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de Ferrers Academy and gameswear always in stock Clothing4 Limited is delighted to be working in partnership with The de Ferrers Academy to supply the Academy uniforms. Our shop facility is based on Anglesey Road in Burton on Trent and we offer a range of facilities including; Free Parking Large Showroom and Changing Facilities All major debit and credit cards accepted Showroom will be open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm and 9am to 1pm on a Saturday with extended hours throughout the summer holidays Open Evening Tuesday 24th July from 6pm to 8pm specifically for the sale of de Ferrers Uniforms. Extensive ranges including: Blazers embroidered from £24.80 Dove Ties £4.95 Girls Trousers /Skirts from £16.25 Phone: 01283 548234 Email: [email protected] CLOTHING4 LIMITED ACADEMY UNIFORM We now have three suppliers for the Academy uniform: Ellis, Pupil Schoolwear and Clothing4 are stocking The de Ferrers Academy uniform at competitive prices, including a discount if a blazer, tie and trousers/skirt are purchased together. Boys Academy blazer with badge Bottle green Trousers Plain dark grey/black – formal style, i.e. not jeans style. Shirts White – worn tucked in Academy tie Socks Plain dark grey or black Shoes (not trainers) All black – sensible style with no logo Boots are not acceptable as footwear within the Academy Girls Academy blazer with badge Bottle green Skirt – must be worn a Bottle green maximum of 5cm above the knee Trousers Black trousers with Academy logo Blouse White shirt style, complete with top button, worn tucked in Academy tie Socks Plain dark grey or black Tights Plain black or neutral Shoes (not trainers) All black – low heel, sensible style with no logo Shalwar Kameez (optional) Bottle green worn with blouse & tie Head scarf Bottle green Under scarf Black if worn with bottle green head scarf Boots are not acceptable as footwear within the Academy Outdoor coats – zip or button front – must be worn on top of the blazer, waterproof if possible SPORT Physical Education for Boys and Girls Kit List Bottle green rugby shirt Plain white polo shirt Bottle green shorts Bottle green football socks embroidered with the de Ferrers logo White sport socks Football/hockey boots White trainers Shin pads and gum shield Optional Academy bottle green tracksuit bottoms Academy bottle green fleece jacket Hijab headwear (www.thehijabshop.com – sporting range – Aerobics option). It is advisable that stu- dents bring a towel in case showers are need- ed after outdoor activi- ties. Outside Coats Outside coats need not be bottle green but we would encourage the pur- chase of sensible coats. Students must not wear casual outer gar- ments, e.g. hooded sweatshirts, sweatshirts, tracksuit tops. Denim or material of similar appearance must not be worn. If students do not wear the appropriate uniform, and no satisfactory reason (sup- ported by a parental note on the day) is given, they will experience withdrawal of privileges and other sanctions may be applied. A medical note will be requested in the case of alternative footwear. All items of clothing should be named. Jewellery Our first consideration is the safety of our students and, therefore, jewellery is discouraged. The wearing of certain jewellery can be dangerous e.g. heavy chains/medallions/leather necklaces. Jewellery of any type must not be worn in P.E. The Academy reserves the right to request students to remove jewellery which we believe could cause injury to themselves or others. Earrings – students may wear either ONE or a pair of small solid studs. ʻHoopedʼ earrings of ANY description are NOT allowed. If a chain is worn around the neck, it should be out of sight, under the shirt/blouse. We strongly advise that ear piercing be done at the beginning of the sum- mer holidays. Rings – one plain ring is allowed. Nose studs are not acceptable neither is any other form of body piercing. We encourage students not to bring items of value into the Academy for obvious reasons and jewellery often falls into this category. Make-up and Nail Varnish – The wearing of make-up and nail varnish is not encouraged. Any students wearing excessive amounts of either will be asked to remove it. Hairstyles – We reserve the right to make judgements about relevant hairstyles and hair colour. Disclaimer – The Academy reserves the right to make the final judgement on any of the above. 2011-12 has been an exceptional and action- packed year for our Academy. This has been a year of numerous suc- cesses and achievements, including a successful Ofsted inspection, where we were judged as ‘good’ in everything we do, with outstanding capacity for further improvement. We have record student numbers joining the Academy in Year 7 and Year 12 in September and record results predicted for the summer. Each month has been packed with activities and events; the recent Year 11 Prom was simply fantastic, as was the Sixth Form Ball. Productions of ‘Rats’ and ‘Peter Pan’ have enthralled audiences and showcased the amazingly talented students we have and the fantastic staff who give up their time so generously and make so many things possible for our students. It has also been good to see the many parents supporting our activities, especially those involved in the Parents’ Focus Group and PSFA. Special thanks go to Anita McLean, Chairperson of the PSFA, who has given wonder- ful service to the Academy and will be relinquishing the Chair after three years of fantastic support. This has been simply a great year for the Academy. However, we are already planning to make next year even more fantastic. Have a wonderful summer break and remember – aspire and achieve. Mr S L Allen Principal Dear Parents PRINCIPAL’S UPDATE Mr S L Allen - Principal COMMUNIQUÉ COMMUNICATING THROUGHOUT THE DE FERRERS ACADEMY Number 065 Summer 2012 The de Ferrers Academy YEAR 5 PROM PHOTOGRAPHS - SEE PAGES 5 & 6 THE DE FERRERS ACADEMY HOST THE FIRST ACADEMY SHOW From 18-22 June, students at The de Ferrers Academy showcased their talents in the first ever Academy Show. The Olympic themed Academy Show brought together all curriculum areas to celebrate the range of teaching and learning activities at the Academy. New Technologies Leader Supervisor and Science Teacher, Mr Griffiths, coordi- nated the Academy Show. He said: “The Academy Show is the chance for our students to really celebrate all the hard work that theyʼve put in over the year and showcase what they can do.” On Thursday 21 and Friday 22 June, parents and visitors were also invited into the Academy to participate in the Academy Show events and workshops, which were organ- ised and conducted by stu- dents. The workshops included activ- ities such as: fitness measur- ing experiments, communica- tion skills, Burton Albion work- shops, literacy and numeracy skills. On Thursday 21 June, par- ents of students at the Academy also came to the Academy Show Open Evening, where they will took part in activities including a ʻHorrible Historyʼ cinema experience, watched a ʻCatwalkʼ fashion show and participated in the ʻRobotic Olympicsʼ. Mr Griffiths added: “The stu- dents have worked incredibly hard and we had some fan- tastic displays and workshops on show and Iʼm sure every- one who came along agreed that our students were out- standing”. Principal Mr Allen, said: “The students had a fantastic expe- rience and learned a lot through the Olympic Theme and Academy Show and Iʼd like to thank all the staff, especially Mrs Jeffery and Mr Griffiths, for their hard work and dedication throughout.”

