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BELFAIRS ACADEMY

News and Views SHAPING THE FUTURE

Shaping the future of our young people is always in the forefront of our minds at Belfairs. So many

events have taken place in the last seven weeks. Welcoming our Year 7 and Year 12 students into the

academy has been such a great experience. They have settled in well and engaging in all the activi-

ties on offer. The internal building works are on track to open in December ready for use after the break,

and we look forward to showcasing the extra learning areas when you visit. We are making full use of

having our visitors on site, with our careers advisor working with the company, so students

can see all the different careers that are needed when completing a new build. From

architects, project managers, engineers and electricians to name but a few.

I would like to thank all our parents and carers who support the academy. The letters of

congratulations and thanks to our staff are welcome and well received so thank you for

taking the time to write to us. Enjoy the break.

Mrs Williams Principal/CEO Legra Trust

www.belfairsacdemy.org.uk Follow us on Twitter @ BelfairsAcademy

Autumn term 2018

Update from the Principal / CEOrust

RESULTS

A record year for our

GCSE Results !

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100% Attendance Congratulations 9R3

BELFAIRS ACADEMY

News

9R3 Achieved 100% Attendance, congratulations!

Excellent Student

Following the success of last year’s programme,

we have launched The Excellent Student initia-

tive for 2018-19! We are looking forward to issuing

more gold Excellence badges to those students

who successfully complete their checklists before

next summer’s deadline. Many congratulations

to our Excellence queen Freya Hensey, who has

already completed her Excellence Checklist for

this academic year! There is really no stopping

Freya!

Year 9 Stretch and Challenge Student mentoring.

GCSE subject ambassador has been mentoring

Yr. 9 GCSE students with their Art studies.

Stretch and Challenge

http://www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk

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Belfair's Academy Year 8 Football team won a

national Cup game with an amazing score of

7-1 against the Plume Academy Maldon.

Belfair's Academy Under 14 kept up their

winning streak during the Essex Cup Games

against The Appleton School Benfleet. Belfair's

2– Appleton 1.

A huge congratulations to students Dan Lofts

Yr. 11 and Isabella Darby Yr.9, on being select-

ed for the Essex football teams from students at

trials from schools ranging as far away as East

London boroughs through to Colchester. This is

a fantastic achievement with many top profes-

sionals having started their careers with Essex

representation.

Also, congratulations to Isabella Darby who

played in her first county football match on

Saturday and scored 4 goals!

RESULTS:

1st: Mitchell Day Yr. 10 Won 9 games = 15

points—Resolute

2nd Nathan House Yr. 10 Won 8 games = 10

points—Defender

3rd Jack Chambers Yr. 9 Won 6 games = 5

points Defender

BELFAIRS ACADEMY

Sports News

Football Successes.

CONGRATULATIONS!

At Belfair's Academy we have had an amazing half

term of sports events. Our PE department have

achieved over 25 competitive fixtures and attended 3

tournaments. Congratulations to all students whom

have represented the Academy and to the PE staff

for their incredible commitment.

Competition Fixtures

We Love Netball

We love Netball, that’s the opinion of all these

students, its great to have so many getting

involved this year.

Yr.8 Netball Team won against Shoebury

School- 14-9 Congratulation ! Inter-College Badminton Competition

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Art Department


The Arts Society, Themes Estuary Southend Schools Art Exhibition.

Tuesday Art Club

What a fantastic turnout! KS3 students

have produced some lovely paintings

with Miss Morris and Giacometti style

sculptures with Mrs Wood. All students

are welcome, every Tuesday after

school.

The Art department was pleased to have exhibited some of the GCSE and A-Level Art & Photography work, within an exciting and dynamic project. The Thames Estuary branch of The Arts So-ciety organised a Southend schools exhibition. The event had over two hundred visitors, showcasing a range of pupils work.

Year 9 Photography Trip to Belfair's Woods.

Year 9 GCSE students took a trip to Belfair's woods to explore the theme of ‘Patterns in Nature’. The work produced will help them de-velop their portfolio of coursework and establish how to be more inde-pendent when on a shoot.

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ART Department

Year 11 Art, Go Big or Go Home

The year 11 Art students produced some

beautiful expressive, large pieces of work.

Students were encouraged to respond to

their chosen artist and explore several

mediums. Well done to all.

Stretch and Challenge- Student Mentoring

GCSE subject ambassador Hannah George, has been mentoring year 9 GCSE students with their

Art studies. It has been a lovely opportunity for Hannah to share her experiences and knowledge

within the subject, whilst also inspiring and guiding other budding artists.

