Longfield Academy Newsletter
Diary Wednesday 26th April 4pm-7pm
Year 7 Parent Consultation Evening
Thursday 25th May
Year 8 Make Future Live trip
Friday 26th May
End of term
Dear Parents/Carers
It does not seem 5 minutes since I wrote the opening lines for our last newsletter and yet so much continues to go on around us at the Acade-my. We have seen a number of exciting events taking place and plans for others taking shape in preparation for the terms ahead. It never ceases to amaze me that all of this happens whilst great things continue to happen every minute of every lesson, ensuring that the students at Longfield Academy not only get great teaching but a broad range of ex-periences beyond the classroom too. As we reflect on the term just passed, it fills me with pride to hear the reports that so many bring back telling of the outstanding example our students have been, I recently received an email from a complete stranger who had met our students at the airport whilst on their way to Denmark - he was so complimentary about our students and felt it was important that they knew how impressed he was. Similarly on the tradi-tional trip to Ypres, despite terrible delays and what sounds like a bibli-cal crossing of the Channel, our students were a credit to the Academy and to you their parents. It is these skills and attributes that will always make me proud to lead Longfield Academy. I occasionally am contacted by former students from Longfield Academy and Axton Chase. It is always lovely to hear how well they have done and I point them to the Alumni group that we have. This is a great way for old friends to link up, staff to be updated on successes. If you are a former student, please do contact Lesley McIntosh ([email protected]) if you would like to register with our alumni to share your memories and successes. So as we go into the Easter holidays, I hope you all manage to have some rest, but I know as a parent it is also a time to replenish school equipment - as we have approached the holiday period, I have noted an increase in trainers. Please do take some time to ensure that appropri-ate shoes are ready for the return on Tuesday 18th April. This is appli-cable to all year groups and will be a focus for our college teams in the first week. So I wish you all a happy Easter and I look forward to welcoming our students back, fully equipped and ready for the summer term. Kind regards Alex O'Donnell Principal
Att
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Attendance results
The college trophy winner of the
month goes to GALILEO!
February
94.29% Anderson
94.91% Galileo
94.73% Matisse
Winning Tutor Groups of the Month
M01/KSU 96.77% Matisse
S04/AHE 98.81% Spectrum
A11/FFE 97.4% Anderson
G04/TMU 99.51% Galileo
Reporting your child’s absence
Press 1 for Anderson students
Press 2 for Matisse students
Press 3 for Galileo students
Press 4 for Post 16 students
All parents want their child to succeed in life. Nowadays, it is more important to have a good education to have better opportunities in adult life. Children only have one chance at school, so poor attendance could affect their future. If your child does not attend reg-ularly they may:
* Struggle to keep up with school work. * Miss out on important pieces of knowledge. * Miss out on the social side of school life. * Do less well in their exams due to missing knowledge.
The parents / carers of any children who are absent must notify the Academy before
9am by calling 01474 700700 and choosing Option 1: Student absence.
Please leave a message stating your child’s full name, year group, reason for absence,
nature of illness and expected return date.
