Official magazine : Winter edition 2010/2011 plus much more... Students visit BBC London Students from years 11, 12 and 13 had a tour of the BBC, where they witnessed the TOTP Christmas Special being filmed. Students gained a sneak peak of the celebrity dressing rooms, engaged in activities such as ‘Creating their own news programme and game show’ as well as using the green screen technology and being weather presenters. Students were then lucky enough to receive a talk from the Head of Children’s TV, Joe Godwin. Students watched a programme being filmed and saw the phenomenon that is the Blue Peter Garden! 2010 YEAR 11s RETURN FOR THEIR AWARD PRESENTATION EVENING DEAL FOR NEW ACADEMY BUILD SIGNED PHYSICS FOR THE FUTURE WHEN IS A DRY SKI SLOPE NOT A DRY SKI SLOPE? ‘NOT FOR THE BOYS’ BASKETBALL TEAMS WIN CUP AND LEAGUE! In this issue...
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Official magazine : Winter edition 2010/2011
plusmuchmore...
Students visitBBC London
Students from years 11, 12 and
13 had a tour of the BBC,
where they witnessed the TOTP
Christmas Special being filmed.
Students gained a sneak peak
of the celebrity dressing rooms,
engaged in activities such as
‘Creating their own news
programme and game show’ as
well as using the green screen
technology and being weather
presenters.
Students were then lucky
enough to receive a talk from
the Head of Children’s TV, Joe
Godwin. Students watched a
programme being filmed and
saw the phenomenon that is
the Blue Peter Garden!
2010 YEAR 11s RETURN FOR THEIR
AWARD PRESENTATION EVENING
DEAL FOR NEW ACADEMY
BUILD SIGNED
PHYSICS FOR THE FUTURE
WHEN IS A DRY SKI SLOPE
NOT A DRY SKI SLOPE?
‘NOT FOR THE BOYS’
BASKETBALL TEAMS WIN
CUP AND LEAGUE!
In this issue...
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2010 Year 11s return for their award presentation evening
List of winners belowForename Surname Subject AwardSophie Blakely Art AchievementAinsley Hutton Art MeritLauren Carney Business AchievementBhavin Patel Business MeritBussy Olu Child Development AchievementDarcy Faunt Child Development MeritOlivia Taylor Creative Media Diploma AchievementRebecca Sinclair Creative Media Diploma MeritJake Alley Design Technology AchievementMark Hughes Design Technology MeritEmily Grech Drama AchievementLauren Challoner Drama MeritRachael Fogg English AchievementTeigan Mason English MeritAmy Brown French AchievementSarah Ogunsanwo French MeritSam Ludbrook Geography AchievementLauren Thompstone Geography MeritEmma Linney History AchievementAshley Osborne History MeritEmma Linney ICT AchievementJessica Shorrock ICT MeritMatthew Riley Learning Mentors MeritJack Faulkner Learning Mentors MeritEmma Linney Maths AchievementSuren Patidar Maths MeritHannah Buckley Music AchievementAmy Brown Music MeritCharlie Grainger Philosophy AchievementEmily Grech Philosophy MeritLauren Thompstone RE AchievementKay Murphy RE MeritEmma Linney Science AchievementRachel Fogg Science AchievementJack Faulkner Science MeritCorinne Kempshall Science (BTEC) MeritEmma Linney Spanish AchievementStephanie Howkins Spanish MeritJessica Shorrock Sports Studies AchievementJack Faulkner Sports Studies MeritHannah Buckley Textiles AchievementKatie Hamby Textiles Merit
Salford University Nominations Ainsley Hutton 1. Art & DesignLauren Challenor 2. LawSarah Ogunswa 3. BusinessEmma Linney 4. LanguagesApril Whitehead 5. Media, Music & PerformanceRachel Fogg 6. English, Sociology Politics
or Contemporary History
Special AwardHema Kashyap Art AchievementRyan Sedgewick Art AchievementCharlotte Gregory Art AchievementBethan Marks French MeritAbdullah Radwan French AchievementKathryn Ellul Geography Achieving A*
in the first half of her GCSE, scoring 146/150 in the examination
Joshua Hopper History KS4 achievement- A* in paper one from one lesson per week
George Broadley ICT AchievementCharlotte Gregory ICT Achievement
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Designs for the new Academy show modern
teaching spaces, a large atrium for
assemblies and presentations, dance and
drama workshops, a media zone with radio
and TV studios and a sports and
performance hall.
Building work on the new Salford Quays
Academy has now started.
