Newsletter 19

Winton Community Academy Newsletter

CONTENT • Headteacher’s update • Houses of Parliament • Vote Winton • Bournemouth University • Teen Tech • Dance Festival • Roche Court • STEM Day • Year 5 Sports Day • Science Spectacular • FAME • Family Day • Motion & Commotion • Community Day • Rainbows Ending • Sports • Sports Day • Prom

Issue 19 - Summer Term

It is hard to know where to start on what has been a truly brilliant half term. Every student has worked exceptionally hard and I really can’t thank them enough for their commitment, enthusiasm and passion. Thank you to all students, parents, staff and governors involved in all of the amazing events this half term. As you will see from this newsletter it has been a packed half term and an incredibly busy year.

We have had trips to the Houses of Parliament, Bournemouth University and Roche Court. Winchester University, Teen tech. DNA , Barcelona, PGL, Eden project, paintballing, London Eye, British Museum, Globe and students have been fabulous ambassadors for the Academy on all of the trips and made us all incredibly proud.

This half term we had an election to mark the general election which the Green Party won, congratulations Tom Yates and party and in the same week we announced the new Head boy and Head girl and gave the new prefect team their blazers. I am sure Luke Stone and Maddie Smith will make stunning role models for the younger students in the school and lead student voice with pride.

We have had numerous amazing performances with GCSE dance and drama showcases. ‘Fame’ was really inspiring and as a child of the eighties it is impossible not to watch the show without a huge grin on your face. All of the cast were amazing, Rainbows Ending was lovely with Year seven and Motion and Commotion two was a great success with students completing stunning art work as well as being involved in off site activities locally and further afield. The trip to Barcelona was once in a lifetime including meeting Anthony Joshua at the airport.

The Year seven trip to Shropshire was a real pleasure to be involved with, as always the students were fabulous and a real pleasure to spend time with. Watching Mark Matthews dance like a ballerina will be engraved on my memory for a long time. Watching Mr Spencer dance like a ballerina is something I am really trying to forget!

As well as the students who led the election assemblies Katy Smith and Chloe Perry ran assemblies in the academy with Jamie Perry a student from Icknield School about down syndrome. The assemblies were completely inspiring and were in preparation for our community day which took place on the 11th of July.

The initiative was designed to give our students an opportunity to get involved with local charities, care homes, primary schools and the local council to make a difference for local people.

The day was a great success with students working with charities and learning about altruism and empathy. I was so proud of the way all students performed on these potentially challenging days. The thanks and gratitude from all partners has been an inspiration to hear about.

Our work with other schools has been incredible with Year four, five and six workshops. The Year five STEM and sports days were truly excellent despite the heat. The atmosphere was incredibly positive and all of our students were brilliant on the days.

The prom was wonderful again with Shea Campbell and Alex Harmer-Legall as prom King and Queen and the transport award going to Lewis Patterson arriving on his space hopper.

Sports day was its usual great success. The weather held out and the atmosphere was exceptional. To have every student in the correct kit and engaging in events is stunning and not something most schools could achieve. The events all ran like clock work including the rather short teachers race. There were numerous standout performances throughout the day and a great victory for Darwin and the house system in general.

It is always sad at the end of the year when staff leave us. This year we say goodbye to Mrs Fish who has been part of the support staff since last September, Mr Morley-Davies who is leaving us after 11 years as Deputy Headteacher and Mr Brindley who has done a fantastic job as part of the site team for the last 14 years. We thank them all for their hard work over the years and wish them well for the future.

We welcome 3 new staff for September, Ms Aylmer as Head of English, Mrs Allnutt to the intervention Team and Mrs Patterson as a Cover Supervisor.

A brilliant term to end a brilliant year. Have a great summer and I look forward to seeing you all on September the 6th for the start of the new term.

Nathan Thomas - Headteacher

Year 9 Trip

to the

Houses Of Parliament

Monday 5th June On Monday the 4th of June a group of students from Winton Community Academy had the opportunity to visit the House of Commons for a guided tour and workshop. Being able to visit the House of Commons in the same week as the general election made the event that much more exciting. The students from Years 7 - 9 were able to spend time in the main chambers of the House of Lords and House of Commons and ask numerous fascinating questions. The Year 9 students on the trip were all candidates for our school election which took place on the 8th of June which meant that this opportunity was fabulous for research.