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Balogova, Renee
Bartholomew, Freya
Boulton, Jayden
Davidson, Neve
Denton, Matthew
Desforges, Toby
Dhaliwal, Arjun
Dyett, Olivia
Edwards, Raymond
Ellis, Leo
Fielder-Dyer, Lani
Fitzpatrick, Emily
Flooks, Scarlett
Frazier, Charlotte
Friend, John
Gappa, Nathan
Greenidge, Kieran
Hammond, Harrison
Hendley, Josh
Henney, Abi
Hills, Frankie
Humphreys, Sasha
Jam, Damien
Kapsalis, Maia
King, Morgan
Lee, Zoe
Leighton, Lily
Lewis, Alfie
Loveridge, George
May, Poppy
Meehan, Harley
Mills, Sarah
Morgan, Kate
Morgan, Maisie
Nandra, Maria
Nicholson, Lia
Noordally, Noah
Norman White, Lilly
Parsons, Bo
Pascoe, James
Pooley, Joshua
Poulter, Mia
Quinn, Iwan
Rose, Luke
Ross, Amy
Sands, Adam
Seal, Ava-Samantha
Sengupta, Maya
Sheehan, Francis
Titterrell, Andrew
Truder, Scarlet
Valentine, Jake
Wallace, Mia
White, Samuel
Woods, Tyler
Adams, Harry
Adams, Mia
Atkins, Bradley
Barnard-Mitchell, Georgia
Bateup, Abigail
Blanchard-Gale, Morgan
Brook-Sutton, Holly
Campbell, Emma
Casey, Claudia
Chambers, Billy
Chapman, Ella
Clarke, Nathan
Clarke, Sophie
Collins, Jonathan
Davenport, Mia
Davis, Callum
Demetriades, Conor
Desforges, Cerys
Doherty Winch, Adam
Donovan, Elle
Elliott, Brandon
Farrer, Joshua
Fasham, Daniel
Fidler, Lorcan
Furminger, Morgan
Garner, Alfie
Gladdish, Callum
Green, Morgan
Gulliver, Megan
Hall, James
Hart, Victoria
Hassall, Christopher
Hawkes, Renee
Head, Samuel
Hill, Joshua
Hope, Ryan
Hughes, Mia
Jackson, Daniel
Kenwood, Nicole
Lamb, Ross
Lane, Abigail
Lee, Bradley
Lingham, Kira
Lissenden, Sophie
London, Travis
Lovey, Jessica
McCarthy, Sophie
Merrifield, Abigail
Mills, Lauren
Morgan, Connor
Nicholson, Elise
Noordally, Hope
Pain, Daniel
Parrish-Marage, Lara
Pomphrett, Amelia
Pratten, Lee
Quinn, Tadey
Raeburn-Sweeney, Kieran
Robert, Sebastien
Rollings, Jake
Salter, Ryan
Samson, Lucy
Seyforth, Elinor
Sharman, Danny
Simpson, Madeleine
Smith, Bradley
Smith, George
Speaight, Bethan
Stanhope-Spires, Ellie
Stapley, Samuel
Still, Amy
Thresher, Reece
Titterrell, Robert
Toyeme, Seyon
Tremain, Miles
Trent, Daniella
Trent, Kelvin
Vaughan, Alexandria
Walker, Thomas
Watts, Georgia
White, Michael
Yaxley, Thomas
Yearsley, Kacy
Youells, Robert
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Aldous, Ryan
Andreou, Lenny
Archibald, Samuel
Bailey, Tommy
Banks, Conor
Behr, Sean
Boniface, Francesca
Boxall, Jessica
Brightwell, Ryan
Burnside, Amy
Chinhoi, Tanaka
Chivers, Chloe
Collinson, Marshall
Cross, Joby
Crowhurst, Lewis
Dacey, Samuel
Davey, Jack
Dawe, Matthew
Dawes, Amy
Dennis, Ryan
Evans, Alexander
Flewin, Charlie
Foster, Evie
Gibson-Priest, Freddie
Gilham, Leo
Gorton, Joshua
Gregory, Izaak
Hambleton, Abigail
Hamilton, Raphael
Harle, Will
Harrington, Lily-Mai
Harris, Isaac
Harrison, Isobel
Havard, McKenzie
Haynes, Isabel
Hoang, Lianne
Holmes, Louis
Humble, Elyssia
Jenner, Megan
Johnson, Keira
Juby, Leah
Lawrence, Aiden
Lee, Billy
Levey, Katelyn
Lewis, Alexandra
Locock, Ritchie
Lokat, Riaz
Maher, Jake
McQuade, Macy
Newberry, Darcy
Newton, Rachel
Ogbomo, Joseph
Pakeerathan, Vibishan
Pomar-Dossantos, Cristina
Porter, Callum
Prime, Sophie
Ramus, Anna
Ranger, Josh
Reeves, Sian
Savill, Lucas
Sebastian, Anu
Sharpe, Christopher
Shelton-Hunt, Freya
Smith, Lucie
Soper, Owen
Spooner, Maddy
Toomey, Ronnie
