

During the event there were also some fantastic dance sequences from groups of students who sprung into action and got the audience clapping along with them. Throughout the evening multimedia was used to show film clips and posters, adding another interesting dimension. The finale was a terrific combined performance of the classic ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince....a great evening and showcase of the wonderful range of talent that our students have. Congratulations and thanks again to all students and staff involved!'

Sports Day 2016 Sports day 2016 was another fantastic success! This is the second time we have tried this all day format as an Academy. Students from years 7-10 and year 12 came down to our sports fields for a day of competition and Guild celebration with all students encouraged to compete in at least one event or assist in the running of the events.

When watching Team GB in the 2012 Olympics I was taken back by the togetherness and unity of all of the athletes. Even though they were competing in different events in different parts of the country, they shared a common purpose and vision and were all the better for it. In this vein, all of our students were encouraged to support anyone and everyone from their own Guild to achieve togetherness and success. They did this brilliantly!

The atmosphere was one of fun, competition and collaboration. From the 100m to the javelin, from football to rounders, students conducted themselves in a professional manner.

However, despite all of the fun, there had to be a winner! It came down to the last events; the 4 x 100m relay and the football. The whole Academy waited in anticipation for the results until Aquila are announced as the 2016 champions!

Well done to all the students who competed and thank you to everyone involved in the running of the day.

More sports news Following trials, Sophie Hillyerd has been given another year's contract with Bristol City WFC. She will be part of the new Regional Talent Club programme.

Also, congratulations to student Lexi Johnson in year 7 for achieving bronze and silver medal in West Bromwich to qualify for a place in the world championships! Lexi will take part in forms and sparring for a chance to become world champion! The event will take place in October in Manchester.

More highlights this term

TRFA students and the English Touring Opera

The Great Anti-bullying Bake Off

The Ridings’ Federation of Academies is bidding farewell to the academic year with another ‘first’ – this time a creative collaboration between 50 students at Woodlands Primary Phase, Yate International academy, Winterbourne International Academy and the English Touring Opera.

WIA hosted the first ‘Great AntiBullying Bake Off’. It was amazing how many baked goods were submitted, and the standard was very high.

Routes to Languages Champion Award

We have been given an “Excellence Award” from Routes into Languages for our regular involvement with students on extended language projects (such as speaking competitions, drama events, parcel exchanges, poster competitions, music competitions and other activities).

It was a fantastic performance with both Made In Bristol TV and the Gazette turning up to report on the dress rehearsal. ___________________________

There were winners in several different categories, but Hannah Walters in year 8 was the overall winner. This six layered cake looked incredible and tasted great but what clinched it was the red layer across the bottom which represented those who experienced bullying. ___________________________

Ben makes national development squad

German Exchange Trip .

Congratulations to Boxing Champion Joe

Congratulations to Winterbourne student Ben Bayley for making the basketball squad for National Development Training with a view to national representation!

For two weeks in July Students will be staying with families and will spend time at the German school as well as taking part in cultural visits.

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Well done to year 9 student, Joe Adams, who has become Western Counties Champion for his weight range and was runner up in the England Boxing schools Championships! ___________________________

Well done to the MFL team!

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Educational visit: French trip to Nice and Monaco from the 22nd to the 25th March (term time).

Currently open to y9 and y10 students (Current y7 and y8 students will be able to apply at a later date).

Please contact Miss Maule on rosie.maule@trfwia.org.uk or Mrs Adams on Nathalie.adams@trfwia.org.uk for further details.

New Parent Communication Tool!

Firstly, thank you to everyone who contributed to the Parent communication survey at the beginning of term. Your feedback has proved very useful. While it demonstrates that you all have different preferences in terms of how you’d like to be communicated to, there were a number of commonalities, such as the request for a Parent App. We are therefore pleased to announce the launch of a Parent Communication App for 2016/17!

Further details will be available on the website soon, but if you have a recent android or ios device, you can check it out now by downloading ‘MyEd’ from iTunes or the PlayStore and then selecting ‘Winterbourne International Academy’.

Features include messaging, parent evening bookings, key contacts online payments, calendar and access to your child’s timetable and latest achievements!

Please contact rob.phillips@trfa.org.uk if you have any questions.

New Adult Learning classes We are very pleased to announce our exciting new LearnToday programme for Autumn/Winter 2016-17!

Here are some wonderful classes held at WIA and YIA in a relaxed environment, offering a fantastic way to make friends, enjoy a hobby, or learn a new skill.

Courses include, dress making, street photography, RYA day skipper, bake off for beginners, Russian, French, and Wine Appreciation!

Visit the web link below for more information: http://www.trfa.org.uk/leisureandlearning/learntoday/newlearntoday-programme-2016-17/