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Dear Parents and Carers I hope you all enjoyed a well-earned rest over the half-term break and that you managed to enjoy one of the many firework displays which took place around the county. Today at Victory, is the culmination of the work which has taken place to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War 1. The children participated so well in the Poppy Run before half-term and enjoyed the theatre performance which taught them so much about the trenches. The display of their work to create poppies for the reception area looks magnificent and I know they will complete their 2 minutes of silence at 11am with due respect. Thank you on behalf of the Royal British Legion to all children who have purchased poppies or remembrance related goods from reception to raise funds. We have had a busy fortnight here, as ever, with many exciting trips and experiences for the young people. A group of GCSE students visited the Theatre Royal to watch the National Theatre production of Macbeth and our Year 11 students enjoyed their annual weekend away at Kingswood to both revise and to bond as a team. They had an excellent experience and I thank the staff who supported them whole-heartedly. We were privileged to be asked by the Local Authority to support them in an audit of mental health services for young people. Over the course of the day, many of our students were interviewed and contributed to discussions about the quality of services in our area. They were all an absolute credit to you and really helped the auditors understand what young people need. Thank you to Juliet Cole and her team of library elves who ran another really successful themed night for Halloween. Thank you to Sue in the kitchen for making such amazing Halloween themed cakes for everyone to enjoy too! On the subject of great food, we were delighted to help Mr Liao, our Mandarin teacher from Norwich School, to run a Chinese dumpling-making activity with the Mandarin students and the Parent and Child class! They tasted amazing... If you'd like to join the Mandarin group, please email Miss Curson on [email protected] - it's not too late! We also loved hosting a curry-making cookery group with famous local chef, Charlie Hodson who was AMAZING! We have asked Charlie if he will come back again to lead sessions with the children, so watch this space... Another Parent and Child class we will be running is Life Drawing with Mrs Mizon - our Sixth Form students and select Year 11s have really benefitted from this great opportunity. It has supported their artistic skills, as well as helping them understand what real bodies look like - and not the filtered ones on social media! We have really enjoyed having children's authors Alex Scarrow and C T Furlong at Victory this week, launching a story-writing challenge. How wonderful for the children to meet real authors who are making a career from their writing skills. Finally, thank you to all students who created some beautiful entries to the OAT Christmas Card Competition - as ever, we will also use the best 4 for our academy Christmas cards! We will be announcing winners shortly. Thank you for your support of our academy - I wish you all a safe and happy weekend. Naomi Palmer — Principal Fortnightly Newsletter for Students & Families “Achievement is outstanding because every student matters” Ofsted 2013 @VictoryAcad /OrmistonVictoryAcademy Important Upcoming Dates: Sixth Form Open Evening Thursday 15th November Year 11 Class of 2018 Graduation Ceremony Thursday 22nd November Year 11 Raising Achievement Evening Thursday 29th November
Transcript of Fortnightly Newsletter for Students & Families · 2019-05-05 · fantastic insight and reflection....
Dear Parents and Carers I hope you all enjoyed a well-earned rest over the half-term break and that you managed to enjoy one of the many firework displays which took place around the county. Today at Victory, is the culmination of the work which has taken place to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War 1. The children participated so well in the Poppy Run before half-term and enjoyed the theatre performance which taught them so much about the trenches. The display of their work to create poppies for the reception area looks magnificent and I know they will complete their 2 minutes of silence at 11am with due respect. Thank you on behalf of the Royal British Legion to all children who have purchased poppies or remembrance related goods from reception to raise funds. We have had a busy fortnight here, as ever, with many exciting trips and experiences for the young people. A group of GCSE students visited the Theatre Royal to watch the National Theatre production of Macbeth and our Year 11 students enjoyed their annual weekend away at Kingswood to both revise and to bond as a team. They had an excellent experience and I thank the staff who supported them whole-heartedly. We were privileged to be asked by the Local Authority to support them in an audit of mental health services for young people. Over the course of the day, many of our students were interviewed and contributed