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Autumn 2014
Our senior ambassadors for RE (Holly Walker, Jake Chaplin and Ryan Hutchings) organised and delivered a conference for students from schools across Nottinghamshire. The conference took nearly a year to plan and organise! The aim was to help spread the word about how exciting, challenging and useful GCSE RE really is. We thought pupils at Redhill were very aware of this but we were worried that the message might not be as clear in other schools.
We welcomed some very special guests on the day including BBC presenter Sarah Julian and Dr Sarah Smalley who is the chief executive of the RE Council of England and Wales. Sarah Julian gave a talk about her radio programme which is all about faith and belief in Nottingham. She even stayed to do a question and answer session afterwards. Dr Sarah Smalley said she was incredibly impressed because the day was produced by young people for young people.
“Jake, Holly and Ryan did so well in so many different ways. They showed astonishing levels of confidence for young people in the sixth form. To be able not only to do the organising but also to present and lead sessions with students from five different schools is an achievement many young teachers would find daunting, but they carried it off in the nicest possible way and were both modest about what they'd done but also (rightly) proud of their achievements.” Dr Sarah Smalley
The day was a real success and yet again, I was left feeling incredibly proud of our RE department. It’s wonderful to see our pupils demonstrating their commitment to RE because they know it’s vital both for their own development and for the wellbeing of society. A special mention must go to Holly Walker who ended up giving an interview for Central News!
I’d also like to take this opportunity to say congratulations to our newly appointed young ambassadors for RE: Sam Walker, Meghan Swarbrooke, Emily Johnson, Emily Baggaley, Rosie Gough, Laura Norris and Olivia Harrison-James. Who knows what they will achieve over the next year?
Miss Wilkinson
The Redhill Review
From the Principal
As you can see from the articles in this newsletter, Redhill students continue to participate in many exciting activities outside their normal lessons. As well as the Performing Arts opportunities on offer, students have also been getting involved in science, technology, maths, poetry, politics and charity fund raising.
Whilst academic achievement will always be our central aim, a successful school is much more than this. These activities add breadth to our students’ experiences, often challenging them to go outside their comfort zone.
As always at this time of year, we are also looking forward to our Christmas Carol Concert which will be held at St Paul’s in Daybrook on Wednesday 17 December. I am sure that many of you will be there, but if you can’t make it, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Mr Burns
At the end of September, the staff at Redhill exceeded all expectations by raising the amazing sum
of over £160 by bringing cakes in to sell in the staffroom for the Macmillan coffee morning. We also
had a big raffle with donated prizes which boosted the collection. The Science department had an
event the week after which then added to this sum and the grand total banked was well over
£250. A massive thank you to everybody who helped or supported this national event for such a
worthy cause.
Mrs Barton and Mrs Cripwell
Message to Parents — Parking on Redhill Road
We have had a number of complaints from local residents about cars
blocking their driveways both before, and after school. We would ask
that you please park considerately if you are either dropping off
students in the morning or picking them up at the end of the day.
Wicked Dance Summer School 2014
Dancers from Years 7-11 spent the first week of the holidays working with Musical Theatre
professional Louise Lenihan to create an outstanding performance for friends and family. Louise has
starred in West End productions including Grease, Chicago and Starlight Express for over 20 years.
Each day started with a strenuous physical warm-up, followed by vocal techniques and learning
professional repertoire from various musicals including Hairspray and West Side Story. On day 3,
the students were given a break and travelled to Birmingham Hippodrome to see an inspirational
performance of Wicked, the prequel to the Wizard of Oz. On the final day, the students wowed
friends and family with the amount and quality of what they’d learned in such a short time. Parents
commented on what an amazing performance was produced and students were very grateful to
have had the opportunity to work with Louise and see such a fantastic show. It was wicked!
Macmillan Coffee Morning
National Poetry Day
Although you may not realise, poetry has a great impact on our lives. Its purpose is to provoke
a certain emotion and often, it leads to a change in society. On Thursday 2nd October, it was
National Poetry Day and some of you may have taken part in various activities in school to
celebrate. On this day, I was lucky enough to be in London celebrating my own poetic
achievements.
