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100th Anniversary WWIWe remember…

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“Achievement is outstanding because every student matters” (Ofsted 2013)

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Beauty, Performing Arts, Childcare, Business, Academic A-levels.

• Are you interested in studying within

an institution?• Do you want a personalised approach

to your studies?• Do you want to achieve top grades?• Do you want to enjoy the social aspect of

sixth form as well as studying?• Do you want continued, personalised

• Do you want free membership to our gym, subsidised beauty treatments and fantastic new sports facilities?

• Do you want the opportunity to take part

performed in a brand new, purpose built, 240 seat theatre?

“YES”

I hope that by now, many of you will have joined us in celebrating the achievements of our Performing Arts family in the recent production of ‘Ghost’.We are delighted they rose to such a tough challenge and reviews from members of the public have been full of praise for

on the incredible skill-set they will have gained from their hard work: team-work, resilience, striving for perfection, presentation skills…and the list goes on.

a story written by some of the stars are included in this edition.

Thank you all for supporting our events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1 this November. We were so moved to see the hand-crafted poppies made by the children with their messages of remembrance. It is important to our community that young people

so we dedicated a curriculum day to understanding the causes and what life was like for a young recruit in 1914.

We hope you will enjoy looking at the images from the gallery and the poppy installation.Our excellent enrichment activities continue, including water-skiing, snow-skiing, swimming, sailing and our regular sports experience days. Our trip to Germany runs at the end of this term and in the New Year we look forward to visits to Austria for skiing and two

We also continue to run a range of parent and child classes in the evenings – these include ceramics, astronomy and life-drawing. If you would like to discuss the places available for the coming year, or suggest a new course, please contact Dr Allen on [email protected] We organise these courses because we believe in the importance of family learning. They are free to attend, so why not enjoy some precious quality time with your child and sign up?

It is hard to believe that it is already several months since our Grand Opening at ‘VictoryFest’ – it was super to see so many families and members of the community supporting the event – we would love to do it again next year.

In October, we were delighted to be one of the few featured schools and academies in

like a copy, please call in at reception and

with one.

Thank you all, as ever, for your support and enthusiasm for all that we do – enjoy a great Christmas break with your family.We look forward to welcoming back all students on 6th January at 8.40am.

With all good wishes from a proud Principal,

Naomi Palmer

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Ormiston Victory ApprenticeshipsOrmiston Victory Academy is an enterprising school, focused on raising aspiration and creating opportunity.We've teamed up with innovative social enterprise Swarm Apprenticeships to create four new jobs here on the Costessey campus. Each apprentice works to support student progress, as well as gaining a

Swarm will provide training, support and lots of encouragement to set and achieve measurable goals.

Swarm was established in 2013 by social entrepreneur and

joined Swarm as Director at the end of July. Chris will be responsible for strengthening Swarm's links with schools and recruiting businesses as Swarm employers.

Two of the four positions are to support Victory’s Intervention

and examination preparation – they will be trained to support students in and out of lessons and maintain contact with families.

He said: “The concept of the apprenticeship scheme arose from my desire to give something back and pass on the knowledge I have gained whilst working in education. Other people believed in my skills and personal ambitions. It’s simply about helping the next generation succeed in life, and working hard to ensure their dreams become reality in the not so distant future.”

opportunities: “I am delighted we have had such excellent support

apprenticeships in a setting where they can inspire other young people. Educational employers provide a range of permanent posts

Victory’s sponsor, Ormiston, is rooted in changing young lives. “ This opportunity is absolutely in tune with Ormiston’s core belief – that we work to give young people the best opportunities – and this isn’t restricted to those who have been educated under one academy’s roof.”

Shalom! Ciao!

Salve!

Students this year had the opportunity to try out more unusual languages for the European Day of Languages on the 26th September.

students took language master classes. Students practiced introducing themselves and in the Hebrew classes, learnt how to read a completely new alphabet – from right to left!

Miss Sheldrake held whole academy assemblies on the importance of learning languages. Candidates with languages on their CV are

over their lifetime thanks to their linguistic skills. This aside from the doors that travelling and meeting new people and cultures

can open…

Members of the MFL department wore traditional dress –

Sheldrake in German Dirndl. But the fun wasn’t just in the department – mathematics and science taught their starter

and every classroom had the date on the board in a

After a successful day, the MFL department look forward to the

A group of our Year 11s are spending a week in Dinkelsbuhl, near Munich, enjoying the Christmas markets and life in a German school.

