Giant leap for OSA students

Issue 001 l November 2012
Giant leap for OSA students
It gives me great pleasure to bring you the very first edition of the magazine, ‘OSA Today’ filled with
stories of success, progress and achievement from across the Academy. I feel this is a good time to
reflect on the many developments that have taken place since September.
Firstly, and most visibly, we have
become Ormiston Sudbury
Academy. Students and staff are
thrilled by the positive impact that
being part of the Ormiston family
has.
Our students look outstanding in
their new uniforms which they
wear well and with great pride.
There is a greater focus this year on
learning and teaching, our Year
11s have begun their final year
with great determination to be fully
prepared for their examinations
and controlled assessments over
the coming months. We have
enjoyed many visits from all across
our community, congratulating us
on our transformation.
It is hard to believe we have only
completed a half term; we have
made such progress in the eight
weeks. I hope you enjoy reading
about what has happened here and
share our excitement as to what
lies ahead in future publications.
What’s Inside
 A trip of a lifetime to Borneo
 Operation Christmas Child
 The first few weeks by our
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youngest students.
Shakespeare Schools Festival
Sports Results
‘We Will Rock You’ Latest
from the School Production
London 2012 trip
 European Languages Day
 And much, much more
Mrs Caroline Wilson, Principal
Language News Galore
similar) to submit at the end of
June 2013
If anyone would like a booklet to
find out more, then see Mrs
Culshaw or Ms Turner
All participants will get a
certificate and all those earning
more than 100 points (as judged
by MFL staff and Routes into
Languages) will earn a special
award.
Get down to the
Languages Department ..
European Languages Day was on
26 September and it heralded the
start of a whole range of activities
in the MFL department. Here are
highlighted are just a few of the
opportunities for this year.
The Head of Communications, Mrs
Culshaw, is hoping to achieve her
vision of “inspiring all students to
become responsible global citizens
in an ever-changing world” by
working in partnership with a
number of schools across Europe.
The “European Schools Project” at
OSA was kick-started last month
with a visit from Denmark. Anne
Poulsen, Vice Principal, and Anne
Foverskov,
International
coordinator, from Endrupskolen in
Sudbury’s
twin
town
of
Fredensborg spent two days
meeting colleagues and students at
the Academy and have invited Mrs
Wilson to make a return visit to
Denmark as soon as possible!
“We are hoping to open the minds
of our students to the world out
there – not just in this country but
beyond” explained Mrs Culshaw.
“We are establishing links with
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schools in France and Germany,
too, and are hoping to organise
exchanges. We have already
identified common themes and
topics we can teach at the same
time, in fact the possibilities for
students
and
teachers
to
collaborate are endless!”
When interviewed by the Danish
visitors, students came up with a
range of ideas of how they could
communicate with their new
European friends, including using
Facebook, blogs and Skype.
“I can’t wait to get our students
matched up with their new e-pals,
this will add a really European
dimension to their learning”
continued Mrs Culshaw.
Languages Challenge
“The Languages Challenge has
taken off with a bang!” explains
Ms Turner. Many students from
across the school are learning
about languages and cultures as
diverse as Japanese, Welsh,
Danish and Swahili.
Students need to choose tasks that
will give a total points score of at
least 100. They also need to keep
evidence in a folder or portfolio (or
online in a blog or something
German Exchange
Old links to Konig-WilhelmGymnasium in Hoxter, Germany,
going back to 1980 ,have been
resurrected and we will be
running a German Exchange in
2013. German students will come
and stay in Sudbury in March and
we will be making the return trip
in July. If you are interested in
taking part, please see Mrs
Culshaw or Ms Turner to find out
more.
Northgate G&T Going Global
Selected group of Yr 11s
wereinvited to apply for place on
Going Global, an international
multi-lingual citizenship project
based at Northgate High School in
Ipswich. Students will work in
small groups with students from
across the county to script and
produce a film about an
international theme.
University of Essex Languages
Yr 11s and Sixth Formers have
been invited to attend the
University of Essex for a languages
taster evening and to find out
more about studying languages in
the Sixth Form and beyond at
University. Students can choose
from Arabic, Chinese, Italian and
Portuguese and will be able to
discuss learning languages at Uni
and language careers.
OSA Today
New leisure spaces and reception
A new beginning
The Academy opened it’s doors in
September for a whole new start
and we asked Year 8 student, Issi
Spencer, to ask some of her friends
about their first impressions of the
new Academy. Her fresh thoughts,
summarise what many of us feel.
“The new uniform has taken some
getting used to but makes the
school look smarter.” she said.
Emma Rayner in 8DGR found the
uniform “funny at first2 and
Shay Barton-Batterbee said it was
“very hot on warm days.”
Sofas and tables dotted around the
school, has made the canteen less
crowded . Also, the blue paint has
given the school a new look and
Alix Holloway in 8HLI said it
looked more cheery and lighter.
Issi spoke to a few people who
moved up when the academy
opened. Bobby Lee and Lizzy
Penny in 7NBS said that they were
scared moving up and that it was a
big school. They got lost a little bit
but it was all fine now.
There was a tremendous amount of work done in the Academy during the
Holidays and new outside seating area has proved extremely popular,
especially in the warmer weather. The Student council were consulted about
the leisure furniture which is dotted around the school in areas where rooms
and been opened up as much needed leisure space for student use at break
and lunchtimes.
She also asked Alice Thackeray,
8HLI, who moved up from Middle
school at the start of the year. Alice
said that although she had her big
sister helping her, even she got lost
once or twice. She is looking
forward to doing badminton in PE
and coming back after half term.
