Longfield Academy Newsletter

Diary

Thursday 23rd Feb

KS4 Options and Information Evening

Monday 27th Feb - 3rd March

P16 Slapton Leigh trip

Thursday 2nd March - 5th March

Madrid trip

Wednesday 8th March

Literacy tea party

Thursday 9th March 4pm-7pm

Year 10 Consultation Evening

Friday 17th March

Year 9 trip to Ypres

Wednesday 22nd March

Year 8 Denmark trip

Thursday 23rd March 7pm-9:30pm

School Production

Friday 24th March 7pm-9:30pm

School Production

Friday 31st March

End of Term

The term immediately following Christmas is always a time when we look forward to new things. With the onset of spring, all the new bulbs start to push through to flower and the Academy is bright with daffodils. It is also a time for resolutions to be upheld and fresh starts. I know that our year 11 students have come back with a purposeful and focussed approach to learning in preparation for the important exams ahead. We are confident that despite all the changes that have been put in place to courses and examinations, Longfield will once again help to develop confident, successful and resilient young adults. This has never been demonstrated more so than the excellent news that we received earlier this month regarding the Post 16 perfor-mance. I am immensely proud to announce that we have been identi-fied in the top 10 schools in Kent as making the most progress at A Level. This includes all the grammar and private schools in Kent. I am sure you will agree this is an excellent achievement and reflects not just the hard work undertaken at Post 16 level, but the work that starts as soon as students join us in Year 7. We have, as always welcomed a number of visitors to the Academy. The Telescope remains as popular as ever, with many visitors com-ing to enjoy the fantastic food and see Longfield life go on around them. I often have comments from guests talking about the calm and quiet atmosphere. This was also supported when we welcomed Bill Stoneham, a former Ofsted inspector, who undertook a review of be-haviour and safety at the Academy. The following quote sums up his visit: "A striking feature of the Academy is how quiet it is...there is a very high standard of behaviour in all year groups. Considerable work has been undertaken on establishing high expectations & standards". Safeguarding is always of the highest priority at Longfield, and we were pleased to welcome Helen Windiate, formerly a member of the Safeguarding Team at KCC. Again, her feedback was extremely positive and we were pleased with the final report. It remains for me to wish you a restful half term. I know that many year 11 students will be using their break to attend additional sessions to boost and secure their learning as the exam season approaches. "The highest possible priority is given to the wellbeing of students, the Principal and senior team are fully committed to maintaining a caring, safe, respectful and positive learning environment". (Helen Windiate, Safeguarding review. January 2017) Principal, Alex O’Donnell

Att

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Attendance results

January 2017

Anderson 94.01

Galileo 93.2

Matisse 94.02

The college winner for January is

MATISSE!

Well done to all students for your efforts.

Winning Tutor Groups of the Month

G03/SKE 100 Galileo

S01/CBA 97.81 Spectrum

M01/KSU 97.25 Matisse

A11/FFE 96.37 Anderson

A big congratulations to G03/SKE tutor group for obtaining 100%

attendance this term!

Att

end

ance

The parents / carers of any children who are absent must notify the Academy before

9am by calling 01474 700700 and choosing Option 1: Student absence.

Please leave a message stating your child’s full name, year group, reason for absence, nature of illness and expected return date.

Press 1 for Anderson students

Press 2 for Matisse students

Press 3 for Galileo students

Press 4 for Post 16 students

Medical or dental appointments

We appreciate how hard it can often be to make medical appointments at suitable times for your child, and ask you to make them out of school hours. Where this is not possible, e.g. hospital, ortho-dontist and x-rays, the pupil should only be out of school for the minimum amount of time necessary for the appointment. A medical or dental appointment is counted as an authorised absence. If your child does not return to school this can impact on his/ her attendance figure.

Registration via the biometric/barrier system

Over the last term it has been noted that many students are not following the correct registration procedures. When entering the academy in the morning, all students need to register their finger correctly, with the biometric/barrier system otherwise the following may occur:

Parents/carers receive a call

Student not listed on the fire drill

By not registering correctly this may result in an unauthorised absence

Request of term time leave of absence

All request should be made in writing to attendance@longfieldacademy.org. Please note term time leave is NOT authorised, however if there are special mitigating circumstances, some leave maybe authorised. Each case is examined and attendance percentages present and previous are taken into account before a decisions is made.