Baraza, British Values & Our AcademyBaraza is the name for the Student Council here at Ormiston Victory Academy. The name comes from a Swahili word for a council of wise or learned people, and is attended every Monday morning by two representatives from each form group, as well as our Ambassador team, members from the Senior Leadership Team of the academy, and myself.This round-table council is an opportunity for our students to raise any concerns which they may have about any aspect of the academy, be it the canteen, uniform, rules, rewards or sanctions. Our form representatives ask for the opinions of their peers and ideas for improving the academy, vote on new ideas and measures, and help to keep an eye out for issues around the academy.

Our system of student government and feedback is a great example of the British values which we take pride in. These

understood to be important the world over. According to

tolerance, respect for the rule of law, belief in personal and social responsibility and respect for British institutions”.

We are proud of our student council here at Ormiston Victory Academy. It gives our students the freedom to express their opinions and their beliefs without judgment. It encourages them to be tolerant of the views of others, and accept the

them to understand how the rule of law is an extension of the desire to keep people safe, happy and healthy.

It develops within them the understanding that the British Isles, and all of Her inhabitants, have a shared collective responsibility to be caring, egalitarian and tolerant, and also the responsibility to stand up for those values when they see them being abused or forgotten.

It makes us proud to be part of a greater whole, whilst allowing us to be proud of the individual as well.Mr Wilson, Teacher of Art and Head of Student Voice

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THE GOVERNANCE OF ORMISTON VICTORY ACADEMY.I often wonder how much people know about their local school, or in this case academy. At Ormiston Victory Academy,

backgrounds. We have three governors representing the Ormiston Academies

members, one teaching and one non-teaching and three other governors, as well

recruited three governors who bring their special expertise to the role as governor. One is a Chartered Accountant , who chairs the

one works for an organisation to recruit

works for the Ormiston Families Trust who support disadvantaged families.

The Local Governing Body has many roles but in a nutshell, it is to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction, to hold

performance of the academy for its students,

academy to ensure that the money is well spent. We have three committees to enable us to do this. We have the Finance and

governors, the Curriculum and Standards Committee with three governors and the

In addition we have three governors with

of activity, these are Special Educational

Clearly these areas go across the whole of the academy.

As Chair of Governors I feel that it is important for the governors to know as much as possible about the academy, its

members come and talk to us about various aspects of the work of the academy.

For example we have had talks about how the progress of the students is monitored, how safeguarding works and about the Sixth Form. We then go on a walkabout and drop into any lesson that we might be interested in, to observe the teaching and to talk to the students about what they are learning and how they feel about their educational experience. As a governor who left school many years ago, this is an eye opener. In the New Year we will be learning how to

is a document used by OFSTED to judge a school.

Lastly, a little bit about myself. I was a governor of Costessey High School from 1994 to 2011, and Chair of Governors from 2004 to 2011. I then became a governor of Ormiston Victory Academy and recently Chair of Governors. I am a physiotherapist by profession and was Chair of my professional body, the Chartered Society

the real world, I have three daughters and eight grandchildren.

Miss Sheldrake - Curriculum Leader

of MFL

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Author Visits

Charlie Higson

G.P. Taylor

Times Educational Supplement

He has written books such as ‘The Young Bond Series’ and ‘The Enemy Series’, which students were able to buy and get signed on the day.

Charlie spoke to students

books, his inspirations and why he loves to write.

He is the author of best-selling novels; ‘Shadowmancer’, ‘Wormwood’ and ‘Tersias’. He has written four series of books,

The Curse of the Midas Box’.

On the evening of 3rd November 2014, 26 Ormiston Victory Academy students attended the Norwich Theatre

reactions, as part of a national tour of events presented by Peter Wothers and produced by the Royal Institution.

teaching Fellow with the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Like the Christmas Lectures, the live show echoed the explosive stunts and sense of spectacle created by medieval alchemists for their royal masters. But unlike the showmen of the Middle Ages – who never gave away the secrets behind their spectacular stage tricks - Dr. Wothers used the impressive feats as a

The students at Ormiston Victory Academy really enjoyed the show which gave them an experience of experiments which would not normally be undertaken in a school setting, for example, a £10,000 diamond cutting an ice cube like a knife through butter by heat

Come along to the library on a Tuesday to meet our lovely independent careers advisor who will help you put a plan in place for your future.

