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Winton Community Academy Newsletter Issue 7

Summer Term

Principal’s Update It has been an excellent year for Winton Community Academy!

When I arrived at Winton in September it had had a difficult few years and I was yet another change! However I could tell instantly that this was going to be a positive and successful year. There was a determination from staff and students and an understanding that the journey towards being the good school we all want at the heart of our community had begun. The students at Winton are fabulous and I can honestly say that these young people are the most polite, friendliest and positive students I have ever had the pleasure of working with.

The OFSTED inspections in November and April and the DfE visit in March have indicated we were making good progress; 70% of lessons were judged to be good and a number of lessons were seen to be outstanding. This has been the key improvement this year, the quality of teaching and learning in the Academy has improved. ‘Outstanding’ teaching and learning has been observed across the curriculum.

The Performing Arts department have had another superb year with highlights including the pantomime, Red Cross Dance performance, Carol Service, Talent Show, We Will Rock You and ‘The Last Resort’. In November we will see our next whole school performance of ‘High School Musical’ which I am certain will be fabulous.

The PE department have also had an excellent year with success in rugby, netball and athletics and a stunning sports day in which Newton were the winners for a second year running.

It has also been a great year for innovation. The ABC curriculum has been a great success with Allotments and Bees this year and next year Chickens. The other ABC project, the nature garden was opened last week at the most recent evolve evening. We have seen a large increase in the use of technology this year with iPads and personal devices having had a big impact on the way we teach in classroom, next year's new Year 7s will be embracing this new technology with each having their own device from September.

There are too many amazing things to mention this year, with trips to Marwell, Krakow in Poland and New York, the brilliant dance and drama performances, individual success in area athletics, excellent performances in Youth Speaks, fabulous maths, science and technology days for Year 4, 5

and 6 students. Trips to the theatre to see ‘Blood Brothers’, ‘War Horse’ and ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’, celebration assemblies with stars of the week and so this list goes on.

Like so many of you I love Winton and we love it because of the people in it, both the staff and the students. I have lost track of the number of times I have heard staff say how lucky we are to have such fabulous students, and we are.

Being a Headteacher is a fantastic job, however, as I am sure you can imagine there can be some challenging days.

Every week has two guaranteed high points, the first is the Book of Distinction in which students bring their incredible work. I have been particularly amazed by Harry Escudier's volcano and Beth Adams' writing in English and the many students who have been in the book on multiple occasions, Luis Wyatt, Lewis Patterson, Aaron Wells and so many more.

The second highlight of my week is teaching. I have been blessed this year with a wonderful English class who continue to remind me why I love teaching so much.

Teachers often go into education because they want to make a difference to young people, what young people don’t realise is what a difference they make to adults.

Winton is an incredible school because of the people in it.

The staff are creative, hard working and completely committed to the students. The students are a credit to Winton, their families and themselves and we are all immensely proud of every one of them.

Thank you for all you have done this year as parents to support us on our journey, thank you to all the staff and governors for their continued commitment and energy and thank you to every individual student for being part of our fabulous school.

Nathan Thomas - Principal

Contents: Prefects. Awards Evening. District Athletics. Enterprise Club. Marwell Visit. S.T.E.M Competition Business Studies. Year 4 Maths Day. Year 6 Family Day. Evolve Celebration Evening. UK Maths Challenge.

Dance. Sports Day. Year 5 S.T.E.M Day. Year 5 Sports Day.

Winton Community Academy’s new prefect team was introduced to a group of proud parents. The event, which took place on Thursday 14th May, was to issue students with their new blazers and ties and to reveal the much anticipated news of the names of the head boy and head girl. Last year was the first year the academy had prefects for some time, and the team were well led by our excellent outgoing head girl Alice Stone and head boy Tom Cox. Now in its second year the quality of applications and interviews was truly inspiring.

Nearly half of the year group applied for a position on the prefect team with only 30 being offered interviews, this number was whittled down and ultimately 20 students offered the position of prefect.