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de Ferrers Academyand gameswearalways in stock

Clothing4 Limited is delighted to be working in partnership withThe de Ferrers Academy to supply the Academy uniforms.Our shop facility is based on Anglesey Road in Burton on Trent and weoffer a range of facilities including;� Free Parking� Large Showroom and ChangingFacilities� All major debit and credit cardsaccepted� Showroom will be open Monday toFriday 8.30am to 6.30pm and 9am to1pm on a Saturday with extendedhours throughout the summer holidays� Open Evening Tuesday 24th Julyfrom 6pm to 8pm specifically for thesale of de Ferrers Uniforms.Extensive ranges including:Blazers embroidered from £24.80 Dove Ties £4.95Girls Trousers /Skirts from £16.25Phone: 01283 548234 Email: [email protected]

CLOTHING4 LIMITED

ACADEMY UNIFORMWe now have three suppliers for theAcademy uniform: Ellis, Pupil Schoolwearand Clothing4 are stocking The de FerrersAcademy uniform at competitive prices,including a discount if a blazer, tie andtrousers/skirt are purchased together.BoysAcademy blazer with badge Bottle greenTrousers Plain dark grey/black – formal style, i.e. not

jeans style.Shirts White – worn tucked inAcademy tieSocks Plain dark grey or blackShoes (not trainers) All black – sensible style with no logoBoots are not acceptable as footwearwithin the AcademyGirlsAcademy blazer with badge Bottle greenSkirt – must be worn a Bottle greenmaximum of 5cmabove the kneeTrousers Black trousers with Academy logoBlouse White shirt style, complete with top button,worn tucked inAcademy tieSocks Plain dark grey or blackTights Plain black or neutralShoes (not trainers) All black – low heel, sensible style with nologoShalwar Kameez (optional) Bottle green worn with blouse & tieHead scarf Bottle greenUnder scarf Black if worn with bottle green head scarfBoots are not acceptable as footwearwithin the AcademyOutdoor coats – zip or button front – must be worn on top of the blazer,waterproof if possibleSPORTPhysical Education for Boys and GirlsKit ListBottle green rugby shirtPlain white polo shirtBottle green shortsBottle green football socks embroidered with the de Ferrers logoWhite sport socksFootball/hockey bootsWhite trainersShin pads and gum shieldOptionalAcademy bottle green tracksuit bottomsAcademy bottle green fleece jacket

Hijab headwear(www.thehijabshop.com –sporting range – Aerobicsoption).It is advisable that stu-dents bring a towel incase showers are need-ed after outdoor activi-ties.

Outside Coats� Outside coats need notbe bottle green but wewould encourage the pur-chase of sensible coats.� Students must notwear casual outer gar-ments, e.g. hoodedsweatshirts, sweatshirts, tracksuit tops.� Denim or material of similar appearance must not be worn.If students do not wear the appropriate uniform, and no satisfactory reason (sup-ported by a parental note on the day) is given, they will experience withdrawal ofprivileges and other sanctions may beapplied. A medical note will be requested in the case of alternative footwear.All items of clothing should be named.JewelleryOur first consideration is the safety of our students and, therefore, jewellery isdiscouraged.The wearing of certain jewellery can be dangerous e.g. heavychains/medallions/leather necklaces.Jewellery of any type must not be worn in P.E.� The Academy reserves the right to request students to remove jewellery whichwe believe could cause injury to themselves or others.� Earrings – students may wear either ONE or a pair of small solid studs.ʻHoopedʼ earrings of ANYdescription are NOT allowed. If a chain is worn around the neck, it should beout of sight, under the shirt/blouse.We strongly advise that ear piercing be done at the beginning of the sum-mer holidays.� Rings – one plain ring is allowed.� Nose studs are not acceptable neither is any other form of body piercing.We encourage students not to bring items of value into the Academy for obviousreasons and jewellery often falls into this category.Make-up and Nail Varnish – The wearing of make-up and nail varnish is notencouraged. Any students wearing excessive amounts of either will be asked toremove it.

