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Newsletter Issue 116July 2019

Duke of EdinburghAssessment expedition to the Lincolnshire WoldsHouse competition 2019Spelling Bee House competitions for Years 7, 8 and 9

This term our annual production was High School Musical

Sporting AchievementsRead about the many sporting achievements of our students

New House systemInformation from our House teams

Welcome

As we approach the end of what has been an incredibly busy year, it is good to reflect on our work so far and evaluate how far we have come since September in improving the Academy. Behaviour has improved hugely over this year. I am always proud to show prospective parents and students around the site where they regularly reflect on our calm, orderly and purposeful academy.Attendance has also seen a massive improvement on last academic year and is now well above national average. It has not been as high for several years. We have taken the decision to move several departments around to improve the flow of students around the site and, in particular, the main building. As this has been going on over a number of weeks, we have seen students really work with us to make sure this has gone off without a hitch. House offices have been moved and decorated to ensure the pastoral teams have a super place to work and greet youngsters when they are meeting together. We are going to change the way that forms are recognised from September because just being a number feels too impersonal. As a result, your child’s form will have the initials of the staff member attached to it from the beginning of the new academic year. In addition, all of the Houses will have new Deputy Heads of House and the House zones will be fully up and running for a purposeful September start. I hope you will agree with me that, despite schools being challenging places to work, this year has been a really positive year. I hope that this will only continue from September. We have a number of staff moving to pastures new this summer and we wish them well. I am also delighted to report that we have undertaken an incredibly successful recruitment round for September so that the Academy is replacing any staff moving on with able replacements. It will only be a few weeks before the examination results are announced for post 16 study and GCSE. I wish to take this opportunity to wish all of our students the very best if they are expecting their results this summer. We will look forward to celebrating our students’ successes come 15 & 22 August respectively.

Wishing you all the very best for a restful summer break.

Mr D HardyHead Teacher

Staff Changes

New teaching staff Addlesee, Adeney Science/DHOH Bowker, Geoffrey Mathematics Davis, Simon Science Fahey, Sadie Mathematics Griffiths, Lauren Head of Science Kemp, Emily Music Myers, Sophie English/DHOH Norman, Linda Head of Business Page, Tracey Art Palser, Katie English Preston, Lucinda English Sewell, Rebecca English Corah, Andrea MFL Lead Practitioner Smith, Rebecca Music/DHOH Sparshott, Robert MFL Wilson, Geoffrey Mathematics/Curriculum Support staff Leaper, Susan Educational Administrative Assistant Stuffins, Mandy Administration Manager Turner, Craig House Pastoral Leader

Leavers - teaching staff Burgess, Anthony ScienceDickens, Anthony EnglishIschia, Claudia MFLLamont, Neil MathematicsPapaioannou, Owen EFPParker, Amy PEPayne, Karen D & TRudge, Shamaine SENCOSwannack, John MusicSwannack, Judi Child DevelopmentViscomi, Rosea ScienceWilson, Agnes MFLWoods, Martin ICTLeavers - support staff Grist, Anna PE & Sport ApprenticeMitchell, Collette Learning Support AssistTinsley, Conor PE & Sport Apprentice

Forthcoming EventsTerm Dates

Young Writers competition

August 2019Thursday 15 GCE A Level Results DayThursday 22 GCSE Results Day

September 2019Wednesday 4 Start of Autumn termOctober 2019Monday 21 - Friday 25 Half TermMonday 28 Inset DayDecember 2019Thursday 19 Last day of term

