Haywood News spring 2014

The SPRING 2014

LOOKING GOOD: OUR SMART NEW UNIFORM ON SHOW Beth Proctor and Brandon Joe were among the students chosen to model the new-look Haywood Academy school uniform.

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Students help to raise cash at Robbie Fanfest

Nicole’s baby elephant makes it Intu a shopping centre parade YEAR 9 student Nicole Winley won a competition organised by the Intu Potteries shopping centre to design and decorate a life-sized baby elephant.

The design was called mirror, with the area above the central line representing a healthy city and environment, while reflected below were damaged buildings and decay, showing what could happen if we fail to look after our planet.

Helped by her friends – including Lydia Clowes and Rebecca Pennell – Nicole had to draw her winning design onto a 3-D model and paint it.

The parade took place from Monday 10 March to Sunday 6 April, with 18 elephants decorated by celebrities on display in the shopping centre, alongside Nicole’s design.

More than 500,000 visitors saw the exhibition which aimed to raise funds and awareness for the Asian elephant foundation. Nicole’s elephant will also be going to London for a winners’ photoshoot.

Our pictures show Nicole painting her design, above, while below is the finished elephant.

STUDENTS from Haywood Academy and its partner primary schools supported the Robbie Williams Fanfest in Burslem town centre.

On Saturday 8 February they joined local artists, musicians, market stallholders and businesses to celebrate Robbie’s 40th birthday.

Haywood Academy orchestra performed a medley of Robbie’s hits on the steps of the School of Art. Despite the bitter cold their performance was amazing and they received excellent feedback from the audience.

Other students took part by baking and decorating cakes and decorating pottery

Young dancers brought toys to life

YOUNG dancers from Haywood Academy were invited to perform in the annual Stoke School Sport Partnerships Dance Extravaganza staged at Hanley’s Victoria Hall at the end of March.

The event included primary schools, secondary schools, academies and colleges from across Stoke-on-Trent who were asked to demonstrate their

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items donated by Steelite.

These were then showcased and judged by Robbie’s’ step-mum, Melanie Williams.

The event was staged to raise money for the Donna Louise Trust – of which Robbie is the patron – and more than £15,000 was collected. Well done to all who took part.

■ Pictured above are some of the Haywood students who took part in the Fanfest and, inset, Robbie himself.

interpretation of ‘A Day In The Life Of…’ stories through the medium of dance and movement.

Our piece explored the theme of toys and demonstrated what we thought toys would do if they could come to life.

The students represented the school really well, closing the show as the final performance.

NEC trip went with a Big Bang ALL our Year 8 and some Year 10 students went to the Big Bang Fair at the NEC in Birmingham in March.

The aim was to encourage them to study STEM subjects at GCSE. The day was very enjoyable and the students saw lots of new technologies and sciences at the show.

Some took part in chocolate welding and learnt about air pressure and pneumatics, while others had the chance to see the 1,000 mph land speed record Bloodhound car.

Shane Grocott reached for the stars when he chatted with NASA engineers and got to meet Space Shuttle pilot Captain Jon McBride.

Firms help our young engineers

Haywood students outside the Academy with the BMW 13 Electric Car and, right, members of the KMF team who visited the school.

BEN Berrisford who works for Knights BMW as their Product Genius, paid a visit to Haywood Academy in January.

Ben – whose job is to research and test every BMW car – came in to work with our Year 10 Greenpower Engineers.

Ben arranged for the students to be test-driven in a brand new BMW I3 Electric Car and helped them to analyse the vehicle to pick up engineering ideas for Haywood's Greenpower Electric Vehicle.

Students also had the chance to quiz Ben in a Q&A engineering session after school.

KMF Engineering also visited Haywood this term.

Jenny Conlon from KMF came in with two apprentices to work with Year 11 Product Design Students on their controlled assessment.

Students had the products they had made tested by the visitors and were given valuable feedback about the commercial potential of their ideas.

