The giant art attack was divided into 70 squares and each year 7 pupil was given at least one A1 piece of card to paint, before putting them together to reveal the image which was inspired by the college’s Further Education prospectus and represented the variety of courses the College offers.
AT A recent open evening, a prospective parent told YT that she was impressed with the staff as "They really cared and had a real sense of belonging."
This was also illustrated in the presentation evening. The main gym had a warm glow to it and so it should with the students in receipt of another fantastic set of results.
Executive head teacher Mark Jones said on Monday (21 November): “Thirteen months is a relatively short amount of time to be in a category, reflecting the view shared by Ofsted and the council; that rapid progress has been made.”
Deputy Headteacher Dawn Collis said “It was lovely to see so many pupils and teachers taking part and ‘showing their spots’ and we are delighted to have raised this amount of money which does not include buckets and buckets of pennies which the bank are currently counting from our ‘penny miles’”.
"It is all about the community" says executive head, Chris Tomlinson as the school celebrates an amazing 30/31 "Outstandings" in their Ofsted report. And this is only the beginning!
Guest of Honour, Lee Eggleston OBE, presented current and former students with their GCSE certificates and awarded special trophies for individual success in a range of academic areas. Ms Eggleston, a former student of the school and who was recently awarded the OBE for her tireless work on behalf of abused women in the area, encouraged the students to have the courage of their convictions and work hard to fulfil their dreams.
Aisling produced a virtuoso perfomance on the cello that delighted the audience and the judges. Aisling played “Largo & Allegro” from Vivaldi’s Cello Sonata No. 2 in F. It was a hat-trick for the Convent as two other students, Victoria Nunnery and Elizabeth Blege had also made it to the final.
And this is matched with an unshakeable belief that they will get the best out of each and every student that passes over their doors. What is particularly exciting about Ockendon is the number of new ideas and projects that becoming an academy has released.
Clare McDougall, head of community and education at npower is delighted with the enthusiastic response by teachers and pupils, saying: “It’s wonderful that the Climate Cops programme is helping schools across the UK to become greener and more sustainable and is inspiring young people to get involved in energy efficiency, themselves.”
Cllr Gerrish said: “The additional data we've received since last time is around Key Stage 4 performance, and shows that the national average of pupils achieving five or more A* to C GCSEs including English and Maths rose by three percentage points to 58.3 per cent.
STAFF FROM the Gateway Academy in Tilbury were celebrating today after hearing that Ofsted are set to give the school an "Outstanding" grade. Inspectors from the government watchdog were in the school all last week but many believe that Ofsted were as impressed as the education minister Michael Gove was when he visited earlier this year.
Body popping is a Los Angeles street dance and is the equivalent to the acrobatic "break dancing" that steals the new "Flashdance" movie. The dance requires strength, stamina and flexibility and incorporates martial arts moves and acrobatics.
The Ockendon Academy is now pleased to announce that its application for a Studio School as a ‘School within an Academy 2012’ has successfully progressed to the final phase of the assessment process. A spokesperson said: "We are extremely happy, as we are only one of only 14 schools to progress to this stage.
They are justifiably proud of the academic progress their students make, with most of them achieving better results than predicted for their GCSEs. Students are supported in this by teaching and learning that is stimulating and of a consistently high quality, and by the academic and pastoral support of a team of experienced personal mentors, giving one-to-one guidance.
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