AIRY COLLEGE 

As the academic year draws to a close, it’s a perfect time to celebrate the many successes and achievements across our wonderful Airy community. The last two modules have been especially memorable, with a huge variety of co-curricular activities taking place at LAB, many of which saw fantastic participation from our Airy students.

Celebrations  

LAB Lit Fest, LAB and LAT sports days, Summer Showcase, UK Maths challenge, Duke of Edinburgh, Jamie Oliver Guinness world record cooking lesson, London Museum Docklands, Science Museum and British Museums trip, Power2 Thrive, Community Projects,    demonstrated that we have many extremely exciting opportunities and talented students in Airy college who continue to surprise us with their dedication and commitment. Please  see the curriculum pages for more information on these events. 

Year 9 Visit to The Docklands Museum

A huge well done to our Airy Year 8 students for the incredible work they’ve been doing on their First Give charity projects. As part of their social action work, students have raised both awareness and funds for a range of local Greenwich charities. More details about their inspiring efforts can be seen on the other newsletter pages, but we’d like to give a special mention to our two Airy tutor groups for their exceptional commitment:  8F for their support of the Woolwich Service User Project. 8C for their work with Home Start Greenwich. We are delighted to share that 8C was awarded the £1000 charity donation for their charity. In addition to this Three of our Fantastic Y8 students ran a “3 Lads 3 Marathons” campaign. Finlay 8C, Joe 8C and Herbie 8F have so far raised a phenomenal £ £1,318 so far. Here is the link to their Go Fund Me page for anyone that would like to donate to the students 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/three-lads-and-a-marathon

We are so proud of the compassion, creativity, and teamwork they have all shown throughout.

A special mention to some of our fantastic Y8 and 9 Airy, Nailah R, Oliver P, Aliyah M, Eser A and Devine who took part in the Power2 Thrive project this academic year. Part of the project Power2 Thrive provides a tailored experience for secondary-aged students, taking them out of their usual school environment for one morning or afternoon a week and into a nursery setting to mentor a younger child for 16 weeks.  In doing so, they form meaningful friendships with the children while actively supporting their learning and development. The feedback from the primary school students staff and Power2 Coordinators was phenomenal. We are very proud of them. Successful completion of the programme means young people achieve a nationally recognised NCFE Level 1 qualification in Interpersonal Skills. 

On 5th July, we were delighted to welcome our new Year 7 students for Headstart Day. It was a pleasure to meet our future Airy students and begin building those important connections ahead of September.

A special thank you goes to our outstanding Airy ambassadors; Valentina, Spencer, Nathan, Myranda, and Melek, who did a fantastic job supporting the new students throughout the day. Their warmth and leadership helped ensure that everyone felt safe, welcome, and excited about starting their journey at LAB.

One of the highlights was an impromptu "tie tutorial" during break time, led entirely by our ambassadors. A perfect example of the Airy spirit in action!

As our Year 9 students prepare to celebrate the end of Key Stage 3 with their MYP Graduation, we’ve been truly impressed by the outstanding Community Project exhibits created by our brilliant Airy Year 9 students.

Working collaboratively, students explored one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, developing thoughtful and impactful presentations that reflected their research, creativity, and commitment to global citizenship.

You can find more about these inspiring projects on our other pages. Here are some fantastic highlights from 9C and 9F. 

We would like to commend our Year 11 Airy students for their excellent conduct throughout the GCSE exam period. They approached this important time with maturity and focus. A standout moment for many students and staff was the Year 11 Prom, which was a true highlight of the year. Special thanks go to our fantastic student Prom Committee for their dedication, fundraising efforts, and creativity, as well as to Miss Florey for her ongoing commitment and support in bringing the event to life. We now look forward to celebrating with our Year 11s on Results Day, Thursday 21st August 2025.

Sports Day Winners!!!

We are so proud to announce that Airy were overall winners at this year's LAB Sports Day!! It was a phenomenal event with all Airy students showing outstanding College Spirit. 

Overall college points are:

Airy - 504

Fawcett - 477

Sancho - 465

A few individual special mentions in Airy; 

A huge well done to Alice M 7C, who participated in the Swim England Diving Championships, winning a gold medal for synchronized swimming, a silver for 1m springboard and a bronze for a platform event. Further details about Alice  fantastic achievement can be read here https://www.swimming.org/diving/national-age-group-championships-2025-day-four/ 

In May Finlay (8C) and Evan (7C) Boughen had the honor of attending and performing at the inauguration of the new mayor of the royal borough of Greenwich. 

Finlay gave a speech at the ceremony and Evan performed in his rock band at the celebratory reception. We are extremely proud of the boys' efforts and preparation ahead of the event as well as representing not only LAB but young people of Greenwich. 

Nathan D in 9F comfortably won the Greenwich Young People's Council elections with 53.5% of the vote share, gaining 198 votes out of 370! Nathan now Represents Young Greenwich in the Youth Parliament. 

At the end of each module in Airy, we take the opportunity to celebrate and recognise students who consistently embody the LAB values of Respect. Ambition, Integrity, Resilience and Scholarship. These students are invited to a special celebration breakfast with the college community. In addition to the breakfast, we were proud to present end-of-year certificates carefully selected by Airy staff to celebrate those students that have demonstrated our values and additional personal commitment. 