Hairstyles – We reserve the right to make judgements about relevant hairstylesand hair colour.

Disclaimer – The Academy reserves the right to make the final judgementon any of the above.

2011-12 hasbeen anexceptionaland action-packed yearfor ourAcademy.This has

been a year of numerous suc-cesses and achievements,including a successful Ofstedinspection, where we werejudged as ‘good’ in everythingwe do, with outstanding capacityfor further improvement. Wehave record student numbersjoining the Academy in Year 7and Year 12 in September andrecord results predicted for thesummer.

Each month has been packed withactivities and events; the recentYear 11 Prom was simply fantastic,as was the Sixth Form Ball.Productions of ‘Rats’ and ‘PeterPan’ have enthralled audiencesand showcased the amazinglytalented students we have and thefantastic staff who give up theirtime so generously and make somany things possible for ourstudents.

It has also been good to see themany parents supporting ouractivities, especially thoseinvolved in the Parents’ FocusGroup and PSFA. Special thanks goto Anita McLean, Chairperson ofthe PSFA, who has given wonder-ful service to the Academy and willbe relinquishing the Chair afterthree years of fantastic support.

This has been simply a great yearfor the Academy. However, weare already planning to makenext year even more fantastic.Have a wonderful summer breakand remember – aspire andachieve.

Mr S L AllenPrincipal

DearParents

PPRRIINNCCIIPPAALL’’SS UUPPDDAATTEEMr S L Allen - Principal

C O M M U N I Q U ÉC O M M U N I C A T I N G T H R O U G H O U T T H E D E F E R R E R S A C A D E M Y

Number 065 Summer 2012The

de Ferrers Academy

Y E A R 5 P R O M P H O T O G R A P H S - S E E P A G E S 5 & 6

THE DE FERRERS ACADEMYHOST THE FIRSTACADEMY SHOWFrom 18-22 June, students at The de FerrersAcademy showcased their talents in the firstever Academy Show. The Olympic themedAcademy Show brought together all curriculumareas to celebrate the range of teaching andlearning activities at the Academy.New Technologies LeaderSupervisor and ScienceTeacher, Mr Griffiths, coordi-nated the Academy Show. Hesaid: “The Academy Show isthe chance for our students toreally celebrate all the hardwork that theyʼve put in overthe year and showcase whatthey can do.”On Thursday 21 and Friday 22June, parents and visitorswere also invited into theAcademy to participate in theAcademy Show events andworkshops, which were organ-ised and conducted by stu-dents.The workshops included activ-ities such as: fitness measur-ing experiments, communica-tion skills, Burton Albion work-shops, literacy and numeracyskills.

On Thursday 21 June, par-ents of students at theAcademy also came to theAcademy Show OpenEvening, where they will tookpart in activities including aʻHorrible Historyʼ cinemaexperience, watched aʻCatwalkʼ fashion show andparticipated in the ʻRoboticOlympicsʼ.Mr Griffiths added: “The stu-dents have worked incrediblyhard and we had some fan-tastic displays and workshopson show and Iʼm sure every-one who came along agreedthat our students were out-standing”. Principal Mr Allen, said: “Thestudents had a fantastic expe-rience and learned a lotthrough the Olympic Themeand Academy Show and Iʼdlike to thank all the staff,especially Mrs Jeffery and MrGriffiths, for their hard workand dedication throughout.”

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PSFAAcademy invests in iPadsfor Sixth Form studentsThe de Ferrers Academy will become the firstschool in Staffordshire to provide every studentin the Sixth Form with an iPad.The three hundred studentswill receive the iPad in theAutumn term to enhancetheir learning experienceusing this new technology.

Greg Hughes, AssistantPrincipal and NewTechnologies Director, said:“We have spent a lot oftime looking at exactly howiPads can improve teachingand learning; weʼve pilotediPads with groups of staffand students, had discus-sions with colleagues all over the worldvia Twitter and listened to feedbackfrom other schools that have started touse them.”

He added: “The research has highlight-ed the many benefits of iPads in educa-tion and we are confident that this is adevice that will really engage our stu-dents, raise their aspirations and ele-vate individual achievement.”

Students will use the iPads in all les-sons to conduct everyday activitiessuch as taking notes, annotating workand accessing the Internet for research.

The iPads will also allow students forconduct more complex tasks with easelike carrying out online questionnaires,communicating and collaborating withoverseas students and connecting theiriPads to interactive whiteboards toshare their work with peers in the class.

Sixth Form staff will alsouse the iPads to plan anddeliver more interactive,online lessons thatencourage students totake more of an activerole in their learningexperience.

Principal Mr Steve Allen,said: “We are committedto providing our studentswith the best educationpossible and preparingthem for Higher

Education and employment. We seethe iPads as an investment in theirfuture and we are preparing them forlife and work in the twenty first centu-ry.”