Students were fascinated by all aspects of the trip and completed a very informative and interactive workshop on the suffragettes.

“The Houses of Parliament was a once in a lifetime trip. I learnt all about the history of the place through to present day.

My favourite fact was about the Suffragettes and how they tied themselves to a statue.

I hope one day to be there again presenting the News!�

Luis Wyatt - Year 9 Student

Vote Winton This visit led into the school election in which the five main parties were represented. The students representing the five parties gave assemblies to the whole school to share their policies and ideas on ways to improve the school in keeping with the public policies for the main party.

The Green Party focused on ways to save money as a school by reducing the amount of money we spend on paper and electricity and then using this money to reinvest in equipment for the students. Whilst other parties had excellent policy ideas and promised exciting opportunities for the students it was the Green party’s excellent policies and presentation which won the day.

“We were thrilled to win and look forward to our policies being put into place” Tom Yates Year 9 Student Headteacher Nathan Thomas who went on the trip with the students said "This was a brilliant opportunity for our students and I learnt as much as they did about the history of our democracy. I am so proud of the students involved in the trip and in the election, spending time with such intelligent, innovative young people is a real inspiration."

“It was a really interesting day and the workshop was very informative. We learnt more about the suffragettes and the importance of using your vote to make a difference”.

Emma Jones Year 9 Student

Powering Transformations Bournemouth University 8th June 2017 Sixty students from across Year 7, 8 and 9 were given the opportunity to visit the Bournemouth University campus to compete in a project that was supported and sponsored by the Powering Transformation Trust, Dell and the university.

“The trip was enlightening by giving us an insight into university life” Roman Pitman Year 9

It was aimed at aspiring students to consider pathways at a university level. Winton students were given a series of tasks and challenges as well as a tour of the campus by current University students. It was quite an eye opener for a lot of them as they compared the site to a shopping mall due to its sheer size. The campus has its own community with everything you would need, from sports and leisure, library, health centre and restaurants. In fact we passed by 3 different Starbucks coffee shops…as one of our students put it, “you obviously need to drink a lot of coffee here”.

The main challenge of the day was for students to work in groups and look at how computers and technology could positively change the way we live. This was timed over a 2 hour period and the Winton students were a credit, as always, to the school. The presenters and supporting helpers from the university praised the level of focus and motivation of all involved. The representative from Google was amazed that when they started the task the majority of students automatically logged into their Google accounts and collaborated their ideas through Google slides. This is how we roll!

The groups had different ideas from tech equipment that cleans our oceans to apps that detect emotions in children to help boost their confidence and moods. However the eventual winners were from Year 9 whose idea was to create a more ecologically and environmentally friendly school. From saving energy by having light switch sensors to PE students generating electricity through exercise.

This groups idea was chosen as the schools champion to go forward to the national finals……with a possible chance of winning Dell’s latest computers and tablets.

“The trip was very interesting, challenging and it helped me to be more confident as we had to present in front of everyone” Hannah Speed Year 9

Basingstoke Consortium Tuesday 13th June Ten students from across the STEM subjects were chosen to represent Winton at the annual TEENTECH challenge day. This is an event that allows students to meet and work alongside professionals from different Science, Tech and Engineering industries.

With over 300 students from across the county it is a very busy day but one that serves a very important purpose to give an outlook into the world of work and careers that these students could aim for.

Students follow a plan for the day which takes them through 3 different sessions. In their first session students had to develop a new piece of ‘tech’ that can enhance our world. In groups they had to work on different aspects of the brief. Every school had an ambassador from the world of Engineering or Science to help guide them through so it was a good opportunity to work with these people. With only one hour to brainstorm ideas and develop a solution that they would have to present to the other schools time was against them.

The chosen concept was a small portable ‘air con’ device that would go in your car. It can be operated when the car was not running and an app on your phone could turn it on in advance so your car would be nice and cool when you get into it. The product could also be used in small rooms, such as a bedroom, office or caravan. It would have its own separate power charge.

The group won the ‘Most Surprising Invention’ for their idea.

