Prosthetics Film

Tuesday 22nd May 6.30pm.

The students who attend our most unusual after school club have been working to produce a film about disfigurement and the way it is viewed by society.  The have produced all of the prosthetics themselves and will be screening the film to raise awareness and money for the Katie Piper Foundation.  Katie was left badly scarred after an attack where acid was thrown in her face. Tickets are £1 and you just pay for this on the door.

Key Stage 4 Performance Evening

Thursday 24th May 2012 at 6pm

Tickets are free but limited.

Please contact Mrs Parker for more details 01287 676305

We currently have the following vacancies:

Teacher of Science

Teacher of Design Technology

Teacher of Music

Business and Enterprise Centre Manager

Please click here to visit our recruitment page for more information.

To help you to select the course which best fits your needs we would like to invite you to join us for a FREE taster session on Wednesday 16 or Thursday 17 May 2012.

You can choose from:

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Introduction to Indian Head Massage

Introduction to Beauty

Introduction to Spanish

Introduction to Cake Decoration

Thursday 17 May 2012

Introduction to Aromatherapy

Introduction to Acrylic Nails

Introduction to Computers

Introduction to Photography

Places are limited so please call 01642 490409 to secure your place.

This time they are taking on the challenge of performing The Witches by Roald Dahl.

The performance will be in the activity hall at the academy, doors open at 6.30pm and performance starts at 7pm.

Tickets are available from Miss Beasley, any member of the cast and also the general office. Tickets are priced at £2.

Join us for what promises to be a great evening of entertainment for all the family!

 The students each had to produce a self portrait  which was then sent to The Projection Studio, headed by visual artist Ross

Ashton, who used them to design and create a record-breaking piece of video artwork featuring 32 animated mosaic portraits of HM The Queen which was then projected onto Buckingham Palace.

The ‘Face Britain’ project was started by The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts and brought to life by PhotoBox. Over 200,000 children across the country have contributed their self portraits.

It is the first time that video projections have ever been used on the front of the Palace.

As Laurence Jackson came last in this tournament we are now narrowing the gap and currently in 2nd place out of all of the secondary schools in the area.

In terms of the league, final positions are as follows:

Year 7- 5th
Year 8+9- 2nd
year 10-11-  2nd

This is an amazing achievement for our school as we go up against all schools in Redcar and Cleveland throughout the first 2 terms. Well done girls!

Adam made it through the auditions for a chance to develop his magic tricks alongside Keith Lemon and Emma Bunton.  Whilst filming the show Adam enjoyed a full weekend of VIP treatment with his new celebrity friends.

Well done Adam!

I am now starting to look at an action plan for all the other things we need to do to be ready to open in September.  I’ve started some of the less interesting things like policies and procedures and also some of the more interesting things like looking into the qualifications we are going to offer in more depth.

We are also hoping to advertise our vacancy for the Business and Enterprise Manager over the next few weeks.  The successful candidate will coordinate all the work placements, visits and speakers for the courses to make them as interesting and relevant as possible. They will also get involved in lots of other things which will help us move at a faster pace.

I met with Jane from Carillion and we are developing the student focus group who will also follow the build but in a slightly different way so hopefully we will have a video blog soon to run alongside my written one!  They will get to visit the steel makers and other suppliers for the build to look in greater detail at the materials we are using and where they come from.

All in all a busy few weeks!

Ms Rich

Director – Post 16 Enterprise Centre

Students first visited the blast furnace last year to gather ideas and imagery for their current project; Art, Industry and the Environment. After much hard work the students have completed a number of impressive pieces which have now been installed at the SSI plant.

Year 10 student, Hannah Clayton, said “We visited the blast furnace for inspiration as we wanted to show the link between the industrial environment and the natural environment and how we see them side by side.  We’re really grateful to SSI for their support and enthusiasm towards our artwork and wish them every success with the re-opening of the blast furnace.”

Art teacher, Heather Goodwill, who organised the project said; “This has been a fantastic opportunity for the academy and the students involved who were able to take a real active interest in the heritage of our area as part of the project. Forging partnerships with local businesses and industries is a key part of our Business and Enterprise specialism.  We are also keen to get involved with our local community as much as possible and will be working with St Margaret’s Church in Brotton to produce window displays for the Diamond Jubilee this half term.”

Big thanks to all who supported the event especially Mr Cameron, who was a made for the job of Quiz Master and to  our chef and his catering team  for providing the food.