Students in year 7, 8 and 9 took part in the Young Writer’s Mission Catastrophe 100 word writing competition last term, and out of all the entries, 19 students from SRPA have been accepted and published! This is a national writing competition and pupils’ work has been printed alongside students from other schools, including up to age 18. Congratulations to all of the students; they have represented the Academy through their creative flair and imagination. For anyone who wants to read these stories, there is a copy available in the school library.Elliott Stripling 8.8 Lucy Voakes 9.4Daniel Wall 9.5 Maddie Regan 9.3Bess Harrison 8.4 Courtney Newman 7.5Oliver Annibal 9.4 Alex Knapp 9.7Eva Williams 9.2 Lilie Sharpe 7.6Scarlett Lewis 7.10 Amelia Bell 7.5Charlotte Perry 9.2 Sophie Thompson 7.8Paisley Jackson 8.6 Layla Scorgie 7.8Lilly Masters 7.2 Ben Garfoot 7.10Lacey Whittaker-Wells 7.2Congratulations must also go to Lucas Buckthorp for his mini saga, ‘The Flood’ which was published in an earlier competition on ‘Survival Sagas’!

Back in May, Kaden White, 8.10, decided to raise money for cancer research by only eating fruit, vegetables and eggs for two weeks. His target was to raise £50 for Cancer Research UK, however he went well above that amount and raised £664, some of which was kindly donated by his school friends. Brilliant effort Kaden! Kaden’s pack up

Raising money for charity

Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award Student Successes

Thomas Harding, an A* grade A level Mathematician from last year, has now gone on to become a Lincoln University Maths superstar, winning the Boole Prize 2019 for the best performance in year 1! His tutor described him as an ‘exceptional student’. Tom’s reaction to the award was typically underplayed and he questioned “On what basis?”Our mathematics teacher, Mr Ireland, remarked, ‘When Tom came to you with a question you knew it wasn’t going to be straightforward! Brilliant young man!

One of our Y11 students Mykenzie Mellars has been awarded the Arkwright Scholarship for engineering. This is a very prestigious award and Mykenzie has been expertly guided through the process by Mr Crawford.

Kristin Burgess, 8.9, helps as a dance assistant teacher to ages 4+. Working after school on a Tuesday, she helps teach street dance, then goes on to do her own cheerleading and street dance classes. She also assists with teaching cheerleading, ballet and tap on a Thursday after school. She loves doing this and obviously doesn't get paid although she does get her uniform provided. She was chosen by her dance teacher Lisa Hurst, to assist her and has been doing so for just over a year. With her also being a young carer for her sister, this is a nice time out for her and is boosting her confidence! Well done Kristin, keep up the good work! Lisa Hurst Dance is an independent dance company that is based in Lincolnshire. During this time, Lisa worked across the region delivering sessions for local authorities, School Improvement Services and local arts companies. Since then Lisa has developed and expanded Lisa Hurst Dance to deliver sessions for both children and adults in Lincolnshire.

Authors Raymond Antrobus and Jackie Kay are the judges for Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019! “When we asked our esteemed judges what they were looking for in a winning entry Raymond said that he was looking for “something that sings, moves and inspires. Something that shows the world as I’ve yet to see, feel or hear it,” whilst Jackie remarked that she is looking for “poems that are memorable, that I’ll carry around with me for the day. An arresting first line, an unusual image, a distinct and interesting voice, a different tone. I love coming across poems that make me look at something in a completely new way, and I love poems that work as well when I read them out loud as they do on the page.”Quote taken from The Poetry SocietySRPA have 14 entrants, so good luck to you all!Mrs Ransome, LibrarianStaff have been voting and I would like to share a poem written by Amy Brown, age 13.

The Old Man The old man drifting away

Surrounded by his wife’s soft touchIn the warm night of May

Peaceful memories sending him offWith his wife under the moon

Painting a moth

His wife sitting there with himHolding his head on her knees

Kindly assuring him there will be no grim

Hoping to take away the painHe let out his last smile

Hoping his wife would do the same

A smile sweet and kindWas formed onto his wife’s face

That memory forever playing in her mind

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High School MusicalLibrary NewsOn Thursday 7th March 2019, Achievement for All launched it’s biggest challenge yet as they took the million minutes reading challenge across the globe to attempt to read 200 MILLION MINUTES!The challenge ran from World Book Day (Thursday 7th March 2019) until Children’s Book Day (Tuesday 2nd April 2019), during which time they called on schools, settings, families, libraries, community groups, businesses and organisations from across the world to come together to help achieve this never-before-reached target!SRPA students and staff recorded their own reading minutes and we reached a staggering 65422!