Walpole, Daniel
Walter, Emma
Watson, Joseph
Willis, Kameron
Wilsher, Charlie
Abdulgialil, Fituri
Adams, Daniel
Anderson, Tyler
Atkins, Thomas
Ayres, Ryan
Baillie, Deon
Baker, Poppy
Blair, Kyle
Brightwell, James
Bush, Frederick
Carpenter, Megan
Cassidy, Kai
Castle, Harry
Catley, Elliott
Chapman, Harry
Clark, Harley
Clarke, Taiya
Collinson, Freya
Creasey, Jordan
Dowling, Georgia
Easson, Ryan
Edusei, Pearl
Emery, James
Evans, Kieran
Fairman, Jasmine
Famuyiwa, Mae
Fitzgerald-Canning, Cameron
Foxon, Logan
Frost, Liam
Gillingham, Courtney
Hall, Sophie
Harker, Olivia
Harle, Luke
Harris, Micah
Hawney, Molly
Hemsley, Abbie
Hill, Amber
Hills, Danielle
Ho'Vell, Mea
Howes, Libby
Humphreys, Joel
Jenner, Rhys
Johnson, Hannah
Kent, Levi
King, Elliot
Leadbetter, Kieran
Liadi, Tolani
Lingham, Sam
Lissenden, Meagan
Lomas, Ayva
Mac an Gheairr, Charley
Maher, Shannen
Marshall, George
Marshall, Isabelle
Moran, Jessica
Morgan, Spencer
Newnham, Holly
Newton, Rebecca
Oxby, Mason
Panton, Bethany
Panton, Megan
Parkin, Jade
Pomar-Dossantos, Daniel
Poupart, George
Powell, Harry
Raffiquddeen, Jassim
Richmond-East, Eli
Root, Samuel
Rose, Rebecca
Sadler, Charlie
Service, Shannon
Short, Adam
Smith, Zoe
Spaul, Connie
Sutton, Isabella
Sweeney, Courtney
Synnuck, Alfie
Taylor, Amelia
Thorne, Jade
Thrower, Shaun
Usman, Ahad
Walker, Abby
Warren, Leo
Watson, Lewis
White, Scott
Wood, Emma
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Ansell, Brooke
Bainbridge, Rebecca
Bishop, Thomas
Brown, Isla
Catley, Dylan
Chandler, Sophie
Charnley, Lily
Chester, Zack
Clark, George
Cooney, Faith
Crawford, Max
Crickett, Noa-Joy
Dhoul, Barinderpal
Donegan, Ellie
Drayson, Zachery
Finney, John
Freeman, Scarlet
Fry, Jack
Gidley, Ella
Glazebrook, Daisy
Guselli, Alfie
Guselli, Francesco
Hanson, Molly
Hardy, Grace
Harman, Riley
Hart, Katie
Hawkings, Toby
Hoare, Adam
Howlett, Daniel
Humphrey, George
Irwin, Leya-Skye
Jeffrey, Euan
Keogh, Freya
Knowlson, Jack
Mackway-Jones, Ryan
McBrearty, Harrison
Mills, Liberty
Newman, Dalton
Norman, Scarlett
O'Brien, James
Openshaw, Lyla-Rose
Ottley, Connor
Palmer, Jack
Raybould, Meadow
Redding, Jay
Russell, Tommie
Seager, Holly
Sharman, Ben
Shaxted, Frankie
Smith, Lily
Smith, Molly
Stasko, Wiktor
Stuart, Noah
Taylor, Amelia
Wales, Tyler
Way, Owen
Whiteaker, Laura
Whiteaker, Lucy
Whittam, Michael
Woonton, Abigail
Aslet-Clark, Harry
Banks, Ebony
Biggs, Victoria
Bridle, Poppy
Brown, Brooke
Buckley, Perron
Carruthers, Madeline
Champion, Isobelle
Chapelhow, Joseph
Clarkson, Anthony
Clinch, Maximus
Collett, Zach
Constant, Lucy
Cooney, Destiny
Cooper, Bradley
Cox, Lewis
Cox, Shania
Dawson, Kimberley
Deakin, Max
Dyer, Kelsey
Ellard-Brown, Finlay
Gidley, Charlotte
Glazebrook, Alfie
Gregory, Lauren
Hackworth, Danielle
Harris, Luke
Hawkes, Kieran
Holland, Drew
Holmes, Abigail
Hunt, Lauren
Jackson, Benjamin
Jarrett-Andrews, Aiyana
Jones, Megan
Jones, Samuel
Jones, Tobey
Keayes, April
Kelly, Amelia
Keogh, Jessica
Kirk, Kai
Knight, Cameron
Lee, Charlie
Lee, Harry
Lewis, Courtney
Love, Tom
Lucas, Charlie
Mabruki, Tyler
Maddock, Caitlin
McGillicuddy, Bethany
Miah, Fahim
Mills, Harrison
Mordue, Emily
Murphy, Joe
New, Fern
New, Willow
Norman, Haydn
Osborne, George
Osmond, Thomas
Patterson, Ethan
Powell, Lexie
Quinn, Martin
Richards, Jack