With such a strong field, choosing a head girl and head boy was a tricky task for the Principal and interviewing team. However, in an outstanding field of young people there were two students who epitomised what Winton Community Academy is all about. Jaky Liu our new head boy and Megan Smith our new head girl are hard working, committed, intelligent and passionate young people. They have represented the Academy in ‘Youth Speaks’, in sports teams and school shows and as well as having an exemplary academic record they are excellent examples of the polite, courteous and positive young people the academy is full of.

“I am delighted with all of the new prefect team, and look forward to seeing them in our weekly meeting to discuss ways in which we can

continue to improve the Academy for the young people we serve. Both parent voice and student voice are really important at Winton and regular meetings with the prefects is one way we can ensure the voice of the students is heard and acted upon.” Nathan Thomas, Principal.

“I am honoured to have been given this role at Winton, I am really proud to be a member of the academy and I am really looking forward to leading the student voice and supporting Mr Thomas and the Winton staff as we move forward through year eleven together.”Jaky Liu, Head boy This year for the first time Winton has created three additional roles of House Captains. This years’ house captains will be Charlotte Ollington (Darwin), Harry Grover (Brunel) and Lauren Trotman (Newton).

They will work with the Heads of House to support charity events, sports days and house competitions throughout the year.

Winton has a strong House system which supports all students with both their pastoral needs and making them feel part of wider families and communities within the Academy.

Individual

Twenty outstanding new prefects for Winton Community Academy.

High aspirations

Awards Evening This year has seen students work hard and play hard across all areas of academy life. The culmination of this work was celebrated at the first annual awards evening where students were recognised for their outstanding achievements this academic year.

Following a glorious banquet the ceremony began with a welcome from Head Boy Jaky Liu and Head Girl Megan Smith. This well crafted speech opened what was a tremendous event. Almost 70 students received awards from 12 areas showing excellence built on the high expectations of the Academy. Notable prize winners included multi-award winners Shea Campbell, Maddison Smith and Harry Grover.

Guests were treated to Winton at its best through performances from Keisha Forster, the Lindy Hoppers alongside a thoughtful reading from Harry Grover. All four performances were outstanding but the Year 7 drama group stole the show with their excellent rendition of 'The Last Resort'. Mr Thomas finished with a speech which paid tribute to prize winners, parents and staff for their effort in moving the academy forwards. The occasion was well summed up by one parent "A great evening showing the impact of everyone's hard work. Winton is back!"

District Athletics Championships At the beginning of the half term a group of Year 9 and 10 students competed at the District Athletics Championships held at Charlton.

This event led to students being selected to represent the district at the County Championships. This was held in Portsmouth on the 13th June.

Isabelle Stockwell had a busy day competing in javelin, 100m and 800m. Her best result was 5th in the 800m in a respectable time of just over 3 minutes and she just missed out on reaching the final in the 100m.

Many of the Year 10 GCSE students got a chance to compete in events they have been practising in school. George Higgins competed in 2 events, the triple jump and the 200m. He set a new district record by jumping 11.15m and he won the 200m in a very quick time of 24.82. Dean Rocker came 3rd in the shot 7.97m, Matt Rooke finished 2nd in the 100m in a time of 13.09. He was then part of the relay team along with George Higgins, Kayne Hewlett and Taylor Kenway they finished second to John Hanson by 0.3 seconds.

George Higgins competed at Portsmouth in the county championships and finished 4th in the 200m.

This event was followed by the Year 7 and 8 competition. This brought some other exciting results and led to several students being nominated for the ‘Book of Distinction’ for their outstanding performances.

Hannah James, Year 8 finished in 1st place in the long jump and the 200m. She jumped in excess of 4.2m showing amazing progress in such a short space of time. Kerys Owen finished 5th in the 800m with a gutsy run and came in under 3 minutes setting a new personal best; she also came 5th in the long jump with

a distance of 3.89m again excellent progress. Luke Stone had a great day coming second in the triple jump 8.98m and 2nd in the 200m with a time of 27.59.