This term saw our annual production, High School Musical. I have been so lucky to have such a talented, diverse and enthusiastic cast! Students ranging

from years 7-12 have worked h a r m o n i o u s l y together to create something really special. Along with this fabulous

performance, the students have also led workshops in primary schools across Hykeham and performed a flash mob during our school break time! I could not be more proud of what they have

a c h i e v e d . It has been h e a r t -w a r m i n g to see each s t u d e n t grow as a p e r fo r m e r. This year,

we have had students on stage who have never performed before, lead roles as young as 12 and familiar faces from previous years. This whole process, with such an incredible cast, has been one that I will cherish forever. Thank you to all the staff and students involved. I am incredibly excited to see what next year brings for our talented performers here at SRPA! Watch this space!Miss JohnsonHead of Performing Arts

District Athletics TrialsEight students from Sir Robert Pattinson Academy had previously qualified to represent Lincoln and Gainsborough School Sports Zone at the county athletics championships in Boston on Wednesday 5th June.Congratulations to all students who had done fantastically well to get to this stage and on the day they continued to shine with some excellent performances in a very high standard of competition.Connie Williams competed in the Year 7 girls’ 100m. In her heat she finished in 2nd place and then she finished 4th in the final.Grace Moody competed in the Year 7 girls’ 800m. She finished 11th overall.Aiden Wyles competed in the Year 7 boys’ 100m. Aiden stormed ahead in his heat winning the race by a comfortable distance. In the final he finished 3rd overall again performing very well. Summer Bevan competed in javelin in the junior girls’ competition. She recorded a distance just short of 20 metres and finished in 5th place.Lucy Davies competed in the intermediate girls’ 1500m, recording a time just short of her PB and finishing 7th overall.Sam Osborne competed in the intermediate boys’ 100m and 400m. In the 100m he finished 6th in a strong heat, missing out on a place in the final. In the 400m he finished 2nd in his heat and was unfortunately not able to run his final following a gruelling day of competition.Lauren Owens competed in the senior girls’ 1500m steeplechase and the pole vault. She finished 1st in the pole vault and 2nd in the steeplechase.Tilly Owens competed in the senior girls’ 1500m steeplechase and the 400m hurdles. She finished 1st in the steeplechase and 2nd in the 400m hurdles.Maria FraglePE Teacher

Aiden Wyles with his 3rd place certificate for the 100m

Lucy Davies preparing to start the 1500m

Sam Osborne in his 400m heat

Tilly Owens in the 400m hurdlesLauren Owens in the pole vault

Sporting Achievements

Duke of Edinburgh

Adam Powles ran the Lincoln 10k in one hour and eight minutes raising over £200 for Diabetes.co.uk.

Anya Bonner 7.3 competed in the European Taekwondo championships in Croatia and she secured a 2nd and 3rd placing. A fantastic achievement Anya!

After a number of rainy June days, our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh team had been weather watching hoping with everything crossed that their assessment expedition, taking place in the Lincolnshire Wolds, would not require a canoe. Those of you who know will be aware that Duke of Edinburgh teams are allowed to travel by various means, however, we have always conducted ours in the traditional manner of walking through all weather conditions. Thankfully, the skies stayed clear and the sun even popped its head out for one of the two days. The team navigated their way up and down the Wolds. Carrying their full expedition kit and recording examples of the varied flowers growing eagerly due to all of that rain, the supervising staff were often met with cheerful faces and singing. Continuing to build their knowledge of the map and navigational skills enabled them to successfully stay on track even if they did need to give a rather nosy group of cows a wide birth! They demonstrated a strong team bond, sharing tasks at the campsite and when cooking showing support towards one another when needed. Needless to say the whole team have successfully passed the expedition element of the Bronze award. Well done Team SRPA!!