“Overall an amazing half term - we
all can't wait for the rest of the
year” said Issi.
For all the latest information about
events and opportunities at the
Curve check out
www.sudburycurve.co.uk
OSA Today
The improvements to the foyer and reception downstairs has been
extremely well received. It is dominated by ‘The Wall’, seen here behind
students receiving their Arts Award certificates at the beginning of term. It
depicts all those words which we think are appropriate to the new Academy.
You will see it often featured in photos of the Academy as it provides a very
bold statement about Academy values.
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Student Voice representatives
A lot has happened at the start of
the year for Student Voice at
Ormiston Sudbury Academy.
Students were invited to apply for a
number of positions; these
included house captains, vice
captains, house representatives,
tutor representatives and sports
council members.
Over 100 students across the
Academy applied. Now each
House has a council in place and
meets once a week in afternoon
registration to discuss current
issues and feedback about the
developments of the Academy.
The House Council members are
the first port of call for students
with any changes, ideas or
feedback.
As we progress through the year
the House councils will work as a
community trying to develop house
ideas. In this issue, Jack Conway
has reported on work in Thomas
Gainsborough House and in future
each house captain will report on
the progress they have made.
House council members and roles.
One of the first roles of some
members of the House councils
was to form student interview
panels for the assistant principal
and Head of English Faculty
positions.
As well as this a small group of
students attended a meeting with
the Mayor at the Town Hall. Along
with Mr King, seven students
attended along with representation
from primary and middle schools
in the Town, to discuss current
issues and facilities for young
people in the town.
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House officials
Harrison House
House Captains
George Fanning & Alice Waddell
Year 11 Hayden Patrick
Year 11 Emilie Witt
Year 10 Darrell Barnard-Jones &
Ellie Coleman
Year 9
Jonathon Connell& Jasmine Brien
Sports Council Captains Shaan
Purcell & Georgia Barrs
Rosa Parks House
Head Boy Sam Bragoli-Jones
Head Girl Izabela Pawlic
House Captain—Vacant
Vice Captain Ben Milnes and
Sonia Niemyska
Year 11 Joe Wheeler & Cydney
Nunn
Year 10 Jake Thomas and Shelby
Dobson
Year 9 Jack Ingram & Taylor
Morley
Years7/8 Harry Bareham &
Charlotte Rayner
Sports Council Captains Jake Lane
& Ashleigh Pink
Year 11 Kim Durrant
& Erin Knox-McAuley
Year 10 Keiran Pettitt & Alice Den
Haan
Year 9 Kyle Shaddock & Chloe
Lefley
Year 7/8 Liam Taylor & Sophie
Tonkins
Sports Council Captains Harry
Liskus & Poppy Bixby
NB Unfortunately, There is not
enough space to list the Year
members of the Sports Council.
Each House has 6-8 sports council
members. They have provided
feedback on the new PE kit and
highlighting the positives of the
new rain jackets. They also want
all GCSE, BTEC and AS/A2 level
students to have an identity of a
black polo shirt with their name
and number on the back.
Thomas Gainsborough House
House Captain Jack Conway
Vice-Captain Daniel Harker &
Chelsea Stafford
Year 11 Adam Chinery & Lucy
Hinde
Year 10 Isla Marchant
Year 9 Jerry Sam and Nief Carroll
Years7/8 James Turkentine and Lila
Campbell
Sports Council Captains James
Curran & Sophie Jeffery
Emily Bronte House
OSA Today is the name of the new
Academy newsletter. The name
was chosen in a student
competition and was judged to be
the most popular name by fellow
students and staff in an on-line
survey.
House Captains Chris Badrick &
Kate Baker
Vice Captains
Fred Cox & Matt Gill & Janine
Treais
Mrs Mackay, newsletter editor
presented Year 11 student Joe
Clarke with a Team GB shirt from
London 2012 for coming up with
the winning name.
OSA Today
Sixth Form News & Operation Xmas Child
Operation
Christmas Child
This week is the deadline for
bringing in boxes for the
Academy’s Operation Christmas
Child contribution. This is the
third year it has been organised by
the Sixth Formers and has been
very much the brainchild of Head
Girl, Izabela Pawlic, who has
rallied the tutors and their form
groups to see if they can reach the
target of 100 boxes for this year. .
Issi Spencer in Year 8, urges
everyone to make a final effort to
try and make this target. “The
Shoebox Appeal,” she says, “ is
an appeal for shoeboxes to send to
Eastern European countries.
Shoeboxes are wrapped in Xmas
paper and filled with items such
as toothbrushes, colouring pencils,
toys, hats and drawing pads.”
OSA Learning Gateway
Parents can now log on to a
website and check their children’s
basic details, attendance,
homework, timetable and
Achievement & Behaviour
incidents.
Each parent will be given a unique
username and password to access
the site. Please contact the school
for more information.
Students can also check their
timetables and homework; access
their N: drive and the O: drive and
check their emails from home
To access the OSA Learning
Gateway –
Go to the school’s website
www.OrmistonSudbury
Academy.co.uk and follow the
Parent or Student link on the lower
right side.
OSA Today
The Sixth Former s have been busy raising funds to benefit the Sixth Form
Common Room and their activities. They held a fancy dress day and Sixth
Form party which raised over £200.