Lauren Coverdale, Year 7 won the discus throwing 16.40m, excellent considering she only picked up a discus the week before. She was supported by Sabine Novikova who finished 4th throwing 14.54m Taito Draunidalo came 2nd in the long jump with a massive jump of 4.03m missing out on first place by 2cm, he also came 5th in the 80m final in a time of 11.67. Chloe Howard finished 4th in the Year 7 girls 80m in a time of 12.41, Owen Carpenter tried out high jump for the first time ever and finished 3rd clearing 1.23m. Oliver Coward came 5th in the Year 7 boys 150m final. Kane Brothers finished 3rd in the Year 7 boys 1000m in a time of 3.29 and Louise Gray finished 3rd in the javelin with a throw of 10m90.

As Winton host the event at Charlton, a number of students had an opportunity to officiate and support the running of both days. New Phongsinual and Ieva Lingyte confidently measured and recorded at the triple jump. Aaron Wells, Jacob Bishop, Jessica Bell and Lisa Noyce used their ICT skills and recorded all the results. Rhyannon Evans, Emma Willis, Keisha Forster and Chloe Neal came and helped on the finish.

Thank you to all of you.

Well done to all the team, a great day had by all.

Those that came first/second will now represent Andover at the schools county championships on the 16th July in Southampton.

Sport This year Winton has had two teams playing rounders in the Andover and District league: a Year 9 team and a mixed team of Year 7 and 8’s.

The Year 9s played matches against Test Valley, Testbourne, Harrow Way and John Hanson. The girls won 2 out of the 4 matches and were very close in the other two. Their strength was in the fielding, including consistent bowling from Jasmine Peters, excellent catching on second base from Chloe Neal , quality deep fielding from Kaidee Fairchild, Annie Selwood and Tilly O’brien with quick reacSons and good decision making from the rest of the team keeping the opposiSon scores low.

The Year 7 and 8s played games against Testbourne, Test Valley and Harrow Way. Their strength has also been in the field. It was clear to see the progress made in each of their matches. By the final game the girls were communicaSng more and this led to improved decisions about where to throw the ball too, meaning more ‘outs’ for the opposiSon. Maddison Smith and Caitlin Hannah led the team together and should be proud of their achievement.

Both teams’ focus next year will be on their baXng skills and the posiSoning of their hits. This will help them to score more rounders in the future!

The Teams: Year 9: Keisha Forster, Jasmine Peters, Annie Selwood, Anna Evans, Kaidee Fairchild, Hannah Reed, Isabelle Stockwell, Tilly O’Brien, Angela Fiku, Claudia Goodman, Chloe Neal Year 7/8: Maddison Smith, Caitlin Hannah, Amy Bentley, Molly Appleby, Beth Appleby, Levi Davies, Louise Gray, Ellie Harris, Olivia Titley, Shannon Coad.

A number of Year 8 students who have all opted to take GCSE PE next year helped to lead Icknield School’s sports day held at Charlton athletics track. Icknield is a special school which is attended by students aged 3 to 19 years with severe learning difficulties. The Winton students worked as individuals and delivered sporting activities including: running relays, football shooting, dribbling relays, parachute games, skittle knockout, cricket hitting, beanbag throwing and skipping. All of our students enjoyed the day and they quickly learnt how important it is to communicate clear instructions and use demonstrations when explaining the activities to the children. This is just the start for them as they will be completing the Junior Sports Leaders Award next year as part of their GCSE programme.

Students Involved: Charlie Howe, Luke Stone, JJ Nash, Bradley Herlihy, Charlie Hinks, Finlay Anderson- Clark, Shane Borley, Ellie Livingstone, Jennifer Eaton, Caitlin Hannah, Kerys Owen, Georgia Cogan, Lily Dakin, Charlie Sawkins.

The PE Department has enjoyed a successful year both during curriculum time and in extra-curricular time.

Participation in lessons has improved, especially with girls at KS4. When surveyed at Christmas time, the girls were happy with the sports they have been participating in and the netball and rounders teams have been well represented.