During session 2 students visited the Scottish and Southern Electricity group where they were met with a practical challenge…to bend a length of wire to a particular shape. This was difficult enough for some students but they also had to wear safety gloves which made it even more of a challenge. SSE shared the different job and apprenticeship opportunities within their company and what they could potentially do. Students also worked alongside a company that provide a 3D print hub for businesses in the area. What was interesting is the fact that our own school now has 3 different 3d printers and the students soon picked up that we could be doing this work ourselves.

After lunch, session 3 was a little like ‘speed dating’, allowing students a 15 minute visit with some of the different STEM companies and businesses that operate around the north Hampshire and Thames Valley areas. With over 30 companies including AWE, JVC Kenwood, Blatchford, Maclaren, Fujitsu and the Royal Navy, students were able to discuss the work that they do. The JVC stand is always a popular one as they tend to give away lots of JVC head phones as prizes.

This day really opens up the minds of students into the world of work. Whether they become scientists and engineers of the future we don’t know, but at least they have a bigger picture of what job opportunities lie waiting for them.

Andover Dance Festival On Wednesday 14th June, the Year 10 BTEC Dance group participated in the Andover Dance Festival hosted at The Lights Theatre in Andover. Students performed one of their latest pieces of contemporary dance, choreographed by Miss Franklin, Rise Up. The piece explores inner turmoil of isolation and dejection.

Also raising awareness of the importance of community support and celebrates the impact of such support by showing that those struggling never have to stand alone if communities stand together.

After the technical rehearsal one of the audience members exclaimed that “That was amazing!”. Cherie Ntim our newly appointed Visual and Performing Arts Ambassador stated, “Our performance stood out within the showcase and we received lovely comments from the organisers”. Miss Franklin explained, “The students have been working exceptionally hard this year and have developed their technique and confidence through attending various showcases, such as this one. The students were very professional throughout the day and thoroughly enjoyed the experience”.

It is with great excitement that we can announce that we have received a £19,597 grant from the Test Valley Borough Council Community Asset Fund, to assist with the redevelopment of the John Morgan Studio Theatre. This is exactly half of the fund required to install the new seating which will be dedicated to the memory of John Morgan and to the sponsors of the individual seats.

You can still sponsor a seat in the name of a loved one or colleague for £100, which will give you a name plaque and dedication on the reverse of an individual seat. See the form at the end of the newsletter.

This grant will now allow us to move forward with the installation of the seating sometime in the autumn term.

Roche Court Sculpture Garden Year 9 Art students recently took part in a visit to Roche Court sculpture garden in East Winterslow. The visit formed part of this term's work on sculpture.

Education officers Emma and Beth gave a very detailed and interesting tour of the grounds, giving an insight into how the sculptures were made and the ideas behind their creation. Year 9 were very lucky to be encouraged to touch specific sculptures and even lie down on them!

The tour included a visit to the gallery where work by Anthony Caro was exhibited. Our students found the visit fascinating and did not want to leave. Both Emma and Beth commented on the high level of engagement students showed and commended their excellent behaviour. The Art department has been invited to take part in a larger project with Roche Court in the Autumn term which will see us returning to study the sculpture further, create our own work and take part in an exhibition. Watch this space!

DAY at

Winton Community Academy s

During the term 236 Year 5 pupils from our feeder schools visited for two days of fun packed STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) activities.

On Monday 19th we welcomed Anton and Andover C of E and Tuesday 20th was even busier as we were joined by Vigo, Pilgrim’s Cross, Smannell and Enham.

Pupils each took part in two sessions from a whole variety of activities, based very appropriately given the weather, around the topic of heat. Steaming cans were imploded, chocolate was melted, chemicals were exploded, crayons were liquified into works of art and mysteries were decoded.

In the afternoon the Year 5s and their teachers were treated to a barbecue feast of burgers they had prepared in buns they had baked themselves. We then watched a (sometimes) spectacular launch of the pupils’ hot air balloons as Mr Head pumped away at the bellows and tried not to singe his eyebrows.

A great time was had by all and the Year 5s did themselves proud. Likewise, our Year 8 and Year 9 helpers were superb throughout and, as normal, were a real credit to Winton!

