MALDON MUD RACE 2016 Sunday 1 May 2016 PLEASE

Medical
Week Ending 29/04/2016
Can all vaccination forms be
completed and returned by Friday
6 May please.
Date of vaccinations:
HPV for Year 8 girls -
Tuesday 24 May
HPV for Year 9 girls and catch up -
Wednesday 25 May
MALDON MUD RACE 2016
Sunday 1 May 2016
PLEASE SPONSOR THE PLUME TEAM
To sponsor the teachers on their muddy slog, visit
https://mydonate.bt.com/teams/plumeacademy
The school community can kindly donate sponsorship money in the
following ways:
Years 7-8: Mill Road Office
Years 9-11: Finance Office
Years 12-13: Coffee Shop
Meningitis ACWY catch-up -
Wednesday 25 May
Any questions please contact
Mrs Lionnel on 01621 879835.
n the summer of 2015, ‘Sea Change’
a Maldon based charity, offered Plume
an exciting opportunity to spend a week
aboard ‘Reminder’, one of the Thames
Sailing barges and travel up the east coast
with one group, change the group over and
then return to Maldon. For most of
the students this was the first time they had been on a boat let alone
travel up the east coast to Harwich! The trip was used as a reward for those on the Year 9 Prevocational
Programme who had worked hard throughout the year and showed commitment to all of their lessons. Students
had to work as a team, cook their own meals and ensure that the boat was kept in tip top shape. The trip was a
huge success with students growing in confidence, developing valuable life skills such as team work,
communication, time management and personal safety. Students also achieved accreditation towards their RYA
competent crew qualification.
Sea-change offered to repeat this opportunity in the summer of 2016, but were only able to fund 50% of the
£5400 needed make the trip a reality. David Harris, a member of the ‘Maldon Little Ship Club’ and volunteer on
the trip, was so impressed with the experience the students received and how they responded to it, he decided to
help organise some fund raising to ensure that the trip could once again go ahead.
It gives Plume great pleasure for Ewan Harris to be able to pass Sea Change a cheque for £2,700 towards the
trip on behalf of Jim Alyen-Smith. This would not be possible without contributions from Maldon Little Ship Club
(who contributed from the club fund as well as proceeds from various events such as a soup lunch and proceeds
from their laying up supper raffle), The Old Rectory Function Suite, Maldon Town Council, Plume Academy
Christmas Fayre, Maldon Mighty Oak Brewery and finally, David Harris who was the main driving force behind the
organisation of the events and who along with Barry Fix gave ‘handy man time’ as a raffle price. Plume organiser
Jim Alyen-Smith would also like to relay his thanks to David Harris for helping to make the trip a reality this year.
Article written by Ewan Harris Head of Flexible Learning Plume Academy.
St Mary's Church, Maldon are looking for a young enthusiastic organ scholar.
The organ scholarship was set up in early 2008 to support and encourage young musicians.
Anyone who has reached a standard of at least grade VI on the keyboard (not necessarily organ,
as the piano will suffice) may apply. The holder receives tuition, ample practice time and many
opportunities to accompany the choir and congregation under the guidance of the Director of Music.
It is an ideal opportunity for any young person interested in pursuing a career in music or who simply
loves making music for the sake of it! Experience of holding such a position can be an invaluable aid in
terms of university entrance and the first holder of the St Mary’s Organ Scholarship was Paul Johnson,
who was generously supported financially by a grant from the ‘Linda Starling Memorial Fund’. Paul
subsequently studied organ at Birmingham Conservatoire and is now Director of Music at St Martin of Tours,
Epsom. The current holder is William Foster, who has accompanied the choir in the USA, Italy and Wales.
The successful candidate would receive remuneration of around £500 a year and if you are interested in the above post
please apply in writing to Colin Baldy via [email protected]
On Sunday 24 April we took both our Junior and Senior cheerleading teams to their first ever
schools competition. Both teams competed against 8 other schools in either level 1 or level
2 categories and overall competed against level 1, 2 and 3 performers. The Junior team
finished first in the level 1 category
with their best performance to date
and similarly the senior team excelled
themselves and finished first in the
level 2 category. Following such an exceptional performance and impressing
both the judges and the audience, the senior team finished Grand
Champions overall beating all level 1, 2 and 3 teams. This is a huge
achievement and I am sure you will join me in congratulating all students
involved. Both teams were a credit to themselves and the Academy and
should be hugely proud of their efforts. Miss B Meltzer
Year 9 Students ready for a day’s hard work digging
group of thirteen Year 9 History students from Plume joined
students from Ormiston Rivers Acadamy and William De Ferrers
for an archaeological project organised by Cambridge
University. The Higher Education Field Academy (HEFA) project is a real
and ongoing project that aims to track the levels of settlement
population throughout the Greater Anglia region.