Reporting your child's absence

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ers All students below achieved 100% attendance for term 3.

Anderson

Anderson, Joseph

Balogova, Renee

Barnes, Matthew

Beaver, Ray

Davenport, Elise

Donegan, Samuel

Donovan, Rose

Dyett, Olivia

Ellis, Leo

Forbes, Chloe

Frazier, Charlotte

Friend, John

Gappa, Nathan

Greenidge, Kieran

Hendley, Josh

Humphreys, Sasha

King, Joshua

King, Morgan

Lane, Molly

Lawrence, Abbie

Lee, Zoe

Lewis, Alfie

Lissenden, Abbey

Loveridge, George

Markey, Jamie

Meager, Abby

Meehan, Harley

Mills, Sarah

Morgan, Kate

Morgan, Maisie

Nicholls, Alfie

Noordally, Noah

Norris, Charlie

Outram, Ellie

Parker, Andrew

Pomphrett, Connor

Poulter, Mia

Quinn, Iwan

Reeve, Jacob

Rose, Luke

Ross, Amy

Sands, Adam

Seal, Ava-Samantha

Sengupta, Maya

Still, Charlotte

Titterrell, Andrew

Tremain, Tommy

Walker, George

White, Samuel

Adams, Mia

Appleton, Josh

Apps, Jackson

Atkins, Bradley

Blanchard-Gale, Morgan

Brook-Sutton, Holly

Broomfield, Samuel

Campbell, Emma

Casey, Claudia

Chambers, Billy

Chapman, Ella

Clarke, Nathan

Clarke, Sophie

Cross, Amelia

Davenport, Mia

Demetriades, Conor

Desforges, Cerys

Donno, Ellie-May

Fasham, Daniel

Fidler, Lorcan

Furminger, Morgan

Gillingham, Dane

Gladdish, Callum

Green, Morgan

Hards, Lewis

Hassall, Christopher

Hawkes, Renee

Head, Samuel

Hill, Joshua

Hope, Dylan

Hope, Ryan

Hughes, Mia

James, Jude

Kapsalis, Elleanor

Keaveney, Molly

Kenwood, Nicole

Lee, Bradley

Lee, Tommy

Letchford, Reece

Lissenden, Sophie

Maronda, Jean

McCorkell, Abbie

McDermott, Joseph

Moore, Jaydan

Morgan, Connor

Morgan, Eddie

Outram, Shaun

Pantovich, Alexandra

Pires De Miranda, Amelia

Samson, Lucy

Shaibu, Abdullah

Silverton, Lucy

Simpson, Madeleine

Skeiky, Louis

Slater, Ryan

Smith, Bradley

Speaight, Bethan

Titterrell, Robert

Toyeme, Seyon

Tremain, Miles

Vaughan, Alexandria

Wake, Samuel

Walby, Taya

Walker, Thomas

Warnock, Hope

White, Michael

Yearsley, Kacy

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ers Galileo

Andreou, Lenny

Archibald, Samuel

Banks, Conor

Baughen, Teddy

Behr, Sean

Bevan, Mason

Boxall, Jessica

Brightwell, Ryan

Burnside, Amy

Button, Brandon

Cherry, Austin

Chinhoi, Tanaka

Chivers, Chloe

Collinson, Marshall

Cribb, Kiara

Crowhurst, Lewis

Davey, Jack

Dennis, Ryan

Evans, Alexander

Flewin, Charlie

Funnell, Olivia

Gibson-Priest, Freddie

Gilham, Leo

Gorton, Joshua

Hamilton, Raphael

Harris, Isaac

Harrison, Isobel

Hills, Louise

Hoang, Lianne

Holmes, Louis

Jenner, Megan

Johnson, Keira

Juby, Leah

Lawrence, Aiden

Lee, Billy

Levey, Katelyn

Lewis, Alexandra

Lokat, Riaz

Maher, Jake

Pearson, Alfie-Lee

Pearson, Olivia

Porter, Callum

Ramus, Anna

Reeves, Sian

Savill, Lucas

Scott, Morgan

Sebastian, Anu

Shelton-Hunt, Freya

Soper, Owen

Sparrowe, Kieran

Temple, Zak

Walter, Emma

Adams, Matthew

Atkins, Thomas

Baillie, Deon

Bevan, Joshua

Bradley, Kallum

Brightwell, James

Bush, Frederick

Campbell, Megan

Castle, Harry

Chapman, Harry

Dawes, Kieran

Dowling, Georgia

Edusei, Pearl

Emery, James

Fairman, Jasmine

Fitzgerald-Canning, Cam-eron

Gardner, Angus

Gillingham, Courtney