Year 9 Lincolnshire Show School’s Challenge

Year 10 GCSE Field visit to Flamborough Head

For five Year 9 students months of hard work during their lunch times, was rewarded with a first prize at the Lincolnshire Show School’s Challenge competition. The group carried out extensive research into the foods produced in Lincolnshire, produced an eye catching display and presented their findings and marketing ideas to a team of judges. They impressed the judges by their ability to answer some tricky questions about their work and the issues surrounding the export of Lincolnshire produce. We should like to thank the North Hykeham branch of the Lincolnshire Coop and, Alan Stennett, our mentor for their help and support with the research for this work.

In June, the Y10 Geography students braved the rain to visit Flamborough Head on The Holderness Coast as part of their GCSE. They quickly recognised all of the features that we had studied in previous lessons (Headlands, bays, caves, arches stacks and stumps) and learnt many new fieldwork techniques whilst collecting data to analyse upon our return. On the way home, we paid a quick visit to Mappleton where they saw first-hand how much our coastline is eroding and the issues this causes for coastal communities. One student said that he found the day very useful as it helped him to better understand the previous unit of work.

The Year 12 Geographers have been busy this term. In addition to studying for and completing their end of year examinations, they have visited Bishop Grosseteste University and Whisby Nature Park.At Bishop Grosseteste University we participated in a Geography master class, learning about the

little known island of Tuvalu, before honing our academic writing and research skills.Our visit to Whisby enabled us to practise field work techniques in preparation for starting our Non Examined Assesments later this term.

Year 12 Geography trip

GCSE Photography - Our Modern World

With GCSE Photography continuing to grow in popularity and success, the Art, Photography and Design Technology department set our younger students an inspiring completion to encourage their creative thinking alongside enabling our budding photographers a chance to show off their skills. With a wide variety of entries to the Key Stage 3 photography competition it was difficult for the teaching staff to decide who would be awarded first place for the image successfully depicting ‘Our Modern world’. It was close but our first place winner was awarded for an image capturing child’s play in our modern world highlighting our growing concern for young people and how much time they may spend on social media and digital devices. Our second place captured fast moving cars at night depicting our ever busy lives and demonstrating a strong technical ability to use a camera sophisticatedly and finally our third place was awarded for a tranquil image exploring our love for the natural world and how it can still bring peace in our modern busy lives. House points have been awarded to all entries and prizes for first and second place.

Our Year 7 Art curriculum has a strong focus on the very much loved artist, Vincent Van Gogh, and throughout the year our students in Year 7 have not only been creating work inspired by the vast subjects he explored during him artistic life, but they have also been expanding their knowledge and understanding of him as a person. Through this developed knowledge our students have been able to understand the journey Van Gogh’s life took including the ups and the downs, which inspired their most recent homework challenge, creating a piece of work exploring

and visually communicating the struggles Van Gogh suffered with his personal mental health. The vast array of creative approaches has not only communicated this very important element of our modern lives but also consolidated the students understanding of a hugely inspiring artist.

Year 7 Art

Year 10 Workwise Day 2019

Free Access to Revision

Our Year 10 students took part in the Academy’s annual Workwise Day on Wednesday 3 July aimed at starting students on their road to employment.Fourteen employers from in and around Lincoln delivered practical workshops giving students a taste of employment from their area of expertise.Anyone visiting the Academy would have found an ambulance, police car, tractor cab of an articulated lorry parked in our car park with lambs, kid goats and guinea pigs on our sports field.Employers supporting the day were RAF Wittering, EMAS, Ford & Slater, Praxair, David Lloyd Leisure at Burton Waters, Rand Farm in conjunction with Lincoln College, Stringers Hair Salon, Lincoln Coop, Lindum Group, University of Lincoln, Sewell Photography Lincolnshire Police, Access to Music and JCC Ltd.After finding out about a range of careers in the morning the afternoon was all about developing employability skills. RAF Wittering, the Army Outreach Team from Nottingham and National Citizenship Service set the students a range of challenges that would require the students to use their initiative, problem solving, team working and communication skills. Students rose to the challenge of the day with employers commenting how engaged the students were with responding. They found the day to be really enjoyable and informative.

