Longfield Academy Newsletter

Diary Monday 19th February

Start of term

Wednesday 21st February

Art Event 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Thursday 22nd February

Year 8 Options Evening & Year 8

Parents Evening 6pm - 8pm

Tuesday 27th February

Year 8 HAP’s - Growth Mindset

Thursday 1st March - 4th March

Barcelona trip

Tuesday 6th March

Year 10 Parents Consultation 4 –7pm

Wednesday 7th March

North Kent Careers Convention

Friday 16th March

Year 9 Ypres trip

Thursday 29th March

End of term

Dear Parents/Carers, As always with term 3, this term has flown by so very quickly that I am amazed at how much has been crammed into the term for our students. You will see from our newsletter that there have been so many events happening that the breadth of learning experiences is astounding. We are proud to be named in the top 5 schools in Kent for Post 16 progress. This is a great achievement for the second year running and demonstrates the success that our students achieve. The relationship between Academy, parents and students is vital to the success of education and we pride ourselves at Longfield as having strong, positive relationships based on respect, understanding and mutual goals so that your child can succeed. We know that our strong college structure is vital to having a knowledge and understanding of each individual child, so please do contact your child’s form tutor or college office if you have questions or to update information that may be important to us when teaching your child. The Academy is always looking for ways to broaden our channels of communication and I am pleased that so many of you are following us on Facebook and accessing the information on a regular basis. We are proud to be part of the Leigh Academies Trust and to have many students choosing Longfield as the place for gaining life long skills. We have had over 685 applications for students wanting to join us in September - a truly astounding number. We continue to value your support and active involvement in our learning community. Let me take this opportunity again to encourage you to contact the school with any concerns you may have. I believe whole heartedly that good relationships between teachers, staff, children and parents are fundamental to the success of any school.

Principal

Mrs Alex O’Donnell

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.

Press 1 for Anderson students

Press 2 for Matisse students

Press 3 for Galileo students

Press 4 for Post 16 students

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

You can email: attendance@longfieldacademy.org

or speak to the Attendance Data Manager on 01474 700700 Ext 509

Reporting your child’s absence

Attendance results

Att

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The college trophy winner of the

month goes to Anderson!

