– Week 10 10th November 2014 Message from the Principal

10th November 2014 – Week 10
Message from the Principal
It has been a great first week back after the half term.
This week I have had the pleasure of awarding 146 students ‘Expert Student’ Status. These
students have great attendance, no lates and meet the Academy expectations in terms of their
approach to learning. Parents can read more about the Expert students programme using the
link below.
The weather is now turning a little colder so we are encouraging students to hire a locker so that
they can store away their coats and hats. The details on how to hire a locker can be found using
the link below. Finally, thank you to all the parents who gave us feedback about this new
newsletter. We have incorporated some of the suggestions in this second edition.
Locker details: http://www.franciscombeacademy.org.uk/index.phtml?d=568189
Expert Students: http://www.franciscombeacademy.org.uk/user/74/165210.pdf
Forthcoming Events and dates in the diary
Wednesday 12th Nov 2014 Presentation Evening
The Academy is delighted to announce that this year’s quest speaker is Mr Ashley John-Baptiste. Many will
remember Ashley John-Baptiste as the member of boy band group ‘The Risk’ who decided to quit X Factor
in order to pursue a solo career as a singer-songwriter. However there is more to Ashley than meets the
eye....the 24-year-old overcame tremendous adversity to win a place to study history at Cambridge – and
then graduate with a 2.1. Ashley has a remarkable story of how he overcame his troubled childhood to
study at one of the world’s best universities.
We look forward to welcoming those students, together with their parents, who
have been nominated for an Award, along with our Year 11 and Post 16 students
who will be picking up their GCSE certificate during the evening.
Wednesday 12th November 2014 - APES youth forum workshops
The workshops will be hosted again by Kim Coe at Tanners Wood School. They
will start promptly at 9.30am and the whole event will finish at 11.30pm. Items
made at the workshops will be sold at the Community Market.
Thursday 13th Nov 2014 (3pm-3.45pm) - Year 11 Celebration Assembly
This is a chance to celebrate students’ achievements in their GCSE exams and
vocational qualifications last year. There will be a special celebration assembly were all students will be
presented with their official exam board certificates. We will also be providing light refreshments. For more
information please follow the link Here
Autumn 2 Term Diary
Week
10
11
13
14
15
Date
Wednesday 12th November
Tuesday 18th November
Wednesday 19th November
Wednesday 3rd December
Wednesday 10th and Thursday
11th December
Monday 15th December
Thursday 18th December
Friday 17th December
Event
Presentation Evening – details above
Parent Workshop
Post 16 Evening 1
Parent Partners Meeting 2
Bugsy Malone Performance
Year 7 Carol Concert
Senior Citizen’s Christmas party
Last day of Autumn Term
Celebrations and Achievements
AQA Unlocking potential- Heather Kirby and Stacey Cutmore have been
invited to the final National Team Event Presentation at The Kia Oval,
Kennington, London on Monday 10th November 2014. The event is sponsored
by AQA and Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust. The girls are very excited
about meeting Dame Kelly Holmes and their professional mentor Olympic
Boxer Hannah Beharry at the event.
Sporting Fixtures and Clubs
Club of the Week
Year 11 Photography club - Mondays (Week A) 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
What’s it all about? Well, we choose the themes together as a group, take pictures individually, and share our photos
during the club. This is a year 11 club, but is now open to Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Awards students. Please see
Miss J Apanasowicz for more details. For a full list of all our clubs please log on to the VLE.
Fixtures
Sporting Fixtures
Home games—3.30 pm—5.30 pm
Away games—we aim to bring students back to the Academy no later than 6.15 pm
Mon 10th
11
Netball tournament at Parmiters
Away
Tues 11th
7
Basketball v Immanuel
Away
9
Basketball v Immanuel
Home
Seniors
Basketball v Immanuel
Home
8
Basketball v Immanuel
Away
8, 10, 11
Netball v Parmiters
Away
FCA South Family—Yr 5 Fun Run
Home
Table Tennis Girls and Boys at Rickmansworth
Away
Wed 12th
Thurs 13th
U13 + U16
Sports Training - Training is 3.30pm to 4:45pm on the following days:
Mon
Rugby
All Years
(RMU)
Tues
Football
Yr 10 / 11 Boys
(RNE)
Football Yr 9
Boys
(MSU)
Netball Club
All Years
(KGR / BMO / KHA)
Wed
Trampolining
Club
All Years
(KHA)
Thurs
Football
Yr 7 / 8 Boys
(RMU / MSU)
Regulars
Word of the Week
This week’s word is – bumptious meaning unpleasantly confident
Attendance
This is just a quick reminder that medical appointments should be taken out of school time when possible. If this is not
possible no more than half a day’s absence should be taken. Thank you.
Staff Update
And finally, here are a couple of the photos
showing Mrs Caldwell and Miss Allsopp
taking part in the ‘Tough Mudder’
Challenge. Well done to both of them for
completing the challenge!
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