All students and teachers now have free access to Seneca - a revision and homework platform making studying more fun. Seneca is an interactive way to learn official course content. Their web app covers 150+ examination board specific courses condensing what students need to know for their examinations. The software is able to identify gaps in learning. For instance, when you get a question wrong, the platform will repeat the topic in different formats and their smart algorithm has proven to make students remember topics 2x faster. Seneca is totally free for students, teacher and parents. You can sign up via senecalearning.com

The Academy NewsletterCompiling each term’s newsletter is a big but exciting job. It is really important that we celebrate all the good that goes on at the Academy and would like feedback on our newsletter. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us; we welcome your thoughts. Please address to enquiries@srpa.co.uk

Spelling Bee House competition 2019

This is the first time that students have taken part in the SRPA Spelling Bee House competition and it has generated a buzz amongst students and staff.Round 1 for Year 7s took part on 12th June with twenty participants from the five Houses. With pens at the ready and all the enthusiasm in the room, students were given twelve words to spell. With the tension increasing, and the spellings marked, five victors were announced.

Ryan Ward for TudorJessica Day for Stuart

Lucy-Mae Jones for Windsor Isaac Baldwin for York Grace Willcox for Lancaster

Round 2 for Year 8s took part on 19th June, again twenty participants representing their own House turned up for the most important spelling test of their life. Miss Yexley was poised with the questions.Tensions mounted as winners were announced.

Freddie Ayres for Stuart Ieuan Aplin for Stuart Jamila Drayton for Tudor Elliott Stripling for York Ruby Ramsay for Windsor

Round 3 took place on 26th June for Year 9s, Mr Chetwynd was the adjudicator and Mrs Ransome was the question master. The audience were excited and the competitors’ nerves were showing. Two willing volunteers, Lucy Voakes and Jessica Hamilton, stepped in for Windsor House at the last minute.Spellings over, marking done, going through to the final are:

Harry Flynn for Tudor Anthony Myles for Stuart Jasmine Machell for York Lucy Voakes for Windsor

Also representing Year 9 Lancaster is Milena Rosinska

Windsor House

A message from Miss HowickI just want to say how privileged I am to take on the role of Head of Windsor house. There is a strong legacy to uphold in Windsor and I have every confidence we can all pull together as a team to continue Windsor's success. As a PE teacher I am a big believer in the power of strong TEAM and that every member of Windsor house has to pull together, get involved and proudly represent our house. We have had loads of fantastic opportunities launched in the last term, including; bake off, sports day, litter picking, spelling bee, cricket and rounders and I can truly say I have been proud to lead Windsor. I am really excited about what the future holds for all the house teams and all the new enrichment opportunities on offer for our students to get the best school experience possible. #teamwindsor!A message from Mrs JelleyI would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new Pastoral Lead for Windsor House. I have been part of Windsor for the whole of my SRPA career and my family has an affiliation with Windsor House going back over 40 years, so I was thrilled when this new exciting role was developed. I feel extremely privileged to have been given the opportunity to support all of the amazing students in Windsor House, offering support and assistance when needed to minimise any barriers to learning and maximise pupil participation in school. It has been a very busy few weeks getting to know a new group of students, preparing and moving in to the new Windsor Office but we are finally in and ready for this new exciting chapter at SRPA.