Oxford Uni Experience
In the Academy we receive many
invitations for students to go and
experience life at University. If
you have the chance to go on one
of these, then grab it while you
can. Head Girl, Izabela Pawlic,
has just been on a course called
Oxford Pathways at Oxford
University. “ As a student living
more than 50 miles away from
Oxford I was given a night’s
accommodation in Brasenose
College,” she said.
“I arrived in Oxford just before
3pm on the Friday and went to the
College to pick up the keys to my
room. During the afternoon I went
to explore the city. I went to the
Museum of Oxford, The University
of Oxford Official Shop,
Blackwell’s Bookshop, Blackwell's
Art and Music Shop and a place
called Shakespeare’s Milkshakes. It
was a beautiful day and it was also
an open day and all 47 colleges
were open to students, their
parents and visitors. I went to
Jesus College, Trinity College,
Brasenose College and Exeter
College.
On Saturday the Pathways
program started: all the students
were given a welcome pack,
including Oxford's prospectus.
Afterwards, we were given a talk
from Admission tuotrs about
applications to Oxford, courses
and Oxford itself. After the talk,
student helpers took each group to
a different college. I attended the
Humanities and Social Sciences
Pathways and went with other
students to the Exeter College to
meet two of its History professors.
I had a chance to ask any
questions I wanted about the
courses, grades, applications and
interviews. After lunch we had
talks on UCAS, Personal Statement
and watched a mock interview. “
Izabela Pawlic
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Borneo & We Will Rock You
Auditions have been and gone, the
cast list has been worked out and
now the hard work is starting in
the build up to the final
production date in February 2013.
Trip of a Lifetime
Finally we were on our way.
Seven students had been saving
their pennies for more than a year
for this fantastic opportunity to go
to the other side of the world and
experience another culture
On Sunday 22 July 2012 myself,
and 6 other Sudbury students,
spent 4 weeks on a volunteering
trip in Borneo.
Joining us on our expedition were
students from 2 other schools; Sir
William Romney and Studley, who
after an awkward 9 hours delay at
Heathrow airport became like
siblings .
Whilst we were in Borneo we
stayed at 5 very different camps.
Bongkud, where we stayed in tents
and helped to build the first
community centre in Asia, as well
as teaching local children English.
Sabah tea stables, where we slept
in triple bunk beds and picked tea
leaves and built tree nurseries.
Batu Puteh, where we lived in
hammocks in the jungle and nearly
had to be evacuated from camp at
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midnight due to rare Bornean
pygmy elephants. Not to mention
orangutans, moniter lizards and a
crocodile.
Mantanani, the paradise island
where we gained a PADI scuba
qualification.
Tinangol where we stayed in long
houses and helped to build a new
school.
I can honestly say that they were
the most emotional, dramatic and
intense weeks of my life, but they
were also the most incredible, lifechanging and inspiring weeks too.
To anyone considering travelling,
don’t hesitate because you will not
regret it.
Thanks must go to Mrs
Roychowdhury who accompanied
us on the trip.
Megan Benson, Year 12
Show Director, Mr Herring, says
the show has started at a frenetic
pace with the opening 4 Dance
numbers and 3 songs having now
been completed! “The cast are
working exceptionally hard and I
am pleased to say that we
assembled a group of very talented
performers. We hope to have the
whole show ‘completed’ on the
run up to Christmas, in order that
we can polish things when we
return from the break.”
In order to do this it may mean
some extra rehearsals so cast –
keep your eyes glued to the
Facebook group and the rehearsal
schedule board for any changes or
extra rehearsals!
The leading roles are :-
Bradley Clarke Galileo
Hannah Dodd/Ella Stephens
Scaramouche
Charlie Parsons Killer Queen
Darrell Barnard– Jones Khashoggi
Emily Kerruish Meat
Jordan Bond Big Macca
Phoebe Witt Pop/Mama
Emilie Witt Teacher
Watch out for when the tickets
are available for this classic
production.
OSA Today
Arts Council and Arts Award News
Recruiting
This year has been especially busy
for the Arts Council. At the start of
the year, we interviewed more than
50 students who wanted to join the
Arts Council. We recruited 20
students including for the first time,
students from Years 7 and 8,
making this year’s ‘A Team’ our
biggest ever!
As well as taking responsibility for
the Front of House duties at all the
Performing Arts events which have
taken place this year, we also
organised the very first
‘Unplugged’ event. an evening of
acoustic guitar music which took
place in The Curve back in May.
This event, organised in
partnership with Creative Arts East
as part of their ‘Bright Sparks’
scheme involved some of our own
talented students, playing
alongside 3 professional musicians.
Members of the Arts Council were
entirely responsible for planning
this event, taking on roles such as
budgeting and marketing, as well
as ensuring the smooth-running of
the evening.
therefore sees the start of our final
few months running the Arts
Council. One of our final duties is
the very difficult task of appointing
a new Head and Deputy who will
take over our roles next year. This
post will be open to our current
Year 12 A Team members and is
likely to be hotly contested. Those
appointed to lead the A Team into
2013 will have a number of
responsibilities including leading
meetings as well as coordinating
the management of events.
However perhaps the most
challenging and urgent task will be
the recruitment of a new A Team....
After half term we will be coming
into House Assemblies to speak
about the application process and
to hand out application forms...
interviews will follow shortly after.
We are looking to recruit students
from all year groups and, for the
first time, all four Houses! An
outline of the role is given below any interested students should
speak to one of the current A Team
members, or any of the Performing
Arts teachers for more information.
