TheCityTimes
Monday 9 July 2012
Brilliant bloggers’ chance to shine Just the ticket
London 2012 Olympic Games prize draw A reminder to all students to return their Golden Ticket permission slips for a chance to win tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games. The draw will take place during Sports Day.
Tom Willingham, Louise Barco Morgan and Connie Hatt receiving the Best Online award at this year’s Shine Media Awards for our student-led blog, Sharp.
Blogging team wins media award Congratulations to the Sharp Magazine blogging team, winners of the Best Online award at this year’s Shine Media Awards. Ms Thomas and Mr. McGuigan accompanied our student writers to the award ceremony, who were presented their award by Daily Mail columnist Simon Heffer. Our online magazine, featuring a broad range of news and reviews, from sports to books, fashion to art, is written and managed entirely by our dedicated team
of student journalists and run as part of Ms Thomas’ additional studies class. Sharp’s deputy editor Connie Hatt said, “We are thrilled to have won the award. The editorial team has worked so hard to get the magazine up and running this year, and for that to be recognised in a national competition is incredible.” To read the latest news and reviews, visit sharpmag.wordpress.com. Keep an eye out for a new-look blog, photo galleries and many more features on our brand new website launching in September.
At the start of next term I will stand down as chair of governors. It has been a tremendous privilege to be Chair and I am very proud of all that the Academy has achieved so far. It’s not every school that The Times describes as “a beacon”! I hope to continue as a governor, but want to take this opportunity to wish you all – and in particular our students – every success for the future, and to thank you for your support through these crucial first few years. Catherine McGuinness Chair of Governors
Changes to Key Stage 4 uniform
Global voyage
Japanese Peaceboat sets sail for Hackney On Friday 22 June a group of Japanese visitors from Peaceboat visited The Academy to learn about life in Hackney, teach our students about Japanese culture and spread a message of peace, human rights and respect. Students tried their hand at origami, Japanese juggling and calligraphy. Photos from the day will be posted online soon. For more information about the Peaceboat organisation, visit www.peaceboat.org.
A message from our Chair of Governors
From September 2012, all Key Stage 4 students (Year 10 and 11) will wear a light blue shirt to differentiate them from Key Stage 3. Our Student Council felt it was important to change the uniform in some way to acknowledge their transition to Key Stage 4 whilst limiting the cost to parents, and they agreed the new shirt colour was the best option for this. Further guidance will be sent to all Year 9 parents.
Junior learns to write his name in Japanese logogram script.