House Student LeadershipHouse CaptainsAaron BrookesJenna WelshDeputy House CaptainSamuel OsbourneSophie MartinHouse PrefectEllis TysonAmelia Hutchinson

Stuart HouseMessage from Mr Skaley – Stuart Head of HouseWhat an incredible honour it is to be Head of Stuart House. Every day I see before me an amazing group of young people full of potential and talent. This term, many of you took the opportunity to show your talents and realise your potential. This was not only in lessons, but in house competitions as well. Back in May, we saw the new house system take shape and big changes for everyone. The turning point for me, and proof that house competition was alive and well, was the SRPA Bake Off. Never before have I seen a house competition with such a buzz and participation with tables and tables of amazing cakes. Exciting times lie ahead for us. We have a new Student Leadership Team in place who, I have no doubt, will add immense value to Stuart House. We also have two new year 7 forms joining us in September. Let’s welcome them in to our community, show them our values and get them on board with driving Stuart forward. Be strong, be kind, be bold, be humble and be proud to be Stuart! Have a wonderful, safe and exciting summer. We look forward to seeing you all in September. Message from Miss Taylor – Stuart Deputy Head of HouseHaving only joined the school after Easter, I am incredibly grateful to everyone in Stuart House for welcoming me as part of the team. I am continually impressed at the dedication, passion and resilience shown by a huge number of pupils in our house, and it has been amazing to see the number of pupils stepping up to our student leadership roles. I have thoroughly enjoyed my first full term as Deputy Head of House, particularly supporting Stuart on Sports Day, even if it did leave me with glitter tan lines on my face! I wish you all a happy, safe and healthy summer break and look forward to seeing you all again in September and to welcoming our new Year 7s.Message from Mr Spence – Stuart Pastoral LeadStuart House would like to extend enormous thanks to the team for all your efforts and hard work during the transition to the House system. Whilst it’s been hectic at times, the backup and support of everybody has been superb and without your contribution we wouldn’t have made the progress that’s got us to where we are. Of course, there is still much to do but we are confident that with the continuation of everyone’s fantastic efforts, we will continue to see the growth of Stuart House. The willingness to build the House has been mirrored by our students who have really stepped up, showing great maturity, leadership and a willingness to adopt the new system and make it their own. We are excited at the prospect of Stuart House going from strength to strength and we look forward to making the journey together. #GoStuart.

STUART ACHIEVEMENTSThe efforts of the students from Stuart House were phenomenal in the bake sale; well done to everyone who took part! Just like England, both of our Stuart cricket teams dominated the SRPA Cricket World Cup and our efforts and determination on sports day took us agonisingly close to victory. House Captains

Dylan Hill Scarlett HushDeputy House CaptainMillie BensteadHouse PrefectsRosie DurkinCharlotte PerryEmily BlanchardAbbie WrightEthan Thorngate-VegaEmily HoultbyEthan CasementConnor Sullivan

Lancaster HouseA message from Mr Smith Well that was a whirlwind of a term. Look how far we have come since June 1st. From bake offs, to litter picking. School productions to Spelling Bees. This term we have been amazingly busy. I am proud of every one of you for taking on the challenge of being made for more. Each and every week, we all did our part. We made sure that everyone felt the purple wave, and people knew that we were a House to be noticed. That the other houses have been put on notice.Finally I would like to introduce our first every House Captains. The youngest to be ever named House Captains and I am sure they will be amazing: Freddie Ayres and Anna Hoe. Both of them have embodied what it means to be a Lancaster member. Reliable, resilient, and strong. I am very proud of our House and its achievements this term. The ground work that Mrs Fields laid for us, must also be recognized as it gave us the opportunity for success. Watching you guys soar this term has been amazing and much of that must be attributed to Mrs Fields.Whilst our first year has been a good one, it is time to build on it. Time to rise into the sky and be successful. Time to overcome the odds and fly. Time to show we are Made. For. More.Have a great summer and don’t forget one thing:Always be awesome.A message from Mr Turner Firstly, I’d like to introduce myself as the new Pastoral Lead for Lancaster house. I’m new to SRPA and I can honestly say that the welcome from all the staff and students has been incredible. I feel like I’m part of something very special at this academy and can’t wait to share my experience in supporting your children. Secondly, I would like to let you know that we are building something very positive within the Lancaster house and this will continue to grow. We want all children to reach their potential and to know that the sky’s the limit. Between myself and Mr Smith, we will make sure your children realise that they are made for more. #purplereign

