Dear Parents and Carers,

It gives me great pleasure to be sending you our first in the

series of fortnightly updates to ensure you are as well-informed

as possible about events in our academy.

We have enjoyed a fantastic (but very hot) start to the year. We

are delighted with our excellent GCSE results and our best ever

A Level results and offer congratulations to our family members

who worked so hard to support our young people to achieve so

well.

Our examination groups for 2017 are already extremely focused;

Year 9 are enjoying starting their options subjects and Year 7

have really benefitted from the 2 weeks of induction in July.

I hope you enjoy reading the news updates in this way—please

let us know if you would like us to include any specific

information which would be helpful to you and your family.

Enjoy the weekend together.

Naomi Palmer — Principal

Fortnightly Bulletin for Students & Families

@VictoryAcad

/OrmistonVictoryAcademy

“Achievement is outstanding because every student matters” Ofsted 2013

Ormiston Victory Academy, Middleton Crescent, New Costessey, Norfolk, NR5 0PX

Tel: 01603 742310 ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk

Photos are of our annual Caught Reading

competition to celebrate National Literacy

Day. Encourage your child to sign up for the

Spelling Bee competition.

Art Displays

Our annual Open Evening for new Year 7

students starting September 2017 is being

held at the academy on Thursday 29th

September from 18:00—please spread the

word, or come along if you have younger children who would like to visit

and see us in action. Similarly, our Sixth Form Open Evening is taking

place on Thursday, 6th October from 18:00-20:30.

Our fantastically talented art

department have been working hard

over the summer, creating wonderful

ways to display our incredible

students’ artwork.

Geography Fieldtrip

Year 11 Geography students

enjoyed a fieldtrip to Thetford forest

this week, collecting data for their

coursework. It’s Year 10’s turn next

week!

Uniform — Shirts

We would like to clarify further about shirts at the academy. Students must wear a white shirt, however the sleeves may be of any length. We do ask, however, that sleeves are not rolled up, they are tucked in and the top button is done up. Girls may wear blouses but if they choose to wear a tie they must wear a proper shirt.

New Pastoral Structure at Victory

Sixth Form Update

After a success two weeks back we have already had an informative Expectations

Evening and an assembly on student finance which students found very useful. We

have more coming up in the following weeks — on Monday 19th September, we have

SNCO in, providing information regarding university and life after Sixth Form. On

Wednesday 21st and Friday 23rd we have Lucy Nottingham from the UEA in to help all

Sixth Form students with their personal statements. We also have an exciting

opportunity to take students to the Isle of Wight during October.

Community Learning @ Ormiston Victory Academy

At Victory, we know that extra-curricular activities really matter to families and we want to offer your child special

opportunities to try out new sports and hobbies during their time with us.

We also realised how enjoyable these activities can be if they become ‘family learning’ – we are parents

ourselves and we know how hard it is to find quality time to connect, so last year we began a series of ‘Parent

and Child’ classes. Our Parent and Child classes have included courses like Beauty, Bird-Box Making,

Astronomy, Mandarin and Ceramics – but we are always looking for new ideas. They usually span one half-term,

so they include around 6 sessions.

YOGA MONDAYS 5.30-6.30pm

Come and join Parent and Child Yoga with Shell Rider. Shell is a certified

FRYOG yoga teacher and teaches Hatha yoga. You will leave feeling relaxed,

yet focused. Yoga mats available to borrow. “We have asked Shell to run

afternoon classes for staff and everyone has enjoyed them so much – they

are perfect for making your mind and your body feel energised and relaxed.”

JEWELLERY MAKING MONDAYS 5.30-6.30pm

Learn to create your own brand of designer jewellery. From earrings to bracelets

and necklaces using different beads and hypoallergenic silver plated

findings. Start your own fashion trend!

CERAMICS & PAINTING TUESDAYS 6.00-8.00pm

Choose to dabble in either ceramics or painting. Learn how to create your own

object in clay or enjoy developing new painting skills and techniques while creating

a masterpiece!

ASTRONOMY WEDNESDAYS 6.30-8.30pm

Study the sun, moon, stars, planets, comets, gas, galaxies, gas, dust and

other non-Earthly bodies and phenomena. Enjoy the course for pleasure, or

take a GCSE at the end of the year.

To enrol, please complete the online form at ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk/

CommunityLearning or send an email to

CommunityLearning@ormistonvictoryacademy.co.uk