The Academy will be working in part-nership with award-winning AcademiaIT Solutions to provide the iPads forthe students.Mr Allen said: “Academia have lots ofindustry experience with Apple prod-ucts and software in an education set-ting, so they were the natural choice.Weʼre very excited about this newventure and look forward to workingwith them.”

An iPad information evening forparents will take place in theAutumn term and informationabout the event will be available onthe Academy website in September.

Sign Language Choir:A year in SignWow! What an incredible few months Thede Ferrers Academy Sign Language Choir(dFSLCC) has had during this academicyear; several appearances, a world recordand our Celebrate in Sign concert eveningand we still have more performances tocome! We are exhausted but over themoon with our year; the choir membershave been so enthusiastic that it has beendifficult at times to calm them down anddo some work!

We had a very busy Christmas period: a con-cert at Fountains School for the studentsthere, which was a huge success and includ-ed some carols that really got them joining in– it was a great atmosphere! We followedthat up with a performance at the SeniorCitizensʼ Party where we decided to sign amedley of songs by some very well-knownartists from the eras represented by the audi-ence; so hits by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby werereal winners. We were also invited to per-form at Craythorne Farmʼs Christmas Fairand on a freezing cold Saturday in Decembermanaged to keep our fingers and handswarm enough to sign several carols and fes-tive songs to a very appreciative, if a littlecold, audience.

The New Year saw us in rehearsals for avery special concert which took place at theend of January. The Day of Silence celebrat-ed its fifth year and to mark the occasion wedecided to put on a concert. Eclypse, a key-board and flute duo who perform throughoutthe Midlands, offered to perform at the con-cert free of charge and they put on anevening of varied music which soundedamazing in Dove Hall. They also collaborat-ed on some pieces with the Choir and thoseperformances were really spectacular. It wasa very successful evening and raised evenmore money for the Gambian Deaf ChildrenʼsSupport Project.

February 8th was possibly our proudestmoment of the year to date as that was theday that dFSLCC became joint world recordholders! We travelled to Bladon House tojoin with students and staff their as part of anationwide choir signing the same songsimultaneously. The organisers, Sign2Sing,have recently announced that a total of114,000 participants were involved and thisfigure has now been validated by GuinnessWorld Records. This truly was a fantasticevent to be part of as it also raised funds forʻSign Healthʼ, which works closely with deafpeople to provide specialised health care.We also managed to fit in an appearance atSt Maryʼs Church, where a concert to raisefunds for the Footprints Orphanage in Kenyawas held. Choirs from several schools wereinvolved and the sign language choir per-formed in three languages during theevening: English, Zulu and Twi (spoken inGhana).Our next major engagement was ʻCelebratein Sign 2012ʼ our third ʻCelebrate in Signʼconcert (and one that proved a real chal-lenge to see become a reality!) but was easi-ly our best concert evening so far. This yearwe were raising funds for Hearing Dogs forDeaf People who are celebrating their thirti-eth year. The charity breeds and trains dogsto provide support for deaf people in theirdaily lives. The evening was an incrediblespectacle and was filled with some superbperformances by the Choir and their guests.The Choir performed a moving tribute to the1,523 souls lost when the Titanic sank onApril 14 1912, in this, its 100th anniversaryyear. On a lighter note, they also performeda medley of songs from Oliver and roundedthe evening off with an amazing performanceof Thriller. It was a great night that raisedover £400 for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

As we go to press, the Choir is rehearsing foranother performance at St Maryʼs Church inStretton as part of the line-up of a charityconcert for the Sandala Childrenʼs Home inAlbania.

We have had a great group of students in theChoir this year, with the established mem-bers being joined by some very enthusiasticYear Seven students. It has been great funworking with them this year and we are look-ing forward to next year; we are already indiscussions about prospective song choicesfor next term!Thank you for all your support during thisyear and hope that the next year is just assuccessful as this one.

Our last event of the yearwas the Jubilee Quiz Nightin June, which was won byʻKen Doddʼs Dadʼs DogʼsDead ̓led by Mr Aston witha close second place fromBettyʼs Bunch. Although wecould have done with a fewmore teams to give MrAston a run for his money,the evening went extremelywell and many thanks to MrWoolley our Quizmaster forthe night, ably abetted byMr Griffiths.Our final appearance of theyear will be at the NewParents Evening in July andthen we will be kicking off thenew academic year on 10thSeptember with the PSFAAGM, complete with wine andnibbles and open to all toattend.Recycling of Academy uni-form: Itʼs the end of term anddonʼt forget that we happilyreceive donations of Academyuniform items which your sonor daughter has long sincegrown out of or no longerhave need for. Please justhand in to either Dove orTrent receptions.This will be the lastCommunique article I will bewriting as Chair of the PSFAas I will be stepping down atthe autumn AGM and some-one else will take up the man-tle. I would like to say a hugeTHANK YOU to all staff, stu-dents and pupils who havehelped me over the past fewyears. Their tolerance, goodhumour, enthusiasm and sup-port have made the job somuch easier. Itʼs been funworking with you and I onlyask that you continue to sup-port my successor and thePSFA in their future fundrais-ing efforts. ALL funds raisedget ploughed back in to theAcademy for the benefit ofstudents and staff but Ibelieve that the greater valueis gained from the social ele-ments of the events we organ-ise. So keep an eye on ourwebpage on the Academywebsite or come and meet thePSFA in the autumn at theAGM – new ideas and newfaces are always welcome!