Winning Tutor Groups of the Month

M11/TBI 100% Matisse

S02/JMU 100% Spectrum

S03/RSA 100% Spectrum

S04/AHE 100% Spectrum

G12/SBR 98.24% Galileo

A03/JSP 97.03% Anderson

January

Anderson 95.14

Matisse 95.02

Galileo 94.76

10

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Anderson

Joseph Anderson

Renee Balogova

Abigail Bateup

Ria Bennett-Lee

James Black

Tia Brett

Samuel Broomfield

Caylum Burgess

Frederica Busby

Kieran Carr

Claudia Casey

Ella Chapman

Joseph Chappell

Nathan Clarke

Sophie Clarke

May Coake

Vienna Coates

Callum Dalton

Elise Davenport

Mia Davenport

Neve Davidson

Callum Davis

Holly Degnin

Matthew Denton

Cerys Desforges

Toby Desforges

Arjun Dhaliwal

James Donegan

Samuel Donegan

Rose Donovan

Harry Down

George Driver

Olivia Dyett

Leo Ellis

Miykael Ewart

Summer Fairfax

Joshua Farrer

Daniel Fasham

Mae Francis

John Friend

Morgan Furminger

Olivia Furniss

Nathan Gappa

Aharon Gilham

Dane Gillingham

Lara Gillingham

Peter Green

Benjamin Guest

Callum Hall-Rogers

Harrison Hammond

Nathan Harbour

Lewis Hards

Luke Hards

Ellie Hawkes

Abi Henney

Thomas Henshall

Joshua Hill

Frankie Hills

Jimmy Hossack

Mia Hughes

Sasha Humphreys

Damien Jam

Alfie Jenner

Arun Jhita

Elleanor Kapsalis

Morgan King

Ross Lamb

Abbie Lawrence

Iona Leadbetter

Bradley Lee

Jimmy Lee

Zoe Lee

Lily Leighton

Reece Letchford

Abbey Lissenden

Phoebe Lovell

George Loveridge

Joseph McDermott

Abby Meager

Harley Meehan

Elysia Michel-Sims

Lauren Mills

Sarah Mills

Eddie Morgan

Kate Morgan

Maisie Morgan

Maria Nandra

Bethan Nelson

Hope Noordally

Noah Noordally

Charlie Norris

Grant Odejeh

Callum Pain

Bobbi Parker

James Pascoe

Paige-Louise Paterson

Amelia Pomphrett

Jack Potter

Mia Poulter

Annie Purl

Iwan Quinn

Tadey Quinn

Bella Rabjohns

Joshua Read

Jacob Reeve

Emily Robinson

Jake Rollings

Luke Rose

Adam Sands

Ava-Samantha Seal

Maya Sengupta

Elinor Seyforth

Abdullah Shaibu

Luke Short

Liam Skeiky

Louis Skeiky

Ryan Slater

Molly Smith

Amy Still

Seryna Stribling

Andrew Titterrell

Robert Titterrell

Seyon Toyeme

Tommy Tremain

Daniella Trent

Jake Valentine

Jack Vasselin

Alexandria Vaughan

Chelsie Warner

Georgia Watts

Max Whatley

Michael White

Samuel White

Leia Williams

Tyler Woods

Thomas Yaxley

Kacy Yearsley

Thokozani Zulu

10

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ers Galileo

Austen Baker

Sean Behr

Joshua Bevan

Mason Bevan

Elsie Bird

Kyle Blair

Jessica Boxall

Kallum Bradley

Ryan Brightwell

Ellie Broome

Frederick Bush

Brandon Button

Thomas Catchpole

Elliott Catley

Paige Cherry

Tanaka Chinhoi

Chloe Chivers

Taiya Clarke

Patrick Creasey

Kiara Cribb

Samuel Dacey

Jack Davey

Matthew Dawe

Kieran Dawes

Ryan Dennis

Shania Durling

Ryan Easson

Pearl Edusei

Alexander Evans

Evie Foster

Jessica French

Olivia Funnell

Charlotte Gibbs

Harvey Gibbs

Courtney Gillingham

Joshua Gorton

Billy Graham

Kirsty Granados

Charlie Green

Hollie Green

Izaak Gregory

Raphael Hamilton

Poppy Hanson

Olivia Harker

Isaac Harris

Isobel Harrison

Ashleigh Harrison-Pyrah

McKenzie Havard

Abbie Hemsley

Louise Hills

Jack Hinchey

Lianne Hoang

Louis Holmes

Mea Ho'Vell

Lilly-Jay Howick

Joel Humphreys

Rhys Jenner

Hannah Johnson

Keira Johnson

Jack Jones

Millie Jones

Scott Jordan

Leah Juby

Elliot King

Jamie Law

Aiden Lawrence

Billy Lee

Alexandra Lewis

Tolani Liadi

Sam Lingham

Riaz Lokat

Lola-Ray Lomas

Jake Maher

Shannen Maher

Isabelle Marshall

Alfie Morgan

Spencer Morgan

Reggie Naish

Darcy Dineen Newberry

Holly Newnham

Rebecca Newton

Miyah Page

Vibishan Pakeerathan

Bethany Panton

Alfie-Lee Pearson

Olivia Pearson

Hollie Pendrigh

Cameron Pennell

Alfie Perry

Jessica Perry

Paige Phillips

Cristina Pomar-Dossantos

Callum Porter

Harry Powell

Sophie Prime

Jassim Raffiquddeen

Anna Ramus

Kayla Reeves

Sian Reeves

Eli Richmond-East

Rebecca Rose

Lucas Savill

Charlotte Scott

Alisha Seare

Rhys Seare

Anu Sebastian

Sanu Sebastian

Christopher Sharpe

Lucy Smith

Owen Soper

Ronnie Sparrowe

Connie Spaul

Maddy Spooner

Angel Stanton

Jake Storey

Isabella Sutton

Courtney Sweeney

Emily Taylor

Zak Temple

Shaun Thrower

Amy Tivers

Ahad Usman

Ruby Valentine

Abby Walker

Emma Walter

Leo Warren

Daniel Watson

Phillip Watts

Sophie Webb

George West

Samuel White

Scott White

Aaron Whittaker

Ethan Whittaker

Charlie Wilsher

Aimee Winter

Emma Wood

Olivia Wood

Riley Woods

10

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ers Matisse

Patrick Aiby

Chantelle Barrett-Finch

Alfie Bigg

Molly Hanson

Adam Hoare

Dylan Jones

Jay Redding

Owen Shooter

Evie Thomas

Dominic Coleman

Noa-Joy Crickett

Daisy Glazebrook

Harry Mordue

Sidney Shaxted

Esmee Stanley

Franco Taylor

Ella Buckley

Nicholas Greenfield

Alfie Guselli

Aiden Lee

Ryan Mackway-Jones

