Longfield Academy Newsletter

Diary Tuesday 3rd January 2017

Start of Term 3

Thursday 5th January

Post 16 Consultation 4pm-7pm

Thursday 12th January

Year 11 consultation 4pm-7pm

Tuesday 24th January

Post 16 Options Evening 6pm-8pm

Monday 6th February

Year 11 Information Evening

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Tuesday 7th February

Year 8 Consultation Evening

4pm-7pm

Thursday 9th February

End of Term 3

Reading the newsletter at this time of year is always a pleasure as we seem to

have crammed so much into our time since returning to the Academy in

September. You will see from the many articles that as always our students and

staff have made the most of their time, both inside and out of the classroom. At

the end of a very busy and successful term, I would like to thank the students for

their diligence and achievements so far. We have so many success stories to

share and good news items to celebrate together. I would also like to thank the

staff for their dedication and hard work, as well as parents and carers for your

continued support of Longfield Academy and our students.

Our fantastic Telescope restaurant continues to go from strength to

strength. We have welcomed over 250 members of the public to eat at the

restaurant experiencing fine dining at the heart of the Academy. The talents that

our students develop being part of this unique feature are quite frankly

astounding. This has never been more so than with the cohort of young chefs this

year.

Our open events for Year 6 coming into Year 7 next year, and for prospective Post 16 students have been incredibly successful. Once again I am confident we will be over-subscribed in September as our reputation goes from strength to

strength in Kent. We have already had a high number of applications for our Post 16 courses next year, including some exciting new courses such as Criminology and Computer Science alongside our wide range of traditional A-Levels such as English Literature and History. Year on year our Post 16 results have been of a

nationally high standard, comparing equally (and better) to many grammar schools and so I would encourage all those Year 11 students to get their

applications completed as soon as possible. Interviews will be undertaken in the New Year, and I look forward to seeing many of our current Year 11 progress

through to Post 16 education at Longfield.

We are proud to be part of the Leigh Academies Trust and to have many students choosing Longfield as the place for gaining lifelong skills. We continue to value

your support and active involvement in our learning community. Let me take this opportunity again to encourage you to contact the school with any concerns you may have. I believe whole heartedly that good relationships between teachers,

staff, children and parents are fundamental to the success of any school.

Wishing you and your family a very happy Christmas, and a safe, successful 2017.

Alex O’Donnell, Principal

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Attendance Matters!

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.

Press 1 for Anderson students

Press 2 for Matisse students

Press 3 for Galileo students

Press 4 for Post 16 students

Please leave a message stating your child’s full name, year

group, reason for absence, nature of illness and expected

return date.

You can email:

attendance@longfieldacademy.org

or speak to the Attendance Data Manager on

01474 700700 Ext 3714.

November 2016

M02/MGE 98.36

S04/AHE 98.15

G04/TMU 97.6

A11/FFE 96.34

College of the Month is GALILEO! Well done!

