Autumn 11 - Outwood Academy Ripon

ACADEMY RIPON
Autumn 11
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WELCOME to the first edition of
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Outlook, Outwood Academy Ripo
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the new term with a new
turn
and are already beginning to
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heads in the local community.
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been inundated with complim
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well-disciplined school commun
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although this has
for some years. Now, at last, we
are being recognised for these
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achievements across the Ripo
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Our exam results ove
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of student progress, we are in
the
top three performing schools in
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county. To our students who rece
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their results this
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of time. Thank you for your sup
hope you enjoy reading about
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the achievements of students
our Academy.
Dates for
your diary
Tuesday 13th December
Post-16 Open Evening for students
entering Sixth Form
Wednesday 14th December
Christmas Cracker, Portland School
(selected Year 7 students)
Friday 16th December Praising Stars 2 Reports to parents/carers
Academy closes for Christmas
Monday 9th January
Academy opens
Monday 16th January
Key Stage 4 Options Evening
Friday 10th February
Academy closes for half term
Praising Stars 3 Reports to parents/carers
Monday 20th February
Staff Training Day
(Academy closed for students)
Tuesday 21st February
Academy opens for second half term
Welcome
to our
new staff
WE welcomed four new members of staff
to the Academy this term.
Hannah Russell joins us as a Psychology
teacher, with the brief to set up a
Psychology Department. She has worked
extensively in theatre, both professionally
and on an amateur basis.
Beverley Black is our new Business
Manager and has a background in
corporate business, including the National
Health Service.
Matthew Mills works between Harrogate
High School and ourselves and is already
making his mark in the Music Department,
encouraging Key Stage 3 students in their
collaborative music-making.
Last but not least, Natalie Ramsey is our
new Cover Supervisor. Natalie has a sports
background and is already involved in
extra-curricular sport for girls.
Di Tunnard, Assistant Principal
Barry Found, Principal
Results exceed expectations
WE celebrated some outstanding
results this summer, with students at
Outwood Ripon achieving 83 per cent
5A*-C grades in their GCSEs. Almost
50 per cent of students achieved top
grades in Maths and English, as well as
other GCSEs.
Stray FM radio were at Outwood
Academy Ripon on the day of the
results, watching students open their
envelopes and recording student
reactions, live on air.
Mr Found said: “It is fantastic to
see so many students reaching their
potential and getting the grades
they need to fulfil their dreams for the
future. That’s what it’s all about.”
We were delighted with the overall
results, not only for the students, but
because we surpassed governmentset targets, which puts us in the top ten
per cent of schools nationally.
Suzanne Henderson, Vice Principal
New staff: Natalie Ramsey, Matthew Mills,
Hannah Russell and Beverley Black.
Salon cultivates
vocational skills
Jordan
Garden takes root: Oliver Dillasser,
y.
Croxford, James McQuire and Iain Wilke
Learners branch out:
Megan Lavell, Year 10.
OUR state-of-the-art, purpose-built hair
and beauty salon, Acorn, opened at
the beginning of September. The salon
is equipped to accommodate up to
20 learners at a time and is an exciting
opportunity for students to gain vocational
training, which complies fully with National
Occupational Standards and gains them
industrially recognised skills.
The BTEC qualification includes presenting
a professional image, hair care, plaiting
and twisting, nail care, nail art and
make-up application.
Look out for the opportunity to model for
our budding therapists!
Julieann Martin-Long,
Work Related Learning Co-ordinator
‘Here We Grow!’
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an exciting stepping stone and
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to work in Horticulture, as wel
commitment needed every day
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tant Principal
positive financial opportunitie
James McQuire, Associate Assis
An enterprising
start to the year
THE Enterprise Club be
gan the year by desig
ning
a culinary calendar
for 2012. This will inc
lude
favourite recipes fro
m staff, students, pa
rents
and governors, as we
ll as artwork by
our students.
We will be using the
calendar to launch
our own enterprise log
o, Business Enterprise
at Ripon, or BEAR for
short. The winner of
the logo design was
Lucy Allenby from
Moorside Primary Sc
hool, who has now
joined us in Year 7. Luc
y also won Amazon
vouchers for herself
and for Moorside.
Future competitions
for students across
the Academy includ
e the AMP Awards an
d
Betty’s Challenge.
If you would like to joi
n BEAR, please
contact Mrs Staniforth
. We meet on
Thursdays, from 3-4pm
. In the meantime, we
wish students in Year
12 the best of luck in
this
year’s Young Enterp
rise competition.
BEAR makes its
mark: Jack Wailes,
Anna Horner and
Anna Holt.
Kate Staniforth, Leade
r of Business
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Band aid: : Jack Grainger, Cameron
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EVERY year, the Outwood Grange Family of
Schools enjoy getting together to celebrate
the Arts.
This year, Year 7 and 8 students are being
given the opportunity to join together at
Outwood Academy Portland to celebrate
through song.
Students from Ripon, Harrogate, Wakefield,
Doncaster and Worksop will have the
opportunity to learn three new songs on the
day, perform their own rehearsed piece and
join with the audience for some communal
carol singing.
Pam Baystone,
Director of Performing Arts OGAT
Creative collaboration
A JOINT programme by the English and Art
Departments, entitled ‘In O.A.R. of the Arts’,
enables our students to work on expressive
projects through both words and Art.