Have a wonderful summer,whatever the weather!

Anita McLean, Chair

Introducing our CommunityDevelopment ManagerIʼm Jamie Hawkins, and Iʼm your newCommunity Development Manager.Itʼs my job to ensure that you feel The de FerrersAcademy is an integral part of the local community, toensure our community partnerships remain strong andthat weʼre continually building new links.Our aim is to open up the Academy during eveningsand weekends, to provide the local community withclasses, activities as well as educational and recreational leisure courses.

To make sure that we provide the services and activities that you want, we wouldbe grateful if you could spare two minutes to complete our online survey. Pleasecopy the web link below into your browser and complete the survey.Online Community Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F5LB6LQAlso, if youʼd like to know more about the facilities available here at the Academy,give me a call on 01283 239936 or email [email protected].

FIVE MINUTES WITH JAMIE:Born and bred: I live and grew up in Burntwood, StaffsLife before The de Ferrers Academy: I worked for Willenhall E-Act Academy where Iwas the Assistant Community Manager.Hobbies: I have 3 year old twins, Liam and Summer who I enjoy learning and playingwith. I also play for, and am the Assistant Manager for, Walsall Wood Football Club sothis takes up a lot of my time outside of work…after the twins! I also enjoy playing golf(when time allows!) and spending time with my partner, family and friends.Favourite book: I like autobiographies; I have recently read Gazza (Paul Gascoigne),who was somewhat of an idol of mine when I was growing up so that was interesting.Favourite film: Loads!...but A Few Good Men has to be my favourite.Favourite food: I enjoy all kinds of pasta and rice dishes.Proudest moment: 7th July 2009…Liam and Summer were born!Most embarrassing moment: Walking in to the ladies toilet by mistake!Biggest inspiration: My Granddad! A fantastic man!Hopes for the future: Personally – to be healthy, a good father and be happy!Professionally – To build a successful community department The at de FerrersAcademy that becomes the hub of the community.

Year 13 ArtExhibitionBTEC National Art andDesign students hostedtheir ʻFinal Show ̓onWednesday 30 May. The nine students from the SixthForm exhibited their work, includ-ing mediums such as: Fine Art,Graphics, Fashion, Visualisation,

ICELANDTRIP 2013After the great success ofour visit to Iceland inOctober 2011, we are nowplanning another visit. Itwill take place from Friday25 October – Tuesday 29October 2013. The cost of the visit is £715 whichincludes:� Flights (including taxes and trans-fers)� All tours� Accommodation� Breakfast and Dinner� Insurance

The five day visit will be action packedwith a variety of excursions to explorethis unique country. These include:

Textiles, Photography andSculpture.Mrs Candy Keary, Director ofLearning for Creative Arts, said:“The students have workedincredibly hard over the last twoyears and have produced a phe-nomenal show that is on a parwith art exhibitions at top universi-ties.”All students in the exhibition willnow go on to study at universityor go into employment. She added: “We have had thepleasure of teaching these excep-tionally talented students and Iwish them every success in theirfuture career path.”Students who exhibited: CalvenLee (photo), Abi Emmerson(photo-dress), John Hardy, LouisCrossley, Sophie Donnelly,Georgia Bennett, Jade Adams,Ebony Machin and PhilomenaSargent.

� An opportunity to see the spectacularAurora Borealis otherwise known as theNorthern Lights.� South Shore Adventure. A full daytour to see a variety of waterfalls,coastal features and volcanoes.� Golden Circle. A full day tour to seeGeysers and Hot Springs.� A half day trip to the Blue Lagoon toswim in geothermal heated pools.� A walking tour of the capital,Reykjavik.

This is a fantastic opportunity to learnabout a variety of Geographical andScientific Processes including PlateTectonics, Rivers, Glaciation andCoastal Processes. A deposit of £30per student is required by Wednesday18 July 2012 and the rest of the pay-ment will be in instalments. The pay-ment schedule will be released oncethe trip is confirmed and will be fromSeptember 2012 to July 2013. Therewill only be thirty five places availablefor this trip and be on a first come, firstserved basis. Please contact MissDonovan if you have any questionsabout the trip.

ACADEMY STUDENT WINSLOCAL PHOTOGRAPHYCOMPETITION Reece Russell, who has justcompleted Year 11, has beenchosen as the winner of theBurton Rotary Clubʼs ʻYoungDigital PhotographerCompetitionʼ.As one of the winners in theʻNatural Worldʼ category of thecompetition, Reece and theAcademy each received a chequefor £50.Rod Gent, Vice president of TheRotary Club, said: “We have a lotof talented young photographers inBurton so making the final decisionwas not easy. Reece, his parentsand The de Ferrers Academyshould be very proud of hisachievement.”He added: “The Young DigitalPhotographersʼ Competition is agreat opportunity for young peopleto try photography and developtheir creative skills. Iʼd encourageany budding photographer outthere to enter next yearʼs competi-tion.”Rod Gent presented Reece and MrAllen with the cheques on Friday 6July at the Trent Campus.Mr Allen said: “I would like to con-gratulate Reece on his achieve-ment and thank The Rotary Club ofBurton upon Trent for giving ouryoung people the opportunity todevelop their skills through thiswonderful competition.”If you would like to find outmore about Burton Rotary ClubYoung PhotographerCompetition, visitwww.burtonrotary.org.uk