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Balogova, Renee

Black, James

Carr, Kieran

Davenport, Elise

Desforges, Toby

Donovan, Rose

Dyett, Olivia

Ellis, Leo

Frazier, Charlotte

Hammond, Harrison

Hendley, Josh

Henney, Abi

Hills, Frankie

Jam, Damien

King, Morgan

Lee, Zoe

Lissenden, Abbey

Markey, Jamie

Meehan, Harley

Mills, Sarah

Morgan, Kate

Morgan, Maisie

Nandra, Maria

Nicholson, Lia

Noordally, Noah

Parsons, Bo

Pascoe, James

Plumb, Reece

Poulter, Mia

Quinn, Iwan

Rose, Luke

Sands, Adam

Sengupta, Maya

Smart, Isabel

Smith, Samuel

Tremain, Tommy

Truder, Scarlet

Valentine, Jake

Wells, James

White, Samuel

Appleton, Josh

Apps, Jackson

Barnard-Mitchell, Georgia

Brett, Tia

Campbell, Emma

Chambers, Billy

Chapman, Ella

Clarke, Sophie

Cross, Amelia

Daly, Nathan

Davenport, Mia

Davis, Callum

Demetriades, Conor

Desforges, Cerys

Elliott, Brandon

Fidler, Lorcan

Gladdish, Callum

Hawkes, Renee

Head, Samuel

Hill, Joshua

Lee, Bradley

Lingham, Kira

Lissenden, Sophie

Lovey, Jessica

Maronda, Jean

McCarthy, Sophie

McDermott, Joseph

Mills, Lauren

Moore, Jaydan

Morgan, Connor

Morgan, Eddie

Odejeh, Grant

Pantovich, Alexandra

Parrish-Marage, Lara

Pratten, Lee

Quinn, Tadey

Raeburn-Sweeney, Kieran

Ramage, Zach

Ricciardi, Jade

Robert, Connor

Robert, Sebastien

Samson, Lucy

Scanlan, Oliver

Seyforth, Elinor

Shaibu, Abdullah

Simpson, Madeleine

Smart, Georgia

Smith, George

Speaight, Bethan

Wake, Samuel

Warner, Chelsie

Watts, Georgia

White, Michael

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Aldous, Ryan

Andreou, Lenny

Baughen, Teddy

Baxter, Ciaran

Behr, Sean

Bevan, Mason

Brightwell, Ryan

Button, Brandon

Chinhoi, Tanaka

Collinson, Marshall

Crowhurst, Lewis

Davey, Jack

Dawe, Matthew

Durling, Shania

Flewin, Charlie

Funnell, Olivia

Gilham, Leo

Gorton, Joshua

Gregory, Izaak

Harris, Isaac

Hoang, Lianne

Holmes, Louis

Howe, Hope

Humble, Elyssia

Johnson, Keira

Lawrence, Aiden

Lee, Billy

Locock, Ritchie

Lokat, Riaz

Lovelock, Lewis

Norkute, Paulina

Pakeerathan, Vibishan

Pearson, Alfie-Lee

Pearson, Olivia

Pendrigh, Hollie

Pomar-Dossantos, Cristina

Porter, Callum

Ramus, Anna

Reeves, Sian

Savill, Lucas

Sebastian, Anu

Sharpe, Christopher

Shelton-Hunt, Freya

Spooner, Maddy

Sullivan, Frankie

Walter, Emma

Watts, Phillip

Whittaker, Aaron

Adams, Daniel

Anderson, Tyler

Atkins, Thomas

Ayres, Ryan

Baillie, Deon

Bevan, Joshua

Brightwell, James

Castle, Harry

Catley, Elliott

Cherry, Paige

Clarke, Taiya

Clucas, Roan

Crane, Holly

Darby, Brandon

Dawes, Kieran

Dosa, Monica

Edusei, Pearl

Emery, James

Evans, Kieran

Fitzgerald-Canning, Cameron

Gardner, Angus

Hall, Sophie

Harle, Luke

Harris, Micah

Hemsley, Abbie

Ho'Vell, Mea

Howes, Libby

Howick, Lilly-Jay

Johnson, Hannah

Johnson, Mary

Leadbetter, Kieran

Lissenden, Meagan

Little, Abigail

Maher, Shannen

Mayo, Ashlynn

Mills, Lauren

Newnham, Holly

Oxby, Mason

Panton, Bethany

Pattinson, Cole

Pomar-Dossantos, Daniel

Poupart, George

Raffiquddeen, Jassim

Reeves, Kayla

Root, Samuel

Rose, Rebecca

Sadler, Charlie

Seare, Alisha

Sebastian, Sanu

Service, Shannon

Sooknanan, Marcus

Sooknanan, Megan

Spaul, Connie

Sutton, Isabella

Sweeney, Courtney

Synnuck, Alfie

Taylor, Amelia

Trice, Ruby

Walker, Abby

Warren, Leo

White, Scott

Whittaker, Ethan

Woods, Tyler

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Abson, Aimee

Bishop, Thomas

Brazil, James

Brown, Isla

Chandler, Sophie

Clark, George

Coleman, Dominic

Coombes, Benjamin

Cooney, Faith

Crickett, Noa-Joy

Dalton, Reece

Dhoul, Barinderpal

Drayson, Zachery

Gidley, Ella

Glazebrook, Daisy

Guselli, Alfie

Harman, Riley

Hawkings, Toby

Henri-Woolley, Louis

Hoare, Adam

James, Riley

Jeffrey, Euan

Jones, Dylan

Jones, Hollie

Keogh, Freya

Knowlson, Jack

Mackway-Jones, Ryan