During the summer, I entered a competition called Foyle’s Young
Poets which some of you may have heard of. Overall, there were
14,000 individual poems submitted from all over the world. These
poems were judged by a very famous lady called Grace Nichols and
another great poet, Simon Barraclough. There were 15 overall
winners and 85 commended poets, which was the category I fell
into. As a result of this, Ms Leeson and I attended an incredible
ceremony in London where I received my prizes and heard the
winning poems. What made this even more special (apart from the
amazing view of the London Eye) was meeting Grace Nichols and the
other commended poets and winners. Everybody all shared the
same passion and all were so talented and friendly. The event made the fact that it took four
trains to get there due to several cancellations so worth it!
My prize was a bag full of poetry related books by top publishers and a year-long membership
to The Poetry Society which keeps me up to date with poetry related news, allows me to
attend various events and publish my own work on the Young Poets Network site (which I
advise you check out). However, the best prize was the great confidence boost from the whole
experience. It was a very surreal and overwhelming day but I am now more determined than
ever to continue writing and keep the form going!
I would urge any keen poets to check out www.poetrysociety.org.uk and keep your eye out for
next year’s Foyle competition! You never know where entering the competition could lead. It is
open to young people aged 11-17, regardless of experience or ability. It would make me
extremely happy if just one person would take that small step of entering as it is really
important that we keep poetry alive and continue to write and inspire people.
If any of you are keen on writing
poetry and/or want any more
information regarding the event or
competition itself, you can email me at
[email protected] and I will be
happy to provide you with further
information.
Chloe Lee, Year 13
Specialisms Week 2014
The Redhill Academy’s annual Specialisms Week ran last term and, as usual, the
Year 7 timetable was replaced with a series of bespoke activities, which were based
around a ‘Super/Natural’ theme.
Arts activities consisted of a series of song writing workshops, which included
composing soundscapes and performing supernatural songs. Art students produced
cardboard creatures and our young dancers choreographed original pieces, based
on a variety of heroes and villains. Drama students worked with a professional film
company and produced a spooky DVD, ‘Deadhill Academy’.
Science activities included
the exciting opportunity to
extract and view the DNA of a
kiwi fruit using the work of
the scientists Watson & Crick.
Pupils also designed and
tested a bridge that had to be
strong enough to support an
armoured knight to cross and
rescue a princess from an evil
dragon!
Another workshop had the pupils create their own supernatural creature that they
could imagine living in either the jungle, Arctic or under the sea. Lastly, students
had to help Harry Potter fix a mistake he made in his Potions lesson before
Professor Snape found out!
Students also participated in Code Breakers’ Guide to the Galaxy workshops
provided by the Maths faculty, shadow puppet workshops provided by the English
faculty, Extra-Terrestrial workshops in Design and Technology and an Unbelievable
workshop led by Humanities staff. All of these events were recorded for posterity
by our own Year 7 paparazzi, who were managed by the ICT Faculty.
Thanks to everyone involved, it was a very enjoyable few days for both students
and teachers alike!
Mr Latham and Mrs Ollis
Youth for Change and Girl Summit 2014
At the end of the Summer Term, two A Level Sociology students, Beth Evans and
Monique Price, were selected to attend the “Youth for Change” conference, which
is an event held by the Department for International Development. The students
were nominated by the school to the local MP as a result of their hard work and
dedication in A Level Sociology. They were then selected out of hundreds of
applicants to represent Nottinghamshire.
The students spent the day at Westminster participating in key debates, with
students from across the globe. Issues that affect young people in contemporary
society were related to. The discussions that the students participated in helped
inspire action at “Girl Summit 2014”, the global conference hosted by the UK
government and UNICEF.
The students listened to a number of talks from key politicians, such as Theresa
May, as well as from young people involved with UNICEF. The students gained a lot
from this experience as the speakers were truly inspiring. It also allowed the
students to apply their
sociological knowledge to
‘real’ societal issues.
Miss Armitage
It has been a busy start to the Autumn Term for the football teams of The Redhill Academy; with 31 fixtures already having been played by the end of November.
We had in excess of 50 Year 7 boys at-tend the new intake football trials in September, and the girls have been fortunate enough to have their training sessions delivered by the coaches from Nottingham Forest.
Our Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 Girls have made an impressive start to the season, with all three having negotiated the early rounds to reach the Quarter Finals of their respective County Cups.