Year 5

Winton welcomed nearly 300 Year 5 students to their annual sports day with students from, Anton, Knights Enham, Vigo, Pilgrims Cross and Smannell & Enham.

The students took part in a range of sports including netball, stool ball, basketball, football, athletics and problem solving. The events were led by the PE staff and Year 10 students who officiated all of the different sports. We also had over 60 Year 7 helpers who ensured the students were well looked after throughout the day.

Although the weather was hot the students were supplied with endless water, sun cream and shade and it did not deter the students who worked well in their teams.

“Our children had such a fantastic afternoon at the multi-sports event, as always it was very well organised to create a smooth afternoon from start to finish. I thought the students were brilliant at taking into account the very hot conditions. They were so enthusiastic and worked brilliantly with the children and took responsibility in terms of getting extra water�.

Teacher from Anton Junior School

When all the fixtures had been completed it was a very close call between the top three. Knights Enham, purple and Anton green finished in joint third position with Anton white closely following behind in second place. Vigo dark blue were the overall winners.

Congratulations.

This year we introduced our Sportsmanship Award, this is for the team that played fair, followed rules of the game, respected judgment of referees and officials and treated opponents with respect. This award went to Smannell & Enham school and was nominated by the teachers leading the activities.

Miss Franklin who organised the event said “Our main priority was ensuring the students were safe, considering the hot weather and secondly ensuring all that took part had fun. With the help of students and staff involved the event was a huge success!”.

“Brilliant afternoon! All of the children did brilliantly and were given water continuously and there was plenty of shade. Well done to all involved!”.

Year 5 Parent

Wednesday 21st June

Bubble Nation

Each term there are special events in Science where students can sign up and come along and do some awesome hands on experiments.

This term he had our enthusiastic students take part in the Bubble nation event it was an action packed event that involved lots of fun activities: from students making their perfect bubble mix, to designing and making their own bubble wand, and competing for the best and largest bubbles.

One of the highlights of the event was the students comparing and discussing who had the best bubble mix for creating the largest bubbles that floated the furthest. In order to do this the students needed to make sure they had the right quantities of distilled water, detergent and glycerol solution.

Students left with a buzz and enthusiasm for Science as they walked out of the door with their special bubble mix and bubble wand.

Science in Nearing the end of a busy term he had our final Science spectacular for this academic year. A small but enthusiastic group of students arrived.

We started but setting up the fire writing, using a paste of potassium nitrate. Putting them aside we turned our hand to 'magic'! We used washing up liquid to cause food colouring drops to move and create patterns. Food colouring is less dense than milk, so they floated. The surface tension of the milk was broken by the washing up liquid causing the food colouring to move, it looked like it was repelling the colouring. After a quick clean up we set alight to our fire writing pictures with some outstanding results. Hats of to Mia Judge for a stella clean up effort, a Science star in the making.

GEYSER FUN Wednesday 5th July

Students took part in the geyser fun event, it was an action packed event that involved lots of fun activities: from students designing their own geyser tubes from paper, a smarties tube and some sellotape to creating coke and mentos bombs and creating exploding tomato sauce mixed with sodium bicarbonate which shot up at least 20 feet in the air. The day ended with the students competing for the best and highest geyser.

One of the highlights of the event was the students modifying their geyser tubes and thinking scientifically about how they could improve their design to ensure their geyser was the highest.

Students left with a buzz and enthusiasm for Science as they walked out of the door including a well deserved ice lolly in hand.

What can I say about this Science Spectacular!!! Teachers have accidents too, yes Mrs Chandarana accidentally set off a coke geyser in the classroom, she was not alone! Putting that aside our group of budding scientists made their own geyser tube and coke bombs.

The geyser tubes were the most successful due to Mr Spencer’s awesome input. Aaron did a great job with the tomato sauce bomb, the tomato sauce shot up at least 20 ft.

After all the science fun came clean up duty, the students did this with compunction. We finished the day with a lolly to say well done!. - Miss R Teal

THE MUSICAL The end of year production was ‘Fame the Musical’. The all singing, all dancing show was a real tour de force with some outstanding performances by our students.

Carmen played by Cherie Ntim supported by our BTEC dance students was amazing in her role.