When?Who is it for?early to start planning.Why attend? Career planning helps realise your ambitions — what you would like to do in your working life. A plan helps you focus on what you should do when thinking about a new career. It also helps if you would like to progress in the career you are in.

You need to think about:• What you can do already? | • What you would like to do next?• What else you need to learn.

The Modern AlchemistDiary Room"Its your right to reply"

We are very excited to be opening the doors to a fantastic diary room, giving students the opportunity to voice their opinions on a selection of topics.

question relating to the academy and students will have the chance to pop in during form time to express their views.

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A massive well done to all of our Able, Gifted and Talented students who took part in events this term which included a very successful mathematics trip to Ormiston Venture Academy and an English Trip to see War Horse.The feedback from this and the many other trips we have run has been fantastic and the students involved should be very proud of their work. We also have a number of students signed up to the Brilliant Club and I look forward to working with them

next term. Finally, a big well done to all of the Year 11 AG&T students who have been working very hard this term towards their exams at the end of the year.

Vital to the success of our AG&T programme is the continued support of parents and carers.

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like any further information about the programme we run at Ormiston Victory Academy do not hesitate to contact me on [email protected] or to get in contact with the academy directly. Mr J Bunting - Head of Able, Gifted and Talented

Brilliant ClubThank you to all of the students who have signed up to take part in the Brilliant Club. The Brilliant Club is a fantastic opportunity for students to take part in a university run course. The students will complete projects

and the Head of AG&T. The course includes university visits and even a graduation ceremony at the end of the project.We will be taking these students to a university to start the course in the New Year. We will also be running afterschool sessions to support students in their project work.

AG&T Personalised LearningOver the last couple of weeks students have been completing personalised learning plans. The aim of these is to help teachers to personalise their

and weaknesses of individual students. If there are any students who still need to complete this form, please come and see Mr Bunting as soon as possible.

Bloodhound Mathematics TripWell done to the year students who visited Ormiston Venture Academy to take part in maths workshops. The students had the opportunity to hear from the Bloodhound group and saw the practical applications of mathematics in the work place.The feedback from students was excellent. Ms Hazell said that she was very proud of the students who were “a pleasure to take out on a trip and a real credit to the school”.

Improve Your Chances of Becoming a Doctor 1 March 2014 at The University of Manchester and 29 March 2014 at University College London.

at University College London

Full details, including costs and booking places, are at epoc.org.uk

We have places for Years 11 to 13 students on conferences including:

Student Conferences

Early Transition

Outstanding TeachingThe most critical role of Victory is to provide quality teaching and learning. A clear understanding by teachers of how this can be achieved for our AG&T students is critical to their future success.

As part of Victory’s drive to be outstanding in all that we do we have begun to implement a rigorous programme of lesson observations and continuing professional development to support teachers to this end. A key element of this programme is ensuring that all students have a personalised learning experience in their lessons.

Appeal to studentsIn future editions I would like to include a section by AG&T students. I would like it to be written from the perspective of an AG&T student at Victory perhaps ‘A Day in the Life of a Victory AG&T student’ or ‘Dreams and Fears of an AG&T student’.

I know that a lot of our Sixth form students are concerned about

go, especially in light of new government policy. The work can be published anonymously if you would prefer. We will use this feedback to adjust our provision for what you need, not what we think you need.

Events that are coming up:Year 10 Challenge Event - being run by the mathematics department. This is an opportunity for students to compete against other schools in a mathematics challenge. If you are interested in taking part please get in contact with Ms Hazell in the mathematics department on

UKMT - need to get in contact with Ms Hazell in the mathematics department.

BBC News School Report - Students of all ages are welcome to take

Gap Medics - We have opportunities for students to work abroad seeing the work of doctors. This is an amazing opportunity for Year 11 to 13 students. Any students who are interested need to get in contact with Mr Bunting for more details.

Cambridge University trip - We have Sixth Form students attending a mathematics trip run by Cambridge University.