Jake Munday

Taylor Orsmond

Jack Relf

Amelia Taylor

Katie Tooze

Nicole Whetnall

Demi Barrett-Finch

Neve Bradley

Freddie Chandler

Alicia Dalmeida

Reece Dalton

Zachery Drayson

Jack Fry

Lance Isitt

Freya Keogh

Dalton Newman

Lyla-Rose Openshaw

Aidan Riphagen

Oliver Shaw

Megan Wilkinson

Faith Cooney

Riley Harman

Emily Morgan

Scarlett Norman

Connor Ottley

Olivia Parsons

Cameron Sackett

Ryan Samuels

Isabel Tuffley

Riley Willson

Becky Bainbridge

Benjamin Chapelhow

Megan Drayson

Reece Furlong

Tobey Jones

Courtney Lewis

Bethany McGillicuddy

Jemma Pigg

Joshua Sibthorpe

Lily Smith

Lilli-May Taylor

Maisie Veness

Laura Whiteaker

Ella Baker

Tilly Chaney

Tyler Crabb

Barinderpal Dhoul

McKenzie Dyer

Abigail Holmes

Riley James

Amelia Kelly

Xander New

Noah Stuart

Luke Turner

Tia Wemyss

Lucy Whiteaker

Thomas Wilkinson

Abi Woonton

Karlee Britchfield

Charles Brown

Isobelle Champion

Lucy Constant

Kelsey Dyer

Francesco Guselli

Fahim Miah

Liberty Mills

Frankie Muldoon

Haydn Norman

Emily Waterman

Owen Way

Michael Whittam

Emma Britchfield

Ronnie Brown

Shania Cox

Ellie Donegan

Jayden Forsyth

Louis Henri-Woolley

Jessica Keogh

Fraser Patterson

Jack Richards

Alex Stead

Lauren Hunt

Sophie Jollie

Charlie Lee

Kayleigh Mills

Lauren Morgan

Joe Murphy

Thomas Osmond

Martin Quinn

Karl Ripley

Ellie Sawyer

Ellie Sedgwick

Perron Buckley

Anthony Clarkson

Zach Collett

Lewis Cox

Liam Freeman

Alfie Glazebrook

Drew Holland

Benjamin Jackson

Harry Lee

Jack McHattie

Ethan Patterson

Charlie Thomas

Codie Turner

Alexander Wilson

Molly Avery-Williams

Amber Evans

Lilly Goodwin

Megan Jones

Caitlin Maddock

Amelia Malham

Fern New

Anastasia Page

Lexie Powell

Maximus Clinch

Kieran Hawkes

Jem Coundon

Lachlan Henri-Woolley

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Mrs Desforges (our LRC Manager) was very proud

to present Nathan in Year 7 Anderson his certificate

congratulating him on reading over 2 million words

since starting at Longfield Academy.

He has read 33 books across various genres to

achieve this with an average score of 94.8% and

earning 322.5 points using Accelerated Reader by

Renaissance Learning.

Well done Nathan!

Congratulations to Nathan!

GOLDEN TICKETS Last year Longfield introduced the ‘Golden Ticket Scheme’ for Year

11 students. It took off so well we have decided to run it again this

year.

Golden tickets are issued when a student goes above and beyond

in their efforts to ensure they are prepared for their exams,

whether that be completing some extra work in class, attending a

revision session or completing exam practise.

337 tickets were received by 119 different students

Congratulations to Ellie Sedgwick for receiving 8 golden tickets. Total tickets per college:

Matisse college

121

Galileo college

117

Anderson college

99

The results for the first week are as follows:

Solutions for the Planet

Science

On Monday 8th January Longfield Academy

were visited by Solutions for the Planet.

This organisation goes into secondary

schools and helps the students learn about

sustainability and entrepreneurship, with

the use of science, technology, engineering

and maths. Our year 7 and 8 students

worked with a number of year 6 children

from different primary schools.

“Solutions for the planet was an amazing experience, it really taught us

about business and entrepreneurship through the subject of science.”

“When the organisation comes to your school, you do the big ideas day

which is a day when you work in groups to try and create a solution for

the world's problems.”

Solutions for the Planet is a great way of learning about our world and its

problems.

Overall Solutions for the Planet was a very fun experience where we

learnt a lot of interesting facts.

For more information please visit http://solutionsfortheplanet.co.uk

By Alfie G and Raphael H

Star Pupils

Star Wo

rk

AS (clown painting, blue photography building)

Carla Martin & Georgia Smart

Year 10 (skull sketches and paintings)

Eddie Morgan, Calista Boulton, Mia Davenport, Abigail Holmes, Danielle Hackworth

Star Pupils

Star Wo

rk

Year 7 (still life sketches)

May Coake

Connor O’Connor

Year 8 (fruit pots)

Lianne Hoang

Chloe Chivers

Scie

nce

Tomorrow’s Engineers

On Thursday 25th January we were visited by Tomorrow’s

Engineers and Learn by Design to talk to us about engineering.

The students had a lot of fun while learning about renewable

energy. It was great to see the students using Science, Maths

and design skills.

Firstly, we looked at different types of engineering and how

they can be used in everyday life.

We then talked about renewable and non-renewable energy

resources and how different types of non-renewable energy

are best for different countries due to their climate and where

they are based geographically.