Ripley, Karl
Robert, Ashley
Rossiter, Guy
Sarsam, Rebekah
Sedgwick, Ellie
Shaxted, Travis
Shillitoe, Thomas
Shooter, Reece
Sibthorpe, Joshua
Smith, Tamsin
Stephenson, Nathan
Stephenson, Rebecca
Storey, Patrick
Stuart, Eleanor
Thomas, Charlie
Thomas, Leah-Grace
Thurgood, Lucy
Turner, Luke
Veness, Maisie
Waterman, Emily
Wilkinson, Jack
Wilkinson, Thomas
Williams, Olivia
Willson, Rachel
Wilson, Alexander
Wormleighton, Rhys
Wyld, Katie
Young, Joshua
Go
lden
Tickets GOLDEN TICKET
ENTHUSIAM SWEEPS THROUGH YEAR 11!
Longfield Academy has recently introduced Golden Tickets as rewards for our students in Year 11. When a student goes above and beyond in their efforts to ensure they are prepared for their exams, whether that be completing some extra work in class, attending a revision session or completing exam practise, they are rewarded by receiving a Golden Ticket from a member of staff. This ticket is filled in with the details of how they achieved it and the students then put them in the Golden Box on reception.
Every week our team count the hundreds of tickets received and log
them all so that we can tell who has received them. Then, at the end
of term, we have a celebration assembly where students are rewarded
for their fantastic efforts.
Prizes are given for the students who have received the most Golden Tickets in each college and there is a prize for the student with the highest number of tickets overall. We are very grateful to be supported by both Nando’s and Costa Coffee in order to be able to offer these prizes.
The big prize however, of a £30 Bluewater voucher, is chosen by
pulling one winning ticket from the box… That person could have
dozens of tickets in the box or just the one but you have to be in it to
win it!
Wo
rld B
oo
k Day
Thursday 2nd March 2017 was the 20th World Book Day World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, desig-nated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.
So what did we do at Longfield Academy?
During World Book Day week, each college had an assembly about reading. The tutor time programme throughout the week was associated with reading and the importance of reading. Then on World Book Day itself, there were various activities run from the LRC during break and lunch:
A treasure hunt around the school locating Literary street names
A hunt in the LRC for Roald Dahl characters
Voting for the best dressed member of staff. This activity caused lots of excitement and
competitiveness with the Business and Computing department, dressing up as Batman and friends
celebrating Comic and Graphic novels, the English Department as Roald Dahl characters and various Hogwarts and Robert Louis Stevenson characters.
Year 12 Space Project
Science
For more than 14 years there has been a continuous human presence in space and most of the time, 6 people are living at the International Space Station. This poses a lot of different challenges: How do we safely get people up and down from the space station and also supply them with their needs? How do we keep the crew safe in space? How does being in space affect the human body and how can we deal with that? All this requires a lot of knowledge, technology and money. So why do we go to space in the first place? Is it really worth it?