Staffordshire YoungTeen Fiction BookAward 2012On Tuesday 3rd July, six stu-dents from our Reading Groupsattended the Young Teen Fiction(YTF) Book Award day at JCBLakeside. Students from Years 7-10 voted for thebest book for teenagers published in2012. Schools from around the countyalso did presentations on the six short-listed books.Winner: ʻA Monster Callsʼ by PatrickNess and Siobhan Dowd.2nd: ʻScorpia Risingʼ by AnthonyHorowitz.3rd: ʻYoung Sherlock Holmes – BlackIceʼ by Andrew Lane.We were entertained and enthralled byChris Bradford, martial arts expert andauthor of the ʻYoung Samuraiʼ series ofbooks. Later, performance poet PaulCookson gave a hilarious talk withmusical accompaniment about his poet-ry work in schools. Charlotte-Ann Knopik (Y10) was award-ed the YTF Reading Champions certifi-cate for outstanding promotion of read-ing within the Academy over the lastfew years and for helping with theSummer Reading scheme in BurtonLibrary.

Here are some comments from aselection of our students attendingthe YTF who were asked: Participating in YTF….how does itmake you feel?“It makes me feel part of something…” “It makes me feel that Iʼm being reward-ed for something I love….reading!”“Itʼs great to know that Iʼve been cho-sen out of the school.”What has been the best part oftoday?“Being able to make new friends and Ilike reading!” Ellie

Thomson

Susannah Horobin

Jack Eaton

Eleanor Dawson

HEAD BOY Tom Purslow

HEAD GIRLChloe Sharratt

Kireandeep Boughan Tommy

BaileyJonathan

Annett

INTRODUCING THE NEWSIXTH FORM SENIOR TEAMThe de Ferrers Academy is proud to announce that your

new Senior Team is:

SENIOR TEAM

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Year11 PromOn Saturday 30th June, overone hundred and eighty Year11 students attended theirProm at the Burton AlbionFootball Stadium.Although the weather was appalling, itdidn’t dampen the students’ spirits dur-ing the evening and everyone had a fan-tastic time.

Many students arrived in various modesof transport; the winner this year wasBen Ward and his friends on the OpenTop Bus. How they managed to keepdry we will never know!

Once inside the stadium Burton Albiongave permission to have the group photoin the stands because of the weather,which turned out to be a great picture.After the photo session, everyoneentered the main function room, whichwas decorated out to this year’s theme of‘Casino Royale’. There were huge diceand playing cards decorating the entireroom and the students also had a ‘mock’Roulette and a Black Jack Table to playat (with play money not real money).This proved to be very popular especial-ly with the boys!The music was provided by the BurtonAlbion DJ and, once again, he did us

proud. The students were all up anddancing from the first moment until thevery end at midnight.This year’s Prom King was awarded toJacob Dunbar, Prom Queen was EmmaHill, Most Glamorous Girl was OliviaHines, Best Dress went to VeronicaStepien and Best Couple went to JossBennett and Abbie Harris. These cate-gories were all voted on by the studentsthemselves.

The evening was a huge success and ajust reward for all their hard work inYear 11, culminating in their recentGCSE examinations.

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Miss Brown’s Inca Trail Hike August 2012Duringthe monthof August,MissBrownwill becomplet-

ing a twenty-five milehike to the ruins ofMachu Picchu in Peru toraise money for the HeartLink childrenʼs charity,which supports theGlenfield Hospital forchildren with congenitalheart problems. So far over 479,630 Vivos

have been donated by stu-dents. Miss Brown wouldlike to say a big thank you toeveryone who has donated tosuch a wonderful cause!

Everyone at the Academywishes her the best of luck onher expedition and we canʼtwait to hear all about it whenshe gets back.

Team NicaraguaIt doesnʼt seem five minutes ago that the team wascoming together for the first time, taking part in teambuilding activities and getting to know one another;and now here we are, a matter of days away from ourlong awaited expedition to Nicaragua!The team members canʼt wait tobegin the next stage of their expe-dition, and now they donʼt have towait long. However, as exciting asit is, there is also a small elementof fear. This experience will not belike anything we have ever donebefore, which is slightly dauntingas none of us can know for surejust what to expect. At the sametime, thatʼs the best bit; steppingout into the unknown, somewherecompletely different to everydaylife and immersing ourselves in adifferent culture. The team hasworked hard to prepare them-selves for the rigours we will faceand, with only a few days to go,we are almost ready to take thefinal step.