McBrearty, Harrison

Morgan, Emily

Narruhn, Andrea

Norman, Scarlett

O'Brien, James

Openshaw, Lyla-Rose

Ottley, Connor

Paramithiotis, Reghyna

Patterson, Fraser

Raybould, Meadow

Redding, Jay

Shaw, Harry

Shaxted, Frankie

Smith, James

Smith, Molly

Stasko, Wiktor

Stuart, Noah

Taylor, Amelia

Whiteaker, Laura

Whiteaker, Lucy

Whittam, Michael

Wormleighton, Justine

Baker, Ella

Bingham, Kye

Bridle, Poppy

Brown, Charles

Carruthers, Madeline

Champion, Isobelle

Chapelhow, Joseph

Clarkson, Anthony

Clinch, Maximus

Constant, Lucy

Cooper, Bradley

Cox, Lewis

Cox, Shania

Dyer, McKenzie

Goodwin, Lilly

Hackworth, Danielle

Harris, Luke

Hawkes, Kieran

Holland, Drew

Jackson, Benjamin

Jarrett-Andrews, Aiyana

Jones, Megan

Jones, Tobey

Kennedy, Haydn

Keogh, Jessica

Lee, Charlie

Lee, Harry

Love, Jack

Maddock, Caitlin

McHattie, Jack

Mills, Kayleigh

Mordue, Emily

Murphy, Joe

New, Willow

Norris, Jay Jay

Osborne, George

Osmond, Thomas

Patterson, Ethan

Quinn, Martin

Richards, Jack

Ripley, Karl

Sawyer, Ellie

Sedgwick, Ellie

Shillitoe, Thomas

Sibthorpe, Joshua

Smith, Tamsin

Stead, Alex

Stephenson, Nathan

Stephenson, Rebecca

Storey, Patrick

Stuart, Eleanor

Thomas, Leah-Grace

Turner, Luke

Veness, Maisie

Wilkinson, Thomas

Williams, Olivia

Willson, Rachel

Wormleighton, Rhys

Wyld, Katie

Young, Joshua

Kieran achieved 3rd place with his partner in the Southern England

Karate Championships 2016 in Clacton on 25th September.

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LONGFIELD

YOUNG CHEF

2016/17 The Rotary Club of Darent Valley held

their annual Young Chef Competition at

Longfield Academy on 7th December.

Their Host was Resident Chef Paul

Plummer and his students. The challenge

was to prepare a three course meal for

two persons in under two hours with

ingredients costing less that £15.

Students were assessed for a healthy

menu, preparation plan, table layout and

presentation, taste and temperature of

starter, main and dessert courses.

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Jamie prepares his dessert.

Jack describing his main course

to the judges.

Longfield Young Chef 2016/17 is Jamie

Monaghan of Dartford.

His prize of a Bluewater Gift Voucher was

presented by the Chief Judge Rotarian

Ricky Pristernik in the presence of Presi-

dent Josie Morgan, Paul Plummer and the

2015 Young Chef Jack Harris.

Jamie is now invited to compete in the

Rotary District Competition to be held

New Line Learning Academy in Maidstone

on 28th January 2017.

Stewart Grainger

On Thursday 24th November a group of Year 7 and Year 13 students volunteered to help plant purple crocus bulbs in the Anderson court-yard. These were generously donated by the Rotary club to help raise awareness for their Purple Pinkie campaign to end Polio. The students really enjoyed the gardening and we are hoping the flowers bloom in a beautiful purple display in February to coincide with Purple Pinkie Day.

Purple Pinkie Day

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This year in Anderson college our students have been taking part in a collection of goods to donate to local charities for Christmas. They were tasked with bringing in toys, books, games or clothes that could be given to those less fortunate than us.

In total we have filled 15 bags of goodies to take to the local children's charity shop, six bags of clothes donated to British Red Cross and the Samaritans and six bags of food taken to our local food bank for Christmas. Both Ms Walker and myself are very proud of the staff, students and community values here in Anderson college. Mr J Stone

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all Girls Football

We have had a very successful term competing in both 11 and 5 a side matches. Thank

you to the following girls for playing their hearts out.