ACHIEVEMENTSWe had our first full sports day, and the Academy learned the meaning of ‘Purple Reign!’ Event after event we did our best and not once did we quit. Every time we took the field, we challenged for a win. Let us not forget that we were the loudest house to have been heard since the smashing of atoms created this universe! Big Bang has got nothing on the Purple Noise!On top of that, we had cricket success and a rounders experience. We made sure that people knew that Lancaster was a house that gave our all. We also rounded ourselves off outside of sports, participating in the school production of ‘High School Musical,’ French Vocab competition and the Spelling Bee. 3rd place in the book wrapping competition. Oh and the Bake Off, even though we are the smallest house, we had more cakes per-capita and we came in second place! Let’s also not forget our academic success, where engagement in lessons was up across the board, lateness was down and behaviour improved.

House Student LeadershipHouse CaptainsAnna Hoe Freddie Ayres Deputy House CaptainEvie ElleyHadley RobertsHouse PrefectShannon McMahon Milena Rosinska

Tudor House

A message from Mr Lloyd-Richards & Mrs Rowley

It is hard to believe that it was only 7 weeks ago that we started with the new look Tudor House. The unfailing passion and enthusiasm has been evident from the initial Bake off event to Sports Day and everything in between. All of our students have embraced the changes before them and shown undeniable commitment to raising standards whether it be in or out of lessons. This is evident in the significant rise in House Points earned and a similar reduction in LLDs. We are excited to see what next year brings and look forward to building on this year’s progress ensuring that Tudor House goes from strength to strength!We wish you all well-deserved and restful break.

We are proud to announce the following as the Tudor House Leadership Team:

House CaptainsReef Wellwood Emelia TwesigyeDeputy House CaptainsScott Taylor Cerys AplinHouse PrefectsConnor GoswellAmelia HowardSophie-Mae RawsonEllie GoldsonNaomi Willans-Bell

TUDOR HOUSE ACHIEVEMENTS• Our Year 9 team winning the cricket competition• Oli Kane breaking 2 school records at sports day• Everyone who took part at sports day and scored points for us• Lucy Davies winning the junior event and coming 3rd overall in the Long Course Weekend Triathlon event in Wales• All of our student’s efforts in their recent exams, especially our Year 10s who produced some fantastic marks which bode well for August 2020.

York House

A message from Mrs FieldsWow, what a busy term we have had! We have possibly seen more change in this short space of time then we have seen in the Academy since I returned as a teacher in 2008.This has been a term of great change. Many of our students have moved classroom and we have now established our House area along the main corridor of the building. Some finishing touches to both classrooms and the House Office will be completed over summer and we will be ready for our launch into next year.I feel privileged to lead the best House in the Academy. The keyword of this term has been PARTICIPATION, and the students of York house have surpassed my expectations. We have had successes and we have faced the challenge of defeat with unswerving passion and drive. This is all I can ask for!I am sure that you will welcome our new students into Academy life as they start in September. We all remember our first days at the Academy (even though mine was too many years ago to count on fingers and toes!) Our new prefects, mentors and House Captains will ensure a happy and calm transition for everyone. We will also welcome Miss Myers to the team as our Deputy Head of House. I hope that you all enjoy your well-earned break. Stay safe and come back ready to shine – I truly believe that next Academic year will be our year!A message from Mr WestThank you to all staff and students who have made my first term at SRPA so enjoyable. I look forward September when we can start the academic year together as a team. Until then, please enjoy the next six weeks. Relax as everyone deserves them...#GoYork

YORK HOUSE ACHIEVEMENTS • First place in the Spelling Bee• Amazing efforts for the Bake Off • Excellent participation in Sports Day• Fantastic praise of our House Captains for Open Evening• Reduced lates and LLDs and increased participation and merits.

We are proud to announce our House Leadership Team:

House CaptainsAlex Miles Grace BaconDeputy House CaptainsTheo Hullett Josie DixonHouse PrefectsLucy-Jo Patten Liam Beard Jasmine Machell