Boys at KS3 have enjoyed a wide range of sports with a push towards rugby and handball this year. Handball has been very popular as was seen with some very competitive games on sports day.

The Year 7 and Year 8 rugby teams show potential and the Year 9 boys hockey team were unbeaten in their matches this year.

The boys from the Year 10 GCSE group recently played in a district rounders tournament in which they finished 2nd.

The talent they showed needs now to be tested in other sports, but this will require them to commit to practice time.

We have had clubs run this year in conjunction with Andover Rugby Club and Andover Tennis Club and the students who have attended have benefited from the expertise of the coaches.

Reminders of new clubs and times will be posted in September. Again the PE Staff would like to see students attending for fun and to be competitive!!

Enterprise Club - Bingo Night The Enterprise club put on a fantas;c night on Friday 12th June, hos;ng a Bingo night to raise funds for the school. The club secured prizes for the evening from local businesses. The Enterprise club also used some of the money raised on the night for the final full house of £50 Cash.

Included in the evening was a raffle where again some fantas;c prizes were on offer including beauty boxes, sta;onary, boMles of AmereMo and Southern Comfort, books, handbags, umbrellas and many more.

Congratula;ons to all those who won and thank you for your support.

Look out for the next event coming soon.

Hi Mrs Robertson We are just writing to "thank you" for a really enjoyable bingo evening on Friday.

We look forward to the next one (hopefully my husband will win again).

May we add that the students were a real credit to the school.

Kind regards from Dave & Barbara (Petford)

High expectations

A great family evening enjoyed by all.

Cyber-Safe

With holidays upon us it’s a time when we think about going on holiday and children are using their devices more and more. But are we safe?

A useful online safety educational site supported by the UK government has been launched. It includes lots of information and resources for parents and children to help stay safe online. Whether it is a tablet, social networking site or simply a DS or computer, this website will ensure users stay safe while online.

Check it out and let us know what you think? www.cyberstreetwise.com

Marwell Activity Centre

13th and 14th July

Year 7 residen;al at Marwell Ac;vity Centre

Inspirational

As a successful year in Evolve came to a close, we took 65 students to Marwell Ac;vity Centre for a two day residen;al to allow our students to demonstrate the 4R aMributes that they have developed during the year.

During the day, students were faced with a number of ac;vi;es that were designed to encourage them to solve problems as a group, step out of their comfort zone when faced with a challenge and enjoy a variety of exci;ng ac;vi;es outside their normal studies.

During our stay, we enjoyed the challenges of kayaking, climbing, archery and shoo;ng as well as comple;ng an assault course, travelling down a 30m long zip line and the terrifying giant 3D swing which took us on a heart stopping ride 40Y in the air! Our evenings were full of team challenges that put our collabora;on skills and mental alertness to the test.

I am very pleased to report that our residen;al at Marwell Ac;vity Centre was a huge success! Every student faced their own personal challenges with a smile and desire to succeed. The visit finished with a lot of very ;red but very happy Year 7s. A fi\ng end to a fantas;c residen;al!

However, the hard work does not end here. The next challenge for our students is to apply their aMributes and skills in Year 8. If every student can approach next year with the same focus and enthusiasm to achieve success, there will be more amazing experiences to enjoy!

Mar;n Ashworth Lead Learner – Evolve.

S.T.E.M Competition On the 11th of June, a group of Year 9 students went on a trip to TeenTech 2015 at Hampshire Court Hotel in Basingstoke. TeenTech is an event aimed at teenagers who are interested in S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

This event involved over 50 local and interna;onal companies to get teenagers interested in what they do. To help them achieve this they set up a series of challenges, compe;;ons and stalls where they offer careers advice. This event catered for over 300 students from over 30 Hampshire schools.

The first challenge our group faced was to come up with an inven;on that could be invented in the next 40-­‐50 years. Our inven;on was a Solar Strip. The solar strip is a band which is solar powered and once it is fully charged you could connect it to your phone via Bluetooth and when your phone was fully charged the band would turn itself off. We had to design, develop, brand, and present the idea to the rest of the audience. The group won the award for the ‘best marke;ng’ of a product.