Katy Smith in Year 7 stepped out to play Mabel and again proved how capable she is as a performer.

Paige Shepherd and Codie Moreland were incredible as Miss Sherman and Miss Bell and were absolutely enthralling, particularly in their charged argument scene.

This year there were a number of newcomers to our production and it was a pleasure to see this undiscovered talent discovered.

Jess Richards and Finley Gallimore stepped into their roles with ease and proved themselves to be very capable. There were a number of other amazing performers especially from Year 7 which is fantastic to see. The lighting and set design were put together by Harri Flavell and this ensured that the performance was complete.

An amazing production by an amazing group of students!

Mr Flavell

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Family Day this year was a fantastic event with 120 enthusiastic Year 6’s and the most parents we have ever had. Students made slime in science, fired rockets in technology and engaged in team building activities in PE and the Performing Arts. A fabulous day was had by all.

"I was very impressed with the talent in this excellent set of Year 6 students. I was especially pleased that the new crop of Darwin students managed to win their first ever house event! Having seen their end of year KS2 results and met them all, I am confident that they are going to have a fabulous year. I look forward to meeting them in their school over the next couple of weeks" Mr N Thomas.

Our second year of Motion & Commotion arts and activities week was a fabulous opportunity for all our students to take part in a fantastic range of events. There were three residential trips that saw over 130 students, visit the Eden Project, Boreatton Park in Shropshire and Barcelona.

Year 7 students were offered the opportunity to take part in a three day PGL activity break at Boreatton Park in Shropshire. Led by Miss Webb, 62 students from Year 7 spent an amazing three days taking part in a range of adventurous activities and games. The highlight of the trip was seeing Mark Matthews, Mr Thomas and Mr Spencer ballet dancing across the lawns.

14 students spent two days at the Eden Project in Cornwall exploring our landscape and environment as part of a linked Geography project.

Mr Flavell led 5 other staff and 56 students on a 6-day excursion to Barcelona. The trip was packed with activities and visits to Nou Camp, Tarragona, Parc Guell, Sagrada Familia and an epic 12 hours in PortAventura theme park.

There were so many highlights to the trip but none greater than the prank pulled off by staff and the parents of Leon Terry who travelled out to Barcelona to photo-bomb lots of the photographs‌brilliant to see that Leon had no idea until the final school assembly!

Students who remained in school took part in huge a and varied programme of events such as Koinibori Art, lead glass window art, ‘Who do you think you are?’ family tree research, Trips to The Globe Theatre and Aladdin in London, photography trips to London and Bournemouth, film-making, vlogging, the science rubber band art, Andover arts walk, inflatable sports course, cake making and decorating, Winchester science centre, rock climbing and trampolining. Finally, Mr Lee led a group to Southampton paintballing where he and two other members of staff hammered 40 students with over 2000 paintball pellets!

Can’t wait for Motion & Commotion 3 next year which is already being planned.

Students took part in their very first Community Day. Local businesses, residential homes & schools were contacted to see if they had jobs that needed completing by our students in Year 7,8 & 9. Mr Thomas spoke and met each of the local businesses and schools to discuss what jobs needed completing and the date was confirmed as the 11th July. However someone forgot to book the sunshine, yet all of our students were not put off by the threat of rain and went on their way at 9.00am for a day of making a difference in the community.

Rainbow’s Ending

By Noel Greig

In the very last week of term the Year 7 Theatre Club performed ‘Rainbow’s Ending’ by Noel Greig The play is set in a dystopian world where man has destroyed the planet through the use of consumables in the name of profit This was the first time that Year 7 have been given the opportunity to perform a full play. Jess Main played Rainbow, the heroine of the play who sacrifices herself at the end in order to save mankind.

The cast, Jess Main, Finley Parker, Emma James, Kaci Gray, Ellis Owen, Katy Smith, Charlotte Vosakiwaiwai, Tyler Kelling and Jade Hill all attend the early morning acting club every week and have worked hard for this final performance of the year.