Following a successful pilot of our Year 6 Early Transition Programme last year, we are excited to be able to repeat this for any Year 6 students who are intending to join us at Ormiston Victory Academy in September 2015.The aim of this early transition is to allow students to become familiar with the academy buildings, to get to know their Form

about academy procedures, and begin to settle into secondary school life, reducing any potential anxieties which often build up over the summer holidays ahead of the usual September transition.Last year we held a separate Transition Day, then a week later students joined us for the last two and a half weeks of term. A wide variety of activities and unusual learning opportunities were undertaken, such as a Zoo Day (in conjunction with Banham

treasure hunts, CSI Day and a multitude of others.This academic year, we are pleased to announce that our formal

who intend on coming to Ormiston Victory Academy in September

Head Teachers, the Early Transition

a variety of subjects.It is often the case that there are end of year activities at the

ensure they do not miss out.All students will be provided with a hot meal each day and can

Appeal for information…We are looking for professionals from

to our students. If you know of anyone who has left the predecessor school and become a real success in their chosen

happy for you to pass this information onto us. Forward the information to me at [email protected]. I am aiming to compile a database of this information and use it to gather key speakers for events such as the AG&T

our students or hold careers events using

possible careers.

Appeal to parentsIn future editions I would like to include a section by parents for parents. I would like it to be written from the perspective of a parent of an AG&T student and the implications. It could be advice, an opportunity to air frustrations of balancing a healthy home life and child with the demands of academia etc. We

send your contributions to [email protected] titled ‘My AG&T bulletin contribution.’




We have a whopping great video wall, an outstanding live orchestral band and an extremely talented cast and crew of over

and local community. The musical is full of magical illusions, with vast amounts of laughs, cries and crazy musical numbers.

a challenging musical with many problems, such as turning a living

person into an animated ghost, who can walk through closed doors!

Not just students and teachers are involved but members of the community, and previous students that have given up their own time to be a part of this production. Every year we get wonderful people coming back, such as Glen, our stage manager who also creates and builds our set, year after year and puts up with our endless requests.

On behalf of the whole cast; we would like to say thank you to all who helped put the

Arts teachers, and our conductor. You are the reason we have such an amazing experience we can both enjoy and gain valuable skills from. Thank you for giving us this experience and believing in us.

From Tia Carey-Smith and Chloe Hunter (Year 12)

Façade productions don’t compare to any others throughout Norfolk. Every year we challenge ourselves and every year we exceed the expectations of a normal school production. Ghost,

and hugely successful musical was this year’s challenge.

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Propella Performsversion of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, especially

Ormiston Venture Academy.

a more engaging way of expressing Shakespeare and to more completely explore the relationship between text and performance.

combined traditional text with modern physical aspects. The use of comedy, music and action provided students with a fresh and exciting way of engaging with the text.

Gorleston Makes MusicOrmiston Victory Academy’s leading singing ensemble

acts, one of which were a similar age and the others of whom were adults. The ensemble performed a variety of musical arrangements from classical to musical theatre and although they did not win the event, the group received some very complimentary comments from judges.

Parent and child classes at Ormiston Victory Academy are proving as popular as ever with parents tremendously valuing and enjoying the opportunity to learn and spend quality time with their children.

primary school, have taken part in our parent and child learning programme, spending time on activities such as DT Woodwork,

and more recently enrolling on a GCSE Astronomy class and undertaking Mandarin Chinese lessons.

The feedback received has been unanimously positive, with all concerned praising the skills and professionalism of the course tutors and the high quality of the learning experiences provided.

choir, a book club and by popular demand, the Beauty Therapy course. All classes are free – please contact Dr Allen at the e-mail

A number of parents have also recently completed a six week

Approach”. This focused on changing the language and types of

also choosing to concentrate on the feelings and issues behind the behaviour rather than the behaviour itself. The parents involved

commented that it had really made them change the way they think about and speak to their children and ensured that “everyone in the house now has their voice heard”. Another parent reported that it had helped her to, “get a positive reaction rather than escalate an argument”.

We are planning another free parenting programme starting in the new year, in conjunction with Ormiston Families, an accredited

similar length of time but will comprise of a mixture of face to face classes and telephone consultations. Anyone interested in enrolling

Dr Allen on [email protected] -

for Extended Learning

Parent & Child Classes

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for winning this year's Christmas card competition, her incredible artwork will be sent to every family at Ormiston Victory Academy.




On Monday 1st December the Beauty Department hosted a Beauty Event run by the Year 13 Beauty students, supported by their teachers Mrs Downs, Mrs Woodhouse and Miss Pollard.

treatments including manicures, facials, massage and gel nails. All therapists were fully booked all evening and worked very hard to support the department.

In order to provide an excellent service and

experience for our clients, the students all baked cakes and brought refreshments along for the guests; these were much enjoyed by all!