The second ac;vity we took part in was a tour around the different stalls. There were many trade companies for example; Maplin, Sony, JVC and Air products. We had a look at some products and prototypes and asked ques;ons such as “Who inspired them and job opportuni;es and how to achieve an appren;ceship?” The third ac;vity that we took part in was another compe;;on. We completed a teamwork challenge with REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers). We had to try and build a tower with hollow plas;c tubes which varied in size and did not connect to each other in any way.

The boys won and they also built the tallest tower of the day measuring in at 72-­‐80 inches.

The final challenge we took part in was with a company called Fujitsu. There were three ac;vi;es that we had to complete.

The group was split into 3 sub-­‐groups and my team played a more difficult version of baMleships. There were three roles: Commander, gunman and a coordinate manager. We had to rely on sending and receiving messages in order to locate enemy areas around a town. We managed to score 90 points. The next challenge we played was a DVLA race where you had to control a RC car around a mini track whilst answering ques;ons….but there was a catch, you had to do it as fast as you could. We scored the fastest ;me of the day recording a ;me of just 33 seconds. At the end of the day they gave out overall prizes. Collec;vely as a group we won the prize from Fujitsu; they will be sending in their graduate appren;ces to Winton to deliver a session on coding and programming.

Daisy Bolt, Year 9

Business Studies On Wednesday 10th of June, the GCSE Business Studies group were given the opportunity to be welcomed to the Premier Inn located in Andover. The aim of the visit was to help the group learn more about the business world and how it works. The class were given a very useful insight into how a real business runs, and got a “behind the scenes” look around the hotel, and the attached restaurant.

The first areas we visited were the kitchen and the breakfast stations, which are on the ground floor of the building. It was clear that attention to detail and brand standards are something that they hold close to their heart. This was evident as we took part in a fun walk-through on how to even greet customers! Our class was quite taken back by just how much effort had been put into even the smallest of details; Keira McHugh a member of the class said “Everything was very well presented and nothing was out of place”, something that the whole class agreed with.

Next we looked into how customers would book rooms in the hotel complex, and learnt about the computer systems, costs of rooms and more. We were able to see how a booking takes place via their training package and we were all surprised at the detail required to book. It was really clever that the prompts came up on screen for the staff to ensure they had asked all the relevant questions.

What came next was a treat. Before moving on we were all offered a drink and a muffin.

Thank you to the Hotel.

Once we had finished sampling the service for ourselves we moved into learning about the main focus of the hotel, which are their rooms.

We did this by observing and taking part in making a room up to the Premier Inn standards. Many health and safety considerations were discussed, what they do and don’t have in the rooms and we also looked at the different types of rooms which include rooms for the disabled. Oliver Chapman, another classmate, was asked to help make the bed and when he had finished he tested out one of the beds, saying, “I’m just going to stay here!”

It was clear that the Premier Inn standards are higher than we had expected, and I am certain that the knowledge we gained from our time there will prove very useful in our upcoming exams and case study.

Harry Grover

Twinings Visit

The Year 10 GCSE Business Studies students had the opportunity of visi;ng Twinings, Andover. The aim of the visit was to help the class understand a produc;on line and the health and safety issues.

The class were given a real-­‐life insight into how a large business is run.

AYer walking through the rather impressive and well-­‐kept entrance of Twinings, we were immediately greeted with a welcoming smile and relaxed i;nerary for the aYernoon. We made our way to a dressing room where our hosts explained to us some important health and safety factors and informa;on about the business. AYer a bit of a giggle we were suitably equipped for the factory tour. We were looking rather funny in our Blue uniform, blue hair nets and Joe looked great in his beard snood. It was necessary a\re to protect the tea products from any contamina;on!