10 s & c i 9 t r e l Ye a c t A t h ri ip t h s s i n D io p m Cha On May 26th, Andover held its District Athletics Championships. Winton fielded two full teams of athletics in both the Year 9 and 10 competitions. We had some excellent results including Amar Evans (Year 10) who finished in first place in the Triple Jump, leaping 10m55. Ollie Coward who also won the Year 9 Triple Jump competition jumping just over 10 metres. Damien Dixon was outstanding in the Year 9 boys 100m finishing easily in first place and even surprising himself with his win! Toby Edds performed well in the Year 10 boy’s shot put finishing in 3rd place. Kerys Owen who finished second in the shot put throwing over 8 metres, she only missed first place by 20 seconds. Lily Dakin and Chloe Howard both finished in second place in the Year 9 and Year 10 girls 800m. Caitlin Hannah was only 2 seconds behind Lily in the Year 10 girls race finishing in 4th place overall. This is down to training in PE lessons, attendance at athletics club and sheer determination from the girls.

Hannah James who is one of our most able Year 10 girls performed in the Discus this year even though she has just had a major operation on her knee. Hannah finished in a very respectable 3rd place and this is superb considering she only picked one up a few weeks before! Louise Gray had a very busy day scoring major points for the Year 9 Winton girls team, she competed in the javelin finishing seventh, the 200m finishing 4th, the discus (4th), 800m 6th and she also completed a ‘leg’ in the relay.

Some of the GCSE PE students also supported the team in Year 9 and 10. Some of these students had never had an opportunity to compete before in athletics for the school. Jimmy Rolfe finished 4th in the javelin, Tom Yates 4th in the triple jump, Lucas Hosking Discus 8th place, Connor Smallcombe 8th Javelin, Luke Stone 5th in Triple Jump and 4th in the 200m, Drew Morgan 6th and Kieran Pangbourne 7th in the 800m. James Warmington also supported the team finishing 6th in the javelin. In the girl’s team, Maddy Smith finished in 6th place in the Year 10 Javelin, Cherie Ntim 7th Long Jump and Jasmine Bliss 8th Long Jump.

The students’ behaviour was impeccable and they all supported each other throughout the day. The students who finished in first or second were automatically selected to represent Andover at the County Championships held in Portsmouth on June 10th.

Well done to all!

Year 7 and 8 District Athletics Championships There must be something about Wednesdays in June. The poor Year 8 only know athletics to equal a rainy day, as this was what happened last year for their district event. Like last year, it pretty much rained all day. Thank-you Mr Elsey for allowing the team to borrow your gazebos.

The Winton students started their teamwork at 9am. Harvey Adams and Corey Talks took control building both the gazebos with some good support from their peers in record time! Mrs Chewins was very impressed with their initiative and natural leadership skills.

Two of Winton’s Year 7’s achieved outstanding results. They are Mia Judge (Javelin) and Corey Talks (Long Jump). Mia threw the Javelin nearly 13 metres and Corey jumped 4 metres in Long Jump. Both of these students have been selected to represent Andover at the County Championships on the 11th July. They are both excited and nervous about this opportunity.

Other quality performance in Year 7 include Charlotte Vosakiwaiwai who won her 80m heat and finished 4th in the final, Charlotte also finished 6 out of 18 places in the Long Jump jumping 3m66. Kelly Toon finished 3rd in the shot with 5m40. Bianca Gouveia finished in 4th place in the discus with a throw of 10m90. In the boys competition, Georgie Robson won his heat in the 80m and finished 6th overall in the final, Roman Carey supported Corey in the long jump and finished in a respectable 5th place jumping 3m47 and Theo Dominy finished in 6th place in the high jump clearing 1m25 in an event he had never tried before. This is amazing progress.

In the Year 8 competition, Mati Granica finished second in his 100m heat and went on to finish in 7th place in a very close final. Craig Huntley and Molly Beard Parker both narrowly missed making the final in the 200m. Vicky Leach ran a gutsy race and finished in a respectable 6th place in the 800m, she was closely followed by Freya.

Shannon Lee threw the javelin and finished in 5th place.

What was lovely to see was the team spirit and support for each other throughout the whole day. Well done to all competitors.