to discussions about the quality of services in our area. They were all an absolute credit to you and really helped the auditors understand what young people need. Thank you to Juliet Cole and her team of library elves who ran another really successful themed night for Halloween. Thank you to Sue in the kitchen for making such amazing Halloween themed cakes for everyone to enjoy too! On the subject of great food, we were delighted to help Mr Liao, our Mandarin teacher from Norwich School, to run a Chinese dumpling-making activity with the Mandarin students and the Parent and Child class! They tasted amazing... If you'd like to join the Mandarin group, please email Miss Curson on [email protected] - it's not too late! We also loved hosting a curry-making cookery group with famous local chef, Charlie Hodson who was AMAZING! We have asked Charlie if he will come back again to lead sessions with the children, so watch this space... Another Parent and Child class we will be running is Life Drawing with Mrs Mizon - our Sixth Form students and select Year 11s have really benefitted from this great opportunity. It has supported their artistic skills, as well as helping them understand what real bodies look like - and not the filtered ones on social media! We have really enjoyed having children's authors Alex Scarrow and C T Furlong at Victory this week, launching a story-writing challenge. How wonderful for the children to meet real authors who are making a career from their writing skills. Finally, thank you to all students who created some beautiful entries to the OAT Christmas Card Competition - as ever, we will also use the best 4 for our academy Christmas cards! We will be announcing winners shortly. Thank you for your support of our academy - I wish you all a safe and happy weekend. Naomi Palmer — Principal
Fortnightly Newsletter for Students & Families
“Achievement is outstanding because every student matters” Ofsted 2013
@VictoryAcad /OrmistonVictoryAcademy
Important Upcoming Dates:
Sixth Form Open Evening
Thursday 15th November
Year 11 Class of 2018 Graduation Ceremony
Thursday 22nd November
Year 11 Raising Achievement Evening
Thursday 29th November
Our students had an excellent day with Reprezent Radio presenter Jordan and Irene discussing mental health issues and CAMHS provision in Norfolk - such
fantastic insight and reflection.
Student News @ Victory
Well done to our wonderful Year 11 and Sixth Form artists for a focused two
hours of life-drawing.
What a buzz in catering - Year 7 and Sixth Form students making Chinese dumplings
with our fantastic Mandarin teacher - it is so lovely to see both age groups so engaged
enjoying themselves.
Some examples of the incredible work our Year 8 students are doing with their
isometric drawings.
Student News @ Victory
Year 12 Biologists understanding the make up of their blood - taking samples and using microscopes to investigate.
Wonderful Hamza - Sixth Form film-making extraordinaire, hard at work during his computing lesson. This
young man is a genius!
Our Year 11 students exploring the purity of water during their
science lessons.
We LOVED listening to Dayna’s amazing CD! Congratulations on a
wonderful achievement.
Student News @ Victory
Our A-level Biology students studying genetic engineering as part of the
Amgen Biotech Experience! Thank you so much to Amgen Foundation for
lending us the equipment.
It’s great to see the true literacy vibe at Victory, with students enjoying reading
the Victory Bugle - some excellent articles written by individuals from all
Year Groups
It was such a pleasure to spend time with our ‘Tea With The
Principal’ reward students. They really are such an inspiring group
of children
We were thrilled to welcome author, Alex Scarrow, to our academy this week - thank
you for the fantastic presentation and reading to our Year 9 students and for the
excellent workshops for our selected ‘Undercover Readers’. We’re very gratefully to be part of this project.
Author Visit @ Victory
Catering @ Victory
From Year 10 curries and cheesecakes, Year 11 risottos and beautiful filo work, to a visit from
professional chef, Charlie Hodson - our catering students have had an
amazing fortnight!
An Evening of Horrors @ Victory
Our Library played host to another FANGtastic Evening of Horrors last week to celebrate ghost, ghouls and all things Halloween.
Thank you so much to Mrs Cole and everyone who supported this event - and to our wonderful Year 11 students, Adam and Jacob, for your
spooky storytelling - you had us all on the edge of our seat .
Year 11 Kingswood Residential @ Victory
Our Year 11 students had a fantastic
time during their Kingswood
residential - team building exercises,
revision sessions and fun, in equal
measures. Well done and thank you
to all involved.
Volunteering @ Lord Nelson Sixth Form
Miss Long thought it was lovely to have Sixth Form students volunteering
to support lower school cooking lessons. She really appreciated the help with Year 8 making quesadillas!
Mrs Cole feels privileged to work with our supportive Sixth Form students who mentor younger students in the mornings with reading and handwriting.