Both Years 12 and 13 Beauty students were very professional throughout the evening and all clients truly enjoyed the event, the feedback given from clients has been super.

‘Beau Tea Party’

The

Small Ship Race

The Ormiston Trust embraced an opportunity for students

across their academies to participate in a sailing

adventure on the south coast for a week long voyage.A

total of six academies took part in the exciting sailing

adventure, nominating two students from each academy

to have this once in a lifetime experience. Students departed

their home towns and embarked on a long journey

to Gosport in Hampshire where they boarded the Queen

accommodates 20 people and regularly takes people of all ages and abilities sailing to experience life on the seas




Our Junior Ambassadors are really starting to develop as a group across the academy. They look extremely smart with their silver trimmed blazers;

and they are highly visible around the academy to support Year

tours around our new building.

Two of our Junior Ambassadors joined the Head Ambassadors to

in October on "promoting good behaviour".

A nerve wracking day, but what an experience! They were so

and the academy has been invited back in January to deliver another lecture.

These roles are developing fast and the teams have so many ideas about what they want to do. It has been a very strong start!

At Ormiston Victory Academy, we are proud to

professionals into the academy during lunchtime to talk with students about the jobs that they have, the industry that they work in and also the path that they took in order to get to where they are now in their careers.

At the forum meetings, the topics of discussion can be varied and wide ranging, but the

give something back to the businesses involved, be it publicity or assistance with their business activities should they require it.

If you work for a business and you think that this may be something that you would be interested in joining, we are planning to have Miss Blyth – Sixth Form Apprentice

The purpose of this is to inspire our students, to give them ideas about what they would like to do as a career after they leave the academy, armed with the knowledge of how to get to where it is that they want to be. Another aim of these sessions is to network and build connections with the professionals in order to help them in the future.

We have welcomed professionals from many types of businesses and organisations; this is in order to give the students a broad range of career possibilities for them to learn about. We have had an accountant, a journalist, a business consultant and a librarian and in the future we have plans for representatives from sectors like health, sales and local government.

Should you be interested in being a part of the Victory Business Forum or hosting a Working Lunch session here at the academy, please get in touch with Vanessa Blyth for more information on:

or by

Miss Blyth – Sixth Form Apprentice

The students of Ormiston Victory Academy have been busy participating in fund raising for a number of charities this year. Students ran a bake sale for MacMillan

local community to enjoy a cake and a chat in our new Community Hub room,

Students also wore it pink for breast cancer, accessorising their uniform with

In honour of the 100 years anniversary of the outbreak of World War One, our students and created beautiful poppies, using a number of creative styles and materials, and took part in our bake sale for Help for Heroes, making a grand total

Our biggest event so far has been for Children in Need.

The true talents of the Victory

were shown in an interesting rendition of ‘God

Students had fun guessing which

sang each line,

wore onesies and took part in a number of sponsored events; more importantly raising money for an amazing cause, allowing us to

We have many more events to look forward to this year, including Christmas Jumper Day! Who will raise the most this academic year?

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2015

Thursday 12th February -

Tuesday 24th March -

Thursday 23rd April -

Victory Academy took a team of students to

competition against other schools in Norfolk ( including private schools) called ‘Top of the Bench’. The competition took place at ‘Briar Chemicals’ on Sweet Briar

enthusiastic team of scientists: Maddison Musset, Freddie Neil and Chelsea Hale who were selected to represent our academy.

The competition invloved the students working really closely solving unusual chemistry problems and under-taking

under time pressure. It also introduced them to some high quality laboratory resources and an industrial set up for conducting experiments.

This year’s competition involved an experiment looking at making a crystal garden. There was also an experiment looking at reactions which became both colder and hotter when mixing chemicals. Finally, there was an experiment investigating testing the hardness of water.

During the day there was also an interactive chemistry quiz in which our team of three managed to achieve a creditable sixth out of the eleven schools represented, not bad considering we were one member down.

Our students conducted themselves superbly and industrial chemists commented to me as to how they were impressed with their teamwork, enthusiasm and their willingness to attempt the challenging experiments. The students all enjoyed the day immensely and had learnt a great deal from the experience. They represented our academy extremely well and all of them made outstanding ambassadors.

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Monday 23rd February

for Easter break

Monday 13th April Summer term begins for all students

Monday 4th May May Day Bank Holiday (Academy closed)

Friday 22nd May

for half term break

Monday 1st June

Thursday 23rd July


Friday 24th July


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What is TITAN?