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I have been Andover’s Athletics Team Manager for the

last 10 years. It was a privilege this year to have eight athletes from Winton who received automatic selection to this event, based on their achievement at Charlton in the District Athletics day. Winton’s athletes included Sam Peters, Kerys Owen, Toby Edds, Lily Robinson, Chloe Howard, Oliver Coward, Damian Dixon and Amar Evans. Unfortunately Amar and Oliver were unable to attend the day. All of the Winton athletes tried their best and this day gave them the opportunity to learn about competitive athletics. Many athletes competing within the county championships are well established and not only do they train every week for their club, they are also used to competing on a regular basis. For our students this was a new experience. Both Chloe and Lily ran in the 800m and achieved personal bests by running under 3 minutes for the first time. Damian qualified easily for the Junior Boys 100m final and then had to wait till the very last event of the day to compete in the final. He finished in 7th place but it was a very competitive and close race and with some training, he has the potential to achieve greatly in the future. Sam Peters is an experienced athlete and trains at Andover Athletics Club. He finished in 6th place in the Inter boys 100m Final. Kerys and Toby both found their shot competition difficult but enjoyed the day overall. They have both expressed an interest in joining Andover Athletics club and this will help them both in school for their GCSE course and as an individual in future championships.

I feel very proud and excited about the future of athletics in school and I have personally approached the local athletics club (Andover Athletics Club) to help build a link to allow more Winton students to attend regularly. Well done to Chloe Howard who has already been and enjoyed her first training session this week!

11th July County Championships Southampton.

Somebody ordered the rain again!

A very wet Tuesday afternoon led to lots of soggy teachers and children at the County Championships. Mrs Chewins had the pleasure of supporting both Mia and Corey today. Corey remained calm and recorded a new personal best of 4m04 in the Long Jump finishing in 7th place overall. This is a fantastic achievement for a young man who only started jumping at school a few weeks ago. This could be the start of an athletics future for Corey if he chooses to joins Andover Athletics Club. By the time Mia completed her javelin the track was soaking and both the weather and the pressure, affected her progress. Her best distance was 12m29 so a little away from her best but overall a massive experience and opportunity for her to be part of. Well done to both!

During this years season we managed to play games against The Wellington Academy and John Hanson.

Although the results in both games did not go our way, we have started our journey into becoming a team that Winton can be proud of.

With many of our players joining a team for the first time, I am confident that we can build on these

Y7 & 8 Cricket We recently took part in the Andover School U13 Cricket tournament and looked to apply what we had leant in cricket club to games against Harrow Way, Rookwood and Testbourne Schools. For many of our squad this was their first taste of competitive cricket and although we didn’t progress through to the final of the competition, we did enjoy our games,score runs and took wickets which was great. The best catch of the day was from Tom who definitely put his body, in particular his fingers, on the line for our team! Well done to everyone who took part.

Y7 Football

SPORTS SPORTS

Day

2017

DARWIN FINAL DO IT! A massive congratulations for Darwin house who are this year’s winners of sports day. The trophy was collected by Milly Hinchcliffe and Damian Dixon who were very proud of their house today.

Sports day actually started on Friday 7th July with an extra dimension. The students were given an opportunity to participate in Athletics field events alongside the usual organised activities including: Skills Tests, Badminton, Basketball, Rounders, Netball, Tennis, Handball, Stoolball and track athletics.

The students who had opted to ‘Throw or Jump’ took part alongside their peers in the knowledge that all of their scores counted no matter how far they jumped or threw the objects.

There were some quality performances seen including: Year 7: Year 7 Long Jump had 3 excellent results including Aiden Coad 3m94, Corey Talks 4m10 and Keith Soares 3m80. James Cooper 7m54 shot, Marcis Lacis 17m05, Kelly Toon 12m56 and Mia Judge 13m in Javelin.

Year 8: Toby Melling 9m36, Mati Granica 8m90, Jenson Wyatt 4m14, Joey Black 19m90 Javelin, Year 9: Ollie Coward 9m81 Triple Jump, Jimmy Rolfe 19m95 Javelin, Roman Pitman 7m30 in shot, Year 10: Charlie Thomas and Luke Stone who both jumped over 10m in triple Jump. James Warmington 26m80 Javelin,

This led to Newton starting on 100 points, Darwin on 75 points and Brunel had 50 points. All to play for!