The students have designed banners to
express different aspects of literacy and
are currently planning, organising and
managing theatre trips, photography,
poetry days and a fashion show.
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THE Art Department has had an amazing year.
This is due in no small part to our Year 10 Art
Ambassadors, namely Alice Hoult, Zak O’Brien,
Lizzie Waters, Danny Booth and Jasmine Leith.
As well as their natural ability, they have
demonstrated commitment, determination
and enthusiasm in the Arts. So far, they
have been involved in staff training sessions,
workshops for Year 8 students, leadership
training and a collaborative Art exhibition.
Our G&T students also continue to work with
students from Ripon Grammar School. This
year, they have been creating postcard-sized
Art based on the theme, ‘The Fabric of Life’.
In addition, five Year 11 and 12 students
took part in a site-specific Art project to be
displayed at Harlow Carr. Their boards will be
exhibited over the coming months.
Meanwhile, Primary Days are taking place
every term at the Academy, when every Year
5 student from the Ripon primary schools will
work towards our next collaborative exhibition
on the theme of ‘Culture’.
Artists of distinction: Alice Hoult,
Jasmine Leith, Lizzie Waters,
and Zak O’Brien.
Emma O’Brien,
Leader of Art
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crêpes. Next, pup
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see who could build the
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only art straws, sell
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also received a goody ba
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sta
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Many thanks to all
hoping to coincide
who helped out. We are
Day on 14th July
tille
a similar event with Bas
next year.
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r of Global Studie
Richard Miller, Leade
Meet ‘The Green Team’
‘The Green Team’
EVERY Friday lunchtime,
can contribute
meets to plan how they
elopment issues in
dev
le
towards sustainab
the local community.
the lower school,
The students, drawn from
green the
began by considering how
role they could
itive
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This term, the Academy
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gaining the bronze Eco-Sc
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Faye Appleton, Leade
Operation
Christmas Child
ALL VMG groups have been
busy packing shoeboxes for
Operation Christmas Child.
Students have donated
small gifts, which will be
sent to children who would
otherwise receive nothing at
this time of year.
Most probably, we will
never meet the children
concerned, but these simple
acts of generosity will give
them much pleasure.
Emma Humphries,
Learning Support
Christmas all wrapped up:
Erin Steggles, Robert
Appleton, Liam Webster,
Katie Magill and
Joel Walters.
London calling
THE Business and Art Departments took
23 Sixth Form students to London in midNovember to indulge in some celebrityspotting at the BBC Television Centre, which
was followed by a bus sightseeing tour.
On the second day of their visit, the
Business students visited the Bank of
England, while the Art students toured
a number of art galleries, including the
Saatchi Gallery.
Kate Staniforth, Leader of Business,
and Emma O’Brien, Leader of Art
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Sixth Form
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Jayne Gaunt, Leade
Insight into
prison life
IN May, members of
the Prison Service vis
ited the
Academy to talk to
students in Year 9.
The aim of the
initiative, entitled ‘Pr
ison Me No Way’, wa
s to give
students an insight
into prison life and
how to avoid it!
The students were
‘put into prison’ for
the day
and were not allow
ed to escape. The
y spent time
confined in a mock
cell and acted out
the parts of
young people beha
ving in an antisocia
l way. They
also met with Youth
Justice, local polic
e officers and
serving prisoners. The
latter shared their ex
periences
and revealed how
they wished they ha
d not
committed their cri
mes.
Di Tunnard, Assista
nt Principal
Students
fly the flag
Academy Ripon are
THE VMGs at Outwood
, which relate to their
named after countries
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During a recent Super
was aimed at promoting
‘Pimp My Ride’, which
nt year groups within the
cohesion across differe
shopping trolleys for
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VMGs, Sainsburys len
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the day so that each VM
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trolley to represent the
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This resulted
Sports Hall. The
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winning trolley
Di Tunnard, Assistant
Success in the Sixth Form:
Head Girl, Pia Boddy and Head Boy,
Tom Gudgeon with Jayne Gaunt.
Principal
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hour in the co
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This gave them
of real cases.
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insight into co
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before magis
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sentencing po
Faye Appleton,
nities
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Lead of Huma
Primary
focus on
sport
Leading the wa
y: Years 10 and
11 with Emily Fa
lcus.
OUTWOOD Acad
emy Ripon is
extremely proud
of its 40-strong
Leadership Sports
Squad in
Years 10 and 11.
The squads are ev
enly made
up of both boys an
d girls, who
demonstrate stron
g leadership
qualities and are
positive role
models within sport
.
Throughout the ye
ar, the
students take part
in a total
of 33 primary scho
ol events,
where they lead,
motivate and
encourage pupils,
providing
a positive experie
nce for
everyone involved
.
Emily Falcus, Sp
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U15 in action: Years 9 and 10.
On the
winning team
U13s triumph on the pitch: Years 7 and 8.
Outwood Academy Ripon, Clotherholme Road, Ripon, HG4 2DE
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THERE have been a record number of
students attending sports clubs across the
Academy this term.
The U13 football team, captained by
Owen Carter-Daggett, had an exciting
start to the year, competing in the FA
National Small Schools Cup and winning
through to the last 32 of the competition
at Wensleydale School, where they
finished runners-up. A week later, they
beat Boroughbridge High School 4-3, with
goals from Carter-Daggett, Kieron Francis,
Kristaps Anderson and Tom Milner.
Tom Gaunt, Coach