Students that participate on the TITAN programme not only learn essential road

using public transport, time management,

and support in an emergency while travelling. The programme

employers.

by Christmas. We also have one student who has shown an interest in becoming a TITAN Buddy, who will then go out into the community and support others on the course that are feeling nervous about travelling to new places. TITAN Buddies support situations such as attending college with a student

without an adult.

Ormiston Victory Academy work closely with other Ormiston academies locally, and often meet up to socialise and share resources. The most recent social gathering took place at Eton Vale Activity Centre. All involved had a great day!

We have ambition to extend the training out into the Costessey Cluster following a successful and very enjoyable day with the

in July. This is likely to begin in the summer term.

Our thanks go to Norfolk County Council for their continued support of the Titan programme at Victory Academy.

Costessey Cluster goes from Strength to StrengthThis term has, as always, been full to the brim with exciting activities and opportunities for working together with our cluster primary schools.We are extremely fortunate to have been able to, with the support

with the Ormiston “Engage” programme to our Cluster. Julie will be working with all the schools to support with students and their families who may need some extra help for a variety of reasons. We are hoping to hold a well-being day for parents of SEND students in the summer term and Julie is delighted to have been asked to be involved in the organisation of this event.

As usual we are holding a special Primary School performance of Ghost and are thrilled that over 200 of our Primary School students will be joining us for this.The Cluster Choir is being re-launched in January, with a new earlier start time of 3.30pm. Students will be collected from the

and learning together, along with students from our academy. We very much look forward to hearing what they can do!

has taken up residence in his grotto at Ormiston Victory Academy for the last two weeks of term. The arrival of the grotto was shrouded by mystery and a great deal of speculation about what the shed was for, but we can now reveal its true purpose!

Some of our younger friends from the infant and nursery classes of our local schools will be meeting Father Christmas.




It will also be enjoyed by the community outside academy hours and for younger

Evenings.

Last year they were successful in securing

fund to put towards this project.

Now the hard work starts; we have

Operational Support Assistant, has been helping launch the project with us.

The team wants playground equipment for students to enjoy and socialise on,

fencing to give them their own space

The bids however, have come in way above our initial budget, so new bids are being made to secure further funds to make this project a reality.

If parents have any ideas or resources they would like to help contribute, please

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Thursday 18th September 2014 was an incredibly special day for all at Ormiston Victory Academy

poignantly the site where the old building once stood, was converted into our very own country style

opening of our beautiful new building.We were extremely lucky to be able to welcome some incredible guests to help us celebrate the occasion, all of whom have supported the academy and helped to make it such an amazing place.

Guests included people from our Ormiston Academies Trust family;

CEO, along with our Ormiston Families friends, including CEO, Mark Heasman, Chris Lee and fundraiser Ginny Seppings, our Chair

from Fusional, who have helped to make the inside of our academy a truly beautiful space, to name but a few.

Façade Singers who stunned guests by breaking into song with a special

with a selection of speeches to mark the occasion followed by the cutting of the gold ribbon by Mr Murray, accompanied by an explosion thanks to a pair of ribbon cannons.




On the 15th November 2014, we held our

at Ormiston Victory Academy.

wreaths, glassware, pyrography, shabby chic crafts, textiles, African gifts, mosaics, Christmas decorations, original artwork, clothing, bags, jewellery, photographs, wooden plaques, jams and chutneys, a candy cart and homemade cakes.

table and welcomed visitors as they came

in. Miss Fairy and Miss Budd ran an interactive art table where children could make their own Christmas decorations. Mr

helped with setting out the stalls and clearing away at the end of the day. Myself and Miss Curson organised the day and were there to help stallholders set up and

and was nice to work alongside students, outside a classroom environment.

This event promoted engagement with the local community and provided an example for our young people on how to turn their creative interests into an entrepreneurial endeavour.

The money raised will pay for our parent and child classes, again, an opportunity to involve the community in academy life. Due to the success of the fair, we

Mrs Gallagher – Cover Supervisor

Christmas Fair

Students at Ormiston Victory Academy are really enjoying their rewards this year.

stash and working hard in lessons to raise

Friday reward - poor Maria is having to work hard to keep the stash stocked up!

Some students are more patient though, and have been saving up for a bigger reward, such as a cinema screening with popcorn or half an hour in the Innovation Suite.

