Term 4

Principal’s welcome message

Parents and Carers

It doesn’t seem long since I last wrote to

you last in the WIA:Insight; five weeks

have whistled past and the Easter Break is

upon us. With public examinations looming

our students in Years 10-13 continue to

flourish as we focus on achieving another

year of strong results. Year 12 and 13

have just finished mocks, year 10 have

undergone a gruelling set of Science

Controlled Assignments and Year 11 are

mid-way through their ‘100 Day revision

strategy’. It seems every break, lunchtime

and after school is crammed with extra

intervention classes and support.

This edition of the Insight shows the rich

diversity of experiences and achievements

of our students, including the Ski Trip and

New York Trip; a barnstorming ‘Upload

Live’, AS and A Level Music and Drama

performances, and many sporting

successes. Also this term, many of our

students participated in the BBC Young

Reporters scheme with a varied range of

news items. Continued on page 2..

Key dates

Monday 11th April

Term 5 starts

Wednesday 13th April

Gardening Club starts

Wednesday 20th April

PSHE Drop Down Day

Thursday 21st April

Y12/13 Law students visit Parliament

Friday 27th May

Year 13 study leave & last

day at WIA!

Friday 27th May

End of Term 5

Saturday 28th May

Y9&10 Watersports trip starts

CEP Interview with Bristol Post

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/challeng

e-new-executive-head-takes-

South/story-29007773-

detail/story.html

WIA Record breakers in Gazette www.gazetteseries.co.uk/sport/1437

0641.SWIMMING__Winterbourne_A

cademy_are_record_breakers

Well done to everyone who took

part or donated in some way

during Sports Relief on Friday

18th March 2016. The money

collected so far comes to

£1399.66!

Roadworks reminder As reported last term, the

roadworks around Dragon Road

will continue to effect the bus

routes 458 from Fishponds and

459 from Lyde Green between

until 22nd April 2016.

The bus timetable should return to

normal after this time, but if there

are likely to be any delays we will

inform you closer to the time

Bus timetables can be found

online:

http://www.trfwia.org.uk/portfolio/b

us-information/

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Guild parent focus group

Next meeting: 21st March (6pm)

The Guild parent focus group is a

Revision page

We have been regularly updating

our revision page to provide our

students and parents with support

during the run-up to exam season.

Useful information includes…

Easter revision sessions

Revision booklets

Parent revision strategies

Useful websites and revision

guides

100 revision plan

If you require any further support

or have any questions then please get in contact.

Principal’s welcome message continued…

In a sporting vein, there have been numerous successes including record breaking swimming performances,

county success in girls’ cricket, strong performances at rugby 7 tournaments, not to mention the customary

ritual thrashing of our local rivals on the football pitch. I am daily amazed by talented young people in the

Academy who have achieved with distinction in their own disciplines. Several students have taken principal

parts in performances in Bristol theatres; we have students participating in National Championships in a range

of sports, and several highly talented students still continue to represent their countries at national level.

This Easter break there will be many examination preparation activities; we have emailed the schedule to

parents, if you haven’t received this please let us know. This is a very stressful time for students and in our next

PSHE drop-down day on 20 April we will be supporting year 11 with a range of activities from revision strategies

to using meditation and yoga to reduce the stress. I would also like to pay tribute to my colleagues for their

dedication to getting our students the best results.

As you all know, I will be leaving Winterbourne at the end of the summer. I am sad to go, but there is never a

good time to leave a school (www.trfwia.org.uk/news/announcement-regarding-our-principal). I firmly believe

that I have steered the Academy through some very rough seas to a period of relative calm. Our examination

result predictions are strong, the applications for year 7 leave us vastly oversubscribed and the Academy is in

safe hands with Adam Williams the new CEP at the helm. As you might imagine the events of this academic

year have been challenging and stressful for me as Principal and so it is for personal reasons I have decided to

resign. I want to thank parents and students for so many messages of support and I wish the Academy every

success as it presses on to become outstanding and excellent in every respect.

Mr Richard Haupt, Academy Principal

SIMS Learning Gateway Instead of waiting for the next

subject evening, SIMS Learning

Gateway is a fantastic way to stay

up to date with how your child is

getting on at the Academy.

Real-time live updates

Check your child’s

attendance figures

Update your contact details

View your child’s behavioural

record

To access SLG visit:

www.trfwia.org.uk/sims

For any issues with logging in

please contact

Anthe.evans@trfwia.org.uk

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Pegasus Guild news by Mrs K

Calver, Head of Guild

On Sunday 13th March I had the

honour of being invited to watch

students from WIA take part in a

local dance school show. All of the

students showed great talent and

dedication in achieving perfection

in their performances so many

thanks for inviting me.

We have many students at WIA

who take part in extra curricular

activities so I give thanks to those

parents/carers who support their

children by giving them the

opportunity to widen their

experiences.

Pegasus Guild special mentions

The following students have

achieved the most positives for

the Guild: Ben Melton (312), Elena

Mainstone (243), Rosie Briggs

(237), Sonny Rennolds (189) ,

Olivia Hussey (187), Matthew

Hancock (172), Alfie Noble (171),

Will Thatcher (153), Abbey

Buckingham (90), Cameron

Worso (85) and Emily Smith (81)

Rosie Briggs, who played flute at

the Colston Hall this month will be

going on to represent South Glos

Music.

Callum Phillips was awarded club

swimmer of the term at Portway

SC. Having only started last year,

Callum has progressed from

the beginners group to the top

squad group thanks to a

combination of hard training and

technique.

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Phoenix Guild news by Mr

Milton, Head of Guild

Well done to all the Guild students

who have worked hard this term.

