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Dear Fawcett Community,
Modules five and six have been a fine example of the values and progress that Fawcett students continue to make. Yet the term also came with mixed emotions as we said goodbye to our year eleven students. These students have been consistently fantastic role models, for the younger years, of the values and morals we hold in such high regard here at Leigh Academy Blackheath. We look forward to seeing many of them back as part of LAB 16 in the new academic year and look forward to celebrating their success on results day in August.
Merits
Merits
We would also like to offer congratulations to all of those who have strived to attend every day and shown resilience in this regard. Fawcett college has a huge number of students who demonstrate continual scholarship by ensuring they are in lessons and working hard. This can be seen through the fantastic 41, 877 merits achieved by the college, the best in the academy, over the course of this academic year. In light of this, we would like to give a special mention to our students with the top five highest merits:
Xander, Eliza, Jai, Zara and Jacob
Attendance
Attendance
As we all know, strong attendance is vital to ensuring great outcomes and a good school experience. We are pleased with Fawcett’s overall attendance, which is the best in the academy, and the ever present incremental improvements being made in this regard. This is due in no small part for the tireless amount of work that Ms Lawrence and Ms Ball put in alongside the tutor team, so our thanks go to them. A huge well done to 7A, 7D and 8A who have the highest attendance in Fawcett at 96%!. As you may be aware, new statutory guidance for schools, academies, independent schools and local authorities has been published and will take effect from August 2024. For more information, visit DFE Working together to improve school attendance.
Some of our “Fawcett Ambassadors” proudly wearing their 100% attendance badge!
David, Max, Eliza, CJ, Abigail, Razvan, Archie
Pastries on the Plaza!
Pastries on the Plaza!
On Friday 12th July, we celebrated some of our students’ achievements with another ‘Pastries on the Plaza’ event. This time, we noted students who have risen above certain challenges, made improvement and consistently demonstrated the LAB values. As you can see, they are a hungry bunch and the pastries vanished in minutes!
SEND Rewards trip to Bubble Planet
SEND Rewards trip to Bubble Planet
To round off the academic year the SEND department took a group of students to Bubble Planet London to recognise their conduct and progress over the academic year. The Bubble Planet London is a voyage through fantastical, pastel landscapes designed to appeal to all five senses. This included the LED room where you dive into an underwater world and visit dwellers beneath the sea, and the ‘Balloon getaway’ where we embarked on a hot air balloon flight simulation with state-of-the-art technology. There was a great response from the students who attended this trip- all students embraced the colourful and sensory environments!.
Athletics Competition- LAT Sports Day!
Athletics Competition- LAT Sports Day!
Some of our Fawcett students were invited to take part in the LAT sports day!. All involved displayed sportsmanship and determination throughout the day. We are proud of their achievements and the dedication they have shown in representing our school. Congratulations to all our athletes for their hard work and commitment!
LAB Literacy Fest!
LAB Literacy Fest!
Other highlights worth noting include the huge number of Fawcett students who performed in the Summer Showcase: Well done to Mia H (8A) who won the Spelling Bee!
MYP Graduation
MYP Graduation
We also held our first ever Year 9 Graduation to celebrate the completion of the three-year Middle Years Programme (MYP). This saw our very own Faith and Florence win the coveted Certificates of Resilience and Ambition. Mia and Florence (both 9D) gave beautiful musical performances during the ceremony.
Year 10 Work Experience
Year 10 Work Experience
Our Year 10 Work Experience launched incredibly well with almost all year 10s securing placements to experience the world of work for the week. We had glowing feedback from employers and are extremely proud of our soon to be year 11’s.
Sports Day Success
Sports Day Success
In addition to showing wonderful sportspersonship during Sports Day, Fawcett students displayed some excellent performances throughout the day, with the following students in each tutor group winning their events:
7A
Oliver - Obstacle course
Lacey - Javelin
Leona - 100m, 1,500m
Hetty - Hurdles
Max - Shot put
7D
Kuba & Harry - obstacle course
Sophie & Zara - obstacle course
Abigail - Shot put
8A
Valentina - 100m
Elsa - 200m, 800m
Seren - Hurdles
Oscar - 1,500m
Gabriel - 800m
Ini, Stephan, Paul, Leon - 100m relay
Elsa, Valentina, Hejan, Seren - 100m relay
10A
Alek, Jamari, Maybin, Ashwin - 100m relay
Kamari - 100m
Fausto, Aarion, Summer - Egg & spoon
10D
James - 1,500m
Jack & Isaac - Egg & spoon
Kye - Hurdles
9D
Macey - 100m
Chloe - 800m
8D
Sophie - Javelin
Felicity - 1,500m
Peitro - Shot put
Zbigniew - 100m
Zanib - Shot put
With the long summer break looming, it is important to be mindful of the ‘summer slide’: meaning the potential for academic decline that can occur when students break for the holiday period. As we discussed last summer, research suggests that one of the best ways to interrupt this is to sustain habits of daily reading throughout the summer break. We would, therefore, like to set your child a challenge - to read 30 pages each day, every day over the course of the holiday. If they were to be successful in this regard, by September 2nd, when we return, they will have read 1230 pages: the equivalent of, on average, 3-4 classic novels.