Leader of Salford City Council, Cllr John
Merry said: "This is another milestone for ourBuilding Schools for the Future programmeand we're working hard to ensure weprogress as much of our plans as possible.
"These new 21st century buildings and their
facilities will give pupils a head start in life bygiving them better schools in which to learn.
"This financial close is a formal signaturewhich guarantees the delivery of the newAcademy and I hope that we can celebrateoccasions like this for more schools in thefuture."
Patrick Ottley-O'Connor, Principal of the
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK said: “This isn'tjust an investment in bricks and mortar but inthe wider community and its young people.
"We believe that the new Academy will be aplace which will inspire young people in thearea for generations to come."
New build update...
DEAL FOR NEW ACADEMY BUILD SIGNEDThe deal to deliver a new specialist media Academy at Salford Quays has been signed.Salford's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) partners reached 'financial close' on thenew Oasis Academy MediaCityUK to replace the current Eccles Old Road campus.Its location will link pupils to facilities at MediaCityUK where the BBC is relocating itsmajor departments.
Above: Work begins on site February 2011.
Right: An artist impression of how thenew Academy will look.
Students invited along local OAPs to have an afternoon of Christmas
activities, including a Christmas dinner served by the students,
entertainment from the Academy choir and dance group, a game of
bingo and even meeting Father Christmas himself! Students also gave
out hampers to all those who came.
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Academy performance of Snow WhiteThis performance was by theYear 11 drama group and is aformal assessment of theirpractical coursework forGCSE and part of a Businessand Enterprise Project.
A Christmas treat for the elderly
A great aernoon
was had by all!
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During the Autumn term
Dr Jonathan Chippindall has
been working with students and
staff in the science department
at Oasis Academy MediaCityUK.
He is an Ogden Fellow; a
science expert placed in schools
to encourage students to follow
their passion for science into
further and higher education.
Jonathan’s background is in
aerospace engineering. He
studied for a Bachelor’s degree at
the University of Manchester
before working with BAE Systems
to obtain his PhD. Jonathan
worked as part of a team of
researchers developing planes
capable of flying without any
external moving parts, which
means that they can be very
stealthy. The technology he
contributed towards is used on
some of the super-modern,
unmanned, spy planes flying
today.
Jonathan worked with our Year
12 and 13 Physics students to
help them succeed in their AS
and A2 levels and ran a very
successful rocket building
workshop with pupils from a
visiting primary school. He has
also left a legacy of his placement
by building us a fantastic wind
tunnel and a Ruben’s tube. This
spectacular piece of equipment
allows students to study sound
waves using an array of fire!
Academy supports Simon Annis Appeal
Physics forthe future
Photo by Ryan Gresty, Year 11
Photo by Joanna Harter Tong
Over 40 boxes of gifts were collected,filled, wrapped and delivered to theSimon Annis Appeal to be sent out to ourfront line soldiers.
A big thanks to all students, staff andparents/carers who sent in donations andgifts to fill the boxes and also to SalfordReds who helped with the delivery.
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Year 10 students during the last Super Learning Day 1/12/10went to Ski Rossendale to try out skiing, snowboarding andtubing on the dry ski slope – but even though it wassupposed to be an artificial slope the snow came down hardand it was like skiing on the Alps!
When is a dry ski slopenot a dry ski slope?
‘Not ForBoys’
A group of Academy girls took part in a
programme called ‘Not For Boys’. This
involved them designing their own street
dance to a choice of music.
They had to work on this dance each week for
12 weeks (they did put extra work in byattending lunchtimes). They also got the
chance to design their own costumes as well.
They performed the dance in a competition
against other Salford schools from the city in
front of 120 people (family and friends) and 3
judges. They performed well and came overall
third with Shelby Wilde being picked for the
most improved dancer. Well done girls!
Basketball teams win cup and league!
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Both the Year 10 and Year 11basketball team reached thefinal of the Salford Schoolscup. Both teams had alreadywon the league competitionand were chasing a double.
The Year 10s overcame aspirited Salford Academy team26-22 in a game of two halves
and could not capitalize on a17-4 lead at half time. AdamO’Brien and Yanick Omari hadvery good games with Adamtop scoring with 5 basketsincluding two 3 pointers.
The Year 11s had another closegame against BridgewaterSchool winning 43-35. This
game saw a great comebackfrom Bridgewater who were24-1 down at one point to pullthe game back to 35-30,however the Year 11 team heldtheir nerves to win the game.
Jordan Hinsley and Curtis Inglebyplayed very well with Jordantop scoring with seven baskets.