Hannah Dodd
Leader of the Arts Council
Outline of Role:
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To attend regular
Council meetings
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To find out and represent the
views of other students
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Arts
To undertake Front of House
duties at Performing Arts
events
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To help promote Performing
Arts events to other students
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To gather feedback from
members of the audience at
Performing Arts events
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And much more!
Chris Badrick (Deputy Leader) and
I ( see above) are now in our final
year at the Academy, and this term
OSA Today
Arts Award Success
Thirty of our most able, gifted and
talented students have successfully
completed their Bronze, Silver and
Gold Arts Awards. The Arts Award
is a nationally-recognised
qualification. It’s particularly
suited to students who are
considering pursuing a career in
the ‘arts’ industry.
Outstanding performing Arts
student Lauren Chinery completed
‘Gold’ Award.
Year 9 students who undertook the
Bronze Arts Award completed 4
challenges The final challenge saw
them leading practical dance,
drama and singing workshops
for around 50 children from All
Saints Middle School, leading
towards the creation of a 'Best of
British'-themed showcase at the
end of term.
Year 11 students who completed
their Silver Arts Award and part
of their final challenge they
worked as a team to organise an
evening of stand-up comedy!
Through the process of this, those
involved developed important
skills including: team building,
leadership and communication,
taking full responsibility for
organising this event from
beginning until end.
All those who completed the
Bronze Arts Award students have
now progressed onto the Silver
Arts Award scheme and those who
completed the Silver Level have
progressed onto the Gold Arts
Award.
For more information about the
Arts Award, please visit
www.artsaward.org.uk
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Chicago & Shakespeare Festival
Chicago Theatre
Workshop
By Laura Barnard
“I've always had a dream of
singing making it into the West End
and in September I came one step
closer to achieving that goal. Year
12 and 13 Musical Theatre
students were offered the
opportunity to take part in a
workshop with a West End
professional who had previously
worked in Chicago for 6 years.”
“I can honestly say it was one of
the most challenging but rewarding
moments of my Musical Theatre
experiences! During the workshop,
Dann Kharsa led us through a
technical and fast pace cardio
warm up consisting of star jumps,
press ups, jogging and we were
introduced to the wonderful
exercise called a burpie ( a cross
between a press up and a pencil
jump) which was truly exhausting!
We were then led through a deep
(and painful!) stretch before being
taught the original West End
choreography to the well known
Chicago track ‘Me and My Baby.”
We were encouraged to focus on
the intimate detail and technical
style of Bob Fosse, the original
choreographer for Chicago. Dann
gave us so many technical pointers
which really made the
choreography come to life! We
were given constant feedback
throughout and I feel as though I
improved hugely throughout the
workshop in both confidence and
my technical skill level.
Although challenging, being taught
by a real professional who had
lived the dream was an
unforgettable experience!
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A Comedy of Errors storyline is very much a case of mistaken identity of a
couple of sets of twins and we have our very own set of twins, Erin and Orla
Knox—McAuley to confuse us.
Our production of ‘The Comedy of
Errors’ formed part of a theatre
project organised by the
Shakespeare Schools Festival, the
UK's largest Youth Drama Festival.
The festival has gone from strength
to strength and now involves 700
schools and 90 theatres. By the end
of this year, the Shakespeare
Schools Festival will have enabled
100,000 students from across the
UK to take part in live
performances of Shakespeare’s
work.
Our task was to create a
performance of a half-hour version
of The Comedy of Errors by
William Shakespeare (abridged by
Martin Lamb and Penelope
Middelboe) to be presented firstly
at the Academy and then again as
part of a festival of performances
by local schools at The Jerwood
Dance House, Ipswich on
Wednesday 17 October 2012
The Comedy of Errors tells the story
of two sets of identical twins that
were accidentally separated at
birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and
his servant, Dromio of Syracuse,
arrive at the ‘Circus of Ephesus’,
which turns out to be the home of
their twin brothers, Antipholus of
Ephesus and his servant, Dromio
of Ephesus. When the Syracusans
encounter the friends and families
of their twins, a series of wild
mishaps based on mistaken
identities lead to wrongful
beatings, a near-seduction, the
arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus,
and false accusations of infidelity,
theft, madness, and demonic
possession.
Head of Performing Arts, Leo Cox
said “The Shakespeare Schools
festival went very well this year
and we were really happy with
our final performance of The
Comedy of Errors. The year 11
students involved all worked
extremely hard and managed to
develop a hilarious version of one
of Shakespeare’s most
complicated
comedies. Particularly exciting
was the fact that we were able to
cast twins Orla and Erin KnoxOSA Today
Music Department News
Last Class Standing
Classic Album Night
Tension was high between staff
and students during the Last Class
Standing competition on the 23rd
October. Year 9 filed into the
auditorium to showcase their class
songs to the year group and our
panel of judges, Mr Bhayani, Mrs
Bath and Miss Barnes-Smith,
provided perceptive comments
throughout the event and had an
extremely tough time narrowing
down the entries to just 1st, 2nd
and 3rd place.
Advance Notice
Music Tech student Ben Mason
gives us an advance review of the
Brothers in Arms album by Dire
Straits which will be featured in
the next Classic Album Night on
Friday 30 November. Watch Out
for the posters around school! An
Event not to be missed.
he standard of performances was
exceptional with classes
showcasing a variety of musical
material from 'The Beach Boys' to
the 'Beatles' to 'Alanis Morisette'.
Miss MacDougall's 911 class came
out on top with a moving version
of Bedouin Soundclash's 'When
the night feels my song'. Judges
commented on Tom Scroggs-Parris'
excellent solo and the class' tone
and focus.