The last twenty months havenʼtbeen easy but weʼve all thorough-ly enjoyed ourselves, taking ongreater responsibilities and learn-ing about ourselves and eachother. The team has held a num-ber of fund raising events from carwashes and cake sales, to racenights and discos; each one help-ing us get closer to our target.Whilst we had to lead the way inthese events, we have by nomeans been alone and we wouldlike to say a big thank you to allthe staff at The de FerrersAcademy for their support overthe last two years; we would not

have been able to achieve thethings we did without your help.Special mentions go to, MrBrown, Mr Aston, Miss Tagell, MrMills, Mr Hughes and Mrs War forhelping with the race night, cakesale and publicising TeamNicaragua.

We must also thank the ladies inthe Trent office for organising ourfinances, and Mrs Evans for hersupport and guidance in all of ourfund raising events.

The team would like to say a bigthank you to Bob Fraser and LizStaples for donating a generoussum of money to the team; whilstour fund raising efforts made abig difference to the money pot,without donations like these TeamNicaragua wouldnʼt be able toplan ahead in detail as our fundswould be minimal.

We would also like to thank peo-ple outside of the Academy whohave offered advice on vaccina-tions, the country itself and howto prepare both physically andmentally. June Mowforth, MrsBoast, Dan Swain and MrsMclean in particular have givenus support and guidance that willprove invaluable to us when inNicaragua.

If youʼd like to keep up to date with our adventure, we havea Facebook page; just search for ʻde Ferrers TeamNicaragua 2012ʼ page on Facebook and 'like us' or use thedirect link: http://www.facebook.com/DeFerrersTeamNicaragua2012Francesca Gallone - Team Nicaragua

Student Band comes second inStaffordshire Rocks competitionStudent band, ʻThrough the Rainʼ, was awarded sec-ond place in the annual ʻStaffordshire Rocks ̓Battle ofthe Bands Competition.The final, which took place at TheStaffordshire Gatehouse onSaturday 23 June, saw eight bandscompete for the top spot.Vocalist, Louis Crossley who is inthe Sixth Form at the Academy, said:“We all had a great time at theStaffordshire Rocks competition andweʼre really pleased to have comesecond. There were a lot of other tal-ented bands there so weʼre all reallyhappy that the judges thought wewere one of the best.”The group, consisting of LawrenceJohnson and Oliver Ford on key-board, Ryan Hughes on drums,Thomas Ward on bass guitar, TomHughes on guitar and Louis Crossleyon vocals, all met at the Academy. The band formed to compete in atalent show at the Academy inFebruary 2011 and competed againin an Academy talent show earlierthis year and came second. Theband also recently played at thelocal ʻBurtfestʼ festival.

Keyboard player Oliver Ford, said:“We always love playing Burtfest asitʼs got a great atmosphere; every-one is really happy and just there toenjoy the music.”

Since they got together, they haveplayed at many local venues andgigs including: Swadfest, TheWetmore Whistle and The MillHouse.

Guitar player Ryan Hughes, said:“Weʼve got loads of gigs plannedover the summer so come alongand check us out!”

For more information aboutʻThrough the Rainʼ and to find outwhen their upcoming gigs are on,you can follow them atwww.facebook.com/through_the_rain orwww.twitter.com/through_the_rainFans can also email the band directly [email protected]

Despite the wettest year on record forThe de Ferrers Academy Duke ofEdinburgh camps, most of this year'sexpeditions have now been completed!Two more Gold groups take to the hills in hopeful-ly sunny Wales during July and the BronzeAssessment expedition will take place inSeptember.Well done to all our candidates for braving theelements!

ʻA group of Bronze candidates find a rare pocket of sunshine in June.ʼ

OLYMPICSITE VISITOn June 19th, thirty eightYear 10 students visitedthe site of the OlympicGames 2012 in the LeaValley area of EastLondon as part of theGeography event for theAcademy Show. They were given a guided tourof the Olympic Park andlearned about the huge scaleof the building programme, theregeneration of the area and

the legacy that the Games willleave. Students also saw thesports stadia and new housing(the village where the athleteswill stay) and learned that thehouses will have kitchen podsinstalled before being sold tothe public. Students were alsotold about the legacy of theʻGreen Gamesʼ, which is veryimportant, with re-cycling andre-using featuring stronglythroughout the Olympics.

A thoroughly enjoyable andinteresting time was had byall. On their return, studentscontributed to the AcademyShow by producing displayson the impact of the Olympicson London and further afield,in all its forms.

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e-mail: [email protected] www.deferrers.comDOVE CAMPUSHarehedge Lane, Burton upon Trent DE13 0ASTelephone: 01283 239961 Fax: 01283 239971Principal: Mr S L Allen BA NPQH

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SPORTDespite the consistently poor weather oursummer activity programme has continuedas normal.

CricketThe Academy continues to be oneof the outstanding performers withinthe district in cricket, with numerousoutstanding performances from all ofour teams. The stand out individualperformance so far has been fromDaniel Featherstone (Year 10) whotook five wickets for no runs in anemphatic victory against WilliamAllitt! With league matches still to beplayed it is hoped several teams willbe able to win their district leagues.