AYer washing our hands our journey around the factory produc;on line began. As we stepped through into the world of packaging and tea making we were amazed by the grand robots that were able to very rapidly package tea with liMle help of human labourers. We were shown how they take individual ingredients and use tubes and shoots to push the tea from one place to another. Once in the correct place the tea bags are created, tea put in the bag and then sealed with special glue. This is all completed very quickly. Once the teabags are complete, the boxes are folded, tea bags are inserted into the boxes and the boxes then sealed a very fast opera;on with very liMle waste. All waste is recycled where possible. It was a fantas;c cost effec;ve produc;on line.

AYer our tour was finished, our group returned to the changing room, said thank you to Twinings for our wonderfully educa;onal aYernoon and an even bigger thank you for our lovely goodie bags which included an unexpected and delighqul variety of Twinings products! Who knew they made Op;ons and Oval;ne?

Year 4 Maths Day On Monday 6th July we had the pleasure of invi;ng a number of high achieving Year 4 students to aMend our Year 4 maths day at Winton Community Academy.

The theme of the maths day was based around the television gameshow ‘ The Crystal Maze.’ The school theatre was decorated as a medieval castle and the staff got into character and dressed up as medieval knights.

The crystal maze was split into four countries India, Egypt, China and Greece. The idea of the game was for the students to visit each country and aMempt the three mathema;cal challenges in each country. Each game involved a physical, a mental and a mystery puzzle. The students learnt about some of the history and impact that these countries have had in our maths today. The students were awarded crystals for each of the mathema;cal challenges they completed, these crystals could be used as a ;me bonus for the final challenge which had to be completed in the fastest ;me.

Star;ng in Greece their first game was to build the platonic solids using plas;cine, they then had to complete the famous Greek cross using the different shapes and the final challenge was to find the missing Greek city by solving the Greek maths trail.

Travelling to India the students were challenged using nega;ve numbers, they were then able to show off their skills and finally they were challenged to complete the famous Tower of Hanoi.

AYer refreshments the students travelled to China to learn about oriental maths. Having learnt the significance of magic shapes in China the Year 4s had to complete their own magic triangle challenge. They were then given Chinese Tangrams where they had to construct a square.

Finally each team had to complete the Sudoku puzzle as fast as they could.

The students finally visited Egypt where the students had to learn the Egyp;an number system so they could complete the sequence before moving on to building pyramids using balloons. The challenge was which team could build the biggest and the best Pyramid. The students thoroughly enjoyed this crazy challenge.

The final puzzle was to escape from the crystal maze in the shortest ;me. The winner was the team who escaped first.

The day was very successful. The students all had a great day, were able to demonstrate their mathema;cal and problem solving skills whilst having a lot of fun. The staff at Winton Community Academy really enjoyed working with these young people and we are looking forward to working with these students in Year 7. Winton Community Academy cannot wait un;l next year when we will invite Year 4 back for yet another challenge.

Year 6 Family Day Winton recently welcomed Year 6 students who are coming to the academy in September, to spend time getting to know their way around the academy and take part in a range of taster lessons.

On family evening students and parents had a guided tour of the academy and were able to discuss the curriculum. The following day students took part in a variety of lessons including science, technology, drama and mathematics. At the same time parents were able to take part in workshops about how to support their children in homework, literacy and numeracy.

It was fantastic to see the results of the students’ experiments in science and the slime they produced which was followed by the wacky races down the corridor as students released their cars designed and made in technology!

Evolve Celebration Evening On Wednesday 8th July Year 7 celebrated the end of a successful year with parents, friends and staff. The event marked a year of exciting projects such as Life in Japan, People who inspire me, Design a theme park, finishing the year with the opening of the nature garden and pond, an exhibition of written work and a performance of ‘The Last Resort’.

For the past term some of Year 7 have been clearing an area of the school to create a natural pond habitat for wildlife as well as several seating areas for staff and students to sit at break and lunchtime.