Mr Tuck's 923 class came in
second place with a confident
rendition of 'It's Not Unusual' by
Tom Jones. Miss Barnes-Smith was
particularly impressed with the
class' projection, tuning and
enthusiasm.
Miss MacDougall also managed to
secure 3rd place with 924's version
of 'Baggy Trousers' by Madness,
including inventive props from
Tom Gibson and Cameron Lambert
and fantastic 'skanking' from Sian
Lawson.
Year 9 should be very proud of
what they achieved; to perform in
front of a packed auditorium to
such a high standard is no mean
feat!
OSA Today
“It is clear that the Ormiston
Sudbury musicians will have their
work cut out when tackling one of
the most definitive albums of the
80’s. The album is groundbreaking,
spectacular and a phenomenon on
every level; all words which have
been used to describe the great
success story that was Dire Straits
“Brothers In Arms”.
Selling 29 million copies, earning
enough platinum to build a
comfortably sized house and being
the first CD to truly succeed in the
market, it is no surprise that the
album is still popular to this day. Its
production was a huge step ahead
of anything else of its time, raising
the bar for all other albums to
come. Although their previous
album "Love Over Gold" also
proved a success, nothing would
compare to the path “Brothers In
Arms” had laid out for them.
“Brothers In Arms” became a
household necessity, to the point
where most people in their middle
ages today will be able to say they
owned a copy at one point, and
possibly still do. Its big hitting
“Money For Nothing” featuring the
voice of the one and only Sting
(The Police), and Mark Knopfler’s
melting guitar tones, expressed a
working man's view of MTV stars
earning masses of money for very
little work. Knopfler’s lyrics were
criticised as being sexist, racist
and homophobic and sparked
some controversy as to whether it
was suitable for radio play.
Inevitably multiple edited versions
of the song were released to ‘tame’
the song. The album’s "Walk of
Life" is sure to get your feet
tapping with its extremely catchy
melody and country-esque style.
The song is a great example of the
very American style pop rock that
can be heard throughout the
album.
The album continues to put Mark
Knopfler in the glimmering
spotlight of stardom, ending on an
incredibly touching ballad which
shares the same title as the record
itself, “Brothers In Arms”. It is
quite a contrast to the previous
tracks, which were fairly up beat
and jolly. The song opens with
another of Mark’s unique guitar
solos, and breaks into a soft but
powerful tribute to those who
were lost during the Falklands
War.
A song which is commonly played
at funerals, and a sound slightly
different to what people were used
to hearing from Dire Straits,
proved to be one of the most
amazing and inspirational pieces
the band have ever produced.
Tom, Sergio, Marcus, Luke, Jamie,
Josh, Nathan and myself have
been tirelessly working to replicate
the emotive timbres of the album.
We hope you will feel we have
done this justice. Join us on the 30
November to judge for yourselves
or alternatively to revel in the
genius of Dire Straits.
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Princes Trust XL & Diana conference
Diana Award
conference
Eight students attended the Diana
Award conference at Aylsham
High School in Norfolk just before
half term. The students; Aysha
Bimici, Charleigh Baldwin,
Emma Rayner, Patsy BarnardJones, Jane Perryman, Charlotte
Rayner, Jasmine Brien and Isla
Marchant came back fired with
enthusiasm with lots of ideas to
try.
The day-long event was hosted by
national anti-bullying champion
Alex Holmes and Aylsham High
School’s Friendly Faces team of
pupils.
Five Year 10 students on the Princes Trust XL course were awarded
certificates for their work on their Community project, designing and dressing
a window for the Javelin store in Sudbury to launch their new student
discount scheme. The students, (left to right) Adam Prus, Aaron Collins,
Liam Reid, Reece Whatmough, Ashley Mayes worked very hard and Javelin
Marketing Manager ,Tanya Cyrille, was over the moon with the end result.
The official launch of the scheme was on Wednesday October 31 where
local band ‘ The Story Boys’, with some of our students, played to the guests .
178 children, aged from nine to
16, took part in ice-breaking
games, training sessions,
discussions, brainstorming ideas,
role play, dealing with scenarios,
watching videos and sharing
suggestions and ideas.
Mr Holmes was bullied himself as
a schoolboy in Milton Keynes and
now works closely with the Diana
Award organisation, set up in
memory of the late Princess of
Wales, to honour her belief in the
power of young people to change
the world.
Aylsham High hosted the event, in
the wake of the Friendly Faces
team’s success in gaining a Diana
Award for pupils’ work bringing
about a calm, relaxed and caring
environment for children and staff.
Mr Holmes had stressed that
children spent approximately
11,000 hours of their lives in
school and it was therefore very
important to make sure they were
as rewarding as possible.
(Left) Students working at the
conference.
Anti-bullying initiatives
In October , three students attended a conference in the Apex in Bury St Edmonds. Jasmine Brien, Shay Barton –Batterby
and Patsy Barnard –Jones took part in activities focussing on bullying and shared ideas with other schools about effective
ways to tackle bullying in school. One of the activities involved body percussion and everyone had to follow a beat
using their whole body as an instrument. At the end of the day the students were given the opportunity to showcase their
anti bullying activities in their schools and Jasmine, Patsy and Shay gave a short presentation of the things they had
already done in the last year.