Module 5&6 Students : 

7C = Mary, Ioan, Brody, Imogen, Nnamdi, Evan, Isla, Elijah, Alice, Nino

7F = Nyah, Emmanuel 

8C = Finlay, Eser, Joe, Isabella, Joshua  

8F = Ralph, Sofia, Tom, Amelya, Liam, Abby, Aria, Florence

9C = Christiana, 

9F = Nathan, Anna, George, Joseph, Myranda, Sumaya, Melek, Ashli-May, Nailah, Maya, Ervinas, Lilly, Joel, Gebrielle 

10C = Kira, Farouk, Haleema, Eoin, Kitty, Daniel,
10F = Dominik, Tom, Maximus, Mia, Marni, George , Kaizar 

End of year award winners include: 

7C =  Elija F        7F = Nyah B

8C=   Amira A     8F =  Florence R       9C= Christiana A       9F= Harry R

10C = Keerath R           10F= Arlo T

MR Evans HLTA award = Becky W, for an outstanding attitude to learning and exemplary behaviour

Mrs Altman's SSM award =  Eser, for a significant increase in resilience and independence

Ms Wensah’s SSM award = Evan B, for remarkable resilience and strength in facing challenges with courage and determination 

Mr Ainsworth  Assistant Principal Award = Eytan 7F, for having a fab year and always showing the LAB values! 

Ms Lindars Head of College Award = Melek, for great personal progress in year 9  and always demonstrating resilience respect and integrity

Ms Smith Principals Award = 

Lola Rose, for outstanding personal growth and resilience 

Finlay B, Joe P and Herbie for their phenomenal fund raising efforts for Home Start UK. 

Attendance

Airy college attendance ends the year  with a year to date attendance figure of 93%, which continues to be above national average. We are extremely proud of our students who have worked hard to ensure they are regularly attending school.Special mention for 10C with the highest attendance in Y10 (95.6%) and 9C with the highest attendance in Y9 for module 6 (96.2%).

Well done to 7C tutor group who got the best overall attendance in Airy at 96.2%

Airy tutor group attendance figures:

7C =  96.2%     7F = 96%     8C= 93.1%     8F= 93%     9C= 94.6%    9F= 94.2%    10C= 95.6%    10F=  90.7%  

Merits 

As we close out the academic year, we're proud to share that Airy College finished in 1st place on the overall Academy leaderboard for merits.  Impressively, Airy students earned a total of 51,179 merits. a fantastic achievement that reflects their consistent demonstration of the LAB values.

Throughout the year, Airy tutor groups have been competing to achieve the highest weekly merit totals. Merits are awarded to students who exemplify our core values of Ambition, Integrity, Resilience, Scholarship, and Respect.

We’re delighted to announce that 7C are our overall winners, having achieved the highest number of merits with an outstanding total of 7848!

Alongside merit totals, we also value students’ overall conduct, which is measured by conduct points (a balance of merits versus demerits). It’s important we recognise those who not only achieve but also uphold our expectations consistently throughout the year.

Tutor group conduct  totals:

7C = 6628        8C = 3801      9C = 1845      10C = 1634   

7F = 4747          8F= 4621     9F = 3846      10F = 1224 

Year 10 Work Experience 

We are incredibly proud of our Year 10 students for the way they conducted themselves during their work experience placements. The feedback we received for all Airy Year 10 students has been overwhelmingly positive, reflecting their maturity, professionalism, and enthusiasm. We hope this experience has given them valuable insight into the world of work and helped inspire their future aspirations. 

Some feedback on Airy Y10’s from our work experience providers

“She was very confident with customers and very professional”

“She exceeded my expectations in all areas for someone of her age.”

“Excellent” 

“Strongest still is listening, working and taking direction from the team”

“ Listening: Showed complete initiative when we had clients in the showroom, making herself available to take imagery, make coffees and support with order entry.”

“Gained full knowledge of the company and how it runs and how we earn money. Yes, all learning goals met and more!”

“ Grew in confidence as the week progressed and was able to work with minimal instructions.”

“HE was extremely supportive towards the children, and took initiative” 

Airy Goodbye's...

As we approach the end of another academic year, we say farewell and thank you to a few valued members of the Airy College community.

A heartfelt thank you to Miss Heslop for her support with 8C, and to Mr Clabrough for his dedication as the tutor of 10F over the past four years - your commitment has made a lasting impact on our students.

We also extend our sincere thanks to Mr Evans for his fantastic support as Airy’s HLTA. While he is not leaving the academy, he will be moving to Fawcett College in September. We wish him all the best in his new role.

Looking ahead, we are pleased to welcome Mrs Florey, who will be joining Airy College as our new HLTA in September.

We look forward to welcoming our new Year 7 and Year 12 students on Monday 1st September, followed by the return of all other year groups on Tuesday 2nd September.

As we do each year, we intend to make a number of changes for our current year 7 and year 8 tutor groups across Airy college. 

     As a team, we have carefully considered groupings and are confident that the changes we have made will continue to allow for strong academic progress and a calm learning        environment.

Finally, We’d like to take this opportunity to remind all students that they are expected to arrive in full and appropriate academy uniform. Uniforms will be checked and monitored on arrival.

Full details of our uniform policy and expectations can be found here 

Thank you all for your continued support, and we wish everyone a restful and enjoyable summer break.

Ms Lindars, Mr Ainsworth and our Airy Team