One reason for the changes in population was the devastating effect of
the ‘Black Death’ on whole communities, with populations of villages
either being wiped out or abandoned. There are other reasons for
changes in population but it
was demonstrated at
Cambridge how by dating
times and matching them
with finds how we can make
a picture of the changing
landscape over time.
This is the second year the
dig has taken place in
Finds being examined by John a pottery Southminster and the test
specialist. pits were dispersed
Very excited on finding a Medieval Wall.
throughout the village. Some were close to where we
dug last year and some in completely different
locations. Four test pits were located at ‘North End’
which is now the northern boundary of the village but in
medieval times was a settlement separated from the
main part of the village by farm land.
Most of the finds as last year, were post - Medieval and
Victorian although some of the pits provided some
Roman finds and two pits close together at the southern
edge of the village produced some prehistoric finds. The
absence of Anglo Saxon finds is very interesting as we
know that part of the Church dates from AD996 and you
would think that there would have been a congregation.
Perhaps we have just not found it yet or perhaps it has been lost in
later development.
I was fortunate enough to be working in the grounds of Southminster
Hall with a group of students from Plume and Ormiston when a
Medieval wall was discovered running right through the test pit. This is
particularly amazing as the pits are located at random.
We suspect this is part of a manor house dating back to the fifteenth
century. We know that a manor house was built on the site in the
eighteenth century and was rebuilt in Victorian times but this was
definitely before that.
On Friday the group travelled
to Cambridge where we
experienced a real lecture on
the work of the HEFA project
and how our dig contributed
to it. All the students are now
required to submit a written
project on the dig which will
be assessed by the university
and marked to GCSE level, in
order that it can be used as
part of a CV in the future. This
part of the programme has
been optional previously but
it is now compulsory.
Following the lecture the
group split into school
groups and each was taken
to a different college for
lunch and a tour of the
Tour of Cambridge University
facilities at the colleges. Finally we all came together again in the
lecture theatre for a talk on university life and application procedures.
This was an excellent experience enjoyed by the students from all the
schools that took part. The weather was kind to us on the digging days,
which is more than can be said for Friday but that did not matter as we
were in the dry but it could have been a very different story.
Mr Ingram - Community Mentor
Maths Challenge 2016
On Thursday 28 April 2016 we have 172 students (the largest amount of
students we have ever entered) from the Plume involved in the Junior Maths
Challenge which is aimed at students in Year 8 or below in England and Wales,
Year 9 or below in Northern Ireland and S2 or below in Scotland. The challenge
involves answering 25 multiple choice questions in one hour and is sat in the
Academy under normal examination conditions. The UK Mathematics Trust
(UKMT) is a registered charity whose aim is to advance the education of
children and young people in mathematics. The UKMT organises national
mathematics competitions and other mathematical enrichment activities for
11-18 year old UK school students. The trust was established in 1996 and last
academic year over 600,000 students from 4,000 schools took part in the three
individual challenges junior, intermediate and senior, the UK's biggest
national maths competitions.
Plume Mathematics Department
The search for Maldon’s next
singing sensation is drawing near
‘SingStar 2016’ is a competition organised by SaintFM for secondary school
children in Maldon, with the final taking place in the Stage Hall at Plume
Academy on Saturday 14 May.
Nine acts have made it through the auditions and for the winner, a great prize
awaits. They’ll get a song especially written for them by professional song
writing team ‘Warwick Young and Wickenden’, the team behind former Pop
Idol finalist Haley J Everts and the recent hits from former Soldiers front man,
Gary Chilton. They’ll have the song professionally recorded and released.
Adrian Warwick, one of four professional musicians who’ll be judging the acts,
says the quality is exceptional; “I’ve judged many similar shows but have to say
that the quality of all finalists for SingStar is astounding. The judges are going
to have their work cut out to find a winner”.
Finalists are Emily Jones, Tom Newman Clark, Clara Alden Smith, Hannah
Edington, Erlina Sweeney, Sophie Lucas, Louisa Saward, Torrance Jay and duo
Isabelle Laing and Matz Kiernan.
According to Adrian, “Regardless of who wins, it’s going to be a hugely
entertaining night”.
Tickets are on sale now for the final; £10 adults, £5 for the under 16s and £3
concessions. Go to www.eventbrite.co.uk and search: Sing Star 2016 Final
Maldon or visit SaintFM’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/stfm947
Is there anybody in your family coming back from university who
might be interested in an evening’s counting votes (paid!). Several
of our students are taking part in the counting process on the
evening of 23rd June. I understand that Maldon District’s Returning
Officer would welcome some more counters. If you are interested
and know anyone at College or University who may be willing to
assist, please contact [email protected] and your
details will be passed on.
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