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Attendance 05/09/12 to 26/10/12
100%
Year 7
Dean Ablitt
Shahan Al-Haq
Bailey Andrews
Zak Goodchild
Rosie Ketley
Harrison Nunn
Joshua Odell
Elizabeth Penny
Year 8
Remi Allen
Harry Bareham
Danica Bernal
Nicole Gardiner
Gemma Marsh
Emily McWilliams
Jasmine Reader
Isobella Spencer
Alice Thackeray
Chloe Whatmough
Year 9
Sahib Al-Basher
Heather Archer
Chloe Beecroft
Owen Bird
Joshua Bowles
Nicholas Bragoli–Jones
Christopher Britton
Rosie Byrom-Smith
Ellie Cade
Nief Carroll
Sam Chandler
James Collins
Benjamin Cooper
Lucy Cox
Carla Devereux
Zack Domingo
Cody-Ennis Hadley
Bradley Farthing
Joshua Frankum
Samanatha Gallant
Thomas Gallant
Mitchell Gardiner
Thomas Gibson
Megan Goodchild
Lucy Harling
Adam Harrington
Joseph Hinshelwood
Anna Holmes
Niamh Hutchings
Karl Jaypee Ico
Karl Jayson Ico
Alexander Ketley
Tonia Lawes
Sian Lawson
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Chloe Lefley
Lucy Lloyd-Wainwright
George Manning
Bethany McLaughlin
Louise Mills
Taylor Morley
Scott Morton
Joe Moye
Tommy Nunn
Ruth O’Mara
Jane Perryman
Samuel Phillips
Rhys Piggott
Ashleigh Pink
Lewis Pitt
Zach Poole
Libby Pope
Sophie Raymond
Joe Rose
Jerry Sam
Lottie Sangster
Jordan Sargeant
Thomas Scroggs-Paris
Georgia Seaman
Chloe Shaw
Daniel Spooner
Madeleine Starkey
Edward Thomas
Megan Villars
Abigail Vowles
Jessica Williams
Tierney Wlson
Year 10
Aniqa Alshirin
Connor Andrews
Darrell Barnard-Jones
Richard Beck
Jodie Black
Azariah Bloxam
Jordan Brown
Samantha Burroughes
Robyn Cardy
Nick Ciaravolo
Amber Clark
Joshua Cole
Aaron Collins
Bill Cooley
Patrick Cooper
Jamie Cowley
Harry Craig
Joshua Drakard
Martin Fletcher
Louise Fraser
Alexander Garwood
Chloe Gentle
Joshua Gibbons
Joe Gibson
Elliott Gower
Rebecca Green
Jake Gregory
Jarrod Griggs
Jack Groome
Phoebe Hart
Kieran Heard
Michael Henderson
Natalia Henderson
Jacques Huckle
Thomas Irwin
Sophie Jeffrey
Mollie Kendall
Graham Ketley
Charlotte Lancaster
Sebastian Lydford
Isla Marchant
Thomas Mason
Molly Mcillwraith
Peter Mills
Bradley Mills
Michael Mills
Kelvin Nice
Shannon Nuttall
Liam O’Mara
Kieran Pettit
Sophie Pink
Mollie Prall
Courtney Prior
Ellana Prior
Phoebe Purdy
Emmie Rice
Danielle Robertson
Lila Robirosa
Molly Sagon
Harry Salt
Georgia Self
Justin Simpson
Ellie Stalker
Emaleigh Summers
Jemma Talbot
Lewis Wadley
Year 11
Isaac Adams
Chloe Ames
Benjamin Armstrong
Amber Baldry
Hettie Bawn
Poppy Bixby
Beccy Bree
Mark Byford
April Castle
Joseph Clarke
Ryan Clayton
Jacob Dickinson
Amelia Dzioba
Kayley Eden
Rebecca Gardiner
Judith Gill
Kimberley Gower
Connor Griggs
James Henry
Joseph Henry
Katie Hickford
Jack Hinshelwood
Rebekah Holmes
Matthew Jackson
Charlie Jee
Patrick King
Orla Knox-McAuley
Erin Knox-McAuley
Angelika Komaisko
Harry Liskus
Harry Maile
Holly Moore
Emily Morton
Max Morton
Andrew Moye
Cydney Nunn
Charmaine Page
Hayden Patrick
Connie Payne
Sophie Payne
Mark Perryman
Dominic Pinnegar
Steven Raymond
Shannon Rose
Henry Sayers
Febin Shaji
Aimee Shepherd
Abbie Shields
Ryan Smith
Emily Spooner
Lorna Stebbings
Jordan Stott-Tomlinson
Benjamin Stringer
Rebecca Thackeray
Danielle Thomson
Dorian Thompson
James Thowney
Georgia Tunley
Brandon Wade
Amy Webb
Gabrielle Welch
Joseph Wheeler
Charlotte Whiting
Eleanor Wilson
Library books
All overdue reminders are
emailed out. Please
check regularly.
Please return them as
soon as possible so we
can lend them to other
students
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News from the Houses
A Great Start
After only six weeks as Ormiston
Sudbury Academy, Thomas
Gainsborough House is already
starting to make an impact on the
school and the surrounding
communities. We are currently the
House with the best punctuality
reports Jack Conway, House
captain.
We have had a great start to the
term with 9JHI collecting clothing
for the British Heart Foundation
and also holding the title for the
class with the highest number of
House points. Charity work has
been happening in 10SLE, with a
group of boys organising a sporting
event to raise money for the Bobby
Robson Foundation. This charity
was established by Bobby Robson
in 2008 to support cancer research,
and this ties in nicely with our
chosen House charity, Cancer
Research UK.
Thomas Gainsborough House are
also planning nine different events,
involving all of the students from
the House.