This month, students at Baraza have

with their forms to decide what would be an appropriate addition to the scheme. Ms LeFur would like to purchase a silent disco system, with headphones where groups of students can enjoy a lunchtime of dancing and fun without disturbing the learning in lessons!

We will have to see if the students approve of the idea!

Superstars of the academy. They have nominated students who have worked really hard, contributed to the academy or the local community, or achieved in sporting events or matches. The students with the most votes will be invited to a private screening on the last day of term in the 3D Lecture Theatre with snacks and goodie bags. A well deserved treat for going above and beyond this term!

Rewards

The fun continued when our students joined the party, enjoying all that the fete

suits, classic stalls such as hoopla and coconut shies, bouncy castles, a fantastic falconry display and not forgetting the all important doughnuts, hotdogs and burgers – no fete would be complete without them.

We were extremely proud to welcome some fantastic acts who provided the entertainment on the purpose built stage.

band The Anyone’s, featuring our very own

our sister academy Ormiston Venture. Continuing the festival was local singer Dale Bullimore, followed by Bill Downs, a very special friend of the academy.

The celebrations wouldn’t have been complete without our extended family and continued well into the afternoon when we opened up our gates to Victory’s friends, families and local community, all of whom thoroughly enjoyed playing, dancing, laughing and celebrating with us. The sun shone beautifully and we could not have dreamt of a more perfect day.

m environment. Mrs Gallagher Cover Supervisor




Thursday 14th August was a day for celebration at the academy as students returned the best set of A-level results ever achieved. The average point score per student had increased for the third year in

subjects. Average point score per entry

for vocational subjects and increased to

in 2014. Even more impressively, nearly sixty percent of students left the academy with at least one grade A*/A, and just under half left with at least two. In fact, over forty percent of all entries resulted in the A* or A grade.

Students’ academic achievement in biology, chemistry and health & social care was outstanding. Good results were also obtained in English literature, geography, history, ICT and mathematics. Vocationally, students achieved well across the board; applied science, business studies, beauty, child care, travel & tourism and performing arts were all included under this measure.

More importantly were the successes of individual students. All students achieved the grades they needed to take the next step of their choice; with seventy percent of students moving on to university and the remaining thirty percent gaining places on apprenticeships or moving into full time employment.

congratulations to Lauren Streathern who gained an impressive three A*s in biology, chemistry and mathematics; Tayma Bartram who gained A in mathematics, A in chemistry and B in biology; Adam Ewles who gained A* in history, A in English literature and C in biology

in psychology, double Distinction in performing arts and A in biology, as well as AS-levels in English language and literature.

Jessica Matthews leaves us with triple A

One week later saw the distribution of GCSE examination results and for individual students, celebrations were equally as enthusiastic.

mathematics (soon to be replaced by a more valid measure)was down on previous years, this had been expected. The main focus, ensuring as many students as possible left with English and mathematics at a grade

percent of students achieving Cs or higher

above national comparisons, with progress in English especially strong. Clearly all of the hard work that students had put into

A big focus for the government is schools closing the gap between the achievement of ‘vulnerable’ and ‘non-vulnerable’

as someone who has received free school meals at any time in the last six years. We were delighted to be able to report that for students at the academy, this is not a barrier to academic success. The gap between vulnerable and non-vulnerable students achieving the EBacc was less than 30% of the national gap and for the

was a quarter that of the national gap.

Outstanding progress was made by many

congratulations must go to the following: Monica Bondalicci who attained eight A*/A grades, including A*s in history and French and As in English language, English literature, mathematics and further

As including As in both English language and English literature and Samuel Henden with seven A*/As including four A*s in mathematics and science.

This Autumn saw the launch of

ever Community Hub Room.We are incredibly fortunate to have been able to develop a special area dedicated to family and community events which has been fully equipped with some superb toys and games to ensure that our younger visitors enjoy the time they spend in it and can socialise with, and enjoy the company of, other children while their hardworking parents

Our weekly “Family

meeting is from 10-11am on Mondays (during term time) and we would love to welcome more families

to this fantastic community facility.

Results Day 2014

SquashVictory is continuing to build upon the strong link that it has established with Barnham Broom Hotel and their squash professional Craig Aldred.

and this has seen the standard of their squash skills and ability to play the game improve dramatically over a relatively short number of weeks. The boys continue to make great progress and a match against Gresham’s High School is on the cards for the new year.

I would like to give a special mention to Tyree

squash coaching every week since its beginning and this has become hugely evident in the standard of their playing, so much so that they are both regularly beating students two years older than both of them.