Hall, Sophie

Hambrook, Harry

Harle, Luke

Harris, Micah

Hill, Amber

Hills, Danielle

Howes, Libby

Howick, Lilly-Jay

Johnson, Hannah

Johnson, Mary

Jordan, Scott

Kent, Levi

King, Elliot

Liadi, Tolani

Lingham, Sam

Lissenden, Meagan

Little, Abigail

Maher, Shannen

Manwaring, Max

Marshall, George

Mayo, Ashlynn

Moran, Jessica

Morgan, Spencer

Murfin, Georgina

Oxby, Mason

Panton, Megan

Poupart, George

Raffa, Max

Raffiquddeen, Jassim

Reeves, Kye

Rose, Rebecca

Seare, Alisha

Service, Shannon

Sooknanan, Marcus

Sooknanan, Megan

Sutton, Isabella

Sweeney, Courtney

Thorne, Jade

Trice, Ruby

Warren, Leo

Watson, Lewis

White, Scott

Wood, Emma

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Att

end

ers Matisse

Ansell, Brooke

Bainbridge, Rebecca

Bishop, Thomas

Bonner, Harrison

Catley, Dylan

Chandler, Sophie

Chapelhow, Benjamin

Chester, Zack

Clark, George

Cooney, Faith

Crawford, Max

Crickett, Noa-Joy

Dalton, Reece

Dhoul, Barinderpal

Flannery, Alana

Fry, Jack

Furlong, Reece

Glazebrook, Daisy

Guselli, Alfie

Guselli, Francesco

Hanson, Molly

Hoare, Adam

Hope, Oliver

Howlett, Daniel

James, Riley

Jones, Dylan

Kent, Jack

Keogh, Freya

Mackway-Jones, Ryan

McBrearty, Harrison

Morgan, Emily

New, Xander

Newman, Dalton

Norman, Scarlett

O'Brien, James

Openshaw, Lyla-Rose

Ottley, Connor

Patel, Mahi

Patterson, Fraser

Redding, Jay

Shaxted, Frankie

Shooter, Owen

Smith, James

Smith, Lily

Stasko, Wiktor

Taylor, Amelia

Taylor, Lilli-May

Wales, Tyler

Watts, Ewan-Cole

Wemyss, Tia

Whiteaker, Laura

Whiteaker, Lucy

Whittam, Michael

Aslet-Clark, Harry

Bridle, Poppy

Brown, Charles

Carruthers, Madeline

Champion, Isobelle

Chapelhow, Joseph

Clarkson, Anthony

Clinch, Maximus

Collett, Zach

Constant, Lucy

Cooney, Destiny

Cooper, Bradley

Cox, Lewis

Cox, Shania

Drayson, Megan

Ellard-Brown, Finlay

Evans, Amber

Freeman, Liam

Glazebrook, Alfie

Gordon, Maizie

Gregory, Lauren

Gregory, Liam

Hackworth, Danielle

Harris, Luke

Holland, Drew

Holmes, Abigail

Hunt, Lauren

Jackson, Benjamin

Jollie, Sophie

Jones, Tobey

Kennedy, Haydn

Keogh, Jessica

Lee, Charlie

Lewis, Courtney

Lewis-Southcott, Hermione

Love, Jack

Love, Tom

Mabruki, Joshua

Marshall, Jessica

Miah, Fahim

Mills, Kayleigh

Mordue, Emily

Morgan, Lauren

Murphy, Joe

New, Willow

Norman, Alfie

Norman, Haydn

Osborne, George

Osmond, Thomas

Paramithiotis, Christianna

Patterson, Ethan

Quinn, Martin

Rossiter, Guy

Sawyer, Ellie

Sedgwick, Ellie

Shaxted, Travis

Shooter, Reece

Sibthorpe, Joshua

Smith, Tamsin

Stead, Alex

Stephenson, Nathan

Stephenson, Rebecca

Storey, Patrick

Stuart, Eleanor

Thomas, Charlie

Thomas, Leah-Grace

Thurgood, Lucy

Vaughan, Jessica

Veness, Maisie

Waterman, Emily

Wilkinson, Jack

Wilkinson, Thomas

Williams, Olivia

Wilson, Alexander

Woodbridge, Frankie

Wormleighton, Rhys

Young, Joshua

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Anti Bullying Poster

In September 2016, Longfield Academy began

to “raise awareness” with its students in re-

gards to our anti bulling policy in school.

We strive to inspire a supportive, caring safe

environment, where students are encouraged