Our students then recorded this information to evaluate their 3D work.

MONTHS OF CONSULTATION COME TO AN END AS HAYWOOD ACADEMY’S NEW-LOOK UNIFORM IS FINALLY UNVEILED

It’s a smart new look for Haywood students OUR months of hard work consulting students and staff over plans for a new Haywood Academy school uniform have finally paid off as designs for the smart new look – planned for introduction in September – are at last unveiled.

Primarily in navy blue – with details picked out in royal blue – the new-look uniform consists of jacket, trousers, a white shirt and black shoes for the boys, while the girls will wear a jacket with a pleated skirt or trousers, white shirt, black shoes and black tights.

Both sexes will wear clip-on royal blue ties with a coloured stripe identifying each house, while optional items include a royal blue V-neck jumper, a Haywood Academy navy tunic for the girls and a Haywood Academy headscarf. The new designs also include PE kit.

Work on deciding what the new uniforms should look like began way back in November last year when a Uniform Working Party – consisting of Mrs Sellman (parent),

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Rova Bakki and Edward Selman model the new-look uniform.

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Cerys Lancaster, Ryan Callaghan and Beth Proctor model the new PE kit.

Kara Hulme wears the new blazer and pleated skirt.

Mrs Chadwick, Miss Hughes, Mrs Brailsford and Mrs Yates together with Year 9 students Dean Watkin, Rahbar Zahman and Nicloe Winley plus Kara Hulme from Year 7 – was set up.

The Working Party looked at various samples and considered style, colours, PE kit, and what could be included in a school uniform starter pack.

Three different uniform suppliers were then invited to submit sample designs which went on display in the school. Special assemblies were held and students filled in ballot forms to indicate which sample items they preferred.

Headteacher Carl Ward said: "I am delighted that the collaboration between parents, governors, staff and students has resulted in the choice of new school uniform that is not only popular with students but is excellent quality and value for money. The new uniform, which displays the Academy’s new logo, is exceptionally smart, yet functional, and students have commented they will be proud to wear it.”

Inter-house progress and attendance ALL students receive a Commitment to Progress grade in their lesson – 1-4, with 1 being the best. This means that the House with the lowest score will be the winner.

SMART NEW LOOK: some of the Uniform Working party and the models – seated are Miss Hughes and Mrs Chadwick while standing are, from left, Brandon Joe, Masuma Rahman, Beth Proctor, Cerys Lancaster, Ryan Callaghan, Rova Bakki and Edward Selman.

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GIRLS ■ Haywood Academy fitted navy blue jacket with matching knee-length pleated skirt or trousers ■ White tailored shirt ■ Black shoes ■ Black tights ■ Haywood Academy royal blue ‘V’ neck jumper with navy trim (optional) ■ Haywood Academy clip-on royal blue tie – coloured stripe will identify each house ■ Haywood Academy navy tunic (optional) ■ Haywood Academy head scarf (optional) PE KIT ■ Haywood Academy navy ‘t’ shirt with light blue trim (compulsory) ■ Navy leggings (compulsory) – available from The Schoolwear Shop.

■ Haywood Academy netball skirt (only if in the team) ■ Haywood Academy long-sleeved navy skin top (optional) ■ Haywood Academy fleece training top (optional) Junior Girls Pleated Skirt Package Senior Girls Pleated Skirt Package Junior Girls Trouser Package Senior Girls Trouser Package Junior Boys Package Senior Boys Package *Each package contains a jacket, skirt or

BOYS ■ Haywood Academy navy blue jacket with matching trousers ■ White tailored shirt ■ Black shoes ■ Haywood Academy royal blue ‘V’ neck jumper with navy trim (optional) ■ Haywood Academy clip-on royal blue tie – coloured stripe will identify each house PE KIT ■ Haywood Academy navy ‘t’ shirt with light blue trim (compulsory) ■ Navy shorts (compulsory) – available from The Schoolwear shop.