For the last 3 months students at Longfield have studied a university style course looking at these questions. The students have investigated human psychology and physiology to understand the impact on humans; looked at how the space environment affects ma-chines and technology and seeked solutions to these problems. They have investigated the research that is done at the space station and how that benefits us humans back on the earth. Finally, they all had to weigh up the benefits and disadvantages and answer the question: if you were given the opportunity, would you go?
Through this course the students were given a feel of how it is to study at university and what is takes. They all completed with good grades, with 5 of them getting the top mark and showing skills beyond expectations at undergraduate level. As an award for com-pleting the course they were given the opportunity to visit King’s College London to see the university and talk to current students. They were given good advice on what to con-sider when deciding on university and how to get in to a highly selective university like King’s College London.
Crime Scene Investigation
Science trip
Hello viewers of this newsletter, I'm here to tell you about the crime scene trip a selected few went on, on Wednesday the 22nd February! We had about an hour drive in the school minibus to get to Christ Church University. The teacher we were accompanied by was Mrs H Monks. When we got there they explained to us what was going to happen. There was a murder at a party of a girl named Rachel Lucas, there were 3 destinations on that trip, fingerprints, crime scene and luminol. We each got a timetable of our daily schedule and then we set off to the first crime scene. In the crime scene there were 4 t-shirts of witnesses of the murder. All of them had dif-ferent blood stains so you had to try and work out how it was there. After that we went into a blood stained kitchen and we found a lot of evidence. We found used bloody scis-sors, a bloody rolling pin, a radiator covered in blood and the blind covered in blood! Must of been a brutal murder or was it?
At the luminol session we just learnt about how mixing a couple of house supplies can find you cleaned up blood. It lights up blue if there had ever been blood there. One downside is that with bleach you will get the same reac-tion but then it fades away. Then we had lunch in the university's lovely hall. Fingerprints were the last thing we did. We studied how to look at your own fingerprint! Later on we looked at the murderers type of fingerprint and we got the suspects and matched them up.
We found a match! After that we went to the debrief to find out who killed Rachel Lucas and the killer was... You have to experience that really fun and playful trip yourself! We then got back on the minibus another hour back to school and then we were home! Thanks for reading.
By Fraser Patterson and Sean Behr
Lite
racy T
ea P
arty
Longfield Literacy Tea Party
On Wednesday 8th March the LRC was host to a Literacy Tea Party, this was for invited parents and students from year 9 to encourage reading and explain the importance of reading and how this affects our grades from now until our GCSE’s and beyond. All whilst drinking tea and eating cake, all lovingly provided by the English Department. We were lucky enough to have some year 11s join us, who explained how they feel reading has helped them through the years, as well as discussing books that they have enjoyed reading, allowing them to be able to encourage others to read. We had plenty of examples of book recommendations and parents had an opportunity to look around the shelves with the students and see what Longfield Academy has to offer.
Carn
egie Aw
ards
The Carnegie Awards The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are the UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book awards. Often described by authors and illustra-tors as 'the one they want to win' - they are the gold standard in children's lit-erature. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
6 of our Year 8 students are shadowing the Carnegie Awards.
We will 'shadow' the judging process for the CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Awards; we will read, discuss and review the books on the shortlist selected by CILIP's panel of Librarian judges and engage in reading related activity online.
Young people taking part are known as 'shadowers'. The scheme has thousands of registered reading groups across the UK and Internationally - engaging tens of thousands of children and young people in reading.
This reading activity takes place from March to June; from the moment that the shortlists are revealed to the final winners announcement.
We will be working collaboratively with 6 other schools in the ‘Leigh Academies Trust’ and this is the link to our ‘Shadowing Site:’
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/grouphomepages/index.php?GroupID=27063.
As part of this we will link up with the reading groups at the other schools to discuss the books we are reading. We are then planning to watch the live stream of the awards ceremony in June to see who the winner is.
Spectru
m C
entre
As part of Autism Awareness month the students from the Spectrum Centre at Longfield Academy have been designing and developing their own pieces of art to
be displayed at the Stephen Oliver Gallery in Dartford.