Some of Hannah’s fantastic

Art work.

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Art Department

P16 exploring the theme of 'Contained

spaces students developed their re-

search by taking photographs and pro-

ducing observational sketches. A level students took a

trip to Leigh to explore

the notion of

‘composition’ and its

use in Photography. The

work produced was

exceptional and stu-

dents have been proud

to display the beautiful

work around the School

corridors in an Exhibition

of work.

Photography Trip –

Southend Seafront.

Year 12 students took a trip to Southend

Seafront, making the most of the nice

weather. First hand research was devel-

oped, we cant wait to see how students

develop their work further.

A Level photography

Exhibition Year 12

Year 13 students helped

to curate an exhibition

of Photography work.

Work on display demon-

strates a range of skills

and Photography

disciplines.

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BELFAIRS ACADEMY

NEWS

Post 16 Open Evening

Post 16 Applications

Our brand new prospectus and course guide for September 2019 are now available to download from

our website. They are also available in hard copy from the Post 16 office.

Post 16 Open evening

was a great event with

students visiting the

Academy from many

areas .

Mr A Bakonyvari

Director of Post 16

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Kenya Trip

.

It was an incredible

experience, both

enjoyable and eye

opening.

Alex

Here are some comments regarding the students

experience of this amazing trip. It was inspiring to see the students of the

school playing outside with hardly a care

in the world despite the living conditions

some of them found themselves in. I found

that the spirit of most of the Kenyans was

unbreakable with many being eager to

participate in our efforts to improve the

living standards of the community.

Josh

Visiting Kenya and learning about the

culture for a month was an eye-

opening experience and one that I am

so grateful to have had. Not only have

I come back more content with life but

also a greater appreciation for the

efforts these people have to put in just

for basic necessities that we (in the UK)

can obtain at the click of our fingers.

Abbie

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NEWS

@ N -Act Theatre

Students had a great time watching the

performance from @N-Act Theatre. To see more

information about this amazing theatre group

follow this link.

http://www.sharonwilliamseducational.co.uk/meet-

the-team.html

Christmas Show

Students and staff have been working hard

during after school rehearsals on this year’s Christmas Show Les Misérables. The show will

be performed at the academy on

Thursday 13th December

Friday 14th December

Saturday 16th December

Doors open at 6.30pm , show commences at

7pm.

Tickets can be purchased via ParentPay and

then collected at the schools reception. We

look forward to welcoming you all at the

performances.

Fantastic French !

Year 7 Student Lilly Solo-

mons created this amaz-

ing piece of work.

The task was simply to

create a calendar show-

ing the different months

in French but she spent

several days making one

out of felt. Each pocket

has information about

each month, e.g. differ-

ent festivals/holidays,

little love hearts in Febru-

ary for Valentine’s Day.

This piece of work cer-

tainly has the Wow fac-

tor’, well done Lilly ! Lilly Solomons Year 7

Music Lessons

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NEWS

Design and Technology

2 representatives from IKEA visited the Acad-

emy , Lisa Duxbury and Anna Smith, to hear

about the Year 8’s textiles project and give

students a short presentation on the compa-

ny. It was a fantastic session that was in-

formative giving the students a great insight

into the business. McKenzie Brown in Year 9

produced an IKEA themed bag for his pro-

ject and it was through him tweeting the

company that they wanted to meet him

and find out more about

what we offer in the

Modern Foreign Languages

Charles Attfield

Dorothy Collins

Sophie Dejean

Maisie Gretton

Lily Purcell

Amber Roberts

Mia Sampson

Vicky Turner

Alex Wood

Dolly Wood

Well done to the following year 8 linguists who

have consistently attended after school MFL

classes every Tuesday to learn a second foreign

language.

They have shown outstanding enthusiasm and

commitment to language learning and have

made excellent progress. Here are some photos

of pupils celebrating their success in their final

lesson this week! Congratulations!

Miss Wilkinson and Mrs Stennett

November 2018

14th November

Parent Forum: Reporting Assessment :

6pm-7pm

December 2018

5th December 2018

Parent Forum : Music

6pm-7pm

13th, 14th & 15th December 2018

Christmas Show: Les Misérables

7pm, doors open at 6.30pm.

Learning Resource Centre

We have been very busy in the learning resource centre this half term. We have been welcoming all our new year 7

students and showing them all the resources and activities we have to offer,. The students have been choosing some great

books, here are some of their favourites.

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