We have also included below recommendations for a summer reading list, made up of suggestions from our students of the books they enjoyed most this year:
Key Stage Three
Key Stage Three
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
First Class Murder by Robin Stevens
It ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
It starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Murder most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Demon Apocalypse by Darren Shan
Shoe Dog by P Knight
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Burning Maze by Cassandra Clare
Concrete Rose By Angie Thomas
The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Cousins (Series) By Karen McManus
Key Stage Four
Key Stage Four
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
The Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Girl In Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
Dune by Frank Herbert
If you would like to further support your child’s reading development at home, please see below for some tips from the Book Trust: the UK's largest children's reading charity, dedicated to getting children reading:
Ensure that your child sees you reading. It doesn't matter if it's the newspaper, a cookery book, romantic novel, detective mystery, short stories, computer manual, magazine - anything!
Encourage children to join in - ask a child to read out a recipe for you as you cook, or the TV listings when you are watching TV.
Give books or book tokens as presents (and encourage others to do so!);
Encourage children to carry a book at all times so they can read on journeys or in spare moments – you can do this, too!
Encourage your children and their friends to recommend books to each other. This will encourage them to talk and think about the books they are reading.
Lastly, we would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the students, and all of you parents for working so constructively with us this year. As two new college leads we could not have asked for a more supportive environment than we have experienced this year. It has made taking over the college so much easier to have such wonderful children and supportive parents to work with. It has been an exciting and enjoyable year for the pair of us. However, it is the contribution of all the Fawcett team that make the difference. Our three Directors of Learning, Ms Moran, Ms Mangan and Mr Tebbutt, have been invaluable with their wealth of knowledge and dedication to securing strong academic progression. Ms Crowley and Ms Lawrence have been exceptional in their roles as student service managers, always ready to support students with the problems they face. Lastly, Ms Spiers has been amazing at coordinating the support of our SEND students and we are very sad, though happy for her, that she is leaving as her career progresses.
Summer support
Summer support
Holiday Food and Fun- Greenwich support - Holiday Food and Fun is back for summer! Free activities for young people in Royal Greenwich.
Household Support Fund - School holiday payments for: families with children on free school meals, families with pre-school children under 5 years old, care leavers, households with ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) and residents in temporary hotel accommodation.
Greenwich Directory - Help and advice on issues that affect you and your family.
Safe and secure Online Support Resources for students:
Kooth: Support and advice for Mental Health concerns -kooth.com
Youngminds: Support and advice for Mental Health - youngminds.org.uk
Childline: Support for young people in the UK - childline.org.uk
Shout: Supporting emotional well-being - giveusashout.org
Samaritans: Supporting emotional well-being - samaritans.org
Anna Freud: Text AFC to 852258 - annafreud.org
NHS- EVERY MIND MATTERS: nhs.uk/every-mind-matters
Beat: Under 18s support with eating disorders - beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Kidscape: Support with Bullying - kidscape.org.uk
Winston’s Wish: Support with the death and loss - winstonswish.org
Child Bereavement UK: Support with loss - childbereavementuk.org
Hope Again: Support when someone dies - hopeagain.org.uk
Safe line: Support for sexual abuse survivors -.safeline.org.uk
Centrepoint: Support with housing & homelessness - centrepoint.org.uk
Refuge: Support for domestic abuse survivors - refuge.org.uk
FRANK: Support and advice for drugs abuse - talktofrank.com
No Panic: Support with panic attacks and OCD - nopanic.org.uk
Relate: Support with relationships - relate.org.uk
Victim Support: Supports those affected by crime/trauma - victimsupport.org.uk
We hope that you will enjoy the remainder of the term and the Summer holidays.
A reminder that school begins on Monday 2nd September 2024 (years 7 & 12 only) and Tuesday 3rd September 2024 (all years). Gates are open from 8:00am, with all students expected to be on site and ready to learn by 8:20am.
Stay safe all and see you in September!.
Mr Crawford, Ms Joy & The College Team
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