A special mention g�oes to

Sophie Hillyerd who has been

playing as U13s GK for Bristol City

Women and recently helped beat

both Aston Villa and MK Dons n

won.

Sophie, also part of the Gifted and

Talent for sports leadership at

Yate International Academy,

represented the Academy in at the

Abbeywood School tournament

which WIA won! .

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CEP Video blog and tweets

Thank you for all the positive

comments regardings Mr Williams

weekly video blog. To view our

latest videos visit

vimeo.com/ridingsfederation or

follow our CEP’s twitter page:

@AdamWilliamsRFA

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Griffin Guild news by Miss Makepeace, Head of Guild

Students in Griffin Guild have

been taking part in the £10

challenge this term to raise money

for Teenage Cancer Trust. Each

tutor group was given £10 to turn

into as much money as possible.

Our final total was a whopping

£455.30! Our top students are

Ruby Bailey-Proe (KS3) with 214

positives and Aaron Roynon on

137 (KS4). Well done!

Griffin Guild special mentions

Some of the amazing recent successes of our Griffin students:

Alexandra Shepherd - graded orange belt in Tang Soo Do.

Alice Hassard - first place in gymnastics competition

Ruby Bailey-Proe – cast as main role in a play

Hannah Witch - performed in UploadLive

Sam Lacey - Signed to under

15's Bristol Rovers.

Esme Wilcox - Played Nancy in Oliver

Lucy Green - raised £600 for

homeless by sleeping rough for night

Liam Oliver & Lucy Green -

Played at Colston Hall

Marcus Fromberg - Scored first try in 3 years playing for Frampton Cotterell Rugby

Club

Ava Mannings - Played the Artful Dodger in Oliver

Alyssa Grimshaw - National dance competition in Swansea. Came 4th in HipHop

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WIA Swimmers Smash Bristol

Schools Relay Records

Once again our Winterbourne

swimmers did us proud at the

Bristol Schools Swimming Gala

Finals in March. They claimed 4

new records and a selection of

bronze, silver and gold medals.

Huge congratulations goes to…

Junior Boys Team

Sam Taylor, Sam Oxley, Oliver Harrison, Will Lewis, Cody Farrell.

Inter Boys Team

Jed Woodruff, Henry Bennet, Sam Lewis, Jack Smith, James Webb

Inter Girls Team Georgie Locke, Jasmine Stone

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Harry makes Team GB squad

Well done to Harry Hole who was

selected for Team GB and will

compete in the 13-19 age group

men’s pair!

http://www.trfwia.org.uk/news/con

gratulations-to-harry-hole-for-

making-teamgb-squad/

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Highlights online this term

Our students fantastic Little

Mermaid performance!

We have a number of very

talented drama students at WIA

including Freya Haworth who

recently played Ariel in the

Broadway version of The Little

Mermaid at The Olympus Theatre.

A number of other WIA students

were also involved in The Little

Mermaid production including

Oscar Merrett, Molly Salmon,

Rhea Haynes, Millie Davies, Ollie

Baldwin and Harry Allchorne. Well

done to everyone who took part!

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CEP Presentation to Parents

Thank you to all the parents who

attended the presentation by our

Federation CEP, Adam Williams

on Wednesday 17th February

2016.

If you missed the presentation you

can view it here:

http://issuu.com/ridingsfederation/

docs/presentation_to_wia_parents

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WIA Ski Trip

30 WIA students and 4 staff

members enjoyed a ski trip to San

Sicario, Northern Italy in February.

Every day we saw the most

amazing progress and enthusiasm

from our students, they were a

true asset to the Academy.

In the evenings we had a broad

range of activities lined up, which

the students threw themselves

into; these included a quiz night

(which was won by the 6th form

students), tobogganing, a massive

snow ball fight, pizza night (see

attached photo) and even a disco

with another school.

For a full report visit

http://www.trfwia.org.uk/news/wia-

ski-trip-to-san-sicario/

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World Book Day photos

Staff went to great efforts for

World Book Day in March. Check

out some of the photos here

http://www.trfwia.org.uk/news/worl

d-book-day-photos/

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Message from The Friends of WIA

We would like to thank all the parents that took the time to fill out our online questionnaire and we have decided our

main area of focus for fundraising will be the outdoor facilities at the Academy.

We believe that with the fantastic building, it would be great for our children to have an improved outdoor

setting. Recently we have also funded First Aid Training for over 50 students from our Sixth Form. Due to demand

we agreed to fund an additional day so that all the interested Students had a chance to benefit from the training!

Please get involved with The Friends of WIA!. Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday 13th April at 7:30pm

and will be held in the sports hall. In the meantime, if you have any ideas or suggestions, you can email us at the

following address: friendsofwia@gmail.com

INSET Day reminder for 2016-17

Remember that the 1st and 2nd

September 2016 will be Inset days

across the Federation. This

means students will not be

expected back after the summer

break until Monday 5th September

2016.

The remaining inset days for

2016/17 will be discussed and

announced in due course.

Highlights online this term continued…

INSET Day reminder for 2016-17

On 10th March our students took

on reporting roles to create news

articles as part of the BBC News

School Report day. This is a

fantastic opportunity for students

to get a feel for what life can be

like in the media while putting their

English skills to the test.

http://www.trfwia.org.uk/bbc-

school-report/

Technology trip to the Big Bang

Fair 2016

Fitting a pacemaker in the Big

Bang operating theatre, saving a

town from flooding and rebuilding

a JCB in a record breaking 4

seconds were just a few of the

activities undertaken by over 100

y8 and 9 students on “The best

Academy trip ever”.

Find out more here:

http://www.trfwia.org.uk/news/tech

nology-trip-to-the-big-bang-fair-

2016/