to celebrate their differences in school. With

this approach in mind it ensures the schools

attendance will be outstanding due to

students feeling safe.

Students are actively involved in assemblies,

tutor activities and class projects in relation to

this subject to promote knowledge, under-

standing and trigger debate.

Part of raising awareness about bullying that occurs in schools we held a poster competi-tion. Students were asked to design a poster with an anti bullying message.

The winners for Key Stage 3 are as follows:

Olivia Funnell - Year 7 Galileo

Elise Davenport - Year 7 Anderson

The winners for Key Stage 4 are as follows:

Fituri Abdulgialil - Year 9

Angus Gardener - Year 9

All students received a framed copy of their poster and a Bluewater voucher.

A special mention to Sam Head and Hope Nordally for their entries.

Well done!

Rodin Club

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The Rodin Club had its inaugural meeting on Thursday 26th January for invited year 7 and 8 students. The aim of this club is to provide students with opportunities to

access topics, knowledge and skills that challenge them further outside of the curriculum.

A programme of events held after school has been organised, facilitators are both

academy staff and external agencies.

The first session led by Mrs Mulheran, teacher of Post 16 A level Sociology was on

the topic, ‘Nature or Nurture’. The 61 students who attended were provided with sociological theories on Nature and Nurture including feral children. It was an

exciting session which provoked much discussion amongst the students which we hope they took home to share with their families!

Further sessions led by Christchurch University ( a degree in a day), University of

Kent, an Engineer and an Artist/ Designer take place in modules 4 and 5.

Lynne Walker Head of Anderson College

’The Thinker’ Sculpture by Auguste Rodin

JAMIE - THE WINNER

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Jamie Monaghan from Dartford, a student at Longfield Academy, has won the Young

Chef Competition organised by

Rotary District 1120, Kent, East Sussex and South London.

Presentation of the Winner’s certificate and prize by The District Governor Peter West

The competition involved planning a 3 course meal for 2 persons and preparing,

cooking and presenting it within 2 hours. Jamie was cool and confident amongst his

young challengers.

Jamie’s table ready for the judges

Jamie now goes onto the Regional Finals on 25 March at Licensed Victuallers

School, Ascot.

(Photographs by Chas Bedford LRPS and Josie

Morgan)

Jamie was sponsored by the Rotary Club of

Darent Valley, Secretary Stewart Grainger,

ssgrainger@btinternet.com

Perform

ance

Footloose will be performed on:

Thursday 23rd March

Friday 24th of March

The performance will be held in the theatre at 7:30pm

Refreshments will be supplied.

This term, the students and Expressive Arts department are working hard on putting

together what is set to be another fantastic show. ‘Footloose’ tells the story of Ren

McCormack, a teenage boy who is uprooted from his home in Chicago and sent to live in

Bomont - an end-of-the-line town where singing and dancing has been banned.