The Under 12 ‘B Team’ and Under 16 Boys have progressed to the last 64 teams in the ESFA National Cup, a remarkable achievement considering the high number of entrants that these competitions attract from across the country.
A final mention should go to four individual students who have all managed to score 5 goals in a single game for their respective year groups; they are Georgie Houghton, Lauren Wood, Jason Law and Qaa’Sim Uhuru.
Mr Trowbridge
Football 2014
Every year we reach out to those who most need support within the world. It is a point in time when as a nation we come together to raise as much awareness as possible by collecting charitable donations from many events and sponsors. Here at The Redhill Academy we strive to collect as much money as possible from our students by having as much fun as possible. Within main school, the children wear non-uniform and pay £1, with just this the school can raise over £1000.
The Sixth Form try and create as much fun as possible by having a fun dress-up day, this year the theme was Hero’s. This lets the students choose to either dress as their hero or a superhero. As a Sixth Form we are entertained by students dressing up as such characters like; Chuckle Brothers, Mad Scientist, Doctor Who, Batman and Robin, Superman and even celebrities of the likes of Joan Rivers.
During lunch time, activities where held in the Sixth Form block for all students to join in. This involved henna designs, Just Dance competition and a week long, ‘guess the sweet’ challenge.
It is important to the Sixth Form that we can make each year memorable and fun, and still remember the cause; this year’s total was over £160. We’d like to thank all who took part and who helped raise and contribute towards our total.
Georgia Jackson, Year 13
Children in Need
JANUARY
Week 2
Wednesday 7 Year 10 English Controlled Assessment catch-up
Thursday 8 Year 11 Progress Report 2 Issued
7pm Annual Presentation Evening
Week 1
Monday 12 Year 12 and 13 Mock Exams (until 23.01.15)
Tuesday 13 4pm Year 11 Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 14 Trip: Year 10 Drama Unit 2—Theatre
Thursday 15 Trip: Year 10 Dance Performance Workshop, New College Nottingham
Week 2
Monday 19 Year 8 Assessment Week
Year 11 Mentoring Week
Year 12 and 13 Art Mock Exams Week (Units 1 & 3)
Wednesday 21 3:15pm Inter-house Blockbuster Quiz Final
Trip: Year 11 History — The Galleries of Justice
Thursday 22 Trip: Year 11 History — The Galleries of Justice
Week 1
Wednesday 28 3:15pm Inter-house KS3 Table Tennis
Thursday 29 3:15pm Inter-house KS4 Table Tennis
Friday 30 Trip: Year 10 and 11 Art — London
Next half term dates for your diary…
‘Perfect’ Attitude to Learning…
Congratulations to the following students who have received Head of School’s Commendations
for achieving outstanding in all of their subjects for Attitude to Learning this term:
Esther Acquah 10AAS
Emily Baggaley 9AJSW
Lucy Barlow 10SJW
Evelyne Deacon 10DJN
Kiesha Gibson 10DMI
Courtney Thorne 11LDG
Benjamin Heath 10DMI
Ben Watkins 10LCD
Redhill Road, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 8GX (0115) 926 1481
www.theredhillacademy.org.uk [email protected]
FEBRUARY
Week 2
Monday 2 Sixth Form Mock Results Day
Performing Arts Assemblies (until 06.02.15)
Trip: Year 8 — Beth Shalom Centre
Wednesday 4 Trip: Year 12 Forensic Science—Nottingham Trent University
Post-18 Career Development Day
Thursday 5 P1 and 2 Intermediate Maths Challenge—top sets in Yrs 10 & 11, plus top ten Yr 9s
Year 12 and 13 Progress Report 2 issued
Year 13 Drama Exam (Unit 3)
Friday 6 Year 13 Drama Unit 3 Controlled Assessment (until 04.04.15)
Trip: Year 10 and 11 RE — Poland (until 08.02.15)
Week 1
Monday 9 Year 9 Maths Assessment Week Entry Level 2 (Set 5)
Performing Arts Assemblies (until 13.02.15)
Tuesday 10 Year 10 Progress Report 2 issued
7pm Lower School Music Recital Evening
Trip: Year 8 RE — National Holocaust Centre
Wednesday 11 4pm Year 10 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 12 Trip: Year 8 RE — National Holocaust Centre
Friday 13 12:30pm — Valentines Reading Event
Half Term