Ella Gidley

Sophie Webb

Emma Wood

Amy Burnside

Elyssia Humble

Yasmine Court

Amy Dawe

A big congratulations to Ella Gidley, Amy Burnside and Andrea Narruhn for being

selected to play for the District.

Brooke Ansell

Andrea Narruhn

Josie Stanford

Hollie Jones

Kate Morgan

Leia Williams

Football Club Christmas Party!

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Post 16 Boys Football match at Crown Woods Eltham

We lost 5-1 but the boys played hard for 90 minutes with George Aitkin scoring a banging

free kick. We suffered a broken ankle by Alfie Lewis who somehow managed to play the

whole game! I think it was the magic oranges and half time!

Thank you to the following lads who organised the team:

Goalkeeper - Jack Moore

Defenders - George Aitkin, Liam Dawson, Jordan Holiday, Archie Veness

Midfield - Danny Khuma, Kieron Vince, Henry Stapley, Alfie Lewis, Charlie Hill

Attack - Connor Baxter

Football club is after school every Tuesday until 4:30pm. Both boys and girls from all years

are welcome to come along and have a great time.

Thank you to the following pupils for taking part every week:

Leo, Jaz, Jay, Kieron, Amy, Jayden, Harry, Harry, Tom, Nicole, Andrea, Ella, Sophie, Marshall,

Logan, Brandon you know who you are!

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

Mrs Walden

Boys Football

Nepal Letter Exchange

Students at earthquake-damaged Pancha Kanya Secondary School in Bhaktapur District, Nepal were delighted to receive over 100 letters this month from Year 8 geographers at Longfield Academy. While in Nepal this summer I collected letters detailing teenagers’ experiences of the 2015 Nepal earthquake and some of our Year 8 students had the opportunity to study these as part of their Hazards module in Humanities. The letters included a wealth of information about the lives of young people in Nepal and the impact of the earthquake on the rural community served by Pancha Kanya Secondary School. Our Year 8’s very much enjoyed replying to these letters and trying to understand the long term effects of the Nepal earthquake from the perspective of people their own age. Once posted, the letters took over eight weeks to arrive in Nepal where Pancha Kanya Secondary School students were excited to receive individual replies. Miss K Sullivan Trip

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In November we took a group of students to an OAA centre in Cornwall to take part in some practical moderation for their GCSE PE course. Whilst there the students took part in rock climbing and canoeing, under moderation, and in their downtime had some surfing lessons. This is always a fantastic opportunity for our students to boost their practical grades and take a big step towards a stronger GCSE in PE. It also gives our students the chance to experience life away from home and learn how to look after themselves in a different social environment.

Mr J Stone

GCSE Cornwall Trip

Frost Fest

On 30th November Longfield Academy held their annual Frost Fest

production.

A night of fun, festivities and good spirit matched by the high levels of

talent from all Longfield Academy students who performed, they made

Frost Fest a pleasure to watch.

Although the production revolves around the Christmas season, it had

many other pieces on show alongside the old favourites, including

‘The Diary of Anne Frank and the Piña Colada song! As a whole the

collaboration behind Frost Fest did a great job in providing a wonderful

evening of entertainment but also in securing strong exam material for

the students.

To conclude, huge congratulations are owed to Mr Mansell and Miss

Giannini, but most of all to all the students involved in doing their very

best to produce a professional and all rounded event to remember.

Samuel Head, 11A

Frost Fest Performance

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In the last nine months Longfield Academy have

had over 200 former students sign up to our

Alumni. Having former students come in to talk to

our current students really helps as they can talk

about what they have done for a career, how they

got there and also offer support and help to our

students that need some career advice.

If you came to Longfield Upper, Axton Chase or

Longfield Academy please sign up to our Alumni,

it’s not just to help current students but you may

also recognise friends from school and even

previous teachers.

To keep up to date please follow Longfield

Academy on:

Twitter: @iLongfield

Facebook: @longfieldacademy

Longfield Academy Alumni