Featuring 80’s classics such as ‘Let’s Hear it for the Boy.’ ‘Holding Out for a Hero,’

‘Almost Paradise’ and, of course ‘Footloose,’ this all-singing, all-dancing show is set to

be an absolute spectacle.

Refe

rendu

m

Whilst researching referendums and voting trends the AS Citizenship group found that 16 year olds had been able to vote in the Scottish referendum but not in the EU referendum. This lead to the group wondering whether the system was fair for young people and should there be a change in the laws to allow younger people to vote.

Permission was granted and a whole school referendum was held on 31st January 2017. The AS group supported the election with assemblies, tutor time activities and posters - campaigning for both sides of the vote. All students were supplied with a voting slip which could be exchanged for a ballot paper at the voting boxes, in order to make the system as realistic as possible. Many young people might suggest that they should be heard, but the result shows a strong ‘NO’ - 56%. The biggest winner on the day, however, was the ‘apathy’ vote as only 30.8% of the students actually voted, a disappointing turnout. The students are now going to follow up their campaign with a letter to the local MP, Mr Gareth Johnson.

‘Should 16 Year Olds be allowed to vote in UK Elections’

Longfield Students say ‘NO!’

2017 Longfield Academy

Referendum

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Michael Morpurgo was born on 5th October 1943 in Hertfordshire. He lived with his mother and older brother Pieter but his father was away at the war, in Baghdad. He was evacuated to Northumberland. After the war his mother met and married Jack Morpurgo. Michael then went into the army, at Sandhurst, where officers are trained. He liked the uniforms and the good food, but hated being shouted at. So he left the army and then met a girl called Clare, got married and had 3 children really young. Then he went off to university at King’s College, London to start all over again. He got a degree and decided to be a teacher. He said: “he loved reading stories to them and that they seemed to like it too.” He taught in a little village primary school in Kent, at Wickhambreaux, where he ran out of other writers’ stories to read, so started making up some of his own. Michael and his wife thought that what children needed most were wonderful and memora-ble experiences. So they set up a charity called Farms for City Children, moved to Iddesleigh, bought a big house called Nethercott where the children could stay, made a partnership with a farming family that they had got to know and invited their first city children down to the farm. The charity has been running for forty years or so now. During this time he was writing away, becoming a writer, a storyteller. Whilst in Devon he wrote almost 130 books from War Horse, Private Peaceful, Why the Whales Came, The Butterfly Lion to Kensuke’s Kingdom. If you want to find out more, then read Maggie Fergusson’s biography of Michael, called War Child to War Horse.

During Module 3 all students in the school were invited to take part in a Michael Morpurgo Reading Challenge. For each book read, they received a ticket to go into a draw in order to win a goodie bag. The draw will take place over half term and the winner will be an-nounced at the start of Module 4.

Some students did really well, reading as many as 9 books in the term! It was good to see the students read and enjoy books that they maybe wouldn’t have normally chosen. One student in year 7 was surprised at how much she enjoyed Michael Morpurgo’s books as she would never have picked them before. Some comments made by students who took part in the challenge:-

“Some really nice

stories but some

“It was good to

read books from a

new author.” “I enjoyed the challenge of

reading something different.”

Michael Morpurgo

Clo

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Cloakroom opening times:

8am -8:40am

10:20am -10:40am

1:20pm -2:00pm

3:20pm - 3:45pm

This is a reminder to all students that the cloakroom is to be used for

P.E. kits and coats only.

Cloakroom rules

Also a reminder to all parents to please write their child’s names in

items of clothing and bags. We have a lot of lost property handed in

with no names in and it would really help as we could then reunite

with the student much faster.

Telescop

e Bistro

Burns Lunch

The Telescope Bistro celebrated the birth of Robbie Burns the Bard of Ayrshire and

national poet with a special Burns lunch.

We had two full sittings on the 26th & 27th February, seating over 82 visitors in the

two days.

The guests really enjoyed the experience and we had very complimentary and posi-

tive feedback, which is always collected from diners and used by students in their

portfolios. The students really worked well together as a team and developed their

skills further in a special catering function.

Menu for the Burns Lunch

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