■ Haywood Academy long-sleeved navy skin top (optional) ■ Navy leggings (optional) – available from The Schoolwear Shop.

■ Haywood Academy fleece training top (optional) trousers, clip-on tie and a PE polo shirt and Haywood Academy navy scarf for those students who wish to wear one.

Prefects Haywood Academy dark blue jumper no trim (optional) Plain royal blue tie.

The C to P results up to Easter are: 1st Phoenix and Genesis with 389,303 2nd Viking and Galileo with 404,534 3rd Apollo and Pioneer with 406,353.

Well done to everyone in Phoenix and Genesis, they continue to top the leader board.

The inter-house attendance competition results up to Easter are: 1st Phoenix and Genesis with 94.77% 2nd Viking and Galileo with 94.15% 3rd Apollo and Pioneer with 93.90% The gap between the Houses is getting smaller but Phoenix and Genesis are still in the lead. Well done to everyone for some great attendance figures.

The best Form attendance results are: 1st Phoenix and Genesis XBD 96.15% 2nd Apollo and Pioneer PEW 95.9% 3rd Viking and Galileo VWY 95.2% The top form in Yr 11 was PT on 95.15% which is a fantastic result. Well done to everyone!

Parents/carers will be asked to pay £20 for each package, which is heavily subsidised in the first year by the school.

For familes where there is more than one child attending Haywood, the cost for the second child will be £15 for a package and £10 for a third child. The uniform can be purchased from the National School wear shop in Stafford Street, Hanley from June.

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IN February Keele University came into school to make some of our Y7s aware of alternative and renewable energy.

Their challenge was to make a solar powered car from recycled materials.

They then had to charge their solar powered cars using desk lamps and race them to see which was fastest.

Two of the primary school students who took part in the challenge are pictured above.

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TASTY TREATS at Fairtrade lunch HAYWOOD Academy catering staff hosted their annual Fairtrade lunch on Wednesday 5 March supported by students from the Fairtrade committee. Customers who enjoyed tucking-in to some of the Fairtrade goodies included City Councillors Joy Garner and Peter Haywood, together with Ann Worthington, Chair of Fairtrade Action in Stoke-on-Trent.

Students quizzed popular author FORTY Year 7 girls visited Lichfield’s Garrick Theatre to listen to Cathy Cassidy, author of The Chocolate Box Collection, discussing her inspirations and her career in writing.

Cathy, pictured, is a writer of young adult fiction who has penned 20 books.

She has also been the agony aunt for teen girl magazine Shout and she currently has a series of three books for younger readers featuring a character called Daizy Star.

The trip, in February, was very informative and gave the students an opportunity to hear about Cathy’s exciting career and what led her to become a writer.

Cathy also talked to the girls about the inspiration for her character

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creations and quizzed them about what character they were most like in The Chocolate Box collection.

At the end of the talk students were given the chance to ask Cathy questions about her life and her books.

The girls were very keen to find out who Cathy bases her characters on and whether she had any plans to write more books.

At the end of the discussion the girls were invited to a book-signing session at which they could purchase a selection of Cathy’s books and have them autographed by the author.

The students thoroughly enjoyed their theatre experience, with many seizing the opportunity to have their photograph taken with Cathy.

A little peer pressure?

HAYWOOD Academy students had an opportunity to meet Derbyshire peer Lord Robert Methuen and learn about life in the House of Lords when he visited the school in February.

Lord Methuen met with Year 10 and 11 students to talk about the work of the House of Lords.

He also answered questions about aspects of the parliamentary process and day-to-day life at Westminster.

Lord Methuen was very impressed by the interest shown by our students with many probing questions being asked.

The visit was arranged through the Lord Speaker’s Peers In Schools programme, which aims to encourage students to engage more with the political and parliamentary process.

Netball girls going for glory and for goals THE under-14 netballers played in a competition at Fenton Manor with the A Team, left, finishing second and the B Team, right, third.