Various pieces have been painted on canvas, paper and through 3D models, all highlighting different interests and thoughts. We are extremely proud of the way
students have wanted to share their ideas and the amount of pride they have taken in their work.
The Exhibition is on show to the public from the 1st - 30th April and is situated in
the Orchard Shopping Centre in Dartford. Year 7 students, Morgan Scott, Damien Jam, Daniel Plumridge, Connor Jones and Phillip Watts will be displaying their
work alongside other students’ art work from the Spectrum Centre.
When viewing the work Heather Monks, DOL for SEND, said “I am thrilled with the standard of work and how well each student has expressed themselves”.
We would like to thank Cllr Mandy Garford and local artist Stephen Oliver for
helping to promote Autism Awareness in Dartford and for allowing students to be part of such an exciting art project.
Spectrum Centre The Art of Autism
Belgiu
m Trip
Ypres Trip
Year 9 visited Ypres in Belgium on the 17th March as part of their First World War studies. They all had a great day out. Ypres was very busy with visitors, as this year marks the centenary of major battles in World War One. Students tunneled under the woods at Hill 62 and walked through the muddy trenches. They then visited Tyne Cot cemetery and paid their respects to the fallen soldiers by signing their names in the book of condolence. Students were shown the contrast at the smaller, darker, German Langemark cemetery. The Menin Gate was visited in the town centre, which contains over 50,000 names of soldiers whose bodies were never found. The day was completed in the traditional way, through the purchasing of the delicious Belgium chocolates.
Mr. Chambers
Foo
tloo
se
This term saw the Expressive Arts department put on one of its most ambitious shows yet. With a brand new set built from scratch, and a cast of over 30, Footloose easily became one of the best shows we have ever produced. The musical tells the story of Ren McCor-mack (Tom Salter), a ‘city kid’ from Chicago who moves with his mother (Megan Panton) to the town of Bomont, where music and dancing has been banned. Ren ‘can’t stand still,’ and naturally, within minutes, ruffles some feathers, particularly those of Reverend Moore (Conor Donovan). His ambition to change the town does not go unnoticed by the Reverend’s daughter, Ariel (Isabella Sells) nor by loveable hick Willard (Luke Walden), who are all quick to support him in his cam-paign to bring music and dancing and joy back to Bomont. The songs are a combination of 80s classics, (Let’s Hear it for the Boy, Almost Paradise, Holding Out for a Hero and, of course, Footloose) as well as music written specifically for the show, all of which was sung masterfully by the cast.
The show was an enormous culmination of hard work, commitment and passion from our cast, who embraced the difficulties of the show with enthusi-asm and joy (who else can say that they had to skip AND roller skate AND line dance all in the same show?). Key dance sequences were masterfully choreographed by Ella Chapman and Abbie Hemsley (year 9) and our new, improved set was graciously put together by our committed Tech team, headed by Miss Sophie Brewer.
This show also marked the very last school performance for a number of our students who will be leaving us at the end of the year: in year 11 Megan Panton, and in year 13, Ewan Grant, Jack Upson and Luke Walden, as well as Tom Salter, Isabella Sells and Conor Donovan, who have been performing with us in every show since they were very young. We wish them all the best of luck in everything that they go on to do.
Our next performance will be ‘Shakespeare Shorts’ in the Summer term (dates to be confirmed), so if you are interested in getting involved, please come along to auditions, or speak to Miss Williams.
Longfield Academy Performance
P.E. Sports Science Research Competition
Over the past 2 months a group of year 10 GCSE PE students have been representing the school at the Inside Sports Science Research Competition, run injunction with the University of Kent at Medway.
The purpose of Inside Sports Science was to introduce secondary school students to key scientific and technological developments in sports and exercise science in a hands-on and accessible manner, by devising and carrying out a project in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences Laboratories. The title of the project was “The affect of cognitive load on agility performance”
On our first visit, students had the opportunity to tour the university campus and have a go at some different sport science experiments including biomechanics and sport psychology. It was during this visit that the students decided on their project and how they would collect their data during their next visit.