BasketballBasketball club has been running every Thursday since the beginning of term with a committed number of students turning up every week wanting to ‘shoot some hoops’.The progress that they have made since September has been incredible. They were initially unaware of any of the rules or tactics needed to play the game and their basic ball skills requiring some work, as basketball hasn’t

The boys have listened and worked hard and this has resulted in a huge improvement to all areas of their game, so much so

they can measure their progress against some other schools in the new year.

1. Tell us when you joined Victory and what you did before you had the pleasure of joining us!

2. Why do you love teaching English?

3. What’s impressed you most about Victory?

4. Where would you love to travel to most?

5. If you were a biscuit, what would you be?

6. What did you want to be when you were young?

7. What’s your ambition?

8. Tell us your favourite joke.Q&

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This September we had a new group of 13 keen sailors from Years 7 to 9 who were lucky enough to receive

The students learned about basic water safety, sailing terminology and parts of the boats and how to perform the basic skills of sailing independently. They were a fantastic group, who worked really hard and have become quite competent sailors!

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We have added a new extra-curricular activity at Ormiston Victory Academy - Gymnastics Club.This club was set up due to many students requesting to do gymnastics after school, as

has been as huge success! We have had at

all getting to make new gymnastic routines

vaulting skills.

Due to being so popular and well attended, Gymnastics Club will continue on a Monday after Christmas, with the addition of trampolines. Students will be able to learn and develop both gymnastics and trampolining skills. If you are interested in coming to Gymnastics and

Miss Shorten

Badminton The excellent attendance and commitment of our students to

really good performance in the academy's badminton leagues.

all made a positive start to the season with three very good

over the coming weeks and I’m sure students’ dedication and

we already have.

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Our students were amazing, they all did so well – some even got on to the long line behind the boat! Unfortunately, sessions ended earlier than planned due to the cold English weather, however it is an excellent opportunity to try out a new sport. Waterskiing Club will start again after Easter so if you would like to have a go

more details!

SkiingThe ski trip is getting closer and our

some extra practice before hitting the slopes for real.

We have been taking groups of students to Norfolk Snowsports Club for six hours of lessons. We have students ranging in ability and age with members

atmosphere is brilliant.

Students have been learning the basics

the end of the six hour lessons, have progressed from the nursery slope onto the full slope. There has been a few spectacular falls but no serious injuries, which highlight our students’ natural ability on the slopes.

With the ski trip taking place during

are in place and the students are getting excited.

Football:

All four teams have been a credit to the academy when representing us on away

The U12 team have played three games, with all the possible results

the students have played together and they are making good progress and developing as a team, which was shown

Academy. The games will continue after February half term with games against Hewett and CNS.

The U14 team have also played three games, winning two and losing one. They have played really well in games against Thorpe St Andrews and City

Academy but didn’t perform to their best against CNS. The team still has games to play against Sprowston and Open Academy which are both games we want to win.

because of the bad weather and another

team are very keen to play and are

and win the league, but with a number

task.

into the schools leagues, they have played two games so far, wining one and losing one. The loss (3-2) was due to a last minute penalty to Thorpe St Andrews, who had reached the last 32 of the national competition, so considering

played together, there were a lot of positives to take from the game. The second game was a more comfortable win, we hope to continue in winning ways with a number of games coming up after the Christmas break.




December 2014 | Winter

SailingFootball

WaterskiingGymnastics

Netball Club has been very well attended this term by some highly motivated and enthusiastic girls.

Match’ being Maisie Sistern and Megan Saunders.

Wright and Jessie Sistern. Congratulations!

through the winter, but has moved from outside to into the Sports Hall in Autumn 2 where it is a bit warmer! New players who would like to improve their skills or be selected to represent the academy are always welcome. If any of our girls are interested in playing netball outside of the academy, on a regular basis, we have contacts for both Norwich United and Thoroughbreds Netball Club who hold regular training sessions and enter teams into various age group leagues in Norwich. Contact Miss Shorten for more details.

Netball

Mrs Bunning - Curriculum Leader of Sport

Wheelchair BasketballVictory Swimming Club has started at the UEA Sportspark on Thursday afternoons.We have now completed four weeks and I have seen some huge improvements in the swimming ability of all students that have taken part. Victory Swimming Club has been a great success!

If you would like to come to swimming lessons in January please sign up with the

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