Year 7 Ignite group performed a shortened version of 'The Last Resort' by Chris Owen. The play is an affectionate and amusing (well down right funny actually!) portrait of a day in the life of a bustling seaside town. From Harry Ollington's Eastwood-esque milkman, we are introduced to the amusing characters that frequent Ferryton on Sea. The students performed brilliantly especially in the roles of the seagulls and the donkeys followed by the boys, the girls, old ladies, surfers and the posse of west coast radio.

UK Math Challenge

Students from Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 all entered this year’s Junior and Senior Mathematics Challenge run by the UK Mathematics Trust. Winton Community Academy had exceptionally good results this year with more students gaining silver and bronze awards than ever before.

The national competition consisted of a one hour paper that contained a variety of questions involving puzzles, problems, logic and maths. The paper is designed to challenge the most able students and gets students thinking about the maths skills they need to use.

The following students won awards Year 7 – Molly Appleby Year 8 - Luke Stone (best in year), Lily Dakin, Jj Nash and Beth Langley Year 9 – Shea Campbell (best in year), Harriet Jameson, Angela Fiku and Charlie Harmer Year 10 – Emily O’Brien (best in year), Ieva Lingyte, Hollie O’Brien, Edward Bailey, James McCabe, Alastair Beale and Bethany Cruickshank

Dance British Red Cross

The performance was sponsored by Hampshire County Council who supported the work from inception to final performance. The students are now attempting to raise as much money as they can to support the work of the British Red Cross.

Performance Showcase on Friday 22nd May Students from Years 7-10 took part in an evening of performances from Lindy Hop to Street Dance! 50% of donations were given to the British Red Cross, this totalled ÂŁ48.

Thank you to all performers, parents and staff that supported the night.

Innovative

Year 10 performing arts students took part in British Red Cross on Saturday 6th June at The Lights. Students performed brilliantly and were supported with the back stage help of Charlie James and Jaky Lui. All the students were excellent ambassadors for the school.

Students won the award for 'Best Dance Theatre'.

Sports Day 2015

On Friday 3rd July,

one of the hottest days of the year with temperatures reaching 30Âşc, all students took part in our Annual Sports Day. The event was fiercely fought between Brunel, Darwin and Newton with both students and staff getting behind their house.

Students took part in a variety of sporting disciplines including rounders, tennis, badminton, stoolball, basketball, handball, skills test and netball. Virtually all students took part in at least one event and the standard of play, sportsmanship and team work was consistently high.

This year’s sports day was the closest in many years with only 12 points between Brunel and Newton at lunchtime. However, after a climactic final session Newton won the event with a score of 2345. This led to a rapturous applause from Newton and Miss Warren, and tears of joy from some of the students. Congratulations to Newton and all those who made sports day such an enjoyable day.

Results Table

Year 5 S.T.E.M Days The theme for our Year 5 STEM Days was focussed on the use of ‘heat’ and how we use it in these Learning Areas.

Students worked in a variety of workshops including sausage making, bread making, wax mel;ng art, hot air balloon building, Survival Science and ‘hot’ Maths.

The day finished with the launching of the students' balloons and a BBQ using the sausages and bread made earlier by the students.

For this year's event we sought the exper;se of one of our Year 9 parents, Rob Rawcliffe, to help capture the balloon launch. On hand with his quad-­‐copter drone we managed to film some interes;ng successes….and failures. It always goes down well with the students when a balloon catches fire mid air. If you haven’t yet seen the photos and video clip then check out the school's Facebook page.

I would also like to say a big thank you to all the staff at Winton for pu\ng on the variety of workshops, Mr Turner the local butcher for running the sausage making class and finally the Year 5 students themselves.

Each year they produce some top quality products. Another fab few days!

Year 5 Sports Day On Tuesday 23rd June students in Year 5 from Endeavour Primary School, Smannell & Enham CofE Primary School, Knights Enham Junior School, Vigo Junior School and Anton Junior School came to Winton to experience an aYernoon of sport. Each class entered teams for stool ball, football, tennis, athle;cs and fitness, problem solving and basketball.

The Winton students that facilitated the event were excellent in their leadership and posi;ve encouragement.