A special mention goes to Glory Olanrewafu who played extremely well.

The under-16 netballers have also been playing well, beating Excel Academy 15-11 in their last match.

“It was a very close match and a superb team effort,” said Mrs Brailsford.

SPORT ROUN D UP

Conor’s got his sights set on TOKY 2020

EAR 9 STUDENT Conor Lawton is a bit of a superstar when it comes to sport.

Despite his physical disabilities – he was born with cerebral palsy (CP) – Conor, aged 14, has always been fully involved in sport and has developed a particular passion for football.

He has also competed at regional level in disability tabletennis, wheelchair basketball and disability football.

Conor was involved with Inspire disability sport where he was able to take part in a range of sports.

Following this he was made Sporting Ambassador for Inspire. In

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addition he was asked to join a mainstream tabletennis club at St Peter’s High School, Penkhull.

Following Conor’s progress in tabletennis, he was invited to attend a disability regional competition where he came second in the novice section – playing against England national disability players.

At a charity event where wheelchair basketball was being showcased, Conor was asked to join and train with Stoke Spitfires and he has now played for the team for two years.

Conor’s obvious ability was soon recognised and he was put forward for regional trials. However,

he underwent major surgery on his right arm in August last year so has decided to wait until he has fully recovered before he attends the trials again.

Conor has been identified as having excellent hand–eye coordination and is a mean shooter!

He has also played football from a very early age, joining mainstream football with Port Vale Community at Dimensions.

He then discovered disability football run by Cerebral Palsy Sport, playing for CP team Aston Villa Marvels and training at Aston Villa Academy on a weekly basis.

Conor was tracked by the FA Regional Talent Scout for Disability Football and at age 10 was asked to trial for Staffordshire FA Player Development Centre at County level, based at Stoke City FC. He now trains there every Friday night and is currently in his fourth season.

Last season he was asked to join the West Midland Cerebral Palsy Centre of Excellence. This is a regional CP squad based in Coventry and Conor plays for the under-16 squad. The Centre of Excellence means that Conor plays

in a league all over the country against other regional teams.

Conor has played at the FA’s National Football Centre – St George’s Park at Burton-uponTrent – on a number of occasions, both with the Centre of Excellence (CoE) and The Player Development Centre (PDC). His most recent venture was at St George’s where he was top scorer for his team, netting four goals. The next step from the CoE is to join the England Development Squad, which some of his older team mates have recently done.

Conor’s ambition is to play CP football for GB at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo – something everyone agrees is entirely possible.

Mr Rutter, Head of Boys PE at Haywood Academy, said: “Conor is a real inspiration to anyone who takes part in sport and is proof that there are no barriers to being involved in sport at the highest standard.

“He is an incredibly motivated and determined sportsman and everybody at Haywood Academy wishes him the very best in his quest to represent Team GB in the 2020 Paralympics.”

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HAYWOOD students were successful in reaching the Level Three Winter Games to represent the Academy in dodgeball, basketball and indoor athletics.

All teams represented Haywood in an excellent fashion throughout the day and all the students enjoyed taking part.

A special mention must go to Nikita Lander and Beth Procter who were asked to umpire the Year 5 Netball competitions at the games. Great leadership girls!

Haywood students at the Level Three Winter Games – basketball, above; dodgeball, left; and indoor athletics, below left.

EXCELLENCE at Level Three Winter Games

Girls braved elements

Fustal team reached finals

TWO Haywood Academy girls took on the elements to represent Haywood in the City cross country event on Saturday 1 February, completing a two-mile course. Well done to Beth Procter (Year 10) and Gracie Fern (Year 7).

HUGE congratulations to the Year 9 Futsal team, above, who reached the City finals.

All matches were extremely close but Haywood narrowly

missed out on getting to the Regional stage of the competition.

We are all very proud of what the team acheived.

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