A group of singers, many from
Thomas Gainsborough House,
have had the opportunity to
perform to the Mayor of Sudbury at
the annual Mayor Appreciation
event.
Caitlin Rawlinson of 9PHE is
currently campaigning for her seat
in the Youth Parliament. This
involves producing a manifesto to
explain why she deserves to
represent Suffolk and what she
plans to change for the youth
community. I know we will be
supporting Caitlin as a house and
as an Academy through her
campaign.
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Just before Half Term Thomas Gainsborough tutor group 7NBS were
rewarded with a Celebration Breakfast for full attendance and positive
behaviour for our first half term at the Academy. “We all enjoyed eating
together and had a selection of Croissants, Donuts, Muffins and Orange Juice,
it was awesome,” writes Bobbie Lee.
“The first half term at Ormiston Sudbury Academy has been amazing. It is a
great place to learn, enjoy yourself and make new friends. I can’t wait for
next half term.”
Miss Webster (Head of House) has
been working with Ms Pawling
(House Manager) and Mrs Culshaw
(Support Tutor) to get to know our
new Thomas Gainsborough Tutor
Groups. I know the year 11
students have been set academic
targets to help support their
progress and to start thinking about
Post-16 options.
Overall I think it is fair to say that
Thomas Gainsborough house is
setting out well, let's keep up the
good work into next half term.
.
Rosa Parks News
Head of Rosa Parks House, Mr
Starkey, is pleased to report that
congratulations go to Mr. Jones’
Tutor Group who won the General Knowledge Quiz Competition
at the end of the first half term.
The competition was not without
controversy as Miss Banthorpe’s
Sixth Form Tutor Group narrowly
missed winning. A prize will be
awarded to both the winners and
the runners up!
OSA Today
Science ‘Launchpad’ ... Cooking up
Hands on at the Science
Brushing up their
cooking skills
Museum
Year 11 students on the Princes
Trust XL programme were
brushing up their cooking skills
before half term in the Academy
canteen kitchen, aided and
abetted by Canteen Manager, Mr
Pink ,and his staff.
Sheryl Risley and Lucy Hoppit,
Year 13 Travel and Tourism
students took a group of 42 year 9
students to the Science Museum in
London in mid-October. The
organisation of an event or activity
is a key part of their Travel &
Tourism course and they organised
the whole event from beginning to
end.
The Science Museum was running
a hands-on, interactive exhibition
called “Launchpad” which gave
students the opportunity to
experience science for themselves.
The exhibition was really
enjoyable for everyone with wave
machines, shadow trap, energy
bikes and so much more. It was
endless learning and interaction for
all.
After the exhibition we watched a
Rocket Show which demonstrated
how rockets manage to go to space
and back. This was really exciting
as our pupils were able to help out
in some of the explosions and
experiments, including Mr. Brown.
We also had the chance to explore
the rest of the Museum which was
interesting as we saw the real
Apollo 10 capsule, and learnt all
about time and space!
Later this term this team of
students will be preparing and
serving Christmas dinner to the
residents of a local care home
and putting the techniques they
have learnt into practice. Students
will not only be preparing the
food but serving it as well and
providing some musical
entertainment.
The trip contained loads of KS3
Science ideas to help aid learning
in the classroom and so this was
really enjoyable for everyone ,with
the majority of pupils saying they
loved the experience of being able
to interact and get involved in the
exhibits (see below).
Sheryl Risley
Year 10 Work
Experience
8 to 19 July 2013
I am approaching companies for
placements. All companies have
to be risk assessed and I have a
database that I use.
Students will be getting
information in December and
forms for them and parents to
complete.
Edna Frusher
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More Sports results and reports
Year 10 football reports
Sports Results
OSA 3 v Thomas Gainsborough 2
Tuesday 18 September
Year 9 football v Thomas
Gainsborough Lost 0 - 5
The first game of the season was
away at local rivals TGS. With the
sides evenly matched it was a
good, competitive game. The first
goal was a great cross from Joe
Gibson for Jordan Roberts to score
at the far post. TGS came more into
the game and scored 2 goals to
make it 2-1 with 20 minutes to go.
A great break resulted in Jamie
Cowley rounding the goalkeeper to
score. Lewis Kindell scored the
winner with a well taken goal,
shooting low across the
goalkeeper.
OSA 3 v Stowupland 1
A comfortable victory against
Stowupland. Against a team that
rarely attacked we found it difficult
to breakdown at times, good
midfield play from Tom Mason,
Harry Craig and Liam O’Mara
created the first goal for Jordan
Roberts to slot home. Harry Craig
scored the second to make it 2-0 at
half time with a confident low
strike from the edge of the box.
Liam O’Mara confirmed the result
with a great strike.
OSA 0 v Stowmarket 1
A competitive game resulted in a
narrow 1-0 defeat. Both teams
defended well, with Billy Miller
stepping up from the year 9 team
to fill in for the injured Haydn
Taylor. Billy played really well,
making some key saves. Jamie
Cowley and Patrick Cooper created
some good chances, with Patrick
having the best chance at 0-0, but
he shot straight at the goalkeeper.
The winning goal came in the 25th
minute from a good angled shot.
Despite pushing forward Sudbury
couldn’t breakdown the defence.
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Monday 24 September
Year 9 football v Stowmarket High
School. Lost 5 – 3, Nathan Wilson
and Cody Ennis-Hadley (2) scoring.
Tuesday 25 September:
Year 11 football v Stowmarket
High School. Won 4 – 2. Tommy
Reeve scoring all 4!