Endeavour won the event overall, having won 4 out of the 6 different spor;ng events.

All Year 5 students par;cipated with a posi;ve a\tude and lots of smiles and were rewarded at the end with a bbq.

Coming this autumn Would you like to be part of our new radio broadcast team?

In September 2015 Winton will re-launch its very own radio station, Spark fm. The station will broadcast over the internet and if you have access to the internet you can listen in. The station will broadcast music 24/7 along with programmes at break time, lunch and after school until 8pm. Over the summer holiday speakers are being installed in the canteen, the outside eating area and the community entrance.

Students are currently busy putting together the schedule of programmes ranging from classical to drive time, 80s hour to swing and jazz! Alongside this will be programmes linked to what is happening in and around school, the curriculum as well as topics of local interest.

We are also looking for members of the community to come and broadcast their own programme between 3pm and 8pm. Do you have an idea for a weekly radio programme that the local community would find beneficial? How about a gardening hour, a chat show or a local history programme?

If you would like to talk to the broadcast team email us on: sparkfm@wintoncommunityacademy.org Why not tune in on: http://intranet.winton.hants.sch.uk/radio/

OPENING AFTER OCTOBER HALF TERM

Visiting Winton after school or at the weekend?

Why not grab a freshly brewed cappuccino, latte or simple straight coffee and accompany it with a freshly baked cake or savoury made right here on the premises.

Open every day from 3pm and on a Saturday morning 9am -midday, The Coffee Pod, situated in the community entrance (first floor) serves a variety of hot and cold beverages as well as snacks and freshly baked pastries. Waiting around for your son or daughter? Why not grab a seat and browse the internet on the iPads available.

All of the income generated is used for the benefit of student projects in and around the school.

Volunteers are needed to help run the coffee bar. If you think you can help please contact Sean Flavell via email: sflavell@wintoncommunityacademy.org

RAF Platinum Award The RAF recently paid a visit to Winton to present the academy with the prestigious RAF platinum award.

This award is one of a hundred to be presented by the RAF to schools and colleges nationally who have provided top quality candidates to the RAF over the last five years.

As platinum partners Winton will benefit from all of the new initiatives provided by the RAF recruitment team including station visits, career presentations and table top exercises organised by the RAF.

“O excellent!

I love long life better than figs.”

In November Winton once again takes to the stage participating in the 2015 Shakespeare Schools Festival. The cast will be drawn from Key Stage 3 students who will tread the boards performing the Bards ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’.

This will be the third time that Winton has performed one of Shakespeare’s history plays having previously performed Henry V and Julius Caesar. This year the power play in the triumvirate is played out in 1980s Britain under the rule of Margaret Thatcher.

The play will be performed at The Lights, Andover followed by two performances at the school. Watch for further details on our social media.

Academic Calendar Dates 2015/16

SEPTEMBER 2015 1st 2nd 3rd

INSET DAY CLOSURE INSET DAY CLOSURE Phased start for all students.

Year 11 8.35am Year 7 9.00am Years 8, 9 & 10 9.20am

OCTOBER 23rd

School breaks up at 3.10pm for half term

26th - 30th October

HALF TERM

NOVEMBER 2nd 3rd

INSET DAY CLOSURE Students return at 8.35am

DECEMBER 18th holidays

Students break up at 3.10pm for Christmas

21st December - 1st January

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

JANUARY 2016 4th 5th

INSET DAY CLOSURE Students return at 8.35am

FEBRUARY 12th

Students break up at 3.10pm for half term

15th - 19th February

HALF TERM

22nd February

Students return at 8.35am

MARCH 24th

Students break up at 3.10pm for Easter holidays

25th March - 8th April

EASTER HOLIDAYS

APRIL 11th

Students return at 8.35am.

MAY 2nd 27th

MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY Students break up at 3.10pm for half term

30th May - 3rd June

HALF TERM

JULY 8th 19th 20th

INSET DAY CLOSURE Students break up at 3.10pm for summer holidays INSET DAY CLOSURE

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