For the second visit to the university, the students had to collect their data. They also offered their service to other projects to help other schools collect data. This gave the students a chance to have a go at some other very expensive experiments.
During their third visit the students had to write up their project notes and create a poster ready to present to pro-fessors and lectures in the Sport Science faculty during a presentation evening. At the presentation evening, stu-dents were judged on their knowledge and understanding of their projects, as well as their presentation skills.
The students worked really well and should be very proud of everything they achieved.
Lewis Cox, Alfie Garner, Ellie Norman, Ethan Patterson, Jessica Perry and Ellie Sedgwick.
Mad
rid Trip
Modern Foreign Languages Department trip to Madrid
At the beginning of March, Miss Charles, Mr Quaggitto and Mrs Redpath accompanied 21 students
from year 9 and 10 to Madrid, the capital city of Spain.
On our first day in Madrid we visited the main sights of the capital, following Mr Q through the
narrow streets of the town centre, discovering the oldest restaurant in the world as well as enjoy-
ing Plaza Mayor and the shopping area of Gran Via.
On the second day, we visited the Real Madrid FC stadium and after a quick lunch, we then
headed to the Prado Museum. In the evening, everyone enjoyed the flamenco show and some
free time to enjoy the busy plazas around our hotel.
On Saturday we discovered the modern art museum (Reina Sofia) and the Royal Palace. Students
also had plenty of opportunities to try out some Spanish food and improve their language skills.
On the last day, we had some time to walk around the Rastro market and the Retiro park before
flying back home.
Everyone had a great time and the students were a real credit to our Academy. Their behaviour
was excellent and they were keen to try out the Spanish language outside of the classroom.
This 4 day trip was the first overnight trip organised by the MFL department for GCSE students and
we hope we will be able to organise further trips in 2018 and 2019 to France and Spain.
Miss A Charles
What has become an annual exchange event since 2011 took place in March when our
year 8 students spent four days in Soholmskolen, our partner school in Denmark.
Students have been communicating via a variety of methods since October 2016 and
therefore for most of the, arriving at the school to meet their pen friend was an exciting
event!
We tried to fit in as many means of transport throughout the trip as possible this year
including coach, plane, trains, local buses, horse, bikes, go carts and of course lots and
lots of walking! By the end of each day though our students still seemed to have excess
energy so night time walks were essential!
Our schedule included a day in school sampling lessons both in traditional classrooms
and in their forest area around the camp fire, a day sightseeing in the capital city of Co-
penhagen and of course afternoons and evenings spent with their pen - pals in host
homes. The delicious food served both at our hostel and in the Danish homes was cer-
tainly very popular, as was the amazement of how well the Danish studentsn speak Eng-
lish. Longfield students could learn a lot from their self motivation and keenness to learn
a foreign language.
Too soon the trip was over and we look forwards to hosting the Danes at Longfield and
in our homes when they visit in June 2017.
Miss Walker, Mr Lyons & Miss Wells
Den
mark Trip
Longfield Academy Denmark Trip
Alu
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are Longfield Academy Alumni
Longfield Academy alumni has been growing ever since we started
in 2016. We now have 400 ex students that have signed up and are
part of the alumni, many of which are happy to come and share
career stories and advice to help our current students.
If you know of anybody (or yourself!) that came to Longfield Academy, Axton Chase or
Longfield Upper, please sign up and join the alumni. You will be notified with newsletters
and upcoming events that are happening in the Academy.
To sign up you can either collect a form from the Academy or go to our schools website
and visit the LAT Alumni page .
We often have students and parents asking us about certain websites or apps and, in particular, if they are safe to use. Net Aware is both a website and app that can be downloaded onto your phone or tablet. It is run by the NSPCC and discusses many of the popular apps and websites. It looks at privacy settings and safety guidelines to be aware of. Apps are reviewed by parents and children so it gives you a good insight into why students may want to use the app and what to look out for. It’s a great resource that we regularly use to check things when new apps become popular. www.net-aware.org.uk
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