It was then time to test our skills by wiring up electric cars and

charging them to see how far they could go. We charged them

to different volts and measured how far they would go. We

then plotted it on graphs and made a prediction we could test.

The best group was the one to get their prediction right. It was

a fun lesson and we learned a lot about engineering.

Written by Emily Robinson and Max Whatley ( Year 7)

Did you know that wind

is the best form of energy

for the UK, but Sweden

use wind, solar and hy-

droelectricity?

Panto

mim

e Longfield Sleeping Beauty Performance

Once again, the Expressive Arts departments were very proud to present this year’s pantomime ‘Sleeping Beauty’... Eventually! Despite the performance being postponed. Students have continued to work with diligence and professionalism, and the result was a performance that was funny, clever and that really showed off their talents for the stage.

Leading the cast as our titular character was year 8 Hollie Pendrigh, assisted by

fellow year 8s, ‘Kitty’ (Shania Durling), Prince Orlando (Alfie Lewis) and year 9 Sasha Humphreys as Fairy Godmother ‘Fairy Peaceful.’ Standing beside them were King and Queen of Wollycombe and Billy the Butler (Kieran Carr), working together to defeat the evil Carabosse (Olivia Williams) and her feline side-kick, Spindleshanks.

All in all, this was the youngest cast we have ever had! You would never have

guessed, however, that for a large number of our cast, this was their first time on stage. Back stage, the students were nothing but professional and calm - if only the same could be said of the staff! The students even took control of some of the choreography, headed by year 11s Lauren Hunt and Hope Noordally, who pushed the students to perfection.

We had villagers, cats, fairies and zombies (of course), all of them worked

together to create a performance that banished the January Blues.

Our next show will be a musical to be performed in the Summer term. More information about auditions to follow.

Staff Recognition Scheme 2018 Staff

Reco

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Schem

e Message from Mrs O’Donnell

I am delighted to share with you the names of staff who received a Staff

Recognition Award following the Module 3 nominations from parents, staff

and members of the community.

Longfield is committed to recognising and encouraging accomplishments and

behaviours which promote our ethos of ‘Achieving Beyond Expectations’; our

staff recognition scheme is a way of formally acknowledging the staff that go

above and beyond the normal requirements of their job.

We were overwhelmed by the responses to this initiative; thank you for all

your nominations and please keep them coming. The Staff Recognition

electronic nomination form can be found on our website under the ‘Academy

Life’ tab.

Congratulations to the staff who have received

awards

The Maths Department and Spectrum Centre received nominations as

departments and were also awarded an overall Recognition Award.

Category Member of Staff

Responsiveness Mrs Anita Munns

Innovation Mr Nick Watkins

Inspiration Mr Ian Chambers

Leadership Mr Jake Stone

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Longfield Rotary Young Chef

The Rotary club of Darenth Valley held their annual young chef competition at Longfield Academy on the December 13th.

This was an early heat of the Rotary International Competition, covering the whole of Great Britain and Ireland. The judges, (Rotarians Josie Morgan and Ricky Pristernik) were impressed by the high standard of the three course lunches, delivered by three students.

James Bishop of New Ash Green was declared the winner. He then went on to the Rotary District Finals in Maidstone on the 27th January and excelled in winning that heat too. He will now go on to the Regional Young Chef Competition held in Morden.

Many congratulations James, and a well done to all the chefs that took part, it was a tough competition.

Year 10

It is with great pleasure to announce that Addaction’s ‘Mind and Body’ programme is going

to be delivered to Year 10 students.

The early intervention programme explores a range of strategies to help participants better

manage their emotions and anxieties and looks to promote positive communication with

others.

An independent evaluation completed by the University of Bath in 2017 evidenced positive

improvements in participant’s emotional wellbeing and reductions in a range of risk-taking

behaviours including self-harm.

The programme is voluntary and young people do not have to take part if they do not wish

to. The schedule for sessions has been designed to minimise disruption to core subjects.

Students who would benefit from the intervention are identified after taking part in an

anonymous survey.

If we have any significant concerns regarding your child’s wellbeing or safety, we will con-

tact you directly and the school will be notified if appropriate.

If you have any questions about the programme, please contact the office on

01795 500 882.

Salha Abdulgialil in year 13 at Longfield Academy, got published in the 7-8 edition of The Scholar after submitting an essay originally written as part of a Uni Pathways course through The Brilliant Club. In the essay, Salha argued and explained why she would not go to space if she was given the opportunity, but would rather help engineers and researchers on the ground make space travel safer for others. Salha's work was rated as excellent by the review panel and is one of the first Uni Pathways articles to be published in The Scholar. The essay was one of only 44 essays selected from hundreds of submis-sions from all over UK for the academic year of 2016-2017.

The journal is free to download from http://www.thebrilliantclub.org/news-and-views/the-scholar/ for anyone that would like to read the excellent essay.

The Scholar

Science