Thursday 27 September
Year 11 County netball
tournament. Played 4 lost 4, but
did have to play 3 games with only
6 players.
Tuesday 2 October
Year 10 football lost 7 – 1 to
Mildenhall (Lewis Kindell scoring).
Year 10 netball – lost to County
Upper A team, beat County Upper
B team
Wednesday 3 October
U16 girls basketball beat Samuel
Ward 44 – 10 (Ashleigh Pink 14
points and Sophie Jeffery 14 points
were the highest scoring players)
Tuesday 9 October:
6th form football lost 2-0 to
Mildenhall
Wednesday 10 October
Year 10 football v Stowupland won
3-1 (goals from Jordan Roberts,
Harry Craig and Liam O'Mara)
Thursday 11 October
Year 9 football lost 5-0 and year
11 football lost 3-0 to Stowupland
Year 10 netball beat King Edwards
10 - 8.
Monday 15 October
Year 10 football lost 1-0 to
Stowmarket High School.
Tuesday 16 October
Year 10 and 11 basketball lost 41
– 29 to Samuel Ward (Ben
Armstrong and Andy Moye each
scoring 8 points).
Tuesday 23 October
Year 9 and 10 Western area
netball tournament
The year 9’s played 3 games.
Losing narrowly to South Lee and
Thurston and getting an excellent
11-0 win against Stowupland.
The year 10’s qualified for the
semi final by beating County
Upper, Thomas Gainsborough and
Castle Manor, but lost in the semi
final to eventual winners, Culford
School.
Year 9 football beat TGS ‘B’ 3 – 1
(2 goals from Cody Ennis-Hadley
and an own goal).
Wednesday 24 October
Year 9 basketball beat Uplands
36 – 14 (Reagan Skipper and
Mitchell Gardiner each scoring 10
points).
Year 9 netball lost 3-6 and Year 11
netball lost 5-7 to Thurston.
Thursday 25 October
Year 10/11 basketball team lost a
very close game to TGS. Final
score was 41-39 (Andy Moye with
10 points and Ben Armstrong with
14).
Keep an eye on the website for the
latest fixtures and remember that
supporters are always welcome.
More team photos and reports will
be published in the next issue.
OSA Today
Sports Team Photographs
Year 9 Football
OSA 0 v Thomas Gainsborough5
Year 9 Football
The Year 9s started their league
campaign against an extremely
strong Thomas Gainsborough side.
The first half was a tight affair and
Sudbury had one or two decent
openings when Cody EnnisHadley and Mitchell Gardiner
linked up well, but it was the
home side that opened the
scoring, adding a second moments
later. Thomas Gainsborough
extended their lead early in the
second half and ran out clear
winners. Everyone gained vital
game time and Billy Miller
deserves special mention for his
man of the match performance,
pulling off some magnificent saves
throughout the match.
OSA 3 v Stowmarket 5
Year 10 Football
The game began at a rapid pace
with both teams playing some
good stuff, but neither side
dominating. Midway through the
first half the Sudbury defence were
caught napping, and Billy Miller
could do little to prevent the Stow
player notching when placed well
inside the area. In the second half
we managed to get the ball out to
Jerry Sam, he managed to beat his
man and cross, for Cody EnnisHadley to tap home for our first
league goal of the season. At the
restart Sudbury pressed. Mitchell
Gardiner, Josh Bowles and Jerry
Sam, now dominating the midfield
set up our attacking moves,
allowing Nathan Wilson and Cody
Ennis-Hadley to extend our lead. 3
-1 to Sudbury. However, this joy
was short lived and Stowmarket
rallied to score 4 more before final
whistle.
Year 11 Football
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Olympics visit and more
Cross Country
Championships
30 Ormiston Sudbury Academy
students travelled to Ipswich to
participate in the Suffolk Cross
Country competition in October .
London 2012 Hurrah!
It seems a long time ago now but
back in the summer holidays, 36
students from the two Sudbury
schools had the experience of
lifetime, when they all went to the
London Olympics.
What an amazing venue it was and
none of us had been to anything
like it before. The first Olympics
event we saw was Women’s
Handball in the Copper box.
Handball was one of the success
stories of the Olympics as it is not
a well known sport in this country
but quite a few of the students
were converted to the sport.
Souvenirs had been bought in the
Mega-store before the handball.
The following day we were in the
main stadium to watch the
athletics . We were able to see the
men’s 100m heats, which of
course featured some of the fastest
men in the world, including Usain
Bolt (See bottom left)
Topping off the day was Jessica
Ennis performing in two of her
seven disciplines of javelin and
long jump on her way to win the
Gold medal the following day.
After a fantastic morning of
athletics it was time to go back to
Suffolk.
There were some excellent
performances:Harrison Nunn,
Mitchell Gardiner,
Joe Gibson,
Sophie Pink,
Sophie Jeffery,
Hettie Bawn,
Mollie Kendell
Georgia Self,
Janine Treais,
Adam Lallement
Fred Cox
all qualified to run in the next
round on the 1st December.
Trampolining
Well done to Jordan King in year
8 who won an U15 Trampolining
competition (she was 12
competing against 15 year olds)!
Thanks must go to the staff who
arranged it for us.
Six Hour Sports Marathon
When:- Saturday 8 December
2012 3.30 to 9.30pm
Where:- OSA Academy
Why:- To raise funds for new team
sports kit for the football, netball,
rugby and basketball teams
Target:- £15 per person
The total raised will be matched
by funds from SUSA (a charity
linked to the former Sudbury
Upper School).
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