AthleticsIt has also been another successfulsummer on the Athletics track. Ourstudents have competed in four sep-arate district festivals at Shobnall. Asa result of some high quality, consis-tent performances the following teamsuccesses were achieved:� Year 8 Girls District Champions� Year 9 Boys District Runners-Up� Year 9 District Runners-Up andGirls District Champions

These results were backed up bysome phenomenal individual per-formances. Four of our studentshave been selected to representStaffordshire Schools this year. Theyare:� Daniel Wildman (Year 10) –Javelin� Lucy Roach (Year 10) – 800m� Chris Moxon (Year 9) – Hammer

Year 10 Boys ̓Rounders Team –County Champions

Year 8 Girls ̓Football Team –County Bronze Medallists

Staffordshire School Games 2012 Participants

FootballThe Academy was busy over twoweekends in May as we providedthe ball boys and girls for all threeNpower Football League Play-OffFinals at Wembley. In addition tocarrying out the duties at the CarlingCup Final in February and theJohnstoneʼs Paint Trophy Final inMarch, a total of thirty students haveexperienced the fantastic atmos-phere at the home of football thisseason; a just reward for their com-mitment to PE and Sport at theAcademy.

Staffordshire andStoke-on-TrentSchool Games 2012On Tuesday 3rd July theAcademy competed in theStaffordshire School GamesFinals at Keele University.This event is a multi-sportOlympic style competitionwhich saw 1,500 young peo-ple aged 9-16 come togetherto compete across eighteendifferent sports. This wasthe first time that this eventhas taken place and is thenew flagship school compe-tition structure of theConservative government. The competition saw the districtwinners from across the countycome together to crown the bestschool in Staffordshire in eachsport. We had twenty eight stu-dents attending, with the Year 8and 9 Girlsʼ Football Team andYear 10 Boysʼ Rounders Teamcompeting. We also had 6 Year 10students who were selected to actas umpires for the Girlsʼ Rounderscompetition, having completedumpiring and coaching qualifica-tions in recent weeks. Year 10 stu-dent Danielle Coltman was award-ed the honour of carrying the flagat the opening ceremony for EastStaffordshire, having been select-ed from all schools in the district; afantastic and well-deserved honourfor Danielle.After an impressive opening cere-mony the teams got into their poolgames, with the Boysʼ RoundersTeam drawing their first game 3 ½all against Erasmus DarwinAcademy. This was followed bytwo impressive wins, beatingSandon 8 – 2 ½ and CardinalGriffin 10 ½ - 4. This set up asemi-final against Blessed WilliamHoward. In a close, highly skilfulgame we won through 9 ½ - 8 toset up a repeat of our group gameagainst Erasmus Darwin in the

� Lauren Swalwell (Year 8) – LongJump

Additionally this summer has seenfive academy records broken:� Simon Billings (Year 10 Discus) –28.37m.� Lucy Roach (Year 10 1500m) – 5mins 32 secs – Lucy now holds allfour 1500m records from Year 7 to10!� Lucy Roach (Year 10 800m) – 2mins 24 – Beating the old record by11 secs that had stood since 1991.� Daniel Wildman (Year 10 Javelin)– 42.90m – Beating the record from1993 by 28cm.� Owen Bowring (Year 9 200m) –25.10 secs.The time, effort and dedication ofthe students and staff at theAcademy continue to push theboundaries. Up to Friday 29th Junewe have competed in a phenomenal277 fixtures! This breaks down perterm as Autumn Term - 130, SpringTerm – 88 and Summer Term – 59(to date). This works out at an aver-age of 7.69 fixtures per week which,on top other commitments as well, isa fantastic achievement and a creditto all staff and students involved.

Have a well-earned break over theSummer and we look forward to aneven more successful year of deFerrers Sport in 2012-13!

final. The team put in a muchsharper performance to getErasmus Darwin all out for 4 ½rounders. In reply it took our boysjust ten of their allotted twentyballs to pass the target and thuswin the tournament and becomeCounty School GamesChampions!The Year 8 Girlsʼ Football Team,who have had such a fantasticseason, had a new challenge asthey competed against otherschools in the Year 9 age group,thus meaning they will hopefullybe able to qualify for this competi-tion again next year. They startedwill with group game wins of 3-1and 7-0 but a 1-0 defeat in theirfinal group game, conceding inthe final minute, meant they fin-ished second in the pool andwere then in a play-off for third /fourth place. Another great win forthe girls meant they claimed thebronze medal to finish third inStaffordshire! Another impressiveachievement for the team consid-ering they were a year youngerthan all of the other teams in thecompetition!

Student SuccessCongratulations go to AshleyHolman in Year 10 for achieving apersonal best on 12.4 seconds inthe 100m run at Burton Athletics inJune. On Wednesday 4th July Ashley yetagain improved on his personal bestby recording a time of 12.35 sec-onds. He now trains every night byJogging 3.5 miles around Stapenhillto build up his stamina.Ashley joined the Burton Athleticsclub earlier this year to improve hisfitness and try something new.Since joining, Ashley has improvedhis athletic ability and now aspiresto compete in the Olympics one day.He said: “I decided I wanted to trysomething a bit different; Iʼd playedfootball in the past but wasnʼt allthat committed to the sport. Mymum encouraged me to try athleticsas she thought I had a natural talentfor running so I thought Iʼd give it ago.”He added: “Since joining the clubIʼve met loads of new people andpushed myself to improve as an ath-lete. Iʼd definitely recommend takingup and extra-curricular sportingactivity to every student at deFerrers as itʼs a great way to get fitand healthy and make new friends.”