The scores changed dramatically throughout the day, but the students remained determined and dedicated to help their house to score valuable points. The Year 10 boys in Newton were amazing in the skills tests and Miss Cook had to work hard to keep counting their scores. Who knew boys could skip so well!!!

At the end of each of the events the teachers in charge picked a player of the year. This person was not necessarily the best but a person who had given their all for their team. The students will be placed on ‘The Sports day Notice board’ for all other students to aspire too.

Final Scores Scores

BRUNEL

DARWIN

Newton

Year 7

700

1034

824

Year 8

900

876

761

Year 9

825

956

796

Year 10

938

636

944

Overall

3363

3503

3325

The results show that the Year 7 students in Darwin really stepped up to the competition and helped their house to become the overall winners.

Sports day at Winton is all about being a team. This includes both staff and students and everyone is prepared to go the extra mile to allow the maximum participation for all students. Mrs Chewins would like to say a big thank-you to everyone for a very successful day.

Pr om 2017

Prom

King & Queen

Year 4 Maths Day

The Maths team of Winton, ably assisted by Mrs Frape, Head of Maths at Harrow Way geared up to entertain and educate a bunch of enthusiastic young people in the JMST, for the third year running.

The studio was prepared before their arrival with a magnificent flag, shields and banners to create a medieval effect, which has proved very visually pleasing in previous years.

To finish it all off all staff dressed in period costume and using appropriate props, transformed from Ms Wilson, Mr Launder, Miss Jacobs, Aaron Wells (work experience intern), Mr Kolb and Mr Head into Queen Algebra, Sir Mathsalot, Dame Division, Knight Geometry, Sir Addemup and Sir Addemup senior.

The day started at 10am with 25 keen pupils from Anton and Portway, unfortunately Balksbury could not join us, for a Crystal Maze style activity day.

The 8/9 year olds were immaculately behaved and the top team managed to accrue 17 crystals, which would ultimately give them 35 extra seconds head start on the final Maze activity.

Prizes and certificates were given to the participants at the close of the day and parents joined us for the final farewell.

All in all a fantastic day, with fantastic young people run by fantastic staff.

Take a Look at Project 195 195 School Days - 195 Photographs https://www.flickr.com/photos/wintoncommunityacademy/

Things to look out for‌.

Key dates 21st July Students break up at 3.10pm for summer.

24th & 25th July INSET CLOSURE DAYS START OF TERM 4th & 5th September

A message from the outgoing Chair of Parent Voice " My daughter and I have been part of Winton's journey for the last 5 years. It has been quite a trip with 3 Heads, numerous staff leaving and joining, re-organisation of the houses from 4 to 3, not to forget a fire!

What has been constant throughout has been the caring environment across the whole school, which creates a supportive environment for our young people to grow, flourish and learn. For me as a Mum, that has been so important. The change in our school since Mr Thomas took over has been phenomenal. His vision of what Winton can be and his belief in the students is inspiring. There are fantastic staff in place to make sure our amazing young people have the best start and achieve as much as possible in readiness for the next stage in their lives.

INSET CLOSURE DAYS 6th September Staggered start for students.

Students should report to the Sports Hall at the following times: 8.40am - Year 11 9.00am - Year 7 9.20am - Years 8,9 & 10

I have been the chair of Parent Voce for 3 years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time and it has been great to work with the other parents and staff to move Winton onwards and upwards. . Any one of us can get involved, you just need to care about the school and ask lots of questions, even the ones that might seem simple or silly. Please come along to Parents Voice. It gives us the opportunity to raise what is important to us as parents from the timetable and curriculum to the uniform, canteen food or even when the drumming sessions will restart.

And the school listens!!"

Many thanks Hilary Franks

12th September

Parent Voice Meeting 5.30pm

Take a Look at Project 195

195 School Days - 195 Photographs

13th September Year 11 Parents’ Evening 14th September Year 8 Trip to Harry Potter World Year 9/10 Trip to the Grange Opera House

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Winton Community Academy

Email: contactus@wintoncommunityacademy.org

London Road, Andover Hampshire, SP10 2PS T: 01264 351822 F: 01264 332793

www.wintoncommunityacademy.org Principal: Mr N Thomas